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PORTXA-ND, MONDAY. JUNE SS. 1913.
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STORM Aire.M) IN CONGRESS.
By Insisting upon Immediate cur
rency legislation by a reluctant Con
gress, President Wilson is endanger
ing that solidarity of the Democrats
"which he has maintained with such
marked success in the tariff discus
sion so far. He has been able to con
vince his party that only by sinking
TP
mum
thejr differences can they pass a tar
; , iff bill and that, unless they pass a
bill, ruin impends over them. The
country urgently demands tariff re
J vision and this public demand has
given force to the President's argu
; . ments. But there is no such wlde
j spread, insistent demand for currency
', reform. It is urges by those who un-
; derstand the subject and know the
need of action, but they are few. The
J mass of the people have a vague Idea
1 that the money system "needs flxin',"
,j ! but Just how they don't know.
I ' Those Democrats who have opin
- ions on the subject have most decided
3 '. opinions and they do not by any means
' agree. Congress will no sooner at
tempt action than division will ap-
pear in the party and it will be sharp
r division. In fact, it has already ap-
reared. Representative Henry has
; declared his opposition to any cur-
- .rency legislation until the money trust
" has been probed to the bottom. For
thtt purpose he urges passage of the
bill compelling National banks to show
'-""their books to the House committee;
afterward renewal of the inquiry. Not
many Democrats are in sympathy with
him, but he voices the opinion of those
who wauld muke relentless war on
the money trust. Of these Secretary
Bryan is known to be one, and there
may be others in the Cabinet. At the
other extreme are those Democrats
who favor creating a sound fi
nancial system on the plan which
has succeeded in the principal Euro
pean countries and who would leave
that system automatically to break nn
the money trust. These men know in
Itheir hearts that the monetary com
ymission's plan meets these require
Inents, but they hardly dare say so,
because that plan has been damned
I with the name of Aldrlch.
I Democratic leaders know that these
I conditions contain all the elements of
.Tirst-ciass row in. Trip rmrtv nrjri
would fain postpone the evil flay. But
the President looks farther ahead. He
knows that passage of the tariff bill
will be only the beginning of his trou.
bles. He believes that .the protected
Interests, with the aid of the money
trust, will do their utmost to discredit
the new tariff with the people. His
forecast of what will happen Is con
tained in a letter he wrote recently to
Senator Tillman, in which he declared
that "in loyalty to the country," cur
rency legislation iwas necessary dur
ing the present session of Congress,
"so that any attempt to create arti
ficial disturbances after the tariff shall
have 'become law may be offset by a
free system of credit which will make
it possible for men, Tjig and little, to
take care of themselves in business."
He plans to counteract in advance any
t such attempts as he describes. He
wishes to lighten the shock to busi
ness, which, he anticipates, the pro
- -tected interests will endeavor to make
- as severe as possible.
;-y The bill, of which an outline . has
. '7' been published, is more strictly an
Administration measure than the tar
iff bill. It is understood to have been
.-written toy Secretary McAdoo and
-.Chairman Glass, of the House com
rnittee on banking and currency, in
consultation with the President but
v: not with the other members of the
. jmmittee, and Mr. Glass seems to be
.t alone among the Democratic leaders
i n favoring immediate action. The
; committee is divided on holding pub
i. lie hearings, which the President may
J", favor as a means of arousing public
' discussion and creating public opinion.
When the bill gets into caucus. Demo
cratic leaders will not seek to bind all
members of the party to Its support
'tJt unless it is satisfactory, of which no
hope is expressed. Even should the
House pass the bill at the extra ses
sion, it is doubtful whether a quorum
can be held in the Senate. The Presi
L dent might then devote the interval
between adjournment of Congress and
the regular session to an effort to ripen
public opinion, in order that pressure
might be brought to bear on Senators
. . v in its favor.
V Should Mr. "Wilson force action, the
leaders in Congress will shift the re
eponsibllity to his shoulders and he
will strain the loyalty of his followers.
Should friction between him and Con
gress appear thus early in his Admin
istration, it may wreck the long pro
gramme of reforms he has in mind.
, r He la taking great risks, but if he
v must take the blame of any disaster
f which may ensue, so also will all the
praise for success be his, if it shall be-
come due.
. KANSAS SETS AN EXAMPLE.
"Within a year after the Republi
can party in Kansas split in two It
has reunited under the old banner.
A few immovable standpatters and a
few irreconcilable Bull Moosers op
posed the movement and held out to
the last, but the harmony convention
at Topeka was attended by nearly 700
delegates, representing more than
eighty counties. The force of mutual
attraction between the two elements,
which were about equally represented,
was too strong to be overcome by the
creators of discord. The two ele
ments vied with each other in com
promise and concession without sac--riflce
. of principle, and adopted a
tentative platform upon which all
genuine Republicans can unite and
which marks them as the progressive
party they have always been.
The opposition of the standpatters
to this harmony convention a.nd rVi
jJlosiHon of the National Republican
Committee to postpone- until next
spring the proposed National conven
tion for reorganization are signs of
danger to those who hope finally to
wrest the rarty from reactionary con
trol. There can be little doubt that,
were a convention to be held next
Fall, the Progressives would prevail
and their principles would stand forth
in the revision of the rules and in the
platform. The standpatters trust to
time to cool the progressive enthusi
asm which now fills the rank and file.
They hope that the Democratic tariff
will cause such a revival of protec
tionist sentiment that they may ride
back into full control on a tidal wave.
Yet these are the very men who have
brought about division in the party,
with its corollary. Democratic rule.
The longer reorganization is delayed,
the better chance have the reaction
aries of success, at least so they seem
to believe.
It behooves loyal progressive Re
publicans and those seceders who are
prepared to resume their place in the
party ranks to get together without
delay, as the Kansans have done, that
the delegates may represent the true
sentiments of. the- party, not those
private interests which have prosti
tuted it to their selfish ends and have
thereby brought disaster upon It. Re
actionaries' control would drive thou
sands upon thousands of progressive
Republicans out of the party and
might easily give the Democrats a re
newed grip on the government. A
convention controlled by the Progres
sives, both those who remained within
and those who temporarily stepped
without the party, would reunite
these elements, confirm their al
legiance and satisfy all reasonable de
sires of the reactionaries. It is the
only means of assuring Republican
victory.
IT IS CP TO MUEVSOLDS.
Postponement of the trials of Diggs
and Camlnettl, the accused California
white slavers, and of the officials of
the Western Fuel Company looks bad
on the face of it, especially in view
of the fact that the father of one of
the accused was recently appointed
to a high Federal office. The explana
tion that District Attorney McNab
wanted a good excuse for resigning
may satisfy some people, but will not
satisfy the general public, who will
reason that he found an extremely
good excuse. Attorney-General Mc
Reynolds will find a better explanation
will be required than the one he has
offered that Mr. McNab is a Repub
lican. If, as Mr. McNab intimates, wealth
and political prominence have suc
ceeded in staying the hand of justice
In the case of men charged with so
infamous a crime as are Diggs and
Caminetti, the Democratic Adminis
tration will find necessary a revision
of other things besides the tariff and
currency laws. It will need to revise
that famous campaign slogan: "Equal
rights for all: special privileges for
none," by adding "except white slav
ers and customs swindlers who have
a pull."
Mr. McReynolds can disprove the
charge made by Mr. McNab in only
one way by prompt and unsparing
prosecution of the lecherous young
Californians and of the men who are
accused of defrauding the Govern
ment. It is up to him.
ORATORY OOBKED IP.
Secretary of State Bryan has can
Celled all his engagements to make
speeches in June and will remain in
Washington and attend to business un
til July 1. It is plainly intimated that
this decision was taken at the re
quest of President Wilson. Many dif
ficult and delicate matters are calling
for attention, such as the Japanese
question, diplomatic appointments and
foreign protests against the tariff bill.
These require that Mr. Bryan "stay
on the job" and suspend his activities
as a peripatetic orator.
It must be particularly mortifying
to the Secretary of State to be re
quired to stop the flow of words at
this time, for he still chases the Presi
dential will-o'-the-wisp and there are
indications he has a rival in Vice
President Marshall. The Indianan is
stealing his thunder by appealing to
the same class of people to which he
appeals and in much the same man
ner. Mr. Bryan was compelled, at Mr.
Wilson's request, to cancel a four days'
engagement In Georgia. That was bad
enough, but his place is to be taken
by Mr. Marshall; that is worse.
Here is the orator of the Platte
boy no longer placed under the pain
ful necessity of bottling up the many
finely-phrased thoughts which bubble
in his brain and of sitting at his desk
with no more appreciative audience
than his secretary, the assistant sec
retaries and the office-seekers and dip
lomats, while Mr. Marshall has abund
ant leisure to" go about the country
expressing the same thoughts more
poorly and winning the plaudits which
rightfully belong to Mr. Bryan.
Thepe are certain" drawbacks about
holding even so high an office as that
of Secretary of State. A man is com
pelled to leave undone those things
which he thinks he can do better than
any other man in the land or to leave
them to be done by another in much
worse fashion and to stick to the irk
some grind of official business. He
must sigh for the greater freedom and
less responsibility he enjoyed as the
perennial candidate at Lincoln, as the
lecturer at Chautauqua assemblies and
as the orator at peace conventions.
BREAKING THE WIUPSAW.
A few years ago the Washington
Legislature adopted a law that put
railroads in that , state in a delicate
position. The act authorized the Rail
road Commission to value all railroad
property in order to determine reason
ableness of rates and, in effect, made it
Incumbent upon the State Tax Com
mission to adopt the same valuations
as a basis for taxing the railroads.
The annoying competition engen
dered between zealous traffic depart
ments and equally zealous tax depart
ments in the railroad offices by this
law is readily apparent. Rates are
income and taxes are outgo. It is only
human , nature transmuted to a cor
porate body for a railroad to desire
high rates and low taxes. A high val.
uatlon is conducive to high rates, but
necessarily means high' taxes and is
not to be thought of without a shud
der by the tax department, however
much desired by the traffic depart
ment. A low valuation, which is fa
vorable to low taxes, means low rtes
and, of course, is considered undesira
ble by the traffic department.
John C. Lawrence, who resigned
from the Railroad Commission and
made an unsuccessful campaign for
the Governorship in Washington, has
issued a statement reviewing thfs law
and incorporates this paragraph:
A prominent corporation lawver, a few
V"? a5' w.aT. P""sfn the railroad com
? yr h'h,er valuation of the railroads
A member of the commission said to- him:
You are between the devil of high taxation
and the deep- sea of low rates." "Never
mind." was his reFponse. "we will take care
of the matter of taxation later."
The purpose of Mr. Lawrence's
statement is to condemn an amend
ment enacted by the last Legislature
giving the State Tax Commission au
thority to fix its own valuations on
railroad and public service properties
for taxation purposes. Thus there may
be one valuation for rate-making guid
ance and another on which to base
taxation. The Legislature, unwittingly
or otherwise, has destroyed a whip
saw which it seems ought to compel
the railroads to aid the Railroad Com.
mission in ascertaining the true value
of their properties. If the two state
commissions are pliable and the rail
roads are no more impeccable than
some suspect them to be, the inter
esting spectacle of the devil being
drowned in the deep sea may be sup
plied the shippers and taxpayers of
our northern neighbor.
A LAW TO PROMOTE GRAFT.
Whatever the good Intent and wise
purpose of the law requiring the pres
entation of a medical certificate by
males as an additional requisite to
obtaining license to marry, a few
short weeks have demonstrated the
inefficiency of the act and its ten
dency toward evil. .Contrary to a more
or less prevalent belief, the law does
not make freedom from every form
of contagious or infectious disease es
sential to entrance to the marriage
state. No tubercular test, for exam
ple, is required. The law merely re
quires that the male file a medical
certificate showing that he is free
from venereal disease, contagious or
Infectious.
There is at least one loathsome dis
ease under this classification that can
not always be detected except by a
blood test. Few physicians are
equipped to make such tests and
those who are so equipped cannot be
expected to perform the test for the
fee - of J2.60 prescribed in the act.
Some of the more conscientious phy
sicians now note in tho certificate
given that a blood test has not been
made and these certificates are ac
cepted in Multnomah County as suffi
cient compliance with the law.
It thus appears that applicants for
marriage license are compelled to pay
a fee for a document that does not
give society the protection designed in
the act. Nor is the fee of $2.50 all
the applicant must pay. The physi
cian's certificate must be sworn to be
fore a notary public whose fee ranges
from 50 cents to tl, while In some
instances $1.50 is extorted from the
man who does not like to be thought
a "piker" at such a momentous time
as his wedding day.
The real evil in the law is the ap
parent danger that the examination
will become less than superficial, to
the prorit of a few fee-seeking doc
tors in each locality. Instances have
been noted where applicants who
were uninformed as to the new law
when first appearing at the County
Clerk's office have returned with the
required certificate in less than half
an hour. There is thus this early in
the operation of the act evidence that
the business of certifying to the
health of marriage license-seekers will
fall in large part into the hands of
doctors willing to peddle certificates
at $2.50 each in the same way that
some physicians do a thriving business
in liquor prescriptions in dry territory.
An attempt was made in drafting
the law to guard against false state
ments In certificates. The .physician
who knowingly - or wilfully' misrepre
sents may have . his license to prac
tice . medicine revoked, . but casual
thought will convince. one of the im
possibility of proving a . knowing or
wilful falsification. There are but
two present at the examination the
doctor and the applicant. Each has
a personal interest in asserting the
truth of the certificate. The dor
mant state diseases of the type in
volved often acquire and the fact that
when newly contracted they may re
veal themselves soon after an exami
nation has been made are sufficient
protection for the physician willing to
write certificates as fast as applicants
can enter his door.
. As the law stands it is a tax on
marriage and a medium for easy
money getting by notaries and un
scrupulous doctors. It accomplishes
no good whatever. Its brief operation
has demonstrated, that, if the state is
to take up this phase of protecting
the health of the people, the law to
be effective must be far more elabo
rate. Probably success in that direc
tion can toe achieved only by establish
ing a bureau of examination to be
maintained in part, at least, at public
expense.
LTJCK.
Most hard-luck tales are tales of
thriftlessness or folly. People blame
fortune when they ought to blame
their own laziness. A farmer who
loses his crop of clover by rain is apt
to curse the fates, but the real trouble
lies in his own improvidence. He
knew rain was likely to come when
clover hay is ready to cut, and if he
had been prudent he would have built
a silo or sown timothy, - There are
hundreds of cases where the future
can toe foreseen with reasonable accu
racy, and nobody has a right to find
fault with Providence if he fails to
exercise his wits and look out for prob
able happenings. The entire business
of farming is based on the doctrine
of chances. It is likely that things will
happen thus and so, and yet nobody
can predict with full confidence that
they will. It may never rain again in
Oregon and the sun may not rise to
morrow. Some sages have taught that
all our common phenomena are "dis
continuous functions of the time." In
other words, they may stop at any mo
ment and leave us forlornly wandering
without any world to live in. Confi
dence in the kindness of chance, or
luck, plays a star part in almost every
man's career. Mr. Micawber was not
the only person who expected "some
thing to turn up." We are all expect
ing it from morning till night. We
take chances in pretty nearly every
thing we do.
The fact that luck turns out so well
for most of us shows how benevolent
the Almighty is. If he were evil
minded he could disconcert our best
laid plans at every turn. The best
battle plans are the simplest because
every movement of bodies of troops is
subject to so many mishaps. Freder
ick the Great lost almost every battle
in which he depended on elaborate
combinations. His generals did not
come to time. Other commanders have
had the same experience. Napoleon
had qne extremely simple recipe for
winning. It was to hurl his solid bat
talions on the enemy's weakest point.
This eliminated luck as far as human
device could and made him conqueror
on many a field. Any man who counts
on the success of intricate combina
tions places himself at the mercy of
thousands of chances. Such schemes
usually fail because they cannot guard
against unforeseen accidents. That is
why melodramatic nlota m.i.
- v v u.a 01 4U U-ll
more prosperous in novels than in life.
Mr. Taft's very moderate success in
the Presidency led many people to
suppose that Mr. Roosevelt had laid a
plot to make him fail. They went into
details and exposed the whole nefari
ous, train. Their ingenuity was aston
ishing, but it could only make a prac
tical person smile. It is easy to lay
such plots after the event, but impos
sible to do it before. The deep and
dark schemes of history have usually
been made to order after everything
was over. They have seldom been
conceived before the incident occurred.
Some plots have worked out as they
were intended, but only a few. Re
member how many were hatched
against Queen Elizabeth. Scores of
ingenious brains were busy with them
for a score of years, and yet not one
of them came to anything. In the
face of facts like this we are asked to
believe that' Mr. ' Roosevelt could play
out the most complicated game ever
attributed to a schemer and he all the
time in the heart of Africa.
The more we investigate luck the
more we respect it. The ancients
gave fortune a place among their god
desses and they were Judicious in their
generation. . She certainly has as
much power over our destinies as cal
culation, and perhaps more. The man
who lays his plans without allowing
for luck, both good and bad, might as
well go to the poorhouse at once, for
there he will finally arrive. Mathe
maticians have subjected chance to a
regular theory. They can calculate
what the probabilities are for almost
any event one can imagine. In toss
ing up a penny, for instance, the
chances are even for heads or tails to
turn. Still, a person might toss pen
nies all day without ever seeing heads.
There is no such thing as certainty in
predicting future events, because exact
mathematical conditions never can be
had.- The doctrine of chances tells us
that if we keep on throwing dice long
enough, four sixes are sure to appear.
This is all very well in mathematics,
but it may lead to disaster in practice.
The actual chance for four sixes at
any throw is one in 1296. Beguiled
by this fact, a gambler would easily
be misled to bet all his money that he
could turn them in the course of 1296
throws. Perhaps he might and per
haps he might not. The calamitous
circumstance which he is apt ,to over
look is that the chance of throwing
four sixes is no better after a million
throws than it was at first. Every
thing remains exactly- as it was in the
beginning. Nothing whatever can be
inferred from what has "gone before.
Of course in dealing with events where
cause and effect prevail this is not true.
But chance eliminates cause and ef
fect. We see, therefore, how foolish it is
for any person to depend on the law of
chances to make his luck turn. The
gamblers at Monte Carlo cheer them
selves by saying: "Well, I have had
such a run of bad luck that it must
Improve before long." Their reason
ing is as wrong as possible. - The only
legitimate inference from bad luck
is that there will be more of the same
kind. Common experience has em
bodied this truth in maxims. "It
never rains but it pours." "Never tie
your fortunes to an unlucky man."
Wrhen evil fortune once assails a osr
son it seldom "lets up" until it has
ruined him. Shakespeare illustrates
this In the story of Antonio, whose
whole estate went to wreck as soon as
one.breach was. made in it. Pedantic
worshipers of cause and effect tell us
that-there is no such thing at luck,
but common - " life discredits their
teaching. Most men can -trace their
success or failure back to coincidences
if they will be honest about it. "If
such . and such things had not hap
pened, I never should have made my
first thousand dollars." The Roman
Sulla, who swept everything .before
him, had a prayer to fortune engraved
on his tombstone. He said he would
not presume to attribute his success
to his own merit. Still, merit counts,
and no doubt the wisest of men are
thoso who put their trust in it and
depend on chance as little as possible.
Only the coyote can keep down the
Jackrabbit in Eastern Oregon and only
fencing that excludes him can stop
his depredation. As the cost makes
fencing out of the question, sole re
lief can be found in the larger animal.
To be sure, he is a sheep-killer, and
the grower suffers much loss. Tet
under free wool there will be nothing
In running sheep, and until the pendu
lum' swings back the farmer must get
protection, not the herdsman.
The time to prepare exhibits for
state and county fairs is now, and
every farmer and gardener in Oregon
should have that spirit of loyalty to
his locality that will assure the blue
ribbon for his product. All cannot get
it, of course, but all can make the
fellow who does "go some.'"
The Connecticut Coroner -who as
serts women are not fitted to drive. au
tomobiles of high .power is fossilized.
To. be sure." all women"' may not be
capable; nor are all men. Twentieth
century skill la not limited by sex.
"Licking the editor" is the wrong
way to suppress the press, tout is easy
when the newspaperman is 70 years
old. The man who assaulted the Wood
burn scribe may yet get the worst, for
his opponent is a fire-eater.
If Senator Kenyon's bill abolishing
the franking privilege and substitut
ing official stamps, with strict account
ins for their use, were to be passed,
the- clerical labor entailed would be
appalling to:think of. "
A one-cent letter rate is impossible
while matter that would cost $18,000
in postage Is sent under" frank of a
Senator. Direct election may in time
provide a remedy, though the tenta
cles are sticky.
A world of sympathy, accompanied
by a horse laugh,-will go out to the
Fresno rancher who dug up the
twenty-ton meteor and thought it was
gold, to learn later it was Iron.
Another convict at Salem has lis
tened to the lure of Nature and walked
away from two guards. Why not
punish the guards rather .than the
eloper when caught?
Los Angeles is again seeing specters.
Anything made of dynamite is start
ling to the trouble-fearing Angelans.
The fast time made at Poughkeep
sie was due. no Tioubt, to the pacing
by the Seattle crew.
The man who can do a triple somer
sault in an automobile has the making
of a great politician.
The big wind that blew cars, from
the track in Montana is some atmos
pheric disturb..-nee.
AUXILIARY FACILTV IX SCHOOLS
Correspondent Would Have Represen
tative Citizens Deliver Lectures.
PORTLAND, June 22. (To the Edi
tor.) Now that the school election is
over and a highly qualified and es
timable gentleman has been elected as
a member of the School Board, per
haps it would not be Inopportune at
this time to give vent to a thought,
which It is hoped can be adopted in
some form to the advantage of the
schools and the city at large.
Much is said nowadays of the
mother's In school affairs: that it is
within her sphere to guide and direct
the child's education, and that for this
and other reasons she should be' rep
resented on the School Board, all of
which is admittedly true, and, what
Is more, this great and good influence
should, be encouraged and broadened.
What, though, of the father's status
In his relation to the child and the
school? Should his interest cease as
soon as the financial end of it is dis
pensed with? Has he no other obli
gation? There Is no one who would detract
one atom from the mother's directing
interest in the schools: but as the
child approaches and enters that for
mative and assertive period, the age
when children are all but fully budded
and just bursting into the flower of
young manhood and womanhood this
the high school age. the age when
mothers' advice and objections are oft
times too easily overcome by plaus
ible argument this is the time, then,
when the father Is needed and his
duty to society. In the- home and school
when he should be awakened to as
sume some of the responsibility of
directing the child's future into the
proper channels of education and good
citizenship. Some day, perhaps, so
ciety will place the blame for the
child's delinquency where It rightfully
belongs, for the mother has performed
her. duty, and perhaps well, up to this
time in the child's life.
What I believe is needed in our
schools and now suggest. Is a volun
teer auxiliary faculty. They should be
carefully selected from reoresentatlve
citizens who are qualified and willing
to give tneir time to the careful prepa
ration and delivery of a lecture on suit
able subjects before our hleh school
student body. These lectures should be
delivered at least twice a month In the
assembly - room of the various high
schools of the city. They could be ar
ranged .for during the vacation period
by Invitation from the School Board,
the dates fixed and announcements
made in advance. The student should
be required to take notes during these
lectures and prepare papers thereafter
which would set forth the impressions
formed. - .
What a mighty resource we have to
draw from for this purpose! Here we
are living In a community of the high
est culture and refinement; a city fre
quently referred to as the Boston of
the West; a city wealthy in its music,
literature and arts; the pulpit, law,
medicine and sciences are all repre
sentative of the most advanced thought
the modern world can give; In finance
and business our Integrity is world
known and unquestioned. we have
within our midst the living example
of that which we would have our chil
dren prepare for, but the personal con
tact with those who need this inspiring
influence most is neglected. Is It not
possible that some seed thus sown
might take root in the mind of some
student which later on would form his
life's work?
Many a boy enters high school and
leaves it with no awakening for any
particular pursuit. Isn't it possible that
some lecture might awaken a dormant
talent which later would illuminate
with a great brilliancy? Who shall
gainsay? C. W. L.
NAVIGATING AMOXG THE WEEDS
Home Owner Tire a of Wet Trip Throngs
Tansled Mass on Sidewalk.
PORTLAND, June 22. (To the Ed
itor.) As I was about to remark, there
remains only a few days more of the
present maladministration of munici
pal afalra, and it is to be devoutly
hoped that the incoming government
will make some sudden demonstration
on the side of civic decency. There is
no end of room for improvement.
Take the little matter of vacant lots.
Three lots intervene between my home
and the point where I wait for the
cars just three, that's all, and that's
enough.
Yesterday and today rain fell in
copious showers, replenishing the earth
with moisture and weighing down
those three-foot weeds until they now
span the walks. To thread one's way
through the tangled mass requires
knowledge of the laws of navigation.
To come through dry one would need
rubber boots and a sou'wester. It is an
eyesore to the neighborhood, a disgrace
to the city, an injustice and imposi
tion to and upon every man, woman
and child who must go to and from the
cars..
. And the man who owns most of these
lots is holding them at .a big price,
waiting for our homes to make him
rich. He pays no interest on the pipe
lines along his rrontage, no Interest or
upkeep on the telephone and ' light
wires and poles, or gas mains, but lie
points to the fact that these necessi
ties are there ready for use of home
builders. And in the meantime he
gathers roses from the homeowner's
garden, gets -on a car with roses and a
paper of pins, and says to one and all.
Everybody should wear a rose this
week." .
He should be made to clean up his
property before being allowed to speak
above a whisper. ROSE CITY.
HUMAN ROSE BUDS BEST FEATURE
Later Date for R.oae Festival Urfred
That Children May hkc Part.
PORTLAND. June 22. (To the Ed
itor.) At this season, with the fruits
of the recent carnival fresh in the
mind, I trust it will not be considered
presumptuous to offer a few suesres
tions. "
One feature of the exhibition that
was eliminated this year has been
greatly deplored the human rosebud
parade. Children at all times are a
drawing card, and especially has this
been proven on formes occasions by
the mass of congestion along all lines
of traffic when the hour arrived for
the children to participate in the
parades.
Could the carnival take place about
three weeks later, then the schools
would have finished their work for
the year, and the children would be at
liberty to participate in the exercises
without interfering with important
duties. Again, they would have th
carnival festivities to look forward to
at the close of school.
The week in which July 4 occurs
could be appropriated, and thus fur
nish a suitable celebration for this
historic date. The exercises would
readily suggest themselves in floats
representing different periods of our
country's history. Thus, the whole af
fair could take on the features of an
educational celebration. Flowers would
be plentiful and no obstruction need
present Itself to prevent giving on our
National holiday a suitable round of
festivities. By heeding suggestions
along similar lines no one need utter
the cry that the observance of our
National holiday Is being swallowed
up by exercises of far lesser note.
C. E. STUART.
Removing; a. Needle.
PORTLAND, June 21. (To the Edi
tor.) On page 4 of this morning's
Oregonian we read how a physician
froze the hand of Mrs. Keller to remove
a crochet needle, thrust through th
hand. Why could he not have broken
off the hook on the needle with a pait
of nippers, then easily pull out the
needle? Comments unneressajy.
HOD . CARRIER.
696 Harvard. 8. E. ,
9 ... I .
The World to the Graduate
By Ilean Collins.
"Hither. O graduate, with your cap and
gown:
Sheepskin showing- collegiate renown:
Bring me your brains to buy your daily
bread,
For I've a price to place upon your
head:
Brain throbs and heart throbs, these I
bid you give
Tho wage that you win is the right to
work and live.
What proof of power Is in that parch
ment curled?'-
Gruff to the graduate grumbles the
world.
"Hither. O graluate! College work is
done!
Yield to my uses the worth that you
have won
Dreams of the deeds that you daring
would d';
Hopes of your heart that are flaming
fine and true:
Faith in your fellow men for a future
fair;
Shoulders set strongly for the burdens
you must bear.
What proof c.f power Is In that parch
ment curled?"
Gruff to tha graduate grumbles the
world,
"Hither, O graduate! Bare to me your
backt
Snaps the sharp whip of life, groans
Bitterly I'll bludgeon you; from your
lira I r'. -i .. V. V, .
Ruthless I'll wrest all the treasures
j nave DiuieU,
But If you break not, bearing as you
fn n
ut of you finally I will forge a man.
Prove to.me the power that is in that
' parYhment curled!"
Gruff to the graduate grumbles the
world.
GOOD RESULTS ARE MINIMIZED
Undue Prominence Given Nea-atlve Re
porta on Frledmann Vaccine.
PORTLAND, Or.. June 20. (To the
i)The ltter from Dr. Tamtesie.
published In Th r
nects admirably the attitude of ' the
proiession in general. In re
"The Friedmann" vaccine for tnherf,,.
losls. I did not mean to Insinuate that
all of the criticism aimed at Dr. Fried.
....... in was oua to ulterior motives.
What I do mean, however, is that every
negative result of tho tT-oiimonn
ment,is heralded far and wide as proof
w, s, wniie me nundreds of
cases in which distinct progress was
maoe are minimized by' saying "they
iiv Rot wen anyway. '
Dr. Tflmlpnla q . - V. .. v. v v .
Board of Health prohibited the use of
""""cm uecause it was not only
useltss but dangerous. This is Incor
rect, as Dr. Tamlesle could easily have
ascertained.
Dr. Friedmann has consistently re
fused to give out the method of manu
facturing his vaccine. The New York
Board of Health, in response to pres
sure brought to bear on it by the Med
ical Fraternity of New York, ordered
him to discontinue using the vaccine
until he had complied with their de
mand and sumbitted to It his entire
process. This Friedmann finally con
sented to do, and today I am In receipt
of a dispatch from New York announc
ing that the Board of Health has per
mitted the use of the Friedmann vac
cine in the hospitals again. It will
only be a short time now before the de
partment will render its report, and
prove to the world the harmlessness of
the vaccine, and its efficacy as a treat
ment for tuberculosis.
Dr. George Manhelmer, in Medical
Review, sums up his experience with
the vaccine by stating that In not a
single one of his cases was there any
improvement. As a matter of fact as
late as April 23 Dr. Manhelmer re
quested Dr. Friedmann to administer
the treatnient to some of his patients.
This was seven .weeks after Friedmann
had first treated Dr. Manheimer's pa
tients. Surclv If "
devoid of results. Dr. Manhelmer would
not nave endangered his patients by
subjecting them to it.
When Dr. Fiedmann refused to treat
any more patients for Dr. Manhelmer,
except at the institute, and without any
fee to be charged. Dr. Manhelmer re
fused to allow his patients out of his
hands, as he said he wanted to retain
them as his own patients and charge
them a fee for the treatment. This led
to hard words and Dr. Manheimer
thereupln from being an ardent sup
porter of Friedmann. became apposed
to him and made tVi ront ,. v,r.,.
quoted.
Could a person read the hundreds of
letters from those who have received
the treatment and been hn.ft( v, .-. -
by, and reports of their doctors, manv
of whom are noted for their conserva
tism and ability, he would be amazed
that an agent for good so potent as
the Friedmann vaccine should be the
subject of such systematic abuse and
misrepresentation.
CHARLES H. LEHMAN.
' EASY JOBS.
I want to be a railroad clerk
And draw his princely pay.
Where all I have to do is work
Some 18 hours a day; ....
I'd like to join those happy guys
With hearts so full of cheer.
Who overstrain their weary eyes
Six hundred days a year.
I want to be a railroad clerk,
I'm very fond of toil:
In fact, I fairly love to work
While burning midnight oil.
Such things as sleep I truly hate
I much prefer to pore
O'er waybills made in triplicate
And heaped up by the score.
I want to be a railroad clerk.
And work from dawn to dark;
I really do not care to lurk
Of evenings in the park.
I'd rather sit upon a stool
And scratch with busy pen.
For that's the way so says the -rule-
With all successful men.
I want to be a railroad clerk
For that's the way to climb,
I will not lag. I will not shirk.
But labor -all the time.
I will not mind the strain and stress.
So if you'll take me on.
You'll find me at this plain address.
Ward seven, Matteawan. .
JOHN F. HOG AN.
Chehalls, Wash.
Overheard at the Don Show.
National Monthly..
A woman at a recent dog show no
ticed a pretty girl gazing around as if
puzzled. She went over to her and
said: "Pardon me, but can't you find
the kennel you wish? If not, I shall be
glad to assist you."
"Oh, thank you!" she replied.
"Would you mind showing me where
they are exhibiting the ocean grey
hounds?" Confession of an Office Boy.
St. Louis Republic.
"Say, boss, can I get off this after
noon about 2:30?"
"Whose funeral Is It to be this time.
James?"
"Well, to be honest, boss, the way the
morning papers have it doped out it
looks like it's going to '-e the home
team's again."
More Solace In the Title.
Judge.
Woman (in cigar store) I wish to
get a box of cigars for my husband.
Clerk Here's a new brand I think
would suit him "The Suffragette."
Woman Oh. dear, no! He Drefers a
Twenty-five Years Ago
Frm The Oregonian of June 23. 1SS
Captain E. F. Coe. formerlv in com
mand of the S. G. Reed, had an apo
plectic stroke a few days ago and was
removed to St. Vincent's Hospital.
The races at City View Talk today
promise to be fine. The great ra,-e is
the trot between Palatine and Little
Joe. Little Joe Is owned hv Andy
Pray, and Palatine bv S. !. Rora and
Lute Lindsay, the latter of whom will
drive her today.
Bids were opened yosterdav at the
office of if. j. Hefty, architect for a
one-and-one-half-story frame huilding
lor I). H. Turner to he built on N
street, between Twenty-first and Twon-ty-second.
iTh.at "P.ry durable property belong
."f. Bridt't baloney, deceased, con
JlZ f the carter Mock at the
northwest corner of Twelfth snd G
wmT- thre "w-eHlnSs thPrcon.
w 11 be sold at public sale bv the ad-
Sodayat0r- Wi!Uara L' ' t
th-at,eVenlnB: the"lar meeting of
Hon, ?01 Bard Was held- Applica
tions ffr positions as teachers were
received from Anna U. De Lin. W. J.
Crawford Lucy M. Adams. Theresa
Schermerhorn. K. W. Douthatt. Blanche
Kahn I izz e White, Eva Browning.
May J. Rathbun and Marsraret Wilson
i1"1.0''"1 w'hdrew his application,
the bulldlns: committee was instructed
to Investigate the situation at the
Ainsworth School with a view to se
curing ground for the building.
The friends of the Willamette base
ball club gave the members a banquet
last night at the Campy. Perhaps the
most interesting speech came from
that veteran baseball manager and
player. Joseph Kuchtel. He spoke in
high terms of the catcher, TurnbulL
and Parrott, the pitcher.
Mr. H. Beckwith was married at tho
Cascades this week.
------- i-i, jiiser 11.-, Harrison So,
Depew 93, Allison 87, Blaine 42, Rusk
J.6;,,McKinIey 9- Fhelps 6. Lincoln 3.
Miller 2. The sensation of the day was
the withdrawal of Depew and the deci
sion of the New York delegation to
support Harrison. The friends of all
the other candidates united In favor
of adjournment, thus preventing bal
loting. Salem, June 22. Judge Boise today
decided the Silverton election case in
favor of the relators, who were four of
the five Prohibition candidates for
Councilmen at the election held on tho
first Monday in Mav.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlun of June 23, 1S63.
Walla Walla, June 13. The business
men of this place seem to be awaka
at last to the danger of losing their
trade with the mines, and have raised
by private subscription a handsome
sum for a wagon road in the direction
of Placerville.
Walla Walla, June 13. There seems
to be no lack of candidates for Con
gress In this territory. Besides Ravnor
and Cole, Mr. Turnoy Is running inde
pendent, and this week Dr L. C. Kin
ney adds himself to the list.
First Presbyterian Church The corner-stone
of this fine church was laid
yesterday afternon at S o'clock with
the usual ceremonies. Rev P S
Caffrey officiating, assisted by Revs.'
Mr. Pearne and Mr. Cornelius.
We ore requested to remind members
of the Masonic? fraternity that arrange
ments will be made by which they and
their families, who may desire a pleas
ant trip to The Dalles tomorrow, will
arrive in season for the procession and
other exercises to take place in the
afternoon.
We are Informed by Captain Olson,
of the steamer Cowlitz, that that boat
has made a trip up the Cowlitz River
25 miles to Humphrey's place Before
this no boat has gone higher 'up than
12 miles. She made the trip up in five
hours. .
Fourth of July The committee of
arrangements have chosen Hon. George
H. Williams as president of the day.
and E. W. Tracy chief marshal.
All In A Motor Car.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"A motor car is a source of great
pleasure, isn't it?" "Yes," replied Mr.
Chuggins. "But It has certain disad
vantages. You don't want to ride by
yourself, and when j-ou take out a
party of friends they have arguments
among themselves about how fast we
shall travel and where we shall go.
There is only one thing they agree
about, and that Is, if the machina
breaks down, it's a good joke on me.".
Fashion ote From Pittsburgh
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
"Just what does the 'slash skirt'
prove?" asks the-Chicago News. Well,
it is supposed to furnish evidence as to
the feminine underpinning, though
whether reliable or not may require
corroborative testimony.
Keep the Babies
Cool and Cozy
5 Babies require particular cara
during the hot weather, not only
in the matter of clothing but in
food as well, as every intelligent
mother knows.
IT It frequently happens, how
ever, that mothers are at a loss
where to buy babies' clothing,
because picking out anything for
baby, is always a momentous
choice.
The best thing for a young
mother to do when in doubt is
to follow the advertisements in
THE OR EG ONI AX.
5 These announcements usually
tell her all about clothes for the
little ones, from the tot in the
cradle to the little suuhrowned
seamperer on the highways.
Very often on advertisement
contains the news of the sale of
precisely what you require at a
price that is a pleasant surprise,
Some mothers make a habit
of cutting out all advertisements
relating to baby clothes and then
visiting certain stores when they
are ready to purchase.
When you see something you
need advertised by a reputable
house at an attractive price you
are safe in buying at once.
Chicago. June 22. The Republican
National Convention took three ballots
for President today, with no choice.
The third ballot resulted: Sherman 244
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mild domestic.