THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1912.
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REORGANIZE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
J The confident assertions of Roose-
velt and Flinn that the Progressive
r party has killed the Republican party
', are already being refuted by move-
ments to reorganize and rehabilitate
the supposed corpse over which they
4 are holding the death dance. The
most significant fact about these
f movements is that they have been in
J itiated by those Progressives who re
J fused to follow Roosevelt out of the
' party, but whose progressiveness has
: been proved by years of fighting.
1 The confidence of Roosevelt and his
'. followers that they have founded a
new, permanent party which is to sup
plant the Republican party is matched
, by the confidence of these Progres
: sive Republicans that they can reor-
- ganize their own party on Progressive
: lines, and thereby win back a large
v proportion of the Republicans who
5 voted for Roosevelt. Their confidence
' is justified by an analysis of election
results. This shows that the strength
of the Progressive party is largely flc
titious. From one-half to three
fourths of the Roosevelt vote waa due
to Roosevelt's personal popularity,
C else why were the Progressive candi
.'; dates for other offices so uniformly
' weak? Not over 15 Progressive Rep
.' resentatives and only one Progressive
r Senator were elected, though, had the
party been as strong as its leader,
s more Progressives than Republicans
J should have been elected. Unless
- Roosevelt in another campaign could
gain enough strength to elect not only
T himself but a majority of both houses,
; his victory would be barren, for he
: could not carry through Congress any
..' part of his programme without shar
; lng the credit with one or both the
? other parties. He would thereby dis
? credit his frequent assertion that only
through his new party can social and
; industrial Justice be obtained. All ex
" cept the. most blindly infatuated
: Rooseveltians must recognize this
- fact. Those who followed him through
desire to procure certain reforms and
not through hero-worship or antagon
ism to Taft will look about them dur-
. ing the next four years for the best
means of gaining their end. The ma
j Jority of such men are doubtless for
f mer Republicans, and, if the Republi
can party should definitely commit
'' itaelf to a progressive programme,
they would be more disposed to re
turn to their former political home
than to adhere to a new party which
: had no prospect of accomplishing
" anything, or to Join the Democrats,
against whom they would have a nat
L ural hostility.
; In the recent election the Republl-
can party was at its weakest, weaker
than in any election since the Civil
" War. More than 3,000,000 of its nor-
mal votes were cast for Roosevelt and
probably another million for Wilson.
. There waa dissension among those
who remained, for La Follette, Had
: ley, Borah and their like remained
' Republicans only formally. Tet un-
der these most adverse circumstances
'.. it polled between 3.000,000 and 4,000,
t 000 votes. This Is the size of the
party when stripped to the bone, when
1 reduced only to those men who had
- no hope of victory, no magnetic lead
1 er. no motive for voting as 'they did
i except fidelity to Republican princl
' pies. That those principles are con
? sistent with progress is proved by the
fact that all progressive legislation of
. the last fifty years was passed by the
',' Republican party. A party which re
tains such strength under such atl
; verse circumstances is not dead or
' even moribund. It has been punished
I for Its sinsr-but is not forever excluded
5 from popular favor.
What is needed to rehablHtate the
" party, then, is a frank acceptance of
defeat by the Republlran reaction
aries. No other course is open to this
element. They must yield to the
progressive element of the party, lest
a worse thing befall them. If they do
not yield, they will drive progressive
Republicans into the arms of Roose-
velt or the Democracy.Roosevelfs suc
. cess would mean the reign of radical
Ism with all the uncertainty which
grows out of the ever-changing char
acter of the Roosevelt policies. Demo
cratic success means destruction of
the protective tariff, which the reac
tionaries most desire to preserve. The
Democrats promise to compete with
the other parties in progressive meas
ures. If the reactionaries were to go
over bodily to the Democrats, they
would have to make the same kind of
. a compromise with the progressive
Democrats as would be necessary with
the progressive Republicans and they
would also have to sacrifice protec
tion. By accepting gracefully the
popular verdict and conceding once
: for all that special privilege must
end, they can insure progress on sane
lines conforming with Republican
principles.
. That progressive leaders within the
Republican party believe the party
can be reorganized on such lines as
." to accomplish the reforms for which
- they have consistently fought in their
" respective states and in Congress is
' proved by the overtures made to that
end by Borah, Cummins, La Follette,
' Kenyon and Hadley to the regular
Republican leaders. The regular lead
; ers now realize that they erred in Ig
noring the progressives and are ready
' to compromise on measures and lead-
ership. The standpat leaders are
gone. wlth the exception of Penrose
.: in the Senate and Payne In the House.
They have given place to men who
have learned their lesson and who
are conservative without being reac-
- tlonary. The time is ripe for the lead
ers of both elements of the party to
come together and build anew.
The progressive Republicans have
every motive of personal ambition as
well as party loyalty and loyalty to
their principles for desiring such a
compromise. It would lift them from
the position of leaders In a faction to
that of leaders of the whole party. It
would open the way. for higher honors
to them. If they had Joined the Pro
gressive party, they would not only
have been required , to affiliate with
such trust magnates as Perkins and
such bosses as Flinn. with whom they
have nothing In common, but to sub
ordinate their ambition to that of
Roosevelt, who threatens to become
the perpetual candidate and dictator.
The two wings of the Republican
party can reunite on such a pro
gramme and under such leaders as to
establish popular confidence in their
progressive purposes. By so doing
they can make the defeat of 1912xihe
prelude to a succession of victories.
MR. TEAL- FOR THE WILSON CABINET.
Oregon has a candidate for Secre
tary of the Interior, in the Cabinet of
President Wilson, in the person of
Joseph N. Teal. The Oregonian
assumes that there will be no dissent
ing voice in the state against the
selection of a man so well known and
so well qualified for this great posi
tion. It is an office that has to do
with the welfare and problems of the
West. Mr. Teal knows all about
them. He understands and appre
ciates the policies and the proper
concern of the Government as to the
forests, 'the public domain, water
power, reclamation, coal lands and
the like on the one hand: and he
knows, and he would be in accord
with, the attitude and the Interest of
the public on the other. We think
that with Mr. Teal in the Cabinet, the
Administration might readily be
brought to a sane view of conserva
tion, so that conservation would not
mean stagnation but intelligent and
profitable use.
We are to have a Democratic Ad
ministration. Mr. Teal is a Demo
crat. He stands for the West. He
belongs to the Pacific Coast. He
should have the support of all citi
zens and all interests In his candi
dacy. In this matter of large concern
to Oregon and the West, The Ore
gonian does not hesitate to commend
Mr. Teal to the favorable considera
tion of the new Administration.
NO LAWMAKING BY PROXY.
Mr. Hersner, of Newport, deems it
a sad mistake for the elector who Is
In doubt to vote No. Far better, he
thinks, it would be to leave It to others
who do know.
We suppose that Mr. Hersner does
not intend to make a proposal strik
ing at the life of the initiative and
referendum; yet he would relieve the
people as a whole of the duty of de
ciding on any measure submitted for
their action, and leave it to a selected
group and Informed few, an assembly
commissioned to decide questions or
Issues for the whole electorate.
The Oregon system is for all the
people, not a part of the people. If a
part of the people only discharge their
obligations as lawmakers, the system
is a failure.
Mr. Hersner's figure about the hun
ter who shoots at any moving object
In the woods is Interesting but not
adequate. The comparison might be
improved from his point of view If
he were to suggest that all who do not
know how to shoot stay at home and
leave all the game to real hunters.
But the Oregon system Imposes on
all citizens alike the duty of hunting
and does not permit one to turn over
his gun to any proxy.
KOGl'E RIVER APPLES FOB WILSON T
The Oregonian hopes that President-elect
Wilson will soon have the
opportunity to test the quality of the
famous Rogue River apples; but it
confesses that it has become a little
anxious since receiving a letter from
Mr. A. K. Ware, of Medford, contain
ing for the most part matter wholly
irrelevant to the public wager of two
boxes of Rogue River apples on elec
tion results, but having also this
paragraph:
"If I remember aright, you wagered me
a box of Rogue Rlver'a best Newtown ap
ples that CoL Roosevelt would not win nor
be even second in the race. How about It?"
Mr. Ware does not remember aright.
To refresh his very poor memory we
reprint the offer made by The Ore
gonian: We will wager Mr. Ware a box of flrst
clasa Rogue River apples that Mr. Roosevelt
will not get as many votea In the electoral
college aa the next highest Presidential
candidate. We will wager another box of
fancy Rogue River apples that he will not
get halt as many. The Oregonian, Monday,
August 19, 1912.
Just how far Mr. Ware's treacher
ous recollection has led him astray
may be seen by reference to the clear
terms of the wager. Mr. Roosevelt
will not get as many electoral votes
as the next highest Presidential can
didate, nor half so many.
The Oregonian desires that the fin
est product of the wonderful Rogue
River, represented In two boxes of
fancy apples, be sent to President
elect Wilson. Will Mr. Ware fulfill
his. clear obligation to the terms of his
contract, and at the same time do a
genuine service to Rogue River Valley
and Oregon?
A PHILADELPHIA PLAN.
Tho Philadelphia public schools
have taken up a piece of work which
ought to be widely imitated. If It Is
well managed it cannot fail to be
highly beneficial to the pupils, to say
nothing of its broad humanitarian in
fluence upon the teachers. One would
suppose that It might transform the
public schools from dead machines
into living organisms. What they are
doing In Philadelphia is to group the
children into little communities of
kindred tastes. A careful study is
made of the "characters and apti
tudes" of the pupils. This is in Itself
a startling innovation upon the old
fashioned machine methods. Usually
the child is regarded as a mere grist
when he comes to school and he is
lumped Into the hopper to be ground
with the rest. The Idea that the Lord
might have made him different from
his associates has been slow to dawn
upon the pedagogic intelligence. And
when it was found that some child
was different from the mass the dead
ly aim of the machine was to grind
him down to type. In Philadelphia
they are trying another way.
Having taken the trouble to find out
something about the natures and dis
positions of the children under their
care, the Philadelphia teachers fhtend
to adopt a course of education which
will develop Individuality. The plan
Is to be carried out even in the pu
pils' games. Wise teachers have al
ways insisted that games were pro
foundly educational, or might be made
so. The new scheme Is to adapt the
games to the children. Those who
like a particular kind are to be kept
together on the playground. Some
will prefer walke in the woods to any
other recreation. There will be a sys
tematic effort to gratify their taste.
Those who delight In rough sports
like football will have a chance to In
dulge their preference. By such a
systematic use of games It Is hoped
to develop the pupils along the lines
of their individualities. Of course the
same method will bo carried into the
regular school studies: This is the
plan by which philosophers like Her
bert Spencer and Pestalozzl insist that
the human race can develop geniuses
at will. The old system of suppression
develops simpletons.
THE NORTHWEST'S VARIED PRODUCTS.
National Apple day has been cho
sen by the Pacific Northwest as the
opening day for a display not only of
its apples, (but of all other products
of the soil. The variety and excel
lenpe of the exhibits are truly aston
ishing. The exposition at the Land
Products Show on East Morrison
street, great and diverse as It is, Is
not by any means all-embracing. It
was preceded by the Flower Show
at the Armory and is held simultane
ously with the International Dairy
Show on the Peninsula. Even these
exhibitions omit two Important prod
ucts of the Pacific Northwest tim
ber and livestock.
A visit to the Land Products Show
will convince any man or woman that
this is not a country of one product,
for the first thing which impresses
the visitor is the wealth of products
which the Pacific Northwest yields.
There are all varieties of fruit, nuts,
root crops, grains, grasses and forage
plants, to say nothing of all farming
and packing appliances. Every county
In Oregon and Idaho, all Southern and
Central and much of Eastern Wash
ington, several counties in Montana
and a large part of British Columbia
are represented. All the several cli
mates make displays, from the ex
tremely humid -coast belt to the dry
farming belt of Central Oregon.
There are crops grown under irriga
tion, In the humid climates where ir
rigation is unnecessary and In the dry
land where it is Impossible. From the
last-named section -there is one exhibit
which includes sixty varieties of grain
grown on fifty acres, a dozen varie
ties of fruit and all the known vege
tables; roots and forage plants of this
latitude. The arrangement is strik
ing and artistic and, being according
to sections, gives an idea of the wealth
of the country at one glance. Though
apples predominate, one can' easily see
that In this part of the world we do
not by any means live on apples alone.
The man who wishes to learn what
we produce in this favored land can
not only see the products, but he can
meet and talk with the producer. The
exhibitor usually accompanies his ex
hibit and will gladly tell the nature of
his soil, what methods of cultivation
get the best results, what they cost
and what profit he makns. If he de
sires to go Into scientific details, he
can visit the exhibit of the Oregon
Agricultural College and talk with the
professors and their assistants. In
fact, by visiting this show, one can
learn all that it is possible to know
without going to the land Itself and
cultivating It.
Before the show Is closed the manu
facturers of Oregon will meet in Port
land and tell what they are making
of the raw materials which this state
produces. We not only derive wealth
from an ' infinite variety of products
of the soil, but we go further and con
vert an Increasing number of these
products Into shapes ready for con
nmntlnn. It in becoming that we
should encourage the growth of man
ufactures, for they rurnisn a mantei
for our land products and add to the
accumulated wealth available for fur
ther development.
All these displays and conventions
are a demonstration that the Pacific
Northwest is the land not only of op
portunity, but of unlimited opportuni
ty. If a man will but work, he can
find profitable work to suit any taste
or natural bent. He need but go to
the show, make his choice and learn
from the prizewinner in each line how
to go to work and achieve success.
TO A YOUNG LOVER.
A reader writes to inquire of The
Oregonian about the wisdom of mar
rying on 160 a month. "Would you
advise a young man to marry who is
getting a salary of $60 a month?"
That is his question, and to our minds
it is an important one. The young
man is probably a prudent fellow. If
he were not he would have rushed
into matrimony the first time a pretty
face attracted him, without regard to
the consequences. No doubt he Is
also steady and industrious. The fact
that his wages, or salary, cannot com
pare with the income of a millionaire
does not prove that he Is idle. Hard
work does not always mean high pay
in this queerly arranged world. Those
who toll most continuously and dili
gently often get the smallest return
for it. ' In heaven we expect such
anomalies to be more fairly adjusted.
The acute reader will perceive that
we are- doing our best to evade the
young man's question. The truth is
that we do not know how to answer
it, since our knowledge of him is pure
ly hypothetical and of the girl he has
picked out we know nothing at all,
not even whether she is a blonde or
a brunette, a suffragette or an antl.
To begin with, let us lay aside an
ancient superstition about matrimony.
It is this; that a married couple can
live on less money than either of them
alone. Of course, by uniting their
fortunes In a single household they
effect certain economies, especially if
the wife is cook, laundry maid, seam
stress and scrub woman for the part
nership. It takes less fuel to warm
one room than two and In the do
mestic preparation of food for a fam
ily, restaurant expenses oan be elimi
nated largely. But on the other hand
we must not forget that marriage en
tails expenses which neither man nor
woman need incur in the single state.
Children will be born, doctors" bills
must be paid, help must be employed
in times of illness. As the years pass,
If a family is normal, it will inevitably
increase and the domestic bills must
grow correspondingly. It sometimes
happens that a marriage, contracted
in the beginning with high hopes, be
comes a cause of increasing misery
to parents and children as time
elapses. Naturally our young friend
will reflect upon facts of this un
happy kind before he finally makes
up his mind.
But there Is a great deal to be said
on the other side of the question.
Candid men, the wisest of the human
race, assure us that the deepest happi
ness we can ever hope for comes
through wife and children. A couple
who unite their fortunes when both
are young, overcome hand in hand
the difficulties of life and approach
old age together, experience Joys so
pure and sweet that there is nothing
on earth to compare with them. The
man who misses married happiness In
his youth misses the kernel of life.
Whatever else comes to him is com
paratively tasteless. Over all later ex
perience there Is the mist of Autumn.
When youth is gone the dust and
ashes begin to gather. The clouds
return with growing darkness after
the rain. The golden bowl shows
nicks. The man who does not make
the most of his youth is the most fool
ish of fools. The saints and sages all
tell us that through marriage and
children come the very spirit of the
wine of youth. When the evil days
come and years draw nigh in which
we all have to say there is no pleasure
in them, sad indeed will it be for us
if there are no little hands to hold as
we totter down the years, no child,
no grandchild, to renew in his spring
ing life the hopes forever gone from
ours.
We wish we knew the girl our
young friend has picked out. So much
depends on her. If she is the right
kind of a girl we say to the young
fellow, "Marry her with our blessing
and all will go well with you." But
if she Is not the right kind, beware,
beware! Look into her habits of life.
Does she read novels on the parlor
sofa while her .mother does out the
week's washing? Does she go to six
dances a week and sleep all day on
Sunday? Is she eager to make you
spend your money for theater tickets
and Ice-cream? Does she make her
own dresses and trim her own hats?
These are some of the tests to apply.
A girl who urges her lover to waste
his wages will probably make ducks
and drakes of the family Income when
she Is married. Has your girl learned
to, cook? This Is perhaps the most
important question of all. On a salary
of 160 a month the wife must do pret
ty nearly all the household work. If
she does not know how to cook or dis
likes it, woe to the husband. His wed
ding is but a mocking preliminary to
the divorce court- Again, in our mod
est opinion, this young man ought to
inquire about the girl's health. His ro
mantic fancy may prefer to see her
pale and wan with feet tottering on
high-heeled shoes and waist like a
wasp's, her lungs not large enough to
hold a pint of air and her muscles
like putty. But this is not the kind
of a wife for a poor man, nor for a
rich one, either, so far as that goes.
Do not marry a girl whose health is
permanently delicate, but when you
do marry see to it that your wife's
health is not ruined by your conduct.
Thousands of feeble women may
thank their husbands for lifelong
misery. The sins of the fathers are
visited upon the mothers as well as
upon the children.
We are afraid our young friend will
find this answer a little vague. The
fact is he must decide for himself.
Nobody can help him much. We must
get married alone and we must die
alone. The whole world Is a long
way off on both occasions, however
near it may seem. It all depends. If
he Is the right kind of a man and she
Is the right kind of a girl the sooner
they get married the better and they
will live happy ever after. But if they
are not the right kind, we say again
beware, beware. Marriage is not a
lottery. It Is a life partnership and
if the partners choose each other with
even a little common sense the
chances are Jieavily in favor of Im
mense returns in happiness, but if
they do not, who shall deliver them
from the body of the death to which
they have chained themselves?
We may see the Government In the
paradoxical position of prosecuting
and defending the Standard Oil Com
pany at the same time. If it should
be found to have violated the dissolu
tion decree, it will probably be prose
cuted again with the prospect of
prison sentences for some of its offi
cers. At the same time the Govern
ment may defend the Standard
against the new oil monopoly In Ger
many. The maximum and minimum
provision of the tariff law is a power
ful weapon available for use against
Germany, but retaliation by that
country might cause other American
Industries to suffer for tho Standard.
John Drew's alarm over the conse
quences of the bridge craze is exces
sive. The women who are crazy over
bridge are of the type which must
have some craze; If it were not bridge,
it would be something else. Women
of that type have a repugnance for
babies and, unless they can be cured
of their predisposition to crazes, it
Is Just as well. Any babies they might
bear would be neglected, ill-trained
and of little use in the world.
America sees the departure of Mr.
Bryce with regret. He is valued here
not only as a diplomat, but much
more as a philosophical student of our
country. He is the first Briton who
ever wrote about the United States
with broad Intelligence. He is almost
the first who thought our institutions
worth sympathetic study. His retire
ment is a loss to two great nations.
A suspicion that some of those land
show exhibits are paper mache is nat
ural enough. But there's nothing In
it. Nature produces just such mas
terpieces out this way.
Portland supremacy again Is at
tested. The Northern Pacific is plan
ning a direct line from Yakima. By
and by our railway lines will radiate
like spokes in a wheel.
A North Yakima murderer, victim
of a jealous rage, was arrested with
a single shell in his revolver. He
might have put it to excellent use.
Bermuda hotels should do a rushing
business, for It Is hardly to be ex
pected that the pie hungry will re
main patiently at home.
Another storm Is coming, say the
forecasters, and the potatoes yet un
dug must wipe their weeping eyes and
await deliverance.
Nevada lawyers are combining in a
fight on free and easy divorces. For
one thing there's more profit in the
hard-fought kind.
It has the sound of twenty years
ago. Railway trainmen In the Middle
West are predicting a new schedule
of wages.
The bathtub combine stands con
victed of being a trust. No doubt an
immunity bath will be sought.
The citizen who pays carfare has
reason for glee when he sees the city
official no longer deadheading.
Mrs. Ella Harris, of Dayton, has
cause of pride, for she is the first Ore
gon woman to vote.
Still, those secret weddings are fre
quently productive of more or less
publicity in the end.
It Is not that the world is growing
wicked, but methods of exposure are
more certain.
NEED OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Based on Highest Principle of Human
ity, Say Religion Writer.
(Editorial, from California Christian
Advocate, official - organ Methodist
Episcopal Church.)
One is apt to conclude that after 136
vears . of struggle the American Re
public should be beyond the experi
mental stage. The presence of such
an awful situation as that recently
unfolded in the New York police and
some half-dozen years ago in . San
Francisco warns us that the days of
danger to our system of government
have not wholly passed. New York
is to be congratulated on having such
a prompt, capable and worthy District
Attorney, and such a conscientious
Jury. The promptness with which the
matter was brought to trial and the
energetio way in which the case was
pushed to a conclusion is an object
lesson to the Nation. It' is not the
crime that reaches the vitals of this
great tree Republic, but the adminis
tration, or lack of administration, of
the law. The vigor of public senti
ment and moral sense of Justice in the
community show the real power of the
government. The most deadly enemies
of society are not the fierce, devilish
outbreaks against the peace of so
ciety; the worst enemies are the im
personal enemies. A soft, velvet-footed
sentiment, walking in the cool of the
evening, taking kind-hearted, gentle
people unawares, appealing to a su
persense of mercy, weakening the
nerves of good people until the sense
of Justice is a sheer convlctionless
jelly, shaping itself to any prevailing
situation. Here is a princlrle which
we think will hold, though at first it
may seem contradictory. The higher
the civilization the stricter must be
the administration of the laws govern
ing that civilization. Under the. old
dispensation the law was administered
for the sake of the la itself. When
the law was satisfied society's interest
ceased or became quiescent, but under
the new dispensation society insists on
a new standard. The man who stole
under the old law had a mechanical
or legal way of fixing it up, but the
man who steals under the new dis
pensation must not only do all that
the man was required to do under the
old dispensation but he must go be
yond and by repentance and peniten
tial sorrow repair the higher law
which belongs to all mankind. Our
civilization is advancing more and
more toward the higher law of hu
manity but no one must for a single
moment imagine that Justice Is dis
placed by this higher law.
Capital punishment is based upon the
highest principle of humanity. It is so
primary as to spring from the very
heart of humanity. It is the highest
right vested in civil society. It is a
flaming Bword at the portals of life.
It is the most merciful of the authori
ties given to man. It Is man's high
est right to protect life by an author
ity over life. There Is no cruelty In
It no barbarity in it. It is man's su
preme right not simply to take life to
protect life, but to sanctify life. In
the moral economy of the world, life
can only be protected by life. Capital
punishment is civil society's preroga
tive. It is not a personal right. It Is
society's supreme agency for the pro
tection of life.
Capital punishment is not punish
ment in the sense of vengeance or an
attempt to requite a wrong. It is an
other class of administrative acts. It
is that supreme act of civil society by
which the right to live is made su-
a.. HAi.. whlnfi weakens
preme. Any
every administrative act is supremely
dangerous. TO lnvanaate capital pun
ishment means not only to take away
.v.. ..i. .ffli.ni nrntectlon to human
life, but it lowers the significance to
human society of every crime ra mo
catalogue. In countries where capital
punishment has not been in vogue,
terrorism prevails. That is not all.
but a cruelty, a barbarism of prison
life has been set up as a reaction
which Is a thousand times more de
structive of human life. Our conten
tion is that society is in greater dan
ger from a deadly, debilitating moral
relaxation than it is from graft,
thieves, robbers, gamblers and law
breakers of every sort. This great
Republic needs a powerful stimulation
of the sense of Justice and righteous
ness. The namby pamby sentimanetal
lty being- so freely circulated is ex
tremely dangerous.
GOOD HUSBANDS HARD TO FIND.
Bachelor Maid After Long Search Sur
renders to Her Lot.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) I noticed that "old-fashioned
mother" cartoon in The Oregonian, and
have longed to be an old-fashioned
mother. Although my mother died
when I was very. young and left me
a family to raise, I fully realize what
it means to care for a home. I would
much prefer being an old-fashioned
mother than enjoying this single bliss,
as it is called, provided of course the
right man showed up.
I get discouraged sometimes and
wonder if there are any good men left
and then I know there must be, for my
brothers are good men. It seems now
adays that men don't want ol-d-fash-loned
girls, ones that can make a bed,
boil water, etc Cheer up, Mr. Bache
lor. If you're only 40 and a good hon
est man, there are plenty of good
bachelor maids looking for a man like
you. "Remember the measure ye mete
shall be measured to you again." So
please don't resign yourself to that
fate of emptiness in old age. Men ex
pect so much of a woman, It is hard to
come up to the scratch. You must
have the money, beauty and be skilled
In ways too numerous to mention, but
if the man has the wherewith to pay
the bills he is O. K-, regardless of the
past, etc A real woman wants a real
man, one to whom she can look up to,
respect, honor and obey. I am sure that
there is no life happier than married
life. If there is only a little common
sense injected into it. I don't know
of a woman but what would be glad to
have a good, honest, capable husband
and do her share in every respect . to
make a happy home If the desired man
should show up. BACHELOR MAID.
WHEN IN DOUBT, DON'T VOTE
This Correspondent "Would Have Real
Lawmaking by Proxy.
NEWPORT, Or.. Nov. 14. (To the
Editor.) I read with interest your re
cent editorial "A Weak Point" I think
the main reason that the road measures
as well as some other good bills were
defeated was overlooked in this article.
The reason is found in the advice freely
given in many Oregon papers, "when
in doubt, vote no." I found a good
many people taking that advice, and
undoubtedly many who could not de
cide which of the many road measures
was beBt suited to our needs voted no
on all of them.
A better plan would seem to be, when
one is unable to decide on a certain
measure, for him to leave It to those
who are clear on the subject to decide
- - Unr TtafHfiilai. hill This
can be done by not voting at all on
that numDer.
The "vote no" plan is too much like
some of our hunters do who go out
into the woods, and whenever they see
the brush move they shoot. Their idea
would seem to be, when in doubt, shoot,
and they get a good many men. On
the same principle our Oregon voters
.. in vmincr mnnv of the best
measures submitted to them.
W. W. illi KSJNH.lt.
Getting; Married on $60 a Month.
PORTLAND, .Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) I have noticed in the past that
The Oregonian devoted much space to
married life, so I would like to ask If
you would advise a young man to get
married that Is getting a salary of $60
a month. M. H.
PUTTING DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL
Copious Advice la Offered Party by
Weaton Democrat.
WESTON, Or., Nov. 14. (To the Edi
tor.) Now that the Democratic party
will control the Administration and
both houses of Congress beginning
next March, it has many mentors. My
advice may be considered superfluous
but I am going to offer it. Woodrow
Wilson says he Intends to devote the
next few weeks to listening. There
fore let him also listen to me, for I
am near unto the plain people, of
whom I am one, and hear them talk.
To begin with, the country's verdict
should not be misinterpreted. It signi
fies not so much a Democratic victory
as a Republican disaster. The Demo
crats were united, the- Republicans rent
asunder. The aggregate Taft and
Roosevelt vote will exceed by over one
and one-half millions the Wilson vote,
which is practically the same as that
given to Bryan four years ago. The
result should not be mistaken as a
general and hearty Indorsement of
Democratic policies. Rather was it a
natural consequence of the Roosevelt
bolt.
The country has been fairly pros
perous under Taft's administration.
The revolt within his own party which
led to his great defeat cannot Justly
be ascribed to dissatisfaction with
economic conditions. It was due to
popular unrest over the suspicion that
Taft was Influenced by regard for the
welfare of "the interests" rather than
of the people. He was considered a
lame exponent of the "square deal." His
Alaskan policy or lack of it and his
endorsement of the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff law as "the best ever," follow
ing his declaration for tariff revision,
doubtless hurt him worse than all. The
good he undoubtedly accomplished
was lost sight of in popular disap
proval of these two pronounced lapses
from the straight and narrow path
way of political rectitude.
Remembering these facts, and that
the nation has not "gone Democratic"
in ' the sense that a majority of its
voters are now Democrats, the new
Congress and Administration should
proceed with caution. No legislation
should be enacted for partisan reasons,
but with an eye solely to the "great
est good of the greatest number." If
certain established injustice should be
found to exist, let It be further endured
for a time until the proper remedy is
determined- with absolute certainty,
rather than that swift and radical
changes be attempted. "Make haste
slowly" should be the Democratic
watchword. The country did not vote
for a "change." Had the Republican
party united upon a compromise candi
date at Chicago, that party would very
likely have continued in power.
I do not favor the extra session of
Congress for tariff revision. Let us
have no sudden and radical tinkering.
The present law is unjust in spots,
but it isn't a source of Imminent peril.
The country is used to it and can en
dure it until the regular session, when
revision should be gone about calmly
and in a non-partisan spirit, with all
the tariff facts in the possession of
Congress that can be gathered in the
interim. Good doctors carefully pre
pare their patients for an operation,
even to remove a malignant tumor. The
foundation of "tariff for revenue"
should be slowly and skillfully reared,
that it may endure for years as a mon
ument to Democratic wisdom.
Office-seekers should be discouraged.
The country's welfare does not depend
upon the removal of a Republican that
a Democrat should have his Job. Only
those Republicans should be removed
from office who are proven incapa
bles. The Democratic party owes no
supporter anything. If he has not
supported It from principle, but with
hope of reward, he is not entitled to
the confidence of the party nor of the
people, whom he would probably seek
to exploit rather than to serve. That
slogan of corruption, "To the victors
belong the spoils," Itself belongs to a
benighted past.
After next March the Democratic
party will be on trial. Woodrow Wil
son will be on trial. Ha has asked for
and has received a working majority
in Congress, that he may have the sup
port of that body. Its and his respon
sibilities are grave and absolute. No
excuses will be accepted. The country
must be wisely and beneficently ruled.
Above alt the country must prosper.
Any widespread hardship under Demo
cratic rule means ruin to the Demo
cratic party. It will elevate to the
dignity of truth the oft-repeated as
sertion that the Democratic party is
great in criticism but weak in per
formance. Full power has now been
given it. Failure will mean an Irre
trievable blow to its prestige.
I am now and always have been a
Democrat, becapse the principles of my
party more nearly embody my political
ideals. The doctrine of "equal rights
to all and special privileges to none"
has always appealed to me. In com
mon with a host of. other Democrats
of the rank and file I long for my
party's success and Justification in the
fullness of its power. And I feel that
It will be successful, if no costly
blunders are made In the name of
progress. To be radical is not always
to be wise. Civilization and our social
system are fruits of the growth of
ages. CLARK WOOD.
SOAP BOX PROFANITY DISGUSTS
Objection Made to Favorite Practice of
Street Agitators.
PORTLAND. Nov. 18. (To the Ed
itor.) It would seem to the writer that
the time is fast approaching when the
people of Oregon who stand for orderly
government will be compelled to draw
the line between liberty and license.
We refer especially to the conduct of
street speakers, and to the language
used by them. On last Saturday even
ing a Socialist speaker was addressing
a large crowd one one of the principal
streets, and was endeavoring to win
support for his cause by laying down
propositions and drawing deductions
from them. The following Is a speci
men and will serve as an Illustration:
Q. Who Is above the worklngman?
A. The foreman. Q. Who is above
the foreman? A. The superintendent.
Q. Who Is above the superintendent?
A. The president. Q. Who is above
the president? A. The board of di
rectors. Q. Who is above the board
of directors? A The dividend hunters.
Q. And who pays for all this? A.
You do. Q. Why? A. Because you
are d n fools.
A number of propositions and deduc
tions were laid down along the same
lines, the question being propounded
and the answer given by the speaker.
The final clincher in support of ech
argument was the same, being "be
cause you are d n fools."
The speaker waa cheered at each out
burst of profanity.
The writer has been a resident of
Oregon only a short time,' and is not
familiar with what the people are
compelled to tolerate, but I am In
formed that no" officer could survive a
recall who would proceed against any
speaker for using such language. Hun
dreds of persons heard the address.
The right of free speech is one
thing and the right to use profane and
vulgar language on the public thor
oughfares is quite another. It clearly
comes within the offense of disorderly
conduct. No speaker should be permit
ted to use profane words, or words of
ordinary profanity on the public thor
oughfares. The guilty person should
be proceeded against Individually, and
such a proceeding has nothing what
ever to do with the right of free
speech, and the highest courts have so
decided. F. C.
Bad Style at a Wedding.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Then the wedding was not altogeth
er a success?" "No; the groom's mother
cried louder than the bride's mother.
It was considered very bad form."
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of Nov. 19, 1862.
The people of The Dalles and Inter
mediate points will be pleased to learn
that from and after this date a daily
mail will be carried from Portland tn
The Dalles by the Oregon Steam Navi
gation Company.
New York. Nov. 13. The Herald's
correspondent from North Carolina re
ports the occupation of Hamilton on
the north bank of the Roanoke. The
same correspondent says: "On the night
of the 18th a vessel ran the blockade.
She was fired at 22 times by tho Flam
beau. Several shot struck her, but
without making the slightest Impres
sion; she must have been Iron-plated-and
very thick or the rifle shot would
have gone through her.
A private letter from New Orleans
says: General Butler has taken posses
sion of two large plantations near the
city and has transferred a large num
ber of loyal blacks to them for active
service.
We have been kindly furnished by
Mr. Thomas Fraser, County Assessor,
with the following statement, showing
the population of Multnomah County as
enumerated by him for the year 1862:
Legal voters 1311, males. 2610. females
2012, total white population 4622, col
ored males 41, colored females 13, Chi
nese males 36, Chinese females 17.
Boise mines Every arrival from the
Upper Columbia brings new evidence of
the richness of these mines. The whole
upper country seems to have caught
the excitement and from every quarter
men are crowding into this new Eldo
rado. It is supposed that no less than
5000 persons will Winter In these new
lines.
We observe that the latest style
bonnet has. the peak still higher from
the head. We observed a couple on the
heads of two handsome young ladles
(and we don't have any other kind in
Portland) going down Second street
yesterday, that had space enough be
tween the head and roof to insert a
pack saddle, while the sides were
strapped down to the cheeks and chin
tight enough to hold It there la any
gale.
ABUSED HUSBAND NOW HAS HOPES
Looka to Woman Suffrage to Cure In
equalities Imposed on Men.
PORTLAND. Nov. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) Now that the women can vote
in Oregon and have a chance to prao
tice some of the "Justice" they have
been asking for themselves, I hope
they will not fall to enact a law which
will give a husband some protection
from a frivolous and extravagant wife.
What is a man to do who is cursed
with a "helpmate" (!) who neglects
most of her household duties and is
wasteful in what little work she does
do, who refuses to bear children, who
expends money foolishly for clothes
and petty personal adornments, who
insists upon going down town every
day and spending her time in the de
partment stores with female friends
equally vain and shallow, admiring all
the latest styles and silly gewgaws,
who never has a serious idea in her
head, who makes home life an impos
sibility by constantly visiting or being
visited by trends as frivolous as she,
and who, moreover, has consulted a
lawyer to find out Just how far she
may go in her perversity and Btill
under the law oblige her husband to
provide food, clothing and shelter I
ask, what is a man of decent Instincts
to do under the circumstances?
In former days, in primitive society,
and even in the middle ages, a man
had the right to inflict physical
punishment in order to compel obedi
ence. If he were to do that today he
would be arrested for wife-beating.
If the husband refuses to live with
and support such a woman, the law
prosecutes him for wife desertion. She
can then get a divorce and alimony.
Should he wish to marry again (which
he might be foolish enough to do in
spite of his sad experience), he would
have to support two women certainly
an expensive arrangement when most
men have difficulty in supporting one.
Shall he sue for a divorce? He would
probably be denied a decree. Having
taken legal counsel, she could file a
cross bill denying his grounds. Then it
would be up to him to prove his case
which is not so easy to do, parti
cularly if the woman is rather good
looking, has a trick of acting the part
of injured Innocence, can tell a tear
ful story and arouse the sympathy of
judge, Jury and public against her
unfeeling and cruel husband!
As I said, something ought to be
done for the relief of the unfortunate
husband, and I think it is up to the
women of the state to furnish the
remedy.
For one thing, I am in favor of wo
men Juries. The men are too easily In
fluenced by a woman's personal attrac
tiveness to consider such a case on its
merits.
UNFORTUNATE HUSBAND.
WHY MANY WOMEN STAY SINGLE
Too Many Men Set Inferior Standard
of Morality for Selvea.
OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 16. (To tho
Editor.) Being one of the interested
readers of the articles published in
your columns on marriage and kindred
subjects, I cannot refrain from adding
a few of my thoughts.
We hear so much in this age of "tho
independent old maids," who apparently
seem more numerous than in the days
of our grandmothers. I think that the
letters of "Truthful Jane' and "The
Original Old Maid" contain full ex
planation of that fact Many a sensible
girl of today, not being blind to the
caprices of so many men who, un
fortunately, actually set in themselves
a lower standard of morality than they
expect in women, wisely keeps herself
aloof of such. I do not condemn, by far,
all men, for I know men who are ex
cellent husbands and fathers, but they
are In the minority to the many capablo
women in this land. I exclude the
giddy, frivolous ones. Rather than en
ter into the bonds of matrimony with a
man whose moral standard is not high
and in whom the promise of a faithful
husband shines dimly she chooses to
plod her weary way alone through the
mazes.
I do think it was ordained by God
that woman should be the true com
panion of man. My idea is that a happy
marriage which is lasting is the cul
mination of true love, if the one is tho
other's equal morally as well as in
tellectually. I do believe that it is the heart's true
desire of every sensible, fair-minded,
home-loving girl who knows how to
do things to be a loving wife and fond
mother, provided, however, she can be
for all time first in the heart of the
man whom she is to know as her hus
band. When the practical-minded wo
man (which includes many of the so
called "old maids") is rightly mated
and surrounded by the comfortable ne
cessities of life, there is a home from
whose hearth radiates love, warmth and
cheer, and the homes are the bulwarks
of the Nation.
FAITHFUL WORKER.
Honeat Confeaaion of a Doctor.
Harper's Weekly.
"Do you really believe, doctor, that
your old medicines really keep anybody
alive?" asked the skeptic "Surely."
returned the doctor. "My prescriptions
have kept three druggists and their
families alive in this town for 20
years."
Another Sign of Hard Winter.
Boston Transcript.
"It's going to be a hard Winter."
"How can you tell?" "By the sl2e of
the salary I'm getting."