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Newspaper Page Text1Q . ' TITE JIOTtXiyG OKEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, NOVE3IBER 2, 1913. PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Orecoo, Poatoffle 6cond-Claaa Matter. Subscription Rati Invariably -In Advanea, (BT MAIL.) uariy. Ennaar meiaaea. one Dallr. Sunday Included. (la monthl.... . . - . . Ml vn.iy, bunaaj inciuuea, iarw m,v...m-- -Dally. Sunday Included, one month.... Daily, without Sunday, one year n.uw Dally, without Sunday, alx month.... Daily, without Sunday, three month... Dally, without Sunday, one month -? Weekly, one year tTi eunuay. one jmt a iu Sunday im Weekly, on year (BT CARRIER.) . . IM really, sanaay incmaea. one I ...... - Dal, jr. Sunday Included, one month How t Remit Send Poetofflce money or- . i An van r oer, express oruer or pcnvuai . , local bank. Stamps, coin or c"rT,n'ddr at tne eenaere riaa. K"""" la full. Including county and state. Poetar Ratee 10 to 14 pasaa. 1 to 2a pases, i canta; SO to 40 pace. 40 to SO pases. 4 cents, yorolsn poatas. double rate. Eastern BueLnree Ofne Veer Iln New Tork. Brunswick bulidina. cm caso. Staffer bulldlojt. Ban Franciaro Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. T42 Market atreet. European OUIce-No. a Recent street, a. W., London. m rOBTLAXD. SATURDAY. NOT. . TODAY'S ISSCBS. Here are a few things to remember when you go to the polls today: Tha Kellaher-Daly BO-called public service commission- bill creates a board having unlimited power to em ploy ambordlnates, unlimited power to fix salaries and unlimited power to spend the city money. Even the charter limitation on the City CouncU as to expenditures la eliminated by the bill for the benefit of the proposea political machine. The short charter abolishes civil service, restricts the police power and creates a $10,000 Job for a favorite of the Mayor. '..The official commission charter (first measure on the ballot) Is the product of the thought and investi gations of a non-political committee which had before it drafts of char ters prepared by two other local commissions and a mass of informa tion concerning; successful commission AuramaTitl In flthftf pities. Q U ....... . . ... The official commission charter gives the Council power to fix the sal aries of. City Attorney, City Engineer, City Treasurer and authority to cre ate the office of City Prosecutor, all of which are unnecessarily presented in separate and confusing measures. The official charter gives the com mission power to regulate rates and service of public utilities. If adopted it will make unnecessary and useless the money-opending Kellaher-Daly commission. It will give all the regu lation that the local commission could give and give it economically, even though the state-wide Malarkey bill should be defeated next Tuesday. The commission charter authorizes the commission to levy taxes to, pay water bonds, relieves the water-front street tie-up without destroying in tent of the act, and provides for re forms in street openings, all of which are contained In useless and con fusing amendments separately pre sented. You can get the best things without the bad In eight other measures by a simple vote of 100 YES on the offi cial charter. But to be safe don't forget to vote 1S5 NO on the public service grab and 143 NO on the short charter. m MEN WHO CAX AFFORD M'C I.K TAX. It might be supposed that the single-tax leaders are men who are struggling in a herculean effort to pay burdensome taxes under the present inequitable" system. But here is the record from the Multnomah and Clackamas County tax rolls. It tells a terse story of haw some men would force a dangerous experiment upon others: ' ' There Is no Alfred D. Cridge listed. Under "M. B. Cridge," 954 East Twenty-second street. North, there is 160 of personal property, on which a tax of $1.22 Is assessed. H. J. Parkinson, of 3024 Park street, is assessed upon J125 worth of personal property the sum of $3.05. There Is no "Will Daly" on the books. W. A. Daly, of 620 Williams avenue, has $100 personal property, against which there is assessed $2.24 tax. W. H. Daly, of 757 Missouri ave nue, has $420 In personal property that is taxed $10.24. W. G. Eggleston. of 270 East Twen tieth street, has $145 in personal prop-' erty. against which there is a tax of $3.53. George W. Orton, of 740 East Sal mon street, has $150 In personal prop erty, on which there Is a tax of $3.66. H. D. Wagnon, of 603 Sixth street, hss personal property to the amount of $400, upon which is a tax assessed ' of $9.78. This tax is not marked paid. E. S. J. McAllister is not listed in the assessment rolls of Multnomah County. W. H. Marshall, of 343 Holladay avenue, owns a launch valued at $1500. "farming utensils" valued at $1200, and personal property to the value of $500, upon all of which there is assessed taxes to the extent of $78.08. J. W. Bengough is not assessed. W. S. XTRen is assessed in Clacka mas County $3.50 on $100 in furni ture. ITRen & Schuebel have a $500 law library, which is assessed $17.40. TAFT FINDS A WARM CHAMPION'. President Taffs stand for progress under the Constitution instead of away from and in defiance of the Constitution Is drawing to him sup port from quarters on which his op ponents counted. A letter to Rome G. Brown, a Harvard man, of Min neapolis, from the Woodrow Wilson College Men's League called forth a reply stating that he would support Taft. As reasons Mr. Brown gave Taft'a unflinching adherence to truth, his refusal to compromise with error, his fight for progress and reform un der our Constitution. Mr. Brown calls Taft "the bulwark of our Con stitutional Government against im practicable and vicious Innovations." Though Roosevelt is a fellow Har vard man, Mr. Brown spares him not, but calls him "an apostate, one who is a pervert from his own once sanity of tenet and of conduct, one who Is recalcitrant to the spirit and teach ings of his alma mater." He at tributes Roosevelt's desire for a third term to "his unrestrained egoism and ' his unlimited ambition for self." He accuses Roosevelt, "once the greatest exponent of the established rule against a third term," or smashing "a vitally safeguarding precedent." He calls the Bull Moose leader "the greatest menace to good government and to the welfare of this Nation that has ever, la the history of this coun try, been embodied in any single cause or person." Mr. Brown declares Taft entitled to sympathy and support as having been "to a greater extent than any other person the undeserved object of vili fication, disloyalty and misrepresenta tion from such an apostate." He thus sums up the Issue between Taft and Roosevelt: The conteet In which . we should choose sides. It seems to me. Is that between the man who, for this Nation nd this Gov ernment. Is flffhtlnff for the preservation of our constitutional democracy, for order and for law, and the man whose disposition, banking for Impunity upon his former prominence and popularity. Is to defy every principle of the science of government and to violate every ethical rule of conduct. In order to exploit his own personality. Taft can find comfort, amid the storm of misrepresentation which rages around him, in such warm championship as that of Mr. Brown. He can look forward serenely to the day when, passion having cooled and Judgment regained its sway, he will hold as high a place In the public es teem, as a single-minded, unyielding patriot, as was held by Cleveland after the fury of the silver fanatics had died away. The men who admire un yielding adherence to principle at the cost of place and popularity will ad mire Taft. and he can well dispense with the praise of those who have a new idol every hour and who can see no good in any man who does not worship at the same shrine. GET TUB MONEY. The plea for Bourne Is that he gets the money. That Is all. Nothing else counts. He goes to Washington and he milks the Federal Treasury out of vast sums for the benefit of Oregon, or parts of Oregon. Don't suspend the raid on Uncle Sam's un willing millions. No matter who Bourne is or was, what he stands for or has stood for, what he believes or has believed, what he represents or has represented, what he does or has done, or what trades or bargains or combinations or deals he makes, he has "made good" because he gets the money. It is an astonishing argument for a Portland employer to advance to his employe, or any Oregon citizen to of fer to any other Oregon citizen. Yet people profess to be shocked and horrified because Senatorships in the old days were disposed of on a bargain sale basis. Is the Oregon system of free gov ernment to be upset by any sordid ap peal to men's cupidity? TODAY.. The Oregonian herewith notifies the citizens of Portland that their Interests are deeply Involved in the result of the special election today. There are no candidates to name, but there are many measures of high im portance on the ballot, and there should be a correct determination of the whole list. On two or three of the bills a wrong Judgment would have serious consequences. There are two proposed charters. One is known as the official commis sion charter. Its adoption means a radical change In municipal govern ment, for It provides for a Mayor and four commissioners, who shall have entire charge of the civic machinery. The charter represents an honest and intelligent effort to take advantage of the successful experience of other cities in commission government, with necessary contributions adapted to our peculiar situation. Vote YES 100. It is the first measure on the ballot. The other proposed charter is a dangerous innovation, for it means soap-box government, free riot and mob control. Whatever may be done with the official charter, the short charter (No. 142-143) cannot bo Jus tified. Vote NO 143. The bond Issues and the other measures are Important, but they are not vital. Intelligent and patriotic attention, however, should be given them. These are election times, and this is no day to stay at home or to forget. HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. It is a curious circumstance that many foreigners after they have re sided in the United States for a cer tain number of years experience a longing to change their names. This used to be the case even with the Irish who were not so proud of the" patronymics and their race fifty s ears ago as they are now. In those days . Irish emigrants were looked down upon by the Puritan arid Cava lier stock among whom fate had brought them to dwell and they sought as soon as they decently could to hide their origin under an angli cised name. Thus the O'Purdys were transformed Into the Ahglo-Saxonized Purdys. Other names were more seriously modified. Some were dropped altogether and English- sounding titles selected at random in their places. Patrick O Sulllavn made himself over into Jim Smith and did not Improve himself always by the change, but no doubt he found a cer tain social advantage in it. The Germans and Norwegians who were flocking to the United States In those days did the same thing, though to a less extent than the Irish. At present none of these nationalities would dream of dropping or altering the names they bring with them from the old countries. They have be come titles of honor Instead of badges of servitude and they are proudly worn and preserved. But it Is otherwise with the nation alities from Southern Europe and Western Asia who are coming to our shores in these latter times. The Irish and Germans have ascended from servile toil to politics, trade and the professions, and the Slovaks, Ar menians and Italians have taken their places in the mines and on the rail roads, sometimes under the most un happy and degraded conditions. When by any chance one of these men rises a little in the social scale he hastens to forget his origin as quickly as pos sible and naturally does all he can to make others forget it. That is mere human nature. Of course as long as he retains his foreign name more or less of. the taint of the dago clings to him. Hence one of his first moves Is to slough it off and take an American cognomen. This may be either Irish, German' or English. Some of the funniest passages in recent stories are devised by present ing to the reader a Russian Jew who calls himself Timothy 6'Harrigan or a Slovak parading under the cogno men Hans Wolfstein. In many ways history will repeat itself in spite ot everything. Wrrw can man play football with out being reugh? The only way to stop rough play entirely Is to abolish football. The best college authorities can do is to insure that the rough ness stop short of manslaughter or murder. If they wish to stop rough play entirely, they would better start a boom for croquet or ping pong. WITH HIS FINGERS CROSSED. Senator Bourne did abide by the result of the primaries. Not one finger has he lifted to secure the nomination aa an inde pendent candidate, which we have forced upon him through the overwhelming ex pressions of public sentiment from all over the state. From the address to the people of Oregon by the Bourne Popular uovern ment club. Tho Ponr Tipr's camDaign is sorry humbug. The little steering committee from the aristocratic Rnnrne circle is hard DUt to find excuse to make plausible its guise a "popular government" society, and to shift from Bourne s snouiaera nu plain duty to the people and his defi nite pledge 'to the direct primary law. Is Bourne a free agent, or is he the weak and colorless , invertebrate the Bourne committee makes him out to be? The only thing anyone can get out of this ridiculous and incredible state ment by the Popular Government (-inh rfnmml In trro recesses of Port land most exclusive social club) Is that whfte Bourne knows he is repu diating the primary law and the Ore gon system, it really hurts his feelings and he wouldn't have done It if he had got the Republican nomination WANTED: AN EXPLANATION. Candidate Waenon is supported for iawxnr hv the Journal because "it believes he will make a careful, painsr taking- and exhaustive investigation of all property required by law to be list ed for taxation." Pandiiiata Wnp-nnn made a "care' ful, painstaking and exhaustive inves tigation" at the Assessor's office in search of something on which to hang his campaign. He thought he found it. He spread the word far and wide that the present Assessor does not assess one dollar organic iixturea uuu furniture. Th f hnrtr he has made is wholly unsunnorted by truth. It discloses that he is either Ignorant or untruth ful. The method of assessing banks hao .heen elven "careful and pains taking' explanation to Candidate Wagnon. Either he cannot under etanrf th law and the method whicl must be. followed under It or he has wilfully falsified. Tho .Tnnrnal dare not deny that the statement that bank fixtures are not assessed one dollar in Portland is un tnio Will it ev-Dlain whether Wag non Is an ignoramus or a deliberate falsifier? If a "careful, painstaking and exhaustive investigation Dy Wagnon cannot bring light on a sim ple proposition to his addled wit, is he fit to be Assessor? If he understands taxlne banks and delib erately misrepresents It to get votes. Is he a fit man ror onice.' Am in la the Journal called upon" to explain. The public will note that the challenge has been Issued twice Deiore and that the Journal is silent. Is Wagnon an Ignoramus or a dema gogue? COIX)NEI, WATTERSON ON GREELEY'S CAMPAIGN. rninnei Henrv Watterson gives a lively account in the November Cen- tnrv of Horace Greeley's nomination at Cincinnati and the campaign which fniinwed It. The article, wnicn is ex tremely amusing, is one of a series by which the Century expects to throw a mnr-h-nded illumination upon the constructive period of our National himnnr n-hioh has followed the Civil War. Whatever preceded that great conflict the magazine classes as . ior- mativo " The C nclnnatl convention at which Greeley was nominated Is singularly interesting Just now De cause it was called by revolters from the regular Republican party, bucn men as Bowles of the Springfield Re publican,. Whltelaw Reid of the New York Tribune and Horace White of the Chicago Tribune took an active part in it. In fact it included pretty nearly all there was of intellect and public spirit in the Republican party of that time. The opposing element Included the officeholders who never had thriven as they did under Grant's first admin istration, and that silent part of the population which summed up its poli tics in "the bloody shirt." Henry Watterson was present at the conven tion as a young and ardent Democrat who wished to restore harmony be tween the North and South by bring ing out a candidate of high character who was free from the factional ha treds and prejudices which .clung to all the old wheelhorses. In his esti mation Horace Greeley was not such a man..' The South at that time, to quote Colonel Watterson's language, "was In Irons." The military legislation which was enacted to keep the South em whites in subjection and push the negroes forward was flourishing in Its prime with the train of corruption, negro lynchings and all the unspeak able barbarism which was its inevit able consequence. As a genuine fac tor, in National politics, the civilized element In the "South was out of the race, but the negroes counted then for far more than they do now. Watterson, at that time a young Immigrant into Kentucky from Ten nessee, sprang into the political arena with his youthful vigor of mind and body hoping to help retrieve this abominable condition. The revolt in the Republican party against what was then called "Grantlsm" was wide and energetic- The party had not up to that date been brought under the strict discipline which has since pre vailed. There was more freedom of political thought and action than the country has seen since and the leaders of the revolt, as we have said, were the salt of the land. There was abundant reason to believe that their movement would sweep on to victory if they should choose their candidate Judiciously and afterward persuade the Democrats to accept him. Watterson, according to his enter taining account of the affair, went to Cincinnati somewhat before the open ing day of the convention to pull wires a Httle. There he met a number of his Journalistic brethren and four of them formed a -species of Junta to control events. They called them selves the "Quadrilateral," a title which they framed from the classical recollections they must have shared In common. No doubt they felt like a coterie of Roman Senators conspir ing to remodel the republic and change the destinies of the world. The other members of the Quadrilateral besides Colonel Watterson were Bowles, Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial, and Horace White. Some little time afterward they admitted Whitelaw Reld to their secret con clave, but he remained in spirit a critical outsider - and never sympa thized very warmly with their plans. Reld wanted to nominate Greeley, but the other four were against him. In fact, they believed that the great writer had no chance whatever of car rying off the prize. Such is the wisdom which resides In even the largest editorial craniums now and then. One thing they did accomplish which was probably com mendable. They united in an effort to puncture the boom which was "swelling dangerously for Judge David Davis, of the Supreme Court, a preten tious and overestimated man of great wealth who might possibly have been elected if he had been nominated. The fact that he had been one of Lincoln's friends was perilously in his favor. The Quadrilateral used their news papers to such good effect that they put Davis out of the race In one'day. .When the convention met not a member of the Junta, except Reid, of course, dreamed that Greeley's nomi nation was possible. As it turned out he was nominated almost immediate ly. The event was so sudden . that it took the conspirators by surprise. Watterson was on the other side of the Ohio when it was consummated, making merry in Kentucky fashion with a party of his friends. It was the case of Grant at Shiloh over again, though Grant did not lose the day utterly, while Watterson and his colleagues did. ' Greeley's nomination pleased the country at first. Watterson speaks of his campaign with kindly patronage and admires his speeches sincerely. The fact is that he was an American of the homely type whom the country has always loved. The quaint stories about him which were afloat every where reminded us of Lincoln some times, sometimes of Benjamin Frank lin. He won even more confidence than he deserved at the beginning of his campaign. The South was espe cially delighted with him because he had stood forth boldly in its time of humiliation to sign Jeff Davis' ball bond and speak for clemency. If he had had anything like a fair chance he would have been elected triumph antly, inasmuch as the Democrats at Baltimore had adopted him. . But he had not a fair chance. In the middle of the campaign the spec ters of the past arose against him. There were Grant's victories on the fields of the Civil War. The Republi cans held them up to the people like a Roman General showing his wounds to the mob and naturally the mob was thrilled. The bloody shirt was waved with a vigor that seems Incredible as one recalls it and the effect was tre mendous. The corruption of the Grant regime was forgotten. His po litical Incapacity, his nepotism, his waxlike plasticity in the hands of his scheming friends, were" all overlooked and he was triumphantly re-elected. Greeley died before the electoral college met to go through its pompous and meaningless ceremonial, but Grant's victory had been overwhelm Jnir and no complications arose. Some say Greeley died of grief because" oi his defeat. Some, that watcning oy the bedside of his dying wife broke down his health. At any rate his end made his political campaign a trag edy and won back for him the affec tionate regard of the people which he had forfeited for a time by asking for their votes. Wilson as the scholar In politics Is not to the taste of labor leaders, and they keep up a steady fire on him. His speeches and writings before he be came a politician are quoted as ex nt o sinir his real sentiments. From a speech which he delivered at New Ro- chelle, N. Y., on FeDruary za, jaua. Will M. Maupin, a labor editor of Lin coln, Neb., quoted these words: The labor unions reward the shiftless and incompetent at the expense of the able and Industrious. Mr. Maupin, writing in 1910, when Wilson was running for Governor, called upon worklngmen to "work from now till the closing of the polls on election day to make of this arch enemy of trades-unionism and this willing mouthpiece of vested rights the worst defeated man that ever as pired to the Governorship of a great state." This article Is being reprinted oni ritcitrihiitorl and mav do much to Influence labor men against the Demo cratic candidate. Republicans may well take a hint from Wilson's appeal to the voters to elect not only him, but a Democratic Senate and House. They can do much for the maintenance of Republican principles by voting for a Republican Senator and Republican Representa tives. In Ben Selling they have a can didate for Senator whose Republican ism and whose progressiveness are proved by his record. In Thomas Mc Cuskec they have a candidate for Rep resentative who has been a loyal sup porter of La Follette, the original Pro gressive. Both men will work for the success of Progressive principles within the Republican party, not seek progress by destroying the party of progress. Take W ilson at his wora and elect a 'B.epublican Congress thai, If he should be elected President, his power for mischief may be reduced to the minimum. ' The hoodoo put on the Hotel Met ropole by the Rosenthal murder will make hotel men .more careful about the character of their patrons and less eager to entertain the sporting element because of its spending pro clivities. Russia could find " a congenial Job for Jack Johnson as leader of a Black Hundred. He would be In his ele ment conducting a pogrom. Eugene and Corvallls have agreed to give Oregon some great football. Incidentally there is old Multnomah to reckon with. Good apples are cheap in the local markets. Eat plenty and save doc tors' bills. Five tons of ballots indicate the election is a weighty problem in Multnomah Election In Hood River County will pretty near go "unanimous by ac clamation." Watch the Powers, with Bulgars at the gates of Constantinople. In the interest of good government every citizen must vote today. The worklngmen and home-owners have much at stake today. Neglect to vote today may put the saloon Into politics. John J. McNamara has confessed, but Is impenitent. . Vote early to avoid the rush. Special Election Measures The Oregonian Gives Its) View on Two Charters and Twenty Amend ments and Ordinance to Be Con sidered Saturday, Kovember 3. Tho Tval issue In the- special city election Saturday, November 2, Is the official commission charter. The ure- ,n-ii tho riofoat of the short charter, the public utilities fraud, and advises a vote of No on several amend ments because the substance of them is contained In the official charter draft. Bond measures have been considered on the ground of publlo needs. Official commission charter: X 100 Yen. Vote Yen. 101 No. Appropriating $300,000 to buy Ross Island: 102 Yes. 3C 103. Vote No. Appropriating $850,000 for South Port land bridge: 104 Yes. V X 105 No. Vote No. Appropriating $100,000 for Incinerat ing plant: X 105 Ye. Vote Yen. 107 No. Appropriating $2,000,000 for parks and boulevards: X 108 Ye. Vote Ye. v 109 No. Appropriating $200,000 for auditorium site: 110 Yes. 111 No. No recommendation. Relating to waterfront atreet vaca tions: 112 Yes. X 113 No. Vote No. Extending time for filing applications for bonding local assessments. X 114 Ye. Vote Yes. 115 No. Authorizing Council to fix salary of City Attorney: 116 Yes. X 117 No. Vote No. Authorizing Council to fix salary of City Treasurer: 118 Yes. X 110 No. Vote No. Authorizing Council to fix salary of City Engineer: y 120 Yes. ' X 121 No. Vote No. Creating office of City Prosecutor: 122 Yes. X 123 No. Vote No. Extending bonding act to street open ings: X 124 Yes. Vote Ye. 125 No. Removing police department from civil service: 126 Yes. X 127 No. Vote No. Authorizing taxation to pay water bonds: 128 Yes. X 129 No. Vote No. Relating to manner of opening streets: 130 Yes. X 131 No. Vote No. Authorizing $200,000 for publlo mar ket: X 133 Ye. Vote Yea. 133 No. Public Service fraud and treasury grab: N 134 Yes. X 135 No. Vote No. Authorizing city to transfer forrles to county control and regulating price to be charged streetcars for operating over bridges: X 13B Ye. Vote Ye. 137 No. . Recognition of Greater Portland plans: X 138 Yen. Vote Ye. 139 No. Granting franchise to Northwestern Electric Company: X 140 Ye. Vote Ye. 141 No. Short charter: 142 Yes. X 143 No. Vote No. Covered In Official Commission Char ter. VETERAN FOR TAFT AND SELLING Grand Army Man Say They Are Whooping It I'P In Baker. BAKER, Or., Oct. 31. (To the Edi tor.) Please, allow me a little space in The Oregonian as a lifelong Re publican and a G. A. R. man. I want to say to all the old comrades, November 5 go to the polls and cast your votes for W. H. Taft, a man who Is a friend of the old boys. We are all Taft men up here. This third' party Bull Moose will go down i v. .. iib-o .Tim Woavor. and all of the calamity-howlers did. Stand by the good old riepuoncan party nut os . .hie, .Anntrv what It Is one of the best nations in the world. Stand by the party tnat stooa Dy you in time of need. We are fixing to snow the Bull Moose and Jonathan Bourne under In hono ToriHv and Jnn rn a are Bwwu - " ,,..fl.i'Ur.a am l n n C as thlnars come jlluBivao4-w ; their way ana no longer, it leauj elected, fincnoi win go uncu. m iuv Forestry Service and In less than three years all the Government land in the West and Northwest will be taken In the reserves and leased to syndi cates, along with all the water powers, and the poor man will have to walk up to Mr. Pinchot or his lieutenants and take off his hat and beg for a stick of wood to burn. Beware of calamity-howlers. We are whooping it up over here for W.. H. Taft and Ben Selling. & J. KIGGINS. SELLING NOT PAGET HIS CHOICE Rev. C. E. Cllne Explains Apparent Support of Prohibition Candidate. rAtTT.A vn fCnv 1 (Tci the Edi tor.) Finding myself in an awkward .. : l Bnmowhnt hv aproine TT1 V name pvainuii '- J o - namriori with others indorsing the can didate of the "Third" party for the United States Senate, 1 wish to explain that I signed said paper as a Repub 11 - wi,h fhA ovnrARS agreement that 11V.OH, ' ' it should be used only as an endorse ment of my old-time friend, Mr. Paget, as an excellent man personally. Only that. ,, t . rN-nhlhlHnnl.st theoretically X Kill O" f ' and practically, but with the late gen eral conference of the Methodist Epis copal Church, to which I belong. I stand for the methods and work of the Anti Saloon League, rather than that of a small factional political organization which spats and stings thousands, of temperance men who do not see proper to dissipate their votes in an impracti cable manner. v r ar- it strikes me that a good citizen should, Just at this time, see the paramount Importance 01 putting a oaie and sane man like Ben Selling In the conato- Nor do I live In Sellwood, as has been published, C. E. CLINB. Alfred Holman Add HI Testimony on th Subject. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29. (To the Editor.) I am told that there as arisen, a question with respect to the personal views of the late Harvey W. Scott on the issue of woman suffrage. And to the end that the truth of his tory be sustained that Mr. Scott's opinions be correctly represented It has been suggested that I state what I know of his position on this question. At all times in the many years of my association with Mr. Scott, he stood conscientiously opposed to suffrage, not because he thought lightly of wo manhood, but because under all cir cumstances and In all ways be was a respector of womanhood. It was his view that Nature has definitely pre scribed the functions of men and wo men, and he always questioned any scheme of social re-organization calcu lated to confuse these functions. He distrusted any project tending to af fect the family, regarded as a- social unit, and threatening to introduce mo tives of discord In the domestic group. In Mr. Scott's theory, the best, results in social organization are to be ob tained through co-operation between men and women, and he was always fearful of proposals implying competi tion and possible antagonism between the sexes. Many times I have heard him say that while for personal rea sons he would like to support a cause very dear to persons to whom he was attached, he could not do It because he could never rid himself of the belief that suffrage would put another burden upon womanhood, diminish womanly delicacy, demoralize womanly charac ter, and in Its final effect break down family life. The files of The Oregonian contain many discussions of this subject from Mr. Scott's Den. reflecting with his habitual clearness and force views which he held conscientiously, ana ten called upon in his character as a pub llo writer to declare from time to time. I think it should be added that he al ways wrote on this subject with feel ings of regret In view of personal re lationships well knownto the Oregon mihlirt- If there may be found in the edi torial columns of The Oregonian, espe cially about the year 1883 or 1884, ex pressions out of keeping with the views just quoted, explanation lies in the fact that other pens than Mr. Scott's own were constantly employed in columns popularly accredited to hlra. 1 remem ber an article, or two or three, which appeared during Mr. Scott's absence from the office about the year 1883, written, as I recall it, by Mr. S. B. Pettingell, an editorial assistant, or possibly by his wife, Mrs. Sue Claggett Pettingell, an accomplished woman and an Independent thinker on social sub jects. Mr. Pettingell was a newcomer to Oregon and had not for long been associated with the paper, and he wrote, therefore, with a freedom which an other writer more familiar with Mr. Scott's habits of thought would not have ventured. I do not know that this series of articles had anything to do with Mr. Pettingell's retirement from the paper not long after, but I do know that there were irreconcilable differ ences of mind and sympathy between the two men, rendering permanent re lations impracticable, although there was always personal good will between them. . For many years prior to 1900 I was In very close personal association with Mr. Scott, much of the time sharing with him the privacy of his editorial sanctum. He was, as all who know him will remember, singularly open and unrestrained in personal Inter course, given to speaking his mind without reserve to "thinking aloud" as he expressed It. I am certain that if at any time Mr. Scott's Judgmeent changed from the attitude as above set forth, I should have known it. It is with no wish to Intrude- upon a partisan discussion that I write this letter. But Mr. Scott's opinions having been brought Into question, it has been thought right by others and it seems right to me that he should be cor rectly represented. ALFRED HOLMAN. CLARENCE TRIE WILSON REPLIES. Denle Part In Kansas Suffrage Cauae, bnt Urge Defeat In Oregon. TntMTlTA Kan.. Ctft 29. (TO the Editor.) A clipping from The Oregon ian was rorwardeu to me irom r-ort-land, in which it is reported that at iot nio-ht nf tho w fT T. IT. con vention several of our sisters took my name In vain. I suppose you Know, ana the public In Oregon ought to know, that in BTiftA nf tho. unfounded asser tion of these suffragists, I am sending out no pampniets on tne sunrage ques tion, taking no part in the agitation f iv- n ocrninet snffras-o in Kansas, and that assertion that the brewers are publishing a paragraph or njine is a malicious falsehood, if It had been as serted by men instead of women, and is, even on their part, "an error of mortal mind." The more I see the abnormal excite ment of these women when they have to handle a controverted question, their nnnntani nraptirA of draertrinir unpleas ant personalities into the discussion of great questions of state, their tendency to sldetracK tne wnoie. missiun ui u W. C. T. U. and make it neither Chris Hon nnr tmnArftni-.e but a Drorjattand; r.r- Trnman'a stiff raff". Which is. St least. nootinnahio ovnodlont In srovernment. the more 1 see tnat women are oeum adapted for other spheres than ior in The W. C. T. U. used to close Its great National conventions witn a t-nrisnan nntieai-ratiftn wprvl C f . and the SDeCtSClO Of winding up tneir proceeuinea wilii o. Hommfiatinn nf n. f ello w-worker in the same cause because he dared to differ from them upon one single question in volving a right of individual Judgment, ; onnuo-h in make Frances E. Wlllard. America's uncrowned queen, turn over In her grave. rr-hoii manlfost unfitness la enough The utter failure to do the things that were promised in the long experiment Of four sunrage states, me lewns rr tho. tomnoranr-s rp.form in Los An o-oios Cnimtv. and in numerous other counties that have voted on tne matter. .ho urirton f-hnnp, or Tront or tne uu - 1ul qth nf Opznn ' in which almost all the journals mat iney comrm m out for suffrage, the threatening atti tude or these temaie ngniera iuwmu --.hi Hu r.a tn riiffor from them mA that thA Oreeron voters have done wisely in snowing under the woman's sutrrage amenamem t eat" olor-tion hv increasing ma jorities until in 1910, when they piled an avalanche upon it. I hope the sav ing common-sense of Oregon voters will save our state from the irreparable in nn that the carrying of this freak amendment would involve. I write this not as a secretary or any society, but as an individual voting cit izen and taxpayer or tne mate 01 ur- gon. CJjArtliii inut. nuiouii. Figure on Ran Island. nmr,m 1 (Tn tho Rditor. Ross Island is on the tax roll for less than $30,000. It nas oeen piaceu iui sale In the past ten years for less than $50 000. Those familiar with the price of land in Multnomah County estimate its value to be less than $60,000 at the . . i . t at tho nrosont time. It nigncsi ii6"" ; . - has been up for sale and has not had a buyer In the past eight years. . . i . .mint, nf lpfl0-iiAfl and Mayor Rushlight want It for the city, it - - . . . i . i n n nn ft Is found to De worm ai ovu,vuv. This looks too much like a certain. kind of real estate deal that has been woraeo in these parts for the good people oi this city to waste any money on. vote On this proposition, ana aeep fuur money. L. EDELSON. HI Wife's Work on the Line. Baltimore American. 'Pallet tells me his work has been hung on the line." "So has his wife's." "Does she paint, too?" "No; she takes In washing." Dena ured Football By Dean Collin. While California snuffs afar The trampled field of football gory. And yearns, o'er heaps of broken toes. To mash a pathway out to glory; Stanford eschews such gory mess And hollers loud for gentleness. No more they'd have the charging back Put heel marks In opponents' faces; Nor have the tackle break the spine Of him who o'er the field he chases; Nor yet permit. In any wise. Players to gouge each other's eyes. For gentleness they lift the voice. Before into th' arena jumping. "No game," they urge, "unless agreed We shall be free from all rude bump ing. ' i Boldly we'll play, nor care who wins But it's no fair to kick our shins." What an exciting thing It Is To picture games, designed to nourish The grit and courage which, 'tis held. Should In the Anglo-Saxon flourish. Played with great vigor, vim and verve Shorn of all things that call for nerve. Oh. peace on earth, good will to men! How the respected ancient maxim. At an increasing rate of speed. Searches all mortals out and track 'em! Football, for instance, please N. B., Played with a croquet courtesy. Portland, November 1. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of November 3, 1862. By letter from Albany we learn that the Boston mills and cording machine, located on the Calapooia, 13 miles from that place, were entirely destroyed by fire on the night of the 29th ult. It was undoubtedly the work of an in cendiary. The mills and cording ma chine belonged to Messrs. Caldwell, Crawford and Flnley. Large amounts of treasure still con tinue to be shipped from this city to San Francisco by every steamer. Wells, Fargo & Co. shipped by Pacific yester day 376,000, other parties 190,000. - New York, Oct. 27. The Times' Wash ington dispatch says: We have news from the South, through a source en titled to credit, that the rebels have really ventured on the dangerous pol icy of farming the negroes. New York, Oct. 27. The Express pro fesses to have reliable information from some official circles In Europe that France and England have decided upon a recognition of the Southern Confed eracy, if joint offers of mediation and s,n armistice for four to six months, to be proposed to Seward, are not ac cepted. Baltmore, Oct. 28. The "American's Harper's Ferry special says: Burn- side's movement across the Potomac has not been followed up by a general advance, but there will undoubtedly be a general movement today. - Miss Virginia Lawrence, the accom plished and favorite vocalist, will take a benefit at the Willamette Theater on next Wednesday evening. A concert will be given on Wednes day night at the M. E. Church for the benefit of the poor and destitute Immi grants, WHAT ABOUT ROSS ISLAND BUY! Island Under Deep Water Twice and One Time for Several Week. (To the Editor.) During the first week in February. 1890. the Willamette River rose between Saturday night and Monday afternoon between 1 and 18 feet, occasioned by the excessive amount of snow on the Cascades and the Coast ranges and by the warm rains for ten days. This high water reached three feet above the pavement on Front and Stark streets and Ross Island was under water several feet during this time. In 1894, by reason of the back water from the Columbia River, the water raised so that it covered Front street and First street from Yamhill street to north of Burnslde, and bridges were made to reach the Morrison-street bridge for foot traffic from Second street to the bridge. This flood lasted several weeks, during which time Rors Island was under water several feet. Ross Island could not be utilized for and purpose without building a stone wall or a cement wall entirely around the island to a sufficient height to meet any such contingency as I mention. Also, it would be necessary to fill the Island with sand, gravel or earth to the same height, or to the level of the stone wall. This would entail a cost running into the millions. Are the people of Portland ready to throw their money away on a piece of prop erty which could not be sold under any other circumstances for any price whatever? W. T. BRANCH. If Prealdent-Eleet Should Die. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 31. (To the Editor.) If the President-elect should die before the electoral college con vened, what then?,., ,- rt D. A. M. The electors of his party would probably agree on a candidate. SPECIAL SUNDAY FEATURES Tuesday's Election It may b marked by unprecedented results so far as election of a President is concerned. An illustrated' full page of timely interest. Foes of Turkey An illustrated article on the harvest of hatred the Turks are reaping as a result of centuries of cruel oppression and wanton outrage. 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