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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JTEV 10. 191.
THE CALIFORNIA CASE.
..it.-. iiiatitv the action of
fthe Republican National convention
h aA4tin(r t Via t WO California Taft
delegates In defiance of the expressed
'will of the people of that eiAta.
testily asks a correspondent of me
Oregonian. who offers further the fa-
.rolUar remark mat me -
cases were tried at Chicago -before
,the thief who stole the nomination for
;ilr. Taff .
The Oregonian has not sought to
Justify the convention in its action as
to California. It will not. It has
thought that it would have been wise
to let California have a solid Roose
velt delegation. It thinks so now, for
California seems to be aflame with
protest over the wrong done the state
at Chicago. Somebody is always hurt
ing California's feelings. It is too bad.
' But we will offer a few brief state
ments of fact for the consideration
ot out excited friend. Here they are:
First The National Committee is-
isued a call foi-a convention, distinctly
calling for the election or aeieBi
by Congressional districts, except in
states where primary laws already in
"force provided otherwise,
f Second The State of California sub--omiAntlv
nassed a Fresldential pri-
i-mary law ignoring the historic prin
ciple of district representation and
i providing for the election, of all dele-
( gates at large. The avowed purpose
was to have a solid 'Roosevelt delega
tion at Chicago and to override the
Taft minority, either m tongreiuiiai
'districts or in state,
i' Third California went largely for
Roosevelt but one district (San Fran
cisco) gave a small plurality for Taft.
Fourth The National convention
took cognizance of the fact that the
Roosevelt partisans had deliberately
sought to override and defeat the Na
tional convention's rule for district
representation, and seated the two
Taft delegates, leaving undisturbed the
twenty-four Roosevelt delegates,
i Fifth If California by its fiat may
change the practice of a Republican
1 National convention as to the method
of election, why may not California or
an- other state change or ignore any
"other provision of the call for a con
vention, sucn, iur cAamiD,
portionment?
Sixth Is it California's sovereign
right to prescribe the terms, - condi
tions, limitations and qualifications of
its delegates to a National conven
tion, or the convention's right to de
termine upon what terms, conditions
and limitations California shall elect
them? 1
We ask our disturbed friend to con
sider fairly and candidly these sugges
tions. We do not assert that the Na
tional convention was -'holly right or
entirely disinterested in seating the
Taft delegates. Not at all. But we
declare unhesitatingly th t it is a ques
tion upon which honest men may hon
estly differ. Thy all this wild talk
about thieves and robbers because the
majority at Chicago took one view of
a troublesome problem and acted
upon it?
THE CALL TO THE PROGRESSIVES.
One's first and last impression on
reading the call for a convention of
persons in sympathy with the Na
tional progressives' movement is that
it offers no sufficient reason for or
ganization of a third party. The only
valid excuse for so extreme a course
la a. difference of opinion from exist
ing parties on some outstanding issue
which occupies the puDiic mina hdovo
all others. Senator Dixon's call - de
fines no such issue..
The call is addressed to those who
"realize that today the power of the
crooked political bosses and of the
pilvileged classes fcemna mm is so
! strong in the two old party organiza
tions that no help in the real inter
: esta of our country can come out of
j either."
I The crooked political bosses and
i privileged classes are not strong in
; either the Republican or Democratic
', party. By his course since the first
year of his Administration, President
Taft, the recognized leader of the Re-'
niitilican narty. has shown his inde
pendence of bosses and his unswerving
-hostility to privilege. The Republican
'convention has approved his course
and recommended a continuance of
It. It has declared its adherence to
popular rule as provided, in the Con
stitution. The Democratic convention.
'bv its nomination of Wilson, who ex
pressly rejected the support of the
bosses and the privilege-seekers, and
bv its Dlatform, proved its inde
pendence of such control.
: Before the Roosevelt men brand
jthe existing parties as boss-ridden
jthey should purge -their own ranks of
bosses or stand convicted of hy
Iprocrlsy. There are bosses, so called,
iin the ranks of both old parties, but
they do not control. So there are
among the self-styled progressives.
New York contributesa Barnes to the
Republican party, a Murphy to the
Democrats, but a Ward and a Woodruff
to the progressives. Pennsylvania has
lta Penrose among the Republicans,
but it also has its Guffey among the
Democrats, its Flinn among the pro
gressives. So it goes in other states.
It is a mere play upon words in many
Instances to call the leaders of the
opposition party bosses, for they can
'not hold their position without the
jconsent of the party.
A to nrivilesre. the party which
counts among Its leaders Perkins, Mc-
Cormlck, Hanna and Munsey is in a
poor position to accuse others of being
V.,i.H hr tha nrrvllesred.
f The principles defined as those'
"which distinguish the men to wnom
he call is Issued are so general and
hre so commonly accepted that any
jnan of any party can consistently sub
scribe tothem.
: Who does not believe in a National
progressive movement? It finds" eaf
presslon in the platform of both. -old
parties: We .all believe In progress,
but we disagree as to what is progress.
Who does not believe in "the right
and capacity of the people to rule
themselves." or that "government by
the few tends to become government
by the sordM Influences T' ,,
Who does not believe in the guiding
principles of legislation laid down in
the call? They-are so general that
either of the old pa-ties can with good
show of reason contend that its plat
form conforms to them. There is no
occasion to talk of industrial revolu
tion, for we are all committed to the
general principles of industrial evolu
tion laid down rr Mr. Dixon.
w oil hoiiova in wholesome party
government in the spirit of service to
the whole country and "none of us
deny . obligation to obey the eighth
commandment in politics as In busi
ness. If the allusion to the eighth
.r.mmann'mAnt hAA anV reference to.
the charge that delegates were stolen,
the simple reply is that no delegates
were stolen The varying statement
of the number of delegates stolen,
ranging from ninety down to fifty-
two, discredit the charge in its en
tirety. N ,
A party which comes Into being
with no more definite principles than
such as are accepted by all parties and
with a charge that somebody stole
some delegates brands Itself as a
sorehead" party and will not go very
far. -
PORTLAND AND THE ELKS.
Combining phrases that have been
so much used as to wear off the lus
ter but not the glory, the Best People
on Earth are in the Best Place on
Earth this week. They have landed
in our midst, and, following incredu
lous, gasp at open-handed hospitality,
have become of us, for time being,
when they depart and should they re
turn. In a measure. Portland has not been
unknown to them. The Lewis and
Clark Fair seven years ago brought
visitors from primal and intermediate
noints of the compass, who saw tne
city at. the beginning of its second
growth, who were charmed by the wel
come extended and plea ed by enter
tainment that surpassed expectations,
but that had an overshadow of the
dollar mark, for an ever-present con
sideration that year was the price cost.
Tet it never obtruded, and nearly all
hoped for a return, to visit or locate. "
This time there is a difference. The
event is Joyous, not sightseeing, or sor
did. Members of the order, their
wives and their- friends find a city of
more than half a hundred square
miles, compact In the business circles
and with breathing room in which to
dwell: its marts of trade veritable can
yons deep between towering steel; its
public utilities collectively an amaz
ing wonder, not the least being abun
dance of the finest water on the globe
from the perennial shed of Mount
Hood: a temperature that could no.t be
bettered if made to order, with, sun
shine, all day long , to. harmonize the
northwest breee from the mouth of
the great river; an atmosphere so
clear as to show the surrounding peaks
in their grandeur; a busy, work-a-day
people, yet not so engrcssed to ojnit
the smile, the handshake "and the
w;ord -of welcome; contented citizens,
proud in' their possessions, and5 ready
and anxious to share with him who
h're casts his lot.
These visitors are great people.
They-could not be Elks and be other
wise, for they are of the- salt of the
earth. They are -the-voltage of the,
country, an Irresistible, force for good,
and In annihilating distance to come
to this far corner of the Nation they
have conferred on Portland an honor
that can be met only by the welcome
they are receiving, the best the city
has in the simple way it knows..'"
, DEATH OF THE CAMORRA. .
The conviction and condemnation of
the Camorrists proves that organized
government can destroy any criminal
conspiracy, no matter how powerful,
secret or widespread it may be, pro
vided the government sets t work to
extirpate it at any cost. The Camorra
owed its long immunity to the fact
that the Bourbon government of Na
ples, under which it gained Its greatest
power, was itself in essence a crime
and was driven to make terms, with
the secret band of conspirators, as a
condition pf its continued existence.
Since Naples became a part of united
Italy, the Camorra has survived only
because the government was not yet
ready to undertake the task of extin
guishing this secret government within
its own domain.
Having put the leaders of the Ca
morra in prison for long terms and
having branded them . as criminals.
Italy has scattered the band of male
factors which hs for centuries held
Southern Italy in terror, but she- can
not safely stop there. A society which
has so long existed, fear of which has
become traditional with the " people
and which thrives on Ignorance, crime
and that secrecy which magnifies its
power manifold in the popular imag
ination, dies hard. The fragments
which remain free will have an in
stinctive tendency to coalesce. Only
by constant vigilance and relentless
pursuit of . any who attempt to revive
the conspiracy can it be finally extir
pated. When that is done, the people
of Southern Italy can breathe and
speak freely and can live in confidence
that their lives and possessions are
safe from .the hidden foe. Then Italy
can boast that she is truly civilized,
truly free.
THE CASE OF tVDGK ARCHBALD. ;
By proposing to defer until after
the election trial of the Impeachment
charges against Judge Archibald certain
Senators display their utter moral ob
tusehess as regards the gravity of the
case and their utter Incapacity to
gauge rightly the condition of public
opinion as to the position of Judges.
To palter with such a case at a time
when the whole country is full of
discussion as to unfitness of some
Judges, and as to the best" means of
driving them from the bench, is crass
Botirbonism .which can only bring
upon 'those responsible the fate which
befell the Bourbons.
If Archbald is guilty of the charges
which have been made against him
by the unanimous vote of the House
committee, he is unfit to be judge and
the people have a right to be rid of
him with the least possible delay con
sistent with full hearing and fair con
sideration of the evidence. It mat
ters not whether Archbald Is convicted
of a crime against the law or not; if
the Senate finds him guilty of such
conduct as betrays moral obliquity but
does not constitute a crime, he is unfit
to be a Judge and should be removed.
The Constitution provides that Judges
shall hold office during good behavior.
That implies removal for bad behav
ior. "A man may be innocent of crime
and yet be guilty of bad behavior.
The duty of the Senate is to bear this
THE MORNING
distinction- in Tnind'and
-act -accord-
inglr- - - - --"
NTof-nnlv are thA neoDle entitled
to
it;
to
iat
prompt trial of the impeachment
A..hhaM htmspif ii pnuallv entitled t
ni-nmnt Artion. It -Is intolerable that
a 4nH a-n nmmfA rtf misconduct.
, should
lis under susDicIon a. day longer
than
necessary. If he be innocent, he
antitlAd to nromnt vindication:
is
if
.,n hA ahnnM lrnrvor his fate with
nut HpIat. An -lmDeachment
. corre-
sponds to a grand Jury indictment.
. and
an lmpeacnea juage is as iuhj
. M .rial a a fa a man
entitled
Indicted
LU a -''" -
for crime.r- That right is guaranteed
by the Constitution.
These considerations-have caused an
impeachment trial to be held proced
n . f thn hicrhest Drivilege, . which
tuVu nrfvpdpnpe over all other
busi-
ness of the Senate. To attempt
nAsthnnamont ta to subordinate
-the
ht. rr hnfh thA Twknnla. and the ac
cused to mere political considerations
which should have no weight.
' A CHAfcTAUQTJA SUGGESTION.
The Oregon Chautauqua season is
now open and the various assemblies
are running full blast. We are not
among those who look with cultured
scorn upon these efforts to educate
the great public- On the contrary,
thv na.va our ardent sympathy. In
our opinion it would be the best thing
the colleges could do to adopt some
of the Chautauqua ideas and open
their doors more widely to the, people.
There is no good reason why college
Kimrui cVinnlrl he followed mainly by
young folks. The Btudles are in many
cases as well suited to age as to youtn,
and it is merely a bad fashion which
father and ' mothers from
sitting side by side with their sons
and daughters in. the college recita
tion rooms. , There Is a large and
growing 1 body of mature persons in
the United States who would find in
the college courses exactly the profit-
BhUlO ICUluuu tt .livii -' - J
who ought to be. made welcome by the
1-..- . . . 1 I Th. ncnnU tn u-hnm
vaiiuus xavuiuca. j- i . -
we refer are women who have reached
a time of life when 'their family cares
are no longer pressing and men who
have retired from business. What
could be more delightful for them
than to renew their youth at college,
as they now do for a short time each
year at the Chautauquas?
The benefit of this arrangement
would not be all on one side. If the
college provided profitable pursuits
for men and women it would receive
from them as much as it gave and
probably more. The companionship of
adults in their class organizations and
social gatherings would be Invaluable
to young students. Much of the wild
hysteria of athletics would disappear
if there were half a dozen retired busi
ng na m An In "pan h college class. To
fthese Individuals athletics would exist
simply as amusement. 10 tne mis
guided college boy they tend to de
generate into a business. His elderly
companions would teachVhim common
sense and moderate his zeal. It may
be suggested that college faculties are
composed of adults who give the stu
dents all the, mature companionship
they need. But this Is irrelevant. The
faculty is a separate body from the
students and between them there is
often a sorry lack of sympathy. What
we are speaking for is a band of adults
actually enrolled in college as mem
bers of the various classes. We should
expect quite inestimable benefits from
it in all directions.
THE PARTY OF, BY AND FOR ROOSE
VELT. If we understand correctly the
spirit and purpose of;' the new pro
gressive party in Oregon, the sole rea
son for its formation is that Colonel
Roosevelt was defrauded out of a
nomination for President at Chicago.
The new party, under the able and
disinterested direction of State Sena
tor Kellaher and State Senator Jo
seph, proposes to correct the great
Chicago crime of 1912 and give him
a nomination anyway. It' is only of
passing Interest that Mr. Kellaher is
a candidate for re-election as State
Senator on .the Republican (not the
Progressive) ticket, and SJr. . Joseph
steadfastly holds on to the Job given
him by his enthusiastic admirers
within the Republican (not the Pror
gressive) party two years ago. ' .
- Is the fact that one man rather
than another has been nominated 'by
a great political party sufficient rea
son to wreck the party and create 8i
ntnsr? Ta it an issue of nersons rather
than principles? Do these gentlemen
of the -flowing nanaana ana tne tear
ful eyes differ from the great body of
thpir feilow-Reoublicans only over the
question as to whether Mr. Roosevelt
Is a more suitable candidate tnan mr.
Taft?' - . "' - ,'
It would appear that that Is all. If
Mr. Roosevelt had been nominated,
they would have remained Republlcr
ans.- Now that h has not bsen nomi
nated, they refuse to be Republicans.
They declare also that the new party
must name Roosevelt or nobody.
The Progressive party hitches its
wagon only to the Roosevelt star, and
throws away the reins. A party of
Roosevelt, by Roosevelt and for Roose
velt, or any other man, cannot survive;
A SCHOOL FOR ACTORS. .
-In the 'July World's .Work David
Belasco tells the public about the new
school for actors which he is planning
to open. He falls It a class, not a
school, but it comes to the same thing.
Its purpose Js to give young men and
women a suitable preparation for suci
cess on the stage. Mr. Belasco's wide
experience has convinced him that
such a class is needed badly. "Not'
many of our younger American act
ors," he says, "know how to speak
English correctly or even how to ad
dress a lady." Recurring to the same
theme he adds that fin casting a play
nowadays it is extremely difficult to
find young men who know how to
speak . English correctly, who know
how to walk, how to address a lady."
In Mr. Belasco's opinion the stage
ought to be a school of morals and
manners for the rising generation.
The reader, is reminded that English,
French, German and Italian parents
send their sons to the theater to learn
how to pronounce their native lan
guage properly, how to demean them
selves in good society, how to behave
in emergencies. Who would think of
sending a young man to the theater
to learn anything of the sort, in this
country? : J.
It would be difficult to find a place
in the United States outside the re
sorts of the slums where the English
language Is . spoken with less pro
nt.tv than it ! an - the stasre. Even
our best actors sin in this particular.
Those who are sometmng less man
the best glory in the brutal Indignities
which they put upon their mother
tongue. One of the first things which
Mr. Belasco intends to teach in his
school is elocution, which in our day
has become almost a lost art. Among
the principal charms of every really
great actor la his beautiful enuncia
OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY.
tion of English. He can.be heard in
every--part of the-theater whether he
shouts or whispers and-.every syllable
that drops from his tongue is perfect
ly formed. The new generation scorns
in. sneak distinctly. It mouths, lisps
and sputters, tout it does not articulate.
Many .people can remember a time
when "elocutionists" used to go about
the country exhibiting their art. Audi
ences gathered to listen to them in
schoolhouses, country . churches and
public halls. They recited such selec
tions as "The Polish Boy," "Hamlet's
Soliloquy," "Curfew Shall Not. Ring
Tonight" and a hundred more of the
soma snrt Mnoh of it was senti
mental, but none was bad and-' the
beauty of their delivery was genuinely
educative to their audiences. It pro
vided for the rising , generation of
Americans something of that language
culture which Mr. Belasco says for
eigners obtain at the theater. Of late
the "elocutionist"" has disappeared
and the .moving picture show, -with
other things still less admirable, has
tailor. V.4o nlan. Thft Til ft !! m RhOWS
are silent, so they So not deprave the
speech of the public even n tney iaii
tn imnrove it. In this respect they
are far ahead of the theater which
actually - sets a wretched example.
Girls who hear Mrs. Fiskefmumble out
Inaudible lines in Rosniersholm must
think It fine to imitate her. When
hnva hoar n. noDuIar actor sneak like
a North End tough they naturally do
the same. We are imitative animals,
as Mr. Belasco well says, and owing
to the -total depravity of our natures
we are more apt" to Imitate the bad
than the good. ..
Mr. Belasco believes that one of the
consequences of his actors' school will
be an uplift of the morals of the stage.
He. does not accept the opinion that
"the stage- is Immoral because the
public so decrees." He holds that the
public . prefers an invigorating moral
atmosphere at the theater and that it
would be a good investment to present
elevating plays, or at any rate plays
which do not debauch the conscience.
How to do so is the question. Mr.
Belasco believes that the key to the
problem is the adequate education of
actors. Instead of pleading fallacious
ly that plays can not rise above the
morals of the public his doctrine is
that they can not rise above the mor
als and manners of the actors. Given
a troupe jwho are ignorant of good
English, vulgar in their habits and of
slipshod ' morals and' it IS useless to
think of their presenting a play which
can elevate the .standards of the pub
lic. -Such a conjpany of actors would
make "Ghosts" itself an incitement to
vice and Milton's "Samson" low, v
Mr. Belasco intends to pay all the
expenses of his school. By advertis
ing in the newspapers he has collected
a great number of applications from
which he will select the most promis
ing. "If I find a youth of promise,"
Via mvh "whn must suooort himself
while he Is studying, help will be given
to him." If any student nas persons
dependent upon him employment will
be found for him and' It is a fine trait
of Mr. Belasco's scheme that this em
ployment will always be such as to de
velop the student and not retard him.
"Wherever he is placed anff whatever
work is given him to do, it wlll.be
with a thought of its influence upon
his development and his future." What
a" blessing If would bev if some of this
spirit could be introduced into the
public schools. By teaching -actors to
be cultivated gentlemen Mr. Belasco
hopes to improve .their social stand
ing. . It is his ambition, he tells us, to
bring the day nearer when "the stage
will take rank. as a serious profession,
the equal of law or literature.!',. ?That
day may come , sometime. It can do
no harm to work for it.
. : - -; -:; - r
Reassurance is given by Henry
Clews' financial circular to those who
see in political conditions a source of
uncertainty as to the business out
look. Since he finds 'hat the political
atmosphere has cleared since the Bal
timore convention and that business
conditions -are essentially" sound and
thA .vnn mitlnnk crood. 'nOBe but the
speculators need worry about the lull
in speculation. . xne country is in a
BtatA nf healthv orosDerity and will
continue to be so, no matter who is
elected President. ,
, The ancient tunnel which has been
accidentally discovered at Brownsville
was dug by the famous pirate Captain
WA-mann two hundred years ago as
a place of deposit for his treasures.
The gold and diamonas win oe xouna
at the end of the tunnel under a
fin-ntone in an lronbound
chest. To raise the. flagstone the
seeker must say open sesame tnree
times, when it will stand on edge .and
turn into a negro slave who will hand
over the key to the .chest.
s -
It was a remarkable instance of
the effect of mind upon matter when
the clock on Washington street
stopped exictly at 11 Monday night.
We know of no other example so
striking unless it be "My Grandfather's
Clock," which stood ninety years on
tho floor and which, according to the
poet, he used to wind with a lightning
rod while he perched on the top of
the door. This clock stopped short,
never to go again, when the old man
died.
"7 1
A valuable book of "reference Is
"Notables of the Southwest," a re
cently issued volume of the Press Ref
erence Library. It contains first-class
half-tone portraits of the leading men
of the Southwest, with brief biograph
ical sketches. No newspaper or li
brary which desires to keep posted on
the men who are in the front rank
among citizens of the growing South
west can afford to be without this
book. ' ' '
The Colonel invites the political
lame, the blind and the halt to come
unto him and be lathered With the
Progressive brush. '
Portland's latest murderer could not
get away, and may make, another
tally in the dropfest next December. .
: The time is between- crops of roses,
yet all who have them should bring
bouquets for the visiting womenfolk.
If there be criminala"n Portland
these days, civic pride will Justify their
death by torture. .
Regrets go to the nainesake on the
Atlantic shore, for now there is-but
one- Portland. i
Three times three for Admiral Rey
nolds, who sent the Oregon here. ;
Alaskan volcanoes, are giving the
Elks a long-distance salute.
Nobody wonders any more why pur
ple is the royal color.
. '. The lonesome man is he who- wears
no decoration-
JULY 10, 1913.
Henry Clewa Flnda Situation ClaartnK
and Bnalneaa Conditions Sound.
'. new YORK. Julv S. The close of the
Baltimore convention and removal of
all doubt as to who would be the can
didates in the coming election exerted
a favorable effect upon business .in
general. The tariff feature, however,
of the Baltimore platform excited some
attention and started a selling move
ment wnicn was acceieratca uy yivm.-
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Lan iiifi v . b " ..... .
Wilson plan of tariff for revenue only
is lineiy to prove oisiuroinis, amcs
manufacturing . interests often need
,TnA nvrttAttiAn tn AnmlltA thA h i BtK
cost of labor. ' Revision may be neces
sary, but it should come one scneauie
at a time or by some other gradual
and conservative method. Technically
the market Is unsettled for the time
being and any further advance would
be likely to bring out additional long
stock.
Asle from approach of Summer quiet
and the vacation period, there are signs
of better times ahead. , Essential con
ditions are sound. There is-no over
expansion in either the financial, com
mercial or Industrial fields. The po
litical situation continues to clear.
Each week makes It more evident that
extreme radicalism Is on the wane. The
country wants no excesses in either
conservatism or progressivlsm. It is
evidently going to select at the next
election e man who possesses the happy
medium between these two policies. Of
course, in the battle between two po
litical parties a good deal of smoke
and confusion must be expected. But
thTough the conflict there is reason to
hope that we are likely to emerge Into
more stable conditions than have ex
isted in the last two or three years.
Progressivlsm is established; not the
kind that tears down and destroys, but
the kind that builds up and establishes
institutions more in line with the Inter
ests and will of the people than has
been the custom in the era which is
now passing away. Capital has been
suffering for Its past misdeeds. The
penalty has been severe. In the future
better standards of business conduct
will be imperatively necessary, and so
long I as our great financial leaders
maintain a 'closer regard for public
welfare they are likely to be less sub
ject to the attacks of popular disap
proval. In commercial circles more attention
is paid' to crops than politics. We have
had another week of favorable grow
ing weather In nearly all parts of the
country, and the agricultural outlook
has been growing steadily better for
the last three or four weeks. The con
fidence thus Imparted will tend to en
courage merchants to stock up for a
good Fall trade, which is sure to fol
low another profitable harvest.
The railroad situation shows steady
Improvement. Several roads report de
cided gains in gross, although net re
sults are sometimes unsatisfactory
owing to the large Increase in expenses.
Probably there will be no strike on
part of the operators whose demands
for better wages are now In course of
arbitration. Bank clearings Indicate a
larger commercial activity in all parts
of the' country; the weekly Increases
being maintained in Bpite of lessened
speculative activity. There has been
no abatement in the expansion of our
foreign trade, which, compared with a.
year ago, continues to show liberal
gains in both imports and exports.
. As an Indication of the revival of
enterprise, it may be noted that the
ne'w incorporations for June aggre
gated over 1280,000.000. as a-Kainfit
$250,000,000 last year and 1230,000,000
in 1910 The new security issues In
June were also very large, having
amounted to nearly $300,000,000. as
against 238,000,000 a year ago. This
brings the total new flotations for the
first half year up to the extraordinary
sum of l,557.000.00O, against $1,229,
000,000 a year ago. Some deduction
must be made from these figures for
refunding operations, but If 25 per-cent
were made on this account it would stm
show a record-breaking ' demand for
hew capital.- The readiness with which
this- mass of new issues has been ab
sorbed is phenomenal.- The expendi
ture of these vast sums means a marked
revival in industry and a good demand
for labor. No better example could be
found of the close community of inter
est between-capital and labor.
Railroads have shown a smaller ad
vance than industrials. - Investors of
late have been- turning to the lattei,
owing to the excellent dividend record
which many of them have been able to
maintain in spite of strong adverse
conditions. ; ,
Prospects of continued tariff agita
tion check business somewhat, and for
the present a conservative policy is ad
visable in spite of improving general
conditions. We are not yet beyond the
danger of crop scares, and any further
advance at this time is likely to stimu
late the sale of long stock by big hold
ers which followed the Baltimore nom
ination. A. better trading market is In
prospect HENRY CLEWS.
A REPLY TO RUDYARD KIPLING.
Woman Inaplred to Write Verse by
Reading Noted Poem.
PORTLAND, July 8. (To the Editor.)
On the editorial page of The Sunday
Oregonian, June 30, appears Kipling's
"The Vampire,'.' published by request
As there are generally two sides to a
story would you-kindly publish Felice
Blake's answer to "The Vampire?"
......... A READER.
A WOMAN'S ANSWER TO 'THE VAM
PIRE." .
By Felice Blake. ,
A fool thera wa, and aha lowarad her prlda
. (Even as you and I.) '
To a binch of conceit In a maacullna hide
We "aw th. fauiu that could not b "Hed.
But the fool saw only his manly side .
(Evan as you and I).
Oh, the love she laid on ner own heart's
(Witatrhecare of her head and hand).
Belonn to the men who did not knows
find now she knows that he never could
know) :
. And -did not understand.
A fool there was, and her best "she ave
(Even as you and I)
Of noble thoughts, of gay and grave
(And all were accepted as due to the knave)
But the fool would never her folly save
(Even as you( and I). . .
Oh the stabs she hid, which the Lord for
bid Had ever bn really planned,
Sbe took from the man who dldn t know
(And nowshe knows he never knew why)
And did not understand.
The fool was loved whlla the game was
new r '
(Even as you and I),
And when It was played she took her cue
(Plodding along aa moat of us do)
Trying to keep his faults from view
(Even as you and I).
Apd It Isn't tha ache of tha heart, or Its
break " ' ' .
That stings like a white-hot brand;
It'a the learning to know that she raised a
god.
And bent her had to kiss the rod.
For one who could not understand.
What Every Woman Knows.
Chicago Jouraal,
That lodge sessions do not always
last until -8 o'clock in the rooming.
That sudden -and vigorous talk of
poverty by her husband means no elec
tric car this year. .
That she can safely drop into her
husband's office any time if she make
a regular practice of it
That she cannot -sharpen a lead pen
cil or trim a corn satisfactorily . with
a safety ' razor. ,
That it is certainly a great mystery
what her "husband does with all his
money. ,,
That" her mother-in-law was really
not such a magnificent cook as
certain party would have her believe.
That the woman next door is ex
travagant and is living beyond her hus
band's Income. ; ' (
TAxntr4"t-OF"rcATa i s ": advocated
Writer Declares Voluntary Hnmane Ef
forts Not Adequate.
WOODSTOCK, July 9. (To the Edi
tor.) After reading an article in The
Oregonian Sunday under the heading of
"Finding Homes for Stray Cats," I have
been provoked to give you some facts
to correct the false impression that
such a misstatement of the actual con
ditions existing at the present day in
this city would convey to the general
reader. Having been engaged in this
rescue work for some years In this city
and studied closely the denouement of
the-, cat question from a humanitarian
standpoint I am afraid, should I at
tempt to enter Into detail in refutation
of the article In question, that I should
encroach too largely on your space, so
I will merely touch " on the salient
points, taking them up seriatim.
Portland has a rescue home for cats.
But it is not on the Taylors Ferry road
by any means. Some eight months ago
the Oregon Humane Society hired Mr.
and Mrs. Short to take the homeless
cats as they were brought there and
"take care of them"; in other words,
kill them. Some few were retained
occasionally from the general slaughter
but that was the exception. xwo
months ago the Oregon Humane Society
withdrew its support from the Shorts
and are at present taaing; care oi
the homeless cats wherever they are
found. To the beBt of my knowledge
there never have been taken to this
so-called Rescue Home, all told, 100
cats. Very true, Mrs. ehort should have
much praise for the good work she
has done with tffe means at her com
mand. -
The hospital spoken of in the article
Is a myth, as the. general publlo would
understand the word "hospital," and
we lovers jof the feline tribe know
verv well and realize! every day that
we are mere pigmies in what the writer
of the article terms "sclentinc treat
ment" how very often our hearts go
out to the poor dumb creature, may
hap with a broken leg, and we stand
Impotent to give it any relief except
by an anesthetic, because of our dense
Ignorance of even the common remedies
that are necessary for their relief.
. I have always felt in reading of cat
rescue homes In other cities, what a
farce Portland's rescue home appears
to be. And let me say here that the
resoue home for animals and especially
cats, is but a subsidiary method ' of
dealing with the question of the un
trammeled breeding of the common do
mestic cat
Better far that we should enact some
sort of legislation recognising the cat
as a domestic animal and then place a
tax upon the cat making his master
responsible to the city for his proper
care and treatment and amenable to
the law for keeping an animal that
was a nuisance to his neighbor.
Returning to the main subject it Is
very pleasing to me to know that
Portland has among her residents
some large-hearted people, (the ladies
predominating) who are constantly on
the alert to care for these much-abused
animals. They are giving their time,
their money their sympathy In this
cause, and in my humble opinion they
surely are nature's noblemen.
I Have said that Portland has a res
cue home. Yes. it has; and It is a res
cue home in every sense of the word.
It was founded at Woodstock in July,
1909, and has been in operation ever
since. Its founding was the result of
a conference between three ladles
whose lives are largely made up of
this humanitarian work. This home
has had some little support from vari
ous quarters; the most of the actual
care of the cats, however, having been
borne by the lady who conducts the
home.
These few lines are Inspired by the
writer because the truth In the matter
should be known;' and the honor is
due (if we can say there is any honor)
to those who are working day by day
for the amelioration of the conditions
of the dumb animal, working quietly,
unknown to the community, at large,
but working, and living with the pros
pect that some ' day the littie haven
they are making will haven the whole
group., A CAT LOVER.
n. -. .vtiiA nnhllahAd In The OreKO-
nlan wag written by one who visited
the Short home and took several pic
tures. Conditions as he viewed and
.understood them were faithfully re
corded. . t
A NICKEL IN THE SLOT CAFE.
Automatic Food-Selling Devices Vued
With Success In New York dry.
New York Herald.
Here Is one place where striking
waiters hold no terror, as all the food
stuff Is served automatically after the
same has been sufficiently coaxed with
a 5-cent piece. This new Utopia In
foodland Is In Broadway, between
Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth streets,
on the shady side. It Is known as the
Automat , , ,
If you want a piece of pumpkin pie
you drop a nickel in a slot so desig
nated and the luscious yellow pastry
fairly Jumps out and greets you. Cof
fee, soup, cocoa and other liquids which
do not require an all-night license to
serve squirt out ; like a Yellowstone
Park geyser with milk or cream at
tached. Food in germproof tissue paper wrap
pers flops out from glass inclosures at
every angle. Hot and cold lunch. Is
served in the Automat and it is pos
sible to obtain a dish of Ice cream from
the refrigerator slots. If you desire
any of the tailor-made food, such as
toast omelet etc.. you must show your
faith by depositing a coin and waiting
for the same to be prepared..
The Automat was opened to the pub.
Ho several days ago. It is a preten
tious establishment costing more -than
$150 000. John Fritscher, of Philadel
phia, is the inventor and is here to see
that the operation of the food machine
Is satisfactory.
A Question of Namea.
Youth's Companion.
In some of the country districts of
Ireland It is not an uncommon thing to
see carts with the owners', names
chalked on to save the "Pense of
painting. Practical jokers delight in
rubbing out these signs to annoy the
owporfl
A constabulary sergeant one day ac
costed a countryman whose name had
been thus wiped out unknown to him.
"Is this your cart my good man?
"Of course it Is!" was the reply. Dp
you see anything the matter wld it?
"I observe," said the pompous police
man "that your name is o-blltherated.'
"Then ye're wrong." quoth the coun
tryman who had never come across the
long word before, "for me name's
O'Flaherty, and I don't care who knowg
It" - '
' The Interval After Scbool.
"Goethe," by Joseph McCabe.
During his boyhood Goethe shrank
from the boys who were his schoolfel
lows as he found most of them very
rough. One day a few of the boys cut
twigs from a broom and beat his bare
calves. As his father had strictly for
bidden disturbance during school hours,
Goethe bore it stoically until the hour
struck, and then he fell on the boys
with terrific rage. '
A Strategist In' Politics.
Washington (D. C Herald.
"What do you mean by all this, elo
quence denouncing-a-tariff on water
melons? I have never heard of any
trouble about a watermelon tax."
"Neither have L" replied Senator
Sorghum: "but you ee I am after the
colored votes."
. Gasoline Vapor, Air and Gaa.
' New York Press.
Simple apparatus for the manufacture
of gas from 98 per cent air and 7 per
cent gasoline vapor has been Invented
by an Australian. j
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of July - 10. 180X
ASTORIA. Julv 8. The good people
of Astoria and vicinity to the numtoar
of about 400. under the management
of the teacher and scholars of the free
district school of the village, assem
bled on the 4th Inst at the schbolhouss
at 11 o'clock A. M. and marched to the
green on Shively's Point adjoining the
town, where the following programme
of ceremonies was carried out: Singing
bv scholars. "Hail Our Country 8 Natal
Morn"; reading of the Declaration of
Independence by Master Horace Brown,
singing by choir, "America"; address
by William L. Adams, Esq.; music.
Hail Columbia by Home Band; -mis
cellaneous speaking by County Super
intendent of Schools, etc.; dinner on
the grounds by children first, of whom
there were 150 present: singing, -"Star-
Spangled Banner," by choir; sports. In
the evening we had a fine exhibition
of fireworks, a ball and other social
gatherings. ,
Chicago. July 1. The situation be
fore Richmond may be explanled as
follows: General McClellan determined
to change the base line of his operation
from the Chickahominy to the James
River, in order to bring the troops
nearer together and delude the rebels
Into a tran. The rebels Improved the
occasion to attack the'rlght wing while
it was changing the front posiyon.
Their fire was strong and its onslaught
was made with terrible desperation, but
did not succeed In changing, the posi
tion of our line and the rebels dirt not
gain any advantage.
Washington, June, 26. In the Senate
court of impeachment in the' case of
West H. Humphrey Judge of the Dis
trict Court of Tennessee, the accused
was today declared guilty and Judg
ment pronounced. He is to be removed
from office and be disqualified from
holding or enjoying any office of hon
or, trust or profit under the .United
States.
We understand that Couch's wharf Is
to be extended 110 feet further down
stream shortly.
SCOTLAND IN SERIES. OF PHOTOS
Scenes' in Sir Walter Scott's Books
Shown at Eaat Side Library.
PORTLAND, July 9. (To the Ed
itor.) The fear that many of the ad
mirers of Sir Walter Scott may miss
the opportunity, to see- the marvelous
collection of nearly 200 photographs
illustrating his country, leads me to
point out that a noteworthy exhibit Is
now at the East Side Library, East
Eleventh and Alder streets, and will
remain until Saturday, being a loan
from th American Federation of Art.
It was the photographer's happy
idea to give careful study to Scott's
poems and novels and then to go
with auto and camera all over Scotland,
Northern England and Wales in quest
of authentic Scott landmarks, espe
cially of the many crumbling castles
which the novelist "rebuilt in his im
agination and filled with the children
of his fancy," a surprisingly large
number of the ruins being exactly ai
they were in his time.
An example of this is Norham Castla.
a visit to which Inspired Sir Walter to
write "Marmion." A mere shell of th
structure remained standing, but il
suggested to the mind of the poet a
great beautiful castle filled wltll
knights and ladles, and with all at
tendant medieval pageantry. A pho
tograph of the ruin shows what sug
gested the poem. ' -
As a boy, Scott had traveled ex
tensively, both In the Highlands, and
Lowlands of Scotland. There were no
railroads and fw coach roads, but
Scott was a superb horseman, and
could maintain his seat in the saddle
many hours without apparent fatigue.
It is known that .he once rode 100
miles In a single day and composed a
poem on the way. This fondness for
riding- enabled him to venture into
every nook and corner of his beloved
Scotland, and his marvelous memory
made it possible for him to store up
for future use the stories connected
with the scenes which he visited and
all the legends and ballads which he
heard repeated by thosej with whom he
came in contact.
The photographer, Mr. Olcott, who
had pneviously . photographed the
George Eliot and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
country In much the same way, began
at the little village of Gllsland. where
Scott mt Miss Charlotte Carpenter In
the Summer of 1797 and to whom he
"popped the question" at the famous
"popping stone." Their explorations
together during their courtship gave
Scott material for the "Bridal of
Triermain" and some of the Incidents
In the "Lay of the) Last Minstrel,"
"Marmion" and other poems, several of
these scenes being, shown In the pho
tographs. ".' ' '
The next stop wan at Dumfries,
where Is the Midsteeple, the scene of
the trial of Helen Walker. -
For months Mr. Olcott traveled
through this country arid the partial
result of his work will delight the eye
of any lover of nature or art.
- J. J. HANDSAKER.
Cold Follows Volcanic Eruptions. ..
-nnr vn- Ti a Tn th Kdltor'.)
rUAlUVil w lAij v -
I noticed In The Oregonian yesterday
an article on the eruption of Katmal
volcano, and in 1019. uioroins o v..
a severe earthquake' in Alaska.
One important point In connection
i . - . i .. ,Hni urh, nrd. HAemS to be
overlooked; that is, the period of cold
or cool weather that Is likely to follow.
When Krakatqa Diew up in i",
... .-i. ia.aH arnunrt thA world. firlV-
lia iiaiica iiwu.v.. . - -
Ing us red sunsets for more than a year,
the temperature of the whole earth
was temporarily reduced. This was so
i. - avA In America- on the ODOO-
site side of the earth from the eruption,
that Ice one-half inch thick formed In
.w. nfi.ai.oinni in November of that
HID iU10DlDOtf k" - -
year. Only the thinnest skim -of Ice
ordinarily lorms in tne jinnniooij'i'i,
In the dead of Winter, and one-half
Inch had never been known in Novem
ber before. ' '
Again, when tne eruption gi
. j A o. TlArA another COln
r-eiee umuuj -
SDell occurred in Eastern and Southern
W .1 AAl.V Kftllt
United states, i o ui """" -
n--. a t that time. Mv ob-
tne x-aujuu v' " - --- -
servation has been that the tempera
ture of the vicinity oi an ci ui"ii
always temporarily lowered. And I
think we may expect the Summer and
... . ,1.1. n h cooler throua-h-
j? ail ui luia j L.. k v
out the Northwest and Alaska than It
would have been nw nut aunn
erupted. . .. ' ' .
By another year ma ouu wm u
Tiirnllv have restored the thermal
equilibrium. J. H. ABBOTT.
Innocent Canae of AIL
Kansas City Star.
It was a windy day in downtown
New York and the people who , hur
ried along the streets air seemed anx
ious to get under shelter. . But some
thing had . happened! Just as Jones
turned a corner he came upon another
man gazing fixedly at a third-story
window across the street, and, scenting
a disaster of some kind, he, too, stopped
and looked. In less time than It takes
to tell it the street was congested with
people, all staring at the upper win
dow. Then Jones, noticing the gaping
crowd, turned to the man from whom
he got his cue and said: 0
"Would you mind telling me -what
you are looking at?"
"Oh, I'm not looking at" anything,"
growled the other. "I've -got -a stiff
neck." '
A Man's Electrical Energy.
Indianapolis News.
Electrically speaking, the average
man each day ' dissipates about two
and a half kilowatt hours of energy
In motions, muscular action,-. mental
exertion and heat radiation,