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PORTLAND, THITRSDAY. 4. 191.
IIIUON'S TARIFF POLICY.
, If the tariff planks of the Demo
cratic platform had been written by
"Wilson himself they could scarcely
have- more closely expressed his opin
ions. The platform was drawn by a
subcommittee of which Wilson was
the guiding spirit. Wilson was Bry
an's choice and his nomination was
due to Bryan's work. Being; resolved.
If possible, to procure Wilson's nomi
nation and seeing almost eye to eye
with him on political issues, Bryan
built the platform on which Wilson
would be willing: to stand and on
which he would wish Wilson to stand.
As the platform was not adopted by
the convention until after the nomi
nations were made, it was conceivable
that the nominee for President might
have been unwilling; to stand on the
platform as Bryan built it. Then a
fight might have arisen for some mod
ifications. . which, if adopted, would
have placed Bryan out of harmony
with the nominee. By securing the
adoption of his platform and the nom
ination of his man, Bryan escaped this
embarrassment.
' How closely the tariff planks are
in line with the declarations of Wil
son is learned by ' comparison with
those declarations as made to the Re
form Club. The tariff reform com
mittee of that organization submitted
a series of questions to each candidate
for the nomination of each party and
has published a summary of their re
plies. The platform says:
Tha high Republican tariff raises the coat
of the necessities of life.
It also says of the work of the
present House:
I It has endeavored to revise the tariff
taxes downward In tha Interest of the con
suming masses and thus to reduce the high
cost of living.
Wilson was asked by the Reform
Club:
Would you reduce the tariff duties as a
means of reducing the cost of living T
He replied: "Yes, and for other
reasons."
: The platform declares that the Gov
ernment "has no right or power to
Jmpose or collect tariff duties except
for the purpose of revenue and we
demand that the collection of such
taxes shall be limited to the necessi
ties of the Government.". Asked
whether he favored "the abolition of
all duties except for revenue," which
means the same thing as the above
declaration, Wilson replied:
Yes, though It would be wise and neces
sary to avoid such radical or rapid reduc
tions as would disturb legitimate business
which haa not assumed the form of monop
oly. HI answer to the question whether
he would "sign tariff bills designed to
remove all tariffs except for revenue"
contains a like proviso, for he said:
Tes. If the bills were adjusted to the
'real conditions of the country.
These provisos are in harmony with
the following platform declaration:
We recognise that our system of tariff
taxation Is Intimately connected with the
business of the country and we favor the
ultimate attainment of the principles we
advocate by legislation that will not injure
or destroy legitimate Industry.
The exception he makes against
mdnopolies is not as clean-cut, but it
implies that he would not be averse to
carrying out the policy advocated in
this platform declaration:
Articles entering Into, competition with
the trust-controlled products and articles of
American manufacture which are sold
abroad more cheaply than at home should
be put upon the free list.
Democratic advocacy of a tariff for
revenue only and of fret, trade in
trust-made products is in direct con
flict with the Republican theory of a
duty equal to the difference in cost
.of production at home and abroad.
Though the platform does not specifi
cally menu--- this theory. It says:
We denounce the Republican atand on the
subject, and assert that American wages
are established by competitive conditions,
and not by the tariff.
Asked whether he believed in this
Republican doctrine, Wilson replied:
i It Is utterly impractical to determine "the
'difference In the cost of production" be
tween this and foreign countries. The ex
perience of the Tariff Board shows this.
The difference varies, not only between dif
ferent countries, but between different mills.
i The platform makes no mention of
rthe Tariff Board, but its indorsement
of the action of the present House in
' passing tariff bills without regard to
'the board's. reports and its general In
dorsement 'of the work of the House
.'implies that it approves the action of
the House in creating a bureau to fur
jnish information at tv request of
either President, Senate or House. It
'ts therefore in substantial accord with
, Wilson's simple answer "No" to the
two questions.
Do you favor the continuance of the Tariff
Board under the control of the Preaident
and not responsible to Congress
If so. do you think It necessary to wait
for reports on each schedule of the tariff
from the Tariff Board before affording the
' people of the country relief from the pres
ent high tariff duties?
Wilson was nominated to stand on
the platform, and the platform was
built for Wilson to stand on. The tar
iff issue is as clear-cut before the peo
ple as when Cleveland ran on the
tariff-for-revenue-only platform in
1892.
TUX MOTHER OF VICE-PRESIDENTS.
' If Ohio has earned the title of
mother of Presidents, Indiana has
earned that of mother of Vice-Presidents,
actual or would-be. In five of
..the nine Presidential elections, begin
ning with 1880 and ending with 1912,
one of the two principal parties
selected Indlanlans for that office.
Twice In succession, the Democrats
took this course, naming English in
1880 and naming and electing Hen
dricks in 1884. Both parties gave In
diana the cold shoulder for the next 20
years, but in 1904 the Republicans
smiled on the Hoosier State by nomi
nating Fairbanks and the- voters
smiled by electing him. Their auc-
cessprompted the Democrats to nom-
inate Kern In 1908 and Marshall
in
1912.
Indiana owes its distinction as the
mother of Vice-Presidents, actual or
would-be, to its reputation as a doubt
ful state and to its geographical po
sition. Electoral battles of former
years were fiercest among the Hoos
lers, for it was considered in "the '80s
and '90s that the party which coy id
carry New York and Indiana was sure
of electing its ticket. In the days
when "everything went" in politics,
repeaters and colonists were poured
across its borders from adjoining
states, and the air was thick with
charges and counter charges of such
practices. In this manner the late W.
W. Dudley won the soubriquet "Blocks
of Five" in 1888 by the publication of
a letter in which he instructed a po
litical worker to vote colonists in
en-nuns nf that number.
B-w.jw
in tha Have when the country west
of Missouri was only beginning to be
populated, Indiana was regaraea as
Western state and the nomination of
one of its citizens for Vice-President
was a bait for the vote of the West
Since the West has moved farther
west and has made Indiana the center
of population instead of a Western
outpost, that state has owed its politi
cal importance rather to the even bal
ance of party strengta and to Its
known political Instability. Parlies,
therefore, continue to court its favor
as a man would seek he smiles of a
fickle woman. To this condition and
perhaps to the flop of Indiana to Wil
son at the psychological moment at
DiiHinnn Marshall, the Governor
who never forgets to pick up a pin,
owes ma nomination.
OBSERVING THE FOURTH.
We are today observing the IS 6th
anniversary of our National birth. In
the preparation for the day filling of
picnic baskets replaces the laying In
of pyrotechnics. The day will be spent
by Portland, in common with most
other cities, in quiet festivities. The
populace has planned for a day of
quiet recreation. Thousands will go
to the hills and forests or. to the trout
streams, rivers or beach. ' Others will
remain serenely at home or seek holi
day diversion within the city. In all
the plans for the day no provision has
been made for the patriot with fire
crackers, Roman candles and pin
wheels. It has been planned as a day such
as the doctors need not dread. Hospi
tals need not provide for a rushing
business nor need the druggists aug
ment their supplies of first-aid pack
ets. Cemetery associations can hardly
look for a bull movement in the select
realty they have for sale. Our era of
exuberant celebration has passed, so
far as the glorious Fourth is con
cerned. Noisy fireworks belong to past gen
erations. It is not too much to predict
that within the present generation the
noisy type of observance will disap
pear altogether. Not that we are less
patriotic. Rather, the fact of our in
dependence is no longer novel. Time
has softened our exuberance of spirit.
While reflecting in deep and abiding
gratitude upon the glorious boon that
came to us 136 years ago, it is no
longer natural or in keeping with hu
man nature that we should leap in the
air and shout aloud with Joy at mem
ory of the event.
Appalling loss of life growing out or
demonstrative celebration has had
much to do with hastening our calmer
state of mind. If total figures were
available it Is possible they would
show that the casualties, of celebra
tion approximate those of the great
struggle out of which July 4 was
evolved as a day to be observed.
It was a temptation for past gener
ations to note the day with vast ex
hilaration and noise. The Jlfting of a
tyrant's galling yoke was an innova
tion that called for demonstrative rec
ognition. With our forefathers the
noisy type of observance must have
been spontaneous. But with present
generations it can be little more than
an excuse for' abandonment to noise.
Consciousness of independence is cal
culated to sooth rather than excite the
people of this late day.
CAUSES OF ' SOCIAL I'XREST.
To what extent the social unrest
prevalent both in America and Eu
rope is due to popular education and
to what extent It is due to the wrong
kind of popular education are ques
tions suggested by W. H. Mallock's
utterance on that subject. It was to
be expected that minds of the poor
newly developed by education would
think about the causes of inequality
of wealth and social position and
about the obstacles Interposed by law
to efforts of the humble to better
their condition. The laws having
been made and the whole govern
mental machine in England having
been controlled for generations by the
rich and educated, it was to be ex
pected, human nature being what it
is, that they would favor that class.
The first effect of education on the
poor would be to awaken their minds
to this fact and to bring about agita
tion for removal of political inequal
ity and for establishment of equality
of opportunity. Having gained this
much and realized their power, the
poor would naturally use that power
to establish inequality in their own
favor as great as that which formerly
existed against them.
So clearly do tyrants and despots
recognize that education of what they
contemptuously term "the- common
people" Is a fruitful source of discon
tent that they have until recent times
discouraged it, and do so still In such
countries as Russia. Only within the
last forty years has education become
universal in the British Isles and other
European countries, and the same
period Is marked by a greater amount
of legislation for the benefit of the
poor than marked several preceding
centuries. Education followed exten
sion of political liberty and that ex
tension gave the commons power to
exact universal education, upon which
followed enforced removal of all legal
discriminations in favor of the rich.
Hence despots legislate wisely from
their own standpoint.
But the only conception of educa
tion which existed at the time 'when
it was made universal was such as is
necessary to develop cultured gentle
men of leisure and equip men for the
learned professions and the govern
ment service. The schools thus were
put to the absurd task of equipping
the whole population for occupations
in which there was room for only a
limited few. Education having been
universal in the United States long be
fore It became so In Europe and spe
cial privilege being a recent creation,
there were not as great causes for
social unrest here as . In Europe, but,
our ideas of what constitutes educa
tion having been taken bodily from
Europe, we have the same anomalous
condition.
The consequence Is that the profes
sions are overcrowded and an exces-
nnArtiAn n tha ' rtaorjle'-are
crowding into clerical pursuits. Mean
while the schools have but just begun
training men and women for the oc
cupations requiring skilled manual la
bor, into which the great majority of
them will be driven when they have
found other avenues, more desirable
in their estimation, closed to them.
Social unrest will always exist so
long as some art better off than oth
ers and are predisposed to seek any
other cause than their own ineffi
ciency, but it can be greatly dimin
ished by changing our system of edu
cation. If when a boy or girl reaches
suitable age, he or she should be re
quired to select an occupation and to
specialize in study for that line, we
should be adapting the education of
each child to the end it is intended to
serve. When the child begins this
special study his time should be divid
ed between the school and the shop.
He will then practically apply what
he has letmed from books and will
find new problems to become subjects
of study. .
Adaptation of education to the call
ing chosen by the student would also
be greatly aided by the breaking down
of the snobbish social prejudice
against men who work with their
hands, a prejudice which takes no ac
count of a man's personality or the
high intellectual ability required In
many crafts. '
BERG SON AND THE AGNOSTICS.
Thus far the most uncompromising
attacks on Bergson's philosophy have
Kun mails hv tha remnants of the old
Agnostic host in Great Britain. This
forlorn . hope Includes some eiaeny
men and a rising group of younger
nhvHlr.lsts who still cling to the ideas
of Darwin and Herbert Spencer with
out the modifications wnicn tne reai
of the world .has found expedient.
One of these younger men, Hugh S. R.
Elliot, has written a book against
Bergson and all his works which he
calls "Modern Science and the Illu
sions of Professor Bergson." There
is an introduction by Ray Lancaster,
who belongs to the old, uncompromis
ing band -of Huxleyites.
Both these men profess the greatest
contempt for metaphysics. Accord
ing to their views there Is no subject
of ornrlv in the world worth pursuing
except physical science and all the
conclusions of metaphysics irom -aj
menides to Bergson are mere wordy
chaff. This is the point of view of
t7iHrtti hnnir Tr &AVR that "MetaDhv-
slcs Is- permanently and hopelessly
discredited," and proceeds to the per
emptory conclusion that "the attempt
to solve the ultimate name or exist
ence in such a way as to satisfy our
curiosity is plainly futile."
Observations of this sort delivered
with pompous Infallibility come with
Voanttfiti mo fTftin materialistic rjhvl
slclsts, who, more than anybody else
in the world, are the helpless slaves
of a metaphysical theory. At tne Dot
tom of. all their investigations and
nnntHndO Ilea thA 'flSS1imt)tlOn that the
senses can be relied upon to give true
reports of the external world. This
assumption may or may not be tr.ue,
but there is no way to prove its truth.
It is just as metaphysical as the no
tion that matter does not exist at all,
and far less reasonable.
The hostility of the reactionary Dar
winites to Bergson arises mainly from
the fact that the French philosopher
Vine iali anew thp foundations for na
tural religion. Of course no school of
mere dogmatism finds any comfort in
hia vnrba hut ha has atrain made it
possible for a scientific intelligence to
believe in a Creator and cherish the
hope of immortality. The uncom
promising evolutionists of the old
school, cannot get over their hostility
to these articles of faith and therefore
thov aim their suns at Bergson. but
something seems to be wrong with
their ammunition. Perhaps their
cartridges are empty of everything
but nowe-generating powder.
FRENCH CANADIAN FAMTUES.
The Extension Magazine for July
contains some information about the
prolific marriages of the French Ca
nadians which will no doubt excite a
great deal of envy in their mother
country. In France Itself a prolific
marriage is almost unheard of. The
birth rate has steadily declined until
It is now somewhat less than the death
rate, according to the latest statistics.
Unless current reports are incorrect
the population of France actually de
clined last year by about 80,000. There
is no immediate danger that French
Canada will be visited by any such
calamity. We learn from the Exten
sion Magazine that families of twelve,
fourteen and even sixteen children are
not uncommon there. Just as they were
in the United States In pioneer days.
Since 1890 the .government of Quebec
has encouraged fecundity by offering
a prize either in land or cash to each
head of a family who could produce
twelve or more children. We suppose
they were all to be living, though the
account is a little obscure on this
point. Between 1890 and , 1895 this
prize was awarded to 6414 heads of
families, of which 150 had fourteen
or more living children.
These extraordinarily large families.
according to the Extension Magazine,
"abound in the rural districts." Land
is still plentiful in that locality. We
are told that tne population occupies
only a tenth part of what there is
available. Each additional child Is
economically valuable to Its parents.
At 10 years old the children are put
to manual work "which Is light and
invigorating and not beyond their,
strength.". Hence they . "grow up into
physically strong and healthy men
and women," Just as usually happens
under pioneer conditions. The labor
of these numerous families of children
naturally "increases' land values." The
French Canadian farmers have plenty
of help, while their Anglo-Saxon neigh
bors are always crying in vain for it.
The surplus members .of each family
find room in new and undeveloped
regions. "It Is the children from these
big families thathave gone to settle
new regions, to help develop, other
lands, and to enrich new communi
ties." '' What will, happen when there
are no more new lands to open up and
when the pressure of population has
caused the large farms to be subdivid
ed Into minute patches as they are in
old France? . ' ' ' "V '
A farmer who owns but two or three
acres would find, a family of twelve
children somewhat of an inconveni
ence instead of a help. The labor of
two or three persons is sufficient to
work his land. The surplus of his
family would be obliged to seek work
away from home and if every other
household produced a similar surplus
the approach of misery would be swift
and inevitable. It Is only under pio
neer conditions with easy means of
subsistence and abundance of land
that it is safe for parents to .bring,
children into the world in reckless
numbers. The on:y alternatives, as
the cost of living rises, are- restriction
of births on the one hand or starva
tion and wretchedness on the other.
Fecundity is- really an economic ques
tion. The writer whose interesting
account in the Extension Magazine
we have been quoting ascribes the
high birth rate in Canada to the re
ligion of the people, but one cannot
help remembering that Frenchmen in
the old country belong to the same
church and that it has not prevented
them from reducing their birth rate
to the lowest point thus far reached
anywhere in the world.
It is the simple truth that the birth
rate is falling in every country of the
civilized world without . much regard
to race or religion. To speak of race
suicide as a "disease peculiar to the
French" shows lamentable ignorance
of patent facts. To try to account
for its prevalence on the ground of
religion or lack of religion is nonsense.
In general parents will bring as many
children into the world as they see
reasonable hope of providing for. In
pioneer times when conditions are
easy there is no limit to the birth rate
except the physical endurance of
women and even this limit is not ef
fective, because successive wives can
usually be brought into service. There
Is an old saying which applies admir
ably to this state of affairs. "Pioneer
ing is fine for men and boys, but hell
for women and horses." The writer
in the Extension Magazine draws an
alluring picture of the health and hap
piness of the French Canadian women,
but, while we do not question the rig
orous accuracy of.- his account, it
would be interesting to hear what
they themselves have to say on the
subject. Much of the ill-health of
women In the United States Is due to
disease communicated by their hus
bands. From this misery the French
Canadians are free, and we may safe
ly ascribe the blessing to the influence
of their religion. Still it has been ob
served that when the French Cana
dians emigrate to New England they
conduct themselves very much like
Irishmen and Italians who belong to
the same church. No doubt economic
conditions bear somewhat upon their
freedom from disease as well as upon
their fecundity".
The principal advocates of the reck
less production of large families are
men who rely upon the intervention
of Providence to stave off the evil
consequences ' of their advice. To
bring a dozen children Into the world
without a fair prospect of providing
for them is a crime and no quotation
of scripture texts or abstract argu
ments can make anything else of it.
When the state really needs more chil
dren there is one unfailingly certain
way to obtain them. That way is to
make provision for their, support as
they arrive without unduly burdening
their parents. It is Inhuman to expect
women to bear children for the works
and wars of the country without of
fering to support them while they are
engaged in the task.
IMPROVING THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY.
The Pacific Highway Association is
planning to hold its third annual
convention at San Francisco early
in August. The 6th, 6th and 7th
are the days selected. The pur
pose of the association, we need
not remind the reader, is to improve
the public roads between San Diego
and Vancouver, British Columbia
Something has been done already.
Much more remains to be done. In
places the road is excellent. In other
places it is abominable. The associa-
Mnn'n fnlrler evb that it is at its best
in June, July and early August. Be
fore that time tne mua is iatnomiess.
After the middle of August the dust
destroys most of the pleasure of trav
eling. But the mud does not entirely
disappear by the beginning of June.
There are n laces where it never dries
up. As for the dust, it often yields to
the Autumnal rains. No douDt tne
pleasantest time to travel over the Pa
ifl TTltrhwnv In Orearon and Wash
ington is during September. The As
sociation has already done a great deal
tn utir un eood roads sentiment all
along the line of the highway, and it
will not be a great while oerore we
begin to see results accomplished. ,
- One of the most potent factors in
arousing local . sentiment for good
roads is, of course, the automobile.
TivArv farmer who ourchases & car at
once becomes an ardent advocate for
better highways. A man who never
shuddered at the sight of his poor
horses toiling and sweating over an in
fernal apology for a road at once be
comes sensitive to its defects when he
is driving an automobile.
When, in the course of human
events, it becomes necessary to take
tho wife and children to the depot or
landing and In the mad rush of hun
dreds seeking to leave the city for a
rtav nf nleasure essay to be among the
first to climb aboard and in so doing
fracture one s peace or mina ana ac
quire a grouch of day-long magnitude
and upset the lunch basket and shat
ter the feminine nerves, and after a
day of strenuous endeavor to appear
nlaaunl and RPt ft. BTOnd exajTlDld tO the
future citizenship well, one Is led to
wonder why old King George did not
delay irritation of T. Jefferson, J.
Hancock, C. Carroll of Carrollton and
their copartners in the" upbuilding of
nations until the end of the year, when
tha nranthar la nattier! fljld the ioVS Of
the fireside possess a lure irresistible.
Brain ahnna hriehter in the hour of
renunciation than in the hour of strug
gle for honors he was destined never
tovgaln. But It was no effort to mm
to renounce the Vice-Presidency.
Tha motrlnar nlctura show in colors
at Lias Vegas may excite a passing in
terest, although we must add tnat ex
citement is still running low.
The Mexican revolution, which has
been eclipsed by our own affairs for
the last two weeks, now comes to the
front again.
Stories about how Woodrow Wilson
as a boy stole apples and watermelons
and was paddled for his sins are now
in order.
"King names Chamber'.ain" sjunds
like the appointment of an officer of
the royal, household by a monarch-
Will 3overnor Wilson now allow
Harvey to support him, or does he still
regard the Colonel as a hoodoo?
"Our George" at least enjoys the dis
tinction of having been mentioned for
Vice-President. - 1
Thfl National craft of Dromotlon
Just before retirement Is in process in
the Navy.
Give them plenty of "Star Spangled
Banner" and "Dixie" in the band mu
sic today.
"Resign and lose all that salary!"
exclaims the Governor , of all the
'Skeeters. .
INDIANS ALWAYS KEEP - FAITH
Major Newell Tells of Experiences
With Noble Red Man.
PORTLAND, Or., July 8. (To the
Editor.) Can you tell me why is It
that we can accept the word of
a so-called savage Indian and cannot
accept the "word of a white man that
is brought up in a Christian country T
Is it not a truthful saying, "as the
twig Is trained, so the tree grows"?
A noted bishop once said: "Give me
the care of a child from the time he
is seven -until he is fourteen years
old, and I will be -responsible for his
conduct through life." From this say
ing we would infer that the character
of the man is moulded for good or bad
before he is 14 years of age. I-have
reason to know that the native Ameri
can prides himself in keeping his word
saored. That is part of his religion.
He prefers not to sign any article of
agreement He gives his word and
that is law.
Not many years ago in the Indian
Territory an Indian was convicted on
circumstantial evidence of the murder
of another Indian. He was tried in a
white man's court, convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged one year from that
date. The ' Indian asked the Judge if
he would allow him to spend the year
with his friends in Florida. The Judge
told him he would if he would report
back in time for the execution. He
gave his word that he would. The
day set for the execution came and
with it the Indian. He kept his word.
What was the early training of the
native Americans that they so respect
their word? , '
A great Sioux war chief once said
to me, "Father, when you do business
with a Dakota, you may know that
whatever he says to you will be the
truth. When you do business with
a half breed, one-half will be truth."
I asked him how it would be in doing
business with a white man. After a
moment's thought he said, "White men
have two tongues." He asked me if
I ever saw a bald-headed Dakota. He
said that from his experience bald
headed men were erreat liars.
In what school was the native Amer
ican taught that he should so respect
his word with his brother man? Why
do we place him among the savages?
I know, from personal knowledge, that
he did not know what opium or In
toxicating drink was until these were
furnished by the white man. He had
no locks on the door of his tepee. He
looked upon any man that would curse
the Great Spirit (God) with contempt.
He knew nothing of the many diseases
that are killing off the white races.
He was a model of health. His love
for his fellow man far exceeded that
shown by the white man. They had
no rich or no poor, their motto was
"mine is thine" and "thine is mine."
Their religion was the same as the
Essennes; in fact, nearly the same as
the Shinto religion of Japan.
They believed in one Great Spirit
rather than a multiplicity of gods.
Their religion taught them to have no
fearfof the change we call death. They
looked upon the change as a part of
the great laws of nature, not as a purr
ishment. We find that they take kindly to
our ways. I placed the first Indian
children in the Indian school at Car
lisle, Pa.' I have watched their prog
ress with great interest. I know that
they are the equal to the white man,
when given a chance.
Since we have taken their lands
from them, let us try to make amends
for our transgressions.
CICERO NEWELL.
(I was prompted to write this article
after reading the editorial about Gov
ernor West's paroling white men from
prison. C. N.)
CHINESE WOMEN ARB NOT VOTERS
Anrl-Sntfrasiet Finds Fsrolt With Slo
- g;an Vme In Campaign.
PORTLAND, Or., July 8. (To the
fiiQltor.;-A a. vm. ..w . '
'State Association opposed to the ex
tension or tne surirage oi w union
feel that the time has come when so.me
of the misstatements useo Dy tne r,uw
Suffrage Association should be cor
rected. Every means .is used by the
opposing side to bring the question of
equal rights for women before the vot
er of our state before November but
should they be allowed to use false
arguments? . The one I have In mind
Is their worn-out slogan "Votes for
itt v.n tt. with nhlnn.." To-
wuiueii, ifccoiJ j' ' '
day newspaper articles are full of it
- .... t-r cr .Tiara lutalv Till b-
DR Ul stwmo ' " -
lished one which speaks of the work of
the .equal surirage sbsociuuu u
country and how blue and pink cards
i i hrntuirafli. baarins: on
aro ucius o v '
either side the legend, "Votes for Wom
en, Catch Up Wltn tjnina,.
der of it is that this has been al
lowed to go so long without contra
diction. It is about time to instruct
thA vAtr nf the state on the matter.
as well as the suffragists for, as a
matter of fact, surirage nas never jci
hAn srranted to the women of China.
The true facts are these: When the
provisional assembly was sitting at
Nanking with Dr. Sun Tai Sen as pres
u . i.n maHar Af T-Antricted suffrage
lueuh l" . .
for women (not equal) came up and
was acted upon, out w iui
great majority. Some time after the
matter haa Deen oroppeu,
handful of women under the leadership
... . rtr Ran Yal Sen.
marched to Nanking with bombs, ask
ing for .the ballot for those women
who could prove certain educational
jk ..nnrv nullifications. To ap-
pease the women the assembly held an
extra session na iou. "
tion again, voting to reconsider the
matter at some future date. This is
the all-important fact this meeting
, ... hun haM. And the SUb-
naB eci jww - - .
iect of women suffrage has not since
come up. Do the thoughtful voters
of the states reel tna tne tuuuiuuu
. i. .ton in fhina warranted
the congratulatory cables sent by the
Equal suiirage guuim '
land to the Chinese women? And do
i wa4- y,a wnmnn nf thi R8-
t ney ieei mow " " . ,
sociation are really Justified in using
this erroneous statement. "
toward their end?
ANTI-SUFFRAGIST.
Marriage Engagement Broken.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
You have a lovely complexion, be
gan the lover. ' -
"Thank you, answered mo ua.uv.,
luspiclously. "Why speak of It?"
"It's so smooth and white and er
natural " . .....
"It is. But you don e taut sirsigui.
Don''
i't you believe tnat my compieuun
is
my own?" '
"Why, certainly, my own.
Mmw ..far n It at all?"
I i just wondered why It was that
every
ry time I leave you at nigm 6
the club the fellows all say that
to
ft
ire been eating marsnmaiiows. -That's
the real reason the engage
ment was broken. . V '
The Social Doctor Talks.
' Chicago-Record Herald.
n. . . V. .... 1 .1 a man wont than
W I1.L XT1UIO " ' ,
good health, a good Job and a good
wiier-
er
Well, a good reputation might come
in
handy."
Camping Season of 1912.
" Louisville Courier-JournaL
"What sort of chap is Smith to camp
with?" "He's one of these fellows wno
always take down a mandolin about the
time it's up to somebody to get busy
with the fry'ng-pan. f
A Smart Girl on Parade.
New York Press.
A girl is so smart that she can learn
to be a .good dancer in a tenth of the
the time in which it takes her to learn
to sew on a button.
Stars and Stardom
That slim Princess of ours, Elsie
Jan is, has struck out in another role.
In future she will add playwright and
producer to all the other titles she pos
esses. "All of a sudden," as she puts
it. there was born in her brain a little
musical fragment, which in a moment
of Inspiration and enthusiasm she
named "Three in One." Three mem
bers of her own company are the forces
with which the play opened Its attack
on the popularity stronghold of rhe
public. No one who nears of ner un
usual scheme for "opening" the sketch,
will be able to deny Miss Janis the
courage of her own convictions. As
the curtain rises, a large sign is car
ried across the stage bearing this con
fession of authorship, "Don't blame the
boys. It's an my rauit. jeisie jams.
The premiere of "Three in .One" took
nlace at the Majestic Theater, Chicago,
and the) play will be seen here in due
course.
see
Blanche Bates obtained a new addl
tlon to her company the other week at
Spokane. What's more, the diminutive
actor in embryo almost caused a stam
pede from the house. It happened dur
ing the second act of "Nobody's Widow'
at the Auditorium. Just after the lead
ing lady had appeared, a rat walked out
towards the footlights with all the dig
nity of a tried tragedian. His appear
ance on the stage was hot exactly a
lengthy one. for he bolted to a box
wherein a half dozen women were
seated. Not one of them proved her
sovereign contempt for the rodent, and
confusion srrew until Miss Bates point
ed to the spot where the object of
feminine hostility had disappeared. Tne
audience took the hint, and after the
laughter had died away, the actors
were able to proceed with their lines.
Sydney Ayres, leading man and stage
director for Cathrine Countiss. was
here the last time as leading man in
the Baker Stock, playing for 52 weeks.
Mr. Ayres has had a wide experience.
He has Dlayed the lead In "Tbe uians
man"' and "The Redskins" at the Lib
erty in New York, has written plays.
of which "Texas" is the first to occur
to the mind, played stock here, in ban
Francisco, and elsewhere, and also ap
peared in variety. Previous to Joining
Miss Countiss he played one week's
vaudeville in California, and thereafter
booked for a contract of 62 weeks to
commence on the Orpheum circuit some
tima in Bentember. He will star wltn
Eugenia Cllnchard in the "Prince of
Bohemia.
Local opinion on Alice Lloyd and
"Little Miss Fix-It" has been reinforced
by that of Boston theater-goers re
cently. Miss Lloyd arrived there June
11. under conditions about as adverse
as It was possible to imagine. Weather
was vile, nothing looKea gooa ana a
streetcar strike was in progress. As a
result the show was not expected to
last more than a couple of weeks; In
fact, notice was early posted so that
the company could close at any time.
Since then the play has been held over
weekly. Provided that unseemly heat
does not break up the ground rules,
"Fix-It" looks like a fixture there for
some time to come.
s
A local product in Austin Strong's
play, "The Drums of Oude," which
comes to Portland next week, is W. S.
Phillips, who takes the part of the
leading Hindu. The parts of the other
faithful natives are taken by genuine
Hindus, brought from India especially.
Though Phillips has not a line to speak,
he was complimented on his rendering
of the true native bearing by the re
viewer of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Robert Lowe, who is taking the part
of the twice-married husband in May
Tully's "Battlecry of Freedom'1 at the
Orpheum, made his first visit to Port
land in 1901 at the old Marquam Grand
mi t.- J. nlnMonlllllv ha hag til 6
luenioii biiu vv....-.... j
same dresBing-room now that was as
signed to him 11 years ago. Mr. uws
says he never will forget Portland on
-nn on inrlallhla stamn on his
cuff. In one of his visits here several
years ago he patronizea a ininese
landryman, who also dealt in. Chinese
lottery tickets. Lowe declares that
when he was about to depart from
Portland he asked the Chinaman what
to do to purchase lottery tickets in
other Northwestern cities. Thereupon
the Asiatic stamped a Chinese charac
ter on all his cuffs. "That was an
open sesame to me through all the
Northwest and Canada when I wanted
to buy Chinese lottery tickets," said
Lowe.
BIG GAME 1ST NORTH PANAMA.
French Count and Countess Will En
ter Jungle Back of Undo.
New York Herald.
Whenever life in Paris becomes mo
notonous to the Count and Countess
j T-a. (hav start nf f on Some
UQ Db J " ---
such expedition as brought them to
New YorK recently on duo.iu . r iu
vence of the French line, and which
will take them to the northern part
of Panama, where they will shoot
whatever game presents Itself to them
in the Jungle back of Lindo.
Tr. Count Andre de St.
Jean and the countess have remained
faithful to the sport 01 Dig game
shooting and In that time they have
-w-x ikoasinin Russian Turkestan
buui ' j ,
and along the Chinese border. And
Count Andre na8 Dy no means
tured the larger part of the trophies,
for the countess Is an ardent sports
woman and as handy with her rifle,
so the count avers, as any member of
.!, famnus nartv which set out
to devastate the African Jungles.
In the Jungles 01 ruuunn uuni
St. Jean says there is as good shoot
In Asia or Northern
Africa. With his wife he is going
across the canal zone ana men j
steamship to Llndo. where he strikes
. . . i ..irl. nn hnrlsbftck. He says
into iuo jwusiw -.- - -
that the best shooting is about four
days inland.
A Driver With Clergyman.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
" "My dear friend," expostulated the
clergyman to the cab driver. "I told
you to hurry, but I surely never told
you to use profanity. If you must say
I .v. atfoncr tr vour horse why
BUIllOLUlllB " . ' .
jiot substitute such Innocent words as
"gol darnl" or aaa diiib
tha Tria exDlostve sound, and should
surely be as effective."
"Yer riverence, i i
wance," answered the cabby, "an" 1
was tin minutes late at th' Pennsyl
vania station. Shut yer ears while I
spurt these plugs a bit."
Proof That the Drink la "Safe."
Kansas City Star.
a urivifo van., ancletv matron and
church leader, while in one of that
j nnt I red an adver-
cny a mua ...... .
tisement telling of the superlative
Qualities of a new Summer drink.
Thinking sne migni uo uencv. , ...
a HasiL The first taste
was rather sharp and hot, and looking
up suspiciously she Inquired If the
drink was sare.
"Safe," Indignantly repnea tne cierx,
nri.n t should say it was safe. All
the policemen in town come here to
drink It."
Only Her Brother.
Fllegende Blaetter.
Young Woman Please show me some
ties. ... -
Clerk A gentleman's treT
Young WomanOh, no it's for my
brother. '""
Bridegroom's Humble Plea.
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
"Do you take this woman for better
"' "T An Tndara. T do. But I
hope ye kin kinder strike an average.'
The New Fourth
By Dean Collins.
"Vanity," the preacher salth, "Every
thing is vanity."
All things pass, or change or fall;
July Fourth, among them all.
With its bomb and cannon ball.
Pliant to the modern call.
Has been moderated now to safety and
to sanity.
July Fourth of the present day
Is not as it was when we used to plJ
With smoking powder, and knew th
Joys
Of seventy thousand degrees of noise.
For weeks in advance, we gloated o'er
The fireworks displayed In vlllag
store;
And counted our pennies all the whiU
Scheming at how we might raise their
pile.
We combed the allies for varied loot.
From an old zinc pan to a rubber boot
And listened each day for the hopeful ,
sound
Of the Junkman's bell, as he went nil
round.
That was the way our plans we'd lay
For the glorious Independence day.
In the dusk of morn, when the da)
had come.
We sallied forth, and the rattling drure
And banging firecracker gave away
The tip It was Independence day.
Over the village, far and near.
Rapid explosions smote the ear,
Where hundreds of others, as we had
done.
Slipped forth to bang at the rising
sun.
But this was merely the picket fire.
As the day advanced, the noise rose
higher,
Till windows shivered and leaflets
swayed
In the roar of the rising fusllade;
And the air grew haxy with pungent
gray
Of smoke like a Chinese New Year
day.
The band' paraded the public square
With an "oompty oomp" and a brasen
blare;
'And out to the park the elders went.
To sit with their heads attentive bent.
While the minister read "The Declara
tion," Which served to lead to the great
oration,.
By a budding statesman, whose words
Intense
Soundly tacked his political fence.
For cheer after cheer was lifted high '
As he followed the eagle across the
sky.
Meanwhile, we kids, who neither knew
Nor cared how the glorious eagle flew.
Massed on the outskirts of tbe crowd,
Filled the park with explosions loud.
And Joyously saw in smoke go 'way
The pennies we'd saved for the wond'
rous day.
The night came down, but the noise
went on.
Just as it had from the break of dawn.
Roman candles and pinwheels nixed.
And over the sky the rookets whined.
And the streets of the villlage re
sounded thick
With the long, "Sls-s-s-sl Booml Look
out for the stick!"
Next day, all bandaged, we hobbled
out.
To count the cost of the holiday rout.
Not a one but had felt the sting
From a cracker he lit but forgot to
fling;
Bandaged fingers were quite the rage
Among the boys who had been en
gaged; We whispered together, very low,
As we watched the doctor come and ge
From a playmate's home, where the
blinds were drawn.
Although it was many hours sine
dawn.
And dad went over presently
To the darkened cottage of mystery,
And we shivered and stared in dumb
surprise,
" When a little later we heard him say
To mother: "Too bad! Yes both his
eyes
The fruits of our Independence day."
I was not raised in the new regime.
When flags may fly and the eagle
scream,
And the glorious Fourth may pass
away
With never a finger nor eye to pay:
But when I remember the ancient plan,
When the toll of the celebration ran
In scars and singes and tear and
pain
I'm strong all right for the "safe and
sane."
Portland, July 3.
Half a Century Ago
f rom i an urouuiwi , -
The Cowlitz County Women's Tem
perance Union convention nominated
James Huntington for Representative;
A. R. Burband, Treasurer; B. Laffy,
Sheriff; Z. B. Smith, Assessor; J. D.
Bennett and W. A. McCarble, County
Commissioners.
Memphis, June 24. Orders have been
Issued requiring all voters at the ap
proaching municipal election to take
the oath of allegiance.
Chicago, June 26. The Newburn
Progress of the 17th confirms the re
port that the six-month North Carolina
regiments of the rebel army disbanded,
previous to which they hung their
brigadier-general.
Washington, June 13. The President
has offered by proclamation nearly
400,000 acres of land in Oregon for
publlo sale in October.
The President has approved the bill
prohibiting slavery in the territories.
The Jeff Davis government has is
sued about 1300,000,000 of worthless
paper money.
Th. ir-mirth nf Julv has done some
. 4 ... T..l A 1 tHO
good to this city in the way of repair
ing ana cieanm me Buevw .v
siderable trash and filth.
We notice that the sidewalk in front
m i.i,.i.ia Unt.i haa hn.n rmnA with
new and substantial planking and now
presents a very comionaDie anu com
modious place for promenade.
. . . ..,1 K.11!lait m
X ne eireeio jiroooun ' ... ......... -
pearance last night. We hope that our
city will not be deprived of gas again
very soon.
Programme and order of exercise
for the celebration of the 86th anni
versary of our National Independence
at sunrise, ringing of fire bells, also
Federal salute of 13 guns; at meridian.
National salute, 34 guns, with tiger;
at sunset. Federal salute, 13 guns, by
a detachment of United 8tates artil
lery under command of Sergeant David
son. The procession under the direction
of the chief engineer or the Portland
Fire Department will form at 10 A. M.,
on First street, the right at the Junc
tion of Stark, in the following order,
viz: Chief engineer, ' marshal of tha
day and assistant engineers as aids.
DennlBon's ' Cornet Band. Fire com
panies In their order. Chaplain, orator
and reader of the day. invited guests.
Mayor and Common Council. Escort
and ordnance pieces. Citizens on foot
Citizens in carriages. Citizens on horse
back. The procession will then march
through the principal streets and to th
ground adjacent to the Garden Field
House in the north part of the city,
where the following exercises will be
had, viz: Music, "Hall! Columbia!" by
Dennlson's Band; prayer by Rev. Mr.
Hyland; reading, "Declaration of Inde
pendence," by T. B. Trevett, Esq.:
music, "Star-Spangled . Banner," by
band; oration by Hon. George H. Wil
liams; music. Medley Quickstep, by
band. After which the procession will
form In the order before named and
march to Washington street, corner of
First, and disband.