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Suspension by the Commerce Court
of to rate order of the Interstate
Commerce Commission will doubtless
end In final adjudication of the jues
tlon by the United States Supreme
Court. There the issue should so. It
ami to ns. for the question Is fun
damental. Ia fact, there are two Im
portant questions involved. One Is the
right of the Commerce Court, In ad
dition to ruling; on law points, to re
view the facts on which the Interstate
Commerce Commission hasp its rul
ings. The other is the right of the
railroads to meet water competition
wherever It exists without at the same
Ume destroylnr their entire fabrto of
rates.
It is in the latter question that
Portland Is chiefly Interested, though
Its court adjudication may In the first
Instance rest in the scope of the Com
raerce) Court's Jurisdiction. The In
terstate) Commerce Commission fn de
ciding the "back-haul cases." In ef
fect declared that water competition
was a potent Influence In rate ad
justments, but that wherever water
competition caused a reduction In the
long-haul rate It must also cause
reduction In the short-haul rate.
From certain Middle West territory
It required that the rate to Interme
diate territory should not be more
than T per cent arrester than the
rate to coast terminals. With
such aa order standing, any reduction
In through rates caused by Increased
water competition would affeot also
the Intermediate rates. In other
words, the railroads were told that if
they deemed It a business necessity to
haul freight to Western seaports at
cost In order to compete with water
transports the rate made must be
basic one. and freight to Intermediate
points, too, must be hauled at but lit
tle mors than cost.
It Is conceivable that the railroads
might thus be placed between two
consuming fires, after the completion
of the Panama Canal. They could
give op everything but short-haul
freight or they could meet the expect
ed reduction in water rates at ter
minals and thereby automatically cut
practically all rates. It Is possible
that either course would mean bank
ruptcy. '
Portland has another interest be
side the welfare) of the railroads, on
whoss continued prosperity and activ
ity in Oregon so much depends. Port
land could no doubt manage to got
along by building up water-borne
trafflo in various war a and by so do
ing even outdistance Its Inland trade
rivals. Portland Jobbers could lay
down goods at Interior towns at the
same prices at which those towns
rould transport them direct from the
Kast, ' the only difference being that
the goods would com to the Pacific
Coast by water Instead of by roll.
Natural law will have its way and
will always circumvent any puny bar
ricade which human law may erect.
But .the city's prestige and trade
Influence will grow larger and faster
If It has both rail and water routes
at Its command. We are Justified in
boasting of our advantage of loca
tion, but the fact remains that It does
not gtve us waterways Into Central
Oregon or make them possible, nor
will railroads likely develop their
lines there If whenever shorn on one
side by water competition, a Govern
ment regulation shears the other. Nor
are we content with a ruling that tells
us we have a glorious natural advan
tage over competitors and then soeks
to divide Its fruits among them.
AXOT1 EE It STATEMENT OSB.
Mr. ITRen's statement that he may
rtoclde to become a candidate for del
egate to the National Republican Con
vention will possibly tend to lift a
great burden from the agitated souls
cf many Democrats who fancied that
they saw In his open alliance with
Wood row wlison a purpose to take
charge of the Democratic party In Ore
gon. Of course. Mr. ITRen may
change his mind. He may not run.
Bring a man of acute conscience and
great consistency, membership In a
National Republican Convention may
Imply direct obligations he will not
be) willing to assume.
The Presidential preference primary
is not the easy thing to manipulate
or evade some of Its ardent champions
mav have thought.
Ths voters In an Oregon Presiden
tial primary express their choice for a
candidate for President of the United
States. The delegate, before he can
get his credentials from the Governor,
who alone may furnish them, shall
Suaer1b te an t'H of office that ha will
upno.tl th conautut'on of trie t'Blta-J btatce
,ri of the -f t'r-aon. axd that ha
mi 1 aa mch cT.car ar.. rtr .jnta. ir th b-at
of at Ju.amaat a1 aM.lty feJlMuUr carrf
out tr-a wltftaa of His j-.!tlral par: a m
I r 1 1 br Ita ora at tli t.xr. of kia alc
ttoa. Hers Is a Presidential preference
primary Statement No. 1 that means
that the delegate shall vote for Taft.
If Taft shall win in the Presidential
primary, or for La Pollette If La Fol
lette shall win. or for any other who
may win. It Imposes upon the dele
gate also ths clear duty cf doing a 'J
he honorably and reasonably can do
to support the Interests of his candi
date in the orgnniratlon cf the conven
tion. In the preparation of the platform
and in the pUy and conflict of forces
and factions throughout ths proceed
ings. If Mr. ITRen or any member of the
political gToup to which he belongs
shall be a Candida's before the P.f-
publican party to be del-cate to the
V iitonal Convention. It will be inter-
eating to hear from him before his
election a f-Jll and f-Ur statement that
he understands all the conditions, ex
pressed and implied, and ia prepared
to discharge them. The) Statement
One chicken mar some day come
home to roost.
m nrxM beware.
Ths Orcgonlan Is moved to ponder
over ths news from Denver. There.
we are Informed, on the authority of
the never-falling Associated Press,
"progressive Republicans have com
pleted a permanent organization, ln-
l dorsed United States Senator Robert
M. La Folletta. of Wisconsin, for ths
Republican Presidential nomination
and passed resolutions calling for
state-wide primaries for ths expres
sion of Presidential choice." Ths in
spiration for this lawless proceeding,
ws are told, was ths resolutions adopt
ed at the recent meeting of the Na
tional Republican Progressive League
In Chicago.
Contemporaneous with this highly
Impertinent, audacious and suspicious
performance of the La Follette Repub
licans In organizing for the purpose of
making a campaign before a Presi
dential primary la the appearance In
Oregon of two avowed La Follette par
tisans. Who have oome all the way
from Wisconsin 'n their personal
business," they say. But let them be
ware. If they attempt to organise a
La Follette campaign committee here,
with the Infamous purpose of telling
the sovereign voter what he ought to
do in the primaries. The "independent"
press will fitly denounce the outrage.
The Pendleton East Oregontan. the
Medford Mail-Tribune and another
vlrtuoue paper here and there one or
two la Portland will take their
sralpa, tar and feather them, and ride
them out of the state on a rail. Hav
ing partly recovered from the fit fol
lowing the organization of the Taft
committee ''contrary to the primary
law," as they said they are ready
for any new duty in behalf of th
people.
WHO IS HET
The fact that Oeorge A, Lewis ap
pears to be perfectly rational does
not militate In the slightest degree
against the supposition that he parted
wltA his original personality two
months ago. Dr. Lelberg may be mis
taken in supposing that he Is her lost
son, Bernard Marvin, but the state of
his mind at present does not bear on
the subject. The records of psychol
rgy abound with instances of persons
who have been severed from the past
In some unaccountable way, losing
every vestige of recollection up to a
certain moment.
In one case a man who was trav
eling on the cars suddenly forgot
where he was going. The letters and
memoranda In his pockets were mean
ingless to him. Ue had forgotten the
English language and, although he
had been a competent carpenter, his
kill had vanished. For all practical
purposes he was a new-born child.
Charity took him In hand until he
had regained some of his Inst faculties.
He learned rapidly, showed good ca
pacity for business and was finally es
tablished in a small store, where he
made money for years. In the commu
nity where he had thus settled he was
called James Wllklna. The name he
had lost was Henry Smith, though
he did not know It-
One day. without warning, James
Wllklna vanished and nobody knew
what had become of him. A day or
two afterward Henry Smith reap
peared In his old haunts totally un
able to account for the time which
had elapsed since he went away on
the train. Between the moment when
he lost his Identity first and the mo
ment when It. came back to him his
memory was obliterated. The person
called James Wllklns had sunk down
out of sight and mind and the lost
Henry Smith had emerged.
Where had Henry been for all those
blank yearsT Where did James Wll
klns go when Henry came back and
drove h'.m awayT Where did James
come from when he took possession
of Henry's physical machinery 7 Are
there three or four different persons
shut up in the depths of each of us
who are all on the watch for a chance
to climb to the surface T By what
accident did the present Mr. Jones
happen to seat himself on the throne
while Brown and - Robinson are fm
prisoned In his subconscious abysses T
A TREATY WHICH MAT BREED WAR
The attack in the Oerman Reichstag
on the Morocco-Congo treaty with
France was to be expected. It was
practically invited by Germany's belli
cose action In sending the Panther to
AgadJr and by her subsequent d
mands for the cession of large terri
tory In Central Africa and for special
favors In Morocco. Now that the Ger
man government has granted France
11 the latter asked In Morocco and
received In exchange only a firlp of
territory of small value in the tropics.
It Is but natural that all parties In the
Reichstag should turn on the Chan
cellor and accuse him of bringing hu
mlilatlon on the empire.
The Chancellor's plea that the treaty
terminates French hostility will hard
ly hold water. France will interpret
the abandonment of German demands
as a sign of weakness and her hopes
of recovering her lost provinces In
some future quarrel will be corre
spondingly raised. While the official
relations between the two countries
will be improved by the removal of
one particular source of irritation, the
old enmity will continue among the
French people and will be stimulated
among the Germans by the conscious
ness that their government has got
the worst of a bargain.
The sentiments of the Oerman peo
ple towards Great Britain have been
marie more hostile by the knowledge
that that country stood behind Francs
In the dispute.
This hostility will be fanned by
Herr von Hcydobrandt's menacing re
tort to Lloyd-George's warlike speech.
In fict. the Moroccan settlement has
created a condition of public senti
ment In all of the countries concerned
which will be a fruitful breeder of
future quarrels. Exultation in France
and Britain will be accompanied by
abiding resentment in Germany. Such
a condition la bound to make the
slightest friction In mutual relations
a possible cause of war.
TAXES. DraxXT A XT) INDIRECT.
The reception which the people of
Latah County. Idaho, gave the col
lector of poll tax accords wlrh the old
truth that direct taxes, no matter how
small, are most unpopular. Every per
son who refused to pay ths poll tax la
raying several times Its amount in In
direct taxes without a murmur. Every
purchase of clears. Cigarettes, tobacco.
beer and spirits Includes a tax pay.
ment to the Internal revenue. Every
other purchase, with few exceptions.
Includes a tariff tax. but no man's skull
Is cracked In connection with It.
Although ths precise article pur
chased may not be imported, its pric
la enhanced In proportion to the tariff
tax on such goods when Imported,
therefore ws pay a tax on them,
though it does not reach the United
States Treasury. Ths ooat of collect
ing indirect taxes la much greater than
that of collecting direct taxes, and we
probably pay f I for every tl the Gov.
ernment nets, but we prefer having
taxes collected by stealth, as It were,
to having thsra taken directly out of
our pockets.
The collectors of customs and inter
nal revenue, who gather indirect taxes.
are among the moat influential.
peoted and popular cltlsens, but ths
man who collects a poll tax la pursued
with a rolling pin by an angry wdow,
pummeled by a diminutive but bellig
erent butcher, and probably, could not
be elected dog-catcher. Yet the peo
ple would probably save money if all
taxes were direct, they would watch
the expenditure of publlo money more
vigilantly, and the Government would
be more honestly and economically
administered. '
All of whloh goes to prove that the
ideal is. not always practical in this
fallible world.
-VOTTXO SCHOOLS."
The latest thing In Los Angeles is a
voting school for women. The worn
en will, it Is said, be taught "Just how
to oonduct themselves when they go to
the Dolls." Co-education la this
school would doubtless be a good
thing in order that one sex, and that
the weaker and one upon wnom in
Drivlkke of voting has but now been
conferred, may not hold a monopoly
on good behavior during elections. It
Is neither safe nor sane to act upon
the presumption -that the fact of be
lng a male citizen of twenty-one years
and over is a passpo.rt to gooa oon
duct at the polls, including, of course,
an Intelligent understanding of the
duty, the expression of which is the
ballot. As well suppose that because
another person Is born a female she
will without Instruction oome into
womanhood with a full understand-
Ins- of housewifely ways and duties.
"I was not born with experience, but
T ran learn If I have a chance," was
the lorical reply of a boy of sixteen
whose application for work was met by
the question, "What experlenoe have
vou had?"
This answer applies all along the
line of life's requirements, from wash,
lng dishes and baking bread, carpen-
tery, blacksmlthlng and gardening, to
voting intelligently upon any publlo
question or for or against any candi
date for office. Recognition of thli
fact as applied to Industrial life has
been witnessed In the establishment of
domestic science and trade schools; It
is high time it was recognized in tno
establishment of training schools for
citizenship. If the admission of worn.
en to the privileges of the ballot in
California has emphasized the need of
trainlne- for citizenship, it will not
have been In vain, the more especial
lv If "voting schools" become co-edu-
catlonal institutions. Abysmal Igno
rance upon matters of publlo policy Is
by no means an exclusively feminine
characteristic This being true, why
should any commonwealth wait for
woman suffrage before "voting
schools," so-called, are established T
TlTfl TRENT
A FT AIR
VHAKH.
AFTER
KITTY
On November 7, fifty years ago, be
gan the famous Trent affair, which
threatened for a time to become the
occasion of war between the United
States and Great Britain. Only the
astute statesmanship of Lincoln, co
operating with the broad humanita
rian sentiments of Queen v ictoria.
prevented an issue which would prob
ably have involved the entire civilized
world. France stood ready to com
bine with England on the side of the
Confederates, while Russia would
have been, the ally of the North. In
the height of the excitement which
followed the seizure of the Southern
envoys, Russia sent a fleet to New
York Harbor, which -plainly Indicated
where she would stand If war broke
out The attitude of official France
and Ungtand from the beginning of
the Rebellion was full of encourage
ment to the enemies of the Union.
Nothing that could be done short of
oten hostilities was omitted to aem
onstrate their sympathy with the slave
power and their enmity to the detest
ed Republic, which was proclaiming
by Its example the principle or pop
ular government. England was men
Intensely Tory, so far as its Ministry
was concerned, wnne r ranee i
prostrate under the base power of the
third Napoleon.
The United States, in Its struggle lor
existence with the slave-holding oll
erarchy. found but slender sympathy
among any Englishmen except the ar
tisans in the mills, the so-caiiea la
boring class. These men never wa
vered In their devotion to the cause of
freedom, though it cost them dear.
The blockade of the Southern ports
cast the cotton mills into idleness end
the British workmen who stood by
the North were starving for the bread
of which Its war measures had de
prived them. But the literary and
artstocratlo classes .spoke In a very
different tone. Thomas Carlyle lost
no occasion to sneer at our efforts to
put down "the Nigger Rebellion." as
he called It, Gladstone cheerfully con
templated the approaching end of our
absurd experiment in popular govern
ment, and an Oxford historian indict
ed a sentence which referred Jubilant
ly to 1860 as the year of the downfall
of the American Republic. So far as
the ruling and Influential men were
concerned, British feeling was all on
the side of the slave oligarchy.
Taking advantage of this well-
known condition of affairs in Europe,
the Davis cabinet made every effort
to draw the British and French gov
ernments Into active hostilities with
the North. Whether the ultimate out
come would have been much different
if they had succeeded, one cannot tell
with certainty, but we do not think It
would, except that the South might
have fared worse than it did. With
Grant and Sherman at the head of Its
armies and the resources of Russia to
draw upon, both by land and sea. the
Union could not have failed, especial
ly if the negroes ware armed, as they
would have been had the emergency
required It. But the struggle would
have become embittered and at the
close vengeance might have been san
guinary. Pursuing Its efforts to lnvorve
France in the war. the Confederacy
sent oat Mason and Slldell as envoys
o the court of Napoleon II I. Making
heir way through the blockade to
Havana, they embarked on the Brit-
h mall steamer Trent, November T,
181. which was bound for England.
Captain Charles Wilkes, who knew of
heir design, lay In wait for them on
his ship, San Jacinto, In the Bahama
Channel. 140 miles awsy. When the
Trent Lvov la sight be sect a shot!
across her bow, brought her to
stand and took off the envoys, Just as
the British Captains used to taks
American sailors In the dark years
before the War of ltll. Wilkes
sailed away with his prey to Boston,
leaving the British officers to digest
their wrath as they might. Oregon Is
more than incidentally Interested in
this sturdy warrior, for he landed
here In the oourse of his exploring ex
pedition about 1840 and contributed
by his cool advice to the postponement
and ultimate success of the plan for
a provisional government. The cap
ture of Mason and Slldell was hailed
with exuberent Joy throughout the
loyal North. In England It excited
corresponding anger. At Washington
the news was received with mingled
emotions.
The capture of the envoys was
clear violation of International law,
and unless we were prepared to fight
Franoe and England as well as the
Confederacy, they must be surren
dered. Llnooln saw this at onoe and
Seward must have seen It also, though
he pretended not. - But to surrender
was almost as perilous as the oppo
site, because the country might rise
against it and force the Administra
tion Into a foreign war, regardless of
oonsequenoea. Hence Seward maneu
vered for delay, a remedy which cures
many troubles. The British Ministry
ordered their Ambassador to demand
the instant release of the envoys, and
an apology, all to be- accomplished
within seven days, with war as the
alternative. There la a story that the
Ambassador, Lord Lyons, was In com
munlcatlon with Queen Victoria, who
desired peace. At any rate, he did
not push the business quite so vigor
ously as the Ministry had ordered
Time was given for an interchange of
amenities between Seward and Lord
Lyons. Llnooln brought his immense
wisdom to bear on the crisis end the
result was that when the envoys had
to be given up there was no danger
ous outbreak of popular Indignation
The Trent affair was gently slipped
from the realm of frenzied passion
into the calm regions of diplomacy,
and nothing came of It In the end ex
cept an access of hatred to Great Brit
ain. (This has now happily died away
and the two nations are better friends
than they ever were before.
November oame In on Wednesday
this year, thus giving room, though a
short month, for five Thursdays In the
month. Hence Thanksgiving day, fol
lowing a long-established custom of
falling upon the lost Thursday of the
month, will fall upon the fifth Thurs
day and last day of November. Of
course It Is Immaterial whether the
day la observed on the 2 3d or the 80th,
except that the date should be, for
convenience sake, uniformly observed.
All doubt upon the matter has been
settled by fhe Issuance of the belated
proclamation of Governor West, des
ignating Thursday, November 80, as
Thanksgiving day. In Just and proper
acoord with the proclamation of Presi
dent Taft, Issued some days ago.
The Oregon Agricultural College In
tends to go to the people Instead of
waiting for the people to oome to It.
The extension policy now adopted
should In a few years effect a revolu
tion In farming methods and house
keeping, as well as in every branch of
production from the soil, ft should
multiply the crops of every producing
acre and make productive many acres
which are now idle or considered
worthless. It will wisely begin with
the children, that they may all have
training In the elements of farming
and be trained along the right lines.
It will go far towards making a new
Oregon.
Those who fear exhaustion of' the
fertility of the soil will find comfort
In the discoveries of proephate rock in
the Northwest. This Is another illus
tration of the truth that, about the
time when the pessimist has figured
out Just how long the available sup
ply of any natural product will last
and that, when It Is gone, the unl
verse will starve, roast or freeze to
death, some practical optimist discov
ers a new supply of that product, or
substitute. Facts end human Ingenu
ity and energy are continually dis
crediting the theories of the pessim
ist.
A crowded Jail thus early in the in
clement season and a number of
wretched derelicts turned away from
even that repulsive shelter, with
standing room at a premium inside,
and even the rock quarry having room
for no more, is a condition most un
usual and In a sense pltlfuL What a
lesson Is here of wasted opportunity,
the opportunity that comes to every
sober. Industrious man In his youth to
prepare. If even In a small way, for
the Winter of life I -
If the University of Washington
students were to propose erection of a
statue of each member of the facul
ty, objections to that of Professor
Meany would probably evaporate.
Popularity of one man breeds envy in
his associates.
Some men will be disposed to dis
pute the Secretary of State's defini
tion of sermons to the convicts aa
amusements. Some sermons stir the
soul, others are a soft, purring lullaby,
still others are torture, but only a few
are amusing.
The value of the Portland man is
fixed at 815,000, for a Massachusetts
maiden Is suing one for breach of
promise, damage stated in that
amount which Is altogether too much
money to send East.
That is a good piece of "booster" lit
erature sent by Inmates of the Llnnton
rock pile. Many of Its guests say they
have served In several Institutions of
the kind, and their present abdde Is
best 'of alL
California's State Printer has re
igned, owing to exposure of extrava
gance in the office. This Is a state
owned Institution and has for years
been "a good thing."
It is a practice not to be encour
aged, yet the man who asks for a
handout at the back door may be hun
gry, and hunger bites worse during a
cold spell.
The plea of self-defense Is admissi
ble even from a dog. To step on his
tall is as Justifiable a provocation to
ght aa It would be to pull a man's
nose.
The uplift is in danger of beating
out its brains in tne ceils ol the
Tombs.
Members of the local laundry trust
are beginning to rub it into each other.
Stars and Star-Makers
Br Ltau Cass Baas.
Jules Eckert Goodman's stirring play
"Mother" la an early Helllg booking.
The drama was one of the tremendous
successes of Gotham's last draznatlo
season, and It will be presented here
with an excellent oast. Mr. Goodman,
who Is an Oregonlavn, In addition to
writing "Mother" came Into theatrical
prominanoe with hla plays "The Test"
and "The Man Who Stood Still."
other play a later one oalled "The
Right' to Live." Is to be given its
metropolitan hearing this season by
William A, Brady, who also produced
"Mother." .
aaa
Earn Bernard did himself a lot of
good at the Cort Theater In San Fran
clsoo last week, and incidentally did
lot of no good to sundry aotors ho,
until the advent of the real pattern,
drew sailors as German comedians up
and down ths Paclno Coast. Naturally
the deadly parallel will be drawn, to
say nothing of comparisons odious also.
v
Marlon Barney, who was for a brief
season with the Baker Stock Com
pany as leading woman, has been en
gaged to play the role of Irad In Klaw
& ifrlanger's revival of Ben Hur.
Portland girl, Cecil Kern, Is to play the
role of Esther.
a a
An actress who spends much of her
girlhood In the Cascade Range of
mountains in Oregon is Franklyn Gale,
who oomes next week to the Baker
Theater in "The Third Degree." Miss
Gale plays the role of Mrs. Howard
Jeffries Junior, In whloh part we saw
Fernanda Ellscu. a Russian actress,
two seasons ago. Miss Gale is a former
newspaper woman, and more recently
comes from the field of vaudevlll
last season appearing on the, Orpheum
circuit in a dramatio sketch, Th
Seamstress." She Is keenly looking
forward to revisiting Oregon and
prettily says In a little note:
Tn h.M UvaA In that T&lt lolltuda Of th
Oraron wood aa I hava dona la tha greatest
inspiration for the rrowing aouL There la a
lure of It which I have Teamed and know.
Kii, vhlnh T nannnt M3rMI Into WOTda. Il
la the only life ar.d the environment for tha
development or me lemperamoui wmun
mmm tfa Tnumtuue. iiy comma ,ibi.
Portland la recalling memorlea of my child-
hold In tha mountain lande. -
MlBS Gale is a Pacific Coast girl with
Oakland as her birthplace.
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"Polly of the Circus," Margaret
Mayo's successful dramatio oomeay,
with Ida St. Leon in the title role, Is
playing this week at the Lyceum
Theater in Los Angeles. After a tour
of California it reaches Oregon and ar
rives In Portland to play on December
10, at the Baker for a week's stay,
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The English actor Lawrence D" Or say
in "The - Earl of PawtucKett," wnicn
tha He 11! or on November 26, 27
and 28. la Just now in Vanoouver, B. C,
and will Play In Seattle, Aberdeen,
T.nnmiL oivmnli. Wash., and KsIbo
and Astoria, Or, before he reaches us.
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Gertrude Hoffman has reached Salt
Lake on her way back to New York.
Tonight and again tomorrow night she
will instruct the Mormon ioik in nu
slan ballet manners.
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t,a T-omhardi Grand Opera Com
pany will be the Thanksgiving week
attraction at the .Hems.
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nr. -Pla-man and his wife Lollta
Robertson may remain In Los Angeles
indefinitely. It Is likely that he will
be the producing dlreotor at the new
T3.i-.nn Theater, where tne mu.ua
Intends to put on only plays
hitherto not presented.
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One of the molt remarkable warera
. . vi. j-mw rf Raattle w&S
easily won by J. D. Barton, an Eastern
Aw tain in tua w-r -
theatrical man. In a cony.ru
...t . -nairer Lee Parrin. of "The
Third Degree" company. Barton offered
to bet a new hat that he coum
. .n theater in Seattle on nis nerve,
TJnrtn nromptly accepted the ohal-
, nlnn,rl H&rtOn QOWU w
seemingly Impossible conditions, name-
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! that he should use no ucaeia, o
passes, should not even give his name,
should be personally unknown to his
victims in every case and should use
no credentials whatever. Barton
-v,..rf i,iiv airreed to every one of these
conditions. He successfully negotiated
ihutiir after another. Alter too
thirri nlavhouse had been entered. Par.
vln gave up and paid the bet. "It was
Just an interesting hk experiment
that's all." said Barton. i imvo uu,
the same thing In New York City, so
the condition is not peculiar to eeai-
tle. My theory is mai any mo."
a hla-hlv developed gall can, ninety-
4 times out of a hundred, viotlmlie
a theater, a ball park, a boat or train
or a hotel. My first trial was at the
Seattle Theater. Shortly after 8
A'clock on Monday evening I went there
with a friend. Pushing him In ahead
f me. I said. "Mr. Drew," bowed and
waved my hand at the ticket taicer.
and walked on In ana ioo a.
Then my friend and I went back on the
stage, looked around a bit, and made
out exit by the stage door. From the
Seattle we went straignt up w mo
Metropolitan. I was personally Known
to the ticket taker, so I could not go
In the front way. Therefore my friend
nl T went to the door of the man
ager's office and walked right in." The
room contained half a dosen employes.
nirenta and managers. I said, flow
are you. gentlemen V and kept steadily
walking toward tne inner aoor. iwu
or tnree or inem d-o.u us
evening." We went Inside and mingled
with . the first-night throng at "The
Knrlna- Maid." We stood up for hair
the first act and then went out through
the front door. Lastly, 1 went atone
UP to the Aioora X w m kou uriani
by the doorkeeper, saying tne one
word, 'company and went down into
the house and remained at the Bulger
performance until 10 o'clock. Then I
hunted Parvln up and collected the bet
In these three cases it was even easier
than I had anticipated. In each case
had an alternative blurr to wora it
the first one had failed. At the Seat
tle, for instance. If I had been stopped.
would have simulated lnaignation ana
said to the tickettaker: 'Send for Mr.
Drew.' That would nave convinced
inety-nine employes out of a hun-
red. At the Metropolitan, If called.
would have said: "Where's Macr That
would have gotten me through, for I
had seen Manager Mackenzie in the
fovar and knew before I entered his
private office that I would not encoun
ter Dim. at. tne aioore, il cn&uengeo,
I would have simply said Van Studdl
ford." That is the next attraction at
that house, and no doorkeeper would
have taken exception to allowing the
advance manager of a coming attrac
tion in. Observe that at not one of
these three theaters was I known, nor
did I know a soul whom I encoun
tered," ,
WILLIAMS HOMESITE 19 FAVORED.
Advmatages as Location for Auditorium
ITrared by Aaotlter Write.
PORTLAND. Nov. .-MTo the Editor.)
In this morning's Issue of The
Oregontan appears a communication
from Citizen, urging as a site for the
proposed Auditorium the two blocks
bounded by Seventeenth, Nineteenth,
Couch and Davis streets, the block to
the west being for many years the
home of the late Judge Williams, and
the blook to the east being owned by
Mr. Benson, he having- acquired title
from Sohool District No. 1. My idea
has been that the Llnooln High School
property is the proper site for the
Auditorium, but as this has not been
chosen, I believe that serious consid
eration should be given the suggestion
of Citizen. - None of the objections
pointed out regarding the old Exposi
tion property can be urged against the
Davis-street site. While sufficiently re
moved from the noise of trafflo on
Washington street, it is but one block
from both the Sixteenth-street and
Washington-street carllnes, while the
Nineteenth-street line runs along the
west side. It is also a few hundred
feet nearer the business oenter of the
city, ir would, as pointed out by Citi
zen, conform to tha plans being carried
out for a civic center.
While the voters of the city have pro
vided generously funds for the building
of the Auditorium. It Is problematic
what action would be taken should an
other bond issue be aaked for the pur
chase of ground. A serious delay would
ensue, and the success of the entire
projeot be" endangered by again going
to the voters for funds. It would seem,
therefore, that this Is an opportune time
for our wealthy and publlo-splrlted cit
izens to come forward and subscribe to
a fund for the purohaae of this sightly,
convenient and in every way ideal site
for the Auditorium, thus Insuring the
early completion of this much-needed
public building, relieving the taxpayers
of any further expense, and at the same
time demonstrating that their interest
in our beadtiful city is of a substantial
nature.
While neither wealthy nor especially
public-spirited, I am strongly Impressed
with the city's need of the proposed
Auditorium, and Bhould a subscription
be started for the purchase of the site
proposed by Citizen, I will gladly put
down my name for five hundred dollars,
payable today or at any time requireo.
Very truly,
LON DeYARMOND.
18 TUB LABOR TJjriOjr A TRUST f
Socialist Takes Issue With Views Ex
pressed by Mr. Gompera.
PORTLAND, Nov. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) The views of Mr. -Samuel Gom
pera on subjects connected with -labor
as expressed by him In The Oregontan
this morning seem to be faulty. Among
the statements to which I take excep
tion are the following: "A labor organ
ization Is not a trust." "The power to
labor is nbt a material commodity."
"The ownership of a freeman is vested
In himself alone." "The product of the
freo man is his own."
A. commodity is a thing possessing
utility, containing labor-power or in
some way the product of some one s
exertion and is on the market for sale.
Labor power complies with those con
ditions. For the same amount that the
employer buys sugar, shoes. Bibles or
chewing gum, he can buy a certain
definite amount of labor-power. Also
like any other commodity when the
supply Is Increased the value falls and
when docreased it rises.
The labor union Is a trust because,
like other trusts. It endeavors to se
cure control of as large an amount as
it can of the particular commodity In
which it makes a specialty. In this
case the commodity is labor-power. .
The fact that labor-power Is United
Inseparably with the worker does no
in the least affeot Its status as a com
modity. Its only effect Is to make the
worker follow his commodity in person
to the buyer. He may sell his labor
power for a week. In that case he
must give a week of his mental or
physical powers to the employer and In
doing that his body must accompany
his commodity. So long as the work
er owns only the one commodity and
must sell It in order to live, so Ions his
ownership is not- vested in himself,
Rather is It vested In those who have
the money to buy his commodity. True
It la that he is not obliged to sell his
commodity to any particular member
of the capitalist class. In that respect
he la "free," but he must sell to some
member of the employing clasB, and
where compulsion exists freedom can
not enter. "Whoever controls human
labor controls human life and with it
liberty." v-
The regrettable thing about Mr.
Gompers' statement Is the fact that he
gave It at all. He ought not to have
so brazenly displayed his ignorance,
after the length of time that he has
hwn connected with labor unions and
not to have informed himself on such
vital sublects. I hope you win not
consider this too radical to print, even
though you do not love bociansts.
810 Worcester Building.
State and Comity Officers.
T.Ti-CTa. nr.. Nov. 8. (To the Editor.)
Please tell me who are the present
state officers of Oregon ana county oi-
ficers of Multnomah County.
This Information is given In the fore
part of the Portland city directory.
From The Oregontan, Nov. IL 1861.
A telegraph line from Sfc Petersburg
to San Francisco is seriously projected.
Colonel Romanoff, of the Imperial
Russian engineers. Is now In New York
forming plans for the execution of this
project. He says the Russian govern
ment are rapidly pushing their lines to
the mouth of the Amoor River. From
the mouth of the Amoor River It is the
design to continue the line via the
Aleutian archipelago to- the Kussian-
Amerlcan settlements, thence to Van
couver Island, thence to San Francisco.
Mr. 'Collins, of the New York Chamber
of Commerce, with whom Colonel Ro
manoff has been In consultation, rec
ommended that the line be carried
from the Amoor River along the shores
of Siberia to Bearing Straits, and from
thence adopting the line oi uoionoi
Romanoff to San Francisco. Mr. Col
lins announced that he had received a
letter from Mr. Sibley, secretary of the
t'nlon Teleirraph Company, in which
the utmost confidence was expressed in
the feasibility of extending the line to
Behrlng Straits so as to connect with
,- tjian line: and he believed that
as soon as the Russian line reached
that point we -would be reaay 10 con
nect with It. The proposed line will
unite all the telegraphs in the world
without crossing the Atlantlo Ocean so
that the great "cable" enterprise need
not be resuscitated.
New York, Oct. SO. The Tribune
publishes a dispatch from Washington
,h- ffeet . that Adjutant-General
Thomas makes the report that General
Fremont is not equal 1.0 cummaua tne
Army now with him.
in answer to several Senators it is
said that President Lincoln stated that
forward movement 01 tne Army wouia
take place when (general Mcciellan
thniis-ht proper to make it and that he
would be sustained by Government.
Price and nis Army are supposea- to
n near Carthage, though it Is admitted
that but little Is known of his move
ments or his whereabouts. unless
Price gets out of the way, a Dattie in
outhwestern siissourt is imminent.
Half a Century Ago
N. Nitts on Oregon Snow
Br Ceu Collin.
Nesclus Nitts, who, as all people know.
Was Punklndorf's sags for three score
years or so.
Spied three festive gnats as they flew
to and fro.
And, with three distinct nicotine Jets,
laid them low;
Then spake for a time on the beautiful
snow.
" 'Hooray!' says the folks, when they
climbs from their beds,
Tt snows!' and the youngsters goes
after their sleds,
And young people rustles with all of
their might;
To fix a sleigh party for that very
night;
Fer snow, when it falls around Punkln
dorf Station.
Is rare, and it shore evokes some Jubi
lation. "This mornln' 'twas banked for two
Inches or more
Along on the walk, front of Hlgglnses"
store;
And my grandson, Nesclus. Junior, tells
me .
His teacher was Jest so plumb tickled
that she
Had all of her pupils to learn every
bit
Of that snow-bound poem that Whit
tier writ.
"The children they seeks the fenoe
corners and falls
On patches that's got enough snow for
snowballs,
Or flees -to the hills with Its snow
sprinkled side
And labors to coax down their sleds
fer a slide;
And while they thus frolics, with
laughter and shout.
The clouds blows away and the sun
shine comes out.
"And long afore time fer the alelgh-
rlde. It seems
That snow, after all, was a figment of
dreams.
Enjoyln' of snow storms in Punklndorf
Station
Puts somewhat of tax upon imagina
tion; We wakes a-perceivltt' ls fall with a
shout
Of Joy, and 'bout noontime the sunshine
. comes out."
Portland. November 10.
Connlry Town Sayings by Ed Howe
The approach of Chrlstman excites a
storekeeper as much as the approach
of an election excites a politician.
When people talk of the great out
rages that go on dally (many of them
Invented, or greatly exaggerated), they
are always lulled into forgetfulness
of their own faults.
Every man who tells a stingy story
on another Is trying to create the im
pression that he (the teller of the
story) Is big-hearted and liberal.
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who, when her little boy
told a lie, washed hla mouth with soap
and water?
We are all struggling for fame and
money; and will stop' for nothing ex
cept to abuse those who have acquired
that which we are seeking.
If you let your enemy alone, and
attend faithfully to your work, some
day a man will come along and do him
up for you.
Profit is the price we pay for hav
ing plenty of everything dollvered
where we want it at the time we want
If, 1
You can't be so smart that people
will be Impressed If you tell about it
yourself.
Being Imposed upon is not the wwst
of it: we all take time to tell our
friends about It. ,
It Is believed In mostocommunltles
in the United States that to vote bonds
for Bchoolhouses gives the people an
education.
SPECIAL FEATURES
OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
Marshaling the Pacific Fleet
A page on the imposing array of
fighting craft drawn up recently
for review in California waters.
Campaigning "With Sherman
Prominent Oregon veteran tells of
tense campaigns in the Civil War.
Keeping John Out of Paradise
Why the Chinaman wants to
come to America, and why we
don't want him here.
Woman Mayor Talks About
Her Job An interesting account
of the trials of the woman who
is the executive head of a Kan
sas town.
Where the Lines Meet A
snappy short story about a West-
em bad man and a trio or. ener
iffs. Defying the Dragon Ameri
cans and Europeans arm in Shang
hai to drive the dragon baok in
his hole if necessary.
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Keeping Little Republics Off
the Shoals How Uncle Sam is
prepared to give financial aid to
unstable republics in the south.
Oelestine and Coralie A story
by Jlontague Glass, author of the
Potash and Perlmutter Tales.
Women Who Run Colleges A
half page on the group of women
who have been prominent in higher
educational work in America
Ancient Jokes How we laugh
today at quips that were musty in
the days of early Greece and
Rome.
Widow Wise goes tiger hunt
ing in India, Sambo hunts big
game in Africa, Slim Jim escapes
again, Hairbreadth Harry has an
other of his close shaves, Mrs.
Time Killer orders a bath made
ready and then . Mr. Boss gets
in a fight with a pumpkin, and
Hiss Anna Belle develops more
beautiful "out-out" clothes.
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