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J"0TLASB, MONDAY, APRIL. 20. 1914.
;"I1NDLNG A QUARREL, IN A STRAW."
With its accustomed shudder at any
'move toward war, the New York
'Evening Post Beys. President Wilson
:"cannot fail to be hurt and disgusted
by the raucous approval with which
imperialists and professional stirrers
up of international strife and delight
ers in war have greeted bis action"
toward Huerta. It finds "the final
touch of mortification" in- Mr.
Hearst's rejoicing. It belittles the
;Tmpico offense to the American flag,
saying "the affair at Tampico looks
ilike finding a quarrel in a straw." It
tells how filr. Wilson has borne pa
tiently destruction of American prop
.erty and sacrifice of American lives
Jin Mexico, and gays:
; Why the sudden change when it was a
incase at Tampico of an affront to the uni-ifoi-m
of the navy? Are we, perchance, to
liniuort hastily German notion of the saored
na of the "Kaiser's coat" ? That there was a
deliberate intention by any responsible Mex-:i-au
to insult the symbol of the United
-Slates sovereignty is absolutely unbeliev
.able. On the contrary, there is every rea
son to believe the Mexicans intended,
iwith Huerta's approval, to insult the
American Nation. The Tampico inci
'dent was only the last of a series of
affronts, all aimed at the American
.Nation through its seamen. All other
".nations were exempt from such in
sults. The obvious intent was to make
:a mark of Americans and to insult the
;Nation through the men wearing its
: uniform".
' An affront to men wearing the uhi
; form and carrying the flag of a na
; tion is an affront to the nation Itself.
; That is the opinion of the world, ex
jtepting the Evening Post and news-
papers of the same ultra-paclfib turn
.of mind. With a nation, as with a
tman, honor is precious above all raa
; terial possessions and it must enforce
! respect at any cost or endure the con
I tempt of the universe. . International
; law and long-established custom have
: decreed that insult to a nation shall
! be wiped out not only by verbal or
; written apology, but by a public sign
; of respect, which can be witnessed by
; a II -within sight and hearing. Such
: is a national salute. To forego the
salute would be to proclaim ourselves
; a nation which did not respect itself
: sufficiently to compel respect from
J others.
; - The Post is not alone in its aversion
! to jingoes and stlrrers-up of war, but
5 that aversion sho'uld not restrain
! cool-headed 'patriots from demanding
warlike action when the vindieation
I of the Nation's honor demands it. The
Oregonian hopes that this end may
; be gained and that Huerta may be
' brought to his senses by measures
; which fall far short of war or of a
; general military occupation of Mexico,
with all the troubles which would fol
'. low in its train. But if these extreme
-measures prove necessary to inspire
the Mexican swashbucklers with
: proper respect for the American Na-
tion, the purpose sought will be well
worth the cost.
There is an under current of regret
i'at Admiral Mayo's action in the
Brooklyn Eagle's comment. The Eagle
tr"is inclined to believe that our heady
Admiral has run away with the situa
tion." It says: "It had been better,
Zot course, not to permit a too hlgh
" strung Navy to get away at long range
with a pacific Administration," and
it speaks of the " 'cockiness of an Ad
miral who appears to regard gun-
powder as his only snuff."
:. If that is the way Admiral Mayo's
conduct is regarded in New York the
rmore shame for New York. Admiral
"J Mayo at Tampico was the guardian
; of the honor and good name of the
United States, and his first duty was
jto preserve them unsullied. So far
r.from having been heady and cocky.
lie had parsed over several offensive
tacts with a simple exaction of amends
fand apology. Not until men wearing
5 the American uniform were taken by
Zforce from a boat flying the American
-flag, which was cumulative evidence
of a deliberately offensive purpose.
did he demand that the insult to our
flag should be wiped out with a sa
lute to our flag. He emulated Mr.
Wilson in the patience with which he
had endured less wrongs, but when
further patience would have branded
him and his Nation as cravens he
acted with the decision which became
a patriotic American.
POLITICAL. ISSUES IN FRANCE.
The Caijlaux scandal in France may
lead to Important changes in the man
ner of conducting the French govern
ment. That scandal was the out
growth . of factional quarrels which
.have, overturned one Cabinet after an
' other. Those quarrels could not have
brought such results but for the par
.liamentary omnipotence which has
made Parliament the supreme execu
five and judicial as well as the legis
lative power. Fortified by the re
luctance of former Presidents to dis
solve the Chamber of Deputies when
the Cabinet is defeated on an impor
-tant measure. Parliament overturns
Cabinets with reckless abandon and
interferes with judicial procedure. Its
proneness to this amusement eneour-
- aged m. camaux s enemies to make a
campaign against him, and fhe climax
- .was the murder of M. Calmette.
The cause of the Chamber's irre-
' sponsible conduct is the practical as
eurance of the members that they will
".serve their full four-year term. The
v President has power to dissolve the
- Chamber, subject to certain restric
-:tions, but he has not exercised it since
x-1877. Were this power exercised, as
it is in England, the Deputies would
know that a majority against the gov'
ernment would bring about dissolution
of the Chamber, with the expense of
ITa campaign and the risk of defeat In
f its train, and they would not help to
-. overturn a Cabinet on slight pretext
f President Poincare is believed to
favor exercise of the dissolution power
in order to give stability to the gov
ernment. The recent sudden, changes
of administration and their evil fruits
have turned discussion to this sub
ject, and some of the political leaders
declare that the present way or carry
ing, on the republic must eno.
. A now Chamber Is to be elected at
the end of April and the fixing of re
sponsibility on the Chamber by ren
dering it actually, instead of only the
oretically, subject to dissolution may
be an important issue. The first ex
ercise of his unused power by the
President will probably cause cries of
"Dictator" in the Chamber, but. if the
voters punish the factionista who have
upset a Cabinet without good cause
by leaving them at home future gov
ernments may retain office long
enough to accomplish something:
PROFITING BY TITAJfIC'8 FATE.
Two years ago, on April 15, the Ti
tanic went down, and the world has
profited by the lesson. The latest
steamships have double bottoms, and
the bulkhead are carried up to the
main deck. Many more 'lifeboats ''are
carried, and wireless is required on
all ships carrying mere than a cer
tain number of . persons. Atlantic
liners travel farther south during the
ice season and an ice patrol watches
for bergs. The Safety at Sea Confer
ence has agreed on regulations for all
nations and the seamen's bill has
passed the Senate.
There we stop,' that is, when we
come to' giving legal effect to proyi 1
slons for safety. The agreement of
the London conference still rests in
the Senate committee, while tba Sen
ate talks of everything else under the
gun. That body permitted the La
Follette seamen's bill, with its exces
sive precautions destructive to com
merce, to be rushed through, and
then rested. The House committee
does nothing with the La Follette bill,
though it needs radical amendment to
be made practical.'
Every reasonable precaution for
safety could be made if the Senate
would ratify the London agreement,
and if the House would make the La
Follette bill conform to that agree
ment. Ships of all nations would
then be governed by the same rules,
and there would be no occasion" to
annul-treaties with all maritime na
tions, as the seamen's bill requires.
When ships of several nations hurried
to the relief of one In distress, as in
the case of the Volturno, there would
be concert of action such as would be
impossible if those of one nation were
governed by different rules.
Self-interest and the pressure of
public opinion have been far more
effective than legislation in inducing
ship-owners to apply the lessons of
the Titanic" s fate. By the time Con
gress acts, its action may serve only
to confirm rules which have already
been voluntarily established and to
bring a few. laggards into line. The
best and promptest of all lawmakers
is public opinion.
LOCATING A REGIONAL. BANK.
The Oregonian has. received a sin-
fgularly intemperate letter from a for-
mer resident of Richmond, now a
Portland cltlsen, who takes for his.
text the comment of The Oregonian
on the selection of Richmond as the
location for one of the regional banks.
The Oregonian has frequently admon
ished correspondents to exercise self-
control, particularly when writing
under a pen name, if they desire to
have their contributions published
The writer in question not only vio
lates established rules but attempts
an invidious comparison between
Portland and Richmond with the- ap
parent expectation that it will be puh
lished without his identity being re-
ealed. Such letters are not admissa
ble to the columns of The Oregonian.
The correspondent, however, makes
one moderately-toned suggestion that
is worth a reply. He says:
You felicitate vourself on the fact that
poll oT the banks of the Northwest showed
maiorlty favorable to Portland wltn
reference to the location of a reserve bank,
and you assume that this fact would largely
determine- the ultimate location of tne
bank when one is placed in this section.
f the wishes of the member banks are sig
nificant, why is not that test applied by
you to. the district ef which Richmond is
he seat? . . The overwhelming vote of
he banks In District No. Five was In lavor
of Richmond and against Baltimore.
In district No. 5 431 banks voted;
167 of them favored Richmond and
128 Baltimore. These banks voted
without knowing what would be the
boundaries of the district Five cities
within the district as finally estab
lished were competitors and three
cities outside the district received
sixty-four votes from banks within it.
Richmond did not receive a majority,
but a plurality. In West Virginia, for
example, only sixteen b9.nka favored
Richmond, while sixty expressed pref
erences for cities outside the district
It is quite obvious taht the banks that
voted for Pittsburg and Cincinnati
both outside the fifth district, and the
District of Columbia banks, . which
voted for Washington, would vote for
Baltimore in preference to Richmond
if they were confined to the two
choices. Such votes would give Balti
more a clear majority.
Portland received a clear majority
over the combined votes for Seattle
and Spokane registered by Oregon
Washington and Idaho banks. In this
district, too, it is true that some Ore
gon and Idaho banks voted for a re
gional bank Jocatlon outside the
Northwest. It is also obvious that
these banks, almost without excep
tion, would vote for Portland If a r'
gional bank or a branch regional bank
were to be located in the Northwest.
RADIUM AND CANCER,
Just at the moment when Ameri
can surgeons are growing very hope
ful that in radium they have found
a universal cure for cancer, doubt
heard from the seats of the learned
in Europe. An Austrian savant, Dr
Eiselberg, of Vienna, reports that he
has treated fifty-two inoperable can
cers with radium with Improvement
in only six of them. Fourteen cases
were mads . worse by the radium
while five were not affected in any
way. Seventeen patients out of th
fifty-two - died under treatment and
eleven died from the direct effect of
the cancers,
These figures do not look very
promising for radium, but it is only
fair to say that Dr. Eiselbergs view
Is not upheld by all his colleagues,
even In Vienna. His report was de
llvered at the Congress of the Amerl
can Surgical Association in New York
and it. was not left unanswered. Al
though his . statistics made out
strong case against the use of radium
for cancer, Dr, Robert Abbe made
better showing on the other side. He
explained Dr. Elselberg's failures by
suggesting that he, had treated a dif
ferent species of cancer from that
which is becoming so common in the
United States.
Dr. Abbe's Judgment is that "ra
diuro, i tremendously. -useful jn, the
treatment of cancer." Both the Aus
trian and the American surgeons
warn the public against overdoses of
radium. It destroys other tissues as
rapidly as. the cancerous and may
easily sever a blood vessel if it is
incautiously applied. Nor does it
prevent the recurrence of the tumors
as effectively as some have expected.
In fact, by irritating the tissues it
may even jnike the return more
rapid and dangerous.
V From this difference '.of opinion
among the doctors we may perhaps
feel less confidence in radium than
wo formerly did. It does not quite
come up to its early promise, but be
yond all question there is great vir
tue in it. By the application of ra
dium in the early stages of cancer the
disease will be greatly alleviated If
ot entirely eradicated-. it Is one
among many remedies which must be
used as mutual auxiliaries until the
appy day comes when we know what
cancer is and how it may be radi
cally cured.
NEW VIEW OK NLLY SUNDAY.
The current number of - the Out-
00k contains some curious particu
lars about the Reverend Billy Sunday
hich may modify some people's
pinions of that celebrated character.
hey are given by a Presbyterian
minister who is evidently a man of
scholastic cultivation and rather
ta,rchy in his tastes. He lives and
preaches in Scranton, and when the
question came up of inviting Billy to
conduct a revival there his church
voted against it. Subsequently this
vote was reversed for reasons which
the reverend gentleman now discloses
to the world. They are most inter
esting. .
It is admitted, we are told, that
Billy's theology Is antiquated, his
language frequently shocking, his
pulpit manners unspeakable and his
perversions ' of the Scriptures some
thing frightful. But what of It? In
plte of all these faults he "gets re-
ults" which, to a fair-minded critic,
atone for everything, Billy Sunday
appears to present us with an In
stance where, in the opinion of good
udges, the results Justify doubtful
means.
His work in Pittsburg is probably
typical of what he does everywhere,
n that city there was a group ot
practical politicians" who had man
ipulated the wards "for Penrose and
the liquor interests" year after year.
Billy Sunday so changed the hearts
of these hardened veterans in sin that
nobody could get their indorsement.
even for dogcatcher, unless he was
antl-Penrose and anti-booze." Some
thing of a conversion that.
When he was done in Pittsburg
Billy Sunday received a big "free-will
offering," some $40,000 in cold cash.
It came from three sources totally
unlike one another. The first was a
group of people who had been "re
generated" by his preaching. They
gave him money in gratitude for sav
ing their souls. The second source
was a group whose relatives and
friends had been "saved," The third
was a group of men who wished to
recognize substantially Billy Sunday's
'communal . and industrial benefit to
Pittsburg." He had made so many
workingmen sober and diligent that
their employers felt willing to Pay
him liberally for his work.
A man who can do things of this
sort is not to be sneered at. He is
power in the- world, which sensible
people will recognize and try to
appreciate. '
KVERYBODV BVlf BVT UNCEE 8AM.
While the United States Govern
ment is operating under a policy
which practically- prevents the devel
opment of its coal lands, under the
guise of conservation, British Colum
bia, to the north, is preparing to take
advantage of the coal trade oppor
tunities which will develop with the
opening of the Panama Canal. Inci
dentally, British Columbia is offering
other opportunities to capital which
seeks to develop other of. its natural
resources, which can be readily mar
keted when the canal Is thrown open
to commerce.
The Department of Commerce at
Washington has been advised only re
cently that D. A. Thomas, a Welsh
coal magnate, has secured options on
the anthraelta coal lands controlled
by the British Columbia Anthracite
Syndicate, in the Groundhog district
in British Columbia, estimated to con
tain 1,141,444,000 tons. In addition
to the coal deposits the company
holds charters from the Canadian and
British - Columbia governments for
constructing a railway from the
mouth of Naas River into its coal
fields, a distance of 140 miles.
The coal of the Groundhog district
Is said to be the only hard smokeless
steam anthracite coal in the world
outside of Wales, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, but notwithstanding its
,tv. on ,! ni.ioi,oKu v9i,
t. e it.t -v. v. :
is .nrnnrarlnrlta Afvrlnnm.nt hv r.rl-
vate capital. This coal is to be de
livered at Naaoga Bay, where an ex
cellent harbor is ready- for-uae. The
company proposing to develop this
coal, being encouraged by the British
Columbia government,, is expending
$10,000,000 In building its railway,
equipping it, opening up its mines and
buying coal-carrying ships.
It Is the expectation of the British
Columbia coaj producers that they
will find a considerable market for
their coal In Washington, Oregon and
California; in fact, they are figuring
on selling a part of their product to
the United States Government for
naval use. To add insult to injury,
it is intimated that some of the coal
from the Groundhog district in Brit
ish Columbia may in time be shipped
into Alaska, to compete with Alaskan
native jcoals, for surveys already have
been made disclosing the feasibility
of extending this coal road to connect
with the proposed Alaska Government
railway system, by way of the Skeena
and Stlklne rivers, to Whitehorse, and
then through Chisana Pass into the
Tanana Valley and Copper River
country.
But this roalroad Is being built by
private enterprise, encouraged by the
British Columbia government, and
there is no theoretical conservation
theory to be overcome before devel
opment and construction may- begin.
Coal land development and railroad
building are to be coincident. Alaska
railroads are now assured, but reform
of our land laws is needed to give
them traffic and obtain real local
Alaskan benefit from their construc
tion, and Insure competition with
British Columbia. The land bills are
pigeon-holed in Congress to give the
right-of-way to a movement to cumin.
ish the benefits of the Panama Canal.
Repeal of canal tolls involves more
than the one Issue.
New York has at last thought of a
suitable memorial for our hundred
years of peace with. Great Britain.
Better still, the money has been raised
to build and equip it, a solid million
and a half. It la a "musedm of peaoe
ful arts," which will serve not only
as a memorial but also as an inspira
tion to industrial training and civic
progress.
ON THE RADICAL, TOBOGGAN.
The British Labor party has
in-
structed its forty 'members of Parlia
ment to act independently of the gov
ernment and to make only such, alli
ances as seem calculated to advance
the ends of organized labor. In
other words, they are to keep in the
middle of the road and may at any
time break away from the Liberal
coalition. Their defection ' would make
the government more dependent on
the Irish Nationalists, and therefore
would dimlnlah the possibility of com
promise with the Ulster Orangemen.
The Labor party is likely, however.
to continue its support of home rule
and to vote for disestablishment of
the Anglican church in Wales, which
Herbert Samuel says will be carried
through next year.' It is also likely
to support the bill for abolition of
plural voting, which air- Samuel say
will be pushed through next year, ror
that measure will diminish the voting
power of property owners and add
corresponding weight to the vote of
the proletariat. -
But the Labor men and the Radl-
cals may balk at the other measure
which Mr, Samuel promises for next
year "complete elimination from
Parliament of the hereditary peerage
principle and the thorough democrat
izing of the. second chamber." As
now constituted and deprived of Its
veto, the House of Lords is weak and
assailable. Reformed, democratized
and again possessed of equal legisla
tive power, It would be strong and
unassailable. The Radicals do not de
sire such an effective check on the
execution o their programme. They
would probably consent to Mr. As
quith's plan only If the democratizing
of the secondchamber made it prac
tically a duplicate In political com
plexion of the House of Commons
Then the Tories' boasted bulwark of
the crown and constitution would be
torn down and the - British people
might find themselves embarked on a
career of social and democratic ex
perlment which would .make the
American and French republics ap
pear conservative by comparison.
How long would the monarchy last
then?
The voting machine received a
black eye" at the recent municipal
election at Hartford. Conn. Joseph
H. Lawler, Democrat, ran ahead of
his ticket for Mayor in every ward
except the Fourth, where he got 1P3
votes and every other Democrat about
300. Examination of the machine
showed that some of Its parts failed to
count Just enough Lawler votes to
elect Louis Cheney. Republican. Mr.
Cheney -refused to accept an office
won through the blunders of a ma
chine and thus prevented serious
trouble. It seems that we must still
rely 'on election boards to count votes
in order to get accurate results.
Mr. Bryan is not entirely In a pleasant
situation In his borne state of Nebraska. His
appointee at Panama, Mr. Richard !. Met-
ealf. is being accused by Nebraskans of
having "flashed In the pan" at the Isthmus.
Hi brother, Charles W. Mryam 01 Lincoln,
is apparently on the eve of embarrassing
the good Secretary by running for Governor.
and to cap the climax. Mr, Bryan himself
is being called by the home folks "the least
influential member of the taDinet" Decause
he is the only Minister who failed to land
regional bank in his own territory. -m-
eago Evening lost.
And when Huerta is threatened
with punishment if he does not sa
lute the American flag, he refuses to
believe a Government of which Mr-
Bryan Is a member would shoot.
It seems like a waste of good ma
terial to put lace on the tops of wom
en's stockings, as the new fashion or
ders. In Atlantic City, where the style
began, there is usually a favorable
breeze, so that not a great deal is
missed even though.it la seen by fits
and starts. But in a calm city like
Portland the spectators have a real
grievance. Would It be permissioie
for each man to carry a bellows?
Prussia la about to repeat the his
tory of Ulster by planting Germans in
the Polish province or r-osen ana 01
vidlng land among- them in holdings
of not less than twenty-nve acres.
The Poles refuse to be Germanized.
as the Irish refused to be Anglicized
and the colonists are to be sent there,
nn Kinir James sent the Scotch to
Ulster, to hold down the natives.
Th. vacation of RsDresentstlve Richmond
Punnii Hdhion. of Alabama, has come la
an end. He took a long one, but the Na
tional House struggled on witnout mm
Upringfleld Republican
That explains why there has been
mention of Japan and war in
Congress recently. If Alabama will
I oil I V KfleD Jir, nyiwuii at
November we may have peace
The Winter wheat crop promises
to be a bumper, the yield being esti
mated on April 1 at over .550,000.000
bushels, as compared with 523,561,'
000 bushels last year. The acreage ia
larger and the condition is 4 per cent
better. The earth does not reel dusi-
ness depression.
If the New York World really wants to
irnnw vhtt a hiEhbrow Is. it is a man ec
small Intelligence who haa a great opinion
of his Intellect. Louisville uouner-journai.
Conversely, then, a low-brow should
be a man of large intelligence, who
has a small opinion of hi- intellect,
The Heppner Gaette-Tlmes Is the
latest Oregon weekly newspaper to be
sure of enough matter on publication
day. Mr. Crawford has just installed
a latest model linotype.
A vounsr Chinaman has arrived to
stir up a new revolution. In China
But the world has had about enough
of this revolution business.
The spectacle of a Los Angeles ed
itor suing another for libel is ghastly
humor. The damages can be paid In
stage money.
The Third Oregon
Is hungry for
frijole and tamale,
smokeless powder.
served with
Varying fruit crop estimates ci
focus Into plenty at harvest time.
Calling her the Pacific fleet
i
wrong, watcn ner in action.
Chicago cornea by the cognomen
'Windy City" naturally!
-y-
historic
April 19
is a
war
t
date o
this Nation.
Bryan cannot economize on powder,
anyway. -
IRELAND'S HOME RULE
I'ROBI.KM I
Some Objections) on the Matter
Pro-I
rated by Correspondent.
CORVALLIS, April IS. (To the Ed
itor.)- have read The Oregonian for
over 30 years, and am generally in full
sympathy with the opinions you so ably
express. However, In the Irish home
rule question you certainly present a
very one-sided view to your readers.
You evidently judge Irishmen in Ire
land by Irishmen in America, . Here
Irishmen, no matter whether from
Ulster or Munster. Protestant or Ro
man Catholic, are good cltlaens. attend
to their business, and live peaceably
with each other. The fact that a man
cornea from the Green Isle Is a bond
of sympathy between of us. If
things were bo in Ireland home rule
would have, been easily accomplished
ages ago.
Jn Ireland, unfortunately, this Is not
so. There strife and animosity abound.
Neither party will submit to be gov
erned by the other. Home rule may
cause civil war with troubles that may
last for generations. .
Undoubtedly Ireland baa suffered
great wrongs from England, but these
wrongs are in the past, and continually
harping on them does nothing . but
aggravate tne passions of ihe present
generation. During the past B0 and
mere years Ireland and especially the
Jrlsh peasant class has had in real ma
terial things justice, and more than
Justice, from England- By their acts
English statesmen have shown them
selves willing to help the under classes
ci Ireland against the landlord classes.
Mr. Gladstone's bills have enabled the
tenant farmers to have their rents re
duced "Judiqiously" to what haa been
considered a reasonable rent by a court
mainly composed of tenant farrnora
Under the first land act of 1!03 vast
sums of money have been voted by the
English Parliament to enable the Irish
tenants to purchase their holdings. This
act is too complicated to explain here,
but under it a tenant who 1a paying
say 100 pounds a ,yenr "judicial rent
would probably agree to pay 20 years'
rent to purchase, i. e.. 2000 pounds for
his holding. This sum the government
would pay to the landlord, charg
ing the tenant Z per cent on It for
interest and sinking fund. That is TS
pounds a year for 68 H years, when the
tenant would own his farm rent free in
fee simple The tenant farmers of Eng
land or any other country would only
be too glad of a similar bill
I am reliably informed that the men
who have purchased their holdings un
der this act (they are a very large
number), do not particularly want
home rule or anything that will make
disturbance, but peace to perfect their
holdings and attend to their business.
Nor are the Ulster men the only men to
repel home rule. Scattered all through
reland are many men very much op
posed to it who. though in a minority
as regards votes,' are the class that has
added luster to the Irish name wher
ever the stars shine or the wind blows.
The Oregonian has for some time been
sneering at Luster and hinting at tne
cowardice of the army officers 'who
would sooner resign their commissions
than fight against loyal Ulster, and
you explain to your readers the reason
hat an apparently different brand or
justice is meted out to the BUffraglsta
and to the army oficers is that the
army officers spring from an aristo
cratic stock and the suffragists from
a mora humble one. This is not exact
ly so. In the first place the English
army officers are not such tremendous
ly aristocratic fellows. Many of them
came from the middle classes and many
of them are quite poor men and often
have a very hard time to keep up ap-
oearances and make both ends meet.
Of course, they are. as wen as an
American Army officers, fairly well ed
ucated men. They have to be educated
nowadays to be worth their salt as offi
cers. The radical government now in
power In England is largely elected by
the votes of more or lesa illiterate men
Their votes, which largely predominate.
are able to elect the governing bodies
bv the preponderance of their votes.
but. thouah they have and hold the ma
Jorlty of the votes, they do not hold
the influence mat tne amauer una uci
ler educated classes hold in the govern
ment of the country.
But the real reaaon la that the great
biar middle classes of England who, un
loss they are very mueh aroused, do not
bother their neaaa muon aoout ponwca,
know and feel in their hearts that ui
ster and the British army are thor
ouKhlv loyal to the British Empire re
gardless of what hind of government
may be in power. rney aiso Know
that manv of tne men vvno represent
the Nationalists are disloyal to tne
British Empire.
Durinir the Boer war tney nau many
nnnortunlties of seeing this and how
much the empire was lovea oy iueo
Xntlonalists. who at the end of the
Boer war elected an Irishman who had
served as a colonel in the Boer army to
represent them in Parliament. The
middle class English are dull, but they
are not fools When men like Lord
Hoherts and Lord Charles iJeresrora
and others who for many a day have
well served the British J-Jmpire uy tana
and sea, when these men show their
sympathy with loyal Ulster the big
Kiiiriish middle classes are apt to think
there is something in it, nor are they
likely to censure men whom they know
are loyal to the empire.
Uc.urtvjr. Att,uainvj.u
VICE-FnKSIDKNT'S
MOW
VEST
Beautiful I'rrnlon tiarment 2MO
Years
Old Olveu to Mr. Marshall.
Washington, D. C. correspondent New
Vice-President Marshall has a new
vest 200 years old. He wore it recently
for the first time. It was given to mm
bv Mirza All Kull Khan, of the Persian
Legation, The material, an antique
Khorasan. la of the Song-boulak pat
tern and embodies the Kurdish and
Heratl motif, according to the undis
puted statement made by a Persian rug
dealer.
Thia means tnat ma vent ia ot cars:
brown with soft tones of blue ana yel
low makinsr up the color scheme. Min
ute figures of flowers, leaves ana twigs
are employed In carrying out the un
usual design.
"Mv wife dared me to wear the vest
In public" explained the vice-tresiaent.
so I took tne a are.
Let Owaers Choese Manic,
PORTLAND. April 19. (To the Editor.)-
As a taxpayer and non-dog own
er, why should I be taxed to lend City
Commissioners Daly and Bigelow on a
junketing trip to inspect the class of
muzales In vogue with the well-bred
dears of Seattle? Why should not
stringent muzzling act be passed and
let the do owners Investigate the
various 'class, grade or make of dog
muzzles.
This haggling over the muzzling or.
dinanee looks to me like cheap ad'
vertisment for further political prefer
ment, and. if euch be the case, what
a contempt we should feel for such
men. Does Mayor Albee's humanitarian
impulse lead him to prefer the good
will of some dog owner, who la op-
nosed to muzzling, to that of the gen
eral public who cannot afford to ride
In autos and thus escape a part of
the menace of rabies-affected dogs?
R. II. ROY,
Juvenile (iromrtry.
People's- Home Journal.
Teacher (to a scholar) Johnny, what
Is a cube?
Johnny A cube Is a solid surrounded
by six equal squares.
' Teacher Right! . Willie, what Is
cone?
Willie A cone? Why a cone la-
er a funnel, stuffed with ice cream.
WUEJi VOTERS' INTEREST WANES
Then Minority Rule Is Apt to Follow,
aaya Writer.
SALEM. April !. (To the Editor.)
Is it strange that the people are tired
Of politics? I say no, and that most
emphatically. Jt is Ketttnsr so that
for one purpose or another elections
are held every year, and the political
agitation over this or that never
Ceases. Is it strange that the average
citizen, finding bo much responsibility
heaped upon him, refuses to accept the
burden? This state must look right
sharp here or the power the people have
in our system will turn and become
only another prop for the system of
bOFsism.
The etate Is in a fair way of being
tun by the minority, and the reason
for this Is that the politicians are un
loading so much work onto the voters
that the latter give up in disgust and
ltt the results go by the board. The
active few those who for one reason
or another can afford to stay "on the
Job" then take charge and run things.
Where does "popular government" then
come in? I do not say this because I
am opposed to our-system of Kovern-
ment in this state, but that something
must be done to impress upon the minds
of the citizens or the State of Oregon
the importance of registering and after
having registered, the importance of
going to the polls and votirjg and
voting Intelligently.
It la almost an impossibility for the
average eitiaen who haa to work for a
livelihood in a line of employment that
does not bring him In contact with the
needs of the state and the workings of
the Btate government, and who does
not have time to study and figure out
tne law tnat he is required to pass
upon at the polls. The last general
election of this state was a fair sample
of the ballet sheet that a voter has
confronting him when he goes to the
polls to vote. That is one reason that
the voters of this state voted "No" all
the way down the line upon measures
that were necessary for the common
wealth, and some were measures that
the Legislature passed in 1913 session
and were referred to the .people in our
special election last Fall and were
passed by the people by a Jarge ma
jority.
This condition does not exist in Ore
gon alone, but in other states that
have adopted the popular form of gov
ernment. Take Ohio for instance. The
license system was fastened on that
state by a referendum vote of the peo
pie, supposedly. Yet only about one
fifth of the normal vote of the state
was sufficient to write this provision
into the state constitution. By the
same method less than one-third served
to defeat woman sufferage. Take New
Jersey. In their primaries in 1912 to
decide who should be Senator. Con
gressman Hughes was the choice, al
though he received only about one-nfth
of the nominal vote of the state,
These are merely recent instances of
a condition which Is practically uni
versal, u'lia. "stay at home vote" la
growing constantly larger and minority
ruio la coming to be the common thin
Of course you might say that it is
men's business to go to the polls and
vote every time there is an election, but
in practice this does not hold good.
There are ao many intricacies about
registering that it requires a reason
able amount uf a citizen's time to at
tend to these political details. Thus it
is that thousand of business men and
the best people do not get around to
vote, and the minority decides things
for them. The power of "the stay-at-
home vote" is still potentially there.
The citizens of Oregon should look upon
registering ana voting as a duty of
vital importance to their welfare
whether they are taxpayers or not, for
all good citizens look forward to th
time when they will hold property, for
nothing so affects and engages the
imagination of mankind as the right to
hold property and exercise domain over
it to the exclusion of others. And aa
good citizens it is our duty to get out
and- register and take a peep Into the
workings of our Oregon system, and not
let the minority rule.
RALPH W. KARRIS.
IIIUIIKK I.lCElVSKl KKWKK l0S
Citizen Believes It Well 10 Get Hid of
Most noKa-ia city.
PORTLAND. April 19 (To the Kdi-
tor.)-r-Jn the name of suffering human
ity, why doesn't the City Council get
busy and Impose, a license so hign
that it would get rid of about 90 per
cent of the dog population of this
city?
How long would we stand for hogs.
cows and horses to run at large, and
what is the difference? If there is any.
it is in favor of the latter for tliov
do rest at nights, while the dog roams
during the day over your norctiea.
lawns and gardens, and howls under
your window at nights.
If you lived in our neighborhood.
where It seems that every other fam
ily keeps from one to three curs, you
would feel as we do about it.
To impose a license of 125 on male
and $50 on female dogs would elimi
nate about 90 per cent of the mongrel
stock that ia now running at large.
Owners of blooded stock should take
no offense at paying such a license
when it is considered that they real-,
is from Ma to $100 for certain breeds
of dogs when they are but a few
months old.
From a humane standpoint, we
think it far better to cholorform a
dog than to keep him muaxled during
the hot months of the year. In this
letter I am voicing the sentiments of
30 or 40 of as good citizens as we
have, all residing in a radius ot u
few blocks.
AVe hope that the City Council will
take the same view of the situation
as we do, as, God knows, it is a se
rious matter. None of ua wants to be
the next one to be carried away by
the bite of a rabid dog.
A CITIZEN.
. Again the Bridge Approach.
PORTLAND. April l..(To the Edi
tor.). To paraphrase Mr. llyland's lit.
terview this morning, I regret to note
that he fails to see the bridge approach
situation In its true relation to the
public good." And I regret to note
that in attempting to show that the
Cnion-avenue approach is more expen
sive by 181.000 than the Derby. avenue
approach he charges up against Union
avenue, in five items alone, over $58,.
000 which ia paid for by the abutting
property owners and of which not one
cent comes out of the bridge fund.
An analysis of all his figures sim
ply confirms the estimates of Harring
ton Ac wauueii, snowing Union avenue
is the least expensive route. The fact
that more than to per cent of the pea
pie of Portland would be better served
by way of Union avenue, he does not
even disc-UBS. and the facj that the
question of railway rights of way Is
not in Issue at all in- selecting the
approach is' now so fully understood
that it ia no longer a matter tor fur.
ther controversy.
CHARLES B. MOORES.
l.-t Losjaera Whip Meafeo.
STELLA, Wash.. April 18. (To the
Editor.) .Why all of the excitement
and expense of sending such a fleet to
Mexico? Hvo , hundred unemployed
loggers from tne Mate or Washingto
could whip the federals and rebels
also, and also help conditions ln the
state at the same time, as there would
not do so many unemployed men
around for the Summer. Telegraph
orape-juice isryan.
A LOGGER.
ORIWO.V.
On the brink of the Pacific
Rippling waters at her feet.
Endless scenes of verdant beauty,
uiant treea our vision greet.
Over all the golden sunshine.
Smiling 'neath the azure sky.
Never fairer picture painted
To delight the human ey-e.
Leila Goldomlth.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of April 50. lSs.
New York. April 19 Fire swept the
east bank of North River today from
Fifty-ninth to Sixty-fifth streets. It
destroyed more than $1,51)0.000 of prop
erty belonging to the New York Cen
tral Railroad, and the total loss is esti
mated at 13.335.000. Several lives were
lost and many persona injured.
Seattle, April 19 The Gity Council
tonight elected O. D. Buttertield Chief
of Police vice J. C. Mitchell, removed.
Corvallia. April IS A larce and en
thusiastic meeting of citizens was hold
last evening in the parlors of Hamil
ton, Job fc Co., for the curuose of tak
ing active steps towards brinrinc water
into the city for manufacturing pur
poses. A committee was appointed to
draft articles of Incorporation of the
Corvallis Water Ditch Company. Hon.
... n. McKiroy and w. A. Wells todav
purchased from Sol King- 175 acres of
land one-mile west of the city at 190
per acre. The present owners will plat
the land in live and 10-acre tracts.
Colfax. April 19 Mr. and Mrs. fharloa
S. Voorhees arrived from Washington
this morning to make Colfax their
home.
Brownsville. April 19. The Woolen
Mills Company organised here today
with the following ofhuers; President,
W. B- Kirk; secretary and treasurer.
Peter Hume; superintendent. J. W.
Jager.
Arrangements are consummated by
which an abundance of Dure water will
be conducted to the top of Mount Tabor.
11 is proposed to pump water from the
famous Paradise Springs into a reser
voir on the highest point.
Dr. R. G. Rex, who left this city about
two years ago for San Francisco, dis
appeared shortly after his arrival there
and nothing has bean heard from him
by his friends since.
Herbert Bradley. F. C. Heed. R. C.
Campbell. A. H. Crook. Lewis Russell
and E. P. Thompson have organized the
Oregon Stone Company, which haa pur
chased Mr. Thompson's sandstone
quarry at Mach'a Arch, Curry County.
D. R. Davis, superintendent of con
struction of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, arrived yetserday to
superintend the bringing Ln and con
necting of the new copper wire con
necting Portland with San Francisco.
Rev. Alfred Kummer lectured to a
large audience la6t evening in Taylor
Street M. K. Church.
S. Barr'a horse, while hitched in front
of Atkinson oi Wakefleld'a yesterday,
broke a plate glass window.
George Sunderland, the 21-year-old
son of Dairy Commissioner Sunderland,
cut a deep gash in his foot while cut
ting a tree on Sauvte's Island yester
day. S. A. Wood says he yesterday paid
for 90 tons of rails for a motor line to
West Portland, and they are to be de
livered In 60 daya.
The City Council last evening had a
breezy discussion of the site for the
hew city hall. Mayor De Lashmutt said
the Market block could not be used for
the purpose.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregenian of April 20, i4.
A correspondent of the Washington
Statesman, writing from Colvllle, says
a Mr. Sinkllghter. an employe of Hud
son's Bay Company, arrived at the lat
ter place from the Kootenai and Colum
bia Head mines, reporting that rich
diggings have been struck, having
made as high as J-S per day with ptck.
shovel and pan.
Chicago. April 17 Letters in regard
to the capture of Fort Billow give
even a more appalling account of the
flendUhnesa of the rebels than the ac
counts telegraphed. Many wounded
were ehot in the hospitals; the re
mainder were driven out and the hos
pital burned. On the morning after the
battle the rebels went on the held to
Shoot negroes who had not died from
previous wounds. Many were ordered
into line and inhumanly ehot down. Of
350 colored troops not more than 60
or 60 escaped, and not a single ottlcer
in command of the colored troops sur
vives. New Y"ork. April 15. Dispatches from
headquarters of the Army of the Poto
mao state that a party or rebel cavalry
made an attack on Bristow Station yes
terday and were drtven off after a brief
skirmish. The mail train with General
Grant on board passed a few minutes
afterwards. It ia supposed it waa the
intention of the rebels to capture him.
John S. Caldwell writes from Hell-
gate. Bitter Root Valley, under date or
January 31: "On the 21th inst. 21 of
the vigilance committee visited Hell
gate and hung . Skinner. John
Cooper and Alex Carter, and on the
5th they hung (ieorge Shears and
Robert Zachary. At Fort Owen they
hung William Graves, alias Whisky
BUI, and In December and January they
hung 21 of the rascals. The committee
made their appearance unexpectedly
and had no trouble in getting their vie-
tima. They came to the house where
I waa stopping and got George Shears
and hung him in 15 minutes. The com
mittee bury none they hang, ao tne
citizens have to bury the dead."
Amonar the passengers on the steamer
Wilson G. Hunt from the Cascades last
evening waa a poor woman with a fam
ily of small children that had oeen
furnished with a free ride from Uma
tilla City by the O. S. N.' Co.'a line on
their way from Grand Rondo to Salem.
Thev were received on board the P. T.
Company's steamer Senator, where they
obtalned supper, and win proceea up
the Willamette this morning.
Charlea Barrett has received Godey'a
Ladv's Hook for April, an admirable
number, which every lady will be glad
to see.
Aband of young cattle passed through
the city and crossed the river yester-
i.-, i i .' He -'tiling iffiu'l
eats of the Cascades. They hail from
the Long Tom country.
A very attractive gas burner may be
seen at the office of C. H. Myers, plum
ber, on First street. The novelty con
sists in its motion, and being set with
four jets, it works aa a circular venti
lator, forming an admirable light for
show windows.
News-Value of
Advertising
Readers of The OregonTan who
make a practice of studying the ad
vertising can testify to the remark
able amount of interesting and re
liable Information they acquire.
It Is a form of education which
many readers follow quite uncon
sciously hut none the less to their
distinct advantage.
A period of fifteen minutes a day
devoted to reading of advertise
ments Is as surely productive of re.
suits as Is the same amount of time
devoted to reading ln Dr. Kliot'a
famous five feet of books and per
haps the results are more immedi
ately practical and helpful.
Not to take advantage of adver
tising is to neglect a plain duty to
oneself.