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C io, Sisger build is. Caroewe O loco .no. I Recast tin W. LMdM. rOTU.D, THCIUOIT. OT. J. 111. eTTeOai CAUY O-" LXOAX. REFORM. Judge Charle II. Carey certainly ppea-ks within bound whan h eaya that ho proposes "a totai and radical chne" In our method of court pro c4ur. Coming; from a man of hi wide Information and varied experi ence with the courta and their waya of working- what Judge Carer had to ay In hla memorable paper read be fore the Oregon Bar Association meet Inc. must carry great weight both with laymen and lawyers. There are lawyer who smugly tell us that the methods of judicial pro cedure In use In the United States ad mit of no Improvement. The techni calities, precedents, formalities and absurdities of the law as It la prac ticed are "tha perfection of human reason" and it would be Impious to seek to Improve the symmetrical structure. The misleading- phrase that the "common law" Is the perfection of reason was applied by the great Eng lish lawyer Coke In connection with another remark which many of our reactionary practitioners prefer not to quote. "Reason." said Coke. 'Is the life of the law." So that when reason is banished from tt and replaced by technicality the life. Is gone and the body of tha law, the corpus juris. Is a mere corpse. Coke believed that the . law was "learned reason," or the perfection of reason" because In his opinion tha minds of eminent men should be at work all the time "fining and refining; It" and adapting it to the varying; conditions of the chang ing time. That la exactly what haa been done with the common law In Ens-land. As Judge Carey relates so clearly those complicated technicalities) In pleading and practice which take up so much time and cause such worry and ex pense to litigants In our courts have been done away with altogether In England. In the land of Its birth the common law la a progressive science which provides Itself with new meth ods according to the needs of the suc renlv generations. Here It Is a mas of ritualistic formulas which have become sacrosanct by long use and have loat their power to serve the growing needs of the country. Judge Carey reminds us that Eng lish rractlca dispense with formal pleailintn In simple suits. The plaln t!T declares that he has been wronged and asks the court to give him Justice. The defendant tetls what he haa to c-ffer In the way of defense and then, after hearing witnesses, judgment Is rendered upon the Jury' verdict. Perhaps Judge Carey. In his sweeping deotre for the reform of Intolerable abuses, would go still farther. He thinks that tha statement of tha plain tlfTs claim "need be no more than a memorandum" and "the answer, like the claim, should be Informal." There need be no formalities or niceties of language and little attention need be given to the technical "accuracy of any statement made on either side." Think of the Himalayas of rubbish that this single reform would sweep out of the world If It were put In practice, of the damnable Iterations which string out legal papers until, like their Irfernal mother, they end. If they end at all. voluminous and vast In many a scaly fold, of the rigmarole which one must put In his local papers If he would have them "stick." Were this sugirestlon of Judge Carey's to be adopted, all that would go to the limbo of the night mares and chimeras where tt belongs, and the world of living men would be troubled with It no more. But Judge Carey has other reforms In mind. He has his eye fixed bale folly upon the holy rules of evidence which play such a pompous part In the Incantations of the law. He wants tha judge to have authority to look for the truth wherever ha thinks It Is likely to be found. He would admit hearsay evidence, taking due note of Its value, of court. He would let the parties and their witnesses ramble about promiscuously In the hope that they would tell mora than they In tended or succeed at last In telling what embarrassment or diffidence might at Brat have smothered. This, aa Judgv Carey reminds us. Is the method practiced en the continent of Europe, and it will not be pretended by any Informed person that justice It lesa speedy and certain than It la here. If It were, then all we have to say Is. "Heaven befriend poor liti gants." Another fetich upon which Judge Carey would like to lay sacrilegious hands la the venerable "Issue" which 1s the goal of our labyrinthine plead ings, amendments, demurrers, rebut ters, surrebutters, rejoinders and postponements. In view of all tha trouble and expense, we Incur to reach the Issue. It certainly ought to be worth something, but Judge Carey does not seem to think that It la a very precious treasure. He reminds his hearers that the Germans get along comfortably without making; up any very definite issue. The objection that without It tha final judgment of the court might be Indefinite he an swers completely by saying that this judgment Itself will tell exactly what It means, sj that no contention will be possible aa to Its subject or extent. After all. there might be a varus Judgment rendered no matter how definite you had made tha Issue, and then where would you beT Judge Carey very properly Axes his eye upon tha end and leaves the Incidents to take car of themselves. -Tha point Is." ha says, "that the court shall try to do Justice between' tha parties. The proceedings will be taken down In shorthand" at public expense so that poor suitors may not be at a disadvantage. "Tha trial court will hav the widest discretion aa to what shall and ehall not be Investi gated, and the appellate court will be privileged" to look Into any matters which aeern to have been overlooked below. Judge Carey sums up hla sub ject In thla noble sentence, which Lord Coke himself would not have been ashamed of writing: "I would have the court aim at ultimate Justice. Irre spective of anything In the pleadings or anything omitted from the plead ings." In other words, he would change the practice of the law from a system of occult Incantations, whera an error In a word or gesture may work havoc, to a system of reason where men may settle their controversies without ruinous expense and heartbreaklnr delay. He has chosen the better part. May victory perch upon his banner. COO SKI. FOR DEMOCRATS. Tha Democratic National Commit teeman for Oregon Is the Honorable Milton Absalom Miller of Lebanon, friend of Bryan, monitor of many legislatures, staunch champion of tha people, and eloquent apostle of the Oregon system. It Is with no un kind purpose that The OregonUn re calla the fact that tn one of hla nu merous campaigns for election to the Legislature Mr. Miller stoutly refused to aubacrlbe to Statement No. 1. defy ing; any faction, party, clique. Interest, mob, corporation, gang, machine or boaa to dictate to him what ha should say or do when he got to the Legis lature. On that Issue the Independ ent and courageous Mr. Miller was elected by a large majority. At the succeeding election .the valiant Miller enunciated the great principle that the people should and must rule, and therefore have a right to require their representatives to vote tn the Legislature for the men or measures they desire and approve. The Oregon system ha conceived to be the finished temple of tha people's constructive legislative genius and Statement No. 1 was the cornerstone of the whole wonderful edifice. He was for Statement One last and al ways. If not first, and he signed It cheerfully and enthusiastically. Again he was overwhelmingly eieciea. This brief review of the record and achievements of tha versatile Mr. Mil ler Is merely prefatory to a little dis interested advice to those Democrats and near-Democrats of Oregon who are so deeply concerned over the prob able attitude of the next National Republican Convention toward the Presidential preference primary law. Let them write to National Commit teeman M. A. Miller at Lebanon, Ore gon, with a auggestlon that ha bring before the National Committee the great question of the Presidential primary with a view of its adoption by the Democrats of the various statea Mr. Miller would doubtless be happy to receive Democratic counsel on that subject or any subject. We assume that there are some Democrats In Oregon who are favor able to tha Presidential preference primary for others than the Republi can party. MPLAI-1G THR HOOAIJST rtlUI. Some one has been thoughtful enough to send to The Oregonlan a clipping from an Eastern newspaper explaining the disconcerting fact that In darkest MlssL-wlppl the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor on the So cialist ticket received a total of 16. 000 votes. It appears that the Demo cratic candidate was one State Senator Bilbo, a gentleman of such a pervert ed sense of honor that he once so licited and received a bribe of 1600 to vote for one Percy for United States Senator. Hla purpose In thus suggest ing and abetting a crime waa to ex pose the ahocklng fact that bribery waa the common practice of Percy and his Senatorial managers. If he had been a supporter of Percy's. It Is posalble that hla delicate sense of pro priety might not have been so acutely Curbed. The result of this theatrical enter prise of tha virtuous Bilbo waa a sorry fiasco. The man arrested for bribing him was promptly acquitted. But later Bilbo contrived to be nomi nated for Lieutenant-Governor. There are no Republicans worth mentioning In Mississippi except alongr about the time of holding the Republican Na tional Convention, and there waa no Republican ticket. But eome busy Socialists, more xealous than sensible, had nominated a state ticket; and Democrats who would not vote for Bilbo voted for his Socialist opponent as a means of expressing their resent ment and disgust. But was that the only reason T Why did they vote at allT The Socialist uprising In Mississippi may not mean a great deal; but It means. If It means nothing else, that It la much easier for a Democrat or a Republican to vote for a Socialist than tt waa a few years ago. Tet In Los Angeles tha possible election of a Socialist for Mayor la causing enormous excitement and thera la a vast hurrying and scurry ing around among Democrats and Republicans, progressives and stand patters, to get together against the dreadful Socialist peril. They will beat Job Harrtman for the Mayoralty, no doubt. But what an awful scare for Loa Angeles, the California cen ter of sanity, culture, freedom and civilization. what is A rrorzsaioxt By calling tha policeman' vocation a learned profession Mr. Gary, of Ore gon City, baa raised a question which cannot be decided without deep re search and prolonged debate. Not be ing especially fond of either of these employments, we shall shun the sub ject In good time, but before abandon ing It forever we venture to offer a few Illuminating suggestions. Ministers, doctors and lawyera have "professions" beyond all controversy. For centuries there were no other learned professions besides these three and they were not airways so learned aa they might have been. Doctor Sangrado did not know a great deal except the art of using the lancet and some of the ministers In British fic tion could not have been much em barrassed by tha weight of their schol arship. But perhaps In thla case Ac tion la not quite faithful to .fact. In modern times we speak of tha sol dier's "profession." War depends so Intimately on science that tt cannot be waged without deep learning and tta practitioners have very suitably found a place beside those who save our aoule and bodies and thoaa who dis embarrass us of our money. It haa been eagerly debated for the last fifty years whether schoolteachers have a profession or not. Some say they have merely a trade. Others hold that their occupation Is nothing more than an avocation. Their proper business In life being matrimony. they have turned aside from it for a brief Interval to teach school, thus ac quiring an avocation, which la not the same as a vocation, though It la Inti mately related to vacations. Engineers are conceded to follow a profession, but a contractor .has a business merely. Fair Minerva has not yet smiled upon his pathway, though ha la not unknown to the fa vora of Plutus. Whether a dentist haa a profession or not, the authorities have not yet decreed. Some aver that their art Is purely mechanical. Any body can practice It who can drive a nail. But this Is clearly scandal. Many people can drive, or pound, their own nails who cannot pull their own teeth. With these analogies for guidance, would you say that a policeman haa a profession or notT FREAS STTLI. FRE& At a time when tha presa show an Increasing disposition to criticise the courts, tt speaks volumes for the Su preme Court of Missouri that tt haa so construed the law of libel aa to give newspapers the widest liberty In criti cising public omcers. It maintains the right of a newspaper "to comment on matters of public Interest means the right to express opinions as to the acts of a public officer and to draw Inferences as to his motives, whether such opinions or Inferences are right or wrong, reasonable or unreasonable, provided they are made in good faith on4 Via a-d unnn the truth." St inm am its comments are based upon the truth and made In good faith, a newspaper Is thus given the right not only to publish facts, but to place its own interpretation upon them and even to draw Inferences from them. Its Interpretations and Inferences may be proved erroneous, but so long as they have a basis of truth and the error was made In good faith, the law cannot touch that newspaper. Such wide latitude is thus given for newspaper comment on public affair because the newspapers have become the means through which the people learn how their officials are fulfilling their trust. Freedom of the press is the first fruit of the winning of free dom by the people. Its destruction Is the first step of those who would de stroy freedom of the people. n appeal to nre world. The appeal of Wu Ting Fang, Di rector of Foreign Affairs, that the Power recognise the Chinese re public, arouses wonderment among the great mar of people who have mentally pictured China In uncom plaining submission to despotism. But he says that "for countless ages they ruled themselves and developed an observance of the law to a degree not known among other races," until "an alien, warlike race" the Manchus conquered and enslaved them 270 years ago. Now fourteen of the eighteen provinces have declared their Independence of the Manchus. proclaimed a republic and "wlth the Manchu throne removed there la left a made-to-order republic." ' It al ready haa national and provincial assemblies and will soon call a con vention to adopt a constitution under which provincial and national elec tion will be held. Here are ome phrases from Wu' cablegram to the New York Ameri can which might "veil have been written In the United Statea In 1776 and tn France In 1789. One can hardly credit them to China, even In 1911: Th Chin nation, born nw tn the trav ail of roToiuUon. oxtaoda rrlndly gTUn and felicitation to th whol world. A th Rpubllo of China It now aak such recognition by th elvllud power as will nabl It with th asltanc of thlr kindly offlc to rct upon th foundation of hon est ornmeot nnd friendly trad and In treour with all popla a peaceful, happy futur. No c!a noBlllty anion th Chin, bo ncoinlnd roral family to t op In place of th departing Mnnchu roral houa. Thl la a sreot democracy, official aprtn from amnnc th peopl and ta th poplo will return. No Prlnc, I.oraa or Dtik among tn Chin. A SWT-KT SVBJECT. Dr. Alpheus G. Woodman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says "sugar Is the best and cheapest form of energy." Thl statement, taken in connection with the fact that the "sweet tooth" has developed to a phenomenal extent among Americans, may account for some of the energy that finds vent In our National unrest. It Is a far cry from the old days, wherein the mother of the family hold the augarbowl In her lap at meal time to ward off predaceous fingers, and the present day of dainty sweet of which children are allowed to take their fill. But It Is not recorded that the children of the olden time, when to get sugar meant to purloin it while mother's back was turned, were less active, energetio and alive to their opportunities than are the sugar-fed candy-gorged children of today. However this may be, the use of sugar haa certainly Increased with that form of civilization known aa prosperity and thua far tt remains to be shown that it use Is detrimental to It consumers. Some years ago. It Is true, we heard a good deal about "candy heart," a form of aortal dis turbance supposed to be due to the candy habit so prevalent among school girls and young children. Of late nothing is heard of this, though the use or abuse of sweets steadily Increases. And now we have the op posite opinion from a reputable and even a learned source, as according to the authority quoted, persons who have plenty of sugar In their diet are better nourished and better looking, as well aa more energetic than thoaa who ar stinted on sweets. Between these two opposing opin ions, prudent people will steer the middle course, neither starving their children for augar aa in the old day when economy rather than hygiene ruled in the matter of augar con sumption, and a striped stick of candy was one of the charms of a Fourth of July celebration, nor stuffing them to repletion and consequently to - Irrita bility or stupidity on delicately-tinted and highly flavored candle at any and all times. Usually it la Dr. Wood Hutchinson who sets the erratic pace In matter of this kind. This time It la Dr. Alpheus Woodman. It may be pre sumed that neither of these oracles of hygiene has spoken the last word upon the dietary calculated to pro duce energy and Insure health. In the meantime let us hope that experi ence and common sense in the do mestic realm will rule In the matter and continue to turn out normal chil dren from well-ordered homes. Women are to be exempt from Jury aervioa In California according to the decision of a local court at Berkeley until the Legislature of that state pasaea an enabling act, since the civil code defines a Jury aa a "body of men." This will not be unwelcome new to the vast majority of the new ly enfranchised women of California, since It does not in the least reflect upon their Intelligence, while It cer tainly contributes to their convenience and comfort. The respite from Jury service will doubtless be a brief one. Wise women will enjoy it while they may and prepare to discharge the duties that will follow Its close. PKXJfCrPLES SURRENDERED TO POLI TICS. When men of lofty devotion to principle begin to play politic for personal or party advantage, they are likely to rend the garb of purity and disarrange the halo. Thla remark la suggested by the following para graphs In the platform of the National Progressive Republican League: Th prant eondltlon of uncertainty In builn 1 Intolerable and deitructlv of Industrial prosperity. It I worn than idle to leav th question of whether great busi ness anterprl are legal or not merely to Judicial determination. Industrial corporations should by affirma tive leslslarlve enactment be given definite rule of conduct by which business con ducted In accordance therewith shall b mad safe and stable, while at tha asm time th Interest of the public shall be fully safeguarded. W seek constructive legis lation and not destructive litigation. This whole extract reads like an edi torial from one of the reactionary or gana which "progressives" denounce. We have become familiar with such phrases a "uncertainty in busi ness," "destruction of .Industrial pros perity." "destructive litigation." but it was In the speeches of George W. Perkins and the editorials of the New York Times and the Chicago Inter Ocean, not In the speeches and plat forms of the "ProgresBlvea." The men who drew up that platform must have looked In the wrong book; they must have referred to "The Glossary of Reactionary Terms" for the language they used. Should Chehalla County issue bonds for 1, 000, 000 and spend the money Judiciously on roads, land values would Immediately Increase enough to cover the bonds a dozen times. Money Invested In roads returns a larger In come than can be obtained from any other source. Better still. It enhance the value of every other Investment and doubles the Joy of living. Che halla County will never regret Its mil lion unless something should Interpose between the money and the roads. Nothing but absolute surrender on the part of Premier Asqulth will sat isfy the British Suffragettea. Aa both his own and the opposite parties are divided on woman suffrage, he offers to accept the nonpartisan Judgment of the House of Commons on an amend ment to the pending manhood suf frage bill granting votes to women. Window-smashing with the aid of a gang of rowdies seems a poor argu ment for woman suffrage. Everybody can have a turkey this year to signalize his thanks for the delicately degustlble fowl costs only 20 cents a pound. In view of this fabulously low price for. the central dish, the Thanksgiving bill of fare can be made quite elaborate even by' the humble. We suggest pumpkin , pie, boiled aquash, baked potatoes, mince pie, turnips, cranberry pie, celery, apple pie, and an old-fashioned vine gar pie for dessert. The concession made to steam boat men In allowing bridge draws to open during closed periods for ocean-going vessels has been used by them to nullify the closed periods entirely. The only way to make the closed periods effective Is to make exceptions absolute. If this Inconveniences ateamboatmen. they will have only themselves to blame. They refused to accept an act of consideration with good grace. Of course it is merely a coincidence that the scholarship of the University of Washington Is in eclipse at the same time that Its football splendor 1 In a refulgent blaze. It la merely a post quod, not a propter quod. The football zealots among the Seattle faculty should have attended a little more diligently to the fine art of as signing marks. The present embar rassment might thus have been eluded. There may be some connection be tween the large number of student "flunked" at the University of Wash ington and the large scores made by the football team. More cultivation of brain and less of brawn, may re verse the figures. If there be any one spot where a woman traveling alone should be as sured protection It Is In a Pullman car, and the verdict given Mrs. McAr thur in the Federal Court at Spokane will meet with popular approval. Destruction of a Turkish camp by bombs dropped from Italian aero planes In Tripoli and successful scout ing by the aeroplanes demonstrate their practical usefulness in war, be ing the first actual test. What a mixed blessing It would be were turkey to be so cheap that every family could Indulge In a big one on Thanksgiving day, big enough to last until the relics ended In hash the fol lowing washday. We are maneuvering again on the Mexican border and standing by to prevent the cracking of China. Tour Uncle Sam Is chief of police of the world. A woman's Democratic organiza tion in the State of Washington will find much for customary Democratic condemnation in Its platform of frills and furbelows. Holding next year's session of the National Grange at Spokane will stim ulate Interest in the organization In the Pacific Northwest. Italians repulsed Turks Monday, which la the latest thrilling news from the aeat of war. The latest Seattle Joke la a board of censors to scrutinize plays and mov ing picture. Those militant Englishwomen would better move to America and locate in California. Beattle Is ready to die. but has an eye on the Governor's office. Somehow, Mr. Bryan cannot keep off tha rock. Stars and Star-Makers By Leone Casa Baer. From Taooma, Wash., all the way to New York and back via the Morning Telegraph cornea a letter written to George W. Ledorer, by one G. W. Stone, who asks to be appointed the theatri cal manager's ofnctal sign carrier for Beattle. His letter Is so convincing that Mr. Leflerer has Just about made up his mind to give Mr. Stone the Job. Here's the communication: Dear Sir: I writ you to gt a Job to carry a sign or banner for some or all of your plays or shows In th City of Tacoma. Tscoma Theater from now on to June SO. 1812. I carried a sign for Mort H. Blnger for hla best show here, and he had a big house. I will carry a sign here for Mrs. Eernlce B. Newell and for Eames Gorglna next Mon day nlcht and I carry signs for Mr. Charles W. McKee and Charlea Herald, of the Ta coma Theater, all th year around, but not for all the shows, aa they tell ma you and your advance man haa to hire m and pay me 11.60 a day. I have known Mr. Herald and Mr. MeKee for two rears and they will glv m a good record aa being an honest and sober sign carrier. I carry the sign or banner from 10 A. M. to P. Ml. for 1.80) one fifty dollars per day and on pas for my self in gallery. My reason for asking 'you for the Job Is that I went to the Tacoma Theater last Sunday night to see your excellent com pany In Richard Karla a Edna Wallace Hooper In Jumping Jupiter. Edna Wallace was good aa Connie Curtis, the purple wid ow. Tou had a good hous Sunday night, but Monday night, being very windy (no rain), you had a very poor house In the balcony and gallery (waa about empty). I went again Monday night (In gallery SO cents). I am sure If your agent her had sent me out with a sign or banner I would hav got yon a bigger house. I would hav told all the people on th street what a good show It was. I carried a sign for John Phillip Bones, himself, here about three weeks ago. I helped to pack his house on Monday night. I think even the greateet artists should use a sign or hand banner on th streets If they play 2 nights In Tacoma. It is a Strang city. A n iwar me j or no, anyhow. yours RP. a. W. STOKE. When Max Dill started to move the goods and chattels of "The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer" from the Auditorium Theater in Spokane last Sunday even ing, where the whole family had ap-, peared for one night, Mrs. Lon Chaney sat on her trunk and declared that she would neither move nor pay rent. Mrs. Chaney Is a member, or rather was a member of the chorus, and her husband had several minor roles. They had become dissatisfied and asked for two days' back pay. So when "The Rich Mr.." etc., left for Colfax, where they were to play another one-night stand, two members of the organization stayed behind. Two days is not so much salary to be back, but consider the sad case of Mr. Chaney. His "minor roles" sound like a list of Jobs at an employment agency. At each perform ance he dissembled the following: In the opening act he was the vicious and ornery Lord Tyrone; a little later he was the world-famous attorney. Sel dom Wright; then on a bit further he stumbled off the ladder of success Into a role of cab-driver, and at the very last capered about as a head waiter in a very ordinary cafe. Now, can you really blame Lon for not pining and aching to cling to a Job like that, es pecially when they didn't pungle up with the coin for two days? Next thing, be says, he'd have been acting as assistant stage hand or wardrobe mistress. A real bona fide Countess of Rus sian persuasion, Thomara de Swlrsky, whose pictures wear even fewer beads and buttons than Gertie Hoffman, Is coming soon to visit us. In an "artistic, clean, unique and Inspirational" Inter pretation of dancing, according to ad vance notices. Mile, de What's-ln-a-name comes from a noble old family, and her uncle Is Professor Podwlssot sky, of a pathological Institute In St. Petersburg. Thomara had such a high social position that for a long time she hesitated about becoming a profes sional dancer, but later, feeling that the world needed her, she consented to appear at so much per. French aristocracy has particularly made much of ber, and (by special engagement) she has delighted Baroness de Roths child. Baron de Stael. Count B rune tta. Prince Troubetskoy and a host of other notables whose names are too dlffloult to write. Then Thomara came over to America, and the temptation of the American dollar induced her to accept an engagement with the Metropolitan Opera Company, In New York, during the season of xeOV-10. Successes aa the premier danseuse of grand opera attracted ' her to the eyes of the so called 400, and later she was engaged as a "private attraction at Newport." She is this season sailing under the managerial banner of Wlthey & Tuttle, of San Francisco, and will visit us along about Christmas time. Massenet's sensational Thais," the great dramatio vehicle In which Mary Garden rode rapidly to recognition, Salnt-Baens big pro-rellglous work, "Samson and Delilah," never heretofore given as an opera west of New York City, and Puccini's Japanese opera, "Madame Butterfly," will make notable the Thanksgiving engagement of the Lambardls at the Helllg Theater, "Sam son and Delilah" is to hav Its Ban Franclsoo premier on next Tuesday evening. - e e e William Newhouse, the husband of Lily Lena, the English comedienne who comes each season to the Orpheum, died last week In Denver. Colo., where his actress wife was appearing at the Orpheum Theater. Mr. Newhouse trav eled always with Miss Lena, standing In the wings at every performance and whistling her accompaniments. They have one child a little boy of 7. Miss Lena goes on to Kansas City next week aa headllner at the Orpheum. Amateur Records. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Edi tor.) Please give the high school or amateur records for the 220-yard dash, the 100-yard dash and the mile run and tha high Jump. A SUBSCRIBER. The following are amateur, not high school, records: Two hundred and twenty-yard dash, 21 1-5 seconds; 100 yards. 1-5 seconds; mile run, 4 min utes 15 8-5 seconds; high Jump, 6 feet (H Inches. The Almighty Dollar." PORTLAND, Nov. XL (To the Edi tor ) Please tell me where the ex pression "Almighty Dollar" originated. Thanking you for your trouble, I am A SUBSCRIBER. According to the Century Dictionary, the expression "Almighty Dollar" was first used by Washington Irving in "A Creole Village," published in 1837. GIPSY SMITH IJT THE OHEOOXIAN Evamsjellat Enabled to Reach Thousand Thrsigk Printed Reports. PORTLAND, Nov. 22. (To the Edi tor.) As an admirer of John Bright, I was much Interested In the editorial In The Oregonlan today. He was, per haps, a missionary in many subjects which he advocated In his day, but we now look upon him as one of England's best productions, especially In view of present-day conditions. There is one point, however, which has Interested me in reading comments on his life and personality, and which you did not mention. It is the strik ingly pure English he used. This, no doubt, was a great asset to his draw ing power as a speaker and an ex ample of which we seldom see nowa days. It Is certainly humiliating for an American to travel through Eng land and compare his rasping voice, street-slanged phrases and ungrammat lcal expressions beside the melodious, correct and simple but cultured lan guage of his well-bred English cousin. You gave a great truth in that "No man need hope to hold the attention of the publlo unless he speaks to them in common language and presents old truths." We have a rare opportunity today In Portland to listen to the one man who, according to eminent authorities and critics. Is the "best example of the pos sibilities of the Anglo-Saxon speech since the days of John Bright," namely, Gipsy Smith. It Is a great pleasure to hear Gipsy Smith speak. If for no other reason than this, and especially inter esting when we begin to appreciate the fact that ho has never attended school a single day; merely a Gipsy boy, a child of nature, receiving training for his voice, as he says himself, from God's feathered choir, securing his il lustrations from nature Itself and building his character from close con tact with men. His message to Portland Is a mes sage of repentance and heart-searching, and, like some of the prophets of old, whom he resembles. Is calling the people to get right with God. He speaks In common language and pre sents old truths, at least 1900 years old. and yet as practical as the day Is long. I wish to commend you for the splen did work you have done in giving to your readers a good outline of the Gipsy Smith meetings; by reporting what he actually says, you are enab ling him to preach to your thousands of readers, whom he could not reach otherwise, besides demonstrating to the 10,000 who hear him every day that you are giving a correct and Impartial re port as much as your space will permit. C N. WONACOTT. Brownsville Minister Appreciative. BROWNSVILLE, Or, Nov. 21. We, the undersigned members of the Min isterial Association of the city of Brownsville, being pledged by our pur pose and profession to uphold and fur th.r iarr cause that makes for the good of mankind, being able fully to appreciate any other agency man ur profession that backs truth and right, i . hainff Amxious to ex press our hearty commendation of any such effort, do tenaer you uui earnest thanks for the fair and sym- . V. I .onA- In Which VOU h&V6 M- ported the words and methods of Gipsy Smith and ror tno nearly buvv" " -are giving the meetings. We think It a most encouraging sign of National and social uplift when our great dallies begin to realize that the Gospel Is a power for good, happiness and social purity, and support, rather than adversely criticise, such evangelis tic movements as this now stirring the City of Portland. C F. KOEHLER, Pres. Church. F GRANT HAMM, Christian Church. M. B. PAJKOUNAGIAN, Meth. Ch. Immannel's Reign Hastened. PORTLAND, Or, Nov. 2L (To the Editor.) I wish to say a few words In appreciation of The Oregonlan's very generous action in giving so much prominent spaoe In Its valuable col umns to the great work now being con ducted by Gipsy Smith, under the au spices of the Christian people of Port land. By sending out the message of this wonderful man beyond the sound of his voice, you are calling attention of multitudes to their relation and duty to their Creator. By popularizing these meetings you are making It easier to do right and harder to do wrong, and thereby helping to hasten the time when Immanuel shall reign and all men shall gladly do his wllL E. W. AMESBURY. Congratulation on Report. PORTLAND, Nov. XL (To the Edi tor.) i have had the pleasure of at tending but a very few of the Gipsy Smith meetings, but I have read many of The Oregonlan's accounts of the meetings, and desire to congratulate you on the character of the work done. It has been a great pleasure to me to see the conspicuous place given in The Oregonlan to this work. A. KING WILSON. TO WHAT PURPOSE THIS WASTE protest of Gipsy's Detractors Likened to Word of Jndaa. PORTLAND, Nov. 22. (To the Edi tor.) i have read with Interest the various comments on Gipsy Smith dur ing his stay among us. How extreme ly sympathetic some people do get In the behalf of the poor when a dol lar Is spent for Christianity. It was Judas who said: "To what purpose Is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for so much and given to the poor," (Matthew xxvl:8-9). Apparently they never think of the poor until an offering la made In the name of Christ; then they get ex tremely soft-hearted. If they had been as charitable one year ago when the temperance people asked them to do their part toward voting two billion dollars Into the pockets of the poor It would have been unnecessary for them to have asked Gipsy Smith to corns from London to preach to us. If they are really In earnest why not attend fewer shows, use less liquors and to bacco and help the poor more. It will Improve their health, lengthen their days and make them happy to prac tice self-denial. I believe in correcting political evil as much as they do, but Mr. Smith, has the right plan and that Is to begin at home. First correct the Individuals and they will correct the laws. There is no other power as strong for good as to teach the child the real truth that the eye of God is always on us; that he will hold us respon sible for every act and every word. The trouble wrth our politics today is, we have put thieves and rascals In office, who refuse o enforce the law. They will continue to do so as long as we put ungodly men In office, be they Socialists, Republicans or Democrats. A, J. BARTHOLOMEW. Praise From Olympiau OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20. (To the Editor.) The Oregonlan Is greatly to be commended for the splendid work of Mr. Addison Bennett and for the broad policy of giving publicity to the vari ous sections of Washington, as well aa Oregon. If every paper In the Northwest would come within 60 per cent of the efficiency of The Oregonlan, our glor ious country would not only be better worth living In, but would develop far more rapidly than even our present splendid progress. More power to the elbow. F. T. WATSON, Executive Secretary, Olympla Chamber of Commeroe. The Power of Free Speech By Dean Collins. I saw a dour and doleful dub Who vainly strove and pressed A trout the outskirts of the crowd A socialist addressed. "Why seem you so bereft of hope?" "I want," he said, "a bar of soap. For Sunday is the day that hath Been set aside to take a bath." He looked with longing at the store, Surrounded by the crowd. O'er which the speaker waved his arms, Orating long and loud. About the dire abuses that Annoy tho proletariat. My friend groaned, "Please, sir, can that dope! Let me got through to buy my soap!" He turned on me a doleful eye. Three evenings have I sought To force an entrance to a store Where soap bars may be bought. 'Tls vain! For I must e'en abide And look at it from the outside. How shall I enter yonder store When solid crowds surround the door7 Tve wandered North, I've wandered South. But everywhere I meet Tho speaker and his eager throng Banked up along the street. Religion, politics or song, Each one attracts Its zealous throng. In vain I strive to reach the door And seek for soap Inside the store." His eyes grew wild; he tore his hair. As to and fro he'd lope. "Whoopee 1 I am an anarohlstl I want a bar of soap!" The wagon cam. They bound him well And hauled him to a padded cell. Wherein he raged In rampant wrath Sans soap, sans hope, sans also bath. Portland. Nov. 22. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe I suppose lots of things go on that I never hear about. A Methodist attended a theater for tho first time. He greatly approved of a particularly thrilling and everlasting speech spoken by tho hero, and as the Methodist knew of but one way of ex pressing approval, at the conclusion of the uplifting sentiment, he shouted: "Amenl" It doesn't take much to oonvlnoe a man that a woman is In love with him. After you pass 60, people wonder every time they look at you what you Intend to do with your money when you die. There Is a kind of advertiser who thinks that If he has a few handbills "struck off," everybody sees them. It may appear to you that all the good Jobs are taken, but by the time you are capable of filling one, one will be vacant. Next year every man who owns a horse and buggy and has two chimneys on his house should have the honor of being "mentioned" for vloe-presldent. When a girl's brother admits that she Is pretty, she usually Is. It Is predicted of every boy, by some body, that he will be hanged. Some widowers are as persistent In it as old bachelors. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan, Nov. X8, 1861. The Cortes, arrived yesterday morn ing, brings us many Items of war newa and Interesting details. There Is no doubt of the great suc cess of our fleet In capturing the fort resses at Port Royal; of the capture of an Immense amount of cotton; of the great panio In the rebel army on the Potomac; of the great victory over the rebels in Kentucky; of the running of Price and his army out of Missouri; of the sending of reinforcements from the Chesapeake to our forces in the South; of the de parture of another fleet from New York for the South; of the leaving of a flotilla to seal up the harbor at Charleston. Our Government has now fairly got to work and It will be sure to Improve the advantages it has al ready gained. Baltimore, Nov. 16. Norfolk papers have been received containing newa from Richmond to the 11th Inst. CoL Corcoran and 18 others, prisoners cap tured at Manassas, had been selected by lot to be hung by way of retaliation for Captain Baker and the crew of the privateer Savannah. Tho Hon. Mr. Ely drew lots for Corcoran, who Is now In prison at Charleston. In case the court at New York condemned the crew of the Savannah to death the Federal officers will bo immediately hanged. St. Louis, Nov. 16. The capture of the rebel privateer Sumter is beyond a doubt. It Is said she was preparing for a descent upon the steamer Cham pion, with a view of seizing, the Cali fornia treasure shipments. Hoqnlara Appreciate Article. HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. XL (To the Editor.) My attention has Just been called to the article In The Oregonlan of November 6 by Addison Bennett on Klickitat Valley. As president of the Hoquiam Commercial Club, I wish to congratulate you on this article and also wish to thank The Oregonlan for taking up tnls line of work, and I be lieve it is very wise of The Oregonlan in taking up this and helping us In this way. Such articles are of Ines timable value to the particular com munity favored by the article and also of great value to the entire Southwest. We appreciate The Oregonlan's stand and sincerely thank you for this good .orlc. L. H. BROWN. Ten Highest Peaks. HOQUIAM. Wash., Nov. 17. (To the Editor.) Kindly publish the names of the ten highest peaks In the United States, Including Alaska. A HOQUIAM SUBSCRIBER. Crane'e Atlas gives them as follows: w-T.t., Aioovn on inn feet: St. Ellas. mcAiiiioji . , , , - Alaska. 18.023; Wrangell, Alaska, 17,- 500; Crlllon, AiasKa, h,jv, weather, Alaska, 15,500: Whitney. Cal., . . ono. D.i.i., uraon 14 R00: Harvard. Colo., 14.475; B'lanca Peak, Colo. 14,464; Shasta, Cal., 14.440. Territories of United States. PORTLAND, Nov. 18. (To the Ed itor ) What are the names of the ter ritories (if any) which are included in the United States: also, what popula tion must a territory have to be ad mitted to the United States? FIREMAN. New Mexico, Arizona, District of Co- , ui. rtf.tplr4 rtf Alntlce nnd Hawaii lurauio, ' are known as territories. The Consti tution does not iix a minimum pvy il lation for states. Flying School. PORTLAND, Nov. 2L (To the Edi tor.) Where on this Coast are the aviation schools and what month do terms open? A SUBSCRIBER. It has been announced thf.t the Cur tlss company would establish an avia tion school In Southern California. For particulars write to Curtiss Exhibition Company, 1787 Broadway, New York.