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FORTXAXO, SATCRDAY, JUNK 38, 1913.
LOW WORK BY LOBBYISTS.
The astonishing- story of an impu
dent attempt to bunco the Union Pa
cific Railroad which has been related
to the Senate- committee on lobbying
brings before public notice a device of
the lobbyists which has long been
known to men familiar with "third
house" methods. A man interested in
certain legislation is approached by
some person with mysterious hints at
his ability to influence the votes of
certain members for a consideration.
The members in Question may have de- Th fact3 are that the vigorous rep
tided already to vote as the lobbyist resentations of the California District
would Influence them; they may have
reached their decision on the merits of
the) question without any outside influ
ence; they may not even be acquaint
ed with, the lobbyist who tries to sell
their votes and to keep the price him
self. The effect on the. reputation of the
members in question is the same as
though they had actually sold their
votes. A cloud is cast on their integ- I
rlty, and their good name is perhaps
irretrievably damaged, though they
have not the poor consolation of profit
ing in a material way.
Members of Congress have as much
power as the courts to benefit or dam
age interests of Individuals, but they
are not shielded from attacks on their
integrity, as are Judges. Any man
who attempts to influence improperly
the action of a Judge or who falsely
alleges that he has succeeded in doing
so is liable to severe penalties. Our
courts Jealously shield their reputa
tion from reflection. Perhaps they go
too far in this direction, for some
Judges have sought to silence legiti
mate criticism. With our lawmakers
we go to the opposite extreme. We
allow every slanderer and schemer to
befoul their good names with, im
punity. The consequence Is serious damage
to the good name of faithful public
servants, the good being included with
the bad In indiscriminate condemna
tion. The Injury does not stop with
.the Individuals. It extends to the
whole Nation. We cannot tarnish the
fame of our chosen representatives
without also casting a stain on our
selves as a people.
An example of this ba habit was
recently furnished at Berlin and it
brought into strong contrast the Amer
ican and German attitude towards offl.
ctal corruption. Dr. Butterfleld, vice
chairman of the American Agricultural
Commission, referred to grafting in the
United States in speaking at an official
reception and asked his hosts "if sim
ilar things had come to pass In Ger
many." All Germany was indignant,
and Berlin papers asked: "Why doeB
this Yankee come here to Insult us,
even by merely mentioning such a
subject in an interrogative way?" Dr.
Butterfleld gratuitously advertised one
of our shortcomings and suggested by
his question that Germany shared it,
but Germany resented even the sugges
tion. There Is no doubt that Germany does
share it. We recently had evidence
of that fact In the revelations that
armament manufacturers bribed sub
ordinate officials In the War Depart
ment. It is Incredible that in a nation
of 65,000,000 some of the hosts of offi
cials do not wander from the path of
rectitude. But Germany does not do
as we do keep the searchlight con
tinually turned on and practically pro
claim to the world that the vice is
universal and incurable. We seem to
glory in our shame; Germany is-)
ashamed of it.
FARMING FROM THE TENTH STORY.
The Oregonian prints today a kindly
admonition from a reader at Hubbard.
He admits that the paper "gives good
advice to farmers," but he deplores our
habit of shooting it from "a ten-story
building." The particular points at
which he alms his satirical arrows re
ferred to silos and clover crops. An
Oregonian writer lamented that much
clover was lost for lack of silos In
which to put it when the rain prevent
ed proper haymaking. Our friend re
torts that clover silage is of doubtful
benefit to cows and entirely useless for
horses, and adds that "we depend on
' clover hay for our teams."
Now, we will premise by saying that
the person who wrote the article to
': which the Hubbard man objects did
not gain his farming experience In a
ten-story building. When his pen was
inspired to set down his remarks on
clover and silos he had Just returned
from slopping about on a farm which
was soaked from below by the Colum.
bia and from above by incessant rain.
Me had witnessed a heavy growth of
his own clover sinking down Into a
rotting mass of waste and the thought
was impressed upon him that it might
nave( oeen saved If a silo had been
available. The prediction is hazarded
that one will be available, before an
other season, in spite of objections
irom our .Hubbard friend.
jow as to clover and timothy. Of
course, no wise farmer wishes to feed
clover to his horses, because it wastes
the clover and does the horses but lit
tle good. Our friend says that clover
win grow on land which will not pro
auce timothy, and this Is true. But It
is also true that excellent timothy can
be grown on land where a clover crop
nas Deen turned under, and It is
enough better vfor horse feed to pay
for the sacrifice. It does not pay to
raise clover or any other crop continu
ously on Willamette Valley soil. There
is scarcely an acre of land here which
will not bring in better returns by a
rational rotation of crops.
It is true that timothy exhausts the
lerumy or the soil, but the loss can
be restored by a following of clover
with a moderate sowing of potash. All
the old farms in the Willamette Val
ley need potash as much as they do
lime. We hope-our friend will take
up the study eg agfloultural ahomlstr-y.
at Corvallis next Winter,' when the
farmers short course is in full swing.
He will learn much to edify and some
things that will surprise him.
GETTING AWAY FROM THE FACTS.
The defense of Attorney-General Mc
Reynolds for his extraordinary action
in ordering postponement of the Cam.
inettf-Diggs white slave case and the
Western Fuel Company's conspiracy
cases is in its last despairing stage.
It has resolved itself into a declaration
that many cases have been put off by
various Republican Attorneys-General,
and a Democratic Attorney-General
ought to be permitted without criti
cism to do the same thing.
Well, perhaps; and then again per
haps not. Citing an indefensible Re
publican practice to support and Justify
an equally indefensible Democratic
practice is not at all convincing. It
comes with especially poor grace from
the most virtuous of all Administra
tions, headed by the most impeccable
of all Presidents. '
Let us concede that the Republican
politicians who have not been shocked
by similar performances prior to.
March 4, 1913, are all of a sudden ex
ploding with volcanic fury over the
inexcusable California affair. Let us
concede that Minority Leader Mann
and Congressman Kahn and all the
rest are inspired by a wicked purpose
to make any kind of trouble for the
Wilson Administration. Let us agree
that the spectacle of these hardened
political rounders, dancing about In
ghoulish glee and making the welkin
ring with their sulphurous criticisms, is
not especially edifying. Let us note all
these things; but let us not get away
from the facts.
trial of two very important cases, in
volvlng the probable escape from Jus
tice of the defendants in case of delay,
were insolently Ignored by the Attorney-General.
In one case he or
dered a postponement on the exparte
statement of one of the defendants; in
the other he responded obviously to
the personal and political pull of other
officers In the Wilson Administration.
All these things he did when, as he
admits, "the facts were not fresh in
his memory." The bad memory of the
Attorney-General has been so startllng
ly refreshed that he hurries now to do
the thing he dismissed the temerari
ous District Attorney for insisting upon
being done trying the cases at once.
WHY H ORKY? '
. You can. trust your Unci Jim Hill
to see the silver lining when the sun
is hiding behind the clouds. Just as you
can trust him to essay to put on the
brakes when things are running at too
high speed. He is now being quoted
in the Eastern papers as having pro
nounced the following doctrine of op
timism : '
That half the people in Wall street do noi
snow wnai mey are as Dlue as indigo about.
mat tne -man who Is selling "short,
which means that he thinks things are aro-
ing to smash, is going to suffer for It like
the mischief.
That such complications as we have had
are troublesome, but foolish to think about.
In view of the fact that we shall get ten
billions of new wealth out of the ground
mis year.
That it Is nonsense to suppose the Gov
eminent is bent on unsettinr things, and
That this la the time to keep a clear head.
auu-nob to gel raitiea.
Of course It is euphemism to say
that Wall street Is blue, but does not
know why. Wall street is blue because
it Is starving; and it Is starving be
cause It has lost, the people's interest
and the country's confidence. No
wonder It Is blue; but there is very
little except its own sad case for it to
be blue about.
Crops are good, industry is active,
the railroads are carrying full quotas
of freight and passengers, and ocean
commerce is in good shape. When the
politicians get through with their tariff
bill and their currency bill, the gen
eral equilibrium will be restored.
PROGRESS.
"Stop the clock! The Oregonian
and W. S. TJ'Ren are agreed. The
Oregonian sustains U"Ren!" These ex
cited remarks, exclamation points In
cluded, are to be found In the Oregon
City Courier for the current week. Ap
parently It is a red-letter week for the
Courier. The condition of Mr. TXRen's
mind when he received the news that
he had support for one of his proposals,-
aside from himself, the Courier
and Joseph Eels, has not been disclosed
to The Oregonian. As for ourselves.
it is pleasing to note that something
good may come out of Oregon's polit
ical Nazareth.
The commotion in the Oregon City
law factory grew out of a recent brief
discussion by The Oregonian of proper
safeguards for the initiative and the
circulation of initiative and referen
dum petitions. The Oregonian sug
gested a statute that required publicity
as to the petitions and the sources in
spiring and supporting them. Mr.
LTRen sent to this office a copy of a
bill presented to the recent Legislature
by Representative Latourette, amend
ing the corrupt practices act (a peo
ple's law). It covered this subject.
and others, it was not passed by the
Legislature. The Oregonian does not
know why, but It suspects that the
Legislature was not pleased with the
bill, as a whole. It Is a favorite
tTRenio method of coupling in any
legislative bill a desirable plan with
several undesirable schemes, otherwise
to be described as ITRentsma. He was
doubtless the author of the. Latourette
bill.
But the present interest of The Ore
gonian In this little affair arises chiefly
from the fact that the author of the
initiative proposes that the Legislature
amend a bill passed through the ini
tiative. What has become of the wild
outcry from the professed champions
of the Oregon system against any in
terference by the Legislature with the
people's laws?
We hope the Courier will not stop
the clock, or anything elsethat records
the progress and development of sanity
and Judgment in considering the Ore
gon system.
HOW ABOUT THE FUTURE?
As Commissioner of Immigration,
Mr. Camlnettl will be charged with the
deportation of white slavers, though
he is the father of a white slaver. His
son, having been born in this coun
try, cannot become subject to depor
tation, but the father of such a son
cannot but feel a tenderness for aliens
convicted of the same offense.
The white slave law could be better
administered by men whose own fam
ilies are free from offense under it.
Prosecutions would be more successful
in exacting Justice If they were under
the direction of an Attorney-General
who sees something more than the
usual in granting postponements
which are sought only for the purpose
of defeating Justice. Mr. McReynolds
has had enough experience of the law
to know, that delay 4s a .favorite de-
vlca nf criminals to escape punishment.
He had no need to refer to his files for
that Information.
Mr. McNab has probably accom
plished this much good through the
storm he has raised that the Diggs
Caminettl and the Western Fuel cases
will be promptly and vigorously prose
cuted. But how about future cases,
where there Is no McNab to sound the
alarm? The cases of other Diggses,
Caminettis, Smiths and Bruces may be
allowed to drag along from one post
ponement to another -until the wit
nesses are scattered or suborned and
the charges are finally dismissed for
lack of evidence.
The only assurance we can have of
vigorous and Impartial enforcement of
the law is an Attorney-General who
does not yield to the pleas of every
colleague or every smooth-tongued
lawyer.
-V
Ol'B MUSICAL STEPS.
John C. Freund, the editor of Musi
cal America, has taken the trouble to
find out how much we spend annually
upon the divine art which he culti
vates. His discoveries are flattering.
If they -do not prove that we are all
passionate musicians they show at
least that we spend money enough to
give ourselves that appearance, which
is, perhaps, Just as well. Our total
expenditure upon Euterpe and her
charms amounts to 1600,000,000,
which is more'' than $6 per capita.
The Army and Navy receive less. One
gasping contemporary exclaims that
this enormous sum only falls 2 0 per
cent short of the value of the record
hay crop of the country. Ponder upon
the fact that we dissipate every year
in mere sound all but one-fifth of the
price of the biggest hay crop we ever
had and then answer the question
whether we are a musical people or
not. If we are not musical we are
lavish enough of our funds to make -up
for the defect. The next thing to
loving art is to gild its image. Opera,
grand and not so grand, devours a
comparatively modest sum, only $8,
000,000, Church musio has a more ca
pacious maw, which- it requires J 50,
000,000 to keep comfortably filled.
Our brass bands, bless them, cost only
$35,000,000 annually and they are
worth It. Upon music teaching in all
Its protean forms we spend $175,000,
000. This Includes not only the pit
tance of the poor young woman who
makes a martyr of herself while your
infant prodigy thumps out her first
scales on the piano, but also the emol
uments of those great professors in
palatial studios who receive $50 an
hour for their lessons.
. Musical literature is not a very ex
pensive luxury. It comes to no more
than $3,500,000 a year, which is only
half as much as our musical young
men and women lay out upon their
European studies. The big item Is the
cost of instruments, such as violins,
pianos and talking machines. The
outgo for these in $230,000,000, or
about $10 a year for every family in
the country. This amounts to saying
that very few American families are
without a musical instrument of some
sort. Years ago the favorite was the
parlor organ. We mean the favorite
among people of moderate means. Of
course, the opulent always had pianos,
measuring: their social exaltation by
the price of their Instruments. In the
day of its pride and glory the parlor
organ was an efficient means of musi
cal culture In the United States. Fam
ilies bought them who could not pos
sibly have procured more artistic In
struments and while its capacity was
limited it could be made to emit rea
sonably harmonious noises. As every
body knows, It is a reed machine and
too often Its high notes lapse into
squawks, while the bass becomes a
wheeze, but after all a girl who Is
really fond of music can learn a great
deal that 13 good from the parlor or
gan. We have heard the overture to
William Tell performed upon its keys
without distress. But the main point
is that literally millions of very hum
ble people were enabled by this in
strument to obtain an Idea1, dim per
haps, but genuine as far as It went,
of a great deal of excellent music.
Many a parlor organ was, of course,
sacrificed to Moody and Sankey
hymns. The bloom of those musical
weeds coincided remarkably with the
vogue of the cheap instrument which
seemed almost to have been designed
by Providence for performing them, 1
Just as the talking machine has fallen
into the unholy clutches of ragtime.
And yet we boldly take the ground
that Moody and Sankey hymns are
a great, deal better than no music at
all. It la not true In the least that
they depraved the musical taste of
the Nation, for when they -appeared
we had no taste to be either improved
or injured. They filled a void and the
fact of their immense popularity
proved that the void was large and
perhaps aching. As dime novels
helped along the literary education of
our youth so Moody and Sankey
hymns promoted our musical culture.
Most of their more taking airs in
cluded here and there little scraps of
melody taken from Schumann, Franz
'or Mozart, so that in hearing them
people unconsciously listened to the
good. It Is the same with music as
with pictures and books. The public
fancies that it hates the best and can
only be lured to tolerate it by guile.
With the advent of the talking ma
chine the parlor organ declined. It
was 6ent to the auction-room or up to
the garret and the new wonder took
its place. With the talking machine,
as we have said, ragtime descended
like a cloud of locusts upon the coun
try. This fascinating species of mu
sic is too difficult, as a rule, for the
young lady to perform who has only
taken six lessons. She could play
Moody and Sankey hymns with per
fect facility, but ragtime is more com
plex. But on the talking machine
everything is equally easy and there
is no question about the charm of
the erratic melodies which we pre
tend to have borrowed from the ne
groes. The negroes never had any
ragtime of their own, but the fable
accounts for Its origin very respect
ably. We are ashamed to think any
wane man should have Invented it
and naturally put the disgrace off
upon our colored brethren. Some
great European composers hint that
ragtime is our one National contribu
tion of any worth to the musio of the
world. They are not half so much
scandalized at it as we are, or pre
tend to be, and the Russians even find
In It the germs of future beauties In
comparable. However that may be.
ragtime is genuinely American, a poor
thing but our own, and the talking
machine has made it the Joy of mil
lions of homes.
What is the next step in our musical
development? It is plain enough. Our
progress keeps pace with mechanical
invention. We cannot get ahead of
our Edisons in art any more than in
Industry, but we keep up with them
pretty well. As the reed organ In
troduced us to the splendors of Moody
and Sankey and the talking machine
gave-Her ragtime, -so .the player-piano
opens to us all the music of the world.
Beethoven- and Wagner Inhabit the
workman's cottage. Schumann and
Grleg sing at eventide to the toilworn
farmer. We are becoming musical as
we have become rich, by virtue of our
inventive genius.
Now "soft drinks" are under the
ban. After being warned without
limit of the dangers of alcohol, we
are now warned by the Journal of the
American Medical Association to 'be
ware of tonic drinks, many of which,
contain caffeine. This drug relieves fa
tigue, but is an injurious stimulant to
growing children. Many of these
drinks contain dangerous chemical fla
voring or coloring matter and are mis
branded. They contain saccharin in
stead of sugar and extract of soap bark
to make them foam. In some ginger
ale, red pepper Is substituted for
ginger. Soap bark contains a markedly
poisonous ingredient. Since there are
"snakes" in whisky, kidney troubles
in beer, drugs in soft drinks and bac
teria In milk, we should be thankful
for good old Bull Run water, which is
without flaw.
Robert S. Lovett. Representative
Palmer and Mr. Ledyard have ren
dered a real, public service in reveal
ing the sinuous devices by which lob
byists besmirch the Nation through
its legislators. The schemers should be
hunted out and brought to Justice. But
a change should be made In . the laws
or the rules of each house to protect
the reputation of Congress and its
members from wanton attack without
in any way restricting the right of le
gitimate criticism. Also the manner
In which pleas for or against legisla
tion may be presented needs regula
tion. In order to destroy the usefulness
of the typical lobbyist so far as possi
ble. The grand jury of Westchester
County, New York, has condemned
Sing Sing prison and recommends that
it be abandoned. It Is badly located,
antiquated and overcrowded. But
how long would New York take to
build a new one and what assurance
has the state, with a Legislature under
Tammany control, that a new one
would be any -better? Before New
York can safely undertake new hous
ing "of its criminals it would do well
to turn the criminals out of office.
Governor Sulzer is making a manful
struggle against them, but the second
rejection of his direct primary bill does
not augur well of his success.
New Jersey's new election law,
which was heralded as a great reform,
has been Interpreted to forbid the
nomination of the same candidate by
two parties. Several candidates for
Governor are equally acceptable to
both Republicans and Progressives,
and any one of them would receive
the united support of both parties. Is
it possible that President Wilson,
when Governor, caused the bill to be
so drawn that, when the Republicans
split, they should stay split and his
own party should repeatedly slip Into
office through the gap? Mr. Wilson Is
of Scotch descent, and therefore canny.
Development of aviation renders new
laws necessary, or new application of
existing law. The first suit growing
out of a collision between aeroplanes
has Just been tried in Paris. Both
aviators survived and each sued the
other. The courts must now establish
a rule of the road for the air, as for
the land and water, and must decide
not only which aeroplane must turn to
the right and which to the left, but
which must go up and which go down.
We may in time have legal specialists
on aviation.
As days pass, the wisdom of the ad
vocates of the widows pension law Is
In evidence. In Oregon the woman
who loses her husband no longer sees
her little family scattered. In time
this law will affect the eleemosynary
Institutions to advantage to the com
monwealth in financial and other lines.
Bryan Is worried about Japan, now
that a few Orientals have been run out
of a California town. The rest of the
country, however, sees the ancient yel
low peril bogey under a grassy mound
with a graceful marble shaft rising
above bearing the legend "At rest."
America is said to spend $600,000,-
000 a year on music. Does that in
clude sums spent on ragtime? If so,
it might as well include the cost of
noise on our streets, made by whistles,
streetcar gongs, automobile horns and
other disturbances of the peace.
The saloon man-who sold to an ha
bitual drunkard after his wife had
begged and protested against it got
ten days on the rockplle, which seems
hardly enough punishment for a crime
against law and decency. Yet he has
the nerve to take an appeal.
When the populace of the East was
freezing we suggested change to balms-
Oregon. Now that they are enjoying
heat prostration, we repeat the invita
tion to seek relief In these delightfully
mild and pleasant environs.
It was bound to come, for the hun
gry are calling, Bryan wants new
men for the foreign Jobs and he will
have them. If the spoils do not be
long to the victors, there is nothing: In
sight for the workers.
This Is the time when the commuter.
reveling In new potatoes and other
"stuff" of his own production, puts it
all over the city man. The back-to-the-soil
fever begins to breed in early
Summer.
Once the canal Is in operation, there
will be plenty of white labor for Cali
fornia orchards. Meanwhile every lit.
tie hamlet in that state has opportu
nity to get into print and diplomatic
tangle.
Wilson and Bryan have decided to
tret new diplomats for every foreign
post. But are there enough writers to
go around?
A 40-year-old man dropped dead
while dancing the tango in Chicago.
The punishment fits the crime.
The law against 'lazy husbands is
being enforced at Seattle. Why not a
law for lazy wives?
Jack Johnson is en route to Europe.
When he gets there let's cut the cables.
Skating may yet become practica
ble as a local vacation pastime.
The "rare" days in June are still in
cold storage.
But the prodigal, sun didn't stay
long.
remarkable: memory for faces
Old Friend Telia of New Police Chief
Unfatllns Gift. '
v PORTLAND, June 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Mayor-Elect Albee has made an'
excellent choice for his Chief of Police.
Thirty years ago I first met John
Clark. He was then Chief of Police in
St. PauL I was in newspaper work,
and, as a consequence, had more or
less intimate intercourse with the
Chief. I learned to know and admire
the man. He was a terror to the noted
crooks in those days, and very few of
tnem tarried long in the Minnesota
capital. Chief Clark had a faculty of
never forgetting a face, and having a
wide acquaintance among the criminal
class, he "spotted" them upon arrival
and hustled them out of town before
they had a chance to ply their trade.
That he has not "lost this remark
Able gift is evidenced by a little inci
dent that occurred in the North Bank
Station a few days ago. I was in the
validating office, talking to "Kit" Car
son, the agent in charge. Special Agent
Clark dropped in to pass the time of
day. A train came in, and Clark step
ped out to size up the crowd. He
looked the newcomers over carefully.
One face was familiar, and Clark
glued his eyes upon the newcomer. The
recognition was mutual, for, stepping
up to the special agent, the stranger
said:
"Why, there's John Clarki"
"How many are with you?" asked
the special agent.
"There are .eight of us." was the re
ply. "Then," said the Chief-to-be, "don't
leave the depot, and take the next
train out," and they did.
Turning to me Clark said: "There's
one of the most notorious pickpockets
in the country, and, I reckon, his com
panions are of the same ilk."
No doubt the recognition of a noted
crook saved many a pocketbook, for
this little incident oocurred during the
Rose Festival, when the crowds were
flocking to Portland.
M. J. ROCHE.
GETTYSBURG AND NEGRO RACE
Colored Man Pays Tribute to Union
Veterans of Great Battle.
PORTLAND, June 25. (To the Edi
tor.)On this day when "The Old Boys"
have assembled for departure from
Portland to the scene of that memor
able event that has taken so import
ant a place in the history of the Unit
ed States, allow me, as a colored man.
to express my feeling of respect and
benevolence toward the gray heads who
leave here today.
The story of the battle of Gettys
burg should be a household one among
all the colored people in this country.
and its memory should live throughout
many a generation to come. To know
what that battle accomplished for the
negro race one has but to think of his
condition then and contrast it with his
position now; in a word, the negro has
made great strides both Intellectually,
morally and financially in 50 years of
freedom. Probably so rapid and effec
tive a change has never before oc
curred in the history of any people
not even the Israelites when they were
released by Pharaoh, for it took them
40 years to cross from Egypt to Can
aan alone, even though led by the Al
mighty. As I said, we have made great strides
and that in spite of the handicap. The
colored man has demonstrated time and
again that given a fair chance he can
achieve as much as his white brother.
View, if you please, the work of the
great educator, Booker T. Washington
and see how he has triumphed as an
administrator; note the bravery and
courage displayed by the colored men
during the Mexican and Spanish-Amer
ican wars (especially at San Juan Hill);
see him climbing on, on, up in every
other field and tell me if the negro
has not thrice merited the faith a.Ud
service of the immortal Lincoln and
his gallant followers.
The heart of every patriotic negro
today goes ut toward the tottering
and weather-beaten men today in what
ever corner of the world they may be.
May the blessing of God be upon them
and may time pass lightly over their
hoary locks. A. J. M. D.
Haunts of Disease.
PORTLAND, June 26. (To the Edi
tor.) When . inspecting bridegrooms,
why not also the haunts that taint
bridegrooms? Why not attack disease
whence it spreads?
But, no; our government works under
the silly fiction that' bad houses and
soiled doves do not exist, although
every officer and every informed citi
zen knows better.
Government attacks disease at its
source everywhere else. Why not this
disease where it is thickest?
Of course the Just way to protect
brides and future children would be to
prosecute erring bridegrooms and put
them in Jail, publish their names, ban
ish them from polite society, forbid
them the marriage license, make them
outcasts like their bad companions, for
they are not one whit better.
But we seem to think purity in bride
grooms too rare to risk " such rigor.
Maybe for this reason Buch treatment
of sin-soaked "sports" is regarded im
practicable and impossible. But it is
none the less silly and wicked to ig
nore disease whence erring men bring
it
The bridegroom inspection law
stopped short of a. fitter goal.
JOHN JONES.
QUESTIONS A . I) LETTERS.
As previously announced. The
Oregonian will not undertake to
give answers by mail to ques
tions on legal points, nor by mall
supply statistics, pronounce or
define words, settle wagers or re
spond to other queries of a gen
eral character. Such questions
and others that are deemed to
have some news interest will be
answered on this page when pos
sible. Queries as to value of old
coins, books or relics are not
deemed of news value.
Persons writing letters to the
editor for publication must be
brief. Those who prefer to have
their articles rejected rather than
trust to the editor's discretion in
reducing length or eliminating
portions he may deem offensive
or objectionable to the reader
should so state when submitting
manuscript.
Time to Act Toward Mexico.
SPRINGFIELD. Or., June 25. (To
the lsaitor.) The letter from the
gentleman on the"" Mexican situation
seems well put. It looks like the Uni
ted States cannot hesitate much longer
without losing prestige among the na
tions or Interests concerned. If inter
vention was Justified In Nicaragua.
why not in Mexico? Of course the
situation is a little different in the
latter country, being of larger popula
tion and of more diverse interests, but
the course of civilization and good
government is none the less but more
involved thereby.
To end the matter, or rather to start
a basis for settlement of the dispute
or trouble, how would it do for the
United States to recognize Carranza,
the insurgent leader, who seems to con
trol as much or more of the territory of
tne country tnan tne regular or nom
inal government and seems to be a man
of force. Justice, and common sense.
J. IX
AH Rlsnt In the End.
Houston (Tex.) Post. -"Ever
lose a surgical case?" "Nope.
I thought I was going to lose one once.
but it came out all right." "The patient
came near dying, eh?" "Oh, he died.
But his heirs paid lor the operation."
At the Cafeteria
By Addison Bennett.
It was many a long day since I had
been to the cafeteria, hence it is not
to be wondered at that the place looked
strange to me as I entered the other
day to get a noon-day bie. Being a
few minutes early, before the real
rush was on, I had the opportunity to
look around a bit and take note of the
changes that had been made since my
last visit. My first glance was at the
cashier's station, and there- sat Miss
Brown Eyes taking in the 'money and
smiling at the patrons, giving each a
cnerry, consoling word or tnanKs, and
asking a question of this one and
answering a query from another. Dur
ing the several months of my absence
she had gained in avoirdupois, had
rounded out, so to speak, and now her
form and features betokened the well-
groomed young lady who gets her reg
ular rest and finds her labor a means
of enjoyment.
As I seated myself at a table and
began to arrange the various-dishes as
I took them from the tray I espied out
old friend Jobling entering the door.
and soon he was seated near me. Y ith
him was a stranger to me, a fine look
ing young fellow, his every line show
ing intelligence and good character.
Both he and Jobling were dressed
neatly, very neatly, and the two of
them denoted prosperity and an ab
sence of worry. Very soon they begair
a conversation about poultry and eggs
that they had brought in from the
poultry ranch. As they were talking,
in tones so low that only I who sat
across the table from them could hear
the purport of their converse, who
should come up from the back part o4
the dining-room but the little blonde?
In her sweet voice she said: "Why,
how do you do, Mr. Jobling, and you,
Mr. Millspaugh, how are you, and how
is everything out at the ranch?" She
reached out her hand and shook in a
hearty way a hand of each and then
continued: "I was just talking to the
boss this morning about you gentlemen
and telling him what a great assistance
it has been to us in the conduct of
our business to be so well, so regularly,
so punctually and In every way so sat
isfactorily supplied with poultry and
eggs. Do you know, Mr. Jobling. that
of all the merchants who supply us
with our necessities none of them seem
to come quite up to the mark set by
you?"
The word "quite" had just the flavor
of an accent, a sort of confidential ris
ing of the voice which conveyed the
hint that she meant far more than she
said. Both Mr. Jobling and Mr. Mills
paugh seemed to take the remarks as
they were surely Intended as compli
mentary to their method of doing busi
ness. Mr. Jobling was about to make
reply when she excused herself and
went to the assistance of a lady who
was having trouble in trying to get a
seat for herself and a crying six-year-old
child, a. tot that seemed to deserve
a spanking more than pleasant words.
But the kindly voice, the winning way,
the cheery smile of the little blonde
soon had the mother at ease and the
child laughing. Jobling, noting the
success of the little blonde in thus
turning squalls into laughter and re
storing peace to the now well-filled
room, remarked to Millspaugh:
"I wonder what the cafeteria would
do without the little blonde?"
"Well," replied Millspaugh, "there is
her understudy at the cashier's desk;
could ehe not fill the place?"
"Yes and no," remarked Joblicg.
"Miss Brown. Eyes Is becoming just as
competent as is the little blonde, but
all she knows has been taught her by
the blonde. At the desk she is one of
the most competent girls that could be
found in a .year's search, but she has
much to learn before she can take the
little blonde's place in the management
of the business."
-
Just then the little blonde returned
and asked the two gentlemen if they
could return at o'clock, after the
noon rush was over, and they agreed
to do so. And at that hour they were
in conference with her and the boss
over a contract which they were pro
posing to -enter into daily for the de
livery of poultry and eggs during the
Summer months. The boss had little
to say. The little blonde appealed to
him occasionally as to some of the de
tails, but he made no response save to
reply: "Just as you think best, my
dear."
And eo it seemed the management
of the business was in reality in full
charge of the little blonde, the little
girl who had come into the employ of
the establishment so short a time ago
knowing nothing of that or any other
business, the little girl who began at a
wage ridiculously small, but who is
now getting a salary which many and
many a man would call big pay. And
how had it come about? How simple
the answer by strict attention to her
business, by an honest endeavor to
make her services so valuable that they
could not be dispensed with. She never
complained about long hours and
thereby she had assistance so that they
were shortened. She was never told to
go out on the floor and make the cus
tomers, really the guests, feel at home
and at their ease. She saw it ought to
De aone ana sne aid it. Clean of life.
clean of character, she took it upon
uerseir to see mat others In the e
ploy of the establishment were elven
every opportunity and encouragement
to Deiong to a family where the morale
was above question and how soon even
the frivolous fell into line, until now
the cafeteria family is one of the pleas
antest in the city and the pay the best
and the labors the easiest.
FARMOG FROM THE TENTH STORY.
Correspondent Thinks Editor Has Not
Had Practical Experience.
HUBBARD, Or., June 26. (To the
Editor.) Admitting that -The Ore
gonian gives good advice to farmers,
yet in my opinion it is easier to write
articles on how to take care of a field
of tangled clover when the writer sits
in an office above the high-water mark
than it is for those of us on the ground.
These remarks refer to your editorial
of June 22 under the heading, "Luck,"
in which you tell farmers what they
should have done to save, their crops
of tangled clover. Among other things
we should have had a silo. It is a
question whether it pays to put clover
into a silo for cow feed, and. for horses
it will not do at all. Many of us de
pend on clover hay for our teams. "We
should have sown timothy." Yes, in
certain localities, but land will grow
good clover that will not grow timothy
at alL And you have been advising us
to keep the fertility of our soil by
sowing clover and other leguminous
plants. Timothy is harder on land than
a crop of wheat.
But as I 6ald in the beginning. It Is
easy to give advice from a ten-story
building, but I would like to see one of
those fluent writers up against the real
thing. As for us, we will wait until the
clouds roll by. Maggie, and then maka
our hay. J..S. YODER.
Origin of Dag.
PORTLAND. June 25. (To the Edi-tor-
Please give me the story of how
the "Dago" originated for the Italian
After hearing three different stories
as to the question, and am not yet
satisfied that they are correct, I am
asking you. l. b e
The derivation of the word Is cot
certain. By some it Is asserted to be
a corruption of the Spanish name
"Diego." equivalent to the English
name "Jack" or "James" and to have
gradually been extended to other na
tionalities. By others It is thought to
be a nickname derived from "hidalgo,"
which came to be applied to-any for
eigner from Latin- Europe.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of June 23. 1SS9.
Salem, June 27. Secretary of State
McBrlde today furnished 'he official
canvass of the vote cast on Congress
man, Supreme Judge, joint Senators
and Representatives. The vote is:
For Congress Hermann, 32.S20; Gearin,
25.413; Miller, 1974; Hermann's plural
ity, 7407; majority over all. 5433. For
Supreme Judge Lord, S3.00S; Burnett.
26,386; majority, 6672.
Mrs. Walter Reed returned this week
from San Francisco.
Judge Matthew P. Deady went to
Eugene City yesterday to attend the
commencement exercises of the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Rev. G. W. Foote, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church, who is spending
some time in California for the benetit
of his eyes, is progressing very well.
New Park Theater "Keppler's For
tunes" drew a fine house last night.
W. L. Dudley, the newly-elected
County Recorder, will appoint Captain
M. J. McMahon. of East Portland, as
his deputy.
Mr. W. S. Failing has left in this
office samples of a new cherry named
by the State Horticultural Society "The
Oregon." It was produced by Mr.
Prettyman from the seed of the Royal
Ann.
vreorge ts. aiarme states that new
rails have been ordered for the Washington-street
line and that the street
will be double tracked.
. Plans for the Villard Hotel are now
on the way back from the East to the
Portland Hotel Company. Practically
the assessment of 30 per cent on the
capital stock has been paid in. at least
cuuun to meet tne entire payment
for the property $125,000.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oresonlan of June 2S. 1S63.
Philadelphia, June 21. The mala
body of Lee's force is now at the can
of the Blue Ridge.
Harrisburg, June 21. A rebel cavalry
forco is within eight miles of Gettys
burg. General W. 1L Wallace. Governor cf
Idaho Territory, arrived in this city on
Saturday on his way to the field of his
gubernatorial labors.
Commander at Gettysburg.
PORTLAXH, June 27. (To the Ed
itor.) In your editorial today headed
"Preliminary to Gettysburg," you en
tirely ignored the name of the General
commanding in that battle. After so
many disasters to the Union Army,
should not the victorious General in as
important an engagement as Gettys
burg be entitled to have his name men
tioned even by as great a newspaper as
The Oregonian? Respectfully,
"A VETERAN."
The Oregonian thought that the cap
tion and the text of the article made
it clear that the discussion was of
events leading tip to the battle of. Get
tysburg, and was merely an account of
the status of the war before the de
cisive contest was fought. It Is and
was the intention of The Oregonian to
discuss the hattle proper in an early
issue, and give due recognition to the
commanders of the forces therein.
This complaint appears all the more
singular in view of the fact that Tha
Oregonian critic recently had an article
extolling General Meade and calling
attention to the fact that popular his
tory had not given him his full
deserts.
Disciplining; a Hnsliand.
Baltimore American.
"Madam, I must congratulate you on
having such a pushing young fellow for
a husband." "Yes, George does vcry
well with the lawn mower, but I have a
time with him about the baby carriage."
The Boss at Homr.
Houston (Texas) Post.
"You ought to brace up and show
your wife who is running things at
your house." "It isn't necessary. She
knows."
FEATURES
FOR
SUNDAY
Gettysburg A full pag-e in col
ors on the greatest reunion of
war veterans in all history.
What Happened at Gettysburg
' A stirring' account by a local
survivor of the great conflict.
Capital and Labor Reconciled
A comprehensive outline is
given of the plan put forth in
Europe to Fettle the differ
ences that have so long existed.
Fighting Death Senator Till
man tells of the wonderful
fight he made against tremen
dous odds. lie outlines the
simple rules whereby he won
back his health and escaped
the grave.
In Cowboy Land The four
teenth installment in Theodore
Roosevelt's story of his own
life.
A Mad Literary Idol Strind
berg, "the mad Swede," has
swept the English from their
feet with his works on love,
religion and marriage. His
works are the literary rage
since his comparatively recent
death.
He Handled Millions Two mil
lion per day goes through the
hands of a Portland teller, who
has handled enough money in
his day to pay off the National
indebtedness.
Nurse to the Confederates An
account of the heroic woman,
yet living, who saw service on
the great battlefields of the
Civil War.
Has the Visiting Cook Called?
. She is the latest thing in
kitchen novelties and is valu
able to systematize your
kitchen.
Three Snappy Short Stories
"A Police Court Portia" bv
Belle Maniates, "Au Naturel"
by E. B. Sheldon and "At the
Foot of the Hill" by Mary
Roberts Rinehart.
Many Other Features.
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