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n xT 4 V TTT TTT ClTl V MARCH 21, 1912. Til I lllllf MM. IIIC r.lillAlA.li 8 i . I .. - -rr li Btt (Dflfjsromnn rOTI.M. Hr..OV .-rtn-1 r Vt-.r. . rue. npi.KU Ki--l"''bi' Anr'- IBT MAII-I ri fntr lneni'lt. " 'r .',. s.!r.lr leo""'. "" mow' hi !! liuiljr in.-'ii-l'd. en mr.n'n.. !.. jr. Hi. one '' tjut s-jr..!.r. in m,et -i. ."iouc ftir.Jn. ihr- ii.oi.tha I..ry itfi.u: Jur,iiJ. on monia... . V .-'. .n. -r hunfl.r. nn )"JT . 4 k n 4 Vl.ulv on. 'r a ai . l " . v T1T. Sun1.T lnr!u!-'1. en- yr ..... Li.j. alr tnc.u.l.d. on. nunlti II .W I. Rll-.n1 l-o.t.,IT:. c 'T la u... lii.Iulin vouni). and ., VT. S r.r'.: I r-. .'"' "iii ri. . K.lrni Ba.lae V''I C ?".,.: linmu pm-.iv S IUint ir.t. TV. I..r,.l..n. rORTUXD. TlirllttHt. MARCH St. ! RMUKK CIVKS TO W0Kt:LT. Roosevelt has had '"lr ficht ,n North Dakota on I'rms laid d"" h' himself, and has bffn beaten. ic ha been calling for an ezpresslon of the reference of the voter without the Intervention of contention or any other Intermedial-'. North Dakota has given It to him. The Mate which was hia home in hla cowboy days, from whlrh he derived hU We-tern Infpiru tlon. hn rrbuke.1 hl. ambition for a third trm. One of the atronKot In-urr-nt utatra ha repudiated him a the pokeman and lender of Inaur- It Is uele- for the Roosevelt men to endeavor f take away the attn of drfat b ex.lulmlnR that the Demo crata Invaded the North Dakota Hc puhllcan r-lmarlei and FWelled the. vote for La Follem-. Roosevclfa but-ker are the men ho have denied that mmberhlp In a party or Partici pation In Ita prlmarlea carried with It any obligation to nupport the nomine of that party if the primaries went acatnet them, but have voclferoualr denounced any other element in the. earn party which treated its party obliirationa lUhtly when tho primaries went a-alnt It- It la not for men who thua repudiate the binding effect of party obligation to complain If rirmorrati take a leaf out of their book and without rea-ard to party tie help to nominate a Republican who is not t their llklnn. As ihowlnc the relative strength of Taft and Roosevelt, the North Dakota result has no alirniticance. Knowing that North Dakota was of one mind with La Toilette in onoltlfin to Can adian reciprocity, the Taft men made ro fls-ht for their own candidate.. The reeult proven, and no man will venture to auert otherwise, that had the Tft men made a flht they would not have polled a much heavier vote. On ihe other hand, the result shows that tne majority of the Tafl men voted for La Koilette In the desire to strike a telling blow at Roosevelt and that thev struck It. In the IlKht of the North Dakota primaries It Is difficult to too where Roosevelt Is to Ret enough delesates t.. make even a respectable .showing in the ronvention. II" has chosen to mike Presidential primaries the test f his strength and by that test he imi.-t abide. He cannot win In Wis consin, for that state Is wedded to 1a Koilette. although even there Taft has me delegates. Me cannot win In New Jersey. fr there the insurgents, on whom party ties rest .o llshtty. are likel to Invade the Iiemovratlc pri maries and vote for Wilson, having no hope of defeating Taft In their own party. Roosevelt may possibly win the Nebraska delegation, for there his aue has made much headway. He will have a hard fight In Michigan. r-.T both the Taft and La Koilette men ..re making an aggressive campaign. With the stigma of a few such defeats as that In North Dakota, he will have a poor hand to draw to when the day ionic for Oregon to vote. IM ME M.lNT WIIJH-AT LAW ? Io we want a Government of spe cial Instances? There Is an uprising acainet upecial privilege; wherein does a special Instance differ In principle frcm a special privilege? A special privilege Is created by law tinder the Constitution: it is now proposed to make the Constitution inapplicable to certain .t-pecial Instances through the reversal by popular vote of c ourt de . t.-ions which define the application of Ihe Constitution. We are now strug gling to do away with special privi lege created by statute and we have found It a hard struggle. How much harder should we find the struggle to get rid of special instances, many of which would be In the nature of spe cial privileges and In effect amend ments of the Constitution, unless we are to keep the Constitution In a chronic state of fusion? Lawyers complain that it Is already difficult to know what the law Is. so often is it changed and so dependent is it on the courts' decisions on Con stitutional questions. Home lawyers have even. In despair, expressed a de sire that the Legislature meet only once In ten years. In order that we may secure Judicial derisions on the validity and on the knotty points of all existing law before changes are made. They maintain that it were better to have certainty as to what the law Is. even though It be capable of Improvement, than by continual changes remain In a state of doubt. This objection to freiuent changes in the law applies with redoubled force to freouent change in the Con stitution, which would be the effect of recall of court decisions. We should I have not only uncertainty as to the law until the courts had Interpreted it. but uncertainty as to the very standard by which the law Is to be In terpreted. As In the das of wildcat banking no man knew tho actual alue of his money, so no man would know what were his rights and du ties. We should have an era of wild cat law. Who would profit by such a condi tion, the rich or the poor. Ihe honest tr tha dishonest? Who profits now by uncertainty as to whether a law is valid? Is it not the man or corpora tion of great wealth, able to employ the best lawyers, to wear out his op ponent by many npreal. evade the penalty of crime by taking advantage of charge of prosecutors wrought by political changes? With a Constitu tion modified b a number of popular votes on special Instances, some, of .which would probably conflict, what a wid field would be opened for tho rich scoundrel to use th uncertain! f( the law f"r defeat of the law's pur-p..-. which is to do Justice with rromptncf. certainty and without un due i pcne to the litigant. We have se.Mi how the rich have used pretended uncertainly as to the meaning of the la.v lo evade the Sherman law and to revolutionize the industries of the ccuntry In d- funce of Its plain pro visions. Do we wish to increase mani fold Ihe excuses for su.-h evasion ' placing in doubt the nicatilni; of our Constitution? The h.st safeguard of our liberties I.' not frn'Jent changes in our laws and Constitution to fit every special Instance; it .s eternal vigilance over the acts of the officials elected to on a. t. execute and Interpret the law. Thl- vUMnnr.e cannot be exercised ever a horde of elected officials from President to constable; It can be exer cised over a tow official, whose small numb, r gives opportunity for closest scrutiny In the lUht of the widest pub. llclty of their records, and fitness, their every ad. If wc resort to reenll of court deci sions for repair of the blunders of the past we shall hut commit a worse blunder as lh first of a new series. n itnm bv Kori. mvrpkrkr. The nominal vocation of the Hutn phrys brothers Is rarmlng: their prin cipal avocation Is murder for money and 1nst. They are a detestable pair, the lowest type of filthy and lecherous beast. They killed without scruple: they ravished without mercy; they stolo without conscience; they preyed without ceasing. When exposure came, they accused each other without a tremor of fraternal feeling. What are these crentures? Men and brothers? Or cruil and terrible monsters? What does society owe them? What have they done for so ciety except to defy every canon of decency, morality, tenderness, pity and compassion? Where- do they differ from the wild animals of field and forest that kill from pure lust of kill ing? Why have they not forfeited the righ. to live through the protection of societ ? Tet OoTrnor West would not hang such men. The Oregonlan would. Governor West would send them to prison, cage them, feed them, clothe them, and finally parole them. The Oregonlan would not. . STIJ.IVAX Vi. HILUVN. We do not know much, or anything;, about Mark Sullivan except that he writes a page of political stuff for Col lier's Weekly, and Is a sort of Jour nalistic spy for that delectable pub lication at Washington City. But Sul livan appears to know about Oregon, which la something; of an achievement for a busy space-writer who has never mado more than an over-night visit In Oregon and is not handicapped by any sort of regard for the facts. Sullivan Is a friend of Senator Rourne's. and he tells the people of Oregon that they ought by all means to send the Senator back to CongTcss. Ha complains about a statement In a circular by Mr. Selling that Rourne had Identified himself at Washington with the Aldrlch Republicans, and declares it to be a "palpable false hood." Sullivan has a bad memory or a bad conscience; for Sullivan is the great Investigator who first published the rec. ord of Rourne'a dealings with Aldrlch. About two years ago Commentator Sullivan printed on his page In Col lier's Weekly the awful story of the Republican Senators and the Aldrlch bill. The Sullivan test of black crim inality by a Senator was his votes with Aldrlch on the tariff bill. Sullivan shows that Senator Rourne. during the progress of the tariff debate, voted about as follows: With Aldrlch seventy-five times. Against Aldrlch two times. Absent 123 times. . We quote from memory. If we are wrong we call on Sullivan to correct us. Rut we are clear that Sullivan proved that Senator Bourne voted against Aldrich fewer times than any other Republican Senator; and he was absent more limea than any other Senator except one. Mr. Bourne openly Identified him-i self with Aldrich. saying that Aldrlch knew all about the tarifr and he knew nothins: therefore he would leave It to Aldrlch. Mr. Rourne was with Aldrich when it suited his ends to be with Aldrich; he was with Taft when he thought he could secure patronage for his hench men from the Administration: he was wit Roosevelt when he sought to make a reputation for himself as a great political strategist by pounding the eeond-eleetlve-term drum; he waa with La Koilette when he made his flying somersault to the progressive band-wagon. But where Is he now? Hill VtE ARE Bl lUILNO THK C ANAL. The Idea that anything the Govern ment does should be free has become ro rooted In the minds of some men that a great public work like the Panama Canal no sooner nears com pletion than they make a loud outcry for its free use. Kvery success they score becomes an argument for an other act of public philanthropy. When construction of tho Panama Canal began we were all content to view it from a business standpoint. We were so fascinated by the prospect of saving a large proportion of the money spent on freight between our two coasts and of tho time consumed in the voyage of our naval and mer chant ships around Cape Horn; we were so sure that, with the financial success of the Sue Canal to point to us an example, the Panama Canal would be a good investment, that we regarded the tolls as a mere bagatelle. Now that it is nearly completed we am asked to make it a charitable In stitution for the benefit of our ship builders and ship operators, that they may be allowed to receive for their services an amount equal to the tolls more than Is received by foreign ship owners. It is proposed to accomplish this end by passing American ships through the canal toIKfree. while for eign ships pay tolls. Wo are also asked to manago it as a patriotic in stitution for the upbuilding of our merchant marine, that the American flag may be seen jn every part flying over ships built of American material by American workmen for American builders who sell thctn to American operators. Our pnrpoe in building the canal was neither philanthropic nor purely patriotic. We are not building it for the purpose of giving American ships an advantage over foreign ships. We are not building it that the breasts of our consuls and tourists may swell with pride, at the sight of our flag in foreign parts. W are building It as an Investment, because It will be so great an aid to commerce that com merce will willingly pay for Its use. We were Influenced to somo extent by Its utility to our Navy. but. had the sole use to which It could be put been the quick transit of warships from the Atlantic lo the Pacific we should never have built it. Its usefulness to the Navy, as seen when the Oregon made her famous voyage, simply demon strated Its usefulness for all ocean traffic, and for that reason we are building It. Should we pass American vessels toll-free through the canal, the ship owners woutd not pass on the saving to the consumers; they would keep it. We should expose ourselves to the charge of violation of a treaty merely fir the enrichment of a class, and should take money out of the canal treasury to be given to this class. In so doing we should compel all our citizens to contribute directly to the upbuilding of the shlp-bulldlng and shlp-ownlng Industry. If we wish to build up our merchant marine we can do so by allowing our citizens to fly the American flag on a ship bought In the open market of the world. We can than enjoy the senti mental pleasure of seeing our flag flutter at the mastheads of many ships and enjoy the substantial pleaauro of money saved hy the reduced price of commodities due to the reduced cost of transportation. Our shipowners will also make more money than If they were forced to depend for their business existence on largess doled out as a condition of their pamper ing an Industry which Is a persistent mendicant. A XATTYE AMKRJCAH OPKRA. The new opera "Mona." which has Just been performed with brilliant success at the Metropolitan Opera Jiouse in New York, Is by an Ameri can composer, but the theme Is Brit ish. Perhaps the fact that the story which it is based upon is taken from the ancient history of the mother country had aomethlng to do with the favor It experienced. New York has an amazing predilection for every thing that Is truly English, especially If It is Intimately associated with kings and queens, as this libretto is. The heroine la a damsel descended from Boadlcea, who tried to redeem her country from Roman tyranny. Her efforts fall through an excess of devotion. She was in love with an admirable young man and if she had only yielded to her passion fate had ordained that their united efforts should bring happiness and peace to Britain. Rut the poor girl fell Into the superstitious notion that In order to accomplish her purpose she must give up her lover and' so with the usual irony of events she fails and Is borne off the stage for execution at the end of the opera. Above all things, said Talleyrand in advising a youth who had come to him for Inspiration, "Pas trop de zele." donf take yourself too seriously. The sacrifices which are most pleasing to fate are those In which the victim reserves something for his own bene fit. The gods, according to the old Greeks,, admire wlllness more than they do simple honesty. At any rate the heroine of this American opera came to grief because she offered her self too completely on the altar of her country. The words as well as the mu sic are hy an American. We cannot help wondering whether he could not have acquitted himself better If he had chosen some theme from the history of our own country. Why should w-e everlastingly go to Kurope for the subjects of our poetry and music? There are plenty of women In Ameri can history who are fully as Intere-t-Ing 9 Boad Icea's grandchildren and plenty of romantic situations suitable for the operatic stage. The-difficulty may be raised that we are not yet remote enough from these characters and events to enable poets to treat them objectively, but there Is not much In it. Shakespeare was not so far from the Wars of the Roses, and certainly not so far from Henry VIII. as we are from Revolu tionary times. Primitive New Eng land furnishes any quantity of excel lent themes for opera. The flogging of naked Quaker women In the streets for expressing their opinions too open ly would do beautifully and the moans from the circumambient wilderness as the Sheriffs blows descended would make an admirable ground for orches tral accompaniment. One thrilling crisis might be brought In where the Sheriffs lash cut a deep gash in the bosom of a young nursing mother. The War of 1812 might also supply a composer with admirable subjects for operatic treatment. General Wlnfleld Scott's Invasion of Canada fairly over flows with heroic Incidents. Take the refusal of the militia to march outside their dear native State of New York, what could be more pathetic or more inspiring to patriotism? American drama has at least par tially emancipated Itself from foreign domination, but In all other forms of art we are about as provincial still as we were in Longfellow's early days. With a few exceptions our most popu lar novels are built on European themes. So far as painting is con cerned, our wealthy art patrons are much more assiduous In bringing over to this country the decayed relics of antique European productions than in encouraging living work at home. A foreign corpse la far preferable to a native genius in the bloom of health and vigor. Indeed It almost seems as If our millionaire collectors perceived sometning common and vulgar in art which is not dug up from the tomb. The impulse which Poe. Whittler, Bryant and Whitman gave to native poetry has pretty well died out. Such feeble verse as this country now pro duce Is little better than a faint echo of Rudyard Kipling. We ought to ex cept from this statement, however, the rude satiric measures of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who can handle a native theme without the help of transatlantic models. No doubt a great part of this sterile provincialism must be ascribed to the example and Influence of our millionaire society leaders. Since the close of the Civil War American millionaire society has been growing steadily more subservient to European Ideals and models. The end and aim of Its useless existence has been to import British servants. Brit ish habits of speech. British modes of thinking on public questions and Brit ish -wavs of life in general. To be as English as possible has been the splen did ambition of our society dames and glided youths. Naturally American music, poetry and art of all sorts has followed the same course, for It is a commonplace of history that the muses alwa travel the pathway which money marks out for them. If we had a truly patriotic aristocracy, even though It were no better than an aristocracy of wealth, we should speedily have patriotic painting, liter ature and music. But as long as our social light kindle their flame at for eign candles so long will our poets and painters, to say nothing of our musicians, go abroad for their inspira tion. Very few of those who pretend to represent this country artistically know even the elements of our Na tional life. Their horizon Is limited to New York. The world ends as far as they are concerned at the shore of Manhattan Island. The real life of the United States, that of the Middle West and the Pacific Coat. does not exist at all for most of them, while those who do recognize Its reality have only the most shadowy concepts of Its nature and variety. Before we can expect to develop a National art and literature we must in some way convince our artists and literary men that our National life is worth studying: and. as Whlttier said long ago. they must study it. not from the outside, hut as those who live it. Next Saturday. March 23. the final scene in the sad chapter that opened with the destruction of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor fourteen years ago will be completed and the Incidents of that event will be closed to current events and embodied In his tory. On that day memorial services for the dead of that International dis aster will bo held in Washington with ceremonies of National character. President Taft will deliver a brief eu logy and Congress. 'by his request, will adjourn and attend the services In a body. Patriotism, sentiment, grati tude and money, can do no more to honor the brave men who In the twinkling of an eye, aa it were, and at the behest of treachery, went to their doom with the Maine. Six hundred fathoms deep, on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, the distorted wreck of the battleship rests or Is tossed by ocean currents; In honored graves In Arlington and other sacred soil He the remains of her brave crew. The Na tion has done its whole duty. Let it pass. The Democratic House with envia ble courage has decided to try its luck with an income tax bill. How it will fare in the Supreme Court, if the Sen ate passes It, Is a delightful uncer tainty. For 100 years the court held that an Income tax was constitutional. Then by a five-to-four vote the opin ion was reversed. What has happened once may happen again, and another reversal is not out of the question. If that should happen, it would make no difference ' whether the pending amendment is ratified or not. When Professor Bailey, of Cornell. Invited C. I. Lewis, of the Corvallis faculty, to prepare an article on apple culture for his famous Encyclopedia of Horticulture, he gave deserved rec ognition to a man of eminent merit. Professor Bailey Is known to scientists everywhere as an unrivalled author ity on agriculture in all Its branches. The invitation which he has given Professor Lewis may be understood to signify that our local expert ranks with the best In the world. It is pleasant to learn that Seattle is about to expel its "undesirable women." The only thing that mars our Joy at the prospect is the question where they will go when they have been expelled. The Christian way U to convert such women and Induct them Into a useful and decent life, but perhaps Seattle Christianity Is not equal to the task. In that case the next best thing Is to throw the bur den on somebody else. J. P. Morgan lias an unquestionable right to bring the ruins of the Temple of Philae to the. United States if he wants tq, but it is a ridiculous way to spent JS. 000. 000. In Egypt the ruins are significant of a great civilization. Here they would be a mass of rub bish merely. We can think of a great many more useful and beautiful ways to spend $8,000,000 than the carting of ruined temples about the world. What a terrible fate it must be to be excluded from the social circles fit ness for which is decided by wealth and the possession of a pedigree!. No wonder Mrs. Gage became insane. If she and her daughter had devoted their energies to running a chicken ranch instead of running after social distinction. Mrs. Gage would have pre served her sanity. John Cannon seems either to hav suspected that his wife married him for his money or to have feared that she would become the prey of fortune hunters after his death. If the for mer were the case, he would hardly have dealt so liberally with her. His caution then is a reflection on her wisdom, while his generosity ' provea his affection. New Mexico makes a good begin ning in her career a9 a state by the arrest of four legislators accused of receiving bribes. The new state must choose whether she will enter the Illi nois class as to Senatorial election methods. There are a few murders with which the Humphrys may not be connected, but enough has been confessed to make them objects of the Governor's commiseration. Alas! Evelyn Thaw has a double, who is accused, like her. of wrecking rich men's hearts and homes. One Evelyn Thaw should be enough for one generation. Organized labor despises the I. W. W. outfit and unorganized laborers are too decent to mingle with them. What" do the authoritiea fear, then? Dr. Mary Walker is entitled to the bifurcated garment day and night. She has become accustomed to the use of pockets. If ever the National Guard gets a "whack" at the I. W. W. agitators, the question of "foreign" service will be settled. Only 2.700,000 Chinese are in the grip of famine. One day's tobacco money of this country would save them. The livestock show was a success because It represented special en deavor by special men. Dr. Mary Walker is so enamoured of trousers that she insists on wearing them, even at night. Th North Dakota vote was a Joke aa well as a surprise Ci I Cj. j kjiaraaiiu iJiai-ifiaiicio Br I. rone Cass Baer. Sidney Ayers. one of the best-liked ! leading men the Baker has ever given us. is to play a brief engagement at Ye Liberty Playhouse In Oakland, Cal., I opening In a fortnight. In "The Vir ginian," and continuing until the lat ter part of May, when Franklyn Un derwood and Frances Slosson open at j that theater for Summer stock. Blanche Bates will be here next week , with her latest production. "Nobody's Widow." a comedy from the pen of Avery Hopwood. . "The Xewlyweds," the cartoon com edy coming to the Baker next week. Is regaling the folk In Chico. Cal.. to night. Tomorrow night it's at Med- ford. Saturday at Eugene and opens at the Baker Sunday. ... Eleanor Haber. a San Francisco girl who was a member of the Columbia Stock In Portland under Belasco and Mayer, and who has since visited Port land as leading woman with various companies, was a week-end visitor In Portland. Miss Haber was at the Bow ers en route from Vancduver, B. C where she has been ' leading woman with the stock company there for a four-week engagement. Miss Haber last appeared professionally in Port land during the mid-season holidays, when she was featured in "The Bar rier," at the Baker. The Shipman stock companies, which are to be managed from "Los Angeles, and which are to play at various points through the Southwest, are get ting under way in rapid order. The Wlsw-ell-Shipman incorporation an nounces the opening of the new Grand Theater in Ban Diego, with a stock company headed by Virginia Brissac. Other members of this company who are quite well known among Pacific Coast theatrical folk are True Board man. Joseph Dillon and W. Clifford Ray. This opening took place March 10. A whole flock of praise-agents have gathered together at the Hotel de Heillg this week. There's Roland Bond and Harry Robey. both ahead of "The Balkan Princess"; Percy Heath and Fred Hamlll, preceding "Excuse Me," which opens Sunday night; Frank Healey, ahead of Tetrazzlni, who is here March 30; Earnest Shuter, who heralds "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." the Easter attraction; J. Mead off, who is in advance of the Yiddish Players, on March 28-29, and J. Saun ders Gordon, who conies to prepare a way for Paine's fireworks during the Rose Carnival. Teddy Webb, an old favorite In mu sical comedy, is with the "Balkan Princess." which opens tonight at the Helllg. He's one of Its four comedians. The Marjorle Rambeau Stock Com pany Is being organized in San Fran cisco, and tho support is now being signed. Of interest locally is the an nouncement that negotiations are being made with Thurlow Bergen to act as leading man. Floreni Stone opened at the Alcazar Theater In San Francisco as leading woman last .Monday, in "Cleopatra." using the Fanny Davenport version. Will n. Walling, a member of the old Columbia stock in Portland, is with the Alcazar players In Cleopatra. He's playing the role of Kephren, the Queen's devoted serf. The ever-increasing multitude who are whooping it up for the motion picture business will soon have some thing to shout for right here In Port land when Mnie. Sarah Bernhardt will be seen here in her emotional master piece. "Camllle." Edwin F. James, manager of the Majestic Theater, has booked this film for his theater, and will feature it all next week. Since the first announcements of Mine. Bern hardt's performance before the camera were heard the public has had its ear to the ground, but It had expected that months would elapse before the pic tures would be shown on Portland screens. However, the motion picture has a beautiful advantage over the drama In the fact that It travels by express and plays all its show towns simultaneously. When this production was first shown before critics in Paris, Mnie. Bernhardt had the unique sensa tion of sitting among them and listen ing to their exclamations. Her delight was later expressed in a very charac teristic torrent of enthusiasm. The production was taken . on two and a half reels of film. Tully Marshall, the California actor who Is appearing in "The Talker" says that the oft-heard phrase "Them Was the Good Old Days," brings back al ways fond recollections of his early life in the show business when he was connected with a "McCue Equesicur rlculum" that toured the Pacific Coast. He tells of it thus: It was a sort of horse show proposi tion, and old man McCue. who was the owner and star, was a wonder. He was a faker of the very first order, but the public never got on to it. He guaran teed to break and tame any horse that was brought to him, no matter how untractable, and he could always do it, too. if he could get his hands on the horse s head. The way he slipped some dope into the horse's mouth was as lever a piece of work as you could see in a day s travel. My connection with the organization was to ride into town at the head of the troupe, on a fiery steed, without saddle or bridle, follow ed by the rest of the organization. After parading every street in 'the village, we would give a show in a vacant lot. I did a high and lofty tumbling stunt from a horizontal bar. Jumping through hoops, going at full speed, and would land standing on the horse's back: then did a clown act, a song and dance In the concert; dis tribute handbills; help ballyho; act as treasurer for old man McCue, as he sold condition powders for man and beast: extol the virtues of a liniment that would cure anything from pink eyes to spavin; help pack op the show, load It on the wagons after which I had nothing to do till tomorrow. I received the handsome remunera tion of 6 a week. grub, and a right to sleep at night under one of the wagons. Her Amendment. t McCall's Magazine. Aunt Splnsterly: I hope that you opinions uphold the dignity of our sex, Mamie, and that you believe that every woman should have a vote. Mamie: I don't go quite so far as that, auntie; but I believe that every woman should have a voter Writer Would Cease Advertising I. W. W. Trouble and Ciet .New Major. PORTLAND, March 20. (To the Kd itur.) Why all this hue ami cry about Baden-Powell, the I. W. W.. Mayor Rushlight and the rest of them'.' We are certainly spreading a lot of bad news about our town all over the Coast regarding the recent trouble with the I. W. W. Day before yesterday I heard of this racket In Red Bluff. Cal.. where it was being discussed in the lobby of the hotel. I head citizens of Meford talking about it yesterday. In the discussion of the last few .lays we have said nothing new. but have held up and advertised our city a!"l over the land as a city with a weak Mayor and a Chief of Police that would not do his duty. Does such advertixins do this city any good? Has not this fact been known for a long time? Let us drop this crying over the weakness of our present city officials, for we have known the incompetency of the Mayor for six months, and many of us knew he was wholly unfit to he Mayor long before we put him into of fice. Instead of crying over spilled milk let us study the man who can do something for the city, who has the confidence of labor and capital alike, and who is big enough for the Job. And when we do find him (and Port land has plenty of such men) put him into office aa the Mayor. Such a man would have foresight enough to see Into the future and prepare for emer gencies. There are lots of men in this city who are bin and broad in their ideas, who can handle these troubles that have swamped the present administra tion, and who would be willing to serve the people as Mayor. When such a man is found let the people of all classes forget their prejudices and stand for him, put him into office and keep him there. The trouble with Rushlight is not that he has not good intentions, but the fact that he is lack ing in mentality to measure up to the position as Mayor. I am of the opin ion that he means to do well, but is too small in mental capacity, and about every kind of a city problem seems to get the best of him. He should cease to be a reflection of the mind of some body else, which accounts for the lack of confidence that the great part of our city has in him. At any event, let us cease to cry over spilled milk, quit advertising our city in this way all over the land and, here after, put men into office that have more moral courage, foresight and nat ural ability to govern. P. M. MQUADE. I. W. V. Preaches Treason. LA GRANDE, Or.. March 17. (To the Editor.) I note In your issue of the 16th a communication from a man signed J. T. Dillon, in repard to the treatment of the Boy Scout speakers and I must say that what Mr. Dillon says should be approved by every rljrht thlnklng citizen in thts country. The sentiments entertained by those "blood thirsty" gangs are simply treason and a menace to the Government. In the good old days that I can remember a hanging would have followed a speech made by a "soap-box" orator that I heard in the City of Spokane. Free speech is certainly not to be consid ered as Including treasonable utter ances and language calculated to pro voke riot and bloodshed. A man who stands up in public and damns the Government and its officers should not be allowed to stay in this country, but I have heard them do that In this town and why should this be permitted where law-abiding citizens are in a majority? Mr. J. T. Dillon is correct In all he says. W. li. WALSH. 'o Place for Anarehlsls. PORTLANI', Or., .March 19. (To the Editor.) Russell Sims makes a Just statement, as do many others in The Oregonian. I believe if the Mayor and Chief of Police don't do something soon, we will have to get somebody that will. The I. W. W. creates a disgrace to our city w hich w-e cannot tolerate. The idea of people cursing and sweariiis; on our public streets that women and children and people in general use for public purpose! Our flag and form of govern ment were here before these radical and lawless men. and I believe we must take care to carry our form of laws and government on if we expect to have peace and prosperity in our future. Portland is no place for them, as we are for prosperity and a greater city. E. A. HOBERG. REPORT 'GREATLY EXAGGERATED" J. E. Henkle Corrects statement That He la Not In Land of Living. PHILOMATH. Or., March -17. (To the Editor.) An article published in The Oregonian. March 8, written by J. B. Eddy, needs a little correction. It embarrasses me greatly. Yes, on September 3, 1884. there was a commission of three appointed, con sisting of Hon. John Minto, of Marion County: Robert Cochran, of Linn, and J. K. Henkle, of Benton County. This commission was appointed by Governor Moody to report as to the compliance of the railroad company with the terms of the grant of tide lands as set forth by the Government, which report was made. Mr. Eddy stated in his article that they had all long since gono to their reward, except John Minto: he was the only survivor of this commission. I will say that I am still here and enjoying the best of health, Mr. Mint being old enough to be my father. Each Summer I take a ride over the road to the seaside. J. E. HENKLE. Scoring the Wilde Jury. PORTLAND. March 17. (To the Edi tor.) The Wilde jury, with the recom mendation of Judge Kavanaugh, are de manding that courtesy and the legal fee In their case be stretched and double time allowed them. The exces sive delicacy which these gentlemen ex hibited in behalf of Mr. Wilde as against the state, the public and the fundamental nature and purpose of law, should remind them that the state owes them nothing except what the statute and custom provides. It seems, how ever, that they lose their overweening respect for strict construction of the letter of the law- as soon as they have Baved their friend by it. and are ready to Invoke liberal construction to secure double fees. Wilde may owe them courtesy; the state owes them none. I have hung around the Courthouse at the imminent risk of my job for a week in obedience to a summons as a witness and failed to get any fees at all because I did not file my claim be fore the expiration of the term of court trying the case an arbitrary rule I knew nothing about. Why should the courts be so harsh with some and yet lenient with this jury? J. B. ZIEGLER. Kentucky Colonel la Angered. PORTLAND. Or., March 20. (To the Editor.) T am a new arrival in your city from the good old Blue Grass state, and in The Oregonian Sunday I noticed an article headed "The Kentucky Kliek Gets Busy." It appeara that they got busy and Indorsed a lot of Republicans for various offices,' although proclaim ing themselves a strong Democratic organization-Dow n In Breathitt County we have a way of dealing with such sycophantic, non-partisan nincompoops who would fain destroy the good old Democratic party. lead me to the officers of the so called "Kentucky Klick." COL. JAJaES RANDOLPH CALHOUN. Early Blossoms Dean Collins. Thinking to hear the people's call. Wilh hat cast in the rina. Long time receptive Theod-ne Was with Jnienmess lift rnns And when it nme not a- lie lioped Th' alluring call deceptive lie frolicked forth and ba.Ie them sen That he was very much receptive. And here and there about the nri. He listened for the small. Still voice, whose words miaht : ' Come on! 1 am the people's call " Hark. Theodore. unu the floiin1; That from Dakota f ;i II. Say. doth it sound unto your par; As if it were the people's call? L' EN VOL La Follette blooms, first flower ot Sprinsr, Kre Theodore has even sprouied. r..-l, .. T C H.a iiaAiiln i-ullf.! I But 'twas not "Teddy'' that tne shouted. But after Sprinsr flowers bloom ann fade. And Summer sends its sunshine's shaft: Then look we for the Summer flower And T will eamble thpt it's T:tft. Tortland. .March 2n. Half a Century Ago Prom The Oroguniaii of March -1, On Saturday the Vnion men of this state will hold their primary meetings. We presume they understand the im portance of being present at these meetings, and of the necessity of select ing proper delegates to make the nomi nations for county officers and mem bers of the Legislature, to he voted for at the June election. During the recent visit of the finance committee of the Baltimore Bnard of Trade to Washington, an informal visit was paid to President Lincoln. One. of the members of the commit lee made bold to attack him directly upon the toptc nearest his own heart, when the following dialogue ensued; "Mr. President I wish you would tell me where the Burnside expedition has gone." "Why. don't you know where they have gone? I thought everybody knew that." "Well, sir, it may appear very ignor ant in me, but 1 must confess I don't know and that I should like to know exceedingly." "You really surprise me, sir. The papers have been full of it; everybody has been talking of it and I do noi suppose there was anybody who did not know all about it. Of course. I will tell you, if you promise not to give your authority." The gentleman promised solemnly. The I'resident drew hiss chair close to him and with his hand carefully in terposed between him and the rest of the company, whispered with mysteri ous emphasis: "The Burnside expedition, sir, has gone to sea." A letter from Washington in the Sacramento Union says (he i'acific dele gation have recommended the forma tion of a new postal district out of Oregon and Washington and the ap pointment of Burlinuame of Oregon postal agent. Mr. Sherry Ross, of this oily, .Tossed a fine lot of puck mules on the ferr yesterday, with the intention of paek ing provisions to the Salmon Kiver mines. The following is the official report of the keeper of the penitentiary to the late grand jury: "There are at pres ent confined in the prison 32 men and one woman. The system of working convicts out at largo has proved a failure, and I would recommend your honorable body to devise a plan and a system and recommend the next Lep -islature to adopt such moans as the country at large may know that con victs are safely kept Instead of run ning at large in a few weeks after they are sentenced. William Ralston, keeper of the Penitentiary." We acknowledge a tine present, of excellent fresh butter, made by Mrs. T. 11. Walker, of Forest Grove. Some of our livery stable keepers are in the habit of obstructing the side walks with wagons, old sleighs and numerous other obstacles, much to the detriment of passers-by, particularly on a dark night. We hope this hint will induce them to remove the same. "The Honeymoon" will bo presented t'.night. with Mrs. Forbes as Juliana and Mr. Beatty as Duke Aranza. The performance will conclude with "The Two Buzzards." "Othello" was played to a full house last nighl. ntousupesc.ountryRinh-M..fi . E A NN Country Town Sayins by Ed Howe The man who has seen a good show can't interest a man who hasn't in tell ing about It. The laziest men in a country town can usually be seen around the depot when the trains come in. When a noted man sliakes hands with you. he seems to say in his manner: "Of course, I am willing to slmke hand'1" with you. as I desire to be known as a good fellow. In spite of my prosper ity; but please do not hold my hand too long, as It is very busy." There are so few Sunny Jim situa tions, that people finally tiro of the Sunny Jim philosophy. But there Is one thing you can do; make the best of every situation, and T beg you to do that. And so far as I am concerned, you needn't whistle, or laugh, or sing, while about It. If there are hooks in a close! for a man and wife, the wife, uses 23 of them. Look after your stomach carefully, and Higher Education will be that much easier. Writing is like talking: and there are few good talkers. .Many pevple who want to do bettur work, really and positively can't. The kitchen is the most important room in a house, and usually the dirtiest. When a country town man visits ; big city, the citizens have a lot of as surance that make' him think of the impudence of a man with a good head of hair when in the presence of a bald man. One 1 olingster's Handicap. PORTLAND. March 20. (To the Edi tor.) Our family is in great sorrow and my wife is making life a bunier. all because four years 'ago we named our baby hoy after Theodore Roose velt. My wife says it is a moral wrong to have a child grow up with such a handicap, and I respeetfully inquire ii" under the "Oregon system'' there is any way to "recall" his name. A WORRIED FATHER- The remedy may be found in Ihe writings of Colonel Roosevelt. Don't admit you've changed your mind. Sim ply announce that the public should have understood when you christened tho boy "Theodore Roosevelt" that you of course intended his name to be something else. 'V A