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THE MORXTXG OKEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, jm.Y 81, 1912. 10 PORTLA"l. OatXGOl. Entered at Portland. Orfon. Foetofflc. A, CtilacrlbUaii Ratea InrarlAblT In Advance, (BY MAIL.) Dally. Sunday Included, ona year...... A M Dally. Sunday lncluaeo. mom.--- .... Dally. Sunday Included, three montlu... Dally. Sunday Included, ona montn Daily, without Sunday, ona year. Dally, without Sunday, all montna. .... Daily, without Sunday, threa montns... Dally, without Sunday, ona montn...... Waakly. ona year ........- Suxulay. one year Sunday mad Weekly, ona year..-..... (BY CARRIER.) Dafty. Sunday Included, ona year....... .75 100 1.T3 .ao -1 &a I 40 a on .7 usjijr. tuner f " T.7 .. How ts Kemlt tena rOTV""'" u on i V,, .oual cbeek on your local bank. Stamp, com or j at the senders nes. Glv poetofflce adaraa. IB lull, inciuauia . . , n restate Hates 1 to H Pea 1 nt. lo to 28 pasea. X cents; So to 40 pag-. 4 to 6i pases. cants, For.ua poaiaa. "ELS Bu,U.e Ofncea-V.rr. Conk. On New York. Brnnswlc buUdln. cm Cairo, fiteger bulldlna. ca a . i .w 1 R J. Blawau (.aw T2 Market street a W- Loudon. 1-OK-II AM). WEDNESDAY. Jt LY J. 10" DcrnilTHW TX A STATE. Mr. L-Ren'a proposed amendment r ih. constitution OI Oregon Is the moat radical measure ever submitted to tne peop.o state. Here are some of the results that would follow It adoption. c 3AnaA wmilri be a do l lshed immediately and the legislature of 1913. as well as subsequent Legis latures, would consist or a . . . wi.h i rtv members unchecked and unrestrained by any co-ordinate legislative Doay " leged to enact any and all legislation at Its own pleasure. 1. The veto power of the Governor would also be abolished and the Leg . .. .m . hniutlv free from isjaiure wvuiu . executive control, except through tne influence and authority vesica ... Governor as an ex-offlclo member of the law-making body. I There would be In vogue a sys tem of proportional representation which would mean minority Instead of majority representation. i Th. TsHniaturo would be elect ed Just as . the delegates to the rer cent National conventions were cho sen. 1. e., the elector would vote for one representative and one only, al though his district might be entitled . . in nthpr words. to rweive or nnu. --- electors would be disfranchised from voting for their full quota oi ca..u dates for the Legislature. t ....,, nr ttia state, rjartlc O. littiDo " ' - - ularly the sparsely populated counties of Eastern Tjregon, wouio. uui resented In the Legislature, for the ' reason that these counties would be united with more populous neighbor ing counties for Legislative purposes, and, under the "vote for one" rule, the more . populous counties would dominate. . Voting In the Legislature would be by the proxy system, t e.. every Representative would, on every roll call, cast as many votes as were cast for him at the election, and final pas sage of a bill would require the proxies of a majority of the votes of the state. Under he workings of such a rule, A with 6000 votes would be able to out vote B and C, each of whom had re ceived 29SS In the election. 7. The Governor and certain de feated candidates for Governor would lie ex-officio members of the Legisla ture, and would hold the proxies of all electors who voted for the unsuc cessful candidates In their several par ties. Under this arrangement a situa tion might develop whereby the Gov ernor and his defeated rivals for the Governorship would represent more voters than all the regularly elected Representatives. 8. The Governor would have the ole right to Introduce appropriation bills. He could and undoubtedly would thus block the whole machin ery of the state government by refus ing to Introduce bills not meeting with his approval. 9. The time-honored distinction be tween the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Government would be eliminated and there would be an Improper interference on the part of the Governor with the affairs of the Legislature. 10. If the Governor should die or resign, there would be no automatic succession to his office and the state would be without a chief executive until after a special election had been held to fill the vacancy and the Legis lature had met to canvass the returns. 11. The Legislature would meet annually instead of biennially as at 12. A majority of the members, rep resenting also a majority of all the electors of the state, might at any time, unite In calling & special session of the Legislature. There are other minor changes: but these will indicate the extraordinary character of one U'Ren measure. Are the people of Oregon ready thus to install an entirely novel method of Government? The U'Ren plan has been tried no where. Is that a sufficient reason why It should be tried here? GOVERNOR DEXEEVS CHOICE. A man cannot be a member of two parties any more than he can serve two masters. Governor Deneen is an old enough politician to know this and to act upon the knowledge. Hav ing made a fair fight for Roosevelt at the Chicago convention and having lost, he frankly accepts the result, and all except two candidates on the Illinois State Republican ticket act likewise. 1 The reasons given by Deneen fully Justify his decision. When he ac cepted the nomination for Governor he bound himself in advance to stand by the party, both In state and Na tional elections, no matter whether the National convention nominated the man he preferred or some other. -- tlol.oa' at this lata ilflr would he a breach of faith with those whose votes gave him the nomination. Governor Deneen has well consid ered the probable consequences of forsaking the Republican for the Bull Moose party and his conclusions are sound. These consequences would probably be the election of a Demo cratic state ticket and a division of the Legislature among three parties. No one of these three having a ma jority, the temptation to trade and dicker would be well-nigh irresistible. A repetition of the scandal growing out of the factional split which led up to the election of Lorimer would threaten. What i true of Illinois Is true of Oregon and other states. Those whoae devotion to Roosevelt Is so great that thav are nreDared to divide the Re publican party In his Interest should sever their relations with that party entirely and give the voters a fair opportunity to choose between, candi dates of the old and new political com. plexlon by nominating a separate ticket from head to foot.. But before taking this Irretraceable step, they should well consider consequences. Division among Republicans means Democratic victory. Are the points of difference between the Roosevelt men and the Republicans who stand by the Chicago convention's action so vital that the" election of a Democrat is to be preferred to that of a Repub lican? Deneen, Hadley, La Follette, Cummins. Borah and many other pro gressives who have proved their faith by their works prefer the success of Taft, with whom they do not entirely agree, to that of Wilson, with whom they almost entirely disagree. They have enough confidence in the wisdom of the mass of the Republican party to believe that ere another Presiden tial election they can secure the adop tion as party principles of those meas ures on which ttiey are at Issue with the Chicago platform, and that they can bring about the nomination of candidates pledged to and In sym pathy with those measures. The ex ample of these men Is worthy of em ulation, for they have borne the bur. den and heat of the day, unlike those new converts who began their labors In the progressive vineyard at the eleventh hour. The Republican party has the clear right to declare that those who are not with It are against it. In making that declaration, it calls upon every man who has hitherto counted him self a Republican to deliberate long whether he desires, by turning against his old party, to render aid to that other party with which it has always contended. THE DISEASK OF ANTI-TAFTIT1S. The Oregonian feels that somehow It will be useless to reason with its exasperated ex-Republican friend. Sir. Leeper, who offers another letter to day; yet it is reluctant to give him up as an Incurable case of acute antl-Taftltla. He Is in almost equal alarm about Dr. Wilson, however, and regreta that the Democratic party was not buried in 1865. Those were the days when a large number of Repub licans shot as they voted; but evident ly Comrade Leeper has voted straight, er than he shot, else he might not now be suffering from regret for the over sights of long ago. Mr. Leeper has voted the Republi can ticket for forty years and more. and now he is going to quit and be a Bull Moose, for Taft was nominated "by a National committee elected four years ago, very few of them having been elected by popular primaries." Mr. Taft was nominated by a Na tional convention controlled by the same Influences and methods that nominated Taft In 1908, when Mr. Leeper voted for him. In all the long line of illustrious Presidents named by the Republican party, not a single one is the product of the popular pri marj'. If there had been a popular primary in 1860, for example, does Mr. Leeper fancy that Mr. Lincoln could or would have been nominated? Or Garfield, or Harrison, or even Roosevelt in their order? Will Roosevelt defeat both Taft and Wilson? Mr. Leeper thinks so. We are unconvinced.- How can it be done by merely wrecking the Republican party? THE CASE OF JUDGE HANFORD. The motive of Judge Hanford in tendering his resignation will be va riously Interpreted; but it seems to be for the most part assumed that it is a confession of guilt. Yet the question may fairly be asked what obligation to his reputation and his family a man has who faces the odds that evidently confronted Hanford and appeared certain to crush him In the end ? The Oregonian has no idea that Hanford deems himself guilty, or Intended by resignation to acknowledge gross mis conduct, or worse. Undoubtedly it is true that he felt unequal to the strain of a long impeachment trial; undoubt edly be was tired of seeing his name. his conduct and his record a subject of continued discussion and criticism; and undoubtedly he desired to relieve his friends and his family of the dreary strain to which they had long been subjected. He felt, too, that, whatever the opinion of the country at large, his fame in his own home, where he had lived for nearly 60 years, was to an extent secure. Why should he at his age care greatly what the rest of the world thought? This Is not at all an excuse for Han ford, but It may serve as an explana tion. He did well to resign. He was far from an ideal Judge. The Ore gonian thinks he was honest, though highly Imprudent In his dealings with litigants. He was prejudiced, opinion, ated, and reactionary. He saw all things in the light of its influence on the little circle which surrounded him. He was easily persuaded to take the side of property against mere human rights. The new political dispensation meant to him revolution, anarchy and chaos. He believed that a Judge has a sort of divine title to the unquestion- ng reverence of the masses. He loved his country, and he thought the man who did not love it ought to be in jail. The existing order appealed to him; the dreams and hopes of reform ers and idealists he abhorred. Han ford was a survival of the medieval ages, and belonged elsewhere than on the bench. Probably Judge Hanford drank more than was good for him. But he seems nevertheless to have been industrious and diligent. Industry and diligence. however, do not excuse gross self-indulgence. We hope it is true that he has been much maligned as to his hab its; but apparently there is too much truth in the charges. The sober man never has to defend himself from the charge of excessive drinking. The Hanford case has been a pain ful episode. It Is well over. The pub lic will wish the judge peace in his retirement, and happiness in the con solations and confidences of his friends. ' THAT MICHIGAN PLATFORM. Direct legislation Is put to the front as a National issue In the platform of MIchigans Bull Moose party. If the National convention of the new party should give the Oregon idea equal prominence, we may expect to see it divide attention with the tariff in the National campaign. In general, there is little difference between the Michi gan declaration of principles and that put forward by Senator La Follette, whom Roosevelt supplanted as the progressive leader. In one respect, however, Michigan breaks away from Roosevelt and fol lows La Follette, unless the Colonel has revised more of his opinions. That Is in its advocacy of physical valuation of railroads. La Follette in his auto biography says that Roosevelt, as President, committed himself to sup port of the principle, which is the Senator's particular hobby, but failed to carry out a pledge to recommend that Congress embody it in the rate bill of 1906. Roosevelt later, in his speeches, upheld the contention of. the railroads that their property- was worth the amount at which they are capitalized. Should he now change front and adopt the Michigan plat form, he may fall foul of his capital ist backers, Perkins and Hanna, and his speeches may be quoted against him. Should he oppose or ignore physical valuation, he will give the Wisconsin man an opportunity to deny his progressiveness. But that would not trouble the Colonel or his blindly devoted follow ers. He changes his platform to suit the exigencies of the moment. He can do no wrong. THE CASE AGAIN" ST WOMAN SUF FRAGE. The anti-suffrage argument which has-been sent to the Secretary of State for publication in the voters' pamphlet is signed by some very capable women. It is fair to assume, therefore, that it presents as strong a case as the nature of the subject permits. If upon exam ination the arguments prove to be trivial and many of the statements of fact erroneous, it is not the fault of the compilers, but of the cause for which they speak. If they had had a strong cause they would doubtless have made a strong argument for it, but when a cause is weak and obstruc tive, it requires more than human in genuity to give it the appearance of strength and Justice. Hence one can readily understand why the argu men'ts offered by the anti-suffragists are feeble without in the least im pugnlng the ability of those who have advanced them. They did the best they could. Angels could do no more. The document seeks literary grace and dignity by quotations from Ida Tarbell and Marie Corelll. Miss Tar bell tells us In her forceful way that "the labor of the world is naturally divided between the two different be ings that people the world." Miss Tarbell does not trace for us this natural line of division. Would she had. We should then know defi nitely where to look for a country in which it has been followed. Is it Germany, where the woman is har nessed to the plow and the man drives? Is it Switzerland, where the woman mows hay on the mountain side and carries it home at night on her back? Is it the United States, where 8,000,000 women earn their liv ing side by side with men in the in dustries? Miss Tarbell, or some of those who rely for their opinions upon her knowledge of social facts, would confer a favor by telling the public just how she learned about this "nat ural division of labor" and where she has ever found it in practice. She is herself one of the best proofs anyone could ask that the division of work she makes so much of Is wholly imaginary. Miss iVarbell has done "man's work" ever since she began to write upon economic subjects st d it is commonly conceded that she aas done it super latively well. She can express a sound Judgment upon the tariff with her pen and publish it broadcast, but for some subtle reason she fancies it would be unwomanly to do the same thing with a ballot. Marie Corelli Is quoted to show that women ought to teach men "in the nursery and schoolroom and not at the polling booth." Why not In all three places? Certainly he needs in struction in them all; But we are struck with the poverty of literary support which compels the anti-suf fragists to resort to a writer of the caliber of Marie Corelll. Had they consulted any of the real leaders of thought and expression of their sex they would have found them all on the other side. Jane Addams, Ellen Key, Selma Lagerlof, women st their caliber are uniformly suffragists. To find opponents of the reform we must seek out the Marie Corellis or the pampered parasites of aristocracy like Mrs. Humphry Ward. The ignorance which Ida Tarbell displays of the es sentials of the suffrage question sug gests that if she had ever taken the pains to study It she would have joined its advocates, for we believe that she is intellectually honest, even though she makes blunders some times. The arguments against suffrage which are relied upon to persuade Oregon voters to reject the amend ment are summed up in ten "be causes" 'at the end of the document. The first three amount to this, that suffrage is a duty from which women have heretofore been exempt. They wish to remain exempt. But "confer ring suffrage upon the women who claim it would impose it upon many who" do not want it. Hence these tears. Here Is clearly some confusion of thought. The amendment would not require any women to vote who do not wish to do so. They would have the privilege of staying at home if they" desire, precisely like men. More lucidly stated, this part of the argument would read, "A few of us women of means and leisure do not wish to vote. Therefore we propose to do all we can to prevent any wom en from voting." The next "because" is to the pur port that "doubling the vote by giv ing women the franchise", will not improve its quality. Perhaps not. It depends, of course, upon the stand women take after they are enfran chised. In our opinion they will work for better social and political condi tions. That is what they are doing in California and Washington and it is what they would naturally do In Oregon. We cannot convince our selves that the women of Oregon are morally inferior to their sisters In other states. We read in the next place that women do not need to vote because the vast majority are represented by household suffrage," whatever that may be. We never heard of any household going to the polls and vot ing. Can the antl-suffragists possibly mean by "household suffrage" the act of the saloon bum without house, home or intelligence who slinks to the polls and barters his vote for a drink of gin ? Does the sot whose wife sup ports him at the washtub "represent" her and her children when he votes? It would be pleasant indeed if the anti-suffragists would take a casual glance at the patent facts of life be fore they compose another argument against the right of their sisters to vote. The notion that one person can represent" at the polls half a dozen others who differ with him in every possible way is a very old one. It comes down directly from the feudal theory that the lord of the manor represented all his serfs when he cast his ballot. In the countries where it originated this false theory has been rejected, but we still see it quoted in Oregon against the elementary human rights of working women. The argument then proceeds to say that the few women "who are not represented by household suffrage suffer no practical injustice" which the ballot will remedy. Whoever wrote this fine bit of unconscious satire would find it profitable to read the life of Clara Woerlshoffer. Dur ing a strike of working girls in New York she found the police arresting the girls "practically without cause" and haling them into court where they were held for ball regardless of Jus tice. This the officials dared to do because the girls had no votes. Male strikers are never thus treated in New York. Fortunately Clara Woerishoffer was rich enough to give ball for the girls, but with the suf frage the "practical injustice" would not have been inflicted. The following "because" appeals to another exploded dogma of feudalism, that of "divine right." "Women are divinely ordered to be different in the state as in the home.'.' Two centuries ago we should have been told that the great mass of males were "divinely ordered" to obey king and lords with out protest. When a cause Is driven to call in the doctrine of divine right for its backing, the natural inference is that it has found a hard row 'of stumps. It would be interesting to learn how the anti-suffragists dis covered with so much assurance what the wishes of the Lord are in the mat ter of suffrage.. Are they quite cer tain that they have not mistaken him for anotjier and less respectable source of authority? In the next place we are told that the present occupations of women engross all their energies so that they have no time to vote. What are these occupations? For some 8,000,000 women they are shirt making, laundering, selling goods and so on. These women want to vote. Is It not true as a matter of candid fact that many of the women who are too "engrossed" to find time for the bal lot are childless wives whose days are passed drinking weak tea, playing bridge and gossiping. The argument closes with the fu tile remarks that the. right to vote would "deprive woman of special le gal privileges" which she now enjoys and that it would require her to hold office and serve on jurtes. Is it likely that woman with the ballot would lose any legal privileges which she has acquired without it? As to office holding, who ever heard of a man being thrust into an office against his will? Women maji as well calm their timid fears in that respect. The of fices will not pursue them. No doubt some would be obliged to serve on juries, but in many cases their pres ence there is highly salutary and they ought not to shirk the duty. The promised construction of a power plant at the falls of the Ka lama River presages the building of electric railways throughout South western Washington, which may equal in extent those of Western Oregon. The embargo on coal production in Alaska is not likely to be raised this year, owing to the preoccupation of Congress with politics and the tariff. Before it is raised we may have devel oped thea."white coal" resources of the Northwest to such an extent that we can dispense with much black coal. With a properly developed parcels post a free public market would he less useful than under present condi tions, but there will always be a place for it. The luxury of purchasing sup plies from the producer himself will be appreciated by Portlanders when they have learned what it is. The gain will be twofold. Farmers will get better prices and consumers will pay ios for eriihles than they now do. The saving will be made by eliminat ing superfluous handling of goods. The mild-eyed cow is in bad repute. Time was when she was regarded as the baby's best friend. Now she is accused of transmitting to him tuber culosis, typhoid and various other dis eases. She is viewed with suspicion and is inspected and has her milk tested by pryirig scientists. Thus is science destroying another of our illu sions. We miss them, but we are a healthier race and have reduced the death rate. That is some consolation. Despite constant ringing of the alarm, about as many people die of bovine tuberculosis as catch trichino sis by eating pork. Yet the hog prod uct is a pillar in the foundation of business and the "roast beef of old England" is just as palatable as ever, and both will be consumed by the men who make the world go. naniiulv wmilri pnrA the ills of Seaside and Los Angeles. Let Seaside send some surplus men south and Los Angeles send some surplus giris norm and the balance between the sexes will be restored. The hail and rain storms are a greater calamity to the consumer than to the farmer. While they destroy a large proportion of the wheat crop, they thereby enhance the value of what remains. The mimic war now being fought in the Grays Harbor country has the merit of causing no worse injury to the soldiers than a few blisters on their feet and a healthy "tired feeling" all over. -Rv oTifl rv when the tuberculosis peril drives all the cows into beef and the lacteal supply is derived from the immune goat, what a dreadful lot of buttinskies the race .will become. Let It be said of John Lemp, pioneer brewer of Idaho, that he made good beer, which in the days long past helped much in solving territorial problems. If Oregon oats are best for trans pacific shipment, as testified by a for mer Quartermaster, why does not tne Government buy more of them J Now that Japan Is to spend a million on her exhibit, San Francisco will welcome all the brown children to her schools. Thp -v-mine- Men' Christian Associ ation has more than half a million members in America, each a unit for good. Britain will have the largest navy, though it overtaxes the resources of the empire. Rule Britannia! When lightning strikes in the Valley the only possible inference is that Na ture is short-circuited. Whatever else is done, keep con gestion off the Burnside bridge. The bush league nine gave the Bea vers a scare. Seagirt is edging Oyster Bay off the map. - No flies in the grocery today. POLITICAL. WAKE IS PIC1TKED. t Correspondent Wlahea Fnneml ot Re- publlcnn and Democratic Parties. PORTLAND, July 23. (To the Edi tor.) Referring to my communication on the political situation recently pub lished in The Oregonian, and the edi torial on the same subject in The Ore gonian of July 19, I am not the least bit in a "dilemma" as to what to do in deciding how I shall vote next Novem ber. The political lines were never so clearly drawn between right and wrong as they are now. "For the good of the party" I have swallowed some pretty bitter pills in the past 50 years but, like millions of other Republicans, I draw' the line on Mr. Taft. He does not represent true democratic ideas. He was placed in nomination by a National committee elected four years ago, very few of whom having been elected by popular primaries. A large number of them were turned down at the late elections for delegates. Consequently, they should have had no voice in organizing the National convention. There is not a doubt in my mind but what the com mittee members were liberally paid for the dirty work they did. I know the sentiment of the people from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I know that there has for many years been a grow ing resentment asainst the Republican party, and Mr. Taft and his backers caused this feeling to break into a flame In 1909. It wag not so much what the party did, but what they failed to do. I certainly believe in the recall of the Judges and their decisions, but I would go a step or two further and include the President and members of Congress. The records do not show that men are infallible, because they happen to be so lucky as to have a "pull" and gets a life position on the Federal bench. Ex-Senator Mason, ot Illinois, stated publicly two years ago that 75 per cent of the members of Congress held their positions by the il legal use of money. The passage of the Aldrlch-Payne (not the P. and A.) tariff bill proved that there were only ten men in the Senate that had the courage to vote as they thought people wanted them to. I shall do all In my power to elect Mr. Roosevelt. I hardly know which would be the greatest calamity the election of Mr. Taft or Mr. Wilson. If Mr. Wilson is elected, it will be just what the Republican party deserves. For more than 20 years the party has been growing more and more corrupt. The principal leaders of the party are grafters of the worst kind. Of course, .the "crooks" are afraid of Mr. Roose velt and they have good cause. He has sent so many of them to prison. They know that he will clean out the rest if he can get honest court officials to prosecute them. Don't have any anxiety as to the re sult "Teddy" will be elected. The people have awakened and in Novem ber they will show Mr. Taft what they think of his policies. During the last six months I have talked with hundreds of Republican's in Wash ington, Oregon and California, and without a single exception they said they would vote against Mr. Taft. In fact, I don't believe there are any Taft men save Federal office-holders. It's a good time to clean house and start anew. The Democratic party ought to have been burled in 1S65. and now is a good time to put an end to both parties. Let's have a. double funeral and a "wake" and then start anew. I am simply voicing the sentiments of mil lions and millions of voters. W. M. LEEPER. DOSE OF LAW 19 TOO GREAT Lawyers Brine Law Into Contempt by Their Abaurdltlea. PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Ed itor.) It was indeed with some pleas ure that the writer perused the "early" history of legal jurisprudence as typi fied in the experiences of "Cormorant." Motley tells us, when Peter the Great, while visiting the courts at West minster, asked: "Are these all law yers?" and, being answered in the affirmative, he asked: "What can be the use of so many lawyers? I have but two in my empire, and I mean to hang one of them as soon as I get back." His words conveyed much truth then, for his lawyers were value less to him because "his country, with out law, had little use for or need of lawyers." Therefore the question naturally arises to one of the lay minds as to whether a Peter the Great of this mod ern day would have the. same contempt for the legal profession, knowing the country to be suffering from too great a dose of laws. If the legal profession is weakening Its own bulwarks of tra dition by allowing its followers to dis- j .ua .Dtohllahjul r ? rndns of ethics which rule the profession, what weight, may we bsa, win uc mun.utu to the opinion of a lawyer a few years hence? , We are even now endowing our spirit of current ridicule with a touch of serious contempt when we refer to a follower of Blackstone. No longer does the mention of such Latin terms as habeas corpus or corpus delicti fright en us into convulsions, but rather do we indulge in sweet bandinage over our teacups as we read of some new and novel plea set forth by some de fender of the erring )n one of our American courtrooms. What truant boy, who had fallen Into a stream while fishing Invented to his parents one-half as laughable and ridiculous an excuse as that plea which i- .ati hmtia into a. somber court room, before a sober-minded Judge and In the presence oi a jury m e1'" it respectful consideration? Though of lay mind and unversed in the procedure of the courtroom, still the writer would reflect upon the state havine committed a serious crime, and while still being fearful of the consequences oi a. -viction. watches the ponderous, un wieldy machinery of the courtroom working around him, with many loop holes of escape, and grinding out new .nTn- future errina: man to cling to. Therefore, it may, perhaps, be within tne province ui mo say that the criminologist may find ..imfnQl thnn finds his busi- LIIUL 1MB .......... . , ness fairly safe, due to the fact that some lawyers manufactured their own code of ethics to fit their own particu lar case which may happen to be on the docket. Or, perhaps, there are no ethics which govern the lawyer in his profession. Could The Oregonian en-iH-nten? CHARLES M. GOODMAN. Shower of Gold Rings. Baltimore American. Because of the stirring appeal of Bishop W. F. Oldham, of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, for funds to be ja f mlcainn work amollf the Fili- U Of (1 1 11 'J plnos, a shower of gold rings and ear rings fell at nis ieei on tne siags oi the Red. Rock, Minn., camp-meeting T h a irn m (.n nrpfint harl no money with them, but responded with hundreds or ooiiars woru oi uucu valuables. One of the FIrat Families. Philadelphia Record. Attired In the clothing of a gentle man of early days, James M. Mifflin, member of one of the oldest English families in Pennsylvania, will driva a garbage cart in the pageant to be held at Philadelphia. Mr. Mifflin has ascer tained that the ancestor who brought wealth into the family was a dump cart owner. One Bank Account for 75 Year. Hartford (Conn.) Cor. Mrs. Edna H. Chase, of Kansas City, Mo., has a savings-bank account with the Norwich, Conn., Savings Society which has been in that bank constant ly for 75 years. The account was opened by her father, WlUiaru Swift, January 1, 187. AT THE CAFETERIA By Addison Bennett, It being Friday, the little blonde cashier's place at the cash register in the cafeteria was occupied by another, but not the stout girl. The proprietor had decided that she would never be come proficient in her duties, appar ently having but two alms in view one, the desire for more pay; two, a longing for closing time. Those two thoughts occupied all of her brain power, so there was no energy left for her duties. The little blonde had recommended a chum of hers, a nice-looking young lady, apparently - sweet dispositioned, with a face that bespoke intelligence, neither vain nor forward. When the blonde hired her she had said that per haps the place might be hers perma nently if she gave satisfaction, and she was cautioned as to various, pit falls and warned against certain guests inclined to be fresh. "If I were In your place," said the little blonde to her, "I would put all of my mind on the business during business hours; that is what you are paid for. You are not to be an autom aton, to sit there and take the money and mutter 'thank you' to the custom ers, meantime watching the clock for closing time. This will come quicker if you forget about it and keep your mind on your business. You will think your pay very small, but you will find the boss readv to Day more as you show a disposition to earn more; you will never get more by trying to see how little you can do. Try always to earn more than you get, and you will mighty soon find you are getting more than you earn. When you can come to feel that way. and live up to it, you will be a fixture in my old chair aa long as you choose to stay. As Miss Brown Eyes was thinking these' things over, and saying over and over to herself, "Blondie certainly gave me good advice, and I am going to do my level best to live up to it," the three poultrymen came in and were soon devouring their food at their ac customed table. "I see," said Bones, "that we are going to have a pretty fat ballot at the November election, some thirty or forty bills to vote on, besides the can didates. Which reminds me that our old friend Obsession had the thing down pretty pat when he said that the ordinary voter could not master the ballot sufficiently to vote Intelli gently, and was Just as likely to vote wrong as right." "Do you think Obsession was more fit to frame laws than those who have framed -these that we will find on the ballot in November?" queried Fat. "No," said Bones, "but the whole trouble is that men of the Obsession stamp have the same opportunity, if they have the price, to get an evil bill on the ballot as anybody has to get a commendable one on; and one is just about as liable to pass as an other." "I remember," remarked Veg, "that when the advocates of the initiative and referendum were haranguing the people in the campaign when we had It un for adoption or rejection that a good deal of stress was laid on the fact that the initiative was to te used only in cases where the Legislature failed to act. It was to be a sort of adjunct to and the referendum a brake on the Legislature. In other words. the initiative and referendum were to be the tail and the Legislature the dog. But it has turned out that the Legislature is the tail and the initia tive the dog." "It is too blamed hot to talk poli tics." chipped in Fat. "When the pot gets to boiling along in October we will take these matters up and see lr we can understand what we are going to vote on in November. In the mean time what do you fellows think about " "Hold on, just a moment while we are on this subject," said Bones. "It may be hot or it may be cool, just as a fellow gauges our temperature when compared with that of Alaska or with the cities of the East. ITp north peo ple are freezing, in New York and Chi cago thousands are dying with the heat; here it is a trifle warm, perhaps you might even say hot, during the lat ter part of the day. But it is never so warm at night that a fellow can't get a good night's rest and be fresh and rejuvenated in the morning, ready for a full day's work. So much for the weather. Now as to politics we have a campaign on about half the time. more than that In the cities, ana we have to work overtime to find where we are at and who is who and which is what or words to that tenor and ef fect "Here we have had the primaries and have made our nominations; so appar ently that part of the trouble is a thing of the past Now up bobs the. Bull Moose and his backers and say we must make more nominations. There is Bourne; he was nicely and decently and fairly defeated for the Senate and Sell ing nominated. And this was done by the direct primaries law, and Bourne has said over and over that the law and the people were on trial, and sup nnserllv the outcome of the primary election would settle the nominations. Now comes Bourne and says he will make another try to defeat Selling. Where in thunder are we at.' "Well." reolied Fat. "nobody seems to know Just how Bourne can get in the game again, but as a mend ot tne Bull Moose he will find- a way, a way which h will declare and proclaim is an upholding of the direct primaries law. If he fails to get on tne ucKei oy the next attempt why the campaign is young and he will find some other wav hefore November, even if he has to call an 'assembly to get a nomination." "Which reminds me, saia v eg, oi rirrnmstance that happened soon after Cleveland was elected to the Presiiinncr. Bier Tim Sullivan, ot xsew York, was then, I think a member of Congress. Tim went to the newly elected President and asked him to remove a certain Republican official and appoint as the successor a Demo cratic friend of his. 'But,' said Cleve land, 'the Constitution ot tne unuea States stands in the way.' 'What does the Constitution amount to among friends?' replied Tim." "There vou have it saia rat J. no direct primaries law was made to de feat iU enemies ana perpetuate us friends in office; what does it amount t if it r-annot keen Bourne in tne sen ate? Nothing. It is a dead failure if it cannot provide a way to defeat Sell ing and elect Bourne. Ana as ne nas tripd once for the nomination and failed, so he will try again. If he fails the second time he win doubtless una another opening before November comes, even if he has to resort to an as sembly for the nomination." Warning for Athletes. Washington (D. C.) Star. "What do you mean by laying hands on this young man.' asKeo- tne police man. "Why," replied Mr. Corntossel, them clothes " "That s all right, ile a a Marathon runner." "Excuse me. I thought he was walk- in" in his sleep." Wireless Telegraph In 186S. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Interest has been revived in the claims of Dr. Mahlon Loomis to the In vention of wireless telegraphy. July 30. 1872, he took out a patent for an in vention made in 1865, Involving, it Is now claimed, every principle of the present wireless telegraph. Congress granted him 150,000 in a special bill signed by Qeneral Grant in 1873, but he never received the money. The Tedjan Moose By Dean Collins, (Cribbed from Homer.) The wily Theodore, who strove to win A third term breach the White House walls within. When from Chicago fled his bird of hope. Mixed up a new line of strategic dope: "I'll boldly fashion' for my campaign use To win inside the walls, a great Bull Moose; In its vast frame I'll hide my trusty men. Toss my bandana to the breeze again And from its back proclaim myself the one Destined to put the Int'rests on the run. Friend of the masses, he who hath the pills That hold the cure for all the publlo ills; And when the people hear my lusty shout Hailing me as their savior, beyond doubt They'll rally round me with triumphant roar, And shove the Moose right through the White House door. Thus, with no check, I and my bunch shall glide. Shoved by adoring masses to th' inside. Truly my scheme," he chortled in his Joy, "Will be a horse on the wood horse of Troy." Oh! Fates perverse, who with stern "Nix!" and "Not!" High hopes of earthly heroes ofttimes swat With loving hands the great symbolic Moose Was framed, and on the breezes was turned loose Great Teddy's flat, ringing far and wide; "Let those who love to serve me get inside." La Follette heard the cry and Cummins, too, Borah was told by Teddy what to do; And other heroes heard the rallying call But shook their heads and never crawled a crawl; And though, full stern, he bade them make the switch, The great Moose stood, still hollow. In the ditch. Still hollow, said I? Not entirely so. Pinchot was there, with eagerness to go; Dixon and Johnson Joined the sturdy crew. And to the rescue FUnn and Munsey flew. And if one listened carefully, I ween. The clicking of a harvester machine. From the dark cavity a clew turned loose As to the motive power of the Moose. Then from the great Jaws of the statue broke. As though a Delphic oracle had spoke. The sharp stage whisper of the plot ters: "Ted, We're ready, open up and go ahead But do be careful, lest the poople's eyes. Prying about may lead them to get wise To who's inside if so. It is a cinch They'll never shove the bally brute an inoh." Portland, July 23. Half a Century Ag3 From The Oregonian of July 24, 1862. Florence, July 11. Many claims here continue to pan out rich. Kim ball & Reid took out of their claim on ir:,1 '- ' I . ,t,A nthaf Aav 1 nlinRAR. .11 1 1 It J s V. 1 I. n ..... J - . and have averaged about 30 pounds per week, ana aDout uuu uuhudb nn.w no., taken from the claim above expenses. . . u in.,.Aa mtn,B nnd in- deed all professions and nearly all races are represent iu uio ,,,..io. mw- of all classes I believe the lawyers do the least work. Springfield, Mo., July 17. An expedi tion under command of Major Miller artofkAH thn combined forces of Rains, Coffee, Hunter, Hawthorne and Tracy, lcnrt ttrnnir eitrht miles bevond Fay- etteville, Ark., Tuesday morning, com pletely routing tnem wtin neavy io. Our force did not exceed 600. Washington, July 14. In Congress today a message was received from the D...M.nt .nrlnHlnfr And earnestlv rec- a Kilt fnr tha rnm nensa tion umiiiciiuiiiii ... - - . " of state which may abolish slavery. tit.- wmIbv Gnnnell has been In this ..)... f. CDv..ri 1 HsiVA nARt llH Vlll K DUT- sued a couple of horsethieves from Olympla to this place. The play at the theater last night . y.rtn a hiA. Air. John Wood. in his comical character of Crepln in "The Wonderful woman, was aeciu edly the best thing we have seen on .ki. E,op whiia Mi un Belle Devine sus tained her character as Hortense, or the ambitious widow, aamiraDiy. im singing of Miss Belle Devine was truly excellent The resolution to create the rank ol t : . . (i:a..rol to ha conferred by Hm-trot nniv. nn the moat meritorious officer of the war, has passed. Naming; the New Party. O Antrtnl, TATO R TCmrASa. "What name will Roosevelt's party bear The anxious voter cries, "Without a name that creature rare Too mlp-ht not recocrnize. It cannot be Republlcrat Nor yet Democracan, mats nai; Perhaps the Party of the Hat Would be about its size. The title Monopopulist Sounds like the very thing; It might be called the Fuss-and-Fist, Or else the BlngbangDing. Orlet it show the Roosevelt ways In one concise and compact phrase Until itB members, full of praise. Proclaim it as The Rlngl The An timalef actor bluff Suggests a fitting name; The Bull Moose isn't big enough ryu n Maatnnnn thr. AA Tn ol ! The Oysterettes might fill the bill In honor of his aomiciie, Although this man of mighty will Says oysters are not game. 'Ho, Ormsby! Perkins! wily lads Tirv. - nI4iai4 Tvi a wronsr. VY III, no .... . . u. What say you to the Teddytads nd.l and AtrOnkT? AO ucuig " " . - " r Or why not raise our clarion shout Below the title lnanaout: There Is the theme, without a doubt. To make a campaign song. "No, wait! my loving subjects, wait! I have the name for ye. It's bully! fine! de-llghtful! great! 'Twill suit the people free; It's short and pointed, snapp. clear, A word to split the atmosphere. Let the new party now appear With Its nt uuiiie, mo A Breath of Politics. Chicago Record-Herald. "I dreamed last night that I had Just made $1,000,000." "How did you dream you made it?" "By owning the bar In a big hotel that had been selected as political head quarters during a convention week." Triumph of Hat WearlnK. London Chronicle. Ten years ago Rev. Thomas Smith, vicar of Greenhill, Harrow, England, resolved not to wear a hat until the debt on his church was paid off. He is now wearing his hat again.