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FOKTLA-M). THURSDAY, JfOT. 14. !
THE ROAD PROBLEM.
Out of a total of eight measures
dealing with the subject of road
building the voters at the recent elec
tion adopted four. But not one of
the approved . measures provides a
method or system or guidance for pro.
ceeding in road construction that dif
fers In Important particular from the
Inadequate method now employed.
Two years ago the people adopted
a constitutional amendment author
izing the bonding of counties for per
manent road work, but the Supreme
Court has held that this amendment
Is not self-executing. Legislation Is
required to make it operative. Ore of
the measures adopted in the recent
flection re-enacts this amendment
with an additional proviso that road
indebtedness shall not exceed 2 per
cent of the assessed value of property
within the county. The new amend
ment contains no clause that makes It
self-executing.
Another amendment adopted per
mits the state to contract indebted
ness for road construction not In ex
cess of 2 per cent of the taxable prop,
erty of the state. The other two road
measures authorize the working of
etate. county and city prisoners on
public roads.
The Harmony road measure author
izing the issuance of $1,000,000 in
bonds yearly, granting state aid to
counties in road work and establish
ing a state highway board, was over
whelmingly defeated. A measure es
tablishing a state highway depart
ment submitted by the Grange was
also decisively defeated. The Grange
plan for county bonding without state
aid received a higher affirmative vote
than any other measure that em
braced a fixed plan for road construc
tion, but it also was defeated. The
measure submitted by Southern Ore
gon interests and the Harmony bill
which put Into executing form the
county bonding amendment adopted
two years ago received large adverse
majorities.
If there Is a guidance for the Legis
lature in the election results on road
measures it is highly involved. It
must be considered that had only one
of the three separate plans been sub
mitted the returns might have been
far different. Each plan was opposed
to the other two. Voters favoring one
therefore voted against the others. It
teems, however, to have been clearly
demonstrated that the voters are op
posed to state bonds for state aid. It
might be Inferred that they are also
opposed to state supervision of road
construction, but it may be argued
with fore that the Grange highway
department measure was defeated by
a minority who oppose creating new
office of any kind voting in combina
tion with those who favored the Har
mony bonding bill which provided
also for a highway engineer and who
therefore voted against the Grange
measure. General supervision by an
expert road builder and englneerMs so
meritorious that it does not ifeem
probable that if such a measure were
presented as a straight, uninvolved is
sue it would be defeated at the polls.
Another peculiarity of the case was
that the Grange devised a road plan
that pleased Portland and Multnomah
County, but failed to gain the favor of
the rural districts. The Harmony
committee, on the other hand, evolved
a plan that pleased neither. Seem
ingly the greatest number of people
are In favor of a plan that will insure
the construction of roads to markets,
but would hold construction of cross
tate trunk lines in abeyance,- and
they desire that these roads shall be
built without Incurring bonded indebt
edness bv the state. How they would
view state aid given by means of a
general tax levy cannot be forecasted
from the recent election returns, for
that Issue was not involved.
The repeal of the county tax option
amendment restores to the Legislature
the power to levy taxes, but if a tax
levy were to be established for state
id In road building It would seem ad
visable to make it an Independent
measure by providing also a plan for
constructing roads without It upon
county authority. A state bonding
act. If It may now be enacted without
reference to the people, and perhaps
a tax levy, would almost certainly be
submitted to the people by referen
dum petition and the bonding act, we
take it, would be voted down.
But It Is obviously the duty of the
Legislature to devise some systematic
plan for constructing permanent
roads. Before this Is done' it will be
essential for those who favor differ
ent plans to come together. Conces
sions must be made by all sides. It
might be possible for one strong or
ganization or group of road enthusi
asts to gain the favor of the Legisla
ture exclusively for Its own plan, but
success would be short-lived. The los
ing element would Invoke the refer
endum and submit Its alternative
measure In the election at which the
referred measure was submitted. The
result would be a repetition of past
history. Each measure would defeat
the other.
Under the circumstances the ap
pointment by the Governor of a new
commission to harmonize road differ
ences prior to the convening of the
Legislature would be a wise proced
ure. The people want good roads. Of
that there can be no doubt. The only
difference in opinion concerns the
manner of getting them. At present
progress In this particular is blocked.
It will remain blocked unless some
effort is made to obtain agreements
and concessions.
As the approval of only two more
states Is necessary to the adoption of
the Income tax amendment and that
may be secured at legislative sessions
next Winter, the Democrats are likely
to have a convenient means of making
up for deficiencies in revenue due to
tariff reductions. - But if they should
Impose an income, tax at the proposed
extra session. Congress may remain at
work far into the dog days and we
shall approach closer than ever to
continuous sessions. The exact rates
of Income tax and the manner of Im
position may cause as fierce conten
tion as revision of the tariff.
WHO DEFEATED SINGLE TAX?
The Oregonlan suspects lhat the
writer of the following, who- says his
name is Jacques Johnson, has a mild
sarcastic Intent, . but nevertheless it
gives the Inquiry to the public:
Will The Oregonlan tell Just who beat
Ingle tax In Oregon? Some ear It ;
The Oregonlan. But Shields says he did
It with a little Incidental help from the
newspapers. Now I aee aome one rushes
lntj print to glva the credit to the State
Tax Commission. Governor West, and tne
single tax committee of the City Realty
Board. Until I aaw these various clamor
ous demands for glory. I had supposed the
people of Oregon did It.
Why overlook Cridge? We do not
understand, of course, that Cridge
claims that he defeated single tax,
but we insist firmly that Cridge,
URen, Wagnon and the rest ought not
to be overlooked. Cridge himself
writes a letter for publication in
which he seta forth categorically the
results of the "agitation of the little
group of sometimes hated slngle
taxers." Among them, he says, the
polltax has been abolished (again),
household furniture has been exempt
ed from taxation, and the amendment
proposing classification of property for
tax purposes has been adopted.
We suppose that some kind of a
favorable report must be made to
Producer Fels by the busy spenders of
his money in Oregon. But they will
hardly take the credit, we suppose,
for defeating single tax. Tet they,
and their methods, alarmed the pub
lic, excited its general opposition and
brought about a result not contem
plated or desired by the Fels Brigade.
That valiant and thrifty army de
serves a large measure of the credit for
making single tax odious.
HOW TO GET CHEAPER WOOL.
"From present appearances," v re
marks the Pendleton East Oregonlan,
"the price of wool in America and
elsewhere will remain high, not be
cause of the tariff, but because the
flocks . and ranges everywhere have
been reduced, and it has had the ef
fect of making the demand for wool
exceed the supply."
Let the woolgrowers cheer up. They
have a friend right in their midst
at Pendleton. It is a newspaper that
does all it can to promote the general
Democratic demand for free wool, or
cheaper wool, or both, and eases the
feelings of the wool -men by telling
them that their impoverished and
precarious condition for several years,
growing out of reduction of ranges
and flocks, is a splendid thing for
the industry.
What the wool men want is a mod
erate tariff, but above all they want
stable tariff and market conditions.
They have been all but ruined by
harmful and unjustifiable agitation on
the one hand and by the rigorous en
forcement of a false conservation on
the other.
We hope President Wilson will help
them by his new tariff plan. If he
has any. But does the Pendleton pa
per think free wool will help Oregon?
We wonder if that is the reason why
the state has elected two Democratic
Senators?
' TAXES AND THE CITIZEN.
Everybody is proud of Portland
everybody that lives In P ortiana ana
manv that do not. Within a rew
years the city has had a remarkable
and creditable growth.
Other cities went in tor street pav
ing and so did Portland. Other cities
had beautiful parks, and so must
Portland nave, tjtner cuiea uum. muj
fine new schoolhouses, and so mu9t
Portland. Other cities built great
bridges if they happened to need
hrlritrp and so did Portland, otner
cities had municipal dock systems,
and so must Portland have. Other
m. have srilendid new municipal
structures, and Portland goes in for a
new Courthouse, an auditorium ana a
fine new public library, with a new
site.
Thus the tale runs of municipal
nmnMi mil ambition. We want
K. o -
everything, and we get pretty much
all there Is; and then we demur at
high taxes.
This Is not a complaint. It Is an
explanation. If we are determined to
have hundreds and thousands of miles
of paved streets. It must be remem
bered that they must be cleaned ana
swent. If we are not satisfied without
new schools, and new and fancy
courses In the schools, new bridges,
new county and city Duuaings, new
nariii and boulevards and the like.
we must pay to get them, and o
maintain them when we nave tnem.
Th neorjle voted a year or two ago
to pay the interest on the new water
bonds out of the general fund. They
are now paying it as citizens and not
as 'water consumers. So with other
things. We ought not to complain
when taxes are high, if they are
made higher as they are in consid
raio r.rt hv our own deliberate
act. There need be no great surprise
that this year's municipal levy must
ho hle-her than last year's. Evidently
we do not want more efficient govern
ment, for a workable commission
charter plan was rejected by the pub
lic on November 2. 19iz.
FROICIBmON REJOICING.
Probably It would not be easy to
tell Just what influences brought
about the great increase in the pro
hibition vote throughout Oregon at
the recent election; but our prohibi
tion friends are so mightily encour
aged that they will hold a meeting in
Portland soon to carry the war to the
liquor Armageddon.
Possibly the reason was that they
had a few nominees of exceptional
personal popularity, or that in the
general mlxup and breakdown of
party lines they got a .share of the
estrays; or possibly the notion is gain
ing ground that the only way to have
and enforce prohibition Is to build up
a powerful prohibition party.
It is perfectly true that prohibition
as a state-wide statute Is non-enforc-Ible
except with the election of offi
cers determined to enforce the law;
and the only way to get such officers
Is to take them from among the pro
hibitionist; and elect them on a pro
hibition ticket, or on the. prohibition
issue.
The Prohibition party does not put
the cart before the horse In its poli
cies; other enthusiasts make that mis
take. Some of them are talking now
of a state-wide prohibition campaign
in Oregon In 1914. They think prohi
bition will carry with the aid of the
women's votes. They are undoubted
ly mistaken. No suffrage state has
prohibition. Colorado at Its last elec
tion rejected prohibition. The women
divide on a political issue, or even on
a moral issue, much as men divide;
though it is possible that they care
more or less, as the case may be
for candidates than they do for
partisanship.
The vote for prohibition in Oregon
In 1910 was 43,640 yes, 61,221 no.
There is no good reason now to expect
a different result in 1914. The Pro
hibitionists will do better to attempt
to retrieve their losses of 1910 in the
various counties that then changed
from "dry" to "wet."
IS NOVEMBER BAD?
Some of our Eastern contemporar
ies, to bridge over the dismal lull after
election, are discussing whether No
vember Is a sad month or not. In that
part of the country the question is
somewhat simplified by the absence of
perpetual rata, but In place of it they
are favored with snow blizzards and
fathomless mud.
William Cullen Bryant, who was an
Easterner of a particularly virulent
type, was of the opinion that Novem
ber has little to redeem its gloom.
"The melancholy days are come, the
saddest of the year," he sings pensive
ly. Amid the prevailing woe he per
ceives no ray of consolation. Still,
there never has been a November
which "was not followed in due time
by May. The flowers only seem to die.
In reality the life of the perishing
bloom has passed into the seed, where
it safely waits for the returning sun.
The leaves fall not so much because
they are smitten with death as be
cause the new buds push them from
their places. It is the old story of the
oncoming generation thrusting the old
one out of the world to win a place
for itself. November is not a victory
for death, but for life, when we look
below the surface.
Knowing all this, we should not be
disposed to call it a sad month, ex
cept in the eense that every clearing
away of rubbish Is sad. The life of
the vanished Summer has served its
purpose. Its remains are now noth
ing but an incumbrance, a mass of lit
ter on the surface of the world, and
Nature brings on her winds and rains
to wash them away. November is a
sort of Mrs. Poyser; shrewish and acid,
but extraordinarily wholesome. Much
as that good wife scolded her hus
band, he knew very well that "noth
ing could shake the stability of his
home," as George Eliot puts it.
At heart November Is the soundest
of ail the months. It cleanses the
world and gets it ready for the long
Winter slumber. It is only lack or
that vision called faith which can see
death in the howling winds and falling
leaves. The illuminated eye sees noth
ing but victorious life.
1K. (HAHU.8 W. KI.IOT ON EARLY
MARRIAGES.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot made an un
usual address to the Harvard fresh
men this Fall. Major Higginson spoke
qn the same occasion and Dr. Eliot
took his text from one of his friend's
remarks. "A large part of your en
joyable work in life," said Major Hig
ginson, "will be work for others."
Adopting the spirit of these words, it
was easy for the ex-presldent of . Har
vard to impress upon the young men
who heard him that the finest of all
work Is that which is done for wife
and children. The Harvard freshmen
are some 20 years old, as a rule. It Is
time for them to begin to think seri
ously of the life ahead of them. Dr.
Eliot spoke wisely upon several as
pects of it, but thg family relation en
gaged his thought more than anything
else. He told the young men that by
far the greater part of the genuine
enjoyment they would get as they
passed through the world would come
from their own wives and children.
Hence as a matter of rational pru
dence they ought to consider the sub
ject of marriage at least as carefully
as they did that of a profession.
.While reading his address, which
Is published in full In the Independent,
it is interesting to notice the emphasis
which Dr. Eliot throws upon enjoy
ment. Life to him does not mean a
dull routine of dreary duty. It Is not
a pilgrimage through a vale of tears
nor a penance preparatory to some
thing less dismal In another sphere. It
means opportunity for happiness, and
he told his young hearers that the best
way to obtain lasting happiness was
"through hard work which one er
Joys.", Of course his Immediate ap
plication was that work done for wife
and children is enjoyed more than
anything else. He did not say any
thing directly about the fear that col
lege men will become a childless gen
eration If they do not change their
habits of life before a great while, but
probably he had it in mind. ' At any
rate he said regretfully that "It is the
fashion now among educated men to
wait many years before they marry,"
adding that in this respect the life of
the highly educated man is "inferior
to the life of the mechanic, operative,
farmer or farmhand." 'These classes
of men marry young and are often
grandfathers at an age when the col
lege graduate is still toiling for the
competence which he thinks he must
have before he weds. "Postponed
marriage is a great modern evil in
educated society," said Dr. Eliot.
He made light of a common excuse
offered by men for postponing' mar
riage. "I cannot ask a girl to marry
me as long as I am unable to support
her in the luxury she has had at
home." Dr. Eliot thinks that if a girl
has been brought up in luxury and
idleness "the sooner she has a chance
to live differently the better for her."
He also suggested that this view of the
subject often wrongs the woman. She
may prefer to drop her parasitic habits
and help her husband win the battle
of life. At any rate it is "only fair
for the young man to consult her" and
find out what her wishes really are.
If she is willing to take a hand in the
fight, why not let her? The old
dream of love In a cottage still has
Its charm. It Is not 'always true that
love flies out at the window when
poverty comes through the door. Love
Is stronger than modern cynics like to
admit. Dr. Eliot would like to se
every healthy and decent man "sur
rounded with his own children be
tween the landmarks of forty and
fifty. Before he is sixty years old he
ought to be a grandfather. To us
the most Interesting point In all this
Is Dr. Eliot's mental attitude toward
marriage. He looks upon it not as
a theme for romance or silly Jokes, or
for theological speculation, but as a
weighty factor In the happiness ol
life. According to his view it is a
matter to which every young man
ought to turn his thoughts seriously
at the formative period and to which
he should look forward with high ex
pectations. Would that this sober and
prudent view could drive all the non
sense we have learned from novels
and Mrs. Grundy out of the world.
"The years will fly," said Dr. Eliot,
"and soon you will find yourselves
in the presence of little children every
day, your own children. Look ahead
to that situation. The very thought
of It will protect you from evildoing
and will prepare you for the greatest
joys of life and the most lasting." It
stands to reason that a happy mar
riage depends as much Upon good
health, as upon any other circumstance
and good health depends upon right
living in youth. Therefore Dr. Eliot
told the Harvard freshmen to look
ahead In regard to the care of their
bodies. "Avoid the vices. Avoid lust.
And avoid the habitual use of any
stimulating or narcotic drug. The
wider my field of observation the
more firmly I believe that the best
rule for the attainment of long life
and steady vigor is to use no stimulant
whatever habitually, neither alcohol
nor tobacco, neither coffee nor tea,"
This is a hard rule for the humanity
of our day, but the best opinion of
the world, both scientific and ethical,
is moving toward it unanimously. In
dulgence is vice and vice destroys the
body. With the vigor of the body
go the keenness and power of the
mind and the high enjoyments be
come impossible.
Dr. Eliot's address ought to be
printed in letters of gold and hung
on the walls of every school and col
lege in the country. The Young
Men's Christian Associations do not
need it so much,- for they have long
been preaching the same doctrines.
"Keep your body clean and your life
pure and all that there is worth while
In the way of pleasure will come to
you naturally. By. the very law of
nature a wholesome life will be a
happy life." The modern trend to
ward honest and clear thinking on
the subject of sex has found no more
admirable expression than in Dr.
Eliot's address to the Harvard fresh-
Milwaukee's experience suggests
that the best antidote for Socialism is
a strong dose of the real thing, not
the denatured article offered by
Rniwevelt. Havlne- tried Socialism as
defined by the Socialists themselves.
Milwaukee rejects it, both in tne
municipal and Congressional election.
The Roosevelt remedy, on the other
hand, too closely resembles that which
Rlamnn-k tried in Germany. The Iron
Chancellor pushed the national insur
ance law through the Reicnstag on
the theory that it would remove the
excuse for workmen to become So
cialists, but the Socialist party has
a-rown until It is now the strongest
single party in the Reichstag.
Tho rnmnlete catalogue of publica
tions In the United States gives 450,-
000 titles, or wmcn idu.uuu are ouusa
written by 75,000 authors. If all the
books were good ones this would be
a subject for National pride. Even
with the certainty that many are bad
or foolish one can view the figures
complacently. We are emphatically
a reading Nation and upon the whole
we probably read wisely.
Not a cent of graft in the new
Courthouse, experts report. Which
makes the edifice a monument to the
hnnoarv nf th nresent County Court.
The building of a Jl.599,000 public
structure often oners a ricn neia iur
graft. '
Potato King Smith, of Canada, is
here to tell .Oregonlans how to grow
the tuber. Popular opinion Is that
anybody can raise potatoes, yet
mighty few know how to produce the
best.
Hetty Green for the Cabinet never
would do. Qualification would put her
in the Treasury, but characteristics
would keep hungry Democrats desti
tute and frantic following sixteen lean
years.
The University of Missouri athletic
Instructor heralds as a discovery the
fact that city men are physically su
perior to those of the country. Mili
tary science has long' recognized the
fact.
Oregon's leading Democratic as
pirants to high place are like the man
who wanted a whole suit, but would
be content with coat, vest or trousers.
The pegs are many but the holes are
few.
Yesterday's seesaw gave California
to Wilson, but the vote of the state is
of little consequence In the general re
sult. The betting, however, being
more important, must be settled.
The suitor of a daughter, thrown
out by the father, cannot make a good
son-in-law. To begin with he lacks
the finesse that is the Indispensable
part of successful wooing.
An Arizona editor was shot and
killed the other day by an indignant
citizen. He was not "M. Quad's"
creation, who always escapes.
Democrats are lining up ten deep
for every Federal plum. Now wouldn't
it be cruel If the Republicans deplete
the larder in the meantime?
Mayor Rushlight would cripple the
fire department, which Is the city's
protection, but build a garage, which
Is the taxeater's luxury.
The subtle art of diplomacy appears
to have risen above the savage lust
of war among the powers In the
present crisis.
Turkish cannoneers found soap in
stead of shells in iheir caissons. Still
they weren't able to clean up the Bal
kan troops. '
Let us hope, now that women have
the ballot, that sledding for cheap
skate politician's will become rougher.
Let us hope California has that
Wilson-Roosevelt count settled in time
for the next Presidential election.
The gunmen of New York are learn
ing that nobody loves a gunman after
he has been found out-
If Mr. ' Bryan passes out the per
simmons and plums it will be easy to
pick the winners.
The woman of uncertain age, anxi
ous to marry, always is victim of the
rascal.
About time now for the price of
harvesters and dime magazines to ad-
Tom Word tells what he will do,
and by the same token Tom will do It.
Chicago seems to be afflicted nth
a plague of false prophets.
Let all Jake tea with Sir Tummas
tomorrow.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Casa Bner.
"The Rose of Panama," with Fay
Balnter playing the ingenue role, ar
rives In Portland before the holidays,
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With the closing of the "Awakening
of Helena Richie" road tour little Mayo
Methot and Valbors Ahlgren have re
turned to Portland. Miss Ahlgren Is
rehearsing in a sketch for vaudeville
and Mayo will appear in one of the
early productions at the Baker.
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Snenklne of the Baker. Mary Edgett
of that oompany has a deep thinking
part this week. It calls for one single
line. In the last act and nearly at the
end ofNlt, too, she dashes on and an
nounces "I am Mrs. Chalmers." On
every rehearsal lovely Mary came in
with announcements that electrified the
players. Once she said "I am Mrs.
Burnit" (the name of the hero). An
other time she said "1 am Mary Edgett,"
and honestly when that company waited
for Mary's entrance on the opening
matinee they were prepared for any
thing. "Well, it comes from giving me
an Insignificant role," says Miss Edgett.
"It reminds me of the man who studied
for weeks on his line, which was, My
Lord, the carriage waits," and came in
all flustered and yelled on the opening
night "Great heaven, the hack's out
side." "
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Izetta Jewel is in Los Angeles all
ready to begin her engagement as lead
ing woman at the Burbank, but Paul
Armstrong's newest play "The Escape."
now in its third week, has made such
a tremendous success that the length of
Its run Is indefinite. So Miss Jewel is
inr visitlne around until her season
begins. Forrest -Stanley. Harry
Mestayer, an old-time Portland stock
actor, and Florence Stone are in "The
Escape."
..
Paul Armstrong's other new play, "A
nf the Underworld," with
Holbrook Bllnh In the title role, is to
be the Thanksgiving attraction at tne
Heilig.
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Benjamin J. Miles, husband of Grade
Emmett, who is presenting Mrs.
Husband" at the
Orpheum. when in Portland 17 years
ago was the "hind legs or a neuer.
Miles took prominent part in "Evange
line" nrhirh was r,roduced here by
Edward E. Rice, and a feature of the
extravaganza was the heifer dance
n-ac..r.tM iv Miles, who represented the
hind quartrs of the' quadruped, and
Charles Udell, who held lortn as tne
fore part of the beast. Udell now is
affiliated with John Cort in san Fran
cisco. "Evangeline" was presented in
Portland by a company numDering iu
persons many of whom have since at
tained stage prominence. These include
George Knight, Louis Montague,
Richard Golden, James MofTett, cele
brated as ' a pantomimist, George
Fortescue and Edward Morris. Miles
has been appearing In "Mrs. Murphy's
Husband" for the past 13 years, the
sketch having been his wife's vehicle
for that period. It is soon to be re
placed by a new little drama to be
called plain "Mrs. Murphy," Grade
Emmett having bought the sketch from
two Seattle girls who also sold a play
let to Blanche Walsh on her Orpheum
tour last year.
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This from the Walla Walla Union
tells of Lee Wlllard's latest venture.
Lee Willard presented two curtain
raisers and a four-act comedy at the
Keylor Grand Theater last night to a
-small but select auditence." Willard
was good and he had good support. His
offering was a delightful entertain
ment. Willard made a hit with his
curtain talk in which he thanked "the
management, the stage hands, the man
agement and the newspaoermen for
their kind attention." Willard's main
play was one made famous by Sol Smith
Russell. The other offering was a 20-
mlnute version of "The Squawman" and
two scenes of a play, "His Partner
Jim." Miss Davis, the programme does
not give her front name, plays the lead
with Mr. Willard.
' e
Tonight "The Butterfly on the
Wheel," with an all English cast, opens
at the Heilig. It's an English divorce
drama with a great big gripping court
scene. The woman in the case Is the
butterfly the damaging evidence and
the gruelling of the lawyers is "the
wheel."
at Cordray's'," taken from an old the
atrical scrap book, published in 18.
should prove of especial interest at this
time:
The popularity of Richard & Pring
les' Georgia Minstrels evidently has
not demlnlshed during their week's
absence in Seattle and Tacoma, Judg
ing from the crowded house that greet
ed them upon their return to Cor
drays' last night. The changes in- the
programme since their previous visit
were good in each particular, and gave
evidence of the desire on the part of
each and every member of the company
to make 'the performances of this en
gagement stronger in points of merit
than ever. The novel idea of giving
each member of the audience an oppor
tunity to cast their vote for their fa
vorite candidate for office in the com
ing election, met with decided favor.
The vote was as follows:
For County Sheriff, total 9S8 votee
George C. Sears 321
William Frazler 230
A. T. Smith 219
S. S. Long 218
For County Treasurer, total 65 votes
D. E Buchanan 140
R. W. Hoyt 317
J. Kltrnan IIS
J. H. Robb 120
For County Coroner, total 702 votes
C E. Hill ISO
George F. Koehler 1J
H. C. Fenton 220
P. J. A. Semler 10
A. W. Botkln ; "2
For City Attorney, total 735 votes .
R. R. Glltner 23B
W. M. Cake I
V. - K. Strode loi
Robert Catlin 141"
For City Treasurer, total 723 votes
Frank Macheney
Arthur Wilson 1
K. J. Bergman J--
p. R. Skinner 11 J
George Woodward 12-1
For Superintendent of Streets, total
777 votes
W B. Chase Zil
John Wood 1'T
John McQulnn -
C. E. Deal 1Ia
Tonight the following list of candi
dates will be in order: county com
missioner, clerk of county court, as
sessor, county auditor, city surveyor
and justice for the West Side.
Then ballots in regard to the cake
walk, which is one of the strikingly
original features of the performance
and the whole show in Itself, will be
held in the box-office until Wednesday
night, when the result will be an
nounced from the stage, and the vari
ous prizes distributed to the lucky con
testants. The result of last night's voting
shows that the patrons of Cordray's
popular theater take a lively Interest
in city politics. Including the fair sex
Nearly the entire house voted.
THIRD PARTY ONE OF REVENGE
Roosevelt's Ball Moose Not Product of
Need, Sy Writer.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian today we read
the letter from Elmer Grandin, oi
Patchogue, N. Y, showing the extent
of the Bull Moose delusion. Here Is a
person who honestly believes In the in
fallibility of Theodore Roosevelt, ana
of course will follow him no matter
where he 'leads. He believes it was
nerfeetlv honest for Roosevelt to Ale
contests against Taft delegates to the
Renublican National Convention, for a
corrupt political purpose, to disfran
chise all Republican electors oi Cali
fornia, to conduct the disgraceful pre
rnnvention camDaiKn he did. to protect
during his Administration the Perkins
Harvester Trust, and many otner
things one might mention. There are
many people who consider It possible
for Roosevelt to err. They thought and
still think Roosevelt Is capable of
resorting to very "practical politics.
Mr. Grandin says "that for 15 years
things have been going wrong on the
Inside of the (Republican) party" but
he has forgotten that during seven and
a half years of this time Roosevelt
was President, and that If things Were
going wrong he, above any one
else, was responsible. Take out of
the Bull Moose platform what was
copied from the Republican platform
and there Is nothing left.
The truth Is the whole Bull Moose
movement Is founded upon revenge.
Had Roosevelt received the Republican
nomination there would have been no
third party, but the moment Roosevelt
could not secure the nomination he
called all those opposed to him vile
names, declared they were dishonest,
that they were controlled by corrupt
"bosses" when no - politician ever de
manded more loyal support than he,
and if Perkins, Dan Hanna and Bill
Flinn are not the kind of bosses he
condemned we have none in any party,
and If Barnes had supported Roosevelt
there Is no question that he could have
sung "Onward, Christian Soldiers" in the
choir of the Bull Moose saints and
would have been called a leader, not
working for self-aggrandizement but
self sacrificing for the common peo
ple. We all admire Roosevelt's cour
age but his human nature asserted It
self and he could not withstand defeat.
His courage failed and time will prove
the correctness of the Republican posi
tion. Four years hence the Republican
platform will contain all the Insignifi
cant little fads demanded by the Bull
Moose. Nominate a real progressive,
not an eleventh-hour convert, and
sweep the country.
C. B. LA FOLLETTE.
GOOD WIVES QCITE PLENTIFIL
Con flrined Bachelor Can Blame Only
Self Says Spinster.
pnnTT.ANn. Nov. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) May I be allowed the privilege
of replying to tne letter signer jaatjic
lor" appearing in your worthy publica
tion a few days ago?
I do not express myself from the
viewpoint of an offended young house
wife, for I have been a working per
son during all the grown-up years of
my life, and have not had a great deal
of time to devote to culinary pleas
ures, but I would like to see our worthy
friend alter his ideas of the average
young woman. -
If during the "nearly 40" years of
his life he has failed to find a seemly
helpmate in his native domain, why
does he not. take-a little Jaunt west-
A -a.lt, hln B Tl AP.I1 1 At i V GV6
some' of these capabre young girls
, i . . I 1 - ,1.1. Pflfilfli,
maKing ineir uuiue v
slope? What would he-think if he could
witness the real Interest displayed by
dozens of our enthuslastlo young stu
dents of domestic science, 89 per cent
of whom put their knowledge to prac
tical use? Would he not be obliged
to admit that his opinions were some
what warped?
Might not some of the fault be at
tributed to his environment? A man
who lives at a fashionable hotel is
not at all likely to come in contact
with girls who are domestically in
clined, for the average young lady
making her home In a high-class
boarding establishment lives principal
ly to display pretty gowns, play bridge
and sometimes, by way of exeron, do
a little fancy work. ,
Furthermore, I believe if our -friend
were capable of becoming sufficiently
interested In any one girl, he might be
able to overlook, for the time being,
some of the more practical things of
life, and perhaps later on, at the proper
time, he would discover that she was
the right girl after all: for most any
maiden, if she thinks enough of a man.
will consider it her blessed privilege
to prepare his meals and otherwise
make his home a comfortable abiding
place.
I fear our "bachelor" is a bit busi
nesslike in his quest for a life partner
to share his Joys and sorrows, and per
haps a little sentiment instilled in his
make-up would be a partial remedy.
BACHELOR MAID.
IDEAL, WOMAXHOOD DESCRIBED.
prlnevllle Man Pa ye Tribute to Duty
Loving Women.
PRINEVILLE, Or., Nov. 10. (To the
Editor.) In reading over letters on the
editorial page of The Oregonian No
vember 9 my attention was called to
the letter of "Louise." I read this let
ter with appreciation. It speaks fny
sentiment better than I could write.
It inspires new life in one to know that
there are still some women with such
noble thoughts. One that does not
want to be a burden on her husband
but wishes to be his helpmate, a chum,
companion and above all a true and
sincere friend, loves motherhood and
does not want a home without, chil
dren; such a woman must certainly
have a liberal share of the divine mas
ter's spirit within.
Nowadays one sees so much of those
whose only thought is dress, the club,
the theaters. They do little house
work, they buy as much as possible all
food ready cooked and many other
things that go with the butterfly life.
And after all what have they got?
The kind of a companion I have
longed for is one as "Louise" has
described, but anon fate has said nay
and I will have to trudge on. May the
blessing of the Master be upon "Louise
and such women of her ideals. Had
we more such women, we would have
more of these good old-fashioned
mothers that the world needs.
Quoting from Solomon Proverbs:
"Vanity of vanity, sayeth the preacher,
all is vanity" today, and the old world
wags on under her load of sinful
beings. And again quoting from that
good old song, which is almost for
gotten. "If a smile we can renew as
our journey we pursue, O tne good we
all may do, while the days are going
by." I will close hoping that some
smile that has grown weak may be re
newed while reading this.. P. O. B.
Site for the Auditorium.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Ed
itor.). If $600,000 or more is to be
spent for an auditorium, a sufficiently
large and convenient location ought to
be found on which to build It.
Few people would be satisfied with
the location of the old Market block,
even if it could be used without the ex
pense of acquiring additional ground
and vacating a street.
The site of the' Gipsy Smith Taber
nacle, or that vicinity, would be more
central than the Market block, and
there a large enough piece of ground
for the purpose could be had either by
purchase or condemnation. The value
of this ground la not excessive, and no
doubt Mr. Kamm, the owner, would
deal generously with the city in view
of the public purpose for which it was
to be used. T. O. HAGEN.
The Reward of Va'or
By Dean Collins.
This is the song that might be sung
By Europe's powers, In varied tongue.
To the jaiKan iie, '"w
In rout.
And thoroughly wallop Turkey out.'
Press forward unto victory,
'Mid war and smoke and flames.
Oh, gallant Baefcan kingdoms.
With your varied Balkan names.
We like to hear your cannon roar.
We like to see you work
At driving from our continent '
Our enemy, the Turk.
A hundred towns are smoking,
A myriad lives are shed,
Byzantium is quaking
Before your victor tread.
Advance, oh, valiant soldiers;
Advance relentlessly.
Until the land's oppressors
Are booted cross the sea.
Imperial Russia lauds you.
And Austria gives you praise.
And Germany and England,
Each one Its tribute lays.
And France and fair Italia,
In joy do smile and smirk.
To watch your bleeding legions
Beat down the hated Turk.
Brave little Balkan kingdoms!
All Europe's proud to see
You bring the foe of ages
To a submissive knee.
Press forward In the struggle
Until you gain the goal.
Though every foot of progress
Is marked by a passing soul.
Proud Austria is exultant
To aee you storm the forts.
Provided you are willing
m nlal m n ,
Yours shall be deathless laurels
Alter tne cojtiob-i. gury;
Europe concedes the task, the fame
And claims the territory.
Portland. November
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian, November 14, 1802.
We understand the corporators of the
Columbia Transportation Company have
at last organized. It is asserted h.v
parties interested that the company
has purchased the right of way over
the portage at the Cascades from Mr.
J. H. Bush and that the amount of
bonds required by Judge Wyche to be
given in order to secure an injunction
against the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company has been reduced and has
been or soon will be given. If the above
statements are true, we may expect
to see another line of opposition steam
ers on this route.
Mr. F. W. Bell, manager of the the
atrical troupe now performing at Vic
toria, took passage on the Sierra Ne
vada for this city. He Informed us
that It is his intention to return with
this troupe about the first of next
month. Upon their return they are to
be Joined by Mr. J. H. Waldron and
wife, Mr. Havelock and Miss Mitchell,
who, together with those at present
constituting this company, will pre
sent an array of talent never before
witnessed on the stage In Portland.
The greatest telegraphic feat of the '
age was performed yesterday. The at
mospheric influences being favorable,
the operators of the Continental Tele
graph were enabled to establish in
stantaneous communication between
New York and San Francisco, geo
graphically distant about 3500 miles.
An attempt was made on the night of
October 20 to burn all the buildings
belonging to the Puget Sound Agri
cultural Company in Lewis County, oc
cupied by George B. Roberts. It is the
general impression that Horace Howe
is the venerable gray-haired villian
who attempted to perpetrate this high
handed, diabolical deed.
Mr. C. H. Myers, plumber and gasfit
4,. ivnnt atreat nresented us with
new, patented gaslight burner, of late
invention, wnicn operates iinnim.u.j.
This late Invention Is called the Para
gon burner.
WISDOM IN THE DEATH PENALTY.
Decision of dVegon Voters) Approved by
Salt Lake Kdltor. .
Salt Lake Herald-Republican.
The six murderers who will now be
hanged in Oregon because the voters,
by a referendum, refused to abolish
capital punishment, will enjoy the
doubtful distinction of being the first
in the United States whose execution
was authorized by popular vote. When
Governor West, who seems to be a
foolish young man with altruism
ereater than his Judgment, referred to
the electors the plan to abolish the
death penalty, he reprieved the six men
whose hands were red with the blood
of their fellows, announcing that U
capital punishment was not abolished
he would sign their death warrants.
This he must now proceed to do
There Is much to be said against the
Infliction of the death penalty; public
sentiment regards it as doubtful
whether even the law is Justified in
taking from any member of society
that which it could not restore Yet
the prevalence of murder In the United
States demands that society must de
vise some method to.protect its mem
bers against those 1n whom criminal
tendencies are manifested by homicide.
Up to the present time, the Infliction of
the death penalty has been most
strongly favored, since the 'erfe
human contemplates loss of life with
greater terror than any other catas
trophe that might overtake him.
While there is a class of mankind
that prefers death to dishonor, to loss
of public respect, or to loss of position,
this is not the class that does murder
It Is the brutish mind that regards the
loss of life as the great and final cata
clysm, and that of course is the mind
that does murder. One cannot but be
lieve that the people of Oregon have
chosen wisely.
American Glrla Good Enough.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Ed
ltor ) My advice to "J. B. R-," who
says women should not work out. Is
that he had better go away back and
sit down. The Idea of him speaking
so slightingly of American womanhood.
. . . . . . ! 1 - nnt lrM,n f)T he
would not think as he does. When
some men Become neuer jiuv,uoo.
wives, generally speaking, will not
have to go out to work, nor will pros
pective husbands have to go out
of America to find a wife. Does
"J. B. R" know that in our
city girls of 12 years are not permitted
to work? I am happily married and I
worked before my marriage, not be
cause I wanted to, but because I had to.
- . i -n i . -A in n-iv hnmA and
X Ulie fiicui iioaaui c 1 ' ' -, -
consider myself a first-class house
keeper; nence, in my case, i uu i
think that my little whirl in the busi
ness world has depreciated me In my
husband's eyes. I occupied a position
where I had an opportunity to study,
all types of men. When I came to
t 1 ,wi an A tnpririln one
with lots of backbone; but, unlike "J.
o. rt., ne aoes nut mma uii "no "ar
. . . r' . . - -( fa VA hnth
lO go to luiwye -v " -
think America first, last and always.
i,rrarlV nTOT
Naturalization Not Required.
CORVALLIS, Or., Nov. 10. (To the
Editor.) A Is an Englishman by birth,
has lived in this country for about 30
years, but has 'never become natural
ized. He has two sons born and raised
in Oregon who are now oveT 21 years
a ,hov AntltlA1 tn vntA? T
oi. ago. w .... - - - - -
claim it necessary for them to take out
naturalization ptbpci a.
SUBSCRIBER.
Both sons are citizens and entitled
to vote.