TITE MOKXIXO OKEGOXIAX, TOURSDAT, JAXUARY 25, 1913.
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IXHp CA1J. TO DR. WIXaSON.
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nrat hand ft tha d racl Ul!atloa !"'
haa not only convlniad ma aurraaa aa
a practical m-ajura but a:o thread apoa
ma th. conclu..on that It la a ""''
raih.r thaa a radical Jorca. Tha preparation
nxaaaary to th rropcr oparauoa of tha law
Ind joa calm raf lctlon-" , -
Bat Ooaroor wio la not la faor or
tha recall -That la tr-tln a ay rap torn
rath.r tbaa tba dlaaaaa." ha aald. Ba
p d-a. I haa alia4 to Bad any sanaraJ
alin utigit tba courts In thla country.
Hoodtoa WUaoa la A Datrolt Utaolaw.
Dr. Wilson visited Oregon .lust May.
He was here two day. In that brief
time he uw and.heard enough to turn
him face about on principle of gov
ernment he had been expounding for
ye ats. There haa been nothing like It
since the miraculous happenings to
Paul on the historic rjourney to Dainas
cua. But Dr. Wilson ehould come again.
PoMibly he would learn something
new about the recall of Judge, which
he so vehemently oppose. Here we
have the full-blown Judicial recall.
But no Judge worries about It any
more than any other public officer
worries.
Judges are not concerned here about
the recall. They are concorned about
election or re-election never the re
call. Let Dr. Wilson come b.ick and
see how we elect Judge. He will find
on every street corner somebody who
wants to be a Judge, lmportunlnj; citi
zens, soliciting rotes, promising any
thing. We select our Judges from a
group of self-nominated candidates
who proclaim their own merits, and
decry the merits of their opponents.
Sometimes we are lucky enough to get
a rery good Judge: but It Is mere luck.
Other times we get Judgos whose most
conspicuous trait Is their ability to
keep their ear to the ground.
Come back. rr. Wilson; come back;
and don't take Mr. ITRen's word for it
all.
MOW TO FTART THE rARCRLS POST.
There are more ways than on of
putting the parcels post In operation
or rather extending It from the pres
ent farcical system Into one of practi
cal ' usefulness. When th subject
comes before Congress for action there
promise to be decided differences of
" opinion as to a number of questions
vitally affecting th extent to which It
will be used.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock Is
now regarded as th foremost pro
tagonist of the system, yet he Is In
clined to go slowly at first In reduc
ing the rate of postage. The present
domestic rate being 1C cents and the
International rate 12 cents, he would
- start wun a rat or iz cents ror par
; eels weighing one pound or less and 12
cents for each additional pound or
fraction, but asks Congress to give him
authority to change the rates as ex
perience develops the possibility of
making the service pay Its way. His
plan would Insure that the parcels post
paid Its way and he would reduce
rates only as experience demonstrated
that this particular class of mall could
make ends meet under that rate. He
proposes the 12-cent rate and the one
pound unit only to start with, and de
sires to experiment with other rates
. and other units of weight until he has
arrived at the best system.
Chairman Bourne, of the Senate
committee. Is disposed to have all
- these details specifically provided for
by law and to reduce the discretion
allowed the department to a mini
mum. Ha rnntandi arlrh ama ,aaAn
that a one-pound minimum with a
rate of 12 cents per pound would drive
Into the first-class mail all packages
weighing up to six ounces and greatly
restrict the use of the parcels post. He
favors a unit of one. two or four
ounces, with a much lower minimum
weight to be carried at the minimum
rate.
Both Senator Bourn and Senator
Bristow are Inclined to favor a dis
tance tariff for th parcels post. They
would hava ona aral n t r r.-. -
eels carried from one point to another
on the same rural route, another rate
for business entirely within one city,
and a tone system of rates for the gen
eral service, the scale advancing from
a minimum for fifty miles to a higher
scale for each additional 100 miles, or
certain multiple of 100 miles.
Secretary Meyer, when he was
Postmaster-General, recommended a
minimum rate of 5 cents for on pound
and 2 cents for each additional pound
on rural routes only. For the general
parcels post he recommended a mini
mum rate of 1 cent for one ounce. In
creasing for each one or two ounces to
12 cents for one pound and for each
additional pound or fraction of a
pound.
There is general agreement that the
system should' be Introduced first on
the rural routes, then in the cities, and
afterwards should be made general. AM
are agreed, too. that the initial maxi
mum weight should be eleven pounds,
as In th International parcets post.
With such diversity of opinion Is la
evident that only by experiment under
broad administrative discretion can
the best scale of rates and weights be.
determined. Hence Mr. Hitchcock's
plea that the law should not lay down
the details too closely, but should give
him freedom of action. But Mr.
Bourn and Mr. Bristow. Jealous of
their legislative power, wish to tie him
down by legislative enactment. Tet
Mr. Hitchcock tells them that th par
cels poat cannot drive the express
companies out of competition In carry,
ing the business In question, for the
very reason that the rigid provisions
of the Uw would hamper him. Hav
ing freedom of action, he could drive
them out of the business In open com
petition, for he could fix rates which
would prevent them from taking all
the profitable short hauls and leaving
all the unprofitable long hauls to the
Government. Wltnoui mat ir-eujii
he would require a li gally established
Government monopoly In order to
make the parcels post a success, for
otherwise the express companies could
skim the cream and leave him the
skimmed mi:k.
Despite this sound argument, th
Senators are Inclined to tie him down
with rigid legal restrictions and then
turn him loose to compete with men
having full freedom of action. As well
hobble a horse before darting him In
a race. They talk of establishing the
parcels post simultaneously on all
rural routes without allowing him to
make preliminary experiments on a
few hundred typical routes, as he pro
poses. He has shown himself In
earnest In desiring to establish the sys
tem as rapidly as possible, consistent
with efficiency, and he tells them that
within a year he would hava the sys
tem In full operation on all the 42.000
rural routes and start upon the cities,
yet they wish to hobble him first, then
drive him. He has demonstrated hli
efficiency by the rapidity with which
he has extended th postal savings
bank within a year to 6000 postofflces
after a test in one city of each state,
no Is prepared to extend It to all th
7600 Presidential offices and begin on
th fourth-class offices In th Spring.
But th Senators propose to treat him
as though ' thoy doubted, his compe
tence or earnestness.
The way to establish the parcels
post Is for Congress to order Its estab.
lishment and lay down broad general
rules In regard to It. then to leave th
administrative officers to carry them
out according to their Judgment. Half
th inefficiency of our Government Is
due to Just such restrictions as the
Senators talk of placing upon tha
Postmaster-OeneraL
ITEL8, THE BLOODTHIRSTY.
Tha Philadelphia Public Ledger, a
responsible publication, on January
11. 1912. had a news report of a lec
ture before the men's club of the Eth
ical Culture Society. 1415 Locust
street, by Joseph Fels, In which that
great reformer Is quoted as saying:
Had I baan la tha placa of tha VcNa
maraa. I would baa bloan op tha Timaa
bull. Una aa tbay did and I would not hava
atoppad thara. And then. too. 1 would haro
waited until tlenaral otla waa In hla ofnc.
H la tha raacal raaponelhla for all labora
troublaa In fan Franctaco and tba courta
upheld aim In bla rascality.
Fortunately. Mr. Fels was not In Los
Angeles at the time of tha Times ex
plosion. H was In Oregon, probably,
putting dynamite In th single-tax
amendment to the state constitution,
later submitted to the voters and
passed by them through persistent
and . unscrupulous misrepresentations
as to Its real character.
But If Mr. Fels had blown up the
Times, slain General Otis and the oth
ers, and been hanged for his crimes,
what a sad blow to various thrifty citi
zens of Oregon who are now dependent
on his bounty.
THE CAVDinATP-S DITV TO inMr".U.
The public hears now from Colonel
Brian that th politician's first duty is
to himself. Never mind what sacri
fices friends may have made, nor what
efficient and earnest work supporters
may have done, nor what embarrass
ments loyal alile may have endured
for his sako. it is the candidate's duty
to forget and repudiate them in any
emergency that may arise. If It ap
pears that he may be able to advan
tage himself by forgetting and repu
diating them. This Is the philosophy
Colonel Bryan expounds when he hur.
rles to the defense of his floundering
friend. Dr. Wilson.
But In order to teach his remark
able philosophy. Colonel Bryan stulti
fies his own practices. Colonel Bryan
neither loves his enemies nor betrays
his friends. He despises and denounces
th on and ha upholds and supports
the other. Did anyone ver hoar of
Colonel Bryan refusing to accept ap
proval or Indorsement from any
source, or throwing overboard any
loyal follower, . because ha thought ha
could get along better otherwise?
Why does Colonel Bryan say that
"Colonel Harvey becam a supporter
of Mr. Wilson when he was selected as
the Democratic candidate for Gover
nor of New Jersey. and bas his ar
gument on that false premise. He
knows that Colonel Harvey was long
before a warm admirer and public
champion 'of Dr. Wilson long, long
before. He was the original Wilson
man none other genuine. Colonel
Bryan knows that. Everybody knows
It. The only reason Mr. Harvey waa
shown the door was because Colonel
Bryan and others of Mr. Wilson's new
friends dldnot like him. Probably
they demanded this ungrateful, un
kind and unnecessary act by Wilson.
He was small enough to consent.
If Colonel Bryan had lived up to his
teachings and esteemed tha love and
loyalty of millions of people as worthy
of no consideration . In fnce of any
temptation to do something for him
self, he would have few followers to
day; and he would deserve fewer.
n-xroxs for iooixiiiloken.
There are various points - of view
from which one may regard the Spo
kane plan of giving free lunches to
hungry school children. That It will
tend to make parents rely more or less
on the city to feed their families may
be conceded. But. on th other hand.
It Is only proposed to feed children
whose -parents already fall to support
them properly. That Is to say, th
evil of non-support already exists.
Since tha parents In question already
neglect or fall to support their fam
ll'es the new project cannot mak
them any worse.
But In reality It Is not the parents
whom we ought to consider In matters
of this kind so much as the children.
Th characters of the parents are al
ready formed for good or evil. They
are probably as shiftless and good-for-nothing
as they aver will be, no matter
what Is or is not done for their chil
dren. But tha children are at tha time
of Ufa when they need nourishment to
develop their brains and bodies. If
they are. ever to make desirable citi
zens now Is tha time to lay tha foun
dation for It. and starvation will
never do to build upon.-
The subject ought to be considered
also from the point of view of the
teachers and the other pupils. A child
who is hungry cannot properly pre
pare his lessons. He Is in constant
misery. His mind Is dull and his body
wretched. Necessarily he falls behind
In his studies. The burdens of th
teachers are multiplied and the rest
of the class Is held back to wait for
his tardy progress. Thus the whole
school suffers. No doubt the loss in
actual cash exceeds the cost of the
free lunches Which are to be dispensed,
for tha time of teachers and pupils is
worth something. - i
One of the difficulties Involved In
the free lunch project Is th lnvldi-
ousness of charity. The child who Is
fed gratis may become a pariah among
his mates. Spokane seeks to shun
thla difficulty by Issuing the charitable
lunch tickets privately, but In our
opinion this will not be found satis
factory. The secret will leak out in
spite of all precautions. Perhaps the
only practical plan is to feed all the
children alike.
mXEDLEDCM AND TnTEDLEDEE.
We are In doubt, after reading the
news reports of the Supreme Court
decision in the single tax and road
cases, as to which Is the greater sub
ject to marvel over, tha seeming in
ability of the framers of our initiative
statutes to prepare an act that fits the
public sentiment which Inspires it or
the skill and agility of our courts In
that time-honored legal practic
known as splitting hairs.
Unfortunately, the custom of tha
courts to lgnor the practical, every
day knowledge that comes to them is
also time-honored and therefore not to
bo reversed. They will rarely go back
of the drafting of an act to determine
what was its Intent, take knowledge of
public discussion during it pendency
or seek to ascertain whether there ever
was any Intent that Is knowledge by
the Legislature or people as to what
they wer voting for. The court works
backward. It reads an act and de
cides what meaning the people or
Legislature ought to have obtained
from it, not how th people or Legis
lature actually did understand It.
They call the result of their Interpre
tation the "intent" of the lawmakers.
Thus It' waa that as a cold, matter
of fact proposition, the people adopted
the single tax amendment without
any thought as to Its meaning other
than the thought that it repealed the
poll tax. But tho Supreme Court. In
effect, tells the people now that their
Intent was to give Clatsop County, for
example, the power and machinery to
vote out of existence the tax levied by
the state not by the county on every
fish cannery in Clatsop County. There
wer numerous other Intentions which
In fact the people did not know they
hnd. but they will learn of them In
due time as the Fels paid bureau gets
busy.
On the other hand, there was the
road bonding amendment.' Everybody
knows now and knew at the time of Its
submission that the amendment grew
out of a desire of the several counties,
principally of Jackson County, to vote
county bonds for road improvement.
, But, given court interpretation, tha
amendment discloses that this was not
the Intent of the people. Our intent,
we now learn to our surprise, was slm-
J ply to enable the Legislature to pro
vide us tne machinery wnerewim to
bond counties for road Improvement.
Perhaps the road amendment was
not measured by the yardstick of the
oretical Intent, but given strict construction.-
In any event, the reading
of the two decisions together Justifies
the conclusion that either through bad
wording or through hairsplitting tend
encies an absence of Intent or knowl
edge Is overcome In one Instance and
an actual Intent replaced with a the
oretical one of opposite color In th
other.
It is not difficult to understand how
one Judgo should reach the conclusion
that neither of these measures was
self-executing but it is difficult to un
derstand the line of reasoning of those
others who found one amendment self.
executing and the other not, unless in.
the road-bonding case they took shel
ter behind the theory that Indebted
ness in the form of bonds Is not au
thorlzed, Tet to grant a county power
to Increase Its warrant Indebtedness,
only upon consent of the people, seems
to us so Impracticable a procedure
that no other Intent than an authori
zation of bonded indebtedness could
be construed to have been held by the
people. What sense would there be
in spending several thousand dollars
In an election to determine whether a
warrant Indebtedness, which in theory
la but a temporary Indebtedness,
should be created In an amount per
haps not greatly exceeding the elec
tion expenditures? The direct legisla
tive power Is now extended to mu
nicipalities by constitution and general
statute. The laws leave much, how
ever, to be implied. Likewise there
Is an indefinite statute relating to spe
cial elections in counties. Jackson
County found It thoroughly (workable
in the bond election now declared In
valid. Tet intent no more plainly ex
pressed, so far bji the ordinary mind
can observe in one than In the other,
carries the tax amendment into work
able effect and falls as to the bonding
amendment. Few of us suspected there
wns such vast difference between six
and a half dozen.
rtUXCETOX A.NI PR. IlIBBEX.
Dr. Hibben, the new president of
Princeton, Is a Presbyterian minister.
In choosing him the trustees have re
turned to tba old tradition that none
but a disciple of Calvin should be the
head of their university. This rule was
broken in Woodrow Wilson's case.
He was a concession to the spirit of
modernism, and the trouble he stirred
up in the sacred shades of Princeton
Is a lesson never to repeat tha rash
experiment. Tha new president is as
unlike Woodrow Wilson as It Is possi
ble for a man to be. Wilson makes
mad plunges Into the stream of prog
ress. Dr. Hibben stands on tha bank
calmly smoking his contemplative pipe
and questions whether there Is such a
thing as progress. Like his great ex
emplar, John Calvin, he believes In
eternal truths; nay. In a particular and
very clearly selected, set of eternal
truths. By them he abides and in
them he lives and moves. He has been
professor of logic at Princeton for
some twenty years, and th logic h
has taught all that time lies embalmed
In the Institutes of theology. Calvin's
literary and theological monument.
Dr. Hibben had a controversy once
upon a time with Willlnm James upon
tha subject of pragmatism. James
was tha protagonist of pragmatism in
this country. Tha essence of the doc
trln is that truth is a relative af
fair. It depends upon circumstances.
It grows and evolves. "Whatever
works well In practice is truth," ac
cording to the thinking of James and
the pragmatlsts. Nothing could ba
more abhorrent to a mind like pr.
Hlbben's. To him truth Is rock
ribbed and unyielding. All there is of
It that Is worth while was revealed
miraculously to John Calvin some cen
turies ago and nobody need ever hope
to find out anything else of any con
sequence, at least in the philosophical
world. Science may make a few fee
ble staggers at new truth, but Its
achievements will not amount to much
except as theology blesses and sancti
fies them. Under the headship of such
a man It Is easy to see that nobody
need worry about the safety of Prince
ton traditions. Dr. Hibben is himself :
Princeton tradition, one of the most
sacred and unbending of them all. This
will make him a model president for
the old college, inasmuch as It stands
for tradition first and foremost. At
Princeton that which hath been shall
be again and that which Is hath been
before. Even more than Tale it
clings with both hands to the past and
shudders to think of the future. It
is in its love of ancient ideas and fear
of new ones the Oxford of the United
States.
Dr. Hibben declares that he does not
purpose to make any changes In the
curriculum. In his opinion Princeton
already offers a "practical education"
to students and he does not believe
that any Improvements are desirable,
or even possible. Of course. Dr. Hlb
ben's definition of a practical educa
tion is not quite the same as that
which President Van Hise, of Wiscon
sin University, would give. The latter
Includes among "practical" things
such subjects as dairying and engi
neering. The head of Princeton re
gards "mental discipline" as the most
practical acquirement in the world.
He thinks so because he believes that
a mind properly disciplined can turn
to any calling and find, itself equally
at home in alL Ha says that such a
mind is "like the hand of a skilled
artisan." No doubt this remark is
more accurate than Dr. Hibben sup
posed, but not quite In the sense he
desired. The hand of the skilled arti
san is wonderfully adept In its spe
cialty, but It Is likely to be rather
helpless in any other specialty. Pad
erewskl could not handle a shoe-cutting
machine, nor Is a bricklayer often
skilled in blacksmlthlng. Mental dis
cipline fits the mind to do what it is
disciplined to do, but not much else.
The sad truth is that "general edu
cation" in the old-fashioned sense has
been proved by experience to be of
little use In the world. Dr. Hibben and
the sons of millionaires who gather at
Princeton may look with dislike upon
the "bread and butter studies." They
are not obliged to earn their bread
and butter in any of the humbler ways.
In fact. It was earned for them long
ago by persons who had not time to
pursue the culture studlea No doubt
It is fortunate that we have a leisured
class of this sort who can fill the
ornamental niches In life and give us
the benefit of fcerene reflection on the
Issues that disturb those who have to
work. But the estimate which the
leisured class may affix to the various
branches of college study is not nec
essarily final. It may turn out that
there Is as much real "culture" in tha
pursuit of engineering as there is in
Latin syntax. It would certainly be
strange if the work by which the
world must live is necessarily degrad
ing to either mind or body. But. pass
ing by questions of that sort, Princeton
Is to be congratulated on the spiritual
and mental qualities of its new presi
dent. He stands tpr the best there Is
In literary education and the traditions
which he wlll encourage are for the
most part such as a good man may
love. .
Miss Anna Cremen, whose death oc.
curred at St. Vincent's Hospital on
January 23, had long been one of tha
most earnest and Indefatigable work
ers along lines of charity and philan
thropy In thla city. Her gentle person
ality, sincere endeavor and willing
service were qualities that made her
invaluable both In church and secular
work along these lines. A friend of
the poor, a friend of working girls,' a
friend of humanity and withal a de
vout and consistent churchwoman.
Miss Cremen was honored in life and
is in death lamented.
If Frank C. Smith had been an
honor man-at the Salem Penitentiary,
he might have victimized Governor
West with worthless checks, as he
buncoed tha Los Angeles Jailer and
lawyer. It is perhaps fortunate for
the Governor that Smith's crimes were
not committed in Oregon.
Suspending sentence of a man who
violated the ordinance against smok
ing on a trolley car is not the way to
enforce the law. People to. whom to
bacco is offensive prefer the smoke to
the vile flavor of a piece of "rope"
gone dead.
The United States Land Office would
do well to curb the pernicious activity
of special agents In other states be
sides Wyoming. The average special
agent Imagines that, if he is not wor
rying settlers, he Is not earning his
salary.
Why did not New York show the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught all
her wonders Tammany Hall and
Murphy, her slums and flretrap lofts,
her antediluvian 'horsecar lines and
various other relics of antiquity?
The transfer of Alaska's capital
from Sitka to Juneau marks the trans
formation of the territory from a
string of fur-trading posts into a min
ing country. Sitka has become a relic
of a bygone age.
When tha House committee on the
steel trust supposed that Carnegie
would not demand his witness fees. It
must have forgotten that he came of
a thrifty race.
It promises to take the whole time
of the Senate committee on expendi
tures to cut down the Democratic ap
propriations so that they will fit the
revenue.
Now it is a British war lecturer who
has us attacked and defeated by the
off-colored people across the Pacific
The war strategist Is amusing In time
of peace.
Washington aocletv now DalDltates
with excitement at tho nrnnnwt of
meeting a royal Duke and Duchess.
What a ntua thing excites a tuft
hunter. Yuan Shi Kal appears to have In
curred tha hatred of both parties to
China's civil strife by refusing to cast
his fortunes finally with either.
No matter whom they favor, all
these partisans will be good Repub
licans before November.
The relative humldty at Astoria
should have overcome any short
"weight.
Well, if Bacon rewrote the Bible, h
produced the best seller of all the ages.
Mr. Roosevelt Is too busy at the fam
ily baby show to talk politics.
Filipino Republicans (Joke) are siz
ing up the barrel.
Wilhelmlna Is young yet.
Governor Wilson and Colonel Harvey
Kew fork San.
We' hope it is no rash effusion to say
that, in memory of this beautiful epi
sode in the history of gratitude.
Colonel Harvey is now wearing a brass
serpent's tooth on his watch chain.
Indianapolis Star.
What Is it but an insult to himself
(Harvey) and his paper to say that his
advocacy of a candidate hurts that can
didate? It Is a refleption upon his own
character and the character . of the
weekly that he edits. It is a slap in
the face. And the amazing, the almost
unbelievable, the shameless. Ingratitude
of it! For if ever Professor Wilson gets
to the White House, he will owe his
honor primarily to Harvey, who dis
covered and made him known.
New York World. '
, We cannot decide which commands
the greater share of our admiration,
the courage of Woodrow Wilson in
asking Harper's Weekly to stop sup
porting him for President or the cour
age of Harper's Weekly in frankly
making public Governor Wilson's re
quest. The affair is without precedent
in American politics or American jour
nalism. Further than this we are un
able to carry the discussion. We don't
know what to say.
New York; Evealnc Foot.
The American people, can hardly be
called upon to throw overboard one of
the most promising candidates for the
next Presidency simply because be gave
to a plain question a plain answer. Let
it be remembered that this affair is but
the latest of a series of bombs exploded
at the feet of Governor Wilson, which,
whatever else they may be, are an in
disputable evidence of the formidable
character which his prospects for the
Presidency have assumed in the eyes of
his enemies.
ChJcaaro Inter-Ocean.
If it had not been for Harper's
Weekly and the Evening Post. Professor
Woodrow Wilson would probably not
be In a position to aspire to anything
higher than a Carnegie pension. They
launched his boom, they practically
made him a leading Presidential candi
date, at a time when Mr. Bryan was
very skittish about tilm. How quickly
the professor Is developing an tne
beautiful inconsistencies or tne aca
demlc upllfter wild for a big Job!
Sprlnxfleld Republican.
Thla is the latest bubble on the sur
face of our politics. The editor has
maintained his self-respect, and the
Governor of New Jersey Is relieved of
what timid souls have called "corpor
ation support" or is it "the fangs of
the money Dower"? Governor Wilson
needs to cultivate a broader type of
philosophy. The virtue of a candidacy
lies in the strengtn of its personality.
Leaders lead and have little occasion
to supervise their following.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The inference Mr. Watterson would
Justify Is that the Governor was assort
lne- hla Dolitlcal careo and had con.
eluded that the editor of Harper's
Weekly and the editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal were Jonahs to be
thrown overhoard, to enable the vvilson
ship the more easily to make the port
of nomination. This is serious. It
charges Ingratitude, trimming, the
sacrifice of friendship, and, we may
add, an entire want of perspective and
of principle on the part of the Gover
nor of New Jersey.
Chicago Tribune.
Of Colonel Harvey's grief and Colonel
Watterson's emotion It is hardly proper
to speak. The Impulse is to tiptoe
through the room, casting dui a sym
pathetic glance towards the bowed fig
ures in their rocking chairs, and to in
quire solicitously of the nurse if there
be any hope. That this should come to
Colonel Watterson In his autumn days
is grievous. That it should come to
Colonel Harvey Is calamitous. They
have been stabbed In their atrections.
They found Woodrow in the bullrushes,
and now look what he is doing to the
Egyptians!
New York Tribune.
The incident reveals in the sharpest
lisrht the New Jersey Governors anxi
ety to reach the Presidency. All along
discerning persons have seen in his
public posturing, his changes or con
viction, his taking up with new doc
trines that seemed to be popular and
his reversal of position with regard to
Mr. Brvan nothing- but scheming to ol
tain the nomination. Now he is shown
aa willing to wound an intimate, faith
ful and hitherto useful friend in order
to remove a fancied obstacle to the
success of his ambition. Are friends
as well as convictions to be discarded
in an effort to reach tn8 residency .'
11 oat mi Transcript.
It Is questionable whether the exact
status of a candidate s ritness can De
Judged by one episode of this sort. Un
doubtedly Governor Wilson was right in
declaring that Harper's Weekly was
hurting his candidacy. Just as It would
be decidedly inimical to the interests of
any candidate to have one of the larg
est corporations In the country known
as backing him. Any effort on Wilson's
part to remove the impression that
there was any corporation or Dig ousi
ness enlisted in his support ought to
help him in the long run. He might
have selected a more polite method of
doing It, and his dictatorial way may
have hurt him temporarily.
New York Evening Sun.
The friends of Dr. Woodrow Wilson,
while condoling with him in his pres
ent great bereavement, will take no
small comfort in reflecting upon the
fortunate moment at which Colonel
Harvey has elected to withdraw his
friendship. Had this treacherous act
been performed months earlier, it might
never have occurred to Dr. Wilson's
over-modest soul that he was peculiarly
fitted by nature for the Presidency.
Had It happened years ago the whole
country might have failed to observe
this extraordinary aptitude. Now, how.
ever, the situation is safe. Colonel
Harvey has providentially done his
work and may go his way. As tears
well up in Dr. Wilson's eyes he may
yet smile bravely in sight of his ex
traordinary luck. How many public
men are able to shed their friends like
a chrysalis as soon as their usefulness
Is over!
New York Globe.
Why did Governor Wilson believe
that the Harvey support of his candi
dacy Is injurious thereto? Is it be
cause he objects, and has objected from
the beginning, to being presented as a
"discovery" of Colonel Harvey? Does
he feel that he has been belittled by
being openly taken charge of and pat
ronized and introduced as a protege?
One can readily understand that it has
been irritating to Governor Wilson to
be presented as any man's or any news
paper's candidate.
But there is another explanation of
the genesis of the request to Harvey
to lay aside his guitar. It la that Gov
ernor Wilson is controlled by the dem
agogical fear of being on friendly terms
with any one who doesn't turn his face
toward Wall street to curse as-a Mos
lem turns toward Mecca to pray. Ac
cording to this theory Governor Wilson
is small enough to sacrifice and aban
don a friend in the effort to help him
self. But naturally, there la slowness
about accepting this theory. The zeal
that certain persons have shown and
are showing in discrediting Governor
Wilson is suspicious. The motive sticks
out too plainly.
Stars and Star-Makers
By Leone Cass Baer.
Henry W. Savage's special produc
tion of "The Girl of the Golden West"
is to be presented In Tacoma this even
ing, then tomorrow evening Victoria,
B. C, will witness it, after which it
visits Vancouver for one evening and
Seattle for three performances.
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Alice Lloyd Is coming to visit us
through the Instrumentality of Werba
and Luescher in the musical gayety
"Little Miss Fix-it," which was all but
fixed by Nora Bayes and Eva Tanguay
before' the management secured the
little English singing comedienne for
the nxme part. It's the first musical
comedy Miss Lloyd has been in on this
side of the water.
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An early Portland attraction is to
be Lulu Glaser in her newest musical
melange "Miss Dudelsack." Henri
Gressltt, whojsed to come out to the
Coast as advance man with the various
Savage enterprises, is . heralding Miss
Glaser this season.
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Virginia Brissae is to be the new
leading woman for Oliver Morosco at
the Burbank Theater in Los Angeles.
Miss Brlssao has Just closed an en
gagement In leads with the Savoy
stock in San Diego.
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Denton Vane, who was with Max
Flgman at the HelUg last Summer and
later came back here with "The Rich
Mr. Hoggenheimer" company on tour,
is now playing the Juvenile role in
Walter Montague's sketch, "A Mother's
Sacrifice," this week at the Oakland,
Cal., Orpheum.
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On January 28, a new stock company
will open In Tacoma at the Princess
Theater, a fine new house of amuse
ment which seats 900 people. The line
up of the company includes Rae Ber
ger,' Huron Blyden, Adelaide Power,
Gordon Johnson, Laura Heimlich and
four others not yet signed. Manager
Bailey, of the Tacoma company, is a
partner ' with George Howard in the
lease of the Avenue Theater In Van
couver, where, by the way. Billy Dills,
Howard Russell and Rhea Mitchell are
playing. Also Mr. Bailey is a partner
in the Bailey-Mitchell stock now play
ing in Eureka, Cal., and of which Gene
Garborough and Leo Lenhard, both
former Baker players are members,
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Funny, Isn't It, that Paris refuses to
tolerate what we didn't even pay any
attention to In Portland, namely the
excessive nudity of that pair of freaks
and their little freak, the Duncans. An
anti-scant drapery movement has
swept down on these devotees of the
exaggeratedly simple Ufa and Paris
simply refuses to stand for their bi
zarre actions. And they lived In a
barn up on the Heights and chased
about our most prominent hotels in
apparel that would be considered too
brief for a seashore resort In July, but
we didn't even notice them. Paris, it
would appear, sneezes at gnats and
swallows camels.
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That atrocious mess of stage craft
the Great Chinatown Trunk Mystery,
which fell upon us for a few days last
season Is again headed Portland way,
and will get here late in the Spring,
"being how in the hands of the artists
and carpenters," according to advance
notices.
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Robert Mantell opened a week of
Shakespearian repertoire In Los An
geles last Monday evening. He will
include Portland in his present tour.
Keith Wakeman, a former resident of
Oakland, is Mr. Mantell's leading wo
man. Genevieve Hamper, who recent
ly became Mrs. Mantell, Is also of the
company.
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
To the young man who has not been
hatched, and who does not know
whether he will hatch out a goose
or peacock, life seems a great success.
Don't imagine a fool wants wise men
to instruct him; a fool wants to con
vert sensible men to his false notions.
"This." says nearly every man when
a baby arrives at his house, "is the
last."
When a man is 50, the raffle Is over,
and he knows he hasn't drawn any
thing; but the young man of 19 or
20 is Just shaking the box for his
first throw.
When a woman buys cigars -for a
man's Christmas present,' she thinks
he will never notice the difference be
tween a box of 25 and a box of 100.
A good scare is worth more to a man
than good advice.
Every boy knows of a good fishing
place he hopes some day to visit: but
after he finally gets there, he finds it
fished out.
There are a good many things a
man would like to buy a dime's worth
of, but can't get without taking the
whole box.
About the toughest thing that can
happen to a man is to go contrary to
his wife's wishes, and then fall.
Many people are discontented be
cause they never have any fun, and
imagine others do. As a matter of
fact, no one has much fun.
Like a
The Oregonian covers Portland's business territory
like a blanket. Circulation is more than 52,000 daily.
A larger part of this is Portland .circulation. The Ore
gonian is a great home paper. It carries a lot of advertis
ing, and for a reason good and sufficient. Advertising in
The Oregonian creates business for the advertiser. It will
stir up business for you non-advertisers if you will but give
it a chance. You don't need to take a page a day to ob
tain results, either. Start in with small space. Increase
your space from time to time as your profits increase as a
result of your advertising in The Oregonian.
Put the right kind of copy in your ads and you can
make the public look for your announcements from day to
day. Tell them why it is to their advantage to buy your
goods and they will. There is no guess work about it.
It has been proved time and again. If you have something
to sell to Portland people advertise in The Oregonian.
N. Nitts on Labor
By Dean Colllna.
Nescius Nitts, whose intelligence
stands
Ace high in the Station and outlying
lands.
Sank all his incisors deep into the
strands
Of a plug from some famous Mlssourian
brands:
Then spake upon people who work with
their hands.
"I see, in the city, they've lately en
Joyed Consid'rable trouble with them unem
ployed. Who claims to be yearnin' JTer "nuff,
and no more.
Of work than will Jest keep the wolf
from the door;
Which 'minds me of how Marshal Con
ner worked o'er
That unemployed problem in '74.
"The plight of Bam Ilinnin was shore-
15' a caution.
His wife staved the wolf off by takln"
In washin".
And Sam roamed the streets each day,
early and late,
A-seekin' fer work and bemoanin' hia
fate;
Till all of us citizens was a beginnin'
To feel sympathetic fer pore Mr.
Hinnin.
"The final blow come when his wif
was took down
With rheumatlz so she could scarce get
aroun'.
And the whole Hinnin household it cer
tainly missed
The one means by which it contrived to
subsist.
"Our duty,' says Conner, 'we can't try
to shirk.
It's up to we all to find Hinnin some
work.
"Cy Sprague 'lowed he had- him a
wood-sawin' Job.
Sez Hinnin, 'Thanks. Sprague, but that
work Just plays hob
With my.stummick. I alius was fragile,
you know.'
Sez Spragrue then, ."Well, Wiggs has
some taters to hoe.'
Sez Hinnin, 'I'd love to, but it's a shore
fac'
I can't hoe I've misery pains in my
back.'
"Then Conner sees margins. 'Why,
, shore,' Higgins said,
'I'll gladly help Hinnin In winnin" his
bread.
I've got sev'ral cows to be milked. I
supposes
My wrist Jints Is lame,' sadly Sam in
terposes. And thus fer each Job that J. Conner
could route.
Sam had a bad ailment that shet him
plumb out.
'At last, clean disparin' of ever
winnin'
The risht sort of Job, he roars out,
'Mr. Hinnin,
What fer can you dor And Sam Hin
nin, he sighed.
1 caln't handle no heavy work,' he re
plied. "But I might be able to work after
noons As Liquor Inspector in them thera
saloons.' "
Portland, January 24.
Half a Century Ago
From Tho Orgonlan of January 25. 1862.
Some months ago a large premium
waa offered for a National anthem and
a committee was appointed to receive
and examine such as were presented
for the premium. Twelve, hundred
poems have been submitted to the
committee and they have decided
against the whole batch.
A large number of Fort Monroe
contrabands sailed with the naval ex
pedition which captured the Hatteraa
forts. They were chiefly employed aa
coal heavers, firemen and cooks on
board the fleet. But their loyalty and
fighting propensities were partially
gratified by allowing them to work
and fire one of the 32-pounders on
board the steam frigate Minnesota. It
is reported that the darkies handled
the piece in excellent and efficient
style.
The young men in the vicinity of
Richmond, Ind., are forming a cavalry
company and the farmers thereabouts
are presenting them with horses. Each
farmer having a spare horse contrib
utes him to the good cause. I his la
the '76 spirit.
Methodist sociables Another of those,
recherche entertainments camo off last
evening at the residence of Captain,
Hoyt. A pleasant evening can bo
passed at these sociables, also it gives
the young ladies and gentlemen an op
portunity of displaying their sociable
natures.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Oregon & Cali
fornia Telegraph Company at the Coun
cil room this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The steamers Julia and Carrie Ladd,
which for the last week have been Ice
bound in the Willamette Slough, re
turned yesterday forenoon, the former
having the remainder of the Brother
Jonathan's freight.
The stage driver brought the mails
from Oreeon City in a smallhoat yes
terday. We learn that there are some
20 bags of mail matter lying at that
place yet, destined for this city.
Women Police Corp", Old and Tigly...-
Baltimore American.
Slam is one of the few countries
which boast of a corps of women police.
The members of this Amazon guard are
all old and ugly. They wear uniform
though they are not armed. Their
chief duty is to act as gatekeepers of
the inner or women's palace at Bank
kok. Blanket