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PORTLAND, MONDAY, JULY 2U 1913.
MORE DESERTIONS.
The unsatisfactory happenings in the
Progressive party are not wholly con
fined to a gradually slipping: away of
members to the parties whence they
came. The leaders of the organiza
tion are near a spilt, with little hope
of reconciliation. The break is over
the trust issue, and Roosevelt, Perkins
.and Beveridge are traveling: one road,
the Plnchots, Governor Johnson and
Jane Addams the -other. This inter
esting: information is griven by Walter
Wellman in the New York Sun, and
Is accompanied by a supplemental in
terview with Amos Pinchot, who ad
mits an apprehension over the "ten
dency on the part of some Progressive
leaders to get on the wrong side in
certain economic questions."
In Mr. Wellman's lively account of
the troubles besetting the brotherly
organization of battlers at Armaged
don, Colonel Roosevelt and two or
three others are noted at the head of
a column traveling the road of regula
tion of privilege and monopoly, pro
claiming themselves the only true
progressives, announcing the existence
of bad trusts and good trusts, and rec
ommending regulation of them all with
the firm conviction that all their own
friends are not in any but the good
trusts.
On the diverging path are the Pln
chots, and a few friends also, con
demning regulation as a means of pro
tecting, legalizing and perpetuating
monopoly. They are represented as
looking toward the travelers on the
other path more in sorrow than in
anger. "Isn't it a shame? Why can't
the Colonel see that George Perkins is
fooling him into playing the game for
the monopolists?" they tearfully ask.
There might be some doubt as to the
accuracy of Mr. Wellman's information
as to one point did he not have the
backing of the Pinchot interview.
That Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Per
kins are plodding right down the mid
dle of the road they long ago selected
is not to be questioned. Their idea Id
clearly expressed in the party plat- -form.
The trust plank plainly enun
ciates what was previously accepted
aa the Roosevelt idea on curbing mo
nopoly and privilege. "We do not fear
commercial power," It says, "but we
insist that it shall be exercised openly
under publicity, supervision and regu
lation of the most efficient sort, which
will preserve its good while eradicat
ing and preventing its evil. To that
end we urge the establishment of a
strong Federal administrative com-'
mission of high standing which shall
maintain permanent active supervision
over Industrial corporations engaged
in Interstate commerce. . . ." The
aforementioned point that might be
doubted, were there not direct evi
dence to the contrary la Mr. Pinchot's
relection of tha nlatfnrm
We should say that the Illustration
of two factions diverging at the fork
ing of the roads is Just a trifle inapt.
Rather, Colonel Roosevelt, Mr. Perkins
and Mr. Beveridge have not wandered
from the main highway of Progressiv
lsm as defined In the original pro
nouncements of the party. The other
faction has turned off the pike and is
meandering along a path which leads
to the opposite direction. Says Mr.
Pinchot:
Trust regulation by commission would
prove exactly what public utility regulation
has already shown itself to be. The regula
tor invariably becomes the protector of the
corporation Instead of the public Private
monopoly should not be regulated but abol
ished. No one should be given a license to
rob or exploit his neighbor. Our party must
stand flatly against private monopoly and
commission regulation or lose the publlo
confidence. ... A great opportunity lies
before the Progressive party the oppor
tunity of courageously and consistently
representing the average man and standing
with him always in the age-old struggle
against privilege. The first step in this
programme should be to get our position
. right on the question of monopoly to make
ft plain, beyond conjecture, that our party
will not play into the hands of the trusts
by tolerating commission regulation. This
is the Immediate and absolute necessity with
which we are confronted. I believe that
most of the leaders of the Progressive party
feel exactly as I do on this subject. An
tf they do It is distinctly up to them to
come out very plainly in the near future and
make clear their position. There Is no
reason anyhow why we should hesitate to
admit that we disagree with each other, if
we do disagree.
All parties have their factions, and we
must have ours. We cannot expect that we
will be wholly united in our ideas of what
is best for the country and the party. But
one question must be answered, and that
is whether the progressive wing or the con
servative wing is to dominate, for this
means the life or death of the Progressive
party. . Personally, I have not the least mis
giving as to what the answer will be.
If the Plnchots and- Governor John
son are shedding tears over the way
'George Perkins is fooling the Colonel
their grief is somewhat belated. They
would better have done their wailing
in Chicago last August, Instead . of
singing hymns. Still the fact that
there is defection is not altered by
Mr. Pinchot's tardy Insistence on what
the party ought to stand for. But
one cannot get away from the no
tion that he and his fellow-defec-tlonists
would not have discovered the
lack of radicalism in the Progressive
trust position had the party held to
gether. His Is a complaint, when too
late, that the party programme is not
radical enough.
But if sincerely more anxious for the
welfare of the public than for that of
party, what a distressing thing it
would have been for the Plnchots and
Governor Johnson had the Progres
sives gained control of the Govern
ment. What are now tears over the
Colonel's blindness would surely have
been loud cries of anguish over the
carrying out of that part of the "con
tract with the people" which calls for
licensing one "to rob or exploit his
neighbor."
The latest plan in official circles
to make the National Guard a direct
auxiliary of the Resrular Armv is a
laudable one. The Guard has proved
its efficlence and with further recog
nition and support would provide a
supplementary army of well-trained
soldiers for immediate field service
when needed.
PROVINCIALISM IN HIGH OFFICE.
A situation in Mexico demanding de
cisive action Is met by Secretary of
State Bryan with evasion and senti
mentallsm. He temporizes where he
Bhould act. He writes prettily drawn
peace plans when he could be doing
far more in the interest of peace by ex
ercising his official functions with a
more rigid and uncompromising atti
tude. To National problems he ap
plies principles, laws and a philosophy
that are fit only for community application.-
As Mayor of Lincoln his
course might be well enough. As Sec
retary of State it is lamentable.
England joins Europe in laughing
at our provincialism in world politics.
The Orient interprets It all as a sort
of National weakness. At length we
are asked diplomatically what we in
tend to do about Mexico for which
we ' are sponsor before the civilized
world under the Monroe doctrine.
Eerope is tired of having her people
maltreated and robbed in the mael
strom of perennial revolution. The
foreign diplomats decline to repeat
with Mr. Bryan his suggestion that
those who don't like Mexico move on
to gentler realms.
Having said there shall be no war
while . he is Secretary of State, Mr.
Bryan has set out with the foolish as
sumption that conciliation is the great
preventative of armed conflict. Very
often, the reverse is true. The disre
spect into which Americans have fall
en in Mexico is due to such an attitude
ori the part of the United States. Nor
is our loss of prestige confined to Mex.
ioo.' It is felt among the powers of
the world. In the Bryan attitude
they scent decadence of the Monroe
doctrine. Even now there are evi
dences that European diplomatists and
international Intriguers plan a divis
ion of great prizes on the American
continents. Why not? Mexico bids fair
to provide the window through which
the camel may thrust his nose.
Yet the case Is not hopeless. Mr.
Wilson has evinced an interest in the
situation. Perhaps, recognizing the
unfortunate temperament of his Sec
retary of State, the President will take
an active hand. '
VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE.
A Seattle newspaper published the
statement that the police had received
Information that enlisted men would
circulate around I. W. W. headquar
ters that evening and make decisive
answer to any stigma cast on their
uniforms or the flag. Surely enough,
the men were there and made answer
riotous as well as decisive. The Mayor
then attempted to suppress or censor
the newspaper on the ground that it
had indicated previous, knowledge of
the riot and had incited the disturb
ance. But nothing. It seems, was done
by the Mayor with the Police Depart
ment which, it is Indicated, also had
previous knowledge and took no pre
cautions to forestall- the riot.
A newspaper, we should say, ought
to be commended, rather than pun
ished, for publishing such a warning
if it be based on fact, and it seems to
have been based on fact in this case.
Apparently some spectacular means of
directing public attention from the ad
ministration's inefficiency was deemed
imperative by Seattle's Mayor.
We are. reminded by the incident of
an article in Collier's- lauding a former
Denver -Police Commissioner. This
Commissioner believed that violence
begets violence and carried, out his
theory by permitting the I. W. W. ora
tors to spout and rant on the streets
at will. Mayor Cotterlll seems to have
the theory and the same queer notion
of how to demonstrate it. Assured
ly violence did beget violence in
Seattle. But in the Mayor's eye it was
not . the rabid, Insulting, unpatriotic
violence of the soap-box orators that
begot violence. Dear no. Tour free-
speech theorist never sees violence
except In the enforcement of law or
In legitimate protests against lack
of law enforcement against disorderly
tongues.
The Idea seems to be that the law-
abiding part of the community and
the guardians of the peace ought al
ways to turn- the other . cheek when
constitutional freedoms are abused.
But whether they ought or ought not,
they will not always do it. The doc
trine of "violence begets violence" Is
sound and should be applied to all.
The one who holds it should Jiave
sense to profit by it. To overlook the
effect of violence from one source for
a long period ana hastily to suppress
It from another indicate a singular
lack of mental balance.
CRISIS FORCES ACTION.
Only a threatening National crisis
can drive Congress to pass a measure
obviously necessary to the public in
terest and so simple that but little de
bate Is necessary. The bill amending
the Erdman act is indorsed unanim
ously by representatives of railroads,
of railroad employes and of the com
munity generally. Railroads and their
employes are willing to submit all
their differences to mediation or ar
bitration under its provisions and thus
render even the danger of a railroad
strike a thing of the past. The Sen
ate saw the merits of the bill and
passed it.
But Secretary Wilson, moved appar
ently by the desire to aggrandize his
newly-established Department of La
bor, insisted that the proposed Board
of Arbitration should be subordinate to
his department and induced Represen
tative Clayton to insert amendments
to that effect and increasing the mem
bership of the Board to nine. While
the Secretary held out for his precious
prerogatives and while the House by
unanimous consent did nothing, await
ing the Senate's action on the tariff
and its own committee's report on the
currency bill, a vote was taken to be
gin a strike which would have tied up
the railroads serving half the popula
tion of the United States.
Only the desire of those Imme
diately concerned to avert this dis
aster, not the readiness of Congress
to serve the people, brought about ac
tion. The representatives of railroads
and their conductors and trainmen ap
pealed to President Wilson and
through his Influence overcame the
obstruction ,of Secretary Wilson and
galvanized the House into activity.
How immaterial were the points of
difference , between the two houses
may te Judged from the ease with
which an agreement was reached.
That the inaction of the House was
due to sheer laziness and Indifference
may be inferred from the fact that
the President secured the promise of
action within twenty-four hours.
The House is wasting time for
which the people have paid and whioh
might have been devoted to the pas
sage of much-needed legislation.' For
example, while Representatives snooze
and snore in the House, pioneers fret
out their .hearts in Alaska waiting for
laws which will permit them to go to
work. No private business could en
dure under such methods and this
shameful neglect of public business
does direct injury to much private
business.
JTLY MORN.
Have you viewed Nature's master
piece? It is' entitled "Dawn" and the
setting Is Portland in the first blush
of the new day. It is seen at its best
since the warm, clear weather set in.
Vastly richer In coloring than a Tur
ner, more subtle and wonderful , In
composition than an Innes, infinitely
more inspiring than any effort of the
mere human master, the first moments
of the new day in -Portland provide
a spectacle of unsurpassed grandeur
and beauty. - - - - -
From a mild, pinkish flush at a few
moments before i o'clock the horizon
deepens swiftly t,o a rich red glow.
This is the vivid background against
which the wonderful picture of dawn
is thrown; a picture of magnificent
perspective,- lavish proportions and
prodigal colorings. Blue in many
shades, grays, blacks, purples and
sepia are laid in and blended by the
master hand of 1 Nature, the wjiole
forming g. picture that haunts, the
memory. ,
It is a picture that can be described
or reproduced but feebly. But it can
be seen, and the man who fails , to
barter an hour of sleep for this won
drous picture is losing something
from the best part of life.
GETTING WHOLE OR HALF TRUTHS.
There are two ways of conducting
ah inquiry into lobbying. One alma
lu ueveiup lacis xavuraDie to me con
trolling and discreditable to the minor
ity party. It seeks only half the
truth and a carefully-selected hall at
that. Such is the Senate inquiry. Lob
byists against free sugar were severely
cross-examined, but those in favor
were ignored or allowed to tell their
own story with little interruption.
The House promises a more thor
ough and impartial inquiry, instigated
by the Mulhall confession. It will dis
cover the activities pf lobbyists of all
kinds and all parties. It promises to
give the people all the facts, which
ever way they tend. That is the kind
of inquiry the people are entitled to
have.
But there is a particular kind of
lobbyist whose existence and activity
need the light of publicity. Like Mul
hall, he stalks about lobbies, whispers
to members, meets them in private
and discusses legislation with them,
gives them dinners and automobile
rides. He spends money secretly but
lavishly in promoting the election of
men subservient to the interest he
represents or in preventing the elec
tion of men who favor objectionable
laws or who oppose bills In which the
lobbyist's principals are Interested.
Such men are public enemies who
help to fill Congress with pliant tools
and, after election, bend them almost
at will. Congress should be purged
of thi3 class of men. The House
should proclaim their names, whatever
party they profess to support, for they
are a hindrance and a shame to any
party.
NEW SYSTEM WORKS WELL.
Successful and be'neflcial working
of new methods of government depends
in the last resort on the people them
selves. If the voters keep alive to their
duties to the republic, which are their
duties to themselves, they will choose
leaders who will conduct the Govern
ment in the general interest as dis
tinguished from any private interest.
If the voters go to sleep, the bosses, old
or new, will take charge of the new
machinery, as they did of the old, and
will run It In behalf of the special in
terests which provide the sinews of po
litical warfare. We shall then have
boss-ruled direct primaries and boss-
ruled direct legislation, just as we for
merly had boss-ruled conventions and
boss-ruled Legislatures. The politician
is a most adaptable being, for adapt
ability Is the first essential to his suc
cess, and he can adapt himself as well
to the machinery of direct popular rule
as to that In which he became so ex
pert in manipulating.
But there is no need for the alarm
s"hown by those who have an instinc
tive terror of any change. The direct
ly nominated Senators have been in no
whit inferior to those who were elect
ed by Legislatures. The same may be
said in general of other directly nom
inated officials. Legislatures which
have been relieved of the duty of elect,
ing Senators have shown a larger and
superior output of laws. Direct legis
lation has not resulted in any violent
disturbance of personal or property
rights. We are not badgered on street
corners for signatures to recall pe
titions, and officials are reasonably se
cure in their positions. Those cities
which played with the" recall as with a
new toy have wearied of the game and
will not resume It without good cause.
Commission government in cities has
not bred new bosses or corrupt rings,
and those cities which have adopted it
are so well satisfied that none have
abandoned it.
Then cheer up, Mr. Conservative,
and do not fear that the people who
have built up this republic will bring
it tumbling about their ears. It is not
the best of all possible governments,
but It is the best yet devised by man,
and every change has made it better.
AMERICAN FOREIGN FOLICY.
While President Wilson and Secre
tary Bryan are planning to restrict the
foreign activities of the United States
and to shut the Nation in its shell, a
man who has been trained, by long
residence in the political centers of
Europe and intimacy with the world's
statesmen to include the whole
sweep of international relations with
in his ken, tells us that the time has
Just arrived when we must come out
of our shell and form those entangling
alliances which we have long dreaded
and avoided. This man, H. Morton
Fullerton, in "Problems of Power,"
foreshadows a time when other pow
ers will claim as much say over the
Panama Canal as they now have over
the Dardanelles, and when only a
.strong Navy and strong .allies can
successfully deny it to them.
During the ten years following the
Spanish war, according to Mr. Ful
lerton, the United States "pursued but
half-consclously the policy of intro
ducing her voice into the counsel of
Europe and the world." As examples
of this policy he cites our participa
tion in the Pekin expedition, our de
mand for the open door In China, .our
becoming "a positive factor in the
maneuvers by which the powers
sought to parcel out Eastern Asia un
til they were reminded that that
region was a sphere of Influence of
Russia and Japan," our retention of
the Philippines and Hawaii and our
participation in the Algerian confer
ence. All these "unco-ordinated, of
ten illogical" events, In Mr. Fuller
ton's opinion, lead to the conclusion
that, once the Panama Canal is
opened, the United States, "must
henceforth have a consistent world
policy supported by a fleet adequate
to protect its interests In the Atlantic
and the Pacific." He continues: -
It (the United States) has summoned the
world to Its doors. It must henceforth not
only defend the precincts of its house but
be able to Justify its action with protests
acceptable to its competitors and enemies.
He proceeds to give reasons, and
they are weighty. The United States
holds that the canal will become a
part of our coast line. As such, It
should be fortified and .connected with
the Cuban Naval base of Guantanamo.
But Lord Lansdowne, speaking in the
British House of Lords of Tisrkey's
closing of the Dardanelles during the
war with Italy, said the nations
would have to decide to what extent
a belligerent power, "controlling nar
row waters which form a great trade
avenue for the commerce of the
world," was justified In entirely clos
ing such an avenue. '
The South American States, Aus
tralia and the nations which carry the
world's commerce would find their
interests seriously affected by m the
closing of the canal in case of war be
tween the United States and some
other power. These nations might
protest a.nd appeal to the Hague trib
unal. In that . .event, " the doctrine
might be upheld "that the right of a
state to legislate In sovereign inde
pendence is limited by the right of
other states to see that the Interests
of their own nationals are not in
jured." .. Mr. Fullerton says this ideal
of International relationship tends
more and more to become the aim of
practical statesmen. Our right to
close the canal to an enemy's war
ships or to eject from the adjacent
coast a corporation' preparing to ac
quire territory for transfer to a
foreign power might thus be disputed.
In this contingency, we should be
compelled either to revise the Monroe
Doctrine and its recent extension and
to place the canal practically junder
International control, or to submit to
arbitration a question which we con
sider one of vital Interest, or to fight
for our position. Mr. Fullerton dis
misses without a word the two first
alternatives and advocates "an ex
plicit political understanding with the
British Empire. He finds Identity of
interest between this country and both
Great Britain and France .as competi
tors of Germany, as to control of the
Pacific and on the subject of Asiatic
Immigration. He says that "the most
elementary attempt to preserve the
essence" of the Monroe Doctrine and
to establish it as international law
"will prove to the United States the
wisdom of becoming as speedily as
possible a strong naval and military
power." He continues:
The same self-interest will suggest the
parallel prudence of not doing anything to
alienate the vast imperial community of
men of Its own flesh and blood, who have
become its close neighbors and even a
possible menace to its insufficiently pro
tected borders.
Serious friction about the Panama
Canal with England would preshadow,
to Mr. Fullerton's mind, "an entente
between Berlin and Washington -for
their common defense against British
and Russo-Japanese competition, both
military and commercial." This, he
says, "would upset the entire balance
of power in Europe and result in a
war involving the Interests of the en
tire population of our planet." He
warns us against succumbing to the
blandishments of Germany and recom
mends "a solemn Franco-Anglo-American
pact for the peace of the
world."
The proprietor of a Massachusetts
fireworks factory that went off was
found a mile away, a little dazed, but
unhurt, while the hired men were
scattered over the near and far sur
roundings. Talk about your social
inequality!
Cost of food still advancing-. And,
after hearing Democratic pledges be
fore election, we had hoped to be liv
ing for a little or nothing by this time.
That lone sow that has thirty-eight
pigs to her credit in 'one year has a
problem on her "hands" of making
the children behave at meal times..
The New Haven merger is breaking
up under the assaults of the newspa
pers and the Interstate Commission.
This is a bad season for mergers.
Sheridan kicks aside the burning
embers of its ruins and starts a new
and better town. That's the true Ore
gon spirit.
The Duchess of Fife will marry a
nobleman of limited means. No doubt
he will blow the Fifes for wedding ex
penses. Three boys are walking from New
York to Chicago to attend school. We
wager that no walking records will be
broken.
Panama women want suffrage. If
they use tact and . sugar instead of
declamation and bombs they may
get it.
After observing the hard-worked
and perspiring icemen in action we
respectfully decline to enter the serv
ice. What has become of the old-fashioned-
man with his coat on his arm
and a palm leaf' fan in his hand?
Slit trousers would more than match
the slit skirt for comfort in these
ninety-in-the-shade days.
Again it may be said no man puts
a valuation on his wife's affections
until he has lost them.
A whaling yacht de luxe Is en route
to the Arctic. By Pullman palace to
the North Pole next.
Senator Polndexter has twelve rela
tives on the public payroll. Nepotism
with a vengeance.
Kansas leads with the temperature
at 113. But it's almost that hot in
hades.
The London police have slipped an
other reel on Mrs. Fankhurst.
s
Stefansson has sailed for the frozen
North. Lucky Stefansson!
Near-silt skirts are the latest. We
see little in this.
Even the dog revels in short pants
nowadays.
Happy is the lot of the cold storage
egg-
Sufficiently sultry Z
CITY IS NO PLACE FOR DOGS.
Case Both for and Against Canines Set
Out by Writer.
PORTLAND, July 16. (To the Edi
tor.) Mr. City Dog is before the Jury
of Public Opinion for his life. This
Jury is a democracy. The greatest good
for the greatest numDer is the law
that should guide their deliberations
and decision. Give him a fair hearing.
The dog pleads his own case as fol
lows: ,
"I stand before you the most' highly
developed specimen of my canine spe
cies, physically and intellectually. In
my original state I was as wild as is
my peresent half brother, the wolf.
After generations of diet, training and
environment, I am what I am, univer
sally known as the faithful friend of
man. Therefore, let me dwell upon my
virtues as my opponents will, no doubt,
speak of my faults.
"First I am devoted to my master
and his family. To those who are
friends to me I usually reciprocate. Be
strange to me and I show my ances
tral blood. . I am faithful to my trust
and ward off many a questionable
traveler of whom you know nothing.
Therefore, remember, I have proven
myself your protecting arm as a watch
dog. ,
"Second I am a pet. I love kind
ness without the criticising kick for
my indiscretions. I accept rebuke
from no one but proper authorities and
when administered by others, I usually
take the law In my own teeth. I love
children. They love me. As a pet, I
teach them many essential elements of
character building; love, by my fond
ness and protection; gentleness and pa
tience, because of my dumbness; re
gard for others, because of our play
together.
"Therefore, as a pet and as a watch
dog am I not worthy, of your care in
the city? My argument for existence
as a city dog may be overcome by the
words of the prosecution, because he
will dwell upon my inherent animal
weakness.. But I plead that you
brought me here. Give and send me to
the country, with my life, or else stand
condemned yourselves for ever having
taken me from my wild state."
To which the opposition replies: "Let
us remember the law the greatest
good to the greatest number. Regard
ing the watchdog question, twenty
five dollars will wire the home with
electric burglar bells that never sleep.
No dog taxes to pay; no butcher bills
forevermore. Besides, the .watchdog
theory is only one-tenth practical.
Dogs are kept in nine instances out of
ten for other reasons namely, for
fancy and pets.
"On the pet question no one believes
in It more than I. I am a dog fancier
and love them as few men do. I have
until recent years kept a dog and cats.
For the same consideration I had for
others, and true to my belief, I dis
posed of my fine St. Bernard puppy
and pair of Imported cats. Hence my
right to plead against the city dog.
Upon the farm where free air and
broad fields abound, I was born and
reared. My old faithful dog was at my
elbow by day and my cats at night.
My memory goes back to the treeing
of the squirrel the pointing of grouse,
the hare chase, the baying of the stag,
the bringing in of the lowing cattle,
the watch over the flock and the many
other useful acts by my country dog.
In my heart there Is entwined a nat
ural love for a dog. I heeded the call
of the city and with it has come re
sponsibilities. Babies are now in my
home (a splendid substitute to the
pugnosed lapdogs). I would like to
give my children a dog for a pet, and
some other advantages of my old coun
try home where poverty often peeped.
But city life has its demands. The
soap-box orator takes the place of the
fireside lessons from good, religious
literature. The early morning music
of God's feathered choir on the farm
has been replaced by the song
of my neighbor's lawnmower. My
memory of the lowing cattle, bleating
sheep, squealing pigs, snapping sickle
and sighing trees are not for my chil
dren, and in their stead is the clatter
of streetcars and humdrum monotony
of city life, seeking the selfish end of
money that satisfies not. Outside our
yard, school and church there are few
elevating lessons. The nearest substi
tute is the city dog. But without any
visible means for existence, they are
doomed and rightfully so, for they
prowl at night, steal meat from the
back porches, gather great numbers
of dogs together, tramp up newly
made lawns and soft cement walks.
They are filthy, spreaders of disease,
snappish and too often the cause of
death. With three dogs in my Imme
diate neighborhood, the rest of the par
ents are kept In terror of having the
children bitten. One dog is dead now
with signs of rabies. The others run
at large by thoughtless owners. Sev
eral children, during Winter, were bit
ten after teasing the dog don't blame
the dog. It's, natural. Don't blame the
children it's natural. Blame the
owner. If you speak to them, there
is enmity, and a neighborhood fuss.
My wife is afraid to send one of the
children across the street because of
a bulldog, unmuzzled, occupying the
thoroughfare. Isn't it time to put the
rights of our children and other peo
ple's children above the Tights of
dogs and dog fancier? I am a fancier
of dogs, but first am a fancier of chil
dren and for this cause I forego the
private and personal gratification of
having a big square-jawed, bench
legged bull. If voting would decide
the question, no dogs at all would be
allowed In the city, in which case at
least one death would have been avert
ed and many a mother's anxiety dis
pelled. "In the country, where they are
kept healthy, and are of real service,
it's different. Will not the Jury of
Public Opinion relieve the strain 6y
ridding this city of dogs? A state law
for regulation and muzzling is a'lso
needed." C. NEWTON.
NEW GOVERNMENT MAKES GOOD
Kansas City, Ksnaaa, Shows Improve
ment After Ward-Regime's Misrule.
Kansas City Star.
"Kansas City, Kan., has a tax rate of
69 .cents," said James E. Caton, commis
sioner of finance of Kansas City .Kan.,
at a meeting In Rosedale Monday night,
"and it lives within that tax rate."
Under the old system of government
the politicians kept the tax rate at as
low a figure as possible, but they spent
money far in excess of the revenues.
They issued city scrip which drew in
terest at the rate of 6 per cent and
when the script became a drug on the
market they issued bonds to cover the
indebtedness and took up the script.
As a result of that policy, 13 cents of
the 63 now being paid by Kansas City,
Kan., taxpayers is to pay for the sink
ing fund created to take up such bonds
issued by the - old ward form and to
pay the Interest on the bonds.
Kansas City, Kan., now has a sinking
fund -of $70,000, which is invested in 5
per cent bonds, to liquidate bond issues
as they fall due. This fund is being
added to each year, and will.be suf
ficient to pay every bond of the city
outstanding as It falls due in the fu
ture. Under the old system bonds were not
paid. .They were renewed. It never
occurred to officials under the old ward
form of government to pay a municipal
debt.
"After paying thousands of dollars of
old debts left by the ward council gov
ernment," said Mr. Caton, "creating a
sinking fund to redeem bonds, main
taining an emergency fund of $25,000
for meeting any catastrophe that might
happen to our city, as required by law,
we reduced the taxes last year 25 per
cent without reducing the working
force in any department of the city
government. "
"All this comes," Mr. Caton declared,
"from having a form of government
that makes it its business to see thai
the revenues are honestly collected and
as honestly expended." ,
Half a Century Ago J
From The Oregoniah July 20, 1863.
Last evening the accommodating
members of the Mechanics' Band played
a number of popular airs on the Plaza
for the benefit of our citizens. On
returning down First street they were
agreeably surprised by a courteous in
vitation from Mr. Samuel D. Smith,
proprietor of the Western Hotel, to
partake of a sumptuous supper pre
pared for them.
We received a basket of fine apples
from Mr. George Myers, for which he
will please accept our grateful
acknowledgments. He can rest as
sured that they were duly appreciated
and were quickly transferred from one
basket to another. Indeed, our devil
took in so extensively that he de
clared something was the matter and
retired at an early hour doubled up.
New Tork, July 13. Last evening
1800 formed a mob which is reported
to have increased to 3000. It seems
to have been a preconcerted plan of
resistance to the conscription. At 10
o'clock last night the crowd rushed
into the enrollment office and seized
the books and papers and soon after
ward burned the building. A soldier
belonging to the provost guard was
beaten to death and others were stoned
to pieces and thrown into the ditch.
There was a terrible riot on Second
avenue in which the military charged
and fired several times, killing 15 and
wounding several. About 10 o'clock
last evening a crowd gathered around
the Tribune office and commenced
yelling. A few men attacked and
gutted the publication office, but were
dispersed by the police after firing a
few shots. The Tribune and Times
offices are strongly barricaded tonight,
and have a heavy police force around
them. In front of the Times office
there are small cannon.
WHY BfOT DRESS FOR COM FORT T
We Are Altogether Too Prudish, Sug
gests Ilillsboro Man.
HILLSBORO, Or., July 18. (To the
Editor.) Why do people wear clothes?
The answer Is to protect their bodies
from extremes of temperature and out
ward violence. That covers the entire
field considering the origin of their use
and their relation to health. But In
practice, clothes are used to indicate the
social rank or occupation of the wear
ers, to beautify the form, to hide de
formities and cover up diseases and
bodily defects of all kinds, whether
caused by disease, carelessness or acci
dent. Rank and occupation could be distin
guished about as well by means of
badges as by full uniform, while as a
means of beautifying the form clothes
are a decided failure.
The form may be improved and beau
tified by cleanliness and careful train
ing, but not by covering It up, no matter
how rich and costly the covering may
be. The constant wearing of stuffy
clothing too often results in physical
neglect and the safeguards of modesty
become a breeding place of disease.
If a lavish use of clothing is a failure
from a health or beauty standpoint,
what may be said of Its moral worth?
Is the party who goes booted and but
toned to the ears on all occasions any
better morally than the one who dresses
for health and comfort as the weather
conditions and occupation require? The
Denver policeman might think so, who
sent a young lady In off the street a
few days ago for being scantitly
dressed, although complying with the
edicts of fashion, and if she was on her
way out to pick blackberries his action
was perfectly justifiable. But If she
was merely taking her dally air bath
and wished to avoid the discomforts of
a closed room when everything was
sweltering in the Intense heat, and was
not trying to attract more attention
than the average woman does when she
dons a new hat or gown and sallies
forth in a public place, his course would
seem rather severe. Words and actions
have more to do with people's morals
than the styles of their dress, which are
constantly changing. There is no more
Immorality suggested in a gauzy or
abbreviated gown than in a religious
handshake.
Adam and Eve, according to the Bible
narrative, were not sent out of the Gar
den of Eden for wearing scanty clothing
in publlo places, but for neglecting do
mestic duties and stealing the choice
fruits that the Lord, no doubt, intended
to take to the next horticultural fair
over In the land of Nod.
The prevailing notion that a clean,
healthy, normally developed, though
scantily-dressed, figure of the human
form divine is not fit to be seen in a
public place is an insult to the Creator
and a slap in the face of Nature.
J. EGGLESTON.
CAUSE OF TROUBLE IJf SEATTLE
Blame Placed by Newspaper Sauarely
on I. W. W. and Certain Socialists.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
To try to put the responsibility for
Friday night's disturbance on Secretary
Daniels or any other agency is foolish.
The blame lies squarely with the I. W.
W. and such of the Socialists as main
tain relations with them. The I. W. W.
cheerfully assaulted a little batch of
soldiers and sailors and sent them to
the hospital. When the soldiers and
sailors retaliated in kind it was simply
the consequence or the first assault.
This newspaper has no hesitancy in
saying that the I. W. W. brought this
attack upon themselves. Under the
plea of free speech they nightly de
nounce our Government, our flag, our
police, our soldiers and our sailors.
They preach syndicalism and sabot
age. They urge upon their followers
just those tactics which the crowd in
dulged In Friday night. That is their
own particular theory of government
government by mob. club and torch.
Their conduct has been tolerated for
long. Secure in their privilege of "free
speech," with some real or fancied en
couragement from the Mayor, they have
heaped Insults and unreasoning abuse
upon law-abiding citizens and men of
the Army and Navy. When in a cow
ardly fashion they assaulted five men
in uniform they brought retribution
upon themselves.
Now with a shameless inconsistency
they beg for protection from the very
forces wnicn tney scorn, malign and
insult. They seek the rights of their
despised citizenship; blame the police
and call on Congress. They are fair-
weather rebels, only to play the baby
act wnen paid m tneir own coin.
And as for the Socialists' complaint
that they had no part In the events
which led up to Friday night's out
burst, it is partly true and partly false.
It is the misfortune of Socialism that
it Is not clearly defined; that there are
self-styled Socialists at least who are
not a whit better than the most rabid
of the I. W. W. syndicalists. There are
always Socialists to rush to the rescue
of the I. W. W. The Socialists, in part,
keep bad company. Other Socialists
abhor the I. W. W., as does every sane
person. These law-abiding Socialists
have reason to feel hurt, but they must
recognize in all fairness that a crowd
never mattes line distinctions.
However this may be, the entire in
cldent is to be deplored from Its In
ception to Its conclusion. But in no
possible twisting of syndicalist logic
can the I. W. W. put the responsibility
vi auj " wut mtsuiseives. i ney start
ed the trouble with an unlawful
assault, and that is all there is to it.
Question of Social Rivalry.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"I understand that there are two
rival social sets in this town."
"Yes. One set is composed of people
who have undergone operations for ap
pendicitis and the others have had the
children's adenoids removed."
The Vacation Scoot
(Popular Sons Model A-X-2.3, 130.)
By Dean Collins.
Gee. I look around.
O'er this lonesome town.
And I realize its glory is departing;
All the llvest guys,
If they have the price,
Packing up their grips are for the
beaches starting.
Before it got so hot.
They did the turkey trot,
At Winter balls they tangoed to the
fiddle and the flute,
But with the Summer's call
The people one and all.
Are doing the grand Vacation Scoot.
Chorus: (Repeat until somebody throws
you out.)
That Vacation Scoot!
"Ding-ding! Honk-honk! Toot-toot!"
By trolley or by train
Or by auto car, amain
They are speeding for the beaches Just
as fast as they can shoot.
With bosoms full of yearnings
To spend their Summer earnings:
To frolic on the sand in rented bathing
suit
Ho, everybody's doin' it; -., .
Hit the pike; hit the grit;
Auto through the Sufnmer dust:
Hit the railroad streaks of rust! .
Summer nights;
'Skeeter bites;
Lonesome town;
Sunburn brown;
Limpid rills;
Hotel bills;
(Full chorus: "Boom-boom! Toot-tootfi
Everybody's doln' It
Guess I'll join the bunch a bit
In doin' that grand Vacation Scoot.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan July 21. 1888.
A special meeting of the immigra
tion board was held at 4 P. M. yester
day, C. H. Dodd presiding: present,
H. W. Corbett, F. K. Arnold, I. W.
Baird, Ellis G. Hughes, D. Soils Cohen
and Joseph WaddelL A communica
tion from L, Samuel was read calling
attention to a letter from A. E. Brown
setting forth the necessity of an ex
hibit of Oregon products at St. Paul.
The motion of Mr. Corbett providing
for employment of competent men to
prepare an exhibit was carried.
While we are giving so much atten
tion to the East Side northward to
ward the Columbia River and eastward
toward Mount Tabor it should not be
overlooked that East Portland is extending-
southward along the banks of
the Willamette and ultimately will
clasp hands with the prosperous town
of Sellwood.
The ball game at the East Portland
grounds tomorrow afternoon promises
to be the most interesting of the series
yet played between the Portlands and
Willamettes. Tom Parrott and Dick
Turnbull will, of course, be the bat
tery for the Willamettes, while Burke
and McCarthy, the strongest team the
Portlands have ever produced, will try
and win the game on the other side.
The Portlands will play hard, for if
they lose the game' they lose the $500
put up before the series opened, the
Willamettes already having won three
of the games.
McKee Rankin, by request, repeated
his great impersonation of "49" last
evening at. the New Park Theater to
a delighted audience.
Someone has circulated the report
that the steam motor on the Sunny
side line Is not in competent hands
and that it is unsafe to travel on the
cars. This is entirely a mistake. The
motor is in perfect order and in the
hands .of competent and experienced
men.
Rousing Stick to Stir Sleepers.
Glasgow News. .
In former times the question of peo
ple falling asleep during divine service
was one that greatly exercised the
minds of church officials. - Eventually,
as certain listeners refused to be stirred
by the discourse, It was decided to stir
them up in another way, and the beadle
was deputed to make a round of the
congregation with a "rousing stick,"
with which he was to force attention.
When there, was no beadle, some one
specially was selected to perform the
duty. The old custom was in vogue in
the early years of the last century, for
there is a record of one Betty Finch
"a very masculine sort of woman," be
ing given the office at Holy Trinity
Church, Warrington. Mistress Finch
stalked up and down the aisles during
service, armed with a great stick like
a fishing-rod, which had a "bob" fas
tened at the end of it, and with this she
energetically nudged the sleepers.
Agitators Condemned by Tourist.
PORTLAND, July 18. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been in Portland on more
than one occasion the past few years,
and want to say, that the News and
the I. W. W. have done more to mar
the pleasures of the tourist, the beauty
of your city and keep out home-seekers
than any other dozen things that could
be mentioned. In fact, without them,
your city would be all that a law
abiding home-seek-er could expect.
It Is a pity they have been en
couraged by a former city administra
tion, which only makes it harder for
the new administration to clean up.
TOURIST.
Odd Explanation in a Book.
'London Daily News.
In the Bodleian library at Oxford,
says Professor Thayer, an old manu
script contains this warning: "This
book belongs to St. Mary, of Roberta
Bridge: whosoever shall steal It, or sell
it, or In any way alienate it from this
house, let him be anathemamaranatha.
Amen." Underneath this a later owner
has written: "I, John, Bishop of Exeter,
know not where the aforesaid house Is,
nor did I steal this book, but acquired
it in a lawful way."
r
Help the
Manufacturer,
Mr. Dealer
When a manufacturer spends
money for advertising in local
newspapers, Mr. Dealer, show
him that you appreciate what
he is doing to increase the de
mand for his goods in this local
ity through your store.
Exhibit his wares conspicu
ously in your windows and on
your counters.
Instruct your clerks as to the
"talking points" of his product.
Write occasionally to the
manufacturers with whom you
deal, Mr. Dealer, and tell them
what you are doing.
Also tell them "that if they
Beek to develop sales in this or
any particular locality through
the newspapers, to write to the
BUREAU of ADVERTISING,
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIA
TION, WORLD BUILDING,
NEW YORK.