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THE MORNING OREGO NIAX. . MOXDAT. JUNE 17, , 1912. 6 PORTLAND, OKEGOll. 1 Entared at Portland. Ortsoa. Posteffle gtibscrlbtloa Rata Invariably In Adranc. 1 (BY MAIL.) bally. Sunday Included, on year...., Dally. Sunday Included, six months... Pally, Sunday Included, thro months, bally, Sunday Included, one month... Zaily, without Sunday, an year .. Pally, without Sunday, six months... Eally. without Eunday, three month, ally, without Sunday, on month.... Weekly, on year .. .............- Sunday, one year ................ Sunday and Weekly, on year (BY CARRIER.) $s 4 1.2S 2.25 .73 LOO 6- 2.: 1.25 1.75 .00 L.50 1 .. 2. SO .. S-50 T)alfv ftundav Included, on year 9-00 Dally. Sunday Included, one month.. Rm a nmlt Rend Poatofflc money OT' der, expreae order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's nsk. Give postoKlc address In full. Including- county and state. Poetara Bate lO to 14 paces, 1 cant: 10 to 2S paces. 2 cants; 20 to 40 paaea. a 40 to 60 paces, 4 cents, Fordsa pastas, doubl rat. . . v . .. . . - - - - a Conk' Itn V. TafIi Rrancwlelc bulldlnc. Chi' rmm RtmwmT feulldlnf. San Franrlse Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. V42 Market street. ' European Office No. S Recent street. W.. London. -PORTLAND, MONDAY, 17. llt- WHEN WILL THE BOLT COMET I The threat of a bolt from the Re publican convention has gone so far that It has reached the point of a dis cussion Among the Roosevelt forces of the question when to bolt. 8ome would make the election of Root as tempor ary chairman the signal; others the seating of the contested Taft delegates; Dthers the adoption or a piatiorm in dorsing; the Taft Administration or op posing some feature of the new charter of democracy; yet others tne actus nomination of Taft. But some have proposed the ultra revolutionary expedient of a bolt in the electoral college from any candidate other than Roosevelt. Such a bolt ; would be without precedent. Men .' chosen as Presidential electors have ' reirarded the nominations made by conventions as binding on them and, ' if any were ever inclined to disregard ' the Implied obligation, they have been r restrained by fear of obloquy. I The proposal to bolt comes from the states which held Presidential pn- i maries, at which each party nominated candidates for elector. It i contended that whichever electoral ticket should be successful in November Is bound ' bv the preferential vote cast at the primaries rather than by the choice of the National convention, especially If the convention should act counter to the preference expressed by the pri mary states. In most cases the names of men nominated for electors were placed on the ticket by the faction which was victorious In the primaries and these men are presumed to be in sympathy with the popular preference of their states. There are exceptions. as we know to be the case in Oregon, but that is true In the main. If the bolt should thus be postponed until the electors meet in each state and if the Republicans should carry all ' the direct primary states, all of whlcn : are normally Republican, the posslbil - ity of a bolt would extend to 144 elect- ors from nine states carried by Roose- ' velt among a total of 5S1 electors from ! 48 states. Should the bolt- be nearly ' reneral in these nine states, the Re- I publican electoral vote would be so ! ; divided between Taft and Roosevelt i , that, even though as a whole It cori 'stltuted a majority of the whole.ee!- ;iege. neither Taft nor. Roosevelt nor ! the Democratic. candidate would have i a majority, ! The election would then be made by 1 the present House of Representatives. The Constitution provides that m such 1 a case each state shall cast one vote. : The nartv hitvlnr a maloritv of Repre. f : sentatlves from each state would cast r the vote of that state for Its canal '" date. Under this system the Repub : : llcans have a majority in twenty-four, ' ; the Democrats in twenty-two states, I and two states Maine and Nebraska tied. In case the Republican 1 1 Representatives could unite in each j ) state they would have only twenty- i , four votes, one short of a majority, ! , Hit th.. atlvlf-tnn in the nartv which ; ! brought about such a situation would render such unity highly improbable. ' Were they to divide according to their ' preference as expressed at the prl- ' maries. the convention states standing ; by Taft, there would be thirteen for : Taft. nine for Roosevelt, two ror Ia Follette. twenty-two for the Democrat, and two tied. In order to elect either i of their men. the Republicans would ! need not only to settle their difference? ! but to break the tie In either- Maine ; or Nebraska by winning over a Demo- ! erat. The Democratic candidate could not be elected without capturing both ; tied states and winning over one of the Republican states. : By postponing the bolt until the ' electoral college met. . the Roosevelt men would thus Invite practically cer tain ultimate defeat and would accom plish only the defeat, of Taft. They might have a -fighting chance If -they , bolted the convention and nominated a third electoral ticket In each state, though they could only win by gain ing enough Democratic. votes to offset the Taft vote and many . to . spare. Roosevelt desires tils own- election as ardently as he desires to defeat Taft. He will therefore be more likely to take the fighting chance of a bolt from the convention.. If he falls to secure the nomination.. ... WRBEXDEB OR DEFEAT? . The discredited bosses who are so heartily lampooned by Colonel Roose velt are the Identical party leaders who served him so . efficiently four years ago. The only exceptions were the states which had favorite sons, but the favorite sons did not last long. and. their political n.anagers speedily climbed aboard the Taft-Roosevelt bandwagon. The problem which now confronts these taint political bosses or leaders whichever they are Is outright sur render to Colonel Roosevelt, or prob able destruction by him and his friends In the Fall election. If they surrender now, a candidate will be nominated on a platform re pudiating them and traversing the rec ord of the party's present titular head. If they refuse to surrender now, and stay with the old ship. It la likely to go to pieces anyway, later, on the rocks of. party dissension; and they will be the losers in the end. If they surrender now, they turn the party and probably the Government over to the Roosevelt kitchen cabinet, i consisting of Perkins. McCormlck, Oar- ! field. Pinch ot and Heney. If they refuse to strike their flag ; now. the alternative is Democratic suc- i cess in November. If they surrender now they will avert a possible, or even probable, bolt ' by Roosevelt, and consequent pasty ruin. If they refuse, the ardent partisans ' of Roosevelt will bolt anyway, even If Roosevelt does not. and Bryan, or Wll son, or some other Democrat will be President. The only thing really certain at Chi. cago Is that the old guard is in for sound licking, this year of grace un less it can achieve the Impossible and nominate a dark horse. THE 8 TEAM-BO LX KB, AND ROOrj EVELT. Somehow we are able to restrain our excitement over Colonel Roosevelt' bitter indignation at the remorseless activity -of the steam-roller at Chicago. Not that we approve the steam-roller only that the Colonel s virtuous out break appears to be Inspired mainly by contemplation of the fact that the steam-roller Is not ' his steam-roller. The Colonel will forgive us, we hope, if we feel that his uproar seems to call for mirth, rather than objurgation on our part. But If he will not for give us, we shall be inclined to be mirthful anyway. Tet there is no disguising the fact that the steam-roller is no Joke. It has done business Jn strictly scientific fashion. Doubtless . that., is what steam-roller Is for.. But It ought to have been handled with discretion, even for the sake of appearances, if for no other reason. No one, except some blathering par. tisan of one candidate or the other, cares what was done about those quar reling Southern delegates, though the impartial public might rejoice if the whole unsavory bunch had been thrown out. In other states there was no clear way to, determine the rights and wrongs of , contestants. In others there was. The committee invariably voted Its prejudices in doubtful states or Invoked technicalities wherever the excuse offered in states where the Is sue was clear cut. The steam-roller lived up to its ex pec tat ions and it rode down the able engineer who left its throttle four years ago. THE TRKMMJNa SENATORS. . Senators have discovered that, no matter how grave may be the doubts they entertain as to Lorlmers guilt. the people -entertain no doubts. Of the Senators who voted - to allow Lo rimer to retain his seat, ten have already been retired and ten more will retire next March, either of their own free will or by virtue of an adverse primary vote. Some of those who . will retire voluntarily will do so rather than "face the music" of publio reprobation. In advance of the adoption of the direct election amendment, the Senate is gradually becoming a truly repre sentative body. The people are prov ing their capacity for looking through a mass of contradictory statements and sweeping1 away a cobweb of fine-spun reasoning to get at the central, essen tlal fact of the case. That fact, in their opinion, ir that Lorlmer's elec tion was secured by bribery and that he should be cast out. Their dlsple ure is visited on any man who ob structs what they consider Justice. That Is why the Senate so long de lays the vote on Lo rimer. Many of Its members are loath to vote against him, but. looking around at the doomed and recalling those who have already met their doom, they dare not vote for him. A - STEP FORWARD IX ARBITRATION. - In their selection- of an arbitration board to- settle- the wage dispute be tween the engineers and the Eastern Railroad; Chief Justice White, Com' missioner Neill and. Judge Khapp struck a new trail. :It has been cus tomary to name an- equal number of men to represent each party to. the controversy and to allow these to choose one, .who has the casting vote, This one has usually been in practice the only arbitrator. In the present in. stance only one from each party has Been appointed and the other mem bers of the board are: Oscar Straus, former Secretary of Commerce and Labor; Albert Shaw, editor of the Re view of Reviews; Otto Eidlitx, former chairman of the Building Trades Em ployers' Association of New York; Frederick N. Judson. of St Louis, and President Van Hise, of the University of Wisconsin. This board will- really arbitrate the dispute, the members who are directly interested serving mainly' to inform their colleagues on the technical ins and outs of the engineers' work. They are men of such high character and ability, known Impartiality and thor oughness in all they undertake that they can be trusted to make a just award, which will be accepted by both the railroads and the engineers. Their award will be more readily acquiesced In than that bf a single umpire, es pecially If they should be unanimous. This latest resort to the Erdman act encourages hope that the railroad strike, at least of any extent, has gone into history and that all future dis putes which cannot be adjusted by direct negotiation will be settled by arbitration. ' '-ONE WAS A MURDERER." In his letter concerning Governor West's prison policy, published 'today, Mr. Bauer credits some assumptions to The Oregonian that we were not aware we had taken. The Oregonian has never assumed "that a man Is not being punished unless he is beaten and starved into submission... It does not recall that It has accused the Governor or the prison authorities of - lax dis cipline within the penitentiary walls. Its criticisms have "been directed at errors of Judgment In parole of con victs, at features of the Governor's honor system and at- sentimental with holding of the death -penalty. It has confessed that It does not understand hy a brutal murderer should be -spared to life while a reward 4 should be set for the death of a convict who has broken his word of honor. . It con cedes that prisoners humanely treated within prison walls may be more easily controlled wan - prisoners brutally treated. But the last Is wholly beside the honor system or Indiscretion in ex ercising the parole authority. Mr. Bauer seems to admit that the Oregon prison policy Is misunderstood by convicts in other prisons. The Ore gonian. suggested this in the article that called forth Mr. Bauer's letter. Mr. Bauer lays the fault for-this mis understanding at the door of the Gov ernor's critical Tet the advertising of his sjsteiu by the latter has been in finitesimal "in quantity compared with that spread broadcast by its admirers. Has Mr. Bauer never seen In the numerous periodicals that have pub lished It the picture of the picnic din ner, where honor men seated at long tables- under the leafy trees are being served with viands by honest farmers wives? Does it not depict food and table service such as are unknown to the street laborer or section hand or railroad. .workman ' who. never com mitted a crime? Has he heard of the moving-picture play which places the Governor's system before the credulous people at a few pennies each? Has he .read the recent article in Comer's I Weekly on the West prison policy? Does he know that the Brooklyn Eagle and other papers of wide circulation have copied the most striking passages from the Collier's article? Can he wonder that desperate criminals In other prisons become restive when they hear, as Collier's has told, and as other publications have repeated, that In the first honor group in Oregon of men given "good outside jobs" was murderer and an expert safe cracker? A murderer Is a man who has taken something he can never return. Prob ably . the majority of murderers are repentant before they see- the inside of the penitentiary and would not kill again if released at once. tut are re pentance and a determination never again to take human life all that so ciety requires of a murderer? If it is Just to give one murderer a "good out side Job,"-freedom from stripes and relief -from guard. It Is Just to give hundreds of murderers now in prison like consideration. i ' . What Js an "expert safe cracker He is certainly one who has learned t crack safes not from robbing-one but from robbing several. Otherwise he is not expert. ' Does It work for dis clpllne In other prisons if the Inmates get the Impression that in Oregon a confirmed criminal Is given virtual llt. erty before his time, while a senti mental world acclaims the wonder and beauty o( such leniency? Will It work for good discipline in the long run at Salem? We fear not. But even If this doubt is . groundless. tbe building; up of a model prison man agement Is not the chief aim or our penal statutes. Humane treatment is one thing. - Making' life pleasant and punishment light for bad men is an other. The fact remains that "the Gov ernor lays too much stress on saving the convict and too little on saving and protecting society. ' THE mtST WOMAN MAYOR. . Mrs.' Mary D. Lowman'i tragic death sets one thinking about many things. She was the first woman ever elected mayor of an American city and she served two terms. - Her official ex perience did not destroy her capacity for usefulness in the home.. We are sure of that, because It was In the kitchen that she came to her end. : As she was cooking supper for the fam fly her dress caught fire from the stove and she was burned to death. Mrs. Lowman was not only the pio neer woman mayor In this country, but she was - almost the first mayor of either sex to act upon the principle that it is the duty of municipal offi cers to serve the people and not the grafters. Her first term began In 1888, a time when most Americans still believed that politics was neces sarily ."filthy", and- that right, and wrong were foolish distinctions' so far as public business was concerned iCamsans had been told this in so many words by - their brilliant Senator In- galls, and that makes it all the more surprising; that Mrs. Lowman should have done what she did In Oskaloosa, which is a Kansas town. Her appointees to the various city offices were all women and she chose them because they were qualified to perform their duties." This' was per haps the most surprising of her inno vations. The' old traditional rule had been that city officials must be ap pointed for usefulness to the party or because they were good ' fellows, never because they were qualified to the work for which they drew pay. Having secured a corps of qualified women to work with her, Mrs. Lowman proceeded to clean up Oskaloosa. . She swept out the filthy saloons, or ."bell holes," as they are called In Kansas. She put a stop to tbe "social evil" which men are in the-habit of includ ing among the inevitable dlspensa tions. : She kept the streets clean. . She compelled the big and wealthy criml nals to obey the law. In fact Mrs. Lowman did In public office exactly what women have been doing In the household for some thou sands of years. . She applied common sense to her problems and sought re sults by the most direct and efficient means. This is something that men seldom do in office, though they do it in business, of course, all the time, and this is the great improving which women will bring into public life when they obtain the ballot. THE VACATION SEASON. The vacation habit is growing upon the American i people. Twenty-five years ago many men could be found who boasted that they never needed a change from, their habitual routine. Give such a one his office,, .his .daily grist of letters and his three meals and he would grind away without a thought of tedium until It came time for him- to pass to a better, world. Men of this stamp are not so common as - they were formerly. We - should not be surprised to see the habit of working all the year round branded as disrespectable before many years have passed. Addiction to work will be placed In the same shady category as too much fondness for the bottle. Whether strong drink or unbroken toil is the worst habit one would have some difficulty In deciding. Both are bad enough. Without trying to meas ure nice distinctions. It may suffice to say that both the drunkard and the person who never takes a vacation- are wicked and both set a frightful ex ample to the young. .' The New York Independent has fallen into the practice of publishing an annual vacation number. The one which appears this year is particular ly pleasing. In looking over tbe pic tures and reading the descriptive art! cles It is easy to imagine that one is sailing down some crystal stream or fishing In the pellucid depths of a lovely lake, or camping under the trees in a secluded spot, where toil is never . heard of and duty is a word without meaning. The very essence of vacation Is freedom from routine. Anything, no matter how trifling, which calls the mind back to the daily round detracts Just so much from the pleasure and profit of the outing. The- only genuine vacations are those which are undisturbed by letters, tele phones or visitors on important . er rands. During the sacred moments of the annnal rest nothing is Important but the useless. Nothing else should be permitted to Intrude. Some of the most pleasing vacations described In The Independent were taken almost within the city limits. It Is not neces sary to go far away In order to cut off communications ' with . the distracting whirl. Shady dells exist, not more than five miles from Portland, where one can be as remote from toil as In the depths of Canada. There' Is a story of a man girted with singular originality of mind who conceived the- idea of taking a vaca tion in his orchard. He pitched his tent under one of the venerable apple trees, put; on some old clothes, gath ered his family about him in-savage costume and proceeded to live the simple life." He found after trying it for a month that he had all the sat isfactions of an outing in the woods with none of the hardships.. Another man, still more adventurously-original. conceived the daring idea of having a vacation In his own house. -He locked the front door, drew down the shades on the street side and discharged the maid. To all intents and purposes he was then away from home.' , No let ters were opened- The morning paper was left untouched on the porch. When It was necessary to go to the grocery he slunk through dark alleys, did his errand as. quickly as possible and hurried back home. . The out come of this scheme was most delight ful. The happy man who invented it declares in his account that he never had so much real comfort before in a vacation or earned it with so little trouble.. There Is a mistaken notion that in order to have a profitable outing a person must undergo hardships. He must eat badly cooked food, sleep on a lumpy bed, go about shivering in the rain and seldom wash his lace. No mistake could be more serious. In a vacation .from which rest and re newed strength are expected the first consideration is comfort. It is well enough for a person to tire himself tramping through' the woods, but he must provide for abundant and well cooked meals and he is dangerously reckless if he does not insist upon a good bed. One of the worst of all the innumerable bad vacation habits 13 that of overwork. It Is safe to say that more men exhaust themselves by excessive toll while they are supposed to be enjoying a time of relaxation than ait their dally routine. The habit of being idle Is one that must be ac quired by faithful practice. As for hardships, men who have to live In the woods avoid as many of them as they can. They never sleep on the bare ground when they can find a bed of any sort, and they never go about wet and shivering when it is possible to keep dry. Eagerness to maltreat oneself Is a sure sign of the tender foot. One of the most agreeable vacations described in The Independent was spent by an Omaha minister on his son's claim in Alberta. Some fifty young men from Omaha had taken land in the same neighborhood and formed a primitive settlement in the Canadian wilds. For fence posts they had to go sixty miles. Water was four miles sway. Fuel had to be hauled the same distance as posts. These . wert some of the disadvantages. The ad vantages were that the land would produce fifty bushels of wheat to the acre. Every inch of it could bexl plowed, the railroad was rapidly ap proaching and by the , time the law allowed them to prove up on their claims each one would be worth about $12,000. A vacation like this combines pleasure and profit in an exceptionally agreeable way. The minister varied his outdoor life by canoeing on the stream which flows past his sons claim and, of course, there were hunt- Ins; and fishing. The opportunities to make a fortune by taking up fertile tracts of uncultivated land are rare. so that anybody who wishes to re peat the cheerful experience of this Omaha pastor must seek aiugentiy, but no doubt It would be worth while to try Flinn is said to desire the succession to Penrose, not only as boss of Penn sylvania but as United States Senator. What a terrible crash there would tie If his strong arm came in conflict with Senatorial dignity, as personified by the massive Jieybum? A California heiress,' marrying a Marquis, ' complains that her father couldn't s.fford a Duke. . We trust the purchase price was Jow . enough f so that she can' afford a jeweled collar and chain for her royal pet. We may soon have a paraphrase on that old conundrum about the Irresis tible force and the immovable body, namely, when a stampede comes Into collision with a steam roller. what will be the consequence? Two Portland misses walked down from Salem in rain and mud at the close of the school season. Youth and health and undaunted spirit are the most wonderful . assets the world knows! Mrs. Richard Harding Davis pleads, as ground for divorce, that her hus band loves another. Those wno know Richard will suspect that the "other" is Richard Harding Davis.- - It Is becoming more 'and more fash. lonable for politicians to use the short and ugly word. We shall soon have a .National federation oi .ananias Clubs. Any way it goes, the planks -in the Chicago platform will "commend." The people at Baltimore will use their time-honored right to deplore and con demn. " - With Flinn, of the strong arm; Per kins, of the strong box, and Heney, of the strong lungs, to aid him, the Colo nel may imagine himself Invincible. These are sad days for Senator Dixon. But what . could he expect when he refused to advise the Colonel as the. Colonel wished to be advised? When the Sheriff catches and the Judge sentences him. "the. Bulldog of the West" will know that the "good old times" have passed away. The Kaiser never could save his face If his kid's boat beat him, so he must exercise parental as welj as regal au thority. " For the next two weeks, Mexico, Cuba and the Alaskan volcanoes will please retire Into the background. Heney has called another man a liar. He's sure to apply that pet term of his to the wrong man one day. Half the spice' of an elopement is lost when the father sends a $1000 check Instead of pursuing the elopers. Last week all was frivolity, but this week will be given to dignified honor to the pioneers who made Oregon. Let all be thankful' for the bountiful crops in sight after the conventions shall become history. . The "naked fight" and the "naked steal" must be shocking to Anthony Comstock. - Whoever is nominated will get It by a vote so close as to preclude) comfoit in It Oregon cheese is advancing in the market, but it is worth the money. Is that new fighting hat the. one the Colonel threw Into the ring I SALEM PRISON POLICT DEFENDED Chaplain Deal) That Writ System Cemeee Uareat Amass Owlets. , SALEM, Or June IS (To the Ed itor.) After reading your editorial In The Oregonian, June IS, anent the con. troversy as to whether Governor West Is responsible for the recent outbreak in San Quentln, I am constrained to ask three questions which seem to me to be fair. I ask these questions and comment upon them that your worthy readers may be enlightened concerning the spirit and the method of the Ore gon State Penitentiary,, whose concern ought to be theirs. First, why assume that Governor West is to blame for the whole thing? With the meager facts at hand, and these more or less colored by a war. den who is lboking for a scapegoat. why should a snap Judgment be giv en that Oregon's prison system Is the cause of the trouble down trier 7 in the face of the exposures of the Cal ifornia prison by 'some 6f the leading papers of San Francisco. It Is barely possible that the prison management had something to do with tne out break. I can personally testify to the fact tnat in a recent visit to a num ber bf tbe leading prisons of our coun try, including Sine Sing. Trenton, -N. J.; East Pennsylvania, Atlanta and others, I found no corner among them all so dark and stenchful as the very dining-room of San Quentln, In which last Sunday's riot occurred. And this leads me to the query: If Oregon's prison pig-pen is cleaner than the San Quentln dining-room, is Governor West e-ulltv of treason? The bluff that Lynwood, known In our prison as Glenn L. Burton, and whom the guard shot to death, was a mover In the prison insurrection, can easily be called by those of us who knew him. With us he was a weak minded. Incorrigible sodomite who was repeatedly punished, and who lost all his "good time" and was not a paroiea man at all, as Hoyle asserted. In fact, he, as many others within our walls, never tasted . the sweets of our honor system because he would not; and that he carried to California much enthu siasm about our system is unthinka ble. That this man whom the boys here dubbed "Simple Mutt," could be a Spar tacus, at San Quentln, is either a huge Joke or an awful reality. Really, If Warden Hoyle can make his presump tion stick, we may rather look for damage suits brought against Govern or West by San Francisco for causing the great earthquake, there. , The second question: Granting, as you do. that "Governor West's prison method may be misunderstood-by dis satisfied convicts elsewhere," who Is responsible fof the misunderstanding? Are we to surrender principle and pol inv. and stand still condemned because some , dissatisfied prisoners of other institutions saw through a . glass darkly? There are many means now of dis semination of real Intelligence concern ing orison Dolicles and practices, uur National prison conferences, prison pa pers and the proiessionai . criminal traveling from one Institution to an other, play their part in thes lnter-f-hanara of Ideas in the prison world. Th, nnTiniar masrazlne article has done not a little to paraae xne newer nu mnni nninui features of our prison pol icies, and may have caused some shaU low minds to lose sight of the essen tial features of the work of this inr stltution.' nnt It la mv belief that more mis understanding has arisen from adverse criticism of the governors political opponents than from any other cause. We have dished up to us almost daily criticisms which magnify, distort ana nint vellow every act of executive clemency and every consideration for the welfare of the prison. Bui au rei erencea to increased activities in labor and rigid-discipline are withheld from the people. Of course it Is conceded that some of these essential features are not real news Items, because they are so commonplace.: ' As a matter of fact, the Governor's velvet scabbard holds a sword of steel, and It is--.really detrimental . to - our prison at . home , and abroad that this fact is not set bt.fore the public When Jess. Hall, the escaped honor man, was captured at the muscle of the Gov ernor's guff, there were no earmarks of "gentle restraint," even though some said It was a grandstand play. "Zebra row," "hog table," "privileges lost may sound sweet and homelike 'to the outsider, but Inside they are what Sher man called war. The Governor Insists that all men must work in this insti tution. He was . able by -the use of brains instead of lead to increase the output of the brickyard last Summer over 50 per oent. There never has been better disci pline or more work in the Oregon State Prison than today. This is not due to lack of discipline; It Is due to discipline. It is not due to a maudlin sentimentality, exhibited to rough, stern men who have no use for It; but it Is due largely to personal Interest, fair treatment of men, even though they have forfeited their rights to freedom, and expecting something in return from every one. But it seems that these facts of discipline and work and honor have been overshadowed by criticism of leniency and mock-mercy, gone to seed. If the prisoners of San Quentin got a vision of Ostermoor mat tresses and Delmonlco meals. . with guards for private servants, I am not surprised, for I have heard such things fronj the lips of detractors of our sys- t6The third question: Why do you in your last sentence assume that we do not punish and restrain, and try to help all men sent to us to understand that they have violated the law? Why assume that a man Is not being pun ished unless he Is beaten and starve3 into submission? If hunger and filth and physical pain are the only great punishments, then our very poor are even worse oft than we dare to make men in the prisons of today. But we all know that the loss of freedom, of home, of a chance, with other men is more terrible and by far of greater import as punishment than those things that appeal to the sense. San Quen tin men were making a demonstration of noise, not about the food, nor the smell of their dark dining-room, but were protesting against the tardy pa roles it was a cry for freedom that they supposed was theirs. As far as I .rw nnr nrlson officials all assume h.t th court's sentence of every man i. tnt and fair, ana we worn, ..i until the court and Parol -Dn .&nm mnd for parole or conai- tlonal pardon. Nearly every man must be released irora our- - now; this Is the law of the state, and w.i.t ha understood that each man securing parole nas earnea " ... i An., tbera are sufficient cre dentials in the Governor's office to this effect whenever a man is given tne chance on parole. - PHILIP E. BAUER, Chaplain and Parole Officer. : ' - A Protest. PORTLAND, June 15. (To the Edi tor.) As manager for Hon. Champ nsrV I want to enter my protest against the theft of our' "daws" by the Roosevelt crowd, rnis gang ia ue to have stolen most of Mr. Bryan's thunder. It is now being charged with the theft of the Taft delegates from the South. -but when It comes to try ing to steal Champ ' Clark's "houn' dawg," I protest. - Let the' circus go on. but these pla giarists and political thieves must let our "houn dawg" alone. He is the mas cot of a reunited Democracy. He howls at the moon and tells the watch man of the hour of the night. He has sounded the keynote of a deliverance from spoils, stratagems and treason. He has "caught the scent of the pass ing crowd and this effort to steal his usefulness and turn him over to the tender mercies of a bull species is both cowardly and ungrateful. JAMES F. BARBEE. SUCCESS OF COLONEL, PREDICTED Bart Writes. Falls to Draw Comfort From Prospect Ahead of Natloaw MORO, Or,. June IS. (To the Edi tor.) I read every day, with avidity. The Oregonian. I was impressed by your editorial In Wednesday's issue, "Playing Politics With Contests." For two years past I have strongly as serted that . Mr. . Roosevelt would be elected our next President, I was laua-had at and often huffed, as un justly, susplcioning the honorable ex President of" insincerity in his asser tions that he would not offer tor third term. Since my prediction, that he would try to get a third term, has come true, may I not justly claim from your thoughtful readers a careiui con sideration of a few of my views con cerning our political status and out look for our-near future? The leaders and manipulators of big business are now hotly contesting amonr themselves as to what inter ests and what men shall be acknowl edged as suDreme. The game now be In a- nlaved at- Chicago has been on hand since . some previous time to Teddy's throwing in his hat. It has for its end not only how shall we big fish continue safely and sanely being fed by the little fish. This must be done, of course! But a paramount issue Just now la. Who among us big fish must be recognized as rignmui rulers? Hence, some of the big fish are Taft men and. some are Roosevelt men. Ho-, which shall win? My own convection is that Roosevelt wiu easuy win. Ana tnat, too, u inci ter how the selection at Chicago may Issue. Mr. . Roosevelt Is a very unique nersbnaUtv. He "does things!" He Is destined vet to "do -thlnBSl" How? Ah I Perhaps he does not himself as yet know all details. He assuredly Is not telling anyone, except as he chooses to do . so, what his plans are. But he has plana plans wnicn no can and will work out. or, II neea D repudiate and supplant with others at a momenrs warning: dux hooboyou win "aret there, all the same." It dark horse Is run In. it will be Roose- velt'a dark horse. But what about us little fish? Are not we the real ones that will, next Nonmber. settle this matter? True But the manipulating of us, the people, is not for a moment forgotten. Be our lords Taft men or Roosevelt men. wa naonla must ba manipulated. Not eaten up by big fish, as in other na tions and in former times. It gener ally was; but manipulated, so that a healthful progress, ail up ana aown mo line, from the poorest L W. W. to the Hr-hast soma Lord Sir Lancelot, there shall be a well-managed nation of peo ple," 90,000,000 serfs and underlings, irettlns; enough of their own hard earn ings to keep them in good working trim- to earn a measureless surpiua. and to nils id billions for the few Sir Lords and their select companion". Yea we will decide next November who shall manipulate us, but the Rough Rider Is he who Js to ten us now to decide. Just wait 40 or 60 days, and the Rough Rider will speak in plain- n. vmnilhAtln tones to tne masses, and' with thunder and a great stick to tha few. and more than enough will. fwm oanvictlon or fear, do Just as Teddy says to make Teddy or Teddy's dark horse President. Wait and see! The days of our free, noble Republie are numbered! The time ior tne mm roiriia has come! And the time has de- th man. as it always has done. and always will do, until a nation of self-possessed, self-protecting, trut.ii loving and God-fearing people Is found who will , scornfully repudiate each demagogue, manfully and wisely enact its own constitutional jgYBrumoui, then put only such men in office as will legislate and execute according to the Constitution, and In the fear of God for the highest good of all the people. WHERE SINGLE TAX WOULD PINCH, Three Examples Shown of the TJnfatr- . , neaa in Fels' System.. .i vaNnrnrKR. June 13. (To. the Ed' itor.) To- the average citizen who is not viewing the graduated or single tax throuarh the medium of the "Ftla war chest" it is difficult to see how tax ation can be equitable under this sys tem, and I have In mind tnree nypo therlr.al cases which I desire to state. First Jones) owns a farm. The value of his land is $5000, and he has hniidlnes. stock and implements wnicn he values at $2000, making a total of $7000. . In a nearby village Smith owns a stock of merchandise, also valued at $5000. This stock is contained in hiilMlntr valued at $1500. situated on lot worth $500. Thus the value of Smith's property is the same as that of Jones'. Under single tax Jones would pay taxes on $5000, the value of bis land, while bmitn wouia pay mes but $500, the value of the lot on which hla store buildinK stands. Second A and B each buy a city lot of equal value. As A Is prosperous, ne has monev on hand to build a house worth S&000. while B, less fortunate, ia compelled to mortgage his lot in order to build a house worth $1500. Under sinirla tax A. with his $6000 house and no debt, would pay the same taxes as B, who owns but a small equity In his property, as the Value of the lots Is the same. Third S is a rich money-lender, while R. working for a small salary, has by close economy managed to buy a suburban lot on which he has built a cheap home for his family. Losing his position he is compelled, to borrow from S to keep his family from want. The small loan Increases by leaps ana bounds" until he Is only the nominal owner of the property, but under single tax he would have to pay the taxes on the land, while the rich money-lenaer, nwnlnir no land, would pay no taxes. Taxation is a vexing question; no ana wanta tn nav taxes and a great many, men, ordinarily honest, think it no sin to ooage taxes, out ii ni" me that it would be better to remedy the evils in the present system than -in embark -on the unknown seas or single tax. , FRANK w. biuai... '" Roses for Visitors. : poTtTiaAND. June 14. (To the Edi tn, . Anronoa of the letter from Q. K. R in The Oregonian, I feel sure that some, at least. In Portland snouia oe educated in the art of giving, l am re mlnHort that last vear during the Rose Show there came a woman from the TBaat who anent three montns in hotel in this city without ever having a single rose grlven to ner. i nere are many others, and some medium of giv ing should be established In all the hotels in this city, at least during the Festival week. ju u. Ktuun. Iaove's Yeans Dream In 1912. rhlcaa-o Record-Herald. "Well, we have been engaged for a "Yes, it was just a week ago tonight that you asked me to be yours." ."Have you told anybody r Not a soul!"" "Then I'm afraid I'll have to give you up. I don't want to marry a freak." . . - . . Essence of Co-Edncatloa. Pittsburg Post. "Do girls do as well In college as boys?" . :' . "As well, or . better." "Indeed! And how do yen account for that?" "Tbey have more opportunities to study, for one thing. A girl doesn't have to put in a lot of time coloring a meerschaum pipe." ' Weighed In the Money Market, . Exchange. "My wife still thinks I'm a treasure." "I. wish mine did; she thinks I'm a treasurer' . . The Man Who Knows - Br Deaa Collin. Why should I sit In ignorance, Of how the campaign wind blows. Instead of getting the inside dope From the sapient Man Who Knows? Why do I watch uneasily Chicago's convention riot. When I might find how 'twill all come out. And settle to peace and quiet? If I told my woes .' ... . To the Man Who Knows, Copious secrets could he disclose. Where can I find the Man Who Knows? Foolish and useless question I He waiteth his secret to disclose At the very slightest suggestion. Legion's his name; he roams the street; He lounges in park and station; He freely dispenses to all who come The surest of information. mJ On. the Man Who Knows, Is under one's toes. At every place that a person goes. The Man Who Knows all the. inside dope On whose Is the nomination, -Whittles In country grocery stores, Engaging In conversation; -He lunches with me at the restaurant. And on the bleachers I meet him; I hear him talk as my streetcar goes, And up in my club I greet him; x At the theater's shows The Man Who Know Climbs over my knees, and bruises my . toes. I The Man Who Knows who will win at last And head the Republican party. Hails me In lobbies of all hotels. With srreetlnsr zealous and hearty: He shaves my face in - the barber's chair. At my taxicab's wheel he whlsses: : In clean white apron behind tha bar. He peddles me cool gin fizzes. ' Wherever one goes. He stands In rows, The wise and - ubiquitous ' Man ' Wh Knows, ' The secrets of the convention hall Seem hidden to me forever. And time alone can the mytalo veil That shrouds It In doubt, dlsseven, But L even X. appear to be The only existing mortal. Who cannot fathom the mystery back Of the shrouded convention portal. It appears to be. From the things I see. That the Man Who Knows Is all men. but me. Portland, June It. Half a Century Ago SYom Th Oregon! an of Jun IT, 1862. Oswego. N. X, June . The Times of this city says: A letter dated Port Royal. May 26, says all the arrange ments for the capture of Charleston have been made. The attacking force will Include both the military and naval arms of the service under Gen eral Hunter and Commander Dupont. Newark. N. J-. June 7. A corre spondent of the Advertiser on tne steamer Augusta, off Charleston, May 29, eays: "Our gunboats are now within four miles of Charleston by way of Stone Inlet. We all expect the attack soon to commence. Chicago, June 7. There Is but lit tle doubt that our flotilla has by this time arrived before Memphis. - Washington. June 7. It appears that about 170 prizes ,have been taken by our cruisers. -T Washington. June 7. It is cur. rently reported that but one member of the Cabinet is opposed to the Presi dent's policy of emancipation with com pensation. Captain - Schults arrived yesterday . from - England, ... with the treaty for the suppression of the slave trade, signed by the Queen. Ratifica tions having been exchanged, the, treaty Is now the law. John Eugene was Arrested in San TrT-aniitr.n June 8 for hurrantng ior Jeff Davis and using other traitorous language. A third meetinar of the citizens of Portland was held in the Council room last evening to devise ways and means fnr tha nroner celebration of the ap proaching '86th anniversary of Amer ican Independence. J. H. Mitchell, N. Williams and H. W. . Davis were ap pointed to act as a finance committee, with instructions to call upon the citi zens generally and obtain subscriptions and donations. A committee of nine, three from each ward, was appointed tn art aa a committee of arrangements. consisting of the following gentlemen: First Ward. Captain iianaera, a. d. Hallock. R. R. Thompson; Second Ward. Q.. H. Williams, A. B. Seymour, Joseph Webber; Third Ward, J. H. Mitchell. J M. Breck.. S. J. laotonnicit, a. u. Dufur, E.. I uuimoy ana uc. jjuijt were added to tne commiim. i riathnat was successfully brought over the fails at Oregon City yesterday morning without much Injury. The owners towed the boat out into tne middle of the channel above, cut. her loose and sent her adrift. She made ha nt tin ATA maiesticallT and only went about 40 feet under water, but she came up again -ngni aiuo up care." 1 PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS AROUSING Work of Paid Manipulators Turns Peo ple Against Initiative Measure. PORTLAND, June 14. (To the Ed itor.) In The Oregonian was- pun ii.u q l.ttar from M. J. Herkimer, of Talent, Or., who asks who our Ore. gon Moses, U. S. TTRen, is, and who condemns ITRen and the initiative, as humbugs. . Mr. Herkimer confesses to having read the Journal up to this, time, and supported the Oregon system but in the future proposes to vote "no on all initiative measures. r,r Oregon's citizens, fooled and muddled by the one-man made laws emanating irom tne of Mr. U'Reo, ana. suppunou i in spired editorials, are reaching the same conclusion as Mr. Herkltaer. I- have attended several mesuus the People's Power league, so nignir spoken of by our muckraking periodl ..,.1 rutnresented by them as con sisting of the best thought of the State of Oregon, sitting a. . uuj AT ,n.o wise laws that s.i the ad miration of the muckrakers all over the. United Btates. r oricihiv found these meetings of the "people of Oregon" to consist of Mr U'Ren, Mr. Cridge, Mr. Eggleaton and about a half a dozen more or less unknowns who do not cars for moving-picture shows and desire to kill a dull evening. Thi. la the, source from whence .ot.. tha laws abolishing- the State Senate, creating the cabinet form of government, tne coniiscatory tax and all the rest of tho brood we have to contend with. A famous sweaisn pnnoooKci , said- "It is astonishing wnat nt-u wisdom Js required to govern." Our Mr. U'Ren has the little wisdom, m marvelous amount of nerve, the back ing of the Fels fund, and he governs. 388 Park street. ' '' Good Hearing at 100 Years. Baltimore American. TLTiaa Knanr.er. Mowrv. of Woonsooket. R. I.; who will celebrate her 100th hirthdav soon, wears glasses only when she sews or reads, and has suffered no imnoirmnt nf her hearing. She con tinues to exercise by talcing long walks.