THE MOltXIXG. OREGONIAX, MONDAY, ArRIL, 1,, 1912.
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.MORE TAJUfK HISTORY.
REDKONP. OT.. March . To tha Edi
tor Fr-..dnt Tatt signed th. Payn s-Al-drtch
tariff bill on th grounds that It
tae beat he coold l-t Irom Longress. ii
.as n..t good enougn for tha people and
they elected a D-.n n.tlc llou.o at the first
nortunltr. Ihla Hus rad certain tar
If bills, which the Prealdent vetoed. Why
did h. not s.n them on toe same
e. wft.ch h ...ned tha Psvne-Aldrlrh bill
I. ..torn, them. h. art hi. own P"';
opinion sgamil the oprnlon of th' rejro
.ontatl-re. of th. p-opl- who bad I hoe, .elect
d fr tho etpres. purp-. of revising ha
tariff downward and In direct protest to th.
ran.-Aldnch bill. J fc-H.
Here Is a correspondent who blames
the President because he accepted anj
tariff bill from Congress, and blames
him again for not accepting tariff bills
from the same Congress. If the result
of the approval of the Pa ne-AIdrlch
bill by tha President was a Demo
cratic Hoiue. a sufficient rea-n for
refusing to sign the special bills
that the President hoped to avert a
second popular verdict that would re
mit In a Democratic Congress.
The real reasons were, however, that
the Payne-Aldrich act itself provided
a non-partl.-an tariff board, and the
special tariff bills, passed for purposes
of pure political buncombe "to put
Taft In a hole" were disapproved
pending- a correct and authoritative
finding as to a reasonable tariff on
wool, cotton and other particular sub
Jects. Why Is there so much persistent
misunderstanding- and misstatement
about recent tariff history? The facts
stand out. and the truth Is easy to
now.
ROOSEVr.LT AT IT Afi.UN.
Colonel Roosevelt persists In mis
representing President Tafts opinions
by quoting one sentence of the latter's
Toledo speech, torn apart from Its con
text. In an effort to persuade his
hearers that Taft advocates govern
ment by a class or the bosses, he quotes
these words from that speech:
Ours l a government of all the people
tr a representative .art of the people. .
In order to arrive at the President's
meaning we must read what led up to
these words. It was:
Experience nd especially the growth of
popular government In our own history has
pnown that In the long run every claaa of
the people, and by that I mean thoe lml
larlv situated, are better able to aecure at
tention to their welfar. than nj- other
claa.. however kltruletlc th. latter claaa
may be.
In recognition off this, the tendency from
earliest times In our history has been th
enlarremcnt of the electorate to Include In
trie Ultimate source of governmental power
as many aa pnewtbl of tho. governed Hut
even tiM.tv tje cctorate Is not mre In
nvimber than ore-fourth of the total num
tr of the who are citiaens of the Nation
and ar th peopl. for whom the Govern
ment 1 melntatned and whose rights and
happiness the ;ovemmnt Is Intended to se
cure. More than this, government by unan
imous vot of th electorate Is Impossible,
and iherwforw th majority of th. electorate
mut rule,
W. find, therefore, that government by
the peopl. la. under our present system, gov
ernment by a majority of one-fourth of
tr.oset wbo. right, and happiness ar to ho
affected by the course and conduct of th
I government. This la the nearest to govern
ment by th whole peopl w. hav. .ver had.
. . . In othr worda. the electorate Is a
reprewetitattv. governing body for th. who,
peeps, for which th. ;overnm.nt waa ea
labllshd. and th controlling majority of
th- electoral Is a body atlll leas numerous.
It la th us apparent that oura Is a Oov
erament of All th peopl. by a representa
tive) part of the) people.
The President it tve a description of
the actual condition of affairs which
! obviously true. The whole people
Df the United States In 1908 numbered
about 90.000.000. The total number of
votes cast for President In 190S waa a
little le than 15.000.000. The Pres
ident said that these 15.000.000 voters
composing the electorate are the "rep
resentative governing' body." "a repre
tentative part" of the people. Roosevelt
distorts these words to make It ap
pear that Taft said a class or the bnjjes
were a representative part of the peo
ple. Taft In effect said that the 15.
000.000 voters were the bosses. He
poke approvingly of the tendency "to
lnglude In the ultimate source of gov
ernmental power as many as possible
f those governed," because "in the
long run every class of the people are
better able to ecure attention to their
welfare than any other class."
But In h! Detroit speech Roosevet
repeated his offense, for he said:
I wish to call your attention to th. last
Instanc of th working, to actual 'practice,
eff th President's theory of government of
the peopl by what h calla a "representa
tive par:"" of th peopl. As I hav already
said, thia has alwas meant government
ty a thoroughly unrepresentative part of
t i people against the Interest of the whoi.
peopie; It means and can only m-an govern
ment of th. peopi. for the special Interests
by th. bosaea.
On the contrary, it means and can
only mean that all men and women
qualified to vote are the representative
part of the people. These 15.000.000
voters are what the Colonel calls "a
thoroughly unrepresentative part of
the people." government by which
"can only mean government of the
People for the special Interests by the
bossies."
Lot the voters take those words to
heart. Colonel Roosevelt says literally
that government by the voters can only
mean government by the special Inter.
ts for the bosses. Is that his opin
ion of the wisdom, uprightness and In
dependence of the voters?
Railroad earnings decreased
throughout the year 1911 In spite of
urict economy which reduced operating-
expenses. Reports from 9.47 of the
..ream roasts In the United States show
rlecrrase in gross operating revenue of
2.5 per cent and In net operating rev
enue of 4 per cent, compared with the
year 1910. The showing on the West
ern roads waa even more unfavora-
t . . v. . A nri 2 ao hit ne a 7 ner cent In
eosS ana o per irm in iiri utniHuiis
k-enue. Only by paring down ex-
se for maintenance of way and
ment was the decrease held down
Is figure. Und.r such conditions.
adjustment of rates by the Interstate
Commerce Commission should rather
take the form of removal of Inequali
ties than of reductions.
CHKTKS TO IRIrtH IMMIGRATION.
A determined effort Is beingmade
by the NatlonaCouncIl of Ireland to
check emigration from that country.
A memorial has been sent to President
Taft requesting him to cause more
rigid enforcement of the immigration
laws.
It would seem that the remedy for
the gradual depopulation of Ireland Is
to be found in Ireland itself rather
than In the United States. Much has
been done in that direction already,
Ihrmiffh th 1 fl WH hV W hlch the people
. , K.w r Tn i n w nutipra of the land !
they occupy and througn tne revi
e m.n.,r...inrM These Internal
Ival
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forms must Inevitably raise the scale
of wagea by Increasing the demand for
labor In proportion to the supply. Aa
wages advance, the temptation to emi
grate will diminish and conditions will
rich! tbemaelveej.
The grant of home rule cannot
be
i ur iiijfc v -
inns- rielAveri. and wfien national as
pirations are thus gratified, there will
be every sentimental reason why Irish
men should stay at home to work out
the destiny of their own country. There
will also be a strong inducement for
those Irish emigrants who have suc
ceeded In new countries) to return and
help In the upbuilding of the old coun
try by developing Its fisheries. Its min
eral wealth and Its manufactures.
The remedy for excessive emi
gration lies rather In the Improvement
of economic conditions In the Island
than In the artificial checks afforded
by our immigration laws.
A UTTIE BOOK KOH MREW.
Xo. 41 of The Industrialist, a pub
lication Issued by the Kansas Agricul
tural College, la particularly interest
ing to parent and others who have
charge of the welfare of boys. The
topic which It discusses Is "Assisting
the Boy in the Choice of a Vocation."
The subject is condensed In the ques
tion "How can parents direct their
boys?" What is wanted is rational
direction, and this Is something entire
ly different from the pigheaded variety
which selects a profession for a boy the
day he is born and shoves him Into it
regardless of his native abilities.
According to this pamphlet, "work
Is the foundation atone of a successful
career. In planning the son's voca
tion parents should begin early and lay
a solid foundation In hard work and
plenty of it." A boy Is not Injured by
severe exertion as long as he has
plenty of food and sleep and ample
Intervals for play. "There is always a
steady demand throughout the coun
try." we are told, "for young men of
muscle and moral courage. The so
called learned professions, once
sought as a matter of course by all
young men aspiring to become gentle
men and scholars, are waning in sig
nificance before the many splendid vo
cations open to young captains of In
dustry. Scholarly farmers and stock
raisers and carpenters and ironwork
ers and engineers' assistants and the
like are what our Industrial age is In
greatest need of, and It Is high time
that parents view this situation aright
and prepare their sons to meet It."
The sound good sense of this little
publication amazes one. Speaking of
the traits of young boys. It says:
Every healthy boy Inclines at times
to be rough, nonsensical, boisterous,
pugnacious and predator'. He also
experiences the Impulse to run away
from home. A little safeguarding and
directing brings him through this pe
riod safe and sound.". The tendency
to rough play is not the worst trait
that boys display. "There are certain
practices that quickly work themselves
Into the nervous system In the form of
fixed habits and Interfere seriously
with the boy's vocation." The worst
of these practices la the use of to
bacco. Intoxicants and sex perversion.
All are harmful In the extreme, and
each, as soon as noticed, should be
dealt with faithfully. False shame
has prevented many American parents
from doing their duty by their sons in
regard to the danger last mentioned,
but we are now getting the better of
this cowardly feeling and the subject
can even be discussed in the public
prints without prudish rebuke.
WORK OF THE PORT COMMISSION.
Had Portland allowed sandbars to
choke the channel of the Willamette
and Columbia Rivers to the sea It
would never have become the great
port It is. The growth of the city has
been promoted as much by the im
provement of its outlet to the sea as
by the development of Its lines of
communication by land.
For this reason the work of the Port
of Portland Commission deserves as
much intelligent interest as that of the
municipal government or the tHate
Railroad Commission. But for that
work we should not In the last twenty
years have seen the channel deepened
from seventeen to twenty-five feet at
low water, giving sufficient depth to
float the largest merchant ships plying
on the Pacific aa well as any battle
ship In the Navy, our timorous Naval
captains to the contrary notwithstand
ing. The Government might have"
done some work by fits and starts, but
it would not have made nearly as large
or as regular appropriations as the
work done by the port Itself has in
duced It to make. By building dredges
and leasing them to the Government,
which pays the cost of operation, the
Port Commission has probably multi
plied several times tha amount of
channel work done, in the twenty years
of its existence. It has also deepened
the harbor, a work which the Gov
ernment would not have been willing
to undertake.
The task which the Commission has
now taken in hand in co-operation
with the Government Is much greater
than that already, performed. The
expansion of our ocean commerce,
which Lb certain to follow the opening
of the Panama Canal, and the greater
size of ships which will then come to
this port render imperative the deep
ening of the channel to thirty feet with
the least possible delay. Reserving the
small dredge Portland strictly for har
bor work, the Commission Is employ
ing the Columbia and Is building an
other dredge of equal capacity for
work in the channel. Pending com
pletion two years hence of the two
dredges which the Government is
about to build for the Columbia River,
the Commission purposes to maintain
the present depth and, if possible, to
Increase it one foot. When the two
Government dredges are completed
they will be employed with the Port
Commission's tw-o large dredges In In
creasing the depth to thirty feet,
which will require eight times as much
work as was involved In attaining the
present depth.
With a depth of thirty feet at low
water, any ship now afloat, even the
great ship now building at Hamburg
with a loaded draft of over thirty-one
feet, will be able to come to the Port
lahd dock st any ordinary stage of
water, which is several feet above ero.
Portland will then compare favorably
with New York, Hamburg, Liverpool
or Glasgow in ability to accommodate
great ocean liners.
Laudable Improvements have also
been made by the Commission in the
facilities for towage and pilotage, both
as to character and cost. By building
a dry dock the Commission has afford,
ed facilities for repairing and cleaning
ships which have opened the way to
building of shins here. Every step
taken by the Commission is calculated
nim. Portland in the first rank of
the world's great ports. It deserves
and should have the hearty moral sup
port and active encouragement of ev
ery patriotic citizen. t
MORE ABOIT INFORMKR ROBXF.TT.
ti.. imniie hnrenln with the In
former. Robnett. by which his pardon
was recommended and ootaineo "j
his prosecutors in consideration ofhi9
testifying against Kettenbach and Kea
. AUAo wnnae than described In
The Oregonian a few days ago. accord
ing to a letter from W. I. Kettenbach
to The Oregonian. It was Impossible,
In describing litigation so long anu
that u ruinut the Lewiston
bankers, to avoid some error without
access to the full record, dui some k-i--.H.,n.
which Mr Kettenbach makes
on our synopsis put Robnett In even
worse light.
L'..tr snrl Ivettenbach were acquit
ted of embezzling funds of the Lew Iston
National Bank and of making ihi
..t.i. in tha. hunk's books, bus were
convicted of making false entries in
reports to the controller. itoDnett, on
the other hand, pleaded guilty to em
hismini of the entire $137,000 stol
en from the bank. His statement that
Kettenbach and Kestrr knew or ana
nnnhnH ot hi. stealings, because he
knew that they were stealing, is de
nied by them and supported by no om
a,e vMenr Kettenbach says that he
and Kester made large overdrafts, all
of which have been repaia wnn m
rk that the hank lost nothing:
that the charges against them were
of the most technical cnaracter ana
that the stockholders were satisfied
with their management and did not
complain. The conviction of fraudu
lently acquiring timber land, made
.miner them ut reversed on appeal.
and at a second trial they "were acquit
ted. Robnett conviction ot suDorna
tlon of nerlurv was also reversed and
the charge was then dismissed.
Thus it appears that tne worst 01
nn .! n .- n..v.o nnfpMPu that he had
embezzled the bank's funds, was grant
ed immunity from punlsnment as a re-
.n A oe aM tn thA conviction Of tWO
other men of a minor offense. Nor
was It proved that Kettenoacn ana
Vaurn. thomeelvea made the false re
port, which Kettenbach says was made
by Robnett and Chapman, but they
were convicted because they should
have known or Its raisity. 1 ne real
criminal was set free, while those who
were, at the worst only accessories aft
er the fact were punished through his
testimony, which was biased by his In
terest In aiding their conviction and
was open to grave doubt through his
prior conviction of subornation of per
jury. The deeper one goes Into the
facts, the worse they appear for the
prosecutors who use informers to se
cure conviction.
APPROPRIATING FEDKRAI, MONEY.
Recently a student In the Astoria
public schools submitted to The Ore
gonian a question that was a part of
the eighth-grade examination in civil
government. The question was:
Jf Oregon wlsheg an appropriation from
th National Oovemment to Improve the
Columbia bar, who must Introduce th bill
In Congress, on of our Senatora or ona of
our Kepresentatives?
The answer given was that approprl.
atlon bills may be Introduced in either
house of Congress. An apology to the
school officials who were criticised for
framing such a question Is now de
manded by a learned contemporary,
the Cottage Grove Sentinel. The Sen
tinel has sent to Washington for in
formation and has received the reply
so It says that "all appropriation
bills originate in the House."
Not because the Cottage Grove pa
per says harsh things about The Ore
gonlan's accuracy, but because there
is a widespread misunderstanding of
the section of the Constitution cover
ing revenue measures. Is the matter
worthy of further comment.
The Constitution does not Inhibit the
introduction of appropriation bills In
the Senate. It only requires that "all
bills for raising revenue shall originate
in the House of Representatives." Ef
forts have been made in Congress to
construe this provision concerning rev
enue bills to Include appropriation
bills." In 1880 a Senate appropriation
bill was referred to the House, com
mittee on Judiciary after this question
had been raised. The majority of the
committee recommended the adoption
of a resolution upholding the constitu
tional power of the Senate to originate
bills appropriating money. A minor
ity submitted an adverse resolution.
Neither resolution was adopted. The
same question was debated twice in the
Senate In 18S8, without definite action.
Debates on the Constitutional ques
tion involved go back much farther,
however. During a contest over the
election of a Speaker In 1856 the House
was In a disorganized condition and
unable to transact business. The Sen.
ate because of this condition adopted
the following resolution:
Resolved. That th committee on flnanc.
b. In.trurted to prepare and report such of
th gneral appropriation billa aa they may
dem expedient.
After citing the several controversies
noted herein. Hind's Precedents, which
Is published by authority of Congress
and is therefore official and authentic,
makes this statement:
But while ther haa been dispute as to
the theory, there has been no deviation from
th practice that the general appropriation
bills, aa distinguished from special bills ap
propriating for single, specific purposes,
originate In th Housa of Representatives.
The foregoing paragraph discloses
the cause for the confusion that has
arisen in the minds of school instruc
tors on this subject. General appropria
tion bills, by custom only, originate in
the House. Special appropriation bills
frequently originate in the Senate. As
a concrete example of the way Con
gress overrides the views of the Cot
tage Grove Sentinel and various school
officials, a random selection from the
many Senate appropriation bills of the
present session, enumerated in the
Congressional Record Index for Feb
ruary 12 to February 25, 1912. dis
closes that & bill for the construction,
alteration and repair of a bridge across
the Weymouth Black River in Massa-
chusetts has passed both Houses. It
originated in the Senate, appropriated
$50,000. and has been signed by the
President,
In answering the school question
considerable detail might have been
given had it been thought necessary.
As a matter of fact, a custom has
arisen of Including ail Important river
and harbor improvement appropria
tions in an annual bill which originates
In the House. This bill is prepared by
committee and is subject to amend
ment. If the committee in framing
the bill chose to ignore a Columbia bar
appropriation desired by Oregon the
appropriation might be proposed by
either a Representative or Senator as
an amendment to the bill.
, It has been held on numerous occa
sions that the Rivers and Harbors bill
is not a "general appropriation" hill.
It is therefore not subject to what is
called the "rider rule" which prohibits
the Incorporation in a general appro
priations bill of any appropriation not
previously authorized by law, unless
for continuation of works or objects in
progress. That Is to say, it would not
matter whether the improvement de
sired had previously been authorized
by act of Congress. It could be incor
porated In the original act or by
amendment. If the desired improve
ment consisted of extensive dredging
probably neither a Senator nor a Rep
resentative would get very far with
an appropriation hill for the specific
purpose. If the "improvement" con
sisted of minor aids to navigation,
either might succeed and either might
Introduce tha bill. Press dispatches a
few weeks "ago. to cite an example,
mentioned a bill Introduced In the Sen
ate by Polndexter of Washington ap
propriating 845,000 for establishing
additional aids to navigation in Puget
Sound. What are Improvements?
The school question, we are forced
again to conclude, is Impracticable, in
definite and misleading.
SOt NI) POLICY TOR GOOn ROADS.
An able article suggesting a policy
of raising money for construction and
maintenance of good roads Is pub
lished In the Knglneering News of
March 14. It calls attention to errors
In tactics pursued by good roads agi
tators and to the evil consequences of
such errors.
Issue of bonds running for terms as
long as fifty years Is condemned, and
the principle set forth that the, bonds
should run no longer than the roads
will last, though the best and safest
way of raising money Is pronounced to
be by direct taxation. It Is suggested
that bonds contain a sinking fund pro
vision for final payment in ten to flft
teen years. It is contended that the
cost of roads should be met by the lo
calities whose residents are to use
them and that the state should pay
for roads burdened with through
traffic, which is a nuisance rather than
a benefit to the abutting property
owner. The cost of "maintaining a
good road is much higher than that of
a dirt road, and provision should be
made for maintenance out of annual
taxation or license fees. This annual
cost is estimated at one-tenth of the
original cost.
The wear of roads having been
greatly Increased by rapid, high-power
automobiles, it is contended that a li
cense tax be Imposed on them, gradu
ated according to horsepower, as in
England. This is held to be equitable
because the wear due to automobiles
has rendered necessary the use of a
bituminous binder on roads, which has
Increased the first cost of construction
from 20 to 50 per cent and has raised
the cost of maintenance in proportion.
The automobile owner profits by bet
ter construction and maintenance, for
the wear on his tires is materially re
duced. The tax might be extended to
other vehicles In proportion to the
damage they do to tha roads, for not
only do good roads increase the possl
ble load, but they decrease the cost of
repairs. These license fees would all
be placed in the fund devoted to road
construction and maintenance.
At a time when Oregon is about to
enter on a comprehensive scheme of
road construction, the arguments set
forth In the article In question should
receive the careful attention of voters.
C. B. Moores. in his letter to The
Oregonian, sums up in trenchant and
convincing style the motives under
lying the anti-TaTt campaign. As in
the campaign to prevent the renomina
tion of Lincoln, he shows the camp of
the Insurgents has become a veritable
cave of Adullam. where all who have
been disappointed by Taft In search
for office, all whom he has kicked out
of office and all whose ambition would
be foiled by his renomlnation have
joined forces with those who are ag
grieved by his anti-trust prosecutions.
And they call themselves progressives!
The men who boast of their abiding
confidence In the wisdom of the peo
ple thus presume upon the gullibility
of the people in an attempt to deceive
them. Their actions belie their pro
testations of confidence In the popular
wisdom.
No man on the Pacific Coast has
better knowledge of the shipping ques
tion than E. W. Wright, and his ad
dress at the meeting of the Ad Club,
printed yesterday. Is to the point.
The Tar Heel so anxious to marry
an Oregon girl and live on a farm
needs an older woman than he says
he wants to bring the family bunch of
wisdom up to the average.
The coming of the snow causes one
kind of woe east of the Rockies, its
melting causes another kind. The
newa of the floods only enhances our
enjoyment of Oregon sunshine.
The question Is settled at last, that
the family with an Income of $2000
can afford an automobile. Now It is
up to the ambitious better-half to do
the rest. y
Of what use would Portland police
men be in Hoquiani? They cannot
arreet a treasonable agitator at home;
how could they do so away from
home?
Mrs. Turnbull is cheated by the law
of the price of exposure of her amours.
Having lost, she loses all, both money
and reputation.
Preparation ofrods and tackle, it
must be admitted, fractured the sa
credness of the day to some extent.
The Klickitat ewe with a quintet of
lambs Is the Columbia Valley's defl to
tariff agitators.
Do not kick aside the purse on the
walk today. It might be valuable.
Raymond took the right course with
the I. W. W. Keep them moving.
The classy dogs are anticipating
great honors this week.
The April Fool Joko la on the an
thracite miner
SOCIALIST'S - IDEAS COKTRASTEC
Writer Asserts Leaders Cannot Be
Pinned Down to Definite Policy.
CORVALLIS, Or., March 30. (To the
Editor.) I have .been reading: the
speech of Job Harriman of Los An
geles, delivered to about 2000 Socialists
in Chicago last Friday night. Mr. Har
riman Is prominently mentioned as the
Socialistic candidate for President. He
was the candidate for Mayor-of Los An
geles In the last election and polled
52.000 votes in that city. The fact that
a Socialist could poll so many votes in
any American city Is sufficient reason
why his utterances may be regarded
with interest.
The entire speech was directed to one
point, the conservation of human en
ergy. He said:
Do you see? Let ma burn it into your
hearts. Do you see why the saloon, the
real estate man, th. banker, the captain of
industry, all reaping profits out of the work
ers, should hav. th sam. point of view?
Do you see that by conserving their energy
they think It la right? Do you see that,
however the little ere of the child worker
loses its sparkle and files away to the jewels
on the bosom of the daughter of the cap
tain of industry, they think It is right be
cause, thev like the Jewels? Do you see
they think It Is right because their
homes are beautiful. and the more
beautiful they are the more certain
they are that It is right? Do you see why
th. man in the pulpit preaching to those
gorgeously-dreased people, who pay so liber
ally for hla pews, preaches to you aud tells
yo-j to b patriotic and obey th law, for it.
Is rlgKt? Don't you see their standard of
right springs from a different point? their
civilization. Oh, what a curse upon them!
They can't become human; they cannot per
mit lovw to find a haven In their hearts, be
cause the very moment they reach out
and help to increase the wages, shorten the
hours, build better houses, clothe the babies,
and feed them better, they shut off the
flow of power to themselves and they can
not persist In that direction?
Here is a different point of view. The
Socialists have many such.
. Mr. Russell, their chief spokesman,
for Instance, says that the destruction
of the Institution of private property,
nothing less, will satisfy the Socialists.
Mr. Harriman wants shorter hours.
ii-Li.. ....! - mvA nnv Thev all
llfillter uuiuiio, " ' " i '
have a different point of view. Tou
think you have them pinned down on
one proposition, and another authority
In the ranks hands you out a different
proposition entirely.
Now this speech of Mr. Harriman s
was a beautiful speech. It was full of
emotion, stirring passages, full of the
claptrap which makes Socialists. Why?
Because the people who listen, then be
come charmed away from right ideals,
do not think out these absurd proposi
tions for themselves. They think con
ditions in the United States Intolerable.
Let them go 'to China, where seven
out of every ten babies starve to death
for want of nutrition, where the sea
itself is swept clean in the vain endea
vor to find food for the overcrowded
population. Let them go to India, where
famine prevails in aome quarter all the
time for want of food to feed the over
crowded population. Then let them
come back, to the United States and
thank God for living In a land where
wages are sufficient to enable any
wage-earner to lay up more than he
has to spend.
The trouble in the United States is
we live too hlph. We say we don't, but
we do. We say, "How can I cut down
my expenses?" Look at France: its
population nearly all property-owners,
because the people save a little more
than they spend. There is our salva
tion as a people. Save-more than we
spend, not running after the false gods
of Socialism, who would have you yield
up more of the human energy you Klve
for a dollar. Your energy is worth a
dollar for ten hours, or two dollars, or
three But it is not the whole thing, by
any means, and it will take more than
Mr Harriman's statement, no matter
how sweetly worded, or how captivat
ingly presented, to the contrary, to
draw the thinking people away from
time-honored standards which satisfied
our forefathers from time immemorial.
WOME.V A.D RULE OF THE PEOPLE
Equal Suffrage Declared F.ssentlal to
Real Popular Government.
PORTLAND, March 30. (To the Ed
itor.) I have often heard it said that
there is no logical argument against
giving women the ballot. This certain
ly must be the case when those who are
opposed to woman's enfranchisement
will not come out in the open and de
bate the question. The man who is
sure of his ground will always wel
come an opportunity to declare his po
sition. This is certainly true of the
advocates of "Votes for Women." They
believe in simple Justice; they believe
In liberty; they believe in freedom; they
believe In the rule of the people. Those
who do not agree with them do not be
lieve In the rule of the people; If they
did they would be willing to debate the
question. If a man Is not with us he is
against us, and should put his argu
ments in logical form.
There are a good many people who
do not believe in the rule of the people.
Only this week in a conversation with
an able attorney, he said to me I do
not believe in this universal suffrage.
What we need is a limited suffrage.
The people as a whole are "not qualified
to govern. The only true form of gov
ernment is a monarchy. While we dis
agree 'with people who take this atti
tude we can respect them, but we do
not respect those who say that they be
lieve In the government of the people
and then will try by every possible
means to deprive them of their rights.
Men who have so little faith in the
people of the Nation are not true
Americans; they do not inherit the
faith of Lincoln. He never deceived
the people; he put the Just claims of
the slave before the masses; he ap
pealed to their sense, of honor in the
name of duty and self-sacrifice. He
asked that the colored people might
have the right of self - development.
What Lincoln asked for the African we
ask for our American women. The
same high ideal Inspires our action.
Why should one-half the people be gov
erned and controlled by the other half
against their will. Votes-for-women
asks the government of a people, by
the people and for the people. Oregon
men will respond to this appeal and
grant the women the ballot In No
vember. WESLEY Bl'DD.
Eels on Pacific Coast.
TACOMA, Wash., March 29. (To the
Editor.) In the March 28, 1912, issue
of the Youths' Companion there is an
article on "How Eels Breed," copied
from the Zoological Society Bulletin,
and after discussing the subject, they
moU. tVia nmmntr "t-'vprv effort to
' establish eels on the Pacific Coast of
America for Instance, has failed.
It occurs to me that some notice
should be taken of this erroneous
statement, and I am writing you in re
gard to it rather than taking It up
with one of our local papers here, for
the reason that you will, undoubtedly,
be familiar w-rth the existence of great
quantities of eels at the falls in the
river at Oregon City. When fishing
there at different times I have seen
thousands of them working their way
up over the falls. A. R. HATHAWAY.
Foreclosure of Mortgages.
PORTLAND, March 31. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me where In the
Washington code of laws 1 can find the
laws regarding foreclosure of mort
gages. Under what section number? I
have looked through the index careful
ly and have been unable to find any
thing pertaining to foreclosure proceed
ings. I mean foreclosure of real estate
mortgages. AMY WESTON.
See Remington & Ballinger's Code,
volume 1, sections 1116 to and including
112S,
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of April 1. Is62
The following are the delegates
elected at the Washington County
Union convention to attend the state
i n K. halil at KllXTPne, CltV
on the 9th inst.: A. Hinman. L. Hall,
Dr. Bewlbey ana w. a. acoc.
A dispatch from Salt Lake City, dated
March 24, says that "the telegraph line
is still down east of Fort, Kearney.
Every exertion Is being made to get it
up. The operator has been prevented
from crossing the Platte River by high
water for three days."
Salt Lake. March 19. The Eastern
line is down east of Overland City and
it is reported that the immigration
has cut down our poles for firewood. A
terrible snow storm has been raging
for the last two days between Fort
Laramie and Omaha, the snow being
reported to be from four to six feet
deep. The Overland mail stage was
deserted today by the driver seven
miles west of Overland City, fast in
the snow. The stage from the East,
due at that place, is also fast in the
snow and the team had escaped. No
coach had passed that point for two
days.
Brlgham Young was officially noti
fied on the 17th of his election as Gov
ernor of the State of Deseret. He
took the oath of office and has called
upon the Legislature to meet at this
place on the 14th of April to elect Sen
ators to the Congress of the United
States. Union sentiments are every
where expressed, and the people hope
for speedy admission into the , Union
for their state government.
Governor Nye, now in San Francisco,
has received the following dispatch:
"Carson City. N. T., March 30, 5:15
P. M. Received today a letter from
Aurora (Esmeralda mining region)
with proceedings of a meeting. Forty
men are besieged by 600 Indians at
Owens River. Cal. They want troops
from tho fort and arms and ammuni-
nmnw n.EMEVS" .
Governor Whiteaker has written to
Colonel Cady, at Vancouver, inquiring
what his orders may be and whether
he Is empowered to dispatch troops to
defend miners from the raids of the
savages.
Spring is here with its glorious sun
shine and balmy breath.
"Lucresia Borgia" is on the pro
gramme for tonight. Mrs. Forbes will
appear as Lucresia, and Mr. Beatty as
Genarro. A patriotic piece, entitled
"The Fate of War, or Love Tries Ail,
will conclude the evening's perform
ance. Our citizens will regret to learn
that Mtss Virginia Lawrence will ap-
rrear no more before them as a song
stress. She has been compelled to
leave the stage on account of illness.
The Unioh convention of Benton
County nominated A. G. Hovey for
Senator and A. M. Witham and C. P.
Blair for Representatives.
As "Ed" Howe Sees Life
Seven out of ten men seem to think
that the way to get rich is to fool
know that the best way to get along is
not T.o loot anyuouy.
The reliable, capable man makes
progress, and his good will becomes
valuable, whereas the unreliable man
Is forever being compelled to go back.
and make another start.
In the course of a day, a grouchy
employe disturbs a whole lot of people,
who do a whole lot of. talking; and
finally the grouch gets both barrels
from the proprietors shotgun.
In country town society, a married
man has no social standing except by
his wife's side.
If vou encourage foolish talk, you
are an accessory before the fact to the
foolish action that follows.
When a man says to the people.
"Make me King at a million dollars
a year, and I'll do your worrying for
you," they should know that during
his reign, they will work as much as
they ever did.
Fire burns: if you can understand
that simple proposition, you should be
able to understand any of the big prob
lems. ,
There Is a new drawing every year
In the lottery of life, and the result of
every drawing depends on yourself.
You are not (I hope) a mere number,
compelled to take whatever comes out
of the box by chance.
There will be frequent attempts to
stack the cards on you, but watch out,
and don't stand it; you needn t.
Taft and Roosevelt Policies.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The common criticism of President
Taft Is that he has not carried out
the Roosevelt politics. He has car
ried much farther than Roosevelt did
the policies which he helped to organ
ize and set in motion in tne .noose
velt administration.
Since that time Colonel Roosevelt
has developed a new line of policies,
entirely different and more easv of
conception than of execution. President
Taft has no responsibility lor tnese.
If the people really want the Ex
ecutive to over-ride Congress and an
accidental majority to over-ride the
Supreme Court; If they want the state
governments reduced to chaos or im
potence and the judicial power of the
country concentrates in reaerai juages
appointed for life, they will have to
call Colonel Roosevelt DacK to oo it..
One trouble Is that a single Impulsive
though high-minded agitator can cut
out more reform work in a Summer
than a constructive statesman with an
unsympathetic and inefficient Congress
hanging about his neck can carry out
In four years.
Another trouble is that a headlong
and perfervld reformer of this sort, as
he leaps on from height to height of
theoretical agitation, finally arrives in
a region of thin air where no perform
ance can overtake him.
The sane and practical policies of
Roosevelt are safer in the hands of
Taft than In his own, and the other
policies of his later evolutions are not
safe In any hands, least of all in his
own.
Raffling; Real Estate.
YACOLT, Wash., March 29. (To the
Editor.) A man owns a lot In Wash
ington and he sells chances on it from
1 to 100. After all are sold the chances
are put In a hat and thoroughly shaken
and an outsider picks out one of the
chances, and the party owning the cor
responding number on this chance re
ceives title to the lot. Is It lawful?
. C. J.
A person who shall wager, hazard
any money or property, or representa
tive of either, upon any game, scheme
or device, opened, conducted, carried on
or operated as a game of chance, played
with cards, dice, or any other device or
scheme, is a gambler, and liable to pun
ishment by law. Illegal.
W hat of Capital Punishment f
PORTLAND. March 3. (To the Edi
tor.) What do the fathers and moth
ers, the sisters and brothers of the
young men who were murdered Friday
night think of Governor West and his
nambypamby. sickly, sentimental, no-capital-punishment
prison policy today?
A. BELIEVER IN LAW AND ORDER.
The Dream of the Day
By Dean Collins.
Avaunt ye. dreams of politics.
Avaunt, yet dreams of baseball dope;
Let me but catch an early car
And to the balmy woods elope.
Wherein the babbling streamlet's now
Pours round the rocks in rapid rout.
And where, within a limpid pool.
Dwells the great grandsire of all
trout.
Today, who cares what candidates
May do, to make or mar then
chances;
Who cares upon the sporting page
To pause and cast his anxious
glances?
Today, at last, the lid is off.
And we may boldly sally out.
And seek the rippling stream to lure
The daddy of the tribes or trout.
I'll freely flip the flutt'ring fly.
And waft it o er the waters wine
Where, basking mid the boulders big.
I know, for certain, to atuae
A shark, a whale, about this long
(Spread here your hands full three
feet out.)
And I'm the man who goes today
To snare the sultan of all trout.
Oh, many moons I've dreamt of you,
Great behemoth of finny folk;
And how's my chance to fing the fly
That proves, for you, the season's
Joke.
Bask on among the boulders big
And wallow 'mid the wavelets wet,
A little longer; then your time
Has come for I will gitcha yet.
Portland, March 31.
POETICK TIMES.
Jim Jones wuz a famous poet
Tho he wuzn t Knowea Dy inamim
Huemerous, folks allers called im,
Fer he never writ nothin' tame.
His stuff wuz brimmin' and' spicy.
Jest bubblin" right out'n his heart;
It seemed he wuz allers happy
An' loved f give others a part.
Now )t chanced thet I met Jim Jones
A strollln' one sunshiny day
All by hlsself. He wuz hummln'
A kind uv a low roundelay;
An,' bless yer heart, sure's shootin",
A tear trickled over 'is face!
An' I Jest started f beat it
At a reglar cavalry pace.
I hate t' see no man troubled.
An' Jim an' I sort uv wuz pals,
We'd played c'yards somew'at t'gethcr
An' flirted a bit with th' gals.
But says he, "Don' run, it's only
A Poetick Time uv mine, Joe;
I'm drinkin' the' dregs uv sorrow
An' a eatin' the' lees uv woe."
I wuz clean dunfounded. fer Jim
Wuz reckoned th' essence uv Joy.
He'd been courtin' th' funny muse
Most ever since he wuz a boy.
He smiled an' he patted m' arm
An' he says "Why how kin a guy
'Predate sunshine an' flowers
Unless 'e hez lived 'neath a sky .
Ez black an' ez drear ejs Hades?"
Howsomever thet place appears
"What d'ye keer fer th' Joys uv life
If ye never hev shed no tears?"
Now wh'never I read one uv Jim's
Iffervescent, melodick rymes, ,
I feel downright sad, fer I know
He's been havin' one uv 'is "Times."
JO HARTMAN.
Ocean Park, Cal.
A CRY FROM THE FAITHFLX.
William Bryan.
Keep on tryin."
The old maxim you should heed,
For if you keep on trying
In time you may succeed;
Three times you've entered In the race
For President; but then.
When at first you don't succeed.
Try, try again.
T. Roosevelt Is in the race.
And now 'twould not seem fit,
That you, because of three defeats.
At home should meekly sit:
There are many reaching for the plum,
So tempting and so high,
But you can pluck It I am sure,
If you will only try.
This Harmon man, his hackers.
Are the plutocrats 1 think;
And Wilson, oh, his flopping..
Would drive a saint to drink.
And Clark and Folk and Underwood,
Oh, William dear, such men!
You cannot leave us in the lurch.
You needs must run again.
Democracy is looking up.
For where our ranks were thin
There are many stalwarts now In line;
We stand a show to win;
So come out. William, fill your lungs.
In wisdom's storehouse delve.
And lead us In the glorious fight,
Again in nineteen twelve.
FRANK W. STONE,
Vancouver. Wash.. March 4, 1912.
The King.
The King today comes riding to his
own.
The King O Jews the King!
On ass'es colt he sits as on a throne.
Hear how the children sing!
Palm branches and wild flowers strew
the ground.
The King He made them all!
Hosannas echo from tho hills around,
In homage Israel fall.
The King today comes limping to his
own.
The King O soul the King!
His last eve triumph all is overthrown,
"Crucify" hear it ring,'
His cross Is heavy, and into his brow
The thorn-crown presses hard;
'Tis "Crucify," and not "Hosanna" now.
Nor ointment of spikenard!
t
The King tomorrow comes into his own,
By seraph hosts attended;
In pomp divine and majesty unknown.
Behold the vision splendid!
His chariot blazing with a million suns,
O hear the angels sing!
Prepare his way, for lo the King he
comes,
Let earth its tribute bring,
O King my King come now into thy
own,
My King now condescend.
To make this soul of mine thy royal
throne,
O King, my Lord and friend;
No throne have I on which to make th
seat.
No sceptre and no crown:
But to thee now my soul makes homage
meet. .
As I to thee bow down.
W. B. Hinson.
ERIV.
I am dreaming of you. Erin,
My home beyond the sea;
In memory I am on your shores;
My heart Is close to thee.
I feel your breath upon my brow,
I hear the sweet Tefrain,
The lilting of the fairies
As they dance upon the gTeen.
The Irish girls, with Irish eyes,
And souls as white as snow;
I hear their happy voices
As in the long ago. ,
I tread the peaceful hills that once
Were red with blood of men,
Who fought and died to keep the faith
Their fathers gave to them.
I am dreaming of you. Erin.
And your sons and daughters true:
Though they leave you, they still love
you,
And they're dreaming of you, too.
ALICE G. STOKES.
Portland, Or.