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PORTLAND. TBUBSDAY. MAY , 191S.
LESSONS IX PREFERENTIAL TOTEfO.
To those who do not understand it
and also to those who are seeking; a
means of joining; some advantage by
manipulation, a review of the provi
sions of the preferential system estab
lished In Portland by the new charter
may be profitable. '
Owing- to the large number of names
on the ballot, casting; of first, second
and third choice votes will be permit
ted In electing; candidates to each of
fice. For the office of Mayor each
voter may vote for three men, but it
Is not compulsory that he do so. There
will be three columns on the ballot.
In the- first column the voter will des
ignate the man he deems best fitted
to be Mayor. In the second column he
will designate the candidate he deems
next best fitted. In the third column
he will vote for the candidate next in
line in his esteem. He is not permit
ted to vote more than one choice for
one individual.
There are four Commissioners to
elect, and each voter will be given
three choices, which therefore will call
for crosses before the names of twelve
men. , ,
XC tne voter win uul ...
hnt all he Is asked to do under the
new plan is to vote first for the best
man, next for the second oest man u
third for thf. third best man he will
,,.. difficulty with his ballot and
the system will likely produce capable
officials if there be any in the list of
candidates.
n,A honest-minded voter, the man
who Intends to register each choice in
accordance with his convictions, need
not concern himself materially about
the other provisions of the charter rel
in nrefprential voting. These
nthr provisions consist of lnstruc
fto in the election officials. They
provide. In substantial effect, that If
any candidate receives the first choice
votes of a majority of the electors vot
ing; he shall be elected: otherwise, first
and second choice votes are to be
added together and If any candidate
then has a total equivalent to a major
ity of the voters voting; he shall be
elected; if by adding; first and second
choice votes no candidate has a ma
inwrv then first, second and third
fhnicpn are to be added and the can-
dldate having; the highest number of
votes in this total shall be elected.
Several schemes have been devised
for gaining- some advantage from the
new system for particular canaiaates.
Some have an Idea that first place on
the ballot will draw the votes of those
who vote In the dark. It is supposed
that the know-nothings will vote for
the man whose name first catches
their eye, and as the voter naturally
begins reading at the top these emi
nent citizens will vote for the first man
on the ballot.
It is unfortunately true that first
place is an advantage on the old-style
ballot, but it has been aemonsiratea .n
other localities that under tne preier
ential system first place is better than
other places only for first-choice votes.
The men low on the ballot are more
likelv to get the Ignorant vote on sec
ond and third choice. If a count of
third-choice votes Is necessary to de
termine the result the candidates mid
way on the ballot or near the foot
have a better vote-getting location
than the head of the ticket, for second
and third-choice votes are as good as
first and there are twice as many of
them.
In order that the system may regis
ter a majority choice for each office,
the voter must remember these things:
Failure to vote other than first
choice is partial self-disenfranchise
ment and may result in leaving elec
tion of candidates almost wholly to
others.
"Single-shotting" of first-choice
votes on Commissioner that is. voting
for but one Commissioner when there
are four to be elected will reduce
the legal majority and may thereby
favor other candidates. For example,
if 10.000 voters all vote for four Com
missioners the legal majority will be
6001. But if S00O of the 10,000 vote
for only- one Commissioner, the legal
majority is reduced to 4151. If some
candidate other than the one who has
been "single shot" receives 4251 votes
he will have been elected and the 2000
electors who did not vote for him will
have made him a present of 7o0 votes,
although, they may have been wholly
opposed to him.
Failure to vote first choice, but reg.
Uttering of second and third choice.
votes, will have a similar errect. it
will reduce the legal majority and give
those who have received first choice
votes from others a distinct advantage,
finsA attention must therefore be
sriven the column headings.
It Is possible that one or more office.
seekers will endeavor to Induce their
followers to vote only first choice.
The other voters have it in their power
to rebuke such an effort. Any candi
date who attempts to "work" the sys
tem and scheme his way Into office
is unworthy of place. Knowledge that
he is seeking improper advantage
should cause every right-minded citi
zen to vote for some other man and
carefully refrain from giving the un.
worthy place-hunter either first, sec
ond or third-choice votes.
One of our contemporaries makes
art resDonsible for .the current rash
lnna In women's wear. If the charge
is true we pity art when It gets its
deserts, and it Is probably true. Re
cent painting shows much the same
love of oddity that we see displayed
In rowns and bonnets. It eschews
harmony for the sake of startling or
chocking the observer. Just as some
women have abandoned beautiful lines
in their attire In order to appear eccentric.
MERGES ALREADY rNMTR WAT.
One by one the Progressive leaders
are lowering tne stanaarus
hlch they battled at Amageddon for
the Lord and are sending white flags
to the leaders of the "hosts of evil."
Frank Munsey was the first, then
came Controller Prendergast, and now
comes Dan Hanna. He declares for
mersrer. be in alarmed by what he
calls "the familiar signs of danger and
incompetency in the party in power
in Washington."
Mr. Hanna's overtures come ratner
late. They come after the local elec
tions in New York counties. Chicago
and St. Louis and the state election
in Michigan have been shown, tne
merger to be well under way. The
rank and file of the Progressive party
are already merging with the Repub
licans without waiting for the word
from their leaders. If the movement
continues as it has begun, the leaders
will soon have only a corporal's guard
for a following. Mr. Hanna s move
for reconciliation has rather the ap
pearance of an effort to preserve sem
blance of being for a fast disintegrat
ing party. Only a little longer delay
would render negotiations for a mer-
r urMrfluous. for in neither politics
nor war does any man negotiate with
general who has no army.
We be to disagree with Mr. Hanna
as to the Incompetency of the party
In power. So far it has shown sur
prising competency in putting through
its tariff programme. This must do
admitted in all candor, much as we
condemn the programme. Recogni
tion of this fact by the great roay oi
intm who left the Republican party
last Fall, and of, the further fact that
that party stands for the ume-nonorea
policy of protection stripped of the
ATtrnnn of standnattlsm, is causing
them to flock back to Its standard.
XLMJB FOB ACTlOy IS AT HAND. .
A Committee "of One Hundred has
been named to consider the present
political crisis and to devise a plan
for the election in June of a fit Mayor
and four fit Commissioners. ine
committee has in its membership
many of the leading men and women
of Portland. There is Imposed upon
them a large responsibility and a grave
duty. Their paramount obligation is
to consider the welfare of the city, in
the present crisis, with eyes single to
the general interest.
We shall not presume to tell the
committee what it ought to do or how
its work may best be done. It, un
derstands perfectly the weight of Its
own duties and the limits of its func
tions. It must devise and advise. It
can do no more. It should do no less.
The committee will find the public
mind in much perplexity and confusion
over the new situation presented
through adoption of the commission
charter. The destinies of a great city
are to be placed In the hands of five
men. Each will have much power.
All will be equally accountable to the
public for the discharge of a large
trust. The Mayor and the Commission
will execute the laws and make new
laws; they will define the municipal
policies; they will expend the public
moneys; they will control the police.
firemen and a great army of employes
they will deal with the public service
corporations; they will be altogether
in a position of extraordinary influ
ence and authority. It is not surpris
ing that the people view uneasily the
chance that they may not be able to
select the right men for these large
duties.
In the hurly-burly of strange politi
cal conditions, and the apprehensions
growing out of the ambitions and de
sires of many unsuitable candidates, it
Is clear that the committee is called
upon to perform a task of exceptional
Importance and difficulty. Yet it
should be faced with a determination
to strive to find a programme upon
which all may agree. No member of
the committee should decline to heed
the call upon him for a real public
service. The fact that any man or
woman among them may have ac
quired a position of Influence in i
community Implies a reciprocal obli
gation carrying greater responsibility
to city or state than another citizen
may have. The public wants guidance,
liirht. action. The committee is in
position to furnish all of them.
WHY eCFTRAGE WAS DEFEATED.
John Bull refuses to be driven by
the suffragettes. That seems to oe
the explanation of the adverse vote
in the House of Commons. In for
mer rears bills and resolutions In fa
vor of woman suffrage have received
majorities in the House, but have
failed of final passage, Decause tne
Government refused to afford time
for their consideration. Nevertheless
the cause was gradually gaining and
women had been granted the suffrage
in looal elections and had been made
eligible for office in borough and
county councils.
The suffragette outbreaks aim to
compel the government to make the
woman suffrage bill a government
measure, for In Parliament no bill has
any chance unless Introduced by the
government or given time lor consia
eratlon by It. But both v parties are
hotielessly divided on thtf question
and, were Premier Asquith to father
a suffrage bill, his party and his Cab
inet would split. The suffragettes
have therefore been attempting the
politically impossible trying to force
a nartv to unite In favor of a bill on
which "it is divided.
The vicious acts of destruction and
turbulence of which the militants have
been guilty have alienated many
friends of their cause and have made
the opposition active and aggressive,
The Premier's heart is set on carrying
the Irish home rule bill, which has
the support of all three parties com-
nasinsr the Liberal coalition, and he
will not be turned from his purpose,
The Irish Nationalists naturally stand
by him and the labor party remains
loyal to him on that Issue, though it
Is Dledged to woman suffrage.
Had the militants been content to
wait until home rule was out of the
wav. they might have begun the fight
in Parliament with better chance of
success. But they were impatient and
tried to force the issue by violence,
Their latest defeat and the vigorous
measures taken to suppress them have
evidently provoked them to more des
Derate crimes. But John Bull has now
set his back to the wall and their Im
patience will probably causa them to
wait much longer than If they had
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY.
been content .with, milder methods of
gitatlon.
THB MOST SEFCL AMERICAN.
fr. Tndnrjendent has been taking a
poll of its readers to find out who is
the "most useful American." Candi
dates for the distinction were fairly
numerous, though not no abundant as
prospective Commissioners In Portland.
There were only 10,000. Thomas A.
Fdinon headed the poll with ess votes.
His name appeared on eighty-seven
nr rant of all the ballots cast, xnia
Indicates an astonishing appreciation
of his genius, it almost
believe, that he 13 the best-known per
son In Ihe country. Certainly his girts
ave won that reward in popular re
nown wnicn nas oreu uc.c.v.v., .
served for generals and statesmen.
Of the ten highest canaiaates on.
the Independent's list not a solitary
one is a military man. unless we give
that title to George W. Goethals. who
hH the seventh place. However
that may be, he did not get his votes
on account of his warlike qualities. He
is commended by his adherents as 'a
broad-minded executive, pre-eminent
in the sphere of public worn, a living
nrnnf that TJncle Sam can prouute
some men who promptly and efficient
ly accomplish a world-ramous unaer
tftidnr " Not the most belligerent ad
vocates of peace can complain of the
reason set down for calling mr. goe
thals useful.
Those for honoring Mr. liaison are
no less excellent. One voter says or
him that he has "turned inventive
genius to a nobler and better purpose
than money making. -anotner
warmly. "There Is no one like him.
Millions of people all over the world
uthl asset of our Nation." Of what'
politician, can we say the same 7 nss
ot Edison won a liner rewara
mere self seeking can give? Suppose
omebodv should try to do In politics a
wik like his In mechanical invention,
would not the people sing his praises?
Perhaps. But politics is different from
anvthine else,
Jane Addams stands second in tne
noli. Next to Mr. Edison, tne inae
pendent's readers think that she Is the
most useful person in the United
States. "She has revealed a human
method of helping God's poor." says
one voter. Why God's poorT Shall we
blame the Deity for their conditions
Another says. "She has roused a now
onscience." All agree that she nas
lnn a beautiful ana nome worn.,
whose usefulness can hardly be ex
pressed in words.
OVB HTTNDRED YEARS OF PEACE.
The Treaty of Ghent which termi
nated the War of 1813 between the
United States and Great Britain was
signed December 24, 1814. Next year
a century will have eiapsea since umi
date and during the entire period
there has been peace between the two
countries. So long an interval, of amity
hetween two great nations is rare In
the history of the world and perhaps
amltv" Is not the right word to ae-
scribe our relations with Great Britain
durlne the whole of the century, uick-
erings have ansen wnicn someum
differed little from open wariare. out
by one expedient and another they
were smoothed over before it was too
lot inii formal if not actual peace
maintained. The Treaty oi Ghent
settled none of the questions which
had brought on the war. 'rne rignts
and wroncs of neutral vessels re
mained exactly as they were. The
Americans obtained no security that
thlr norts would not again De diock
aded In time of peace and the British
still claimed the right to search-our
vessels and impress their subjects if
any were found on board. Captured
torrltorv was restored on both sides
and the British gave up their project
f wtlnr a neutral province in tne
West for their Indian allies.
f him It mirht seem as If the- war
of 1812 had been fought In vain ana
thaj all its cost In life and money was
sheer waste. But this would De nara-
ly correct. The American naval vic
tories, which were numerous and lm-
nortant. exalted the spirit or tne coun-
trv and Jackson's success at New Or
leans showed that our troops were well
able to fight when they had compe
tent leader. Such feelings Increasea
the pride of Americans in their coun
try and the fact that troops irom
every state had had some share in
the successes of the war gave sub
stance to the growing concept of na
tionality. It took the American people
a long time to come to the belief that
they formed a nation insteaa oi a mere
group or inaepenueiiieuvcicisuiic
and the War of 1813 played an lm
oortant part in developing the con
Momness of unity. The Federalists
who had oeen the party of secession
during the war and had almost per
suaded New England to withdraw
from the Union began to fade away as
soon as peace was concluded. By tne
year 1820 thoy no longer cast a soli
tary electoral vote. The National psy.
chology had been so cnangea oy tne
events of the war tnat mere was no
longer room in the country ror a sep
aratist oolltical party. uut or tne
wreck of the Federalists the "Repub
lican" uarty of that day was devel
oped. No more talk of secession was
heard until the South, began to feel
that Its Interests were threatened by
the tariff.
The development of the protective
tariff may be traced back to the War
of 1812. Up to the outbreak or tnat
trouble our carrying trade naa been
fabulously profitable because th- eu
ropean nations were obliged to employ
our bottoms and pay our prices for
the service. Their own vessels had
either been impressed into navies in
the Napoleonic wars or had been de
stroyed by privateers. But when the
War of 1812 broke out our ocean
commerce suffered as severely as that
of other nations from British ravages
and American capital turned to manu
factures for safer investments. Tn
field was an open one. There was no
hindrance to developing it Indefinite
iv excent our scant population ana th
high wages which must do paia De
cause hands were few. Forcing its
way into the nw enterprise, capital
demanded a protective tariff to make
competition possible with cheap Euro
pean labor, and thus arose the Issue
which has vexed the country for a
century and promises to vex it for all
rime to come. The growth of manu
factures, the problem of internal im
lmprovements and the exploitation of
our natural resources now withdrew
the attention of Americans from Eu
ropean affairs and for many years our
freedom from "foreign entanglements"
almost realized Washington's Ideal.
The state of European affairs was
such that nothing was likely to occur
to disturb our provincial serenity. The
greater nations were occupied in sup
pressing the spirit of progress in the
smaller ones and this task was per
formed so effectually that bold spirits
seemed paralyzed up to 1848. Then
there was a grand European outbreak
of which the principal effect, as far
America was concerned, was an
enviable German Immigration.
Tt was not until 185S that the unitea
States began to feel the attractive In
fluence of European politics again.
During this interval our people hated
England with a lively hatred and
would have gone to war once or twice
without much real cause if wise heads
had not restrained them. There was
Intense sympathy in this country with
the South American states ana Mexico
when they revolted from Spain and
some burning patriots would have
liked to fight the European tyrant,
but it turned out that there was no
occasion for war. The rebels were
abundantly able to help themselves.
Greece and Hungary also claimed our
republican sympathies now and then,
but upon the whole the United States
was withdrawn from foreign Influ
ences during the period from 1814 to
1850. Our only aerious dirncuity witn
Rntrland arose over the Oregon boun
dary and even that yielded to pacific
mrnrM after maklns: Polk President.
The two nations felt no love for each
othr. but inasmuch as they haa notn-
lng in particular to fight over they
managed to keep peace. The British
ripanised u and condescended now and
then to ridicule us in tneir piepnonuuo
way. The Americans quietly nursed
their revenge.
In the Civil War the British, anstoc
racy hfclleved their time had come to
fnla tr tnA flOWniail OI WIS
lnathfid ReDubllc. They sympathized
with the South and gave the slave olig
archy all the help they could witnoui
actually tolne to war. BUI wnen wo
Rohpllion was over and our power naa
tMn demonstrated to the world they
were ouite ready to eat humble pie ana
sue for our . friendship. since men
the relations between this country and
-Ens-land have been growing ever more
mii-ahlB. Old traditional natreas
have been dying out and something
like a genuine national irienasmp
6eems to be developing which in the
course of another century may mane
war as Impossible between them in
fact as it now is in after-dinner
speeches.
Love lauehs at the parallels of lati
tude as scornfully as at bolts and bars.
The passion that drove Claude Mel-
notte to forsake his rude sports ana
consecrate himself to midnight mus
ings o'er the dreams of sages inspirea
Paul Patkotak to exile himself from
Alaska and go to school In Seattle a
whole year. This he did to win nis
love, who despised his umetterea
state as an Eskimo laa in me AiasK.au
wilds. .We hope she. will rewara nis
devotion. A year in Seattle deserves
the best any woman cap bestow upon
her swain.
After all there is no book like the
Bible. If we study it attentively we
should find It full of political, as well
as religious instruction. What bet
ter way could we adopt to sift the
good candidates from the bad than me
one used by Gideon of old to find fit
warriors to fight the Lord's battles?
Gideon made -his soldiers drink at a
brook and the ones who lapped like
faithful dogs were chosen. Is there
not a lesson In this for poor, bedeviled
Portland ?
There is some prospect that lace
making may become a profitable in
dustry for American women in their
leisure hours. Among the Bohemian
colonists in Minnesota It fills the long
Winter evenlng3 pleasantly and re
muneratively. Perhaps others will
adopt the practice before long. Lace
maklne Is really a fine an ana n
might cultivate the taste of farmers'
wives while it replenishes .their
purses. -
Ex-Governor Hay's experience on
the Eastern Washington plains may
have made him an able seaman or a
prairie schooner, but In the eyes of
the skipper of a steamer he Is a mere
landlubber.
Colonel Goethals may have to shovel
away a rew mountains m wucr u
complete the Panama Canal, but he
has the men and machinery ana
knows how to keep them at work.
San Franciscans fear a water fam
ine during the Exposition, and since
other drinks are to be curtallea at
th. chnvr. their fears may be well
founded.
Destruction of food by mercenary
middlemen who seek to keep up prices
Is made unlawful In California. It
should be made a felony.
Probably -Los Angeles Is not worse
than other cities with many idle rich
men. It Is mere matter of being
caught with the goods.
General Salazar Is reported in action
again and without the formality of
an announcement of recovery from his
most recent death.
When politicians in Washington
cities find business dull they start a
recall petition. Just to liven things up.
What is the matter with the colored
voters of Portland? Where la their
candidate for Commissioner .'
When the St. 'Louis comes we shall
be ready to reach out ror a areaa
nought to visit Portland.
What does the wife of a would-be
rvr,7Titsisloner think of it? Let us
hear from the women.
Many candidates, it is to be feared,
have learned politics in a correspond
ence school. , '
Lincoln would be pleased to know
that a Southerner will be orator at
Gettysburg.
This weather is matchless, the ideal
Rnrinir dav known only to Western
Oregon.
Now let the suffragettes, move on
Triand and get a taste of the r'al
thing.
Having cinched a Job, National Com
mltteeman King Is returning' to Ore
gon. "
But then, if everybody files but you.
you will hold the balance or power.
Almost every other man can see a
next Commissioner In the mirror.
Their bluff having been called, the
Japs appear to have coolea on.
Nothing but an unusually high June
flood will quench the ardor.
Not one of the 1001 candidates fears
the recall.
The Beavers crawled out
MAY 8, 1913.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Caaa Baer.
A fine new company of stock players
Is to take the place or tne uei Law
rence organization in Vancouver, B. C.
None other than William Bernard, now
director of the Baiter iStocK, is to
direct the company. Clara Beyers, who
is well known to Vancouver audiences,
will be leading woman. Rhea Mitchell,
a Portland girl Just now ingenue with
Alcazar stock, will play the ingenues
with the new company. John bumner,
of the present Baker Stock, and Eliza
beth Ross, who Is Mrs. John Sumner in
private life, will play the character
roles. Other members are William
Lloyd, Walter Seymour, J. W. Hauck,
Allyn Lewis. Roscoe Kalrns, Walter
Kelly and Sidney Isaacs the latter a
Portlander who has become well known
to Baker patrons from the box-office
end of the business.
Broderick O'Farrell, for several years
with Ye Liberty Players in Oakland,
will be In the Vancouver company, and
his wife. Myrtle Langford, also. Miss
Langford was in the Countiss Stock
last Summer, and later appeared on the
Orpfaeum circuit as the Indian girl in
Sidney Ayers' sketch.
Nan Ramsey, who is in private life
Mrs. William Bernard, will appear with
the new stock. ' Two scenic artists. Carl
Schults and Charles Hosfeldt, from the
George L. Baker Stock studio,, will be
taken along, which in - Itself Is a
guarantee that the stage settings and
scenery will be of the best. The new
company opens on June .80.
Mindell Kingston, formerly of World
and Kingston, Is- with the musical
comedv comDany at Mora Park, the
Oakland pleasure resort
J. Frank Burke, last season with the
Baker folk, this season with Colonial
Stock in Salt Lake City, is convalescent
after a seige of smallpox.
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David Blsuham has sailed for
Australia for a concert tour.
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- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conness, the
latter known professionally as Helen
Strickland, left Portland yesterday for
their home on Long Island. En route
they will stop at Sioux Falls. S. D.. to
visit a sister of Mr' Conness and
later stop at Benton Harbor, Mich., for
a visit with the sister of Mr. Conness.
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Actor and actress with long Pacific
Coast records Interspersed with many
visits to Portland are: Bert S. Frank
and Mra Frank (Anna Jordan) of the
"Trapping Santa Claus" company, at the
Empress. Frank visited this city for
the first time in 1892 as the manager
of the Welcher and Temple production
"A Chip of the OldJBlook," In which he
was also the heavy, playing the part of
Robert BuTton. Seven years ago Frank
played a stock engagement in Port
land at the old Empire with Max
Swain, the repertoire of the company
including "The World," "Sidewalks of
New York" and "Inside Track."
Anna Jordan Is a graduate of the
Alcazar Stock Company of San Fran
Cisco where ten years ago, she was the
Ingenue. Later she filled a long en
gagement with Nance" O'Neil at the old
California Theater In San Francisco,
Miss Jordan's first visit to Portland
was made 11 years ago, when she came
here with Edna Mordaunt and Qla
Hunrphrey to appear In stock at the
old coraray xneaxer.
Franklyn Underwood and Frances
Slqsson are In their third week at Ye
Liberty Theater in Oakland, and are
repeating their last season's successes.
Tne Dawn of a Tomorrow" is this
.week's bill.
Dillon and King have a musical
stock at the Columbia Theater In Oak
land. .
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Following the revival of "East
Lynne" next week at the Baker, "Mary
Jane's Pa" will be presented, with Mayo
Methot In the role of Mary Jane and
RobeH Wayne as the Pa.
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Raymond Hitchcock and his wife.
Flora Labelle, and a company of nearly
100 will present "The Red Widow," at
the Hellig , this Summer.- Hitchcock
hasn't visited Portland for half a dozen
years.
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A peep at the bookings of the Hellig
Theater shows attractions coming to
that theater until August 20. And
then in September's first week the next
season opens with the Gilbert-Sulli
van Opera Company in a revival of
old operas. Including "The Beggar Stu
dent." We are to have a dozen splen
did attractions before the Summer is
ended.
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Tonight arrives Rose Stahl In "Mag
gie Pepper," a story of some depart
ment store folk. Charles Klein wrote
it. In her new character Miss Stahl Is
said to be no less human and no less
appealing than she was as Patricia
O'Brien in "The Chorus Lady."
FOREST GROVE IXVITES PIONEERS
City Would Join In Entertaining; Early
Day Women.
FOREST GROVE. May 6. (To the
Editor.) We read the editorial in The
Oregonlan entitled "Our Women Pio
neers" and are In hearty sympatny wjiu
the. tribute paid to the noble women of
Oregon In that editorial, and are In
hearty sympathy wltn tne suggestions
made therein that the mothers of Ore
gon be given an opportunity of cele
brating their part In the early settle
ment of this great state.
This city and the vicinity Immediately
surrounding it hold no small part in
the Important development of the state
dating back 'to .the early forties, and at
least three of our citizen women are
pioneers of that time.
We have in our midst a tribute to
the patriotism and devotion of those
women for the betterment of social con
ditions and of human kind generally in
the Pacific University, established In
those early days, and the oldest educa
tional institution in the Btate, due
largely to the effort of the women "pio
neers of Oregon.
The Commercial Club of our city de
sires to have a part In this day of cele
bration and through you desires to ex
tend to the early pioneer women of
this state an Invitation to celebrate
ih.ir first anniversary of that event In
this beautiful city. We are favorablyJ
located for railroad connections, and
centrally located In the district confined
to the early settlement of the state and
we feel that no one who would take
part in the exercises would go away
dissatisfied, or disappointed in the
choice of location for this event.
Any date that is suitable and satis
factory to the women would be satis
factory to us. We trust you will give
this Invitation suitable publicity, and
hope that it may be received in the
same earnest manner in which it is
extended. '
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF FOREST
GROVE, OREGON.
By Loyal M. Graham, Vice President.
RIGHT START FOR NEW CHARTER
Plea Is Made oy writer tor aervn-
of Good Officials.
PORTLAND' May 7. (To the Editor.)
We have smashed the political boss
and the- corrupt boss and we have en
tirely discredited their Instrumentali
ties, the nominating committee, the
convention and the political assembly,
and we are free, very free.
In smashing the boss we did well, as
he had become an Intolerable nuisance
ni th active agent of all of our
political and city evils, but did we do
as well wnen we aiscreunea o com
pletely the nominating committee, toe
convention and the assembly?
The great mass or tne voters, in
cluding the women, desire honesty in
their rulers, but they also desire effi
ciency, and an honest fool or a set of
honest cranks cannot furniss the, effi
ciency, nor has the direct primary itself
been at all eiriciem in selecting ein
cient officers or In promoting effi
ciency. It Is quite clearly demonstrat
ed that the direct primary Is an im
nortant aeency In preventing boss rule
and In encouraging democracy, but Just
as clearly demonstrated tnat It cannot
walk alone it needs assistance in se
lecting for efficiency.
We have now to elect a Mayor and
Commissioners, to whom we have given
the direct ana unrestrained control oi
our city affairs, and more than this,
the control of our private purses as
well, for In them is practically lodged
the full power of city assessments and
taxation, and in tnis way iney nave
their hands In eacn oi our pocae.13.
Is it safe or prudent uncer sucn cir
cumstanoes for us as citizens to say to
the entire people, "We nave so mucn
work to do. so much skilled engineer
ing to accompusn, so many minions oi
dollars to expend, now all of you who
would like the Job we have to orrer
hold up your hands," and then for us
to select the hand that is held up high
est and is advertised by the loudest
vnlc. eettine: probably the neediest and
most importunate political Deggar oi
the bunch.
Would It not be better, through some
committee of good citizens, to canvass
the field and then invite capable men
to stand as candidates for the position
to be filled, paying some attention to
fitness as well as honesty?
It must always be remembered tnat
tha nominating convention under the
control of the boss was a most effi
cient machine; it nearly always accom-
nllshed lust what the boss wantea.
Candidates were discussed, considered,
laid aside or selected, and nearly al
ways they did the work for which they
were selected Just as the boss wanted
it done.
If the people could control a nomi
nating committee it could accomplish
the same result ror tne people.
Dozens and dozens of candidates,
eood. bad and indifferent, are now
noisily nominating themselves as our
future directors oi tne aitairs at mo
City of Portland.
If the stockholders of the Portland
Railway. Light & Power Company or
of any other large corporation should
so select Its officers they would be
deemed to be individually and collect
ively crazy and their corporation would
soon be in the bankruptcy courts and
they would be out of pocKet tneir in
vestment
Can a city stand what would ruin any
other corporation?
Good, responsible business men nat
urally hesitate about nominating them-
alvs. and then standing up In the
market Dlace and brazenly and noisily
promoting themselves for office, andr
the city should not De compenea io ae
lnt its officers only from its most
self-art vertisinir citizens.
lue new charter ought to have a fair
show and be started at least with com
petent directors.
THOMAS N. STRONG.
JAPS WERE LITTLE TOO WILLING
California Ranch Owners Paying Pen
alty for Displacing White Labor.
PORTLAND, May 7. (To the Editor.)
The California land and orchard own
ers, who say they are threatened by the
JaDanese peril, have only themselves
to blame.
This whole trouble originated years
ago as a labor Issue. The native white
labor to which I belonged was grad
uallv displaced by Japs. Did the ranch
and orchard owners worry about that
Not a bit. American Institutions were
not threatened, and the hirers of Jap
anese labor, at the start, did not care
a whoop about the religion or moral
standard of the Asiatics. They were
called excellent workers, willing, in
tniiiz-ent. active, capable, and. best o
all. cheap. Good Japs! "What would
we do without them?" said all the pa
triotic California ranchers and orchard
iats.
Why all this change In sentiment?
Just this: Unlike the colored worker
in the South, the Jap proved a little too
willinsr active and capable. He was
nn lntellieent that he saw his oppor
tunlty had come when most of the
whltB labor was displaced and the
ran rhrs and orchardists were depend
r,t i,nnn him. The Japs refused to work
unless given a lease of the orchard or
farm. In other cases iney lorceu suies
Once In a neighborhood they were s
willing, active and capable that they
aroused the hatred of the white land
owners by producing more ana unaer
uiiimr the market until they got con
trol of It Then they Invariably raised
tho tit-Iml The whites soon were ready
to sell to othe Japs who were eager
to buy.
Had the Japs been content, like most
nf the negroes down soutn, to remain
day laborers, working- as hard or harder
than the white jaoorer mr iosa muuej.
thera would never have been any pro
test, at least not from .the ranchers
or orchardists. Where the Japs "got
in bad" with the California Legislature
was In being too ambitious to own land
Instead of merely woraing ior- wages.
California's concern aboul
"maintaining our standard of living
B-nn our morality."
Personally, as I quit nipping oranges
and lugging- raisin trays ior gooa :
fur vears aco. I can afford to view th
California land owners' predlcamen
aulte complaisantly.
FORMER BLANKET STIFF.
HONORS FOR PIONEER MOTHERS
H.THt Home FeaUval Suggested by
Philip S. Bates.
Portland. May 1. (To the Editor.)
t havA been waiting with interest
some reply to The Oregonian's editorial.
Monday, headea "uur women i-''
r,rt fnr fear the suggestions therel
contained have been overlooked, would
.7at that an organized effort be
i to B-iva the pioneer women of
nr.mn a testimonial "bf appreciation i
the shape of an appropriate celebration
to be held at Forest Grove, Salem or
some other valley city around which
and In historical associations cling.
There are hundreds of women in this
state, daughters or tne pioneer wunicu,
ehnnld be glad of such an op
portunity and united effort could effect
a gatnering wmuu ...
L..nmini an annual affair.
mn the many who could be sug
gested to take charge of an organized
pffort Is Mrs. C. C Chapman, daughter
of Mrs. C. Matbey Kirkwood, of Hope
n Mra. Kirkwood came here as i
little girl and to sit at her feet and
hear the wealth of incident from her
nn. relative to the early days is
that those who have had th
privilege will never forget. .There are
hundreds of others to whom an atten
tion of this kind would bring, lasting
pleasure ana tne accompusnmcui i
simple matter once under way.
t nnnld be pleased to See such
movement take the form of a Harvest
Home Festival to the pioneer women of
Oregon and would willingly render any
assistance possiDie, n urn iusB""'"
i. with the approval of those wh
should deem It a duty to carry out the
Ballad of a Filer
By Dean Collins.
He heard the sovereign people's call.
Or so he said, and with ambition
To serve the people, one and all.
He flew to file lor tne t-ommission.
By squads, platoons and regiments
He found his fellow-townsmen swarm
ing
About the desk. He Joined those gents
Boldly the haunts or uarDur aiumi
lng. The riot roared; the stampede grew;
showers were the petitions tailing.
For hundred others like him knew
They heard tue sovereign people can
ing. Indeed, in looking soberly
TInon the crush or iners veering,
It seemed the less the salary
The keener was tne tuer a nearinc
And as he struggled In the press.
TTnto himself he ponaerea tnusiy:
The people, when they call, I guess.
Must ao it piuuiu ,ivu.i.v...
L'ENVOI.
Oh, filer, pause. Consider, pray,
Before into the turmoil staiain
That "people's call" you near tooay
May be Just that five tnousana tam
ing.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of May 8, 1SSS.
Washington. May 7. Prof. H. 8.
Thompson, of the geological survey, left
last night for the Pacific Blope. Eight
field parties have already gone out.
He said: "Three parties go to tne goia
belt of California under direction or
H. N. Wilson, with R. N. McKee ana
F. Dunninton as assistants: two to
the Cascade Mountains In Southwestern
Oregon, under W. T. Grlswold. with
Eugene RlcksecKer, ana tnree to jyiun-
tana.
Salem. May 7. Ex-United States Sen
ator Slater addressed a large audience
at the opera house tonight on political
topics.
New York, May 7. The Methodist
Episcopal conference voted today
against admission of women as dele
gates, by 249 to 173.
Yesterday the Portland Women's
Union held the first annual meeting In
the lecture room of the First PresDy
terian Church. The meeting was called
to order by Mrs. Rosa F. Burrell, presi
dent. Reports were presented by Hen
rietta E. Falling, recording secretary,
and Mra H. J. Corbett, corresponding
secretary.
Mr. Henry Falling returned yesterday
from New York.
The Democratic County Committee
yesterday nominated Thomas M. Rich
ardson for State Senator vice Thomas
A. Davis, declined; Andrew Frailer ior
Representative vice Joe D. Meyer, de- -clined,
and Peter Esser for County
Treasurer vice Theodore Wygant, de
clined. The committee adopted resolu
tions denouncing Thomas N. fatrong.
Democratic candidate for the Legisla
ture, for defending Chinese labor.
An even bet was made that Henry E.
Mf.oitin and A -P. DeLin would receive
the largest majorities on the Repub
lican ticket.
Frod T. Merrltt has offered to run
Prince Wells of Tacoma a series of five,
ten and 20-mile races on the bicycle
for $500.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of May 8, 1SBS.
New York. May 2. The Tribune an
nounces that Hooker's army crossed the
Rappahannock at four places. The en
emy were confounded and we captured
their pickets, reserves, etc. The corps
which crossed at Kelly's Ford Is mov
ing towards Chancellorvllle, south or
Fredericksburg.
The list for recejvlng subscriptions
for the purpose of assisting to defray
the expense of a preliminary survey ot
a railroad route between Portland and
Yreka is now open for signature The
committee for receiving subscriptions
are Messrs. A. C. Gibbs, Amory Hol
brook, J. H. Mitchell and R. J. Ladd.
We are requested by Mr. S. G. Elliott
to say to those of our citizens who have
geological specimons of any description,
inninriinir iron, copper, silver, platina.
lead or other valuable ores, fossil re
mains, etc, that they win comer a
favor, besides contributing materlp.lly
to aid the project of a railroad to this
city from California by sending such,
specimens to this office to be used by
him In proof of the mineral wealth of
this country.
Kev. Thomas Condon will deliver a
lecture on the geology of Western Ore
gon this evening at the M. E. Church.
VOTERS
NEED
INFORMATION
Electoral Advisory Board Can Accom
plish Laudable -Work.
PORTLAND. May 7. (To the Edi
tor) :
Tl an old maxim in the school.
That flattery'e the food of fools;
Yet, now and then, your men o wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
Your excellent and timely editorial,
"What Next?" which appeared In The
Oregonlan Tuesday, ought to be. stud
ied by every well-meaning voter in this
city. Every sentence of It contains
solid food for thought. The citizens
will need some kind of an electoral ad
visory board, composed not of office
holders, or office-seekers, but of high
minded, public-spirited men, "who will
furnish the voters with a short, but
reliable and impartial sketch of each
candidate for office. The candidate's
usual vocation, his character, present
or past experience in public life. If any,
and last but not least, his or her men
tal stability are wanted. Whatever
source supplies this information well
will perform most laudable work.
Your remarks concerning the prefer
ential system are very much to the
point. At this early date, some poor
souls with stunted vision or with sin
ister motives are already scheming to
defeat the object of preferential vot
ing by advocating the registration of
first choices only. Candidates, who
personally, or through their workers,
encourage this, ought to be ignored by
all independent voters.
The preferential voting gives the In
dependent voters a better opportunity
to get away from the professional pol
itician and chronic place-hunters and
elect Independent candidates who pos
sess the proper qualifications for pub
lic office. INNE RUS.
Lizard Finds Drugstore In Dry Town.
McMINNVILLE. Or.. May 6. (To the
Editor.) Reading divers accounts of
live trout being found in water cocks
reminds me of a strange find in tha
pipe line leading into a drugstore at
a Valley town. One Winter morning
the water would not run, so we un
screwed the cock there to find, head
up and with bulging eyes, a very much
alive four-inch lizard. The town was
dry then, and whether or not the lizard
had made its way to the drugstore In
Search of a drink hotter than water I
cannot say. Men In quest of a Brink,
especially In a "dry" town, will crawl
through or over any old thing most
to get it, so why not a lizard?
TOM ROGERS.