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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1914. PORTLAND. OREGON Entered at Portland. Oregon. Fosto flics aa second-class matter. Cubscriutlon Kates Invariably In Advance: IB? 14 AID Dally, Sunday Included, one year. .....- laily, Sunday Included, six months. Dally. Sunday Included, three montns. . Daily, Sunday Included, one month. .. . Dally, without Sunday, one year " Dally, without Sunday, six montns..... Dally, without Sunday, three monthe... l.p Dally, without Sunday, one mouth..... Weekly, one year Sunday, one year "7" euiidiiy and Weekly, one ear. e.o (BI OAKKIEK) Dally, Sunday Included, one year. .... -3-99 Dally, Sunday included, on month.... Bow to itemit Send poetoffloe money or der, ei press order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at lender's rlak. liive postoffice addreas In lull, including county and state. Postage Kates 12 to 10 pages. 1 cent: 18 to & pages, 2 cents; M to 48 pages, 3 cents; 60 to 60 pages, e cents; Vi to So pages, a cents; 78 to pages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Kabtern Business Offices Verree Cnk lln. Mew York. Brunswick building. Chi cago, Steger building. ban ranr.iii co Omcs B- J. BidweU Co. I4M Market street. l'OKTI,i.M. TtlCBSDAY, MAX 14. 1914. District Mr. Laff erty, the Incumbent, finds himself in a determined and doubtful contest with C. N. McArthur, who is generally regarded as his prin cipal opponent, and with Mr. Shep herd, who is always running. There are excellent reasons why Lafferty should be permitted to retire to pri vate life. But they fear openly to oppose it lest the suffragists turn squarely against them. The same fear of incurring the hostility of either the liquor or anti liquor element governs their attitude toward prohibition. So long as tstey do not take one side they hope to hold the votes of both sides until they have been able to decide which is the stronger. There are occasional complaints that Congress is held in light esteem by the people. The explanation is simple: Congress is a coward. . The President is respected because he usually declares himself frankly and then fights for what he believes. Those who disagree with him respect him because he has the. courage of his convictions. l THE CAMPAIGN: A REVIEW. The state campaign which will close With the nominating primaries to morrow has developed significant and interesting features calling for final survey and analysis at this time. It has shown a strong tendency on the part of the various factions of the -Republican, party to unite in a com mon plan to nominate candidates, state, Congressional and county, who will restore the party to its old posi tion of power, and it has developed unique and lively differences within the Democratic party, such as have not been present for many years. It is not an anachronism to say that these differing phenomena are likely to prove beneficial to both parties. There has been far too much dissen sion within the Republican party for Its own good, and there has been far too little in the Democratic. The one party has had too many conflicting leaders and opposing interests; 'the other has had too few. The political situation has not for years been .wholesome in Oregon because "Of the .disproportion and lack of balance be tween the parties; the Democratic party has long been but little more than the political convenience or ad junct of one or the other factions of the Republican party. But now it is more of a factor on its own account, with resultant gains to its self-respect end satisfaction to the people as a wholu. When the Democratic party Is a formidable force in opposition to - the Republican party, and is not a mere beneficiary of Its disputes and quarrels, or a favor-seeking servant of its bounty, the average citizen may well feel better and safer. For the Supreme "Bench, with four vacancies, there are more than enough good candidates, and for State Treasurer Mr. Kay has deservedly earned the assurance of a renomina tion. For. Attorney-General several candidates have appeared, and among them The Oregonian has recommend ed George M. Brown, of Roseburg. The other state candidates have pre sented their claims to the voters in various wiija mmusuuui mo .a.t.- i ... vm 1H In Multnomah County the most in- turn for the better in- business condi teresting contest is over the legisla-1 tions. Mediation of the Mexican dis- tive ticket. Impressed with the great I pute caused a rise in stocks. Earn need of efficient and workmanlike I ings of the principal railroads in- representation ,in the Lower House, I creased in March and were shown by The Oregonian has ventured to en- Dun's estimates to have held up to dorse eleven citizens who have en-1 last year's figures during the first tered the race in response to a formal three weeks of April. In a number call by many citizens. The merit of of cases the increase was not only in this particular group of candidates net earnings which might have has not been denied from any respon- been due to reduced expenses but in sible quarter; the importance of the gross earnings. This improvement in service they will be able to render gross earnings was not confined to our worst fault that we reduce all the unaccented vowels to a mushy grunt like the "u" in the word "urge." In this uncanny melting pot er, ar, Ir, or, all sound exactly alike. The "ent" In "silent" becomes "unt," the "ant" in "militant is "unt." The "age" in "average" Is "uj." This is a deplora ble slovenliness which the league ex horts us to correct by giving to each unaccented vowel its own proper sound, even if we have to shorten and obscure it somewhat. It recommends that the article "the" be spoken as "thi" and not "thu." Our vowel "i" as heard in "quit" is really the short sound of "e." Hence, in shortening the word "the" it is better to speak it as "thi" than as "thu." So with "a" and "an," which we are all in the habit of uttering as a grunted u or un." It Is far better to pronounce these words as "ah" and "ahn," giv ing the "a" its Italian sound. We wish this new league well and hope it will enjoy brilliant success, but we have not much expectation that our hope will be fulfilled. county and state is everywhere recog nized. Various "tickets" have been urged in. opposition, but none have been formulated under auspices or by sponsors that give the public the nec essary confidence in their merit. The Oregonian looks confidently for the election of the designated eleven; it any one section of the country, for it extended to the Erie, Baltimore & Ohio, Rock Island, Northwestern, Illinois Central and St. Paul, while net earnings were larger on- the Atch ison, Union Pacific, Reading and Pennsylvania. Prospects of reasonable considera- wlll be a positive loss to the people If I tion of railroad needs by the Inter- they shall not be elected. " I state Commerce Commission mate rially Improved. The Commission's This review has had most to say as reply to the Senate's inquiry as to to the Republican primary. The rea-1 the Justification for the New York son is that, with the one exception of I Central's issue of 4 per cent bonds the campaign for the Governorship, the Democratic primary presents no features of interest or moment. It is Republican year. The National Ad ministration, starting with high gen eral favor, has undoubtedly passed the the rate advance case conceded that rest of its popularity and there is a 1 steps should be taken to increase the reversion to the great opposing polit ical force. The Republican party. distracted and dismembered by the Progressive schism. Is rapidly recov ering, and, so far as Oregon Is con- erned, is in far abetter shape than it has been for many years. The neces sity of party, and of the maintenance or principles ana enforcement oi pon ies through party, has been made acutely apparent to many Indifferent I dency." The fact that textile imports minds in recent months, so that the under the new taruf show only a ra of distraction and dissension, so slight increase is attributed by manu far as it concerns the Republican or- I facturers to an active and profitable ganization, seems to be passing. That foreign market and a depressed and the coming campaign may be dis- I unprofitable American market, turbed from its even tenor by other I The brightest streak on the busi The certain results of tomorrow's primary are the nomination of Mr. Booth to be Senator by the Repub licans, Mr. Chamberlain by the Dem ocrats and Mr. Hanley by the Pro gressives. They are all unopposed within their respective organizations. Mr. Booth as a candidate will un doubtedly prove acceptable to the party at large. He is a fit man for Senator. There are no embarrassing political implications growing out of any past factional affiliations. No one has ventured to' wage a contest with him, for the reason, undoubtedly, that it would have been a hopeless strug gle, and his position at the close of the campaign must be regarded as a sign of his general acceptability. It is, moreover, a beacon of harmony and union among the various forces with in the party. It is natural and unavoidable that Mr. Chamberlain should be renomi nated by his party. He has served his party well in Congress and has ac quired a position of influence within its councils. - Aside from partisan con cerns he has in the past year shown a great deal of activity and has made the usual record of a Senator of fair ability and moderate diligence. Mr. Chamberlain is a pastmaster in polit ical craft and is easily the leader of his party in Oregon. Just how strong he will be in a campaign wherein he must defend his record and the party's record and conciliate the rising dis content in his own camp remains to be seen. Mr. Hanley was nominated by the Progressives because he was willing to run. We can think of no other rea son. lements such as prohibition may Indeed be likely, but, on the whole, the outlook for a well-denned issue between the Republican and Demo cratic parties is good, and prospects The contest for Governor before the Republican primary has been conduct ed by the numerous candidates with more than ordinary politeness and (rood nature. Not an unpleasant in cident has marred the placid surface of the Gubernatorial pool. But the struggle has nevertheless been sharp and the issue will be very close. It is remarkable that there are so many opinions as to the outcome. It would appear that any one of several may easily win. The Oregonian has taken no part in the Governorship cam paign, except to report impartially the sayings and doings of all hands. It vill frankly say that it has been un able to see that any one candidate was conspicuously superior in deserts to all the others, and it has, there fore, held aloof in the earnest hope that the voters will make the best possible .selection. A different condition is presented within the Democratic party. There is a most spirited fight between the several candidates, with an undercur rent of bitterness and of resentment against the open effort by Governor West and his allies to name his suc cessor. Dr. C. J. Smith, who has been chosen by the Governor to take his place, is an amiable man of respecta ble antecedents and respectable asso ciations, with a most complaisan outlook on all conditions of life an affairs as he finds them. As a Legls lator he was wholly practical in his methods, and as a Mayor in Pendle ton he was willing that the boy should gamble a little and drink good deal and visit the convenient redlight district at suitable hours, so long as they did not make too much noise about it. As Governor he would not be likely to sustain the high ten sion in all matters that has marked the West administration. Mr. Bennett, one candidate, is a Democrat with old-fashioned ideas of law enforcement and law interpreta tion, and Mr. Manning, another oppo nent, is a shrewd and energetic cam paigner. The other candidates are negligible. For Congress in the First District, Mr. Hawley is opposed for his fourth term by B. F. Jones, of Roseburg. Mr. Hawley has been a faithful Rep resentative of Oregon; Mr. Jones is m aggressive and resourceful citizen. In the Second District Mr. Sinnott lias no opposition in his own or any ther party a real tribute to his Sialue as a Congressman. In the Third to replace 3 per cent bonds was fa vorable and declared the consolida tion of the Lake Shore with that road lawful. Louis D. Brandeis in his closing argument for the shippers in Mr. Ackerson rejoined the Republic. an party a few weeks ago, after an excursion into strange fields on a futile endeavor to find a party that would harbor him, and he immediate ly announced his candidacy before the Republican party for the important place of National Committeeman. He frankly seeks political control. It is doubtful. In the first place, if the party would be willing to reward Mr. Ackerson's peculiar political activ ities on any terms, and it is doubly doubtful if he can be elected in the present circumstances. It is not at all doubtful what all Republicans should do as to Mr. Ackerson, and that is to refuse to pay the price he demands for his allegiance. Mr. Ralph Will iams has been the 'National Repub lican Committeeman for several years and is fully entitled to re-election. He is acceptable to the great body of Re publicans, while it would seem to be certain that Mr. Ackerson is not, as he should not be. We have no hesi tation in commending Mr. Williams to the Republican voters. railroads' net revenue and held that the only question was how the In crease should be effected. - Though April bank clearings ex ceeded those of April, 1913, trade re mains quiet, the steel trust had to draw on its surplus to pay its quar terly dividend and the cotton textile industry shows what the Springfield Republican calls "a halting ten- ness horizon is the crop prospects. The outlook is as good now as when the excellent April report of the Government was published. If no unfavorable conditions develop be of a Republican victory in November fore harvest, the crop- movement are favorable. should do much to swell railroad earnings regardless of rate advances and to communicate activity to busi ness in general. OpRA IX E3CGU8H. The Century Opera Company, of New York, set out on its career with a determination to allow no language WRONG CHARGE REFUTED. A large body of Dr. C. J. Smith's former townsmen have now declared that he was always outspoken against lawlessness. We have never seen it denied. The case against Dr. Smith is that while outspoken against lawlessness! but English on its stage. Operas in he did not stop lawlessness when I other tongues were to be translated Mayor of Pendleton. He did nothing I This rule has been followed consist- but talk and profess. I ently during the past season, but it Dr. Smith In a public statement has does not seem to have been as satis- declared that when Mayor in 1898 he factory as some people expected. New stopped the monthly fines of women; York has a cosmopolitan population ended similar fines for the privilege many of whom do- not understand of gambling and ran the gamblers out English at all, with thousands more of town. who prefer German or- Italian. Inas- The police court records of Pendle- I much, as the Century Opera House ton, written by a fellow-Democrat in was designed to attract the multitude black and white, in 1898, when Dr. 1 many believe that other languages be- Smith was Mayor, disclose that gam- I sides English should be employed for bling and disorderly houses were at least part of the time. At a recen openly conducted during his term of I meeting of the stockholders it was office under a system of monthly fines I proposed that the season should be contrary to law. divided among the various languages It is also shown by newspaper files in which good opera has been writ- of that year that these practices con- 1 ten. The educative effect would thus tinued in spite of the open condemna- be largely increased tion and protest of one of Pendleton's Another consideration seems to newspapers. - I have weighed with the stockholders. One thing that would help Dr. I Suppose the words of an opera have Smith more than all the euloglums of originally been Italian. That lan his vocal endorsement of law and or- guage has its own peculiar accents to der would be a retraction by him of which the notes of . the music con his public statement that he did 1 form. When the words are translated things when Mayor which not do. he did COWARDICE OF COMMERCE, The proposed woman suffrage and prohibition amendments are in Con Kress like abandoned children whom nobody will own. Nobody in a posi tion of authority will say even a kind word for them lest he be suspected of favoring them. Yet nobody will throw them out lest he be branded as an enemy by their friends. Individual members, when approached on their behalf, "passed the buck" to the com mittee which had them in charge. The committee studiously neglected them and, secretly incited to inaction by the Representatives, refrained from making a report. But the women demanded action, and it is next to impossible to side-"" step a woman. The women alternately coaxed and threatened the committee. They besieged Its members and gave them no rest from demands for a re port on the amendments. Finally the committee could hold out no longer, Its members wearied of having "the buck" passed to them and resolved to pass it back. The function of committee is to examine a measure. learn all the arguments for and against it by hearings or otherwise, remove any defects thereby revealed and report it either favorably or un favorably. The committee in ques tion did none of these things. It sim ply reported the amendments without recommendation. Take a vote on them? Perish the thought! to of Into English either the accents are disarranged or the verses lapse into nonsense. Usually both calamities happen. The singers are put out of countenance by the disharmony be tween the rhythm of the words and the accents of the airs, while the audi ence Is at a loss to understand why great genius should have cared compose music for such a mass Idiocy as the libretto offers. One speaker at the stockholders' meeting took the ground that It made no dif ference what language the book was written in. The singers cannot be un derstood in any case, so let them, use Hebrew or Sanscrit if they prefer it. In our opinion' there is more to d over using English for opera than the subject is" worth. If we really desire singing in our own language the best way to get it is to produce musicians whose mother tongue is English. A; long as we go to Germany and Italy for the notes we cannot justly com plain if those countries provide the words also. It is worth remarking that the best way to produce great composers here is to encourage the small ones who appear from time to time. Great oaks from little acorns grow, and no oaks ever grow at all unless the acorns are first planted. When Dr. Smith Was Mayor Pendleton Newspaper ThfB tupir. Ins; In Attacks on Open I.avrlrss- JCDCE KIXC TAKES PART I FIGHT SWELLEST CITIZKX IS GAMBLER. Most Dlstlngnlshed-Looklng Person. In Pendleton Rnn Faro Game. Pendleton Republican, July SO, 1898. Pendleton has a distinguished citi zen. His name does not appear in me society columns of the. daily press, neither Is he, so far as we know, a candidate for the United States Senate. but he nevertheless attracts a good deal of attention, and the question Is frequently asked. "Who is he?" Me has a distinguished appearance. Is tastily clad and stops at one of the leading hotels, and may be seen most any afternoon coming down Main street with a satchel in his hand, which is said, to be well filled, with gold and silver. For the benefit of those whose curi osity has been aroused as to "who the well-dressed man with the satchel is. as he Is commonly referred to, no little time was spent in running this mys terious individual down, ascertaining his business, his method of operation and Buch other information as a sleuth hound of the law would consider neces sarv in effecting the capture of an out law. The newspaper reporters (and Pendleton has its share) did not know him; he is likewise unknown to the City Marshal and all the ministers of grace, lawyers and business men; but finally a young man was found who the night before had lost 950 "bucking the tiger," as he called it. but which is nothing more nor less than gambling at faro, blurted out: "Naw.-dat's not' a minister. He's a sport. He's de man wot's got de best game in de town. He carries his sack from de hotel to de game on Main street every day." And sure enough, the youth with Bowery dialect was right. The man Is the proprietor of a swell faro game on the principal street of Pendleton. The troops on. the Texas border are being carefully trained for a cam paign with practice "hikes" under heavy marching order. Each march 13 three miles longer than the last until thirty miles a day is reached. That will fit them for a dash to Mex ico City. President Wilson has at least put strength into one plank of the Demo cratic platform by his foreign policy the single-term plank. Was that what Mr. Bryan aimed at in muddling things for him? An Ohio woman has confessed that she started the great Chicago fire. She is trying to steal the honors from Mrs. O'Leary's cow. Worse than grave- robbing. People who want pure milk fpr the baby must consider the goat. Chil dren raised on the product of "Nanny" grow to be great men and women. FAIR PROMISES NOT KUI.KII.I.En People Who Hoped for Reform From Dr. Smith Disappointed. Pendleton Republican, August 6, 1898. At the last city election Mayor Smirh and Marshal Heathman received the votes of a large number of people who were desirous of seeing a change In the administration of the municipal af fairs of this city, and sincerely hoped It would be for the better. For a time the voters of Pendleton had good rea- on to believe they had butlded better than they knew. Gambling was sup pressed and the color line was even rawn In the population of the White- chapel district and a healthful restric tion was placed upon a too flagrant isplay of the hooley-hoolle attired denizens of the midway plaisance. These early Inaugurated reiorms of the present city administration were ighly commended and the better ele ment congratulated Itself upon the ad anced step taken and hoped to have the opportunity of pointing with pride to a relorni municipal administration for which it was largely responsible. But In this the pepple were doomed to isappolntment. The gamblers are again on top and the population of rendieton is Being rapidly augmented by the most notorious characters. among whom the peripatetic skin gambler is very much In evidence. r our faro games are now In full on eratlon, behind the tables of which mooth sports sit and rake In the hard earned wages of the harvest hands. Heavy shipments of ammunition are being sent to border points. While the mediators are mediating ,we are getting our little infallible ivlllzers ready. A drunken man in Seattle was al lowed to plead guilty of running down and killing a working girl and was fined only 81000. Life is cheap over there. Admiral Fletcher's Filipino boy is not likely to report the plan of cam palgn. If he were a Jap the case would have a different ending. Another 4 8 hours and a consider able number of gentlemen will realize that they have been suffering from various sorts of delusions. In these days of getting "something just as good" the man who commits suicide because a woman rejects him is a foolish person. The stork Is a pretty wise old bird and when he hears that a baby has been left on a man's doorstep he sim ply has to chuckle. An Eastern storm has been repeat ed twice in 24 hours. Life continues to be just one thing after another in the East. An English nobleman has gone to the Arctic Circle to hunt for a rare species of duck. What a noble aim in life. Better not vote at all than vote blindly. There's still time to inform yourself about the several candidates, To vote for some man for no better reason than that Tom, Dick or Harry asked you to do so is dangerous folly A chair of railroading at Harvard recalls the days when Harvard men manned the old- Q system. A NEW LEAGUE. One would hardly have supposed It possible to invent a new league, there are so many already. Just about everything under the skies has been taken Into their protecting fold but That is I the English language by some strange the very thing every member of the forgetfulness had been left out until committee and of the House is trying a day or two ago. Happily the omis to avoid doing. The amendments are I sion was discovered before any irre shelved in the House, shelved in com- I parable mischief had been done and mittee and now are shelved in the I we are now soothed and sustained by Democratic caucus. They are to be I the knowledge that a league has been taken up in the House If there Is time, organized to perfect our pronuncia but the House will take good care not tion. Its ostensible purpose is "to pro to have time. mote faith In American musical art This is the latest example of Con-1 and confidence in American-English gresslonal cowardice. It is the latest I as a language for song." but hidden proof that the first consideration in everv action' of each member is to ensure his re-election. Senators and Representatives talk eloquently of principles, policies and patriotism, but their chief object is to hold their jobs. If adherence to principles helps to this end they are very high princi pled: if it hinders, then principles are of no consequence. Of course, there are exceptions, but this has been demonstrated many times to be the general rule. As to woman suffrage, members fear to favor it lest they antagonize anti-suffragists. The Southerners also fear the bogy of negro women voting. beneath this innocent seeming project there really lurks a design to reform our entire system of pronunciation. Since the present ways of speaking English in this country are not con venient for the singers therefore we must all fashion our pronunciation after a new model. No doubt conservative people will assert the right to speak as their fore fathers did, but the younger genera tion may move with the reformers We certainly hope they will, for the common utterance of the mother tongue in the United States admits of many Improvements. The league points out as perhaps H. D. Winters was in all kinds of trouble during lifetime and after death let it run for others. Huerta will agree to quit on the same date that Bryan agrees to quit the vaudeville circuit. It should not, yet the election will be affected to no small degree by to morrow's weather. What a relief it would be if some of our orators would join the Free Silence League. Portland's branch bank Is assured Of course. How could it have been otherwise? Let every woman in Oregon remem ber she has a date at the polling place tomorrow. After reading" the mediators plan we fear they have little up their sleeves. Earthquakeat Ogden indicates the Wasatch range is not as dead as it seems. This is the last day in which figure on results. Almost time for the river excur sions. N " Many "will discover frost tomorrow, Tomorrow and then the fireworks Don't throw your vote away. Old Sol is stoking up. PORTLAND HELD UP AS EXAMPLE. Gambling Closed In Metropolis; Wide Open In Pendleton. Pendleton Republican. Sept. 3. 1898. A Chinese gambling- tiouse on Second street, between Oak and Stark, was raided last night by order of Chief McLauchlan. Three Chinamen found In it were arrested. Ihe police say that all gambling houses city, white and Chinese, are now ins loaned Agalsst Dictation of Snccessor by Governor West. A number of Oregon Democrats have received copies of a letter written by Will R. King, Democratic National committeeman from Oregon, and chief counsel of the Reclamation . Service, warning members of bis party axalnst both military dictatorship and dicta tion of political succession. While strongly critical of Governor West's peculiar type of law enforce ment. Judge King leaves the other phase of dictatorship to common knowl edge without mentioning names. His warning is of course taken to refer to Governor West's efforts to insure the nomination for Governor of Dr. C J. Smith. In the letter Judge King says: 'To acquire this, however, means the selection at our primaries or Demo cratlc Democrats as the candidates of our party. Permit me, therefore, to suggest that if the good work is fur ther to be effectual in Oregon It be comes essential that only the right men be thus placed on guard. Only the unselfish should be nominated to head our party whether that unselfishness be in regard to the acquirement of wealth or of newspaper notoriety. The one whose sole and guiding star is that of seeking spectacular newspaper no toriety is as dangerous to the welfare of a state or Nation as is one who meas ures his success by the dollar mark standard. rie who thrives on specu larity alone is always an unsafe per son to trust in charge of our public affairs. It will not do to say. as our present Governor seems to do. that 'the end justifies the means.' Military die tatora are as dangerous to the perpe tutty of a republic under the guise of democracy or 'reform' as under any other name. Laws should be enforced, but by lawful methods only. Military despotism, whether under the guise of law enfqrcement or otherwise, should never be upheld or encouraged. His tory records endless crimes perpetrated in the "name of liberty. "Military dictators, whether in peace or war, and whether a Huerta of Mexi co or one under the pretense of seeking law enforcement by unlawful meth ods In some remote corner of one of our states, have always found what to them was an adequate justification of their course. Each justifies himself by the exigencies of the occasion. The man who derisively looks upon and violates our laws In order to enforce a law is an undesirable public servant especially so when, in order to carry Into effect some favorite policy of his own, he seeks to mislead the public by playing with facts, in reckless disre gard of their accuracy, with the view to injuring the good name of all or any citizens whose views may differ from his own. "Men thus temperamentally consti tuted are not to be trusted with the destinies of state. All .voters should hesitate long and carefully before per mitting any person so unfortunately constituted to become their gusrdian or to name or dictate his own succes sor; nay. not even though he may im pliedly threaten to disregard the final choice of what was once his party. To do otherwise certainly will not prove conducive to the welfare of the cause for which you and I and all other citi zens of Democratic tendencies may stand and in the securement of which we have earnestly assisted. - "I mean no reflection upon any of the present candidates; so far as I know all are good men, and wlrh none have I had any differences. But the question as to who may be behind them is a matter of vital public con cern. He for whom our Governor may stand as an ardent supporter for his successor should at least have a ques tion mark after his name. Twenty-Five Year Ago From The Oregonian of May 14. 1SS9. w lork, May 13. The contest for control of the O. R. & N. Co. by the Oregon & Transcontinental Company has led to proceedings which are de nounced by the anti-Vlllard party as Illegal. There has been a proposal to contest the right of the O. & T. on grounds of public policy to hold stock of other corporations. It Is believed bv many that in this way the O. & T. could be prevented from voting its holdings of O. K. N. stock and that the fcmith party could thereby hold control auainst Villard. To meet this. Villard sent orders to his board of di rectors of the O. & T. in Oreson to issue 810,000,000 of preferred stock, which is to be put In the hands of a trustee to be voted as Villard may di rect. An injunction will be obtained to prevent the issue of the stock. Tacoma, May 13. A terrible wind storm this evening wrecked a building which Walter Bates was erectinir at Tacoma avenue and Seventeenth street, killing the owner and three other men and so severely Injuring W. H. Snell, City Attorney-elect, that he is not ex pected to live, Washington, May IS. The Supreme Court today held the Scott Chinese ex clusion act constitutional. Mrs. Kate Douglas Wlggln lectured on kindergarten training at the First Unitarian chapel last evening. The grocery and postofflce at Wllls burg were damaged yesterday by an accidental explosion of gunpowder. Mr. and Mrs. Wills, who occupy the rear of the building, were uninjured. J. A. Logan Is continuing the stone wall he built on the south side of his residence grounds on Twelfth and L streets. East Portland, on the east side. A. W. Llewellyn. Recorder: W. D. Pope. City Treasurer: William Mall and Mr. Campbell, of East Portland, have returned from their fishing trip. The prizes offered by the Western Union to the messenger boys delivering the largest number of messages In a week were won by Mark Quinn. iirst, Arthur Fellon. second: Morris Costel. third. E. Mays, of Papworth. Spauldlna- & Co.. has just returned from the Hoise Valley. Idaho. Complaint Is made that a wire fence has been built across Ford street, which runs along the east line of Don ald Macleay's property, adjoining the City Park. Persons who wished to see what the chances are for a suspension bridge from the south end of the street to Portland Heights were prevented from passing by this fer.ee. William T. Alderman, of Danville, Montour County, Pa., with his wife, ar rived In the city yesterday. He leaves for Salem this morning. He comes with the expectation of staying. Half a Century Ago to In the closed. The above Is from The Oregonian and It speaks eloquently for the new regime In control of Portland's munici pal government. It Is different In Pen dleton, where the gentle zephyrs blow through the ooDulistic whiskers of our city fathers and the machinery of jus tice in this benighted city. Here we maintain gambling houses and the thugs that travel In their wake all reap a rich harvest In steering the unsuspecting youth to the "sure-thing" games which pay Into the City Treas ury J12 per month each for the privi lege of robbing the farmers and harvest hands who come to Pendleton to pa tronize the business men of the city. Can the business men of Pendleton af ford to have, their patrons robbed? Is this a good way to control the country trade? If so, why not have a dozen faro games Instead of four? And would It not be well to invite a confidence operator or two? EARNEST CALL FOR REFORM MAD K. Ousting of Smith Administration De clared Only Hope. Pendleton Republican. Sept. 10. 1898. The fight against open gambling In this city, which The Republican has been making, does not seem to count for much. The better class of saloonmen are opposed to open gambling and the sentiment- of the respectable part of the community Is now. . as it always has been, opposed to the existence of dives and gambling hells, but the rowdy class is in control of the city and defy all opposition. The only hope left for those opposed to the control of the city by the vicious and criminal class and this Western bizarre flavor due to the present administration is to array themselves In solid phalanx at the ballot box and elect a Mayor and City Marshal who will do their duty or resign. It Is none too early to look about for successors to those whose terms of of fice will expire In January. The evils which have grown to Bucb proportions In the management of mu nicipal offices will never be corrected until a strictly party ticket Is placed in the field. As it is no one Beems to be responsible for the maladministra tion which has characterized the mu nicipal affairs of this city for years past. EACH PLACES BLAME ON OTHERS, Marshal Excuses Lawlessness With Epithet Applied to Mayor and Council. Pendleton Republican. October 8. 1898. The time has now come for action on the part of the people of this city looking to Improvement in our mu nicipal government. There Is but one avenue of escape for the people from a continuance of old methods, which means extravagance and stupid man agement In municipal affairs. We must Introduce politics into our city elec tions. The Republicans must nominate a straight party ticket and promise the people, if successful, to put a stop to open gambling and Insist upon the maintenance of law and order. If they fail to fulfill their promises the people can turn the rascals out, and give some other party a chance. In this way fla grant violations of ordinances will not only reflect upon those In office but upon the party responsible for their election. Under the present order of things if faro games run wide open; If a man Is knocked down and dragged out of saloon, half dead, no one is responsible for the lack of arrest being made. The Mayor says it is the fault of the Coun cil, the Council says It is the fault of the Marshal, and the Marshal says the Maybr and members of the City Coun cil are sons-of-guns, and there are i large number of people disposed to be lieve that the Marshal knows what he is talking about. INDIANS MUST HAVE KNOWN LAKE Whites Not First to Benefit From Hot Watera of Eastern Oregon. PENDLETON', Or., May 12. (To the Editor.) Recently a story sent by me to The Oregonian gave a serio-comic account of an English sailor being cured of three cracked ribs and other ailments. Including the swearing habit, some years ago, by an Involuntary dip into the seething, boiling water of Hot Lake, Union County. My incidental mention of the Indian tradition of their use of the lake, be fore "the coming of the white man" is questioned in an article lately in The Oregonian. contributed by one of the party of worthy pioneers who claim the discovery of the famous lake in July, 1861. The asserted discoverers claim to fame Is not disputed. But. In the inter est of history, it would be Instructive to know more particularly about the ancient use of the lake s hot waters by the Indians, from Indian sources. It is absolutely true that Indians have always fully known the medicinal heal ing value of both hot and cold chemical springs. About 20 miles from Hot Lake, at Medical Springs. Union County, the Indians yearly held great meetings for hot baths, dances and feasts. Their stone mills and big pestles where the native American women ground the corn into meal mark the camping grounds where have been uncovered by the palefaces heaps of animal bones, remains of the grand banquets of the redmen. Ex-Governor deer, of Port land, and Hon. . Dunham Wright, of Medical Springs, know more facts about this ancient rendezvous. As Is well known. Medical Lake, Eastern Washington, was a fashionable watering plaoe for Indians of past gen erations. Surely the canny redmen did not sidestep the wonderful Hot Lake In Union County. Oregon, from the two acres of which. In cool weather, arise clouds of steam, visible for miles around. The stream that flows out of the lake Is said to carry a greater vol ume than any other known hot stream There is now a project to pipe the water eight miles to La Grande. growing young city of nearly 8000 pop ulation, to heat all public and private buildings. Doubtless other hot springs In East em Oregon were used by the Indians. The entire tribe of Warm Springs In dians, whose agency Is 75 miles south of The Dalles, settled around heated springs, from whence comes their tribal name. Probably, generations afco. Indians camped along Ladd Creek, for the use of the cold water, from whence an easy stroll afoot led them to the Hot Lake, where native American high jinks were held In the healing, com fortably hot waters near the lake shores. JOHN W. ELLSWORTH. From The Oregonian of May 14. 1884. Vallandigham has written a letter of condolence to the proprietors of the Dayton Empire, whose office was gut ter recently. He says there Is now but one remedy for past and preventive of future injuries, and that Is Instant, summary and ample reprisals upon the property of the men at home who, by language and conduct, are always In citing to such outrages. San Francisco, May 13. Eastern line continues down east of Salt Lake. The lartrest bell ever landed In Port land came up on the steamship Sierra Nevada and was yesterday hoisted into the belfry of the new Presbyterian Church, corner of Washington and Third streets. Its weight Is 10S2 pounds. cost laid down here but little snort oi 8600 and it is a surprise present from Mrs. H. W. Corbett. Assays by. Tracy & King, of ' the Kootenai dust brought in by Captain Ankeny, show It to be the finest dust, with one exception, ever tested by that firm. The value is $19.01 81-100 to tn ounce. Rev. D. Rutledge. pastor of the M. E. Church, and bis family, were the re cipients of a surprise party last even ing. Dr. J. A. Chapman performed a sur gical operation upon the face of Hiram Terwilllger, which was successful In restoring its natural appearance. Upon the arrival of the steamer Sen ator from Oregon City yesterday quite a display of line bouquets was made. the passengers having procured tnem Milwaukie. on the way down. Mr. Miller's place must appear perfectly beautiful, to turn out such lovely flow-era Tne repairs to the Congregational Church, corner of Jefferson and Second streets, have been completed. Ripe wild strawberries were exposed for sale on Front street yesterday. They were the first of the season. The Council has granted Joseph Jef fers the use of the corner of Washing ton and Front and Alder and Front streets for building purposes. Right Treatment of Immigrants. r PORTLAND, May 13. (To the Ed! tor.) The United States has been the wonderland of opportunity for the op pressed of other countries. Not only has Its republican government been proved a workable democracy, but also. on the whole.- we have followed the highest Ideals of brotherhood and free dom. To preserve our Integrity, this people should bear the same spirit of generos ity toward Immigrants today, and as a Nation we must deal honestly with neighboring nations. We will not sub stltute self-interest for liberty. LOVER OF PEACE. At the Altar Rati. Judge. Bridegroom Didn't I look like a fool when I was at the altar rail? Best Man No; but any one could see that you were not yourself. News From Mexico. Detroit Free Press. "Are you familiar with the Mexican situation ?' "Only up to 8 o'clock this morning." A Flat In New York Knlcker What Is i A flat consists of a surrounded by cubby-holes. City. Times. l flat? Bocker janitor entirely Spanish War Tax. ROLTAT. Or., May 12. (To the Ed itor.) During the Spanish-American War there was a special war tax lev led on certain articles. Did merchants get a rebate on this tax levy after the war on goods in stock that the tax had been paid on? SUBSCRIBER There was a war tax of $5 imposed on manifests of foreign vessels clear ing from American ports, but that was refunded on an oplnton being accepted that the act was unconstitutional. Ira ported goods remaining in bonded warehouses when the war tax termi nated were not subjected to the extra duty on being entered. No rebates were authorized on other than mani fests of foreign carriers. Picture la of Logan Farm. OREGON CITY, Or., May 12. (To the Editor.) The picture on page 1 of sec tion 6 of The Oregonian. May 10, 191t, is of an oats field located at Logan. Or., not near Canby, Or., as Is stated. The field of oats Is of .the "Shade land" variety and averaged nearly 100 bushels per acre. HENRY BABLEK, Owner of fa'rn of picture. A Piano Is Bought for a Lifetime For that reason care should be used in its selection. Reliability of make is more 'Im portant than price. It is a double protection when the names of a well-known maker and a straight forward dealer are behind the instrument-Let the advertising: columns of Vhe Oregonian be your guide- in your piano choosing. Read what is being offered. Com pare the offerings and choose the one that best suits your individual needs. To buy haphazard is to court dis aster. And that is the reverse of economy! i