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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.
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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.