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THE NEXT TtT or KTKKN'liTH.
Tatt's victorte In the New Hamp
rhlre primaries and in the Rhode Isl
and and Iowa convention take away
part of the ting t hU defeat In Illi
nois. Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Ore
gon. The result In New Hampshire
encourages him to hope that he may
carry the neighboring State of Massa
chusetts. His managers have, there
fore, not only concentrated their
forces of oratory and money in that
state for the few days remaining be
fore the primaries on. April 30, but
have Induced the President himself to
make direct appeal to the voters.
The vicious attacks made by Roose
velt on .Taft and the Colonel's as
tounding misrepresentations of Taft s
speeches and attitude have Bt last
forced ,the President to decide on a
more aggressive course- He realizes
that the loss of Massachusetts would
be a severe blow to his chances of
renomlnatlon; that his cause has suf
fered by his- own dignified modera
tion, a quality which does not restrain
Dls rival; and that he must fight with
ome of the Colonel s own weapons.
He has hitherto confined himself to
defense of his own acts and academic
criticism of Roosevelt's new progres
lvism. Hereafter we may expect him
to meet persona! criticism with as
stinging retorts ai the dignity of his
afflce will permit.
After several state conventions, the
3ctlon of which Is a foregone conclu
sion and therefore lacks significance,
the next direct primary will be held
In Maryland on May 6. We shall be
able to Judtre by the result of that
lest of strength and of that in Massa
chusetts whether Pennsylvania Is an
exception to the rule In the Eastern,
tates or whether the Roosevelt furore
is as strong In the East as in the West.
; The fury of the contest has brought
nut charges of fraud and corruption
by one faction against the other such
have been common only between
(llrtles after the nominations were
made. The fact appears to be that
both factions are playing practical
politics. Everybody knows what that
means. The only difference is that
Roosevelt makes louder professions of
purity and thus lays himself more
.open to the additional chargo of
hypocrisy.
In Illinois Roosevelt used Lorlmer
as a club with which to beat Taft and
was aided by Larimer's work on Taft's
behalf. He did not scruple to accuse
Taft of approving Lorlmer's methods,
though the President is known to
hare condemned them. In Pennsyl
vania he took advantage of the upris
ing against Boss Penrose, but did not
hesitate to accept the support of
Bos Pllnn. who has grown rich as a
member of the corrupt ring which
long ruled Pittsburg. Taft suffers by
his Identification with Fenrose. but
Roosevelt's Identification with the
equally undesirable Fllnn passes un
noticed. The methods by which
Southern delegates are elected were
rood enough for Roosevelt In 1908.
ind are still good enough in Texas.
here Cecil Lyon Is lining up the con.
ventlon for him, but no words of con.
iemnatlon are too strong for them
when used In other Southern states to
elect Taft delegates. The manner In
which the contests were decided by
the Indiana convention provoked loud
cries of "fraud" from the Roosevelt
men. but they did not scruple to knock
down, bind and gag the Taft men on
he county committee at Seattle. Taft
is accused of sympathy with the "In-
terests." but some of the interests
must have furnished the JlOO.OnO dis
tributed as scrip by the Roosevelt men
In Pennsylvania, the $i:0.000 spent by
Flinn. and the total of 1700.000 which
an employe- of the Roosevelt hurenu
:n Washington says the Colonel's
agents spent like drunken sailors.
When both factions are out to win
and are using any means available to
that end. this bandying to and fro of
charges of fraud Is nauseating. It is
the more so when, the practice of
fraud Is covered by a cloak of saintly
purity. ,
ATTEMPTS TO FREE THAW.
Harry Thaw seems to have the cards
stacked to win In his struggle for re
lease from Matteawan. His attorney
is Clarence J. Shearn. who has gyrat
ed politically between the Democratic
and Independent League parties. Attorney-General
Carmody. whoso offi
cial duty It is to resist any efforts to
procure Thaw's release, has had' In
tlmate political and professional rela
tions with Shearn. The new superin
tendent of the asylum, whose duty it
Is to call upon the Attorney-General
to oppose Thaw's release. Is under
stood to believe Thavj to have recov
ered his sanity.
In these circumstances the opposi
tion to Thaw's release is likely to be
purely formal. Should Carmody of
fer opposition, he will be handicapped
by the adverse testimony of the super
intendent. Should his relations with
Shearn prevent him from putting his
heart Into the work, he might refrain
from calling to his aid counsel who
are familiar with the case or alienists
who have studied Thaw's mental con
dition and are competent to pass on it.
But the body of experts which de
clared Thaw Insane declared him to
be suffering- from an Incurable form
of Insanity, which was likely to break
out again in homicidal mania. If
Thaw was Insane when he killed
White, hot Is now sane, his mental
,-ease was curable and these experts
rfred In defining the nature of the
disease. It follows that Thaw's release
would be a reversal of the verdict by
uhk'h he was sent to Matteawan In
stead of the electric chair.
rjjhls whole wearisome story of the
Thaw esse goes to show that an allen-L-t
can always be found to contradict
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coining; and that any rich man or
woman who Is willing to spend un
limited money and to take advantage
of every political turn of fortune may
be able to Induce the courts of New
York to reverse and stultify them
selves. An1 for what? That a hope
less degenerate may be free to kill any
man against whom he has a fancied
grievance whenever the murderous
mania seizes him.
FIXING THE bOtTllERN DEI.EG ATKS.
Ormsby McIIarg. the political pro
curer, is busy In the South, where ills
peculiar talents are having free and
effective play. The report comes
from South Carolina that some of the
delegates from that state. Instructed
by their conventions to vote for Taft.
"ro minor to vote for Roosevelt."
The announcement Is followed by an
eloquent harangue on the duty or tne
Southern delegates from the Taft
press bureau, coupled with a blister
ing denunciation of the nifty McHarg
... xi , Mvinlov ' "If Ormsby
Vf.Itrr" roam Mr. McKinleV. "who
Is now In the South, for no other pur
pose than to persuade men to dishon
orable acts, can find any of that cali
ber in that section of the country
(South Carolina) the sooner the coun
try knows It the better."
The trail of the McHarg will
be
Dlain in time. It will be blazed wit
th
broken pledges, packed delegations,
rixed delegates. McHarg' is handy,
and he knows how to get results. He
does not always succeed, indeed, for
his great errand to Oregon to get the
Legisfature here t go back on Its
pledge to the peopie failed ignobly.
But McHarg tried hard enough. He
earns his pay.
The Tnft people are uneasy about
the South. That Is plain. You never
really have a Southern delegate until
you catch him and skin hhn. They
are in the game for what there Is in
It, always. Of course the National
committee is for Taft and the South
ern delegate who wants to be for
Roosevelt at Chicago will haye to pre
sent mighty fine credentials.
President Taft made a great blun
der In discharging McHarg as Assist
ant Senretary of Commerce and La
bor. He ought to have kept him to
be a Taft fixer and then all the trou
ble over the Southern delegates might
never have occurred.
.IV1NG 8AI.KM IT JIST Dl'KS.
Salem Is no hog. We have heard
sometimes that it is. but we have
never believed It. and have ever stren
uously denied it. Circumstances oc
casionally appear to make out a prima
facie case against Salem, but when
due explanation is made the charge
invariably falls to the ground.
The latest unfortunate concatena
tion of conjunctive conditions that
has led to renewed accusations against
Salem was the result of the, recent
primary. Every successful candidate
on the Republican county ticket save
one hails from Salem. Not one from
Sllverto'ti, Gervals, Woodburn, Turner,
Mehama,' Sublimity. Brooks. Che.
maw a. Silver Creek, Mount Angel, nor
the interjacent county, but all (save
one) from Salem.
"The whole thing," declares the
Capital Journal, "was an accident.
Salem made no fight for It, In fact
never thought of It." Sure enough;
Salem never does think of It.
The wicked assembly could hardly
have done worse; but there was no
assembly. There was an assembly in
1910, and it nominated a Governor
from the remote village of Condon;
but the sovereign people rose in their
might and smote the assembly and put
in a Salem man (a fervent antl-as-eemblylte)
for Governor. The wicked
assembly "also nominated for State
Treasurer a plain citizen of Portland,
but the sovereign people again rose In
their might and smote him and put In
an antl-assemblylte. a Salem man, for
State Treasurer. Then there was a
vacancy In the Secretary of State's of
fice and the Governor, with gTeat geo
graphical and political Impartiality,
canvassed the entire state for a candi
date, and of course put in a Salem
man. But certainly the whole thing
was an accident. Salem made no tight
for It; In fact never thought of It.
The wicked assembly strove In its
criminal way to apportion the Jobs.
But the people want no assemblies to
run their affairs. Therefore Salem
gets its Just . dues, which Is pretty
much everything politically that is
going.
Mttll CRY AND I.1TTLK WOOI
The Democratic House has discov
ered an admirable means of prevent
ing direct election of Senators while
ostensibly favoring that urgently need
ed reform. Knowing that Democratic
Senators will never consent to surren
der of federal control over Senatorial
t lections, the House Insists on that
proviso as a condition of submitting
the direct election amendment. So
long as th- Democrats adhere to this
nosition there Is Jio hope that the
amendment will go before the people.
If they should gain control of the Sen.
ate and submit the amendment with
this proviso, there Is grave doubt that
It would command the suRjiort of the
necessary three-fourths of the states.
Apparently the only possibility of se
curing direct election Is to place both
Senate and House under Republican
control. The amendment would then
be submitted to the states without the
objectionable proviso, and would have
a good prospect of ratification by the
Northern states' and enough Southern
states outside of the black belt to
make the necessary total of 26.
Here we have another Illustration of
the oft-proved truth that the Demo
crats talk about measures of reform
and progress, bet the "Republicans put
them in' effect. The only real effort
at systematic tariff revision based on
exact Information has been ma1e by
a Republican Congress through the
much abused Paync-Aldri;h law.
which was signed by a Republican
President. To- President Taft Is due
the credit for putting in operation the
machinery created by that law. and
his Inability to show results In the
shape of legislation Is due to Demo
cratlc obstruction.
The first Interstate commerce law
was passed by a Democratic House, a
Senate with a Republican majority of
only two and was signed by a Demo
cratic President. It was a weak and
flabby measure with neither teeth nor
claws, and It remained for Republi
can President and a Republican Con
gress In 1904 to put energy into It and'
for another Republican President and
another Republican Congress to rein
force it In 1910.
With the Democrats It is a case of
"much cry and little wool."
The parole board is trifling with
the law in recommending pardons for
the lynchers of Ollie Snyder. Snyder,
it will be remembered, was in charge
f'of a Grant County deputy sheriff on
the way to Jail and was surrendered
by him to the mob and murdered.
Since these uen had a fair trial in the
county In which they lived and were
divert life, sentences, the least the
board could do. was to let them serve
time if y( lor life, at least long
enough 'M.fiake an Impression on
others who'inlght be tempted to com
mit a similar offense. Too much gush
and maudlin sympathy will impel the
people of this state to vote for capital
punishment by a large majority In
November.
IR. PKAfOiONI AT 02.
Overanxious friends of Dr. D. K.
Pearsons have worried a little now and
then lest he should give away all his
money before his time came to leave
the worjd and proceed, to a better one.
What If it should become necessary to
pass around the hat for the benefit of
the veteran philanthropist, to keep the
wolf from his door In his last days?
All occasion for such anxiety seems
about to vanish now. Dr. Pearsons is
probably In his last illness and he still
has some money left, enough, very
likely, to pay the doctor and account
for funeral "expenses. How much more
he has we are unable to ojay, but prob
ably it is not a great Meal. He has
been scattering his wealth among the
small colleges for a long t$ne wHh the
expressed determination to give away
all he had. When his time should
come to pass through the eye of the
needle, he was resolved not to have a
bundle of sinful gold on his back. It
must not be understood, however, that
Dr. Pearsons has been an indiscrimi
nate giver. No man of our day has
distributed his charities more Judi
ciously or with better forethought.
Dr. Pearsons' plan was to select
some college of prominent merit In a.
given territory and bestow his dona
tions upon that alone. He .believed
that it was much better to encourage
and strengthen a few promising Insti
tutions than to promote rivalries
which could only tend to weaken the
canse of sound education. He gave to
small colleges in- preference to large
ones, but not to every small college
which the ill-advised enthusiasm of
promoters might bring into existence.
Dr. Pearsons was of the dpinion that
there might be too many colleges. The
people of every locality need proper
educational facilities, but they are not
benefited by having those facilities du
plicated over and over again. Enough
Is better than a feast in the educa
tional world as well as at the dinner
table. The cause of true learning
gains by concentration of resources.
One thriving college In far preferable
to half a dozen starving parodies of
colleges. When the resources of two
Institutions could be combined. Dr.
Pearsons always advised union. What
ever may be the Yule in the world of
commerce. It Is certainly true that in
education nothing is gained and much
Is lost by needless competition.
I TICK WORLD IKOWIN; BETTKRf
Some of our Eastern contemporar
ies, weary perhaps of politics, have be
gun to drop Into a philosophical mood
and discuss the question whether the
world ' Is growing better or worse.
What has set the editorial mind at
work upon this topic is an article by
Joseph McCabe In the HIbbert Jour
nal, defending modern times against
some of their traducers. The indict
ment against the age 'we live in to
which Mr. McCabe replies . contains
these six counts: Religion is decay
ing,' conduct deteriorating, pauperism
hglds Its own. insanity Increases, the
birthrate is falling and finally women
ere clamoring for votes. All these, if
we believe the pessimistic prophets,
are signs that the times are awry and
that this wretched old world .saw its
best days long and long ago.
Most of these accusations Mr. Mc
Cabe, like any other intelligent man,
answers without particular difficulty.
What some people take for a dcoay of
religion Is merely a change In Its form.
The old clothes are being removed and
new ones substituted. In the mean
time the church shivers a little and
pulpits are disposed to shriek, but
nothing serious is likely to happen.
Religion has always managed to take
care of Itself passably well, and we
irmy reasonably suppose that It always
wlli.
The charge that conduct Is deterior
ating is one that every generation has
had to bear up under since the begin
ning of time. Just as each fond
mother tells her son twice or three
times a day that he is the worst boy
she ever saw and that she Is sure he
will end on the gallows, so the moral
guides of -each successive generation
tell their misbehaving fellow creatures
that there never was such a perverse
crew on earth before and that every
thing will go to destruction If they do
not mend their ways. There Is no
record that any generation ever did
mend its ways, but still history keeps
moving and the skies do not seem to
fall. The simple fact Is that the gen
eral conduct of mankind is a great
deal better now than it ever was be
fore. We read of no epoch In the
past when life and property were as
safe as they are today. Men enji
think and express their thoughts with
less danger to themselves and others,
they can travel about with greater
freedom and they can enrn their living
!n more wholesome and agreeable
ways. Th,e only way to determine
whether conduct Is deteriorating or
not is to look at the common facts of
iifand these facts all point to the
conclusion that the world's morals are
better now than in any previous age.
It must be conceded that pauperism
does not diminish, at least not very
rapidly, but in this particular also we
can find ground for comfort. We
may have as much pauperism today as
there ever was, but we do not feel so
helpless before it as formerly, for ex
cellent reasons. In the past poverty
was accepted as the Inevitable lot of
the larger part of' mankind. "The
poor ye have always with you" was re
ceived as a precept of eternal validity.
All that philanthropists thought of do.
Ing was to bestow alms. Nobody had
Investigated the causes of poverty and
nobody had dreamed of a cure. Now,
while we certainly have not begun to
apply the cure very extensively, we
are no longer Ignorant of the causes of
the disease. Various recipes have
been proposed which profess not
merely to mitigate poverty, hut actu
ally to eradicate it from the world.
Whether any of them will work or not
Is another question, but the existence
of the recipes proves that man's Intel
ligence has seriously attacked the
problem, and history teaches uslhat,
whenever a. remedy is persistently
eought for any evil. It Is quite likely to
be found sooner or later. Considering
that the disease of poverty has been
scientifically studied only for a few
years, we need not feel discouraged
because the true cure has not yet been
found and applied.
Whether Insanity is increasing or
not is a disputed question, but, even if
it is increasing, we ought not to be
frightened, since the eugenists have
probably discovered the rjght way to
check its advance. No doubt, we have
been promoting the survival of the un
fit so Industriously for half a century
that multiplied cases of Insanity and
other evil consequences are coming to
light. But we can cancel the conse
quences by canceling their cause.
Eugenics teaches -us how to prevent
the survival of the unfit, i In due time
its precepts will be heeded and insan
ity will become as rare as the black
death, which formerly devastated Eu
rope every ten years.
The falling birth rate, when looked
at rationally, affords no ground for
discouragement over the prospects of
the numan race. A low birth rate ia
simply an expedient for preventing a
high death rate among the more in
telligent classes of mankind. It is
apparently a universal rule that, as In
telligence Increases and ,the standard
of comfort rises, the birth rate falls. In
this fact we see the selfpreservlng In
stinct of man at work to stave oft the
consequences of the law of Malthus.
He does not submit helplessly to the
blind and brutal forces of nature, but
takes measures to protect himself and
his offspring. Very likely a time will
come when the population of the
whole world will precisely balance the
means of subsistence and it will
thenceforth remain stationary. This
condition has been attained pretty
nearly In France and will be sought
everywhere as Intelligence spreads.
Those who regard the woman suf
frage movement as a sign of deca
dence are out of their heads. The
same cry Is raised against the Bahais
in Persia because" they wish to free
women from the" veils of the harem
and against the republicans in China
because they wish to stop the practice
of defOTming women's feet. When
the agitation for"women's colleges be
gan, about a century ago, there was
a shriek that it heralded the ruin of
mankind. Every step that has been
taken for the betterment of women's
condition since time began has been
deplored because it was going to over
throw civilization and extirpate the
race. But civilization manages to
thrive fairly well and the race has
iiot been extirpated. The human spe
cies will do whatever its intelligence
teaches ought to be done for the. im
provement of conditions and "no
shrieks will stop it. The universal life
force working through man will go its
chosen way in spite of everything. The
road It is taking today leads to equal
ity of the sexes and we may as well
reconcile ourselves to see it traveled to
the end.
Several Oregonlan readers, among
them Mr. E. Sch warzschild, of Eugene,
have written to call attention to an
error In the account of "The Napoleon
Baby," which was published the other
day. Mr. Schwartzschlld correctly
says that Louis, the son of Napoleon
II, was never married. Victor's father
was the uncle of Napoleon III, and his
mother was Clothllde, of Italy. The
Oregonlan" Incautiously followed a
misleading account of the Napoleon
family In the article mentioned, and
the error slipped Into print without
detection. We are much obliged to
Mr. Schwartzschlld for his letter.
Much as we admire a man who can
play the piano for fifty mortal hours
upon a stretch, we admire and pity the
people who have to listen to him a
great deal more. Professor Camilla
Baucia made a happy choice when he
selected Tammany Hall for this feat
of endurance. We dare say the braves
deserve all they will get out of It, for
their sins are as scarlet, but we cannot
suppress a hope that the "professor"
may break down at the forty-fifth
hour, or the forty-seventh. It Is well
enough to show a little meecy even to
Tammany.
The men who want to rid the world
of smoke ought to be encouraged.
There are two kinds of smoke tobacco
smoke and that made by garbage, coal
and wood. Which Is the worse we
shall not undertake to decide. It Is
the smoke from coal that the new
warfare Is waged against, and we hope
it may succeed. The disagreeable in
gredient In smoke is fuel unconsumed
and going to waste. The abatement
of the nuisance means increase of
comfort and money saved.
Tlje Missouri schoolboy needs not to
be shown in dire extremity. Expect
ing punishment, one. donned two pairs
of trousers, and. thus cushion-tired
withstood the efforts of his teacher,
who was subsequently arrested for her
"offense." The boy and the houn'
dawg are not to be trifled with.
Mrs. Belmont's farm .for women
farmers Is a failure. The meek and
lowly bovine Is not enough esthetic to
appreciate bands on her forelock and
ribbons on horns and tall, not to men
tion rubbers when the dew. is heavy.
One National bank of Portland
shows a growth of nearly a million
dollars In deposits in two months.
Items of this nature are mere pointers
of the city's prosperity.
Failure of Mrs. Belmont's suffragist
colony proves that society women do
not make good farmers, but It does
not prove that women do not make
good voters.
Competition promises to extend rail,
roads Into the vast undeveloped area
of Central Idaho as It has extended
them into Central "Oregon.
Judge O'Day despises the informer.
He could not be true to his blood and
do otherwise, and the whole world
Joins him In the contempt.
Turkey's acceptance or mediation
in the war with Italy Is in fact a re
jection, since she makes retention of
Tripoli a condition.
Quartz from Grant County going
$50,000 to the ton would stampede the
world, only that the region is reached
easily by railroad.
The world is moving, surely but
slowly, when a Chinese gets a second
degree verdict for - cold-blooded
murder.
The House was ungallant yesterday
In defeating equal suffrage for Alaska
by a tie vote. . '
The Allen gang will not submit to
the law until Its members go to the
gallows.
A baby farm is misnamed. It should
be called a baby slaughter-house.
The rain is merciful to the Beavers.
Stars and Stardom
BY I.EOSE CASS BAER.
J. J. Mundwyler has presented to
Curator George H. Burton, of Golden
Gate Park Memorial Museum, San
Francisco, for public exhibition, an in
teresting collection of programmes of
entertainments In that- city dated as
far back as I860,, when the Willows,
Woodward's Gardens, Magulre s Acad
emy of Music, Hayes Park and Piatt's
Hall were the notable places of public
resort.
The' collection embraces programmes
of concerts at Piatt's Hall from 1860 to
1876; Gilbert's New Idea in 1S63; the
Willows, at the corner of Mission and
Eighteenth streets. In the same yeat;
Maguire's Academy of Music In 1865;
a playbill of William . Sheridan in
"Richelieu" at the Baldwin In 1880;
New Germania Concert Society. In 1855;
Mercantile Library Soiree. 1839; Wood
ward's Garden, In 18T3, and a confert
at Hayes' Valley Park in 1864.
Priscilla Knowles, who never gave
any particular evidence . of histrionic
ability during her stay in Portland as
leading woman with the. Robert Athon
stock company at the old Lyric Theater
two seasons ago, is having a record
run for acting whether good or bad
the account neglects to say at the
Academy of Music stock house in New
York. On April 16 she celebrated her
1000th consecutive perfcrmance in that
theater. Since the organization of the
company In August, 1910, Miss Knowles
has been In every play presented, she
has taken no vacation and has not
missed a performance In the entire 84
weeks. She Is the only member of her
company to achieve this remarkable
record.
,
A suit has been Instituted by Acton
Davles against Edward 3. Bowes, the
Tacoma husband of Margaret Illlngton.
Mr. Davles alleges that "Kindling," now
being played by Mrs. Bowes, was made
from a copyrighted story of his printed
In the Evening Sun and later drama
tized as a sketch by the author, who
demands an accounting. Mrs. Illington
Bowes will appear next month In
"Kindling" at the Heillg.
Fola La Follette, the actress, has an
article entitled "My Father," In this
month's Issue of the Twentieth Century
Magazine. In which she tells, at con
siderable length, her private opinion of
her father, Senator La Follette. ,
It was characteristic of Henry . B.
Harris that one of the last acts of tils
life should have been a kindly deed to
one of his fellow men. For, side by
side with Mr. Harris when the Titanic
disappeared Into the waves stood Jack
Baumann, an associate of earlier days,
whom Mr. Harris was bringing to
America for a fresh start in life.
Baumann's association with Harris
dated back a dozen years to a time
when Harris was operating an outdoor
amusement scheme In Denver. It was
not long afterward that Harris began
to pr.osper. Baumann was not always
so fortunate, and on several occasions
Harris, it is related by his friends, had
assisted him financially.
In London two weeks ago they met
again Baumann had failed in the en
terprise which had taken him abroad,
and waa down on his luck. Harris at
once undertook to cheer him up, pur
chased his ticket for America on the
Titanic and assured him of further as
sistance upon their arrival In New
York. When Mrs. Harris bade her hu
band good-by as she stepped into the
lifeboat, Baumann stood by his side.
Together' the two old friends watched
the lifeboat pull away, and together
they faced the fate which they knew
by this time was inevitable.
Theodore Mitchell, who is heralding
the coming of "The Pink Lady," Is in
Portland. Incidentally, he is honey
mooning. The last time Mr. Mitchell
came here he was ahead of that peren
nial and Imperishable beauty, Lillian
Russell, In "Wildfire," several seasons
agone at the old Columbia. To this
praise agent is accredited If accred
ited Is the right word to apply to such
a twisting of truths the famous story
that the fair Lillian Intended publish
ing a book of her love notes and billy-
doos from well-known men. The story
naturally caused widespread conster
nation: it was published on the front
page of every paper In the land, and of
It Mr. Erlanger, of Klaw & Erlanger,
said: "In all my experiences that is
the best press story ever put over."
"Also we have In our midst" Louis
Nethersole, whose claim to attention
lies In two directions. One Is that
Louis is brother to the famous Olga,
and t'other Is that he Is bearing the
banner of Margaret An Kiln, who Dlays
the end of next week at the Heillg in
her newest comedy, "Green Stockings."
By the way, the piece gets Its peculiar
title from an old English custom for
unmarried girls of a family wearing
green hose at the wedding of others In
the family.
Thurlow Bergen's stock season In St.
Paul, does not seem to have met with
success. He is, therefore, to try a new
pjan, by which he will play one week
in the Metropolitan in Minneapolis and
the next week in the Metropolitan In
St- Paul, leaving the alternate weeks
for the visiting attractions. There Is
an unconfirmed rumor that Bergen and
his company will be seen at the Moore
In Seattle this Summer. Elsie Esmond,
a' former Baker ingenue, Is his leading
woman.
The four Holloways, tight wire per
formers at the Orpheum, are nephews
and grand-nephews of Lord George
Sanger, who sold Barnum his first
circus chariots, and from whom Bar
num got the idea to house his per
formance under a" mammoth tent. Lord
Sanger was murdered in Finchley, Lon
don, last November In his' 87th year by
an ex-favorie circusman he had dis
charged.. The murderer then com
mitted suicide. The Holloways were
born "under the white tops," and all
have been In the show business since
childhood. While only four Holloways
are billed as appearing In the vaude
ville art, six of the family actually take
part. Abe, the uncle, being majordomo
and little James being the property
boy. George Holloway is the leader;
Charlie Impersonates a woman; Ernie
Is the comedian, and George, Jr., Is the
fourth in the act. The younger lads
of the Holloways practice dally to be
able to- take any place In the act in
ease of aocldent. Walter Pasmore, who
traveled with the Holloways, was killed
In Lelpsic, Germany, two years ago in
a all from the wire. The Holloways
have appeared with Ringllng Brothers'
circuit
MEANS TO SAVE LIFE WASTED.
Life-Rafts Could Have Been Built
While Titanic Sank. t
PORTLAND, April 23. (To the Edi
tor.) I presume the American people
have reached a verdict with reference
to the Titanln disaster. Whatever
minuteness In details the investigation
now in progress may develop, it can
hardly throw much additional light
upon tlie predetermining cause of. the
catastrophe. Enough is already known
to support verdict against the cor
poration and the Tltanlc's officers of
such overweening confidence in the
vessel as practically amounts to wanton
disregard of human life. It is impos
sible to avoid the conclusion, that the
captain and his subordinates not only
refused to heed the repeated warnings
of Icebergs, those mos". deadly perils of
the sea, but that they rattier gloried In
their presence, and would show the
world that they could rush amongst
them at full speed anu pass through
unscathed.
Nothing stands out more vividly in
the gloom of this awlul sacrifice of
life and property than the supreme in
difference of the ship's officers, high
and low, to the ever-present and lurk
ing dangers of navigation, and their
absolute confidence in the unsinkable
ness of this last work in marine archi
tecture. This feeling was doubtless
shared by the passengers, anj it was
that feeling on their part. Inspired by
the word3 of experts, which enabled
the captain bo easily to lull the passen
gers Into a false sense of security after
the collision, whereby an hour or more
of precious time was wasted.
How else can we account for so little
being done while the vessel was sink
ing? Four hours In such .circumstances,
as some of the rescued say. was an
eternity; and to save life, if guided by
an officer of cool judament, men can
perform herculean tasks. The officers
knew that at the ut:aost the boats
could save but 950, and yet they were
sent adrift 250 short, ith the remark
able explanation that there were no
others ready to go. Knowing this fact
and knowing also that the Carpathia
was but four hours awav at the begin
ning and rushing to the Titanic s aid
with all possible speed, the officers
made no attempts, though this seams
almost inconceivable, to construct tem
porary life rafts. There must have
been ships carpenters on Doara. wnn
all needful tools for rapid and effective
work for if not. their absence would he
a terrible indictment In itself); and if
there was no. suitable material that
could be got at after the water began
to enter the hold, there were at all
events numberless doors, chairs, tables,
benches, etc.. all of floatable material.
that could have been nailed and lashed
together, each such raft capable of sup
porting In that calm sea three or four
persons for some hours
Beyond a doubt, hundreds of precious
lives- could have been saved They
cannot be excused to say that in the
stress of dire calamity they could not
think to act: It mleht not occur to a
landsman until too late, but officers of
those great passenger craft are sup
posed and, indeed, required, to think in
terms of life-saving equipment always
and instantly.
The sad truth is, they went forth be
lieving they had a vesrel which could
withstand all perils of the sea, and
when It received Its deathblow, they
were too stunned to resort to the com
monest methods of saving life.
C. H. SHOLES.
THE BRIDLE HELD OUT OF SIGHT
Single Tax Orjcanlzer Only Shows Bait
to the Voters.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 22.
(To the Editor.) The gentleman who
Is organizing the anti-single tax move
men In Oregon, in his method of ap
proaching the voter there, puts me in
mind of nothing so much as of a stingy
old deacon I used to know trying to
catch his horse with a handful of oats,
holding the while a bridle in his other
hand w-ell out of sight of the animal.
The gentleman In question, from hid
preliminary argument, while tempting
ly displaying the bait (the exemption
from taxation of personal property and
improvements o the extent of $500
value), is undoubtedly holding some
thing behind him which he does not un
der any circumstances intend that the
voters shall see.
In his statement that the single-tax
measure cannot be applied to present
land values he brings to mind a story
which appeared In print a few weeks
ago of a boy whose teacher gave him
a problem to take home for solution:
How long will it take a man walking
four miles an hour to walk around a
tovnship; the township being six miles
square? Of course Johnnie was only
a boy, so his f'er had to go out and
walk around the township tog prove
the problem, In which courso there was
about as much sense as in the asser
tion that single-tax estimates cannot
be applied to present land values.
If Johnnie's father had been able to
figure, he would have been spared the
long walk and consequent loss of time
from his work. As anything that has
length, breadth or thickness or value
can be measured, land is one of the
easiest things to be measured, as its
value or dimensions cannot be hidden
from view or from observation, and
therefore could not escape, the measur
ing stick of the assessor and of the
tax collector. -
The single-taxers know what the
gentleman of the opposition is holding
behind him, that It is a good strong
bridle, and that those who nose the
oats must wear said bridle and be rid
den over maiv roiwh roads and long
miles to pay for their cupidity in
trusting a man with something held
behind him. In lieu of plenty and good
treatment .In payment for the labor
they may perform. . W. E. DAY.
LET DELEGATES KEEP FITH.
People's Verdict Obligatory on Oregon
Representatives at Chicago.
PORTLAND. April 2a. (To the Edi
tor.) Your editorial. "Trifling With
the People's Verdict." should rece-ive
the indorsement . of all citizens,, save
those who might dare to tear down tha
Presidential primary law. Attorney
General Crawford makes an ass of
himself in Interpreting the law. and Is
only giving the lukewarm delegates an
excuse to evade the expressed will of
the people, as shown by last Friday's
election. Let any of the delegates
override the will, of the people, and it
were better that thev had never ieen
elected. . To break faith with the elec
torate of Oregon should mean public
disgrace, whoever they may be.
Let each of the delegates chosen re
member that he is no. released from
his obligation after Jhe first vote is
taken at the convention. Section 3350
(d) In part reads: "Every such delegate
to a National convention to nominate
candidates for President or Vice-President
shall subscribe an oath . . .
that he will, to the best" of his Judg
ment and ability, faithfully carry out
the wishes of his political party as ex
pressed by its voters at the time of his
election." In no uncertain terms the
people of Oregon that Is,' the Repub
lican voters have expressed their pref
erence under this law for ,Theodore
Roosevelt for President. Already
it appears that lykewarm dele
gates are beginning to Squirm and are
looking foran excuse. Let all such re
main at home, under the flimsy pre
text of being sick, or acquit themselves
like men.
It may be true that the law as it
now reads should be changed, but that
Is not for the ten delegates elected to
the National convention to day. The
people of Oregon will watch with keen
eyes the acts of those ien men elected
by the Republican voters, and thereby
ascertain if they are true to their
pledge and-oath.
OLIVER M, HICKEY.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of April 25, 1862.
To the Democratic committee of Jack
son County, Oregon: I have learned
that at the Democratic meeting held
j at Jacksonville on the 5th inst. I was
i nominated as candidate for State Sena
tor. As I cannot support the resolu
tions, I am compelled to decline the
, nomination. In my Judgment no state
has the constitutional right to peace
fully secede from the Union without
! the consent of a majority of the other
states of the Lnlon or without the con
sent of Congress. B. F. DOWELL.
A large number of persons are now
out on the" John Day River, and the
richness of these mines will soon be
placed beyond peradventure.
The work of grading for the Dalles
& Deschutes Railroad" is now completed
as far as Five-mile Creek, and the
laying of the rails is rapidly progress
ing. Our town (The Dalles) is crowded
with strangers, the great majority of
them on their way to the mines. All
the available places for lodging have
been appropriated, but still hundreds
are unable to find accommodations and
are compelled to camp out. At this
time the beach in front of the town is
covered with tents, and up Mill Creek,
and, In fact, In whatever direction the
eye is turned, the first thing that meets
the gaze is the canvas houses of those
who are here on their way to the
mines.
The excitement in relation to the
Powder River mines bids fair to eclipse
the Salmon River furore. Within the
last 10 days it is computed that not
less than 1000 men have left The
Dalles for Powder River, and still the
rush continues.
Messrs. Morse 4 Co. have constructed
a large yawlboat. to which is attached
a pair of sidewhecls which are pro
pelled by muscle. The boat is pro
vided with three smull trucks mounted
on wheels, for the purpose of hauling
the craft around the portage. She is
also provided with a sail, which will
materially assist in propelling. A party
will start on Monday next in this craft
for Salmon River, and. Judging from
the speed made yesterday on a trial
trip in front of the city, the company
will arrive at the diggings as soon, if
not sooner, than many "cayuse cara
vans." Messrs. S. A. Cornell and L. A. Brey
man will open a select school for young
ladies and infants on Monday next at
the corner of Second and Yamhill
streets.
1 1 " l. ,1.- C- rnM.l.elnn.p9
tt uric ia iiiw oiiccl v"uuiiioi'iMuci .
The sidewalks in many places are ob
structed with empty barrels and boxes,
etc., much to the annoyance of pedes
trians and contrary to ordinance. They
should be removed.
The following extracts from a letter
dated Florence City, April 3, we take
from the Mountaineer of Wednesday:
"New discoveries of gold have been
made south of Salmon, some 30 miles
from here, which 1 have reason to
think are as rich as these, but are
only known to a few as yet. Pack
trains have at last got to' the Moun
tain House, about 15 miles from here,
and they were much needed, for flour
had risen to $2 per pound: sugar, coffee,
nails and dried fruit, 82.50, and tobacco
?6 per pound.
As "Ed" Howe Sees Life
You give bad luck credit for a good
deal that belongs to yourself.
Part of the Joy a man finds in' a
woman loving him, is In Imposing on
her.
When you are returning in the even
ing from a picnic, and singing so well
that farmers along the road are prob
ably astonished at the volume and
sweetness of your voice, it Is annoy
ing to have a poor singer break In.
You are rarely able to flatter people
Into doins a good thing; flattery seems
to be a friend of the devil.
People resent it when a doctor's
wife is always telling about her hus
band's "big operations," and "important
cases."
Many a girl who has high ideals is
compelled to give them up for stenog
raphy. A black-edged envelope looks so
dismal that it should be excluded from
the mails.
When you get through with your
work, for heaven's sake go off and
rest: don't bother those who are still
busy.
After a man passes 50, he would
rather gossip about wickedness than
engage in it.
The grandeur of mountain heights
should be admired from a distance.
Democrats Show Heavy Gain.
TTiTanihinir wont Democratic at the
immn nf v fvftrs. 515 Hancock street.
last Friday. At the same time the Demo
cratic registration on the K.ast iac
was increased by one. Mr. Myers is an
a.tivA mmher of the Jackson Club, and
upon returning home from his precinct
election booth on the day of the pri
mary election, was presented by Mrs.
Myer.i with a vigorous specimen m
young Democracy a ten-pound son.
Vp-to-Date Tactics In Gardening. .
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"Going to make another garden?"
isked the inquisitive neighbor.
"Yes." replied Mr. Crosslots.
"But I thought last year's experiment
in that line discouraged you.
"I had to be diplomatic. I couian t ai
. . . v. wa havA evervhortv with-
in half a mile borrowing my garden
tools anu eAjjeuLms lumwn
ith fresn vegeiaoies.
Shrewd Definition of Discretion.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Willie Paw, what does discretion
mean?
Paw Picking out a small man when
you are looking for trouble.
Wild Silk Burled for a Year.
Indianapolis News.
Chinese wild silk is said to be prac
tically indestructible. It can be burled
for over a year without great ill enect.
One Face Alone.
Smart Set.
One fare, and one alone. I lonx to see.
Ten thousand others pass me on my way:
Ten thousand others! Tet I yearn for thee.
And yearning for thee, pine the livelong
day.
The nesting thrush hath settled on her nest:
The raven through the twilight reeks his
home:
But, banished from thy side, with aching
breast
I sit forsaken In the gathering gloam.
Sweet from Its turret peals the angplns:
' The pallid moon climbs yonder eastern
tree:
Nisht folds around me. softly piteous.
One face, and one alone, 1 long to see.
Tho laborer ceaaes labor; 'at his cot
His wife awaits him with her little brood:
Ah, humble swain, how happy seems thy
lot.
Viewed from mine empty void of solitude!
Oh. weight of utter, utter loneliness.
Amidst a multitude, yet barred from thee!
Without thee. ll tho world Is wilderness.
One face, and one aloneA I long to se.
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