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Brunswick buUdlns- cnJ case. Etecer building. - Baa Fmndaea Office K. J- BldweU Ca fe Market .treat. European Office Ho. S Secant street W.. London. . , TOBTLAXD, WEDNESDAY. MAT 1. 1M. WORK FOB 0TC HCXBEIO) CITIZENS. A committee of 100 citizens is to be named today to devise v method of procuring- the election In June of a Mayor and four Commissioners who hall be the right men for these re sponsible office. The plan to organ ize a Committee of One Hundred citi zens is the result of a more or less spontaneous gathering of representa tive men at the Commercial Club to discuss the present civic emergency. It is a movement set under way In response to a clear public demand for united action by all good men and good women for the welfare of the city, so seriously threatened by the grave possibilities of the coming elec tion. There Is a plain call to arms at this time; and there Is a gratifying prospect that the call will be widely heeded. It Is proper to say that any com mittee of one hundred, or any other number, which essays to perform a public service must have a clear title to Its right to represent the people as a whole. If the committee, or any considerable minority, shall fail to rise to the highest demands upon Its disinterested and patriotic public spirit, its effort will fall. If there shall be the slightest suspicion or taint of personal bias or partisan feeling, there can be no satisfactory outcome to Its efforts. Any propaganda In behalf of any candidate la Improper at this time; ' any effort to engineer any scheme or direct any movement In behalf of in dividuals, or groups, or factions, or parties must be discountenanced and defeated. The committee must therefore be chosen with a solitary view to the high personnel of Its membership and the representative character of its- inter ests. Great care should be taken that every body which has in any way Iden tified itself with the social, or relig ious, or economic, or commercial, or industrial, or political (not party) progress of the city shall have ade quate representation. It ought to be a committee Inspired by worthy Ideals, but guided by practical minds. It should seek advice, but It should have Ideas and policies of its own. It should understand public sentiment, and be able to formulate a practicable method of responding to it- It should not attempt the Impossible, yet It should make no concessions to the unfH or unworthy or Incompetent who are seeking Jobs for what there Is In them. The -usefulness of the commit tee Is to be determined solely by the merit of Its recommendations and ac tions. It cannot go before the public with an apology for Its existence or an excuse for the result of Its dellbera aUlons. The Oregonian is hopeful that the Committee of One Hundred will find a solution for the dilemma that per plexes and dismays the city. It is pre pared to do its share, now and here after. It will not, for it cannot, com mit Itself In advance to abide by the findings of the One Hundred, for It must reserve the right, as' all citizens must and will, to shape Its course In accordance with what appears to be the Integrity of the committee's actions. ' The Oregonian does not at all mean to imply that It distrusts the sincerity of the present effort, or questions the wisdom of the plan, so far as it has developed. On the con trary, It distinctly commends the movement, and is anxious that it shall succeed. But It feels Justified in ad monishing the committee that its own expectations, and the hopes of the public, can be met only by the most persistent, earnest and disinter ested endeavor to enlist in the cam paign the participation of strong and useful men as candidates for the im portant offices to be filled at the June election. TWO THEORIES CONFLICT. Having resolved to revise the tariff with two different objects in view, the Democrats became involved in a tan gle when they came to fix duties on wheat and flour. Their desire for the farmer vote forbade entire removal of the duty on wheat, so they cut It from 25 to 10 cents per bushel. Their pop ular cry of a free market basket, of reducing the cost of necessaries, prompted them to put flour on the free list when coming from countries which impose no duty on American flour. It is a moral certainty that Canada, Ger many and France will repeal their flour duties in order to gain this a l vantage, hence this practically assures free flour. But what becomes of the theory of free raw materials and taxed manu factures on which other schedule cf the Underwood tariff seem to be based? The precisely opposite theory has been followed in this instance taxed raw material and free manufac tures. . . . One fact has been overlooked in tae Democratic effort to please both the farmer and the urban consumer at the same time. The effect of free flour on the American farmer Is the same as tii at of free wheat. Since Canadian wheat cannot be imported as wheat without paying 10 cents per bushrl duty, it will be milled in Canada an 5 imported free of duty as flour. Mar ket conditions ore such that the jjricej of wheat Is almost always higher In Minneapolis than in "Winnipeg, al though the Intrinsic value In Winnipeg Is 1 to 3 cents higher. When to this advantage Is added the duty on wheat and the removal of duty on flour, the bill obviously offers a premium to Ca nadian millers and imposes a penalty on those of the United States. These provisions of the Underwood bill discriminate not only against the miller, but against the wheatgrower. Our farmers will be brought Into com. petition with Canada by a flood of flour pouring into this country. They will be robbed of a large part of their home market and driven Into the ex port market. Prices on the farm for this market are regulated by the exac tions of the foreign shipping, which are great in the present scarcity of tonnage. The farmers of the Pacific Northwest are directly interested, for shipments from this section eastward are increasing and the export price of wheat shipped from the Pacific Coast is affected by the Minneapolis market. The lesa demand there is In that mar. ket for Oregon wheat, the more will have to be exported and the lower will be the Pacific export price. Mr. Underwood's attempt to placate both the farmer and the consumer at the same time cannot succeed. The farmers, backed by the millers, will protest to the Senate finance commit tee and endeavor to have a duty, im- nosed on flour equivalent to that on wheat. If they do not succeed, the millers may demand free wheat, in order to give therr an equal chance with Canadian millers, paying no neeu to the farmer's side of the case. PLEA OF THE KKLF-SEEKXN'G JOB- HUiTEK. I need the money and the world owes me a living. I have never been able to make a iixKMi nf mv own business: but I am Just the maa to Intrust with the public business. r ho., Va na ,Tncrleiice in large affairs, but I am willing to tackle any Job that will pay me well and will do no harm to anybody except tne puouc, if I fail. The general scramble for office is my chance. I am Just as good as the next candidate, for he knows Just as little about the public business as I do and cares no more. Probably I have a show to grab the usufruct while the public mind is confused by the general clamor. . My sense of hearing Is so acute that I-can hear the voice of the people, though no man calleth me, except my self. Many are called but none are chosen except those who choose to help themselves. I am in it for what there is in it. Possibly I may be able to slip into the City HaU when the public back Is turned. - UNWARRANTED PUBLICITY. Why, in the very midst of scientific investigations of the stuff he puts forth as a tuberculosis cure, is Dr. Friedmann able to sell out to a patent medicine concern for $126,000? His serum is given no official recognition as yet, and there is the chance that It will be branded as of little value in the course of time. Yet a manufac turing concern pays the astute doctor 1125,000 for the right to make and sell his much-heralded "boon to mankind." The answer is easy to find. The drug concern Is buying the tremendous publicity that Dr. Friedmann has se cured. If Dr. -Friedmann Is a fraud and eventually his serum Is found to be a worthless preparation, then re sponsibility may well be laid to the doors of the great press association which, with characteristic lust for sen sation rather than truth, heralded the doctor to the world. Away last De cember the United Press was flaunting the Friedmann consumption cure as the great eradicator of the white plague, saying in positive words that the serum was a positive cure of es-tab''"-"' Tr"rortlons. Naturally the hundreds of thousands of victims turned greedily to this "benefactor of mankind," and, fall ing to find fertile fields in his own land, Dr. Friedmann came to the United States. Official tests of his serum were made and reported by the respon sible press, which has reserved any conclusion as to the worth of the serum until its value Is officially passed upon. It may not be said now that Dr. Friedmann Is an Impostor or that his serum is a get-rich-qulck prepara tion. Nor may It be said that Dr. Friedmann is a benefactor of mankind or the discoverer of an effective cure for tuberculosis. His case Is still un decided. That he can reap a harvest Just at this time la due to the unfor tunate institution already referred to a great press association that would rather soar In the realms of embel lished sensation than stay with the solid procession of facta. HIGHER RAILROAD BATES. Railroads have followed closely the arbitration award of higher wages to Eastern firemen by asking the Inter state Commerce Commission to sanc tion an advance in freight rates. Their operating expenses have been repeatedly increased by similar ad vances in wages, their taxes have been Increased, and legislation as to safety devices, operators' hours of labor and other details have added to their ex penses. AU these additions to outgo have been made during a period when income has been either shrinking or has been maintained at its existing level only by rigid economy in main tenance and betterments. The public has a direct interest In the maintenance of railroad earnings at a profitable level. If they are not so maintained, the railroads cannot secure capital for extensions and im provements, which the public interest demands for accommodation of grow ing traffic. What capital they would secure would be obtained only on short-time loans and at high Interest, which the shipper must ultimately pay, either in higher rates or poor service. Without extensions, development of the country will be arrested; without imnmnments necessarv to safe and speedy handling of traffic, all business will suffer. On the otner nana, u ran. roads are allowed to recoup them selves for added expense forced upon them by the brotherhoods or by law with the backing of public opinion, their earnings will leave a safe margin for improvements and their credit will be so strengthened that they can bor row on long time at moderate interest for extensions and enlarged terminals. The shipper will be the gainer, and in the last -analysis the shipper is the whole population. The time has gone by for baiting the railroads. They have frankly ac cepted public v' National and state commissions. Before mak ing recent advances in rates, they con sulted the shippers. They recognize ik,t thav are Derformlng a public function and that the public has a THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, riirhr'tn a vnir in their affairs. There are certain things which they might do in order to remove all excuse for the charge that their troubles are their own fault. Their purchasing methods need revision for the exclusion of lax ity, private profit and favoritism to ...nnntinnt with which directors are affiliated. Contracts with private car and express companies should be amended. Rates which favor trusts hmiM ha raised and there should an end to interlocking directorates railroads and trusts, unese ,1 n A V, ToUrnnila will be in. i things . strong position to ask for public and official recognition of the principle that they can Justly raise the price of transpor tation as the cost of conducting it rises. The" Interstate Commerce Commis sion has already conceded tne jusuco of this position. In ruUng agaliidt the proposed rate increases in 1910 i tn nnldfr similar proposl tinna without prejudice. It has done . - nt ha advances made since that year, more than half have been allowed. 1 no aovanco uuw v . i 1 .i waaIva fair rilnrtasslonate con sideration, and the Commission will best serve the puDllc Dy a uecimuu which assures the railroads reasonable returns. f CIRCULAR ARGUTVIKNT ONCE MORE. t.. i.odintr rnr the Improvement of the Sluslaw River, Senator Lane was confronted by the same oia mossDaca reasoning which has led the Board TCnerineers to condemn many another meritorious project. Finding that commerce does not exist Decauae v.A ia nn Viavhnr tha engineers argue that no harbor should be created be cause there is no commerce, mis is the same old circular argument whl,ch haa hlrkolfArl tha lmDrovement of Ore gon rivers and harbors for decades and which, used by raliroaa men, ion blocked extension of railroads into Central Oregon. In the East Army engineers nave to deal with rivers already navigable and with harbors already having com' , Tiiev or a railed UDOn to lm flftt.U. A ..wj - prove what man has already done, not . what nntnra has left in the rnuh for man to adapt to nis use in th West everything is more or tr, .mhrvn The West says: "Im nrAV, thA harbors and we will make the commerce; Improve the waterways and we will develop tne trainc; let us get at the waterpowers ana we wm generate power." But the East says: "You must create commerce and traf fic before we will furnish facilities for i " That the West makes its promises good is proved ty a glance over win field. Improvement of Portland har- HrT ho hpn followed by the coming of big ships. Deepening of the Lower Columbia channel has Deen cioseiy rniinweri hv the entrance of vessels which use all its depth. Commerce has grown on Coos Bay ana otner Ore gon harbors as fast as they have been opened. Had the reasoning or tne Army en gineers been followed. Columbus would never have saiiea on nis uso of discovery, the first white men would never have settled In America, the pioneers would never have peopiea the Middle West and crossed the Mis souri and the Rockies to people the Pacific Coast. Since grain had never been grown on the prairies, white men would not have tried to grow It. Since there was no traffic for railroads in the West, railroads would never have been - built. The existence of the American Nation, the presence of trHtA men in the West tilling ricn farms and building great cities, are proof of the absurdity of the engi neers' argument. - ' THE HAYES-TILDKN CONTROVERSY. Very likely it was the moderation t somiiAi J Tilden in the Hayea- Tilden controversy which saved the country from civil war. Tne epuo licans were not disposed to yield an atom and sound policy Justified their firmness. Their party stiu snone wun the radiance It had acquired In putting down the Rebellion. It had won the .Htnii. nt tha country and retained It in spite of the shortcomings of the Grant Administration, in any armeu .nr.f)it harween the two parties the Democrats would have borne the stig ma of rebels. Most of their leaaers in the South had actually fought on the side of slavery, while many of the Northerners were remembered as "copperheads." From every point of tha Democrats would have been under terrible disadvantages in. n appeal to arms and no douDt tneir leaders felt so. At any rate, as Colonel Henry Watterson points out in his Century article, they assented readily to the proposal to establish an elec toral commission, and by doing so. In his opinion, they abandoned the Pres. ldency of the United States to their opponents almost without resistance. Subh was their eagerness to compro mise and thus save themselves from the odium of armed strife that they .rr-eori tr tha commission plan without even consulting TUden. He was only apprised of the scheme arter its out lines had been arranged and then It was too late for him to dissent effectually. T-uon-p method of settling the trou ble would have been an open debate In Congress. In his opinion the can vas of the electoral votes and the de cision of the disputed points was the Joint duty of the House and Senate and he would have had this duty per formed in. the full light of publicity, trusting that any projects to stifle lus tlce would thus bs thwarted. This was quite in accordance with Mr. Til- en's character as uoionei wanersou rienieta it. A man of the strictest in tegrity both in public and private life, he appealed to his countrymen oy nia kiM nnH unhendlnBT merits, but he lacked that dramatic element of char, acter which urges men to fight relent lessly for their, rights and enames them to nsftume a ijicturesaue pose be fore the people. Had Mr. Tilden been such a personage as Theodore Roose velt, for instance. Colonel Watterson opines that he might have plunged the country Into an rrmed conflict and come out victor In spite of the impedi ments which hamperea nis party, uui, to put the truth bluntly, Tilden was a man of theory rather than action. He loved books, enjoyed the quiet of his et i A or, A preferred thA ROnletV of his well-thosen friends to the tumult of partisan strife. To be sure he was efficient when duty drove him to It Before his nomination to the Presi dency he had routed the Tweed ring in New York and subsequently as Gov ernor he attacked and defeated the entrenched forces of the Canal ring. But all this was out or narmony wun hie native mood. He was Brutus rather than Caesar, and while he could wage war If necessity compelled, ne rar pre. ferred to philosophize under his vine and fig tree. It is terribly fascinating to speculate upon the outcome of the Hayes-Tllden imbroglio if Roosevelt harl heen in Ttldan s maca. Hayes seems to have cut no figure m in Vi affair e-rrent to nromise the withdrawal of the Federal troops from Louisiana and other Southern states if their electoral votes were cast for him. He was as righteous a man as Tilden, but in ability there was no comparison between them. His nega tive character contributed with the dissatisfaction of the country over Grant's nepotism and the miserable working of reconstruction to make Tilden afavorite candidate. The vot ers gave the latter a majority of 264, 000 and Colonel Watterson believes that he was Justly entitled to 196 electoral votes. This was eleven more than he needed to elect him. On the night following the election Tllden's victory was conceded by everybody. The staunchest Republican newspapers conceded Hayes' defeat, all of them but the New York Times, which con tinued to hope against hope. That pa per was then bitterly Republican. From sheer impudence H claimed the election for Hayes when not the slight est ground for it appeared and finally inspired Zach Chandler and other leaders to do the same. Throwing to the winds every consideration but the greed of victory, they took for their motto "De. 1'audace, de l'audace et toujour de l'audace" and won their point by the unscrupulous boldness with which they fought for it. The states where bribery and cor ruption might have invalidated the voting were Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina, Of these Louisiana was the most important and accord ingly both parties sent emissaries to New Orleans to deal with the situation on the ground. They found a return ing board of two whites and two ne groes, all four reeking with venality. Openly announcing themselves for sale, they offered the vote of their state to Colonel Watterson If he would have bought it at the price of $260,000. Abram S. Hewitt afterward said pub licly that It was also offered to him. Since these men were not the kind who could conclude such a bargain, the motley-hued board came to terms with the Republicans. Colonel Wat terson thinks they were amply re warded with offices. Of course simi lar transactions were repeated In Flor ida and South Carolina, so that the Electoral Commission to whom Con gress entjusted the controversy for settlement were presented with a Re publican majority on the face of the returns. Taking the convenient ground that no far aa thev were concerned the returns were Infallible, the rest was as easv as lying." to quote a great authority on human nature.' The Commission contained seven Demo crats and eight Republicans, who de cided every point as good partisans nno-ht and Haves slipped neatly into the office to which the people had elected another man. The affair re flected little credit upon anybody con cerned In it except Mr. Tilden. He seems to have looked upon the pro ceedings with the philosopher's calm anrl Bnmefhine of the philosopher's contempt and history will reward his moderation with lmperisnapie praise. an FWmn lad la colnr back to Alaska to claim a miss who, promised tn marm- him as soon as he acquired an education. Now that , he has one there are those cynics who will re mark that he should know better. Pnnr Texas rpnorters are in Jail for refusing to divulge the source of In fnrmntlnn riven them confidentially. The average reporter would go to the gallows rather than Detray profes sional confidences of that sort. -vihnlna cave un Scutari because his backer, Russia, "lay down" and Russia probably lay down oecause TTranne anl Knirland would hot stand by her to the finish. Austria and Ger, many made their bluff gooa. The air la sweet with the fragrance of the fruit blossoms, the lilac and the snowball charm the eyes of city nennie anri aoon the uueen or flow ers will revel in her riot of combina. tion of both. who threatened U2& of UU1UU3 ChVa -eeavw-w caped, but one who called English law makers cads was promptly o.ncoi.cu. doesn t pay to wounu .n nu5inuu,u vanity. n-h meur charter, it is Bald. Will lessen the number of employes. This i- iti cori f It works out. which is always a debatable problem where public moneys are concerucu The man who stole the package of tii xi nn hiiia in transit may &s wcu r nionnsal of that kind of cur rency will lead to detection, now or ten years later Tha assassin of the King of "Greece he committed suicide. Somehow those foreign officials know how to work these problems to an ena oettet than do ours. - f i..n.moTio warn afraid to land at the Battery because of seeing a troop of blanketea inaia.ua. thought they were the Apaches of New York. Th. fact that a. man of 70 writes love letters isn't proof of his Insanity, v,i,i, a Missouri court. It merely proves that age hasn't conquered him. If Congressmen wilt thus early in the tariff debate, how can they strug gle through the complexities of a cur rency bill during the dog days? Tf the tmmlirrants who were scared of Buffalo Bill's Indians only knew New York, they would be more scared of Tammany braves. . eolciHea Senator XII urni5 . , Goff, of West Virginia, shows thrift in addition to a desire to live off the Gov ernment. , a ioat o reclrleaa aneeder. a demon strator, by the way, has been given a Jail sentence. Just a word more. TThusual Quantities of ammunition for "target practice" in Hawaii are but little messengers of peace. Plnchot is turning his guns on Con gress. After Dr. cook, .rincnoi nas great fame. The Fort Worth reporters proved that a reporter does not tell all he knows. whv not utilize the city directory as a ballot at the coming city election? This weather will bring the roses out by the millions Now is woman's opportunity while the men wrangle. Hiram Johnson gives way to Jacket! the spotlight. . MAY 7, 1913. VOTERS SHOULD GET TOGETHER Demand for Org-anlaatloa to Bar Unde sirables From Office. Portland, May 6. (To the Editor.) Nothing could be more opportune or better expressed than the leading edi torial in the. Oregonian today. The city's business and future prosperity is now facing a crisis. If the city cannot secure honest, energetic and trustwor thy administration of Its great and in creasing interests its growth" will be paralyzed. The question before the law abiding citizens and taxpayers Is one of men and not of administrative ma chinery. It Is the man behind the . gun, and not the weapon, that wins the bat tle. The past history of the city proves beyond all question that It Is the Mayor and Council, and not the Charter that guarantees honest and efficient gov ernment. I have been personally ac quainted with every Mayor that has ruled in this city but four the first three Mayors and the present one; and I know that it was the personality of these officials and not the charters which gave character and force, or weakness and Inefficiency to their ad ministrations of the city business. Look at the record from 1853 down to, the present. Joslah Failing, of blessed memory, one term; W. S. Ladd, one term; George M. Vaughn, one term; James O'Neill, two terms; L. M. Starr, one term; 8. J. McCormlck, one term; George C Bobbins, one term; J. M. Breck, one term; W. H. Farrar, two terms; David Logan, the brilliant law yer, one term; Henry Falling, four terms; T. J. Holmes, one term; Dr. J. A. Chapman, six terms; Hamilton Boyd, one term; Bernard Goldsmith, two terms; Philip Wasserman, two terms; W. 8. Newberry, two terms; D. P. Thompson, three terms; John Gates, three terms; W. S. Mason, one term, 1890. And now we get down to the new City Hall. Sylvester Pennoyer, a sala ried Mayor, and the long line of good and true men in the Mayor's office seems to have "petered out." All these Mayors named above, served the city without salary; and their In tegrity and force of character so far dominated the city government that it was so Just, honest and economical that there was never a word of complaint from the men who paid the taxes in our unbroken careers of growth and pros perity for forty years. These men were elected and re-elected as long as they would serve the city; and they had no "managers" or "promotion" committees to boost their. campaigns. Why can't tha city secure such men now? Why do taxes Increase faster than popula tion and outrun all the great growth of taxable property? Why is It neces sary for a hundred law-abiding auto moblllsts to organize to enforce the laws against law-breakers? Is fur ther evidence needed to show that the city is facing a crisis which threatens the future welfare of the city and all its people? If the taxpayers and law-abiding citi zens want such Mayors as are named above they must organize irrespective of party, and organize immediately. Why don't the business and other clubs In the city come to the front In this crisis, and organize to promote good government as well as good business. Good government Is the chief founda tion stone of good business It is the duty we all owe to our city. Neither Miss Wilcox nor anybody else ever penned anything more appropriate than these lines: "The time has come when men with hearts and brains Must rise and take the misdirected reins Of government too long left in the hands Of tricksters, and of thieves. He who stands And sees the mighty vehicle ot State Dragged through the mire to some Ignoble fate. And makes not such bold protest as he can. Is no American!" The Oregonian is right. There should be organization of voters behind suit able candidates for Mayor and Commis sioners, Irrespective of party; and or ganization Immediately. Who will lead? J. G. WHAT ARB YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? Candidates for Office Should File State ment, Suggests L. Samuel. Portland. May 6. (To the Editor.) The biggest business In the City of Portland Is the business of the city Itself. Now that we are about to put It on a more thorough business basis and employ a general manager and as ststant .manager to run it, it does seem to me as If we should know something definite aboiit the people who aspire to fill these positions. It is but fair that the voter be furnished the same Infor mation that a good business man must know of an applicant for a managing position In his own business establish ment. This would give the voter the opportunity to Judge . for himself whether the applicant Is the proper per son to put In the position of general manager (Mayor) or assistant man ager (Commissioner). Every applicant should answer through the publio press over his signature: Mv aera Is................... I have lived In the City of Portland years. My family consists of My past business experience is as fol lows: I have been connected during the past five years with the loliowing nrms: My position with each firm was as follows: " My salary each year during the past five years nas Deen If In business for himself er If a profes sional man, how much has the ap plicant actually earned each year for five years pasw vWhen these questions are properly answered it will furnish a mental pic ture of the person whereby he can be judged. Anyone failing to answer should be aisquannea lor me posrauo he Is applying for. i bajiulu HISTORIC GUX IS OJI VIEW. Weapon Which Started Revolution Is Shown in rvanana viiy. TTnnaAH C.tv Times. rrv, .ln that flrerl tha "shot heard 'round the world win soon do piacea on exhibition by the Kansas City His- Airf.al QAcintv ThA STT1 Tl l)R loll ETB tO o ctMnan nf TTftnnnH fMtv. Kan. It S3. . otuiJJBvu - - was his grandiatner, jonn oiniiiauu, wuu fired the first snot oi me ncraiuuuu. IX- Clmnonn 1 11 1 ATI H 1 n thA IT 1111 tO the in ui in ii" o i Historical Society. "I can remember having seen this weapon 80 years ago," he said. With the gun is the commls .(An cvAotins. John SimDson Second Lieutenant of the New Hampshire Troops, as the result or ma part, in mo Battle of Bunker Hill. The commission i ,aA.ii4 ntni-oh is 177ft. and la slerned by M. Weare, Governor of New Hamp shire. . Mr. Simpson's grandfather was a pri vate at Bunker Hill, and misinterpreted .i... Li.t,in enmmand. "Don't fire un- tiia uigfcvt v w til you can see the whites of their. - i 1 1 ,.it. 1 eyga," ne urea ana tue uLiiera luuuwtw. a .he victorv Mr. Simnson was ar rested for disobeying orders. He ex plained that he saw the white In ,n officer's eyes before he fired. Marriage Propoaal, la Cenee. Judge. v.ti... "Vnn tr willouchbv doesn't seem to call on Grace very often of i wnTiiiai. if lt'a a case of damp ened ardor. Son I think likely. He nrnnoRad to her while out canoeing, and she threw him over- IITVOKING MOB KILE IN ENGLAND Pankhnrat Women Held Not to Be En raged In Civil War. PORTLAND, May 3. (To the Editor.) I am thoroughly in favor of suffrage for women upon equal terms with men, and I cordially approve of the tactful methods of our American women, under which their righteous cause Is making steady progress in the United States. I equally disapprove of the methods of Mrs. Pankhurst and the other militant suffragists of England, and am In favor of world-wide woman suffrage, in spite of them. A comprehension of the proverbial obstinacy of Mr. John Bull In dealing with the Irish question and other local issues should satisfy almost any per son that he will never be moved by lawless agitation or acts of violence. Obstinate though the English may be, they are the most law-abiding people on the face of the earth; nor will It do to apologize for such methods by contending that "conditions are differ ent over there," because there are no conditions in a civilized country under which mob rule Is defensible. I have just read an ably written article from the pen of a prominent suffrage worker in the. East, whose general opinions and Judgment I value highlyv But the article seems to evi dence a distorted vision. It fails to discriminate between legitimate war fare and riot. While the article does not specifically endorse Mrs. Pankhurst, It cites Joan of Arc and Molly Pitcher in the same connection aa examples of women whose warlike methods have been generally lauded and approved. Now, mob rule Is one thing, and legiti mate warfare Is another. Certain rights are universally recognized un der what are termed the "laws of war," which clearly defines human.- re strictions, which civilization has greatly Increased. And while these laws permit the destruction of enemies and of property, as well as the appro priation of property that is service able to an invading army, they pro hibit wanton devastation and Imply, at least, that confiscated property shall be paid for. Wanton destruction of prop erty Is as contrary to the laws of war as the bombardment of an unprotected town or city. If the militants imagine that they have instituted what might be called a "civil war'' (which is a war between different factions of a people or differ ent sections of a country (they are mis taken. Even the creation of a civil war requires not alone some dignity of numbers, but a regular declaration or proclamation of war by a recog nized sovereign or organized authority and its actual delivery before beginning hostilities or making an attack on per sons or property. In fact, the militant proceeding in England is simply a "rebellion," which is an opposition by violence to a gov ernment on the part pf some of its subjects for the purpose of changing the Constitution or laws; and a "rebel is a person who, with violence, op poses the government of his country from political motives. Therefore, Mrs. Pankhurst and her followers are sim ply rebels who, without standing under either civil or military law, can only be dealt with by police power. The position of Joan of Arc was In no sense parallel. She was a French national heroine, although the Illiterate daughter of a peasant, and she was absolutely within the law. In 1429 the English were masters of the whole of northern France. Joan of Arc believed that she was commanded by a super natural power to liberate her country, and Charles VII became so Impressed that he put her in regular command of an army. She raised the seige of Or i . .rained tha victorv of Patay, was finally captured by the English and burned at the staue. one aia uui de stroy private property or commit any overt act. As to Molly Pitcher, tne compnrin is equally remote. At the battle of Monmouth a shot from British artillery killed Molly Pitcher's - husband, who was an American gunner. Molly, a . t-ioh wimnn. 22 vears of age, had been carrying water to him and to the troops. When ne ten iuci ay peared to be no one competent to fill hii out to be re place biiu in. n ii - - , . moved when Molly aroppea u-. seized a rammer and vowed that she would shoot the gun to avenge her husband's death, which she did with great courage and Dr,aveiy. n.i.u . ni, oral washlneton cave he w.n aa a serereant In tne a i; u in 1 1 1 1 i '-' . i- " army and had her name placed on tn pension rolls for life. Mollv Pitcher and Joan of Arc, as- ..ST-m , f the hlehest order, VOlcU iiciiiuc. within tha law and under Its operation and control. So are our American suffragists, and they will do well to keep the distinction mlnfl. KUSSIiU .r- PRINCE COOKS FOR HIS WIFE Real . Royal Chef Telia Secret About IXlm Ifetter-fiaix-e ti . Cut- TCnnsae CltV Star. To Boston, the home of baked beans, has come, literally speaking, the royal chef Prince Ranjl Singh Smile, fifth son 'of the Ameer of Baluchistan. And with him has come his American wife, .... Vlolat Ethel Rochlitz. IDIillCl 1J as of New York. Strange as It may seem, the marvelous Deauty ot mc ascribed by her prince to his care of her food. . "Each day I give her a new dish, he declared to bis interviewers, u up hold! is Bhe not beautiful?" ..,.1. .u ..in..'! rnval title may yv 111113 HI V A" - ' - have been clouded, it has never been eclipsed by the tact mat no i . for when out of the mysterious land of . i t..u i.me with his retinue of nia uiria ii" - - , . .1,1 35 "servants" a year ago, he startled staid old Loiwon who hb " Canada and would have made New York City a province of his Baluchistan had he not fallen In love with Miss Rochlitz. They eloped and went to the . i In Rnliichistan. prince s "'-- --- t the dishes he cnoso aim r"i i a year's treatment, he brings her forth a marvelous beauty as the triumph of r . i AV.n..&rl ii rA after his culinary art. FREE EYEGLASSES TO SCHOLARS Levy Bill In New York Would Help Children With Defective Vision. New York Evening Sun. There is a good prospect that the Levy bill, which so amends the Greater New York charter that school children who need them will get spectacles or eyeglasses free, will shortly pass the Senat The text of the measure is one of the shortest introduced into the Legislature this Fession. It is as follows: Th Board of Education shall furnish free to any pupil of a public school who shall require the same, after due examination, and shall obtain a certificate to that effect from the principal of the school attended by such pupil, eyeglasses or spectacles as .ho rim may be. The board of estimate and apportionment is hereby authorized and directed to raise eacn year bucu sum as may be necessary to carry out thA nrovision 01 tnis section. i nis act shall take effect Immediately." Tf this bill Decomes a jaw it win mean that there will be no excuse for any child in the public schools being back ward In his studies because his eyes are weak; for when his parents cannot afford to buy him eyeglasses the city will. Mamie's Engagement Rlns-. Detroit Free Press, Have you seen Mamie's engagement ring?" "Of course. Did you have an idea that she was making an effort to hide It?" ' j The Minute Men By Dean ColIIna. In school, when but a tiny lad. With utmost suffering and pain, I let the teachers that I had Sculpture the contours of my brain. And shove into its vast abysm The elements of patriotism; Yet all that season, I did not Bump Into any patriot. I read about the minute men, otha laft thai nflwn within tha mead. To duck behind a rock, and then On the lierce xiessian a raw a Deao. Ah natrlrttfr? riavs were thnftA When 'we pot-shotted at our foes; nut InnHno- at real life aealn I saw no modern minute men. But saith the seer in language burning. By whom the maxim mill Is ground, " Tis a long lane that has no turning." And now the truth of It I've found. The patriotic man arises Only in times of bitter crisis; I've found the minute men at last. Since the Commission Charter passed. The news throughout the city spread: "The Charter's passed!" And one andalL The minute men, as one man, sped In answer to the people's call; In gathering gangs, tne patriots Climbed fences and cut corner lots, Dashing to offer the petition To serve upon the new Commission. The popcorn vender left his van; The counter-jumper dropped his tape; The janitor his garbage can Left, and slid down the fire escape; The man who mows upon my lawn Left his whole salary undrawn. The shipping clerk let fall his pen And flew to Join the minute men. Say not the grand old days are past. When men, upon the minute flew The proffer of their aid to cast With patriotic fervor true. Only in times of certain crisis The reg'lar minute man arises Such crisis as doth now appear. Involving fuU "flVe thou." a year. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of Slay 7, 1SS8. London. May 6. The directors of the African Association have sent an order to Stanley Falls to send out a scouting party in search of Stanley. The new Catholic Church to be built at Salem will cost $6000 and will seat 600 people. C. A. Roberts is the archi tect. First game of the season. The Port lands and Wlllamettes play for Mrs. William Garvin's benefit The Wal lamettes won by a score of 11 to 2. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thompson, of Al bany, came down Saturday to obtain medical treatment for the former. H. E. Battin and W. . L. Archam beau will go to Oregon City today to meet William H. Jordan, supreme mas ter Workman of the A. O. U. W.,. and escort him to this city. W. W. Danel and D. Cushman, who left here a few days ago for San Fran cisco on bicycles, arrived safely at Salem after a rather rough time, owing to the muddy condition of the roads. The twenty-first annual commence ment exercises of the Albany Collegi ate Institute will be held in the col lege chapel, beginning on Monday, June 11. The graduating class consists of John Geisendorfer and Collins El kins. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian ot May T, 1663. Mr. Charles Hutchins, Indian agent for the Flathead Indians, arrived here on Tuesday. We are Indebted to him for a specimen of gold-bearing rock from the Beaverhead mines. Great ex citement prevails over the discoveries. Latest advices from Boise, through Mr. Mossman. state that the vanguard of Standefer's Indian hunters had ar rived at Placerville, bringing In 32 horses, seven scalps and two prisoners. New York, April 30. Yesterday the Army under Hooker pursued with vigor the movement they had begun. Troops were Crossing- throughout the day near Port Royal, 12 miles below Fredericks burg. City Council The resignation of S. Sherlock was accepted. E. W. McGraw was elected City Attorney. Resolution that the city collector receive only gold and silver for dues in payments of taxes, licenses, etc, was adopted. A large audience was present last night to witness the beautiful play, "The Wife,'- upon tbe occasion of Miss Esther Mitchell's benefit. JAPANESE STANDARDS NOT OURS Hence They Are n Menace to People of Co net. Says Writer. GOLD HILL, Or May! 5. (To the Editor.) In scanning the editorial col umns of The Oregonian the last few days I have read with great Interest your articles in regard to the alien law passed by the California Legislature. I regret to say that my views on that subject are totally at Variance with those expressed in The Oregonian. I believe that four out of every five persons on the Coast favor . that law. 1 am not stating this from a stand point of prejudice against the Jap anese, at whom the law is primarily aimed, as I . really place the Jap, in intelligence and culture, far above some of our other foreign population; but regardless of their Inner and outer qualities, they have so arranged their Interests here on the Pacific Coast that their presence and industry have be come an unwelcome obstacle. It Is a well-known fact that three JSps will live on what one white man would consume, rnd because of that and the cheapness of their labor they are able to undersell the American farmer In what they raise and also to step Into the shoes of the American laborer. Any doubt as to the truth fulness of these statements can be verified by investigating their whole sale production of oniofis, potatoes, etc , in California this last year. Now, why the American people of this Coast have to lower their standard of living to that of the Japanese, the writer Is unable to see; and, moreover, the author of the articles pubiisnea tne last few days win una out it ne snouia listen to the expressions of many after reading about the proposed law he would find out that California would not have to fight her battle alone. . V.. AlA&lUiM. An Up-to-Date Stenographer. London Tit-Bits. "I seem to remember that young woman, who is sner- "She was my typewriter last year. "She's charming! Why did she leave you? "She was too conscientious for me. One day I proposed marriage to her, and what do you think she did! bne took all that I said down in shorthand and brought it, nicely typewritten, fos me to sign!" Art Critic Given a Hint. London Opinion. Irresponsible Impressionist (annoyed at persistent close scrutiny of his pic ture by short-Blghted old gent) Ex cuse me, sir ,but that picture la meant to be looked at, not smelt!