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FORTLAXD, S-WTBDAJC ATRU. 11, 191-
BCTING COIyOXBLft'S tiOOr- WILL.
Colombia is to be paid $25,000,000
by the United States as a salve to
the wound her feelings received by
the secession of Panama. We are to
obtain no concessions in exchange
for this sum; it is simply the price
we are to pay for- Colombia's good
will after having incurred her ill will
by recognizing the republic of Pan
ama, and by paying that republic for
the canal concession, the sum which
Colombia had scornfully rejected, but
which, wheat too late, she offered to
accept. We get no Atrato- River con
cession, ajid no- coaling, stations as we
should: have got vuider the treaty pro
posed', by President Taft. We get Co
lombia's gaood. will and clear our sen
sitiva. console rite of any qualms grow
ing out of our conduct on the
iRthirrus. By implication we admit
that, our conduct, was. reprehensible.
There- are two -versions of the
events- leading up to this treaty. One
represents- Coiomhia. as an innocent
and. -deeply wronged, people; the other
as a, nation beaien in a great black
mailing; scheme. Colombia claimed
that she- was entitled to. compensa
tion, aside from the Jl 0.000.000 cash
and the J25O.0OO- a. year she was to
have received; under the- Hay-Herran
treaty, and that this compensation
should come eithetr from the Unit
ed: States or tlie New Panama
Canal Company. '.That company had
acquired both, the canal concession,
which required payment of a share of
the profits to Colombia, and the rail
road concession, for which Colombia
received Jl.000,000 cash and J250.000
a year. This annual payment was to
have continued for 99 years, after
which time the road was to have re
verted to Colombia. The canal com
pany owned- the majority of the rail
road stock and sold it with the canal
to the- United States.
Under the terras- of the conces
sion it could not be transferred with
out Colombia's consent, for which
Minister- Concha, in 1902, came to
Washington instructed to demand
from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000; cash
and an annual subsidy of Jl, 000, 000
a year from either the canal com
pany or the United States. Mr,
Concha's successor, Mr. Herran,
came down to the terms finally ar
ranged when Senator- Cullom warned
him. that the United States might
seize: the Isthmus on the ground that
the canal was needed as a world
utility. The treaty was signed- on
Jtwiuary 22, 1903.
'o man can say Colombia was not
fully warned of tho probable conse
quences of refusal to ratify the treaty.
But Colombia was determined to
squeeze all it could out ef a., bank
rupt concern which was unable to
finish the enterprise and: which was
selling its assets for a fraction of the
amount invested.
A congress was elected in Colombia
early Hi 1902 in the manner usual in
South .America. Mr. Bunau-Varilla
held Colon. Tb Cleveland Adminis
tration criticised Captain Keane, of
the Galena, for not having prevented
righting at tbe latter place. The
United States landed troops at Pan-
ajnav which arrested tbe rebel leader
and compelled him to sign an agree
ment not to tight in Panama. When
government troops arrived the Amer
icans forbade them to disembark. Mr.
Bunau-Varilla says:
This established tbat In tho eyes of th
American, authorities the obligation result
ing from the. treaty-- of 184C was. to arevent
by fore- of arms all conflict on the railroad
tine.
All Mr. Roosevelt need do was to
follow established precedent as to the
interpretation of that treaty and. Pan
ama might become free to. arrant us
the canal concession. Knowing that
a revolution was probable. he. ordered
warships to the isthmus and obtained
information a to means of defending
the territory. He followed precedent
by preventing; the Colombian troops
from going from Colon to Panama to
attack the rebels and b-t compelling
them to depart- for Cartagena on No
vember 5, 1903. The same- day the
United States recognized the. new re
public and os November 13 Mr.
Bunau-Varilla was received as- its
Minister by Mr. Roosevelt., i'ive days
later the canal treaty with Panama
was signed.
This is how Mr. Roosevelt "took"
Panama. He simply followed the
precedent established by a Demo
cratic predecessor and took prompt
advantage of circumstances to obtain
that which he had vainly endeavored
to obtain by friendly negotiation, with
Colombia, He might have seized the
canal route- under the implied rights
given by the treaty of 18.4 S and left
the price to be settled at leisure by
arbitration. He considered himself
absolved' from showing consideration
for Colombia by the. grasping pro
pensities and the- intended- bad. faith
of that republic's rulers. Had he
yielded to their demands, he would
have imposed on the commerce of the
world a burden which would; have
grown heavier century by century.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan now propose to pay to Colom
bia a. large part of the. blackmail
which Mr; Roosevelt refused, to pay.
says:
The elections in Colombia are what the
party in power wishes to make them. For
the most piart they are but sham elections.
A dotachmant of soldiers spontaneously take
the place y? the electors anil pack: the balr
lot box wiun votes.
The- treaty was unanimously- re
jected by the Colombian Senate on
August 13, 1903, after the leaders had
informed Minister- Beaupre that it
would be rtatifled if the canal com
pany would, pay $15,000,009 for the
right to transfer. On August 29, after
the treaty had been rejected, a mo
tion was maide naming as terms of a
new treaty payment by the United
States of 20. 000.000 eash and a ren
tal of MOQ.OOO a year until 196T,
after which -date the amount was to
be increased 25 per cent every cen
tury. If these terms were rejected the
scheme was. to delay action until after
October 31, 1904, when tho original
concession would expire, and then to
declare invalid the six-year extension
from that date which had been
granted under dictatorial rule, the
theory being that the Congress had
authority to annul this decree. After
the Panama revolution Mr. Beaupre
cabled an offer from President Reyes
that if the United States would pre
serve Colombian sovereignty on the
Isthmus he would declare martial law
and then ratify the treaty by decree.
or would call an extra session of Con
gress "with new and friendly mem
bers" to ratify the treaty. In other
words he would pack Congress in
favor of the treaty as it had
previously been packed against the
treaty.
President Roosevelt was reluctant
to adopt the alternative Nicaragua
route, under the authority of the
Spooner law, for he was convinced of
the superiority of the Panama route.
Another was suggested by John Bas-
sett Moore in an interview with Mr.
Bunau-Varilla. who states reasons
for believing it to have been recom
mended by Mr. Moore to Mr. Roose
velt. This was to claim that the
treaty of 1846 with New Granada
(now Colombia) granted the right to
dig the canal. That treaty provides
The government of Granada guarantees to
the Government of the United States that
the right of way or transit across tha isth
mus of Panama by any mode of communica
tion that may already exist or that may be
hereafter constructed shall be open and free
to the Government and to the citizens of the
Vnlted States.
Thus Mr. Roosevelt could Beize the
canal route under the treaty of 1846
and leave the question of payment to
future settlement. He certainly had
the courage to do so, but from
many quarters he learned that a rev
olution was brewing on the Isthmus.
Mr. Herran telegraphed to Bogota
that threatening statements made by
Mr. Roosevelt in private conversation
indicated he would indirectly favor it.
Mr. Bunau-Varilla shows how he
could do so consistently with prece
dent. In 18S5 a revolution broke
nut and the revolutionists captured
Panama City, while the government
Blil
President Wilson Is popular, un
doubtedly. Everybody says so. The
Democratic orators tell us all about it
with undiminished vigors and. appar
ently with undiminished enthusiasm.
It appears to be a. fact, however., that
some persons are fearful that some
other persons will not believe It, for
every Democrat everywhere, protests
on every occasion, tbat it is so We
wonder if the lady (viz., the Democ
racy) doth protest too much?
The Wilson popularity- appears to
have, reached what may be described
as the "but' period. A study of the
recent to Us debate in the House, made
by the correspondent of art Eastern
newspaper, revealed, the- following: in
teresting uniformity of expression; and
qualification:
Mr. Harrison, of Mississippi Tho Presi
dent of this Nation la a patriotic, sincere
and able man-. tfce la. in my opinion, in
great-eat president this Nation- has
slnr-o. tho days of Jeftrson. But
Mr. Knowland, of California I entertain
a high regard for the President of the United
States. H.is patriotism and honesty or pur
pose I would not- attempt to question. But
an 0'4haunessy. of Rhode Island- On of
the greatest Presidents this country has
ever seen. I bow- to his magnificent states
manship in many matters. But--
Mr. Flood, of Virginia His wide vision,
his- extraordinary acquirements, his acute
Insight Into the heart of economic, political
and international questions. Therefore
Mr. Stephens, of California I honor- ana
respect President Wilson for his- honesty and
incerity. 1 have commended him often; so
as every member of Cortgrew. But
Mr. Curry, of California The President la
an exceedingly erudite, well-meaning, kindly.
polished gentleman; more highly educated
and possessing mora knowledge, if aot more
wisdom, than any of hia predecessors. But
Mr. Pou. of North Carolina Ma would pre
serve the honor and good name of -bia coun
try. He would preserve inviolate tha con
tracts his predecessors, hava made. There
fore
Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York The result
attained during his brief incumbency- of bis
present office hava awakened hope in the
hearts of many- patriotic men who ware
despairing of the useful continuance of our
ree institutions. wUlla the achievements of
our party under his enlightened leadership
have been little leas than marvelous. But
What next for the popular Presi
dent with whom so many of his loyal
followers disagree?
POOR LAFFEBTY.
The aristocratic Mr. Lafferty, Con
gressman, from Oregon and "friend1
of labor, is quite unable to worry
along on 17500 a year and the usual
Congressional perquisites, without the
most rigid economy." as he dolefully
describes it. Mr. Lafferty practices
economy by living at the exclusive
and expensive Army and Navy Club,
having moved thither from a sump
tuous hotel. Finding he cannot make
both ends meet on 17500 a year, he
demands the perpetuation of the mile
age graft, which many honest and
scrupulous Congressmen desire to
suspend.-
But not Lafferty. He travels from
Washington to Portland and from
Portland to Washington in luxurious
palace cars and draws 20 cents per
mile from the Government for the
round trip a total of something like
$1400 yet he hardly reaches his ele
gant quarters in his Portland hotel at
the middle of his Journey, and takes
his bath, manicures his nails and pol
ishes his patent leather shoes before
he gives out to a waiting world a yarn
that he has been obliged to travel to
his home on a second-class train,
along with the immigrants.
The special session of Congress last
December merged into the regular
session, and members were unable to
go to their homes during the recess
yet the greedy proposal is neverthe
less made that the Congressman is
entitled to his mileage; and Lafferty
demands his share of the spoils.
If Lafferty, with no family.
home and no visible dependents, is
unable to live in Washington on S7500
a year, he ought to be relieved of th
struggle for a precarious existence in
official life.
make up for loss of coast-to-coast
traffic by the increase in traffic be-
ween interior points and the coasts.
The canal will stimulate shipment of
such Western products as canned
goods, dried fruits, lumbcrr and other
products to Europe. He expects the
canal to prove an aid to world peace
by making our Navy a unit and by
enabling war vessels of otruer nations
to reach their destinatirsns more
readily and thus to forestall trouble.
Mr. Shonts opinion is crrjefly re
markable for the admission tjiat rail
roads will not suffer by canal compe
tition. Railroads opposed construc
tion of the canal through fear of such
competition. They now covertly op
pose exemption of coastwise vessels
from- tolls from the same motive.
When their treasuries are enriched
by the. dense traffic between the
coasts and interior points they may
desire more of it. Then they will re
gret having helped to discourage it
by opposing coastwise exemption.
VSJNO TltE PARCEL POST.
The efforts of the Postoffice De
partment to make the parcel post a
useful as possible- should receive sup
port from both producers and con
sumers. It is now possible to send
farm produce in convenient parcels
at very low rates. The Postoffice will
not only transport the goods, but it
will deliver them and collect the pay.
Preparations have been made for an
extremely useful service if only the
public will avail themselves of it.
They are not yet doing so for many
reasons. Old habits no doubt staml
in the way. It takes a long time for
people to realize what an efficient
and economical instrumentality the
Government has provided for them.
Farmers will no doubt continue to
ship- their produce to middlemen anil
consumers will pay out their "good
money tor inferior articles for a long
time to come. Fundamental changes
usually evolve slowly. But it is possi
ble to hasten them a little.
The postoffice has compiled lists of
farmers who are willing to ship food
to city people by the parcel post.
Thexa lists, are. at the service of any
body who will ask for them. Lists
are also being made of the names of
people who wish to obtain produce
direct from farmers, and these will
also be given out freely. Thus it is
hoped that consumer and producer
will be brought into friendly commu
unication to th-e. benefit of both.
But something more is needed, than
this. There shoujd. be a propaganda
throughout the city to organize parcel
post clubs. Similar work is needed in
the country. It is not sufficient to of
fer advantages to. the public. People
must be taught and. urged to use
them. There is no better work for
the- missionary spirit of the Civic
League than this.
JUSTICE ANT JUSTICE.
It Is notable how. much more effi
ciently the. British government deals
with the suffragette than it does
with the bold rebels who. are defying
it in- Ulster. The leaders of the re
bellion against home rale openly col
lect arms, drill soldiers and utter the
most outrageously treasonable threats
against the government. Tet thus far
none of them have been disturbed. In
one or two. instances Mr. Asquith has
made meek concessions to them
either Sir Edward Carson nor any
f his fellow conspirators has seen the
inside of a jail. There has been no
ccaston to feed them forcibly', nor
have they been driven to seek an asy
lum in. France.
With the suffragettes the case
stands far differently. Although their
disobedience has gone no farther than
break a few- windows and set Are
to a house or two in remote rural dis
tricts, they have been handled with
severity. Their meetings are forcibly
dispersed. They are arrested on
every provocation, and bundled, tnto
Jail, where, if they refuse to. eat, they
are fed forcibly.
Little, as any one may admire the
suffragettes, it is Impossible not to no
tice the difference between the kind
of Justice that is meted out to them
and the kind the Ulster rebels receive.
How shall we explain the contrast?
It Is easy enough to do so. The Ul
ster traitors belong to the British
aristocracy. Their cousins, uncle
and family friends are in the Cabinet
and in both houses of. Parliament.
Many of them have all sorts of rela
tions in the army. To punish them
for their rebellion weuld be to lay
hands, upon the sacred aristocracy of
the realm. Hence they commit their
rimes with impunity.
But the suffragettes are nobodies.
Some of 'them perhaps could claim
kindred with the aristocracy, but for
the most part they are very humble
persons. Their cousins are not lords.
Their uncleg. are- not in the govern
ment. It is reasonably sale, there
fore, to punish their misdeeds, and
British Justice wears its severest
frown when, they are brought into
court.
divert from New York business
which natursUly flows thither. It will
divert bualmisu which the old reserve
system artificially drew thither. It
will prevent money from being at
tracted to Wall street for stock spec
ulation which, without that artificial
suction, would have been applied to
other uses of commerce. The evil of
he old system wan twofold. It of
fered a premium, on lending of money
on .call, and thus stimulated stock
speculation unduly. It thereby di
verted capital from trade and com
pelled trade to pay higher Interest
competition with the stock mar
ket. That condition will cease.
The present districting it not final.
for the Federal Reserve Board may
from time to time readjust it, and un
doubtedly will do so. As the working
of the system shows it to divert busi
ness In any locality from its natural
channel, local pride will yield to busi
ness convenience and will consent to
readjustments. The board may cor
rect the most glaring errors of the
committee Immediately after its or
ganization. Others may be corrected
as the working of the system reveals
them, and further changes will be
rendereH necessary by changes in the
course of business as the country and
its commerce develop.
shoxts" opixioj of Tins canal.
The opinion of Theodore P. Shonts
on the effect of the Panama Canal
on commerce is valuable, because be
Is qualified to speak both from hav
ing had the direction of canal con
struction and from being an expert
enced railroad manager. He looks
for the Pacific Coast ports to become
great distributing centers with steam
ship lines which can give as prompt
delivery to goods from Atlantic an
Gulf ports as the railroads can give.
He predicts that other Atlantic ports
than New York will get a larger share
of Pacific Coast trade and that th
Gulf ports will get much traffic from
the Middle West. He thinks our man
ufacturers should successfully com
pete with Europe for South American
trade, provided they cater to its de
mands. He foresees an enlarged de
mand for American coal.
He believes that tha railroads will
Half a Century Ago
The Pennsylvania Railroad is
owned by 89,000 stockholders, whose I
From The Ores-onian of April 11. 18M.
lTnion state ticket For Congreasmaa.
J. H. IX Henderson, of Lane County;
for State Printer. Henry L. Pittock. of
MultaotnaJi County; for Presidential
Electors. George L. Woods, of Wmco
County, H. N. George, of Linn County.
J. T. Gaaley. of Iongla County. Ju
dicial district nominations. Second dis
trict, for Judge, K. r. Strattoa. of Ine
County. Prosecutlnsr Attorney-. J. F.
Watson; Third district, for Judge. R
P. BoUte. ef Polk County, for Prosecut
ing Attorney. R. Mallory. of Marion
County: Fourth district, for Prosecut
ing Attorney. G. W. Hodgklnson, of
Multnomah County: Fifth district, for
Judge. J. G. Wilson, of Wasco County,
Prosecuting Attorney, C. R. Meigs, of
Wasco County. '
Knoxville. April 3. General Stone
man has advanced to Bull's Gap.
New Tork. April S. The Columbia.
from New Orleans March reports
our army still pushing up Red Kiver.
The Klghty-third Ohio Cavalry reached
Alexandria on the 14th, having marched
170 miles in five days.
Cincinnati. April 4. By order of
Governor Morton the entire Indiana
Legion hold themselves in readiness to
take the field at any moment required.
Washington. April General Meade
in a written statement to the war coin-
average holding Js worth $12,500, and I mittee a-sserts that he never irsued an
4 8 per cent of them are women. They ;
are being punished on the false as-1
sumption that the road Is owned by I
a few millionaires. Other Hmall In
vestors are frightened away from rail
road securities by the shrinkage in
the income of these 89.000, and thus
the American people are being pun
ished with lack of improvements and
of the business they wuuld create.
Oovernor Glynn, of New York, has
come out for durable roadbuilding. Is I meets at once.
there any good reason why our roads
shouU not last as long as those the
Romans built? Governor Glynn thinks
not if we will spend the time and
money to build as thoroughly. We
do not get forward with our roads be
cause the work done this year must
be done over again next year, and so
on In endless futility. It is time for
a change-
order to retreat from Gettysburg on
July 3. It seema to have been written
by General Butterfield witbout orders.
Liverpool. March 24. Maximilian em
barks for Mexico on April 14.
Liverpool. March 24. The Times' tel
egram from Vienna states that Eng
land's proposition for an sraniatice has
been accepted by Austria and Prussia.
The territorial integrity of th Danish
monarchy under the present dynasty
will be maintained. Toe conference
Rev. Mr. Atkinson was surprised
last Thursday with the presentation
of a purse of 1365 and Mrs. Atkinson
with one of 152.60. the latter contrib
uted by the ladies exclusively.
Frail and unstable as the aeroplane
is. it is hardly as aeadly as. the dirig
ibles. The latter promises much In
the way of safety and fulfills little.
A mishap to an aeroplane injures one
or two persons. An exploding dlrigi- first Lieutenant. William Young; Sec
The bark Ocean Bird, Captain Blake.
turned turtle on ths lower coast on
April S. The Ocean Bird was an old
acquaintance in Portland, having been
one of Abernethy & Clarke's lien of
packets In ths earlier years of Oregon
lumber producing and was subsequent
ly sold to George A. Meigs, proprietor
of the port Madison Mills.
Company B. Captain Mills, on Patur.
day elected the following officers:
ble may kill fifty or sixty at once.
We hear of many mishaps with aero
planes and few with dirigibles, but
death gets a heavier tribute from the
latter.
Miss Davis, tuead of the New York
City department of corrections, hopes
to prevent the introduction of drugs,
whisky, tools and weapons into the
ond Lieutenant. T. B. Borst: First Ser
riant, B. B. Decker; Second Sergeant,
J. M. Howe; Third Sergeant, C. C. Phil
lips; fourth Sergeant. L. C. Henricb
sen; First Corporal, Charles Hull; Sec
ond Corporal, H. Cook; Third Corporal
T. J. Johneon; Fourth Corporal. XA . R.
McCord.
1
SHORT BALLOT SEW IDEA TO HIM '
Mr. Bane Aware ot Nsveaint Is
Wales President Has Skews
Interest.
PORTLAND. April IB. (To the F.dl
tor.) For the purpose of correcting a
possible erroneous impression gleaned
from the comment on my letter. "A
shorter ballet, a truer registration and
a fair representation'" by way of pro
portional representation in the As
sembly, please examine and publish
the enclosed copy of the amendment
as it appears on the bill.
Note that no change is made in nom
ination of the candidates or districts.
It does not provide that SO names ap
pear on the ballot. The only change
demanded of the elector is that he con
sider but one candidate of any political
group whero more than one appears on
the ticket.
It does provide that any elector de
siring to acquaint himself with another
candidate in another district may do
so and cast his vote for the samo by
writing or sticking the name of the
candidate or the blank rpace on the
ballot. This is all the voting change
siade by the bill.
With regard to a short ballot the
question has never been raised as to
the length of the regular ballot. Tt
la the Irregular ballot coming through
the Initiative that has been questioned.
The people of Oregon now have this
constitutional amendment and there is
no popular demand to abolish It. It
la the correction of the evils It Is sub
ject to that Is desired and I can
tnink or no better plan than, as
stated, proportional representation. If
The Oregonian has a better plan let us
have it and compare them and draw
right conclusion. C. W. BARZKB,
The Oregonian does not tee the ne
cessity of republishing the text of the
proportional representation amend
ment, inasmuch as It was given prom
In e nee in The Oregonian quite recently.
Nor Is tt to be expected that any but
the most indifferent readers will obtain
an erroneous Impression from the com
ment in Mr. Barzee's former letter.
Mr. Bargee needs ts Inform himself
before he makes promiscuous use of
the term "short ballot." Has he never
heard of the National short ballot or
ganization with one Wood row Wilson
as the head? Bat his assertion that
proportional representation would
shorten the iniatlve ballot Is more fan
tastic than the statement that it would
answer the short ballot cry. Anybody
can now get any kind of bill Intro
duced In the Legislature. That is one
reason for legislative ln:f ficlency. If
Mr. Barzee means that proportional
representation would take the abuse
from the Initiative and heap it upon
the abuses in the Legislature he has
supplied aa excellent argument for de
feating the amendment. As a better
plan The Oregonian sugests abolish
ment of paid petitioning and the elec
tion of representative men to the
Legislature.
Twenty-five Year Ago
From Tho Oregonian of April 11. KSS.
Washington. April in. The Adminis
tration has announced its Intention of
vigorously enforcing: the lawa aaain?!
land grabbers and persons trespass! ne
on the public domains. Jesse I. Carr.
and tha large land grabbers In Cali
fornia and southern Oregon have re
newed tholr efforts to have the civil
and criminal proceedings for unlaw
fully enclosing S8.O00 acres of land In
Modoc County nolle prossed. but Sec
retary Noble has refused to Interfere.
Seattle. April 10 Mayor Moran has
suspended Chief of Police Mitchell
pond in if investigation of charges of
malfeasance and collusion with gam
biers. Captain Willard has been ap
pointed acting chief.
Lafayette. April 10. The Presbytery
of orepron assembled today. The or
ganization of a Presbyterian Church at
Oregon City was reported. Rev. J. V.
Milligan was re-elected state clerk and
Rev. W. O. Forbes permanent clerk.
Salem. April 10 The Governor today
granted a full pardon to Captain Hora
tio Cook, of Portland, who was by
court martial dishonorably discharged
from the service of the state for dis
obeying orders.
Spokane Falls. April 10 S. C. Hyde
today bought the Warren property on
Main street for JSO.OuO.
The Oregon Humane Society, assist
ed by the children of the public
schools, gava Its ninth anniversary en
tertainment at the Tabernacle last
night. tin the stage sat Rev. T. L.
F.llot, Rev. Dr. Bloch, D. P. Thompson.
W. T. Shanahan and the pupils of the
high schools.
Several gentlemen of this city have
bought the road from Hood River to
Kliot Glacier on Mount Hood and will
construct a hotel at the glacier.
A Raymond and Whitcomb excursion
arrived yesterday.
At the office of the brick trust on
First street, Mr. Caywood has a pho
tograph of the old Washington Guard.
Portland's first military company, tak
en in 1S4 on the day- they received
their uniforms and had a grand picnic
in a beautiful grove of tall timber
where is now the corner of Columbia
and Kleventh streets, on which occasion
they were addressed by George Francis
Train.
Charles Rivears has taken a contract
to clear off the timber and stumps from
140 acres owned by Mr. Hale, railroad
contractor, in the northwest portion of
the city formerly owned by the water
compnn".
O. Jacobs and Samuel Culver, of
Jackson County will address the cltl
Tombs prison by forbidding the send- ens of Portland at the Courthouse this
outside. she win provide lor cure a little child of S. R. Holcomb fell
of tbe drug fiends; she will do much I Into a well some 20 feet deep contain-
good. If she does not. the prison may I ing about 10 feet of water. The little
be converted Into, a madhouse. lone cluruf to a board until he was res
cued.
Cl 1 ..1 11.1
boys have taken to cooking. A boy Oregon, to provide for suitable proiec
beat the girls at making biscuits in a tion to the overland emigration to the
school contest, but the girls will prob
ably beat the boys at the primaries.
Huerta is not likely to admit that
Villa has won a battle until the ban
dit general enters Mexico City, but
Villa has a hard road to travel be
fore he gets there.
as
Removal of the appendix may be,
Dr. Moore, of Minneapolis, says,
Interference with the designs of the
Lord," and the undertaker will agree
with him.
"T. R.' turned down In Maine and
the "T. R.." reported lost
merlca are the same T.
ill turn up when time for trouble
begins.
A boy of 16 has been sentenced to
life for murder. By the time he
reaches maturity it will be like doing
penance for tho folly of another per
son.
Maine Republicans refuse to In
dorse Teddy for President in 191 .
Teddy has got to come back to the
fold. The fold will not go to Teddy
RESERVE BAXK DISTRICTS.
While Chicago is serenely satisfied
with the treatment it has received
from the reserve bank organization
committee. " New York is consoling
itself with the reflection that the re
serve banks cannot change the course
of business, that banks in other cities
will find It necessary to carry con
siderable deposits in New York, and
that In snv event the work of the
committee is subject to revision by
the Federal Reserve Board.
There Is no doubt that the com
mlttee deliberately sought to diminish
the financial importance of New
York by taking out of that city's dU
trict territory which Is directly trib
utary, for example, parts of New
Jersey and Connecticut. The New
York Times quotes Chairman Glass,
father of the currency law, as ex
pressing a purpose to "deprive New
York of its prominence in the bank
ing field," and to "take these funds
out of the clutches of Wall street-'
But the Times truly says that busl
nees does not divide itself according
to state lines with so many men, so
many acres, so many banks to make
a district. It says that the Federal
bank system, not New York, will suf
fer by the artificial division. Business
will continue to follow its natural
course, and New York's commercial
supremacy will continue to draw
thither the banking funds necessary
to transaction of business by other
cities with, that city. The fact that
a bank is ths Federal reserve bank
of its district does not prevent
member-bank from carrying deposits
in another bank in another city. That
fact does net Imply that the Federal
reserve bank will be the largest i
its cltv. It will be overtopped 1
New York by several unaffiliated
banks. Just as the Bank of Englan
is surpassed in amount of deposits by
other London. banks. But it must be
large enough to perform Its functions.
In short, the new system cannot
Pacific; States has passed both houses
of Congress. The hill appropriates
$40,000 of which it is provided that
1 10.000 shall be used In providing a
suitable military escort on the Fort
Benton route; 10,000 shall bs used on
the routs from Niobrara on the Mis
souri River to Idaho Territory. The
remainder will be expended on the
usual route. Captain Crawford, who
has so often successfully taken across
military escort, will leave ths Mis
souri Kiver with his command on
June 1.
Married On ths 10th inst, by Rev.
Julius Ecknian, at the residence of B.
Levy. Esq.. Mr. Ij. Velller to Miss
in South I Mathilda Levy, both of this city,
who
The Republican state committee of
ndlana has established a school for
3000 politicians, as though all Hoo
ters were not born politicians.
The Bulgarian Queen, however, will
not be the only one In the country in
June. She'll have to divide honors
with the Rose Festival Queen.
High Taxes.
PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Edi
tor.) Pleaae state the name and ad
dress of the Assessor of Coos County.
I have some acreage there; It Is 1m
proved but has some timber. I am
assessed at the rate of 2 cents per
acre for it and thk cents added for
fire patrol. Its assessed value Is 14-0,
yet the real estate men assure me It
is not worth more than $2.50 per acre.
You can please tell me where I can
find why the taxes are so high.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Assessor of Coos County, is T. J,
Thrift, of Coquille. The Oregonian has
published several lengthy articles on
high taxes. The causes that apply In
one locality are generally found in
another.
Villa impressed a British Consul
into service as a messenger boy. He
knows he's on safe ground since the
British sold out for free tolls.
Dr. Equl says she is a nervous
wreck as the result of her soapbox
activities. Bitter agitation harms only
those, who participate, in. it.
Florida has been hit by frost and
hail. Oregon seems to be the only
place left where the weather can, be
depended upon to behave.
The captain of the California idle
army was sentenced to sixty days and
the Major to ninety days. How'd you
like to be the Colonel?
Lawi of Descent.
MOSIER. Or.. April 9. (To the Edl
tor.) A marries B; to them are born
four children: the youngest Is IS at tha
time of B's (the wlfes) death.
(1) Has A the right to sell or deed
any of the real property owned by
them at the time of B s death?
(2) Do the children come in for their
mother's share? If so, how much Is It?
& P.
1. If the property is in the husband's
name or held by Joint deed, yes; if In
the wife's name, no, without order of
court.
2. If the property is in ths mother's
name It descends to the children sub
ject to the father's curtesy of a life
interest. In ths Income from one-half
the estate.
GREAT BRITAIX OUR GOOD; FRIEND,
Writer atea Statistics of Ceananere as
latflcatlaar Seatlmeat.
PORTLAND. April 9. (To the Ed
itor.) "If Great Britain is not Amert
ca'a friend, America hasn't a friend on
earth."
The above is not taken from the
harangue of any London Socialist or
anarchist, but is part of the sagacious.
emphatic comment on public affairs
that is making "B. L. T." of the Chi
cago Tribune, internationally famous
as a writer and thinker on current
events. It was evoked, too, by what
"B. L. T." calls the "yappery" of the Se
nior Senator from Oregon, with whose
ridiculous antics in the Senate about
Great Britain and his charge that "it
is universally understood that Great
Britain la not ths friend of America,"
we are all familiar.
There are thousands of good. Intel
ligent reuders all over America who
are naturally Impressed by such re
marks, coming, as they do, from a
United States Senator, and especially
would this apply to his Democratic
followers in Oregon.
These same people, too. or those of
them who read tbe sditorial rubbish of
the Hearst newapapera, are similarly
deceived and impressed by the mass
of words and phrases and sentences
printed from day to day by these
Journals. British friendship, as all
clear-headed residents of this republic
know, has been one of our moet val
uable assets, and the masses here and
there as well appreciate this at its
true value. More than mere sentiment
al friendship, however, binds tbe peo
ples of both countries, as the follow
ing glanca at figures proves:
Last year ths United States pur
chases from Great Britain amounted to
I295.000.0OO and Great Britain bought
of us to the enormous amount of $597,
000,000 or much more than half of the
whole business done by us with Europe
In 1913.
Hearst and our Senator keep shout
ing: "Great Britain, (t is universally
understood, is not the friend of Ameri
ca." but "figures epeak louder than
words." THOMAS COOK.
Debt Is United States.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 9. (To
the Editor.) How does ths total
The patrons of the Bhattuck School araou,nt ,.of. m.un.lclpa.lJl"-teir.1?".
have, given a- logical turn to the .itua- J. F.
tion by leaving choice of site to the I
School Board. I Ths municipal Indebtedness (debts of
cities, counties and minor civil dlvls-
Ths local playhouses ire Jn the ions), according to the Census Bureau
periodic- Juggle. A man must know reports, was 1.9I9.E$1,616 In 1902. This
whither he Is bound before he starts. I ia the last census compilation. Munici
pal Indebtedness has greatly increased
Montreal, by a freak of election
time, finds itself without governors.
We know Just how it must ssem.
since 1902. In the same year tbe debt
of the Nation was t2.175,Z4.l(t. On
October 1. 1913. It was $:. 26.434.34 J.
Reports of casualties in the swat
ting campaign Indicate that Portland
Is no place for the dirty little fly.
Vetera' Q ual 1 f 1 ca tlo aa.
BRUSH PRAIRIE. Wash.. April .
(To the Editor.) Please tell me if one
I who la a taxpayer end not a ciuian.
or has taken his nrat citlmensnip pa
era has a right to vote In public
achool electiona In the State of Waah-
Ington? J- L
The Republicans will win at the To vote at any election in Washing.
next election, says Senator Cummins. I ton one must have final cltlsenshlp
White cottons will be the rule for
graduation day in Spokane. Which
will spare many heartaches.
It's a cinch.
Rain tomorrow would suit the
woman who hasn't, a new Easter bon
net,
The New York gunmen due to die
next week have resourceful attorneys
Join the Federals and get a Job for
life.
A rainy Easter horrors!
papers.
Ledsre Im Portias.
BLIND SLOUGH. Or, April t. (To
the Editor. Should esteem it a great
favor if you would give me any infor
matlon regarding "The Modern Broth
erhood of America." vis: whether this
aoeietr is organised In Portland or not.
THOMAS PINT A.
The order has three lodges In Port
land. The state manager Is C. A. Am
brose. 33 Lafayette building.
Apple Box Bill im Jeopardy.
MEDFORD. Or.. April 9. (To the
Editor.) Word has Just been received
tbat the apple box bill which was in
troduced by Judge Raker on December
23 and referred to the committee on
coinage, weights and measures, and on
which a hearing was held before said
committee February 11 end 12, "has
been laid on the table for this session
of Congress."
A strong effort will be made by Con
gressmen Raker to have the bill taken
from the table and acted upon at this
present session, in which effort he
should be strongly supported by all In
terests having this bill at heart. Strong
telegrams and letters should pour In
upon Hon. Thomas Hardwlck. chair
man of the committee, urging that this
matter be taken from the table and
cted upon st once.
Letters and telegrams of the same
character should be sent to the Repre
sentatives In Congress urging them to
une their Influence with the committee
to have this done.
Publio sentiment Is a powerful fac
tor in securing action, and a strong
demand will doubtless bring the result
Much time, money and effort has been
apent In bringing the publio to
united support of thla bill and the time
for action ia now.
Let everyone consider himself a com
mittee of one to do something, and do
la now. C, E. WH1SLF.R,
President Oregon State Horticultu
ral Society.
Taxes Is Parties.
HOOD RIVER. Or. April 9. (To the
Editor.) 1. Whst is the tax rate In
the city of Portland? . What are the
cltv activities aside from street Im
provementa, etc, not eupported by the
general tax? 3. What is the assessed
valuation of the property In the ctty of
Portland? A TAXPAYER.
1. Twenty-aeven mills.
3. The Water Department ia aup
ported by water rates. Soma other da
pertinents are In part self-sustaining
In an indirect way. In that feea charged
relieve the tax burden. But fees, auch
aa thoae for certain Inspections, go Into
the general fund, which alao receives
the tax revenues. There are but two
current funds, the general fund and the
water fund.
3. Assessed valuation Is 3314,105,777.
FEATURES
FOR
EASTER
SUNDAY
EASTER IN ART
A full page in colors of r
mons Paintings That Illustrate
the Story of Christ's Death and
Triumph. Ia THE OREGO
NIAN tomorrow.
LOVE YE ONE ANOTHER
A striking half-page cartoon
by an eminent illustrator. Cupid
has the pulpit for the Easter
sermon.
MUSIC AND SERMONS
A directory f services that
will he held in Portland's
churches tomorrow.
FASHION FEATURES
Dame Fashion ripht up to the
minute occupies a total of three
elaborately illustrated pages.
LETTERS FROM THE
PEOPLE
A paye of communications to
the editor setting down varied
ideas and opinions on current
events and topics of interest.
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER,
The author of "Pigs Is Pigs"
contributes another "Breezy
Suzanne" story to The Sunday
Oregonian. "Breezy" tackles
the new feminism in the true
breezy Bntler style.
SEEING A JOKE
If the wedded pair cannot see
the same joke, pity them, says
Eita Reese, who writes on the
effect of humor upon wedded
bliss.
MRS. CHAMP CLARK
Contribute a special article
on Thomas Jefferson and his
descendants, on the occasion of
Jefferson's approaching birth
anniversary. Mrs. Clark knows
many of Jefferson's descend
ants personally, and her article
is both timely and interesting.
THE PANAMA CANAL
Theodore Roosevelt writes cf
stirring days when canal history
was hot in the making.
WITH THE CONFEDERATES
A Portland veteran presents
the first of several remin
iscences of his service with the
Southern army, in which he
served as both enlisted man and
officer.
AX HANDLES BREAK
STRIKE
Furthermore the strike was in
New Zealand. Just how it was
broken and broken quickly and
effectively is told by an Auck
land correspondent. Illustrated
with photos.
CHARACTER PEN
POINTERS
Another page of handwriting
analyses by Edith Macomber
HalL
SILHOUETTES
They are being revived again.
The fascination of the shadow
shape is shown in a half page
of clever drawings by a leading
German artiat.
THE SUN'S MANNERS
A clever feature for the chil
dren, supplemented by a full
page of attractive illustrated
features.
SCORES of Other Features.
Order TODAY of Yonr Newsdealer.
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