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Colcnel Roosevelt's speech to the
Ohio efnt!tuUonaJ convention la gn
rra!!r taken tr Eastern neaspspers as
j the platform on which he will seek th"
, republican nomination for President.
' Almost every newspaper criticises and
he majority severely condemn that
r neech: but the reasons for condemna
? tion uto a various aa the critics. Colo
i I rl Hoosovelt Is accused of being both
radical and conservative tn the urn
Ircath: of hedging on every radical
1 fmp'uJ ne. make; of blddlrr for the
Tpport of both "the, Interests" and
"fie Insurgents, of dodging the tariff
tu; of aitsalllnir the Constitution and
, the couru. If the newipapera volt:
ruollf opinion In the flat. then he
hj most powerful opposition to OTer
, m.
The New Tork TlmM says the epeeoh
rTrtoves hlro from the Republican par.
, ir and iuaJiea his nomination lmposl-
h!o; that "there ta not a Republican
1 doctrine or profession of faith in the
( ecech, but thr-re Is throughout a bold
; and defiant renunciation of the prln
! rlr,la of hat party"; that Roosevelt
j -now take the field aa Its enemy and
forstroyer.- Koonevetfe platform Is
declared to o "the whole ho In rad-l.-al:.m."
His propose., recall of Pu-
prrma Court decisions Is called the
short cut to Constitutional amendment,
which "flout all checks."
The New Tork Tribune eetlmatea
that the adoption of Roosevelt- plan
tr reralllna; court decision mlKht re
i suit In aJoptlon of a constructive,
rmfmtmrnt to the New Terk eonstltu
I tion In six month, while the present
i rnothods tequlre two yearn. It doea
j not think the rain worth the rick of
rxprrlment and continues:
I f n- Trthat rtNe t aa) jasttr dof
i ar'1nt.y aa t'olon! hooaava.t d-. but
j ! hii-a la atlrklnc to taatad matltutlon
t ra'hr than rh:y inaovattnc for a ub
attaf a.tvaatas at A cocatasl rtak of
J r.,M abuaaa. i o.onal ftooi mti that
ti"!o wtio do not tbtntc a h do a taa
faitu in tn paopl and popular ora
mit. T"at panda upoa how you look
a n. T h m:M Jaat.y rotort that thy
Ifl fattrt that tha paopl wouid maaa th
itat!:i tna'ktutlona aa thay ar vork j'i -lira,
that th paopl arou;d tak th troo
Ma ta aroa1 eonattfutlona which had te
intarpraiad as atandlnc la th way of hu
man r.chfa. 3ir. Kooa!t aams to fur
thar tha pnp wt;i not tak that trotjbl.
Wh'. h of Hi two attitudes is faith la the
popi T
The Now Tork World describe the
..Columbus speech as "a charter of
!cma,;o;y. and armies that th adop
tion of Roosevelt's theories would
subvert th tight of th minority;
that "there would be no slat consti
tution sxcept from day to day; that
'fate icovernment would become a
matter of mob rule. It says:
Mr. RoooAYoir spaach t th haranraa of
't a.Uirul and unscrupulous agitator to
a't th 'oianti of polltlf-al uaraat It la
th appaai of the thlrd-tarm candldato who
f -ta that h nun out'datnaaTffu :l othar
i'rnao:ua tn ror to convince tb a-
;rd "prorrsloa" that he a. an Is the
e-t radical. It la th arismaoi ot cub
t;.n to isnorance.
The New Tork Evenlnc Post consld
rrs the speech th dropping of th
mask and a bid for the Presidency.
Kooaevelt Is said to be "ready to
thrvw Into the consuming flame of hi
ambition any obligation of friendship
to the President, any duty which h
to the party. Th radical na
ture of his address, the Post says,
"glare at th reader," It aim being
lo place Roosevelt at the bead of th
radicals of all partlr. He la accused
. of withdrawing In one acr.tenc what
he has Just affirmed In another. I!
ilf.-lrcs not only to snatch the leader
r;lp of ail the "progressives, but "to
make to himulf friend of th mam
mon of unrighteousness tn the shape
of his; huslneas." Th question to be
fought out Is declared to be whether
the Republican party fci "ready to
abandon with Mr. Roosevelt all that
It has stood for In th past, and go
In blindly for a pro gramme of up
heaval and revolution."
The proposed reca.'l of court deel.
tons Is calmly dlacussex) by the Brook
lyn Kigle, which point out bow
cuardedly It Is put forward In a man
ner "distinctly Indicative of hedging
In "the only part of hi addrrew
chargeable with moderation." Atten
tion Is called to the Colonel' failure
to go Into particulars or to notice the
measures taken by California and Mis
souri andrr exKIng law to reform
l-lr courts. The speech I summed
j.p as "an Inflammatory utterance t
a body congenltaUy committed to
rt.-:rurru and It la asserted that "th
.-rn-er of tlemagoiry can be seen, felt
rwi smelt through all parts" of It.
The New York Ilrrald thinks
"rtoowvrit we too late with hi Co
I. in. bus speech and the thrill I roee."
Proie without stint Is gtv-Ml th
ene-eih ty the New Tork M.UL It 1
't allanl "a charter of democracy." lis
keynote being "the deelrablltty of se-
tiring a complete degree of respon-Hjvrn-M
to the popular will In Lrgls
7turea and In the courts." The Mall
thus Interprets Roosevelt' meaning:
Truat tha poop!; tat tham arr f th-y will
w a : ' ir-"i ana cnan-o 10 ma.l tnair
-rora. watch thay ett auraly do upoa ax
parlance. Th power of tha pop! to efia.-t
t aat law aa thay want la not subject to
iaoata.
Adversat crltk-im of th speech In
p!re th New Tork Globe to remark
that th cauae of coruicrvaUm, Is "con
flAntly put tn the wrong"; tliat "a
certain clement of th population
i making special pretenses t.i Inform a-
i lion and Intelligence has opposed every
I improving change": that "the attitude
I toward the Rooeevelt speech Is but
another manifestation of th Instinct
if certain people to be always wrong
j .ith the b-t motives, of course, but
tlnav nrorT.
"VVarmtrg oer f views h h.ts 1
"often expressed" and "enunciations of
elementary clvlt-s" are term applied I
Chy th B.-ton Transcript to th Co- I
'Inmbui speech. It says Rooeevelt
"give but a Qualified alleganc" to
the recU of Judge, but Just as we
are beginning to come to the conclu
sion that Roosevelt ranges himself
with at lcat the quasi-conservative,
we find him advancing the thesis that
the" Judl-lary cannot be Independent.
as Its Independence would be a nega
tion of our system of government."
Tho coru-tilution-raakTs of Ohio must
have wondered what would be left of
the courts, says the Transcript, If the
recall of court decisions were adopted.
It refers to frequent "waves of pas
sion and prejudice."
Roosevelt's views on the recall are
described by the Chicago Tribune as
I "those of -n advanced, though really
conservative. Icudcr of progressive
thought." The Tribune say of the
proposed recall of Judlclnl decisions:
Mr. RooaeTir propoaal avoids the irrav
danr of th recall aa applied o th Judr.
anich Is la (tract that It may shake th
band that holila th ecaiea of Juatlc. but
It eddraoee ltlf dlroetly to th power ro
other court la th world inune. that of
sulltfvlnc law. And It does not propoae to
d-airoy this power, only to place a check
upon It.
Recall of decisions l"1 opposed by the
Chicago Kvenlng Post s "contrary to
tho fundamental Idea of a fixed Con
stitution upon which this Government
la founded." A to the proposed right
of easy amendment the Post say:
Taklnc him at his own word a. tho faults
that he aeea today are due to Interpretation
of th onatttuuon. not to the Conatltu
tlow Itaelf. Why. tho, should w let dowa
the bar te quick and facile chancer
Roosevelt' theories obtain mild ap
proval lrom the Indianapolis Star,
which says:
Vnqueatlonably many of oar law and
much of our Judicial procedure hae served
aa Inetrumenta In the rapid concentration
of wealth. Juat as hav th great modern
Invention In transportation and communica
tion Th Kooaevelt theory la that these
condition nuit be met by law and. admin
istrative taathode that will control then
that Ihey cannot be either controlled or
destroyed by tb laws and methods of the
last century.
Quoting Roosevelt's reference at
CoJumbu to tb speeches he delivered
In 110 a covering most of th ground,
th Indianapolis News says:
Thy cover all the around and more, too.
Thev reach all th wav from teawatonile
to Herat. n an4 ba.-k aaalr They ru ror
new Ntiocalam In the Weat and old Na
tionalism In the K-'ast. Their plea Ls that
everyone ouyht te have whatever h wnta
Th present speech is on precisely the sra
liaea,
Roosevelt's pur democracy 1 held
up aa "distinctively antl-Amerlcan."
his reference to good and bad trusts
calls forth a sneer and of tha speech
as a wnole th News says.
The speech will pleas th racUonarta
of New Vork and th rad'ca.s of California
provided each e!a r-ada only th part
meant f ir It. It adaptabl.lty ta due to th
fact that there is In It no dis-ueeloa of 'da
taiia," and really no discussion of prtnclple.
The speech is designed to "catch 'era coming
and going
Roosevelt's announcement that hi
hat Is In th ring prompts the Louis
ville Courier-Journal to remark "that
hi heart ha always been In th ring
and hi hat never quit removed there
from." The Columbus speech Is declared by
the JJaJUmore Sun to be "not a speech,
but a platform." Roosevelt taking the
lead of h "progressives." making no
defertso of the Taft policies, offering
no word of comfort to the man he se
lected to succeed htm. Tha Pun says:
Same of the principles b advocates are
diametrically opposed to ta principle for
which Mr, left stands, and h virtually at
tacks the pollcle which hav distinguished
th pr-sent Administration. He goes out
sule party tinea, making a direct apfeai to
the progressiva sentiment f th Nation.
Th Kvenlng Sun take th same
view of Roosevelt' position tn his
party an d condemn his advocacy of
recall of decisions and easy amend
ment of constitutions by recalling that
when a man wishes to alter hi house,
he summons the skilled architect and
builder, not taking the ax and pick
himself Test the whole structure come
tumbling about Ms ears.
JCAIUXO THTC n-AO TO THS MAST.
Mr. Hotiser come all th way from
the East to tell us that Mr. La Follett
ls In th Presidential race to stay. Mr.
Ilouser Is the La Kollette manager and
he ought to know. Among other to
whom he has Imparted this gratifying
Intelltgeac 1 Mr. McCusker. Oregon
manager of th great La Kollette cam
paign. Mr. McCusker was vastly
cheered by the new from headquart
er. Others had fallen by th way
side, or deserted, or quit; but Mc
Cusker never gav up the ship, even
when the agile Bourn disappeared
over the rail. One may not admire
Mr.-McCusker peculiar politics, but
none can withhold from htm a de
served rrbute for his stlck-to-lt-tve-ness.
Hats off to McCusker, who 1
going ahead If he goes alone and will
file the La Follelte petitions for the
Presidential primary on or before
March . Thus" saith McCusker.
Mr. McCusker undoubtedly shares
th Houser Indignation against Roose
velt, whose scalous friends have been
busy withdrawing La Follelte. W
quote Mr. Houser, who give out this
plain statement to th press:
If th progreeelv Tot Is split In th
fftat of Qraaoa and Mr. Taft Carrie off th
ItepuMlcao nomination for th tTesldeacy at
th primary election ea April IS. tb pro
greaalve ia this stat can h.am tb Kouee
velt fiirce for Tafia nomination. sir. La
Kollett entered Into th I'reel Jentlal rac a
year aao at the urgent -ilclttioo of Colonel
Theojor JliHaeve!t and other prominent
progreeelv Republican. This masaag from
tiooeeteit was carried to the Wisconsin tien
ator by (Jl.eoa ttardner. a cose friend of
Itooeevalt and the WaaMncioa correepon Jent
of the eVrtppo-MeH league We were la
the field ftrt and we Inland te stay or dl
nghlln.
Her have It from unquestion
able authority that La Follett en
tered the race at th urgent solicita
tion of Colonel Roosevelt. But It will
tak La Follett' own consent to get
him out. Lay on, MacDuff!
Twti tlaxt omi t ST AJt rHA-BrR.
A valuable service to settlers on th
public domain was rendered by Repre
sentative Hawley when he told the
House by what star-chamber methods
settler are deprived of tbeir claims.
A settler whose application for patent
la contested 1 In fact as much on trial
as though he were accused of an of
fense punUbabl by a fin. Jn th
latter case he would hav th light,
either personally or by attorney, to
confront his accuser and every wit
ness, to crosa-examin them, to se
every scrap of documentary vldenc
and to stat any objection he might
hav to it admission.
Put when th settler la put on trial
for an offense th penalty of which
Is forfeiture of all the labor and
money he has expended In several
year on hi homestead, th legal pro
cedure -rf the dark age ls followed.
He Is k-ot tn Ignorance of th Identity
of his aa-cuser, of th nature of the
a-cuatlona and of the evidence by
which they ar sustained. He I
stabbed In th dark by an unseen foe.
He Is put at a hopeless disadvantage
In defending himself. Hi cas la de
cided nominally by th Commissioner
of the General Land Office, but actual
ly by some clrrk befor whom he has
rever sat In Judgment. If ha appeals
to the Secretary, th case may be re
viewed by th clerk who rendered the
decision.
What special divinity doth hedge
about a special agent of the Land Of
fice that he should be immune from
the established rule of Judicial pro
cedure? Why should hi word be ac
cepted without question and without
tho test of cross-examination? Why
should his evidence be concealed from
the man against whom It la given? If
two men contest title to a tract of land
In court each has equal opportunity to
see and hear the evidence offered by
the other and to test Its credibility.
Why should a different rule be fol
lowed when one party happens to be
the Government and th other a man
who has devoted five years of his
life to making a home on a tract of
public .'and?
GOOD ROADS OFT LOOK.
Th Oregonian regrets greatly that
th harmony good roads committee ap
pointed by Governor West was not
able to reach complete agreement: but
It doe not despair that the remain
ing differences between the state-aid
commission and Its allies and tko
rrang may yet be reconciled. The
Granite appears to b unalterably op
posed to th entire state-aid scheme:
but we think th tat approve a
moderate programme of that kind
How else will the rich and powerful
counties, .Ike Multnomah, be required
to contribute to the general good by
helping build roads In the -mailer
counties? How else?
But tha harmony committee's efforts
hav not been at all fruitless. Some
things are obvious. They are:
The 110,000.000 proposal ($20,000.
000 by the stat through bonds; $20.
000,000 by the counties) ls hopeless
and ls vUtnally abandonded.
Th one-man power enterprise,
through which the Governor would
have practical control of the entire
S40.000.000, ls Impossible and Is vir
tually abandoned.
Th principle of local control of road
expenditure and road designation Is
conceded, except as to a minor frac
tion of the state funds.
The larger and richer counties ought
to aid the smaller and poorer counties.
Tho state should contribute nn an
nual amount fairly within Its resources
to trunk-line roads.
The 140.000,000 dream is over, so
that a sane and practicable plan may
now be evolved.
HOW JitTClI TO MARRY ON.
T'nder the benign influence of Its
opulent leader the Rockefeller Bible
class tn Now Tork lias won an enviable
reputation for Its kindly Interest In
the welfare of the lowly. Like Mel
nott and Pauline In their fanciful
Italian palace Mr. Rockefeller and his
scholars wondtr how, when th good
Lord has contrived everything so well,
th world can be unhappy. But they
hav to confess that It ls so, owing
mostly, of course, to th wickedness of
Its Inhabitants, and the leader often
directs the Inquiring minds of his stu
dents to research Into the causes of
this perplexing circumstance. Why
are not all marriages happy? Why ls
connubial bliss so fitful and fleeting?
Mr. Rockefeller's own family life Is
one continual breath of Paradise. Bliss
blooms perennially by hi domestic
hearth. Why should It not bloom by
every hearth? Mr. Rockefeller ls at
a loss to understand the mystery of
misery. Perhaps, he has guessed, it
may bo lack of funds that brings un
happlness Into the American home
and blights the bloom of domestic love.
Why there should be such a lack he
cannot understand. He himself has
never known anything of the kind.
Why should anybody know it? The
only answer he can think of ls that the
Lord sends exiguity of finance as a
punishment for aln. on tha same prin
ciple that abundance has been dis
pensed to himself and his venerable
parent to reward their shining virtue
and tireless piety.
So Mr. Rockefeller has set his Sab
bath scnool class at work to Inquire
how much money an American family
actually needs to keep th wolf from
the door. We do not know exactly what
he Intend to do with this bit of knowl
edge when he has acquired It. If he
finds that there are some families who
have not enough to live on does he
Intend to supplement the beneficence
of providence and make up the d eli
cit? Perhaps he does. Perhaps he
recalls a certain dlvln commandment
In tha book to which he and his de
vout band of students apply them
selves every Sunday morning, "Sell all
thou hast and give It to the poor." No
doubt there would be a sensible In
crease of the Joy In heaven should he
obey this precept. Certainly the Joy
on eartn. would be magnified, at least
for a time. Tha Investigations thus
far carried out under these holy au
spices have revealed that a family
needs some f 1200 a year to live on de
cently. One of Mr. Rockefeller's lieu
tenants decides upon 11100 as a mini
mum, but It Is conceded by the Sunday
school class that hi figure ls too
low. Future researches may reveal that
even 11200 Is not enough, but taking
that sum as the standard we may safe
ly assume that Mr. Rockefeller's next
step will be to seek to raise 1200 for
very family In this broad land so that
universal happiness may reign. .
Until th funds for this purpose
hav been provided Mr. Rockefeller's
Implied advice to every young man
who has leas than 11200 a year ls not
to venture upon matrimony. Since
the average American worklngman re
ceives but about 1800 a year, of course
marriage ia out of th question for
that Class. Th investigations of Mr.
Rockefeller's Sunday school scholars
condemn the horny-handed sons of
toll to pirpetual celibacy unless some
extraordinary betterment of their pay
occurs forthwith. This ls a most
alarming prospect. If working-men
cannot marry tt stands to reason that
race suicld will . go on at a fearful
rate. The next generation of work
lngmen will never be born and in that
contingency how will Mr. Rockefeller
make his Investments pay? Without
hands t9 toll money cannot return In
terest. Clearly the head of this fa
mous Sabbath school class ls teach
ing a danreroua doctrine. Vnles he
pays mora heed to the tongue of his
disciples the first thing he know he
will have to go to work himself and
perhaps h may find It necessary to
annul his marriage for lack of money
to support his family. This would be
tragic Indeed. Think of the on per
fect American Beauty Rose having to
float In th gutter with pigweed and
turnip topa
There ls a bare possibility that the
figures decided upon by the Rocke
feller Investigators may be a trifle too
high. It Is conceivable that an Ameri
can family may BUbsIM In decent com
fort upon less than $1200 a year. In
fact we hive actually known this mir
acle to happen. Strange as It. may
appear there are worklngmen who
mar. age to bring up a family, cloth
and educate their children, dress their
wives becomingly and lay up a com
petence for old age on a much smaller
Income t.-.an $1200. How they manage
to do it we shall not undertake to ex
plain, but the fact is undeniable. More
remarkable still, there are preachers
receiving less than the Rockefeller
minimum who Bend their sons through
college. They are not the kind of
preachers whose sermons attract Mr.
Rockefeller, but we fancy that the
gospel which they preach is fully as
pure as the one whose soothing and
dulcet tones reverberate from tha pul
pit of the church which he graces with
his devotions.
The truth of the matter is that It
Is safe for a young man to marry on
any salary ho happens to be receiving
when ha falls in love If he is the right
kind of a man and If he has chosen
the right kind of a girl. If these two
conditions are not fulfilled no possible
Income is large enough to make mar
riage advisable for him. Family hap
piness docs not depend ore money en
tirely, though of course that is a fac
tor In it. Love counts for much. The
Ingenuity which can make one dollar
do th work of two plays a part. Wo
must remember also that a man does
not necessarily receive forever the
small salary with which he starts In
life. Sometimes salaries are raised
and the Inspiration to effort which a
man finds In a home and family Is
one of th surest sources of Increased
pay. In a world where merit ls rec
ognized a man may safely depend on
earning more money as his necessi
ties Increase. If he could not we should
hav to conclude that there ls some
thing wrong with our economlo sys
tem. The explanation of Judge Gilbert's
decision in the Barber & Moon tim
ber land case, which has been made by
Robert Magnire. Deputy United States
i Attorney, effectually disposes of any
suggestion that that decision was In
fluenced In any way by its effect on
the case of J. Thorburn Ross and oth
ers. Judge Gilbert's decision adverse
to Barber Moon on parallel cases,
rendered on the same day, and his con
duct of the many land fraud trials In
this city, would prove his entire free
dom from bias. If such proof were
necessary to those who know him.
A National Board of Health would
be worth while if it could save the
country the cost In money and suffer
ing of 2,000,000 serious cases of disease
a year. This ls what Its advocates
promise. Few people pass through an
Illness at a less expense than $25. This
sum multiplied by 2.000.000 amounts
to $60,000,000, which ls a tidy bit of
money. But to estimate the full cost
of sickness we must take into account
lost time, permanent diminution of ef
ficiency, sacrifice of employment, and
so on. This makes 4h saving a great
deal largi-r.
Los Angeles is also In pursuit of a
commission charter. It may catch the
elusive treasure before Portland does.
On tho Los Angeles charter board are
two women, and very likely they will
be of meritorious service. Men are dis
posed to dawdle away a great deal of
111117 ill if mums a. viia.ii3i. iwi
' . 1 i . v. i J.lll..u,l...
women ill (lull, nit-ir ucuurraiiuin
might gain In brevity with no loss of
Wisdom.
It ls a nd reflection on the Navy
that long after the sailing ship has
passed out of date it lias continued to
train men for the Navy on puch ships.
Would a manufacturer of shoos require
his empioyes to have served an appren
ticeship at making shoes by hand ? The
men . of fhe Navy should learn their
trade on the kind of ships they wlll be
required to navigate and fight.
Seattle's welcome to the Portland
Elks and Admen evidences tha substl
tution of the broad spirit of the North
west for the narrow Seattle spirit and
Portland spirit. Tha new spirit acts
upon the motto: "All for one and one
for all." Instead of "Everybody for
himself and the devil take the hind
most." which was the old spirit.
Patriotism forbids one to hope that
Sir Xhomas Upton may win the Amer
ica's cup this time, but If he should
we think nobody would grieve. .He ls
a chivalrous foeman whose numerous
)gallant defeats entitle him to the con
solations of one victory before he gives
up yachting forever.
Tha grevUest waste of the age Is sick
ness which might be prevented and
death which might be delayed. If
Congress would busy Itself with meas
ures to prevent this waste, and not
with fruitless Investigations, It would
accomplish some real good for the
country.
Tho Redmond Spokesman, one of
the new order of linotype country pa
pers, suffered great loss by lire Monday
night, but showed its spirit by order
ing a new outfit the next day. That is
the kind of enterprise that ls making
Central Oregon a great region. "
On all hands we see the words
"Made !n Germany" on the products
of that energetic nation. Let Oregon
tak a leaf out of Germany's book and
make the words "Made in Oregon" ad.
vertlse the state's resources and fac
tories tha world over.
Accord between President Taft and
Senators Borah and Jones on the
three-year homestead bill strengthen
hope that that measure will become
law at this session of Congress. Then
others besides small capitalists can se.
cure homesteads.
Down In California, where they poke
fun at our excess of moisture, a little)
Oregon mist would be the salvation of
tha early eropa
Hood River growers have made their
reputation and naturally object to be
ing used as a starting horse In selling
schemes.
Bryan and Llpton should exchange
condolences as men consumed with an
ambition doomed never to be satisfied.
It is yet February and eggs are so
low there Is talk of storing them. This
Is one of Oregon's surprises.
Speaking automobllllcally, Mr.
Bryan Is a self-starter that needs no
cranking.
Portland, Or., basking in sunshine,
sends greeting to Portland. -Me., buried
In snow.
Tea trade must be dull, for Sir
Tummaa ls yachting again, ye know.
This is a holiday for tha man with
an easy bosa
Stars and Star-Makers
By Leone Caaa Barr.
Dot Bernard Van Buren, who drops
the Van Buren part In her professional
life, ls leading woman with the Blo
graph Motion Picture Company In Los
Angeles. A kind Informant (not her
press agent) says she gets $150, real
money, each week for her silent acting,
e e e
A ruling made recently by Secretary
of State Jordan will prevent the mo
nopoly of the Texas Tommy dance In
the State of California. Jordan denied
the application of two vaudeville per
formers, who desired the exclusive use
in the form of copyright of the Texas
terpslchore for . their programme and
billboard announcements. Jordan held
that the dance cannot be copyrighted
any more than can the plain old two
step or waits. '
Lifted literally from a Los Angeles
exchange ls this clipping, which tells
of a trio of former Bakeronians. John
Burton, Thomas MacLarnie and Donald
Bowles, oil members now of the Be
lasro stock company:
Thomas MacLarnie Is now wearing
a' hat which was nicely Ironed for
him by, or rather at the expense of,
one Donald Bowles, an actor, or spoken
of as such by the discerning.
Mr. Bowles loaned, a silk topper, for
stage purposes, to John W. Burton.
Mr. Burton returned it to the shelf of
bis dressing-room as per promise to
Mr. Bowles.
Mr. Bowles went and got the hat and
took It to tha hatter's taking it from
the shelf In the dark.
But In the meantime Mr. Burton and
Mr. MacLarnie had changed rooms.
' Mr. MacLarnle's head being some
what less than Mr. Bowles' in equa
torial dimensions, Mr. Bowles found it
quite Impossible to wear the aforesaid
silk, much as he wanted to.
Two-bits to the boy for a hurry Job,
in addition to the regular tare, re
vamped his own
Mr. Bowles Is now spoken of as the
valet of his Institution.
Seattle blank verse clientele Is turn
ing out en masse, according to Its local
scribes, to witness Robert Mantell's
production In that city this week, at the
Moore Theater.
Dick Wilbur, who has been playing In
repertoire, has switched to Lena Rivers,
and Is playing one-night stands, head
lng toward Oregon, over the Giesa and
Cort time.
Thurston Hall, whose marital esca
pades kept him more prominently in
the public eye than his acting ability
ever did, has closed with the Ed Ked
mond stock company at San Jose, Cal.,
where he has been leadincr man for
several weeks, and has gone to Salt
Lake to play at the Garrtck Theater for
a limited engagement In "The Wolf.
Ida Adair, a former leading woman at
the Baker, ls playing leads at the Gar
rick.
.
Followers of the fortunes of two
Baker Idols of other days Mlna Crollus
Oleason and Marlbel Peymour, will un
derstand by the following clipping
that theatergoers in Oakland like these
players Just as much as we did In
Portland. This week, the Bishop stock
company, of which Mrs. Gleason Is
character -woman, her son "Billy ' and
Mrs. Billy members also, and Miss Pey-
mour lngnue. ls presenting "Mrs.
Wlgr of the Cabbage Patch." Says a
reviewer, anent their work:
Many who remember tb aticcens with
which Muds O'arr Cook purtrayed the
neroine ot tne popular story we.ro loua in
their assertions that a stock company could
not do tho play Juatlc, but the Bishop
players, headed by Mrs. Mina Oleason for
this week, do thnt and m-ire. If any por
trayal or th sunny-hearted, cheery, sympa
thetic character could excol that of Mrs.
Gleuaon'g. a number of discriminating
playgoers would be grateful if some one
would explain whoreln Its excellencies lie.
Mrs. Gleaaon's fin intuitive sense of values
la always felt In the Hishnp productions.
but this piny gives hr a -biPKi-r opportunity
for the display of her ability, and she
makes excellent us of It. Marlbel Sey
mour as Mis' Hazy gives one of th most
screamingly funny cliaraotorlzatlons that
can be imagined. Her success was warmly
attested by the continuous roars of laugh
ter that followed her thin-toned, piercing;
speeches and tho Individual touches of ab
surdity with which Miss Seymour enriched
the parr
a a
The San Francisco Dramatic Review
tells of the beginning of a Paclfio
Coast wheeel of burlesque shows, a
long expected and of ten-talked-about
enterprise. The Edward Armstrong
referred to In the article ls the one
time manager of the Armstrong
Musical Comedy Company, which played
last season at the Lyric In Portland.
A deal, consummated late Inst week by
Fdward Armstrong. Frank Wolf on behalf
of himself and Raymond Teal and Charles
Alplu. Is of specinl significance, as II is un
rimit.lerllvthe nei-inn ma of the long-ex
pected and of t-promiaed Coast wheel of
burlesque snows. at is wen Known mat
these thre producers and managers are
among the most successful that have ever
onerated in the Weat. They have money.
Initiative and know the game. They have
combined In aa organization to produce
in reKUlar order musical burlesques in ran
Kranelsco. Fresno and I.os Angeles. Tho
fourth of March will see tneir nrst move.
On thnt day, the Alphln Company will
move from the Olympic Theater, of Log
Angeles, to the Teal Theater, of Fresno,
changing: place with the Armstrong com
pany. The Teal company, which has been
out nn the road, will open at the Princess
Theater In San Francisco. The next move
will probablv take the Teal company to
l.os Angeles, the Armstrong company to
8nn Francisco, while the Alpln company
will hold over In Fresno. Frank Wolf, who
nns been active in the manipulation, may
connect with a fine Oakland house for the
Summer, and will Install a show there. The
combination are after a house in r"ortiana,
and thev have, besides this programme,
other ambltioua schemes.
a
Elsie Janls will Introduce Portland
ers to "The Slim Princess," and also
to her own actress-self late In March.
She has never visited here, and since
she ls now considered one of America's
most prominent comedienne stars, she
will naturally be accorded a hearty
welcome.
With the assistance of Judge Thomas
F. Graham, whose fame as patcher
up of family and all sorts of differ
ences has spread broadcast, C. William
Kolb and Max Dill renewed their part
nership last Wednesday afternoon. Nat
Manner, former manager of the Kolb
Dill Company, Insisted that his suit to
recover 122,000 from Kolb and Dill be
tried In court and litigation seemed a
certainty. Judge Graham, however,
finally Induced Masrner to withdraw his
case and accept $400 in settlement. The
opening will be at the tjavoy In San
Francisco on the evening of St. Pat
rick's day, next. Their first show will
be "The Girl in the Train," and the
members of their company will Include
Kolb and Dill. Florence Gear, Ola-a
Bteck, Edwin Wilson, William H. White,
Walter raschal, otto Bcnraaer, Ferdi
nand Von Gottfried, Henry Vincent,
Maxle McDonald and Nellie Strong,
with a chorus completing a company of
60. Fred Hoff, of the Bt. Francis Or
chestra, will be musical conductor;
Frank Stammers, stage manager, and
George Mooscr, formerly of San Fran
cisco, general manager and publicity
promoter. "The Girl in the Train" will
be followed by a revised version of
"The Policeman," Into which musical
comedy a modern suffragette element
has been Introduced. Just how much
Interest Nat Manger retains In the how
jls a result of his agreement to accept
S00 In lieu of 322,000 is a question.
ranrira Bark.
STEPHENS. Or, Feb. 26. (To the
Editor.) Please tell me if chittam
bark and cascara are the same, where
can It be sold? E. F.
Chittam wood and cascara are the
same. Among Portland buyers are
Herman Metzger, 228 Front street.
and Kahn Bros.. 131 Front street.
WORK FOR INITIATIVE IX VIEW
Tree nerlalona Held to Indicate Vital
Nerd for Change In Laws.
WTLLAMIXA, Or., Feb. 2. (To the
Editor.) The OreRonlan has published
lately some nmazing decisions of tho
certs. The latest confirming to tho
Southern Pacific Railroad all the tide
lands In Lincoln County, including Al
seu, Taqulna and Silets Bays. I. as one
of the public losing my share of what
I supposed to be public property, would
ask for a little more Heht upon: What
Is the legislative act granting the title
to the railroad, confirmed by this de
cision ?' Has the Legislature the power
to grant away Buch public properties,
giving a monopoly to property unoful
for public utilities? Is not the title
vested In the state as a public trust
merely and not .subject to alienation
except in obedience to an undoubted
public Interest and demand? (Which,
of course, In this case does not exist).
Why should the use of clam and
oyster beds and wharf sites be avail
able only through lease from private
parties, beneficiaries of these legisla
tive gifts? In other words, why should
the public's agents bestow upon pri
vate Individuals rights to be bought
back again or rented by the people be
fore they can be used? What ls the
sense of It? How can It be law? Why
did the Legislature not go further and
give away all the rest of the publlo
property In Lincoln County? What
reason to establish an arbitrary limit,
excluding part?
Suppose the Legislature should re
peal the laws against theft? Would
the act be valid? Would not the nat
ural law, "Thou shalt not steal" still
stand? Would not the courts be com
pelled so to declare?
The other decision I refer to as that
ordering the Jury In the case of Louis
Wilde to declare a verdict of not guilty.
That, also, ls a decision against the
natural law prohibiting theft- The de
cision in this case and the fulsome
praise of Wilde by the Jury ls a Joke
among the "hayseeds."
The facts brought out are virtually
an invitation to crooked "capitalists"
to start a "savings bank," hire a crook
to take the risks and pull the chestnuts
(deposits) out of the Are, It has been
done many a time before, and it has
been hoped progress in lawmaking had
been made to stop It, but under this
decision, and to meet the felicitations
of this Jury. It will be done again. It
ls said Wilde carried $200,000 out of
Portland with him, and to its free use
ls due the Idiotic friendships he has
trotted before the publlo eye. If these
two decisions follow the law, the law
needs mending sadly. There Is much
good work for the Initiative. God
speed it. R. M. SAVAGE.
WOMANLINESS AXD THE SUFFRAGE
The One Need Not Be Impaired by the
Other, Believes Correspondent.
PORTLAND, Feb. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Allow me a few words repardins
"An Antlsuffragist's" article in The
Oregonian, February 22.
College education is certainly a good
thing so far as it goes. I would not
be without It, but It Is not necessarily
enough, neither ls It tho only thing to
give one a wide, healthy view on this
life; that depends upon how we have
been able to build further on our col
lege foundation. Anyway, let us be fair
and admit, that college women alone
have not all the "respectability, re
finement and Intelligence" in the world.
Let us share all of It with our less ed
ucated sister. "An Antisuffragiat's"
hint that where a jurywoman should
be compelled to share sleeping depart
ment with the men Jurors it would not
tend to uplift her morals, is not worth
a refined thinker. But the "accident"
certainly is among them that tend to
draw us women out on the warpath.
Why there should be such an upside-down
in the family life if women
Kot suffrage Is not easy to understand.
If we are our husbands' true helpmates
and "chums," we share their Interests
In politics, too, and the right to vote
besides will not transform us to bad
housekeepers, I should say.
As to the class of women who want
suffrage. Open your eyes wider and
behold a fine lot of young "old maids"
(God bless their hearts), happy wives
and mothers, who are not disgruntled,
who like to cook and make their homes
happy, but who likewise are wide
awake and see the dangers of their
sons and daughters, educated and uned
ucated. Let us take the latter by the
hand and walk side by side along this
often thorny path of life we can help
each other.
Don't let Webster's definition of
"militia" carry us away. We havo un
womanly women on both sides, and at
least the home from the fryinc; pans
and washtubs to its cosy fireplace does
not In Itself create the womanly woman
if the womanly ia not already a part of
her nature.
Be sure "das ewlg wiebliche" will
cling to us even In the Juryroom,
where It seems to be needed, too. Bet
ter think of "militia" in the spirit of
that dear old hymn: "March, Soldiers,
March," feeling Just in a good, holy fight
ing mood, ready, sister wuu Droiner,
"to fight the good fight" for the sake of
our precious homes and children.
Does not your heart burn in you with
a holy desire to try to mend even
something else than socks when you
run rl about that man on the police
committee here In Portland who dared
express such a view that the seventh
commandment is not for policemen?
Would you not like to take your
broom and go a-sweeping even outside
your own home? Come along, sister
antisuffragist, lei us vow uowu ou-.ii
men come along!
A HAPPY WIFE-BUW KAUIST.
For Relief, These Thanks.
nr.DTT.AVn Tyeb 27. To the Ed
itor.)! have waited for someone to
xpress commendation or ine urego
.i.,a otri in hnnliihinc from the street
oars of our city the unspeakable nui
sance of smoking cigars, cigvrettes
.1 .ii.binr niri nines- Not a ereat
while ago one could not board a car
n Portland without running into tne
itlfllng fumes a mixture of myster-
-nt the mnker'a unsavorv
breath calculated to put a glue factory
n the back seat- jsow ait is cnaiib'eu.
. k.i.f hut tlmelv editorial para
graphs along with the progressive
management of the carllnes, and later
an ordinance of the city, has brought
emancipation, long overdue. Verily,
de sun do move.' t tirj.
Soldier of Revolution.
MERRILL. Or.. Feb. 24. (To the Edl-
r.r i First How many soldiers did
the British government send to the
Colonies during the Revolutionary
War?
Second Which of tne two navies.
American or British, holds the record
for best gunnery?
ALr.A rAUlSKbUS.
First Thirty thousand German mer
cenaries were sent to the American
Colonies by Great Britain. In 1778. the
British force In this country numbered
27.770; In the year 1777, 30,000, and
these were largely mercenary (Mul
hall's "Dictionary of Statistics").
Second No authoritative statistics
found. Patriotism suggests tho Amer
ican Navy.
A Love-Sick Lover Speaks.
London Standard.
Walter (waiting for his order) Have
you made your choice, sir?
Lovesick Diner on, yes. It's Laura.
N. Nitts on Hat Shying
By Denn Collins.
Nescius Nitts. he whose wisdom's
brijrht star
O'er Punkindorf casts Its fair radiance
afar.
Restored to his pocket his black
"baccy" bar.
And lit up a candidate's gift a clear
Then audibly wondereU 'bout Theo
dore R.
"X never can. figger Jest how 'to con
strue Tho things that I sees this here Kfii-
tleman i.
Jf I ain't mistaken, 'bout four years
ago.
He lifts up. his voice to let ev'ry one
know
That he was plumb done with that
President thins
But now he has shied his hat back in
the ring.
"There is in the universe, often T. fco,
A heap of that thins men calls con
sistency. And so in a circumstance which is like
this'n
Perhaps we'd not orter get sore if
it's missin".
But still that there feller, he warn't
any fool
Who said that 'consistency shore is a
Jew'l'.
"'I can't find no censure,' we hears
him declare,
'Fer him that now sets In the Presi
dent's chair.
His Administration," he says, that
away, No serious flaws has I seen It dis
play: But though It's all right, still. In spite
of all that,
I 'low that Til come right In after
my hat.'
"This hat shyin' stunt is a pieteresque
deed :
But If Tnft's 'ministration's all riffht
Where's the need?
So now sence he done that, and leaped
In the fray,
I sometimes jest meditates round this
away
With things as they be. would he fol-
ler es handy
The hat he once shied Vrost that there
Rio Grande?"
Portland. February 28.
Country Icvm Sayings by Ed Hows
If you speak well of a child some
disagrreoable person ls sure to say that
you are spoiling It. .
A boy will go to Sunday school. If ho
must: but he won't behave unless his
mother sits beside him.
When a coward lots a man impose
on him the coward explains It by say
ing that he is piving the bully plenty
of rope with which to hang himself.
Getting something you are not en
titled to is the generally accepted defi
nition of good luck.
To say nice things about a man nevet
pleases him as much as to do nlca
things for him.
When in doubt in society, shake
hands.
When your business rival Fays mean
things about you. It is a compliment;
you are doing better than be ls. If you
were not, he would not abuse you.
I believe it has never been decided
why so many more women than men
go to church. You might discuss that
uwhile.
A man looked at the sun and sneezed.
Ho said that he could look at the sun
any time and sneeze, which caused a
man standing by to say that there was
nothing in it; that the statement was
foolish. One word led to anotht-r, and
finally a policeman was compelled to
interfere.
Isn't It your kind of a square deal
you Insist upon? Don't you believe that
the square deal that the other fellow
is advocating ls crooked?
LOOKING VERf FAA INTO FUTURE
Writer Gives Women 6000 Years to Im
prove on Present Conditions.
PORTLAND. Feb. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) I seen so many letters In The
Oregonian of late about women voting
that I halnt got no patience no longer
to hold my hand from scribbling my
Ideas about what I think about It. My
idea is that women want to vote be
cause they think they know better than
men does and by being so smart they
think they will make things run
smoother. Now I think that they are
not any smarter than men ls but I
think they are so smart all right all
right, now If they are so smart they
can't do no more than the men can
do, can they It took 600U years for
men to muke all the inventions of tho
present day and all the progress of
better governments than before didn't
now I can't explain my self as ousht
to I know but that does not keep me
from seen the truble as I outjht, and
the truth ls that if it took men 60oo
years labor and explrienca to brlnsc
things to the present condition It will
take women 6000 years to accomplish
what men has done, tio I think it is
all right for women to vote all right all
right but Just think the time we have
to wait to see no more than we see
now 6000 years by E. J. SMITH.
The Crawfish President.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) After the Octopus crowd went
out of power the friends of the Craw
fish dragged him out of his retirement
and placed him In nomination for tha
Presidency. Through this influence ho
gained a reputation through the whole
United Fishes Republic, as bointr a very
retiring and conservative fish, who al
ways felt his way carefully before he
went ahead, and always went to the
bottom of everything. Sr he was
elected.
But it was found very hard to get
him out of his retirement. Ho was
strictly a fresh-water fish and salt
water disagreed with him. Finally ho
dlu venture to the mouth of his native
river, thinking that he could observe
the whole sea from there, which, of
course, he could not, as the world is
round The public clamored for him
to wade in and get into real deep water
but he would not. Then a few valiant
sword-fish determined to get behind
him and poke him out, but he saw them
coming and he suddenly backed water,
deciding that the sea was really too
deep for him, and he backed up stream
and retired to the remotest stagnant
shallow pool he could find.
You can't make a salt-wator fish
out of a fresh-water fish.
Z. M. CHASE.
Victoria Cross Xovlltat.
PORTLAND, Feb. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Who Is. or was, the authoress,
Virginia Cross? Was she ever recog
nized as anything but a cheap novelist?
' K. A, M.
There is no record of Virginia Cross.
Victoria Cross ls the name of an
authoress of cheap fiction.
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