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lO THE aiORNlS'G OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914. rOBTUMD, OKECON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. PostofDce aa second-class matter. Description Bates Invariably la advance: (BT MAXL Dally, Sunday Included, one year..... Dally. Bundaj Included, six months.., bally. Sunday Included, three months Dally. Sunday Included, one month,-. Dally, without Sunday, one year.... Dally, without Sunday, aia months... Daiiy, without Sunday, three months. Dally, without Sunday, one month... Weelcly. one year. fcunuay, one year. ........- UAday and Weekly, one year. ..... (BI CARRIER) Daily, Sunday included, one year.'... Dally. Sunday included, one month.. .ss.oo . 4.25 . il.25 .75 S.oo . 2.25 . 1.75 . JM . 1.50 . 2.60 . a.60 .$9.00 .75 How to Remit Send postomce money or Scr, express order or personal check; on your local ban. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. tiive postomce aaarsia In lull. Including county and state. Postage Rates 12 to IS pages. 1 cent; IS to 82 pages, X cents; 34 to 411 pages. cents; SO to BO pages, 4 cents; e-1 to pages, a cents; 78 to ui pages, 6 corns. Foreign post age, double rates. Kastern Business Office Terree Conlc lln. Mew York. lrunsWKk building. C1U rago. Steger building. (tan Francisco Office R. J. BldweU Oe. T4a Market street. PORTLAND, WEDKEBDAI, MAT 13, 1S14. MAKE IT 6TBOXG. In 1912 Oregon went into the Democratic column, on election of a President. But all signs Indicate that this Is a Republican year in Oregon. Registration figures reveal a return of many thousands to Repub lican allegiance. The party has re covered from the division that brought about the election of Demo ' cratic electors. It is again strong and united. Oregon has an opportunity to illus trate to others the rehabilitation of the Republican party. It is the first among states that have heretofore wavered to hold a state-wide party primary. The vote cast in the pri mary, if representative of the regis tered strength, -will be another re corded proof of the dissatisfaction of Oregon -with the policies and discrim inations against the West of the Democratic Administration. More over, it will make the choice of can didates conclusive and will tend to produce harmony in the general election. But the voter's' duty is not wholly one of party. The state and the coun ties need their strongest men in of fice. Public affairs have been al lowed to drift into an unsatisfactory state and have thereby created a needless expense to the taxpayers. '. The elector who cannot find in the long list of candidates someone who he knows is sufficiently deserving of support to make a trip to the polls . worth while is singularly apathetic and uninformed. The voter who can find nothing to interest him in the primary has failed both to keep in touch with current events and to show a proper regard for the public welfare. Fail ure to vote, when due to mere lack of interest, is something to be heart ily ashamed of. S'fflCH POIJCT IN . JlKXltO? The first impulse of a healthy minded, red-blooded, patriotic Amer ican, on reading the stories told by American refugees of the tyranny, abuse, robbery and indignity to which they have been subjected in Mexico, for the sole reason that they are Americans, is to exclaim: "We ought to send an army down there and pum mel some respect for the United States into the heads of the Mexicans," One reads, of great industries and beautiful towns built up in that coun try by American brains, energy and capital, only to be destroyed by Mexican anarchy and incompetence, and the thought leaps forward that the United States should take the country and keep it, not only by right of superior force, but by right of merit for utilization of its resources and for good government of its enslaved people. But timid prudence whispers that, if our Army is to go out and avenge the wrongs of every American who is wronged in a foreign land, there will be no limit to the wars we must wage; that an American who casts his lot in a foreign land cannot ex pect the American Army to follow ,and protect him on his wanderings, but must take the risks incidental to residence among an inferior people under inferior government; that we have no right to force our rule or our ideas of government on another na tion. This is the counsel resulting from calm study of the pros and cons, with the thought of our National ease and security uppermost. The other course is prompted by that spontane ous indignation which rises at read ing of a. fellow-citizen wronged. There is no question that the de sire to "clean up" Mexico accords with the National characteristic which extended the American border to the Pacific and to the Rio Grande. It is the pioneer spirit, which brought the first colonists across the Atlantic and caused them and their descend ants to push westward until they reached the Pacific. The ocean hav tng set bounds to their onward march in this direction, they have of late years turned southward and In grow ing numbers have opened the wealth of Mexico. They have been doing an unappreciated service to the ignorant, debased people among whom they live and they chafe at the incompe tence of the government and peons of Mexico. It is for the American people to choose whether their Army and their Government shall follow up the pio neers and clear the way for others to step in their tracks. If they should decide to do so, they would be fol lowing the precedent by which the strong, efficient nations have occu pled the waste places of the earth and made them productive under or derly government. The British Em pire has become great because the flag has followed the pioneers into distant lands. British subjects are respected because their government promptly avenges their wrongs. When the Boers oppressed English men and treated them with contume ly, the whole empire fought until it subdued them, then planted the Brit ish flag in all South Africa to stay. We may have some compunction about engaging in a war to "clean up" Mexico because of the right of Mexico to choose its own government and to be governed illy by its own people in preference to being gov erned well by foreigners. It must be remembered, however, that the mass of the people of Mexico have never had self-government. As masters they exchanged the Aatecs for the Spaniards, and the Spaniards for a series of dictators, all of whom have oDDressed them and held them in avctual or emi-slavery. By compari son with such rulers, the Americans would soon appear to them as dellv erere. as tiey have proved in the Philippines. There is also a question as to the inherent right of any people to keep a. rich country In a state of half-developed semi-savagery, "while the population of well-deVeloped, civ ilized countries is near the limit of their capacity to yield sustenance. Is not the right of mankind to live su perior to the right of any nation to neglect or misuse the country it occupies? These are the two policies between which the American people are called upon to choose, and the clash between them has brought confusion of coun sel. The Oregonian has hitherto op posed any policy leading to interven tion, because it realized that inter vention could not be restricted to a march to Mexico City, a treaty of peace and an evacuation, but would involve a prolonged occupation after a long and costly war. But the United States has gone so far in that direc tion that it should not draw back or stop half way. There is no ground to hope that mediation will succeed, though it will serve the good purpose of disarming South American criti cism. Cumulative evidence of out rages upon Amercan citizens inclines us to the belief that Huerta desires to provoke us to advance beyond Vera Cruz, and that no other course is consistent with- our National self' respect. The inherent defect in President Wilson's course is that it is consistent with neither the one nor the other of 'the policies we have outlined. He has undertaken to dictate who should not rule Mexico, therefore by impli cation who should rule, yet he re- fused to do the only thing which would enforce his demands, namely, to intervene. When the flag incident forced him to move, he moved and thereby inflamed the Mexicans against Americans. All except the President and Mr. Bryan and their echoes see that, once committed to intervention, it was our duty to our compatriots to. go on until the work was finished. HIS IDKAL. When the Democratic voter settles down calmly to consideration of the uproarious vociferations of the C. J. Smith press over the recent revela tions as to the candidate's Pendleton record as Mayor, he will discover that they are merely a hysterical effort to divert him from the real question. The wickedness of The Oregonian in uncovering the unpleasant past is not an issue; nor does mere angry dec lamation count for a great deal.. The Oregonian has said several times and says again: Pendleton v.as a "wide-open" town in 1898, contrary to law. Saloons were open day and night, seven days in die week, contrary to law. , Gambling was publicly conducted, under a system of monthly fines, con trary to law. Disorderly houses were conducted nnder the protection of the adminis tration, under a system of monthly fines, contrary to law. Dr. Smith has denied all these charges. But they are wholly true. Why did he deny them? What, con fidence can be placed In the profes- !sions of a candidate who will, to serve his present purposes, repudiate his record ? Is Pendleton in 1S98 Dr. Smith's ideal of law enforcement? Doubtless. A GOOD SCHOOL. The current number of the Forum contains an account of an unusually interesting boys" school. It is situat d somewhere In Maryland, the writer does not say " precisely where We gather from the article that it has no endowment except its land and buildings, being supported by tuition fees. Since it is an extraor dinarily good school, the reader . will make up his mind at once that it is for the sons of rich men and he will tie right about it. The number of pupils is limited to about one hun dred and they nearly all come from families of means. When a boy applies for admission there is no question of what he knows, but a great deal of inquiry about what he is. This very excep tional school is perfectly confident that it can remedy all possible de fects in a boy's knowledge, but it does not profess to make silk purses out of sows' ears in the domain of character. Here it must have a fair ly good foundation to build upon or it will not undertake to build at all The school is uncommon in another particular Its vacations come in the Winter and its regular work goes on during the Summer months. One reason for this is its insistence upon outdoor work as a part of edu cation. The school has a big farm upon which every boy works for three hours a day from the beginning of his course to the end. In his first year he is under the supervision of older pupils. . Later on he himself becomes a supervisor and ultimately he develops into a foreman capable of superintending a large" agricul tural enterprise. The discipline of the school is as interesting as its other features. Bad boys occasionally gain admission in spite of the preliminary sifting, but they are not punished. The pupils live together in groups which attend pretty thoroughly to their own be havior, and when a lad shows him self undesirable his comrades take him in hand. If he is incorrigible he is reported to the head, not by way of tattling, but as a matter of busi ness. The great disciplinary measure is to take him off on a camping trip an experience which subdues and humanizes him if anything can. We wish some humanitarian with plenty of money would found a school o this kind In Oregon. EXIT MM E. NOR D1C A. Madame Nordica's death closes the career of a great singer. She had the wonderful gift of interpreting beau tiful music in such a way that vast audiences could catch the hidden meaning of the melodies and soar with her to the realms of the spirit. She rendered the difficult compos! tions of the great masters "with -a sim plicity, an assured power and a dauntless gaiety that always charmed her hearers; but it was in another species of music that she captured hearts and uplifted souls. ,- Nordlca had an almost miraculous capacity to bring out the deep significance of folk music if we may give that name to old songs and popular melodies. ' In this respect she was more like Jenny Lind than some of her rivals. The Swedish Nightingale seldom gave a concert without singing a piece here and there which pleased not by technical merit so much as by a di rect appeal to the heart. For this reason she was loved as heartily as she was admired. Nordlca often did the same and it was for the pathetic beauty of these quiet airs aa much as for the splendor of her grander tri umphs that the world will cherish her memory. Artists like Nordlca reach wider circles every day. The construction ! of vast auditoriums enables great multitudes to listen to their singing. The invention of mechanical instru ments diffuses the knowledge of good music and uplifts the popular taste. Study clubs help to familiarize every body with the value of music and its true place in a wise scheme of life. The public schools, too, are doing their part to teach the people to sep arate the- wheat from the chaff in the realm of harmony and melody. Our future Nordicas will therefore sing to thousands .where she who has Just left us sang to hundreds. The time is coming when beautiful music will be accessible to the most modest family. The hideous jangles which now, for some inexplicable reason, please the multitude, will be forgot ten and the concords which charmed Beethoven and Schumann will charm the common laborer. Music more than any other art appeals to the in tuition instead of the intellect and Intuition is a . quality common to every living creature. - A REMARKABLE INDORSEMENT. Since the eleven men of known ability and good repute were induced to become candidates for legislative nomination by the urging of more than one hundred representative citi zens, numerous other groups and or ganizations have made recommenda tions from the full list of legislative aspirants. It is noticeable that with thirty six candidates to select from the rec ommendations have invariably in eluded several of the ticket named by the committee of one hundred. Here and' there a name has been stricken from the eleven to make place for some other candidate whose success it is sought to further, but the strik ing fact is that none of the advisory groups or bodies seem able to get very far away from the list of eleven. There can be but one conclusion by the observant voter. The strength of the ticket of eleven is recognized by all factions in the Republican party. Nothing to its detriment can be honestly said. Yet divisions or departures from it for personal reasons are likely to promote the cause of undesirable candidates, who, though not indorsed by anybody, may still have a compact and active' following. The way to win economy and effi ciency from the Legislature is for all who are interested in economy and efficiency to center on the list of eleven candidates which has ' re ceived such a wealth of direct and indirect, positive and implied indorse ment. Economy and efficiency are the paramount issues in the legislative campaign. They have been made so by the lose construction of the state government, which culminated this year in an oppressive tax levy. Men of ability, of integrity, of knowledge of state affairs are needed to straighten out the government. Such men are the eleven on the list of the one hundred citizens. Conditions far stronger than personal or business or trade affiliations demand their elec tion. Following are the names of the eleven candidates and their ballot numbers: 65 S. B. Cobb. 70 74 76 79 81 82 89 90 92 93 John Gill. " Oscar W. Horne. S. B. Huston. .. -. Louis Knehn. D. C. Lewis. i E. X. Littlefield. , Ben Selling. Andrew C. Smith. Plowden Stott. Lloyd J. Wentworth. - PEACE POLICY IN SANTO DOMINGO. In Santo Domingo Secretary Bryan and his favorite. Minister Sullivan, have been giving an illustration of how not to intervene. The Roosevelt and Taft Administrations had inter vened only by taking charge of the republic's finances and had snuffed out one or two incipient revolutions by preventing the rebels from secur ing funds. Mr. Sullivan has been in tervening in such a way as to pro voke revolution, buW when it comes he denies Americans protection and they have to take refuge under the British flag, to the humiliation of their country and themsejves. The story told by Americans newly arrived from Santo Domingo to the Boston Herald is one to make every patriotic American blush for his country. The present chapter in the repub lic's troubles began two years ago with the. assassination by rebels of what .one of the returned Americans calls "the best President Santo Do mingo has . ever had." American gunboats prevented the revolutionists from gaining control and enabled the Dominican Senate to elect an ad In terim President to serve for a year. during which he was to call an elec tion for the unexpired term. Jose Bordas "Valdez was elected by the Senate and immediately deserted his party and joined the rebel leader. Arias. These two leased the principal government railroad to "a lot of men who knew nothing about railroad ing" and allowed "no really respon sible man to have a share in the bid ding." A revolution ensued, during which Chief Engineer Collins, of the Dominican railroad, asked protection from Mr. Sullivan. The new arrival goes on to say: He said he could give no protection and that the Americans must leave the island. Puerto Plata was In the hands of revolutionists and President Bordas bad two aunboats bombarding- the town. Minister Sullivan signed a statement that he could aive no protection, and said he would welcome a bombardment. Thereupon when a British grunboat arrived, the Amer icans made a written request of the English men, and thtfir commander said he would protect any and all Americans, and the bombardment ceased. Mr. Sullivan then promised the reb els a free election of President and of Governors of provinces under the guarantee of the United States, and they laid down their arms. The Her ald's informant says: In the Winter the election came on. But it was far from being- a free election. Troops were posted In the streets, firing; rifles to intimidate the better class of voters. The Bordas government brought men In on trains and voted them three and four times. The United States had sent men to oversee the election from Cuba and Porto Rico. The Sullivan report declared It the fairest election ever seen in the island. It was not. In Santo Domingo City, where he was. the people were afraid to vote. And the Lnited States observers were In the French- Hotel there during the voting time, and they saw nothing at alL This election was declared illegal, and Bordas went to Puerto Plata on an American gunboat to confer with Arias, whose consent he desired to his serving out the unexpired term ending June 30, 1914. Arias refused, insisted on an election, and another election was held April 1 and 2, but this, too, was declared illegal and the voting was indefinitely postponed. In the meantime Bordas and Arias quarreled, because the former re moved a friend of the latter as Got- ernor of Santiago province. The de posed Governor, backed by Arias, re sisted and Bordas bombarded San tiago on March 30 for nine hours. Of this event, the eye-witness says: The gutters ran blood. Houses were shot up iiae a sieve. Three dead men lay new In front of the house In which there were J - Americans taking refuge. That house I ... .. ..,,. Bt., vr. c, .i,i j hovinff I uuj.x.au a a.uscu l ........ e, r forced upon the people a President . . . . ., . . . . - wno nas no legal claim to tne omce and who b the choice of but 2 ner cent of the voters. At least a man whom the Herald describes as the best-informed among the party of j . r I icimucu Aiutriuiuis sa. I Right or wron. the lmnresslon Is general tnat tncre is an understanding between I Bordas and Sullivan whereby Bordas Is to be perpetuated In office through Sullivan. I In support of this impression he says: i congress refused to sanction the loan hieh Rnrdi. n-.i-. ...i,, rt Rni. which Bordas desires to make, and Sul Uvan notified the members that the United States Government would allow the loan 1 specuve of what Conarress mlcht think. of. It. I So American support of constitu tional rule in Latin America has de- I generated into forcing upon a nation a despotic ruler whom the people re ject, who Intimidates voters with bul lets, who colonizes repeaters by the trainload, who shoots up towns. It has degenerated into dictation to a legislative body in the interest of this despot. American gunboats are at the service of the despot, but not of American citizens whose lives he im perils. These Americans must seek safety under a foreign flag. Mr. Bryan's so-called peace policy I has brought bloodshed on Mexico and Santo Domingo, yet he hopes to win the Nobel peace prize. He proposes surrender to England on canal tolls and apology to .Colombia for our re fusal to submit to extortion, yet he- expects to win the plaudits of the American people. The great-dam across the Missis-I sippi at Keokuk has formed a navi-J gable lake 100 sauare miles in area, By gates in the dam the water level of the lake is kept constant in flood and drouth. The purpose of the structure was to generate electric power, but it shows incidentally how to control the river. A series of such dams might be built from St. Paul to New Orleans and the power they sup plied would pay for them. The automobile is swift, but sound waves can outrun it, as the thief Stewart found to his discomfiture Speeding along the Canyonville road in a stolen car, he fancied that all pursuit would be vain. But in a mo ment when he thought not an em battled farmer confronted him with a gun and he had to forsake his booty and flee. The telephone had sent the news of his crime ahead and roused the country. It is a fair guess that the English suitragettes unaerstana tne Britisn mentality better than outsiders do. I I believe that they should be com They have deliberately adopted a mended for this. Inasmuch as the spirit policy of worrying the government, not because they love arson and riot. but because history tells them they are likely to gain their end by such means. John Bull will grant more for a quiet mind than he will for the sake of justice. The success of the public market depends not so much upon who ap pears In the opening day procession as upon its regular patrons. Th telephone habit militates powerfully against personal marketing. It can be overcome and perhaps will be, but there is some question whether so- ciety leaders will be the first to win the victory over their old ways. An American steamship has sailed from San Francisco in the hope of being the first to carry goods through the Panama Canal. We should think the British would insist on that proud right. The country fairly teems with Governors, Senators and other impos ing functionaries in embryo. The number will be perceptibly smaller, however, after the present week. A Eugene pastor compares troops n Colorado to hired gunmen in New Tork. That pastor has missed his calling. He belongs on a soap box rather than in a pulpit. Another aeroplane collision in England. Air craft is getting so plen- tlful that the atmosphere will have to be regularly charted and traffic nrni.lrla 1 A noted Norwegian explorer has been captured by South American Indlans. They're lucky they didn't trv such a thine- with the strenuous Teddy. Frosts up Salem way have nipped the loganberries, but why worry? The shrub is a profillc bearer and there will be fruit a-plenty. The American clerk who persists in haunting the American Consulate in Mexico City is carrying the hero act a bit too far. Mlners who decline to lav down thai- a -ma in ti uiiiemntit r,t Pnin. rado's troubles should be shown no , . .. consideration. ; Alarm over the sending of a Brit- lsh war vessel to Tampico is needless with the tolls matter not yet fully settled: Three days more of watchful dreaming and then most of the dreamers will get back to earth. The Bay City never loses sight of No. 1. . Building work has ceased on all but the Exposition grounds. Local police are doing great work in rounding up burglars, but the sup ply is inexhaustible. We truly hope that serious domes tic differences will not occur over the impending election. In the meantime the fighting at Vera Cruz is directed against the mosquitoes. They'll ramble until Friday when e butcher will cut most of 'em the down. Atlanta is a wonaerrui city, to noia 30,000 Shrinere within festal bounds. There are roses in plenty right now for two Rose Festivals. ' This is the weather that makes the Portland roses grow. Btuay tne canmaai urn voie in- telligentrj-i - --- OK COFFEE DRIXKER Dental Entered That Ita Vse Leads to Grave Evils. AURORA. Or., May 10. (To the Edl- tor - 1 waa somewhat amused at the prcsaea views usen oy t. in. w nson, ot Corvaliis. In his letter to The Ore- . L , . 1 gonlan. wherein he states that the 1 pot. tne howl, and the cla-arette go to-l . . . .1 getner are convivial ana oongema. Icnmnnnlnna I - i Then he proceeds to draw a picture! '' " unusually bright youth, who, at I tne age of 16, deserted the milk pitcher tor the coffee pot. and who later, be- Mmln. rf.mn.1l, , h.tl . e " " J - i V""'r" - Dul " not ineoriate, aaopis clic naun my i dbvuiuo confirmed vagabond. And yet. strange to say. he was an unusually bright boy. If that be true. LlL vuiiee-urmaers ana cigarette- J" Ydesu'refv AnTthfn association of ideas surely. And then If n unusually bright boy shows no tr.rth -,., wh.. I more strength of character, what can dullsrH' t xi, wn ho. drawing largely on an inflamed im- agination. 'Tk... ' K. ..,,,.. mere can be absolutely no eompari- n between the permanent effects of ..... , . . ' , son coffee and of tobacco. When I was a child about 1 year of age, my parents moved on a homestead in an unlnhabi ted portion of the country where no milk w r.Min.hi. nm milk was obtainable. From the time I was of an age to partake of other liquids than the one provided for baby- nood by -mother nature I was eriven cof fee, diluted, of course. From that time until the homestead was deserted for the comforts 'of city life, a period of eight years, I never had trie pleasure ot quaffing a glass of warm, rich milk. Now, after having reached maturity, 1 preserve my inherent fondness for cof- lee. I like the rich, delicate tUvor, and- have no cravlnir for simDlv strone coffee. Neither have I ever been pos- sessed or a desire to smoke or chew, or drink liquor. 1 If coffee drinking were the founda- tton for the cigarette habit, surely after a period of more than 20 years' continuous use r.t th. Hrink T nnhr n I be thowine some svmotoms. The idea is perfectly ridiculous. The majority or tne laboring and the middle class of women are neavy conee drinkers, and I yet not one case In a -hundred will he found among them of the use of cigar- ettes. In fact, the society women are very extensive users of the weed, and they are Droverbiallv tea-drinkers T am not defending the use of coffee, as i noia tne excessive use of it to be detrimental to the health. Also, how about the use of tea and chocolate? And perhaps he would sucrirest that we sub- stitute grape juice In their place. I fail. too. to understand Mr. Williams' Ira- P"ea relation between the use of cof- tne scriptures. e states tnat kico iiujBiumua nave agreed wim mm on tnis particular sublect. Must have De-en Ltllnaraen. A. READER. ORGANIC DISEASES ALSO REACHED . . - . menial ana spiritual Holing Held Ef- fecttve in Many Cases. PORTLAND. May 11. (To the Edl- tor. It is delightful in nntie ih press, doctors and clergy acknowledge Tne vn 1 1 1 nun r .-1 n r mantel ....... . .tuai healine:. notablv as rennr.ert in . news item in The Oregonian May 6. of th,e!f. abatements shows they have a much higher regard for the welfare of humanity 'than their private interests, and are in line with the progressive tendencies of the times. It will be but a short time until the initiatory facts as set forth by the London committee will be universally recognized. It is a fact, however, that mental and spiritual treatments do reach and ef fectually heal many cases of organic I diseases, as is testified to by thousands of reputable healers throughout the world. A very large percent of minds are so constituted that they are very Many are so very receptive that they I are healed with one treatment, while I others require several weeks or months to effect the same cure. As a rule the practice of mental and Hnirili.nl linulnru la with 1 a. n- . tlentSi and with tnese the percent of I cures is larger than with medical treat ment, and even then it is well known that many physicians use mental sug gestion in connection with their medi cine. There is nothing in spiritual healina- ltaen to which a conscientious clergy man can take exception; it is, therefore. not surprising that a committee of prominent clergy and doctors, should indorse mental and spiritual healing. even though limited to Inorganic dls nkih iHnn.fn..t .in n j,.t., edly be broadened to include every malady known to man, upon their fur I ther and riper investigation The one source from which all mod ern methods of mental and spiritual healing originated Is Jesus Christ, and he made no distinction between organic and inorganic diseases. He healed every malady that was brought to him. I and personally stated in effect that with I faith every man then and thereafter could do the same. In other words, I ..icufcM.. ftllU Vllll.uau uccLllug to JCL m I ita (nfanpv - . - I believe this committee has gotten a glimpse of the great fields of oppor- tunity lying before our very doors, and as yet practically unexplored, but the little that has been explored reveals 5 - - - o " now known toman. PERRY JOSEPH GREEN. I WHY they are not for dr. smith Untoa County Democrats Said to Be for! Mr. Bennett. La Grande Observer. Dr. Smith, formerly of Pendleton, Is a candidate' for the Democratic nom- lnation for Governor of Oregon, and is running on an ultra reform platform. Yet Dr. Smith was Mayor of Pendle- I ton when that city was a "wide-open town: when gamblers were fined Kt? i, p.rh "f" J"! ""T contributed to the city s wealth. And tnat u not all Hs was Mayor When women of the underworld enriched the purses of Pendleton physicians by I medical examination at stated Inter va'fj With these facts staring at the doctor in a ghastly manner how does he ex- pect the people of Oregon to accept his :t the people of Oregon to accept his loud clamor for reform now? How does Dr. Smith expect the law- abiding, high-class Christian citizen ship of Oregon to take him with such a record as their candidate for Governor? As a matter of fact. In this portion nt nAe-nn emln0-lv th rf Hamn. cratic voters have not been considering the doctor seriously, for many of them knew him as the Mayor of Pendleton xiiis, in a way, prouaoiy accoums ior tne popularity oi juage Bennett. The Dalles, who is Dr. Smith s opponent. FROl'D- KINGS GO INTO TRADE. Peter an Anto Ascent. Alfonso Own n . laarene r acrory. Berlin Cable New York World. The revelation that the Duke Mecklenburg-Schwerin runs an auto mobile agency shows how royalty is more and more dabbling In commerce. Kln ?ter' f SerVla; rePrfse2ts r- mono French make of car In Belgrade, while the Czar, whose extraordinary! nAnrhftnl for Mercedes cars is well l known, has more than once been sus I pereted of having a financial Interest in the famous works at Cannstatt. The I King of Wurttemberg owns two hotels at Aix and Marienbad. while Alfonso. of Spain, is always keen to push the sale of his own make of cigarette. Finally, the Kaiser runs a cafe at Pots dam and pottery works at Cad men. Trine- n.nrr. nf Ensrland. alone ef bis monarehs seems unable to earn I living. VIEWS Topical Verse Tilt r-at mt Mime. sh ,omea and .. .Er-inst mv lea-a When I am in the house. Or sits upon my lap and purrs . . . As quiet as a mouse; " "" mn Shu feels In earefnl WAV The h fl her. ..... witn Kind intent to play. And when she yawns and stretches out. Ana looks up in my race, .b' ?.ly ''"I With OlOSt SllUclllg rC; I never had another friend. Who knew so well the part. Or who could act it half as well. To reach the human heart. And she is jealous oh, my soul! Un ' -Ending straight, . . , ... Her back will form an arch. wITh .n With tail as bushy as a fox Around me she will march; And looking round and fat. xt 1 OJl nave a wora to say To any other cat. She always sees me to the door, -uru t . , " ? ,' , . Ana, too, when 1 come home aga again She always is about: I never had so true a friend .,., It J" "h,' But still it may be nothing strange I love the cat, you see. Our Dumb Animals. Compenaatlon. Mary Ann, while cutting bread, Cut her finger. With elation Mary Ann went off to bed. Claiming compensation. William Jones, while carting coke, Bruised his shin. With jubilation William crlea: A happy stroke, One year's compensation." Charles, the waiter, dropped the cheese. uri nis toe; retirea irom waiting, Six months' claim. At Brighton he's Now recuperating, Jane, while cooking, trod and slid n some fat and fell obliquely; Interesting invalid. Drawing two pounds weekly. Jack, the hodman, scratched his wrist. ocratcnea it witn a scanoia splinter; iiipnouun new .nesting ror tne winter. n the job at Maiden Vale, With his hammer. Green the plumber xiit tne wrong nan lunger nauj; Resting till next Summer. Bless the goodness and the grace tne inougntiui legislation That conferred upon our race, Workmen's compensation. London Chronicle. The Old-Fashloned Weasel. No matter how Medora sports The trimming on her hat: a duster lor a pilot that I Is steering to the front. A counle of side wheelers of The latest fashions pat. A Jib boom for a trailer Doing the area stunt she knows the whole creation I A millinery freak. A something built according to The fashion of the day. I But speaking now of trimmlffi why. i xt iiimrcs iiio uin man -weaK To find, by heck! his weasel Is Trimmed in the same old way. Horace Seymour Keller. Tables Turned. I watched the gently flowing stream here silver ripples stray. Beneath the water's flash and gleam 1 knew the fish would play. I thought of many a prize to make A rare and tempting dish. I sat and dreamed, though half awake. That I was stringin' fish. I looked and saw the finny tribe Down in the water clear Swift circles they would there describe And to my hook draw near. I made full many a fervent wish. They romped in graceful glee. ' "" c" "'"" "? """Bi" '. Washington (D. C.) Star. I Suck an Appetlle. I A V. ......... . mun In T." .- H - .. Was eating beef stew with a gest He ate without stopping 'Till with a loud popping The buttons all flew from his vest! -Washington (D. C.) Herald. The Eugenie Baby. Oh. the eugenic babe is a marvelous child. Gee! Whiz! It certainly is! I To sav otherwise will a-et neonle riled I Who live by the rules of the eugenic DOOKS. And' eat what thev eat conked hv eueenic cooks. Besides he is kin to the dear suf fraeette. Waugh! . Furia-e! No one should grudge I Anvthina- dear to the dear auffraeetta. I I The eugenio babe has a pink and white I SKln I . i , UUS1I . Ding! What a marvelous thing! jje has two ears, two eyes, one nose and a chin! H1. nrlnl.lD.i features are nearlv all i mouth; wk.. v, .k v.i JtZ JZTt- I thon; h it ..Am. h h.. tiny feet. What? Rot? Why, certainly not! ah .rni hhie. (,, Tho euKenlc babe must mind every rule. Bins! Bing! Gum! Now. that's going some! His Summers are warm and his Win ters are cool. If with the eugenic scheme he com- plies. A h t b lfl n ... . . Ana -hen he dies Oh. the eucenlc babe is a miracle child Scat! Rats! .I'"1" f siats: There's a pain in my slatB! Dorn 13 miracle child. Thomas M. Hyder in Rocky Mountain News. His Pipe. Though a-randoa left ua lonir aaro. with . . , IT ..I liLV. ' briar Dine" And en we take" oown we seem eo above the bowl oiitk. i xi. i j .i nl. .,. srir) Winrtlv ,,, We took our sorrows to his knee he listened to them all From Sister Letty's love affairs to R.nliv'il "1 nut null- And when he filled and lit his pipe we I knew that he had found of The end of all the trouble skeins our - careless hands unwound. So when my grown-up heart Is-sad with L . life' etf,r"i pm'n'I . With reverential touch I take the old black pipe again. I About it hanftts the aroma of trenA tn. - I bacco still. k And calls his sturdy spirit back to brace my weakened will. I Through that old pipe he speaks to me, I just as he used to do. I And bids me face the world again with I strength and courage new. - I And Hope aronnd me folds once more I her rainbow-colored cloak. thai And all my little troubles fade aa once a I tney did :n rmOKe. I Minna Irving in Leslie's. Twenty-Five Year Ago From The Oregonian of May IS. 1S9. Seattle. May 13. The first accident on the Front-street cable road occurred this afternoon. Mrs. Sophronia Wagner was killed. The old First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Third and Washing ton streets waa filled yesterday morn ing, the occasion being the last regulai Sunday morning services In the ancient and weather-stained structure that haa served as a house of 'worship for a quarter of a century. Next Sunday they win congregate in the chapel of th new stone church on Tenth and Aldei streets. Rev. Mr. Brown performed th last baptism in the old church for th three infant children of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnstone Kenneth Collier, Rus sell Tweed and Effie Bell Inglas. An effort is being made to form a militia company at Oregon City to take the place of old Company F. D. J. Malarkey, Company T, has re turned from an extended trip to San Francisco. When railrond communication was first established between Portland and the East. 15 days from Chicago and from 20 to 25 days from New York and New England was considered very quick transit, and it would have been considered impossible that a freight car could be hauled to the Pacifia Coast in seven days from Chicago. The time freight cards - on the through freight train yesterday over the Ore gon Short Line showed that it left Council Bluffs on May 7. thus making the run of about 2000 miles in five days, which is only one day slower than passenger train time. The first of a series of open-air con certs was given at th.e Gambrinus Gar den yesterday afternoon by the Metro politan Band, under the leadership of Professor Muller. The fair being held in Union Hall by Rev. Father Gibney, St. Patrick's Church, will terminate tomorrow night. The N. P. T.s of Albina won the base ball game with the Oaks of Portland by a score of 12 to 5. Clyde Tucker, of the N. P. T.s. received a severe blow on the face from a ball. Lewis & Fink, butchers, of Albina. have sold their business to Lacy Bros., of Portland. The fourteenth annual session of the Grand Encampment of Oddfellows for the state of Oregon will be heia at mc- Minnville. May 14. Governor Miles C. Moore, of Wash ington, is at the St. Charles. The directors of the Metropolitan Railway Company on Saturday let con tracts for the construction of the.r lino from the city limits to Fulton Park. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of May 13. 1864. The district Union convention repre senting the counties of Tillamook. Clat sop and Columbia met at Astoria May 7. Charles Stephens wae chosen pres I ident and George Davidson, secretary. P. W. Gillette was nominated for the Leelslature. The Clatsop delegates nominated the following county ticket: Clerk. Charles Stephens; Sheriff. A. Montgomery: Treasurer. C. Boelllng; Assessor. John Bradstett: Surveyor. John Gearhart; Coroner. D. Ingalls: County Commissioners. D. Warren and P. Gearhart: School Superintendent, vv . H. Gray. Washington. May 11. Accounts from the Army of the Potomac concur in the report of heavy fighting on tne lotn. About o P. M., Hancock made an as sault upon the rebel batteries. After the assault had continued for some time, it was found that the batteriet could not be carried without great sacrifice of life, and the effort for the time was abandoned. It is reported here that General Warren was wound ed yesterday and died on the way t Fredericksburg. The rumor is gener ally believed. New York. May 12. The Herald special of yesterday says that Gibbons I and Barlow's divisions were withdrawn I from the south DanK or tne rtapiaanc I The enemy during the night strength- I ened their formidable position with I rifle pits, breastworks and barricades. I In the afternoon general orders an- I nounclng the success of Sherman in I ins west KUU ouuci vi 1 1 .nun - -1 i was made to the troops, which pro- I duced the wildest excitement. As the - 1 hour approached for the attack, the I enthusiasm became almost ungovern- I able. Grant, accompanied by his staff, I Meade, Hancock and Warren, all start- I ed for the eminence, witnin signt oi I each other, while vast columns of our I army slowly gathered for the great struggle. Just. as the attack was about I tO uH JlldUD II1C 1 , .J 1 1 1 , .... . .... w . j I .inht Hii tmnnt were hurried to the I .. " - - 1 right and succeeded in checking the rebels. Half past six was fixed upon for the assault. Watches,, were -oom- pared by the corps commanders. They finally separated with orders that aim- uimiieuuai " .in .'i, " . I the whole line should advance with h Th movement was indescrib- ably grand. A portion of the army moved in a solid column, while others advanced in the usual order of battle. the whole army moving together and yet each command fighting its own battle. The rebel line opened a most whlct our lines marched on and. driv lng the enemy steadily from the post Sthalillg tft.Il U 1UUI TJ UO 6&lHOl tion- captured nearly 3000 prisoners and 10 pieces of artillery. The latter were, however, recaptured by the enemy. Night closed with our forces occupying the field. Our loss is heavy. but it Is much less than the enemy s, . who fought to .the last with despera- "on. our troops bayoneting their men n "lie pus ana torcina; xnem oy a hand-to-hand conflict to retreat. The City Council last evening passed an orainance authorizing the building of an engine-house for Columbian en gine company No. 3. I The report of Drs. R. B. Wilson and Glisan. inspecting physicians, on the I Oregon insane asylum, states that on I May 1 there were 28 inmates. I . .,A The three little boys of Marcus Mc- Mlllan. of Claquato. w. T who had to hL".red aWay ' I i-.i t.. ....r Tk. rntrV. fnr hii.iir,r the new stea-rwr I for the Vancouver trade has been let to Captain Clinton, of East Portland. The Newspaper Is a Big Factor in Family Life The newspaper is brought Into the home daily for its advertising as well as editorial news. It is indis pensable as a marketing guide. It is a valuable selling factor for the na tional advertiser because it makes the strongest appeal to the entire family circle. In every home the daily newspaper is a real, vital, pul sating part of the family life. All products manufactured for use by the general public can be eco nomically marketed through the daily newspaper. The advertiser can select one city, a state, or larger sec tion of the country. His advertise ment goes dally into the home where purchases are discussed and plans are made to buy.