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i PORTLAND. SATCBDAY, MAY . 1914.
1 COLONEI, BOOSKVELT'S OFPORTIMTV
1 Colonel Koosevelt's criticisms or)
J the foreign policy of the Wilson Ad
ministration have put Into straight-
5 forward language thoughts which
t have been in many men's minds in
! more or less definite form. A feeling
i of uneasiness and dissatisfaction
widespread at the muddling of Mexi
can affairs, the proposal to back wa-
'i ter on canal tolls, at the apology and
'. indemnity to Colombia and at the
extreme deference to European opin
1 ion. A true National spirit breathes
? through Colonel Roosevelt's words.
It la refreshingly in contrast with
I what he correctly terms the "timid
and involved course" of the Admin
istration.
If the Colonel will but seize it, he
has a fine opportunity to make him-
; self the spokesman of a National pro
.' test against the policy of humiliation
and dishonor masquerading under
cloak of supersensitive regard for
National honor.' No other man can
j do so as well as he. Ex-Presiden
; Taft, though respected personally, is
"' discredited by his official and pohti
cal blunders. No other man than
Colonel Roosevelt, holding those prin
clples of National unity and National
self-respect which have found their
champion in the Republican party,
' can better express what is in many
" men's minds and draw those men
: together.
The ex-President owes it to him
self, to the Nation and to the party
which formerly bestowed the highest
. honors on him to forget his old quar
rels and to leave to the future his
: schemes of practical idealism whil
he works with all other men of lik
mind to deal with the problems of
i the immediate present. The bosses
; who fought him are so thoroughly
discredited that it needs only a union
; of all progressive elements holding
' to the Republican political faith In
order to effect their final defeat. The
Republican party will not forgive
'. such men as Barnes, Penrose and
Crane for furnishing the pretext for,
.'. if they did not provoke, the bolt of
1912. Their day is done, and a new
lay has dawned in which the party
conventions will truly represent and
express the opinions of its members,
(' free from dictation by any boss.
In suggesting that Colonel Roose
," velt postpone for the present, we do
: not ask him to abandon, his plans of
' social betterment". Those plans in
v the main are and long have been the
aims of the Republican party and
'.: had in part been carried out before
:- the schism of 1912. We simply ask
)' him to put them aside for the time
: being, while the opponents of Demo-
i cratic misrule get together on the
" urgent problems of the immediate
" present. The country now "needs to
render the Democratic Administra-
tion as far as possible powerless for
- further harm by taking from it con-
, . trol of Congress. That done, no more
!j such measures as the discriminative
.Underwood tariff and the canal tolls
repeal bill can be passed, the Colom-
:' bian treaty of apology ard indemnity
'.' cannot be ratified and the co-opera-
' tion of Congress in dealing with
Mexico can be secured only on con
dition that the Administration's pol
icy is brought into closer accord with
public opinion. That opinion con
demns impotent, gratuitous meddling
in Mexico's internal affairs, and de
. " mands firmness in guarding the in
terests of the United States and .of
American citizens' lives and fortunes
.;ln foreign lands.
The question who shall lead the
"reunited Republican forces should be
left to the future. The work of the
present is the reorganization of
divided army with a slogan in which
. all can join with one voice, an army
which, united, would be invincible,
r Colonel Roosevelt owes it to his party
;and his country to aid in the work
' - of reunion, that the principles which
he holds in common with its mem
- bers may triumph.
adored and petted by his mate the
more selfishly conceited he grows.
Woman will win the respect of her
fellow-pilgrim by demonstrating that
she is worthy of it. The ordinary,
unregenerate man believes in his se
cret heart than every woman "is a
simpleton and despises her accord
ingly. Her proper tactics, if she ever
wants to" be anything better than a
doll, is to prove to him that she Is
not a simpleton by asserting her hu
man rights and dignity in every legit
imate way.
THE TEAPOT TEMPEST.
Governor "West has quietly with
drawn his troops from Milwaukie
tavern, in marked contrast '"with the
sensational display with which they
were dispatched there. " The Gov
ernor announces that he has personal
assurances from the management of
the Friars' Clu that the law will be
obeyed.
The Governor is easily persuaded
at the wrong time. Why did he not
have his interview with the club
managers before he sounded the riot
call and brought out the militia? Be
cause, of course, it is his habit to act
first and think afterwards.
It is perhaps matter of no great
moment that word has gone out to
the world that the Governor of Ore
gon has called out the troops to sup
press lawlessness in the immediate
vicinity of Portland. It is perhaps
no great matter that the city and
state are advertised everywhere, by
the spectacular performances of the
Governor, as a place where civil law
has failed and order may be pre
served and public safety be secured
only by the frequent declaration of
martial law. But it is a serious thing
that the menace of military force
should be constantly present in every
Oregon community and that the es
tablished processes of law should be
so often interrupted by impertinent
interference with their operation.
writers than among the- Americans in
our most flagrantly provincial and
conceited days.
Neither centralization of authority
nor . direct accountability will put
brains irfto his witlass head if he be
elected.
Half a Century Ago
WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE SAID.
If Dr. C. J. Smith had been well
advised, and had himself been can
did and straightforward, he would
have given out a public statement of
the following purport, when reference
was made to the open-town condi
tions of Pendleton in 1898, under his
administration as Mayor:
"J did the best I could "with condi
tions as they existed at that time.
Pendleton had for years been wide
open. The saloons had run day and
night, gambling was common, and the
disorderly houses were only too well
patronized. Public sentiment wai
tolerant of those things, - and there
was no expectation or demand that
a Mayor do more than keep them
under sharp surveillance and reason
able control. I sought to reduce law
lessness, and I did. I demanded fair
public order, and I got it. I kept
close .watch, and made frequent ar
rests, so that the elements of vice
and disorder were never permitted to
have free rein. No Mayor, however
earnest -for reform, could have done
more then. I have no reason to be
ashamed of my record, and I will not
repudiate it. Let my enemies make
the most of what- happened sixteen
years ago in a frontier town, Where
there were many rough men and
many unfortunate women to deal
with."
But what Dr. C. J. Smith really did
was to give a public Interview, in
which he made the following state
ments among other similar things:
When I went into office I found a sys
tem of monthly fines of women in vogue.
I put a stop to it. I found gamblers were
paying similar fines for the privilege of
plying their trade. I put a stop to that. I
found saloons open on Sunday. 1 closed
them and drove the gamblers from town.
These things were all a matter of record
and could have been procured by the Ore-
gonian had it had a disposition to state the
facts.
Mayor Smith did not put a stop to
the system of fines on women; nor
did he end the era of gambling.
or monthly fines on gamblers; . nor
did he close the saloons on Sunday
The witnesses for Dr. Smith agree
for the most part that he always said
he would enforce the laws. No doubt.
He says so now.
FRlEISIA'?f "CURE" DISCREDITED.
A bulletin has been issued by the
Department of Health of New York
City Jtvhich should end Dr. F. F.
Friedmann's pretensions to have dis
covered a cure yfor tuberculosis. It
tells the result of observation of
forty-seven of the seventy-seven cases
which Dr. Frledmann treated last
year, nineteen of the other thirty hav
ing eluded observation and eleven
having removed from the city. Of
the forty-seven, twelve died, twenty
two are still in hospitals, seven are
attending clinics, one is under private
treatment and five are at home. Not
a single cure is to the credit of the
boasted turtle serum.
Publication of this bulletin is time
ly, for the Friedmann Company,
which had been forbidden to treat
patients pending inquiry, has shown
signs of renewed life. Official in
quiry into the efficacy of the serum
was obstructed by Dr. Friedmann's
refusal to furnish either the Govern
ment or the city with samples ade
quate, for rnorough investigation. The
health authorities, therefore, had to
rely on observation of individual
cases. Dr. Friedmann has shown the
same unwillingness to aid inquiry in
Germany, and the only word from
that country which is at all favorable
to his pretensions Is n opinion of Dr,
Ehrllch, discoverer of salvarsan, that
"there might be curative properties
in turtle serum.
The great Friedmann bubble has
burst for sufferers from tuberculosis,
but it has been solidified into gold for
the doctor, for during his two months'
stay in this country he cleared 40,
000 over expenses. This money was
obtained by raising false hopes in the
hearts of those sufferers to whom.
above all others, should be given the
sympathy of every man and- woman,
The doctor who falsely claimed to
have climbed a mountain and pre
tended to have discovered the North
Pole has been branded as a faker;
what shall we say of this doctor, who
imposes on the credulity of the af
flicted? There are not adjectives in
the dictionary severe enough to char
acterize him.
Secretary Cowles, of the Postal
Progress League, advocates Govern
ment ownership of railroads, tel
egraphs, telephones, automobile serv
ice and the aerial service of the
future. France is trying Government
ownership of railroads and is paying
big deficits every year. Expenses of
operation went up to 82 per cent of
receipts, due to increase of wages and
number of employes. Any railroad in
the United States which spent 82 per
cent of Its revenue on operation
would -go- into receivership. Their
ratio rarely runs above 67 per cent.
We cannot hope to do better than
France under Government ownership?
so we had better let it alone. .
The New York Sun asks If ex-Gov
ernor Odell is to return to active poli
tics and strive for leadership in alli
ance with Colonel Roosevelt, by whom
he was driven into retirement in
1906. Both the old guard and the
young guard are said by the Sun to
be dissatisfied with the leadership of
William Barnes. It suggests that
both the ex-President and the ex-
Governor being practical men, they
might combine to drive out Mr.
Barnes and reunite the Republican
party for victory. The Colonel could
then take revenge for the "crime'
of 1912.'
An amazingly hopeful writer on
the drama prophesies a time when
we shall witness contests between
competing playwrights with the same
furious Joy we now feel at a baseball
game. Such contests "were common
at Athens and the mob went wild
over them, but they did all sorts of
queer things in that city. Before
we agree to get excited over a
dramatic competition we beg to be
assured of some genuine merit in the
competitors.
REFORMING WITH FORMS.
The case against the bi-cameral
: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Professor William T. Sedgwick, of
'-' the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
. nology, has hatched up an amusing
argument against woman suffrage.
He says in his erudite way that "the
1 brute in man" makes votes for worn
cn dangerous. The brute is now
somewhat restrained by chivalrous
feeling for the weak and submissive
female. But let her once dare to as-
. jert herself and the feeble barrier
'; that totterinsrly protects her will be
' burst and outrage will follow outrage
each more hideous than the other
The great beaifty of this argument
is its wide sweep. It applies to every
subject and downtrodden class in the
world just as aptly as to women. The
poor creatures should let sleeping
" (togs lie and make the best of their
. hard lot. For if they try to better
their condition they will only rouse
- the ferocious passions of their op
pressors and bring worse miseries
- upon themselves than they ever suf-
' -. fered before. If there is any force
in Professor Sedgwick's argument
' history ought to show that every
-struggle of the oppressed has only
. strengthened oppression. Unfortu
nately for him, it shows the precise
opposite.
He assures us that man's nature is
essentially brutal and urges the
women to believe that their only
safety lies in coddling the monster.
Give him plenty of sugary sops and
all will be well. Provoke him by a
show of self-respecting independence
" and the consequences will be dread
ful. No woman will be safe any
where on the face of the earth from
his devouring passion. We take it
" that Professor Sedgwick stands on no
safer ground here than in the rest of
his remarks. There is certainly far
too much of the brute in most men,
v.t it is not as- a rule subdued by
and coddling. Experience
- teaches that the more the male
HISTORICAL LIARS.
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart's
paper on "American Historical Li
ars" has inspired some severe com
ment in the Eastern papers. One of
them speaks of it as "professorial.
nurbane and harsh." This same or
gan of opinion goes on to remark
that "the truth of history is neces
sarily an illusion," since witnesses in
recounting the same circumstance
always contradict one another. It
would be disagreeable to believe that
we must resign ourselves to skepti
cism of such a sweeping nature.. If
all history is necessarily false because
witnesses differ among themselves
then there is no such thing as Justice
in our courts, because the verdict in
every case is founded upon human
testimony.
Our Pyrrhonic contemporary would
have us believe that this foundation
is- worse than shifting, sand, but we
cannot persuade ourselves that it is
so insecure. The courts have, from
aes of experience with liars and
fools, gradually built up a method
by which the truth can be reached
through a fog of illusion. It takes
an extremely gifted liar to defend a
mendacious story under a fire of
expert cross-questions. Either he will
contradict himself or he will fall foul
of facts which are inconsistent with
his tale or his manner will , betray
him to the jury.
It must also be borne in mind that
Legislature is set out In the Saturday
Evening Post by Governor Hodges, of
Kansas, perhaps as effectively as it
can be, and yet his article does not
convince us that the average Legis
lature has a lower sense of duty and
responsibility than the people It rep
resents or that a change in form
would cause the people to elect a law
making body more interested in the
public welfare than they are- them
selves.
But in the event some Oregon vot
ers find convincing argument therein
for the abolishment- of the Senate it
is well for them to recall that the
proffered Oregon amendment does
not propose to change the character
of the House and to note that Gov
ernor Hodges asserts that a one-
chamber Legislature of large mem
bership elected from widely separat
ed districts would be almost as ob
jectionable as the two-house system,
The proposal in Oregon is not for
state commission government, yet
that is Governor Hodges' solution.
A considerable part of Governor
Hodges" article is devoted to a list of
bungled laws passed in his own and
other states. Another salient point he
makes is that a few leaders are now
the real lawmakers in every Legisla
ture, the-others voting as they are
told, yet the leaders have not a strict
accountability to the public such as
would be attained by the selection of
a one-house Legislature of small
membership. Trading between houses
and the great volume of legislation
adopted within a short time are given
due consideration.
But nearly everything the Governor
of Kansas says about the bi-cameral
Legislature can be repeated truth
fully afbout the one-house Legislature
as established in cities having com
mission government and some of the
same faults may be related of the ini
tiative and referendum.
Adoption of laws that do not carry
the necessary enacting clause is men
tioned. The people of Oregon adopt
ed one such law. It was published in
the state official pamphlet, sent to
every voter in Oregon and given the
aDDroval of thousands of electors, yet
the omission was not discovered until
after the election at which It carried.
The people of Oregon were deceived
into adopting a tax measure they did
not want by the insertion of a eaten
phrase. Twice, through lack of un
derstanding, they closed up valufable
fisheries by enactments ana notn
times the Legislature was called upon
to unravel the tangle.
These incidents are cited to indi
cate that the Legislature in dts care
lessness is merely representative of
the Tjeople who elect it. Direct re
sponsibility to the people will not it
self eauiD a lawmaker witn intelli
gence or cure him of obstinacy. The
Portland City Commission welV illus
trated that fact in insistence upon
the purchase of $500,000 worth of
unneeded water meters in the face of
plainly pronounced public opposition
and it would have made the pur
chase but for a spontaneous referen
dum.
What was the most unpopular
measure adopted by the 1913 Legisla
ture in Oregon? The new tax law.
undoubtedly. Yet it did not originate
in the Legislature. It was the prod
net of a commission a commission
A daring literary man named Tully
has dramatized the , Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam. This is the most
wonderful example of bricks without
straw we ever happened to hear of.
There is not a spark of dramatic
spirit in the Rubaiyat. The poem is
leisurely,, disconnected, philosophic.
It has no plot and no action. Unless
we miss our guess Mr. Tully's play
pleases, if it pleases at all, more by
its philosophy than by its dramatic
quality.
From The Oregonian of May 9, 1S64.
The Union convention of Multnomah
County on Saturday nominated the fol
lowing candidates: For Representa
tives, L H. Wakefield, P. Wasserman.
John Powell; for County Clerk. H. C
Coulson: for Sheriff. Jacob Stitzel; for
County Treasurer, D. W. Williams; for
Commissioners, A. C. R. Shaw, H. W.
Corbett; for Assessor, John Dolaji; for
Coroner, Dr. Hicklin; for Surveyor, O.
. Burrage. for Superintendent of
Schools. G. H. Atkinson.
At the theater on last Saturday night
there was a house full and to spare to
hear the rival candidates for Congress,
J. H. I). Henderson and Colonel r J. K.
Kelly.
San Francisco, May 7. The overland
telegraph line has not worked for sev
eral days, and . we are without late
Eastern intelligence.
San Francisco. May 7. General Chip
man, formerly a member of Congress
from Michigan, was yesterday arrested
by the Provost Marshal and sent to Al
catraz for treasonable expressions
made at a recent speech in a club meet
ing. '
Alexandria, La. May 23. The of
fensive campaign against the rebels for
the present is at an end. General
Banks' army is moving back on this
Place. The rebels followed our forces
from Grand Echo, and near Carr River
an engagement took place, in which
tne rebels lost 1000 meg and nine pieces
of artillery. Guerrillas under Quan-
trell have committed many depreda
tions along the Red River. They have
captured and burned the steamer Hast
ings and fired into the gunboat Ben
ton, killing the captain and 20 of the
cre-w.
Washington, May 5. The Army of
the Potomac has advanced toward
Richmond, and a struggle for the rebel
capital is about to begin. Our army
has crossed the Rapldan, and Lee has
been compelled to fall back.
The fine bottom near the river lust
below the penitentiary is extensively
Patronized by travelers on their route
to tne mines as a camping ground. It
was near that spot that a couple of
gentlemen stepped ashore from an In
dian canoe on their route to Vancouver
from Oregon City to pass a night in
November, 1843, and where the first
impressions were conceived that have
resulted in the growth and prosperity
of our city.
A reaction against Bergson's popu
lar philosophy is well under way in
the European "WorId of letters and
science. Most readers have prob
ably felt the presence of something
Jesuitical in his arguments. His per
sistent denigration of intelligence and
exaltation of "intuition" would lead
us straight back to witchcraft If it
were not combated. The reaction has
come none too soon.
The steamer Rescue was emnloverl on
Saturday by De Witt & Co. to ascend
the Sandy about two miles to take on
150,000 shingles, but could not make
the trip up the Sandy in consequence
oi snags, drifting trees, etc.
Ten wagons for the upper country.
some of which convey families and
household goods, were loaded on steam
ers in this city yesterday.
SPIES IS FASHION AS IN WAR
We thought Funston would not be
content very long with a marking-
time programme at Vera Cruz. The
War Department slipped one over on
the astute peace-at-any price advo
cates by sending Funston, man of ac
tion, to the front.
Dr. Cline's plan to flavor water
melon must not be pushed to a finish.
First thing he knows some evil-mind
ed man will substitute a flask for the
bottle of milk, or ginger, or vanilla.
or whatever the doctor " suggests.
Then what?
Ia Europe. Second Rate Millinery
Firms' Piratea Steal Xcw Dcslgu.
London Answers.
In order to become a successful fash
ion designer an artist must possess not
only great skill, but also imagination
of a high order and the most perfect
taste.
Such a combination is so rare that
the possessor, can. command a very
high salary a salary far beyond the
means of any but the largest and most
Important milinery firms.
The second rate firms cannot afford
the prices asked; and some prefer to
achieve success by dishonest means. It
is the latter who employ -what are
PASSING OF HriLEVS WIDOW
Rontantte I-ove and Marriage of the
London Chronicle.
rt-ofessor Huxley, the famous scien
tist, died in June, 1S95, at the age of
69. His widow, who was born in the
same yeas as her illustrious husband.
died recently.
Romantic circumstances attended their
meeting, their courtship and their mar
riage. Mrs. Huxley was a Miss Heath
orn. one of a large Kentish family set
tled near Maidstone. When she was 18
she accompanied her mother to Austra
lia, where her father had gone some
years before. It was at Sydney, in
1847. that she met Huxley, who was as
sistant surgeon on H. M. S. Rattle
snake, then on a surveying cruise in
the seas between Australia and the
Gret Barrier Reef.
They became engaged almost at once,
but Huxley's son and biographer after
ward wrote: "For her he was to serve
longer and harder than Jacob thought
to serve for Rachel, but who was to be
his help and stay for 40 years, in his
struggles ready to counsel, in adversity
to comfort; the critic whose Judgment
he valued above almost any. and whose
praise he cared most to win.
The engagement lasted nearly eight
years. At first came separation, caused
by the successive exploring voyages of
the Rattlesnake, on one of which th
young surgeon was only kept back by
his captain s orders from joining Ken
nedy's ill-fated expedition through the
bush to Cape York. The Rattlesnake
returned to England near the end of
1850, and Huxley did not see his future
wife again for nearly five years more.
It was arranged that their marriage
should take place when Huxley was
promoted to the rank of full surgeon,
bur promotion was not so rapid as he
expected, and the difficulty of obtain
ing a decent position In England In
reasonable trme seemed almost in
superable. Although the young ' in
vestigator leaped at once into the
front ranks of science and was elected
F. R. S. at the age of 27. this was, as
he said, "distinction,- but not bread."
Miss Heathorn returned to England
with her parents in 1856, when Huxley
had attained some of the more solid
rewards of science and had been
elected to a professorship at the Royal
School of Mines. She had been very
ill in Australia, and it Is related in
the "Life" that Huxley took her, on
her arrival, to one of the most famous
physicians of the day, as a patient in
whom he was interested.
As a member of the profession he
asked the , specialist's candid opinion
of the case. I give her six months
to live," was his deliberate opinion.
"Will, six months or not," replied
Huxley, "she is going to be my wife."
Those who are given a death sentence
by a doctor may take courage from
the fact that Mrs. Huxley bore her
husband three sons and four daughters,
and lived 58 years and a half in excess
of the time allotted to her by Harley
street.
Mrs. Huxley was a perfect companion
to her husband in every respect. Witb
her excellent knowledge of German
she spent two years of her girlhood at
school in Germany she was able to as
sist "tilm in translations, and she was
his chosen fireside critic She had
literary gifts of no mean value, which
found expression In verse. A volume of
her poems was published only three
years ago, and recently some verses
from her pen appeared In the English
Review.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of May 9, 1S89.
Santa Barbara. May S. The cruiser
Charleston arrived here on her trial
trip from San Francisco today. Her
maximum speed was 14.12 knots.
Candidates were nominated yester
day for delegates to the constitutional
convention as follows: Democrats at
Colfax. C. H. Warner and G. P. T. Mc
Crosky; at Palouse City, J. M. Reed
and James Hungate, Democrats; W. H.
McClure. People's; at Chehalis. S. S.
Berry, of Chehalis. and J. B. Leach, of
San Juan, democrats, at Cathlamet. O.
A. Bowen, of Wahkiakum, and James
A. Burk. of Cowlitz. Republicans; at
Walla Walla, B. L. Sharpstein and N.
G. Blalock. Democrats.
Tacoma. May 8. County Assessor
Cook testimates the population of Ta
coma at 22,500.
Superintendent Wetsel and his teach
ers are making preparations for the
East Portland teachers' meetings on
Saturday. The following teachers will
take part: G. A. Adams. Miss Eugenia
Craig. Miss D. E. Uoodman. Miss Mary
Hamilton. Miss Etta Bens, Miss Ella
McBrlde, Mrs. A. E. Sloan. Miss Elvenie
Grenier. Miss Kate Prideaux. Miss An
na Gray, Mrs. F. E. Alfred.
A W. Llewellyn and W. T. Pope left
for Washington County yesterday on a
fishing trip.
From Illinois comes a dispatch
announcing that another horse has
been blown into a tree by the wind.
That report is getting to be a regu
lar horse chestnut.
But if Huerta does blow up in ac
cordance with the Administration's
earnest plans, .who'll be to blame if
chaos and anarchy run amuck in the
Mexican capital?
Vera Cruz papers are praising us
already. All Mexico will be doing it
when they know us better, but it may
take stringent measures to bring them
to their senses.
The international body of miners is
sensible " in deciding against a gen
eral strike, which would of necessity
be a losing fight. Men gain wisdom
by experience.
The amount Oregon will receive
from the General Government will
not pay for filling chuckholes. Ore
gon will get good roads by building
them.
Democrats in Congress are rushing
things in the hope of getting home in
July to, campaign. They surely have
a lot of explaining ahead of them.
the a-reat maioritv of witnesses, while
they see events from their own point that had given many months of study
of view, are not liars. They tell the to the subject. In effect the enact-
truth as they saw it. If their sight ment was legislation such as would
differed from other men's they are be accomplished, in method at least,
not to blame. In the same way we I by a permanent lawmaking commis-
are bound to take it for granted that I sion
most writers of memoirs and annals,
letters and inscriptions, were honest
at heart. They have often been lg
norant, conceited, bigoted and preju
diced, but seldom outright liars.
Historians, like lawyers, have in
vented a system of cross-questioning
by which they can often bring truth
to light out of the- most unpromising
materials. The very contradictions
of witnesses are sometimes service
able, for if among their differences
If the same thought and effort that
are devoted in Oregon and elsewhere
to attempts to cure the ills of govern
ment by changing methods of election
and forms of governing bodies were
devoted to arousing the public Inter
est in the election of capable men to
the Legislature, most of the legisla
tive bunsrlinsr would cease.
It has been demonstrated in this
cltv that men of brains and standing
can bo Induced to accept the thank
thorp, is a sinele point of agreement less task of making laws; that is. they
can be Induced to become canaiaatesj
If such men are elected this year, th
task of Inducing men of the same
type to become candidates hereafter
will not be half so arduous, ratri
otic, intelligent citizens do not shrink
from legislative work, but they do
fear the odium of defeat by nincom
doods and demagogues.
Neither the need of electing capa
ble men nor the difficulty thereof
would be lessened by adopting & com
mission form of state government.
big salary is Just as attractive to the
unfit as to the fit. xne unaesiraoi
candidate will always be In the field
this is almost certain to be true. The
modern "science of history," or "his
torical criticism," is scarcely more
than an elaborate art of cross-ques
tioning applied to documents. When
American historians are subjected to
it we do not imagine that they turn
out to be worse liars than the Greeks
or Germans.
Our early biographies were singu
larly childish and silly in the main.
but among them were a few gems
like Franklin's life of himself which
redeem all the rest. The chances are
that there were more liars and worse
ones among the French revolutionary
The Seaside Signal is in size one of
the smallest weekly papers in Oregon.
In "ginger" it leads all, for it has just
installed a latest model linotype.
known as "milliners' pirates," or "fash
ion Bpies."
Fashion's secret service employs a
host of unscrupulous and often very
clever folk, and this is the season at
which they are most busy. Their meth
ods vary greatly.
Some are merely eye-pirates. These
are nearly all women women with
good memories and clever with pen or
pencil. Their mode of working is of
the simplest. They merely study the
designs exhibited in the best shop wln-
ows, and then go home and sketch
rom memory what they have seen, and
send the sketch, with descriptions, to
their employers.
Some of. these people go further.
Well, but quietly dressed, they enter
the shop, and in the guise of purchasers
manage to inspect the latest hats or
frocks. Such a woman usually goes
away without having seen "anything
to please her, but if she repeats the ex-
eriment too often is very soon sus
pected.
- One of the cleverest of fashion spies
had her career brought to an inglori
ous close. She was a young- woman of
exceptional smartness who for some
ears had made a handsome income
by selling the latest models from Paris
to dressmakers in Buenos Aires and
Rio. Handsomely dressed, and accom
panied by a gray-haired man of dis
tinguished appearance, she one day
entered the salon of a famous firm,
and, while mannequins paraded before
her, she sketched the new costumes in
a notebook, under pretense of taking
notes of what she bought-
She did not notice that a mirror was
behind her, but a saleswoman, glanc-
ng in it, saw the sketches. No fuss
was made, but-the thief was lured to an
nner room and there locked up until
she gave up the sketches.
At last the general Weather Office
has justified itself as a prophet. The
showers predicted for the end of this
week materialized.
Seemingly it takes more votes to
become Queen of the Rose Festival
than to become President of the
United tates.
That was a dire slam to pull off a
movie drama in the Governor's office
and not have the Governor in person
as the hero.
Possessing a stock farm up the val
ley, "Pat" McArthur, who would go
to Congress, knows all about tuber
culous kine.
While Teddy 'may be a little weak
from loss of weight, he has all his
wonted vocal powers Intact and un
impaired. '
Villa and Carranza are busy send
Ing love notes this way. In the hope
of getting more arms and ammuni
tion.
.The Colonel has opened fire at long
range on the Administration's namby
pamby foreign policy.
Efficiency versus sickly sentimen
tality seems to be the issue at Vera
Cruz,
Huerta threatens to end mediation
My, how scared that makes us all.
Young John D. is reported much
better. How relieved we all are.
Chicago morning newspapers
getting down to business basis.
The battle for Queen of the Roses
is now on to go to the finish.
GHOST WARNING OF WAR, HIDES
Historic Spirit Seea at Fort Ontario Ia
Conflict Barometer.
Kansas City tSar.
An extract from a letter written by
a young Army officer at Fort Ontario,
Oswego, N. Y-, to a Kansas Citian:
At present we are in the unpleasant
situation of waiting for some sort of
ders to leave this hole. Some two hun
dred years ago one British soldier by the
nstrne of Fikes was killed by somebody
or other who had no right to do it- Now,
when the United States goes to war, h
amiable ghost wanders around the reserva
tion. In other words, he Is a sort
barometer which indicates when war Is due.
He has not been seen In connection with
the present trouble, so I presume- It will
all blow over. There are authentic records
of his appearance in 1S12. ISfil and 1898.
I may add a little history of this place.
It was first called Fort Oswego and was
built by the British. Montcalm came
along and took it from them. ' It was then
returned to the British at the end of the
war. At the start of the Revolution It was
taken by the Americans, then retaken by
the British. At the close of .the war it was
restored to the Americana, who rebuilt it.
In 1812 it was again taken by the British,
who restored it to the Americans at the
end of the war. It was threatened by the
Fenians In 1862. who were prevented from
taking Canada by the Oswego and Buffalo
police forces. It was rebuilt of stone and
brick in 1906. So you see the place has
a unique history. The climate is execrable.
We are now having our first Indication
that Summer will be along about the Fourth
of July to sojourn with us for a few
daVs. when she will depart in favor -of
Fall. Everybody will be glad to get away.
The little boy of H. H. Holmes ' on
Tuesday pierced the lid and pupil of
one of his eyes with a small penknife.
Oregon City. May 8. A contest is be
ing started by the defeated candidate
for City Treasurer. Isaao Ackerman. on
the Citizens' ticket, against F. K. Char-
man, the Republican candidate.
New York. May 8. The Inman line
steamer City of Paris arrived today
and broke all records from Queens
town. Her time was 6 days. 23 hours.
minutes. This is the first -voyage
across the Atlantic in less than eight
days.
The advance guard of several hun
dred disappointed Oklahoma boomers
has struck this city.
Willis Dunlway. formerly of this city.
but is now on a stock ranch in Lost
River Valley, was severely kicked by
a stallion a few days since.
The south section of the big hotel
presents a scene of great activity.
Plumbers and carpenters are at work.
George Langford is running up chim
neys and finishing up his contract.
The slaters have made considerable
progress.
Robert Holman, who Is East on a
visit, has been received with great
eclat by his old-time friends, the vol
unteer firemen of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church and
Rev. Thomas Boyd, the pastor, have
purchased from Mrs. Matthew P. Deady.
a half block on Gibbs street between
South Front and First streets, for
$8250. A church and residence for the
pastor will be built.
Bids for clearing, grading and bridg
ing the line of the Metropolitan Rail
way Company from the city limits to
Fulton Park, were opened yesterday.
EXPERIENCE OF A HOMESEEKER,
There's something here in Oregon
That I can t understand;
It attacks my constitution
And holds me to this land.
The boys who came out here before
Are happy, fat and free.
And I can't see why on earth
Taint good enough for me.
My wife back in the East declares
I shall no longer roam.
But I'm trying hard to compromise
And start a Western -home.
I have sold m return ticket
And have sent her all-the dough.
And I rather think she'll travel
When she finds she has a show.
There's plenty of room out here for us,
I hope she 11 say I shall.
For I want to start in business
With the Panama Canal.
I'll exchange the frigid norther
For the Chinook's balmy breath.
And accept the gentle rain drops
For the cyclone's path of death.
The cold, the heat, the lightning.
I'll gladly leave behind.
And take my humble chances
In a more congenial clime.
ALBERT EASY.
EffipipBcy Move Praised.
Brownsville Times.
Much favorable comment is being
made throughout the state on the ac
tion of a number of Multnomah County
taxpayers In calling upon 12 leading
business men of that county to become
candidates for the Legislature. Through
the effort 12 good men have responded
to the call, and their names will be
submitted for the indorsement of the
electorate at the May -primaries. Had
similar action been taken in every
county in Oregon prior to the primary
election the personnel of the next Leg
islative Assembly would doubtless have
been improved to a marked degree and
the state given a busy-less session of
that body that would relieve it of the
odium which Is now attached to it.
UNDER THE PALM.
Abide with me in Southern lands.
When afternoons grow cool and calm.
To lazy lie with idle hands
Beneath the drooping fringe of palm.
Where out from lucent water rings
The rush's rod shoots clear and
keen.
As swaying in the wind it swings
Its tawny tail of velveteen. .
Where ocean breakers : lashed with
spray
Seek refuge in the sheltered cove,
And 'mong the pebbles fling away
The burden of their treasure-trove.
While children search the shore for
shells.
Enchanted witb their mellow moan-
So sweet the diapason dwells
In their sonorous monotone. '
Till eve appears with scornful mien.
In robe of gold and purple drest.
1 And slowly draws a crimson screen
Athwart the portals of the West
And crowns the brows of distant hills
With opalescent diadems.
And trails among the pools and rills
The splendor of her broidered hems.
I What time the olive maids draw near
With curious vessels in their hands.
To fill with water cool and clear
From -cisterns in the salty sands.
And linger in the setting sun
Like sandal d Greeks - neath Attic
skies,
Tall virgin queens with hearts unwon
And passion burning in their eyes.
Anon the crescent dips her bowl
Of silver in the tranquil sea.
To quench the smoldering clouds that
roll.
Enwrapt In flame, along the lea.
And when the gloaming- steals to woo
The twilight in her trysting place.
And folds his arms of dusky hue
Around her in a fond embrace.
Too soon I hear the twittering
Of drowsy birds that nestle high.
While gentle breezes sweetly sing
A soft and soothing lullaby.
Too soon the twinkling stars peep up
Above the ocean's liquid brim.
As wine beads In the reveller's cup
Will gather round the crystal rim.
Or like those little glistening tears
That from the depths of Sorrow flow,
When memory saunters thro' the years.
Those happy years of long ago.
But sorrow never enters here.
Intruding on this peaceful calm.
For Joy is ever hiding near
To chase her from beneath the palm.
J. O. FREEMAN.
Salem, Or,
J. D. and W. H. Kilpatrick. of Kil
patrick Bros. & Collins, ratlroad con
tractors, are at the Esmond.
Captain E. S. Edwards was appointed
local inspector of hulls yesterday.
Features for Tomorrow
Snapshots at
Vera Cruz
A Fall Page of Action Pictures
Direct Prom the Scene of Invasion
in Mexico
Another Mexican page is frotn a
correspondent of The Oregonian
and presents a clear and graphic
picture or-the Fearl ot Mexico as
it now appears under the Stars and
Stripes.
The Corbett-Sullivan Mill
"W. A. Brady tells for the first time
his own inside story of the greatest
battle in ring history.
V Harrison Fisher Pictures
Harrison Fisher, the famous
artist, has completed a new and
striking series, "The Greatest Mo
ments of a Girl's Life." Each one
of the 12 drawings in this series
occupies a full pase a pasre worth
cutting out and saving. The first
drawing, "The Proposal," will ap
pear tomorrow.
The Mexican Army
It isn't much of 'an army from a
fighting standpoint, but for pic-
turesqueness and incapacity it is
the most remarkable in the world,
all of which is shown in a feature
article illustrated by photographs-
Planning Wars.
"While mediation has the limelight
iust now, yet the plans for possi
ble .trouble go merrily on. Ihe
man who plans our wars and the
nature of his work are covered by
a Washington correspondent, or.
The Oregonian.
Breezy Suzanne
Ellis - Parker Butler's delightful
new character passes a few enter
taining remarks on "The Point of
View." -
With the Fleet
An illustrated page, in colors, on
the work of the great American
fleet in Mexican waters. It is the
story not only of the great fighting
machines, but of the men and how
they live.
Genevieve's Moods.
The fourth article in this series
portraying the inner moods of a
spirited girl, nas to ao wnn vno
domestic mood.
Fire Fight Fire
A story of heroism by George Allen
England. A red-blooaed story,
Complete Sunday.
At Portsmouth
Theodore Roosevelt's own story of
how Japan and Russia were
brought together after bitter fight
ing m the Orient.
Oregon's Flowers
"Who's Who Among the Wild
Flowers" is one of a whole page
of illustrated features for the chil
dren.
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