Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1911)
10 flTE jrORXTNO- OI?EGOXIAV FRIDAY, ?rAT 19, 1911. tnt.r4 at PT i4, Onto, yotofftc aa n.,n.i-a Matt. fcaor .pt.ua tun Inrai-atiT 1 IS" CBT KAIL) rJ'r. -rT frrart. r. Tr ...... I ..r. ic.2y tnclud-4. aia B"i' ... - I ... i -r da Ivl -idad. es (nB I-itr. v bout s-.a lar. 7-r I'.J y. "hoit sajar. montha. ..... S3 Ii:r. wtiAout trtatUj. ct aaoala. .... r. in. hat ................ fl'iad.y. an yMr .... MO aaa a&4 Nil;, .c. pt..M -. BT CARJUEB) DtfTv. SnaT ama yar. ...... iailT. S or klr iDeiuUd. a. mea!l Mi t n i ii n rwtfM w r4r. -r... urd.r or paraonal ' vouf local biak. ft:a?nra. U'n er carr.n ar at Cb Matr'l rta. Glva poalorf :r a.l'Sma la full. laclad:a Hull sad aiai hMan ItalM 10 t- 14 r I 14 2S caaa, 1 coca: to i LSCa. 1 o t. 00 p4e. 4 caata. rraica poaiae' alaiaMe rata. Eavaaan BailHn Offliaa Tm ak C" Ta Tra. f ninaaici, builuas- L'al- . ata-ear tut'dAna-. . roBTLAXD. rKIDlT, M-T 1. 111. ItHIXU BE T1IC NEXT Mr. Bo'u'i rockrlbbed demand fc free wool Is not Quite so rockrlbbed today as It was- few (lays ago. In recent Issue at the Commoner his an J on the subject was most sublime. Thousa the heavens fell he would have no wool tariff. Any man who wanted duty oa wool was a protec tt-r.lt and as a protectionist hi proper place waj In the reprobate ranks of the Republicans. Now bat & chan;e4 News comes from Washington ths moat of this flue frenzy was but an empty show. Mr. Fry in Is wi'.llng to let the tariff on wool remain for . while. He would cat ctt ft little this year and a little more next year, and on until In some far and happy fu ture the staple shall bo free, but rot row, not for ft 1'inff. lira; time to come. The "business Interests" must have an rpportunity to adjust themselves. In Mr. Bryan's revised opinion the oppor tunity will require anywhere from ten to fifty yVars, or thereabouts. T"ltl mate free 'cool" is the readjusted alo- trnn. Just as It has been the Republi can si o fan at any time this last half- century. The. drama of "Hope De ferred" la about to be rehearsed again with Mr. iiryan for protas-onlst and the Democratic House of Represcnta ' tive for chorus. It would take the business Interests lint ft second longer to adjust them selves to free wool than to eactt sev eral downward bitch of the tariff. T'r.der free wool It would be done once for all. Under the plan of an annual reduction It must be repeated year af. ter year. Which Is the better plan? But there are reasons for the liry anie preference . of amputation by Inches. Champ Clark has friends In the wool business. They raise sheep In ,Mt30url as well as animals with lonirer ears and the removal of the wool duty would affect the Income and the votes of these farmer. Mr. Clark wants the votes because he as pires to be President, lie may keep on aspiring till the day of doom, but he will never be President cf the United fttatrs. though you eoulj not make him think so. Mr. Bryan Is fa vorable to Clark's ambition. Hence Tils slump from the attitude heroic to the attitude frankly lotrrolllr.g. Thus It goes with eur dearest Idols. "I nearer loved ft bird or flower." but something awful was sure to happen to It. Now In spite of all our affec tion tile same blight strikes Mr. Bryan. Who Will be the next to fall? TWO UltOKt. Mayor Oaynor wns In the earlier period of his administration generally acclaimed "the best Mayor New Tork ever had." He was the ldesl execu tive. He pleased every body. The bat teries of the histlle prvs except Hearst's were Silenced. He was re srarded as ft probablo Governor cf New Tork. Then he became a Presi dential possibility. Dissatisfied com munities everywhere pointed with ap proval to his wonderful popularity and called upon their respective May ors to emulate his example. But something has happened. There has been ft remarkable recession of the Oaynor tide. His administration h.vs sunken steadily In the general es timation. Critics have multiplied like files In Summer time: mild complaints have become furious broadsides. No b'dy In New York Is satisfied. The reply of Uaynpr'a friends is that no bo.ly In New York ever as satisfied wth anything oran body for two con secutive ears. They attribute the tii)cor evlipse to the public distem per. acravated br the newspapers. particularly the H-irt papers. I'n douhtedly they are rlitht. or at least partly ruch:. Ths newspapers do not alone reflect public sentiment; they create It. Mayer la.iyr.or replied to his crltl a the other night la a public address. It Is reprinted In part today. It has a peculiar pertinence In Fortiaod. It Is worth reading. Possibly it conveys a Irwon. for the Mayor here. Mr. Pinion, strivlrg as everyone knows to do his full duty, has undergone the eime experience -at Mayor Cay cor has had. How fir Mayor Ciynor and Mayor Flmca have been the victims of ft cen sorious and unreasonable public Judg ment we hM! not attempt to decide. ruinrrvr tut ai tub unoh. At ivst the man who strikes with th black bail bos been drmcged l;.ta) ern darlicht. For many years he In struck In the dark to gratify his p-lty spite or his narrow prejudices or his snobbish protensions to social irr1ovrl:y. Now Irrsldert Taft has branded hfcn as what he Is ft -jmn'.I-headej man"; the man on the street mould say "a rlnhead." The M.rop.tltan Club, cf Wah Irgton City, by lis liberal ue of the buck ball, has created dissension. In the Army and Nary and has excluded Xrrm rs Klevt clrela certain new members of Congress. A few of Its members, sufficient In number to suc cessfully Invoke the blsck ball, look Into a man's pedigree rather than his work In the world, and study his ob ervance of etlqaerte more closely than his following of the golden rule. Washington Is the gathering-place tf an increasing number of the type of men who Oil ruch clubs as the Metropolitan. They are at tracted by the g'amor of the social life cf ?h higher off.rtal circles, but prob Vy In ft Larger derrew by the aristo xrt -i tazm civan. tiial soclmjr 1 X lae , titled members of the foreign embas- sise. They long to fawn at the feet of royalty, and. falling that, to hang to the skirts of nobility. If they had their way. Washington would be the seat of ft royal court and they. as."the best society." would bask la ft mon arch's smiles. So strong Is the hold which the so called best society has gained on the public mind that hardly a man below the President dsre denounce Its false assumption of superiority, or If he did he would command no attention. But the President, not only by right of his office, but by right of his character and achievements, can command at tentlon when he speaks, and venom ous tongues cannot counteract-what he says. His speech on the black ball did valuable public service nd has earned for him the thanks of every man and woman mho despises ft snob. WHO? Who will be Rushlight's new Chief of Police? Ask hlra. What will the Chief be Instructed and expected" to do? Close the town? Drive out the disorderly women and the macquer eaux? Close the saloons on Sunday and after 1 A. M. ? Maintain law and order always? Suppress riots and dis order from whatever source? Or what? Who will run the town if Rushlight shall ba Mayor? Who will have his secret ear? Who will gAildo his arms? Who will compose his messages? Who will direct bis policies? Who? These questions are In the minds of all. They cannot be answered by gen eralities. They can be answered only by a frank ftnd explicit statement of facts and declaration of policy. But Rushlight will not say anything worth saying or relylng upon. It Isn't In him. That Is one reason why he Is unlit for Mayor. ' And there are other reasons. Tint MtOt-BUXO DATS Or S7. The Oregon Legislature of 1597 was ft sorry affair Indeed. That was the scandalous hold-up Legislature, which Lawgiver ITRen, a member, and Law maker Bourne, another member, con spired to hold up. Then LTten put through the Initiative and referendum, to prevent himself and Bourne hold ing up another Legislature. It may be supposed. , Evidently he couldn't trust himself or Bourne or any other lrgu lator. - We got the primary law. local op tion and corrupt practices act for all of which there was ft genuine demand nd ft real need through the Initia tive. But how many of the sixty-four measures submitted in Oregon tinder the Initiative and referendum have re flected an obvious and Imperative pub lic demand? Not many. Sora un questionably, but not many. Who will say that there bos not been sbusf gross abuse of both the Initiative and the referendum In Oregon? The Initiative belongs properly to the reserve powers of the people. Its ndlscrlmlnate use should be made Im possible. It should never be the In strument of miscellaneous legislation. The Initiative ought not to be the leg islative usurper of the constitutional Legislature, but Its mentor, guardian. counsellor and friend. The Initiative that reinforces and strengthens repre sentative government as Governor Wilson says will be ft good thing. The Initiative that destroys It will not be ft good thing. We greatly fear the former: we hall the latter as a procr aspiration and a realizable boon. i.v ruui-wr.vT lkagc-b work. If the Western Development League carries ont any or all of the plans uggested for giving publicity to the many and varied resources or the West, the country as a whole will be benefited. The shifting of ft few mil lions of people from the congested cit ies or worn-out farms of the East to the sparsely settled West would be of mutual advantage, to the two sections Involved. By leaving, the East these people would make U much easier for those who remain, while their pres- nce In the West would make possible cvelopment of vast stretches of Idle farm land and forest Into a productive condition that would add to the pros perity of all the people. Nearly every ne who has met and talked with un informed Eastern folk will recognize he truth In the statement of ex-Gov rnor Brady that "the greatest and most false prejudice that our Eastern eighbors carry against Western life Is that we are without the. social, edu cational and. intellectual advantages of the older states." 'and that "to not few the West Is still wild and unde veloped. The experience of the railroads with the exhibition curs snt through the East has been of ft highly satisfactory nature. For that reason more work on similar lints would hardly fall to bring correspondingly good results. By an amalgamation of the various development organizations of the Western States the general Invitation of the West to the East to come out and see the country Is relieved of any appearance of local prejudice or self- I lshness. The State of Oregon Is cer tain to profit by any influence which brines new settlers to or creates new wealth la Washington, Idaho or any other far Western state. The entire West Is now, and for many years will bo ft producing- In stead of ft consuming country. All of the states Interested ln the Western Development League are, as far as do- I velopment has progressed, heavy pro- ducrs of agricultural and forest prod ucts which find a market beyond the sea. The production and sale of these ataplea brings into the country new wealth that has a beneficial effect on the entire trade situation. The field for expansion along these lines Is im mense. but the best results cannot be secured until we have ft population su.-ficlent to make use of the millions of acres of land now awaiting cultiva tion. The West, which now Invites the Fast to come out and grow up with tho country, is not that old West, with its Indians, desperadoes and other dime novel characters. It is land of opportunity ln which all of the necessities and most of the luxuries which can be found anywhere In the country are more easily obtainable than la any other part of the world. Woman suffrage in Fett! Is not making' ft hit with Mr. Goldsmith. manager or one or tne largest busi ness houss-s In the city. In appearing before the Council to protest acalnst an anti-smoking ordinance which had been Instigated and pushed by the fair sax. Mr. Goldsmith stated that "if every man ln the employ of my com pany and the rest of the large con- crr.s would nre every man wr.o is maxatcd. there, wouldn't be any worn- en's clubs." This seems to be rather ft broad assertion. If the firing" pro cess were actually attempted. It might open new fields for women, lovely women. With hubby no longer em ployed down town, he could stay home and rock the cradle, split the wood, etc, while the opportunities for club life would In some respects be much greater for the women than ever be fore. The stand taken by Mr. Gold smith would Indicate that he has no Intention of running for office In the State of Washington. PORTLAND flili, GAINING. The current number of tho New Tork Financial Chronicle contains an elaborate review of the bank clearings of the principal cities of the United States for the month of April and for the four months ending with April. The figures for the four months pre sent ft very aocurato reflection of the general business situation throughout the United States. The conUriued ports of general stagnation In business In New Tork are fully borne out by these figures, which credit tha me tropolis of the New World with ft de crease In clearings for the month of April of lt.4 per cent and for the four months with ft decrease oJf 17. 3 per cent. These heavy decreases pulled down the average for all of the cities of the Middle rlastern States, so that- they showed for Apri? a decrease of 14.9 per cent, and for the four months 16.C per-vcent. The Western group made tha next poorest showing with 12 per cent decrease for April and 6.7 per cent decrease for thw four months. In the New Egnland States the April decrease was 1.8 per cent and for the four months 4.7 per cent. The Pacific and Southern groups were the only ones In the country which showed an Increase for the four months, the latter gainlns 4.S per cent. Tho Pacific group tlgures for the four months were 0.2 per cent higher than those for the some period last year. The excellent showing made by Portland and Los Angeles alone prevented the Coast group from going Into the decrease column, as the fig ures for both Seattle and Salt Lake were far below those of ft car ago, while San Francisco registered a gain of but 1.9 per cent, compared with 8.1 per cent for PorUand and 11 per cent for Los "Angeles. The enormous gains which Portland has been making In comparison with Seattle are reflected Jn totals for the four months. Portland's clearings were- $179,682,424. compared with 1166.270.342 for the same period a year ago, while Seattle, which led Portland for the first third of 1910 with totals of 203.589.16S. has this year slumped to tl70.916.EiO5, or a to tal about 19,000.000 less than Port lands. The April figures for ft great many cities showed considerable Im provement over the earlier months of the year, and, as there has been fur ther Improvement for the month of May to date. It Is not Improbable that the country Is again on the up grade. With the trust decisions no longer clouding the financial situation and with excellent crop prospects, there Is rood reason for believing that the coming four months will shift the most of the cities now showing decreases over Into the column where the gains axe Indicated. COM3CISSIOX GOVERNTIEXT. The strong popular demand in Port land for the commission form of gov ernment reflects ft state of mind which seems likely to become universal In the United States. Even New York, tardy as It Is Intellectually, has not es caped the new Idea. Buffalo Is about to vote upon the Question of adopting the commission plan, and from tho ' Evening Post we-learn thnt several other cities, large and small, have . asked the Legislature for permission to adopt charters more or less like tho famous Des Moines instrument. The Empire State adheres to the an cient system of refusing self-govern ment to Its cities. ThcyMn make no change for better or worse in their charters without permission from the curiously piratical band which assem bles at Albany to make laws under the direction of Tammany. No commis sion charters axe likely to be author ized at the present session, but the Evening Post feels assured that "New York State, Is certain before long to grant to its cities the privileges en Joyed In other states." Oregon cities need no permission from the Legisla ture when they wish to correct their form of government. Hence, when Portland is ready to adopt an Im provement over discredited old meth ods, there Is nothing to hinder. The commission form of city govern ment, as all the world knows, began Its brilliant career at Galveston, where It worked successfully ln trying days after the destruction of the city by wind and flood. It occurred to some of the shrewd Inhabitants of Galveston that a system of government which worked so admirably in times of stress might be depended upo to give still better results under ordinary" condi tions. So they did not go back .to the old system of Mayor and Council, corn- piexlty and graft, but kept for perma nent use the device which had served so well In thplr extremity. From Texas the commission plan passed on to Des Moines, in Iowa, where, after careful study and mature deliberation. It was adopted with mod liicatlons and improvements. In .the capital of Iovw. it gave such satisfau tlon that It began to spread to many !hcr cities lrj all parts of tho country. Wherever It has been put in operation It gives, upon the whole, good results. The report Ixom Houston, Tex., that It transformer tne aimospnere or tne City Hall completely. Is a universal ex perience. It appears to solve the diffi cult problem of obtaining' honest, ef ficient and thoroughly representative city government in the United States. The kernel of a commission govern ment la ft City Council of not more than five or seven members. A very small Council is the essence of the plan, since It secures strict Individual responsibility for every member and at the same time admits of ft short, ballot." To each Councilman is as signed an entire department of the city's business, for which he is held Individually responsible and over whlrh he has full control. One of them serves as Mayor, but he has no veto and votes precisely like the oth ers. In ft general way he presides over the conduct of the city's business. The Councilmen are elected at large. City wards are abolished, with their petty intrigues, useless expense and low politics. The nominations are by direct primaries or petition, and upon the ballots both for the primaries and the snbsecuent election no party des ignations are permitted. Each candi date stands upon his merit as a pros pective servtnt of the city. PnlltU-al parties xni&t znaka their apital In , other ways and the city attends ex clusively to Its own welfare. Under ft true commission plan only the Coun cll.nen, including the Mayor, and the city Judiciary are elected. All the other officials are appointed by those who are responsible for their acts. Good salaries are supposed to be paid, nd every official, from top to bottom, Is required to give all his working time to the city. The merits of the commission form have been proved by wide experience to be very' numerous. By the short ballot It secures direct Judgment of the electors upon the merits of each can didate. Responsibility Is fixed and definite for every member of the gov ernment. The present complicated machinery of the City Hall Is replaced by a simple mechanism which works without clash or friction. Efficiency follows as the natural consequence of full responsibility, while the elimina tion of useless machinery makes the commission government much more economical than the old form in spite of the high salaries paid under it. This Is txuereven If we pay no attention to the honesty which it enforces. Best of all. the commission plan is thoroughly representative. It is the only scheme yet devised for giving the people complete control of the city. Of course the Initiative, referendum and recall are an Indispensable part of the elan, but they present no nov elty to the voters of Portland. An Inchof rainfall on the "light" lands of Umatilla County means a large addition to the value of the agri cultural output of that county. As there has been an unusually liberal supply of moisture on similar lands ln other parts of the Northwest, nothing but hot winds or w'et weather at har vest time can prevent the Pacific Northwest from harvesting a record crop. What are known as the "light' lands of Oregon and Washnlgton pro cuce Immense crops when there is a sutHclency of mMsture, the yields ln some wet years of the past having been far In excess' of the best output ever secured from the heavier soil in the foothill country. A big crop even at moderate prices Is much preferred to a small crop at large prices, and from present Indications farmers, railroads and all other Individuals or Industries directly or Indirectly connected with the business are on the eve of a "good year. Mr. Rushlight is for the commis sion form of government, too. Cer tainly. He will help It along, perhaps. But he thinks the public ought not to pay for a special election to adopt a new charter. Would he have the Council proclaim the charter, without reference to thd people? We guess not. The expenses of the election then will presumably be paid by pri vate subscription from public philan thropists. Oh, yes. The commission government will fare well at Rush- ight's hands. Indeed. But we will not get it from him as Mayor. Church unity has come where It was or might have been least expected. The German branch of Lutheranism ln the United States has absorbed the English branch of that denomination. This Is the first advance of denomi national consolidation since ths Cum berland Presbyterian Church fused with the parent body a few years ago. n neither case was there any relin quishment of beliefs or of creeds. The distinction without the difference was merely discontinued. 'A desperate attempt to offset the anarchy of the bribe with the anarchy of the bomb."- Thus the Rev. C. S. Gardner characterizes a recent episode ln th struggle between labor and cap- pnr--e is so neat mat one half suspects It may be true. If a war has actually broken out between brib ery and bombs, there are Interesting times ahead for plain citizens who be lieve in neither. The New Jersey lawyers .think "lay criticism" of the ocurts is worthless. Tho public will retort that their opin ion Is tainted with fanatical self-Interest. Nothing the lawyers can say will prevent laymen from criticising tle courts and enforcing .tha criticisms with votes. The only alternative Is for the legal profession Itself to initiate some sweeping reforms. Governor Wilson Is never at a loss for an answer. "No man Is big enough to refuse a nomination" for the Presidency, Is one of those truisms which nobody but a genius ever thinks of at the, right moment. It .says everything and nothing which Is ex actly what oracles and statesmen think language wa made for. - Laundries In Washington and Cali fornia are raising rates and assert ne cessity caused by the new law relative to shorter hours of labor for women. Any poor excuse Is good enough to Justify gouKlng the public,, but this seems to show the laundries have been gouging their women help heretofore. Not many .realize tho vastness of China until attention Is called by a fire In a Manchurian city that rendered 4 0.000 people homeless. A catastro phe of that nature, in civilization, so called, would loosen purse-strings, 'but in fat-oft heathendom it is forgotten the day after. Clackamas County scholars are said to be doflclent ln knowledge of civil government. Clackamas is home of the great apostle of the Oregon plan of government, which is civil 'and mighty uncivil at times. He might let the radiating rays of his halo illume the minds of his near-constituents. Is the Oregon Legislature now more representative than In the old days? If so. why the Increasing use of the initiative? If the Legislature )s less representative, how has the initiative helped representative government? A man came all the way from the Philippines, 9000 miles, to marry ft Portland girl, but that is not remark able, for all Portland girls are worth the effort and endeavor. The "boosters" think they have out grown the word, which means some thing, and want to be known as "edu cators," which means anything. Rascally real estaters ln this region are at last In fair way to be put out of business. Diaz and Madero will resign, but the latter would see the former go first. Woodrow Wilson has an cld-time Presidential head. O.VE MAYOR AD BIS CRITICS Hen Tork Sltnatloa Has a Parallel In the City of Portland. Mayor Gaynor'a speecli before "the New Tork Civil Service Reform Association. E. II. Goodwin got me to come here. He tried to convince me that I had done something to further the cause of civil service reform since ' I became Mayor, but I didn't know that I bad done anything. I suppose some of you thought, as Mr. Shepard said, that if I happened to get to be Mayor, civil serv ice reform and everything else would go to the dogs. I don't know why yon should have thought so. I have worked on many problems of municipal reform, and have worked on them all my life, as St. Clair McKelway, who. I notice, is here, might tell you. If he wants to tell the whole truth, which isn't always the case with him. (Laugh ter.) Well, I don't mind whfet Is said about me. I know I don't deserve much. None of us can deserve very much. Some men think - they are too good evn to marry a woman that no wo man Is good .enough for them. They find out soon enough, as a matter of fact, that they are not good enough to 'marry the first woman they meet. Some of us are not even fit to live, ac cording to our critics. I have fait that way myself for the past 60 days or so. Judging from what the news papers have printed about me. Now I am perfectly content to be alive. I am even willing to be shot ln the front, provided I am not shot ln the back. . Many years ago I heard Carl Schurz speak up in Utica about civil service reform. It was a new thing then, and what he said went in one ear and out of .the other. I am not sure that It even got into one ear. The barbarous maxim "To the victors belong the spoils" prevailed then. Tou mustn't think that you have got rid of that maxim even yet. I don't want to say anything that will come home too close to you. but a good deal has yet to be done. I don't want to exalt myself, but I have charge over some 16 depart ments of the city and am the head of these departments and can give orders some say .that 1 am an easy boss and don't give orders and not a single person has been discharged for political reasons, not even for being a Hearst lte, although I am frr.e to say that I felt a good deal of temptation, and might say more about having a Justifi able cause ' to bounce- some of them. There are, some places In the city where 'civil service rules are being ignored. I have noticed that it was during the periods of my life when I tried to do good things that I received the greatest opposition and abuse. But I had for titude enough to keep my head down and go right on doing the work, getting along without them as best I could. 1 am going to keep right on doing the same thing until my term is up. There is another side to this maxim of "To the. victors belong the spoils." The time to make offices competitive is before you turn the men out. To turn out the officials and appoint new ones so that these will be under the civil service rules requires a choapness which I will not describe. Another thing: Societies, through zeal, are apt to overdo it I .could tell of much good that societies have done and con tinue to do, but I say now, as I said when they wouldn't take Air. Shepard for Senator It is not those ln office as a rule .who do most for the cause of good government, but those on the outside. ' .What does it amount to to hold office, after all? It does not add a single cubit to your stature. Societies like yours, I have said, are prone to go too far and .do too much. Right here ln this city, through your influence, persons have been put on the competitive list who should never have been put there. I wouldn't say the Controller for worlds. (Laughter.) Some people are put on the competitive list and cannot be put out for cause. There was a case last year. But despite criticism I have long learned to be patient. If you achieve anything you can see it soon enough, and If you don't achieve anything all the angels ln heaven cannot make you see It. I have undertaken to do things, I suppose, whch at times were not al together clear, but I think. I have been Justified by results. Now I have talked long enough and I suppose 1 have said some disagreeable things.' Hayes a Fearless I-lxecntive. OREGON CITY, Or May 17. (To the Editor.) An article in which The Ore gonian states that the Hayes adminis tration was ''colorless" and without in cident." or words to that effect, I be lieve, is exaggerated, though possibly unintentionally. Hayes was one of the most piain-spokenT" fearless, though modest, executives any nation ever had. If he had been placed in the chair for a longer term, say 10 years, I dare say he would have made one of the great records in the history of the country, though not forward or demagogic Though not generally known, the re construction policy as adopted ln the main by Congress was largely, if not entirely, of his inspiration when a new member at the first session of the 39th Congress ln 1865. Not brilliant, but of good Judgment, a practical and far sighted statesman, bis record was with out stain or dishonor. All honor to the memory of Rutherford B. Hayes. The majority of the legal authorities of this country now concede that his election was legal, the election returns as finally adopted by the commission in each disputed state being those of the legally constituted returning board of the states. E. w. ukiismsll. Mr. LalTcrty Has Fair Supporter. PORTLAND. May 16. (To the Edi tor.)-; May I have a little space in The Oregonian to answer the letter in this morning's issue signed S. J. Clarldge? I am one of Mr. lanertys "lady friends," one who wishes him every suc cess, and one who believes Oregon will not have cause to be ashamed of her "boy Congressman." If Mr. Lafferty Is all that Mr. Clarldge says In his letter, he (Mr. Clarldge) ought either to be sent to the asylum or disfranchised. He cer tainly is not competent to vote if he "fcelped put an ass ln Congress" and surely is crazy If he would admit It If he thought so. having helped elect him. When we women are allowed to vote, I for one am going to be very sure he is the right one before I vote for any man; then if he happens to be elected I will take for my motto, "Boost, don't knock." Why don't we all give Mr. Lafferty a boost instead of a knock? - SUFFRAGETTE. Saloon and the Public. ASTORIA. Or.. May 18. (To the Edi tor.) Is a licensed saloon ln the state of Oregon a public place? Can a saloon keeper refuse to serve a drink to a person it he so desires? SUBSCRIBER. A saloon Is not a public place and the keeper may refuse to serve drinks to any one. MEDirai COt'RSB THE PROPER ONE. j Portland Should Not Have Class Strus tle, Deelarea Writer. PORTLAND. Or, May 14. (To the Editor.) I am one of those surprised voters in the recent election who gave , Mr. Lombard his 10 to one majority ln the residence districts. We have all been doing more or less accounting for , the Jolt we got and have discovered the lazy voter, the North-end heeler and Mr. Josselyn's machine and are inclined to let it go at that. By so doing I am ! Inclined to think we may be playing the ostrich and are overlooking a much j more fundamental factor in the situa tion. I I read witls Interest the two letters in last Sunday's Oregonian from labor union men: and I have also seen a copy 1 of the Employers' Association boomer- I ang letter of political advice to its 1 members. These several communica- I Uons from the two ends of the labor j question are all . characterized by marked class-consciousness and it : would therefore appear that a class Is or has been threatened ln Portland. If this is ln fact the situation, it Is the duty of every right minded voter to review his knowledge of the funda mental questions Involved ln the case and to take sides sauarely and intelli gently for what he considers right and Just. In this connection I wish to call attention to an eminently sane and withal conservative statement of the problem by Washington Gladden in re cent numbers of the Outlook: particu larly the number of March 19. If his is a fair statement of the case, it would seem that the members of the Employ ers' Association of Portland have as sumed what Rev. Mr. Gladden calls the ."Mediaeval attitude" in history. And If they have. It Is very certain that they are doomed to fail; for this Is the 20th century and "Democracy Is going to complete itself," even if while on Its way It can find nobetter -champion than Mr. Rushlight. General Otis seemg to have Impressed his attitude upon the recent convention of employ ers in Portland, but as was Intimated by Mr. Roosevelt ln his article. "Mur der is Murder," the American people do not accept the Otis view of it; Just as little as It approves of the labor union Incubus that is throttling San Fran cisco. Is there not sufficient wisdom and spirit of fair play ln Portland to steer a safe course between the Scylla of Otls-rldden Los Angeles and the Charyb dis of McCarthy-ridden San Francisco? For if It comes to war, we shall find as those cities have found, that Sher man's definition of war applies per fectly In the industrial world. W E. R LYMAN. CHARGES SHOULD'' BE SPECIFIC Conaltnent of Councilman Ellis Asks For Particulars In Recall Move. - PORTLANDfMay 18. (To the Edi tor.) It is announced that the required numbers of signers on the recall peti tion of J. T. Ellis (Tenth Ward) have been obtained and that the petition has been filed for the voters to decide upon ln the June election. Now while the recall system Is a weapon which works very effectively, If the public at large sees fit to dispose of an official member who has disqualified himself ln one or various ways, it may become a very unjust metbQd if the main essence ln the accusation Is the outgrowth of political rivalry or the gratification of imaginary grievance without regard to public interest. The public wrath ln some part of the Tenth Ward must have fallen heavy upon Mr. Ellis, as nothing short of his political death seems to pacify the In stigators ot the move. Now every cltl zen of Portland is entitled to know what crime is laid at Mr. Ellis' door. Is it what he has done, or Is It what he has not done? His proposed publlo docks were interpreted as unpractical and little more than a Joke. In the sewer controversy they aimed to brand him an incompetent and menace to public, health, and ln an endeavor to secure for the cement sewer pipe an honorable place beside its vitrified com panion, he was placed on suspicion for being a too ardent admirer, while at last his competitive paving petitipn, although an excellent remedy to check monopolies, was placed under the rays for the sole purpose of having him on exhibition for criminal actions. Councilman Ellis' case, In the June election, must be regarded as a Jury trial -where every juror In the Tenth Ward Is called upon to cast a free and unbiased vote. It is the plain duty of each Juror to weigh conscientiously all evidence for or against the defendant, so as to be justified in his own con science. CARL KRUSE. , Oregon. Road Laws. . PORTLAND, Or.. May 16. (To the Editor.) If a road has been laid out and surveyed for a public easement and Is ready to travel, can A put gates in and shut it up to keep B's .stock from going out on It? There has been a road to benefit others and, the gate has been open for the last eight months. Now as soon as others want to travel it, A says he Is going to put a gate in. A SUBSCRIBER. It la unlawful to close a public high way. .Willing? of Land. SILVERTON. Or, Mar 15. (To the Editor.) My .first husband left a will, giving to his daughter by his first wife 200 acres of land, to myself 150 acres for life, the rest and residue to myself or heirs forever. The farm con tains ln all about 400 acres. Can I will the balance or what Is over the 850 acres without It first being set aside for myeelf? A SUBSCRIBER. Yes.- Either Is Correct. BAKER CITY, Or, May 15. (To the editor.) "Tomorrow will be Tuesday." "Tomorrow is Tuesday." A says that only the first sentence Is correct. B says that 'either may be used and be -considered correct. Which Is right? SUB-SCRIBER. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams.) v If a man Bhould be suddenly changed to a woman, he couldn't get his clothes off. There are two sides to every ques tion; and men on both sides are usually bigoted, unreasonable, selfish and fool ish. Young man, if you want , to avoid marrying, don't go too long-with tha same girl. You can get encouragement ln many a town where you can t get a dollar. You no doubt think people are great ly Interested ln knowing what you- think about matters In general, but you are mistaken. Every druggist says he knows how to make something better than some articles that have made fortunes. Everyone is crazy to attract atten tion. You are; you needn't deny it. If you have willing friends, yoa soon Impose on them shamefully, unless you watch yourself closely. Women usually get the best of It in court, which is probably all right, since they usually get the worst of it elsewhere. In carrying a pistol, remember It Is no fun to kill a man. Advertising Talks By William C. Freeman. A merchant who throughout a long career has always stood for a buslneaa principle breaks away from business every once ln a while for a rest. No matter how long he is away, how ever, be never losea aleht of the adver tising; done by his firm. It happened, on the day he returned from one of his trips, that the store ad vertised a sale of handkerchiefs at 5 cents eacU In a conference with his managers, he asked about these handkerchiefs and one of his associates said: "Yes, we are rather proud of being able to buy these handkerchiefs at a price which enables us to sell them at 5 cents." The merchant asked "Are they all linen t" It being a rule of the house to sell only pure linen. The maaager said, "No. there is a little cotton In them, but they are splendid value for o cents." The merchant Immediately ordered -the handkerchiefs off sale, saying: "For years we have advertised that thta store never aella anything bat pure linen. Your advertising did not state that-these handkerchiefs had cotton la them, and the people who read our an nouncement would naturally think we were offering them a linen handkerchief for 5 cent,s. "Tye cannot afford to sell these handkerchiefs at any price. It would destroy the effect of all our paat ad. vertiaing people would lose faith In our statements." There were a great many thousand dozen of these handkerchiefs that were never sold in that store because they were not up to the standard the mer chant had set for his store. It Is due to this policy that this merchant has bullded a great business and won the confidence of the people. Was he not right? I (To be continued.) Resumption Act. PORTLAND. May 15. (To the Edi tor.) What Congress passed the Re sumption Act, and when did the United States Government resume special pay ment? A. L. MASON. What was known as the Resumption Act was approved January 14, 1875 and by it the Secretary of the Treasury was directed to make provision for the redemption of United States notes in. coin beginning January 1, 1879. The act was passed by tho second session of the. 4 2d Congress. Special Features Of Next Sunday's Oregonian Sherlock Holmes will conclude hi3 deduction's and investigation in that new,'absorbing tale, "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," from the masterly pen of Sir A. Conan Doyle. The same breath less interest of the first Jnstall ment attaches itself to 'the conr elusion. You mustn't miss the ending of this great Holmes ad venture tnle. Another Sherlock Holmes adventure, by the way, will open the Sunday following. Some more of those graphic Civil War Pictures will be pre sented in a page of exceptional interest on the -death scenes of famous Generals. These are some of the best of that great official . collection recently unearthed from musty vaults. In addition to the Sherlock Holmes tales there's another strong fiction feature a short adventure story, "The Green Gamp," complete in Sunday's is sue. By way of special articles an especially big and attractive ar ray is offered. There's an illus trated, half vase that will inter est you' particularly on the op erations of the American, Dr. Owen, who is digging in the Hiver "Wye to unearth proof that Bacon killed Shakespeare, as well as proof that Bacon is the real au thor of work attributed to Shake speare and others. Press dis patches have told of the intense interest Dr. Owen has aroused, but this is the first detailed and illustrated account. Women play an important part in the big business affairs of Portland. An illustrated half page tells of the achievements of women in Portland's big depart ment stores. That yellow peril has been com ing in for lots of attention in the past few years. Now Price Col lier dissects it thoroughly and says, the whole thing is a "bug bear." That hanging is barbarous is the contention of Pr. Spitka, em-, inent brain specialist, who has gone thoroughly into the subject. He gives some valid reasons why more effective methods of execu tion should be adopted, showing the extreme inhumanity of the present system in use by many states where capital punishment is meted out., Europe is getting wro.ught up over the fact that rich Americans are appropriating all the great art treasures. In half a page the acquisitions of these American "raiders" are recounted and the list includes many of the world's greatest masterpieces. Men around thirty are plentiful in Congress. Half a page is con sumed by John Elfreth Watkins in telling of the now "Babies of Congress. " Col. Crowe, Wallace Irwin's latest comedian, touches up the aviation outlook; Widow Wise, Sambo and Mr. Twee Deedle have new adventures. Two children's pages, a page on fashions and an immense array of timely mat ter. Last but not least all the world 's news, right up to the minute.