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turning prosperity, and If the country
rain enjoys big crops, such as are
now promised in most of the states. It
will be a very difficult matter to stay
the return of confidence, which of
course means the return of prosperity.
Tht re is an abundance of Idle money
In U of the country's banking center,
acj all that the owners are waiting
f-r before Investing it ts the assurance
that th !r investments will be protect-
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higher tuxes and other burdens, with
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ORTIi.M
The Mexiran revolution, so lightly
fsarded ty President Itaa a few
months ago. biased Into real war In a
c rnparatlvrly brtef period, and tha
fl.-.ai arrangement for r r.c Is fallow
Ir.g quickly the practical denionstra-
kkcallld to. nut iho.m. onirr.
Few petitions urging one man's
candidacy for office that have had Who
J magnitude of the Simon petitions have
evrr been filed anywhere. The Ore
g nlan today publishes the list of s.
nature, nearly S00 In all. In this
list will be found the nanus of men
In all honorable occupations repre
sentatives In fact of that portion of tha
public that Is concerned In tha wel
fare of the community at large.
These 000 names could not have
been secured within three days by the
effort of any single Interest political,
commercial, professional or corporate.
They represent a spontaneous uprising
In behalf of a clean city government
a government free from class en
tanglements and Immoral Influences.
ti -na a hu ll tha rebels have made of
tieir strength. The outcome of the I Mr. Simon could not. as a patriotic clt-
Ir uble is further evidence of the folly Urn. Ignore the appeal voiced therein.
w -.!. n this country would have exhlb-lt-d
had our "Jingoea" demonstrated
s f'l'-t.nt strength to InvelKle the Gov.
ernment Inta Intervening In the "fam
ily ri" among our neighbors on the
e..uth. The poaltion of the United
:.its In such cl'se proximity to a
p'ii,.r-ho:iae around a hlch fire
brands -were being thrown reckWaly
w i.. somea hat ileiicute. but nt no time
d irlrg the trouble sa thre anything
th it mould warrant this country tak
Ii.g a hand In the proceeding.
Any rulrr of Mexico has his hands
full, and If Mad.ro can keep the new
g ivernment which he will manage In
satisfactory operation one-half as long
a., 1'ias has ruled he will he doln
VifT well. Thre was m strtklr.ij slinl
Urlty In the trouble norr ending and
a ioth-r revolution w'ntch took place
In that unhappy country about 9 years
Sico. hen I'rident Coraor.fort In 1j7
tuf.i his edict against the Catholic
Orgy, confiscating their property and j
IrflRttng other liidlgnillrs on them.
t!e revolutionist under Mlramon de
p ed him and soon afterwards sent
hs succeor. F.entto Juarex. fleeing
to the mountains. The situation be
came so serious that then, as now,
r ting and bloodshed wtre In evidence
throughout the country. While Amer-
1 in Ir.teresU. which were suffering
ty reason of the trouble, were small
In comparison with th-vo of the pri-s-
-t time, ttry were sufficient to call
f-om 'resident Hucharan a message
t Congress in Iecember, 13a?, la
i hl-h he practically urged Interven-
n. "Is U posalble. said Fresidvnt
J uchanan In hU message, "that such
untry aa this can be given up to
anarchy and ruin without an effort
Iro.-n any quarter for its rescue' and
I s safety? Will the commercial na
tions of the world which have so many
Interests connected with It remain
wholly Indtff-rent to such a result?
Can the United States especially.
w hlch ought to share most largely In
l:s commercial Intercourse, allow their
1-nmedtate neighbor thus to destroy
l;s-'.f and Injure them?"
After reMewinc the situation at
leng-h. President Huchanan arrived at
the conclusion that "the mist accrpt
aMe aid least difficult mode of ac
romplishlrg the object wtil be to act
In concert with that government.
Their consent and their aid might. I
V. -!tre. be obtained, and If not, our
i M:.-:lon to protect our own citizens
li trielr Just rights secured by treaty
vo ild not be the les, Imperative."
The recommendatione of President
Huchanan rr not carried out far
.rough to establish ar.y precedents.
fr shortly afterward the Civil War
lie Is now an avowed candidate for
Mayor. The recall Is here typified In
a new form. Mr. Simon la not to be
recalled from office, but from the pri
vate life to which he desired to retire.
A candidate, named under such con
ditions. U best fitted for an office that
may soon be virtually abolished.
There can be no doubt of Mr. Simon s
s.ncerity on tho commission issue. He
Is the candidate of 009, not of Mr.
Pirnon. unit the 6U00 want the com
mission form of government. If elect
ed. It may be relied upon that he will
further In every way the commlwlon
plan, regardless of lis effect on his
tenure of office.
WHAT A UUr.NO SAW.
Woodrow Wilson found some thlntts
In Oregon that astonished him. Thut
November ballot that looked like an
enlarged page of a city directory, for
example. ite frankly acknowledged
that It was a product of the Oregon
system "which he could not commend.
Nobody commends It. Everybody
agrees that it Is a gross wrong that
the voter should be showered with
candidates and Initiative measures at
every election. It Is a feature of the
Oregon atem that must be cor
rected. If mischief and confusion are
not to result.
Ir. Wilson highly approves the
short ballot. So do all discriminating
advocates of ballot reform. But we
cannot have the short ballot and the
unregulated and miscellaneous Initia
tive, set with a hair-trigger and ready
for action in any one's hands. That
Is obvious. Governor Wilson makes
It so.
The address of Governor Wilson at
the Armory Friday night waa a lu
minous production. It sustained the
great reputation of the Governor for
clear analysis, fine understanding,
convincing statement and reasonable
opinion. It was an Intelligent and
wholesome criticism of the Oregon
system from a friend and champion
who would not permit his eyes to be
blinded to Its defects.
ing the fact that water rates are effec
tive only where water carriers can load
and discharge, demanded the same
rates the railroads were forced to
make In Portland, Puget Sound and
other Coast ports to meet waier com
petition. Meanwhile splendid steam
freighters had supplanted the old sail
ing vessels on the round-the-Horn
route, the Tehuantepec Railroad was
nearly ready for business, and the
Panama route, controlled by the rail
roads, through sheer necessity was
forced to lower rates and Improve
service by way of Panama. The d
mand of iSpokane for terminal rates, in
the face of such natural conditions.
was so remarkably unfair that Port
land promptly resisted It. At every
meeting held by the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Spokane and
elsewhere, when the subject was nn
der consideration, Portland business
men were present In large numbers.
and for years The Orcgonlan ha
urged upon the Puget Pound papers
and Puget Sound people the necessity
of taking some action In the matter.
These appeals, through all the years
Portland has been lighting the case al
most single-handed, have fallen on
deaf ears In Seattle and Tacoma, but
from the present wall of the Seattle
Times It la apparent that the Puget
Sound cities have at Inst awakened to
the fact that their jobbing trade Is In
peril. It Is a hopeful sign, this awak
ening In Seattle. After Transportation
Manager Mears. who was Imported
from Portland by the Seattle, business
Interests for the purpose of showing
them the way, has drilled his juvenile
tradesmen through the primary lessons
In the relation of freight rates to city
building, we may expect an outburst of
enthusiasm that may take at least a
portion of the burden of fighting the
Spokane interests off the shoulders of
Portland.
The capacity of the water carriers
on the Panama and Tehuantepec
routes has quadrupled in the past
three years. Is still inadequate to han
dle the business, but Is rapidly being
Increased. Water transportation, with
the Panama Canal completion still
three years In the future, is today the
controlling factor In all ratemakir.g
west of the Hocky Mountains. Every
city on the Paciilc Coast has a mutual
Interest with Portland in righting any
attempt to nullify the advantages given
us by the Almighty.
If the Siamese twin bill came up to the
President, he might sign it, and then
they would be doubly damned.
In short, they all know that Taft
has courage and that he la not playlpg
politics in this reciprocity business. If
he were, he would not have called the
extra session and put the Democrats
in position to manufacture campaign
material In the House: he would not
have told the delegation of politician
farmers that he was going to stand by
reciprocity even If he did lose their
votes by it. He is convinced that the
great mass of the people are with him
ELECTION TASK FOR CITY VOTERS
Review Gfvea of the Twenty-Four Measures Submitted to the Voters
Approval or Rejections la the Municipal Election of June B.
for
As the result of court decisions, three
measures supposed not to have a suffi
cient number of names to secure them
places on the ballot will go before the
votocsi In the city election June 5, mak
ing Si measures In all to be voted on.
The Oregonian herewith gives a brief
Advertising Talks
Br William C Freeman.
on this question, and he is standing j "lew of each measure. For the pur
pose of space economy, the official bal
lot titles are not given In full:
pat on It. He knows that only the
organized few of certain special Inter
ests appear at the hearings now being
held by the Senate finance committee;
that the unorganized many who repre
sent the general interest never appear
at such hearings. He will stand by
reciprocity, but he will not let the
Senate draw him Into a game with
1 II 11 f ' 0 Hie. TTa n.flt Anil mntntx mratv .
foil the scheming Senators of both I f.",""8 -5r'i.sre, wfuldtbe?onit,tho
Charter amendment submitted by the
Council, authorizing a bond issue of
$1,400,000 for the construction of a high
bridge across the Willamette river from
Meade street, on the West Side, to Ells
worth street, on the East Side.
The proposed bridge would be located
about 15 blocks south of the Hawthorne
limits of the city harbor, and high
enough to permit the passage of river
steamers without moving the draw
span in ordinary stages of water. The
lng the Senate to separate the Siamese
parties.
Taft has the courage to defeat this
plot, just as he has had courage In i construction of the bridge would not
several other crisea. Even some of ( shorten the distance between the est
hla hltinriera ahowtxl ro,r hot h I 'oe Business center ana me ooum tast
la profiting by his experience aa he ;
goes alone; and he makes fewer blun
ders. He will find the means of forc-
twlns.
The necessity of concurrent fishing
laws in Oregon and Washington is
again shown in the arrest by Wash
ington officer of an Oregon fisher
man operating under an Oregon li
cense. W 1111am Starr, the man under
arrest, was seining on the Oregon side
of the boundary line recently estab
lished by the United States Supreme
Court decision, and his arrest under
the circumstances seems like an ab
surdity. The difficulty in these con
flicting laws over the same body of
water is further intensified by the fact
that largo quantities of fish caught on
Side. The principal matters to be con
sidered by the voters, therefore, are the
extent of congestion on the existing
brldces and the advisability of adding
at this time to the bonded Indebtedness.
100 Tes.
101 No.
Charter amendment proposed by the
City Council creating a firemen's pen
sion and relief fund.
The City of Portland now has a po
lice and Ore department relief fund.
Into which the members of both depart
ments pay a monthly tax of 60 cents
each. This fund cannot be applied to
the relief of widows or other dependent
near relations In, the event cf the death
of one who contributes to the fund.
The proposed amendment creates a
separate fireman's fund, into which the
members of the department will pay 1
per cent of their salaries in lieu of a
the Oregon side of the liver are sold stated sum monthly, or about double
see the system Improved and made
permanent. That Is the only tenable
position for anyone to take.
We shall hop that Governor Wil
son's Armory address, printed In The
Oregonian Saturday, has been thor
oughly read and digested throughout
Oregon.
ANC1KNT WAR RFNEH'E1.
The war for the holy places has
been renewed. In the middle ages th
Christian crusaders sought to reclaim
the land of the Elble with sword
lance and battle-ax. Now they bribe
the Turkish Governor and the Cufto
diun of the mosque, whose salaries are
probably several months In arrears,
with British gold to allow them to dig
up tho precious relics of the Israelite
and early Christians.
When the odor of ranctity once at
taches to a place It cannot be shake
off. Jerusalem and I'm surroundln
hills first acquired sanctity when th
tabernacle was set up there and the
ark of the covenant wns placed there
In. Holiness was permanently fixed
there w hen Solomon built his temple.
It acquired a new meaning when Jesu
preached, suffered and died there. Tra
dilion says that so determined were
the Jews to save their sacred vessel;
and the ark from the profane touch of
the Romans that they burled these
relics In caves In the hills when Tltu
and his sold. ere were about to take
the city.
When the Mohammedans conquered
Palestine, they made sacred to Ma
homet, by building their mosques
thereon, the same places which the
He wants to j Jews and Christians had held most
SI-OKAM RATE AWAKXNS) EATTl.E.
There are compensating features
growing out of the present dullness In
Seattle. The business of selling tld
foot has
a
miners hare shrunk so mai mey are
taken from the owners in much les
ah-orbed the a t-ntlon of thts country -pokes" of the Alask
so thoroughly that the ic. c.n prob- r
in m h t.Bm th owners in much le
ed in mm h the earne . nmn w form.rIy neCessary. No
nt. Dcn wirea in av ' , . , ... . . i were aiiowtm 10 -ai.-viiiu vr-ut;aii. uio
The Mexican people W. .TT, ,T, To rr mosu. itself until they found
W to ha. a change of I 8afU'', Scat:e h,a ..J ! some of the sacred vessels of the Jews.
1-m was permitted to solve f.seir. This
. .,., .. i time than was formerly necessary. Not
marner It has been Ived In the I . "w . : . .
Irene r.t case.
were determlr.
rulers regardless of the cost. It Is for
tunate for the United States that they
secure. this chance without this coun
try being dract'il Into the controversy.
holy. Thus they not only secured strlk
lng sites but celebrated the triumph
of their faith. Unbelievers were for
bidden to enter the mosques, hence
the Christians and Jews were shut
out. Hut the Mohammedan conscience
Is accommodating and. If the unbe
licver happened to have money and be
willing to part with liberal sums, he
was admitted to meditate upon the
holy structures which once had stood
on the same site.
But the English Giaour were not
content with thU; they wished to re
cover the treasure which was burled
beneath the mosque and they offered
the Turkish oftlclals bribes beyond the
power of Oriental man to resist. They
were allowed to excavate beneath the
Kt.TVR.vt m. rRowrriuTT.
contemplate a gatherlnr menace
which for years has been threatening
her excellent jobbing trade. Tho
Times made the discovery and In the
course cf a double-column editorial
announces It In this paragraph:
T-. trial of tho romrtalnt cf tho trt-
Trfo New Tork stock market hus f port.tia t,uu of in, -' ,c,L,'r',rr
t-eea engaged In one of Its cld-tlme
booms s:nci the handing dov n of the
trust decisions, and most of the lead
ing rallroid and Industrial shares have
K-en in bl demand at higher prices
than have been quoted for many
n-r.ths. Whatever criticism may be
oir-red cf Wall street and Its roeth-c-U.
the cold fact remains that It Is
trie financial nerve center cf the New
W orl 1. To a degree the prosperity "or
adversity cf th rest of the country
can be quite accurately gaused by the
ertlmL-m or pessimism prevailing on
that great financial thoroughfare.
It is d.rTlcult to ascertain to what
extent tfte e.fcct of these trust de
cisions has been overestimated. There
Is alwas a certain element In Wall
street tnat makes Its living In the
stock maraet by studiously bearing the
prices of stock. After the slump
a Mch began several months ago, when
railroad earnings showed such heavy
decreases, had spent Its force, there
was not even any encouragement for
the short sellers. The market has for
weeks been drifting along in the dol
drums without enough movement
either way to attract the attention of
buyers or sellers. For nearly all of
this Inactivity the excuse was offered
that the pending trust decisions made
It too hazardous to trade. Foreign
carltsl. which always shows a prefer
ence for American securities when we
do rot attempt to depreciate them
ourselves, also became timid and
Joined In the waiting game. It now
re.-nair.s to be seen whether this quick
rewound from the depths is cf a per
manent nature. The trust decisions
are not the only features In which
tinr.ld carttal might find an excuse for
lr.g dcrmant. The probable action
-f Congress on the tariff, on recipro-
l:y. and on other measures may now
be selected as an object for alarm, and,
tinder the skillful manipulation of the
c-ror.lc bears. It may become a potent
factor In the market.
If this shoulJ fail to arrest the
strong upward movement that has fol-1-taed
the banishment of the trut de
cision bugbear, thtre remains the
next Presidential election to fall back"
on. But eventually we shall steer
eo fair past these obstructions to re- i
t-.- tli. Kallaar t'otr.n-l.!-
c.-n-a. ha. d:.'-l-.l in an a'-n-,: ."artll::
Biinn.r th, b-ti-.j, rooitt-in tt-.t fVatoo i.l
-.orfT ffrJ It.e.f In. If It, ci!ia.r., do not
In; n-tat-;y awake and t,ur t ti.m.v.,
ana f.imt.r avt. Th. wh".e trar.ftit.rtaUt'O
m:n of rat -rra'lrs weat of Cnua,o la
lu a ,:at, of tavolat.on.
The attempt to put Seattle and
other Coast cities In the "serious po
sition." which the Times has Ju.-t dis
covered as among the possibilities, be
gan In Spokane nearly twenty years
ago. The tramp steamer had not be
come a factor In the Pacific Coast
carrying trade, the Tehuantepec route
was still a "visionary project" and the
Panama rotrte, under the exclusive
domination of the railroads, cut but
little figure as a rate regulator, when
Spokane began this "terminal rate"
acitation very early In the "nineties."
There was, however, an unending pro
cession of sailing vessels beating down
the Atlantic round the Horn and up
the Pacific with full cargoes of East
ern merchandise which were laid
down on the docks of Portland. Seat
tle and San Francisco at so much
lower rates than were quoted by the
railroads that the Coast merchants
could pay a heavy local rate Into the
Interior and successfully compete with
the Inland cltlea dependent exclusively
on the expensive rail haul.
Spokane's original attempt to nullify
the advantage of water transportation
was vigorously resl.-ted by Tortland
business Interests, but the railroads,
preferring reace to a P.ijht, regardless
cf the merits of the controversy, effect
ed a compromise by which a special
trade zone was carved out for Spo
kane and from which Coast jobbers
mere barred on a number of staples
which Spokane was permitted to Im
port at a special freight rate. Port
lund. receiving no assistance whatever
from Seattle or Tacoma In the original
fK-ht and enjoying great expansion In
other directions, paid but little atten
tion to this unjust and unwarranted
preference that was shown Spokane.
For more than ten years Spokane, as a
reu!t of these preferential rates pre
sented by the railroads, grew like
mag'c. no other city on the Coast ap
proaching her In the percentage of
gain In the Jobbing trade.
About six years ago, Spokane, lgnor-
Protest of the Mohammedan popula
tion grew almost to a riot and the ex
cavators were forced to fly.
Now the outcry hns reached the
Turkish capital and has become so
loud that the fate of the cabinet Is in
doubt and the officials at Jerusalem
axe likely to lose their official heads.
All this trouble comes from the
placing of the tabernacle of the Israel
ites on a certain spot thousands of
years ago. The place became sacred
to three creeds and this led to the
shedding of oceans of blood In fight
ing for possession of Jerusalem and
the writing of thousands of books In
telling about It. Truly, a vast amount
of the history of man centers in Je
rusalem and Its surrounding hills.
TACT AND SIAMESE TARIFF TWINS.
It is a very pretty scheme that some
of the Democratic Senators have con
cocted for forcing President Taft to
approve their addition to the free list
of the tariff, but It leaves out of the
calculation one Important factor Mr.
Taffs courage.
These Senators imagine that Mr.
Taft la so deeply Interested in the
adoption of the reciprocity agreement
with Canada that, if the bill enacting
It should hare attached to It the free
list Just passed by the House, the
President would sign It regardless of
any objection he might have to the
free lisa They count on the assist
ance of some Insurgent Republicans
who really are of he same opinion as
the Democrats thut reciprocity is a
good thing provided certain commodi
ties are put on the free Hat as com
pensation to the farmers for the losses
they are supposed to suffer through
the agreement. They also count on
the aid of some regular Republicans
who oppose reciprocity but dare not
vote against It and would vote to tie
the two measures together la the hope
that. In order to kill one Siamese twin,
the President will- kill both. Thus
they expect to make him the scape
goat for their own misdeeds and to
deprive their constituents of the bene
fits of reciprocity without Incurring
the odium of having voted against It.
Put all these various classes of
Senators are afraid of something. The
Democrats know that reciprocity is
Indorsed by their party and they fear
that any action of theirs which endan
gers it would bring a storm about
their ears. The Insurgents are In
much the same fix. The regular Re
publicans are desperately afraid that, i
or packed In Washington and an equal
or perhaps greater number of Wash
ngion fish are sold and packed in
Oregonl Ample restrictions, operative
concurrently in the two states and en
forced with impartiality, would be of
much greater value to the salmon In
dustry of the two states than the pres
ent ridiculous system, which not only
makes noediess expense for both states,
but also falls far short of supplying
tho protection needed by the Industry.
The death at Mexico City last Mon
day of Dr. Jose Madrlz, ex-presldent
of Nicaragua, calls to mind the un
easiness of the head that wears a
crown in Central America, and also
the rapidity with which revolutions
follow each other. It Is but little
more than two years since the deposed
Zelaya named Dr. Madrlz as his suc
cessor. While he was never formally
recognized In the United States, he
retained a precarious hold on his seat
until August. 1910, when he waa over
thrown by Estrada. The latter made
an even poorer showing than that of
Madrlz as a ruler In turbulent Nicar
agua, for Estrada himself is a refugee
from the land he iwrested from Madrlz
and is expected daily at Mexico City.
Again comes the story that the chil
dren of Alfonso XIII and Queen Vic
toria of Spain are defective In speech,
hearing and one of them, at least, in
mental capacity. This, It Is said. Is
duo to tho grave weaknesses which
the King Inherited from hie dissolute
father and which, but for the most
heroic treatment, would have de
stroyed him In his childhood. The
case la one wherein the father "having
eaten some grapes, the children's teeth
are set on ed?e."
Another aged millionaire has been
disabused of the, idea that a young
woman of less than half hla years
"married him for himself alone." Dr.
Munyon, of patent medicine fame. Is
the man in the case this time. The
lure of the stage has proved stronger
than the love that he flattered him
self he had inspired In tbe young
woman no doubt much to the vain
old fellow's astonishment.
Anerrt discussion of tithing In the
Epworth League meeting the other
day. Investigation of affairs of people
who contributed a tenth of the Income
to work of the Lord, Including char
itable as well as religious, seems to
show their worldly condition to be as
prosperous as their anticipations of
future 'welfare are bright. To state It
brletly and commercially: Tithing pays.
Everybody Is glad to see Blnger
Hermann back to Oregon and restored
to health. His days of usefulness are
not ended, by any means, but he de
nies the rumor that he will re-enter
politics. Tet many will recall his spec
tacular manner of "coming back"
nearly a decade ago and view the com
ing years with expectancy.
A "no seat, no fare" law will in
crease use of the telephone, for many
man will be compelled to send to
wife or other boss the proper excuse
for delay In getting to dinner or work.
However, there will be humor In the
the preset t monthly contribution. It
also provides for a tax levy of .20 -of
1 mill, or 5 cents on each $1000 of as
sessed valuation, for the benefit of the
fund. Provision Is made for retirement
at half pay of any members who may
serve continuously for 25 years, or
members reaching the age of 50 years
after 20 years of continuous service;
also for the pensioning, at half the
member's salary, of his family, or In
the event he leaves no wife or children,
his parents. If dependent upon htm for
support. The amendment will divide
equally between the proposed firemen'
and police pension funds the J10.000
now In the present fund. The tax levy
is to cease whenever ,300,000 Is accu
mulated In the fund.
104 Yes.
105 No.
Charter amendment proposed by the
Council levying a tax not to exceed
mill, to be credited to the street clean
lncr and sprinkling fund.
Other than permitting the Increasing
of the levy above the present limit of
7 mills for all purposes, the chief fea
ture of this amendment is the privilege
given the city of paying for street
cleaning and sprinkling out of one
pockot Instead of anctber.
102 Tes.
103 No.
Charter amendment proposed by the
City Council Increasing the salary of
the City Attorney from ,2400 to ,3ouo
per year.
The amendment raises the salary
of the City Attorney to a figure
more in keeping with the Importance
and responsibility of his work.
106 Yes.
107 No.
Charter amendment submitted by the
City Council creating a police depart
ment pension and relief fund.
This measure is similar to that creat
ing a separate firemen's relief and pen
sion fund. The chief difference is in the
retirement features. Under Its provisions
member of the police aepartment
may retire who has served as an active
member for 20 years; or. II ne is to
years of age, he may retire, if he has
served In the aggregate 20 years as an
active member. Half pay Is granted
on retirement.
108 Yes.
109 No.
Charter amendment submitted by the
City Council authorizing a bond Issue
of 1200.000 for the acquisition oi a site
and the construction of A municipal
Jail, municipal court, police headquar
ters and emergency ajiospitai.
The building contemplated by this
amendment is to take the place of the
crowded and unsanitary old police sta
tlon. It is one of the real needs of the
city and the only argument that could
be made against the approval of the
measure would be the state of the city's
indebtedness.
110 Yes.
111 No.
Charter amendment submitted by the
Citv Council authorizing a bond issue
of ,260.000 for the acquisition of Coun
cil Crest.
The city will undoubtedly sooner or
later find it . advisable to purchase
Council Crest. Desire not to further
increase the city's Indebtedness at this
time may deter many from voting for
the' measure, but If the purchase is de
ferred the city will probably be com
pelled to pay a higher price.
112 Yes.
113 No.
present salary of the City Engineer Is
not commensurate with his responsibil
ities and duties nor with the size and
importance of the city.
120 Yes.
121 No.
Charter amendment submitted by the
Council creating a pension and relief
fund for members of tlie street clean
ing department.
This measure Is Identical In terms
with that creating a pension and re
lief fund for the fire department. Un
like the lire and police departments, I
the street cleaning department now has
no relief fund.
122 Yes.
123 No.
Charter amendment submitted by th
Council requiring the submission of two
or more sets of plans and specifications
eacn specifying a different kind of pipe,
whenever sewer construction is con
templated.
The amendment permits a wider
scope of competition In sewer contracts
and will make it possible to end th
practically exclusive use of terra cotta
pipe m Portland.
124 Yes.
126 No.
Ordinance proposed by initiative pe
tition Known as the no seat no fare
measure.
The measure prohibits the admission
to streetcars during morning and even
ing rush hours of persons for whom
there is not seating capacity. Th
ordinance would be wholly lmpractlca
ble of enforcement and deals with mat
ters that should be left to the Public
Service Commission.
12 Yes.
127 No.
Ordinance proposed by initiative pe
titlon levying a gross revenue tax of
gas companies.
The measure would probably result In
a material Increase In, the taxes th
Gas Company of Portland now pays.
12S Yes,
129 No.
Ordinance proposed by initiative pe
tition levying a gross earnings tax of
i per cent on electric lighting and
service companies.
Identical with preceding measure ex
cept as to the utility affected.
130 Yes.
131 No.
Charter amendment submitted by the
Council providing that hereafter all
gulches and ravines shall be filled and
troubles of the belated shopjjer, el- j p Under tne present system fills are
bowed aside In a crowd that possesses i Dairt tor by the property benefited or
that property within a locally pre
scribed district. The foregoing amend
ment would place the burden of fill
construction on the- city at large, but
w-ould apply only to fills costing in ex
cess of (16.000.
114 Yes.
115 No.
no chivalry.
The Initiative was used by the an
cient English Kings, says Dr. Wood
row Wilson, and the recall by the
Romans, says a Democratic Congress
man. There is notning new. But is
the government of the English Kings
nd of the untutored Romans good
enough for us?
According to dispatches, the Los
Angeles "hot stuff" colony Is feeling
the pruning-knife. Some of them. In
cluding Jack Cudahys former wife,
were notified to hike, and obeyed. The
deeds of the Idle rich disgrace the
Nation.
If all mothers-in-law were like the
lderly widow who put her son-in-law
Jail for sixty days for habitual
drunkenness, half the saloons w-ould
soon eo out of business.
Double-tracking and straightening
the road between Portland and Oregon
City will eliminate an anomaly of
longer distance by rail than by water
The Oregon Naval Reserve is mak
ing so much fuss in Itself, people begin
to wonder what a naval reserve Is for.
When buying mail-order real es
tate, the buyer would better beware.
Diplomacy and Lying.
Chicago News.
Little Willie Say, pa, what's a diplo
mat?
Pa A diplomat, my son, is a person
who can prove a man is a liar without
calling him one.
Charter amendment submitted by the
Council authorizing a bond issue of
1400,000 for purchase of site for and
paying cost of construction and main
tenance of a publlo auditorium.
The need for a public auditorium is
urgent in Portland. Its erection would
make possible the securing of many
conventions that now go elsewhere.
The people would probably receive an
indirect return greater than the cost
of the enterprise.
116 Yes.
117 No.
Charter amendment proposed by the
Council authorizing- a bond issue of
$75,000 for the establishment of a mu
nicipal garbage collection system.
The object of this measure is to au
thorize the city to substitute for the
present private, unsystematic and un
sanitary garbage collection system
one of its own. The bonding plan pro
vldss for a collection rate that will pay
the interest on the bonds and establish
a sinking fund. The city simply util
izes its credit to establish the Initial
accessories, but Imposes no new bur
dens on the taxpayers thereby.
118 Yes.
119 No.
Charter amendment submitted by the
Council increasing the City Engineer's
salary from $2400 to not less than
$3000.
The proposed amendment fixes only
the minimum salary that may be paid
the Engineer and permits tne Council
to fix an amount in excess thereof. The
Charter amendment proposed by in
itlative petition creating a Public Serv
ice Commission.
This measure Is the substitute of
fered by disappointed politicians for
tne MalarKey State Publlo Service
Commission measure. The charter
amendment proposed Is weak and In
effective and contains numerous
catchy provisions designed to entrap
the unwary voter. For examples, the
measure seeks to Instruct the county
grand Jury, the Circuit Court, the Gov
ernor and the State Supreme Court,
aaas to tne criminal laws oi the state,
changes the term period of the Mult
nomah Circuit Court and attempts to
extend Jurisdiction of a Portland board
to the furthermost corners of the state,
none of which does the City of Port
land have the power to do.
132 Yes.
133 No.
Charter amendment proposed bv in
Itiative petition authorizing a bond is
sue of $1,000,000 for construction and
maintenance of a municipal paving
plant.
This measure is ill-advised because
of the large bond issue Involved. The
proposed . amendment places no re
strictions upon the sum that may be
expended for the paving plant, nor does
It provide for payment of interest or
accumulation of sinking fund out of
the earnings of the plant. The act
would encourage extravagance and
provide for an unnecessarily large un-
dertaKlng.
134 Yes.
133 No.
Ordinance proposed by Initiative pe
tition divesting the city of power to
dispose of waterfront property within
2000 feet of navigable water or other
city property within 1000 feet of any
terminal yara or depot.
This measure would prevent the city
not only from giving away but from
selling any city property that might be
more valuable to the community at
large as wen as to tne company de
siring It If used for railway instead
of municipal purposes. It would ef
fectually stop Portland's growth as a
railway terminal.
136 Yes.
137 No.
Billboard ordinance proposed by in
itiative petition.
This ordinance limits the size and lo
cation of billboards and the character
of their construction and specifies the
materials tha,t may be used. The or
dinance also contains an inhibition
against spite fences. In general the
measure is a worthy one, although the
provision requiring consent of prop
erty owners on both sides of the street
to the erection of any signboard is
probably unconstitutional. The inva
lidity of this section would not affect
the other portions of the measure.
133 Yes. i
13
Charter amendment proposed by in
itiative petition requiring competition
in bids for paving.
The amendment requires specifica
tions and estimates embracing two or
more kinds of paving material, one of
which must be non-patented. The
Council is given authority to determine
the character of the improvement. The
amendment also reduces the proportion
or property owners required to sigm an
Improvement remonstrance from 80 to
60 per cent.
140 Yes.
141 No.
Kererenaum oraerea ty petition on
an ordinance vacating 100 feet each
of Oregon and Adams streets for foun
dations for the highway deck of the
Steel bridge.
This Is a hold-up of an attempt to
convert into tbe only use they are fit
for the two short ends of streets lying
between a high bluff and the river
bank.
142 Yes. .
143 No.
Referendum ordered by petition on
an ordinance prohibiting the carrying
of banners in public places.
While this is, in a way, a companion
of the anti-boycott measure, it also
prohibits the parading of advertising
signs.
144 Tes.
145 No.
Referendum ordered by petition on
an ordinance declaring labor or trade
boycotting methods, picketing, etc-, un
lawfuL This and the preceding referendum
were Invoked by the labor organiza
tions. 146 Yes.
147 No.
An advertising agency man. a news
paper special representative and an
advertising man (the writer) met tne
other day at the suggestion ot tne
agency man to talk over an advertis
ing plan which he had submitted to a
corporation.
The agency man had suggested to
the president of a corporation an ad
vertising plan, a good one. which ap
pealed strongly to Mm.
He finally rejected it, however, on
the theory that If he started to adver
tise, be vronld have to use every paper
In the city, and he could not set apart
that much money for advertising.
When the agent asked why he
thought this was necessary, the presi
dent said:
If vre dldnt oae every paper, those
we left off the lUt would Immediately
denounce and criticise us."
This Idea of giving advertising to
newspapers to stop eriticlam is absurd
'n these enlightened days. Newspapers
criticise things that deserve criticism,
as a matter of duty to the publlo not
because they do not get advertising
from the firm they criticise.
If a corporation starts to advertise
with the idea that by doing so. It re
strains papers from publishing facta
about It, then It had better not adver
tise at all.
But If It wants to advertise, the way
to do It Is to go at It in a businesslike
manner, just as any Individual or mer
chant would go at It viz.. select inch t
papers as are read by the people the
corporation waati to reach and in
accordance with the amount It Is de
cided to spend.
Then, if the campaign proves suc
cessful, add other papers from time
to time.
If I were running a corporation, I
would reprint every crltlefsm in an ad.
vertiaement, and alongside of the criti
cism I would print my answer thereto!
then let the people judge.
The people can be depended upon
to decide fairly between unjust criti
cism and facts and corporations can
reach the people through the adver
tising columns of the dally newspaper.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 10H. by peorga Matthaw
Adams.) "
If your liver doesn't work, you won't.
Few men can look themselves over
and give their faults a fair hearing.
Blush as much as you please, you
all have kin you don't like.
The wickedness of mules is a stand
ing Joke, and you are always hearing
them abused. Almost every day you
see an old reliable family horse run
ning away, usually with ecreaming
women and children in the buggy, but
did you ever see a mule running away?
Did you ever personally know a mule
to kick any one? The fact Is, the mule
works hard on light feed, and gets
nothing but abuse.
A woman Isn't really pleased unless
she feels that she must kiss some one.
and do it right away.
You are compelled to accept so many
explanations that are not satisfactory.
How old must a woman be before
she is able to act as her own chaperon? '
"When a man begins to fall over the
dog, and gets cross about it, that la a
sign of age.
Nearly every old-time druggist does
. good deal of "doctoring" for friends
and acquaintances.
'At any rate," said a woman, as she
looked at three children under four
years of age, all crying as loud ae they
could, "I am not an old maid."
When a thing shauld be done, too
many people believe "the city," or "the
business men," should do 1.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian, May 22, 1861.
The attaches of The Oregonian office
have to acknowledge the compliment
bestowed on them by the presentation
on the part of several ladles of thie
city of a beautiful American flag.
From a private letter from Walla
Walla we learn that gold dust is large
ly in circulation at that place. Where
it is dug Is the next question.
Salem. May 19. The Union Club met
again last Thursday evening. The
Courthouse was filled by a dense
crowd who listened with much enthu-
iasm to eloquent speeches from Messrs.
G. Wilson, Ben Hayden. of Polk.
Judge Boise and Hon. L. F. Grover.
We noticed several droves of cattle
passing through town within the last
week, seeking pasture on the moun
tains and plains beyond thei Cascade
Mountains. -
Broonu and Phyaleal Culture.
Christian Register.
Said the lovely girl: "Physical cul
ture, pa. Is perfectly fine. To develop
the arms, I grasp this rod by one end
and move It slowly from right to left."
"Well, well!" exclaimed her father,
"what won't science discover? If that
rod bad some broomcorn on the other
end of it you'd be sweeping."
A Man "Who Shouldn't Run Motor-Cars.
Baltimore Evening Sun.
The man who drinks or has been
drinking has no place In the automo
bile. A drunken chauffeur or one ever
so slightly under the influence of drink
is a danger to the community. He Is
the driver of 40 or 60 horses horses
that become wild, unsteady, terrifying,
if his hand falters or his mind wanders,
and go dashing down the streets leav
ing destruction in their path. The man
who drinks has no right to run a car,
whether he be the hired chauffeur or
the owner of the machine.
"THE LAUGH OP A CHILD."
I am old and wrinkled and gray
Often I watch sweet children at play,
And I think of days, in far-off clime.
When I was a child In olden time.
I am old and wrinkled and gray
But the laugh of a child is sweeter, I
say.
Than the tones of a harp, or a lute's
soft lay,
Or the chimes of bells at the close of
day.
I am old and wrinkled and gray
And I hare traveled. Ah, many a day
Through valleys gay, where sweet flow
ers lay,
By roads, in vale, by hill all the way.
But the laugh of a child is sweeter, I
say.
Than the sweetest of flowers that
bloom in May.
I am old and wrinkled and gray
I've passed o'er many a stoney way
Mid shrieks of shells and victors' yells.
And shocks of arms and war's grim
hells
I am old and wrinkled and gray.
Soon I shall hear the pale horse neigh.
Its rider is Death, he will bear ma
away.
I know not where, but need I care.
Till the call of the Child on the Judg
ment day?
W. W. LANGHORNE.
Chehalls, Wash.