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Congress win be expected, at the
raxlon -which opened yeaterday, to get
down to business with measures ur
gently needed. The Democrs.Uo lead
er In the House will have bo excuse
tor Inaction. They know what kind
of measures on the trusts, the tariff.
Alaska and the Panama Canal can
pass the Senate and secure the ap
proval of the President. If. despite
this knowledge. they pass bills
through the House which they know
are doomed to defeat in the Senate
or to veto by the President, they will
stand convicted of denying- the coun
try the remedial legislation it needs
In order to play politics.
The present situation Is a practical
vindication of President Taffa sound
Judgment In calling- the extra session
last Spring. It was said then that he
was simply giving the Democrats an
opportunity to pass buncombe legis
lation. Everybody knew that the
Democrats would take the first op
portunity to make this use of their
newly-gained power. They did as they
were expected to do. and their bun
combe tariff bills "went Into the waste
basket. The preliminary sparring is
now over and the Democrats fully
understand where the President
stands. If they have any real dispo
sition to pass needed bills they can
do so with the knowledge that any
measure which approximately re
sponds to the public demand will re
ceive the President's approval. If
they renew the attempt to pass pop
gun tariff bills, they will only Invite
the veto and be Injured In the eyes of
the public by their denial of urgent
reforms and their palpable efforts to
play politics.
There Is no excuse for the Demo
crats to plead that they and the Pres
ident are so radically at variance that
It Is hopeless to attempt an agree
ment. They are practically agreed
that the anti-trust law must stand and
should be supplemented by legislation
for Federal supervision of corpora
tions. Those who would urge the
passage of a bill repealing the Inser
tion In the law of the word "unreason,
able" by the Supreme Court will have
the ground cut from under them by
the President's expected recommenda
tion that a supplementary law be
paued defining exactly what acts are
lawful and what are unlawful under
the Sherman law. Differences may
arise as to the form and degree of
Federal supervision, but they are ca
pable of being reconciled. Federal
incorporation has been put forward
by the President and has been pro
posed again and again by the Demo
cratic Senator Newlands. Some Demo
crats may object that it will Impair
state rights, but provisions can be In
serted In the bill to meet this objec
tion. The President has repeatedly
shown that he can rise above party
considerations and approve a bill
which makes a measurable advance
In the right direction, even though it
emanate from the opposite party.
Any failure to act on the trusts will
therefore be laid to the door of the
Democrats.
It may safely be assumed that the
reports of the Tariff Board on wool
and cotton will be found to Justify
considerable reductions in duties with
out running counter to Republican
principles. The Democrats know
Chat, If they pass bills which accord
with the announced principles of the
President, he will approve those bills.
If they Insist on reducing the wool
evnd cotton duties to a purely revenue
tasls. they know by experience that
the veto Is sure. They will then
stand convicted of denying the people
any relief from excessive duties by
holding out for the utmost they think
they should have rather than accept
what they can got. If the Tariff
Board should report on the metal
schedule, the Democrats will have an
opportunity of making a revision
downward which the President will
accept. If the Democrats should at
tempt to revise any schedules on
which the board has not reported,
they will bo wasting time and be sim
ply playing politics.
Now that the House committee
which has been investigating Alaskan
affairs has admitted that Secretary
Fisher's programme la satisfactory.
there Is no excuse for longer delay
In passing the bills which are urgently
needed to carry out that programme.
Mr. Fisher's plan of action shuts out
all possibility of monopoly, which the
Democrats profess to dread. Then let
them pass bills for the leasing of coal
and oil land, the development of a
Oovernnvsnt coal mine and the con
struction of a Government railroad.
There Is no excuse for party lines to
be drawn on that question.
So with the Panama Canal. While
the logical courM would be to pass a
free-ship bill which would insure the
American merchant marine enough
vessels for both foreign and coast
wise trade, we know that such a meas
ure might not meet the approval of
the President. Then why not do the
next best thing by allowing coastwise
vessels the free u.e of tho canal, fix
ing a low rate of tolls for foreign
going ships, and. if It can be found to
accord with the treaty with Britain,
as Secretary Stlmson contends, rebate
part or all of the tolls to American
foreign-going ships? The question of
free ships can then be fought out at
future sessions.
If the measures passed by adopting
the course outlined do not go as far
as the Democrats wish, they can tell
the people they got all that a Repub
lican President would concede and the
voters next November will . decide
whether the President was right or
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THE GEMTXJ5 ART OF DBCXJVTNa.
The Oregonlan reprints today from
the Philadelphia North American, an
other tried -and-true Roosevelt voice,
the full text of the ex-Presidenf s most
recent authorized expression on his
candidacy for the Presidency. Some
persons may by inclined to say that
the way to decline U to decline: but
they are wrong. There is art In de
clining as there la In politics, or gov
ernment, or literature, or sculpture,
or advertising. General Sherman once
said that he was not a-candidate for
the Presidency; If he were nominated
he would not accept; if he were never
theless elected, he would decline to
serve; If he were given the Presidency
on a gold platter, he would reject the
Presidency and keep the platter. . Gen
eral Sherman was a rough-and-ready
old soldier who talked as he fired
straight. Both these admirable qual
ities Colonel Roosevelt also has, and
can use.
Obviously Colonel Roosevelt has not
burned his bridges behind him. Gen
eral Sherman's earnest purpose was
to efface himself, and he succeeded.
Colonel Roosevelt hss never yet mas
tered any method of self-effacement.
But the Indirect denial was ade
quate. It Is remarkable how the
Roosevelt talk has subsided. Colonel
Roosevelt's position Is clear enough.
He has no purpose now of being a
candidate. Why should he say that
he will never be a candidate? Unlike
General Sherman, he has been Pres
ident; and. unlike General Sherman,
he knows that he Is big enough for
the Job. and that the people may
sometime want him to take It again.
Why should Colonel Roosevelt say
more? It Is enough. He is not a
candidate. He will tolerate no cam
paign for him, no setting up of dele
gations, no interference with others,
no use of his name or prestige that
4.n a full and fair field to others.
He Is In nobody's way. He will not be
In anybody's way: Has anyone the
light to demand more?
But how can Colonel Roosevelt
help what may happen If it insists on
happening in spite of his perfectly cor
rect and perfectly Independent atti
tude? TUB AGE LIMIT.
The organization of an "antl-45-yeai-age-llmlt"
society in Chicago
will strike many persona as a very de
sirable movement. Every salaried
man, and particularly every wage
earner, who feels himself verging
toward the time of the sere and yel
low leaf naturally grows more or less
anxious about the perpetuity of his
Job. What will become of him when he
has passed the limit which employers
may have fixed for retirement? It Is
all very well to tell him to imitate the
Industrious and frugal and lay up for
the Winter In the time of the har
vest, but for too many men the har
vest Is exceedingly spare at best and
provision for the future means star
vation in the present.
Dr. Osier Is said to have been guilty
of setting forty or forty-five years as
the age at which a man loses his best
usefulness and ought to be shelved.
The celebrated physician denies hav
ing; said anything of the kind, but of
course that makes no difference. Give
a dog a bad name and It is pretty sure
to stick. And. after all. there Is too
much truth in the assumption to be
pleasant. Most of us do begin to de
cline a little In energy and effective
ness between forty and fifty. Those
who do not are exceptions to an almost
universal rule.
4nms- however, rrow more sprightly
to the end of their days, no matter
how long they live. No douht ir we
were all as careful of our health as
we should be there would be no such
thing as "dotage." Daniel Defoe, the
author of "Robinson Crusoe," wrote
books steadily up to the end of his
long life, and his last works are as
bright and entertaining as his first.
There is no record that any really
first-class mind deteriorated much up
to the '708 or '80s, unless it was at
tacked by disease. Those who feel
the disintegrating effects of age first
miA wnnmt BM th men Vbfl AbUSA their
physical frames in youth and middle
life, ir nature naa mtenaea mai we
lav nfT work at fortv she would
have provided that we should also
stop eating at that age and caused
thick hair to grow on our dooiw so
n i not wear clothes. Evi-
ji.fiti d mtrntui la that we shall
work as long as we live, and unless we
thwart her plans ehe provides the ca
pacity for it- As my aays so enaii
thy strength be."
CARXEGIaTS 11 GREAT MIX.
Arulrnw ("Arnecie'a list of twenty-
one world-movers betrays a narrow
ness of view which Is surprising in a
man who Is generally credited with
nvarkeA freedom from prejudice. It
evinces a bias for the material things
of life produced by great invention
and ignores the great movements of
thnnrht which have been the means
of the world's progress. The inventors
to whom modern industry is aue, es
pecially those associated with iron,
steel and railroads, take first place, to
be followed by discoverers in medi
cine. Only one statesman Abraham
Lincoln Is in the list, for. though
Franklin is included, he is classed as
an inventor, not as a statesman.
There are but two poets, Shakespeare
and Burns.
The Inventor of gunpowder is omit
ted, perhaps because his invention Is
an Implement of that warfare which
Mr. Carnegie abhors. But he forgets
that gunpowder was the forerunner
of dynamite, which has been the
means of tunneling through moun
tains and under rivers and of wresting
the metals and fuel from the earth.
Is not the Inventor of the aeroplane
worthy of mention? Why are the dis
coverers of the disease germ and of
radium omitted? Adam Smith, the
father of political economy, and his
great successors are considered of no
moment. Darwin, the discoverer of
the principle of evolution, and all the
great writers on geology, astronomy
and other sciences are excluded from
Mr. Carnegie's catalogue. Not a sin
gle historian or writer of fiction Is
tt-cluded. The explorers who have
pioneered the way for civilization are
treated as of no consequence, with the
solitary exception of Columbus.
Soldiers and statesmen are swept to
one side as of no Influence on the
world's movement, the exceptions be
ing Franklin and Lincoln. But for
Cromwell, both soldier and statesman,
where might English liberty have
been and what would have been the
effect on American liberty? Was not
George Washington, also both soldier
and statesman, worthy a place In Mr
Carnegie's hall of fame? Despot
insula wk JS'aeiees ssevsa Mts
world to some slight extent, and,
though his fame as a soldier Is great
est, he made the code Napoleon and
created the present French system of
roads and canals. The French revo
lution shook the civilized world, but
Its leaders are ignored. Mr. Carne
gie's peace principles forbid him to
recognize that war contributes to hu
man progress. Otherewlse he would
realize that the Dutch rebellion and
the destruction of the Spanish armada
crippled Spanish tyranny and made
religious liberty possible. He would
also realize that the Thirty Tears
War secured religious liberty to Ger
many and made possible the rise of
Prussia and the union of Germany in
the empire. Without that union
modern Industrial Germany would
have been still in the future.
Has religion had no part in the
world movement? It would seem that
Luther, Calvin, Knox, Wesley, Xavler.
Newman, Priestley, have had some
part in the making of the modern
world.
Mr. Carnegie's list of great men la
eloquent of his limitations. He Is a
Scotchman, therefore he gives Scotch
men a first place. He is a captain of
Industry, therefore inventors loom big
in his opinion. He Is a steel manu
facturer, therefore Inventors of the
processes of steelmaklng lead among
the Inventors. His fortune was made
In America, therefore Columbus U
given a place of honor. He Is a hu
manitarian, therefore he gives places
to discoverers in medicine and to the
emancipator of slaves. But he can
find room for but two leaders in lit
erature. He Ignores prose writers of
all kinds, printers, sculptors, dram
atists, except Shakespeare, aoldiers,
statesmen, lawyers, preachers, scien
tists aonnnmlats. exDlorers. Had we
not known who made this list, it
would have proved that It was made
by a Scotch steel manufacturer who
late In life had turned his energies to
philanthropy.
MORNd'O BHOFFESO.
Everv year- as the holidays ap
proach there goes up an Insistent de
mand by the press for early shopping
for the Christmas and New Year
trade, but it is very doubtful if the
laggards are hurried to any apprecia
ble extent.
But there is one. phase of the situa
tion that calls for more mention than
the early shopping movement as gen
erally understood, and that la that the
intending purchasers should start on
their rounds earlier in the day.
The manager of one of Portland's
largest department stores a day or
two ago said that for more than two
hours every morning, or from 8 to 10
o'clock, there were nearly as many
clerks as customers In his store, and
not until after 11 o'clock was there
anything like a rush of customers.
This Is undoubtedly true to a greater
or less extent in all of our large stores.
If shoppers would get started on
their rounds by 8 o'clock it would be
a great benefit to the overworked
clerks, and would give the customers
a far better opportunity to make their
selections.
CHAPXAIX BACEK-S KEJOIVDEB.
With the amiable "desire of Chap
lain Bauer to create a world In which
there shall be no incentive to crime
we can all sympathize. Such a world
never yet has been seen, by human
eyes at any rate, but of course it does
not follow that it never will be. Even
those who fear that Chaplain Bauer's
aspirations are somewhat ineffectual
wUl not withhold a tribute of admira
tion for his zeal. It Is something for
a man who has spent a good deal of
time among criminals, as he has, to
retain an ardent faith in the possibili
ties of reform In murderers and
thieves. We would not say a word to
dim his fervor, but we must still in
sist that in these matters society is
the primary party in interest and that
Its welfare Is first of all to be consid
ered. Should that welfare demand
the sacrifice of the lives of a dozen
murderers, or a thousand, we should
feel oH!?ed to say that our voice is
for their death.
In the letter which The Oregonlan
prints this morning Mr. Bauer reiter
ates his belief that "society is some
what responsible for murder because
we have put too cheap an estimate
upon human life." In order to show
Just how cheap this estimate is, he
proceeds to cite the slaughters done
by corporations which refuse to install
safety devices. "We create an atmos
phere of murder," he adds, "when we
take the lion's share of the products
of wealth and starve to death the un
der man. We are partners in murder
when we allow drug sharks to sell
hop' to boys and girls and weakened
men and women." with a good deal
more of the same kind of talk. We
dare say no thoughtful person would
think of denying this. But what of it?
Does the fact that we are sadly
careless of human life argue that we
ought to allow murderers to go un
punished? Is solicitude for life best
shown by permitting murderers to go
on killing or by putting an end to
their career? Shall we defend life
more effectually by allowing all mur
derers, little and big, to go free or
by subjecting all without exception to
the penalties they deserve? What Is
the best way to attain to that uni
formity of punishment and Justice
which Mr. Bauer no doubt really de
sires even If his words do sound
otherwise? Shall we reach it soonest
by abandoning the little we have
gained In the restraint of crime or by
pushing that little steadily forward
until we have mastered the entire
problem? Because we cannot yet
bring all the big thieves to speedy
Justice, shall we let all the little ones
go free? Would it not be better to
punish the little ones with inflexible
rigor and forge onward after the big
ones as fast as we can? Mr. Bauer
should not forget that many of the
crimes which figure so largely in his
imagination are comparatively new.
They have arisen from the circum
stances of the Industrial revolution,
from the progress of science and In
vention. The problem of dealing with
them has confronted society suddenly.
The situation Is so novel that It has
bewildered the conservative powers of
mankind. Time will be required to
deal with it adequately.
But Mr. Bauer is not disposed to
grant any time for this purpose, if
we understand his letter correctly. He
is so impressed by the failure of the
state to handle this new problem
punctually that he would sjt down In
despair and cease doing anything with
the old problems which are tolerably
familiar to us. A great many novel
kinds of big thieves have appeared all
at once in the world. Therefore, ar
gues Mr. Bauer with amiable but as
tonishing logic, we must let the little
ones go unmolested in their thieving.
Murder manifests Itself today in a
bunUf 4 terms yn&aaxa, et ba the, e ,
ginning of the last century. Therefore
we ought to stop trying to punish the
old, familiar type of murder. Of
course Mr. Bauer does not say this in
so many words. In fact, he does not
admit that he means anything of the
kind, but If he does not, then what
does he mean? What Is the point of
all his eloquent arraignment of social
conditions If he does not Intend that
they shall excuse the criminal? In
so far as these conditions make for
crime they certainly relieve the crim
inal of his responsibility, and in so
far as he Is not responsible Mr. Bauer
seems to argue that he ought not to
be punished.
In our opinion he ought to be pun
ished for his crime whether he Is re-"
sponsible for It or not. Naturally we
would exoept Insane persons from
this rule, but not anybody else who
has reached years of accountability.
To our minds the question is not so
muoh one of responsibility as ex
pediency. The fundamental consider
ation Is the good of society. If the
welfare of mankind demands the ex
tinction of an Individual, then he
ought to perish. Even if he Is inno
cent he ought to perish. On what
other ground do we send Innocent
men to die on the battlefield? The
general welfare is the supreme con
cern of the human race and any other
interest Is as nothing when opposed
to It. Now there is not the slightest
doubt that the welfare of society re
quires that men who have committed
certain crimes should be put out of
the world. What Induced them to do
their deeds, or what circumstances
combined to blight and degrade their
moral natures Is not of any conse
quence In this connection. The all
Important fact Is that, for whatever
reason, they are unfit to live. We
may Indeed pity them. "Pity thee?
So I do. I pity the dumb victim at
the altar. But does the robed priest
for his pity falter?" The situation Is
tragic to the last degree and mourn
ful beyond words, but it is a real
situation and must be faced. Guilty
as society may be, it must not submit
to dissolution. The hopeless progeny
of evil conditions must perish for the
common good and the penitence of
the world for its share in their guilt
will best be shown by reforming the
circumstances which produced them.
Of course everybody will interpret
Emma Goldman's recent experience
by his own standards. Some will say
she has risen In the world. Others
will say that President Eliot's grand
son has stepped down a peg or two.
In any event, the young man excited a
sensation by taking Emma to dinner
and that counts for something. Po
lice interference used to net her a
good many dollars. Now that the
btuecoats have ceased to give her free
advertisement, she naturally turns to
other devices.
The Illinois man who won his sweet,
heart by shooting her followed a good
old custom. Formerly the ardent
suitor knocked down his favorite
maiden with a club and carried her to
his tent. Shooting is less painful- and
disfiguring and indicates growth in
civilization. While we do not com
mend the Illinois method of courtship,
we think it Is preferable to obstinate
old bachelordom.'
W. H. Galvani In a Portland pulpit
preaching peace is not an anomaly,
but an Idiosyncrasy, for once upon a
time Brother Galvani was an Oregon
delegate to an International peace
gathering and started the biggest kind
of a row, in which he won, of course.
Colonization of a school district
with orphans in order to provide a
Job for a teacher Is a novelty. This
may do as a temporary measure, but
the district should secure permanent
colonists with families or good pros
pects of families.
If the Mexicans wish to engage in
the incubation of revolutions, let
them do it on their own territory. We
can raise enough disturbance our
selves to keep us awake without the
aid of our neighbors.
The man who locks a door leading
to the fire escape of a crowded hotel
may be compared for stupidity to the
man who hides his gun so carefully
that he cannot find It when the bur
glar calls.
The session of Congress would not
be so long If Champ Clark would not
take his title literally and would re
member that the function of a
Speaker Is not to speak.
When the average woman encoun
ters a burglar she Is a bundle of
nerves and collapses, but Mrs. Cora
Phillips is a bundle of nerve and gives
chase.
Charlei J. Berg. 78 years young,
who challenges any man over 70 to a
battle with fists. Is the original old
sport.
The girl whom her suitor has to
fill with bullets In order to convince
her of his love and who then accepts
that kind of a man la a new type.
Exports of hemp from the Philip
pines are Increasing, but none of It is
used In Oregon for the historfa pur
pose of eliminating the unfit.
Why Is there not a big prizefight
Just now for a change of subject?
Even the assembling of Congress Is
Insufficient.
Mr. Carnegie's list of twenty-one is
short one world-mover, the discoverer
of the cross of gold and crown of
thorns.
Link Steffens and Larry Sullivan
are a team in which alliteration's art
ful aid has a grip on the muckrake.
If there was anything left undone
to Influence the result today In Los
Angeles, it is beyond political ken.
The best fowls in Oregon were not
eaten last week. They are showing
themselves proudly this week.
The needs of the helpless widows
and orphans, victims of the confes
sors, must not be overlooked.
He may quit and resign and let go
as he will, but the smell of coal oil
will hang round him still.
All Rockefeller and oil Jokes and
near Jokes must now go into the dis
card. This is a good time for Labor to
clean house.
Many more confessions are due and
costing.
FCTTIJJQ A WAT THE FRESIDENCT
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What a Roosevelt Paper Has to Bar
for Colonel Roosevelt.
Philadelphia North Amerioan.
Theodore Roosevelt's recent editorial
In the Outlook upon the trust question
has led to deductions so false and to
political discussions " so unfortunate
that it seems expedient for an accu
rate and authoritative statement to be
made regarding his position, particu
larly toward the campaign of 1912.
Such a statement can be made better
perhaps by the North American than
by any other agency, t
Just one year ago Colonel Roosevelt
confided, to this newspaper his views
touching the use of his name as a re
ceptive candidate for the Republican
nomination and his first purpose In re
lation thereto.
There were ample reasons for his
expression. Ever since his return from
abroad there had been a growth in pub
11 o Interest regarding his attitude to
ward the President. At that time In
fluential Eastern papers were proclaim
ing that Colonel Roosevelt was ac
tually pledged to support Mr. Taft for
renomlnatlon, and were intimating that
news of this arrangement emanated
from - the White House itself. Many
National leaders accepted these state
ments as facts. Indorsement of the
Taft Administration in the New Tork
Republican platform was hailed as
proof that Roosevelt was committed to
the Taft candidacy.
It was this assertion which Colonel
Roosevelt disposed of in his confidences
to the North American; and as sug
gestions or his own candidacy natur
ally followed he disposed of them also.
He declared most emphatically that
be had not pledged his support to Mr.
Taft privately or publicly in set terms
or even by implication. He declared
he would not support any man for the
nomination In 1612 neither Mr. Taft
nor any one else. As to a statement
that the President believed he would
have, Roosevelfs support. Colenel
Roosevelt said that Mr. Taft could not
possibly believe anything of the kind;
that. In fact, Mr. Taft knew that he
had no such assurance, and that neither
Mr. Taft nor any one else had one
particle of ground for such opinion.
As to the persistent suggestions that
he had designs upon the nomination
himself. Colonel Roosevelt was equally
emphatic and explicit. At that time
and on subsequent occasions more than
once in our presence Colonel Roosevelt
received tenders of support from men
of wide political influence, men who
will control delegates In the conven
tions. Some of these men were pro
gressives, others were "near" pro
gressives, several were of reactionary
sympathies. To each and every pro
posal Colonel Roosevelt replied sub
stantially as stated above and added
with equal emphasis and forceful sin
cerity that be was not in the remotest
sense a candidate for the nomination
and that he declined and deplored all
such suggestions as were being made
to him.
He went further. To those who had
had close relations with him he said
in effect: "If you are a true friend of
mine you will drop this once and for
all; you will not only quit yourself,
but you will discourage your friends
and do all you can to stop this futile
talk; you will believe what I have
said so often, that I am not a candi
date and earnestly desire that all such
suggestions should cease.
Colonel Roosevelt said substantially
this not once but many times, and, as
stated, on several occasions in our
presence.
Those who have been In close touch
with Colonel Roosevelt since the pub
lication of his Outlook article have
likewise been surprised not only at the
extent of the sentiment for him but at
its manifestations in circles that a few
months ago were bitterly hostile to
Roosevelt, or at least strongly pro
Taft. To set at rest these baseless notions
It can be said that no more than three
days ago Colonel Roosevelt expressed
himself to the North American exactly
as he had done a year ago and exactly
as he has frequently and on all occa
sions since. And because of the per
sistence of unwarranted reports and
deductions he agreed that an authori
tative statement of his oft-expressed
purpose should be printed by this
paper. This utterance, therefore, is
not new, but It is positive.
Colonel Roosevelt will not support
any man for the nomination in 1912,
neither Taft nor anyone else.
He never gave Mr. Taft any pledge
or offer of support, nor did Mr. Taft
ever have such an Impression.
As to himself. Colonel Roosevelt Is
not a candidate, nor has be been at
any time.
He has repeatedly discouraged sug
gestions of this character' not only
from sincere friends but from poten
tial political leaders, who for one rea
son or another desire to use his name,
and he has emphatically refused
pledges of active support, even de
livery of delegatea
He says, and wishes the statement
to be accepted at its full value In its
clear and 'unequivocal -meaning, that
he desires talk of his supposed can
didacy to cease.
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A Man Defies Daddy Time.
1 J TtjkolA
Father Time was in a bad humor. He
twirled his hour glass recklessly and
swung his scythe In a vicious fashion.
"Confound him!" he cried.
"What's the matter, daddy?" a play
ful zephyr asked as it frolicked by his
side.
Time looked at the zephyr.
"Did you see that man I passed a few
moments ;ago?"
"Yea, daddy."
"He defies me."
"But he's quite gray, daddy."
"Yes. yes."
"And his face Is wrinkled, and his
back is bent, and his hands tremble."
"Yes, yes, but he defies me."
"How, daddy V
He twisted his forelock savegely.
"I can whiten his hair, confound him,
and wrinkle his face, and bend his
back, and set his nerves to trembling,
but I can't reach his heart!"
And he tore at his beard, and stamped
along so angrily that his sandals left
little puffs of yellow dust behind them.
No Bagpipe Playing oa Sunday.
- London Chronicle.
We get a curious glimpse of the va
riety of things that were barred on Sun
days in stricter days in an entry of
excommunication cases presented to
the Consistory Court of Arches of Dur
ham one day In the Seventeenth Cen
tury. "Bambrough, May 21, presented
Thomas Anderson, of Swlnhoe, for play
ing on a bagpipe before a bridegroom
on a Sunday, and not frequenting the
church and for not receiving the holy
sacrament. . - . Elizabeth Mills, for
scolding, and drying fish on the Lord's
day."
The Female of the Specfea.
Milwaukee Sentinel. ,
(Not by R. Kipling.)
When a woman boards a streetcar, men
retreat from her In fear;
Strong men tremble in their terror
when they see her drawing near;
For the hatpins that she carries make
the bravest of them quail
Tea, the female of the speoles is more
deadly haa Aha mala.
CHAPLAIN BAUER OX CRIMINALS
More Discussion of the State's Respon
sibility for dime.
SALEM, Or Deo. 4. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan Saturday, with a
caption, "As to Responsibility," you
make comments on my Thanksgiving
address given in Temple Beth Israel.
Tour quotations from my words are all
right so far as they go, but they do
not go far enough. Tour conclusions,
stated and implied, are satisfactory
from a logical standpoint, granting the
premises, but these premises are wrong
because you only had part of what I
said. As often occurs when one seeks
to meet an argument from a partially
reported discourse, one only finds him
self afield of the truth because he was
wrongly directed.
I was trying to make a plea 'for Jus
tice for the criminal. From my obser
vation too few today have undertaken
this cause, and for what reason it Is
hard to understand. I did say in no
uncertain words that the criminal was
responsible for his crime, and said to
my auditors, as they will remember,
that this side of the case was the only
one that I ever presented to the boys
In the Penitentiary. For the first time
through the pages of Tho Oregonlan
today and yesterday will they learn
that I have presented the other side of
the responsibility which ought to be
borne by society.
While I have presented this message
of responsibility often to the prisoner s,
I have a similar message of the re
sponsibility for those without the
prison walla This is an Important
phrase of our thinking in order to deal
considerately and honestly with the
prisoner as well as to get our own
bearings in relation to crime. Of
course. If the prisoner is alone respon
sible, we can well insist that he endure
hunger and cold for himself and worse
things for his family, and will hav to
compose himself uncomplainingly as he
feels the heel of prejudice' grinding
upon his soul. If, on the other hand,
"you and I" that is, society have had
some part in this man's crime, in this
man's calamity, in the loss of his repu
tation, it may be that we would have
a different opinion of him and would
feel differently in seeking to help him
In his great need.
In truth, you and I are debtors to
Greek and Barbarian bond and free.
We are responsible for crime and crim
inals, and surely no student of social
conditions will deny this statement.
Let me here repeat in substance what
I said on Thanksgiving day, that you
and I are our brother's keeper, and we
have made a poor out of it, with the
result tha this uncared-for brother
landed In prison. We are accessories
of crimes against property, of the
crime of murder, of the crime of moral
degeneracy.
Let me illustrate: We are creators
of public sentiment in what we call
"thrifty business," where getting some
thing for nothing seems to be a per
vading principle. With this .motive
business men are robbing the unsus
pecting public; predatory Interests with
cold cash are holding up Legislatures;
farmers are committing, adulteration
when lard Is cheaper than butter. You
and I are in the mad rush to get the
drop on the other fellow. We are cre
ating a criminal social atmosphere; we
are instigators of crime against prop
erty. Many men outside of the prison
walls are as guilty as those within of
breaking the command. "Thou shalt not
steal. " When it comes to the violating
of law this distinction occurs, that the
majority go unpunished, the blcr criml
nal escapes being caught and-the little
fellow lands behind the bars. To Bay
that society Is responsible for crlm
nal sentiment that pervades the air
and sends many a weak brother to
prison is to put It mildly, but never
theless truly. If tho man without a
criminal proclivity in his mind was the
first to cast a stone at the boy sent
up for the theft of a siwrar bowl, he
might, with a Just rebuke from the
offended party, go home and sin no
more.
I can equally affirm that society is
somewhat responsible for murder be
cause we have put too cheap an esti
mate upon human life. The criminal,
of course, Is responsible for this great
est of crimes, but we are, nevertheless,
co-partners in this crime when we try
to hide our conscience in a corporation
that kills and malms life, refusing to
install safety devices for the preserva
tion of human life. We create an at
mosphere of murder when we take the
lion's share of the product of wealth
and starve to death the under man. We
are partners in murder when we allow
drug sharks to sell "hop" to the boys
and girls and weakened men and
women. We are accessories before the
fact when we enter into the booze busi
ness for the sake of a paltry bit of
gold, when we know that this curse
has a paramount part to play in nine
tenths of our murders. There is a
story that an Indian secured two bits
for his toothless mother-in-law and six
bits for his own son because he did not
know the value of human life in dol
lars and cents. With all our enlighten
ment we cannot boast a much higher
appreciation of life when we are en
gaged in so many pursuits where life
is squandered and have so many so
cial conditions where human life has
but little value. I think I am safe in
saying that "you and I" have some part
In crime and criminals, and it is ab
solutely right that we become conacloua
of It, that we may be more sympa
thetic with our brother in crime who
has landed behind the bars.
. Now, Just a word about sympathy.
I agree with The Oregonlan that we
have no use for "purveyors of senti
mental slop" in our prison work. If
people were better Informed as to what
is being done in our State Penitentiary
there would be no occasion for an ac
cusation of this kind in our treatment
of prisoners. Those who accuse Gov
ernor West of sentimentality or the
Parole Board of weakness in this line
are not acquainted with the facts.
Those who think mothers' tears are the
only prerequisites of pardon or parole
ought to know that out oi 7t applica
tions to the Parole Board at its last
meeting, only two pardons and 12 pa
roles were recommended. We are too
liable to err on the side of no sym
pathy rather than a genuine kind of
feeling that will give every man a taste
of brotherhood and help him to turn
from his criminal career and make a
man of himself. We need enough sym
pathy to keep back the kick that sends
a man down the road to hell, and
enough of sentimentality that is manly
enough to stoop to help the man who
Is down.
Surely we are agreed that two things
are quite essential to the solution of
crime. One is the reiormauon or ine
criminal, the other is the reformation
of society outside of the prison. The
former will be accomplished by the
speedy apprehension of the criminal.
conviction, a wnoiesome amount oi
punishment, regeneration of ideals.
teaching the untaugnt a traae ana giv
ing one chance after another until the
criminal has proven bis ability to stand
alone. The latter will come to pass
when we are honest and brave enough
to recognize that we are responsible
for public opinion that Is leading men
the downward way, and when we have
become conscious that in our crowding
up so close to lawlessness we are liable
to shove some neipiess man over me
brink Into the abyss of criminal career.
We must stop pushing the wrong way.
We must sanely and honestly do our
part to keep from Injuring the weaker
brother who may oe iiaDie to commit,
crime. PHILIP E. BAUER,
Chaplain ana police umoer.
Half a Century Ago
(From Tha Oregonlan of December 8. 1861.)
The Pacific brought us Eastern news
to the 27th. The news is generally
favorable. The Confederate govern
ment is removed to Nashville. The cap
ture of Slidell and Mason Is approved
by all our people and no complaint has
yet been made by Lord Lyons- Ken
tucky is bravely standing up to the
Union. She has sent into the field her
full quota of troops under the call of
600,000. Price and McCulloch are again
marching into Missouri, and it is said
that Hunter, wiah a large force, is
ready to meet them. Parson Brownlow
is at head of 8000 troops in Western
Virginia. The. Union movement in
North Carolina is disheartening to the
rebels. The Richmond Whig says that
it sees nothing in the future but dis
order and defeat. The flotilla on the
Western waters Is ready for service.
Pensacola, the Navy Yard and the rebel
forts adjacent have been taken by the
blockading force and Warrington burnt.
This was done without assistance from
the great fleet on the way to the Gulf.
Great panic exists in Charleston, Sa
vannah, Memphis and Mobile in appre
hension of attack from Federal forces,
and many of the Inhabitants have put
up their goods and prepared to leave.
J. W. Knight writes from the Uma
tilla Reservation that there Is quite an
excitement about the Powder River
mines, and that several trains have
gone out there, and others will go as
soon as the weather will permit.
A heavy fall of snow and rain has
raised the streams to an unusual height
east of the mountains. The Mountain
eer says that on Monday "the bridge
over the Deschutes, with the keeper's
dwelling-house, stable and outhouses,
were all carried away. Loss, 110,000."
The Walla Walla Statesman says
that new mines have been found on
the north fork of the Clearwater, which
bid fair to rival those of Salmon River
in richness.
When Beauregard's forces evacuated
Munson's Hill, they poisoned their
meats with strychnine. The fact was
discovered and the wholesale poisoning
of our troops prevented. The spirit of
secesslonlsm approached to the in
fernal. The river Is higher at the present
time than ever before known to the
oldest residents. Several frame houses
and a large quantity of flour (sup
posed to come from the wreck of the
Island and McLoughlin mills at Ore
gon City) were seen floating down
yesterday. A barn, containing a large
quantity of hay, was also seen. Cap
tain Turnbull, of the Vancouver, In
forms us that, while coming up yester
day, a pilothouse was observed going
down; it is supposed to have belonged
to soma of the upper Willamette steam
ers. The greatest loss Instanced by any
of our citizens yesterday was the
sweeping away of the wharf recently
erected between Washington and Al
der streets. The structure measured
260 feet in length by 90 wide. It went
off with a crash about noon. Loss be
tween $8000 and J9000, which mostly
falls on Messrs. Hull, Masters, Shipley,
King-sley and Spencer. Portions of
Coffin's wharf and the rear portico of
the Bank Exchange Saloon were also
carried away. At Oregon City, after
the bridge which spanned the channel
separating the Island mills had been
carried away, the family of A. J. Chap
man was rescued by persona who went
to them in a small boat.
In consequence of the danger to the
new building In which the Postofflce
is located, Mr. Davis has wisely re
moved the office temporarily to the
second story of Seymour and Joynt's
brick bulldlne-. Front street.
Conntry Town Sayings by Ed Howe
The little girl who practices four
hours a day on the piano is entitled
to a good deal of credit she doesn't get
from the neighbors.
Some people have the absurd notion
that unless they are always talking,
they are considered dull.
It is said that if you swallow a single
seed In eating a watermelon, you will
have fits. Nothing In it; a boy can
swallow ever seed in a watermelon,
and the rind and the vine, and never
mind it.
When I meet a girl with a very odd
and romantic name, I always wonder
what her name was before she began
fooling with It.
Send a boy for a drink of water for
a guest, and he will bring It In a tin
dipper; send a girl, and she will bring
It In the best glass in the house.
What causes some women to look so
weary two or three years after they
marry? Is it their husbands, or their
health?
Nothing hurts a boy's feelings so
much as to act smart In the presence
of a girl who is staying all night with
his sister, and then get whipped for it
in her presence.
A woman is enthuslastlo over being
married; not over tho man she is to
marry.
Do not hope that your victims will
keep quiet; there are no faithful vic
tims. More women are looking for an op
portunity to elope from men than to
elope with them.
The Ideal Architect and Home.
- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"As I understand it," said the archi
tect, "you want me to build a typical
modern apartment building."
"That's it," said the builder. "Hard
wood floors, mahogany finishing, gas
grates, tiled bathrooms and all that:
you know, make It swell."
"Sure. I see. Good appearanoe. Big
living room? Yes. Platerail in the dining-room,
and alcove for sideboard? I
get It. Spacious front hall? Uh-huh."
"You've got the idea exactly."
"And about half the entire space is
to be given to the living room and li
brary. Three-fourths of what Is left
goes to the dlnlns-room and kitchen.
What's left over is to be divided up into
bedrooms?"
"Fine! You are the ideal architect
the one I've been looking fori"
A Call for Conservation.
Boston Globe.
The "nrofessor" at the high school in
Kansas City who has figured out that
13,000,000 feet of lumber Is thrown Into
waste paper baskets every year by per
sons who discard partly usea ieaa pen
cils, begs them to be more economical
and so help in the conservation of our
forests, may be urplng us next to save
our discarded toothpicks and burnt
matches to use for kindling wood.
A Good Little Sermon for Today.
Chicago Record Herald.
Edgar A. Guest, of the Detroit Free
Press, has published a book of verses
entitled "Just Glad Things," in which
he makes this excellent observation:
"It's all right to leave your grouch,
at home, but It's much better never to
take it there."
Why have long sermons when so
much can be put into a short one?
Her Little Boy's Request.
Detroit Free Press.
"Mamma."
"Yes, my dear."
"The next time you get married will
you please marry a policeman?"
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