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. There la point beyond which it la
Impossible for a great trade combina
tion, commonly called a trout, to suc
ceed unless It hss the power of mo
nopoly. This opinion was expressed
by Louis D. Brandels at the Inquiry
held by the Senata committee on In
terstate commerce. Ite stated that
tha success or failure of an enterprise
depends upon on man, who must
baa his Judgment on knowledge of
facts. There, la a limit to the extent
to which he can secure and retain
this knowledge, as well as to the op
portunity for exercise of his Judgment.
Mr. Brandels backed up his opinion
with a list of trusts erhlch. lacking the
ability to control prices, have laiiea.
He ends evidence of their failure in
the market quotation of their common
stock and In the fact that some of
their stocks are not quoted at all.
Success depends upon the power of
one man at tha head of an Industry
to iwatch every detail and to see that
every man and erery piece of machin
ery under his direction are working- to
their full efficiency. If one man at
tempts to combine under his direction
a dozen plants at different places, he
rannot personally watch these details
nd must delegate power to subordi
nate. -Js'oee of these subordinates
can be expected to work with the same
single eye to the success of his plans
ss he does, nor can they perform their
work exactly as he would hare It
dona. Hence each delegation of power
brings a loss of efficiency.
The one great Incentive to efficiency
Is the necessity of outdoing one's com
petitor In the cheapness of production
and excellence of the product. Just
In proportion as an Industry grows be
yond the capacity of one man to keep
everything under his eye. Its power to
beat down competition by the sheer
weight of money Is Increased. Its In
centive to efficiency Is diminished, and
efficiency, which Includes economy. Is
also lowered. Thus It may be that
a combination which lacks the power
of monopoly may yet be so large, as to
lose In efficiency what It gains In econ
omy. Its smaller competitors, through
the closer attention which their heads
give to detail, may be able to produce
a better article at a lower price. Mod
ern means of production, transporta
tion and communication have certain
ly Increased tha six of the business
unit which one man can successfully
manage In fair competition, but there
Is a limit to that Increase.
A combination which thus finds It
self outdone by smaller competitors
naturally seeks to escape the conse
quence, not by removing the cause
which la Its own Inefficiency due to ex
cessive size but by removing tha
competition which imposes the pen
alty for these shortcomings. This It
does either by buying up the com
petitors or by using Its enormous
money power to exterminate them and
by creating a monopoly, whereby It
ran force the consumer to pay for Its
waste.
The necessary conclusion Is that,
when Industrial and trade combina
tions grow beyond the directing power
of on man. and prove successful, their
success Is due less to any Increased
efficiency than to their monopolistic
power. If they lose control of the In
dustry, their only hope of survival la
an agreement with their competitors
to maintain prices.
Tha outlook for return to reason
ably competitive conditions Is there
fore good. A combination too Urge
to succeed under such conditions can
not survive except In the hothouse of
monopoly, and the Government Is bus
ily smashing that hothouse with tha
c lub of tha Sherman law. The com
- hlnations which, though too large for
success on their merits, are not sub
ject to assault under that law, will
perish of their own unwleldlness.
TALUS- OF PROOflESS.
Woo d row Wilson's speech at the Iro
quois Club In Chicago consisted mainly
of a restatement of generally recog
nised truths. He did not name a sin
gle needed reform which President
Taft Is not already carrying out. so far
s tha Democratic party will allow him.
Dr. Wilson say "something must be
done to stop the tyranny of special
privilege." President Taft la already
doing this by enforcement of tha anti
trust and Interstate commerce laws,
and asks power to do It mora thor
oughly by means of Federal supervi
sion of corporations from the data of
their organization. He has devised a
plan of scientific revision of the tariff,
by which "the tyranny of special privi
lege" can be abolished without injury
to any legitimate Interest, but Gover
nor Wilson's party associates refuse to
put It In operation.
The Republican party la sadly
broken: it has lost Its way." says Wil
son. It has been divided, but not
broken, and Is fast becoming reunited.
A few of Its members have lost their
way. but they Are finding It SLgaln. and
It leads back Into the Republican fold.
The Democratic party has mora need
.f Wilson's tender ministrations In
healing the grievous breach between
the Pryan and Underwood factions
"We look to the young; men to tiring
about these reforms by the application
of 'progressive' principles." Is another
ef Dr. Wilson's wise remarks. Why,
,Taft is already applying progressiva
principles and would apply them mora
vigorously and more extensively If tha
Democrats did not block tha track.
Tha roung men recognize this fact and
are flocking to his support. While
Wilson and his like talk vaguely of
progress, Taft is actually making
'progress, and tha only reason for his
not making mora Is that these mm
who talk of progress In Indefinite terms
obstruct his work. Whenever these
praters of progress get down to partic
ulars. we And that Taft Is doing or try
ing to do the very things they say
should be dona and that they are
standing in the way. But they are
chary of definitions, lest they either ex
pose their weakness or give an unin
tentional Indorsement to their oppo
nents. TIUT rTUOKMAGXi TO SAXES.
Tha -eomralttae- will try ta knock ost
tho Praald.ntlai prtmarloa. Tha Pr"' f
Mr. Taft should bo to ba aaad. sot frora
tha tool Orvgoa lawa. hot from Bla loo
Orsoa rnaada. Portland Journal.
This little fling Is directed at tha
committee sent by tha Republican
State Central Committee to Salem to
Investigate the legal status of that sec
tion of tha Presidential primary pref
erence law which limits the choice of
tha voter to on delegate to the Na
tional convention, and to one candidate
i .rf i.i rinrtor. Tha same
- intfh er,m, Raiem arhlch
I v.
'states the facts fairly enough, but. the
headline boldly raisines tne piain read
ing of the news Item so as to make It
appear that an "attack Is made on the
Oregon method of choosing the Presi
dent." There is. and there should be. no at
tack on the Presidential preference
primary law: there is no sentiment
supporting any effort or desire to evade
Its clear and proper Intent. Tha Re
publican Slate Central Committee,
elected under tha terma of the direct
primary law, raises the question as to
whether It may not be possible for
each elector to vote for the full com
plement of convention delegates to be
elected under the Presidential prefer
ence law. and the full set of five candi
dates for elector. That Is all. It
would appear to be desirable to ascer
tain now whether this very strict and
unprecedented limitation upon tha
osualfprtvlleges of a voter Is valid.
Does our urbane contemporary,
which Is haunted by the ghost of the
dead-and-burled assembly, think that
a political managing committee, elect
ed In accordance with law, should be
denied the right to refer any question
about which it is in doubt to tha Su
preme Court?
KIR-IL ntW OF ROAD MOVEMEVT.
The statement that everybody Is in
favor of good roads is becoming a
trite renfark. It has lost none of Its
truth, however, as a result of excited
charges that ha who opposes those
particular road bills known as the
state-wide high finance schema Is
blocking highway Improvement and
general state progress. They who are
attempting to place the stigma of road
opponent upon The Oregonlsn because
It refuses to Indorse a schema that is
a raw imposition upon one-third of
the state's taxpayers and contem
plates a one-man-power political ma
chine backed by $40,000,000 are sim
ilarly accusing the Stat Grange and
undoubtedly a majority of the voters
of Oregon.
The slight chance that the state
wide bills have of success at the polls
Is perhaps not apparent to the ordi
nary city voter, or particularly to him
who Is also blind to the Inequalities
of the measures themselves. It ought
to be plain, however, to those lead
ers among the good roads advocates
who spent weary days st Salem last
Winter seeking to adjust differences
before the Legislature. A widespread
belief exists throughout the state that
the movement for good roads so far as
It emanatt-a from Portland is con
ceived and nurtured by automobile
owners and dealers, who want smooth
speedways or trunk highways for
touring purposes built throughout the
country at state expense. This belief
has been openly expressed. It per
vades every hamlet and crossroads. It
Is held to the point of bitterness by
every farmer who has ever been
crowded Into the ditch by a roaring,
dust-ralslng. scorching motor vehicle.
Because of this feeling alone, the
country will not consent to the plac
ing of absolute roadbulldlng power in
tha hands of a state officer. The
counties demand the right to say
where roads shall be built. They pro
pose to reserve the power to build
them for the chief purpose of getting
produce to market. They will go
down the line on this particular. There
Is no doubt about It.
The two bills offered by the'State
Grange are worth considering. These
bills create the office of State High
way Engineer, but he la to be only an
advisory officer In actual roadbulldlng.
The place of beginning and place of
ending of each road, the amount of
money to be expended and the kind
of material to be used thereon are to
be determined at a conference of dele
gates representing each road district
In the county. State aid is not con
templated. Each county may bond If
it sees fit. but the voter, when he casts
his ballot for or against a county bond
Issue, will know exactly where and
how the road bond proceeds are to be
expended. He will also know that
under the safeguards of the act a road
cannot bo permanently Improved with
bond money unless It begins at a mar.
kct place or connects with a road al
ready permanently improved leading
thereto. This brief review undoubt
edly gives an epitome of rural senti
ment on the road question.
The Orange has also adopted a pol
icy that the state-wide commission
and every other proponent of initia
tive law might well copy. Tha Grange
bills are published before they are cir.
culated for signatures. Perusal, dis
cussion and suggestion are Invited.
The purposa Is to correct faults or
omissions before the bills go before
the voters. The opposite attitude dis
played by the st Ate-wide commission
Invites the defeat of Its six measures.
Tha bills have been hustled into the
streets for signatures. They are pre
sented as the perfect product of mas
ter minds on legislation and road
bulldlng. Suggestions are not want
ed. Pointing out of faults brings upon
the head of him who is thus venture
some the charge that he Is an enemy
of good roads This course of tha
chief supporters of the high-finance
political-machine road bills gives sup
port to the country's charge that tha
campaign b for a concealed purpose.
Naturally, visions of auto trunk lines
and speedways built at his expense ap
pear before the eyes of the farmer.
The Oregonlan Is not asserting that
automobiles are the chief considera
tion of the Portland highway advo
cates, but it Is pointing out that an
attempt to "bull through" a measure
accentuates its weakness and gives
strength to suspicion directed against
it and Its promoters
It ought to be possible for all true
friends of permanent highways to
agree upon workable measures, but a
settlement will not b brought about
by an academic discussion of the value
of roads nor encouraged by a spirit of
take-thls-or-nothlng. Let us hear
from the state-wide committee some
logical reason for taxing Multnomah
County 117,000.000 more than It re
ceives for roads or for making the
Governor highway dictator and Indi
vidual dlflburser of $40,000,000. Let
us hear what Is wrong with tha
Grange bills. Let us try to get some
thing for the good of the whole people
out of this unanimous sentiment for
good, roads.
AX LVrENDOiO COOTTTJCT.
Some persons now on earth may live
to witness a struggle for existence be
tween Latin and Greek in our colleges.
Both, languagea cannot be taught to
most students. An Increasing number
will have neither. In ordinary cases
on must be chosen and tha other
dropped. Which shall bo the lucky
language?
Greek is a more beautiful tongue
than Latin. Its vocabulary la richer
and Its literature Incomparably
greater. Moreover, most of our Ideas
on science and philosophy are derived
from Plato and his countrymen, while
the elementary concepts of our creeds
can be traced back to the same
sources. Modern life Is a continuation
of Greek life when we come to ana
lyze It.
Stlll. we did not get these valuable
ideas from Athens directly. They came
to ua by way of Rome and they were
conveyed by means of the Latin lan
guage. That tongue la the Immediate
source of our Inspiration. Its treas
ure were for tho most part borrowed
but we received them from the bailee
and not from the original owner.
So far as mere gratitude Is con
cerned, therefore. It Is difficult to de
cide whether we owe most to Greek or
Latin. Our obligations to both lan
guages are sufficiently heavy, and in
forsaking either we can hardly hope
to escape the charge of unthankfulness.
But ther Is not time to learn both In
school and college. One must be sac
rificed to the god of haste. No doubt
Greek will be the one to suffer. It Is
commonly supposed to be more diffi
cult than,Lat!n, though that Is a fal
lacy. Probably the decisive fact will
prove to be that Latin has so woven
Itself Into the structure of our litera
ture and thought that we feel nearer
to It than we do to Greek It seems
to b Indispensable in spite of the fact
that a great many estimable people
manage to live very comfortably with
out it.
The suggestion has been made that
the colleges provide classes In begin
ning Greek as they do in Hebrew and
Sanscrit. This appears sensible. A
partial sacrifice of dignity may be In
volved, but better lose some of our
dignity than all our. Greek.
MKMORT OF GREENBACK DAYS.
Only his death could remind the
majority of the present generation that
General James B. Weaver ever lived.
To men of middle life he was & mem
ory of the days of Greenbacklsm and
Populism. That Is the fate of the man
who becomes dubbed a crank through
championship of fads and fallacies.
His quondam followers, having gen
erally recovered their sanity, ar
ashamed of ever having followed him.
Those who once scorned him recall
him with passing pity and give him
credit for being honest In his errors.
But Weaver in his Urn filled a large
place In the public eye. Having only
begun practice as a lawyer when the
Civil War broke out, he served with
credit in an Iowa regiment, of which
he became Colonel and was brevetted
Brigadier-General. Ho held minor of
fices under Republican administrations
until he was seized by the flat money
delusion and began teaching that the
Government need only print on a piece
of paper the statement that it was
worth a certain sum of money, and it,
by that fact, became worth that sum.
He gained so large a following in Iowa
as to be elected to Congress as a
Greenbacker In 1S7S and to ba nomi
nated by the Greenback party for
President in 1880, when he received
308,678 votes. He reappeared In 1892
as candidate of the People's Party,
which embodied the same elements and
represented the same theories as the
Greenbacker with some additions. To
flat money were added the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, abolition
of National banks. Government loans
to farmers. Government ownership of
railroads and telegraphs. Income tax,
direct election of United States Sena
tors, initiative and referendum. A deal
was made between the Populists and
the Democrats by which Weaver se
cured 1,041,028 popular and 22 elec
toral votes and Cleveland was enabled
to score an overwhtelmlng majority in
the electoral college. In that election
Weaver had the largest vote ever se
cured by a third party candidate. Ills
fiat money theory as applied to sliver
was taken up by the Democrats In the
succeeding election and was disposed
of finally by the defeat of Bryan.
On other subjects than finance Wea
ver' platform was not so essentially
unsound as it was ahead of the times.
Income tax and direct election of Sen
ators are now advocated by both tho
old parties. Initiative and referendum
have ben adopted In a number of
states, and Government ownership of
telegraphs may soon become a live Is
sue with them. But Weaver was
known as the champion of flat money,
and as -such he was beaten and retired
to such obscurity that he was well nigh
forgotten.
To his advocacy of the same theory
In a modified form may be traced the
successive defeats of Bryan. His
greater ability, oratorical power, per
sonal magnetism and energy will save
Bryan from the obscurity Into which
Weaver sank, but his unsound finan
cial theories have sown such abiding
distrust of him in the public mind that
he, like Weaver, can never hope to be
anything but a defeated candidate.
"BPriLB BIDB A WEE."
The excess of seal without discretion
Is detrimental to any cause. The
friends of woman suffrage should con.
alder this, and not attempt to push the
political rights of woman In advance
of the popular sentiment along what
may be called the higher political and
Judicial lines. To the extent that
women us without abusing their new.
ly acquired rights or privilege in the
enfranchised states will these privilege
or rights extend to or be withheld from
the .women of other states. In thl
view the women of the State of Wash
ington ar unwise in urging upon Pres
ident Taft the appointment of a
woman to the Federal bench for the
district of Western Washington, where
a vacancy Is soon to occur. There Is
her no question of the umtlv ability
of a wlsaly chosen woman to fill this
place. Ther is, however, a grave
question as to the preparedness of any
woman for the grave duties and re
sponsibilities of such position. Women
cannot afford to make a mistake In
this matter or in any other upon which
the political equality .of . women de
pends. Wisdom counsels that a class of citi
zens whose lines of life have lain out
side of the political arena should move
slowly In their demands for political
recognition In high places. In com
mon parlance there Is no hurry in this
matter. Having waited so long for po.
lltical recognition, women may with
wisdom wait a little longer before urg
ing claims that to many men will seem
premature for reasons that are plainly
obvious.
It may be well to remember In this
connection that the question of woman
suffrage Is still pending In many states
of tha Union, Including our own. Many
things are lawful for women In the
states wherein they have been enfran
chised, that are not at this stage of the
matter expedient. Future honor, per
manency and Justification await women
In the political world If they but take
counsel of discretion In the matter of
pushing themselves to the forefront too
early in the great game of equality so
long desperately played, so hardly won
where It has been won.
It may be hoped that the leaders of
these victorious clans In the states
where they have won the battle will
take counsel of discretion and move
slowly In the direction of the higher
goals of political ambition as repre
sented by official and Judicial place.
"Better bide a wee."
The Saturday Evening Post Is usual
ly sane except when an opportunity
arises to give President Taft a rap. It
accuses him of pardoning Morse only
"because his crime was of the genteel
sort and he had Influence." This after
Taft had been deaf to the appeals of
Morse's host of friends and had refused
to credit the reports of Morse's physi
cians on the prisoner's physical condi
tion until they had been corroborated
by the surgeon-general, whom he sent
to Atlanta for the purpose. His action
was prompted by no other motive than
humanity, for every other mean than
the appeal to his sentiment had been
tried in vain. Prejudice blinds Taft's
enemies to facts so completely that
they always seek a discreditable mo
tive for his acts, though the creditable
motive is obvious to any man who la
willing to see.
An example of the species of econ
omy practiced by the trusts Is the
waste by the steel trust of all the by
products of coke manufacture. For at
least two generations tar and dyes
have been made In several Kuropean
countries by the use of patent coke
ovens, while all Ingredients of coal
other than coke have been discharged
into the air of the Connellsville region
of Pennsylvania, Not only are millions
of dollars thus wasted, but the air is
poisoned and vegetation is blighted.
Her Is a fine opportunity for conser
vation of natural resources.
The action of the Federal authorl
tlca in proceeding against the get-rich-qulck
men of the orchard scheme Is
commendable, and It Is to be hoped
that they will show equal energy In
prosecuting the case to the finish and
In blocking all other schemes of the
kind. What Is most needed, however,
is a state law providing that all corpo
rations offering; securities for sale shall
pass muster with a state officer before
they are allowed to begin business.
Mrs. Springer's $2,000,000 la a con
siderable eum of money, but it will not
last long If it Is to be spent to bolster
up the theory that a man who has
failed In the city will necessarily suc
ceed on a farm. The city man needs
education, encouragement and much
perseverance to enable htm to solve
the problems of country life. If Mrs.
Springer's bequest supplies these with
out promoting Idleness, It will be of
inestimable benefit.
The alert French Intelligence has
decided to spend money on aeroplanes
rather than war vessels next year.
Perhaps this resolution Is a little pre
mature, but before a great while other
nations will be doing the same thing.
As the military aeroplane approaches
perfection warships will go out of use.
Something moro than an accusation
by Russian officials, or by Persian of
ficials terrorized by Russian bayonets,
will be required to convince the world
that Shuster, the American recom
mended by President Taft, misman
aged the finances of Persia.
Better three square meals with Sin
clair than free love and hunger with
a tramp poet, is Meta Sinclair's sober
second thought. Great Is the power of
privation to restore the balance of a
disordered brain and to calm riotous
emotions.
Tho Democratic muckraking com
mittees are discovering many things
which everybody already knew. The
story of the Great Northern ore deal
Is threadbare, and the only new feature
Is James J. Hill's manner of telling It.
The committee of butter men de
plores the use of oleomargarine at the
asylum, but does not suggest a remedy
other than an Increased appropriation.
Had Canada voted for reciprocity,
the farmers of the Northwest would
not have needed to fight for cars to
haul their grain to market.
Th Texas Judge who whipped the
man who called him a liar and then
fined himself evidently thought the
pleasure worth the price.
What an argument for the prohibi
tionist! Withdrawal of money to pay
for licenses caused suspension of an
Idaho- County bank.
Having; a frank. Senator Bourne
naturally cares not for reduction of
letter postage.
Franc may not be far out of th
way of war In preferring airships to
dreadnoughts.
Every, visitor to Roosevelt these
days seems to have a "bug" plank for
the platform.
As might be expected, Darrow at
torneys have begun to Interpose tech
nicalities. Cooper Morris, whose Incarceration
la a joke, has returned to his retreat-
Remember the Maine! She floats
today after a lapse of fourteen years.
Welcome, Sis' Arizona.
Stars and Star-Makers
By Leone Cass Baar,
Alice Fleming, who is remembered
as leading woman with the Baker
stock company last Fall, and who sud
denly terminated her engagement (at
least, her theatrical engagement), by
eloping to Oregon City, that mecca
of the undismayed, . to become Mrs. C.
E. Everett. Is going back on the stage.
For one week positively and maybe
more, this delightful little actress Is
going to forget all the large columns
of Interviews she gave out about pots
and pans and sock darning when she
exchanged the calciums' glare for the
gentle effulgence of the fireside's glow.
She Is going to have the distinction of
creating the leading feminine role In
"The Desert," a brand-new play by
Clay M. Greene, the big playwright
Mr. Greene, It happens, is In Ban Fran
cisco now and wants to see his play
produced under his personal supervis
ion before he returns East. It so hap
pens that the week of March 11 is
open at the Alcazar. Bertram Lytell
and his wife, Evelyn Vaughn, close
their engagement In leads there on
the 10th, and Wilson Melrose and Flor
ence Stone, the new leading people, do
not open until March 18.
So the Alcazar managers, Belasco
and Mayer, plus George Davis, busi
ness manager, are going to produce the
play that week. Everybody concerned
In Its direction has met Miss Fleming
and has known of her work In the
East, and Mr. Greene said at once that
she was his Ideal type for the role of
Sahara, who is the daughter of the
desert chief. So they wired Miss
Fleming at once, and naturally she
conferred a bit with friend and hus
band. He said he would go down for
the opening, and thus It has been most
satisfactorily arranged all around. The
manuscript of the play will arrive this
week end and then Miss Fleming will
be busy learning her role and plan
ning her costumes for the part. And
here's the nicest part of alL If the
tryout of the production warrants It,
they will take It back to New York,
and Miss Fleming; will go along. She
leaves Portland on the evening of
March 8, arrives on March 4, begins
rehearsing on March E, and . opens
Monday, March 11.
a a
Hattle Carmontelle, who la playing
the Irish Widow McGovern, of hectic
hair and temperament, at the Orpheum,
this week. In "Old New York." will be
recalled as the really excellent "Mam
my" In "Graustark," as presented at
the old Baker Theater, on Third street,
over two years ago.
a a a
Particulars of the frustrated elope
ment of Harry Cort, son of John Cort,
the theatrical magnate of the Pacific
Coast, are leaking Into the press In
small quantities. Young Cort, who last
Summer was In Portland as promoter
and financial manager of the Max Fig
man stock company, at the Heilig, had
made plans to wed pretty Mabel Tow
ers, whose papa Is a millionaire land
owner In California. Three years ago
the young folk met In Los Angeles,
and later, when Miss Towers visited In
Seattle, the acquaintance was renewed.
In fact, they were progressing more
thsn famously when Pa Cort exhibited
an attack of the marble heart and sent
his son and heir East Last week. It
appears. Miss Towers and her father
arrived In New York en route to Ger
many. On the day their boat, the
Kron Prlns Frederlch Wllhelm, was
sailing, and after the Towers had gone
on board and all on deck were waving
good-byes, an automobile dashed up
and John Cort, perspiring and anxious,
held up the boat. He found his son
hidden aboard and dragged him, pro
testing, ashore. And as the steamer
sailed the Irate Mr. Cort shouted to
the equally Irate Mr. Towers, "They'll
wait a few years before they wed."
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..Pauline Lord, who has a prominent
role In Marlon . Fairfax new play,
"The Talker," now running In New
York, Is a niece of the late Governor
Lord, of this state.
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Sedley Brown, Jr, who will play the
attenuated Mutt In the musical play
of "Mutt and Jeff," which comes to the
Baker week after next, is a Paclfio
Coast native. He is the son of Sed
ley Brown, the well-known stage di
rector who made many notable produc
tions at the Valencia Theater, In San
Francisco, when It was opened as a
stock house.
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MInnette Barrett, a Portland girl
who has -won recognition throughout
the East for her histrionic ability, is
rehearsing for a big role In a new
playlet by William de Mille, of which
Florence Nash Is to be leading woman.
Another name that looms large on the
programme of the cast Is that of Jo
seph Jefferson.
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The following anecdote, of which St.
Peter must hold first knowledge, comeg
by way of the Dramatic Mirror and
should prove especially Interesting to
those of us who are reminded when
we read of Blanche Bates that sha Is
a Portlander. Says the narrator:
Just before Christmas, durlnr our second
lay-off week, a faw year a ago, tha glrla of
our company waro having- a aort of tell-your-exporienca
prayer meeting, over eome
caka and chocolate. Never had tha seem
ingly hopeless tragedlee of earlier seasons
seemed funnier than la thla retrospective
glance. The last arrival apologised tor her
tardlnesa ty explaining where aha had been.
it seems tuat some aeaaons ago she atart
ed out with a fly-by-night troupe, only to
be stranded In Illinois. As It was the year
of the World'a Fair at St- Louis, she decided
to make that city In tha hope of securing
employment. Gt. Louis, however, was al
ready overcrowded with the unemployed and
the mendicant. So. with 80 cents In her
purse, sha spent tha nifrht tn the Union
Station, and tha next day sent an appeal
for aaststance to a prominent star then play
ing In St. Louie. After telling her to return
the following evening, the manager Invited
her to see tha performance. When seated
In tha soft cushioned chair, sha fell aound
asleep, which waa fortunate perhaps, as
ah had to spend the rest of the sleepless
night on the hard benches in tha station.
On her arrival at tha theater the next
evening, sha waa not requested to sign a
note; neither were any question asked; but
the manager, with the etar'e compliments,
presented to her the money which, enabled
her to reach New York.
That was why she asked our indulgence
for her tardiness, for she had been offering
prayers and burning candlea to her patron
saint, Blanche Bates.
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Klaw & Erlanger are sending us that
colorful musical comedy, "The Pink
Lady," which la no relation to "The
Red Widow," or "The Red Rose."
Neither is she of the family of "The
Blue Mouse," "The Black Hand," "The
White Sister," "Green Stockings," "The
Yellow Peril," "Dr. Lavender," "The
Deep Purple," "The Prince of Orange,"
"The Little Gray Lady," "The Scarlet
Letter" anlj well the list Is a long one
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TEST IS PROPOSED TO SERMOX3
Wky Sot Apply Some Criticism to
Preachers as to Healers T
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) The recent controversy over the
merits and demerits of healing, engen
dered by sermons from a local pulpit,
would perhaps not Justify any further
comment, as it has been profitably con
sidered In communications and edi
torials from many angles.
One phase of It might be capable of
a little elucidation, however: In an
endeavor to fulfil Christ's undisputed
commands, one church heals the sick
with noticeable success, notwithstand
ing many other churches denounce the
practice, and emphatically aver It is
not of Christ. If healing Is not of
Christ, could it not with equal pro
priety be asserted that the character
istic present-day sermons are likewise
not of ChristT People used to go hun
gry for a couple of days or so, and
walk miles and miles to hear Christ's
sermons. What proportion of the mod
ern churchgoers would "pass up" a
single meal, or walk a single mile, to
hear their modern pastors decry the
alleged unchristian methods of a. sister
church? The average reader will draw
his own Inferences as to how this kind
of a question would be answered. With
an equally forceful trend of reason
ing, then, should we not place in the
same category with those who "do not
heal ag Clylst did" sermons such as
are Incapable of attracting under con
ditions parallel to those delivered by
the Christ? In other words, sermons
not preached as Christ preached them?
When contentions like these are
brought into the limelight, through un
due aggressiveness of the pulpit, there
might be some excuse if we try to And
a little balm in the following words
of Tom Moore:
Shall I ask the brave soldier who Cents by
my aide, ,
In the cause of mankind. If our creeds
agree? .
Shall I give up tha friend I nav valued
and tried.
If he kneel not before the same altar
with me
From the heretic girl of my aoul should I
fly.
To aeek somewhere else a mora orthodox
kiss? .
No! perish tha hearts, and th laws that
would try
Truth, valor and lov by a standard Uke
thla.
ERNEST STEWART.
Disturbing; the Peace.
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 9. (To the
Editor.) Having studied Judge Taz
well's definition of the word "scab,"
and being a disinterested person con
cerned In It, I request from your au
thority the definition of the legal sen
tence: "Disturbing the peace." Has a
man, working for a living, the rights
of an American citizen, even If work
ing as a machinist or bollermaker on
the Harrlman system as things now
stand? Have the strikers a right to
harass hlra and call him vile names?
Can the city and county officials be Im
peached for not doing their duty In not
Duttlng a stop to such proceedings?
READER.
Ordinary disturbance of the peaoe In
Incorporated cities is defined by city
ordinance. The courts are to Interpret
the scope of the law In Portland. Use
of profane, obscene or abusive lan
guage In a public place in an unincor
porated town or upon a publlo highway
to the annoyance of any person or per
sons is disturbance of the peace, , as
defined. by state law. Public officers
cannot be impeached In Oregon. We
have the recall.
Trala Record t 107 Miles, 10T Minute.
Baltimore American.
Wlllram McAdoo, who built the Hud
son River tunnels, recently made what
Is said to have been a record run In a
special train on the Southern Railroad,
covering the 107 miles from Charlotte,
N. C, to Greenville in 107 minutes.
THE PRIME REQUISITE.
I met a literary chap
Who raised a sad and doleful roar;
"The times are out of Joint," he cried.
By way of showing he was sore;
"Although with burning words 1 write.
My stories never come to light;
And I must live, while still I hope.
By writing ads for yeast and soap.
"Full many novels have I made.
But ne'er a publisher I've found
To bring them out in fancy style
And make my name In fame resound."
"And why." I asked, "although you
strive.
Are you not able to arrive?"
Quoth he, "One thing my fortunes
blast
I overlooked to have a past,
"Were I an actor, muchly wed.
And much divorced," my friend
averred, '
"The editors would haste to buy
My w.ritinps at two bucks per word;
The deeper did the scandal blight
The more I'd get for what I'd write,
Alas, what fortune I have missed
By being a monogamist.
"Full many years I wasted while
I studied well the English tongue.
And learned the secret of the art
Of all the masters wrote and sung;
Had I but spent those Idle years
Wading In scandal to the ears.
My writings all had sold direct.
Though writ in Bowery dialect,
"What boots It though the speeding pen
In deep artistic blunders stammer.
What though the writer's halt or lame
In both his rhetoric and grammar;
Success, I've learned this weary while.
Pooh-poohs at diamond-polished style.
Nor calls for thoughts that glow and
ring
The notoriety's the thing.
"Out on my style, my wasted years.
My flaming visions and my dreams;
I have no seamy-sided past
To catch the shining shekels' gleams.
Give me but one affinity
To bring the spotlight round to me.
And I perchance might Join the game
And carve me out a niche of fame."
DEAN COLLINS.
Portland. February 14.
Only by Placing an Advertisement
in the Classified Columns of The
Oregonian Can You Know the Won
derful Pulling and Business-Getting
Powers of Those Little Ads of Which You
See Hundreds in Every Issue of the Paper
If you want to sell your automobile, or your house, or
a building lot, or office furniture, or anything else, place a
classified advertisement in The Oregonian. You will be
surprised at the results. Hundreds of Oregonian readers
look through the classified columns every day, looking for
bargains in all lines.
On the other hand, if you want to buy something, the
chances are that there is some one who has just what you
axe looking for. And for some reason or other he is will
ing to sell at a sacrifice. There is your opportunity to pur
chase what you want at a minimum price.
Half a Century Ago
From Tho Oregonlan of February IS, 1S62.
The San Francisco Daily Herald and
Mirror of the 7th inst. has the fol
lowing remarks upon the political con
dition of Oregon. They do not present
an overdrawn picture.
"The secession principle in Ore
gon appears to be a deeply rooted
disease. The circumstances attendant
upon the appointment of such a man as
Stark to fill the position left vacant
by the death of the gallant Baker
might have taught the people of this
Coast as much, had they given heed.
The Oregon Statesman deliberately
expresses the conviction that If tha
secessionists of that state are next
June able to carry it, under what
ever name they may think best calcu
lated to catch votes "peace Demo
crats" or what else the result would
be the placing of the state in conflict
with the Government and the Introduc
tion of rebellion with all its horrors.
A full-blooded dlsunionist heads the
councils of the state in the person of
the Governor, Whiteaker, and old Joe
Lane, althgugh qtilet enough at present,
is still secretly working in conjunc
tion with his friends for the over
throw of the laws. A formidable
secret organization, embracing some of
the prominent men of the Coast, holds
regular sessions in all of the principal
districts, yet no public voice unites
to put them down. The gigantic treason
which was to wrest the Pacific Coast
from the Government was Just on the
point of bein consummated when the
removal of General Johnston deranged
the plans of the traitors and nipped the
conspiracy in .the bud; yet compara
tively a small proportion of the people
were aware of tha peril In which they
stood. . . The loyal press of Oregon,
therefore, does well to call attention
to the secret machinations of the gang
of whom Whiteaker, Stark and Lane
are the designated leaders, and men
like Sykes and Metcalfe late Indian
agents in the north but now serving in
the rebel army are the unprincipled
instruments.
The snow Is gradually going oft in
this valley. In the timber there Is
but little left
Chicago, Jan. 14. The Gem of the
Sea on the 25th of December ran
ashore, nine miles north of George
town, S. C, entrance, and burned. The
British schooner Prince of Wales, at
tempting to run the blockade, at Au
gusta on the Slst, captured the schooner
Island Belle, of Nassau, laden with
sugar and molasses. The Island Belle
was built at Charleston, but sailed
under the British flag.
Fremont's debts already audited
amount to 89,000,000.
Chicago, Jan. 15. The Army ap
propriation bill waa reported from
the committee on ways and means. It
appropriates nearly $300,000,000 to pay
the 'volunteers, $9,000,000 to pay
regulars, $1,000,000 for Western gun
boats; for permanent fortifications over
$1.00,000; ordnance, $8,900,000; Army
clothing, $30,000,000; manufacturing
arms for National Army, nearly $2,
000,000. Chicago, Jail. SO. The Senate bill
authorizing the President to take pos
session of railroads and telegraphs
passed. It also passed the House.
Chicago, Feb. 1. It is now asserted
that there are not ten Republican
members In the House prepared to ad
vocate an immediate and unconditional
emancipation of slaves. All hope of
this sort of legislation Is now aban
doned and the Administration pro
gramme of preserving the Union and
constitution and enforcing the laws
Is said to be ommlpotent In the House. -
The secessionists around the streets
have been blowing because W. W.
Page and Judge A E. Walte had signed
the call for their traitorous conclave,
but we are happy to see that it is
J. D. Page and W. F. Walt who signed
the call. No one who is acquainted
with the first-named gentlemen would
expect to find them In league with tha
enemies of their country.
We heard it said yesterday that Cap
tain John H. Couch has been ap
pointed surveyor of customs for this
port.
Ccunfry Town Sayings by Ed Howe
You may usually make a pretty
good guess at the problems of life. If
you habitually carry a red flag, and
see a mad bull charging, you may
guess almost with certainty what will
happen next. s ;
When the devil Is to pay In some
other man's affairs, most of us are
more pleased than sympathetic
A young man has a serious time de
ciding whether he will be a lawyer,
doctor or merchant chief, but he will
find making a success of either a
harder Job.
Most men know a good deal on the
neighbors, In case the neighbors ever
get gay.
When you need spectacles, surrender,
promptly.
Every man Is hen-pecked in his wed
ding. Men are clever as cooks, mil
liners and dressmakers, but women,
will never admit that men know any
thing about the management of a wed
ding. Those who are temporarily out of
it, can give love some mighty hard
slams.
No woman thinks a man knows any
thing about the delicate art of making
a home.
When a man has a photograph
taken, the more it looks like him the
les3 he likes it.
Success is fair; when a man wins
, ha nKimllv entitled to it.
But fame Is a fickle Jade; some men
who have fame should have had a
whipping Instead.
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