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The pestilences of the Middle Ages were the fruits of dis obedience. Modern, medicine is the beginning of obedience. Perhaps when we have learned to obey the great power perfectly the art of heal ing will achieve marvels of which we do not now dare even to dream. Each new law that we discover affords safety from some ancient peril if we succeed in harmonizing our conduct with its demands. The wireless tele graph utilizes a natural force that has been constantly at work since the world began, but it is only since it was discovered that we have been able to put ourselves in harmony with it and use it for our welfare. Perhaps still more wonderful forces lie at hand which wait for some great genius to bring them to -light and thus build new shelters over us. But as conditions stand now, in spite of all that we have learned and contrived, we are at the mercy of trivial accidents. Let a piece of electrical apparatus cease to act, let a human eye waver for an instant and hundreds of lives are sacrificed. Nature sinks the Titanic or the Em press of Ireland with as much indif ference as she blights a flower by an untimely frost. There is no pity in the workings of the world's machln ery and often it requires almost su perhuman faith to believe that there is any purpose. Things go on as they do because necessity drives thein. Or if there is some eternal end toward which they flow it is far beyond our vision. The best we can do is to study the wheels and levers of. the mechanism and adapt our purposes to their action. But when we have done all that we can, the inner secrets of the universe are still hidden from us and in a mo ment when we think not the mighty engine passes over in its relentless course and blots out hundreds of men as ir they were insects. "The works Of his hand shall perish and all the purposes of his heart shall faff." JilSW MEW OK CANAL TOLLS. f A plausible argument is made by Russell L. Dunn in Case and Com ment to show that the levying of Panama Canal tolls on either inter state or export trade of the United States is unconstitutional. He quotes the canal treaty with Panama to show that the United States has full sovereignty over the Canal Zone and could erect it into a state or territory. - lie then quotes sections 8 and 9 of article I of the Constitution which require that duties be uniform ...throughout the United-States, that no Jrxporf taxes be imposed and that "no preference shall be given by any reg ulation of commerce or revenue to "the porta of one state over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one state be obliged to en ter, clear or pay duties in another." " Mr. Dunn takes a concrete exam ple to show that levying of tolls on American commerce, either coastwise or foreign-bound, would not be uni- form. A ship going from New Tork to Acapuloo would have to pay $1.20 per net registered ton, while one go ing from Seattle to Acapulco would have to pay nothing. The toll might be collected either at the port of entry or the port of clearance on coastwise commerce. Mr. Dunn holds that the toll is as clearly a tax on exports as was the stamp tax of 10 cents on bills of lading imposed dur ing the Spanish War.. The latter tax was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court under the very pro hibition of export taxes cited above, and the court said: "Prohibition or limitation should be enforced in its spirit and to its entirety." The tolls might have been made payable by a stamp affixed to the bill of lading as appropriately as by the vessel. Mr. Dunn maintains then that a toll on ic!ther our foreign or interstate com merce is in conflict with the Consti tution and that the interpretation of " the Hay-Pauncefote treaty cannot af fect this conclusion. He continues: The commerce of foreign nations between themselves through the Panama Canal is twi a different basis from our own com- - iiierce. Congren has power to impose toll on that commerce within euch limitations as V made by the provisions of the Hay- I'aunrefute treaty. It is not seen how the Hay-Pauncet'ote treaty rouid have been made with presumption that it had force with reference to any other commerce than that of foreign nations between themselves, using the canal. Mr. Dunn, however, suggests that, s a practical matter, "we might as ..-well make the canal free for the com merce of all nations. He calculates that the annual cost of operation and the interest on bonds will be only about 10 cents per capita of our pop ulation and that the collectible tolls on commerce of foreign nations would reduce this annual charge by about 1 cent. He then asks: Why not forget the cent and the Hay-Pauncet'ote treaty and make the ca- - nal free for all? ' This argument has the beauty of . "reducing to an absurdity the whole canal controversy. If the P.resldent " and the Senate had no constitutional "power to make and ratify the Hay Pauncefote treaty as it is understood by the repealers and as the revenue we can constitutionally collect from the canal is only 1 cent per capita, " why bother about such a trifle?. We yip w ' have been talking in terms of hun dreds of millions of dollars and get ting "all worked up." By "chipping" in a cent apiece every year we can settle the whole matter. - TRYING FOR- 5,0O0,00O. . Perhaps the United States Senate will generously raise the appropria-r tion for the Columbia River entrance from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, and place the improvement under a con tinuing contract. It ought to. be done. It is a great work, and the loss to the Government through the waste ful method of occasional appropria tions is heavy. Possibly the House also will be persuaded at this session that it is high time that the Columbia River get its deserts. But we are not too hopeful. The Senate has not yet passed the bill nor any bill for river and harbor work. The sub-committee of the Senate committee on commerce, of which Senator Chamberlain is a member, has reported favorably on $5,000,000 That is all. It may mean a good deal, of course. But let us await the outcome with what patience we can command. then the House must concur. What will the House do,, even if the Senate, being in a most indulgent mood toward Senator Chamberlain, who is a candidate for re-election this year, should grant the desired $5,000,000? If the House also should accept the $5,000,000 item for the Columbia, and the President should sign the bill, then indeed there would be cause for jubilation all around. But we wonder if the Democratic voices that are now appealing for the re-election of Senator' Chamberlain because of his supposedly mighty in- nuence in tne benate would, on acr count of the $5,000,000,' as loudly demand the re-election of Represent ative Hawley and Representative Sinnott? MUDDYING THE WATERS. The report of the grand jury for Multnomah County is noteworthy for its i supreme silliness and offensive flippancy of expression; but it is neither flippant nor silly in the grave charges it makes against the con trading firm of Waddell & Harring ton, engineers, for the interstate bridge. Here, for example, is a para graph from the report: We find from the evidence submitted that there was undoubtedly jobbery in the selec tion of Waddell & Harrington as super vising engineers, and if there was such Jobbery between Waddell ft Harrington and some of the members of the Bridge Com mission, is it reasonable to suppose there would be collusion In the construction of the bridge? If there was jobbery, who are the jobbers? The grand jury appears to have made a diligent effort to dis cover, under the inspiration of Influ ences hostile to Waddell & Harring ton, and hostile also to the accepted plan for the Union-avenue 'approach. But the only obvious result of the inquiry has been to muddy the wa ters and to leave the public perplexed as to things which it is anxious to know, and is moreover entitled to know. If the Ketchum grand jury had not made the false step of indicting worthy citizens on a charge of libel, committed long ago if committed at all, and had not diverted public at titude from a proper inquiry into the Waddell & Harrington contract to a widespread suspicion of Its own mo tives, the present attack upon Wad dell & Harrington, the bridge com mission, and others would have re ceived far greater credit. There is no reason why another grand jury, free from any question as to the personal associations of its foreman, may not open up this whole business, and either confirm or ex plode the many accusations and in nuendoes growing out of the bridge controversy and the engagement of Waddell & Harrington as engineers. and the selection of Union avenue as the bridge approach. EXPIOIT1XG THE PEON. While the course of mediation 1b being threatened by the agrarian prob lem, Villa and his puppet Carranza are advancing on the capital for the purpose of settling that problem in their own way. They use that cry to give a patriotic and noble mantle to their riotous rebellion. ' At last they will give the humble peon his due; turn his thoughts into peaceful tilling of the soil. Such being the reiterated aim of the Villa-Carranza crowd, will the Administration blindly turn to them in the event that mediation shall be wrecked by the present insistence of the Mexican envoys on sidestepping the issue? If past performance may be pointed to as counting for anything, nothing can be more preposterous than, that Villa and Carranza will settle the land question fully and justly. No doubt some of their warriors would receive small grants. But would the millions of ignorant non-combatants be rec ognized : and considered ? Or would Villa and Carranza follow in the beaten footstep of exploitation and fatten on the lands? Take Madero. He was inspired by real patriotism when he launched his rebellion. He was going to settle the agrarian problem as soon as he reached Mexico City. At last the lowly peon would get his just deserts. But no sooner was he seated than Madero turned exploiter and began, preying on the ignorance of the masses and the wealth of the country. Madero continues to be the Idol of Villa and Carranza- And if they get the reins of government they will hold them for the exclusive benefit of themselves and J their followers, making only such con cessions as are necessary to fortify their power and keep the lowly non combatant peon in the slavish subjec tion that has ever been his lot. Noth ing short of a leavening from some outside civilization, or the ministra tions of some Mexican genius who has their welfare truly at heart, will ever serve to better the condition of the downtrodden peon. The Villa-Carranza crowd of adventurers and ban dits offers no hope. The latest outbreaks of suffragette violence In England cast doubt on the efficacy" of the cat and mouse act as a deterrent. Women who have been released after, hunger-striking have been said to avoid a second experi ence, but are not their places among the window-smashers and ' picture- slashers taken by new volunteers? A woman who has procured her release by a hunger-strike is regarded as a heroin?, and others seek the same laurels. The . New Tork Times sug gests that, if the British government were to treat the militants exactly as men guilty of like offenses would be treated and if their avowed purpose to die in prison were allowed to be carried out, ..the demoralization of women would be checked. But would it ? Has not the mania, spread so far 'and gained so strong a hold that some militants would die for "the cause," and would not the frenzy of the sur vivors be intensified ? Perhaps ' the oniy way to find an antidote for mill tancy Is to accept the verdict of tuuiiuiuee or women, for women know best how to deal with women. MKMOKIAL DAY. A nation which would have great ana unseirish patriots in the years to come mast commemorate those who have gone before. For it is the nonors paid to the dead that inspire high ambition in the souls of the liv ing. Happy i3 that country, says a pnnosopner, which cherishes the genius of its leaders and the happi ness of its common people. Nothing Inspires men to worthy deeds so ef fectually as the certainty that their achievements -will be remembered when their bodies are dust. And It is a mistaken belief that any Nation can rise to power and usefulness without intelligent and capable lead ers. It is therefore our manifest duty both to cherish the memory of such men when they have passed away and to honor and encourage them while they are still alive. Nor is it enough to greet them with applause when they speak. It is our duty to meditate upon their teachings. A man cannot be a leader unless he follows some course and the roads chosen by truly great men are likely to diverge from the beaten ways. Looking ardently into the future, they see the wonderful things that are to come and their voices urge the masses to follow toward the promised land. Frequently their counsels are greet ed with contempt. It has happened too often that the prophet of today is the' despised apostle of yesterday. If we do our full duty toward the men who- devote themselves to our welfare we shall study their . utter ances respectfully" even when they differ most from our routine opin ions. In that way we may learn to guide the progress of the world wise ly and cautiously. For the world will move in spite of all our protests and wishes. Our only choice lies between making It move auspiciously and al lowing it to take whatever direction chance may dictate. Plenty of seduc tive reasons are offered to persuade us to let intelligence lie idle while the ship of state sails onward without a helm at the mercy of winds and waves: Perhaps the most illusory of all these reasons is the superstition that America is the land of "mani fest destiny." It does not make any 'difference how we neglect our public affairs. We may be as careless as we like about choosing officials and enacting laws. We may look on with serenity "while corruption eats its way into the Nation's vitals. -These things need cause us no worry because the country is under the guidance of a manifest destiny" and everything will work out happily if we only wait long enough. Another of these deceptive catch words is "Evolution," which is noth ing more than a synonym for "Provi dence or "destiny," only it seems to have a more scientific sound. Those who rely upon it tell us that Evolu tion has great designs which it is working out. Human effort cannot in any way alter these designs. Noth ing that men can do will either help or hinder them. So we might as well fold our hands in idleness and give our brains an everlasting holiday. How does this indolent dependence upon Evolution differ from the old fashioned trust In Providence? The name is changed, but not the reality. There is an old proverb that the far mer who trusts the Lord to cultivate and harvest his crops will not have a great deal to take to market. We may feel perfectly confident that a nation which trusts Evolution to keep its life wholesomely progressive will stagnate or retrograde. Evolu tion works backward as well as for ward. It degrades just as willingly as it uplifts. 0 Herbert Spencer, the great, apostle or tne evolutionary faith, did not overlook its tendency to retrogression. Left to itself, it produces tiger's "teeth and rattle snake's venorrr. The expectation that It will always elevate is as unreason able as the hope that Providence will preserve us no matter how foolishly or wickedly we may act. Evolution Is a great natural law, but in order to make it useful we must apply our intelligence to it. The law will not come to our aid of itself any more than & waterfall will leave its bed and move into a city. The power must be obtained from the water by adequate machinery and it must be conducted to the points where it Is needed. In the same way we must exert our intelligence to capture and utilize the evolutionary forces. If we do not they are more likely to harm than benefit us. But the proper use of these forces confronts us with great problems whose solution demands intellectual powers of the highest capacity. When a battle is to be fought the leadership of the army is not entrust ed to a man chosen haphazard from the ranks but to one of tried experi ence and competent ability. The so lution of the great civic problems that have appeared in recent years is a kind of a battle. On one side are arrayed the cohorts of disorder, corruption, decadence. On the other the army of prosperity, happiness and progress. The victory will go to the side which develops the best lead ers. The solution of our problems requires statesmanlike genius of the highest order, wide knowledge, com manding power of thought. Men with these endowments will appear to serve us only when they feel con fident of an adequate reward. Money is not what they seek. That they can obtain easily ' enough without the self-sacrifice which public service re quires. The one reward which, has in every age and country inspired,! men to forget their own interests and serve the commonwealth is fame. The passion to be honored while liv ing and remembered when dead is stronger in the human soul than the love of life. Men will gladly wear themselves out In' toil, exhaust their private fortunes and endure unmer ited calumny in the hope that wreaths will be placed on their tombs when they are dead. . For this reason Memorial day will come in time to be the most splendid ly beneficial of all our National holi days. The leaders of thought and action who are living will see in it the promise of undying glory when they have passed . away. And the sure hope of that eternal reward will inspire them to- give to their country that devoted service which only a just and loving mother may rightful ly expect from her sons. By Jacob Riis' death the world loses an able writer and a true Christian. He was one- of the earliest discoverers of the truth that the religion of Jesus means deeds rather than words. Mr. Riis applied himself to acquainting the comfortable classes with the mis eries of the poor and sought to pro mote sympathetic understanding be tween them. A Dane by birth, he came to the United States without rank or fortune and won both by his ability and sterling character. The New York Times understands C. S. Mellen's testimony as implying that the New Haven road's troubles were due to the death of the late J. P. Morgan, not to the high finance which he dictated. It says: He (MeUen) attributes the New Haven's misfortunes to many things, but chiefly to the loss of its brains. If Its master mind had lived the plans which to others seem extravagant In finance, rather wild than bold in conception, and contrary both to public and private Interest, would have been worked out to an end beyond the vision of others than those who conceived thein and were interrupted in their accomplishment. In other words, death prevented Mr. Morpan from putting through his scheme, unloading, the watered capi tal on the public and sustaining its fictitious value by his prestige and power in the stock market. He suc ceeded in a similar operation with the steel trust. He bought mills at ex travagant valuations, added , large amounts to compensate him as the promoter, launched the trust, made it pay dividends on water and money alike and thus sustained the price of its stock. Had sickness and death not interfered before he had complet ed the New Haven operation, he might have, succeeded equally in that case and have left the public to "hold the bag" by paying exorbitant rates to insure dividends on the fictitious values he had created values which would- have been the product of his brains. The continual "probing" of such millionaires as Mr. Mellen and Pat rick Calhoun feeds the country on an intellectual diet more remarkable for flavor than delicacy. We fear for eign nations will acquire a prejudiced view of our men of wealth unless the probe is applied to some who have not quite so much to conceal. To give variety to the reports, why not investigate some person like young Mr. Rockefeller, whom we know to be Immaculate? Bouck White, the author of "The Call of the Carpenter" and "The Car penter and the Rich Man," has .been sentenced to six months in the work house for rising to ask a question in Mr. Rockefeller's church. Compared. with the disturbance the "Carpenter" made in the Temple. Mr. White's of fense seems light and his sentence se vere. We doubt whether in the long run it will pay Mr. Rockefeller's tribe to make martyrs of their critics. Washington is still without "offi cial information" that arms and- am munition in 'heavy cargoes are being landed for Huerta. Full confirma tion in the American casualty reports will be noted, however, if we are forced to go ahead In Mexico. The German Emperor has consented to a marriage between his son and a maid of honor at the court for the reason that no one else is available in the royal families. ..Otherwise the son would be required to cast his lot with some imperial ogre. British Columbia troops, joining a mutiny because their breakfast didn't suit them, wera promptly served with a fine repast. American troops engaging in such folly would have been marched to the guardhouse. Scores of unarmed prisoners of war have been shot down in squads by Carranza's orders to his master butcher, Villa. No doubt Bryan swells with pride at the achievements of his allies. ' With an ordinance to stop flirting with the waitress and another to pro hibit talking with the motorman, all needed is a law to make people stop asking foolish- questions of the po liceman. Militants succeeded in. smashing windows at Buckingham Palace. Sooner or later John Bull's patience will be exhausted and then we hate to think what will happen. Chicago lawyers have been barred from gaining publicity through trials. But the movement was launched by a few hard-shell legal crabs who couldn't break in. President Wilson regards the busi ness slump as psychological. And the recurrence with Democratic ad ministration mere coincidence, no doubt. Tears after he died of a broken heart, poor old Langley gains the recognition of his genius which a flippant world denied him. Huerta is reported to be in a high humor. Mediation and the Adminis tration's gullibility are calculated to give him fresh hope. ' People must travel the oceans, to be sure, but little old dry land is pretty safe for all not compelled to go on the water. So Langley, in reality an inventive genius of the first magnitude, could win nothing more than sneers from the world. European monarchs have a tame time of it compared with Queen Thelma and her imperial suite. Take the wife and babies and hop a train today to see the beauty of the country around- Portladd. Why not sell the whole Navy? Think how fat the proceeds would make the pork barrel. Mexican rebels can end the war by capturing and executing enough federal officers. It appears to be the unexpected that always happens in maritime disasters. Carranza's faith in- mediation is weak. That makes it almost unani mous. Mishaps of navigation occasionally are more horrible than war. Hnerta's ammunition got past the waitful watchers. Drop a few roses on the forgotten grave today. Salute the Flag when today. It passes Half a Century Ago From The Oregooian of May 30, 186-4. The Independent Union party has nominated Amory Holbrook for the Legislature against the ticket named at the county convention. Mr. Holbrook has withdrawn from editorial connec tion with The Oregonian, which oppose the split in the Union party. New " Yor May 27. The Herald's special gives an account of the struggle for Taylor's bridge at the crossing of the North Anna. General McLawsdtn, of Longstreet's corps, from earthworks between Long's Creek and the river poured into our line a perfect storm of shot and shell, when Gen. Blrney with his division advanced. Colonels Pierce and Eagan with the First and Second Brigades, made an assault on the even ing of the 2 2d and at the same time our artillery opened a heavy fire. The re doubt was carried at the point of the bayonet. The rebels retreated across the river, many being drowned. Taylor's Dridge was carried after a sharp skir mish by the Fourth Maine. The rebels endeavored to retake the bridge, but after a spirited skirmish were driven back. At midnight they made another attack and drove our men from the bridge and held it for some time. They made several attempts to burn it. The Seventh New York Heavy Artillery forced them to retreat, the fire was ex tinguished and we occupied the bridee. On the 24th Birney crossed with his corps. . Washington, May 25. An affray oc curred at the National Hotel between Senators Chandler, of Michigan, and Voorhees, of Indiana, in which the lat ter, slapped the former's face. Hannl gan, the friend of Voorhees. interfered and was in turn assaulted by Chandler. Hannegan struck Chandler with a pitcher, dragged him to the floor by the hair and cuffed his ears until the affair was stopped by bystanders. Chicago, May 27. Sherman's entire army resumed the march from King ston on the 24th and flanked Johnston's strongest position at Altooha, on Eto wah River. New York, May 28. Sheridan's caval ry have been circling around Richmond, destroying a vast amount of property and rendering the Danville Railroad useless lor some distance. fcan Francisco, May 29. The famous sack of flour donated to the Sanitary Fund by Mr. Gridley, from sales of which throughout Nevada Territory several thousand dollars were realized, arirved here yesterday and was sold and resold until the sum amounted to $2800. The Benton County Union Convention at Corvallls made the following nomi nations: For Representatives, J. Quinn ihornton and Gingles; County Clerk, B. W. Wilson: Sheriff, J. Brownson; Treasurer, G. B. Waters; School Super intendent, F. Stilson: County Commis sioners, James Edwards and Larkin Vanderpool; Surveyor, George Mercer; coroner, j. u. Kirchbaum: Assessor. George Gilbert. George H. Williams wa3 indorsed for United States Senator and addressed the convention. Our citizens are very justly indig nant at the repeated falsehoods of an up-country paper to the effect that smallpox prevails here. A public de nial is signed by Drs. R. B. Wilson. J. A. Chapman, J. C. Hawthorne, w. N. Griswold. R. Gllsan, A. M. Loryea, G. Jveuogg, j. tiwert, 1. -McKlnnell. The individual who was spouting treason so loud on the corner of Front and Stark streets last evening and King Alcohol had upset the advocate of King Cotton and he occupied quite a large space of the sidewalk. The boys placed a couple of bunches of firecrackers under his seat, which caused him to beat a hasty retreat. C. W. Burrage. County Surveyor, has been locating a new road leading west from Mr. King's place and terminating at Mr. Barnes' place? L H. Wakefield was severely bruised in a runaway accident on Saturday. He will take the stump at the earliest pos sible moment, and in the meantime will be represented by either Mr. Mitchell or Mr. Dolph. MOTHER'S TIME SPENT IS TOIL Why nayward filrl Was Jfot Better (aided In Life's Path. PORTLAND. May 29. (To the Ed itor.) In reading the sordid story of the young girl, Marion Hoffman, which has been occupying space in the daily papers of a week past, almost the first question which presents itself is: Where was the girl's mother?" In such cases, we never think of saying Where was the girl's father?" Some times we mention them jointly, but more often it is .the mother that is held responsible for the erring one. There is a reason for this. It is nat urally assumed that the father is oc cupied in supplying the needs 'of the family, and has little, if any. time to devote to the training and discipline of the children. Their proper upbringing we consider to be essentially a moth ers task. Especially is this true in the case of daughters. But there is sometimes another side of the question to be taken into con sideration, and this is the fact in the case of this young girl. . I know Marion Hoffman's mother. She has been employed at my home, at day work, several times during the past lew months a frail, gentle, gray haired woman, who works beyond her strength every day to earn enough for the necessities of life. Oftentimes it is late at night when she - finishes her labors and goes to the tiny room which she calls home. It is easy for us to sit by our com fortable, sheltered firesides and say: "Where was the girl's mother?" But what chance had she to watch her daughter's footsteps and warn her of the dangers of the alluring, forbidden byways into which the girl was wan dering? Having lived all her life in the country and not being versed in the ways of the world, she did not rec ognize the danger signals, the change in her daughter's manner and conduct. It seems .s if mothers eyes, since the beginning of time, have been strangely blind to such changes. They seem to see their loved ones clothed always in sweet innocence of childhood and often, it takes even more than the pitiless limelight of publicity and notoriety to dispel the illusion. I hare no doubt that this poor moth er sees it all clearly enough now. The thought of her sweet, tired face comes to me and impels me to write these lines in her defense. HARRIS FORDLET. ONE ROYAL IDEA DOESS'T TAKE Qnrrn Mary Wanted Noblewomen to Sew for Earthquake Sufferers. London cor. New York Sun. Queen Mary recently attempted to organize a series of sewing parties at Buckingham Palace for the making of clothes for distribution among suffer ers from the earthquake in Sicily. - The sewing parties were to be held every Monday afternoon. Unfortu nately, it is asserted, the attractions of the London season were too strong. Out of 16 women of the royal household who were asked to join the circle ills made excuses and of 23 women outside the royal household who - were ap proached the Duchess of Roxburghe and one other were the only two who agreed to participate in the sewing parties. Queen Mary therefore abandoned the idea. CENTRAL VOTING PLACE PROPOSED Thirty Days' Hallo tins Period Wlh --Machines t'nrt of Proffered l'lajx. PORTLAND, May 29. (To the Edi tor.) The City of Portland has just spent $25,000 to conduct a primary, at which much less than one-half the voters have exercised the privilege of choosing candidates for the various offices. With such waste of public money, and such indifference to duty may we not well inquire what is the matter with the primary? Why is it that so many persons stay away from the voting places on elec tion days? Is it wholly the extrava gance of what may be termed the sys tem? in this day and age when most of us are borrowing money to pay taxes; when every park attendant and every playground superintendent must nave his auto, and every public serv ant must have a cipher , .salary than he couia possibly command in a private enterprise, there may be some truth in the common opinion that many people stay away from the polls to show their disapproval of what they term a waste of public money. But it is also tru that many people refrain from voting because they are appalled by the length of the ballot and are unwilline- to De ntirried through the ordeal of voting. With the average man or wom an intelligent voting takes much time and no one cares to be considered slow. One day is appointed -for the vote of the entire city. The voter knows that many should be, and prob ably will be, in line and waiting for the privilege to vote, and his temerity coupled with'a want of genuine inter est makes it easy for him to put 'off voting until the hour is past. What can be done to reduce the cost of the primary and at the same time increase the number of votes cast? This is a question that may well en gage the attention of all those who would go to the Legislature. Why not have one central voting place for the entire city a place as well, known as the Postoffice? Have this place equipped with modern voting machines, and in charge of a capable committee, sworn to secrecy. Give the public 30 days to choose their candi dates, at the expiration of which time make it the duty of the' committee not only to announce the vote, but to post in conspicuous places in each ward of the city the names of all qualified voters who have neglected to vote. With all well disposed people it is an unwritten law that those who neglect to vote should refrain from criticism unfavorable to public officers. The right (to criticise is a right dear to the hearts of most of us, and we would perhaps have the good taste to keep our names off the non-voting list in order that we might indulge in it. GEORGE F. FELTS. DREAMERS ARE LEADERS OF DAY Visionaries Have Too Prominent Place In Government Guidance. Jasper, in Leslie's. The tendency of the day is to follow the dreams of the visionaries. We are being governed by our emotions. We are discarding the representative form of government established by our fathers and endeavoring to create a new form of government by the indi vidual in the belief that this is the highest development of democracy. Many thoughtful persons have ex pressed grave fears that these tend encies would result, in this country, as they did in France, a century ago, in revolution. In fact a silent revolution is now going on. It threatens not only our industries. our railroads, - our workshops and our wages but also It threatens the church, the law and the courts. In this emergency the call of the times is. for men not only of high character but also of supreme ability. Honesty is not ability. Some of the wildest theories of government have been advocated by honest men. The history of the world is full of san guinary talcs of butcheries and massa cres by those who believed, in all sin cerity, that they were" acting by divine commnnd. -Dreams, visions and emotions all have their place, but life is a stern reality. The protection of the home, the care of the children, the education of our youth and the inculcation of patriotism are the things that must be thought of. In this wonderful new country, the masses have been peculiar ly favored. Providence lias showered its blessings upon us. Capital and labor have combined to develop our wealth, to build our railroads, to create our industries, to till the fields, to open the mines, and to dig the wells. A big nation requires big men, big business, big brains, big ships, high wages and good salaries. In other lands no one questions fhis, but in our country the demagogue and the self-advertising and self-seeking poli tician have created wide distrust of our captains of industry, our railways and corporations. These have had their shortcomings, and no one denies it, but, under restrictive and regulating legis lation, the industrial corporations and the railways are faithfully obeying the law and only asking that its meaning be intelligently interpreted. LONG SIEGE AND LOVE-DREAM Pretty Younir Bride Entertains Sur prised Dentist and Husband. New York Evening Sun. A pretty, young bride was explaining why she could not spend a certain holi day in the country with the Woman Who Saw. "You see," she said, "my husband is having a long siege at the dentist's, and he has an appointment for that day." "Oh, the poor fellow! I'm so sorry!" "Oh, don't pity him! He enjoys it Immensely!" answered the bride "Enjoys! Did you say he enjoys it?" "Perfectly loves it!" The Woman Who Saw looked so as tonished that the young girl added: "You see, I read to him. We happen to be In the middle of that new detec tive story, 'Blind Man's Buff." and we couldn't bear to stop right in the most exciting part, and Harry was afraid if I stayed at home I'd finish it by myself as I would have done, of course. So he took me and the book right along with him. And as we were both right there, it seemed a pity not to go on reading it. So I put a chair alongside of him, and while the dentist worked I read. I do it every time now and Harry hardly knows he's being hurt." "And how about the dentist? Doesn't he mind?" queried the Woman Who Saw, weakly. "Oh, hel He's craxy over it! He's young, too, you know!" LINE RIVER BANKS WITH BEAUTY Cities Along, the Mississippi Are Build in ST Attractive Water Fronts. St- Louis Republic. Cities that line the banks of the Tvlii.- sissippi. all the way from Keokuk to Memphis, are "running a race" to outdo each other in beautifying the water fronts. The river terminals of the small rttv today are not even surpassed by those of the metropolis. River walls and driveways, flower beds and shady prora-l ensues now grace tne landing of the more progressive river cities in Mis souri and Illinois. Cape Girardeau has announced that t proposes to surpass even the Mnnnrl City for a beautiful levee. That ancient city sits on a hill blessed with natural Deauty. and the union of two slones. one from the north and one from the south, form a picturesque water front. nut cape Girardeau isn't satisfied with natural beauty alone. It is going to improve on nature. Promenades and driveways will run the full length of the city along the river, and sand wiched betwen them , will be flower beds more than a mile long. It is said that Cape Girardeau will have one of the finest and probably the prettiest river fronts along the Mississippi. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian of May SO. 18S9. Salem, May 29. The State Grange to- day voted in favor of the Australian; system of voting. San Francisco, May 29. Ex-Senator Dick Creighton. who fled from this city in October, 1SS7, after having been con victed of jury bribing, is in Victoria, B. C The Holladay School closed the school year with an entertainment. Miss Packard, the principal, reported 21S pupils registered. Tuesday night the East Portland Gle Club was taken in a large furniture wagon to the residence of Mr. Hosford at Mt. Tabor, where the time was spent in a pleasant way until midnight. .T. A. Thomas and Fred Surrenger. of Tillamook, were fishing near the bar when the rough sea capsized their boat Tuesday morning. The A. B. Field res cued them. Centralia. May 2S. Mrs. Clara Colby addressed an audience at the opera house the other eveninsr tn t, . .. suffrage question. Last evening Mrs. Gordon, "the lady lawyer," spoke at Crosby Hall on the same question. Eugene. May 28. The telephone com pany has its poles up and is now string ing wires. Xewberg. May 27. Kruger's big hard ware store is completed. Greasou of Astoria has purchased J. D. Carter's livery business. The musicale given at tha Tavlnr- street M. E. Church last evening for me oeneuc or tne Portland Hospital was participated in by Professor Bet tinger, Mrs. W. A. Wetzell. Edward K. Hoover. Professor E. Miller. Miss aldine Coursen, Miss M. Conner, Paul ivtswnKer, .viaster Aitreu Holt, the East Portland Glee Club and Miss Lolla Dalton. M. Olsen. a commercial traveler latel-v returned from Alaska, brought a small black bear, which he has donated to the City Park. Edwin F. Shurtleff. aered 8 vnr -i months, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Shurtleff, died yesterday morning. The State Board of Medical Exam iners organized at Dr. Browne's orfii Tuesday with Dr. James Dickson, pres ident: Dr. O. P. S. Plummer. treasurer- Dr. James Browne, secretary. The Norwegian-Danish Lutheran con gregation will lay the cornerstone of church at C and Thirteenth streets this afternoon.. Addresses by Dr. Passa vant. Rev. Skans and Rev. Birkeland. Miss Leila Mackav. r)anrhtor of Tr W. c. Mackay. of Pendleton, is in the city visiting friends. Mrs. R. A. Habersham ami two chil dren will leave for New York in a few days on her way to Brazil to visit her mother. The School Directors vesterriat- vnt,i to continue the Pollard system o"f read ers, recommended bv Miss Sahin th City Superintendent. The Correspondent Is Right. PORTLAND Xr z-r- rj: - J - V llC 1 I - tor. 1 Renlv to n 1nnl,ln, . v. - " " - - -1 " ' J do IV Hits author of "Ostler Joe" the answer Is given that it was written by Miss1 James Brown Potter. Kindly allow V me to say she read it at a social affair in Washington, but it was writ ten uy ucurga 1.x. aims. li. E. H. Interested In the Cue. Buffalo Express. Magistrate Are vou intcrosinH iv, this case? Witness for the Prostitution Yes. sir; the prisoner cut m v quaintance. rEATTJRES FOR THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Trom Wealth, to Poverty. The story of the once-powerful Terrazas family of feudal over lords whose millions have been con sumed by the fires of revolting peons whom they" exploited for years in Mexico. The record of their fall to comparative poverty is graphically told by a corre spondent of The Oregonian riow ia Northern Mexico. Homes for Workers. An illustrated article from a New Zealand correspondent which tells in detail how the humblest workers acquire neat and comfort able little homes of their own. risher's Drawing. This Sunday in his new series, "The Greatest Moments in a Girl's Life," Harrison Fisher portrays "The Honeymoon."' : A ' ful pae drawing, in wash. Fortunes in Signs. A crook of the finger may mean thousands on the Chicago Board of Trade. An illustrated feature tells of the most unique sigQ lan guage in the world. Titles for Sale. Even the proud old aristocracy of Japan is giving way to the allurement of dollars, so a Tokio correspondent discovers. Titles are now a matter of barter. Her Husband's Shadow. How a face on the screen at Bel port upset the populace, and what old Bill Tewlegger discovered on his own account. A Woman Adventurer. She has invaded the darkest cor ners of China and Mongolia, calmly meeting many dangers and hard ships. The story of her remarkable exploits are illustrated by photo graphs which she took on c-sr bold jaunt. Moods of Genevievs. In the seventh sketch of this series the "Imaginative Mood" is portrayed. Judgment. A short story of love, daring and sacrifice, by Owen Oliver. Illus trated. New War Machines. A grim and titanic monster in deed is the modern fighting or ganization and it has added a ter rible effectiveness to the sad game of warfare. Full page, in colors. The Fold-Up" Family. A new feature for the children, together with a full page of i other features for. the little ones. Many Pages of Other Features. Order today of your newsdealer. 4