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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 191Z.
RASH LEGISIA TION.
Eugenics has become a topic of al
most universal interest in the last half
dozen years. Information about it is
widely disseminated and the public
has been thinking upon its various
phases to such purpose that we are
nn-ar nrnhahlv 'annrnachillf the era Of
legislation. No doubt within the next
few years we shall see a good aeai oi
the eugenic aspiration which prevails
In so many quarters enacted into more
or less Judicious laws. A writer in
the Idaho Statesman affords some in
dication of the trend which this new
legislation is likely to follow. Among
other sentences provocative of thought
he has the following: "Does the suc
cessful stockman when he' wishes to
propagate his stock go to his neigh
bor and buy scrubs or import inferior
grades from foreign countries? Not
on your life." This remark is made
In connection with another which we
will also quote: "Very little and very
poor Judgment Is used In making
choice of a life partner. A little
dwarf-like woman mates up with a
six-foot-four man. The next woman
mates with a hunchback and wryneck
or an anatomical specimen who has
only a spot of gray matter where his
brain ought to be, or a pervert and
degenerate."
Evidently what this writer wishes is
for the lawmaking body to take the
matter of marriage in hand and regu
late it strictly according to the accept
ed rules of stockbreeding. He says, in
fact, that "some of the progressive
and public-spirited women of Boise
have taken the initiative In a move
ment to compel candidates for mar
riage to secure a certificate of physi
cal fitness." In his opinion "that is a
step in the right direction whose im
portance cannot be overestimated."
To illustrate the practical benelits
which will flow from a requirement
of this kind, he refers to the surgical
operations which wives often have to
undergo after a year or two of wedded
life. "Nine times out of ten," he be
lieves, "the innocent, deceived bride Is
reaping the harvest of her husband's
wild oats." Had a certificate of physi
cal fitness been required for both par
ties before the union was permitted,
no such evil consequences need be
feared.
There is a great deal of so-called
eugenic discussion along the line
which the correspondent of the Idaho
Statesman has chosen. Nobody can
deny the excellence of its Intention,
but its wisdom Is not always so clear.
The psychology of human beings is
not quite the same as that of dumb
beasts. The rulesof heredity which
yield desirable results when we wish
to breed cows for milk or pigs for fat
cannot always be relied upon to
produce worthy members of society.
Our species has reached the point
where mental qualities and the emo
tions count for as much as physical
traits, and perhaps more. As yet there
Is no science of breeding which covers
mind. Much less is there any which
can guide us in reproducing desired
spiritual qualities. Here we are in a
realm of total mystery. It Is as if we
were at the door of a dark chamber
strung in all directions with wires
conveying currents of marvelous
force, but we know not whither they
run nor what connections there may
be among them. Would it not be rash
to thrust a hand ruthlessly Into the
chamber of mystery and rend the
wires at hazard? No matter how ex
cellent our Intentions might be the
chances are that Irreparable harm
would result from our rash enterprise.
It is not presumptuous to hope that
science will some day solve all the
enigmas of heredity, but it has not
done so yet by any manner of means.
If legislation is passed upon this mat
ter at present, it will necessarily be
passed In Ignorance. Can we expect
much good from It under such condi
tions? Would it not be better to wait
a little? As far as certificates of
physical fitness are concerned eugen
ists are commonly of the opinion that
they should be required before mar
riage. But what is physical fitness?
The writer in the Statesman is
shocked to think of a small woman
marrying a big man and yet every
thing that we know of heredity favors
this very thing. The ideal union is one
which supplements the deficiencies of
each party. Giants ought not to marry
giants nor dwarfs dwarfs. The law
ought not to regulate points of. this
kind. Nature seems to have provided
for them very well .by instinct. It is
a matter of common observation that
like seeks unlike in human matings.
All that the law can safely do Is to
prevent unions where either party suf
fers from a communicable disease.
It makes no difference whether the
disease is communicable to the off
spring or not. The fact that It may
pass from one spouse to the other Is
sufficient to decide the point. It is
abhorrent to associate matrimony
with exposure to maladies contracted
in the slums, as so often happens now.
The law can remove all such associa
tion and as long as it fails to do so a
1 plain duty will be neglected. But it
cannot go much farther at present.
Legislation would be safe in the mat
ter of communicable disease because
It would be based on exact knowledge.
Should it proceed farther along eu
genic lines it would be based upon
ignorance and would therefore be
perilous in the extreme. Of course we
are not at this moment speaking of
the simple surgical operation which
might prevent congenital defectives
and criminals from propagating their
kind. The law might enforce this
without danger to anybody and with
immense good to society.
But with these exceptions the great
authoritative writers on eugenics do
not invoke the interference of the law.
Gaiton himself, the founder of the
science, relied rather upon the crea
tion of a religious sentiment which
should make mankind look upon un
desirabte unions as a sin rather than
a crime. No deubt the religious feel
ings lie at the very basis of human
conduct and if they could be directed
to the improvement of the race the
battle would be won In a single cam
paign. Some writers remind us that
the eugenic principle was formerly
woven into the rituals of various cults
and only disappeared under the Influ
ence of a regrettable asceticism from
Christianity Itself. Our present task
seems to be to restore this principle
to its proper place rather than to in
vqke the doubtful aid of the law.
FINDING A WAY OCT ON ROADS.
New York at the recent election
voted $50,000,000 bonds for the con
struction of roads throughout the
state. The movement for good roads
there takes substantial form. The
bonds are to run for 60 years; the
roads are to be built for all time.
Oregon 'refuses to issue state bonds.
Tet the state has no debt, the people
are prosperous and counties here and
there are moving on their own account
in the good roads movement.
The people are undoubtedly for
good roads. No community in Oregon,
having once had the benefit of well
constructed highways, regrets the in
vestment. Other communities are will
ing to profit by their example.
The recent defeat of the major
road bills is not indicative of a gen
eral public sentiment against good
roads, or even a protest against paying
for them. It was due almost wholly
to a difference of opinion as to
methods.
The road question ought to be
solved. It is not in good shape, but
the tangle is not hopeless.
The active mind of Governor West,
who Is for good roads, should suggest
some way through the general diffi
culty about good roads, including a
suitable disposition of the measures
vetoed by him in 1911 and yet to be
acted on by the Legislature.
BURY T AFT OR PRAXSB HTM?
The Oregonlan would go far to
meet the Just expectations of a
reader for twenty-five years, whether
or not he voted the Republican ticket
for thirty years, as Mr. Bachelor, of
Ontario, has. But it can scarcely
promise to refrain from mentioning
Mr. Taft, after March 4, 1913, or even
from an occasional reference to
Barnes, Penrose, Crane and other
delectable persons who have attached
themselves and their fortunes to the
Republican party, and who refuse to
be turned adrift. Likely enough,
when It seems imperative to reintro
duce Barnes, Penrose and Crane, the
unpleasant task may to an extent be
miriemteH Vtv nrpspntlne as a fair off
set Bill Flinn, Tim Woodruff and
George Perkins, three great Progress
ive eenerals who stood at Armageddon
and battled for the usufructs.
We agree that Penrose, Crane ana
pqthm nr a. rAnroarh to the Republi
can party; we admit that Flinn,
Woodruff and Perkins are a heavy
burden for the Progressive party. Bu
we do not concede that Mr. Lafollette
proved himself unfit for the company
of other progressives by opposing
that Colonel
Roosevelt has done more for progress-
iveness than a a oiiene coum nujie .u
do in a thousand years. Mr. Bachelor
surely does not demand that his state
ment be taken literally.
mair finButinn RorimiRlv whether
Colonel Roosevelt has not set back the
progressive movement rather than
helped it along. We think he has re
tarded it. The Republican party had
prior to last June retired nearly all
the Old Guard, or was fairly in the
process of retiring them. The move
ment within the party was progress
iva: the organization in most of the
states was in the hands of the pro
gressives. Let us admit that Taffs
nomination was a mistake; Roose
velt's bolt was a greater. or ne
hahr divided the Drogressive forces
of the country and Insured a Demo
cratic victory.
Can the man who split in two the
progressive element within the Re
publican party be rightly said to have
promoted the cause oi progressive-
vVHAT HOME RCLK MEANS.
Tn ndvopn-tlnir a restriction of cam
paign expenditures to those derived
from Oregon sources The Oregonlan
in ltd riodnrarlnn for Home Rule gave
no Intimation that it desired that
funds raised by National parties to
promote their causes be debarred from
,, in thio tn.tA. Tet this is the view
that Mr. C. W. Barzee, a local Social
ist, seems to take or tne proposea
project.
In a letter published Tuesday Mr.
Barzee avers that The Oregonlan pro
poses to restrict "political agitation on
onhwt rtv th Rid of financial in
fluences from men not bona fide resi
dents of Oregon." This would inaeea
be a broad and perhaps, as Mr. Barzee
contends, a dangerous and un-American
policy.
But at the present stage of free and
iv iiu nf thA direct legislative power
and lack of restriction upon paid
propaganda uregon is oecumins
tiiA oM n-r th nneration of men who
cannot gain consideration elsewhere
of their untried dreams of govern
ment. Moneyed visionaries attempt to
nrnn the doe on which to try
out hair-brained experiments. All that
The Oregonlan advocates is mat Ore
gon refuse longer to be the dog.
Only an outline suggestion was maue
in the original article Jn "Home Rule
for Oregon." It was therein proposed
it ha marlA unlawful for anv rer-
aon to solicit, receive or disburse, for
or against any measure or candidate,
financial aid from persons not citizens
or bona-fide residents of the state.
Such an act would necessarily need
provisos. It should not debar recog
nWe.A nnlitlcal narties from expending
money la Oregon in furtherance of the
National policies of those parties. It
should, however, prevent the harass
ing of voters witn measures wnicn are
not of sufficient general interest to
be placed on the ballot by strictly Ore
gon effort.
Such a law would not prevent the
OrtioiiatH nr Democrats, or Reoubli-
cans, or Progressives from carrying on
a general propaganda financed by
money obtained outside of Oregon. It
would not rorma tne single lasers, or
. i a i C'i limn TiAAcniA or the ahnrt-
-rut'-' o
ballot organization from conducting
educational campaigns, uuaoteu uy
contributors from other states, so long
-..-t, nmrtalsfrui were devoted to
the general principle involved and not
to some particular measure.
rt thdn Is need of a law which will
prevent foreign organizations and res
idents of other states irom employing
attorneys or lawgivers to draft inltia-(-.-.
mivaqiirpji navinsr the stiDends of
petition hawkers, hiring press agents.
spending vast sums for literature in
behalf of their own and against other
specific measures and in contributing
to the success or defeat of state or
local candidates for office. Efforts in
behalf of economic theories or princi
ples when directed from without
should cease at a certain point and
that point should be when a measure
or the representative of a political
policy Is before the people and there
through the effort of Oregon citizens.
There is no better reason for per
mitting organizations or persons that
have no citizenship interests in Ore
gon to force consideration of measures
or aid in the election or defeat of
measures or candidates than there is
for permitting them to sign the peti
tions or participate in the balloting.
THEIR TERRIBLE LBSSOX. .
Four young- men Albert Green,
Ben Hinton, Emmett Shields and Earl
Shields have Just been released from
the State Penitentiary on a conditional
pardon, granted by Governor West on
recommendation of the Parole Board.
They had been sentenced to life im
prisonment from Grant County, in
1910, as the result of a lynching
project, wherein one Oliver Snyder
was the victim. Snyder had killed
the brother of Albert Green in a quar
rel over a dog. Toung Green ar
ranged with one Joseph H. Caseday,
a deputy sheriff. . to be conveniently
absent while he and. his young friends
captured the slayer of his brother and
shot him (Snyder) to death.
So runs briefly the story of a law
less and reckless enterprise that
brought upon reputable young men
disgrace and punishment for a delib
erate conspiracy to violate the law,
involving the corruption of a public
official and the shedding of the Dlooo
of a human being. We shall suppose
that these young fellows were burning
with a righteous indignation at the
murderer who' had deprived one
among them of a cherished brother;
and that they had reason to fear that
he might not receive the fate at the
hands of the law that was his Just
due. We shall suppose also that,
living in a country where human life
Is not held too high, and where the
use of the pistol is common, they felt
a ready Justification in themselves
wreaking a deadly vengeance upon
Snyder.1 But they forgot that in
usurping with their private punishment
the law's function they were guilty of
as grievous a wrong against the law
as Snyder had committed; and the law
could neither overlook nor condone
their offense.
We think the young men have been
sufficiently punished. They will not
forget their terrible lesson, nor will
others forget It. The deputy sheriff,
sworn to uphold the law, and weakly
betraying it by abandoning the law's
charge, is left in prison as the princi
pal offender against the law's majesty.
He should be kept there. If he was
drinking, or drunk, it Is no excuse; it
was his duty not to drink or get drunk.
GOVERNOR MARSHAIX AND HIS COOK..
Governor Marshall, of Indiana, Is a
lucky man in more ways than one.
He is not only elected Vice-President
of the United States, but he has a
good cook. Which favor of fortune he
values most there is no way of know
ing, but we have reason to suspect
that if he were obliged' to sacrifice
one of .them it would not be the cook.
He says that, next to his wife, this
kitchen treasure "is the most compe
tent person in the world." He does
not except Woodrow Wilson or even
Mr. Bryan from this sweeping state
ment. He admits with some regret
that his cook "would not be received
at many social functions," but in his
opinion "she does her work as it
should be done and is therefore more
important to the state of Indiana than
the Governor."
We dare say she is. A woman who
makes glad the stomach of her em
ployer is fit to stand before kings. In
fact she ought to be robed in purple
and fine linen and fare sumptuously
every day, but we fear she is not al
ways lucky enough to get her deserts.
It is only in recent centuries that phy
sicians have been received in elegant
society with much acclaim. Cooks are
still repulsed with obloquy from its
portals.
We mention the two together be
cause of the similarity of their func
tions and the almost equal importance
of their services to mankind. Shake
speare always mentions physicians
with contempt. Even in Macbeth tne
doctor Is addressed with a certain
scorn. It is suggested that his minis
trations concern only the body. When
it comes to the soul he can do noth
ing. "Canst thou not minister to a
mind diseased?" Macbeth inquires of
the doctor, and when he is assured
that "therein the patient must minis
ter to himself" he cries, "Throw physic
to the dogs," which is probably the
best use to make of it to this day. In
high British society physicians are
only beginning to stand1 a circle or two
above cooks. The real landed aristoc
racy looks down upon both professions
with equal contempt, though It Is
eager enough to be served by both.
As far as we are concerned we hold
with Governor Marshall. All the
landed aristocracy of Great Britain
may go hang for what we care, but
when a calamity happens to the cook
upon whom we depend for dally bread
we experience that deep-seated per
turbation of the soul which may
properly be called sorrow.
ABUSE OF THE FRANK.
We are discovering that an educa
tional pflmnnlim. pjjneciallv under the
direct primary, costs money. It runs
intn tho millions Postmaster-Gen
eral Hitchcock estimates the pos
tage which would nave Deen paia on
nniiHrtfll rlnrnments mailed during the
year ending June 30, 1912, at $3,250,-
000 and holds the primary campaign
responsible for a deficit of $1, 781, 000,
lt,aa.l nf a eiirnlllR if ovftr 11.000.000.
which he anticipated. This loss was
due to the pre-convention campaign
binnn Tt Is nrobable that an equal
amount of matter was carried free
under the franks of senators ana rtep
rGntativM rinrlns? the election cam
paign proper, which would bring the
total amount expended Dy tne rwauon
for its own education on the issues of
the day to the very respectable sum of
$7,500,000. This is entirely aside from
tiie sums spent by the several cam-..-,
.nmmittees- which for the entire
contest would .increase the total by
several millions.
This is also apart from the
amount of other mall matter carried
under frank. Hitchcock estimates
that, had regular rates of postage been
i HM ail Diirh mnttor the mrptnts
poviu '
of his department would have been
Increased izu.uuu.uuu ana mac .s per
cent of all mall mattter was carried
under frank.
The greatest abuse of the frank is
...i.,niui hv members of Congress.
They grant the use of their franks for
the free carnage or vast quantities oi
campaign documents. They make a
pretext for so doing by availing them
selves of such pernicious customs as
the 'leave to print" and "leave to ex
tend remarks," by which not only
speeches which were never spoken are
included in the Congressional Record,
but entire speeches delivered by noH
members thousands of miles from
Washington are quoted verbatim by
members in the course of their "re
marks" and are then printed and cir
culated as. Government documents at
public expense. The late Tom L.
Johnson, when in Congress, went so
far as to cause the printing and mail
ing, at public expense, as part of
speech, of an entire book' by Henry
George.
The Democrats have long promised
us reform; they are the self-chosen
apostles of economy. Here is an op
portunity for them to show their sin
cerity. Governor Dlx, of New Tork, pre
sumes to set up his own Judgment
against that of the Judge and Jury
who have tried a criminal and of the
appeal court which has confirmed the
sentence. That is what he has done in
pardoning Patrick for nq other reason
than that he believes the lawyer in
nocent. By so doing Dix constitutes
himself a court which tries a man
again in secret, without hearing all the
evidence, without attorneys to repre
sent state and defendant and without
a Jury to determine questions of fact
Had he been able to show new evi
dence which either clearly proved
Patrick's innocence or threw grave
doubt upon the convict's guilt, and
that a pardon was the only means of
preventing injustice, his action wouia
have been Justified. But without ad
duclng any new evidence, he acts upon
his individual opinion. His action is
an abuse of the pardoning power,
which will cause Joy only among crlm.
inals and among those sentimentalists
whose sympathy always goes out to
the guilty man suffering for his crimes,
but never to the Innocent whom that
man caused to suffer.
The opinion expressed by The Ore
gonian that the Republican party will
be reorganized under the leadership
of Its progressive element is shared by
the San Francisco Argonaut. That
paper says:
Speaking for Itself, the Argonaut believes
tnat tne airecuon ana ica.uernip ui iim
party will probably be In the hands of men
who have hitherto been members of the
progressive faction, but who did not In the
late campaign abandon the party to follow
the Bull Moose. We suspect that the new
leaders will be men of the Cummlns-Borah-Hadley
type, cordially supported by the old
leaders of the party in plans which they
themselves would naraiy nave lumaieu.
The best augury for the future sue
cess of the Republican party is the
fact that men of the type mentioned
by the Argonaut refused to leave it.
though it chose the leader they re
jected and rejected the leader they
chose. Their action was the strongest
testimony to faith in the party and Its
ability and willingness to execute the
popular will.
The Oregon system does not lack
expansive power, whatever one may
think of its wisdom. Sooner or later
Its ideas are sure to become National
Issues, and then there will be a grand
combat over their merits. Senator
Bristow has begun the battle' by pro
posing two constitutional amendments.
One permits the President to appeal
to the people from an adverse vote in
Congress. The other provides for a
i-ofcrnrlnm nn SuDreme Court decis
ions as to the constitutionality of
laws. No doubt half a century will
elapse before the battle thus begun is
over and done with.
4 Vmnrirori vears from now every
circumstance connected with the early
Reed Oollee-e will be sought
out by historians and made much of
in their books. The first president,
the members of the first graduating
class, the first professors and trustees
will all be historic characters in their
several degrees. There Is no better
,ov tr nrrmira earthlv immortality
than by connecting one's name either
hv o-lft nr' service with an institution
like Reed College, which is predestined
to a great future. -
If we can secure an appropriation
large enough for continuous work on
tho r!t.nin Canal, that waterway
should be finished In time to allow
transportation of the products of the
inland empire by the all-water route
to the Atlantic coast during the year
of the Panama-Pacific Fair.
Tf Nnrth Carolina has the right kind
of a Governor, what he said to the
Governor of South Carolina when the
latter pTTirpwpd svmDathv for lynch
ers was marked more by stern severity
than by the amiable sociability which
characterized the oft-quoted saying.
When the leader of the regular Re
publicans in the House proposes so
progressive a measure as regulation of
railroad stock and bond Issues, we can
realize that the whole Republican
party is now progressive.
Tho HnnH continue to learn that
the cult practiced by prophets and
miracle-workers Is the worship of
mammon, but a new supply or aupes
continually takes the places of the dis
illusioned.
If another Municipal Judge is
needed, let a woman be appointed.
ti.hha mnnv ntsM that can better
XlJdU
be heard by woman than man, with
better disposition of justice.
a rr.nrh scientist has learned how
to increase the human bulk. Now why
doesn t some beneiactor or manainu
solve the reduction of weight prob
lem? n-h ntntomnnt is made bv jl Massa
chusetts Progressive that Roosevelt
will not again be candidate for the
Presidency. The sound is familiar.
Work of weeding out the deserving
element in the penitentiary continues.
-n"nriitlonal iardons have been given
the Grant County lynchers.
Tnrnndnn diolomacv is SWift
moving. Every big country is accred
ited with a new partner ror a war
dance each morning.
PArimns Los Angeles has discovered
that the goodness has oozed out of the
good government party.
One death from smallpox need scare
nobody. This is a big city of many
people. ,
Tho Cameron girl's future, now that
she is married, appears very black.
-Portland can finance any proposi
tion, with $71,000,000 deposits.
Forget the "giftless" idea and shop
early.
Stars and Starmakers
Br Leone Caaa Bser.
Geoffrey Stein, who gave us the dope
fiend in. "The City" and who numbers
many acquaintances in Portland, is ap
pearing with Madame Simone at Wal
lack's in New York City. Louis N.
Parker, who wrote "Pomander Walk,"
is the dramatist of Simone's new play.
It is in .play form called "The Paper
Chase," and Parker got it from Henry
Mountjoy's novel, "The Minister of Po
lice." Madame Simone Is to have the
leading role in the newest play from
the pen of Henri Bernstein'. He is Just
now putting the finishing touches to It.
"Le Secret" is its title..
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A special from San Francisco states
that Elmer B. Harris, the author of
"The Trial Marriage" and "His Neigh
bor's Wife," had reached the bedside
of his stricken father, E. A. Harris, of
Oakland, Cal., last week.
It Is Harris' first visit to his former
home In over five years. He is promi
nently known in the bay cities, having
graduated from the University of Cali
fornia with the class of 1898 and later
was a member of the faculty of the
University. His summons home came
most untimely, he having Just put on
his latest play, "The Trial Marriage."
at the Hudson-Street Theater, with
Helen Ware as the star. Harris is the
author of a large number of plays, but
is best known through "His Neighbor's
Wife." which Edna Goodrich, one of
Nat Goodwin's many wives, starred In
for several months.
Mr. Harris is the guest of his sister,
Mn. Lillian Harris Coffin, in San Fran
cisco, where his stay will be Indefinite,
as the elder Harris' recovery is es
teemed extremely doubtful.
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Gertrude Dallas has opened at the
Colonial Stock Theater in Salt Lake.
Miss Dallas came to Portland last sea
son as leading woman In "The Gam
blers."
.'
Margaret Pitt, an early Baker stock
woman,' Is heading a company at Fall
River, Mass.
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"Ransomed," the new play in which
Franklyn Underwoo'd Is to have the
leading role, was given its tryout per
formance last Monday night at Provi
dence, R. I. Hope Latham Is leading
woman. Mrs. Underwood, who Is
Frances Slosson professionally. Is in the
cast also.
see
Ida St. Leon, who, during an illness
of Mabel Taliaferro, stepped into the
leading role of "Polly of the Circus,1
when but 14 years old, and, whose suc
cess so pleased Manager A. Stern, that
he, at the end of the tour, offered a
prize of $1000 for a suitable play for
his young leading lady, will soon ap
pear on Broadway in "Finishing
Fanny," by Lee Wilson Dodd, the prize
winner. The play, a satire on New
Tork society life, opens In Harrlsburg,
Pa.
Miss St. Leon, before going into
drama, was a circus rider, and as
"Polly" has appeared twice In Portland.
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According to a Los Angeles reviewer
Maude Leone is "a ' beautiful leading
woman. She looks like New Orleans,
reminds one of Marie Doro quite a lit
tie, and has eyes like Julia Arthur. As
Liza, she shows more than one spark
of fire, and bids fair to be a great
favorite with Lyceum audiences."
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John C. Fisher, who Is sending Zoe
Barnett to Portland again in the musi
cal comedy "The Red Rose," was at
one time collector of customs at the
Port of San Diego, Cal., afterwards
becoming manager of the opera-house
at that point. Two years later in con
nection with Tom Ryley be produced
"Florodora," unquestionably the great
est money getter ever sent on tour.
This production' was followed by the
"Silver Slipper," "San Toy," "Babes In
the Woods," "The Medal and the Maid,"
"The Princess of Kensington" and
finally "The Red Rose."
Louis Casavant, who plays Baron Le
Blanc In "The Red Rose," was last here
with "Woodland," in which his wife,
Greta Rlsley, also appeared. Mr. Casa
vant it will be remembered succeeded
Eugene Cowles in "Robin Hood.".
Adrienne Arthur one of the dashing
show girls in "The Red Rose" Is, in
private life,- Mrs. Arthur G. Stamm,
wife of the editor of a newspaper. In
Anacortes, Wash.
Laura Jaffray, who Is the soubrette,
was last here with Eddie Foy in "Mr.
Hamlet of Broadway."
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The Harrington baby, whose mother
was lost in the St. George Hotel fire,
in Lob Angeles recently, will be taken
to Chicago to its grandmother through
the kindness of the people of Lew
Fields "Delicatessen Shop," all mem
bers offering to assist In the good work,
see
Christine Hill, known for her char
acter work, is visiting the Coast, play
ing a few dates In her new sketch, "A
Fair Suffragette." Miss Hill will be
remembered as an original member of
the old Frawley company, and her
negro mammy in Secret Service, and
her Mrs. Canby in Arizona are two
characterizations not easily forgotten.
'
Robert Lawler, who was with the
Countiss stock - last Summer at the
Heillg is now a member of ye Bishop
Stock at Oakland, Cal.
WOULD LIKE TO BURY TAFT
Ontario Mam Would Consltfn President
to Oblivion.
ONTARIO. Or.. Dec 2. (To the
Editor.) A Republican who has voted
the straight ticket for 30 years prior
to 1912, a reader of The Oregonlan for
26. and an ardent believer in the
Grand Old Party that was, devoutly
hopes that after March 4 . next, you
will allow Mr. Taft to retire to well
earned oblivion. Also, If you are sin
cere In your efforts to resurrect the
remains of the Republican party and
try to breathe the breath of life Into
It. it is hoped that you will carefully
refrain from mentioning Mr. Taft, as
well as Barnes, Penrose, Crane and
the other highwaymen who thought
they could force the first named gen
tleman down the throats of Repub
licans and get away with it, in con
nection with the resurrecting process.
Another feature to be noted Is Mr.
La Follette, of Wisconsin. This bright
Senator claims to be the original
progressive, and he may be, yet he
fought Roosevelt the bitterest fight
he has ever waged on any man or
measure during his career, a man who
did more for the progressive move
ment in three months than he could
ever hope to do In a thousand years.
The significance Is plain ia t ouette
is for one man first, last and all the
time namely. La Follette. Principles
amount to nothing.
O. A. BACtUSLiER.
Fenalon for Ex-PresI dents.
HOOD RIVER. Or, Dec. 3. (To the
Editor.) I would be ashamed of my
self to be President of the United States
and to later on be pensioned. It looks
very weak. F. P. FRIDAY.
MARKETING OF DUCKS DEPLORED
Hunter Would Preserve Game Birds
for Sportamem Only.
PORTLAND, Dec 3. (To the Editor.)
In the last three or four days, I have
noticed articles in The Oregonlan re
garding the scarcity of ducks on the
different lakes and sloughs tributary
to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers,
and this scarcity is ascribed to various
causes, such as high water, , etc, but
not one mentions what to me is the
prime cause of the scarcity, viz., wan
ton and indiscriminate slaughter.
Most of the lakes and ponds In this
state are leased, fed and watched by
men who are financially able so to
lease and feed them. That in Itself is
all right, but that some of these men,
who do not need the money and who
call themselves "sportsmen" should
sell the ducks they bag "or a majority
of them" to the different markets is to
be greatly deplored by all men who
are true sportsmen. The selling of
these birds places the hunter on a
level with the game hog, the market
hunter and the poacher. ' All other
forms of sports such as baseball, fish
ing and clay bird shooting, we Indulge
in simply for the pleasure they afford
us, and the sport there Is in them for
us; for Instance In clay bird shooting,
it costs approximately $5 to shoot
100 clay birds. We pay our money,
shoot the targets and have a bully
good time, but we don't market our
dead birds. Then why, simply because
ducks are marketable, should we lower
ourselves to sell them?
Down South, where I hall from, such
a man would be shunned and avoided
by all true sportsmen. He could be
long to no club nor could he obtain
a footing in any preserve. There he is
either a true sport or an undesirable.
If a man cannot afford to Join a club
or preserve without having to sell his
bag to pay expenses he should keep
out of the shooting game altogether or
be satisfied with an occasional shoot
at a certain charge per day.
I hope that at the next session of
the Legislature, the law permitting
the sale of ducks from November 15 to
December 15 will be killed so decisively
that there will be no chance of its res
urrection in the future. This has
been done for years in the Southern
States and I believe also in most of
the Eastern States, and all sportsmen
should lend their aid In having It
passed here. The sale of ducks here is
an Incentive to the pot hunter, game
hog and near sportsman, to use any
and all methods to obtain the birds
that will mean so many dollars and
cents to them.
Another thing the bag limit should
be reduced to 15 or not more than 20
ducks in one day and not more than 25
in one's possession at any one time.
As it is now a hunter can shoot 100
ducks in a day and them all In his
possession at one time and still I am
advised by one of our game wardens
nothing can be done to him. This is
one clause in our game laws which
should be taken care of and corrected,
so there would be no loophole for the
offender to crawl out of. Poaching also
should be provided for In no tender
manner.
If these things are taken care of,
and if the sportsman will be a sports
man, there will be no scarcity of ducks
to complain about for a good many
years to come, but undel existing con
ditions I see the finish of duck shoot
ing in the very near future that is in
Oregon. PHILIP W. LA POINTE.
The Oregonlan can see no reason
why utility in the disposal of game la
not a proper and honorable factor in
sportsmanship. It seems to be the Idea
of the 'true soprtsman" that the crea
tor gave us wild fowl for the sole bene
fit of a favored few who love to kill;
that the nonhunter who appreciates
food variety occasionally should not
look beyond the lowly product of the
domestic animal unless it be to rare
gifts from sportsmen who are willing
to divide when surfeited themselves.
Prohibition of the sale of ducks, even
with a bag limit of 15 to 20 per day
In force, would mean that the garbage
can would get a large share of the
hunter's product. If true sportsman
ship is destroyed when any factor other
than the pleasure of taking life, no
matter how worthy, enters into
the day's shooting we are . in
deed in noble business in permitting
the migratory game birds to be shot at
all. We cannot see that the man who
goes to the game marsh with intent to
make wise use of the game he kills,
even though it net him a few dollars,
is any more undesirable than the
man who slays without purpose or plans
for using that which he kills. The
rigid code of ethics adopted by some
hunter's clubs Is nothing short of sheer
selfishness. The chief thing desirable
is a bag limit that will prevent ex
termination of the birds.
TAKE AWAY POWER OF PARDON.
Need Urged of Keeping Murderers
Away From Society.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 3. (To the
Editor.) I was very much interested in
an article in a recent issue of The Ore
gonlan by Colonel C. E. S. Wood on
capital punishment.
The Colonel, like a great many other
writers on this subject, seems to lose
sight of the one important point, viz.,
that the people of Oregon, like a great
majority of mankind, are not blood
thirsty. What they want Is to know for a cer
tainty that when a criminal has been
convicted of murder in the first degree,
then he will be removed from their
presence forever, and that he will never
be permitted to afflict society in a sim
ilar manner.
Pass a law taking the pardoning
power away from the Governor, board
of pardons, or anyone else in such
cases. Let the murderer, when con
victed and sentenced to life imprison
ment, pay the penalty. Let him forfeit
his liberty as long as ljfe shall last,
and after he Is dead let his body be
burled or otherwise disposed of within
the prison walla, If such a law were
submitted to the people of Oregon, I
think it would be Indorsed by a large
majority.
The people of Oregon, as well as the
majority of people the world over, do
not want to run chances of murderers
serving from two to 10 years of a life
sentence and then being pardoned by
a Governor or pardon board, to commit
the same crime against society again.
I would never want to again see a
creature at -liberty who had deprived
me of a friend by an asBassln s bullet,
nor can I sav that it would afford me
extreme pleasure to pull the trigger
that would launch such a brute into
eternity,, but if I knew positively that
he was forever removed rrom tne pos
sibility of ever perpetrating such a
crime against humanity again, I would
say amen. JAMES JOHNS
Organization by Teachers.
PORTLAND, Dec. 3. (To the Editor.)
In The Orearonlan. Monday, "Progres
sive" asks for a thought on the or
ganization of the schoolteachers. I do
not belong to any union and am not an
advocate of closed shop, but these peo
ple who perform such important work
as they do should certainly endeavor
to be in the front rank of the progres
sive element. T. I ARNOLD.
Jnst the Opposite Course.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
"And your husband gave $1000 for
that old book?" n
"Yes."
"To show how much you care for
literature, I suppose?'
"No. To show how little we care
for $1000."
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of December 15. 1M.2.
Captain C. H. Hale, Superintendent
of Indian Affairs for Washington Ter
ritory, passed through this city yester
day en route for Lewlston and the
Lapwat agency.
A meeting was held on Wednesday by
the people of The Dalles after a cer
tain few money speculators and those
who desire to discredit the Govern
ment in that city and resolved not to
take greenbacks at par. It was: "Re
solved that any person whb shall in
any manner attempt to depreciate the
established currency of our Govern
ment is considered by us as an enemy
to his country and unworthy of either
the confidence or support of good citi
zens. We pledge ourselves to trade
only with persons who are patriotic
enough to take the faith of the Gov
ernment at par."
Olympla, Dec. 1. The tenth regular
session of the Legislative Assembly of
this territory convened today. The
House was temporarily organized by
the selection of Hon. Charles Eagan
Speaker pro tem.. J. S. Hurd chief
clerk. N. S. Porter assistant clerk,
Thomas Prather sergeant-at-arms and
D. Sheton doorkeeper.
The Ladies' Fair at the Gymnasium
Hall on Wednesday evening last was
well attended. The net proceeds
amounted to $550.
HAPPIEST DAYS OF HOME L1FB
They are When Lawn Is Worn Bnre by
Tramp of Tiny Feet.
PORTLAND, Dec. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) The Idea seems to prevail that
parents of today do not get the re
sults with children the old-fashioned
fathers and mothers did.
I am in a receptive mood and will
be convinced when I am told specifi
cally why. Most of us remember our
parents as progressives. My mother
had a good system with her brood, but
was not In any sense old-fashioned.
She met the needs of the times and as
children we were obedient and loved
her. She spanked us. but I cannot re
call we were ever much grieved by the
ordeal. It is not my purpose to dis
cuss her success or failures save in
this particular: In some mysterious way
she stamped the nobility of her char
acter on the heart of each child she
possessed, and in her large and com
prehensive life, left us a legacy richer
than any other she mtght have given.
Some of us have children of our own.
Ours are boys the youngest 17. When
the first of three came to our little
home, we tried prescribed methods with
him, but soon found they did not fit
our needs. Mother even attempted to
spank that first baby. According to
tradition, that was proper and Just. No
use she couldn't do it. Neither could
father. And how glad mother was that
father, with his strong, firm hand,
failed in that particular. Being thought
ful parents, the system was revised,
and looking back over the baby days
of those boys' lives we are sorry only
that we were not gentler with them
than we were. We learned so much In
training them. We did not spank
them, but held their little wills sub
ject to ours and led them thought
fully and tenderly along the road to
grown-up land.
I should Bay the average boy belongs
to mother until he reaches the high
school age. Father Is not ignored, but
to this time his services are not re
quired and he enjoys the comforts of
home without its annoyances and petty
details. To be sure, the first time
mother hears Johnnie use a "cuss word"
father is told. He was a boy once and
should know. Mother retires to the
privacy of her chamber and weeps.
Grandmother says he must be punished
(but would run fast If she thought he
was going to be) and father simply
smiles and lets mother talk to the boy.
This is the first boy, you recall. The
second one mother didn't hear. She is
being educated, too. She is learning a
boy's life is a sequence of events; that
if he is normal (our three were) he
is going to do strange things. She isn't
going to understand. She is going to
watch and wait, always on guard to
meet the needs of the hour, ever hon
estly striving to be a wise, successful
mother, and, above all else, to hold the
love 'of the child and keep an eye on
the ultimate result. When you are
watching three, it takes patience and
courage to wait for results, and you
not always positive they will be satis
factory. There isn't much mental worry until
the boy reaches the age of assertlve
ness and is certain he can advise his
parents as to the best course to be pur
sued for his future advancement. The
real business of life begins now and
i .. wv.aA fatlio, nhlnes. Ha has
una -a . n. . j ......... - -
come into his own and before he Is re
leased from duty, ne iuiiy npiiiooii
all that is handed him. It Isn t
Johnnie now. It is .John. He carries
mother's watch has smashed his own.
He has learned (please don't shudder)
that he can raise a little money on it
if he has carelessly exceeded his allow
ance and is in need of more. Mother
knows what he is doing, much to his
surprise, and father is again appealed
to. The boy isn't treated as a crimi
nal The watch is not taken from him.
He is taught by father 'the utter folly
of the transaction from on a business
basis only, and mother wins out by
waiting until he sees it tn Its right
light. After an Interval of a few
months, this danger is past, for it U a
menance to the boy's moral wellbeing
and he solved the problem himself.
These things are a part of the se
quence. We do not forget these bat
tles and we recall that we did not al
ways score according to our stand
ards. When John kissed mother . in
-.,!..... n rto-hi pnr mother
knew there was a pipe reposing some
where in tne ioios oi mo "
not long before she asked about It. He
.,j i Do-ain furrier and mother
stood together for a slight change of
programme. uney nu m y.c.
point, but It was to be always the
or,! ha mrnH to use it at home.
The incident was closed.
I have written tnis to ernpiiaoim
few points. In the establishment of a
. ,omt it with their own
Individuality and work out their own
system, which must fit the environ
ment of the day, Just as a business must
be conducted along up-to-date and pro
gressive lines. Mother, to succeed, must
know her Dusiness, i&mcio
TTtmn monna mother as its
head. She does not need to spin, nor
weave, nor run a dairy to prove her
self capable and successful, but she
... .n,.v an natlontlv and faithfully
as father does in the stress and fret of
business life. He neeas comiori "
freedom from care when he enters the
home nest the newspaper, If that is
what he craves. If he gets this dall
cheer, mother will have all she asks
for and much beside. .
... 11.. . 1 .- hennv AaVm Of thO
home are those when the children are
small; when the lawn has bare spots
. . . it,,,. . v. . .-a trod; when
wnere xneir iilwc wci " - - .
the hedge is broken, when they have
run home from school, when a few
boards and nails and father's tools are
scattered in the back yard.
can look out the dining-room win dow
and see nine or ten boys sitting on the
alley fence. - y,.
We love these memories of happy
days? and now that the boys .are grown
strong and self-reliant and we have
proven our system a good one we can
honettlv sav it has been worth while
anS that we have had out of married
fife the complete satisfaction we craved
and faithfully worked for. &
Yea.
BIG EDDY, Or., Dec. 8 (To the Edi
tor ) Please inform me whether a
child born in the United States of
foreign parents, (unnaturalized) s a
citizen of this country, and is he at the
,g. of 21 entitled to .