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rOKTLAMX MONDAY. MAY . !-
THE COLOVEI Il LEMMA.
If Colonel Roosevelt tail of nomlna.
lion at Chicago and bolt." the Republi
can National Convention, it la by no
mean to be expected that he will car
ry 1th him all those who now support
him as against President Taft. There
1. of course, no positive assurance
that Roosevelt will bolt. lp to this
lime he hu bon a very staunch parti
san, but there Is more or less, of a
threatening tone In the statement that
he will abide by the convention deci
sion "if the convention expresses "the
real will of the people."
This quoted language 1 attributed
to Thomas V. Law-son and may there
fore not be given full credence, al
though Mr. Lawson is known to be In
close touch with Colonel Roosevelt.
But If thla Lawson statement Is cor
rect it may be Inferred that Colonel
Roosevelt docs not believe President
Taft can be nominated and the real
will of the people be expressed. From
the character of his speeches, his own
claims and the claims of his man
agers. It Is also to be Inferred lhat the
Colonel believes the people ure de
manding his own nomination. There
fore. If Colonel Roosevelt has said that
he will abide by the decision of the
Chicago convention only In the event
the convention "expresses the real will
of the reople." It Is not presumptuous
to suppose that he will lead a bolt if
President Taft is nominated, or at least
restrain himself only because of the
obvious hopelessness.
Such men as Clifford Plnchot, James
R. Garfield. Modill McCormlck. Frank
A. Munsey and George V. Perkins
could be expected to bolt with Roose
velt. On the other hand, men like
Senator Borah of Idaho. Senator La
Follette of Wisconsin and Senator
Cummirj of Idaho would likely remain
with the Republican party. Of the
three Senators named. Senator Borah
Is the only one who today is known as
a Rooevelt man. It may be suspected
that he Is not greatly enthused over
the manner of the campaign the Colo,
nel has been making. The Columbus
speech must have been a bitter doso
for him to swallow, for he Is opposed
to the recall of Judges and the recall
of decision.
Senator La Follette and Senator
Cummins are not today rated as
Roosevelt men. as both have their
names before the people. But Iji Fol
lette and Cummins represent factions
In the progressive wing of the party
where Roosevelt Is deriving most of
his strength. La Follette's bitter at
tacks on Roosevelt, when contrasted
with his mild criticisms of Taft. pres
age his attitude very clearly. Senator
Cummins is far less radical In his
"progressive" views than either Roose
velt or La Follette. His Immediate
following in the convention will not be
large, but he Is nevertheless a factor
In Republican politics and the reason
able assumption is that h will join the
Taft forces if a choice Is necessary be
tween those and Roosevelt's fol
lowers. With such progressives as Borah
La Follette and Cummins refusing to
ft How a bolt it is evident that a Roose
velt secession would not amount to
much. They are representative men
strong leaders, to whose guidance
many look. In truth the Colonel
touM be expected to draw about
equally from Republicans and Demo
i-rats unless a pronounced radical were
named bv the Democrats. As this is
an unlikely contingency, a Roosevelt
bolt would not materially affect the
result In the general election. Very
probably, whatever may be his present
.inclination. Roosevelt will foresee this
in the manner In which Taft'a nomina
tion is accepted by the convention. If
the President be successful. But It Is
doubtful which would hurt him most
to support Taft. to keep still or to
face a losing fight.
THE BEPVBUCAN CONTEST.
This week probably, next week cer
tainly, will end the fight for control
of the Republican National convention.
Taft holds a strong lead, having 4 30
delegates instructed, pledged or known
to favor him. as against 241 for Roose
velt. 36 for La Follette. 10 for Cum
mins and 19 contested or uncertain.
The first pitched battle of the week
comes today in Maryland, where direct
Presidential primaries will be held.
The confidence of the Taft men, which
had been great, was somewhat shaken
by the desertion to Roosevelt of several
leaders, but Taft's new-born pugnacity
Is counted upon to have as favorable
effect on his prospects as it had In
Massachusetts. Should Taft carry
Maryland, he will add sixteen votes to
his column and. as he has already car
ried the Nevada primaries, the con
vention in that state Tuesday will give
him six more. Arkansas also holds a
convention on Tuesday, which Is prac
tically sure to elect a Taft delegation,
but the Roosevelt men are equally sure
to send a contesting delegation. The
Kansas convention on Wednesday will
certainly elect Roosevelt delegates.
Wyoming and Tennessee will be first
to act next week, and are expected to
give Taft their delegates. On May 14
will come the California primaries,
where Roosevelt has to compete not
only with Taft hut for the "progres
sive" vote with La Follette. The fight
Is one of the most spectacular of the
pre-convection campaign. On Mjv IS
will come conventions in Idaho, where
the result is in doubt, with chances
favoring Roosevelt; North Carolina,
where the odds are on Taft; Washing
ton, where the outlook Is clouded by
several contests, including one from
King County; and Utah, which Taft Is
expected to carry. n May 16 Minne
sota will hold a convention and is in
clined to favor Roosevelt with some.
likelihood of a divided delegation.
Montana's action on that day cannot
be foretold and West Virginia Is almost
certain to give Roosevelt her sixteen
votes.
The trend of sentiment in Ohio will
be shown at district primaries on May
21. at which district delegates will be
elected, and the state convention on
June 3 will decide how the delegates
at large shall vote. A divided delega
tion Is predicted. New Jersey will hold
direct primaries on May JS and Is
counted a safe Taft state by the Presi
dent's friends. Texas will hold a state
convention on the same day and the
Taft men will make a stand-up fight
with the state machine for the forty
delegates. South Dakota will close
the pre-conventlon campaign with pri
maries on June 4.
As Taft is now within ninety votes
of a majority, nothing short of a stam.
pede can prevent him from securing
them. It will then rest with him and
his friends to decide whether to con
tinue the fight to a finish, with the
certain knowledge that a bitter contest
in the convention will be continued un
til election day and with the possibility
that part of the Insurgents will bolt.
bcttkr riionrcnox of this nation.
Oregon has become famed as one
of the greatest dairy states in the
t'nlon. but comparison shows that we
have barelv begun to develop the
state's possibilities In this particular,
A census report for the year 1909 re
veals that of a total production of
1.620.766.000 pounds tf butter valued
at 1405,054.000, Oregon produced only
14.141.000 pounds, valued at $4,282,000
and the three Pacific States combined
produced only 84.780,000 pounds, val
ued at 125,708.000.
Frist place In volume of production
Is held by the West North Central
group of states, composed of Minnesota.
Iowa. Missouri. North Dakota, South
Dakota. Nebraska and Kansas, with a
total of 446.352.000 pounds valued at
$112,201,000. The East North Cen
tral division, composed of Ohio, In
diana. Illinois. Michigan and Wiscon
sin. Is second with 424.102.000 pounds
valued at $108,020,000. Wisconsin
leads the states with 131.049.000
pounds, or more than the entire pro
duction of the Pacific States.
The younger states of the West have
a far larger proportion of production
In the factories than on the farm, ex
cept in the Rocky Mountain section.
The banner West North Central dis
trict .produced 243.553.000 pounds at
the factory to 202.801.000 pounds on
the farm. The banner state of Wis
consin produced 103.885,000 pounds at
the factory and only 27.165,000 pounds
on the farm. Creameries are fewest in
the South and in New England, Ver
mont being an exception to the rule,
and are most numerous In the Middle
West and the Pacific States. The lat
ter section produced 57.059.000 pounds
at the factory to 27.721,000 pounds on
the farm. Oregon's proportions are:
Farm. 5,668,000 pounds; factory,
8.473.000 pounds.
There Is no reason to doubt that,
with grass green the year around In
the Willamette Valley and Coast coun
ties, Oregon can with the same degree
of development overtake Wisconsin.
The success of that state is doubtless
due In a large degree to the aid given
by the State 1'nlverslty to the dairy In
dustry. That fact serves aa a hint of
what may be done in the same direc
tion by our Agricultural College.
A WOBBLY MEASURE.
It might be wise for the executive
committee of the State Federation of
Labor to consult an able constitutional
lawyer before inviting the working
men and women to contribute $1000 to
Initiate the minimum wage bill. We
ar- aware that the proposed bill was
drawn by Lawgiver U"Ren and that
Lawgiver U'Ren has prepared several
bills which have stood the test of the
courts. But we doubt that his handi
work Is wholly sacred In the eyes of
the court. Over-confidence may have
led him astray In drafting this meas
ure. It has been said that the most
successful lawyer is not he who can
advise a client what the law Is but he
who can guess oftenest what the courU
will hold the law to be. Even the most
successful guesser guesses wrong at
times.
One danger in the measure Is that
it may run foul of the Fourteenth
Amendment of the United States Con
stitution. The United States Supreme
Court has held that the general liberty
to contract In regard to one's business
and the sale of one's labor Is protected
by this amendment. This general
liberty, however. Is subject to proper
restrictions under the police power.
The right of a state to regulate within
reason the working hours of women.
for example. Is recognized. "Woman's
physical structure and the perform
ance of maternal functions place her
at a disadvantage which Justifies a
difference In legislation in regard to
some 'of the burdens which rest upon
her." "says the court.
But are not the provisions of the
proposed labor bill extravagant? Are
the minimum wages and maximum
hours specified In the bill necessary to
the health and physical well-being of
labor? Is class legislation avoided in
the bill? Are there not many cleri
cal, mechanical and mercantile occu
pations wherein woman's services are
as valuable as mans 7 let the act
permits the employer to pay the wo
man as little as $1.65 per day and re
quires htm to pay the man who does
the same work $1.50 per day. Were
it constitutional this feature of the act
would result In the displacement of
many young men by young women
who ought to be at home helping their
mothers.
What of two separate and distinct j
subjects embraced In one act? This
minimum wage bill suddenly branches
off In the eleventh section and at
tempts to deprive corporations of ac
cess to the Federal courts. As the bill
reads the Inhibition does not apply only
to rases arising out of violation of the
minimum wage law a corporation
that brings any suit or action against
any citizen In the Federal courts la to
have Its license revoked by the Gov
ernor. hat has selection of courts
by corporations got to do with mini
mum wages? Furthermore, If we mis
take not, the Supreme Court In an
Oklahoma case has decided that a
similar law was unconstitutional.
There are numerous other doubtful
features In the bill doubtful not only
as to expediency and constitutionality
but as to capability of enforcement.
The attempt to regulate the price con
tractors charge employes for board,
for Instance, would be about as effect
ive as a law requiring everybody to eat
pie for breakfast. The contractor
would rot furnish $ "grub" for $4.
If the law reduced the price at which
the contractor has been supplying
food and lodging the contractor would J
undoubtedly reduce the quality to meet
the new price.
CUTTING Ol'R GARMENT WIDELY.
The Oregonian desires that the
State of Oregon do its full duty to
wards both the State' University and
the Agricultural College. Because The
Oregonlan pointed out to the poli
ticians who were engineering the uni'
verslty appropriation through the
Legislature. In 1911. that they were
inviting the referendum, and because
precisely that result followed, there Is
an effort by such persons as Mr. itiu.
wno writes from Davenport, Wash, to
show that The Oregonlan would with
hold from the university adequate
funds. It Is not true. But The Ore
gonlan would have the university gar.
ment cut according to the taxpayers'
cloth. And the Agricultural College
garment, too.
Does anybody object to that?
But Mr. Hill wants a great unlver-
sltv like Washington or Stanford
Never mind the cost. California has
a great university at Berkeley and
Washington at Seattle, therefore Ore
gon should have the same at Eugene.
The Oregonlan would like also to have
a rreat university at Eugene. But It
cannot be unmindful of the fact, which
Mr. Hill and his kind blissfully Ignore,
that Washington is almost twice the
size of Oregon. In population and
wealth, and California nearly four
times as large. Oregon's appropria
tions for the Agricultural College and
for the State University last year were
larger per capita than Washington's
The totals were Indeed substantlaily
the same, if Mr. Hill's figures afe cor
rect We gave the Oregon State Uni
versity over $800,000 and the Agri
cultural College over $500,000.
What Is needed Is a fixed basis for
funds for the university and college.
so as to take these institutions out of
politics and avoid the constant menace
of the referendum. The opinion Is
growing, too, that consolidation of the
two Institutions will be a mistake. Let
us have here a State University suited
to Oregon's needs and conditions, and
an Agricultural College suited to Ore
gon's needs and conditions; and we
shall have done well.
ORM.ON'H GROWING MANtTFACTT RKS.
Oregon's strength consists no more
In the development of her natural re
sources than in the manufacture of the
resultant raw material Into finished
products. The census report on tha
manufactures of Oregon, therefore.
has a direct Interest for every person
who takes pride In the state pros
perity and progress. It also contains
hints as to the lines along which prog'
resa should be pressed with Increased
energy.
A state which can show 34,722 of its
citizens employed In manufacture and
producing goods to the value of $93,
005,000, as did Oregon In 1909, is cer.
tainly doing much towards making It
self a self-supporting community.
That It is making Increasing prog
ress In that direction is apparent from
the fact that It showed an Increase of
67.5 per cent in the value of Its manu
factured products in five years, whjle
Its population Increased only 62.68 per
cent In 10 years. That it U not a state
of one, or even a few, industries can
be seen by glancing at the long list
showing the number and variety of
the state's manufactures. Lumber still
holds first place, but It is followed up
by the furniture, car and shipbuilding
Industries, which use the products of
the forest. We are not content with
growing livestock, but slaughter and
pack meat, make leather and leather
goods, butter, cheese and condensed
milk, and have made a good beginning
t woolen manufacture. We grow
great crops of wheat and other grain,
but we also manufacture much of It
into flour and other cereal products
and ship them to foreign lands.
As Oregon, though ninth in area. Is
only thirty-fifth among the states in
population, though It compares with
any In ability to sustain a dense popu
lation, its development obviously has
but begun. Its manufactures are ac
cordingly at the same stage of healthy
infancy. What has been done Is but
an earnest of what can be done. We
need but to continue as we have begun,
spurring on those industries which are
backward until they catch up with the
foremost. A much larger proportion
of our lumber, wheat, wool and hides,
for example, can be used as raw mate
rial for home manufactures than Is
now the case. Every encouragement
should be given to manufacture them.
Whenever an article made in Oregon
Is as good as a corresponding article
made elsewhere and is offered at as
low or a lower price, it should be given
thj preference. Every man and wo
man who follows that rule is not only
helping his neighbor but Is helping
himself, for he is broadening and
strengthening the foundations of his
own prosperity.
Oregon can manufacture everything
which she produces, and every Ore
gonlan can and should help along the
good cause.
THE BETTER WAY OF DOING IT.
Men who make the loudest preten
sions to progresslveness habitually
represent all opponents of recall of
Judicial decision as ultra-conservatives,
reactionaries, opponents of "the
rule of the people." There are. In
fact, two types of opponents of this
measure. One type Is ultra-conservative
and regards Judicial decisions as
clothed with a peculiar sanctity which
renders them immune from criticism
or reversal by popular vote. The other
type regards as highly desirable the
reversal of decisions which set aside
laws to carry out the popular will.
Such laws are Invariably annulled on
the ground of unconstitutionality.
This second type of man opposes pop
ular vote to reverse these decisions as
a miserably Incomplete and Ineffective
means of accomplishing the end de
sired as earnestly by him as by the
men who so loudly boast of their pro
gresslveness. Every state constitution contains
provisions for its own amendment by
certain specified means. In some
states it Is practically Impossible to
put this machinery in operation. States
having machinery of such rigid char
acter have made straitjackets of their
constitutions. Only by a continued
and almost unanimous popular upris
ing can such a constitution be
amended. But in no state can recall
of decisions be established without a
constitutional amendment. Then since
we cannot gain our point without such
an amendment, why not repeal the
provision which Is out of harmony with
the popular will and substitute one
which is in harmony with that will?
We shall then reverse not only the
particular decision which has made
apparent the need of a change, but
shall reverse all like decisions before
they are rendered.
Xoa objection, oX the true prosres- .
sive as distinguished from the man
who Is continually shouting his pro
gresslveness Is that the object sought
by the recall of decisions cannot be
attained without a constitutional
amendment, that recall of decisions is
as effective a weapon against unpro
grewive courts as a beanshooter
against a battleship, and that while
we are about amending the constitu
tion, we may as well make a complete
Job of It by making our amendment
broad enough to cover one entire sub
ject. In Oregon particularly, where 'we
have the Initiative applicable to con
stitutional amendments and to laws
alike. It Is as easy to change the pro
vision on which an unpopular decision
is based as to adopt a provision for
recall of decisions. Then why do in
detail with regard to a number of
particular Instances what can be done
by wholesale with regard to all like
cases by means of a single vote of the
people?
The end sought Is good, but recall of
decisions is a clumsy, blundering, inef
ficient means of Braining that end.
HEYBVBN OF IDAHO.
If time hangs heavily on your hands
and you want some amusement, take
up a copy of the Congressional Record,
any copy will do, and see what Sena
tor Heyburn Is doing. You will find
that he takes up more time in debate
than any other four Senators, perhaps
more than a dozen, more than twenty
such as Oregon has. But the most of
his time is spent In lecturing the other
Senators, hair-splitting as to some
comma or semicolon in the pending
measure, or telling how the Senate Is
misquoted and misrepresented by the
press reporters.
No doubt Senator Heyburn Is a man
of great erudition. He is learned to
the limit of pedantry. He takes him
self so seriously that he Imagines, at
least his conduct so shows, that he la
the schoolmaster of the Senate, his
fellow-Senators his pupils, the report
ers a lot of hirelings whom he cannot
discharge.
So far has the Senator gone that he
is never taken seriously any more, his
pedagogic lectures have no effect save
to weary hi colleagues, and in place
of making the country believe that he
is the wisest man of his generation he
has convinced them that his wisdom la
of the sort that will not bear the test
of common sense. And common sense
goes Just as far in the Senate as In
any other place in the world.
By all means arrangements must be
made to care for school children after
the Rose Festival parades, as well as
for their mothers, many accompanied
by one or two little ones. In past years
the facilities for taking them home
have been meager and great discom
fort has ensued, many not getting
aboard cars for an hour or two. The
mothers of the paraders are a neces
sary auxiliary of the parade and en
titled to the best provision for com
fort. The office of Provisional President
of Mexico, vacated by Madero when
he became actual President, has been
filled by Gomez. Should Gomez suc
ceed in becoming actual President, an
other man will surely be ready to step
Into the provisional presidency. Mex'.co
can't get along without two Presidents
since tho deposition of Diaz.
Colonel McGunnegle is the type of
officer fitted by temperament, training J
and capacity for command oi a Dri
gade. The movement of Portlanders
to call his merits to the attention of
the President Is a good one, even
though the Judgment of civilians on
military fitness Is not always safely
to be followed.
The Colonel knows the tuck of win
ning votes. We must admit that, no
matter what we may think of the uses
he would make of the power enough
votes would give him. Such phrases as
"the plain people," "work -a-day Amer
icans" would tickle the ears of the
miners and railroad men of Cumber
land. Md.
The Greeks will not relish the seiz
ure by Italy of Rhodes and other is
lands In the Aegean archipelago, in
habited almost entirely by their coun
trymen. They count on these islands
as the heritage of the Greek kingdom
when the long-hoped-for but long-deferred
break-up of the Turkish empire
comes.
Bishop Paddock's suggestion that
some of Portland's blooming girls Join
hands with the bachelors In cultivating
Hood River's blooming orchards is
worthy of serious consideration by
both the girls and the bachelors.
Being a good newspaper man, con
sequently well equipped, Bruce Den
nis, of Union County, Is just the man
to be active head of the Republican
State Committee.
Women who are opposing the strug
gle of their sisters for the right of the
ballot must be content with the brand
of Inferiority that Inability to vote
Implies.
The Chinese in Mexico are between
the devil and the deep sea. Threat
ened with massacre by the rebels, they
are denied refuge Inthe United States.
An automobile race without a fatal.
lty will be regarded as a failure by
those whose Interest Is measured by
the number of fractured bones.
Colonel Cecil .Lyon's machine in
Texas does not work with the expected
accuracy In grinding out Roosevelt
delegates.
There is a long-felt want for a
Democratic organ In Oregon, and with
"Jimmy" Godfrey at the crank it will
be filled.
Between tornado drills and excite
ment over the real article. Oklahoma
children are likely to become nervous
wrecks.
Colonel Hofer, with a long line of
ancestry fighting for freedom, will
make a proper Memorial day address.
The spirit of Jerry Simpson pre
dicting election of Champ Clark will
make all the houn' dawgs howl.
Dr. Cook continues to exploit his
fame as a prevaricator for the purpose
of gathering in dollars.
Occasional decrees of divorce show
that career for the wife is fatal to the
home.
Guggenheim's will gives less than
one-tenth of one per cent to charity.
The Beavers will do
they get out of the wet-
better when
Bl ILDING VP A STATE UNIVERSITY
Oregoa'a Appropriation as Compared
With Washington.
DAVENPORT. Wash., May 5. (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonlan, April
SO, James Glover advises the students
of the University of Oregon as to
duties in the matter of tie referendum
on the $500,000 appropriation for the
university. A few days previous an
editorial took practically the same
view, vix: that the appropriation, was
too large. As an alumnus of the uni
versity, I am Interested In this ques
tion, though a resident of the State of
Washington for the last 18 years. In
the same issue as Mr. Glover's letter,
a news Item says-that 60 Oregon stu
dents at the University of Washington
have organized an Oregon Association.
In this article the reason given for
these young men and women being at
Washington Is because of the superior
advantages. Frequent mention is made
of Oregon young men going to Stan
ford and other universities. The rea
son Is that Oregon Is behind these oth
er institutions. I was a teacher for
many years in Oregon and it is but
natural that I should compare Oregon
and Washington. I must admit Washing-ton
Is far in the lead both as to
grade and high sahools and the univer
sity. Washington has been continually
forging ahead. The Agricultural Col
lesre at Pullman has fine grounds.
magnificent buildings and splendid
equipment. The University at Seattle
was most fortunate in falling heir to
the A. Y. P. Exposition buildings after
the world's fair, as well as the mag
nificent grounds, beautifully parked
It will take Oregon 100 years at pres
ent speed to attain to what Washing
ton received In two,
In a recent editorial you speak of
the $500,000 as a large appropriation
In this connection I ask space to show
what Washington has been doing in
the last six years for higher education
For the fiscal period ending 1905, the
Legislature appropriated
For tha University S 2!S,xn0.0O
For tha Agricultural College 12D.O00.00
For three Normals
Total
Term ending 1007
tjnlveralty . ..$ 535.500.00
. .. 21S.!0.0(1
IH.I.CMIO.OO
200,000.00
Agricultural l.ouepe ...........
Three Normal Schoola ........
Total $ 663.6K0.00
Term ending 1800
Vniverpltv
Aerlcultu'ral College ..
Normals
Total
Term ending 1911
University
Agricultural ..........
Normala .......... ...
04.000.00
BSS. 754.00
403.020.00
....
.. l.4l
sie.ooo.on
B3S.0O0.I
36U. 000.00
Total $1,711,000.00
After reading this record do you
wonder that Oregon young people find
better advantages in Washington when
you squeal at $125,000 per annum main
tenance and a special appropriation of
$500,000 for new equipment? Oregon
cannot hope to have a large university
when so far behind the times.
Only last year an agent of the Car
negie fund for aid to colleges invest)
gated conditions In Oregon and de
clined to aid because of no university
of distinction and too many smaH col
leges. The only way to change this Is
to make the State University and the
State Agricultural College so meritori
ous that there will be no need of the
small college. With the rapid advance
Oregon is now making the university
and the Agricultural College could well
be allowed $500,000 a year for the next
10 years, to keep up with the commer
cial and agricultural advance now go
ing on.
For the love of a state so long my
home and for "dear old Oregon," I hope
the voters will give this crumb, and be
gin the forward march. ' 3. F. HILL.
PRODUCT OF SEW NATIONALISM
Writer Thinks We Don't ' Want It If
Present Squabble Is Fair Sample.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 4. (To
the Editor.) In the present grave po
litical crisis the question uppermost in
the minds of thinking men is: Are the
voters who are enthusiastic in the
support of Roosevelt for a third term
working for him because of his present
attitude on the issues of the day, or
because of what he seemed to repre
sent during the time he was President?
T. R. is a shrewd politician. He used
the Lorimer incident to carry Illinois,
although he had known for a year that
Mr. Taft was strongly opposed to
Lorimer retaining his seat in the Sen
ate and was only restrained from in
terfering because of his knowledge of
the Jealousy with which the faenate
guards its right to pass on the eligi
bility of its members.
Again. In Pennsylvania, T. R. used
the unpopularity of Penrose to defeat
Mr. Taft. while his own candidacy was
supported by Fllnn. Both are cases of
the pot and kettle in which the kettle
is not the blackest, by any means.
I think I can safely say that never
before In the history of the Nation has
a President been forced to take the
field in order to defend himself from
the vicious assaults of a member of
the same party during a pre-convention
campaign. If this is the outgrowth of
the "new nationalism" and uplift In
politics advocated by Theodore Roose
velt, do we want it?
FRANK W. STONE.
Ilarnesslna; Sweden's Water Poirer.
London Standard.
It Is estimated that the water power
in Sweden utilized in accordance with
modern methods increased in 1911 by
some 80,000 horsepower, aggregating at
the close of the year 640,000 horse
power. The value of this power to the
nation and its influence in the rapid
Industrial development going on In
Sweden are Incalculable.
Working Teeth In a New Saw.
Scientific American..
Every other tooth in a new circular
saw. for cutting tool steel Is a trifle
longer than its neighbor, the long teeth
making the center of the cut, and the
short ones, which are thicker, gouging
out the sides.
FOR SHAME.
Winter. Just a word or two,
Anent this scandal. Shame on you!
This lingering In the lap of Spring,
E'en though she be a giddy thing.
At your age should be taboo;
It Is not good form for you.
And Spring, the minx, has tasks to do,
Instead of dawdling thus with you.
Her dainty rose gowns must be ready,
And 'twill keep her working steady
'Gainst her debut, which comes in June,
Allowing her no time to spoon.
Eschew, old chap, all further folly.
Go hide away beneath your holly.
In your time you had your fling:
Now you may not court Miss Spring.
Propriety, with pointing finger.
Bids you now no longer linger.
So, get you forth from the lap of Spring,
You blase, old back-number thing.
L. P. Bail.
The Frontier.
At the hunhed brink of twilight when, aa
though
Some aolemn Journeying phantom paused
to lay
An ominoua finger on the sweatruck day.
Earth holde her breath till that great prea-
ence go ...
A moment comes of vlaionary glow.
Pendulous "twixt the gold hour and tha
grey,
Lovller than these, more eloquent than
they
Of memory, foresight and life s ebb and flow.
So have I known. In aome fair woman's face.
While viewless yet was Time's more grofis
Imprint,
The flrt. faint, hesitant, elusive hint
Of that Invasion of the vandal yeara
eera deeper beauty than youth's cloudless
grace,
XVake subtler dreams, and touch me nigh to
tears.
itYiliiam Sfataoa ia, X&ft jBodlelaa,
GUARDSMEN ENTITLED TO BOUNTY
Added Pay for Clttxen Soldiers Urged If
They Are Called to Mexico.
PORTLAND. May 4. (To the Editor.)
There is no probability of an early
termination of the war in Mexico and
while it lasts armed intervention by
the United States Is an impending pos
sibility. Certainly, a case for prepara
tion exists. Transports are being re
paired, conferences are frequent and
rumors of intervention are current; but
no determined effort has been made to
recruit the Regular Army to Its maxl
mum strength. Seemingly, the opinion
is prevalent in Washington and among
the Army officers everywhere that th
organized militia can be relied upon to
supplement the Regular Army. The
Regular Army should be recruited and
placed upon a war footing. This duty
confronts the Government, which
should not be excused In an attempt
to shirk that duty by hiding behind
the bugaboo of democratic parsimony
If a crisis now exists and our unpre
paredness Justifies the use of the mil
tla In a foreign war that is what
"armed intervention" means then th
Government should do Justice to the
organized militia by tendering to each
man a bounty.
War, even on a small scale, is an ex
pensive undertaking and the restora
tion of peace in Mexico by the arms o
the United States is a more formidable
undertaking than the construction of
the Panama Canal. It will involv
great loss of life and every evil lnci
dent to a war of extermination. Th
pension list of crippled soldiers and
dependent relatives will be the after
math; but Intervention seems inevit
able. The young men who constitute
the National Guard are not professional
soldiers, like the members of the Regu
lar Army. They are nearly all
gaged In lucrative employments and
many of them are still pursuing studies
They will go to Mexico to participate
in actual and immediate war and with
the intention of resuming peaceable
pursuit as soon as toe war is over.
They will leave home at a time when
their parents will miss them In more
ways than one. The consent of toei
parents was a condition precedent to
their Joining the militia and they Joined
it because they were taught to place
their country next to their God. After
two, three or four years of service on
the battlefield, who will want them
when they return?
The sacrifice which they are expected
to make merits recognition in a sub
stantial way pay each man a bounty.
The niggardly daily pittance of the
Regular Army man is wholly inade
quate.
The boys are willing to go and it Is
proper that they should go. Our states
men are intelligent and Just; it is not
for these statesmen to take advantage
of patriotic fervor and accept, gratui
tously, the sacrifice these young men
are willing to make. The Nation can
afford to pay them and those who ex
ercise official power are not expected
to be miserly and parsimonious in the
performance or their ornciai duties.
The law which renders the National
Guard available In a foreign war should
provide a bounty.
JAMES B. CARR,
508 Everett St.
YOUNG AND OLD MODERN WOODMEN
Member of Order Fiarnres Out Results
of Proposed New Rates.
CORVALLIS. Or.. May 2. (To the Ed
itor.) Having been a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America for many
years, I have been much interested in
the discussion In regard to the rates
recently adopted by the society, to take
effect January 1, 1913. As I understand
these rates, the member then at the age
of 54 years will be asked to pay an as
sessment of $3.00 per month on xiooo,
with 12 assessments a year, regardless
of the age at which he joined the soci
ety. According to the fraternal tables
Issued, the expectancy of a man 54 years
is 16 years. Should he live out his ex
Dectancy. he would pay Into the bene
ficial fund of the order $576. The
young man at 21 years of age Is asked
to pay 75 cents per $1000, or 9.ou per
year. This rate to De a me rate.
Let us do a little figuring and see
how many years he could carry $1000
bv paying into the society $576, or the
same amount as our 54-year-old mem
ber is asked to pay In the 18 years. My
arithmetic says, 64 years, which would
make our young man 85 years old. This
shows that we will carry him 33 years
before he arrives at the age of 54 years.
Then as many years as we do the 64-
v ear-old member and 15 years more.
That's going some for new rates, isn't
It?
Let us carry these figures a little far
ther. If our 54-year-old member should
live to the age of 85 years, that Is the
age the society would carry the young
an for $576. he would pay into tne so
ciety $1116. This amount would carry
our young man to the age of 124 years.
What do these figures show? uo tney
show that the young man Is to carry
the burden of the "old man"? Do they
show that the new rates are based upon
honor and reason? Scientific rates are
strange things, hard of comprehension
bv the ordinary man. It will be a hard
job to convince the majority of the
members that the "old man" has been
accorded a square deal. Many of them
have paid their assessments from the
product of their toll, and have been
the support of the order for many years,
and helped to maKe it wnat it is toaay.
and now, when their best earning days
are over, an extra burden is placed upon
them.
What a crime it is to grow old: and
yet if Father Time is lenient with us.
we will all be "guilty. At our present.
rates, our society has been able to meet
Its obligations for many years on less
than 10 assessments, and still keep a
snug amount for emergency. At the
new rate and 12 assessments. It Is esti
mated there will be collected at least
S15.000.000 each year, more than Is re
quired to meet all obligations. What is
to be done witn mis great amount, oi
monev Are we to ignore all past ac
tions of the society and create an enor
mous reserve fund? If so, who for?
w. J. PliSRSO.N.
HIS DEATH THE NATION'S LOSS
Cltlsens of Oregon Not Alone in Grief
for Homer Davenport.
PORTLAND. May 1. (To the Editor.)
At times the whole community is
brought to realize the sudden loss of
one dear to its memory. At tnis nine
all Oregon is grieved to hear of tho loss
of one of its native sons Homer Davenport-
The citizens of this dear state
of ours are not alone grieving for the
fact of his being taken from us, as
the whole Nation had become ac
quainted with his works and admired
his endeavors to right wrongs. Co"uld
we but emulate his examples and place
the love for our state and home at the
head, and show our pride In being sons
and daughters of state and city we
were born in.
Homer Davenport has gone from us.
it Is true, but with one. as with many,
many others throughout the world who
have loved his prmciples, his memory
will always remain a bright ray of
sunshine and a source of pride.
May we hope that there might be
more of such men as Oregon citizens
in whom we can place our confidence
and love. B. G. BARGER.
s
Wb.it t Is Rhubarb.
ASTORIA. Or., May 4. (To the Edi
tor.) To settle a dispute, is rhubarb a
vegetable or a fruit?
WILLIAM HARTILL.
You may call it either, with authori
tative ground Xor dispute.
The Missing Feature
By Dean Collins.
Wild waxes the ante-convention con
fusion, And fierce betwixt Teddy and Taft is
the fight:
And Theodore roasts, in his riotous rag
ings. His erstwhile companion, with all of
his might:
And Taft is not backward; he leaps in
the turmoil.
And hands it right back, with a good
measure more:
And the people say, "Gee! On what meat
feeds our William?
We never dreamed he could fight
that way before?" ,
But ah, I must sigh, as I view the con
fusion. Observing one missing, revered Insti
tution. La Follette is loping about the arena
And Wilson's pale boom wails about
in the dark;
And sons of Missouri the warning are
raising
Against those who kick at the "houn"
dawg" of Clark;
The dark horses paw, as they snuff the
far battle;
The fav'rlte sons rally their forces
forlorn:
The sinister click of the possible dead
lock Afar o'er the Held of the combat is
borne;
And still do I seek to complete the il
lusion, A sight of that ancient, revered Insti
tution. It looks like the same pre-election ex
citement That lightens our gloomy quadrennial
spaces;
The sounds are the same; and we view
in the forefront
The same battle line of familiar old
faces
With one sad exception. From out of
the battle
Where highest the flags of the com
bat are flyln'.
Oh, what has become of the gallant old
runner?
Why hangs on the outskirts perennial
Bryan ?
Oh still let us hope, to the bitter con
clusion,
That yet we may
Institution.
Portland. May 5.
greet our revered
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of May 6, 1862.
The following nominations were
made in convention of delegates to
Washington County, held at HIHsboro
on Saturday, May 8: Senator, Wilson
Bowlby: Representative for Washing
ton and Columbia Counties. E. W. Con
yers; Representative, R. Wilcox; County
Judge, Hyer Jackson; Sheriff, R. E.
Wiley; County Clerk, W. D. Hare;
Treasurer, W. Simmons; Assessor, J. B.
Kellogg; School Superintendent, E. A.
Tanner; County Surveyor. Gerger;
Coroner, Dr. Adams.
Washington. April 29. A dispatch
from General Halleck says it is the
unanimous opinion that General Sher
man saved the fortunes of the day on
the 6th and contributed largely to the
victory of the 7th. He was In the
thickest of the fight. He had three
horses shot under him and was wound
ed twice. He respectfully recommends
that he be made a Majqr-Generai of
volunteers.
Cairo, April 29. The steamer Estilla
from Pittsburg Landing, arrived last
night. Our siege guns are being moved
to the front, as rapidly as possiDie
There are 5000 bales of cotton, 1000
hogsheads of sugar and 20,000 barrels
of molasses now lying on the levee at
Memphis, which will be destroyed on
the approach of the Federal forces.
Seventy-seven thousand five hundred
dollars in gold dust was shipped per
steamer Oregon yesterday.
An attempt was made on Sunday
night to burn the steam sawmill oi
W P. Abrams & Co.
Mr. John M. Murphy offers the mate
rial of which the Vancouver Telegraph
was printed. The material is. nearly
new The Vancouver Telegraph is dead.
PLEA MADE FOR PARTY LOYALTY
Defeated Candidate Urges Support of
Ticket From Top to Bottom.
PORTLAND, May 4. (To the Editor.)
I wish you would permit a defeated
candidate for S'ate Senator to express
his views on the subject of supporting
the ticket nominated.
It la currently reported that some
12.000 or 13.000 Democrats and Social
ists registered as Republicans in order
to put up candidates whom they con
sidered weak enough to be defeated
by men whom they could nominate from
their own party ranks.
I am quite sure that Mr. Selling re
ceived considerable support from this
source in order that they might put
forward the "immaculate Harry Lane."
whose friends come to me and say in
plain English: "You cannot afford to
vote for Selling." Again the Demo
cratic mule is hitched to the Lafferty
wagon and is hauled through to tho
Republican nomination, and then up
goes the cry from those same Demo
crats; "Surely you cannot atiora to
support Lafferty when Munley is so
much better."
A little further on we find them in
full force for Fitzgerald tor bnerm.
and from the same source comes the
cry: "We cannot afford to place tha
arresting power in the hands of a labor
union man, but we will put up our
Democratic idol, Tom Ward, and expect
you to play our game by electing him."
It Is a well-known tact mat tne Mate
of Oregon, the County of Multnomah
and the City of Portland are strongly
Republican of a sort but the sort re
solves Itself into sorts of a very mixed
variety. It is through these mixed
varieties of Republicans that Oregon is
represented at the present time in tha
United States Senate by Jonathan
rtnnrne. an ex-free-sllver man. and our
George, the Democratic war horse of
Oregon.
Let me sav that personally I nave no
grievance against any of these gentle
men, but since Oregon Is a Republican
state, I cannot understand why the
Democrats should hold all of the best
offices.
I believe the time has come for the
Republicans of this state to show their
rue colors by having a grand gei-
together party, and since the Demo
crats have so graciously assisted us in
making up our ticket, let us vote for
this ticket from top to bottom.
W. A. STOREY.
Tribute to Davenport.
PORTLAND, May 4. uo the Edi
tor.) The death of Homer Davenport,
the cartoonist, leaves a place that can
not easily be filled. His work had the
characteristics which made his person-
lity so attractive the same large
kindliness and sympathy. For nearly
20 years Mr. Davenports name has
been, and rightly, first among Ameri
can cartoonists.
HARRY MURPHY.
Dr. Slontrori'a Book.
PORTLAND, May 4.--To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian, April 21. you have
an article on "Dr. Montessorl." Kindly
let me know how I can learn more of
this person's work along the lines of
teaching subnormal children, and
huge. AN INTERESTED MOTHER.
Dr. Montessori's book is for sale at
leading booksellers ia Portland,