THE MORXIXO OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, JANUARY
6,
1912
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BD IROI BU-WMI rRIEXDS.
t Everybody ought to feel orrT for
Colonel Roosevelt. For the first time
In hi life he finds It Impossible to
make the public understand exactly j
.what he aaya and means. Moreover. ,
v. . int nf trotihlpaoma friends!
. who persist In rushlnr Into print with
their own Interpretations of the Colo
nel's painstaking ana lucia
about the Presidential nomination.
Another lot of noUy rrtends are hurrying-
around tha country attending
progressive Republican conventions,
preventing the Indorsement of La Fol.
iette and mysteriously Intimating-.
though solemnly denying. mi
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concerting to Colonel Roosevelt, who Is
altogether unable to control his
friends and Is also unable to under
stand why the talk of his candidacy
persists. Of course he Is not a candi
date. No one knows exactly why young
Mr. Abbott felt a call to discuss the
latest phase of the Colonel's non-candidacy.
Tha young gentleman uses
many words to explain It all. Briefly
he tells as that Colonel Roosevelt will
not run for the Presidency unless per
chance he should get the nomination.
That helps a lot to clear up a mystify
ing and muddy situation. If his friends
get the nomination for him and Insist
on his taking tt, what can the poor
man do but take It and do tha best
he can?
It la a dreadful situation for Colonel
Ttoosevelt. They will not let him
atone. Every time the telephone rings
he knows that soma tearful voice will
be demanding that he run for Presi
dent. Tha wires are burdened, the
malls are stuffed with appeals from
the country. The streets are thronged
with crowds discussing his refusal to
run. The White House la In conster
nation for fear that he will run. I
Follette la quite sick from worry over
It all. The people do not seem to un
derstand that when an ex-President
man tf eat a a desire to spend the re
mainder of hla days In well-earned re
tirement, he Is entitled to a rest.
Run for President? Certainly not
unless they rive him the nomination.
. IHI XOXROI DOCTTUVE AS AJTIJED.
In its practical application the Mon
roe Lwcinn RM IUW.UW - . " "
financial guardian of republlca which
bave proved Incompetent to manage
their own money matters. He has
held that relation to Santo Domingo
to the great good of that little repub
lic, and has Incidentally snuffed out a
couple of revoltuloas and a war with
Haytl. Ha has set the Infant repub
lic of Cuba on Its legs again when they
became wobbly. Now he has under
taken to put Nicaragua and Honduras
en a paying basts. Hla Interest In
preserving peace among the peppery
Latin-Americans la having a depress
ing effect on the filibustering Industry
Jn Southern parts and la depriving
aoldtera of fortune of their occupation.
Thia Is a very different application
f Monroeism from that which has
been Imagined by auspicious South
Americans. They have been haunted
v a dread that we only upheld the
Monroe Doctrine against Europe In or
der that we might hold their young
republlca In reserve, ready to be gob
bled whenever our appetite for terri
tory grew keen. We have done much
to allay this fear by arbitrating the
Allsopp claim against Chile and the
various clalma against Venezuela, and
more recently by our non-interference
In Mexico.
r- The only remaining sore spot Is la
Colombia, where the attempt of a
number of thrifty statesmen to hold
p Uncle Pam In the Panama Canal
deal was followed by the secession of
Panama atid the deportation of the
Colombian troopa, lest they Interfere
with free transit across the Isthmus.
But that was almply notice that, while
I'ncle f am la good-natured, he will not
tolerate Imposition.
TAmlMO TH1 CARD.
Governor West seeks to divert the
lasue from capital punishment to the
wholly Irrelevant question as to
whether the Slate Penitentiary shall
or shall not be made a slaughter pen.
He could have had no other purpose
when he announced that he would re
prieve all murderers until a certain day
In December, Mil. when. If the peo
ple should approve execution for
murderers under the Initiative, there
should be a grand hanging-fast for the
accumulated felons.
The Governor's proposal Is little less
than shocking. He Intended that tt
rhould be. Any execution under the
"-l.w .kniilil lu MrH, An ejllleflv -
fpt'dltlously. decently and without un
J rce-isry notoriety. The Governor.
lth hla usual theatrlcalism. purposes
-To stage a scene that will outdo In
spectacular and grewsoma effect the
randaloua reprieve of Murderer
Webb.
But the general criticism of the
West prison policy has not hinged on
the question as to whether the death
" penalty la right or wrong, although
Argument has wandered Into that by
path of the Issue. It haa been as to
whether tha Governor of the state
should abolish a pnlry for crime def
initely ana lormai.y iixea vj awiu
definitely and formally exercised un-
. tier the law for many years. The law
said that murderer should pay tha
penalty of their crimes. In extreme
tavsee. by death. The Governor coolly
jt aside the law and" declared that
the penalty should under no condi
tions, however aggravated, or extraor.
dlnary. or unmitigated, or provoca-
live, be death. Plainly tha constitu
tion arranged that the Governor might
offer reprieve of murderers for excep
tional or unusual reason arising after
trial and sentence. The Governor re
prieves them, merely because he be
lieves the law' la wrong. If the crim
inal law may be defeated or modified
or repealed through the fancy or feel
ing of a Governor, what other law on
the statute hooka la safe from his
whimsical and destructive ' Inter
ference? The Governor stacks tha carets
against tha public by hia proposed
hanging bee. But never mind. Pos
sibly the people are not so easily
fooled. They may call his bluff.
THE OLD CRT OF LET-IT 8-ALO NT
Mr. Farrell la an honest man and a
good man. Of that we are ure. We
Imply no sarcasm when we add that he
Is also a commission man. fnd aa a
commission man he appears to be a
great deal alarmed about the purpose
to Inaugurate rigid municipal inspec
tion of all city-sold meats. He says
the commission men welcome any rea
sonable proposal for Inspection; and
proceeds to give numerous reasons
why thera should be no Inspection.
Among other reasons Mr. Farrell
gives Is that In the forty years record
of his commission house there have
been only two cases where It has been
necessary to reject diseased meat. Re
markable and commendable. Indeed.
That would appear to prove that every
commission dealer ought to be his own
Inspector, and the public need have no
apprehension as to results.
But the public haa Its fears, never
theless, based In all likelihood upon
lta knowledge that 2 per cent of car
casses under Government inspection
are found to be unfit for human- food.
Two per cent! But under commiaslon
house Inspection we get two bad casea
In forty years. City Inspection might
possibly raise the low commission
house average to two out of every hun
dred animals. Is that what Is worry
ing the commission men?
But If the beef. hogs, veal and chick
ens that go through the Portland
commlsison houses, under our historic
system of volunteer commlaslon-house
Inspection, are pure and sound, what
injury to a business that haa reached
so high a state of perfection will offi
cial Inspection do?
THE EXT I ABLE SMALL MAS.
The advantages of being small have
never been adequately celebrated In
song and story. This disquisition Is
not a song, nor can It properly be
called a story, but It alma to aupply a
long-felt want and render belated Jus
tice to the small.
C. D. Wilson's adventure at the City
Jail Illustrates the desirability of a
little body. It enabled him to crawl
between the bars of his dungeon and
enjoy a promenade In the corridor
while his Jailers slumbered and Blept.
But we are more concerned to cele
brate the advantagea of a little mind
which often enables a man to crawl
through a hole which Wilson would
ffnil ImniMllhlll
A roan with a little body Is called
a pigmy or a Jockey or a feather
weight according as the speaker loves
science, horses or fists. A man with
a little mind la called mean and his
superiority in the world of affairs Is
recognlxed by all philosophers. There
Is a text of Scripture mhich Is said by
some expositors to speak In his favor
and recognise his strategic position In
society. Higher critics of a certain
school declare that the beatitude
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall
Inherit the earth" contains an error
They tell us that It should read
'Bleesed are the mean for they shall
Inherit the earth."
Which reading agreea beat with the
manuscripts we shall leave to the
i . ... A -- A - Knt thera la no ouea-
tion which agrees best with the facts
of life.
TtTB HOME-CROWX MfCTtRAKKR.
Ordinarily The Oregonlan consigns
to the wsste basket abusive or anony
mous letters to the editor. Occasion
ally, however, one of that sort com
mands notice. Such Is the following
from an Individual who belongs to the
common or home-grown variety of
muckrakers:
PORTLAXD. Jae. 4 (To tha Editor.)
Why la It that yon withhold from Buollce
Hon any ertlc!a which aoama to favor or
uphold Governor fffil"! policy raaardlnc
capital punlphra-nt for convicted criminal,
and poMtah. seemingly with aarneaa. any
thing, whether any ana te tt or not. that
la Intended to rtdlaula or oppoaa our uov-ertior-
policy f will you kindly anawor thlT
Now don't y thai there na not aa any
thing ant to yea rarorlne him or hia policy
that la worthy of publication.
AN OLD HXBSCRIBER.
The Oregonlan does not believe that
the writer of the foregoing Is a sub
scriber. He certainly Is not a daily
reader at least not an honest one. If
he were he would not have placed a
false accusation against Tha Orego
nlan. Since December 1 The Oregonlan
has published eight communications
opposing capital punishment that were
apparently Inspired by Governor
West's policy. In all amounting to more
than four full columns of apace. In the
same period it has published about
twlca that number of communications
favoring capital punishment and
amounting to about five full columns
of type. The sole and only reason that
more communications opposing the
Governor's policy than favoring It
were printed was because more were
received.
The Oregonlan recalls having with
held or destroyed only one communi
cation supporting Governor West or
opposing cnpltal punishment, although
It Is possible several may have been
thrown away with such scant consid
eration that they are not now re
called because anonymous or personal
ly abusive. Receipt was acknowledged
In the editorial columns of the one de
clined and a reason given for Its non
acceptance. Two communications op
posing capital punishment are now on
hand. One Is scheduled to run next
Sunday. The other Is an excellent
article, but would occupy fully two
columna of space and must be declined
for that reason.
Arguments submitted even by per
sons residing without the Stat of Ore
gon have been accepted and published
In behalf of Governor West's policy In
order that the issue might be fully
and fairly presented. Those who have
had lettera In The Oregonlan within
thirty daye arguing agnlnst capital
punishment are A. 8. Froalld, Rev.
IX H. Qulnn J. Dr. Beth C. Maker
(I), John A. Jeffrey. Philip E. Bauer
and C. W. Barsee. Furthermore. The
Oregonlan haa not refused at any time
to print any statement Issued for pub
lication by Governor West concerning
hia prison policy.
In parting with the Individual who
masquerades under the name of "An
Old Subscriber," we would remind him
that a Portland, evening paper has a
stool-pigeon department where any
person desiring to muckrake The
Oregonlan la gladly given space with
out the least danger of exposure of
his falsifications.
A THREATENED REVOLT.
The younger doctors of New York,
ays the New York Commercial, are
beginning to think they must choose
between ethics and' starvation as rep
resented by advertising .and business.
There are Indications of rebellion In
the ranks of the younger set against
the code prepared by their seniors who
are well-established members of the
profession. The young doctor must
not advertise, while the name of the
older and more experienced practi
tioner figures frequently In the news
columns of the daily press. One good
sensational court case in which he Is
called as an expert, for example,
makes a doctor'a fortune, for the sim
ple reason that it advertises his spe
cialty. Newspaper reporters have
very little difficulty In working ' out
details in a story of this kind, since
the medical witness is exceedingly
willing to give them, even to the street
upon which he Is located and the num
ber over the door of his office. The
beginner, on the contrary, cannot even
put his card In hla window if he men
tions thereon his specialty, since med
ical ethics, as formulated by the
senior class, forbids.
Meanwhile quacks thrive largely be
cause the public baa no legitimate
means of knowing the names and lo
cations of reputable specialists whose
fees It can afford to pay. Neither Is
thera any way to find out. unless, as
sometimes happens, an obliging gen
eral practitioner furnishes the infor
mation and charges the regular fee
therefore. Possibly the case as thus
stated Is somewhat overdrawn, but
there Is sufficient truth in It to form
a strong basis of complaint, and prob
ably, as predicted by the Journal quot
ed, of open revolt.
The seniors among the medical spe
cialists do not need advertising. Nev
ertheless they do not object to aeelng
In fact are pleased to Bee their
names in print In conjunction with
news Items relating to their marvelous
skill In surgery or to special cures per
formed Incidentally, as It were. The
Juniors of the profession need It. but
ethics Intervenes and prevents them
from using It.
In the meantime those without the
pale, to whom tha term "quack" may
or may not apply, reap the benefits
that follow liberal advertising, they
having for obvious reasons little or no
competition In certain lines of special
treatment and alleged healing.
THK GREATEST EVENTS OF lll.
' In its laudable seal to diffuse
knowledge and promote happiness, not
to say merriment, the New York Times
cabled to the magnates of the earth
asking them to name the "five great
est events of the year 1911." Many
responded, some directly and some
like the Pope and tha King of Italy,
who are too great to speak to the pub
lic with their own tongues, used the
tongues of subordinates. A few of the
answers are despondent. Professor
Ernst Uaeckel "knows of no achieve
ments of universal Importance that
can be credited to 111.". Queen Car
men Sylva. the romantic and gifted
sovereign of Roumanla, says "there
haa been no soul progress and no
abatement of man's Inhumanity to
man," which makes countless thou
sands mourn today as It did In Gold
smith's time. The editor of the Scl
entifio American, J. B. Walker, Is
much of the same mind. According to
his view, "1911 was a barren year." .
Many of the replies, even those from
the greatest men, are tinged with a
quasi-professional feeling which seems
to blur their vision a little. Thus the
Pope enumerates the Eucharistlc Con
gress at Madrid among the prime
events of the year. Of course H was
deeply Interesting to churchmen, but
few others saw much consequence In
It and nothing of great importance Is
likely to oome of It. The real Interest
of any event Ilea In the results which
may be expected from tt. When no
particular results are likely It may be
spectacular to the lost degree, but it
does not deserve tha epithet great.
The Pope also mentions the appoint
ment of three American cardinals
among the foremost happenings of the
year because it marks "the entrance
of America Into the community of the
great Catholic powers." What are
the great Catholic powers? The
church Is at swords points with Italy
and France. Spain and Portugal are
In open revolt against the ecclesiastics.
Austria alone exhibits anything of the
good old meekness. Is America now
In the aame class as Austria, ecclesias
tically considered ? The Church of
Rome is advancing rapidly In wealth,
power and prestige in the United
States, but many will question wheth
er it Is yet time to speak of this as a
Catholic country.
The Times sent Its questions to au
thors and college Presidents, as well
as Kings and statesmen. In the re
plies one naturally looks for some
mention of a great book, musical com
position or picture among the year's
triumphs. Certainly Widener's million-dollar
rape -of the British Rem
brandts ought to have come In some
where among the glories of 1911, but
It does .not. Singularly blind to true
glory are the eyes of -these magnates.
The only reference to a place of music
we can find in afl the replies Is by
Count Brnstorff, the German Ambas
sador, who counts Strauss' Rosen
kavalier among the leading achieve
ments. Indeed he puts It first. But
ha knows of no German book worth
mentioning.
Some of the events selected for su
preme Importance are grotesque. Thus
Governor Hadley, of Missouri,, thinks
tha plea of-guilty by the McNamaraa
ought to be called "one of the five
greatest achievements the human race
made In ltll." What la a man's Judg
ment worth who can talk" such non
sense? Governor Hadley speaks
mora sensibly when he Includes Mr.
Taft's arbitration treaties In his lisL
The President himself believes that
these treatise should be mentioned
among the year's greatest events
even if they are never ratified. In
his view they Indicate the progress and
approaching triumph of the. peace
propaganda. Almost all the answers
agree upon thla point. Carman Sylva
Is the only person. In the whole list
who positively asserts that no "soul
progress," which la peace progress,
has been made. Ida Tarbell finds con
solation In the thought that "the peace
movement haa become a people's
movement and the vision of war's
Heedlessness and ujelessness gains
steadily."
Oddly enough President Jordan, of
Stanford, names four financial trans
action and the London Race Congress
as the year's most notable triumphs.
The hand Is colored by the dye It
works In and where a man's treasure
Is there will hU heart also be, to say
nothing of his eyes. Money necessar
ily looks big to a college president
whose endowment may be J50.000.000.
Dr. Jordan omits the arbitration trea
ties, but he thinks Mr. Ginn's and
Andrew Carnegie's endowments of the
peace propaganda are of Immense
consequence. In our Judgment they
are more glittering than effective.
Miss Tarbell and President Taft see
much more clearly than the sumptu
ously provided college head.
Perhaps the wisest reply the Times
received was from Ambassador Bryce.
In substance it was that "the great
ness of the greatest events has seldom
been realized at the time when they
happened." When Galileo took his
two cannon balls to the top of the
Tower of Pisa and dropped them
everybody giggled. But he was lay
ing the cornerstone of the great sci
ence of mechanics. The truth is that
nobody can even roughly guess- what
was the greatest achievement of 1911.
It may have been some book which
nobody will publish or some Invention
hidden in a garret while the inventor
starves. The Kingdom of Heaven
cometh not with observation.
The postal savings system promises
to be a golden plume in the official
cap of Postmaster-General Hitchcock.
The deposits have already reached a
total of J15.000.000, and It Is freely
predicted that these will grow within
the current year to $50,000,000. This
sum, amply protected by bonds depos
ited with the Treasurer of the United
States, Is a surety against want in old
age In tens of thousands of instances
and a grand asset in self-respect and
comfort that is beyond computation.
Cordially indorsed by commercial In
terests and already Intrenched In the
confidence of the productive, thrifty
masses, the success of the system Is
a glowing tribute to the financial and
business acumen and organizing ablllty
of Mr. Hitchcock. It cannot fail to
shed the serene luster of public confi
dence upon the Administration of
President Taft.
In appointing Dr. Rupert Blue surgeon-general
of the Public Health and
Marine hospital service. President .Taft
has recognized valuable public service
and proved fitness and has made a
choice which will call forth the ap
proval of all who know Dr. Blue's rec
ord. Hia most distinguished service
consisted In the determined fight by
which he drove the bubonio plague out
of San Francisco, when the local
health officers had proved utterly un
equal to the task. Hla new position
Is growing In importance aa the Gov
ernment's campaign against all forms
of communicable disease Is extended,
and, should Congress respond to pub
lic demand by creating a department
of public health, he will be in lino for
the headship of that department.
Agitation by English labor unions
for nationalization of railroads and
the making a political campaign issue
of the movement causes the Railway
Age-Gaxette to speculate on what
would be the attitude of labor after
nationalization. It cites the dollar-a-day
pension bill as an example of
what we might expect under Federal
ownership of railroads In this coun
try. We should have members of
Congress scrambling to vote for ex
travagant measures aimed to win the
labor vote, aa they have scrambled to
vote pensions with an eye to the old
soldier vote. Wo should have to bid
good-bye to our old friends, economy
and efficiency of operation.
Common sense would hold that a
gift made by a man who thinks he is
dying ought to bo revocable If he re
covers. The Boise man who gave his
friend a SS00O check supposed that he
had no further use for money. Now
his health is restored and he thinks
he needs It- The condition precedent
to the gift having vanished the gift
Itself ought to be annulled and the
check should be returned. This la
good sense If not good law.
Julian Hawthorne, who has been
Indicted for mining frauds, la the son
of Nathaniel Hawthorne, said to be
our greatest novelist. But great men
do not alwsys have great sons. Julian
has won some renown In letters, but
not much. In business he has had
many adventures not always to his
credit. Now he confronts something
serious. Count no man happy till he
is dead. '
The Indiana delegation to the Dem
ocratic National Convention being
pledged to any candidate for whom It
may be swung after giving' Marshall
a few complimentary votes, we may
safely assume that Tom Taggart has
it In his pocket ready to be traded.
Delay In execution of Mike Morgan
for nearly a year Is not a humane act
of the Governor. Suspense and spec
ulation as to what the people will do
on a popular vote to abolish the death
penalty borders on refined cruelty.
The girl who declares she will
marry a man when ho Is freed from
the rockplle Is due for a unique coming-out
party, of doubtful benefit.
The young man obliged to borrow a
dollar to get a marriage license may
eventually make a good citizen, but all
the chances are against him.
La Follette on the verge of physical
collapse now Is a bad omen for his real
campaign. Success goes with strength.
Every sorrow baa its Joy. Now Is
the time to buy a thermometer and
exult over the man who has none.
Multnomah will pay over one-third
of the state tax thla year on much less
than one-third the valuation.
Weather locally la pleasant, consid
ering Duluth at 35 below and the Mis
souri Valley "frls tight"
These latest mallear robbers are ex
perts, but the Government will get
them In time.
Western Oregon gives snow so warm
a welcome that it melts Into tears.
January hi only doing Its duty. Too
much pampering Is not good for us.
The public dancehall. as the first
step toward the pitfall, has gone.
Italy and Turkey, would bo glad of
Intervention Just pow.
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RULES FOR LETTER WRITERS
The Oregonlan Is glad to re
ceive letters from Its readers
and to print tham, but it desires
to give notice that certain rules
must be compiled with to gain
consideration of communications.
They must be brief and should
be signed with the tru name of
the writer. The Oregonlan will
not print a letter over a pseu
donym, even when tha author Is
known to tha editor, unless there
Is apparent good reason for
anonymity or the article is par
ticularly meritorious. - Nor will
signed letters not pertinent to
current topics ordinarily be print
ed. The Oregonian reserves the
right to shorten manuscrips
when space demands.. Writers
who object thereto must so
state. In line with all other
reputable newspapers. The Ore
gonlan will not publish letters
directing abuse at Individuals or
contemporaries or Itself. This
does not apply to honest criti
cism couched In respectful lan
guage. PURPOSES OF THB PISGAH HOME)
Rea-ulatloBS Do Mot Appeal to Profes
sional Tramp Says Mr. Hosier.
PORTLAND, Jan. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan January S re
ferring to the work of Pisgah Home,
you draw correct conclusions regarding
the indiscriminate dispensing of charity.
But the Pisgah work Is so different
from that to which you refer that you
will pardon me for denning some of
the methods we employ to avert the
dangers you point out, while we supply
a real need as cannot be done by the
city or county without much greater
expense. '
First, we discourage shiftlessness al
most to prohibition in the Home,' by
placing each Inmate under discipline
such as he will not endure unless he
is In real earnest about right living. We
receive each applicant kindly and with
out question, and at once ask him to
give up his whisky, pipes and tobacco,
and we pray for him to be delivered
from all appetite for the same. If he
yields he usually is freed from the
habit. If he prefers to retain them
he must leave the Home at once.
Every Inmate is required to be in bed
at i o'clock each night, and attend a
religious service of from one-half hour
to an hour and a half after each meal.
None are permitted to absent-themselves
from the Home without permis
sion from the one in charge.
Our meals do not appeal to the pro
fessional tramp. No tea or coffee or
meats are served, and foul or profane
language Is prohibited. The men are
required to do the work of the Home
without pay, such as cooking, laundry
lng. sweeping, wood cutting, etc, and
outside work as me.y be needed. We
aim to have hard work on band for
them to do. and the man who ts able
and does not cheerfully respond when
assigned to a task dismisses himself
from the Home. The chronic grumbler
has to move on.
In the religious services the founda
tions of a successful Christian and civil
life are presented without mincing, and
In a way that the man Is calloused, in
deed, who remains long and tjoes not
change his heart and life, if his life
has been wrong before, as It usually
has been. -And when from 40 to 60
per cent of the men go out from the
Home firmly established in a correct
life we feel that it has paid us. and
that city and country have gained a
real asset, to say nothing of what has
been done for the man's Inner life.
The finances are not suiiering Decause
they may not be had In abundance were
we to solicit aid. but we do not believe
in burdening the public and business
men in that way. We have no ax to
grind but theirs. Then soliciting, once
begun, must be kept up as the work
enlarges, and such expenditure of time
and patience we feel can be put to
better use. The funds must be forth
coming without solicitation aside from
letting the people know what we are
doing, or the work Is not worth being
kept alive.
At Los Angeles the dally expenses
run frequently as high aa $60 and It Is
all met by voluntary contributions, and
the work has been established 14 years.
Thus does that city value the Pisgah
work, and we know It may be worth
as much to Portland, once It Is estab
lished. No person In the work receives
a cent of pay for his services, and he
feels he Is not losing much in a finan
cial way If the work should not go on.
But It is going on, as there Is no
sign of the public losing Interest in its
support, now that they are learning
about it. J. E. MOHLER.
PLEA FOR SILETZ HOMESTEADERS
J. H. tVllson Believes Industry Weald
Benefit From Iasne of Patents.
CORVALLIS. Or., Jan. 4. To the Edl
ltor.) When Heney and Burns arrived
on the scene, in Oregon, to prosecute
the land-fraud cases, which Land Agent
Green et al. had stirred up, a tremen
dous change came over the dreams of
divers and sundry speculators in timber
lands. Prior to that time a looseness
had prevailed in matters of settlement
and cultivation of these timber lands,
but the prosecution of many persons
brought vividly before the attention of
all persons the fact that settlement and
cultivation had not been all It should
have been.
Now, as a result of these fraud trials,
and the rules and regulations ef the
United States Land Office. It Is well
nigh Impossible for anyone to prove
up on a piece of timber land as a home
stead. No one imagines for a moment
that anyone can farm these timber
lands until the timber Is off, and no one
but a sawmill outfit can cut or will
cut the timber, and so your timber
homesteads retain their primal char
acter and the wild deer and bear roam
there at will as of yore. But the land
Is nearly all owned now by some one,
all except that part whose titles are
held up in Washington.
Why not let these titles be given the
claimants, and sold to sawmills, and
cut Into lumbar and the lumber Indus
try stimulated the more? It Is idle
to talk of farming in the midst of a
forest. No one expects anyone to do
so. But everyone wants the sawmill
industry built up; then when the tim
ber is cut. there will be some chance
for the sun to get at work on the grass
and some possibility of grazing and
farming, where now there is none.
This is particularly applicable to the
Slletz. J. H. WILSON.
Hera Cars la Portland.
TILLAMOOK, Or.. Jan. S. (To the
Editor.) Kindly state . If streetoars,
drawn by horses, were used In East
Portland at any time in the last SO
years If so, please state time they
were started. P. E ASTON.
In 1888 the car barns were on East
Second and Morrison streets. Four
cars drawn by horses were operated
from 1883 to 1891 from the West Side
of the Morrison-street bridge to Grand
avenue, thence to Holladay; also from
Grand avenue to East Lincoln.
Tax Rate Is Portland.
PARMA. Idaho, Jan. 3. (To the Edi
tor.) L What Is the population of Port
land, census 1910? 2. What Is tax rate
In Portland, (a) city levy, (b) state
levy, c) county, (d) school, fe) total
levy for city taxpayers. READER.
L 207.214. 2. (a) .8 mills, (b) 1.7
mills, (c) J.I mills, (d) 7.25 mills In
cluding dlatrlct and state levies; other
items increase total to 24.4 mills
for 1912. .
1 1 1 1
J Half a Century Ago
From The Oragonlaji of January 6, 1862.
Affairs at and about Port Royal up
to November 26: On the 16th the 79th
New York Highlanders were ordered
to take possession of St. Helens Island.
At 4 o'clock they had arrived at their
position, worn down with fatigue and
hunger, but they soon sat down to a,
repast of turkey, chicken, sweet pota
toes, etc. which the negroes brought
by the carload. The negroes received
the troops kindly. They could scarcely
do too much for them.
The negroes said that all the whites
had gone except 14 or 15, who lay in
the woods by day and robbed by night.
They said that the whites came onto
the Island by night to shoot and steal
negroes. Captain Falconer, with some
pickets, was directed if possible, to
capture these fellows. Hs sent a portion
of his force round on the beach to
destroy their boats, while with the
remainder he passed . through the
woods. The party arrived on the beach,
where they espied a robber about S00
yards off in a boat, trying to make his
escape. They Immediately leveled their
muskets and ordered him to land, which
he did. He proved to be Benjamin
Chaplain, a resident of St- Helens
Island. He Is a captain of a mounted
rifle company and a terror to all the
negroes on the Island.
When Captain Falconer brought him
in tha negroes laughed and danced, and
flocked around Captain Falconer, em
bracing his legs, kissing his hands,
and seemed to be perfectly wild with
Joy at the capture of their dreaded
enemy. General Stevens Bent him on
board the Vlxenw
On the 29th the Army -Bias in camp at
Hilton Head. . . On the 23d General
Sherman was fortifying his position.
On the 25th eight steamships were
coaled at Hilton Head and were ready
to depart on an unknown expedition.
General Vlele will command the mili
tary forces, but will be accompanied
by General Sherman, some nve regi
ments are on the steamers.
The Stone Fleet This fleet sailed
from New London on its way south in
the last week of November. They com
prise a- large lot of old whaling ships,
loaded with stone and costing in all
some S50.000. They have been spoken
on the way, making good progress, and
in answer to a hail said they were "the
Southern rat-hole squadron."
The crews of the vessels average 14
men. Each vessel has a hole In the
bottom, filled with a plug which can be
started any moment. These ships are
undoubtedly intended to seal up the
harbors of Charleston and Savannah.
The approaches to both cities by nar
row channels enable this to be readily
done. When this Is effected, a few
gunboats will be all the force required
to blockade the places nf.med.
It is not supposed that the effectual
closing of the harbors named will re
quire all the ships of this fleet, and
there are other points and inlets where
they will be employed. This work will
not be discontinued until the water
channels of all the seaboard will be
closed up.
The Julia, which started on Saturday
last for Astoria to receive the cargo "of
the bark Industry, now lying at that
port, returned yesterday without reach
ing her destination. Ice closed the river
at St. Helens during Saturday night.
The steamer Cortes worked her way
through with considerable difficulty
before dark that day.
Yesterday was the coldest day of
the season. The mercury sunk to 12
degrees above sero.
Some 60 Californians, arrived here on
the Cortes, started overland for the
Salmon River mines on Saturday last.
There was "a'bit of a row" at a New
Year ball at the house of Mr. Jacob
Kandle In Clackamas County. It ap
pears that there was an attempt to get
up two balls on New Year's evening.
The ladles, being all for the Union,
would not go to the secession ball, so
that ball dried up. But a gang of the
party, uninvited, went to the Union ball
and got up a "muss." The music was
stopped and the Union men gave their
enemy a thorough thrashing, when they
left and the dancing was resumed. Mr.
Kandle, on the occasion of the Interrup
tion, did great service for the Union
cause by most effectually using the
"poker."
Why Taft Should Be Re-Eleeted.
HOOD RIVER, Or- Jan. 4. (To the
Editor.) Taft was elected in 1808 be
cause Theodore Roosevelt knew Taft
was a great man and therefore gave
him his support. He was elected to
carry out Roosevelt's principles in re
gard to the trusts which seemed to be1
the great question before the people.
Taft has made good in what he was
elected to do by dissolving In 1911 the
Standard Oil, Tobacco Trust and other
trusts under Investigation. Capital did
not know what effect this would have
on business so naturally held Its money
from Investment. This caused manu
facturers to close down to a certain
extent, rallrpads to hold back from
expanding and to employ only enough
labor to carry on actual business.
These things have caused lots of idle
labor and dissatisfaction Just because
Taft carried out the principles he was
elected on and fulfilled the wish of the
people. The law has had Its effect.
Men of capital now understand Taft
and his policy In regard to trusts and
are now ready to resume business.' If
Taft Is re-elected this Fall, as he
should be, there will be Jobs for all
and that's what the people want.
J. E. COLVIN.
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
Occasionally I look at a man's ears,
and It seems to me I have never seen
anything so funny or ridiculous. In
the same way I occasionally encounter
a word In common use that looks so.
odd I am almost willing to believe
I have never before seen anything
like It.
When you have a long argument
with a roan, this is the result:. He
hates you a little more thereafter and
you hate him a little more.
Some elderly women can look at a
young man In a mean, knowing way
that will make him shiver.
I often think I can come nearer, and
still miss every shot, than any other
man I ever knew.
Children are often scolded because
they do not know how to behave. Most
grown people could be scolded for the
same thing.
I have often noticed that I am the
only one who is ever wrong about
anything.
If you know a man who has a sense
of propriety, you may depend upon It
that his wife has twice as much.
We need more public libraries to
suoply the demand for the novel known
aa "The Rosary."
To avoid argument whan I know I
am expected to say, "no," I say "no;"
and when I am expected to say "yes"
I say "yes," and hurry on. to provide
the dry good and groceries needed at
my house.
The most unjust libel ever uttered
against men originated with a man.
Asked how a wife could best succeed
with a husband, be replied: "Feed the
brute." But men are not such big
caters that -they forget every thins; else.
LA FOLLETTE'S ARIA
By Deas Collins.
ARLA.
(Excerpt from Canned Opera.)
La Follette: (Meditating, sober face.
Strolls round the stage the spotlight
giving ohase.)
"Ah-h-h. I had yearned to walk.
Quite unopposed, into ,
The forefront of the Insurgent ranks.
And make the convention skidoo;
But if I be not mistook.
There's some change in the bright out
look. .
Trombone: (In orchestra, grandiose)
"You think perhaps; (Ta-ra!) I know
so!
(Oom-pah!) Your course has been quite
so-so!
But now a storm seems brewing
While you (Ta-ra!) stand chewing!
And you'll find that ne'er before you
saw it blow so!"
La Follette: (Agitato, to a snare drum
obligato.)
"The gallant heart would show no fear.
Nor quail before the blows he felt.
But it Is quite a tlck'llsh thing
To counter Colonel Roosevelt.
My heart misgives me when I see
The Job that is cut out tor me."
(Trombone and oboe In orchestra wall
ing. While the thunder box back of the back
drop Is flailing.)
"(Oom-pah! E-e-ho-o-o!) His heart Is
quailing.
As he casts his eye about,
(Ta-ra!) And sees his job cut out."
(Lightning o'er the background passes.
Flashing back from gold bowed glasses.
Chorus of mob within the wings.)
"Oh, tell us, Shooter-up of beasts and
things,
Art thou to be a candidate? Speak,
pray!"
(Gruff voice of Bwana Tumba.) "Go
away!
I am not talking! I have' nought to
say!"
La Follette (turning in an instant
pale) :
"He will not eajr still I forebode a
gale.
Methinks this sphynx becomes my jinx;
My fair, straight path is full of l,inks.
If I must meet yon fella.
Me for an umberella.
To shield myself from such a storm and
flurry."
Trombone: "Oam-pah!) And you
had better hurry!"
CURTAIN.
Rprtland, January 5, 191S.
Withdrawals of t ater Power Sltea.
CORVALLIS, Or., Jan. 4. (To the
editor.) From time to time have no
ticed in The Oregonlan Instances of the
"withdrawal" of water power sites by
the Federal Government. Among a few
of my friends there has been some dis
cussion on this, and we are applying
to you as an authority.
These are Just a few of the question
we cannot solve:
Is this action legal?
Ib not the withdrawal of water-power
sites an injustice to the West?
Does it not retard development?
Clearing up this discussion will be
greatly appreciated.
R. M. RUTLEDGH.
In his last administration President
Roosevelt, by exercise of executive
power, withheld from entry large tracts
of lands alleged to be of greater value
as coal or oil lands or water-power
sites than for agricultural purposes.
Such withdrawals were legalized by
act of Congress recommended by Presi
dent Taft, which became effective June
25, 1910. President Taft has made ad
ditional withdrawals. The Oregonian
believes In the policy of public land
withdrawals, but it also believes that
subordinates have shown bo little Judg
ment and discrimination in recommend
ing withdrawals that the power has
been abused and the West greatly in
jured For one example, The Orego
nlan Is informed by creditable citizens
who have examined the land that rich
meadow land for 10 miles along the
Upper Deschutes River in Oregon,
where the river is as quiet as a mill
pond, has been withdrawn as a water
power site.
A Definition of Society.
Saphedde Society Is a terrible bore.
Don't you think so. Miss Cutting?
Miss Cutting Some people's.
SPECIAL FEATURES
OF
The Sunday
Oregonian
Voice Culture A new star in
the musical world tells of the pit
falis of the student, in Paris. A
graphic full page, elaborately il
lustrated. Nineteen-Twelve Centenaries-
The new year is to be prolific in
anniversary celebrations. !
Disguise W. J. Burns tells of
the art of make-up as he has ap
plied it during his remarkable
career as a detective. How he
staked his life on a disguise is
recorded.
Muzzling the Press An as
tounding account of the methods
of Russian officialdom to keep
the masses in mental darkness.
Tie Popular Song Factory
Revealing the inner practices and
methods of the men who hammer
out tunes for popular consump
tion. Our Modern Drama Hamlin
Garland, the noted author, takes
a few vitriolic flings at the mak
ers of American plays. Greed de
nominates them, says he.
Fables In Slang George Ade
writes a mirth-inspiring fable,
about "the galloping pilgrim who
tried to sit down by the wayside."
John Davis, Manager Another
crisp short story of the business
world which is well worth read
ing. What Became of Petit? A
tense short story, set in a string
of islands off Alabama
Sambo, Dorothy Deere, Slim
Jim, Hairbreadth Harry, Mrs.
Timekiller and Mr, Boss give
brand-new performances in color.
Pretty Anna Belle has still more
cut-out frocks.
MANY OTHER FEATURES