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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
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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.
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