.TITr THOHNING OREGOMAX, . MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1912. 8 fOKTXA-VP. OKKOOH. Salr4 ! Farttaad. OnfM. Fsstoftlaa) o d - Matta. . , loMuwuaa Iuim Invariably BT NATL.) , rafTT. T taetndad. aa ?W -U. Iiodir laaladxl. al manlha.... A-ai.v. IttdtF larluaaa. wn, " - . , t'ai;. Fandaf loclud,4. aaa mania.... -Lj .r. wuaoui euBaar. aaa 7 - " - . JLai:y. wttnoat Susdar. maoiba. . ... -vltkovl tiuidM. turaa aioataa.. 1-aiir. witaaul Buad. aaa nwnta...--- - Waaaljr. aaa ............ aaaar. ta Yaw m PatTr. aiar farhtdad. ee yaar...... T bally, iaada IsaluaaO. aaa Raw a lUamll S.na roatolflce a0" mn. azpraaa orlar ar aaraaaal cnaca acal baaa. St am pa. coin ar urTB7, at ina aaadara rui. OIa pant a Bleat a. - . . raataa Hal. a 10 to 14 aaa. 1 easts aa ta to pasaa. caau rai noatasa Saabia rata. . . . - a. CBk aasa. aiacar kalldiaa. twum OS tea Ml Kaa-aat atraa. W Loadoa. rORTUND. MONDAY. MARCH 1. 1,1S- fRJEMVHir IX BlSlNE. Portland will reach out the hand of , welcome to the Inland Empire excur ' alnn. which is to arrive here this morn. Inc. Aa warm hospitality will be ex tended to the visitors as greeted the excursion of Portland citizens to Lew- iston and other town of the Inland Empire last Summer. The Oregon metropolis will show Its pride In their achievement and its Joy In their pros perity. It will have a double motive for , dolnr. for. apart from the seirisn motive growing out of the fact that the development of any part of the Pacific Northwest redounds to the Rood of , Portland, thrre Is the gratification which every right-thinking community. , as every right-thinking individual ' feels at the success of a neighbor. Excursions like that which comes to day enhance the pleasure of life by Te!r social opportunities, but they do .more. By bringing Into personal in tercourse men who do business with each other by mall and telegraph, they C reate mutual acquaintance "with per sonal tastes and Idiosyncrasies which roes far to smooth tho way In business :dealtnss- Two men w ho have met ana enjoyed each other's society on the oc 'rasion of such an excursion cannot but ret their hearts Involved In Ihcir com- merclal Intercourse to an extent which :ill add the bonds of friendship to the tie of business. This jentiment Is .calculated to remove the asperities of any alight controversy which may arise : -x-tween them and to promote amicable ,' relation. -- Kevond this cementing of personal friendship teteen Individuals there Is developed the community spirit of mutual esteem and mutual Interest. Had not the Inland Empire grown up to Its present splendid stage of development Portland could not have risen to o high a rank among Ameri can cities. Had Portland not so well availed Itself of Its opportunities tho Inland Empire could not have so de veloped. Though divided by hundreds rf miles of territory, the two communl .les. or groups of communities, are In lerdependent. TUB FIRST Ml VI-1. BR IIRsT. Orecon has gained a closer view of that San Francisco spirit of enterprise which pledged J 17.500.000 to the suc ress of th" Panama-Pacific Exposition. Two hundred-odd Oregon men and women have felt the peculiar atmos phere that Intoxicates but does not dull the wits, that accelerates the blood of the laziest sluggard, that fills the soul with, hospitality. On every side they have seen the "golden smile of the ftalden City of the Golden Gate." They ment to California determined to Im press San Francisco with Oregon's en. thusiasm over the approaching com pletion of the canal and an Fran Cisco's effort to celebrate a National achievement so promL-Ing to Western welfare. Probably Ihcy succeeded. Doubtless they themselves have been more greatly Impressed by Pan Fran cisco's enthusiasm than they Impressed San Francisco. They are returning today grateful, happy, excited de termined to fill Oregon's 750.000 peo ple with their own conviction that the fair will be an unmeasureable success. It was a wonderful . greeting the Oregon excursionists received In San Francisco. It was a wondeful hospital ity with which they ere entertained. It was wonderful thought that was ex pended In fulfilling their needs and de sires. In providing for their entertain ment. In promoting their enlightenment and their comfort. The most success ful and lovable host Is he who looks carefully after the smaller details of his guests' comforts and entertainment. Social functions may be brilliant, en tertainment elaborate, enjoyments cost ly, and yet some trifling thoughtless ness or omission may mar the pleasure of the visit. In the finer qualities of the host San Francisco undoubtedly excells. The community exhibited them in fullest flower to the Oregon visitors. Oregon Is proud of the distinction granted the state of the right to select the first building site on the exposi tion grounds. It is gratified by the friendliness and consideration shown lis delegation. It will not forget. The w hole state has been aroused and will pall hard for the Panama-Pacific Ex-po.-lt!n. So far as boosting and pro viding state buildings and exhibits and anything else within its power to do or grant are essential. Oregon would sell Its shirt, if need be. to make the San Francisco fair the success it deserves to be. Oregon ought to be it will be first, from st- te site ground-breaking until the golden key mhich puts the exposition into glorious being Is touched and then some. 0K LOl'NGR. SM.eo. ;The chief executive officer of one of our great Industrial Institutions Is fit ting" up a dwelling In New York on a rather elaborate scale. Among the Items of furniture are a chair which cost JsOOO. and a lounge for which he paid ISO. 000. In a general way li Is nobody's business whether this man pays 'jjO or $1000 or $10,000 times that sum for two articles of furniture. He Is spending his own money, a'hd Is .privileged, under the law. to spend It as he pleases. But In a larger sense It Is everybody's business. There Is a .Hmlt to -which the rich may safely go n their follies, and this capitalist has passed the limit In the two Instances, as any sane man knom-s. """There Is always an air of discontent among certain classes of the. poor and Vvfortunate. and this air is frequently pn1feted by trouble, between capital vad labor, or in broader terms between the rich and the poor. The trouble makers, the demagogues and the gen eral strlfe-stlrrers can make use of the tale of this chair and lounge in a way to accentuate and widen the chasm between employers and employes. They will do it. they are doing It. This display-mad man Is at the head of one of the largest business cor porations ever organized.' It Is far stronger than any of the second axij third-rate nations of. the world. Few nations have an army as great 1n numbers as it carries on Its payrolls. Laboring 'men look to Its chief as the very head of Industrial operstlon. as a king among employers. Hence It becomes him to control his action cir cumspectly and not to parade his wealth In a way to show hit absolute disregard for ttie value of his dollars. The expenditure of such a vast sum for a chair and lounge, the Interest of which mould support In comfort two or three ordinary families for the balance of time, shows a decadence of those qualities which brought this man up to his present condition In the business world and marks an epoch of extrava gance that It is not pleasant to con template. When such follies become common, as they are liable to with such an example, even the Nation may be started on a downward career. WHAT VOI'LO T1IK DEMOCRAT IMIT If the Democrats should capture the Presidency and both houses of Con gress next November, what would they do? Not that this Is likely, but Ju-t as a guide to those who take at their face value Democratic professions. If they sincerely desire to make laws of the measures they now pass through the House, they will abolish the Tariff Board and continue to revise the tariff on the basis of their own misinforms tion Instead of on the basis of the ac curate Information gathered by the Board, but without regard to the ne ccsslly of revenue; they will enormous ly increase the pensiun roll and strive to provide the means by starving the Army and Navy. They rail at the trusts, but have devb-od no plan for control of corporations. They prate of conservation, but have laid down no policy on the subject. They talk much of economy and save a few hundred thousands brcides what they pinch out of the Army at the expense of effl cieticy. but ihey propose to block Taffs far-reaching plans of economy and ef ficiency, whereby, he confidently pre dicts, many millions can be saved. As usual, the Democrats are long on crlticUm, short on constructive states. manship: long on promise, short on performance. They are playing politics In Congress every minute of the day, having in mind only political success for their party, not substantial good for the country. They are a party of negation, not of positive action. We have, no reason to hopo that they would not continue to play politics In office as Ihey ha-e In opposition. I.KT I A HK.tR FROM IMVOH-HAH. Now that there Is a fund of $300 In the possession of Mr. W. 8. IT Hen lo be used in ferreting out and preventing violations of Bnd enforcing the corrupt practices act. the thought may natur ally occur to Mr. ITKcn that a salutary moral effect on present day candidates may be had by punishing the offenders of the 110 campaign. The thought may occur to him but that Is all. It is practically certain that he will not act upon It. Lest he is heroin misjudged In that particular It may be well to call his attention to the doings n the Fall of 1J10 of one Jonathan Bourne. Jr., and cite a provision of the corrupt practices act which Is found in section 20. chap, ter 3 of the laws of 1909. The section mentioned contains the following: No hnlrfr of a public pualtlon or offlra olhr than an offtt-a 11114 hy the rntrs ball par or ronirlbuie to aid or promote th nomination or lHuon uf any other person lo public office. The office of United States Senator is not filled by the voters. The voters simply express their preference and the Legislature adopts or rejects the recommendation according to the views or promises of Its members. Prior to the 1910 general election Senator Bourne issued a large number of printed circulars and distributed them broad-cast at his own expense. In these circulars he urged the defeat of a certain group of candidates. He was then occupying an office not filled by the voters. He expended several hun dred dollars and filed a sworn expense account. The fact that Senator Bourne spent the campaign money In "opposing" candidates may appeal to Mr. CRen's legal mind, because the statute only specifically forbade him to "aid" any candidate. 'lnce it has been held that a promoter may legally connive with a bank officer to sell to the institution stock certificates for more than their value and divide the spoils, the layman hesitates to express an opinion as to what Is unlawful and what Is not. The ordinary Individual would guess, or think or suggest, but never boldly as sert nowadays, that he who contributes to the defeat of a candidate thereby contributes to the success of that can didate's opponent. But In the cold. analytical eye of the law that construe tlon of the act may be founded on ob solete Ideas of right and wrong. Per haps, too. corrupt practices acts were not Intended to apply to exalted states men. Maybe, as Mr. -Bourne seems to think, they were devised to keep the in's in and the out's out. So let us have conclusive word in the matter. Mjv t"Ren ought to give it. He has but now had the title "guar dian of the public morals" added to that of "lawgiver." Inasmuch as he has become exceutive as well as legis lative branch of local government, let us make him the Judicial branch also. The public would or ought to be In terested in Judge LTRen's decision in this particular case. Will Judge CRen say that Mr. Bourne Is guilty or inno cent of violating Lawmaker LTRen's statute? If he will and finds Mr. Bourne guilty, will Chief of Detectives CRen enforce the law, or will he only gumshoe for 1912 violations? Speak, Pooh-Bah. speak.- MH'ND TRANSPORTATION PRINCIPLE. Representative Adamson laid down a sound principle for laws governing transportation when, in the House de bate on Panama Canal tolls, he said that "the proper function of a railroad corporation is to operate trains on Its tracks, not to occupy the water with ships In mock competition with Itself." If the railroad men would but take a reasonable view of the subject and overcome their porcine desire to do all the transportation business of the country, they would discover that this principle would work to their advant age. Had they allowed cheap, bulky, slow freight to be carried by water, which Is Its nsturatv element and con tented themselves with the costly traf fic of less bulk and that which re quires quick movement, they would not now be afflicted with the annual traf fic congestions and with the necessity of enlarging their terminals at such enormous expense as to tax their pow ers of raising capital. We should not then have the anomaly wherein the only times railroads are able to handle traffic efficiently are times of depression, while In times of prosper ity our arteries of traffic are choked through railroad Inability to carry the vast volume of business. Should Conjrress succeed In enforc ing effective competition between the railroads and ships using the canal, the effect on railroad earnings and ex penses may convince other railroad men besides James J. Hill that water lines will Increase and not decrease railroad profits. Mr. Hill knows the merits of water transportation, for he began his career in the carrying busi ness as a steamboat nian, but the great majority of railroad men have no prac tical knowledge of that subject and therefore despise water as a means of transit as much as the proverbial Kentticklan dwplses It as a beverage. THK rOHSIBUS OI TCOMK. The British coal miners' strike may be the beginning of a social and eco nomic revolution. Should Parliament pass a law fixing a minimum wage, as Is now proposed, and make obedience compulsory upon both mine owners and miners, resistance by the latter may be expected. That would break up the coalition which keeps the Asqulth Cabinet in power, for the Labor party would surely desert As quith, though the secession of the Laborltes would still leave the Liberals and Nationalists combined In the ma jority. Should the principle of a minimum wage bo enforced In the coal trade, despite these political consequences, a demand for Its application to other industries would arise and the govern ment would find difficulty In resisting It. The employers might then reason that, if the government took away their freedom In managing their own business, the government ought to take the business off their hands. They might even demand this and become outright socialists, the only difference between them and tho Labor Socialists being as to the terms on which the employers property should be cxpro i rlated. That the British Isles will become tho first really socialist state is within the bounds of possibility. nOMF.N AXI WAR. The National Review Is probably the most Invincibly Tory of all the British Tory periodicals. In Its pages the In qulsitlve reader may usually expect to ttnd those arguments against progres sive measures which everywhere else have been abandoned and forgotten set forth as If they were new and lmpreg nably convincing. Such Is the work- lug of the Tory mind. In the March number of thin quaintly amusing mag' azine a writer named Arthur Page ac quaints his readers with some of tho moldy old arguments against woman suffrage. As becomes the environment In which his article appears, he says nothing new, nothing that is not in credibly old. In fact; but American readers may possibly be entertained by a brief reference to one of his argu ments. It illustrates the extremities of nonsense to which an apparently intelligent man Is sometimes driven when he undertakes to defend a bad cause or oppose a good one. It makes no difference which of his points we select for comment. They are all ore the same level, one as weighty as an other, and none of them weighing more than a wraith of moonshine. Wo may as well, then take the fine old fallacy that women ought not to vote because they cannot fight. "All government," says Mr. Page, with the solemn wisdom of Dogberry, rests on physical force. A govern ment Is strong or weak In proportion to the power which it possesses to en force the law." Women cannot act as policemen. Jurymen, soldiers, . and so on, Mr. Page thinks. "In none of these national functions can women effec tively take part," hence they have no Just claim to the ballot. Let us extend Mr. Page's argument a little and see how It works out in other fields be sides that of politics. The argument is that since government is based on physical force and women cannot exert physical force, therefore they have no right to take a hand in government. Very well. Commerce Is based on physical force, much more so than government. Without the force of the steam engine there could be no coal business, no manufacturing, no trans portation of any kind in the modern sense, and no trade to speak oh Now a woman is utterly unable to haul a trainload of coal, hence It follows with all the conclusiveness of Mr." Page's logic that she ought not to push, her self Into commerce. - She cannot haul a load of hay with her lily hands, hence she has" no business on the farm. She cannot string up a beef animal by her unaided strength, hence it Is highly ianpertlnent for her to think of cook ing a steak. She cannot grind a train load of flour, hence she is out of her ephere when she undertakes to. bake a loaf of bread. ' The application of this argument Is wide as the world and wonderful as the ways of Providence. It is irrelevant to say that even If the woman farmer cannot haul a load of hay by hand she can hire horses to do It. Such a remark spoils the ovely symmetry of Mr. Page's discourse be cause she can hire soldiers, too. If it is proper for her to do herfarm work by mercenary agencies. It Is proper for her to do her fighting In the same way, and that will never suit such logicians as Mr. Page. But we should be disposed to ques tion the soundness of Mr. Page's prop osition that "all government is based on force." . We do not believe It Is de fensible for a moment. No student of human, psychology would think of ad mitting such a contention. The fact of the case is that a government de pending on physical force, far from bein- the strongest of all. Is the weak est of all. The only physical force which is available for any government to use for Its purposes is military, and that depends for .all its coheslveness upon discipline. And discipline Is not physical force at all. It Is habit. When we get down to the solid facts of the case we are obliged to admit that the power of government, like the power of all human institutions, rests not st all upon phvslcal force, but upon the force of habit. Men In gen eral obey the law because they have been taught to do so from their in fancy, not because they are afraid of the police. If fear of the police Is the basic cause of obedience, what is it that makes the polreeman obey? Are they afraid of themselves? Soldiers obey their officers from habit. Citi-J zens obey the law from habit. Gov ernments run smoothly because citi sens are habituated to conform to their requirements. Cease to teach habits of obedience to a single gener ation of children and every govern ment in the world would crumble. Napoleon's government in Spain was based entirely on physical force. It was novel and it was hated. For that reason, strong as it was. It could not endure. History gives Instances of governments which have successfully depended on physical force for a short time, but unless they quickly estab lished themselves upon the more se cure basis of national habit and popu lar confidence they presently expired. When the Normans first lodged them selves In England, no doubt they de pended on arms alone for dominance, but they Immediately took measures to secure a better hold by availing themselves of the ancient laws and customs of the Saxons. There Is no weaker fallacy In circulation than the proposition that stable government de pends on physical force. It will not bear examination from any point of view. But even if we should admit the im possible hypothesis that government depends on physical force for Its valid ity. It would not follow that women are unfit to govern. The chances are that out of a thousand women taken at ran dom from all walks of life as many are fit for military duty as there are out of a thousand men selected in the same way. The belief that women cannot march and fight is a silly superstition. It owes its origin to the snobbish cus tom of taking the degenerate society woman as the type of her sex. In most parts of the world the women do more hard physical iwork than the men. Their "delicacy" and "angelic frailty" are pure figments. So Is the "chivalry" which it is said they would sacrifice if they obtained the suffrage. Think of the chivalry shown ,to the German peasant woman and the American girl worker in the sweat shop. These women, not tho society dame, represent the sex as It Is. Nine men out of every" ten must hire their fighting done or go without any. Is woman to be scorned if she is subject to the same weakness? Moreover, the hope of Mr. Taft and other prophets of enlightenmont is that there will not be quite so murh fighting to worry over as civilization advances. A favorite trick of the apologists of outlaws Is to palliate their crimes by attributing them to political quarrels. The murders committed by the Allen gang in Virginia are stripped of even this faint shadow of an excuse by the statements of a former resident of Hillsville, that they are outlaws, op posed to allowing Justice to prevail in court or elsewhere. It Is the more to the credit of Judge Massle, Sheriff Webb and District Attorney Foster that, though they thereby put their own lives in constant Jeopardy, they captured, prosecuted'and sentenced one of the gang. The outlaws should now be hunted down like th wild beasts they Imitate and a halo of bogus ro mance, such as fiction-writers place on the brows of mountain feudists, should be denied them. Senator Kern's assumption that the veterans are losing political influence Is not borne out by the vote In the House on the Sherwood pension bill. The anxiety of Mr. Kern's brother Democrats to flock into the lobby for that bill Is conclusive testimony that age has not Impaired the political pow er of the veterans. Secretary Fisher's suggestion that, when the Panama Canal Is completed, the staff and equipment bo transferred to Alaska sounds feasible. It refers probably to the engineers and skilled Americans of the canal force only, for the army of Jamaica, negroes and other dwellers in the tropics would not relish the transfer. Much of the canal plant could also bo used to advantage in river and harbor Improvements in this country- and would form the nucleus of a permanent Government plant for such public work. Where is that Roosevelt landslide? The only landslide apparent in the election of Republican delegates Is for Taft. who has even captured delegates in the states of the two insurgent fa vorite sons. La Follette and Cummins. It is extremely probable that Taft will have tho support of Roosevelt's own state. The anti-third-term sentiment has Increased the strength Taft has gained on his merits and promises to aid powerfully- in his renominatlon. Not having given any reason for striking at the Grays Harbor lumber mills, the I. W. W.'a may be presumed to have an attack of "that tired feel ing." The antics of the organization have given the industrious, law-abiding part of the commnity the same feeling. If the animals which invaded the Salem milliners' shop had been mice instead of sheep, the milliners would probably have Jumped on tables, gath ered their skirts around them and screamed for help instead of catching thwmtce and throwing them into the street. It would be interesting to know whether Senator Bourne sent his reply- to Dr. Mott'a challenge through the mails under his frank. Though an in surgent, the Senator Is reactionary as regards the full use of his official per quisites. If no snakes can be seen in Alaska, the fact has but a single meaning. The quality of the beverage must be above reproach. . Nothing may happen, but plenty of armored cruisers in the Philippines will be handy to have around. The cafeteria plan of collecting car fare is not a success in this bustling city. Will the medicine ball be of effect in giving Oregon the "absent treatment"? An "Uncle Tom" show is synony mous with ever-recurring perennial youth. Woodrow Wilson is the hothouse product in danger of early frost. To register is a civic duty the good citizen cannot neglect. Excitement Called Cp. Judse. "Seems to me it's awfully stupid here." remarked the transplanted Broadwayite. "Can t you rake up a lit tle excitement?" "Well. I might let you have your bill," suggested the hotel manager. Oregon in Trisco Town Preaa Enthuses Over First " State Expedition to Select 1013 Fair Site. Two (Mates Always Friends. v San Francisco Call. "Oregon first" means a great deal. The Oregonlans have always been good and kindly neighbors to California, and. there exists a strong bond of reciprocal regard between the two common wealths. It Is a commonplace of his tory that territorial neighbors are rarely friends, but the rule has never had the slightest application to the time honored relations of Oregon and California. When California could help Oregon in the way of a boost the op portunity has not been neglected, and, as the Governor of Oregon says, speak ing for his people, "We remember the kindly interest taken by the good peo ple of California in Oregon's exposi tion, and now we come to you with the same kindly feeling for your suc cess." The visiting Oregonians will receive a warm welcome in San Francisco. They come here to choose a site and make the preliminary arrangements for the Installation of an impressive state exhibit. They bore with a big anger, these Oregonians, and .hey do things on a scale of magnificence. In deed, they can very well afford to take a leading part among the exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. They represent one of the greatest states of the Union, whose potentialities for wealth production are only now begin ning to be understood. They are a solid folk, who like to make sure of their ground, and. having that assur ance, they are going ahead with leaps and bounds, knowing the stable foun dation afforded by their great re sources. Indeed, It is an axiom among com mercial men that there Is more solid and suhstantial wealth In Portland than In any other city of equal size in the United States. I Oregon F.nthuslnsm Appreciated. Pan Francisco Chronicle. The battle crv of "Oregon first." using the words of Governor Oswald West, with which the delegation of 250 from that state arrived in San Fran cisco last evening to select a site for the Orepop state building at the Panama-Pacific. Exposition, has a stirring and enthusiastic ring. Of course, only one can be first, and the states which make their selections toward the last will be as full of en thusiasm as those which come earlier. Still, the people of San Francisco will appreciate the whole-hearted Interest In their undertaking displayed by Gov ernor West and those who, with him, desire that Oregon should be the first to help a sister state to launch a great wcrld's exposition. No douht. the people of Oregon re member with kindly feelings the in terest which San Francisco, In Its turn, took In the Iwls and Clark Centen nial at Portland. It was the privilege of this city to be well represented there, and the same hospitality which the delegates from California received In tiie northern city will, we are sure, be extended to those who are now visit ing us.' We hope the men from Orecon will enjoy the automobile rides, the ban quets, receptions and other things which we are potting on for their en tertainment. We hope they will like tho new city which we have built here; that they will approve of our exposi tion plans, and that they will pick out the fine site that their hattle cry, "Ore gon first," entitles them to. Oregnnlflns Are f.ood la:hhors. San Francisco Post. The vlalt of the Oregon delegation with the commission that la to select the site of an Oregon building for the Panama-racific. Exposition Is an indi cation of the better understanding that Is developing among the Western States. Such a demonstration of friend ly Interest and evidence of a desire to help a sister state shows that there is every prospect for the establishment of a t'nlted West which will be a more potent factor in National affairs thaa the Solid South. The Oregonian visitors are gracious enough to say that their enthusiasm for the Panama-Pacific Exposition project Is a return for the interest which the Californians displayed in Oregon's exposition. The slogan of the party is "Oregon first." Indicating that In the spirit of the United West our northern neighbor wishes t be the first In all projects that will aid Cali fornia and Incidentally the whole Pa cific Coast region. This Is the right sort of spirit. It is earnest of even bigger things that will be accomplished for the West by the Western States in the near future. Californians will remember this gen erosity on the part of the Oregonians, and when there comes an occasion where Oregon will need the help of the Western States they will find that their southern neighbors will say, "Califor nia first." and make good with the same effectiveness and friendliness that is now being displayed by the people of Oregon. In the meantime San Francisco bids the Oregon visitors welcome In the name of the State of California, and assures them of the deepest apprecia tion on the part of the city and state for their neighborly good wishes and timely co-operation in the biggest project that was ever planned for the western section of the continent. Oregon Rich In Men and Women. San Francisco Examiner. The Examiner voices the view of all San Francisco when it says that the sample Oregonians brought here by Governor West in his special train is convincing proof not only that Oregon is a great state, but that "Orecon is first" In Its determination to take the lead among the Pacific Coast States in helping San Francisco make the expo sition of 1915 a wonderful success. The visit of these big, warm-hearted, generous, enthusiastic Oregonians has put new vim Into San Francisco's expo sition project. Here in Sa.r. Francisco we know just how big we want the ex position to be. But we had not begun to realize Just how big California's neighboring states propose to help us make it. . For this reason the visit of the Ore gonians comes both as an Incentive and an inspiration. If so great a state as Oregon a state that in many re spects is a rival of California has de cided to throw thw whole weight of its resources and enthusiasm Into the ex position project, who shall place a limit to the success of the fair when the other big states of the Coast and the Southwest Washington, .Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Texas follow Oregon's example and show to the whole world three years in advance of the exposition that the whole western rim of the continent is a unit for the success of the fair? Oregon has set an example which the other states of the Pacific Coast will not be slow to follow: but in welcom ing delegates from other states San Francisco will always remember that "Oregon was first." The Panama-Pacific Exposition proj ect has drawn the Coast States closer together. They all realize fully that each will share In the great benefits which the fair will bring. But more than that, the exposition project has solidified the sentiment that here on the Western Slope of the backbone of the continent there is a vast empire of territory richer In the Inexhaustible re sources of mine, forest, field and sea than any empire in the world. . ; Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian. March 18. ISoS. A letter from Kansas to a gentle man of this city says that great ex citement exists there in regard to the Salmon River mines and that there will be a great overland immigration this Spring. We have conversed with one of the men who belonged to the John Day's River Mining Company, some members of which were recently killed by the Indians. His statements entirely con cur with those of other members of the company, that there are good gold diggings at the head of John Day's River. The company found gold in payins quantities. Our informant in tends to return as soon as a company sufficient to protect themselves from the Indians can be raised. The dis gins are something over 300 miles from The Dalles. David Newson writes to the Chris tian Advocate that the fruit buds of manv varieties of apples have been killed by the excessive cold of the past Winter. The Superintendent of Indian Af fairs. Mr. Rector, has appointed Mr. J. M. Kirkpatrick a special Indian agent, who will leave this morning for The Dalles. There he intends to pro cure the aid of a party of Klamath In dians,-who are familiar with the lan guage, and send them out to get to gether all the chiefs of the Snake tribe. That being done, Mr. Rector, accom panied by Colonel Cornelius, with a company of Oregon Cavalry, will pro ceed to the spot and try and make a treaty with them. Mr. Kirkpatrick is of the optnion'that the recent murders were committed by the John Day River Indians, and he has full power to in vestigate and arrest, by military au thority if necessary, any of the par ties guilty and bring them to a speedy justice. The Willamette was filled last night to see the play of "Love's Sacrifice Mrs. Forbes Margaret iEllmore was splendid. Mr. Beatty is a clever and pleasant young actor, and he played Matthew Ellmore In a very creditable manner. We commend to the notice of our city authorities the communication of Dr. Lnryea, recommending ,the city authority to provide a hospital for cases of smallpox, should any occur in our city. We desire also to make an additional suggestion that the city authorities make provision by ordi nance for vaccination with klne pock matter of every man, woman and child of those subject to the Infection of smallpox. Several boatloads of miners, well equipped with provisions and other necessary articles, with sails spread and colors flying, gently sailed down the river yesterday, bound for Salmon River. We dropped in at the house nf Mult nomah, No. 2, last niaht, as per in vitatiort. and found a large party of ladies and gentlemen enjoying a lively hop. The members of that company arc celebrated for their politencsH and kind treatment to their guests. LOVK OK COUNTRY IS DENOUNCED Socialist Tells Why lie Is No Longer Patriotic. PORTLAND. March 15. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian Friday appears a letter from R. C. Pierce in which he broadly hints that Socialists are bluff ing about something or other. Let me Inform this person that we are not bluffing when we say that we do not stand for patriotism of country. What Is patriotism? Is one man bet ter than another because their places of birth were separated by Imaginary boundaries? If he is. is that any rea son why he should disregard the com mandment, "Thou shalt not kill?" There could be no other incentive, because the men who do the fighting are taken from the working class and have noth ing to gain by killing workingmcn of other countries. If the command, "Love thy neighbor es thyself," would be put into practice there would be no patriotism. It is through such silly sentiments as patriotism that those to whose In terest it is to make war get suckers to do the fighting for them while they sit back and rake in the profits. The working class of this country has no grievance against the working class of any other country. We are all being exploited by the capitalist class. Why should we fight each other? As soon as this truth seeps a little deeper Into the gray matter of a few of us, there will cease to be such a thing as patriotism. At one time I was also patriotic, and, am ashamed to, say, served six years in the National Guard. But one day I started to think and the bubble of patriotism broke. That is what I ad vise every workingman to do think and read. There's a reason. II. B. GITTOE. Tragic Judicial Recall. PORTLAND, Or.. March 14. (To the Editor.) Having kept up considerable of a silence for quite a period, I can not refrain at this time from express ing not exactly admiration, but a sort of shuddering appreciation of the ef fectiveness of the judicial recall In ac tual operation as It was carried through at the : Carroll County courthouse at Hillsville. Va., where the defendant's friends shot the Judge, the Prosecuting Attorney, the Sheriff, mada a begin ning on the jury, potted a few Innocent bystanders and then rode home again. It Is all so beautifully logical and di rect and accomplishes the recall so ef fectively. It is true that it is a little more noisy and direct than would suit Mr. U'Ren and presupposes more discipline, obedi ence and loyalty in the attacking forces than would tally with Colonel Wood's anarchistic ideas, but it actually did the work the recall is intended to do, and in its roughness and noisy sim plicity ought to appeal to Mr. Roosevelt himself. It has a flavor of the Rough Riders about It. Just think how ef fective it was. The defendant and his friends had reason to anticipate an unfavorable verdict. They were' the only voters who were Interested in that particular recall measure and they trooped down to the temple of justice with their guns handy. When it came time for the vote the recall was carried by acclamation, for what was the use of balloting when all interested parties were agreed? The Judge, with the unsaid sentence on his Hps, was shot down, and so Judge and Judgment were alike re called. The shooting of the others was perhaps a little superfluous, but, after all, accidents will happen when the mob governs. THOS. N. STRONG. Agitation Aids Boy Scoots. PORTLAND, March 15. (To the Ed itor.) An an ex-Boy Scout, I can fully appreciate the stand The Oregonian takes in regard to the Boy Scout move ment. These men who howl and fight the movement are doing it a great good, for they are causing It to be publicly investigated, and I advise those knock ers to get hold of a Boy Scout man uals somewhere and look the matter up a little more thoroughly before they hurt themselves protesting. They don't know what they are talking about. FRANCIS COLLINGS. 250 Ainswortu avenue, Nitts on Relatives Help By Dean Collins. Nescius Nitts, the wise Punkindorf sage. Whose glory may bloom upon history's page. Looked out o'er the sidewalk, the dis tance to gauge. And covered a wasp in a nicotine cape; Then wondered a bit 'bout some laws of the age. "Wal, now, apropos of the things 1 has heard (I think apropos Is the usual word) 'Bout printin' and frankin' and all of them things To which with persistence our Sena tor clings; It may be of value, but still in the se quel, It 'pears like it makes some things sorter unequal. ( "Not namin' advantages which can ac crue From shippin' of beet seeds to me and to you. And other devices, I notes that they can Frank allof their speeches to most any man; And. flood him with campaign mate rial, thanks To unbounded backin' that lurks in them franks: "While candidates hum here, not thus firmly backed. Must keep inside that corrupt prac tices act. Which states with exactness jest what can be spent In campalgniu" work by a candidate gent; Prescribin' extents that assistance may come From uncles and cousins and folks aroun' hum: "Provides what his brother and nephew and niece Can each one donate to his campaign, apiece. Outside of these bounds he's forbidden to go-. Whereas with the 'foremcntioned man 'tis not so. For printin' and frankin", they seems so devised To keep his campaignin' costs plumb sterilized. "It ''pears like this act that our stale has directed Agin' corrupt practices, might he. ex pected To go a step further, past cousins and sons And relatives helpin' the feller that runs, And add. to its list of provisions some how. Old Uncle Sam, who's clean left out now." Portland. March 17. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe When you feel all wrong, get' right as soon as possible. There Is a "superior" person in every neighborhood who is abused generous y behlnd his hack: but people walk mighty straight when in his presence. 1 am as tired seeing some of the stock pictures in the magazines and news papers as I am of seeing the "before taking" picture. Kveryone likes audacity a little; they call it "spice." Many people are helpless because they are cowardly. In very old literature you find mam stories of aged men dividing their money and leaping into the sea or quietly disappearing in some other way. No such thing was ever done; the sug gestion comes from literary young men and represents what they believe old men should do. TVm'i lanrh too heartilv at the bulldogs who were whipped at Philadel phia by one pug; you have taken many a disagreeable dose because it was of- fered you by a superior person. Certain men will fight, and we arc all more reasonable with them than we are with men we know will run. People are disposed to forgive an old man any folly until he becomes de fendant in a breach of promise suit. Let a man show a number of men a new card game and in ten minutes the students will be criticising the pro fessor. PAVING FOR BOURXK'S CAMPAIGX Expense Come Out of Taxpayers' Pockets, Says Writer. PORTLAND, March 14. (To the Edi tor.) During the past week the can didacy of Senator Bourne Is being ad vertised In the announcement that ho is contributing $500 to determine tha question as'to whether or not the cor rupt practices act 1s being violated. As it Is apparent that this Is one of his various adroit methods of adver tising his candidacy, will the corrupt practices act not compel him to report this $500 as a part of his campaign ex penses? This morning there has come to me through the mans, unaer nis frank as Senator, an article written by him or his private secretary for an. Eastern magazine, on the initiative, referendum and recall. Where the stamp ought to be there Is printed in bold letters the word "free." This is purely a campaign document, now be ne scattered broadcast at the expense of the taxpayers of the country, to boom the candidacy of Senator Bourne. Other articles of the same kind have been repeatedly sent out under his frank in the past. It has been a boast of his friends that more than i.uuu.uuu copies of one of his speeches was thus sent through the mails. The political ethods bv which such a wiae circula tion could be worked are pretty well understood. This means a heavy bill of expense to the taxpayers of the Nation, and explains, to a large extern, why there is such a deficit in conduct ing the Postal Department. To allow such methods of campaigning is an in justice to other citizens who may be - - t-i Cnf f-Ar candidates ior inn nui ..o atorship, but have no right to the franking' privilege. Is there nothins in the corrupt practices act mai ... . . rj .. a fr. r tinnrt 11 .3 compel senator ouuiuc i -r -J part of his campaign t-.-vpeuoco, of dollars of expense he has saddled on the taxpayers of the coun rhrniiirh tTiis abuse of the frank ing privilege for his own personal hen- INQUIRER. elit? Jews In United States Senate. PORTLAND. March 16. (To the Edi tor.) Please answer: (1) How many Jews have been elected to the United States Senate? (2 no presented i"e name of General Grant to the Republi can convention in 1880? (3) How many- Chief Justices has the United States Supreme Court had? A. L. MASON. 1. Seven, as follows: Judah Philip Benjamin, of Louisiana; Benjamin Franklin Jonas, of Louisiana; Joseph Simon, of Oregon: Simon Guggenheim. of Colorado: Isador Rayner. of Mary land, and David Levy Yulee, of Florida. 2. Roscoe Conkling. 2. Nine. Fight to F'lnlah. Roseburg News. With Colonel Roosevelt now In the race It win oe a real oia-tasnionea fight to the finish under the Iarqula ef QuexiLEborry rules.