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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, MAT 10, 1913.
PORTLAND. OREGOX.
Entered at Portland. Oregon. Poatofflca aa
econd-claaa matter.
fcubicrlpilon Ha tea in variably In Advance:
(BT HAIL)
Dallr. SornJay Included, ona year 91.00
Iai;y, Sunday Included, all montna...
Xaily, Sunday Included, three months.
Ijaily. Sunday Included, ona month...
Dally, without Sunday, ona year......
Dally, without Sunday, six months....
Dally, without Sunday, three months..
Dally, without Sunday, ona month. . .
Wftltly, one year ..........
Sunday, ona year. ............
Sunday and Weekly, ona year........
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rJsrV yJ I There need be no fear of exceeding
ill It t? 1 1 iriTlTM iTTJTlT the capacity of the steamers, for more
il)4'4r-MVrl;Mr vessels of larger capacity will be sent
' f I here as Increase of business Justifies.
Portland will now be able to Import
from, or export to, any port In the
world, for on their round-the-world
voyages these vessels touch at the
principal ports and by connection
with other lines they can do business
with minor ports.
The Hamburg-American by Its net
work of lines Is a great agency for
" l'.n building- up commerce. Its steamers
.60 1 reach, both coasts of Isorth and.soutn
i.i i i i ... . . .
l.io I Africa, the south and east coasts of
Asia, and all ports of Australia. It
. . . . n a i "
! 'Hi i t snnuT inriuaia. mil m . . ...... . - - - i . . . . .. . . .
d.i:v eund.r included, one month H lnn anX otner steamsnip line in we
Haw to Remit Send poetofflce money or- world, and It is growing- from year to
der. axpreaa order or personal check on your year , tn number anj gize 0f jt8 ves
local bank. Stampe. coin or currency are at
lender's ri.k. oTve posioffice addreaa In sels. When the Panama Canal is
full, including county ana state. opened 'It will send passenger steamers
Postace Katea Ten to It pases, l cant. iOM(pri artth Immigrant. n thie cuut
. - e ..nti' an tn ta narea. II "
cent: 40 to 60 pasea, cents, r oreiarn auu neip to settle - ine niieriur ui txic
poetaca. double ratea I state.
Eastern Basmeea ornrea vwrree at t-ona-I Tha rnmlnr nf thpu ctpampn
s, buiidinc. " (should be a spur to Portland to push
san Fraaclan Office R. J. BtdwaU Co I tne work or deepening tne cnannei
and harbor and improving- the docks
and railroad terminals. We should
also hasten opening of our Inland
waterways to navigation. The busi
ness of the Hamburg-American has
been built up by use of all the most
economical means of carrying and
handling freight, by rail, river and sea,
T41 Market street.
European Office No.
W.. Ijonaoa.
t Reseat street B,
POBTLAXD. SATTKDAT. MAT 10, 1U.
THE VOTER'S DEMAXD FOB LIGHT
The Committee of One Hundred la
Justified tn taking cautious action at and the experience of lta officers will
the outset of Its Important "work; but be of great value to us In applying the
. If It shall fall, or decline, to approach same metnoas on our own unnvaiea
the task for which it was created I system or waterways.
with a clear conception of its respon
sibilities and an aggressive purpose to i rextxn'O ox other's muXESTX
speak with a Clear and unhesitating Havin decided that the nreferen
voice, it will disappoint the general Ua, a , ta ptalu.0 put ln.
.n.A.o4e ah To Is nr nl 1 w. (n vaetliro tsi I
- .,k.w ..m.,..' rr.- I competent men ln office, a group of
it is well to induce suitable persons women Thursday afternoon decided
to enter the field: but Is that all? not to express second or third choices
There is a fearful alarm in certain I and thus help along the system to an
Interested quarters that the Commit- I unsatisfactory result. They may not
tee of One Hundred may approve I have realized that this is what adop-
lome candidates and disapprove oth- 1 tion of the course they propose means,
era. There are certain terrifying hints but It Is exactly that.
of "assembly" and ominous sugges- I It ought to be plain to every recep
tions of Interference with the rights tlve mind that the preferential system,
. of the people to do as they please. Of even though it may have faults, will
course the people will do as they be faultier still if only part of it be
please; but at this Juncture a great applied. If it is well for one group
portion of them are pleased to solicit to neglect second and third choices it
- from men of character and Judgment I is equally well for every voter to do
advice as to a plan of action upon I the same. If every voter becomes
' which all citizens ought to be agreed I so enamored of the virtues of a can
for the general good. I didate that he registers . no other
The crux of the difficulty does not I choice, the system will resolve Itself
- lie with the ignorance of the voters into a plain plurality plan of election
- or their inability to perceive the mer- I with the sifting process of the direct
. Its or demerits of the numerous can- I primary eliminated. It will become
- didates. It consists ln the certainty I free-for-all race with each candidate
that, in the present confusion and I pitting the strength of ' his personal
" conflict of opposing candidacies, following against that of every other
- there will be no concert of action candidate, competent or incompetent.
among men and women who are seek- Election by a minority, and a small
Ing precisely the same object good I one at that. Is certain to result.
i government but who will surely be I It Is a foregone conclusion that no
' defeated if their votes are to be dl- I candidate in the coming election will
vlded and scattered. I receive a majority of first-choice votes.
. The apprehension that the Commit-1 The second choice, and perhaps the
tee of One Hundred may Indicate third choice, votes, if any are cast, wil,
' some candidates who ought to be elect-1 havt to be counted ln order to provide
cd. and for whom a successful appeal I an election. Those voters who declar
might be made, comes largely, or I they will vote only first choice hope
wholly, from sources which have some that their candidate will receive the
programme or other that may thus I second or third-choice votes of the
be interfered with, or which have a I more conscientious voters. It follow
candidate, or candidates, who are not that they are relying upon superior
likely to be approved by the commit- devotion to duty by the mass of voters
, tee. In the helter-skelter of personal They would at once abandon the plan
contests for Jobs one man's chances I if they thought every other voter In
are as good as another's, and a little I tended to follow it.
better, if he has a political machine. It cannot be impressed too emphat
or a commercial Interest, or a newspa- lcally upon the mind of the pab'ic
per organ of some kind behind him. that the commission charter will not
The distressing cry that the indorse- rlie above the quality of the men that
ment of one group of candidates may administer It. In inefficiency It wl!l
combine all the other candidates fall below the present system if the
against them ought not to deceive I commission Is composed of incapaole
anyone. Its purpose Is to discourage I men. It will rise above it If the mem
nrganized effort ln behalf of anyone bers of the commission are fully cm-
and to make still easier the game of petent. We shall elect the proper men
personal scheming and Individual ma- I for Mayor and Commissioners only by
nipulation. There will be all sorts of accepting the preferential system
trades and combinations, bargains and a manner that Justifies the exp-cta-
rales, among the candidates. If the Uons with which It was offered." Its
Committee of One Hundred can be Incorporation ln the charter and Its
sidetracked from doing openly what adoption indicate that the supporters
all the others will do secretly, if they of the charter had faith ln the will
can, the free-for-all nature of the con. ingness of the people at large to per
test will not be altered. form an election duty without re
The Oregonian is not anxious for course to political trickery. If the'r
the indorsement by the Committee of I faith was misplaced, we are ln
One Hundred of any certain ticket I sorry plight.
or defined group. But It Is Impatient
itn tne imputation mat any oouy oil PROGRESS WITH TEE PROGRAMME.
rnnt9 Vita mn an) vnm an tia?a nnl I
h rie-ht to m..t rt.n h.rt. ..I.,., The searchlight Is now to be turned
r,H Tk.r. i. ,.m l on the Senate, but only for a time.
tainty about the credentials of the the. hat bt!n wres"ln
., . , I marking time. The House will now
,.ifArior r,iirnaa n nmi.-i too- -ark time while the Senate commit
ters, no subterranean connections, he8" ready for the tariff fight
They are sincerely devoted to the du-
party takes up one task after another.
This is a tribute to the efficiency of
the caucus, that instrument of party
government for which no Invective
was too savage when the Republicans
used It. We have no longer simply a
House machine such as aroused the
wrath of the Democracy when Speak'
er Cannon held the lever. We have
a triple machine composed of the
President, the leaders of the House
and the leaders of the Senate. It works
without a jar and calls forth our ad
miration, but we cannot but wonder
what would have been said had the
Republicans built it.
THE FOURTH PEACE CONGRESS.
The Fourth American Peace Con
gress, held at St. Louis, has been fa
vored by a happy coincidence. While
Its sessions were ln progress the prep
arations for celebrating one hundred
years of peace between the United
States and Great Britain were going
prosperously forward. It was even
expected that the committee sent from
London to co-operate in this great
project might arrive soon enough to
take part ln the programme at St.
Louis, but circumstances detained
them until it was too late for that.
Still they reach this country In the
atmosphere of international kindliness
which the peace conference has
created.
There are other ways in which the
conference at St. Louis has been dis
tinguished from the three previous
ones. Its proceedings have 'been
marked by an aggressiveness which
has not been nearly so manifest here
tofore. The Congress, as we gather
from the excellent accounts ln the
Christian Science Monitor, was per
vaded by a sense of approaching tri
umph as if the theories of interna
tional peace which have so long been
held by all men of light and leading
were about to become the practical
guides of mankind. The country in
general never before regarded the
Peace Congress as so important. Even
the military and naval men have felt
its victorious influence. The Navy
League requested a hearing at the
conference and It was not denied
though Mr. Call, executive director
which would be made in the number X-RAY ox CANDIDATES desired
of Southern delegates were this basis Meettas of lBTa;Uo Su
J.-, of Vote for . Mted by Voter'
de e- Talt and "No.oi I pnHTLAND. Mav IXO tne XtI
lit! nbg-teV tor.)-Seldom has the public been called
45.970
R I
7 1 would-be office holders, anxious to se
! I cure through the votes of the people,
15 a plan requiring the best type of citi-
, sen, coupled with a large degree of
10 executive ability.
How manv of these candidates
measure up to the Requirements of the
office to which they aspire? It is com
mon knowledge freely spoken on the
adopted:
State
Alabama .............. 24
Arkansas 18
Florida 12
Georgia 28
Louisiana
Mississippi .........
North Carolina
South Carolina .....
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
20
:o
24
18
24
40
24
8. 814
27,200
13,157
5,188
9S.2A9
1,8211
103,169
6S.C08
45.05
8 to witness a more disgusting spectacle
.1 llia.il IMVf IJ tin La u i j.vu uuugljr
Totals 252 434,639
85
Based on vote plus four at large.
The four border states, where there streets tnat this man Is Incompetent.
Is a genuine Republican party which that one Is of no force, and another
. . , ... . i I ulallDiic9ii uunts arts creuiLeu wild
at times wins the victory, would actu- executlve' power and lnlUauve. without
ally gain Instead of lose votes on this .,.,, ,v, r .
basis, as follows:
be a failure. The commission charter
No. of Vote for I came- into effect in order to centralize
B'-iSfii authority and give the people a chance
State-
Kentucky ............ 2S
Maryland 16
Missouri St
West Virginia -. 1
Total 94
1 : i com a. gates. ' ' J - . . ,
218.278 29 tnat autnoriiy. xne men wnom we snail
112.143 17 elect cannot evade their responsibili-
If ties. The people having placed the
power in their hands, have a right to
107 expect results. Mot promises, not com
plaints, tut tne Kind of results ex
pected of a high-salaried executive in
S32.193
130.879
794,091
Based on vote plus four at large.
The eleven states of the black belt the employ of a large private corpora-
cast IB 7 more votes in the convention tlon.
of 1912 than thev were entitled to on Who Is there among the host, who
the most liberal commutation. That wo"ld hope to secure a place at the
, .. ,v, ,h, head of business of magnitude
v. .T rr. 7C 11 common report is true there are
membership. To that extent every nnA of that p.-,,Hv .mw Th.
convention Is packed by the candidate people do not know this. They must
no corrals tne Houtnern vote. An get their information second hand.
end should be made of this condition The names near the top of the ticket
and now is the time to do it. wlll secure more votes than those
lower down, men mere will be some
The country editor Is resourceful as lodea affiliations, nationality, etc Rut
well as enterprising, and at all times on the whole there is sure to be a large
brainy. Ability to handle the situa- vote that will be misdirected, because
tion is the first reauisite and the edi- of lack of real knowledge of the host
tor must be bigger than the captain of r candidates. Now for the remedy. To
a ship. For example: There Is the beTfITa-. VZZVfZ"?
. v,o,k i Let public investigation be made at
a hole in the wall and backed up his up nis past history, his moral char
automobile and connected the power acter. Turn the X-ray on his past life
with hia press when the publlo utility and hide nothing. If he were to ask
failed him. There is but a discordant for a position of trust with any cor
niA in .triA affair Whom diH the poratlon in the country they would
"poor editor" get the automobile?
Talk of the impossibility of war be
tween the United States and Great
Britain makes Germany- fidgety, but
why should it? War between the
exhaust every effort to learn his habits
of life, his past history and everything
about him that goes to make or ruin
a character,
Have the people of this city any
rights in tne premises? I think they
have. If they will publicly "show up'
every man there will be ai better
he wished they might come with plans "' States and Germany can only chance tQ t men who can Btand th6
for diminishing armaments rather ,f TL h" " M?"e; earf.h"f ht f A"7es"?a""- Tu" ?.
...w . .11,.. ...v.o . . . u .w...u I L 11 0 UgUL, UU IUDU 1.11 CT -ivaf. UCb UB
are. If he does not step on them we I be as active ln giving publicity to their
shall be as good friends with Germany I records aa they are in asking Our But
tles for which they were appointed
and they are known to be. They have
an opportunity to perform a great
public service,' and they ought to
btrlve to do it
on the floor. During the same period
the House committee will be prepar
ing a currency bill and expects to
have it ready for action by the House
about the time when the Senate be
gins debate on the tariff. Thus Con-
There will be one hundred candl- Kre"s wlU 08 considering simultane-
dates for Commissioner, probably.
What help to the public will it be, as
a practical solution of the problems
ously two measures of the first Impor
tance," each of which will intimately
affect the business and prosperity of
before the voter, to Indicate fifty of the country.
them who are worthy and fifty who
are unworthy or unsuitable? The
voter has still to reduce his choices to
four, and he is very little better off;
while the danger of election of candi
dates from the undesirable fifty Is
This programme is a decided varia
tion from that which was announced
upon the accession of the Wilson Ad
ministration to office. N It was then
the purpose to allow the House to
take up no other legislation until the
practically as great as ever, because Urlff biI1 WBa safe,y tnrouSh th Sen
of the division among the supporters
of the desirable fifty.
The Committee of One Hundred
will accomplish nothing, or next to
nothing, by confining itself to gener
ate. The hope was to focus public
attention on the latter body in order
that no opportunity might be given
the interests to work upon the dis
gruntled Democrats. The latest news
alitles. It is dealing with a practical from Washington is that the Demo-
proDiem ana witn practical men
among the candidates. That it
would be Injudicious and even impos-
cratlo Senators have been so well
lined up that they will present a
united front ln support of the bill,
sible to agree on four candidates for M" th8 excePtton at the Louislan-
Commissioner is clear enough; but lttna- xao ume"8nl " "ler" ua
under the preferential system a much i-'""-w"jr u "
wider latitude of selection Is given.
The third choice and the second
choice of a voter are certain to prove
as important as his first choice. It
seems to The Oregonian that the way
lowed to divert attention by attacking
the intricacies of currency legislation
Since the Democrats were deter
mined to deal with the tariff and the
currency, it was well for them to dis
Commissioner?
is thus made aasier for th --mmit.. pose of these questions at the open-
to -frame its recommendations ln a lnar of the Administration. Much as
manner to make them effective and we condemn many features of the
at the same time make them exclu- t-naerwa ana oeep as is our
sive enough to designate the best d!strust of the competency of the
, among the great array of persons pre- tJemocratic party to give us sound
.senting tnemseives for Commissioner. I "c-"'
Are there not ten best, or twenty best. uow l" "a soon as possioie
among the horde of candidates for and tnen make the best of !t- Un"
cerramiy aa to wnttt laws are to gov
ern business is worse even than laws
fnnndpd on false Drinclnlpt. The nun.
PORTLAND A WORLD PORT. Dle voted to rive those Drincinle. a
The arrival of the Hamburg-Amerl-I trial: perhaps experience is nece.sarv
can steamer Sithonia on the day that I to conviction of 'heir ?--.-Jnpjj.
the Royal Mall steamer Harpagus I In dealing with the currency aues-
salled establishes the place of Port-1 tlon the Democrats will need to for-
land in the world's commerce. This I get much of their past if they are to
port is now on direct, regular steam- I a-ive us a good law. Unless their Bee-
ship lines to the principal porta of I retary of State has become thoroughly
Asia and Europe. That it can furnish I immune to the financial heresies of
the traffic required to maintain prof-1 which he was long the apostle and
liable service is shown by the fact that unless the virus of greenbackism and
the Harpagus took out a full cargo I free silver has been thoroughly killed
nd that the Sithonia is assured of In the body of the party, thev wlll
'illlng three-fourths of her space in nresent us with a measure which may
'his port. becomeV known as the crime of 1913.
The highest motives of self-interest Say what we may of the Democratic
should prompt all Portland merchants measures, we cannot but admire the
to give the steamers of these two businesslike energy, almost military
'incs all the business they can supply, precision, with which the controlling
than increaslryr them
It is pleasant to read of the con
structive measures under discussion
at the conference. They looked for
the most part to the strengthening of
The Hague Tribunal with some sug
gestions of that international federa
tlon which has been the dream of
pacifists for centuries. Mr. Mead
of Boston, spoke most appealingly on
this topic In his plea for a peace
compact to include Germany, Eng
land and the United States he recalled
a prophecy made by Immanuel Kant.
As long ago as 1795 the great philoso-
as with England.
I frage.
C. W. LEWCOMB.
Montavilla.
Adams, the Seattle assav office thief.
later a -would-be counterfeiter, goes ELIMINATING PROCESS IS BEST
back to the Island today. Sometimes
a mistake is made in granting clem
ency, but it works out its own solution.
This man will be very good or very
bad after his next appearance in pub
lic.
Election Advisory Committees Should
- Give Candidates' Records Only,
PORTLAND, May 9. (To the Edi
tor.) My advice to the many organiza
tions who are thinking of advising our
citizens how to vote Is: Do not advise
the people whom to elect, tell them who
not to elect and give the reasons, keep
Having selected the New Tork Col
pher. writing against war. predicted lector of Customs without stirring up m(f n wltnln the proverl ract3. Pro
ceed upon a policy pf elimination and
that the United States would form the a factional row, President Wilson can
nucleus of a peace alliance which I now sleep soundly. Ever since the
should compel other countries to fore- days of Garfield that office has been
name those whom i would be Inad
visable to support, leaving to the voter
go all military aggressions. Fully the storm center of the patronage a clear fleid to cnoose from. Don't tell
three-fifths of our population being I market.
of German and English descent, why
should we not unite with those pow- Talk of electrifying
him who to support, tell him who not
to support.
This city is ln imminent danger of
the flrpfffiri
ers to impose peace with justice upon Short Line through Southern Idaho by h,avln,S face wo"t administra
al, the rest of the world? The dream energy developed from the great water n tne
u. " uloJ " powers ui irai regiun 13 ine utKiiuilUB I .nmmljsion r.harter win In than those
War loses something of its splen- of what this generation may see in whom the great body of our citizens
aor every year, wnen men ngnt at transcontinental railroading. would blush to see elected as commis
long range there Is little room for I I sioners got busy, and they worked all
heroism. Science strips more and I The Earl of Yarmouth Is always day Sunday and are still working day
morn of lta srlor oim decoration from o i o mnT,r it- I ""S"1- " "ul
t I bCM 1A WVJ WM A J 1UWUVJ UI U n UV.I V I .ll 1 A 1LI A t 1 1
the machinery of death. Mr. Carne- ing a mere Incident. He made a mis- t0 undo. xhey are hunting ln pairs and
gle said, half in Jest, that the Ameri- take ln the case of Alice Thaw be- making a systematic ward and house
can Army was the safest resort a man cause she insisted on being something to-house campaign. It is easy, and it
ln love with ease and safety could I more than an incident.
choose. In sober earnest one may
reflect that the perils of the soldier
ln our time do not compare with those
of the railroad brakeman or the elec
tric lineman.
is effective. No bombast, no loud talk.
no newspaper publicity. They fool
away no time with the vote which can't
be fooled. '
It is the vote which can be reached
and influenced which they are after.
CHANGE SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
The approaching conference of Pro
gressive Republicans to discuss plans
for a special National convention is
the first definite step towards reor-
Bryan was late at a meeting for the
presentation of Japan's protest
against the California alien land law.
Evidently the Jacanese nerll does not Any objections are answered by prom
appear half so perilous to Bryan since lsea (however impossible) of immediate
hi. n.1 fAMl. I cure cu ouuu tia mo iii-
UIO V.u. ...a. r , I T I. - V.Hfl h..nn o-o-m.
from start to finish and, Mr. Good
Citizen, they will get you If you don't
If the powers expect to -find any'
thing left of Scutari but ruins, they I watch out.
would better hurry and occupy the
town. Since the Montenegrins can't
What are you men, the rank and
file membership of the 30 or 40 civic
ganlzation of the party on such lines K' tney u ,eave nothlng and business organlzat Ion- Win, to
as will give assurance that future worth having.
conventions will faithfully represent
the party. That it will go far to rec- The case of I. Sam Inoo, the Enter- place the affairs of the city in capable
do about it? Are you willing to get
together and formulate a concerted
plan to circumvent this Influence and
oncile those' who followed Colonel prise Japanese, may bring to a final and competent hands? Toumust Kto
Roosevelt in his bolt may safely be in- test the moot question whether Jap- mmute'8ndeTay Is justthat mu'ch gain
ferred from the fact that several of aness are Mongolians ln the view of for th0se whom you will be ashamed
Mf. Roosevelt's former backer will American law. and therefore ineligible Df afterwards. Do not forget it will
ti-h nuiTanehln famiim ixrrtt-lr "IrnllQi- wrtrlr tip r n n n to
take part These include Senators .. ' nr,cr Ymi have to
Bristow and Clapp. who bolted with .., doctors reoort that ht the devil with fire. Now gentle-
the Colonel; Senator Works, who do not much of Frled. men. are "
voted for Mr. Wilson, and ex-Governor mann serum. But the crafty German for tne interests of the city or do you
ciaaiey, wno supportea tne uoionei up appears to have his nest pretty well nropose to let the case go by default
Remember this, tne American voter
does not like to be told whom to vote
for. If yo.u attempt it you may defeat
what you are aiming to accompltsn.
FALSE CHIVALRT IN THE COURTS
Woman Wonld Have Wrongdoers of
Her Sex Placed on Man's LereL
PORTLAND, May 9. (To the Editor.
In a letter May 5 "Justice" asks why
women are never punished as men are
for white slavery and other crimes.
The reason is very plain. Men were
intended to protect and cherish women.
They only follow instinct and nature,
They are wise to our faults, and wise
men know perfectly well that a woman
is at the foundation of every ruined
man, yet they forgive us because we
are weaker than men. Men are so
tolerant of our welfare and wishes that
they gave us the right to vote, to help
to make laws. In that privilege, if we
don't do better, we will ruin them and
ourselves and leave to our children
heritages of woe.
The narrow-minded women are al
ready criticising our judges because
they try to be humane to men. Our
judges know particulars of cases that
the world never knows, and no one
in Ignorance of positive facts shoirld
ever Judge them, or in any way criti
cise them harshly.
Every woman thinks the laws are
made for her neighbor's children. She
thinks that her own children will be
perfect. Just get that our .of your
mind, ladies, and perhaps we can raise
a few boys and girls that will not need
white slave laws. Perhaps we can
bring up a few girls that will not need
alimony. Four years ln a hotel office
has taught me that the innocent Abl
galls and whited sepulchers are very
anxious to be made slaves of as a wife
or otherwise. Our juries are the only
hope left to our men. The law is
hounding them, the women are. after
them, the plainclothes men are after
them, Mrs. Owen Adair Is after them,
and while I don't like men who defame
women, a man must fight for the rights
of a free-born American citizen, for
women hawks are ln the majority.
Justice is the first to ask why a
man sits ln the dock, a prisoner, and
the woman . ln the audience, a witness
against the man. She used all of her
wiles to win. If the law will not prose
cute the women, then let the men alone.
We want a few men left outside the
pen to fight otir battles, run our ships
and trains. Talk is easy. Shouting
politics is easy. But we need our boys
and 'men. And we want them to love
and respect the law for justice sake
not despise it as a persecution.
If the women are determined to force
themselves -into every man's position,
then give them the same law.. But,
ladies, I admonish you don't vote for
women, or you will be sorry.
A WOMAN FRIEND OF JUSTICE.
to the -moment of the bolt, but stayed feathered by this time.
witn tne party ana has since been
uiobi active ia wurKinB lor reorgani- T-r, mtle rhans who sell nanera mav
, , ln time become great business men
. The first essentials to reorganization becauae of early education, but per
are a change in the basis of represen- )t wiI1 ba all the better not to
v -""r-1 v . make it too early.
iu vickiuu vi ucicgaica no most
radical defect in the present system is
the allotment of delegates according
to-Congressional districts, regardless
of the Republican vote cast. This
gives those Southern states which
never give the Republican candidate
for President a single electoral vote
and ln which the Republican party is
a mere phantom an utterly dispropor
tionate Influence in selecting the nom.
lnee. The Southern voter in conven
tions is always at the disposal of the
Scotch National Dancea the I'rcttleat.
PORTLAND. May 9. (To the Editor.)
Objections having been taken to a
We must never have war with Eng- sentence in my recent letter on ballet
land, says Colonel Roosevelt. Not and National character dances in op
even if the English continue sending era ballets, and this sentence having
suffragettes over here on missions?
The Californian who died without
near kindred and left a fine residence
to his stenographer showed substan
tial appreciation of faithful work.
This is a great clam year, say re-
been interpreted to mean that the
Highland Fling is not a national dance,
may I be permitted to correct this im
pression? in mating tnat tne na
tional dances (of the opera ballet;,
while intended to show Intricate arid
characteristic steps, are of a different
order from, for example, the Highland
Fling, or Spanish as given in the
. la frnm Clatson Beach. We had .society aancing scnooia, i ceriainiy aia
occupant of the White House, either " TV. . . not mean to convey that the last
for himself or for the candidate he
favors, and it Is notoriously venal. If th p0llUcal reprta
not purchased for cash, as has often
been charged, it is traded for patron
age.
Experience has proved the impossi
bility of removing this abuse by vote
of a nominating convention. The
faction which has corralled the South
ern vote always fights the reform and
always wins. Colonel Roosevelt did
so ln 1908, when he lined up the
suspected as mucu irom a. yeruoai vl named are not national. In truth.
these are more distinctly national than
are those of the opera. An old and
With Governor Sulzer and Colonel ardent admirer of Scotch dances and
Roosevelt both campaigning for the tolk songs arfd no people can boast of
sit nrimarv Mew York will have a 1 prettier than these I should be the
livelv Summer last to deprecate the Highland Fling-
th. BttirHv Bnnri nature nf a n.nnt tn
One candidate for Mayor promises whom we are indebted for a Robert
to put ginger into the campaign. The Burns. CARL V. LACHMUND.
others will supply the gall and worm
wood.
No Socialist Literature for Them.
HAMMOND, Or., May 8. (To the
flmithfiFn i4.l.irat.a fn. XT To mA 1
I ml. ...... ta ..a lof, t" rr timA fn. .,, I .-... . tit- .i j i
Mr. Tart did SO in 1912, When they J" vu- Miwr. we, ma uuuergisnea, request
were assured to him and when Mr didates for Commissioner to withdraw, that you be kind enough to correct an
Hadlev nroDOSPd i rhann In tho .vs. n "1 00 lne I,rst lu et cold crrur fuiuuwu u ouuuay ure-
tiaaiey proposed a cnange in tne SS- eronlan. Mav 4. relative to eociallatle
"lui nenner oi me xactions literature havinar been noated and Mr.
tern.
into which the party split has a clean
record. The only hope of doing away
with the evil rests in a special con
vention, which will have no candi
dates to nominate and no duty to per-
form except to lay down rules for the
future government of the party and
I . 1 n . n .1 n . V. T IT . .
The atmosphere of the San Fran- Xp""c"
Cisco court where the Merriam di
vorce case was tried needs disinfec
tion, '
We were both born in the United
States Army and under no considera
tion would we allow or permit any
I such literature as referred to posted
p.rh.n. tho memhera of thn Wafco. or distributed in our saloon. Neither
luiure Buveruraeui oi tne party ana I - - -- -- , . nermit anv Snrlallt nm
to announce the principles for which field Jury wovJd like to run for Com- J em.t"J LaKt
. . i - - r n av tt ciiir in rim a f .
it stanas. - i the military authorities or the United
If the South had representation ln States Government In our place of
proportion to its Republican vote be- President Lioweit, or iiarvara, aa- business. M DERMOTT BROS,
sides four delegates-at-large from vises early marriage, mat course will
each state, it would be fairly repre- allow correction or mistaicea later. Customs Inspector's Pay,
sented and the States which have a PORTLAND. May 9. f To th
genuine Republican party would have The city is filled with cordial chaps tor.) Kindly advise what salary a cub
PRESENT JAPAN'S EXTREMITY.
Financial Authority Says Inland King
dom Can't War on Anybody.
Wall Street Journal.
Of one thing the United States Gov
ernment may feel secure, and that is
that Japan is ln no condition to go to
war with anybody. Eight years ago
taxes were levied upon everything
luxuries or necessities, food and even
the humblest domestic utensils. This
was highest of high protection, and,
theoretically, should have advanced
wages and general prosperity, Bince
none of these taxes have been removed
after eight years or nine years of peace.
As a matter of fact, the burden of new
armaments is crushing a people with
no great natural resources to fall back
upon.
This should hearten our chivalrous
patriots in California and in Congress,
who are never so bold as when they are
bullying somebody weaker than them
selves. Perhaps Mr. Wilson's Adminis
tration may be more altruistic, espe
cially in view of Mr. Bryan's peace
declarations. But that a false issue
should not be raised, one or two simple
facts of Japan's proposed new taxation
may be Introduced.
Under the income-tax-amendment bill
the income tax, which is imposed upon
ordinary partnerships, divisible among
number of persons, starts at 4 .per
cent on an income not exceeding $2,500
a year, and rises to no less than 22 per
cent on a partnership income exceeding
$100,000 a year. The Income tax on
property rises from 2.3 per cent on in
comes of $500 to no less than 7b0 on
Incomes of $20,000 a year. Under the
increase now made, throwing the bur
den upon the supposedly rich after the
Socialistic manner of our proposed In
come tax, a corporation with an income
of $2,500,000 will have to pay a tax of
$230,000, and this terrific burden is
borne by every stockholder, however
smalL
If such a burden is imposed upon the
taxpayers of a poor country in times of
peace, what would It be in the event of
war? No wonder the Japanese Clearing
House says that such imposition will
Daralyze . national progress, stimulate
evasion and render industrial develop
ment impossible. The basis of all this
is the incredible armament obsession.
But even allowing that Japan has been
able to keep up to some extent with the
growth of armamehts in other nations,
how can she fight her fleet or her
army, ln a war with a first-class
power, by any increase in a burden
such as no other country has ever
been called upon to bear in modern
times?
Perhaps it Is not too much to hope
that this country can be great enough
to forbear adding anything to the bur
den of an industrious and frugal peo
ple, whose progress in the past 40 years
has deservedly won he admiration of
the woria.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of May 10, 18&S.
Washington, May 9. Senator Dolph
and Senator Stewart prepared a Chinese
exclusion bill today, which will be in
troduced in the Senate tomorrow.
Albany, N. Y., May 9. Thirty-five
hundred people in the Academy of
Music in this city tonight listened to
an oration by Colonel Robert G. Inger
soll to the memory of Roscoe Conkling.
Salem, Or., May 9. At the city elec
tion at Silverton Monday there was a
fierce contest between the Citizens'
and Prohibition tickets and the result
was a substantial victory for the
former.
The two new sprinkling wagons, or
dered by tle city, will be finished Sat
urday and the city will then have elglit
wagons, all In good order.
Mr. Ralph W. Hoyt, the popular
leader and Instructor of the Marine
Band, was given a handsome, gold
tinned, diamond-set ebony baton last
night at the regular weekly rehearsal
at the Armory.
Joe Calhoun, the baseball player.
who recently returned from California,
says there Is considerable Inquiry
among the players regarding Oregon.
A private letter from Sweet Homo,
Linn County, states that there is con
siderable excitement over the quartz
mine on the Blue River.
The Astoria railroad scheme has not
died out by any means. Some months
ago Colonel Woodward and his asso
ciates, representing- the McNulta syn
dicate, were expected in Astoria to ar
range preliminaries, but they did not
come. CoL Woodward writes that he
will be in Astoria on the 15th Inst.
The subsidy of $150,000, which was
raised for the purpose still holds good.
At the annual meeting of the Oregon
State Homeopathic Society Dr. Osmon
Royal read a very interesting essay on
the mode of treatment ln the Ore
gon Insane Asylum.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of May 11. 1S63.
New York. May 3. The following is
quoted from the correspondence of the
Tribune. The Eleventh and Twelfth
Corps are In possession of Chancellors
ville, west of Fredericksburg. After
crossing the Rappahannock we encoun
tered the enemy and drove tnem beiore
us. Our column then moved rapidly on
until it approached the Rapidan and
when within a mile of it our men were
fired on from rifle-pits. The rebels
fled and were chased on by us. On
Saturday morning. May 2, our forces
were in possession or Fredericksburg
and the first line of redoubts on the
hill beyond, ana were teeiing tneir
way to the second.
New Bedford, Mass.. May 2. The cap
tain of the brig- Leonldas. from San
Domingo. April 28, reports the capture
of the pirate Retribution by a United
States vessel.
S. G. Elliott left this city on Satur
day morning for Marysville, at which
place he is to Immediately commence
the survey of the railroad route to this
city.
Governor Glbbs has appointed Philip
Schuler, Jr., of this city, as Assistant
Adjutant-General of the Oregon Militia.
Tonight is announced as the last
night of the theatrical season, upon
which occasion Mr. J. P. Denison, the
energetic manager, will take a compli
mentary benefit.
Referendum Sure to FalL
NORTH PLAINS. Or.. May 8. (To the
Editor.) I have watched with deep in
terest the expressions of the - people
and the press of the state, more espe-
iallv the solid stand taken by Tne
Oregonian, on the referendum petition
to hold up the appropriation for the
State University. It is a source of great
satisfaction to note the fact that the
great body of the people at large and
the press of the state have made it
known, unmistakably, that the school
will be sustained; that this hold-up will
be relegated to the waste basket or
scrap heap.
Our people have builded up two grand
schools, each on its own lines, doing
the best they knew, with brains and
money, hoping to hand down to the in
coming generation a better condition
than they themselves enjoyed. If we
shall accomplish this our lives will not
have been an entire failure. Let us
keep our university and our Agricul
tural College where they now are and
sustain them in their good work.
F. M. WADSWORTH.
Call of Home Exchequer.
Boston Transcript.
Heck Can anything make a man feel
worse than to have his wife continu
ally begging for money?
Peclc Sure! To have her aemanaing
It.
voice in nominations equal to the who are simply dying to administer toms inspector, stationed in Manila,
vote they cast. In the convention of to the public weal.
912 there were 1078 delegates, of
whom ten represented territories and If everybody was as good as
would receive.
T. D. Y.
he
Salaries vary according to the class
of work assigned. Watchmen are paid
$3.50 and chief inspectors $6 a day.
islands and 192 were delegates-at- thinks he Is, there would not be such
large. The remaining' 876 were dls- thing as politics.
trict delegates. The vote cast for
Taft was 8,481,119 and that for Rather than swat the fly, why not
Roosevelt 4,106,247, a total of 7,587,- curtail his commissary?
366. Dividing this number by 876
gives 8661 votes to each delegate. The The weather's trying hard to meet that pistol loaded?"
following table will show the change the season.
Loading; of a Prisoner.
Baltimore American.
You say the prisoner scared you by
pointing a pistol at you. Now, was
I don t know
about the pistol, but he was."
NEW YORK'S NAUTICAL SCHOOL
Emolre State Movea to Turn Out
Trained Body of Seamen.
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
The New York State Nautical School
act established a successor to the in
stitution of a similar character in the
City of New York, extending the priv
ileges to boys from all parts of the
Empire State. Boys of good moral
character and physically sound may be
admitted upon payment of a fee of $50
to cover part of the cost of uniforms
and equipment. Tuition, board, and
lodging will be free, ine new scnool,
as soon as it obtains permission from
the New York City Board of Education,
will take over the Newport, but It is
honed that the Secretary of the Navy
will give it the use of a more suitable
vessel. The plan Is to train the boys
in theory and practice and to Bend
thnm unon a sea cruise, so that their
knowledge may be tested and increased.
Thn new organization is neaaea Dy
a board of governors, which is to con
sist of the State Commissioner of Edu
cation and eight members appointed by.
the Governor of tne btate, ur tnese one
must ba a member of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, and another of
that of Albany, The others must be
representatives of the Maritime Asso
ciation, the Marine Society, the Board
of Trade, and the Nautical Board of
Steam Navigation. One Governor must
be an alumnus of the New York
Jautical School. This board will select
a staff controlling subjects and methods
of study ana oevising tne most ap
nriiTMl means of choosing candidates
frtt nlmission uio auuuui, which ti
pects to turn out a trained body of
imxrlcan seamen. Governor Sulzer
that its srraduates, in case of war,
will be able to serve as reserve officers
and sailors unoer tne naimnai nag.
Class A, In Photography.
Baltimore American.
First Amateur Photographer Did
that expert show you how it was done?
Second Amateur Photographer Yes;
but he didn't show me how to do it
On His Feet at Last.
Judge.
Lord Algy Really, don't you know,
I cawnt live without you, Geraldine.
Geraldlne Well, perhaps papa will
pension you for life.
SUNDAY
FEATURES
A Kicker She is beautiful
Olive May, and she has kicked
her way into the English peer
age. An absorbing page tells of
her career from chorus girl to
wife of a Lord.
Yachting A feature page,
elaborately illustrated, on the
fast craft that sail Portland har
bor.
Theodore Roosevelt Another
chapter in his autobiography in
which he tells of early associa
tions and the very beginning of
his political life. A most inter
esting part of the Roosevelt
autobiography is here unfolded.
Go Barefoot Pains ladies are
doing it, and it promises to be
come quite the fad.
Gibson Pictures The widow
becomes a trained nurse.
What Do We Bead? You
will be surprised to learn the
trend that Portland readers have
taken in their reading.
Grow Your Own Pipes You
may easily do so with the aid of
a few calabash vines.
Firing Miss Cohen Another
Potash and Perlmuter tale, by
Montague Glass.
In Old Tunisia An account
of the strange human ant hills
of that distant realm.
At the War Game Further
observations of an . Oregonian
correspondent at the Navy ma
neuvers off the Virginia capes
last month.
Many Other Features Order
today of your newsdealer.