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PORTLAND, SATURDAY. JUNE 7. 1918.
THE FBSTTVAl, AND THE FUTURE.
The Rose Festival promises to be
more beautiful than ever this yeax.
With every garden in full bloom there
will be no lack of flowers. The incom
parable weather invites visitors from
all quarters and they are coming In by
thousands in automobiles, by train and
. no doubt also by those more primitive
methods which country pleasure seek
ers know and practice. A few days
of recreation In the city affords an
agreeable break in the monotony of
rural life. The Rose Festival comes
at a season when the farmer has
time to look around him. The crops
are in and the harvest has not yet
hegun. The work of the farm is not
pressing and health as well as in
clination invites the husbandman with
his family to make merry. Naturally
there will be many visitors from other
cities, for festivals as well devised
as Portland's cannot fall to attract
those who love the beautiful and enjoy
dramatic spectacles. The success of
a pageant like the Rose Festival de
pends much upon the dramatic ele
ment. The more It is interfused in all
the shows and processions the more
pleasing they are likely to be, for hu
manity always goes back to the drama
in some form for its permanent enter
tainment. Modern pageantry like the Rose Fes
tival is descended from very ancient
originals. We read In the classics of
annual processions to which the peo
ple flocked -by the thousand. In me
dieval times the miracle plays were
open-air spectacles full of life and
movement. The show as it was given
in England was acted on a platform
which was carried about the town dur
ing the festival week. Many cities
in continental Europe have performed
similar pageants regularly for many
centuries. Nuremberg, Siena, Bruges
and dozens of other cities have their
annual spectacles which the people
would not miss for any price. Time
only endears them to the spectators.
Most of the shows which descend
from medieval days are more or less
intimately connected with religion as
the English miracle plays were. But
some of them grew out of mythical
events. Coventry in England, for ex
ample, has celebrated an annual pa
geant since 167 8 which depicts the
innocent sufferings of the Lady Godiva,
who, in all probability, never existed.
But that fact does no harm to the
pageant which is as beautiful and
dramatic as if she were a historical
figure Instead of a charming Action.
The modern pageants which have
become so widely popular in Great
Britain are not the same as their me
dieval predecessors. They are not di
rectly connected wth religious feel
ing. Their main purpose Is to illus
trate the history of the place where
they are performed. The first of them
was celebrated at Sherborne. It was
conducted by Louis N. Parker, who
deserves great credit for originating
this most desirable form of popular
recreation and instruction. For a well
ilevlsed pageant does not stop with
' pleasing the eye. It also improves
' the mind. The best ones do not stray
from purely local Interests. The char
acters are all represented by people
living In the place where the pageant
I is performed. The costumes are made
at home and If there is poetry to be
recited or songs to be sung local genius
is depended on to produce them.
Everything from the outside is exclude
cd. The central idea of a good pageant
is some event in local history which
is produced with as much fidelity to
truth as possible. Costumes, speech
and acts all contribute to keep up
the verisimilitude and the fact that
no foreign help has been asked of
course makes the illusion all the more
satisfactory. Portland is enviably sit
uated in regard to material for good
pageants as well as in the floral and
scenic setting for them. We have the
surrounding hills, a river whose beauty
Is almost urtvalled and a wealth of
roses in full bloom at the festival sea
son. But best of all, perhaps, we have
in the early events of Oregon history
dramatic material almost without limit
which can be used to lend perennial
interest to the festival.
Everybody must have remarked
upon the wonderful popularity of the
Pendleton "Round Up." A good part
of Its charm comes from its resolute
fidelity to historic situations and local
character. People are never tired of
looking at the costvimes of the cowboys
and Indians and seeing them perform
their deeds of marvel. The old days in
the Willamette Valley are full of his
toric material Just as fascinating.
We had Indians here, too, and if there
were no cowboys there were pioneers
who were fully as romantic and ad
venturous. Moreover the French
Canadian voyageurs lived here then
and no characters in the world were
. ever more romantic. Tragedy and
comedy abounded in the happenings
m inose oygone aays. n e need only
look back to them to obtain unlimited
treasures of dramatic pageantry to
delight the sightseers who flock to
the Rose Festival. It Is pleasant to
think that more use will be made of
the Ideal beauties of the Willamette
this year than heretofore. Its broad
surface gives room for the most elab
orate displays, while its natural set
ting Is lovely enough for any scene
that imagination can devise. When
the river is lined with massive quays
and Imposing buildings it will ofter a
still more pleasing stage for pageantry.
Think of standing on the loft'
Broadway bridge while an llluminat-
- ed procession moves upon the waters
below. Fairyland could present noth
.ng mode alluring.
We should feel it safe to predict
that the Rose Festival will become
more characteristic of Oregon's peo-
pie and history every season. Of
course it has now become a permanent
institution and it will take a more vig
orous hold on the affections of the
city and state In proportion to Its
local fidelity. Indians, pioneers, voy
ageurs and historic characters like Mc.
Loughlln, Joe Meek and Joaquin Mil
ler will surely be the predominant
figures in the Rose Festival pageantry
before many years have elapsed.
SAME OLD BARGAIN AND SALE.
"This (Wilson) Administration,"
complains the North Yakima Republic,
"seems to be about as willing to trade
a principle for a job as any other."
But it manages at the same time to
clothe the traffic with the dress or
superior virtue.
The occasion of the North Yakima
paper's remark Is the delay in appoint
ing Stephen J. Chadwick a Federal
Judge. He has been recommended by
the United States Attorney-General,
but the voice of a single Senator
(Poindexter) Is potent to stay the
President's hand. Judge Chadwick
will not get the Job if Poindexter can
help it, and probably he can.
The offense of Mr. Chadwick is
chiefly that he remained a Demo
crat and Poindexter did not. There is
no animosity so bitter as the apos
tate's. Yet Poindexter, who can re
main faithful long to nothing in a po
litical sense, after his desertion of the
Democracy and election to the Senate
as a Republican, and his subsequent
abandonment of the Republican party
and his espousal of the Progressive
cause, is now supporting a Democratic
tariff bill.
President Wilson needs Poindexter'a
vote. A few days after he entered the
White House he paralyzed the office
seekers by saying he would turn them
all over to his Cabinet officers. He
wanted nothing to do with the pat
ronage. It was sordid and trouble
some business, no doubt, and he would
get rid of it. The country applauded
his noble resolve and admired the
great man who refused for any pur
pose to use the patronage club.
But now we find President Wilson
trading and bargaining, just the same
as the ordinary politician, with the
very cheap politician who represents
Washington in part in the Senate. His
own Attorney-General has no influence
with him to get him to deal with the
Chadwick case on its merits.
OPEN DOOR PRISON POLICY.
There Is Just one redeeming feature
in the freeing from the penitentiary
of thugs and murderers under long
term or life sentences. It decreases
the likelihood of mawkish sentiment
prevailing over the commor.-sense ne
cessity of capital punishment.
Here is Blodgett, self-confessed
author of premeditated murder, his
victim a woman, his own previous life
degraded and immoral, turned loose
presumably because he has cultivated
in a little less than five years of
restraint an aptitude for raising chick
ens. All that seems to be necessary
to gain speedy liberty from the peni
tentiary is for the convict to profess
an interest In some clean occupation.
The moral effect on .others of his lib
eration is not considered; his sincer
ity is a matter of speculation; Justice
may not have been served by inflic
tion of adequate penalty; only the
convict, himself, Is considered.
The Blodgett case was one in which
something beside reform of the mur
derer was involved. If sudden piety
and turning chicken fancier propiti
ates murder at the end of five years
and gets a man a $100 Job besides, im
prisonment as a deterring Influence to
crime Is bound to fall. Therefore, we
fancy the public will be content to pre
vent murderers, as far as possible,
from coming under the 'benign and
susceptible control of an administra
tion which pardons or paroles slay
ers of defenseless women and turns
loose thugs who shoot citizens in the
back from ambush. They will prevent
It by continuing the death penalty and
demanding its enforcement when jus
tified. OLD TIMERS.
A citizen of Seattle was killed at
that city in an automobile accident the
other day, and the papers referred to
him feelingly as "an old resident of
the state." It transpired that he had
lived in Washington fifteen years; yet
he had acquired the sobriquet of an
old-timer. If one may be regarded
as a pioneer by residence In a commu
nity for a brief decade and a half
what is a newcomer? When does the
tenderfoot throw off the habiliments
of strangeness and become a fixed
unit of the permanent population?
There are fashions in pioneers and
in tenderfeet, to be sure. In Oregon
one has to produce the record of his
arrival and settlement In the state
when it was a mere territory (prior to
February 14, 1859), or he Is an out
lander, so far as the Pioneer Society is
concerned. No man or woman is offi
cially an old resident In this state un
less he shall have lived here fifty-four
years. Yet in Washington he may
acquire that distinction (in the news
papers) in fifteen years.
Twenty-four years ago yesterday the
great Seattle fire occurred. Yet it Is an
event dim to the memory of many there
and unknown to the great majority, so
far as actual experience goes. For In
1890 Seattle had but 42,837 Inhabit
ants If the census takers were hon
est and in 1900 it had 80,671. In the
following ten years the city made the
astonishing leap to 237,1 94 people. So
that some 200.000 people five-sixths
of Its Inhabitants came to Seattle
after the fateful June 6, 1S89. No
wonder the man who has been there
for fifteen years, and has died res
pectably, is looked upon by most of
the others as an honored pioneer.
FIRST TRIAL OF PREFERENTIAL
VOTING.
The asinine objection is made to the
workings of the preferential voting
system that no candidate for Mayor
or Commissioner received a majority
of the total first, second and third
choice votes. The more asinine inti
mation is made that if every voter
votes three choices that desirable end
a majority of the first, second and
third-choice total may be registered
for some candidate. Yet If every
voter registers three choices this the
oretical "majority" Is mathematically
Impossible of attainment.
If each of the 45,205 voters who
went to the polls Monday had voted
three choices, the total of first, second
and third-choice votes would have
been 135.615. A majority of 135,
615 is 67,808. But as no voter
could cast more than one choice
for any one candidate, the highest
possible total vote that could have
been acquired by one candidate,
counting all choices, would have been
45.206. or 22.603 less than this ficti
tious majority. The true majority un
der the preferential system is a ma
jority of the first choices, for that is
a majority of the voters. It Is the
majority as the charter defines it and
as common sense sees it. A unanl-
mous vote for one candidate could not
give him the other "majority" under
a complete working of the preferen
tial system.
The total number of voters partici
pating in the election of Monday was
45,205, according to unofficial figures.
Of these 26,967 voted for Mr. Albee.
Some voted one choice; some another;
but each of the 26,967 voted for him
once. He thereby received 4364 votes
in excess of a majority of the voters
participating more than an actual
majority of the voters actually voted
for him. Mr. Daly was also elected
by a majority of those who voted for
Commissioner.
Mr. Barbur received not pnly a ma
jority of first-choice votes, but a ma
jority of the total of all choices. He
acquired the latter majority because
his supporters, generally, "single-shot"
him, while the supporters of other can.
didates gave him substantial numbers
of second and third-choice votes. The
less "single-shooting" there Is the less
likely Is a candidate to receive a ma
jority of the total of all choices.
The Oregonlan is pleased over the
working of the preferential system in
the last election. It is not so enthusi
astic, however, as to believe that th'e
system will run of its own accord and
always turn out good officers. It was
successful because the majority inter
ested in good government went to the
polls and gave it a fair test. Its suc
cess will not be repeated if the well-
meaning citizens stay at home or it is
not utilized in good faith. It is mere
machinery that works poorly or
smoothly according to the intelligence
and intent of the hand that controls
and guides it.
DIKBCT PRIMARY WAR IS ON.
War is on in New York State be
tween progressives of all parties and
the united machines of the two old
parties. War was declared by Governor
Sulzer when he vetoed the Blauvelt
direct primary bill and the proposl
tion for an early constitutional con
vention, both fathered by the bosses.
He is supported by the progressives
of both Republican and Democratic
parties, and Colonel Roosevelt is rally
ing the third party to his support.
The Blauvelt bill would have con
firmed the bosses in control of both
old parties by Increasing the number
of signatures necessary in some dis
tricts for designation of candidates for
nomination. It retained existing pro
visions of law allowing a party ma
chine to use party funds and the party
emblem for factional rnds, even
against the will of the majority of the
party's voters. It left In the hands
of the machine power to divide Its op
ponents. It was denounced by the
Governor as a fraud, enacted in bad
faith.
In its place the Governor recom
mended a bill of his own, similar in
many respects to the Hughes bill, but
without some provisions of the latter
which experience proved to play into
the hands of the bosses. Under the
Sulzer bill all party candidates except
those for town, village and school dis
trict offices would be nominated di
rectly by the party votes. The mem
ber of the county committee from each
election district would be elected by
the party voters. So also, the state
committeeman from each assembly
district would be elected by the party
voters of the assembly district. Use of
party funds and the party emblem to
forward the nomination of any candi
date would be forbidden. Voters would
be required to mark the name of each
candidate and would be forbidden to
make one mark for a group of candi
dates. The number of signatures nec
essary to designate a candidate for
nomination would be reduced so as to
facilitate the placing of names on the
primary ballot. Provision would be
made for direct election of United
States Senators. The platform would
be adopted by a party council com
posed of the state committee, candi
dates for the assembly and in guber
natorial years candidates for the State
Senate and state offices. In other years
the places of the latter would be taken
by party members of the Senate.
The general lines of the bill are very
similar to those of the Oregon law. It
seems to be the only means of prevent
ing such men as Murphy and Barnes
from retaining control of the party
organization and dictating nominations
without regard to the will of the party
majority. The plan for adoption of
a party platform Is a decided im
provement on the Oregon system which
allows each candidate to build his own
platform Irrespective of. and often
in conflict with, the principles of the
party.
The Governor's veto of the bill call
ing an election of delegates to a con
stitutional convention this year is ap
proved by progressives of all party
stripes, because the election would
give no time for popular discussion
of the issues involved and confuse
those issues with the purely local ques
tions involved in municipal, assembly
and county nominations. The Gov
ernor's friends hold, with him, that
delegates to a constitutional conven
tion should bi elected next year at the
same time as Congressmen and state
officers, when National and state offi
cers are to be elected, and after due
time has been given for study of the
state's needs.
There is probably another reason
for the divergence of sentiment on the
time for holding the convention. Mr.
Sulzer has called an extra session to
consider his primary bill and hopes
to drive that bill through. Should he
succeed, he would then have a better
prospect of securing the election next
Fall of an Assembly in harmony with
his. which would provide for nomina
tion of candidates to the constitu
tional convention under the direct pril
mary. A convention composed of men
thus nominated would be more likely
to draw up "a progressive constitution
than would one composed of creatures
of Barnes and Murphy nominated
under the present law. The standpat
ters, feeling the growth of progressive
sentiment, realize that this may be the
last year in which they will have an
opportunity to fasten upon the state
a constitution to their taste. Hence
their haste" to get the convention elect
ed while they have a chance to con
trol its composition.
The eyes of the country will be on
New York this year, for that state Is
the last and greatest stronghold of
machine rule, and the political giants
of both sides will be contending for
supremacy.
New York mail-order houses have
offered suggestions for the improve
ment of the parcel post, most of which
have merit, but one of wbich is not
likely to be adopted without another
struggle. That is that the zone sys
tem be abolished and a flat rate es
tablished. The zone system is one of
the means adopted to guard the coun
try stores and the merchants In small
towns against the competition of mail
order houses in the large cities. It Is
based on equity, too. A flat rate is all
very well for a small country like Eng
land, where cost of transportation
cannot vary so greatly as to make a
great difference in total cost when
added to expense of collection and
dellver", but in a great country like
the United States the variation is too
great to be ignored.
COME FARTHER WEST, COLONEL.
Colonel William A. Lytle, of Worces
ter, Mass., has returned after a tour
of the country with the opinion that, if
New England was exploited to 50 per
cent the same extent as is the West,
"we wculd have so many visitors that
it would interfere with business." He
continued: "The West hasn't much to
boast of for scenery. If one of our
lakes were dropped there, they would
never cease talking about It."
Of course the West owes much to
exploitation, but in order to succeed it
must have something to exploit and
men who know how. The men who
know how have generally left the ruts
of New England for the West. But
Colonel Lytle's remark that "the West
hasn't much to boast of for scenery"
moves us to wonder how far West he
came. If he came no farther than
Denver, as his interview in the Boston
Transcript implies, he came only to
the edge of the land of scenic beauty;
he did not see the Rocky Mountains
except in the distance, nor the bewil
dering gandeur of the Grand Canyon,
nor the wild beauties of the inter
mountain country, nor the forest-clad,
precipitous Cascade range, with its
snowy peaks, nor the majestic rush of
the Columbia River, nor the grand
panorama of mountain, forest, rivers,
lakes and sea which Is spread before
him at Portland or Seattle.
As to the New England lakes, if one
of them were dropped here we should
never notice it. What would be one
little New England lake to a country
which has Crater Lake, Klamath
Lakes, Lost Lake, Wallowa Lake,
Spirit Lake, Lake Washington, Lake
Whatcom, Lake Chelan, Lake Cres
cent, Lake Cushman, to say nothing
of numberless smaller lakes set deep
in the bosom of the mountains? If
Colonel Lytle had seen some of these
lakes, he would never mention a New
Kngland lake again. His remarks
serve only to expose the depth of his
ignorance about his own country. New
England doubtless has beauties all its
own, but they do not compare with
those of the West which the Colonel
has never seen. Let the Colonel come
again and come farther, to the farthest
west. Then he will return an ad
mirer of the land on which nature has
lavished her riches of scenery and op
portunlty with a prodigal hand.
ine London Standard warns the
Japanese that England would not
view with indifference any disposl
tion to attack the United States. This
may be meant as a reminder that the
Anglo-Japanese alliance only relates to
certain areas in the Orient, where the
allies have identical Interests. It was
perhaps prompted by the knowledge
that opposition to Asiatic immigration
Is as strong In Australia and WTestern
Canada as In the United States. In
such an improbable contingency as
war between the United States and
Japan, England, so far from aidlm
Japan, would have difficulty in re
straining these colonies from aiding
tne united States.
The New York Tribune congratu
lates the Empire state on the quality
of its juries. True, Juries have done
good service lately In convicting Beck
er and his gang, the other police
gratters and the grafting Senator Still,
well, but New York was sadly in need
of some first-class convicting juries
It needs more of them.
The much-kissed Captain Hobson Is
a candidate for United States Senator.
If the unklssed Gladstone Dowie had
been a citizen of Alabama, we might
nave nad kissing as a campaign issu
But there is now a Mrs. Hobson, who
might raise objections.
Secretary Bryan told the graduating
class of a New Rochelle school that it
easy to whittle down a big head
runciure would nave been a more
correct term, not "whittle." One doe
not whittle a balloon; one simply
sucks a pin in it.
A flood in Portland is one of the few
situations in which an appeal for out
side help. Is never made. In fact
high water here is an added attraction
which Portland has to furnish visitors
Now they accuse Marshall of being
a gumshoe man. Not long since vol
leys of abuse were being poured it
on him for his excessive talking. Ver
By, the lot of a Vice-President is hard
What a slander on the women of
Indianapolis is the police order requir
ing them to wear undergarments with
the split skirt! The idea! For what
ts the pattern evolved, anyway?
The high price of meat has raised
the cost of living In the zoos. We
might save money in two ways by eat
ing the lions, tigers and other car-
nivori.
Half a dozen important diplomatic
posts have Just been filled. The post
of Minister to Dahomey was still va
cant, however, at the hour of going to
press.
Japanese are now colonizing Brazil.
What was that the wiseacres told us
about. Japan being fully occupied In
Manchuria with her surplus popula
tion? A bond issue of $300,000,000 by the
Southern Pacific for Improvements will
put much money into circulation in
-regions wfiere it will be helpful.
The happiest successful candidate
will be the mother whose babe wins
a prize at the baby show.
The Rose Festival river parade will
be three miles long and can have all
the width It wants.
Congressmen beat newspaper men In
a spelling bee. It would be different
in a thinking bee.
L. W. Hill having denounced the
Reclamation Service, it is pretty near
unanimous.
Will Kellaher show the white
feather by resigning? Well, hardly.
The water never gets Into the milk
in the island dairies these days.
The "literary fellers"
Presidential recognition.
are getting
The weather is getting in practice to
behave itself next week.
Thursday was Ministers' day at the
Capitol.
Picked your June bride yet?
NO SHORT CUT TO REGENERATION.
Woman Suffrage. Thinks Writer. Will
Not Speedily Cure Social Vice.
PORTLAND. June 5. (To the Ed
itor.) After reading your editorial on
the prospective disappearance of the
soclel evil from the cities of the world,
one wonders how women, merely be
cause they have the ballot, are going
to bring it about. Don't think I am
opposed to suffrage. I simply refuse to
regard It as a fetish. It Is only an in
strument that registers something else,
namely, the capacity for Independent
thinking. If much good can be done
with the vote because it gives power
to women, much harm can also result
unless we are willing to study and
learn.
If women think that merely because
they have the vote they cart regenerate
the world in the course of several elec
tions oy setting up a lew more prohibi
tionists and suppressions, they are go
ng to be keenly disappointed. So also
are those good-natured but mushy sen
timentalists who think women are
really better than they are, and who
are Just as much of an obstacle to
woman's emancipation as those bigots
who think women are worse than they
really are. What the majority of both
men and women need to learn Is that
In handling these social problems there
are no panaceas and no short-cuts. We
ought to formulate for ourselves a so
cial philosophy that Is based broadly
on carefully ascertained facts, a ra
tional world-view and a spirit of toler
ation free from empty but very pre
tentious dogmatism.
In no matter is such a social philos
ophy more necessary than In handling
prostitution. Herbert Spencer gives an
illustration of this fact in the case of
an iron plate with a hump, or cockle.
In it. He asks: "How is this plate to
be made level?" An ill-informed but
well-meaning bystander says: "Take a
hammer and hit the protrusion."
Very well," says Spencer, and he
hits It two or three stiff blows. What
happens? "Notice," says Spencer, "that
the original hump is still there. Also
you have now warped the edge of the
plate until it is no longer straight. In
stead of curing one defect you have
added another. A skilled planlsher
would have attacked the evil Indi
rectly by striking careful blows around
the hump, but never on it. So much
for your obvious methods. Is human
society less complicated than an Iron
plate?"
Detention homes are a good thing.
doubly so if medical examination and
treatment are afforded. But what are
you going to do with the women who
refuse to be rescued? There are many
such. The morals court in Chicago has
already discovered that. Every rescue
worker knows it. The government of
ficials of Germany never register fallen
women without giving them ample op
portunity to quit the life. Havelock
EI .is cites authority for saying that in
a given period of 3000 women regis
tered only nine availed themselves of
the opportunity to reform. Does your
social philosophy contemplate taking
such recalcitrant women and "detain
ing" them permanently, as Mr. Rocke
feller, Jr., suggests that Is, Imprison
ing them for a long term, perhaps until
they havo passed the menopause or
onger? Such women are not all men
tally defective, either. At any rate.
they have a lively appreciation of the
freedom that is theirs, which they could
never have as underpaid mill workers
or as overworked married drudges.
Would it not be much better to adopt
the Scandinavian method of discourag
ing brothels which exploit women,
while leaving prostitution itself free,
so long as no offense against public
decency is committed? Denmark, Swe:
den and Norway have made more real
progress In handling the two evils of
prostitution and venereael disease than
any other country In the western world.
It has been done by establishing a sys
tem of notification of diseases which
are regarded, not as a Just punishment,
but as a misfortune, the same as any
other disease with compulsory treat
ment thereof for both men and women.
and with severe penalties Imposed for
both sexes If other persons are Infected.
For the rest, the police have to keep
their hands off the problem, so there
is no extortion or blackmail. Educa
tion is regarded as the chief corrective
factor.
A very similar plan is advanced in
Havelock Ellis' "The Task of Social
Hygiene." One chapter in that book is
of especial value. It is entitled "Im
morality and the Law." Every self
appointed moralist who thinks his or
her Individual preference or personal
temperament Is the ultimate standard
to which all human society should be
made to conform, could read that chap
ter with profit unless so far gone that
all considerations of reason and fair
ness are of no avail.
Having the ballot induces women to
take an interest in these social ques
tions. I hope it will be a progressive,
enlightened and constructive interest,
and not based on mere traditional
prejudice. RUTH VERNON MAYNE.
ROSS ISLAND AND HIGH ' WATER.
Sountllnex Show North Half la
Sub-
merged t wo to Seven Feet.
PORTLAND, June 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Wednesday I rowed out to Ross
Island to determine for myself the
truth or untruth of the rumors about
Ross Island overflowing, and for this
reason being a pqor investment for the
city to buy for municipal purposes as
set forth by Mayor Rushlight.
I found the Island overflowed almost
entirely. The north half of the Island
is from two to seven feet ("by actual
measurement), covered over with water.
The center of the island on the south
half is four feet under water. The
banks of at least three-fourths of the
island are submerged. In several places,
the banks are five feet under water.
Huge logs and trees are floating over
almost all of the island.
When Mayor Rushlight was appealing
to the uninformed voter about the
value of Ross Island for municipal
purposes, a civil engineer examined the
island and estimated a cost of about
$1,000,000 to put an embankment around
it to fit it to place buildings upon. I
am somewhat familiar with this kind
of construction, and I am of the opinion
that such an embankment would cost
in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. Th
hifh water that we are having at
pflesent would practically destroy any
Improvement we could put on Ross
Island. ROBERT W. BEMIS.
Women Who Command Regrlments.
Le Cri de Paris.
The Emperor of Germany delights
to surround himself at the grand
parades with four "colonelles." These
noble warriors are the Empress, his
daughter, the Princess Victoria Louise:
the Princess of Sehaumberg-LIppe and
the Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Accompanied by these four
Amasons, the Emperor passes before
the regiment and the crowd gives voice
to its admiration. The "colonelles" are,
In fact, superb attractions In their
striking uniforms. The Princess So
phia of Prussia, sister of the Emperor
and wife of King Constantlne of
Greece, shares the military taste of
her sister-in-law, the Empress, and
has retained her title of colonelle of
the grenadier regiment of the Prussian
guard. The Empress of Russia, born
Princess Alix of Hesse, is chief of the
regiment of Uhlans and of the dragoon
regiment of the Prussian guard; Prin
cess Marie of Rumania is "colonelle"
of the Rochlori regiment, and the
queen mother, Marguerite of Italy,
does not conceal her pride that she is
chief of a battalion of Prussian
chasseurs.
thai
of Plum I'ndealrable.
London Tit-Bits.
Gibbs It costs more to live than it
did a hundred years ago.
Dibbs All the same. I wouldn't like
to be one of those who lived then.
LAW IS BLOW TO COAST'S WELFARE
Japanese Quotes Statistics to Show
Mutualit? of National Interest.
PORTLAND, June 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Owing to the limitation of in
dividual thought and observation, the
great sum of one's knowledge must be
derived from the experiences of oth
ers. Even the greatest thinkers add to
their knowledge by drawing upon the
vast resources of the world's knowl
edge. So a nation's civilization grows
broader and higher as she comes in
contact with other nations. The adapt
ability of the Japanese to the great
Western civilization is the main cause
of Japan's progress.
The United States has begun to take
that commanding position in the in
ternational business world which we
believe will more and more be hers.
Because of the overflowing abundance
of her own natural resources and the
skill, business energy and mechanical
aptitude of her people it Is of the ut
most importance to the United States
to develop foreign markets, especially
In the Orient. Indeed, the United States
is a veritable beehive of industry, lead
ing tne wona in production. Manu
facturing Is Increasing at such a rate
that very often farmers cannot secure
the labor necessary for properly har
vesting crops, much goes to waste, and
grain and fruit are left to rot In the
field or on the tree.
The wealth of the Paclnc Coast
states is as enormous to the Nation as
the wealth of New England, New York
and the Southern states. In San Fran
cisco. Portland and Puget Sound there
are the homing places of the great
steamship lines, which in connection
with the great railroads are doing so
much to develop the Oriental trade of
the United States. According to the
statistics of the customs-house of Port
land the exports of the United States
through the port of Portland to all
foreign countries in 1312 exceeded the
Imports by $8,115,672. The exports to
Japan exceeded the imports from Japan
by $961,286. In 1907 exports from Port
land to Japan totaled $2,250,000 and
imports from Japan to Portland were
$1,00.0,000. Therefore Portland owes no.
small part of her future greatness to
the fact that she Is thus doing her
share in acquiring for the United1 States
the dominance of the Pacific. Under
such conditions it would be most unwise
to cramp or to fetter the tnighty
strength of the Nation.
On the other hand. Japan, shaking
orr the letnargy or centuries, has now
entered the stag of cosmopolitan poli
tics, and stands as one of the greatest
powers of the world. No longer is she
a hidden light. Her position cannot be
ignored in the future politics of the
East.
The United States Is the greatest
power of the Western Hemisphere, with
a noble Idea of liberty. Justice and peace,
and the Flcwery Empire of the East is
the power of .he Orient, with the prin
ciples of Just'ce and peace. These tv o
nations must Join or even form an alli
ance to protect commercial and In
dustrial Intercourse and promote
mutual beneft, and in so doing, they
will perform a great service towards
the maintenance of their mutual wel
fare on the Pacific waters. They are
conveniently situated for this purpose
one in the vast American continent and
the other In the Orient. Considering
these things, it is indeed deplorable to
be startled by such movements as the
enactment of the anti-alien land law
In California.
The spirit of the anti-alien land law
Is simply discriminative. The agita
tion of the peopfe of California against
the Japanese is a blow to the welfare
of the civilized world and to the cause
of liberty. For our part, we are con
trolling our Indignation simply for'the
reason that America has been the most
friendly Nation to us during the last
half century and she is also the patron
of our civilization.
The Japanese in California have made
many a substantial contribution to the
development and general prosperity of
the state, especially the truck gardeners
and the farm hands engaged in various
agricultural Industries. The Japanese
Is absolutely necessary in the California
orchard, vineyard and field if these vast
Industries are to be perpetuated and
developed.
Hitherto what Is called morality
existed mostly for the American peo
ple, and they alone were considered
able to understand the meaning of
righteousness. Therefore, Americans
were classed as rational people. Now
justice and humanity' are the founda
tion of the American idea. This prin
ciple of the universal brotherhood of
man Is the foundation of liberty. But
race prejudice still exists, as is shown
by the enactment of the anti-allen land
law In California. Our people are In
suited and oftentimes restaurants and
laundries opened by our people have
been invaded by hoodlums.
Suppose that in Japan our people
should treat the Americans in the same
way, what would the people of Cali
fornia say against Japanese? To dis
criminate against any one on the
ground of race is to be behind the
times. In this age of Justice and
morality, prejudice should cease. For
our part, nothing is more deplorable
than this unhappy Incident. But we
know that the Japanese have many
warm sympathizers among the people of
the Pacific Coast. We rely on the ever
increasing sympathy of the American
people towards our country and its
people, and the humane feeling and
sound common sense of the California
people of the better class. Not only for
the sake of the unhappy Japanese, but
also for the sake of civilized humanity
we hope that the question will see 8
happy solution. D. TAKEOKA.
ANY EASY JOB IS ACCEPTABLE.
Applicant for City Position Is Strong
for Corporal Punishment.
PORTLAND. June ft. (To the Ed
itor.) I read In The Oregonlan that
our Mayor - elect and Commissioners
have met, to lay plans for ruling this
city. I want to get In In time with an
application for any old position they
have to dispose of, provided said po
sition has a good salary with but little
to do connected with it. My qualifi
cations are these:
I didn't vote for any of them. I al
ways vote for the under dog; have
voted for Republicans, Democrats,
Greenbackers, Populists, Prohibition
ists and am now a Bull Mooser, with
Socialist tendencies. I favor hanging
all murderers who are convicted of
first degree murder, and tarring and
feathering all attorneys who try to
clear criminals on technicalities.
I believe in a restricted district for
all women of the underworld and be
lieve in giving them a chance to save
a part of what they make so they can
reform. As a step in this direction I
would not allow them to pay $20 a week
for a den that Is not worth $5 a month.
The man who lives off their earnings
I would put on the rock pile for 90
days and dress his hide weekly with
the cat o' nine tails. Any one con
victed of abusing little girls. I would
tan hip hide every Friday for six
months and then hang him. I would
prohibit divorce except in county and
state where marriage license was is
sued. Also I would make our judges
work eight hours a day and try crim
inals InBlde of 30 days after crime had
been committed. That's all I think of
at present. T. C. WILSON.
1190 East Main Street.
Mourning Worn for Her Doc;.
Paris Correspondent.
Mrs. William Moore, formerly Miss
Kate Robinson, , of New York, is in
mourning for her favorite dog, which
for many years had the distinction of
being a welcome guest at the annual
fetes in honor of the late King Ed
ward. The dog's remains shortly are
to be transferred from its temporary
grave In Mrs. Moore's back garden to
a private tomb. A sculptor has been
engaged to design a monument, and a
poet may be hired to write an epitaph
In memory of the dear departed.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of June 8. 1563.
The Lewlston people were greatly
rejoiced last Tuesday at the arrival of
a party from Boise, bringing $59,000
worth of gold dust, who came through
from the mines in 46 hours traveling
time. They reported good roads, free
from Indians, and that there was no
necessity for keeping guard at night
over pack animals. The citizens of
Lewiston held a meeting, raised. $2000
Immediately and appointed a committee
to construct a good road to Boise. The
committee have selected H. D. Sanborn,
Esq., to head the expedition.
New York, June 2. Port Royal ad
vices say the British blockade-runner,
in trying to get out of Charleston, was
discovered on May 20 and sunk before
it could reach the bar by the Powhat
tan. The officers and crew are sup
posed to have perished. On the 23d an
other steamer was discovered and fired
into. She crossed the bar under a heavy
fire and sunk in the main channel off
Morris Island.
New York, May 31. Letters from
headquarters near Vicksburg say our
loss is 2500 killed and wounded in the
repulse of our assault on the forts. No
second attempt to reduce Vicksburg by
assault will probably be made. The
city will probably be taken by ap
proaches. New York. June 2. A dispatch In the
New Orleans Era, dated Port Hudson
Plains, May 22, says yesterday Auger's
whole division was engaged in a nine
hours' fight at Port Hudson Plains on
the Bayou Sara road. The enemy were
thoroughly whipped. The Era says
Banks moved to Port Hudson, where
he united his forces with Auger's. The
mortar fleet opened on Port Hudson
on the night of the 24th, silencing sev
eral of the enemy's guns. Port Hudson
Is now hemmed in.
There was a large audience to witness
the great Indian tragedy of "Neck of
the Woods" Saturday night.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of June 7. 1SS9.
St. Liouis, June 6. The Democratic
National convention broke the record
for the greatest display of enthusiasm
ever witnessed in a similar body, when
Grover Cleveland was renominated for
President.
Ritzvllle, W. T., June 6. Rltzvllle
burned at 4:30 I'. M. Ten business
houses, the hotel and a law office were
destroyed.
Salem. Or., June 7. Fire broke out
In Thomas Holman'a electric light
works and fanning mills this morning
at 1 o'clock and tjoe entire building and
contents were burnec.. The loss is
about $75,000.
Salem, June 6. The Republicans are
having a jollification meeting tonight.
Olympia. W. T.. Juno 6. Much Interest
was manifested last evening in the.
laying of the cornerstone of the Odd
fellows' new temple on the corner of
Fourth and Main streets.
Blnger Hermann's majority advanced
to about 7000 yesterday. The Republi
cans will have a majority of about 70
on joint ballot In the Legislature.
S. H. Knowles. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
and C. W. Knowles sold their celebrated
Cracker Creek mine in Baker County
to a St. Louis syndicate for $1,000,000.
Mayor De Lashmutt yesterday ap
pointed the following committee to ar
range for a Fourth of July celebration:
F. E. Beach, W. W. Spaulding, J. B.
Kellogg, Arthur Kohn, B. B. Tuttle,
George E. Watklns, F. R. Mellis, W. S.
Harris, Emanuel Meyer, Captain F. S.
Bosworth, Thomas J. Jordan, W. P.
Olds. E. A. King, Samuel Heitsbu and
M. A Qunst
Women Did It.
PORTLAND, June 6. (To the Ed
itor.) The city election is over and
everybody Is happy. No question
women saved the day and proved
themselves worthy of the great trust
and responsibility thrust upon them.
I make this statement, using the words
"forced upon them," for at least 50
per cent of the women in the city did
not want the franchise; but after it
was given them, felt it their duty in
protecting their homes' best interests
to register and to participate in the
selection and election of city officers.
I consider that each dollar in the
city has Increased 10 per cent In value,
largely from the fact of fairness and
intelligence shown by vote on the
amendments, proving beyond question
that the public intend to give contracts
entered into and capital invested in
the city a square deal, besides a gen
eral housecleaning. I take off my hat
to women.
W. M. KILLINGSWORTH.
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Champion Office Holder He
has been holding down public
places for 55 years and is to re
tire only because he can 't sit in
a judicial chair any longer.
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