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A FALSE PARALLEL.
Governor Johnson persist in de
fending th proposed anti-Japanese
legislation of California by asserting
that other states of the Union and
'Japan herself have similar laws.
They have rot California proposes
to legislate against the Mongolian race
alone, avowedly for the purpose of
striking: at the Japanese. The other
states Mr. Johnson mentions have
laws against ownership of land ty
any alien without distinction of race.
The law of Japan makes no such
"distinction.
Had Japan made a law. excluding
from ownership of land any person of
the Anglo-Saxon race and were the
advocates of that law Jn the Japanese
Diet to refer only to Americans as the
rationality at which it was directed,
we should have a close parallel to the
course of California. What would
Americans say and do under such cir
cumstances Would they not pro
nounce the law an Insult, an act of
gross discrimination?
In order that we may form a Just
conception of Japan's view of the
anti-Mongolian land bill, we must put
ourselves in Japan's place. We have
an Idea that, if we were to set about
It. we could "lick the universe." So
have the Japanese, with some cause,
for they licked Russia. Then why
should they swallow an insult in the
shape of a law which brands them as
inferior, while they believe they are
the equal, mentally, physically and In
warlike prowess of any nation? This
Insult, too. Is aggravated toy our class
ing them with the Mongolian race,
with which they deny kinship and
which they despise as heartily as our
. Southern whites despise a "nigger."
TAMMA'T AT THE rtE-OOl TEK.
We have been given to understand
that Tammany is out of favor with
the Wilson Administration, but here
me have Will R. King's appointment
to the Board of Customs Appraisers,
held up by Tammany's objections, ac
cording to Washington reportu. The
organization which the Wilson forces
openly flouted at Baltimore now
claims appointments at President Wll.
son's hands and Its demands are said
to receive consideration. Are we to
understand that the President no
longer entertAlns those high political
ideals which he expounded In the
campaign?
The explanation most probably is
the difference between the theory
w hich guides a candidate before elec
tion and the condition which con
fronts him after that event. Before
electron a candidate wins votes else
where than in New York by denounc
ing Tammany and that organization Is
content to be the goat for the time
being for the sake of what It will gain
' later. Though the candidate may
have an honest purpose to give Tam
many no voice in making appoint
' merits, the conditions existing when he
takes office compel a change of pur
pose. He may intend that merit, not
politics, shall direct his appointments,
but necessity changes his intent.
Tammany can powerfully influ
ence votes In both Senate and
House. A Tammany man is chairman
of he House committee on appropria
tions and can do much to make or
mar the record of the Administration.
The success or failure of Mr. Wilson
will be Judged by the outstanding
measures which he gets through Con
gress, not by the character of his ap
pointments. If the people secure what
they want in the former respect, they
will quickly forget any small short
comings in the latter.
Tammany can Influence the fate of
-the tariff bill, the currency bill, the
anti-trust bill, any or all of the lead
ing measures which will decide what
place Mr. Wilson shall hold in history.
If by giving Tammany a few offices
he can insure the passage of the tariff
fciil it would not be strange if Mr. Wil
son holds the votes worth the price
and pays it-
VOVBRXOB rOSMV TARIFF POLICY.
Pom. of Massachusetts.
.comes to the front with a revival of
New England's demand for free raw
.materials and protected manufactures,
but would make the whole tariff pol
icy revolve around reciprocity. Al
though he left the Republican for the
Democratic party, he is satisfied with
the tariff policy of neither and he
adds one more to the several explana
tions of what the people meant in re
lating the Republican party in 1910
and In preferring the Democrats -to
either wing of the Republicans In
112. His view, expressed in a mes
sage to the Massachusetts Legislature,
Is that -the great body of the people,
'without reference tt political allegi
ance, desired the Immediate adoption
'of a policy of tariff reduction which
should benefit American industry
.'and American trade, advance Amer
lean production of every kind, and
relieve the people from unjust tariff
burdens."
"Protective reduction" Is held by
'Mr. Torm to be the true principle. He
would admit free of duty raw mate
rials for the Industries and necessaries
of life for the workers. He says that
under these conditions the United
Ftates can produce manufactured arti
cles at as low a cost as any other
ration and protection would be super
fluous. But he would retain the tar
iff as the price of admission to the
American market He goes Into de
tail to show the great development
cf the silk Industry with free raw ma
terial and condemns the Democrats
for proposing a duty for revenue on
raw silk as injurious to that Industry.
He expatiates at length on the ex
pansion of our foreign trade which
has followed reciprocity agreements
nd pronounces disgraceful our fail
ure further to develop that trade by
more extended reciprocity. He shows
how we are distanced by foreign na
tions in trade with Latin America,
Africa. Asia and Oceanlca, and ex
plains this by saying that our tax on
Imports has become a tax on exports
by enhancing cost of production. He
condemns the Democratic policy of
punishing monopolies by tariff legisla
tion and says It "will surely result In
two years or four years of depression,
to be followed by a popular rebuke
to the Democrats, and the tariff will
be made a political football for years
to come." He predicts that the Dem
ocrats will pass a "non-protective tar
iff for revenue only, unreclprocal. de
structive upward and equally destruc
tive downward." Instead of the policy
he recommends of "protective reduc
tion through reciprocity."
Mr. Foss' policy of free raw mate
rials is a very good one for New Eng
land, which produces few raw mate
rials of Its own. but "manufactures
many from other states and abroad.
His policy of cutting out superfluous
protection and of broadening our recl
nrooltv nollcv sounds well, but if.
after cutting out superfluous protec-
Uoh. we continuously repeal trie re
maining duties by reciprocity treaties,
nhVnrp comes our revenue? To a
certain degree he is In harmony with
the progressive Republicans wno
fought the Payne-Aldrich tariff and
has rlpnrlved himself of an excuse for
bolting the Republican .party. If his
programme were carried out in lis
ontiretv it would soon lead to free
trade and to dependence on an im
mense income tax to supply me reve
nue now derived from the tariff. As
rerard reclnrocltv. he invites US to
travel in - the right direction, but
would take us rartner man we couiu
safely go.
fcrrTRAGK NOT THE iSSlK.
Of all attempts to call up emotions
and prejudices for or against the com
mission charter the crudest and silli
est yet noted is the declaration that
the women of Portland are on trial
in the present controversy. So far as
adopting or rejecting a governmental
form are Involved, the only thing that
Is on trial Is the commission charter.
This is true even though It be held
by every man who has ever had ex
perience with It that the charter now
in force Is unmeritorious. It is possi
ble to go from bad to worse. A com
mission charter can be drafted that
provides a system inferior to the old.
One can be drafted that provides an
improvement. The sole question in
Portland is whether the proposed
charter would accomplish good or bad
for the community.
It is possible that If the charter be
defeated some irresponsible agency
will send out word that the wom
en were responsible. Yet it will be
impossible to make an honest analysis
of the sex divisions on the question.
It 1s probable that If the charter be
defeated. anti-suffragists will at
tempt to use the result In other states
as an argument against the fitness of
women for the ballot If so they will
use it dishonestly, for no person will
be able to tell how the women voted.
But even so, are we to decide a local
issue on the basis of how our action
may be misconstrued elsewhere or
settle it in accord with conviction as
to what is good for ourselves?
He who says the women of Port
land are on trial at the present mo
ment Implies a doubt as to their fit
ness to have something which has
already been granted them the right
to vote. He holds up woman's suf
frage as a virtue yet to be revealed.
He discloses a patronizing spirit born
of pride in assumed superior intellect
The statement that the question Is
committed to the women in this elec
tion takes on the false assumption
that the men may always be expected
to vote right but that women may not
The evening newspaper which pre
sents all this throws consistency and
common sense to the winds by show
of solicitude for the adoption else
where of a suffrage extension which it
assumes is of doubtful merit In Ore
gon. We are convinced that the
women of Portland cannot be brow
beaten or frightened into voting for
or against the charter and also believe
that it ought not to be attempted, re
gardless of the merits of. that docu
ment ' "BATTLING FOR THE LORD."
While the California Legislature Is
waiting for Mr. Bryan to reach Sac
ramento and offer his counsel In draft
ing the Japanese land bill, let us re
view the numerous important meas
ures which it may be hoped will be
passed, that the Progressive majority
may live up to the slogan of the army
of Armageddon.
If the interim is Industriously and
conscientiously employed, the follow
ing are some of the sterling reforms
that will be noted by the Winter tour,
ists:
Canary bird cages Will be not less
than three feet square; hotel sheets
will be ninety inches long and eighty-
one inches wide; underwear offered
for sale by second-hand dealers will
be laundered: drunken men will not
ride In aeroplanes;' a rope will hang
from every hotel window; all school
children will wear uniforms; persons
who enter French restaurants will be
subject to arrest; the National Guard
will be non-existent and there will be
no poverty.
This Is by no means a complete list
of uplift bills that have teen present
ed. Adoption of others will mean that
every murderer serving sentence must
pass the anniversary of his crime in
solitary confinement; that citizens
failing: to vote will be penalized; that
Judicial decisions will be recalled if
not approved of; that every dozen eggs
sold will weigh not less than a pre
scribed minimum: that bees will be
officially Inspected: that convicts iwlll
be paid for work they do In state In
stitutions; while commissions" and In
spectors will be as busy as customs
officers on the frontier.
Among the mellifluous titles pro
posed for commissioners we are not
sure of the exact nature of the du
ties proposed are a Mosquito Control
Board, a Commissioner for the Abol
ishment of Poverty, a Board of Chlro.
pr actio Examiners, a Psychopathic Pa
role Officer, a Board of Mechano
therapy Examiners and approximate
ly 800 others.
It Is no wonder that with this list
of progressive bills on hand Governor
Johnson becomes peevish over the
criticism of and Federal Interference
In California's land tenure policy.
There is big work to do and the solons
minds should not be distracted.
Luckier than most prophets, Mr.
Bryan is not without honor In his own
town. A Lincoln minister has pro
nounced him "the greatest moral force
among his 50.000 fellow-citizens,"
which Is saying a grfod deal. Mr.
Bryan's religion is of that placid kind
which gives more light than heat and
more grace than frenzy. He is an out-
and-out foe of King Alcohol, believes
In votes for women and long ago for
got all about free silver.
BALDNESS AND THE HIGH HAT.
Mankind either must-forswear its
most ancient and honorable badge of
respectability and eminence or else
fare th a-rim ravaees of a continued
epidemic of baldness. The oracles of
the American Medical Association
have so decreed. It Is Inevitable.
The symbol of substantial achieve
ment In question is the high hat,
which for at least a century has
e-i-fit rvfrv occasion of state and
ceremony worth while. It has come to
be an Institution. From tne naring
hi.ii.ur rf Tvlpr'a time to the elon
gated stovepipe of Lincoln's day and
thence to the gracerui creation oi m
day this cylindrlc superstructure has
symbolized respectability. Whether at
the crowning of a King, the death of a
nntentn-ta or the marriage or a mn-
cess, the high hat has been conspicu
ously in evidence. Not even Woodrow
Wilson, with his love ror a son ieuui
and his faculty of doing things dlffer
onriv. could tet away from a tall hat
on inaugural day. It has, in fact, come
to be man's crowning glory, even as
hair is woman's.
T-nw the belated discovery tnat it is
a menace to the hirsute appurtenance.
With characteristic didacticism the
cruel blow is delivered and man is left
to his choice of hat or hair. It is sci
entifically explained that the hatbands
r ihA hMnvprl headgear throw upon
the temples a pressure that dams the
tiny rivulets or hiooa iwnicn carry mo
and vigor to the scalp areas.
Devitalized through lack of nour
ishment the hair withers and dies at
the roots, and. despoiled of a liveli
hood, departs on every passing comb
and brush that affords facilities for
transportation to other fields. Event
ually the cranial area is lert in shining
barrenness. Of course the festive
derby will perform the same deadly
execution, but then the game senti
ment does not attacn itseir to tne
derby, which can be discarded without
a sigh.
However, the high hat has so inter
woven itself about the heartstrings of
respectability and has so estaDiisnea
Ittolf In the realm of custom that a
mere specter of baldness may not
frighten its ardent adherents.
KING ALCOHOL. AND SIR. BRYAN.
Dauntless the diplomats who ate
Mr. Bryan's dry dinner have been dis.
creetly smiling to think what an ado
he made over a trine, Tneir way
rnuM hiv. ren to serve wine, as cus
tom requires, and let the guests drink
it or not as they chose, men wno rise
to the dignity of forelegn ministers
are usually pretty well indoctrinated
In the best culture of their time and
countries and we are assured by phl
loBODhers that the more cultured we
are the more tolerant we become. It
Is only the Ignorant and the boorisn
who want to "heave half a brick at
a man" because his ways differ from
theirs. We cannot suppose, therefore,
that these eminent personages would
have thought hard things of Mr. Bryan
If he had turned down his glass at dln
n whiia the ruests were drinking.
They would have noticed his little ec
centricity, perhaps, and let it pass.
Wine to most foreigners is a very or
dinary necessary of life. Habituated
to it from childhood, they see no rea
son for making Its use a reproach or
abstinence from it a virtue. The
wine-producing countries are among
the most temperate In the world, the
Inhahirnnta are robust though It is
their common drink, and family life
is as steadfast as it Is anywhere.
The psychological reasons which
underlie Mr. Brian's deep abhorrence
of the "accursed cup" would hardly
be comprehensible to his dlsunguisnea
foreign guests. The grape Is to them
a kindly friend, Its Juice makes glad
the heart of man and seldom have
they known It to harm him. The ruby
cup reminds them of the gay peas
antry at the time of the grape har
vest It suggests all sorts of glad
rural scenes. It Is allied to poetry,
art and even religion. What would
European life have been for the last
thousand years without the consola
tion of the grape? But Mr. Bryan
sees a different set of visions when
he gazes on the wine cup.- To him it
symbolizes, not rural Joys and happy
Innocence at all, but ruined youth and
broken hearts. Strong drink In all its
forms, beer, wine, brandy, is in his
view the deadly enemy of the home.
It wrecks lives and blights careers. It
blasts the bright prospects of man
hood and brings down age in sorrow
to the grave.
How one feels toward anything in
the world depends on his point of
view. "There is nothing good or bad."
says the great master of human psy
chology, "but thinking makes it so."
The thinking of the European diplo
mat makes wine a smiling companion,
a Joyous helper over the rough places
nt the. world. Mr. Bryan's thinking
Lmakes It the Implacable foe of human
welfare. Both are right, xne great
trouble with us Americans is that we
got a wrong start with regard to all
the bright and beautiful things on
earth. Our forefathers, whose ideas
we have Inherited, looked upon pleas
ure as necessarily sinful. Earth was
a vale of tears. Life was a sorrowful
sojourn meant only to prepare us by
purgatorial misery for the bliss of
heaven. So they taught their children
to believe that everything was wicked
that made them happy. The ruby
wine came In for condemnation with
other sources of delight
But Americans crave pleasure like
all other human beings and since the
teaching of the Puritan fathers made
it Impossible for them to get it inno
cently they took It defiantly or fur
tively, according to their various tem
peraments. The consequence of this
was lamentable. Believing that Joy
was sinful In moderation, they as
sumed that It could not- be much
worse in excess and so they lost the
habit of restraint Our National at
titude toward strong drink became
either that of total abstinence or riot
ous license. We forsook the narrow
middle path between asceticism and
Indulgence which Is the only safe way
through the perils of life. Some of
us were lntemperately abstinent oth
ers intemperately given to the cup.
Puritanism was not wholly to blame
for this unfortunate state of things.
Our National temperament had much
to do with it. Americans are extreme,
ly conservative In politics and religion,
but It is more the conservatism of
fear than reason. We know in our
secret hearts that If we start in a
given direction we are likely to go too
far and therefore we do not like to
start at all. We stand still when we
might far tetter be going because we
live In constant dread of getting up
so much speed that we shall hurl our
selves over some precipice.
Mr. Bryan knows of this National
weakness. We. showed it in giving
the negroes the ballot at the close of
the Civil War. Ve show It daily in
our inability to use strong drink with- I
out abuslnsr it The American saloon
with Its sin and shame is an institu
tion to be found in no other country.
It is an instance of our proneness to
go to excess. Other countries have
HrinVine- nlacpj. but not any where
social vice, corrupt politics and sot-
tlshness make the nldeous comoina
tlon thev often do in our saloons. We
seem to have scant choice between de
grading misuse of wine and otner
strong drink or total abstinence from
it Mr. Brvan. who Is a keen analyst of
tho WatlnnnJ character as well as a
stern moralist perceives this clearly
and he has chosen to stand on tne siue
of abstinence. His inherited Puritan
traits compel him to make his stand
as determined as possible. There must
be no compromise wiin tne evii, uu
nnirorine- with the abomination. He
knows perfectly well that the slight
est concession would De interpreted
by his countrymen as a betrayal of
his nrinciDles. His own conscience
would interpret it in the same way.
We see therefore that tne question
whether he shall serve wine or not Is
nn trin to Mr. Bryan. It involves
the standards of his life. He knows
what drink has done to the prairie
homes of Nebraska. He sees It as a
tne, who will keep no terms and re
gard no truce. It Is a serpent which
will bite venomously untu it is kuito.
This Is Mr. Bryan's point of view. It
la one which very few Europeans can
take and therefore, with all their cul
tured tolerance, they will be pretty
certain to find his refusal to serve
win ai dinner a little absurd. une
Roman prefect found the refusal of
the Christians to burn incense 10 meir
Idols absurd. What did .a pinch of
Incense amount to? -
m ...oiitno. cimniiflpm beam with
x lie Diciuue -
Joy over an article in the London
Morning Post whlcn speans encuuis
r thoii- imhim. The writer of it
Is E. B. Osborn. He reminds us that
English originally had pnoneuo speu
i t-u. XTit-mon rnnouerors and
Dutch printers spoiled it by their un
couth contrivances, which were stereo
typed by the pedants. Hence our or
thographic sorrows. Whether they
will ever cease or not nobody knows.
-,,Kit art mused a. temporary rup
ture of the domestic relations between
Mr. and Mrs. de Szaak, of St Louis,
.v.. h.inhanri helns- an artist of the con
servative, the wife of the cubist.
school. After the reconciliation me
husband said:
I am ao glad to get her back that I will
not mind her cubism and her hurry-up
. , ... i t i n . whv she nalnta a
picture In three houra that I coul not do
In ona month. ShaT All thoea cubists. Just
throw the paint at the canvas. bplash.
splash! so. All over!
t wa -nnirl onlv sleep for 77 days,
ai Tonn Joan, of Cherbourg, we
might awake to find the Japanese
trouble In California settled, tne lanre
bill passed and the militant suffra
gettes all in the insane asylum. Then
we could peacefully turn over and go
to sleep again. One way to avoid
trouble Is to sleep through It.
Being one of the principal shlpown
n.tiona in nroDortlon to her size,
Norway naturally would like to have
..- ...! inii. riisnutA arbitrated by
The Hague tribunal, composed almost
entirely of citizens or maritime cuuu
ri. -p.nt would Uncle Sam be sim
ple enough to submit his case to a
prejudiced Jury 7 -
Why should Representative Bryan
. .n infUmnnt at being accused of
having made 262 speeches at one ses
sion of the Washington Legislature?
Another Bryan not only admits having
made many more speeches, but is
proud of it.
a imivAraa.1 neace proposal might
come with more grace and greater
weight from a prepared military -.tnn
iii than from a very rich and
very weak nation that has nothing to
gain and everything to lose py war.
That record of the superiority of
non-fraternity over fraternity students
at Eugene is all very well, but young
men and women go to college to make
points in athletics and society, not
merely in their studies.
So the explanation of the Los Ange
les scandal is that the guileless rich
men are led astray and then black
mailed by the guileful girls. Do the
old satyrs really expect people to be?
lieve that?
A wandering babe remained un
claimed at the police station for
twenty-four hours. With such care It
may engage In far more extended so
journs at that Institution later on.
A woman has been appointed to a
position in a Colorado land office. Why
not more? Some years ago a woman
served In the office at The Dalles and
made an excellent record.
The City Auditor Is Installing a
heavy percentage of women judges so
as to get increased efficiency in han
dling the election. Why not also, a
woman City Auditor, anon?
But then If we weren't such a peace
ful and unmilitary lot the Secretary
of State wouldn't have to take this
long, frantic trip to Sacramento.
Austria Is putting up a bluff for the
Kaiser on the principle that if you
win ere will divide, and if you -lose,
why, you lose,' that's all.
Just as the powers were about to
apply the slipper the bold little boy
of Europe promised to mind.
Taconia is furnishing the country
along , its pipeline with an undesired
supply of pure water. ;
The South not getting its share of
Consulships! All the Colonels should
go on the warpath.
If Will R. King were known as
plain Bill King, he would have had
the place long ago.
After many days the salary of the
Portland postmaster will go into cir
culation. Talk of high cost of living is idle,
with cherries selling at 60 cents a
pound."
Will the male members of night
election boards be allowed to smoke?
Possibly that "dry Bryan dinner"
was dry in more ways than one.
Ty Cobb gets back into the game
and all's well that ends well.
King may not get it, after all. Oh,
cruel, cruel, cru-ell fate!
VOTE EARLY AJID MISS THE RCSH
Confusion WIU Be Avoided If all Select
Opportune Hoar.
PORTLAND, April 25. (To the Edi
tor.) Would it not be well for the
papers of our city to keep before the
voters during the few remaining "days
of grace" and charter warfare the
necessity of voting early? As a mem
ber of many boards, let me say that a
little thoughtfulness on the part of
those voters who can command their
time will not only aid election boards,
but will even make It possible for thou
sands to vote who might otherwise be
crowded out at the closing hour.
Let all who can, vote before noon;
let as many as can get away from the
desk and other labor for a little while
after lunch and vote between 12 and 1,
and let others be kind enough to give
them "right of way.H A Uttle thought
fulness on the part of the busy house
wife will enable her to plan ahead so
that her vote will have been cast
before the evening rush hour, when
laborers, clerks, stenographers and
others necessarily detained to a late
voting hour come rushing for the final
street lineup.
Let no voter forget that the 22.000
additional votes to be cast by our
mothers, wives, daughters and sweet
hearts, and the additional fact that
many new hands will be at the wheel
will make a great difference in both
time and work In many precincts. A
little charging of the memory and a
little planning well ahead will not
only facilitate and lighten the labors
of many election boards, but will pre
vent errors and time-consuming hitches
in trying hurriedly to record the voter's
will. It will do more It will save
thousands from the needless disap
pointment of not being permitted
to vote Just because other thou
sands wrongfully neglected to vote
at their proper time. If any should
stand aside, it should be this latter
class. Let us not forget too, that elec
tion boards are not mere "voting ma
chines," which may be operated more
ranlrilv at will.
I sincerely trust that one of the first
fruits of the new citizenship of our
women will be the much-needed, splen
did examDle of voting at every election
and not only with the well-planned de
termination of giving the puhiic, n pos
sible, the most) efficient "men and
measures." but with the grateful pur
pose of not crowding out a single
brother, however menial his daily task,
for he may have labored and voted to
grant our women this right, a mere
duty, thougn It may nave oeen.
W. J. PEDDICORD.
CHANGE OTJR IMMIGRATION LAWS
Restriction of Allen Influx 'Would Solve
Problem. Says Mr. Chorea.
PORTLAND. April 23. (To the 'Edi
tor.) The Japanese Imbroglio Is one
of ereat concern to everyone on the
Pacific Coast particularly, and those
who are flippant or jlngoese about it
will rue the day when we repudiate our
treaty obligations with Japan, for it
vrllt atirnlFv nur nl1o-htl.fi WOrd to be
..a.. o.g.i.&j ww r - - n
worthless and our honor of no moment
We have given them all tne rignts oi
the "most favored nations" in the
...i-with it tria nem
to naturalize and become citizens with
out one restraining reserve, it is con-
l J - - I a mt.talra tft crrHflt
It and it can .be so easily remedied
t rd mi , . v hit nrr.n.A T n H n v ii ;i Liu n
that the expedient should at once be
entered Into.
Our immigration in 1912 exceeded
1 ioc n n a aA la x.rta in t r Via as much
this year. It is uncalled-for and ex
cessive. An act or congress limiting
mm mi nn rrom all sources to. say.
tnn Ann antinoliv wmiM hA Anoutrh. That
number should be divided among the
nations or tne earm reiuvuvo w mou
population, not including tneir depend
encies. Th. ci-at t h nnslrlArAd. of course.
are the seven nations with whom we
have treaties of the "most-ravorea-na-tions"
clause.
rt.i,i.l l?p.nK. n.rmiinv and Ja.Dan.
having in' round numbers a population
of about 60.uuu.wuu eacn, mism
ceded 15,000 each, and Italy and Aus
tria 10,000 each. Russia, having more
. v. n n oTiv Atha. wnnlrl ha entitled to
35.000. Having no obligation of the
most-ravorea-nation clause wun nj
other countries, the balance of the
earth could be made selective, at our
Such a law is one of undoubted right
and would be readily acquiesced In by
oil fnmlffn rnuntrles. most of which
are not overly anxious to lose their
home population.
On such a status the Empire of
Japan, not invidiously aisorimi
nated against would fall Into line with
the greatest good humor, and the incl-
Artt wmiM hA flnJSAri
Th. np.l o-n intriinlnn ftfnnA thA Civil
War aggregates some 22,000,000. Let
us keep all our engagements uae men,
,n,alrB An.. lAt iia Brat sensible
enough as to be discreet as to the
numbers we will welcome ror tne en
suing years. - But let us also , not for
get so that the brotherhood of man
i.v. n,. Af alo-ht UkA a rtliimmAt when
the thrifty, orderly and sober Jap
comes in signi.
CHARLES P. CHURCH.
DEFENSE OF STATE UNIVERSITY
Irreparable Damage Will be Done by
Adverse Vote, Says Teacher.
PORTLAND, April 23. (To the Edi
tor.) I write in the interest of more
than a thousand young men and
women, the students of the state uni
verelty, at Eugene. I am a graduate of
two colleges and have a state teacher's
certificate. I have spent 17 years as a
teacher, from a country school to a
chair of science in a state university
in the Middle West I am not proud
of my achievements, but I am proud
of our country and its Institutions that
furnish ven a poor orphan boy or girl
such amnle opportunity. '
I believe in state education from the
kindergarten to the university for gen
eral culture, followed by the technical
schools for special work.
I have chosen Eugene and the state
university for the education or my
children. I have investigated many
schools and have chosen this, not be
cause of its equipment, but because of
Its surroundings and tne sen govern
ment of Its student body. Better gov
ernment is the problem of the nations.
The people of Oregon may not know it
but our state university is one of the
best governed schools of America. The
trtudent body Is a stable republic, that
has banished the ruder and un-American
elements of college life. The state
owes It to these students to give tne
school every possible equipment.
Those who sign the referendum peti
tlon and vote down the meager appro
bation, granted by the Legislature,
will Jiot live long enough to repair the
wrong done to the youth of our state.
ThA University of Oregon students are
leading the Pacific States in tests of
ability. Eugene appreciates tne scnooi
and holds the moral standard of citizen
ship high. I plead with the voters not
to sign the petition. J. ax. aiukkio.
"Old SnbBcrber', on Tobacco Smoke.
PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) In answer to a recent letter in
The Oregonian against toDacco users
r mUVi tn rdv that 1f fhfl smoke of to
bacco Is so Injurious to the human,,be-
lng. now coma it ov pnoaium .ib
small a thing as a disease germ could
be carried alive very far In tobacco
fumes?
Tobasco is supposed to bo a germ
destroyer. I am no tobacco user, my-
t nniv i c T 0-At If- KArond-hand. But
3d L. vw.j ' " - e-
I agree with Mrs. Cummlngs that the
use of tooacco is a very imny, in
jurious habit to the user and very un
pleasant to those who come. In contact
with- the weed. I expect to see In
years to come the smoking-car take
the place of the caboose on all pas
senger cars. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
That Awful Suspense
(Lay of b Ple-Connter Watchers.)
By Dean Collins.
After long days of waiting
With eager and Dated oreain,
Wftr A nliim trt awlntr
To Will R. King.
We were worried half to death.
With the long suspense.
With tne pauses immense.
Wa wava r.ttad- wa doubted sore:
Till the message soared
'Bout the Customs Board
And we thought tnat our rears were
o'er.
We rested and. sure, 'twas needed;
For we had been worried dumb.
O'er the time it took
When the tree was shook.
For him to dislodge the plum.
This tree and that
He struggled at.
And we lifted a gladsome roar,
When down we saw come
The Customs Board plum;
"Thank Heaven! Suspense is oer!
Now Tammany, on the warpath.
Maketh a warcry hum,
And growleth low
As it aims a blow -
At King and the new-won plum.
So loud we cry,
With affrighted eye
Turned toward the Tammany gents.
To whose sleeve we cling:
Oh, spare our King,
"For we've suffered enough sus
pense!" FREE WOOL HARD ON SHEEPMEN
'Adustry Cannot Avoid Rough Sledding
Through Tariff Reduction.
. NYE. Or., April 21. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read Mr. Botts' letter on
free wool, and will offer reply. He
claims only 300 or 300 flock-owners In
the entire West The Oregon Wool-
growers' Association has several times
that number as members from this state
and yet we have only a small portion
of the growers enrolled. It costs us at
least ?60 per month, wages and board,
per man. We pay and board at least
one man the year around for every 500
head of sheep. Eastern Oregon has over
2,000,000 head; this means an army of
over 4000 who get their living direct
from the flock; add to this the wives
and children of these men and the nu
merous small towns and villages whose
existence depend on this industry and
Instead of the 200 in the entire West
we have easily 10,000 or 20,000 right
here in Eastern Oregon.
I have put In 17 years shearing sheep
and know enough about it to know that
it must take at least several thousand
men each season to shear the sheep in
the entire West.
He speaks of free grass; we used to
get it but that day Is gone. Forest
reserves, homesteaders and dry-farmers
have done the trick.
Free wool may not close any fac
tories, but free woolens will, and as for
his statement that it cannot reduce
wages, let me assure him that the last
time It was tried it did reduce wages,
and reduced them from a level which
was materially lower than the present
one.
1 do not think our mm workers get
the wages they should, but the fact re
mains they are better paid here than in
Europe, else why do they keep coming
by the hundreds of thousands? They
cannot be leaving sunny Italy and com
ing to bleak New England for their
health. The State of Massachusetts has
something like eight or nine hundred
million dollars in its savings banks
alone, mostly the savings of the mill
workers of the state. They are free to
go back to Europe if they wish, but
they don t. Instead, they send money
and tickets to their friends at home to
tret them over here.
Mr. Botts thinks free wool will get
us better clothes. I hope so, but will It?
One of the results of free wool when
last tried was the prompt Importation
of about 100.000.009 pounds of shoddy
from Europe, more shoddy than has
been imported in the 16 "years of high
tariff since. Moreover,, repeated tests
have shown that the wools grown in
the Ohio River Valley are equal if not
superior in strength and durability of
any wools grown.
Mr. Botts claims that ten minutes
after reading your editorial on free
wool he was still gasping tor Dreatn.
It has been a week since I read Mr,
Botts' letter and I am gasping yet;
gasping to think that anybody, even
from Astoria, should know as little
about the wool question as his letter
shows that he knows.
K. a. WARNER.
PERSISTENT LOVER DENOUNCED
Man Who Carried Off Woman la As
sailed by Doctor.
FORT STEVENS, Or., April 22. (To
the Editor.) Over in Pennsylvania a
young man recently has been sentenced
to serve six months In Jail and pay a
fine of $300, for having abducted a
young woman. This young man, an In
spector in the State Highway Depart
ment of Pennsylvania, frankly admits
that he intended to carry the young
woman, who is the cultured daughter
of one of Allentown s weanniest. citi
zens, away into the country, and force
her to marry him and this after she
had repeatedly spurned his many ad
vances!
Are we justified In considering that
this young man Is perverted or insane?
The court wnicn tried nim eviaeniiy
had no tuch suspicions, and dealt with
his offense much as it might have dis
posed of an infraction of the game
laws. Hence we are forced to the con
clusion that this antediluvian method
of courtship is still looked upon as a
mere breach of "man-made" law in
Pennsylvania.
What are we to think of the "love'
of a young man whose sole aim is to
gain physical possession or its ooject.
with absolutely no consideration wnat.
ever for the feelings, wishes or happi
ness of the "object" herself? Is It pos
sible to conceive of anything more'ab
horrent more loathsome, more soul
racking to any woman than to be forced
to submit to the unwelcome caresses
of a man whom she despises? And yet
this creature who deliberately contem
plated such a diabolical atrocity is sen
tenced to spend a few months in jail
and to pay a paltry fine!
Verily, "when women sit in judg
ment" there cannot help but be a pro
found change in the attitude of the
courts toward such crimes. We may be
pardoned for assuming some subtle re.
lationship between the above travesty
of justice and the recent smothering of
equal suffrage legislation in I'ennsy.
vania.
CHESTER J. STEDMAX, M. T.
Farmers and Fire Hazards.
PORTLAND. April 23. (To the Edi
tor.) The editorial item appearing in
The Oregonian today commenting upon
the farmer's negligence In not insuring
his property, Is timely and to the point.
The season is approaching when the
greatest number of farm fire losses are
due to occur and In the large majority
of these will be reported "no insur
ance." The record kept by companies
of this state writing farm insurance
shows that the danger is anything but
remote, and excluding business risks,
is greater than city fire hazards.
Farmers, as a class, are slow to in
sure, and when a fire does occur their
loss is usually a total loss and the
savings of a lifetime have gone up in
smoke. The advice you offer should
be heeded by farmers without excep
tion, t HARM AN LAEDING.
Picture of a Self-Made Woman.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"A self-made man Is of no particular
help to his fellow-men." "Well?" "But
a self-made woman is a perfect mine of
Information about hair dyes and face
bleaches and pads and things."
Half a Century Ago
From The Oresonlan of April 27, 183.
Murfreesboro, April 20. A letter In
the Atlanta Intelligencer of the l.tn
says that Rosecrans is being reinforced
by Grant and that a great battle will
come off within 60 days.
Chicago, April 21. Cairo reports say
that the steamer Silver Moon, from
Vicksburg on Friday, say that Thurs
day night six gunboats and three
transports left Young's Point and ran
by the Vicksburg batteries. All got
through safely but one transport the
Henry Clay, which caught fire opposite
the city.
New York, April 20. Suffolk letters
report that our forces hold the Nanse
mond River for IS miles, and have de
feated every attempt of the enemy to
get in our rear.
A daring robbery was committed In
this city at about 3 o'clock last Satur
day night in the office of Dr. Daven
port, on Alder, between Front and
First. The doctor was awakened by
some one opening the front door into
his bedroom, and before he could raise
himself in bed a rough and strong hand
grabbed him around the throat, a gruff
voice commanding him to lie still on
peril of his life. The doctor could only
faintly distinguish the form of a man
standing over him with a large bowle
knife pointed directly at his breast, the
point of which he was made to feel
rather sharply several times. Two
other ruffians then bound his hands
and feet, but upon the most positive
assurance that he would not make a
noise, let his mouth remain free. The
two then took the key of the large Iron
safe from the doctor's vest opened the
safe and took 4600 In $20 gold pieces.
$46 in smaller gold pieces and $40 In
greenbacks. Two persons have been
arrested on suspicion.
Willamette Theater Miss Edith Mit
chell will appear In a favorite piece to
morrow evening.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of April 2fl, 1SS.
Washington, April 25. The House
went Into committee of the whole on
the tariff bill. Bynum of Indiana,
Browne of Indiana and Dockery of Mis
souri spoke.
Miss Detmering, who has been teach
er in the primary department of tin
North School in Holladay's addition,
has tendered her resignation, and Miss
Jennie Kribs has been appointed t-
take her place.
A new steamboat is being built at
Onlatta, Yaqulna Bay.
The tax roll for the City of Albany
for the year 1888 shows total taxahio
property of $1,031,906.
Work on the Oregon Pacific Railroad
east of Stayton has been deserted by
both Contractors Bennett and Hunt.
Articles were signed yesterday In
corporating the Portland Hotel Com
pany. The incorporators are:' H. W.
Corbett, W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis, A. N.
King, Frank Dekum, S. G. Reed, H. W.
Scott. Van B. De Lashmutt G. B. Mar
ble, Jr., D. F. Sherman and S. B. Willey.
The subsidy offered to Henry Vlllard
or any company to complete the hotel
on the block bounded by Sixth. Seventh.
Morrison and Yamhill streets, solicited
by the hotel committee, yesterday
morning had reached $141,350. During
the day this sum was Increased to a
round $150,000. So here Is the $150,000
bonus for a start. An option for 60
days on the block as It stands at $125,
000 was secured by telegraph yester
day. It is estimated that $375,000 will
be required, in addition to the subsidy,
to complete the hotel.
Evading the Inheritance Tax.
London Times.
Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, who
owns 7000 acres of land ,in Glamorgan,
has written to his tenantry, notifying
them that he has made over to his son.
H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher, the estates to
which he succeeded in 1901. He says
the death duties then crippled him.
and another set would probably causo
the break-up of the estates, which he
Is anxious to avoid, believing the
farmer to be best off on a large, well
managed estate.
Brimstone In a Sermon.
Boston Record.
"My, but there was lots of fire and
brimstone in Mr. Bowers sermon this
morning." "I expected there would be.
Their cook left them yesterday."
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At the Millennium What will
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Theodore Roosevelt The fifth
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It deals with important episodes
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Bold Texas Rangers An illus
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A Humming Bird Coat It is
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There are three full pages de
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Oleander A romance by the
well-known writer, Anna Mc
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The Woman Behind the Gun
She gets a salary of $10,000 a
vear, and is worth it, even if
the doesn't have to work very
hard.
An Iceless Arctic When this
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A Scientific Showgirl This
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