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POBTLAXO, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1914.
i NEW ANTI-TRUST BILL.
The revised anti-trust bill has at
last been presented to the House by
Representative Clayton, and it embod
ies many changes from the several
tollls which It displaces. It contains
no provision for an Interstate Trade
Commission, which will be covered
irv a. separate measure. It, however,
contains elaborate provisions to regu
late injunctions and contempt pro
ceedings, which have little connection
with trusts and would more appropri
ately compose another separate bill.
The bill forbids price discrimination
designed to destroy competition and
contains the old prohibition against
arbitrary refusal of mining compa
nies to sell their products to any
would-be buyer, to which much objec
tion has been made. It forbids manu
facturers or merchants to fix retail
prices or to grant discounts or re
bates on condition that the buyer shall
not use or dealin competitors' goods.
Persons or corporations injured by
violation of law may recover three
fold damages, and decisions In Gov
ernment suits are to be conclusive evi
dence In private suits.
An attempt has been made to ex
empt labor unions and farmers asso
ciations from prosecution under the
law by the Inclusion of the following,
which Is section 6:
' That nothing contained In the anti-trust
laws shall be construed to forbid the ex
istence and operation of fraternal, labor, con
sumers, agricultural or horticultural organi
sations, orders or associations operating
under the lodge system, instituted for the
purpose of mutual help, and not having cap
ital stock or conducted for profit, or to
forbid or restrain individual members of
such orders or associations from carrying
out the legitimate objects of such asso
ciations. The. terms of the former 1)111 in re
gard to Intercorporate stock holdings
are modified so as to prohibit such
holdings' only when they eliminate or
lessen competition.
The bill expressly permits corpora
tions to ' form subsidiary corporations
"for the actual carrying on of their
Immediate lawful business or the nat
ural and legitimate branches thereof,
. . .when the effect is not to elim
inate or lessen competition." Rail
roads may form subsidiaries to aid
in construction of feeders. Corpora
tions may hold any lawfully acquired
right, provided the relations thereby
established do not constitute violations
of the anti-trust law.
The bill still forbids interlocking
directorates between railroads and
supply and equipment companies. It
has a new clause forbidding the same
person to. be an officer of a railroad
and of a bank or trust company which
deals in the railroad's securities. The
section against Interlocking director
ates of banks is made to apply only
to each bank operating under Federal
law and which has more than J2.500,
000 In deposits, capital, surplus and
undivided profits, and to two or more
tanks of any size operating in a city
of more than 100,000 population. This
would permit a chain of small country
banks in different places under the
same directors. Like prohibitions ap
ply to competing railroads.
In every case guilt is made personal,
the conviction of a corporation carry
ing with it the punishment of the in
dividual directors, officers or agents
authorizing, ordering or doing prohib
ited acts. Penalties are limited to
6000 fine, or one year's imprisonment
or both.
The anti-Injunction sections are
tacked on to the bill by means of a
section permitting injunctions against
violations. No injunction may issue
without notice, but a judge may Issue
a temporary restraining order for not
over ten days on a showing that imme
diate and irreparable injury is likely.
Such orders may be extended after
notice, but In either case bond must
be- given as security against damage.
Injunctions must describe in reason
able detail the acta sought to be re
strained. They may not be issued in
labor disputes "unless ' necessary to
prevent irreparable injury to property
or" a property rlgit," which must be
described with particularity. Re
straining orders must not prohibit a
person to terminate his employment
or to recommend others to do so. The
bill permits peaceful picketing, boy
cotting, payment or denial of strike
benefits or peaceable assemblage.
Contempt of court, consisting in dis
obedience of injunctions, may be pun
ished only after trial, of which notice
mast be given, and by a Jury If the
accused demands, it. Appeals are
permitted. These restrictions do not
apply to contempt comm'.tted In, the
presence of the court or in obstruct
ing administration of Justice or in dis
obedience of any lawful writ other
than Injunction. . Contempt proceed
ings cannot begin more than ore year
after the offense. m
Mr. Clayton has omitted entirely
the bill attempting to define offenses
against the Sherman law. It is as
well. Such offenses have been fairly
well defined in Supreme Court deci
sions. To attempt further to define
them would be to open a new era of
litigation In order to get Judicial con
struction of the new definitions. The
tolll meets some of the legitimate crit
icisms aimed at the bills which are
Combined in it, but it is doubtful
whether iie section exempting labor
and farmers' unions will prove satis
factory. The bill cannot, and should
not, meet all criticisms, for many of
these emanate from men who would
not be satisfied unless all anti-trust
legislation was swept away.
The Helena assay office, which was
aved by a small majority when the
House considered the appropriation in
committee, was killed when the bill
was reported. That disposes of all
the assay offices In the West except
those at Denver, San Francisco and
Seattle, and leaves the miners no other
tlaces to dispose of their gold except
New Tork. New Orleans and Philadel
phia, near which, cities there arfl no
gpld mines. That cuts no figure; the
public money is to be expended where
there are most votes, not where' there
19 most need of the facilities it is to
provide.
MARKING TIME AT VERA CRCZ.
The decision of the Administration
to "sit tight" at Vera Cruz is some
what in contrast with the firm and
decisive action of the past few days.
No doubt the purpose in this policy
Is to minimize the flames of conflict
if possible and prevent a general Mex
ican conflagration. But that such an
idea is born of a futile hope would
seem to be made clear by the trend
J of events, especially when the turbu
lent and impulsive Mexican tempera
ment is held in mind.
Kvents of a day, or of an hour, may
change the situation and make neces
sary an Immediate advance on Mexico
City. But in the absence of any such
overt acts it is not easy to see just
what is to be gained by a protracted
period of delay. It is announced that
the next move Is upto Huerta, but
suppose he makes no immediate
move. Is "watchful waiting" to be
renewed at Vera Cruz? Does the Ad
ministration believe that Huerta will
finally see the hopelessness of his
plight? Or does it believe that
with Huerta's source of war supplies
cut off the rebels will advance on him
and the spectacle of Mexican fighting
Mexican b renewed while a foreign
invader is on Mexican soil? Or again,
is it hoped that the Mexicans in
Huerta's own district will rise up
against him and demand his over
throw? Such events wpuld all be wel
come. They might make further ag
gressive action on the part of the
United States unnecessary. But to ex
pect such things is counting on some
thing improbable and contrary to hu
man nature.
Far more probable It would seem
that if we mark time at Vera Cruz
Huerta will utilize the breathing spell
to organize resistance. With time he
could fortify the mountain passes on
the way to Mexico City. He could get
together bands of volunteers to con
test the American advance, for such an
advance would one day be compelled.
inasmuch as Mexico City is not de
pendent upon Vera Cruz or its other
ports for actual necessities of exist
ence. "Watchful waiting" might con
tinue for years without weakening the
dictator's hand, for the stubborn fight
ing of civilians at Vera Cruz gives an
insight into the disposition of Huerta's
people to resist invasion. But then it
is hardly possible that "watchful wait
ing" will be permitted in the course
of events to persist very long; surely
no longer than it takes Huerta to pre
pare himself a little more fully.
ANOTHER COME-BACkJ
The re-election of ex-Mayor Faw-
cett in Tacoma, after the "come-back"
of ex-Mayor Gill, of Seattle, leads one
to infer that there is a vital difference
between a recall election and a regu
lar election.
If our memory is not at fault there
was, at the time Mr. Fawcett was re
called, some controversy over city
liquor laws, but the burning issues of
the recall campaign were the Mayor's
temperamental qualities and some an
cient domestic infelicities which the
people had Ignored when they elected
him. ,v
But Mr. Fawcett "comes back"
after a campaign in which the burn
ing issues of tbe recall campaign were
forgotten. We are confident that, like
Mr. Gill, he isnow chastened and re
pentant, but he would better be care
ful in office. It may be that as a boy
he filched watermelons and played
hookey, which certainly in . th ab
sence of anything else will be used
against him if he does not proceed
circumspectly In guiding th'e affairs of
the City of Destiny.
GIVE HIM HIS DUE.
It seems that the real Congressman
from this district 13 a Mr. Merrick,
who possesses the inconsequential title
and the small salary attendant thereto
of private secretary to Mr. Lafferty.
Listen to this from a recent "private"
letter mailed by Mr. Lafferty to his
constituents:
"During the present session twelve
private bills Introduced by me have
passed the House an unusually, large
number. The credit Is due entirely
to my private secretary, Mr. Mer
rick. ..." ' .
It 6eems a shame that Mr. Merrick
cannot receive more emoluments of
the office he holds by proxy than he
now enjoys. Think of it. All the credit
for the twelve bills belongs to Private
Secretary Merrick, yet he does not
even get his name in the Congres
sional Record; let alone draw a salary
sufficient to enable him to live at the
most expensive club in Washington.
Introduction of Mr. Merrick to Mr.
Lafferty's constituents by letter is not
enough. Mr. Merrick ought to be the
Congressman and Mr. Lafferty the
secretary, provided someone else is not
better fitted to the Job. We suggest
that all followers of Mr. Lafferty write
In the name of 'Mr. Merrick on the
primary ballot. Doubtless Mr. Laf
ferty would rejoice to see - worth and
fidelity thus rewarded. His unselfish
tribute to his private secretary may
well be emulated by those who admire
his type of statesmanship.
DETAINED WITNESSES.
The solution of the "detained" wit
ness problem does not appear very
difficult to a man who can see through
a millstone. Simply stated it is, "Do
not detain them. Try the cases in
which they are needed and let them
go." There Is no excuse for the peren
nially congested condition of our
courts. In other countries where
judges are fewer than here and Just
as dignified there is no plethora" of
witnesses shut up to prevent their
vanishing when they are needed. The
Judges manage to keep the end of
their work always in sight. Cases are
invariably tried soon after they come
into court and tangles of all sorts are
avoided. -
Some of our judges have become so
enamored of a learned leisure that
they forget to do the work they are
paid for. Instead of decidirrg 'cases
promptly they burn the midnight oil
omet them week after week and month
after month. Meditation only leads to
new perplexities. Precedent piles upon
precedent, quibble grows out of quib-
blej and the end flees deeper and
deeper into the far future. A prompt
decision, even If It is erroneous. Is bet
ter than none.
What suitors want from the courts
is a speedy end of their litigation. A
man loses less by his opponent's vic
tory than he does from interminable
delays. But -of course It Is In crim
inal cases that delay is most noxious.
The courts have allowed themselves to
fall Into the habit of continuing these
matters on slight pretexts. An offense
that might be Just as well disposed of
todax is postponed until next week
and then until next year, for no reason
except that the accused hopes by de
lay to escape justice. In the mean
time the witnesses scatter to' the ends
of the earth unless they are detained
at public expense.
Thus the merry game goes on, all
at the cost of the taxpayers. Justice
has become so leisurely and ' easy
going in the United States that more
energetic nations smile at us. They
often speak of this country as a para
dise for criminals because so few are
ever tried and of those few so small
a proportion are convicted. The de
tained witness problem is but a frac
tion of a vastly- larger problem, that
of protecting society effectually from
wrongdoers.
- AN APOLOGY AXD f2S.0O0.eO0.
The treaty with Colombia negotiated
by Secretary Bryan gives that republic
not only $25,000,000. but an apology
which is . accepted by Colombia. In
the text of the treaty occur these
words:
The Government of the United States, de
siring to put an end to all disputes and dif
ferences with the Republic of Colombia, oc
casioned by events which have brought about
the present situation in the Isthmus of Pan
ama, In its name ud In the name of the
people of the Lnitd Ktates expresses sin
cere regret for anything that may have in
terrupted or altered the relations of cordial
friendship existing Ions; between the two
nations.
Colombia, In her name and in the name of
the people of Colombia, accepts this declaraT
tion in the full assurance that In this way
will disappear all obstacles to the restoration
or complete harmony between the two coun
tries. After the despot who ruled Colom
bia in 1903 has packed Congress to
blackmail the United States, and after
Panama had rebelled, he offered to
pack Congress again for the purpose
of accepting our offer for the- canal
concession. We had found him so
crooked that we refused to deal with
him again and we did business with
the new owners of the canal route.
For this slight we are to give an apol
ogy and $25,000,000.
If Mr. Bryan had been President
instead of Mr. Wilson, he would prob
ably have apologized for sending men
ashore for gasoline at Vera Cruz. He
is the great American apologist.
There is another clause in the Co
lombian treaty which scarcely agrees
with the Wilson version of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. It says that "Co
lombia shall, enjoy freely and' in per
petuity free passage through the Pan
ama Canal for her troops, stores and
warships." Since, according to the
Wilson theory, the charges to ships of
all nations must be equal, and the
phase "all nations" includes the nation
owning the canal and its route, how
can we make this concession to Co
lombia without violating the treaty?
The like" concession .was granted to
Panama, but that was before Great
Britain Interpreted the Hay-Paunce-fote
treaty for us. Now that Mr.
Bryan knows the British construction
and has accepted it as to the United
States, how dare he ignore it" as to
Colombia?
In" his haste to make amends to
weak, innocent Colombia for the
"wrong" done her, he seems to have
got at loggerheads with the President
and to have exposed us to another re
buke from Great Britain for playing
fast and loose with treaties. A Wilson-'
Bryan conference seems to be needed
in order to bring the policy of -the
State Department Into harmony with
that of the White House.
THE FIRST MEXICAN WAR.
From the. day when Cortex began
his invasion of Mexico the history of
that unhappy country has been a
hopeless tragedy. The tenturies of
Spanish rule were black with cruelty
of every description.' The people were
enslaved. Ignorance was systematic
ally fostered. The Government was
unspeakably corrupt. Mexico won its
independence of Spain in 1821 but the
people gained little by the change.
Foreign governors were now replaced
by domestic bandits. Robbery to fill
the treasury of a European nation
gave way to robbery for the benefit of
rival factions. The sway of Ignorance
was not broken. Peonage held the
working population in bonds. Blood
shed marred each successive pretense
of free elections. When Porfirio Diaz
came into power after a successful re
bellion against the lawful government
of the country some semblance of
peace and order began to prevail but
it was only at the cost of fearful cruel
ties and the utter sacrifice of popular
liberty. Diaz was really the worst
enemy his miserable country ever had
because he initiated the fatal policy of
turning over its natural resources to
unscrupulous native and foreign syn
dicates. Anybody who had money to
offer was sure of almost unlimited
concessions from Diaz.
' In the pursuit of this disastrous
policy he managed to. drive the peas
ants from their homesteads over vast
areas. The small farms which Tiad
been the one stable hope of" the coun
try were merged into enormous hold
ings and to all its other miseries Mex
ico now added that of absentee, land
16rdism. Historians .weep over the
wretchedness whjch' absentee land
lordism brought upon Ireland. The
awful tale of Mexico's woes under the
same Iniquitous i policy remains to be
written. The endurance even of Ig
norant peons has its limits and finally
the human creatures whom Diaz had
exploited for years rose against him
and drove him from the country. Since
then matters have gone from bad to
worse. Mexico has known no peace.
The peons have in a measure regained
their liberty but they must enjoy it
amid burning homes or fight, for it
still on bloody battlefields. And now
the calamity which everybody dreaded
has happened to Mexico for the sec
ond time. Her internal dissensions
have brought her into collision with
the United States.
Our Mlrst war with Mexico was
brought about in part by the persistent
machinations of the slave-holders.
They wanted Texas and perhaps the
whole of Mexico for the extension of
their "sacred institution." Old trou
bles about debts due to Americans had
been running sores from as far back
as 1821. It was claimed, too, that
American troops had violated Mexican
territory and there was the perennial
worry over Texas. That unrestful re
gion was kept In constant turmoil.
The people were urged to demand
their independence of Mexico and
finally to fight for it. Of course ad
venturous Americans were ready to
take a hand in the fight. All these
troubles were assiduously fomented by
the trouble-makers. . Neither Mexico
nor the United States was permitted
to forget them day or night.
The 'annexation of Texas brought
the ill-feeling to a crisis. The Mex
ican government, such as it was, had
declared that any proposal by thia
country to annex Texas would be an
occasion for war. In the treaty grant
ing the Texans their independence it
had been stipulated that the country
should remain forever apart from the
United States. But promises of that
nature are made only to be broken.
Congress was Immediately forced to
vote the annexation of Texas and
President Polk hastened to sign the
bill. The people of the new nation
joyfully accepted the invitation to Join
fortunes with the United States. Hos
tilities broke out without delay. The
first encounters occurred in the Spring
of 1846 on disputed territory in West
ern Texas. Polk's plan of campaign,
which it is said that he worked out
personally, was to capture California
and New Mexico with the intention of
holding them permanently. An inva
sion of Mexico from the north was
also proje.ctea but this was to be noth
ing more than a feint.
It was quaintly believed at Wash
ington that a show of force would be
sufficient to bring the feeble govern
ment to terms. Exactly the contrary
effect was really produced. No sooner
did the American troops enter Mex
ican territory than a -great popular
outburst of national feeling occurred
and it was resolved to resist to the last
gasp.' The Mexican soldiers were
brave In the extreme but they were
made ineffective by poor equipment
and incompetent leadership. The Amer
icans on the other hand were well
equipped and led but they were not
free from dissension. There was much
bad feeling between the letnargic
Scott, who happened to be at the head
of our Army, and other commanders.
It was also found that the invasion
from the north was a blunder and the
seat of war was accordingly trans
ferred to Vera Cruz. From this port,
which was besieged and speedily
taken, the troops marched upon Mex
ico City and captured it after a series
of brilliant victories. The American
troops were usually outnumbered and
fiercely resisted but their superior
arms and discipline enabled them to
prevail in almost every encounter.
The fruits of the war accrued en
tirely to the slave power only for the
moment. They gained Texas,
which was of considerable help to
them In the Civil War, and they hoped
to win over California and the rest
of the conquered territory, but Cali
fornia was lost to them by the
patriotic activities of such men as
Thomas- Star King, while Arizona and-
New Mexico presented formidable ob
stables to the profitable employment
of slave labor. Before their designs
were consummated the Civil War had
been fought and the power of slavery
had been crushed. It happened, there
fore, that our first war in Mexico re
sulted in the long run happily for
mankind. The territory won by the
United States has been redeemed from
anarchy and has become the home of
a great and thriving population of
freemen.
Miss Susannah Usher fires a center
shot at home cooking in The Chris
tian Science Monitor. She says it
wastes money, woman's time and
man's digestive powers, all of which
is true. Home cooking is often bad
cooking and woefully expensive. Why,
then, do we cling to it so Btubbornly?
Why does the wretch who has for
feited the respect of man and the hope
of heaven still treasure the memory of
mother's pies? Perhaps because they
were mother's. The flavor of home in
home cooking makes up for all its
faults.
It is rumored that hungry spoilsmen
have begun to fix longing eyes on the
Library of Congress, where many a
fat tidbit hangs Just out of reach. The
librarian, Mr. Putnam, is protected
from the ravenous horde by a law
which makes every position under him
depend on merit alone. Thus guarded
he has organized one of the most effi
cient library forces in the world, but
Congress could in a day destroy all he
has done, and who knows but it will?
Hunger is a strong incentive.
The esteemed "O. A. C. Barometer"
agrees with The Oregonian about
clothes. "There are other things far
more ' important," says our college
contemporary; "let us pinch ourselves
and get back on the right track." It
then mentions a number of things
more profitable to think about than
dress suits. The Agricultural College
publishes a sensible paper. We hope
it is read and digested by the students
as carefully as it is edited.
The House has voted to abolish one
of the perquisites of Congress by pro
viding for payment of only actual ex
penses of members instead of 20 cents
mileage. Now we shall see whether
the Senate can rise to the occasion as
virtuously.
A New Tork society couple have
been sued for damaging the furniture
in their apartments. Must have been
entertaining the 400 at a fashionable
banquet.
The defeat of the native bright
lights In oratory at Corvallls by a
"little brown man" is merely an inci
dent in Japanese endeavor and perse
verance. The announcement that no member
of the Cabinet intends quitting Is
something of a disappointment. Bryan
has done quite enough damage.
Dispatches tell of a poor woman at
Monte Carlo who ran $1 up to more
than $1000. Usually it Is $1000 that
Is run down to SI.
Now the Czar has barred booze from
his Army. Being Russia's largest grog
dealer, no doubt he winkedthe other
eye.
Whether it grows into a big war
or not It has been made clear that
patriotism is plentifully abundant.
New Paris gowns are described as
daring. Pictures of them suggest that
they are ferociously courageous.
" If the ratio at Vera Cruz holds good
one American fighting man is equal
to about 200 Mexican warriors.
Bryan need not worry about
O'Shaughnessy. A man with that
name will fight his way out.
There is patriotism also In service
on an election board. The country
needs it.
"Watchful waiting" . at Vera Cruz
will get more watching than waiting.
Getting Huerta will be much like
getting Agulnaldo in the olden days.
Incidentally Colorado is having a
little war of her own.
The poor politician has been loet in
the shuffle. -
"We're ready" is epidemic over the
land.
Congress was left holding the saf'
IX GRAY OK MOHMXG AFTER
Things Now Look Different to Late
Follower of Col. Rooaevelt.
PORTLAND, April 22. (To the Edi
tor.) If you will allow a one-time
stanch supporter of Theodore Roose
velt, a Progressive Republican, space
for a little discussion of the past and
present political situation, it will be
greatly appreciated.
It will be noted that the recent reg
istration of voters in California and
Oregon, as well as the special election
held a short time since in the Second
Iowa Congressional District, indicate a
considerable falling-otf in strength of
the Progressive party compared with
the vote cast for its standard-bearer at
the last Presidential election. The
change of front of our own Messrs.
Lafferty and Ackerson, among others,
is also noteworthy. The conclusion
that the party is losing 1b certainly
Justified in the mind of the unpreju
diced and unbiased thinker. At the
same time this level-headed thinker
mwt recognize the fact that the new
third parity still maintains no little
strength and holds potential possibili
ties enough to- give the Republicans
much trouble in many places, and de
feat In some, perhaps not a small
number.
The Progressives now give promise
of repeating the history of their pre
decessors, the Populists; rise rapidly,
reach the zenith in a comparatively
short time, remain stationary for a
while, then ebb out. Why is this the
case? The political history of the last
few years naturally contains the
causes that have produced and are
producing the effects, and a correct
analysis of that history will reveal
the reason? therefor.
Without doubt more thoughtful study
after the excitement of the campaign
is bringing about a reaction. In the
early part of 190$ Republicans gener
ally, and that means probably a ma
jority of the people of the Nation,
stood solidly behind Theodore Roose
velt, then, President. They were united
and lined up shoulder to shoulder. As
the time for the primaries and- conven
tions drew near the President declared
for Secretary of War Taft as his suc
cessor. Fox the first time many,
among others the writer, found them
selves unable to follow that leader
ship. They felt that, in the first place,
the chief executive should not throw
the influence of his office toward the
namin; of his successor, and thus at
tempt to establish a dictatorship in the
line of succession, as such action sa
vored too much of the monarchia!
Idea. Secondly, they firmly, believed
that Mr. Taft was not the man for the
place, in temperament, disposition or
characteristics, to carry out policies
similar to those generally advocated
and attempted by Mr. Roosevelt.
To all arguments presented by this
opposition, however, those who fol
lowed the President asserted that he
knew Mr. Taft better than any one else
did: that when he declared that the
hero of the Philippine government was
the man for the position, he knew
what he was talking about, and the
people should follow his choice.
The "steam roller" got to work.
Against strenuous remonstrances Mr.
Roosevelt caused practically all of the
200 disputed Southern and other dele
gates to be counted for Mr. Taft. and
the opposition had to swallow the med
icine. Four years later, according to
the reports, Mr. Roosevelt declared the
Republicans who forced the same dose
down his throat, were thieves. The
opposition, no matter how little they
liked 'it, had not said that Mr. Roose
velt was a thief, but Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Cinehot say that the action was
theft in 1912, and I submit that If an
action was theft in 1912, then it was
such in 1908.
No doubt many people, during the
heat of campaign, and under the ex
citement Induced by the able and ag
gressive fight made by this past mas
ter In the art of politics who had so
long been their ideal, voted for him;
though now, having had time to con
sider things more coolly and candidly,
they see them quite differently.
They can now realize that Mr. Taft
was Mr. Roosevelt's President, placed
there with determined pugnacity with
a full knowledge of and acquaintance
with the man: that the charge of theft,
as shown above, becomes a self-accusation.
Mr. Hadley or some other ac
ceptable Republican was kept out of
the race and a Democrat thereby was
placed In the Presidential chair.
Such attacks, too, as that of Gifford
Pinchot. a forenight ago, on Hadley,
Borah, La Follette, Cummins and Bris
tow; the first, according to him, dis
appointed in his ambition and hence
faithless; the second, versatile, here
today and there tomorrow, unreliable;
the third, revengeful and vindictive In
his disappointment; the Iowa man,
weakened and degenerated from for
mer higher ideals; the Kansan, worse
yet; In fact, all tffose who have not
meekly followed a certain particular
leadership and vindictively helped kick
their party to pieces, and aided in ad
vancing a third party such attacks
are not likely to help the cause es
poused by him and the former Presi
dent, except with a small number of
the most bitter radicals.
Much as we have regretted It, many
of us have been forced, by conviction,
to turn from the former President be
cause of his own actions; and to re
fuse to enter a new party born under
plausible but illogical and unreliable
fabrication. C. C. IIAMMERLY.
NEW KIND OF TREASON IS FOUND
EasternMagazine Waxen SarraHtie Over
Oregon Senator's Remarks.
' The Outlook.
The United State Senate has listened
to many novel theories of Government,
finance and manners, but in its long
career It has heard nothing more sur
prising than Senator Chamberlain's
new definition of treason.
If newspaper reports are to be
trusted. Senator Chamberlain has un
earthed a design in the mind of Mr.
Carnegie so base that it staggers belief.
"He has never, hesitated," Tfie Senator
from Oregon is reported to have said,
"to spend his millions in endeavoring
to Inculcate a reciprocal " feeling for
Great Britain in the minds of the peo
ple of the United States"; an offense
so rank that if the offender "were a
citizen of any other nation he would
be charged with treason." Now at last
the secret purposes of the great en
dowments for international peace
which which Mr. Carnegie has created
are exposed to the light of day and
iUir infamy stands revealed. Inci
dentally we have a new definition of
treason svhich may be briefly stated:
Every man who spends money In an
effort to create a friendly feeling be
tween nations Is a traitor.
Arnold's treason has long been the
standard of treason, but what Is the
surrender of a fortress compared to an
insidious ue of money to destroy
suspicion and hatred between nations?
When one remembers what a loss .of
easy material for oratory would be
Involved In tbe substitution of frierrd
Ehfp for hatred, the baseness of this
new kind of treason becomes clear.
Think, too, of the destruction of the
stock In trade of the yellow news
papers and" the annihilation of the busi
ness of the manufacture of armaments
which such a change from the amiable
ways of barbarism to the impracticable
methods of modern Christianity would
Involve!
Referees for North Pole.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"Some day we'll be going to the
North Pole by airship." remarked the
scientist.
"Yes." replied the chattery girl. "That
will improve matters so much! When
anybody starts to discover the pole he
can send a party ahead so as to have
referees on the spot."
LOSES EGO RECORD OS A FOIL
New York Man - Swallows 53, bat Meets
a Foe That la Too Strong;.
New York World.
William Relnke. champion heavy
weight long-distance egg-eater of the
Bast, failed Easter morning to smash
the world's record. He lost on a foul.
He had eaten S3 of the ovoid beauties
when he ran Into one that was not as
orthodox as it might have been. And
right there the contest was postponed
sine die.
Here is what William ate:
Thirteen soft-boiled eggs, with three
pieces of bread.
Thirteen hard-boiled eggs, with a
coffee ring.
Eight fried eggs, with a French roll.
Eight poached eggs, with three
doughnuts.
Eight eggs in omelet form, with two
seed rolls.
Three scrambled eggs, with three tea
biscuits.
"I was getting along in fine shape,"
said Relnke yesterday to a reporter for
the World, "but when I collided with
that Scotch verdict egg I lost my sunny
disposition.
"I eat on an average of 100 eggs a
week. I've been doing that for the last
five years. That makes about 26,000
eggs that I've climbed on the outsdie
of in that time. Sunday was the first
time that a bad egg ever got annoy
lngly close to me."
"How do you tell a bad egg?" asked
the reporter.
"I break it gently." replied Mr.
Relnke. "That's the best way in the
world. You see, the egg with the long
pedigree that I found on Sunday was
tucked away In the middle of a lot of
scrambled ones, and there was no way
of knowing it was there till I got close
ly acquainted with it.
"Don't misunderstand me." continued
the champion of the East. "I don't want
to get the world's championship so that
I can go around wearing a laurel
wreath in place of a hat. It's just a fad
with me. Some men love fast horses:
some admire yachts, or dogs, or books,
or airships.' I eat eggs.
"People see me going around some
times with an egg stain on my vest
and they take me for a millionaire. I
don't want to create that impression.
I'll admit I squander a small fortune
every year on eggs: but then it's my
only dissipation. I don't drink or
smoke, and I weigh 200 pounds, and
look forward to a long and useful life.
"Take my advice. If you want to be
healthy and wealthy and wise, eat a
couple of dozen large, luxuriant eggs
every day. So long as your belt isn't
too circumscribed you can build up an
appetite to fit It; and when your belt
is filled out your life will have what
they call the roseate hue."
ROCSINO CALL OK ROMANY BLOOD
First Hints of Spring- Brlnar Uypsy Im
pulses to Healthy Mankind.
Marguerite Campion, In the Metropoli
tan Magazine.
There is nothing so interesting in the
world to watch as the outcropping of
the primitive Instincts In the midst of
civilization. The llrst faint signs of
Spring reduce most of us to a state of
barbarism. Immersed In the pursuits
of Winter, buried in business, saturated
with art and culture, suddenly we come
upon the Hrst Spring day. it may be
an unseasonable afternoon In early
Spring when the sun has sucked out
the first Spring odors from the dank
earth. It may be only a flock of wild
geese flying over the housetops on a
mild evening toward sundown. What
ever it is, our blood answers like a
shaken bell, and the fate of Winter is
sealed. The sophistication we have
hoarded, the painstaking lessons In art
or the drama we have conned, all the
mirrors we have been holding up to
nature are broken In a single bound
back to nature herself. Again we are
cave dwellers, stone men, herb eaters,
nomads. Only so much of our world
wisdom sticks to us as may stand the
test, the . ultimate, unfailing test., of
contact with elemental things com
radeship, craftsmanship and courage.
Nobody need despair of us so long as
there is a. drop of gypsy blood left run
ning in our veins to send us back,
whimpering children, to the arms of
the eternal.
According to our previous taste and
training, this heady wine of the new
life courses through our veins. Cer
tainly It is that with the first llute call
of the frogs we are all tramps again,
the best and the worst of us, and ready
to hit the trail after some fashion of
our own whether we know and confess
the tramp's credo or do not.
. For to admire and for to see.
For to be'old the world so wide.
It never done no good to me.
But I can't drop it if I tried."
And very far beyond our possibilities
of seeing is nature's intention in this
matter. This gypsy blood may be. like
many other stirrings of doubtful signi
ficance, the special badge of God's
favor.
IROXY IX IXVEXTOR'S DEATH
Frrnand Forest Discovers Internal Ex
plosion EnclDfi Loses t.lory.
Paris Correspondence N. Y. Times.
Fernand Forest, the inventor of the
Internal explosion engine, which ren
dered possible the motor car and the
aeroplane, died recently under cimcum
stances marked by the irony of fate.
An accident which befell his motor
boat, the Gazelle, which, built from
his designs in 18S8. was the first ever
constructed, was the cause of his death.
Just before noon he started with his
son In the Gazelle to make a full speed
run over a measured mile. After the
run the boat was returning to the har
bor at fairly high speed. when it
scraped against a rock. The damage
was not serious, and it continued on
Its course toward shore. M. Forest,
however, who was 71, was greatly
alarmed by the collision. "We are
lostl" he exclaimed to his son. In vain
the son tried to calm his father's
excitement. The aged inventor fainted
and, though he was carried to a drug
store, where attempts were made to
revive him, he died virithout regaining
consciousness.
In 1S81 M. Forest constructed the
first vertical engine driven by gas.
In 1882 he designed an explosion motor
and in 1889 a four-cylinder engine
which embodied all the main points of
the modern explosion engine. He re
ceived the decoration of the Legion of
Honor three years ago.
M. Forest's only fault was being born
before his time. His lack of funds and
the vagaries of the French patent law
and the fact that, the world was not
ready for a light motor combined to
deprive him of the fruits of his genius.
His inventions were taken up and per
fected by others In the motor-car craze
at the beginning of the century.
Real Eatate Magazine.
GOLD HILL, Or.. April 21. (To the
Editor.) Could you tell me where the
National Real Estate Journal is pub
lished? C. J. CAMERON.
In Chicago by r7L. Polk & Co.
THE MOOX REALLY HELPS.
Ma cut out the taters' eyes.
Pa brought out the plow and mare;
And me and John went up the rows .
And dropped 'cm here and thpTe.
A neighbor passed and ast:
"Ain't it a little soon?'"
And pa, he answered him:
"It's jest right by the moon."
t
"The moon." he says and grinned
"I don't believe a bit
In that old-time idee
You don't plant crops in It."
And pa: "The moon that pulls
Tbe oceans to and fro
Can pull a tater from
The ground and make it arrow."
Alfred Powers, Oakland, or.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of April 23. 1SS9.
St. Louis April 22. Special dis
patches from Oklahoma say that evry
body is on the qui vive to make a grand
run across the line at noon.
Tacoma, W. T. April 22. The grant
ing of a franchise for street railway
lines to the Villard syndicate has cre
ated a great sensation. Many of the
citizens are Indignant and have re
quested the Mayor to veto the bill.
Seattl. April 22. Hon, W. D. Fen
ton, of McMinnville. Or., has formed a
partnership with W. W. Newlin and
will shortly remove to this city to r-rao-tice
law.
Salem, April 2 2. S. C. Hardenbrook
had an ear almost cut off and George
W. Emert had his head painfully cut
In the Capital Lumber Mill today."
John W. Whalley yesterday resigned
as a member of the committee on ad
mission to the bar of the United States
courts and Lewis B. Cox was appointed
to fill the vacancy.
There is likely to be considerable
trouble among the land owners and
settlers on Columbia Slough over
boundary lines. When the fences were
built, tho Purveyor's lines were not
followed. Tho surveyor has been at
work and it has been ascertained that
in many instances the lines on which
the fences were constructed were incorrect-Mrs.
A. J. Wella. secretary of the
Baby Home, reports that institution in
a most flourishing condition.
James Humphrey has commenced the.
erection of a fine residence on Eighth
and O streets. East Portland.
W. IT. Moore came back yesterday
from the East Portland seaside camp.
Samuel Staver and family returned
from the East yesterday.
Pr. Dav Raffety will have a fine
residence erected on Raffetys Heights
south of Stephens Slough.
Joseph Holladay on Saturday mot
Theodore Wigant. James Steel and .1.
P. O. Lownsdale. appraisers of the Ben
Holladay estate and expressed a will
ingness to exhibit the property.
Judge Bellinger yesterday purchased
of the Oregon Real Estate Company
block 81 In Holladay's Addition to East
Portland for $16,000 and proposes to
erect a residence to cost $12,ono.
Joseph R. Grismer and Mis Phoebe
navies will open at the New Park The
ater on Monday in Bartley Campbell s
"Fairfax."
Major J. B. Pond, business agent of
Bill Nye. telegraphed to W. G. Steel
yesterday that Mr. Nye Is dangerously
sick and that his proposed Pacific Coast
tour has been postponed.
J. C. Bayer is having plans prepared
for a handsome residence at Lincoln
and Seventh streets.
H. C. Leonard who started East be
fore the holidays and haj spent a por
tion of the Winter in the South, is ex
pected home this morning.
Half a Century Aga
(From The Oregonian or April 23. 1S64.)
Washington. April 20 The transfer
of men from the Army to the Navy has
at length commenced. Four hundred
have been collected from the Army of
the Potomac and the Baltimore Depart
ment. Washington. April 20. Information
has been received at headquarters that
the main body of Longstrcet's vet
erans had effected a junction with Lee.
Longstreet carried to East Tennessee
IS, "00 men. but returned with less than
12.000.
Cairo. April 20. The greater part "f
Hickman. Ky., I.as been burned by the
guerillas.
New York. April 21. The Austral
asia, from Liverpool the 9th. has ar
rived. The bombardment of Duppd
(Denmark I was vigorously sustained
on the 7th. The bombardment of Sun
derland recommenced -on' the 3d, with
extraordinary vigor.
Liverpool. April 9. All difficulties
as to the Mexican crown have been ad
Justed. Maximilian receives the Mexi
can deputation on April in to formally
accept the crown, and sails for Mexico
on the 13th.
The 10-stamp quartz crusher for the
AInsworth Mill Company, now in this
city awaiting transportation to tho
Owyhee mines, may be considered the
pioneer machine of the upper country.
It will be put up in the vicinity of Jor
dan Creek. T. S. Farmer, the super
intendent, left on Monday to prepare
the foundation.
The Portland correspondent of ' the
Bulletin gives a summary of the sta
tistics furnished by the Portland Pi
rectory, and concludes as follows:
"That this is a wooden town is suffi
ciently manifested by the great pre
ponderance of carpenters over other
mechanical pursuits. The venders of .
'something to' tako' probably outnum
ber the artificers in wood, as the fig
ures 37 only include the whisky shops,
while there Is on an average at least
two persons employed on the Inside of
each bar. This in round numbers gives
one compounder of cocktails to every
19 of the male population."
Yesterday was a terrific day for
heat and dust
Company E. Washington Territory
Infantry, Captain Knox, arrived at
Fort Vancouver yesterday by the
steamer Wilson G. Hunt, from Fort
Lapwai. They number 34 men, and
were accompanied by a fine band of
music.
The woods east of the city were
again lighted up last evening by aa
extensive conflagration.
The Star bakery has opened.
Old Coins.
SPRINGFIELD. Or., April 21. (To
the Editor.) Will you kindly firlnt in
The Oregonian where I can obtain a
catalogue listing the vnlues of old
coins? - A SUBSCRIBER.
Such a catalogue is published by the
Scott Stamp & Coin Company, New
York City.
A Word for the Home
What do you need for your house?
Have you seen the new curtains,
cretonnes, rugs?
Do you know just where to look
for the things you need for fresh
ening your house or apartment?
Look in today's Oregonian and in
tomorrow's. In fact, look any day
and every day, and you wlll'tlnd an
answer to any question you may
have In mind about what to buy and
where to buy.
The up-to-date dealers advertise
V.ecause they know the up-to-date
people iead the advertisements.
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