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POKTLAJS'D, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, IBIS.
THE ITNPABDOXABXE BIS.
Will the Democrats profit by the
unhappy experience of their opponents
and do what the people chiefly de
mand of them? If they do not, no
other good works will save them from
defeat. That is the lesson of the Taft
Administration.
President Taft was elected in the
expectation that he would secure from
Congress adequate reduction of the
tariff. That was the chief issue in
1908. He failed, and he and his party
were punished by defeat. Nothing else
counted in extenuation. He proseeut
ed the trusts with unsparing severity
and with great success; he secured
new railroad laws, postal savings
banks, parcel post, the Panama Canal
laws, free ships, new labor laws, ex
tended international arbitration, re
duced expenses and put the Govern
ment on a sound financial footing.
But the people said: "All these
things you should have done and not
' left the other undone."
The people look to the Wilson Ad
ministration to revise the tariff first
of all. If the Democrats allow this
work to be marred by consideration for
any special, favored interest, tHey will
stand condemned and In the eyes of
the people no good work in any other
direction can atone for the offense.
They may prosecute trusts with un
abated energy, give us a good code of
anti-trust laws, banking and currency
laws and conservation laws, but,
should they fail to live up to their
pledges regarding the tariff, they will
commit the unnardonable sin.
The people expect the Democrats to
revise the tariff on Democratic lines.
just as they expected the Republi
cans to do the work on Republican
lines, but they know by experience that
it is possible for Democrats as well as
Republicans to play favorites in tariff
revision. That was the indictment
against the tariff of 1894. Mr. Wilson
has promised to eradicate from the
tariff every vestige of special privi
lege, every shelter for monopoly. The
people expect him to obtain from Con
gress performance of that promise.
Revision downward In accordance with
the Baltimore platform Is taken for
granted, but It must be downward all
along the line, leaving all industries
on an equal basis.
If the Democrats do this and the
results should be injurious, they may
be placed in a minority at the 'next
election, but they will not be accused
of breaking faith. Should they con
tinue any glaring Injustices in the tar
iff, they will be held guilty of the un
pardonable sin and will be punished
as the Republicans have been pun
ished. The people are determined that
no favors shall be shown special inter
ests of any kind.
GOVERNOR HADLEY OH THE RECALL.
Ex-Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
on whom the progressive Republicans
were prepared to unite with the regu
lars at Chicago last year if Colonel
Roosevelt would only have got out of
the way, has now expressed his oppo
sition to recall of judges and of judi
cial decisions, two of the chief planks
In the Roosevelt platform. He takes
this position on the ground that these
measures are not progressive but re
actionary. Mr. Hadley'a objections are entitled
to the greater respect because he does
not question the good intentions of
advocates of the recall and because
he does not claim any special exemp
tion for the courts. He says: "If the
recall of Judges is wrong, recall of any
public official is wrong." He proceeds
to argue that the recall is wrong, be
cause it is an unfair method of trial
and continues:
ft Is one of the fundamental principles ot
English civilization and ot English juris
prudence that no man can be deprived of
anything that Is ot value to him. He can
not be deprived ot a single moment of his
liberty. He cannot be deprived of a single
penny's worth of property. He cannot be
subjected to any penalty or any forfeiture
except In accordance with the torm ot law.
1'lfa Is, he must be advised of the nature
and oause ot the accusation against him;
he must be confronted by witnesses; he must
have his day in court; he must have the
right to cross-examitte, and If It Is a crimi
nal charge he must be indulged in the
nresumntlon of Innocence.
But now It is proposed that we shall
place our public officials on trial for- al
leged misconduct In office, for trial by
popular clamor, without any of those safe
guards which have been found necessary
by over three centuries ox English civilisa
tion upon the American continent. And If
that were done we would have as a matter
of practical experience a Judgment of un
popularity instead of a Judgment of wrong
doing. Recall of an official is not necessar
ily a trial for a specific act. It is a
declaration that he is not suited to fill
the office. Just as his election was a
declaration that he is suited. It does
not necessarily leave a moral stain on
his record. If the recall is due to
some crime, then he may be tried and
punished for that crime, entirely aside
from his recall. The reference to Eng
lish jurisprudence in regard to depriv
ing men of office is beside the mark.
Under English law a man who has
been given an office for a definite term
has a vested right in that office. Some
offices are hereditary in certain fami
lies, as that of earl marshal in the
Dukes of Norfolk. The American
principle is that the people employ a
certain man at a certain salary to do
certain work. Before the recall was
Introduced, the employment was for
a fixed term, subject to removal only
for some definite offense after trial.
The recall makes an officer removable,
just as a private employer might dis
miss a man who had no time- contract
We are surprised that Mr. Hadley
should describe the recall as trial by
popular clamor, for that is a phrase
peculiar to the reactionaries. A pro
gressive like Mr. Hadley Is presumed
to believe that all power of right rests
in the people, that the people are su
preme and that the wisdom of their
decisions is not to be disputed. What1
distinction is to be drawn between the
expression of public opinion at a regu.
iar election and that at a recall elec
tion? Why cannot the people decide
as wisely at the latter as at the for
mer? Why call the one the deliberate
choice of the people and the other
popular clamor? Mr. Hadley seems
inadvertently to have fallen into the
habits of speech of those men who
call the voters "the sovereign people'
when doing as they wish and "the
mob" when going against their wishes.
Our experience with the recall In
Oregon and Washington is that, once
-the novelty has worn off, it is not eas
ily or for frivolous causes set In mo
tion. While a clamorous minority
may be able to invoke it, a quiet,
thinking majority will quickly squelch
the minority at the election. The re
call is too cumbrous and costly a ma
chine to use on slight pretexts. If the
machinery for removal of judges guilty
of misconduct be simplified as Mr.
Hadley recommends, there will be rare
occasion for the recall, but it is a good
thing to have available in reserve.
"TAMA JIM." THE STAYER, IS GONE.
At last the great irremovable, "Tama
Jim" Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture,
is out. For IS years he held his job
through the terms of three Presidents.
During that time he saw seven Secre
taries of State, five Secretaries of the
Treasury, seven Secretaries of War,
six Secretaries of the Interior, eight
Secretaries of the Navy, eight Post
masters-General, seven Attorneys-Gen.
era! and four Secretaries of Com
merce and Labor come and go. He
has served with a veritable proces
sion of Cabinet officers.
Mr. Wilson has been a good man
to direct scientific work for the im
provement of agriculture, to collect
statistics of our farm industry and to
tell us in eloquent figures how many
billions our farms produce. But when
It was necessary to fight, he dodged.
Statisticians . cooked cotton statistics
under his nose. Gifford Pinchot ran
the Forestry Bureau as if it were an
Independent department and Mr. Wil
son never protested. Through the tet
ter's failure to keep the chief forester
in due subordination, Mr. Pinchot
wrote an insolent letter to the Senate
and started the Ballinger scandal. Mr.
Wilson allowed his subordinates to tie
the hands of Dr. Wiley in enforcing
the pure food law until that zealous
official quit In disgust and became a
foe of the Administration. "Tama
Jim" was supposed to have the farmer
vote in his pocket, but he lost it dur
ing the last four years.
Had the canny old gentleman been
more of a fighter when there was oc
casion to fight in the cause or fair
play to a brother Cabinet officer and
of pure food, and had he been less
of a stayer, he would have retired from
office more highly regarded by the
people.
THE PXTRETTNIAI HOBO.
Every good thing when pushed too
far turns into its opposite evil. This
maxim of the German sage is exem
pllfled in a hundred ways by the laws
our various State Legislatures pass in
their zeal to save the people from real
and imaginary injuries. The Delaware
Legislature has just passed an act that
will cause all tramps to be arrested as
soon as they enter the state and to be
set to work on the public roads. . This
looks like the best sort of a law. Who
wants tramps parading up and down
the country, stealing, begging and dis
turbing the peace? .
Well, as it turns out, some very re
spectable men want them pretty badly.
A howl has gone up from the Delaware
farmers that the new law will make it
impossible for them to harvest their
fruit crops. They have relied upon
migratory bands of tramps to do this
necessary work, which requires many
hands for av short time. Hobos will
now shun the state and the fruit will
hang on the trees and rot. One of
the crying needs of this country is
riper consideration in passing laws. A
Legislature which has to dispose of
hundreds in a few weeks will necessar
ily do many foolish things.
The dependence of farmers upon
migratory bands of tramps Is one of
the well-established facts of rural life
Kansas knows only too well what loss
and suffering ensue when the hobos
fail to arrive at the beginning of the
wheat harvest. The German harvest
regularly depends upon an annual in
flux of tramps from Poland. These
poor people arrive as accurately as the
Autumnal equinox, traverse the coun
try working as they go and departing
when there is no more for them to
earn. Some go by train. Thousands
walk because they are too poor to pay
railroad fare. Their earnings help
maintain their families during the
Winter. A law like Delaware's would
deprive the German husbandman of
this resource and throw him into
bankruptcy.
Tramps are a nuisance when they
are not wanted, but when they are
wanted they are the farmer's salva
tion. Perhaps a time will come when
rural Industry will be so well organized
that these unhappy wanderers can be
utilized all the year round.
LYNCHING ON THE DECLINE.
Each report of a lynching provokes
so much adverse comment on the state
In which it occurs that it is some com.
fort to learn that lynchings are on the
-decrease, both in actual number and
in proportion to population. The sta
tistics compiled by the Chicago Trib
une beginning with 1885 show that the
number in 1885 was 184, or 8.25 per
1,000,000 of population, while in 1912
it was only sixty-four, or 0.67 per 1,-
000.000. There was an occasional in
crease for a year, but the general ten
dency has been steadily downward.
The North has not been immune, for
in the last five years there have been
lynchings in California, Idaho, Illinois,
Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Penn
sylvania and Wyoming.
Lynching in the South is an
outgrowth of the presence side
by side of two races, one of
which regards the other as inferior
and as not entitled to formal trial for
certain heinous crimes. The fact that
the negro population is chiefly in the
South, that it is there more ignorant
and more prone to such crimes, ex
plains why there are many more lynch
ings in that section than in the North.
Most of the Northern outbursts of mob
vengeance are aimed at negroes and
the provocation is of the same char
acter. Where white men are lynched
the cause is usually the same vio
lence against women. It is a reason
able inference that, were the ratio oi
negroes as great in the North as in
the South, and were they as backward
in civilization as those of the South,
the ratio of lynchings would be as
great.
Much may be done by officers of
the law to reduce the number of lynch
ings by exciting greater efforts to bring
lynchers to justice, to prevent prison
ers from railing into tne lianas or
mobs and to bring them to speedy
trial. More can be done by Improving
the administration of justice and in
spiring confidence that no guilty man
will escape. Much more can be done
by raising the standard of intelligence
and education among negroes, that
they . may inspire confidence among
the whites, and by doing our ntmost
to break down the white man's race
prejudice. This Is a steady, gradual
process, which is already going on, as
the decrease of lynchings shows.
THH ARMS XX THE POKK BARRET
Representative Fitzgerald, of New
Tork, ' is making himself unpopular
with the pork-barrel Representatives
In the Democratic party. . Each is en
gaged in. the time-honored Industry
of getting something for his district.
and Mr. Fitzgerald, seconded by Rep
resentative Hardwlck, of Georgia,
makes unpleasant remarks, pointing
out particular Instances, which are
published in the Congressional Rec
ord to be sent broadcast through the
country. He furnishes cause for mer.
riment among his Republican col
leagues, who recall similar remarks
made by Democrats about Republican
pork barrels.
Mr. Fitzgerald's conduct throughout
the proceedings was most unclublike
towards the recipients of pork. By in
sisting that the bill be read, he forced
the expose to the eyes of the people
of every piece of pork and of Its des
tination. He tried to force a rollcall
on passage of the bill, but failed, for
too many members were interested in
getting the pork without showing their
hand. The bill was passed under sus
pension of the rules, which precluded
amendment. Mr. Fitzgerald denounced
this method as indefensible, saying "it
ties together everybody with an item
in it" and makes scrutiny impossible.
Debate was limited to twenty minutes
on each side and the bill was simply
'jammed through" as it came from
committee.
Nevertheless, Mr. Fitzgerald seized
the limited opportunity to expose its
worst enormities. As evidence that it
could not be "defended from any stand
point of public necessity," he stated
that 289 projects had been already
authorized but had not yet been
started and that It would take three
years to complete them before a be
ginning could be made on those in the
bill.
He proceeded td show that it was
proposed to spend large sums in mere
villages, where even three per cent
Interest on the cost of buildings and
sites would far exceed the rent of
quarters for the Postoffice. He de
nounced the increase from $170,000
to 8500,000 of the sum allowed for
Yonkers in his own state. He pre
dicted that the burdens of the bill
would return to plague the House.
The new Congress finds itself driven
in self defense against such raids to
take up seriously the project for
budget system, which It rejected with
a light heart when recommended by
President Taft. It must fortify itself
against the greed of its individual
members, or it is destined to be the
most wasteful and extravagant In our
history. ,
TRIPPING WOODS HTJTCHINSON.
Almost every reader of Dr. Woods
Hutchinson's brilliant articles and
books on medical affairs has been
troubled by a haunting question. Is
all this interesting matter really relia
ble or does the imagination of the ra
diant author impart an illusory gleam
to what he teaches? Dr. Hutchinson,
as all will readily remember, stands
for the good old ways in eating, drink
ing and exercising. He has told us in
many different keys and measures that
fat pork and baked beans form the
Ideal diet for all ranks and conditions
of men. Our far back ancestors, he
learnedly reasons, invented this diet,
It served their welfare excellently well.
Why should it not serve ours, too?
He clings to the cult of the past as
long as it supplies him with paradoxes
enough to fill out his pages, but as
soon as this purpose fails he turns and
rends it. For example in an article
that appeared the other day he spoke
scornfully of the horrible messes our
primitive forefathers were obliged to
devour and contrasted them with the
Improvements of modern times. This
was when Dr. Hutchinson wanted to
hymn the praises of some such recent
ly Invented food as finely bolted flour.
The discerning reader found out
long ago that Dr. Hutchinson teaches
anything and everything in the" line
of hygiene that strikes at "popular
fads," as he calls the new ideas of re
form. He despises the vegetarians,
rails at the cult of whole wheat and
has no good word for the gospel of
exercise and the open air. "Whatever
is is right," seems to be his fundamen
tal principle as far as hygiene is con
cerned, arid any change whatever from
established custom must necessarily be
a change for the worse. There is no
need of pointing out the harm which
his fanciful doctrines may do and
probably have done. Everybody un
derstands that ills without end come
from our bad National habits of diet.
physical indolence and mental sloven
liness. Mind and body slump together
in town and country all over the
United States because people do not
know how to take care of themselves.
They eat horrible food, loaf when they
ought to be taking vigorous exercise,
and, after a day of nerve-racking
work, spend half the night in sleepless
worry over what is to come the next
morning.
These destructive habits have been
yielding for the last few years to many
agitations for better things. All sorts
of new diets have been recommended.
Some of them are as good as possible.
some very far from perfect, but they
are all better than the old regimen of
pie and pork fat that we were brought
p on. No possible alteration in the
diet that we have inherited from the
Puritans could make it worse. In the
same way our prophets have been
reaching the gospel of more exercise
in the open air, more ventilation for
living and sleeping rooms, better hab
its of work and play. Many or these
things Dr. Woods Hutchinson treats
with learned contempt. The sum of
his doctrine is that the reformers do
no good and are liable to do a great
deal of harm. He has made himself
power in the intellectual world and
one cannot get rid of the conviction
that his indifference to fact makes him
power for mischief. Naturally his
sins will find him out sooner or later.
One of them. It seems, has already
caught up with him. The beauties of
fine white flour form the theme of
many of his most charming songs. He
seldom loses an opportunity to sound
its praises and, naturally, at the same
time to throw mud at whole wheat.
graham bread, and all sorts of coarse
cereals. His precept is that the finer
and whiter we can make the flour we
eat the better for us. Not long ago he
went so far as to publish that "a single
teaspoonful of egg, a mouthful of meat
or fish, or a teaspoonful of milk would
more than make good the amount" of i
mineral putrtmeut tost from a poun
of bread by whitening and refining the
flour to excess.
This utterly unfounded statement
delivered Dr. Woods Hutchinson into
the hands of his radical foes. They
lost no time in showing from the ex
periments of scores of leading authori
ties that fifty-two grains of essential
mineral food are lost from a pound of
wheat bread by overmilling the flour.
All this heavy loss the learned Dr.
Hutchinson averred might be made up
by a single teaspoonful of egg and so
on. As a matter of fact, an ounce of
egg, which is a liberal teaspoonful.
contains no 'more than two grains of
these minerals. Dr. Hutchinson de
parts from the facts in this particular
by Just 2500 per cent, which is worth
thinking about. To get the mineral
nutriment that properly belongs In
pound of wheat bread a person would
have to eat about two dozen eggs. : To
get the same elements from milk he
must drink a whole quart instead of
teaspoonful. And so it goes.
It Is readily admitted that too much
fad following In the matter of diet and
hygiene of all kinds may be injurious,
but is that a sufficient reason for ad
vising people to cling to their old hab.
Its no matter how bad they may be
What we want is, of course, rational
reform. ' It is not well for the country
to have the population ruin their
health by eating deceptive food and
living without fresh air and exercise.
Who would not be glad to know
that a suitable memorial was to be
erected to Wilbur Wright? A thou
sand years from now he will be better
remembered than Roosevelt, Morgan
or Mr. Hobson. But linked forever
with Wilbur Wright's fame is that of
S. P. Langley, who worked out the
principles on which all aeroplanes are
built. Langley died' a disappointed
man, but his work lives and when the
monument Is built his name should
be graven on it.
The New York fireman who com
plains that he can't live on $100
month should have a heart-to-heart
talk with the New Tork policeman
who lives comfortably and puts aside
several thousand a year on the same
salary.
But for the Irregularity of his birth.
Napoleon's American grandson might
have been living in idleness In Europe
as one of the princely pretenders in
stead of being a sovereign in his own
right as an American, citizen.
With a Californian at the head of
the Interior Department and an Ore
gon Ian at the head of the Senate com-
mittee on public lands, the West will
have the first say on conservation
legislation.
Women are accused of having
helped San Francisco burglars oper
ate. In these days of emancipation
we are surprised that the women in
question should be content with
minor role.
When John D. Rockefeller saw the
Panama Canal he might have reflect
ed that he was one of the only two
persons on earth who have enough
money to build it, Uncle Sam being
the other.
John Barrymore must pay $800 for
thrashing a barber. If it could be
proved that the barber wanted to singe
his hair or rub in some fancy tonic
public opinion would uphold the actor.
Speaking of versatility the weather
displayed an amazing capacity yester
day with rain, snow, wind, calm,
clouds and sunshine, all crowded into
a few hours of the forenoon.
Should the Senate turn down Dr,
Neill because he exposed the employ
ment of women and children in the
cotton mills, that will . be a great
feather in the doctor's cap.
Hereafter it will not be necessary to
pay postage on campaign literature,
which, instead, may be distributed by
carriers. The hlgh-cost-of-fuel prob
lem is solved.
Claiming money for horses lost in
Indian wars is no longer a joke. An
Idaho veteran has been awardeB
money for rations he lost in the Civil
War.
A man has been held for examina
tion as to sanity for appearing m a
straw hat; but how about the woman
in white hose and low-cut shoes?
Democrats who had visions of big
jobs are now compromising on smaller
ones. Tou see, a job is a Job and not
something to be sneered at.
Wilson's foreign policy as just out
lined is hardly conducive to the peace
of mind of professional Central Amer.
lean revolution-makers.
Success of the apple sales leads to
belief concerted effort in behalf of the
Oregon potato might relieve the mar
ket. It is worth a trial.
Governor Blease holds that the law
is to be obeyed only by others than
himself and his chauffeur. In other
words, he is the state.
Judge McGinn forbids smoking in
his courtroom and Judge Tazwell stops
gum-chewing in his. The rights of the
frivolous are in danger.
Chastened by the publicity already
received, the New York Stock Ex
change affords facilities for more
publicity.
Republics in Mexico multiply like
rabbits. If each state declares Its in
dependence there will be twenty-seven
of them.
Fifty thousand home rulers will
make an elegant parade in New York
next Monday.
Washington has abolished capital
punishment. Watch for a boom in
murders.
Only a few days remain for the
thrifty taxpayer to save that 3 per cent
rebate.
Fresh Oregon eggs are going into
storage, to reappear "fresh" next Win
ter. Judge Landls will need a good hand
when he calls J. Pierpont Morgan.
So there are conservatives even
among the Socialists.
Weather yesterday was made to the
groundhog's order. "
Tom Word is an excellent censor of
moving pictures.
Stars and Starmakera
By Leoa Cams Baer.
Personal note: "Mr. and Mm. Theo
dore Mitchell have taken housekeeping
apartments.
Which note bears little significance
on the face of it but underneath Its
mere announcement is the fact that
Mr. Mitchell is in advance of the dean
of American comedians, William Crane.
The Mitchells are honeymooning, after
over a year's marriage, too. Every
town where business calls they rent
house or an apartment, because Mrs
Mitchell loves to cook and Theodore
doesn't mind having her do it. Last
season he was in advance of the Pink
Lady, and prior to that was for four
and one-half years ahead of the thea
trical offerings In which Lillian Rus
sell elected to appear. It was Theo
dore Mitchell who pulled off the now
famous and far extending story of Miss
Russell's intentions to publish her let
tera. The - original story was merely
line or two to the effect that when
the actress retired she Intended to make
a book of the letters she had received,
referring only to the interesting letters
although the story did not go into
details. "The next day, . and for weeks
afterward. Miss Russell and I received
letters and telegraphs from every point
in the world," says Mr. Mitchell. "Guilty
old reprobates put the wrong lnterpre
Latlon on the story and their general
wall was for heaven's sake protect
me.'"
William Crane's play Is "The Senato
Keeps House." With Mrs. Crane he
arrives in Portland the latter part of
next week, and will have a few days
vacation before opening at the Helllg
on Easter Sunday.
sea
This has been family-reunion week
for Leon E. Rosebrook, musical direc
tor of the Romany Opera Company at
the Empress. Mr. Rosebrook has been
away frm Portland for four years and
throughout his vaudeville engagement
here his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austl
Rosebrook, of Toledo, Or., have been
in the city. They will accompany their
son south as far as San Diego. Rose-
brook, senior, has been stone blind for
the past 2G years. He is a violinist. All
three of his sons received their first
lessons In music from him and each
now holds an important position as
musician, Leon directing the Romany
Opera Company and David and S. W.
Rosebrook being leaders of theater
orchestras in San Francisco. Leon Rose
brok, after studying under his father,
studied at the conservatory of Mount
Angel College, Mount Angel, Or., where
Rev.- Father Dominic, O. 8. B., an
organist and composer of note, was hi
principal instructor. Mr. Rosebrook'
tour with the Romany Opera Company
has prevented him from seeing his
10-months-old son, who was born in
San Francisco soon after the father's
departure.
V
- Dick Wilbur, who is in the 75th week
of a stock -trip, is going to open
stock at the Teal Theater In Fresno,
Cal.
ess
Ernest Shuter - is ' considering a
proposition to organize a stock com
pany In San Diego at the Spreckles
Theater. Henry Hall, who was in
Cathrlne Counties company last Sum
mer and is now playing leads in Spo
kane stock, has been announced as
partner and leading man in Mr. Shuter's
enterprise, with Justina Wayne as
leading woman. . Mr. Shuter, who is
one of the representatives ahead of
William Crane, will succeed AJ Mor
gan as manager of the company on
March 15, at which time Mr. Morgan
Will close to Join the Oliver Morosco
forces In Los Angeles.
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The Nat Goodwin Theater Is to be
San Francisco's next large playhouse,
and a Bimilar theater In Los Angeles
will be maintained by the Nat Good
win Theater Company, if reports are
to be believed. Already James M.
Hardman, of Ocean Park, Goodwin's
fiscal agent, has got an option on a
lot with a hundred-foot frontage on
O'Farrell street, and It is estimated
that the new playhouse will begin to
go up In two months. Hardman has
been in San Francisco several weeks
negotiating the deal. The Goodwin
Theater here is to cost $250,000. Ac
cording to Hardman, $400,000 will be
spent on the building, which Is to be
used partly for a hotel. The directors
of the new dramatic company will be
Goodman, Hardman, Dick Ferris, of
Los Angeles, and Sid Grauman, of San
Francisco. Grauman will be the local
manager, but will not relinquish hiB
management at the Empress. Ma
Goodwin will play in one company
and the other will have a dramatic star
equal to himself. They will play stock
at 60 cents, 75 cents and $1, and it
will be just as high-class drama as any
first-class road company from New
York. Another story is to the effect
that Goodwin has leased the American
Theater.
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Opening at the Alcazar on Easter
Monday will be three new faces
Charles Waldron, leading man; Made
laine Louis, leading woman, and John
A Butler. Mr. Waldron, a former and
very well liked Alcazar leading man,
is well known in Portland, where he
played In stock. -
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As soon as tne run of "Fine Feath
ers" la concluded at the Astor Thea
ter, New York, the Eugene Walter play
will be rushed across the continent to
San Francisco. Then It comes to Port
land. It, will be played by an all-star
cast, including Wilton Lackaye, Robert
Edeson, Max Figman, Lollta Robertson
and Amelia Summers. This is the
greatest array of stars brought to
gether In many a season.
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The Concert," with Leo Dltrichsteln,
Isabel Irving and a dozen other play
ers from the Belasco Theater, New
York, Is at the Columbia Theater In
San Francisco. It will stay two weeks.
Later It meets in Portland.
Charles Yule, formerly a Baker play
er and last Summer with the Countiss
stock, was a visitor in Portland the
first of the week. He has Just closed
with the Bailey-Mitchell stock in Seat
tle, and is on his way to San Fran
cisco.
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Flora Lloyd, former wife of Norman
Cummlngs, a Chicago millionaire.
will enter vaudeville, opening at the
Orpheum, San Francisco, the early part
of April in a sketch called "The Vil
lage Store."
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Pantages has crossed Pueblo off the
books. The house has always been a
losing proposition, and after May 1
will be on the market.
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Mrs. Virirlnla . Whitmore has been
engaged as scenario - reader1 for the
American Film Manufacturing Co. at
Santa Barbara, CaL Mrs. Whitmore
was formerly a newspaper woman.
DEFECTION SOT OVER PRINCIPLES
Maay Rrpnblicama Will Return to Party
It Method Axe Reformed.
PORTLAND, March 13. (To the Edi
tor.) If possible at all. what is going
to be the basis of the reorganization
of the Republican party? The reor
ganisation regarding admitting South
em delegates according to the number
of Republican votes cast is correct.
This portion of the reorganization
should have taken place years ago, and
the selection of delegates to the Na
tional Republican Convention by the
direct primary is In keeping with the
history and progress of the Republican
party. I presume it will be the method
of selecting the next set of delegates,
but as to the coalescing of the Pro
gressive and Republican parties here
is a more difficult problem. If the
parties were separated upon some vital
or basic principle it might be possible
tor tnem to agree upon a platform, but
that does not seem to be a fact, for
there are only minor planks of differ
ence In the platforms. -The disruption
was not caused by measures, but men.
I do not think Theodore Roosevelt
will ever return to the Republican
party, and as his following left the
Republican party for personal reasons
and not over a question of platform.
will they return? Of course, very many,
in fact, . almost the entire Roosevelt
vote, were men who believe in the
principles contained in the Republican
platform, and hereafter will vote their
principles Instead of remaining obdu
rate and voting for men who bolt the
partly because of being dissatisfied
with some of the nominations.
It Is conceded by all that Roosevelt
will never again carry the vote he did
last Fall, when so many of his friends
thought there would be no question
about the election. If only the people
have an opportunity to express the!
preference, very many who supported
him last Fall will not do so again.
C B. LA FOLLETTB.
UNCLEAN ACTS IN VAUDEVILLES
Writer Thinks Censorship Is Needed
There As Well As In "Movies."
PORTLAND, March 12. (To the Edi
tor.) May I be permitted to protest
emphatically against some of the fea
tures brought out by the local vaude
vine houses?
The new houses, through the patron
age of the upblic, have reaped a rich
reward and they are in consequence in
debted to the public and should at
least give clean amusement and not
pander to depraved tastes.
At a last week's performance, as an
Illustration, I will call attention to the
dialogue of the young couple in an
early number on the programme.
was so low and vile, if quoted. It would
be unprintable.
We would not need a vice commis
slon if there were not first diseased
minds which are the forerunner of dis
eased bodies with all their penalty.
What can we expect If the stage serves
out this obscenity? Where will it end
Trice, thou art a monster." It Is em
braced more than enough without this
encouragement.
The films of the Bilent drama are
censored, why is it not much more im
portant to check this depravity in the
beautifully gotten up, real flesh and
blood speaking humanity of able tal
ent than which there can be no greater
temptation to the evil-minded and no
greater disgust to the right tbinkinK
mis tendency nas been growing and
speaks plainly of the morals of those
directly responsible.
B. W. GEORGE.
A Modern Shyloclc
DALLAS, Or., March 11. (To the
Editor.) About 20 years ago "Mrs. B.'
agreed to buy a certain tract of land
from "Mr. A." for the sum of $5000. She
paid in cash about one-half of the
purchase price, but, owing to financial
reverses, she was unable to pay the
balance. "Mr. A." foreclosed the
mortgage, got possession of the land
and obtained a deficiency Judgment for
about $3100. Not content with obtaining
his lano hack, besides all that the poor
woman paid in on the agreed purchase
price, ne nas kept the deficiency Judg
ment alive, and, after waiting for all
these years, has taken out execution
on certain lots that "Mrs. B. now
owns in the City of Portland.
The woman In question is dependent
upon ner own inaustry tor support, ana,
after many years of saving and sacri
fice, and by means of honest labor,
paid for the lots, only to receive notice
that her property would be sold on
March 17, 1913, to satisfy the deficiency
judgment In other words "Mr. A
gets $5000 for nothing. -
In my opinion this Is nothing more
nor less than legalized robbery, and is
Btrong exemplification of Shylock
and his pound of flesh. How any man
can exact this penalty from a poor
woman and be able to sleep well at
night, -yes, and be able to meet his God,
If he has any, is more than I can under.
stand. God have mercy on his poor
soull
Does not this little tragedy all go to
ow that there is something higher.
more ennobling, in this life than the
mere accumulation of the almighty
dollaT?
I might also add that the woman In
Question is no client of mine but it is
just a case of humanity.
A LAWYER.
Poor Box of Apple.
PORTLAND. March 11. (To the Edi
tor.) After all the agitation of Apple
day and the reduction of the cost of
high living, I would like to say a word
Having a small family, I have always
bought apples by the dozen, for from
15 to 25 cents a dozen. So when the
apples -were advertised, cooking 75c a
box and good fancy eating apples $1
per box, I thought here was my chance.
So when I saw good yellow Newtown
Pippins, $1 a box, from a reliable house,
I immediately ordered a box Now, the
apples I received are very small, all
covered with black spots and ordlnar-
tly I would not have purchased them
for 5 cents per dozen. The only thing
that they are good for Is apple sauce.
They cannot be baked, as there would
be nothing left but spots and skin.
The questions I would like to ask you
are: Have I saved any money, and
what shall I do with my apples? I
shall anxiously await an answer in' your
valued paper, of which I have been a
subscriber for 20 years.
ANXIOUS HOUSEWIFE.
The only suggestion The Oregonlan
can make is that if the apples were not
as represented, and the dealer Is really
reliable," he will refund the purchase
price and take back the apples on de
mand. "
F. K Lane A Secretary of Interior.
WAHK1ACUS, Wash., March 11. (To
the Editor.) Permit me to commend
your editorial on Franklin K. Lane.
Since my lifelong friend "Joe" Teal was
not .selected for Secretary of the In
terior, I know of no Democrat so able
to fill the portfolio as Mr. Lane. I
heartily agree with you that there is
good reason for the belief that Mr.
Lane is in no way inoculated with the
Pinchot microbe." The late Colonel
C. W. Griggs, of Tacoma, Introduced
me to Mr. Lane in the campaign year
of 1892. At that time ne was editor of
the Tacoma News. His well-written
editorials always Impressed me. He
wielded the pen from facts, actual con
ditions and at no time did he delve in
theories.
JOHN G. MAD DOCK.
Winning One's War la Society.
Kansas City Star.
Dorothy I shouldn't have thought
that the hard times would have affect
ed you.
Beatrice Why, my dear, I've scarce
ly been able to win anything all Win
ter at bridge.
A Needed Revision
By Dean Collla.
Once, In the good old days of yore.
Where Perry sailed the sea,
And many another commodore.
Some gallant ships had we; -
And bravely might we warble then.
In days of Farragut;
"We've got the ships; we've got the
men;
We've got the money too."
When Dewey at Manila fought:
And when the Spanish fleet.
Oft Santiago's bay was caught
And battered to defeat;
Oh, we could sing exultant then.
And know our words were true;
"We've got the ships; we've got the
men;
We've got the money too."
Today, howe'er, anew we frame
Our naval policy.
And trim the fleets that hold our fame
Exalted on the sea:
And can we warble boldly when
The whittling Job is through;'
"We've got the ships; we've got the
men;
We've got the money too?"
Those words that once so truly rung
In the old naval carol.
Fitly of ships they might be sung
But not of the pork barrel.
In our new system, well you ken
Such words will scarcely do;
"We've got the ships; we've got the
men;
We've got the money too."
Revise, revise, oh statesmen wise.
Our ancient chantney free.
To fit the minus fleet that flies
Our flag upon the sea
"We've got the men," may still ring
true
And boldly, from your lips,
"And we have got the money too
But not to spend for shipsi"
Portland, March 12.
Half a Century Ajo
From The Oregonlan of March IS. 1863.
When the boat arrived Wednesday
evening, some of our quick-witted mer
chants, who were posted as to the ad
vance in greenbacks, "prospected" the
city and in an hour or two contrived to
purchase several thousand dollars'
worth at the rate current during the
day and made 25 per cent profit.
The Golden Age brought to San Fran
cisco $500,000 worth of stamps for gen.
eral distribution. They may be obtained
for greenbacks and in quantities over
$50 at 5 per cent discount.
News from Marysvllle state that suf
ficient funds have been subscribed to
Justify the commencement of a survey
for a railroad from that point to Port
land. Mr. Erastus Morgan, at work yester
day in Mr. Morgans machine shop, while
endeavoring to adjust a belt, was
caught by it and carried over the drum
and in the revolution was stripped of
every article of clothing except part of
one shirt sleeve and his cravat. He
escaped without injury except slight
bruises.
Some ennulrtns- fellnw , n . iiiatnt.i.j
the following extract from a speech de
livered oy air. uncoin in congress when
ne was a mem Der rrom Illinois:
"By the way. Mr. Sneaker. MA vnn
know that I am a military hero? Yes.
sir. in the days of the Blank Hawk
War I fought, bled and came away.
Speaking of General Cass' career re
minds me of my own. I was not at
Stillman's defeat, but I was about as
near as Cass was to Hull's surrender
and. like him. T raw thn
afterwards. It is quite certain that I
aia not DreaK my sword, for I had none
to break, but I bent a musket pretty
badly on one occasion. Tf na,, H-nir
his sword, the idea la. ha hn,V. 1, I.
desperation; I bent the musket by ac
cident. If General Cass went In
vance of me in picking whortleberries,
1 surpassed him In charges upon the
wild onions. If he saw any live, fight
ing inuians, it was more than I did,
but I had a erood mnrv hlnnv r......
gles with the mosquitoes, and although
I never falntori fm,t- inDO i r
can truly say I was often hungry. Mr.
opeaKer, lr x should ever conclude to
doff whatever our Democratic friends
may suppose there is of black cockade
Federalism about me, and thereupon
they shall take me up as their candi
date fOr the PresidfinPV. T nrntoa, , V. .
shall not make fun of me as they have
of General Cass by attempting to write
uo iulu a limitary nero.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of March 18, 1888.
New York. March 19. Th. -.i .....
snow of the year Is raging. High winds
wauocu uiuia wnicn in tne upper part
of the city were three and four feet
high. Traffic is almost suspended. The
embargo on telegraph communication
is almost comnfete. ttavip-aHnn haa
almost wholly abandoned.
San Franp.lanrv TWarnh 19 T(,. o
.. . - . j. .JJULU"
ern Pacific Company has now decided
to build a line from Montagne, Cal., on
the Oregon & California Railway, to
Shovel Oealt on Wtamatti Dl.
, -.. ....... linn,, via
Little Shasta, and. .probably thence via
umiuo nnu n.iamatn utKe to Eastern
Oregon and Idaho, for connection with
the Oregon Short Line.
Washlncton. March 19 t,. h....
committee on territories instructed Sen-
aiur Stewart to report favorably an en
abling act for the admission of Wash
ington Territory and North Idaho as a
single state, provided that the northern
iaii. ui luiujo snail not be Included
without the consent nf m,tnt-
the electors residing In the part In
4ucauuu,
New Tork. Marnh 19 Tn 1,,-
of Jack Dempsey, Jere Dunn has cabled
run juosre. DacKer of Mitchell, a
challenge (or $10,000 a side to fight ac
cording to London nrlspi-inv .,,) .(.u
er in Europe or America
Seattle. W. T. March 19 Tk. !
tralnload of coal from the Squak mines
will arrive in thi citv Thr.
nothing unforeseen arises to prevent the
lanus ot raus on me Seattle & Lake
shore to the mines.
.i"a.uj', inarcn At tne term of
Circuit Court which convened today
.Tllrie-A Vt r TSntaa 1. i i ,.V
- o - , uiia ueen ill,
was present In his usual place on the
bench.
L. Therkelsen was elected School nt-
rector without opposition at the elec
tion yesterday, and H. S. Allen
elected clerk by a majority of 62.
YesterdAV a nimni- nram ,u.
Chief of Police S. B. Parrish had been
uepoaea Dy tne Police Commissioners
and John P. Ward had been appointed
in his place. CommiRRinna, tnnDtka.
Bourne, Jr., said the report was absurd.
Historical Data Sought.
TORONTO. March K (Tn th t(
tor.) In some recent newspaper obit
uary notices mention Is made of the
death of Alexander Daylight, - the In
dian chieftain, anri It ertH "h.
described- meeting David Thompson, a
uiBtinguisnea -Jingllsh geographer, who
visited Kettle Falls in July. 1881."
In the DavM Thnm nenn Trt,.-i-
whlch are being published by the Cham!
inaiu ouuiety, mention is made of this
visit (chapter 13), but Daylight's name
does not annear. Can anv r.t
readers Inform me what Daylight's In
dian name was, and where his account
of the meeting is published.
1SK1C N. ARMOUR,
Secretary Champlaln Society.