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FOBTLAND. THURSDAY. AUG. 89. 1913.
THE MATTER WITH 18.
The remarkable report of the vice
commission kindled a fire in Portland
that has raged with unabated fury
through, several stirring days. The
Governor has undertaken to remove
the District Attorney, stimulate the
city administration to effective action,
and show the Sheriff wherein his duty
lies. The District Attorney stands pat,
the Sheriff stands aloof, and the city
administration stands in with the
Governor. The Governor says the Dis
trict Attorney is to fclame, the District
Attorney says the Mayor, the police
and the City Attorney are to blame,
the Sheriff thinks there Is nobody to
blame, and the public has pretty near,
ly made up its mind that everybody
concerned is to blame. It is a fine
merry-go-round of crimination ana
recrimination, accusation and counter
accusation. The Oregonlan will not pass Judg
ment on Governor West's motives in
vi. .miDaA tA ripftn un Portland. It
is inclined to say that any agency or
instrumentality that win Dring aooui
better social or moral conditions is
entitled to commendation and sup
port. But it cannot be blind to the
fact that the Governor's legal author
ity for his unprecedented action is
exceedingly doubtful, and it has no
confidence that there will be any more
permanent result to the present theat
rical campaign than to other such af
fairs. The Oregonlan thinks the
Governor of Oregon has no right to
remove any District Attorney even a
District Attorney who ought to be re
moved by his mere fiat or in any
other extra-constitutional manner. But
it thinks he ought to have that right
The people of Oregon exercised
their sovereign power in 1910 to pass
an Initiative amendment to the state
constitution expressly declaring that
"there shall be no impeachment" of
public officers, but that they shall be
tried for incompetence, malfeasance,
corruption or delinquency, in the crim
inal courts and under the common
criminal procedure, a verdict of guilty
carry-in, removal and such other pen
alties as may be provided. There it is,
as clear and plain as day. The old
constitutional method of impeachment
and trial by a formal proceeding be
fore the Legislature is superseded by
trial of any accused public official in
the courts. When this important
amendment was pending. The Orego
nlan said the Governor should be
vested with power to suspend any pub
lic officer thus brought to the bar;
but of course under the Oregon ini
tiative, any change or revision, how
ever wise or practicable or necessary,
is impossible at the time the act is
under public consideration.
The formal charge made by Gover
nor West against District Attorney
Cameron that he failed to make a de
sired report to the executive in answer
to a request for information is highly
technical and even trivial; but of
course it was the only port available
for the Governor in the general
storm. The other charge that Cam
eron Is inefficient and delinquent in his
failure or refusal to do his duty is
grave, and. if true, justifies the Gov
ernor's demand for the District Attor
ney's head. That the District Attor
ney has not been efficient is matter
of common opinion; that he has been
deliberately delinquent it is for the
Governor to prove.
But why is the District Attorney se
lected as the particular object of Gov
ernor West's Augean activities? Is
District Attorney Cameron primarily
responsible for the scarlet derelictions
of Portland? Did he put the common
women in the disorderly houses, and is
it up to him to drive them out? Or is
Sheriff Stevens to be held accountable
for the midnight revels of the tender
loin? What about the Mayor? What
about the Chief of Police? What
about the City Attorney? What
about the primary obligation of the
municipal administration to care for
the peace and order of the city?
There is a large number of policemen
In Portland, and there is a Chief of
Police who knows, and knew long be
fore the Vice Commission was ever
heard of, exactly what is the matter
in Portland. There is a Mayor upon
whom rests the particular duty of en
forcing the municipal ordinances
against' all offenders, and of directing
his police department in all Its activi
ties and policies. Mayor Rushlight
and Chief of Police Slover have wel
comed the assistance of the Governor
in his moral invasion, and have asked
merely to be shown. The Governor
really ought to show them. If he suc
ceeds, or if he fails, the public will
then know exactly where to fix the
responsibility.
Meanwhile, The Oregonian suggests
to Governor West an impartial inves
tigation of the causes blameable here
for divided authority, defiant fcfflclals,
careless guardianship, gross vice,
growing criminality. Let us expose
the root of the whole trouble
whether it be an increasing forgetful
ness of the elemental virtues, or a
widespread resentment against the re
straints of public authority, or notori
ous tenderness about the punishment
of lawbreakers, or merely too much
politics and too many demagogues.
Perhaps all together, and more, will
show what is the matter with us.
TARIFF ISSCE DEFINED.
Vndoubtedly the leading issue in the
present campaign will be the tariff,
more especially in its bearing on the
trusts. Each party adheres to its tra
ditional policy, but both have modified
their position in a considerable degree.
The Republicans and the seceders from
that party now admit that many du
ties are too high and have committed
themselves to a definite measure of
protection and to the breaking of that
vicious circle which has hitherto
thwarted all efforts at substantial re
vision downwards. The Democrats,
through their candidate for President,
have abandoned their demand for im
mediate reduction to a revenue basis
and have substituted the plan of grad
ual reduction to that level, adopting
from their opponents the plan of
schedule revision.
Each policy will be judged accord-
ins; to the interpretation given it by
Its sponsors in the last two sessions
of Congress. The Nation as a whole,
with the exception of the few bene
ficiaries of the present exorbitant tar
iff and those who superstitiously re
peat their old shibboleth of protection
to American labor, demands reduction
not a mere pecking at a duty here
and there but substantial reduction
practically all along the line." To
meet this demand. President Taft has
defined the measure of protection as
the difference in cost of production in
the United States and foreign coun
tries plus a reasonable profit to the
American, the facts on which action
should be based to be ascertained by
an impartial board. He has obtained
reports on the paper, wool and cotton
schedules. Congress has passed a bill
dealing with paper, which he has ap
proved. Ignoring the Tariff Board s
reports on wool and cotton, and with
out awaiting reports on steel, sugar
and chemicals, the Democrats have
compromised with the Progressive Re
publicans and reduced these schedules
to a greater degree than the Republi
can policy would Justify,. knowing full
well that Taft would veto their bills.
In so doing, the Democrats and their
Republican allies have been actuated
by a desire to "put Taft in a hole" and
to make a show of appeasing the
clamor for reduction. Being com
promises, their bills were mere make
shifts. For whichever party gains
control of Congress and the Presi
dency at the coming election would
almost surely have revised these
schedules again, had they become law.
It is. therefore, for the voters to
decide which policy they prefer and
to place the entire administration in
the hands of the party which will pur
sue that policy. If they are resolved
definitely to abandon the protective
policy, let them place the Presidency,
Senate and House, all, in the hands
of the Democrats. If they prefer to
retain the- protective policy, as modi
fied by Taft and the Republican plat
form, let them give the Republicans
as complete control. If they are dis
posed to entrust to the new party the
execution of the same policy, accom
panied by a promise in some way to
ensure that a share of the benefits of
protection shall be passed on by the
employer to the workmen, they will
place power in the hands of the man
who during his seven and a half years
as President persistently ignored the
tariff.
DOING THE RIGHT THING.
Mr. Dan Kellaher, promiscuous can
didate, knows now where he stands
with his fellow Bull Moosers. The
Progressive State Central Committee
unanimously demands that he retire as
Republican candidate for Presidential
elector. The committee desires to
make the issue clear. It wants all
votes for Mr. Roosevelt to be obtained
fairly and honestly. It will not toler
ate or countenance trickery or misrep
resentation, or straddling, or confisca
tion, or any other kellaherism. It has
Mr. Kellaher on its hands, and it will
make the most of the situation. But
It will interfere with Kellaher in his
m-and srhfmd of taking everything In
sight by professing allegiance to one
party and getting all tne joos ne can
from another.
The Roosevelt Progressive organiza
tion Is to be congratulated for its clear
nawtaniinn f th issue and for its
straightforward declaration for honest
warfare. If Taft carries the state he
is entitled to five votes in the electoral
college. If Roosevelt carries the state,
he is entitled to five votes in the elec
toral rnllee-e. So with Wilson. Each
candidate Is therefore justified in de
mand ns- that the candidates lor elec
tor represent his interest and stand for
his election.
Thp nuhlin wants fair Dlav. and it
will be glad to see Kellaher assigned
to the party to wnicn ne Deiongs. aui
Kellaher will not be. To him party is
nn lurAnrv for personal and political
preferment, and a means of self-ex
ploitation.
DONT FORGET SOUTH BEND.
Portland should be well represented
at the convention of the Southwest
Washington Development Association
at South Bend. The close ties of busi
ness and nelghborliness which have
always existed between that section
and the Oregon metropolis are drawn
tighter by participation In such gath
erings. Portland has both a senti
mental and a business interest in help
ing along the development of the coun
try north of the Columbia and west of
the Cascades, for it is our natural
business territory, as completely so as
any section of Oregon. Whatever pro
motes the upbuilding of that country
and of its thriving cities promotes also
the prosperity of Portland.
The cities of Puget Sound are keenly
alive to this fact and are more assidu
ous than ever in their attentions to
the Southwesterners. They have been
trying to win away the cities of Gray's
Harbor and Wlllapa Harbor from their
business alliance with Portland, and
they are more earnest than ever in
their endeavors as those cities grow.
Tacoma and Seattle will surely be well
represented at South Bend. Portland
should not allow herself to be outdone.
A PORTLAND-TO-THB-8EA HIGHWAY.
An organization under the name of
the Columbia Boulevard Association
was formed last year for the purpose
of building a first-class highway from
Portland to Seaside. Not much head
way was made the first season except
in awakening an interest in the" proj
ect. But it may be said that at the
present time all of the points along
the proposed route, and all of the
owners of contiguous and adjacent
property, are taking a deep interest in
the movement. On Monday next. La
bor day, there will be a meeting of
the association at Gearhart, and near
ly every commercial club and other
civic organization between here and
the place of meeting will be represent
ed. It is to be hoped Portland will
send a large delegation.
There is a sort of road now which
is passable in good weather, and It was
expected that several automobile par
ties would go to Seaside over this
road. But even the light rains of the
last day or two will make this impos
sible. Under good weather conditions
the trip of 135 miles could be made
in a day by machine, and it is said to
be a most delightful drive, one that
would appeal to auto owners as one of
the finest of scenic trips. That such
a slight rainfall should make the route
all but impassable shows the necessity
of doing something to better present
conditions.
At the meeting Monday Mr. Samuel
Hill will be the principal speaker.
Perhaps there is no man in the coun
try better qualified to handle the road
question. If the business men of
Portland, the owners of land along the
route and the citizens of the various
towns along the way could be made to
understand the great factor such a
road would be in the development of
the country, increasing of land values
and building up of business interests,
some scheme could be ' developed at
this meeting to finance the deal forth
with. Lacking such Interest, there
ought to be enough shown to make a
united start towards placing the proj
ect on the way to fulfillment.
FIRST STRAWS.
The. first straws showing how the
political wind blows win be rouna
Vermont and Maine. The Green
Mountain state holds its state election
on September 3. to be followed
MsItia nn SpntAmhpr 9. TTncertaintv
increased by the fact that In Vermont
the wind may blow any of three ways,
as the Progressives have a full state
ticket in the field..
In the state election of 1908 in Ver
mont the Democrats Dolled 15.953
votes to 45,598 for the Republicans.
Their success hinges on the extent to
which they can draw Republican votes
anil nn thn approach to evenness in the
division of hitherto Republican voters
between the Republican ana irogres
fzivA nnrtlAA Mnnsev's Boston Jour
nal admits that the Progressives will
not gain Dy detection to tneir rau
from the Democrats, but it also says
that the latter party can expect little
more than Its regular vote. ine
Springfield Republican says the pres
ent signs are that "with a united Dem
ocracy, the Republicans will divide
with sufficient evenness to make the
result in doubt and throw the election
into the Legislature." A large Re
publican defection to the Progressives,
together with an unusually large vote
for the Prohibitionist candidate, who,
o master of the State Grange, may
draw heavily on the 20,000 members of
that organization, might give the Dem
nxrsta n riiimlftv and the Governor
ship. The inroads of the Progressives
on the Republican ranks win be ad
vanced by the disappearance of the
old leaders, by the farmers' anger over
Canadian reciprocity and by the
strength of the Roosevelt cult. The
Progressive candidate Is said to bo
sure of over 10.000 votes, and Roose
velt is throwing his forces into the
state in the hoDe that he will make
such a showing as to influence the re
sult in other states.
Mains which Is under complete
nmrHi control, has no Progres
sive state ticket, the Republicans and
Roosevelt men getting togetner wun
some friction under a flag of truce un
til after the state election. A corre
spondent of the New York Evening
Post expresses the opinion tnat, dui ror
the appearance of the Bull Moose, the
Republicans would have returned to
their own this year. In William T.
Haines they have a candidate whom
the Post pronounces a capable business
man, a good lawyer and a good mixer.
His election depends on the extent to
which normally Republican voters are
prompted to vote the Democratic tick
et by a survival of the disgruntiement
which caused the Democratic victory
nt lam on hv the discontent of which
the Progressive party is the outward
evidence. Among the Representatives
in Congress, McGillicuddy, Democrat,
is said to have a fight on his hands,
though the betting favors him. The
re-election of Hinds, Republican, is
nredicted. Defeat of Gould, Democrat,
seems probable, as he has a strong
rival in a district normally veiy u
ily Republican, and Guernsey, Repub
lican, will have little difficulty in se
curing re-election in a district also
heavily Republican. The legislature,
iL-hixn is to elect a successor to Senator
Gardner, is said to be clearly in doubt.
Burleigh, who was nominatea ior sen
ator by the Republicans at tb,e first
state primary, is styled the best poli
tician Maine has had since Blaine.
After the state election the nag oi
truce will be destroyed. Republicans
and Progressives will fight the more
fiercely from having been held in
leash. The Bull Moose is said to be
surprisingly strong in Maine and is
aided by the reciprocity Issue.
Those who wish to Judge how the
election is likely to go In November
had better watch Vermont and Maine,
particularly Vermont. Those states
will give them a line on the East, at
least.
GETTING RICH BY WRITING.
The story that James Whitcomb
Riley is fabulously rich turns. out not
to be true. He has himself denied it.
This will be a sad disappointment to
multitudes, for there is no fancy more
lovingly cherished by that large frac
tion of the public which aspires to
literary fame than the conviction that
writing books, especially books of
poetry, is a short and rapid path to
enormous wealth. Modern Instances
confirm the delusion. There is George
Ade. who owns a baronial estate and a
palatial dwelling in Indiana which is
the goal of pilgrims and politicians by
the score. There is Richard Harding
Davis, who has made so much money
by his pen that he voyaged across the
Atlantic in a first-class cabin for noth
ing more than to carry-a note to his
lady love and who not many years
afterward had enough left to carry
on a divorce suit against the same
beloved being. There is Kipling, who
seems to buy land and houses wher
ever his whimsical fancy dictates and
who stands ready at any moment to
raise and pay an army to defend the
British Empire from the Huns who
Inhabit Berlin.
Nor are we limited to modern times
if we wish to find instances of poets
who have rolled in gold. Walter Scott
was a poet, or passed for one, In his
younger days before he found out how
much better it paid to write novels.
He actually became a millionaire. The
fact that he gave most of his money
to pay debts he had not made 'does
not militate against the inference we
draw from his career that authorship
may make a man rich. . Whether it
often does or does not is another ques.
tion. Byron made a good deal of
money by his poems which were popu
lar in direct proportion to their wick
edness. But coupled with him there
Is the contradictory instance of Shel
ley, whose vastly superior songs never
sold for enough to pay for printing.
The unspeakably dull Tupper made
more money by his pen than Words
worth, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward and
Marie Corelll earn incomparably great
er sums than Mr. Howells does. What
are we to infer from facts like these?
Be dull and you will be rich? Per
haps. And yet, alas, we have known
dull persons who were as poor as any
genius in the world.
An obscure author who had man
aged to earn a comfortable fortune
by writing books published an anony
mous account of his career in one of
the magazines not long ago. He gave
the reader to understand at the outset
that he had always Intended to write
a great novel some time or other, but
had never "got around' to do it. He
wrote, some years ago, two or three
which he supposed were great, but no
publisher would accept them. Baffled
in this direction, he turned his pen to
humbler efforts and began to produce
"potboilers." These books were very
modest indeed. They were primarily
intended for the delectation of kitchen
maids and Summer boarders .at the
seaside and they reached their aim.
Consequently they sold well and
brought in highly desirable returns
both to author and publisher. There
is little doubt that, with some brilliant
exceptions, really profitable author
ship does not concern itself "with liter
ature. The books which pay well are
novels which sell by the million to the
underworld, and scientific treatises
which maintain a steady standing for
two or three generations. A success
ful history is one of the most remu
nerative books a person can write
Publishers depend more for financial
stability upon a goodly array of sound,
stodgy volumes on medicine, philos
ophy and economics than they do
upon novels, though now and then a
novel appears which makes the for
tune of both author and publisher.
Evidently there are many more re
liable ways of getting rich than by
producing literature. The stage is no
doubt more remunerative than writing
books, but the chance of making a
successful play is hardly one in ten
thousand. It is about as safe to spec
ulate in Wall street as in the theater.
The receipt for making a comfort
able living by literature is to wrte a
steady stream of books year after year,
beginning in youth and never stopping
as long as the pen will wag. In this
way a person" will gradually acquire
forty or fifty copyrights which will
brine in a pleasant total annually
even If none of them happens to be
an Eldorado. A good novel usually
sells moderately well long after it has
ceased to stir up excitement in the
periodicals. There are readers who
still buy "The Lamplighter," for in
stance. "The Scottish Chiefs" ana
Thaddeus of Warsaw" probably sell
about as well as they ever did, though
probably nine persons out of every
ten who read this never heard of
either of them. The point to be kept
in mind is that the reading world
grows larger every year. Fifty years
ago It was a restricted circle. Now it
includes pretty nearly everybody,
though it can hardly be said that
everybody reads books of artistic
merit. Even our 'ignorant foreign
ers" are by no means ignorant of
books, whatever may be the state of
their political knowledge. The Swedes,
for example, are great readers and so
are the Bohemians. Immigrants from
Finland sometimes scandalize native
Americans by their outlandish ways,
but it is a mistake to despise
their intelligence. They are far more
advanced in methods of co-operation
than most Americans. They are fa
miliar with woman suffrage from
their home Institutions and as a rule
they are fond of literature. Finnish
settlers in certain regions not far from
Portland have taken united action in
favor of good roads which might
teach a lesson to some descendants Of
the Pilgrims and they have built 'so
cial centers" where they carry on a
community life which is enviably ac
tive. When Americans speak of "the
reading public" they should not forget
the thousands of people living in this
country who have not learned Eng
lish but who provide a market ior
books and newspapers printed In doz
ens of different tongues. It would
broaden the Ideas of many a citizen
to run through the shelves of foreign
books in the public library. There are
a great many of them and hardly one
can be found which is not grimy with
the marks of hardworking thumbs.
Tf ia niaacant to learn that there will
be no relaxation of effort to bring the
endowment runa or w niameiie uni
versity up to the million mark. It
now lacks but $100,000 of that sum,
and this comparatively small sum
tvtlv subscribed. Ore
gon has many thrifty Methodists who
will be proud to help place tneir um
position of unhampered
utility. We expect to hear in a day or
two that the deficiency in tne endow
ment has been subscribed several
times over.
Perhnna those German scientists err
somewhat in saying that Chicago and
New York are not representative of
the United States. Their purpose is to
seek the genuine life of the Nation in
the rural sections, but we rear mey
mav nor find it there. No doubt there
is where it ought to -be, but the coun
try has lost so mucn oi its oesi oioou
t the cities that rural life in many
sections Is sadly Impoverished. Good
roads, the parcels post, co-operative
murketiner. will bring better condi
tions when they finally come.
Tne nature of Emoeror William's
illness is ominous. His father's began
,,-uk tT-onhie in the elands of the neck
and proceeded rapidly to a fatal ter
mination. William seems to nave re
covered somewhat from his attack and
f course everybody hopes tnere win
be no recurrence. He is a vigorous
man of exemplary life. His habits are
ImDle and his daily fare naruy. i nis
all counts In his favor.
Afr Genres Rodeers, of Salem, has
heen thinkine. it is said, of running for
Congress on the Bull Moose ticket.
That's the right ticket ior nam u ne
should decide to go into the contest
But very likely he will not go in, which
would be a decision showjng Mr.
Rodgers' great prudence.
t .,!. nf the fact that Prohibltion-
,, '"There is death in the CUD."
how can they say that liquor Increases
the cost of living r Accoraing to ma-i
theory, it increases the frequency of
dying.
Another American Cardinal is a step
toward more equal distribution of
mail honors, lustified and almost de
manded by the great Roman Catholic
population of this country.
Representative Mann's opinion of
Democratic performance may be
summed up in the words: "What was
good was not original ana wnat was
original was bad."
rr.. on nrhom nothlne but an on-
for annendicitis will induce to
reveal a secret would make an ideal
official for a trust
Did Wilson feel complimented when
told of his facial resemblance to the
English statesman who was iormeriy
known as "Brummagem Joe"?
The President who can hit hard and
straight at golf is not much perturbed
by the bellowing of the bull moose.
niv a thoueht today to General
Booth for the good work he has done.
Stars and Star-Makers
Br Leone Caaa Baer.
Now that Lucia Lottie Collins has
gone from our midst and is headlining
the Pantages bill in Seattle, It is inter
esting if homely to remember that
when the elder Collins party, Lucia
Lottie's ma. struck the Ta-ra-ra-boom
de-a ditty that made her name and
fortune she was washing clothes. She
jumped over a washtub into $800 a
week in the London music halls.
Cathrine Countiss says that in a year
or two she is coming back to Portland,
buy herself a house and a motor car,
settle down, have children and a dra
matic school. There's certainly a great
field for a dramatic school in the Pa
cific Northwest and no one of our
younger actresses is better fitted to
direct such an institution than is Miss
Countiss. . Remember, she was an elo
cution teacher for three years before
she adopted the professional stage.
This, with her apprenticeship, as she
calls it, in stock, together with her
road tour work, have given her a won
derful working knowledge of the re
quirements of students In dramatic art.
She will maintain a booking agency in
connection with the school, which will
greatly facilitate engagement-getting
for aspiring vaudevillians and legits.
Maude Hanaford is at the Portland
Hotel, pending the outcome of her di
vorce suit against her non-actor hus
band in Los Angeles. Later Miss
Hanaford goes to New York.
William Baseball Pangle, not to be
outdone bv Georee L. Baker, has con
tributed a daughter to the theatrical
world. Her name is Miss Phebe B.
Beebe. which sounds like one of those
"iv it real ouick" lines. Phebe B.
verv small and dainty and blonde. She
eats cake and chokes in the children
scene with Miss Countiss in "Her Ow:
Wq v " On the onenlne nlKht sh
dropped her cake on the lovely ciean.
floor and then picked It up and went
on uilne It. Her horrified mother, for-
nttina- that stasre ethics comes before
home training, expostulated witn miss
Phebe B., whose other name is r ior-
once "Well " said tne small aciresa
"I had a piece of 'business' with that
cfce and If I didn't eat it l couion i
choke, could IT' It was this same dam
sel, who suggested that they be al
lowed to "rehearse with real ice cream
so they could get used to eating it."
When W. H. Thompson, who is at
the Ornheum in "An Object Lesson,
appeared in Portland for the first time
In 1882, W. A. Brady, now the cele
brated play-producer, was his dressing
room boy. It was Brady's lot to help
dress Thompson for the stage. Thomp
son "discovered" Brady when the youth
was a "peanut butcher" on a train at
San Francisco. Thompson came here
with the Frohman stock company from
the old California. Theater in ban ran
oieco and appeared here in repertoire.
one of his plays being "The Red Pocket-
book." In the same company wun mm
were TTonrv Miller. Viola Allen, May
Robson, William Faversham and Isabel
Irving (Mrs. Thompson), every one of
whom has reached stellar eminence.
rtovM Warfleld. now considered as one
of the world's most famous actors, was
a "super" for Thompson in San Fran
cisco and Jim Corbett, once the cham
pion pugilist of the world, served un
der him In the' same capacity. corneii
then wns a vouth and was champion
of the Olympic Club, of San Franciscc.
Thompson tells how he, not Knowing
his "super's" prowess as a boxer, told
the stage manager he would kick Cor
bett downstairs if he did not quit his
.. ,.o.hn.st on the staee in playing nis
share of the mob in "Siberia." Corbett
thereupon apologized to Thompson.
Now that incident is the subject
,- e-r.chamnlon's best after-dinner
story. Thompson recalls how, in his
. visit to Portland, the town was
over the arrival of a number of
big Englishmen who, as members of a
syndicate, had come to .Portland to in
vest They were entertained at the
h.ter at which Thompsons company
was appearing. They departed with
out purchasing an men oi ine mresi
.hot surrounded the hamlet Thomp
son declares young Portland was cha
grined for weeks over the Britons iau
ure to read the future of the growing
village. .
cun.u Avres left Sunday evening for
-.vind In the party accompanying
him were Rhea Mitchell, who is to play
as his leading woman in the sKetcn.
The Call of the Wild": Myrtle Lang-
ford and Roy Clements, both of whom
hov. imnortant roles. The sKetcn win
open in Oakland, going afterwards, to
Winnipeg and worKlng racinc uoasi
ward. It will play in Portland at the
Orpheum early in October.
Tohn fort, 'who has been rusticating
for the past two months on his farm
n.ir Seattle, has gone to New York
and will at once take up his work in
connection with a number or new pro
ductions he will make. "C. O. D.," a
farce by Frederic Chapin, will be his
nrodnctlon. He will then present
Lina Abarbanell In a new comic opera.
Miss Princess." "The Gipsy," Dy rixiey
and Luders, authors of "The Prince of
Pilsen." is also slated for an eariy pro
iliii.tiAn and several other plays will
see the light before the end of the year.
Mr. Cort's two New York theaters, the
rwt nd the Illington. will oe dedi
cated about the middle of November,
and his Boston house, the cort, is to
open December 1.
a
Charley Gunn has ended a two years'
engagement with the Alcazar stock in
San Francisco and has gone to New
York to be in at rollcall for some new
Play- ....
Alice Hegen Rice, author of "Mrs.
Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and
other stories and plays, and her hus
band, Cal Young Rice, who have been
spending several days in San Francisco,
sailed last Saturday for the Orient
They will spend several weeks in China
and Japan, whence they will go to
India. . ...
Julia Dean, who was last here with
Nance O'Neil in "The Lily" and" who is
a Coast girl, comes in October in
"Bought and Paid For,' at the Heilig.
We are to have Marguerite Clark in
"Baby Mine", soon. She is playing in
San Francisco at the Cort Just now.
Marguerite was last here In the mu
sical comedy. "Woodland."
s
"The Mikado," possessed of life eter
nal, with its Joyous satire and spark
ling fun comes next week. De Wolf
Hopper is Ko Ko and our old friend
and Portlander, Arthur Cunningham,
is Pish Tush.
Alice Patek, the new ingenue with
the Baker stock company, is the young
daughter of Alfred Patek, one-time
manager of the Denver Post
SOCIALISTS HAVE FALLING OUT
Factional Split Stirs l'p Ranks, Reports
Mr. Wells.
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (To the Edi
tor.) The Socialists these days are
giving us an inspiring example of that
glorious harmony and unruffled uni
versal brotheriqod which is to prevail
when they ge tto the saddle and in
augurate ths:i inium by establishing
the "co-onfr ymmonweaIth."
Do yaSptriJ t there is a most
acrimonious: i rsy raging in the
ranks Jbjf ,.tha '4 of incorruptible
world -pavers-VanV tlce-regenerators?
Who would HaveVsjought possible
that shai'p-piActice rind trickery could
find a placamong'' these righteous
and perfectNf!ed beings? Yet here
are the"facts to show how the angels
of economic and social light have fallen
from their rhigh estate and are acting
just like ordinary office-hungry politi
cians contrary to all the pretentious
claims of the shouting street-corner
propagandist who has often frothed at
the mouth irt telling of the baseness of
the "capitalist class" and shed crocodile
tears In cataloguing the woes of the
oppressed, but ever blameless and up
right "working class," whose self-appointed
champion he professes to be.
Some months ago J. Mahlon Barnes
resigned as' National secretary under
charges of irregularities in conducting
his office. But his resignation did not
prevent his being nominated at the Na
tional Socialist convention by Morris
Hillquit, of New York City, as cam
paign manager for Eugene Debs. The
anti-Barnes men now claim he was put
into office by trickery, and Debs de
clares he does not want him for man
ager and will not take much of an
active Interest in the campaign of
Barnes does not quit his job.
The Barnes-Hillqult men retort by
saying that the former's selection as
campaign manager was no more of an
example of trickery or a frame-up than
the Debs nomination for President. In
fact they say that Debs knew in ad
vance that he was to be named, when
Barnes had no idea of having the job
of campaign manager offered him. All
this is in the approved political style of
mutual recrimination.
Barnes says he has gone right ahead
organizing the work of the campaign,
despite the opposition to him. But
Debs is sulking in his tent and declar
ing that the party will lose thousands
of votes if Barnes is retained as man
ager. Hillquit replies by pointing out
that Debs' opposition to the American
Federation of Labor will cause the loss
of even more. The enterprising Mr.
Barnes has lost no time in calling for
a big campaign fund of $500,000 to
be handled by him and to be raised by
the simple and speedy process of having
each member of the Socialist party
donate one-fourth of a week's wage to
tbe cause.
A motion to recall Barnes has been
submitted to the party locals, but the
Barnes crowd claims it smacks of more
trickery and was made by a local in
Texas of doubtful standing. Naturally
they are using this argument for all
it is worth.
On account of this internal dissen
sion the party is rather short of en
thusiasm. The attempt to oust Barnes
by the cumbersome Socialist machinery
is going to take some time, and what
ever the outcome may be. it will take
a month or more to remove the sore
ness. By that time the best part of
the Presidential campaign will be over
with. Thus it will be seen that there
Is a good deal of a muddle In the
affairs of this party and things are
pretty much at a standstill compared
to 1908. There isn't much talk of a
"Red Special" this aear, and the
$500,000 fund seems to be materializing
very tardily. GEORGE WELLS.
HOW IOWA IS ABOLISHING VICE
Injunction and Abatement LatT De
scribed by Mr. Lee.
PORTLAND, Aug. 28. (To the Edi
tor.) Do we really want to abolish
the social evil in this city and in Ore
gon in general, together with its at
tendant evil, the white slave traffic?
If we do, it can be done by adopting
what is known as the injunction and
abatement law now in force in Iowa.
This law applied to owners of houses
of ill-fame, and may also be extended
to gambling resorts. It works effi
ciently and surely, and has a great
advantage over the ordinary law of
criminal proceedings.
Any citizen can institute nrtion. Two
trials are possible against the accused,
first, when a petition is made for tem
porary injunction, and second, when the
permanent injunction is sought. If
twice acquitted, the complaining citizen
mav appeal the whole matter to the
State Supreme Court, where the evi
dence is reviewed and penalty may
be imposed there. Thus there are three
chances for conviction. In the succes
sive nuisance injunction, too, subse
quent violations may be introduced as
evidence, where as in criminal proceed
ings this may not be done.
The general reputation of the place
is also accepted as evidence. If any
citizen is able to establish the exist
ence of the nuisance, the court must
inot may) permanently enjoin the oc
cupants, the inmates, the owners and
the property itself, abate the nuisance
by confiscating the furniture, closing
the building and placing a lien or juu
against the property to be collected In
the same manner as taxes.
This law brings the respectable own
er who is operating or leasing under
legal cover, directly into the open, and
makes any exorbitant rent he might
have the chance of collecting no induce
ment to give over the use of his build
ing for immoral purposes.
Such a law is one or ine srenicsi
blows ever, struck at the white slave
traffic, which is a necessary concom
itant of the social evil. It gives every
citizen a weapon with which he can
defy corrupt officials, and ft has prac
tically abolished open, public, commer
cialized vice in Iowa. C. F. LEE.
134 Eighteenth street.
RUSHLIGHT AND CAMERON BLAMED
Incompetence of Officials Justifies West
Crusade, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, Aug. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Now that the reports are flying
hither and thither as to what the Gov
ernor will do. what the present Dis
trict Attorney will do and what effect
all this will have on the city, let us
stop for a moment of reflection and so
ber thought
Who can blame the Governor? Every,
body knows that this city has gotten
completely away from the city offi
cials, and the element that has no re
gard for law has held high carnival
for some time past Certain it is that
this city cannot continue as it has been
going for a year past. Sooner or later
it is sure to go to pieces. Who, then,
can lav blame on the Governor for
stepping In and putting things in order?
Six months more or sucn a cny gov
ernment as we have had for the past
year would wreck this city.
Two months after Mayor Rushlight
took office 'he had lost control of about
every department of the city, and since
that time the city has been getting
worse until now It seems as though we
had no city administration whatever.
The Council is at outs, the laws are not
enforced, and the various executive
heads are having their own sweet way.
In fact they have had their own sweet
way for months past, and have had it to
the extent that the city government has
gone to pieces. The Mayor has done
little 'or nothing to exercise a con
trolling influence, which is the direct
cause of all this strife.
There are three men wno snouia
never again be considered for office,
having, by their weakness and lack of
ability, put tbe city in the position It is
now in. Those three men are Rushlight,
Slover and Cameron. Not one of these
three has done his duty, and should be
politically forgotten. R. M. MORRIS.
Indecision
The Bull Moose burbles warnlngly
In local halls In hot convention.
And coldly claims from Kellaher
A statement plain of his Intention.
And ever to Its rising wrath
It seemeth to add fiercer fuel.
Seeing him stand reluctantly
Involved in candidacy dual.
"Come to the wilderness with us,"
"They call, "Or be adjudged a rotter.'
But fleshpots of the G. O. P.
Seem still to make his palate water.
How happy could he truly be
With either, were the other absent;
But both and indecision hath
Deep in his breast its fatal jab sent
And as a man upon a fence.
Beset by savage snarling towsers.
He Jumpeth down nor here nor there
But merely weareth out his trousers.
Some men there be who can bestride
Two steeds at once in wild gallump
ing, Yet such a feat involves a risk
Of little else besides a bumping;
And ever Opportunity
Bursts into wry, sardonic laughter.
For him who seeks to take with him
The present into the hereafter.
So rather than to lure the end
Of being from both sections shaken,
Methlnks one might wax definite
While still there's time to save his
bacon.
Dean Collins, Portland, August 28.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of August 29. 1862.
We learn by an express which ar
rived at Walla Walla . from Colonel
Mary's command that he was push-:
lng his force towards Salmon Falls
without interruption. Ths express
stated that tolerably certain informa
tion had been received by Colonel
Mary that the Van Norman children
were still with the Indians. Some
emigrants had passed the troops and
reported that 4000 wagons were still
behind. There was evidence that a
company of eight emigrants had been
killed by the Indians and their money
taken from them. Colonel Mary has
been compelled, in some cases, to
furnish food to emigrants to prevent
suffering.
The United States Sanitary Commis
sion has issued an address, appealing
to the people of the United States on
behalf of the sick and wounded of the
people's armies. East and West. Fof
their relief it asks money and supplies
at once and in abundance.
General Halleck Is now the real Com
mander-in-Chief of the Union Armies.
By his order the army commanded by
McClellan has been withdrawn from a
position in which offensive operations
were found impossible, with the view
of concentrating all the available
forces between the Rapldan and the
Rappahannock, delivering battle some
where In the vicinity of the former
stream and, if successful, pursuing the
defeated enemy to Richmond.
Petitions are In circulation asklnp;
that all that portion of Wasco County
known as the John Day district be
erected into a new political organiza
tion to be termed John Day County.
The first of the overland emigration
has already reached The Dalles and
report that thousands are yet in their
wake, the great majority of them
bound for Oregon and Washington Ter-.
rltory. v
We are informed by Mr. John Stev
enson, Supervisor of Roads, that the
new road leading south from the city,
located mar the river bank, is nearly
completed.
A wagsr of $100 was won by Mr.
David lJnnaste8, of this city, yester
day upo the killing of 12 birds out of
20 at 1C shots, 100 yards distant.
OPIUM HABIT ANCIENT IN CHINA
lac Dat;s Back Centuriea and Was Not
Forced by Whites.
rOKTAND, Aug. 27. (To the Edi-
tor.) In The Oregonian today there
appears the statement that "to the
ChinaAaai he (the white man) sent
opium land forced its acceptance by
makina war." Any one with an ele
mentarj, knowledge of the subject la
aware tVat opium was made and used
in Chtai for centuries before the
white mMi had had any direct com
munication vith that country. Poppy
seems to hav been introduced by In
dian mlssionates to China, or by Chi
nese who retirned from visiting the
sacred places f India, between the
first or third cuturles of our era. Dur
ing the last 80 years the amount of
opium imported into China has been
very small in nmparison with the
amount manufactred there. No na
tion ever made wr on China for the
purpose of forcing her to use or buy
opium. Your write probably had in
mind the Anglo-Chiiise war commonly
spoken of as the opium war." A
glance at the treat of peace which,
concluded the hostility, or even at any
good history of thos times, would
show him the Injustice f the aspersion
he throws on our racf.
He further asserts thathe cigarettes
which have now been iroduced into
China are "drugged wltliopium- an(j
that the opium habit is bng reintro
duced into China "under t insidious
disguise of the cigarette." This is a
statement often made, butTitnout a
shadow of truth in it. I shoij be de
lighted if the writer could lme any
brand of cigarette sold in Ch.a or n
this country which has been SgWn by 1
expert chemical analysis to ont&ln
opium or an opium product vt the,
time when I was employed in th antU
opium bureau of Chihll provincex ex
amined cigarettes given to me as sus
pected of being drugged." Of c.,rsa
I found no opium in them in ct,
none could be put In, except at a vu
to the manufacturer, unless the pice
were considerably raised.
Articles in The Oregonian are occ.
sionally copied, with acknowledgmen.
Into Japanese papers, and thence read
ily pass Into the Chinese native press.
Should such an article as this be so
translated, with Its misleading state
ments and its bitter tone, it will be
accepted as truth by ignorant readers,
already sufficiently opposed to the for
eigners in their midst "We always
considered these foreign devils to be
bad, and now see they confess them
selves that they are plotting against
us," is the comment which will be
called forth. Personally I deplore the
displacement of the picturesque Chi
nese tobacco pipe by the cigarette, and
I deplore, on esthetic grounds, the
methods of advertisement followed by
the Anglo-American Tobacco Company,
but that is purely a matter of individ
ual taste. The pictorial advertisements
which I detest have been a source of
Joy to many of my juvenile Chinese
friends. A. T.
Grade of a C hute.
WHITE SALMON. Wash.. Aug. 27.
(To the Editor.) We have a chute for
rolling rock from a cliff to a point 100
feet distant with elevation of ten feet
All agree that the grade of this chute
is 10 per cent. It is proposed to build
a chute with an elevation of 100 feet
to deliver rock the distance of 100 feet.
A claims that this chute has a 100 per
cent grade. B claims that 100 per
cent grade is perpendicular. Will you
kindly set us right in The Oregonian?
F. L. BELL.
The rise is one foot In 1.41 feet. This
is nearlv 71 per cent