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TTTT! MOTTNTXG ORECOXTAN. TTTESDAT. DECEMBER 9, 1913. 10 I rOBTUXD, OREGON. Catered at Portland. Oregon, Postotfleo as gecond-clasa matter. Subscription Rate Invariably In Advance (BT MAIX Daily, Sunday Included. ooo yea ... Dally. Sunday Included, eta month! . la!iy. Sunday Included, three months Xatly, Sunday Included, on month . Dally, without Sunday, one year .... flially. without Sunday. elK moothe .. Xatlr. without Sunday, three moatfea Daily, without Sunday, on meatk . . Weekly, one year Fun day. one year Sunday and weekly, ana year (HT CARRIER ...IS on ... 4.SS ... ... .75 ... ... a.-3 ... i- ... . ... l.on ... 2! ... . Ial!y. Funday Ineladed. one year 19 ?? T . i ' Knf1.. InjilndML OallBOBUl ..... -1 uL, - itmit. ..Bend nostofflce money or- eler. express order or peraonal chocs: ow your local bank. stamp, coin or ourrency ere at sender'e rielc ui' naetoriioo in full. Including county and state. Paatage Katew to 16 page. 1 cent; 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents; 84 to 4 paga, : GO ts ft pages. 4 cents; 2 ." nou; 7!) to K2 pages. S centa. Foreign pont age, double ratea. baetera Ba-lnesa Ofneee Verre-. CC"V lln. New York. Brunswick building. CJU cago, Steger building. Mas Francisco Office R. 3. Bldwell Co, T42 Market etreet. TORT LAND, TUESDAY. DEC. . 11. STANDING LIKE A ROCK. ' The Boston Transcript has the) fol lowing highly Interesting atatement from its Washington correspondent aa to regional reserve banks: Boston's chance of getting one of the regional Federal raoerve banks is In some Jeopardy because of the spirited demand of some Democratic Senators In the eaneua to secure the banks for their own localities. Atlanta. Denver and Minneapolis, repre senting Important voting regions, are de termined to secure a bank, and tha feel ing la so strong that tha caucus la said to In danger of trading off one or more of the larger communities like Boston or Chi cago. If necessary, to capture the votes of Senators who are demanding that their home sections torn honored. Tha whole cau cus movement Is largely the log-rolling affair, with this much give and take as over the most rancid public buildings bill. tald Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, the Democratic whip, today: "I feel under tba circumstances that I would be Justified In making almost any eort of a trade to have a regional reserve bank for Chicago, and I think tha pros pects of Boston losing out are Juit as rood." We are- left to assume- that Massa chusetts 'Will be penalized by a Demo cratic Congress for having two Re publican United States Senators at "Washington. Oregon has a metropo lis, Portland, which desires to be des ignated as the location of a regional bank, and it has at Washington two Democratic Senators. But no doubt the Oregon Democratic Senators will be firm as a rock In withstanding Democratic discrimination against Portland for the benefit of Seattle, in a state which lias no Democratic United States Senators, or Los Ange les, in a state which 3emoc ratio Senators. Is not the currency cratic party measure? also has no bill a Demo- i ON MORAL GROUNDS. The Administration's opposition to President Huerta's rule In Mexico be ing based on moral grounds, the New York weekly paper named "Mexico" takes Issue with It and affirms that on moral grounds the Wilson policy should be condemned. It affirms these facts as justifying condemnation: 1 The placing of greater emphasis on antagonism toward one man than on the real settlement of a suffering people's prob lems. 2 By that antagonism helping to ruin a nation, tha vast majority of whose people want only peace. S By that antagonism and by moral sup port giving encouragement to bands of out law, bandlta and desperadoes, who loot. tolackmaU and ravish aa part of the day's work. 4 By expressing, according to undented newspaper reports, personal satisfaction at the temporary successes of the bandits against the forces of law and order. 5 By Instituting a financial blockade, a atarvlng-out process, which although aimed at ona man, has brought great loss and suffering to a whole nation. By watching llke'a vulture the weak ness and struggles of a sick people, and not lifting a hand to help. 7 By permitting the press of the coun try to misrepresent the true conditions In Mexico and our relatione toward them, when suppressed private advices and atate depart ment reports are truly Informing. Nor is there any reason to expect that Mexico's sufferings would be ended by the elimination of Huerta. Were he driven out, what assurance should we have of the establishment of peace and order? Would not Car ranza and Zapata fight for suprem acy? Would the various rebel and bandit leaders cease their ravages? Might not Villa rise against Carranza. as Orozco rose against Madero? If he remained loyal to his chief, what sort of government would it be that depended on such a general? Every battle Villa has fought has been fol lowed by massacre and looting. The New York Sun says he "has a record . of homicides which would make the best record of an American 'killer' look very short Indeed." and that "for the last five years of the Diaz regime Villa was a proscribed bandit, sub fisting from robbery and pillage." Carranza's other generals are little, if any, better. If Huerta's government Is founded on blood, so nvould be one by Carranza or Zapata. The latter is not content to fight soldiers, he blows up trainloads of non-combatants with tiynamtte. The character and conduct of Huerta's enemies do not Justify hope that Mexico's condition under their rule would be at all Improved. Huerta 1s probably all that is said of him, but his enemies are no better. HARDSHIP TO IMMIGRANTS. From time to time the newspapers record an example of hardship In flicted on immigrants through their being ordered deported after rejec tion by the medical examiners at Bills Island. A recent case U that of a woman who arrived with three chil dren. She had been passed by the steamship company's physician at the port of embarkation, but on arrival was found to be afflicted with tra choma and the whole family was held for deportation. Two of the children died during detention and the father. who had been In this country for sev eral years, was compelled to escort his wife and remaining child back to Eu rope at great expense. There is no excuse for imposing this hardship on immigrants and their families. The medical examination could as well be made by a physician attached to the American Consulate at the port of embarkation. The busi ness done at each of these ports Is large enough to justify the employ ment of one or more physicians. Ex amination by the steamship company's physician is naturally unsatisfactory for he will surely give the immigrant the benefit of the doubt in order to please his employers, trusting to luck that the immigrant will slip through at Ellis Island, where the crowd of arrivals is so great and the number of examiners so small that examination is necessarily hurried and far from thorough. The loss suffered by the steamship company Is small, being lim lted to the cost of return passage, but to the immigrant It is serious, prob ably consuming the ravings of years. The diversion of a large proportion of the Immigrants to the Pacific Coast, which wtll follow opening of the Panama Canal, renders this a sub ject of Interest to this Coast. It will relieve New York to some extent and will divide the stream so that the ex amination can be more thorough. But the time to prevent entry of dlseasesd immigrants is before they embark, not after they arrive. WRONG CTT DOWN AT THE ROOT. How much more effective Is consti tutional amendment than recall of decisions In bringing law into har mony with public opinion is shown by the New York Tribune's comment on the effect of the workmen's compen sation amendment recently adopted in New York State. The' Ives case, which Colonel Roosevelt cited as an argument for recall of decisions, arose under the Walnwrlght law. The Tri bune says that law "was framed with the limitations of the constitution in view," and continues: No attempt was made to give the state a complete system of workmen's compen sation for Injuries received In the course of their employment. It was regretfully admitted that in tha faea of tha constitu tion this was impossible. All that tha Walnwrlght commission tried to do was to meet tha eases in which compensation seemed most flagrantly necessary. It was thought that an act providing for tha auto matic compensation of persona Injured In extra-hazardous trades might somehow squeese through tho courts. It did not. Tba Court of Appeals held that even the ease of extra-haxardous trades did not fall within tha police power of the state. If the Ives decision had been re called and If the constitution had re mained unchanged, the state would have been given power to require compensation for Injuries In extra hazardous employments only. The constitutional amendment now per mits compensation In all employments. The impatient man, in his haste to undo an Individual wrong, thus would leave the general wrong unredressed. The patient man, who strikes at the root of an evil, uses the Individual wrong as the ax-wherewith to hew out the roots and to "bring down the whole evil growth. Not because recall of decisions Impairs the dignity and In dependence of the courts: not because it Is necessary to right Judicial wrongs. but because it is reform by piecemeal. Is the measure unwise. We had better by far wait longer and make a com plete lob of the reform, as New York has now done by constitutional amendment. THE LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION. The International Livestock Expo sition, which Is held at the Portland Union Stockyards, grows steadily In Importance. This year there are 800 entries, three times as many as ever before. Part of this increase must naturally be attributed to the expan sion of the exhibition itself, which now admits dairy cows, as well aa beef animals, swine, goats and sheep. The visitor to the exposition, which Is free to the public, may delight his eyes with the sight of many a cham pion cow. pig and sheep. The dairies of this and other states are represented by their most famous inmates. The Jerseys and the hoi stelns are present In the usual num bers, but the Guernseys make a bet ter display this year than heretofore. This breed of dairy cows Is growing in popularity. It is said by some judges to combine the hardiness of the Holsteln with the fine qualities of the Jersey, thus forming an almost ideal breed for the dairy. But in the estimations of its friends every breed la ideal. No doubt the Guernseys have great merits and the development of new herd Indicates that tney are pretty well adapted to Oregon condi tions. The college exhibits form an inter esting feature of the exposition. The Universities of Idaho and California and the agricultural colleges of Ore gon and Washington all have herds displayed. It Is also pleasant to read that there are "Judging teams ot students from these institutions who are competing In Judgment upon the merits of fine stock. Education has traveled a long way from mere "book larnln' ' In these Institutions. No doubt the students know how to make gpod use of books, but they can also use their eyes and their common sense. The education which takes firm hold of the real things of life Is the kind that will best serve the world in the long run. The economic salvation of Oregon, In fact of the whole Pacific region, depends upon the production of more and better stock as much as upon any other factor. We need more dairies, more good beef catle and more swine. For those who undertake to supply the growing demand for these products the rewards are swift and ample. The Livestock Exposition will naturally stimulate an industry which In Its various forms is of fundamental Importance to the country. ' IH MNKSSIJKE PLAN. . . . . . t" r . T-v a f . V. V.lltn W I 'Ut u..i'. - er. ........... Section 3.m of the prrsent charter reads: 1 he Improvement coue mai pruwo "r the giving of not less than 10 days' notice . V. - InLntlnn malra anv I TT1- provement. and of any proposed assessment . . . for same, and the right shall be pre served to tha owners of GO per cent of the property atieeiea py any MKnmcni ior local uiijh 'i i - . . . . - - -- and sewers, to defeat same by remon- stranc The first amendment to b voted on next Tuesday, proposed presumably by an Indi vidual Commissioner ug penunciwt it y -improved by the others, brings street openings and sewers to the same etatua as paving Improvements, and If editorial comment Is correct, would restrict the powers of the Commission by making remonstrance pos sible In these matters wherein It Is barred. But the proposed amendment, which Includea it .11 1. r nmvtaiina nT a clause i ri""i - - - - ordinance In conflict with Its own. reads: 4 Lit (.VUHUil ....... ' j - .i . .ii fn. anw tmnmvemenf lint alter V 1 ..v av. i shall have been Instituted, and before the making of any assessment therefor, to Usua bonus, etc iin J 4 ...... .... . ' - - iAiinKll tn anv kind of Improvement, and to assess the cost thereof to the property penemeo, anu iudjwi m same powers as in tne aoove quotation. tt - ! Ih.u a t.lMna H I, ROt In crease tha powers of the Council greatly ts to argue tuat ine mniuiiv wi it . - i -1 w I n . .4 .ml that mema can db n . ...... .... .. .. tba author or same or nis ivvftnaiu ' - me onijr queuing uch that aven th lawyers ot tne commun ity cannot agree on ua meaning, n is iw . i . . v. . .A i1.fat the par: oi wim"iM " 1 " ' " . -. - - measures and compel the authors In future to mske the woruing clear rniniun to " m derstooa. ucwavjq - Th pnrresnondent's misunder standing may be cleared by the state ment that at present eacn improve ment is bonded separately, while un der the proposed amendment all Im provements would be grouped and re turns from bonds applied to each im provement as money is needed. The provision to which he objects is In tended only to facilitate acquirement of money for a general fund for pros pective needs. Money derived from nnrtloiilac Knnri fasue will lose ltS identity in this fund. It may be ex pended for any other Improvement then under way. By thus using pro ceeds from bonds which are to be gen eral obligations of the city no loss Is occasioned by failure of any proposed Improvement to be carried out the bonds issued Mn advance may be sold as needed and the returns applied elsewhere. Moreover Issuance of bonds does not imply their immediate sale. The plan Is to sell bonds to pay for work only as required. The system will work as well with the remonstrance preserved as without, so bow any lawyer can see a repeal ,by Implication of that safe guard In 'the Improvement code la be yond The Oregonian's comprehension. The city Is to finance all Improve ments from a common fund. Issuing Its own bonds from time to time to replenish that fund and is to hold property benefited as security there for to the amount of the benefit. The amendment provides a guide for the city to determine how much money it will need In the fund but the fund will be so flexible that there Is no possibility of Its becoming topheavy. Likewise the benefits when paid for by the property owners will go Into a common fund for redemption of any bond that has run one year. It la an Intelligent, businesslike system. TAItMXRS AND PABCEI. POST. The parcel post has already been a prodigious success, even under the restrictions with which It was started. and It will be a greater success when the weight limit Is raised and the rates are reduced, as announced by Post master-General Burleson. But it has not come up to expectations in bring ing together the farmer and the con sumer, in spite of the obvious profit to the one and saving to the other which would result from direct deal ing. Mr. Burleson estimates that di rect dealing would eliminate - four profits on eggs those of the country merchant, the commission man, the cold mo rage house and the market man and that the eggs would be fresher when they reached the con sumer than they are after passing through four hands. But farmers have done little or nothing to market their produce by parcel post. They cannot or will not spare time to come to the city and canvass the residents for custom. They have not learned how to pack produce so that it will travel safely by mall. They have not worked out a system of collection. Employment of at least one middleman seems unavoidable. An agency in the city might canvass for orders for a regular supply of dairy produce, fruit and vegetables, forward the orders to farmer clients. Instruct farmers in methods of pock ing, supply them with packages and make and forward collections, less commission. Some ruch machinery seems to be needed in order to initiate the farmer in the use of the parcel post for selling as well as buying pur poses. A profit of $30,000,000 In the parcel post is predicted for the first year of operation, but much of this has been made at the expense of the railroads and Ihe rural carriers. Railroad com pensation has not been Increased, or If it has. certainly not In proportion to the Increased volume of mall mat ter. They suffer doubly, because par. eel past has reduced materially their percentage of express earnings. Against their plea for more pay it is maintained that. In addition to being paid for carrying; mail, they receive an exorbitant rental for mall cars, suf ficient to pay for the cars in two years. The relation of the Postofflce Department to the railroads needs re vision and the rural carriers' pay should be Increased before we can know whether the parcel post Is hon estly paying a profit. THE SOCIAL HYGIENE BOCIETV. The report of the Oregon Social Hy giene Society shows that at the end of its second year it has become a great and powerful organization. The list of its "donors, benefactors and patrons" fills two solid pages of fine print in the society's annual report, while the list of other members oc cupies three and a half pages more. All this goes to prove that social hy giene U a subject of lively interest to the people of Portland and Oregon. For many other places are represented on these lists as well as Portland. Ore. gon City figures conspicuously. Hood River, The Dalles, Corvallls and many other towns have one member or more. The finances of the society are managed as judiciously as its propa ganda. It has received during the year a little more than $13,000 and expend ed a little more than $12,000, so that It has a comfortable surplus on hand. But such surpluses are only too likely to be evanescent. They are here to day and gone tomorrow, for work of this nature is always in need of money. All of the society's bills were paid up to August I. and It has no liabilities. We commend Its thrift to the prayerful notice of other philan thropic organizations. The activities of the society are multifarious and apparently Incessant. Moreover they have been extended to many parts of the state. It seems to be acknowledged that social hygiene needs attention in country villages as much as In the large cities. Home say It is needed most in small towns, where life stagnates and mental in ertia supplies vice with an ideal breed ing ground. Under the head of "Pop ular Education" we learn that the so ciety has given 164 talks to men, glrk", women and boys in business hours. The attendance at these meetings ranged from a single person up to 250 at one of the men's meetings. Of course these gatherings could be held only with the co-operation of the firms where the hearers were em ployed. Such co-operation appears to have been cordial. A long list of busi ness houses is given whose employes were permitted to listen to the speak ers. No doubt they will reap their reward In the enhanced efficiency of their men and women workers. The growth of Intelligence and morality Is an asset of the first importance in manufactures and trade. The Central Labor Council has also co-operated in this good work. With Its approval nineteen meetings have been held before labor unions, with an attendance which In one case reached 150. More than half the meetings drew audiences ranging from 60 to 125 men. There were also meetings "be fore numerous miscellaneous groups of men," where the gospel of social hygiene was preached by competent speakers. Nor docs this exhaust the record of the society's missionary ef forts. They have Invaded the moving picture shows, held noonday meetings for men at two of the vaudeville the aters and carried on .other education al proceedings which must bear good fruit in due season. In co-operation with the public school authorities there have been held a great number of "father-and-son" and "mother-and-daughter" talks, the obvious purpose of which is to establish confidential relations between young people and their elders concerning the vitally im portant subject of social hygiene. In pursuing this line of work, the society's agents ran foul of appalling Ignorance of the simplest physiological facts among half-grown boys. A request was made of the boys who had lis tened to the talks to hand In papers relating to what they remembered. Some seventy-two complied and their compositions "showed the woeful ig norance of these otherwise intelligent young people concerning the whole great field of reproduction and sexual life. Even the simple and beautiful life, of flowers is so unknown to most of them that they fail to grasp clearly the facts aa explained to them." The truth of the mater Is that boys' minds from their earliest years are so stuffed with vile falsehoods concerning the reproductive processes that there Is little room left for real information even when It Is attainable and It Is only since the social hygiene society began its salutary activities that It has been attainable. This society Is doing some of Its most effective work by means of ex hibits and publications. The exhibits include pictures, apt inscriptions, piercing warnings and striking facts vividly presented. The society has kept one permanent exhibit in place, while a movable one has traveled from town to town. It was at Oregon City from the 24th to the 29th of July and attracted 795 visitors. At Dallas on August 27 and 2S there were 239 visi tors, facts which Indicate that the message of the society Is as welcome everywhere as it Is necessary. Tha day of silence and conniving taboo on the subject of sexual hygiene has probably gone forever. It did immeasurable mischief while It lasted, but we have now come to the time of better things. The truth can at last be spoken and printed and only prudes and those who draw revenues from vice make any protest. The opening of the Panama Canal to navigation is now contingent upon the length of time required to dredge out the slides In the Culebra cut. The dredges must work as long as the earth slides, and It may continue to slide, until the rock is bare to the hill tops, but when that time comes we should be rid of the trouble for all time. Better watt a few months and have the canal open "for keeps" than open it too soon and be compelled to close it again by new trouble of this kind. We have waited so long four centuries for the canal that we can patiently endure a brief further delay. The "naval holiday" which the Na tional House of Representatives fa vors so decidedly Is a sort of "God's truce" in building warships. If the great nations all agree to It they will obtain a breathing space. They can pause and consider the inevitable out come of their mad competition and may possibly be led upon reflection to repent of their folly and mend their ways. It Is relative, not absolute, na val strength that really counts. Another prominent young woman has disappeared from New York and It may be the work of white-slavers. If such should be the case, there Is no hope of recovery. Time will come when the white-slaver will be sent to the chair. The New Jersey political revolt against Wilson will hot bo aided by Senator Hughes. Hughes' brother baa been made police cap lain at Manila, and all Is more quiet along the Potomao than It has been In many weeks. Brooklyn Eagle. Are the two facts to bo understood as cause and effect? Mrs. Pankhurst was so pacific as to bo positively dull while In this coun try, but she 'no sooner returns to Eng land than incendiarism breaks out. Did she fpend the American dollars she took back on coal oil? In describing the return home of a local householder, who found a burg lar In his home, the police reporter notes that he "returned to the street to summon help." Gentlemanly po lice reporter. The several thousand foreigners will be protected In all territory under Mexican federal control. But is there room enough In that territory for sev eral thousand persons? Belated passenger trains are arriv ing from storms in East and Middle West. How welcome the eternal Western Oregon green must appear. If you want a real merry Christmas this year go the limit in helping those who can't help themselves. It's an experiment worth trying. There is anything you want to see at the Livestock Show equine, ovine, porcine or bovine, all the finest of the fine. Speaking of real diplomacy, note the manner in which President Wil son finally met the suffragists' com mittee. New Indian tribes have been dis covered In South America. Where upon the troubles of aforesaid tribes begin. Cabinet ladles have finally consent ed to return the call of Congressmen's wives. Gracious condescension. As to that back-to-the-soil move ment, we'll all join it, although many will wait for slow music. Murderer Lopez appears to make up in fighting qualities what the rest of the Mexican people lack. Springlike weather has vanished from the Middle West. But it was still here at press time. Get a new calendar and mark April 14. when Oakland opens the season here. The man who wrote of the "cold, pale moon" looked at her In Decem ber. AH Oregonlans do not care to be Governor. There are other offices. The deacon who dies In the pulpit could not hope for better credentials. An Italian deputy was wounded In a duel. Must have been an accident. Tracks of Lopez have been found, but headed away from the pursuit. This will be the last election day of the year, which Is some comfort. The Queen has not yet culled on the Sayres, but the week is young. Oregon woolgrowers should have something to say tomorrow. Let us hope' the perturbed spirit of Phoebe Cousins la at, rest, IMPRESSIONIST SCI1EMK IX ART CrlUe Sees Tee Free lae of It la Ex hibit at Public Library. PORTLAND, Dec . (To the Edi tor.) I desire to express my opinion of the work of the Society of Oregon Art ists, now being exhibited In the Public Library. There Is much merit dis played in this exhibition, but the Im pressionist school gems to have taken too strong a hold on the work In gen eral to allow the talent of many of the painters exhibiting there to show to the best advantage. Many of them seem to weaken their work by the ex cessive use of color an quantity of paint. One artist displays a fine ma rine canvas (which J 8 quite his best work there). In which he has, to a great extent, laid aside the Impression ist scheme as compared with other of his works. While all of the paintings of this artist are worthy works, they are less meritorious to the degree that the Impressionistic scheme Is employed. The same criticism will apply to many of the works of other arttsts exhibit ing. The impressionist school has its place In art. but when it runs riot to the ex tent that it Is difficult at a distance of 20 feet, so to speak, to tell the dif ference between a subject that mliht be either "An Early Dawn" or "The Death of Cromwell" It Is about time to pause and consider. With, very few exceptions the work of all exhibitors shows to some advantage if viewed at a proper distance, but it should be con sidered that when paintings are dis posed of and are hung in the home, that certain distance required to show the -true effect attached or produced Is not always available, hence to any one viewing such a canvas under these conditions there is only a blurring of color. Remarkable effects are produced along impressionistic, lines when they are not indulged in to excess and I be lieve It would be well for many mem bers of the Society of Oregon Artists desiring their work to show to the best advantage to direct their work somewhat more to detail; to producing the best artistic result. If many of the artists comprising tha Society of Oregon Artists would tone down their impressionistic tempera ments more work of real art and in trinsic value would no doubt result. AN ADMIRER OP AP.T. (OMSIIMTT BACKING IS DOtBTEl) Itealdeat Talaka Rose City Park Dees Not Agree With Mr. Beaker. PORTLAND. Dec. 7 (To the Edi tor.) From the several articl?a on park bonds written by Mr. Seaberg It would appear to an unbiased mind that Mr. Seaberg has laid himself open to the same criticism I made of Mr. Leppcr, viz., that of assuming to speak for a whole community, when, as -matter of cold truth, he, in his official rapacity as secretary of the Rose City Park Improvement League, can only speak with authority aa he is so in structed, and can then speak fur the ac tual membership of the organization, and anything boyond this ts pure'.v gratuitous. The opinion of any equall) Informed private citizen would count for as much. So far as the league Is concerned. Mr. Seaberg is within his rights, for such a resolution was passed opposing the park bonds, but probably no very careful study had been made of the subjoct except by Mr. Seaberg, and mental strabismus often accounts fur wrong conclusions. The Rose City Park Improvement League, as at present reorganized, may have an enrolled membership of 25 o SO of as good people as are out here, but it is not fair to assume or let the impression go out that the league is speaking through Seaberg for the wholo of this great section, fur it is not so. I don't imagine that it even entered his head that to light the parks well would have any bearing on morality. Mr. Seaberg's expression "Goddess of Liberty lights" shows how little real thought he has given the matter. Commissioner Brewster is too wise to install any Goddess of Liberty statues in our parks. There will be some votes for the park bonds In Hose City Park. O. G. HUUHSON. 59S East Fifty-second street. DOWX THU COLUMBIA. Drifting down Columbia River. Where it flows to join the seu. Winding with a glinting quiver Thro' the hills so tranquilly. Musing over many things. While she holds the tiller strings. I am but an idle rover. So I linger with her yet. Watching blue eyes glancing over At my somber silhouette (,itnned upon the lucent stream. Where the sliver minnows gleam. She. a little bashful maiden. Scorning wealth and title, too. Trusting me to find that Aiden, , Where no lovers may pursue. So we loiter where we list. Happy in our troth and tryst; Where is happiness. I wonder. If the effort prove In vain? Surely we must drift asunder. Nevermore to meet again Heart, be still! I may not fear Law of man Intruding here. Gentle winds are sweetly wooing L.isplng leaves on either aide, Flll'd with fluttering and cooing. Where the little rltiar-dovea bide. Sunlight arrows slanting thro'. Tint the schoals an amber hue. Gilding pools and placid places. Where the water lilies bloom. Where the spider's slU.cn laces Scintillate athwart the gloom. Bobolinks with Joyous song Greeting as we pass along. Leaving fleecy flocks untended. Comes the shepherd with his crook. Mowers, ton, with blades suspended. Pause awhile, and wondering look. As we drift along and pass Thro' their fields of luscious grass. Wider grow the reedy reaches. And the sky grows wider, too. Blending with the brimming beaches Into pearl and purple hue. While the lark ascending sings. Spilling music thro' his rings. Hark! I hear a distant walling I'ierclng thro' the breakers' sound. So I know we'll soon be sailing Where the gulls are flying round; Bonnie blue eyes bolder be When they great the open sea. Now the breeze Is blowing strong. Turning to a jolly gale. Wo must loiter here no longer: We. must hoist our little sail. This is where Ah, cling to me! Where the tide la running free. Courage dearest! In the distance Lies the haven of content. There our love without resistance Shall like sky and sea be blent, Hope's fulfilment nevermore. Wrecked uuon a hostile shore. G. O. FREEMAN. Portland. Or. Orlslw of "Ilobaoa'n Choice. Kansns City Star. Many curious stories of the origin of populnr phrases nre given in "Every day Phrases Explained" (Pearson). It is related that "Hohwn'i choice" arose from the fact that llobnon, a noted car rier in Cambridge, would only let out his horses and coaches for hire in ro tation, refusing to allow his customers to choose, a customer being compelled to take the ho rue nearest the door. Thus It become customary, when any thing wu 3 forced on one, to siy VHob son's choice. (OIBT DECISION IS SOUND. BUT Jadge Lowell Believes Conatltotloa l adnly Restricts RegUtmtloa I.aw a. PENDLETON. Dec t. (To the Edi tor.) I observe that the Governor of the state has very properly designated an election laws commission, and I as sume that this action arises because of the opinion of the Supreme Court recently handed down declaring the registration law of 1913 unconstitu tional and void. Doubtless every lawyer In the state, and probably a great many laymen, knew when that law was placed upon the statute books that the Supreme Court would be obliged to hold it un constitutional if it ever reached that tribunal, but notwithstanding that fact, every citizen who desires fair elec tions believes that the law was in herently correct, and that something of tha kind is absolutely necessary in the state. Our constitution was adopted at a time when the state was sparsely set tled, and when there was presumably no thought of the necessity of regis tration. Section 2 of article 11 pro vides as follows: Section 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this constitution, every clt laen ot the United States ot tha age ot 21 eara and upwards, who shall hare resided In tha state during tha six months Immedi ately preceding such election, and every person of foreign birth of the ago of 21 years and upwards, who shall hare resided in this state during the six months Im mediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his or her intention to be come a citlaen of the United Slates ona year preceding such election, conformably to the ians of the United Fiates on the subject of caturallxatlon. shall be entitled to vote at ail elections authorised by law. An examination of this language will make it appear to laymen as well as lawyers that the Supreme Court is correct, and that so long as the con stitution thus speaks no comprehen sive registration law Is possible, be cause the right to vote is aruaranteed to certain people without restriction in clear and unmistakable lanaruage. What is necessary, and. indeed, all that is necessary. Is for the people to amend by Initiative the constitutional provision above quoted by adding the following proviso: Provided, however, that the right to vote shall be dependent wpon compliance with such recietra:lun requirements as the Legis lature may from time to time t.nact. The primary object of this letter, however. Is to arouse some public in terest In a further amendment to sec tion 2 of article 11. aforesaid, and that is to strike out the following clause: And every person of foreign birth of the see of 21 years and upwards, who shall have resided In this slate durlrg the s;x months Immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his or her Intention to Leoome a c'tlten of the United Bttes one rear preceding such election, conformably to the lns of the United States ua tho sub ject of naturalization. . . . Thus denying the ballot to foreign-born persons until such time as they shall have completed their naturalization under the law. Votlair upon the first naturalization papers Is neither a good nor a aafe practice. It certainly Imposts no serious burden upon our Immigrants to require complete naturalization before placing upon them the responsibilities of the ballot. STEPHEN A. LOWELL. LOTFS KISS. Love's kiss; they are but two short, simple words. Said without effort, costing scarce a And yet. within their slender bounds is heard A strain that sweetens life, makes tranquil death A strain of Joy so rich that they who miss Its harmony have lost exquisite bllsa Ah! who can tell the feeling, who can mark Tho tide of rapture, that o'erflowa and swells In such bright waves of light; all else seems dark. And conscious only of the bliss that dwells Sole monarch of two hearts, throned on each soul. Most willing subjects of the sweet con trol. With slow and gentle touch the hand is clasped. A sense of pleasure, quick, thrills through tha frame. They see that In each other's eyes is glassed Love's torch, just lit. and bursting Into flame, nd gazing thus into each other's eyes. Their language, eloquent, is long-drawn sighs. Those sighs Increase, still tighter clasp their hands. Their fascinated eyes deep gaze to gaze: More near, till by each other's warm breath fanned. All sense Is lost in that entrancing maze. Like the bright beams that herald com ing morn. Thus from such rapture Is the love kiss born. Resistless as the stone hurled from the sling. Or steel attracted by the loadstone's power. The mingling breath and eager lips do cling As if they ne'er would part; ecstatic hour! Why fly so fast? Tla crul to dissever The lips that fain would cling and kl-s forever. Intoxicating joy. mucnetlc thrill. Intense! It seems an agony of bliss. Each nerve a world of rapture seems to rm. Earth, heaven. life, love, all. seem resolved In this: Like rays caught In one focus from above. Condensed in the burning kiss of love. PHILIP F. ROSENTHAL, Upa and Dowss of aa Elevator Bey. Goln up! No. It ain't a bad perfesslon When you gets to know your Job. I c'n run this elevator Good as any other slob. An' I meets a lot of people. Some that smiles an' some that frowns. Every job's got good an' bnd points This one's full of ups an' downs. Goln' down! Goln up! ' She's a classy little chicken. There ain't no stenographer In the buildln' got a ficger. Or can drape it.-Just like her. An she's pretty as a pitcher Jet-black hair an' eyes soft brown. I've done my bent tr flag her. Goln' up while she voes down. Ooin" downl Goln up! She comes down to work each mornln'. Anywhere from half-past eight To nine o'clock or later: But I'm always just too late To be down on the ground floor An' ready when she's there. An I pasa her when she's goln" up, A-flyln" through the air. Goln' down! Goln up! I'm not a pessimistic Or a hard luck kind of guy. But my disposition's sotirln. 'Cause, no matter how I try To make the right connections. I get stung. It makes me sore. Tm always flyln' upward. When she's waitln' at her floor. Ooin down! Ralph Stanley In Judge. Iter Hssbisd's Treasurer. Chicago Record-IIeraUI. Many a woman finds it exceedingly difficult to give her husband a liberal allowance out of his salary. Twenty-five Years Ago From Tha Oregonlan of Dee. 9, 19M. Olyinpia, Dec 8. I. C Ellis, Repub lican, has filed a contest of the election of his competitor for Representative, ilr. Fredson. Spokane Falls. W. T.. Dec . The citizens have called a mass meeting for Tuesday evening to take action in regard to the early admission of tha territory into the Union. The horse harnessed to C A. Malar key's delivery wagon ran away while he was feeding in front of the flsn market yesterday. The evangelist, D. L. Moody, and his helper, Mr. Wlnslow, arrived- from Walla Walla last night. Division Superintendent J. Q. Bar low, of the Union Pacific. Is at the Merchant with a party of 21 engineers and linemen. Rer. George W. Foote. pastor of Trin ity Episcopal Church, has gone to San Jose. Cal to reside, having resigned James Terwllllzer. Esq.. bought yes terday through M. G. Griffin 3S feet on the west slue of First street between Sheridan and Williams avenue for iZOW) ca.sh. Mrs. Churchill, of Drain Station, ar rived in town yesterday. She was on the lookout for her daughter. Nellie, who had eloped with Bud Scammon. of Goldendale. A telegram intercepted them at Troutdale. whence an officer brought tacm to this city. Nellie lis tened to her mother's advice and. to gether, they went back home. She Is a comely little lady of nearly li. Mrs. Churcaill forgave the ambitious suitor and assured him that, when Nellie was old enough, he should have her. Tba Willamette Bridge Railway Com pany received three cars yesterday iroru Hammond oi Co., San Francisco. Mrs. James Humphrey has returned from San Francisco, preferring Oregon to California. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of Dec. . 15SJ. We condense the following Items from the lioiee N?ws: A man named Kittridge was chut and killed at Pla cerville Irf -a dispute about a mining claim. A rich loue has been discov ered near Bannock, on Bear Hun. Good o i in Lra are said to have been found between the headwaters of Moore" Creek and North Boise. A train of "Z wak'on loaded with flour has arrived from t-alt Lake. The wagons carried from m.i00 to tt'J"0 pounds each. The flour co5t 13.50 per hundred at Salt Iake and was freighted through at ts per 100 pounds. It brought JJ1 at Bannock. The Walla Walla Statesman learns that there was great excitement on l ie arrlvai of Hie Idaho murderers at Lew iston. but that no fears were enter tained c an outbreak. Mr. Beaohey wa? received with three cheers by the citizens. We yesterday heard a proposition discussed to establish a line of canoes and inudboats In our afreets, a la street rail cars In other prominent cities. Several citizens constructed substan tial buikheails at their street cross ings, upon which travelers could walk comparatively dry-shod. ' The ram storm of Sunday night floated con siderable lumber, which had been de voted to thu public use of sidewalk and street. Article.-, of incorporation were filed yesterday by the Daly Gold & Silver -Mining Company. William A. Daly, John MrCraken. If. D. Green and P. c. Sriuyler. Jr.. incorporators; Columbia Gold & Silver Mining Company, H. P. tureen. P. C. Schuyler. Jr., and Jotiah Jlyriik, Incorporators. Lnst nisht was eminently a social IilSliL. Tho ladles of the Presbyterian congregation gave a social at the ves try, the proceeds to be contributed to ward cushioning the pews of their new church. Tho ladles of the Episcopal congregation gave a social to aid in cushioning the pews of their new chnpel. School taxpayers can be accommo dated with reecipis at the intelligence office of Parrlsh & Mulkey. -If I Had Kaoww." If I had known in the morning How wearily all the day The words unkind Would trouble my mind I said when you went away. hud been more careful, darting. Nor given you needless pain. But we vex "our own" With look and tone We might never take back again. For though in the quiet evening You may give me the kiss of peace. Yet it might be That never for me The pain of the heart would cease. How many go forth In Hie morning That never come home at night; And hearts have broken At harsh words spoken That sorrow can ne'er set rlght. We have careful thoughts for the atranner. And smiles for the coining guest; Hut oft for our own The bitter tone. Though, wo love our own the best; Ah! lips with the curve Impatient! Ah! brow with that look of scorn! 'Twere cruel fate Were the night too late To undo the work of the morn. Margaret E. Sangster. The Disobedient Lamb, London Pelican. A teacher had been telling a boy the story of a disobedient lamb that waa eaten by a wolf. "You see." she said, "had the lamb been obedient t;l stayed in the fold, it would not hsvo been eaten by the wolf, would It?" "No, ma'am." answered the boy, "it would have been eaten by ua." Telling a Nation What'sWhat New England speaks Its message of mills and factories to the Great West. The West tells the East and the South of Its grain, its fruit, its meats, and its food-stuffs. The East and South repeat in turn the stories of the products they make for. the good and up-keep of mankind Daily, the advertising columns of The Oreronlan and other Rood news paoers throughout tho land tell a Nation what Is going on what ts belnsr doni to make living more worth while. Newspaper advertising In reality builds cities, puts new life into lo calities, and Vires the individual to greater and better effort in his stK.le of progress. To some this may seem a bit boastful. But no reader of The Orenonian who considers his news paper advertising seriously can fall to realize tho tremendous power it exerts throughout this community. Newspaper advertising is a Na tional distributer of facts and in formation which none should neg lect. As a most vital force In the Nation it is recognized alike by manufacturer, prodveer distributer, n. r'hant and the public. Adv. A L 0