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10 ' THE -MORSiyo OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY, 3IATT 15, 1D14. ' PORTLAMl, OKEGON. Entered at Portland. Oreson. rostoffie aa second-claa matter. Gubacriptloa Rates invariably In Advance: (BI MAIL) pally, Sunday Included, one year. . . .$8.00 Ually. Sunday Included, six months. ... 4.25 pally. Sunday Included, tnroe montna. . 2.25 paily, Sunday Included, one month. -r.. .7& Dally, without Sunday, one year 6.UU Dally, without Sunday, mix months Daily, without Sunday, three months... L7& ' Daily, without Sunday, one mouth...- .8 Weekly, one year. ................ 1.50 Sunday, one year. ............. bunuay and Weekly, one year - (BY CARitLfca) pally. Sunday included, one year. . . . .$9.00 Dally, Sunday Included, one month.... .75 How to JiemH Send poatomce money or der, expreas order or personal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at lender's risk, lilvo posiomce aadreMt in lull. Including county and state. Voatas-e Hates la to lo pases, 1 cent: IS to M puges. z cents: M to pases, 3 cents; no to tao pases, cents j 02 to 78 pases. 5 cents; 78 u u pases. 0 cents. ITorelsn post ase, double rates. iiastrrn Business Offices Verree A Conk l!n, Mew York. Brunswick bulldlns. Chi- faso. sccser bulldlns. ban Francisco Otnce BU J. Bldwell Co, 14a Market street. PORTIAJiD, FRIDAY. MAX 15, 1014. REVOLT READY TO BREAK OCT. Last Christmas President "Wilson's Administration reached the height of Its power. The President, through his sole influence, had put on the statute books three great measures, two of which were acclaimed by al most undivided public opinion and the third accepted as an experiment to be tried in the hope of settling the endless tariff controversy. Congress willingly did his bidding, took its programme from him and obediently set to work to carry it out. The President was all-powerful. Less than five months later how changed is the situation! Open divi sion has broken out in the President's party on repeal of canal toll exemp tion. We are trembling on the brink of war with Mexico and the President has clutched frantically at the de taining hand of South America. Sec retary Bryan has committed us to make an apology and to pay an in demnity to Colombia, and to sustain a despot in control of Santo Domingo. We are held in such light esteem by foreign powers that Germany calmly proposes that we consent to control of Haytian revenue by her and an other European power. The Federal reserve banks, which were hailed as a triumph of non-political legislation, have been handed around as political prizes to favored cities. In place of the clock-like precision with which Congress took up one item at a time of the President's programme and put it through, we see a haphazard, running firo of debate on canal tolls end Mexico. This expenditure of time on new features injected into the programme has caused Important measures to be dropped in order that Congress may adjourn early and that its Democratic members may hurry home to save their imperiled seats. Their seats are in peril. The bun gling in Mexico, the surrender of the canal, the shame of the apology to Colombia, application of the spoils system to reserve banks and the de pression following on the new' tariff have solidified the previously divided opposition and have rallied to it all who are not bound by party trammels to blind support of the Administra tion. A rumbling of popular disgust has reached the ears of Congress. Members resent the tight rein which the President holds on them, the se crecy as to the reasons for his poli cies and the pedagogic demand for blind obedience. As evidence of his fallibility accumulates this sentiment finds expression in more and more articulate murmurs. But for the fact that he has deferred filling two-thirds of the appointive offices, perhaps with the purpose to keep his followers in line with the prospect of favors to come, the voice of discontent might speak louder. How strong is this undercurrent may be conceived from the following excerpt from a Wash ington letter of James Creelman: ' I have never known such a condition of suppressed dlssatlsfactron among the Iem-K.-rats in Congress since the memorable days preceding President Cleveland's demonstra tion of executive power in forcing a se cretly unwilling Congress to repeal the pur chasing clause nf the Sherman act and thus producing Democratic chaos. - If. as now seems certain, the Demo cratic majority in Congress should be greatly reduced next November, open revolt against the President's domina tion is likely to break out and to be all the more violent because of long sup pression. Men of force and ability who are leaders in their own commu nity do not submit willingly to being treated like schoolboys. As long as all goes well and their leader seems to lead to victory they may submit, but when he leads to defeat they will revolt with the more ardor because their pride has been wounded and their feelings have been long sup pressed. That the consciousness of failure has already penetrated Mr. Wilson's inner councils is apparent from the fact that search for a "goat" has be gun. A few months ago friends of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan were each claiming for their idol credit for the Administration's glorious achieve ments. Now they are trying to shift the. blame for its disastrous blunders, and Wilson and Bryan factions are developing under cover. The- defeat which awaits the Democracy at the -polls will serve to take. off the lid and to expose to the whole world the dis cord which it hides. THIRTY-FOOT CHANNEL. A 1'ACT. Formation of a thirty-foot channel across the, Columbia Kiver bar off the end of the south jetty is the combined effect of the Jetty and of dredging. It proves that the plan which is now being followed will produce the de sired results. The dredge Chinook with her new and larger pumps will surely add to these results, probably giving us a 35-foot channel before Winter, wide enough to give a ship ample .sea-room. As construction of the- north Jetty advances it will aid the dredge and the south Jetty by ""a aading to the scour of the river cur rent and the tides. With a thirty-foot bar channel it is necessary to make as deep a channel up the river to Portland that no ob stacle may exist to ships coming to Oregon's greatest port, which is the natural outlet to the ocean for all products of the Columbia basin. The Government and the Port of Port land Commission are awake to this necessity, for each has three dredges available for deepening and widening the channel. Width is second only to depth in importance, for the big ships which now coma to Portland need ample room to turn. No effort should be spared this Summer to make the river channel as deep as the bar channel. The Chinook having proved the efficacy of dredging, at tention should be turned to Congress, that an appropriation may be ob tained next Winter for a big dredge capable ofi quickly attaining and con stantly maintaining a 4 0-foot bar channel. The Chinook and the river dredges may safely be expected to exca vate a channel deep enough for the largest vessel likely to enter the river this Summer. Before Fall, however, ships will be regularly pass ing through the Panama Canal and next year the largest ships will tra verse that waterway. They will come up the Columbia if the way is cleared for them; otherwise they will pass by this port. They will demand depth and width to spare; the deep sea skipper above all likes plenty of water under his keel and plenty of width for his ship to turn and to swerve without running aground; he hates to be crowded or cramped. It is policy to humor him, for he is an expert """knocker" when things don't suit him. His words have weight with shipowners and he passes the word around among others of his craft. Now that we know we are on the right track, it behooves . us to go ahead confidently and persistently in making a broad, deep, fairway into the Columbia River and - up to Portland. FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADD. The primary law of the state, un der which the two major parties and the Progressive party are today to hold an election, is the first direct product of the Oregon system. The initiative and referendum were adopt ed in Oregon In 1902; and in 1904 two important bills were submitted and adopted under its provisions the di rect primacy and local option. The primary law has not been modified in any essential provision. The widely-exploited Statement One provision, indeed, has . become' -obsolete through the adoption of the pop ular election of United States Sena tors. But all candidates for office in state, county and Congressional elections are yet named in precisely the manner prescribed ten years ago. All recent compilations of the elec tion laws of Oregon omit for some reason the preamble of the act. It is a clear and straightforward exposi tion of the purposes of the law. an authoritative interpretation of its intent. ."Under our form of government," declares the preamble, "political par ties are useful and necessary at the present time. . . . The method of naming candidates for elective public offices by political parties and voluntary political organizations-1 is the best plan yet found for placing before the people the names of quali fied and worthy citizens from whom the- electors may choose the officers of our Government. . . . Every political party arrd voluntary politi cal organization has the same right to be protected from the interference of persons who are not identified with it as its known and publicly avowed members, that the govern ment of the state has to protect itself from the interference of persons who are not known and registered as its electors. It is as great a wrong to the people, as well as to the members of a political party, for one who Is not known to be one of its members to vote or take any part at any elec tion or other proceedings of such po litical party, as it is for one who is not a qualified -and registered elector to vote, at any state election or take any part in the business of the state. . . The purpose : of this law is better to secure and preserve' the rights of political parties and. volun tary political organizations, and of their members and candidates, and especially of the rights above stated." The Oregonian submits this proper and official definition ' of the primary law for the benefit of all concerned. JCSTDY RESETTED. There are doubtless a great many people in Oregon who share with Judge Stephen A. Lowell a just re sentment against the descent by the Portland Journal into personalities concerning John P. McManus, a Pen dleton journalist. The best way to judge the qualifications of a candi date for office is by inspection of his record. Dr. C. J. Smith offered him self as a law-enforcement candidate and in his public statements invited attention to his record as Mayor of Pendleton. The record was inspected by Mr. McManus at the request of The Oregonian, and a matter-of-fact; uncolored statement of what he dis covered was submitted by him and printed. There is no more legitimate way in politics to combat the aspirations of a candidate than to disclose the weakness of his record in office. It is the highest order of political am munition. Mr. McManus performed his work without animus. He acted in the capacity of a newspaper man. He subjected Dr. Smith to no kind or character of personal abuse. But the record he supplied was irrefut able. No attempt was made to deny it. It could not be denied. So the guns of vituperation were turned on Mr. McManus. The best-known and usually the most-respected rule of newspaper ethics was flagrantly violated, and this by a newspaper notoriously free with its criticisms of other newspa pers' methods. Old charges of which Mr. McManus had been promptly ac quitted were resurrected. A man who had shown his force of character by living down earlier indiscretions and who had demonstrated his mental ca pacity and unflagging energy by ris ing high in the estimation of his neighbors was vilified and treated as though he were a scoundrel merely because he had dared to supply the official records bearing on the fit ness of the Journal's candidate. The Portland Journal, which has thus put a stigma on journalism, has long professed a holy horror of the underhanded political manipulations of machine politics before the days of the Oregon primary. Yet no worse Infamy was ever perpetrated by any political ring in Oregon than this. The agency which, when legitimately cor nered in political -warfare, seeks to tear down and defame the reputation of a worthy citizen in order to cloud the issue, has descended to the lowest depths of self-dishonor. SETTTNQ A FASHION. The Independent is one publication which frankly admits that it does not know which will work the better, the one-chamber or the two-chamber leg islative system. It is quite willing. however, that Oregon make the ex perlment with a uni-cameral Legis lature. It is not afraid that Oregon will be any the worse if the change does not work out well, but fears that there will be so little difference dis cernible that other states will not know whether to follow Oregon's ev ample or not. 1 Yet if one were to believe all one reads about Legislatures as now con stituted, a change that worked less effectively would be looked upon as a genuine calamity. But perhaps the Independent's equanimity is due to a knowledge of Oregon's robust char acter. If you are going to try some- tning on the dog it is wise to pick out a hearty animal. The implied compliment is appre ciated, but we have our doubts that other states would wait to observe the effect if Oregon sets the lead. Government changes spread without sound reason. They are epidemic and made virulent by the rising politi cian's need of a new and catchy issue. Changes in governmental methods and' machinery have become fashion able. Whether they are practicable" or not is quite beside the question. It is sufficient indorsement if some other state has adopted them. Ore gon in a legislative hobble skirt would be copied even though she fejl and bumped her nose. THE VOTE TODAY. The state registration for the Dri- mary election today is 226,924; but it is not probable that the vote will ex ceed 150,000 and will likely be less. it is interesting to compare the reg istration for the primary of 1914 with the 1912 primary registration. The 1914 figures are: Republicans 134.687 2em.?J.r" 69,9S Prohibitionists 11 177 Socialists " . S"7i Progressive ---- " c'o-'J Miscellaneous ............. " " 'a 8536 Total 226,924 The registration for 1912 (primary) was: Republicans - n7n Democrats 5?'V?2 Prohibitionists J.. " . l'iH Miscellaneous ...... V-". '..". .".. 310 "J -- ,...131,880 The women now vote in nrpi fn the first time at a state election. But' the most significant increase in the registration figures is the; Democratic total. It is more than twice the: to tal for 1912 or any previous total The reason is not that there aremore uemocrara, However. It is that the Democrats are voting more generally in their own primary than heretofore. -ine Prohibitionists and Soda Hta have no primary today; but the Pro gressives have a primary. Though the Progressives have but 6255 vntei less than one-thirtieth of the total registration they must hold a pri mary, because they have a political party -within the meaning' of the law. navmg cast more than one-fifth of the total vote for President in 1912. A DEPARTING NUISANCE. "Swat the fly" is coins- the iwav nf other nuisances. As an erudite con temporary remarks, it is not the fly that needs swatting half so much as the human being who allows- fly breeding, rubbish to accumulate. Had we no decavine- carhac-o y,aa-nt . should have no flies.- This would be a misfortune from one point of view,' since it would deprive a goodly army or nygienic heroes of their occupa tion. But they might be pensioned or elected to some office. It is of no earthlv usft tn nwat fiioo When an old monster is slain a mil lion young ones come to her funeral. The doctrine that we can kill all the progenitors bv industrious Eli.ottin in the early Springtime and thus pre vent iresh generations from being Dorn is a piece of professorial super stition.' Nothfhe "nf tho nf r-i , v. accomplished. Prizes to children for Killing rues -not only .engage the young in an unlovely occupation, but they actually temnt"" the. things to immoral practices. We have nearu. or youngsters who started fly farms on the. strength of these prizes and established :. thriving hut c,n,- iniquitous business. The direct attack- noon ihQ fiiaD ta not the most effectual w- ,i-i, say the same of a hundred other evils. They are best assailed indi rectly, to eradicate them we must go back to the causes upon which the depend. This is n. kIow proceed and often toilsome, while the direct attack is brilliant nnrl nromiuoe speedy results. The trouble is that eucn promises are usually delusive. Flashy success sometimes attends nasny meinoas, rjut in the long run they come to nothing. fao far as flies are r.oni-pmpt shall never be rid of them until we reacn tnat degree of civilization which demands clean surroundings for the house, tfin stahlo nnH th store. There is scarcely a. piece of ana in rorriana wnich does not con tain some heap of material nicely adapted to hreed flies Wvurv hnu has its fly incubator. Some houses oave dozens or tnem. Every stable sends forth its winged swarms daily. In conditions liVn ihca It in nonoAncA to expect any great benefit from swatting rues." A, SriKIT RETURNED. Often and often before the late W. T. Stead departed this life he prom ised his intimates that he would re turn from the other world if he could and communicate with them. He went down with the Titanic and since his unfortunate death many have pa tiently expected the fulfillment of his repeated promise. Reports have arisen from time to time that he had visited some living person, but none of them seem to have been trust worthy. A "spirit" calling himself Stead would appear, of course, but he always gave the impression that the truth was not in him. Thus matters drifted along until very recently. Expectation that Stead would really return to the scene of his terrestrial -activities grew faint and finally almost vanished, and then, as it were in the deep darkness just before dawn, something really happened. A band of the faithful gathered at Cambridge House in Lon don to perform the invocations to the departed spirit which had failed so often and this time they did not fail. Mr. Stead made himself manifest in the flesh. To convince the most skeptical that it was himself and. no other he wore on this return voyage from the evergreen shore the same garments in which his friends had habitually seen him when he was one of us. Since we may take it for granted that there are no looms or tailors in that bright realm, it seems to follow pretty conclusively that coats and trousers have spirits which are capa ble of revisiting the earth and assum ing material form. In what other way could Mr. Stead have obtained his attire? An account of this re markable seance has been rendered by Sir Alfred Turner, who was pres ent. Since he is a Major-jGeneral in the British army, it is Impossible to suspect either his veracity or the ac curacy of his observations. We are therefore obliged to believe that Mr. Stead has revealed himself at least once and there is nothing to prevent us from expecting him to come . again. Since he. has finally overcome the initial difficulties of materialization we may even hope that he will resume his public activi ties and not only write articles for the magazines, but deliver lectures. In his present unincumbered form he cam cross the ocean as often as he likes without any danger of drowning. Rufus Holman is a candidate for re-election as County Commissioner. He ought to be re-elected. He has been Commissioner, by appointment from the Legislature, for a year or more, and in that time he has entire ly reorganized the county's ..methods of doig business, instituting practi cal methods of efficiency and econ omy. He has made numerous ene mies, but all in a good cause the taxpayers' pocketbook. A determined fight is being made on him, but it should not succeed. To renominate him is to show that the citizen values real public service, honestly and cour ageously administered. Grumpy old bachelors dwelling in town despise the rural telephone be cause everybody can hear everybody else's conversation over.it. Intoler able as this would be in town, it is a social luxury in the country. The lonely housewife ties on her tele phone receiver when she sits down to sew or knit of an afternoon and en joys hour after hour of gossip with out stirring from the house. So high, ly is this privilege prized that a rural community near Chicago has voted against an invention that prevents neighborhood listening. M. Heroult, the Frenchman who gave the world cheap aluminum, has passed away before his time. Science and philosophy usually mean a peace ful, life and a green old age, but M. Heroult died at 51. - When he began to experiment upon-aluminum it was worth $20 a pound. He reduced the price to 50 cents. The secret of bis Improved method was in the use of the electric furnace, which afforded him the intense heat he needed at a moderate price. Some of the most worthless books in the world are the most valuable as far as money is concerned. No doubt the Morgan collection of works "on ornaments and architecture" includes books of genuine merit, but most of the volumes are probably high-priced on account of their rarity, sumptuous binding or some other irrelevant fea ture. Morgan paid $200,000 lor the lot. It is now to be sold again and is as likely to bring a million as not. The high school at Halsey has caught the good roads inspiration. The boys will apply their muscle to the gravel cars on May 22, while the girls will spread a bounteous feast. Good toads day ought to become a great school holiday never to be' passed without hearty observance. We shall expect some .of our young poets to compose appropriate songs for it before a great while. What worthier theme can they find? Driven to the wall by harsh inquis itors, Mr. Mellen lowers darkly and threatens terrific revelations. The more he tells the better, if he dis closes the secret manipulations by which his monopoly was formed and the great New England railroads wrecked ths country J1I forgive him everything . he " may . have done per sonally. Now that tho rebels have taken Tampico it is up to the Administra tion to decide whether or not they win be permitted to import ammuni tion. If permitted, Huerta, from his viewpoint, will have a serious objec tion to enter with the mediators. JThe tangle, entering upon- its final stages, becomes more interesting and in volved. Ohio women have presented a de mand for modest modes. But modest modes would seem to be assured without protests, inasmuch as every one is now pretty well stocked up on the other kind. Illinois farmers object to individual lines, preferring the old party line. Under the new system, how could they keep -Informed on Si Hopkins' private affairs. An aeroplane ferry has been estab lished between San Francisco and Oakland. Another decade and we'll all be traveling that way. Electrical storms in Portland are so rare the novelty never wears off. The translated Easterner is reminded of "back, home." The man who doesn't take the trouble to vote, and vote intelligently, really belongs in '.Mexico, rather than Oregon. Father, no doubt, will mark the sample ballot for mother, daughter and the maid. How they will vote is another matter. No doubt every candidate would be satisfied to know that the women will vote for the handsomest men. Ego tism is a strange deceiver. In the morning many will wonder what on earth has happened. uieveiana teacners win form a union. A demand for shorter hours will meet universal popularity in the juvenile world. With watermelons at $4 each we will try to struggle along on straw berries for the time being. What is a mere nomination com pared with the honor of Queen of the Rose Festival? Does a man violate the law by tak ing his wife to the polls In his auto mobile? The deep water candidate will to day revise his plan of campaign for 1916. Ths English geographers are try ing to put Teddy in the Doc Cook class. We can how cleanse the landscape of unsightly election cards. The agony in the fight for nomina tion for Coroner is at end. t5et the market basket ready for tomorrow. Vote but vote wisely. May the best men win. EFFICIENCY AND F.COXOJTV HEEDED Reasons tor Indorsement of Drfrlalatlvc Ticket Set Forth. t ENDORSED LEGISLATIVE TICKET. S S. B. Cobb.' 70 John GUI. 74 Oscar W. Horse. 76 S. B. Huston. 79 Louis Kucha. 81 D. C Lesrls. 82 K. V. Ltttlef leld. B9 Best Selling;. SO Andrew C Suits. 02 Plowdea Stott. 93 Lord J. Wcsrmrtk. An Address to the Voters of Multnomah County and. the State of Oregon: This is at once a statement of con itions that confront every citizen and a call to public duty. We take this method of bringing to the general attention the pressing need of appropriate steps toward measures of relief from the oppressive burdens of increasing taxation, and for Introducing; in our Government more prudent and effective methods of economy, industry and accountability. We have the faith in tne destiny of our state that is com mon to all patriotic citizens. But we feel that there is. an imperative neces sity that our present welfare bo pro tected and our future prosperity be as sured by the assumption of the respon sible duties of Government in the Leg islature by earnest, careful and experi enced men. We have no purpose of making war on any uroun of men or class or system or of advancing the srje- - . .i.t ca u.. mijr iioiiLiLttt party, out we have been impressed with a. growing- sense of apprehension over the uni versal trend toward public extrava gance and we are certain that some thing must be done to put on the brakes. It is our purpose in this man ner to solicit a number of our well known citizens to become candidates from Multnomah County for the lower house of the Oregon Legislature. it is a startling fact that the total cost, of government in Oregon in the Past decade has increased from three fold to five-fold; and' it Is also a fact that state, county,-city and school dis trict have alike shared in the increase. Tne total taxable valuation in the State of Oregon in 1905 was $309,01)0,000, with a population of less than 500,000. The total tuxes paid to the state in that year (not including the public schools) was approxiamlety SI. 000,000. In 1913, with an estimated population of 800. 000, the assessed valuation of all prop erty is $954,000,000. and total taxes paid by all counties for state purposes ia $4,165,000. This Is the direct tax upon our people, and doei not include the public revenues from automobile li censes, corporation taxes, inheritance taxes, fish and game licenses and the like. We append a statement as to tlie taxes collected in Multnomah County in 1903, l08 and 1913: In Multnomah County in 1903. taxes were as follows (not including state or state school): County BK4.-, County roads J 07 180 Library 1 0 1!07 Port of Portland 2i City of Portland 4:t700a School district .......".....I i!fto'540 Total $l,a0,005 In Multnomah County in 190S taxes were as follows (not including state or state school): County ;.. , TOM.r.tlo County roads '" 1 Ir Library "lil'704 Port of Portland "Tli'nlT City of Portland 1 4 -Vo School district '. . . l'ull4'753 Total ., 704.391 "In Multnomah County in 1913 taxes were as follows (not including state or state school): County . s MT.r.3 County roads 14.B.lo Library , -:1 tt-,, Port of Portland t;is'f.x7 Ciry of Portland 2 41s B14 school strict slSbs Total .$6,772,712 .. uuiibcu 10 say tnat we nave seen no satisfactory sign that taxes in state, county, city and school district are soon to be materially rt.rin,-H though we ar willing to assume that all public officials are anxious to do what they can to alleviate this serious sii.uai.ioii. jut tney are face to face with laws which renulrn Isirf tures, and with a system which calls ior many tar too many employes on the public payrolls. We are convinced that there is a lack of -n.n-riintinn between the various branches of our a-oyernment and much unnecessary du plication of service and effort by vari ous commissions, bureaus and boara. and the waste of much public monev in unprofitable activities. We are aware that the state tax Is by no means the largest tax paid by the citizen, but e oeiieve tnat an example of caution and great deliberation in state expendi tures by our Legislature will h fol lowed in county and city; and we are sure, ajso, tnat laws requiring retrench ment in the expenditures for state, county, city and school district may be, and should be, enacted by the Leg islature, The County of Multnomah has l: members of the Representative branch of the State Legislature. We intend no reflection upon any member of our past Legislature or upon any candidate for tne lorthcoming Legislature; but we are firmly, persuaded that, if our reo- resentative form of government is to survive there must be confidence in the Legislature and respect for its members: and we are within the oounus or moderate statement when we say that the Legislature has in recent years declined in the common resrard. It should not be so; it must not De so. ine Legislature may be r stored to its proper position of impor tance, dignity and Influence if its de liberations shall be marked bv a Bin- cere and intelligent regard for the general interest. We believe that the only way to bring about this desirable and neces sary condition is to elect to the Legis lature citizens of demonstrated con,.i,, and known repute. It is of the highest tnat Multnomah County send to the Legislature as representa tives 13 men having common aims, and a -common understanding, rather than 12 men with divided numnxoa nH inni. vldual ambitions, and with no definite or generally acceptable plans for renie dial legislation. cnu we invite tne rollowlng citizens to become candidates before tha l A .11 1.1 inn I . " " r"..non pi imary ior rtepresent atives in the Legislature from Multno mah County on the platform of re trenchment In DUbliC exnendirni-o of greater efficiency in the public service, and we pledge to them our diligent and continuous support in pro curing their election and our co-operation if they shall be elected in every plan for the common benefit. Signed by more than 100 representa tive citizens of Multnomah County. (The ticket that finally resulted from the foregoing address is printed on this Training; aa Nnne. PORTLAND. Mav 14. (Tn h r- itor. ) I am a girl of 17 years and am in tne urst year in High School. ueaire 10 oecome a trained nurso and want to Know what are the qualific nuns ana wnat preparations 1 must make and where I can study and about wnat tne expenses would be. KATE. The chief essentials are adaptability for the work and hospital training. A hospital usually has a corps of ap prentices. Apply to any such institu tion. VE0 OP NEWSPAPER RESENTED Jo-dare Lowell Declares Attacks on Mr. McManus Lnjust and I of air. PENDLETON, Or.. May 13. (To the Editor.) It is entirely immaterial to me whether the Democratic guberna torial nomination goes to C. J. Smith or otherwise, but it is important to all of us who love fair play that the people know that the vi cious, unjust and vindictive attacks of the Oregon Journal upon John P. "McManus. appearing alike in its news and editorial columns, and in its cartoons, do not meet with the ap proval at the fair-minded men and women of endleton, the home of Mr. McManus and the former home of Mr. Jackson, the editor of the Journal. Dr. Smith resided here until a short time ago and has a large circle of friends. Naturally his candidacy has been a subject of some local interest, and differences of opinion consequently arise regarding the fitness of the man for Governor. Neither he nor the paper which Is his sponsor ought to object to an examination of his public record. It is a subject at this time of proper discussion. The discussion does not necessarily signify personal hostility to Smith. Many men who are his friends question his adaptability for the Governorship at this time. Mr. McManus has always been per sonally a friend of Dr. Smith, and al though of different political faith, sup ported him In his candidacy for Mayor of Pendleton years ago. In his capac ity as a newspaper man he has given, through the columns of his own paper, in a calm and conservative manner something of the Smith public record, and at the request of The Oregonian he has transmitted Interviews and rec ords, open to all, for publication in the columns of that paper, just as your correspondent in Washington trans mits at your request the record and work of members of the Federal Con gress. Why, under such circumstances, Mr. McManus should be made the tar get of political and newspaper venom it is difficult for our people to under stand. It is unfair and unjust. Mr. McManus has been a resident of Umatilla County for more than 20 years. In the newspaper business. IIe is a brilliant writer, perhaps the best in the eastern counties of tho state. He is an Irishman, aud liko most of that remarkable race, he is a hard fighter. Therefore he has made ene mies. In his earlier days, too, it is an open secret that he was addicted to drinking intoxicating liquors, and to occasional indulgence In poker play ing. No one, however, ever accused him of dishonesty in his dealings or in his journalistio work. The charge of larceny against him referred to in Tho Journal was simply a dispute over some grain. There was never an ele ment of larceny in It. McManus was right in the dispute unquestionably. The trial of the unfortunate homicide resulted In the prompt .acquittal of the defendant. It seems to me that the Journal's resurrection of the ghosts of the past is ghoulish and uncalled for. Mr. McManus is not a candidate for public office. He is attending to bis business as a newspaper man. ""For many years Mr. McManus has refrained from drink aud from gam bling. His personal influence and that of his newspaper has been on the side of morality, law and order. He Btands for those things which make for a bet ter community and a better state. I want tho people of the state to under stand the situation, heflce this letter, which is written without the knowl edge of Mr. McManus. and upon my own responsibility. STEPHEN A. LOWELL. WHE' WAR SPIRIT IS ABROAD. Extract From an l npublished Article, Written by Mark Twain. New Tork Evening Post. Dr. Henry Neumann, in an address at the Brooklyn Society ' for Ethical Culture, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music a few days ago, quoted from an unpublished article by Mark Twain on the subject of war. "A few years before his death," be said, "Mark Twain wrote an article en titled "The War Prayer.' It describes how a regiment gathers in a church before it departs for the war and prays for victory. As the prayer concludes, a white-robed stranger enters the church and says: 'I have been sent by the Almighty to tell you that he will grant your petition if you still desire it after I have explained to you its full import. You are asking for more than you seem to be aware of. You have prayed aloud for victory over your foes, but listen now to the unspoken part of your prayer and aek yourselves if this Is what you desire. "Then the stranger speaks aloud these implications of their words: O, Lord, help us to tear tho soldiers of thn foe to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smilinc fields with tho pale forms of their patriot dead: help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring- the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing- grief. Blast their hopes, blight their lives, water their way with their tears. "Mp.rk Twain never published this article. His friends told him it would be regarded as a sacrilege. Is it reully sacrilege to say that men cannot pray for victory in war without asking for these inevitable implications of their petition? What would it mean if we remembered this when the war spirit Is abroad?" Two Dr. Smiths. RAINIER, Or., May 14. To the Ed itor.) There seems to be a consider able number of people laboring under the belief that the Dr. Smith seeking nomination for Governor on the Demo cratic ticket is Dr. Andrew C. Smith, of Portland. 1 have had a number of them ask me for Information, and, if others have a like experience, it seems to me there will be a large number cast their votes for Dr. C. J. Smith thinking they are voting for Dr. Andrew C. Smith. I am simply calling your attention to this condition. H. A. HARRISON. Aa Old Proverb. WHITES. Wash., May 14. (To the Editor.) In a news report in The Ore gonian the quotation, "Consistency, thou art a jewel," was used. Kindly inform me who is the author of same. We have had considerable controversy regarding it and have "een unable to locate IL JOHN B. LOCKE. It is ap old saying, the origination of which is unknown. Enquiry of a Bride. Philadelphia Record. "Fred, do you remember where you were in 1310?" asked the bride of a few months. "Why, no. dear; I don't remember exactly." replied the young husband. "Why do you ask?" "Why, I was reading today In the paper that It Is said that In 1910 ono person In every 800 was In prison." Son-la-Law-to-Ue. Houston Post. "He looks like a fool." "But. papa, he has asked me to 'marry him." "He ha? Well, don't ever tell me I can t fcize up people." Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian of May 15, 1SS9. Elections of delegates to constitu tional conventions were held yesterday in Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota. PARIS. May 14. Clinton Ferry, tho Tacoraa millionaire, today met LeClerc whom he charges with undue intimacy with Mrs. Ferry, and was angered at seeing LeClere with his (Ferry's) young son Clinton In his arms. Ferry ordered LeClere away from his law yer's office and a war of words led to the contest. In five minutes tho "young 011'." windows were closed, while the "old un" had only a few ' scratches and was fighting In nne form. In the last round, however, the young salesman got In a savage blow with his heavy boot, which fractured Ferry's rib. The most unique feature of the fight was the calm and Indif ferent manner In which Mrs. Ferry viewed it from a hansom cab. San Francisco. May 14. Senator Stewart today addressed the Chamber n f fr.tnmArr.A n. 1 . . - tic, (.uidsuq 01 silver. Louisville. May 14 Spokane defeated Proctor Knott In the Kentucky Derby today. Washington. May 14 The Senate committee on irrigation of arid land will begin a tour of the West on August 1. The East Portland Y. M. C. A. will give an entertainment at Oddfellows' Hall tonight- Those on the programme are: East Portland Male Glee Club. MiSSea AlirilRtS 1 .a Wamn " -4 U . . lialsey. Mesdames Wetseil and Soden ana Messrs. All Her and Soper. Profes sor W. A. Wetseil, Miss Grace Davev. Mias Maud Glen and Miss Dora Humphreys. The work of laying track from Sun nyside to ML Tabor was commenced Friday. John Collins has aold his stand and gone out of businesa. This will be joy ful intelligence to bad debtors. Last night after drill Company K was surprised with a supper by the lady friends of its members. Coroner A. P. DeLIn yesterday re turned from Bridal Veil after having buried the body of the drowned man. C. L. Baker & Son. the Oregon Con densed Milk Company, have begun the manufacture of preserved and cream milk at the Stott farm near Troutdale, Very Rev. Prior Adelhelm. of the Benedictine monastery, Mt. Angel, ac companied by Brother Conrad Richards. Is tn the city to solicit subscriptions for the new college at ML Angel. Rev. John Rosenberg, for many years rector of St. Stephen's KpiBcopa'l Church, was found dead in his bed at his home, 216 Clay street, yesterday. United States District Attorney Mc Arthur Is back from The Dalles. He brought down the antlers of an elk and the huge horns of a mountain sheep, trophies of his prowess as a hunter. EfHe Eilsler will appear at the new Park for a week beginning Monday in a repertoire Including "Hazel Kirke." The hold-over Fourth of July com mittee decided to have a celebration this year. W. P. Olds. F. R. Mel lis. W. M. Killingsworth and W. S. Newberrv spoke to that effect and a new general committee was appointed. In The Sunday Oregonian Roosevelt Tells WHY THE FLEET SAILED 'ROUND THE WORLD It was a dramatic voyage and the whole world wondered whv Roosevelt gave the order. In tho final chapter of his antobiographv Roosevelt tells the whole story for the first time. Harrison Fisher. TLe famous illustrator, in the second drawing of his newest series. "The Greatest Moments of a Girl's Life," presents ''The Trous seau." The drawing-, in wash, oc cupies a full page. Women in Frison. This is an unusual article from The Oi-earonian's Paris correspond ent on the woman's jail at St. Ia zare, where some of Kurope's preat adventuresses have been impris oned. "Pancho" Villa. Some inside facts about the most picturesque of Mexican'- bandits, now a leader of the people's cause iu the torn republic. . Bird Homes. Many kinds of pretty songsters are being coaxed into" the cities. They are an added attraction and with proper treatment they rep3y all kindnesses and attention be stowed upon theru. A full page of the widest interest. In colors. Cheaper Living. Facts and figures, presented in n interesting way, on the high living cost problem and the practical- experiments that are being made with the end in view of re ducing household expenses. Wood and Fnnston. ' The story of two adventuresome figures who have been picked for stellar roles should a march ou Mexico City be made necessary by the (stubborn dictator, Huerta. Moods of Genevieve. In the fifth mood of this bright series Genevieve has a touch of Diannishness. Mary's Lamb. A new version, with illustrations. A full page of features for the children. Rockefeller. Elbert Hubbard visits the rich est man in the world, plays golf with him apd interviews the oil king. Illustrated with photographs. Prince of Granstark. Chapter nine in George Barr Mc Cutcheon's great novel. SCORES OF OTHER FEATURES Order early of your newsdealer.