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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JOTS tS, 1914,
BRYAN DOES ONE CiOOD THING.
The one striking exception to Presi
dent Wilson's reversal of the policy
which his followers have contemptu-
treaty which Secretary Bryan has ne
gotiated with Nicaragua and which is
now before the Senate. Had he fol
lowed the same general policy as has
marked his dealings with other coun
tries, he would have withdrawn the
marines whom President Taft had sta
tioned at Managua and the American
official from Nicaraguan custom
houses. Secretary Knox made a treaty
establishing a financial protectorate,
designed to keep Nicaragua solvent
and thus to deprive any foreign coun
try of a pretext for intervening in Its
affairs. He proposed to obtain for this
country power of intervention only in
case of internal disorder. Mr. Root,
,when Secretary of State, would have
gone further and would have placed
all the Central American states under
as full a protectorate as we exercise
over Cuba.
Mr. Bryan, with Mr. Wilson's sano-
tion, has gone farther than either Mr.
' Eoot or Mr. Knox proposed. He has
: arranged with Nicaragua that the
United States shall have the right to
' Intervene for the following- purposes:
For the preservation of Nicaraguan Inde-
For the maintenance of a constitutional
. government adequate to protect me, prejienjr
and laelvldual liberty.
For the maintenance of the free right or
suffrage. , . . .
For the discharge of any obligation which
Nicaragua may contract or assume or which
may be imposed upon her by international
, law and usage,
i Nicaragua grants to the United
States:
Exclusive proprietary rights necessary and
convenient for the construction of an inter
oceanlc canal across Its territory.
A lease, with full sovereignty for nlnety-
nine years, with the privilege of renewal,
; over Great Corn and Little Corn Islands, in
' the Caribbean Sea.
A lease, with full sovereignty, for ninety
nine years, with the privilege of renewal,
over a place to be selected on the Gulf of
: Fonaeca for use as an American naval base.
1 Perpetual right for Amerloan eoastwlse
hipping to engage in the coastwise trade
of Nicaragua under the same terms as
Nicaraguan ships.
Pledge on the part of Nicaragua not to
enter Into any treaty with a foreign nation
" which will impair the Independence of the
' country or rights granted to the United
Btates or to permit a foreign power to colo-
nize or obtain lodgment for military or
naval purposes In Nicaraguan territory.
Pledge on the part of Nicaragua not to
' contract any debt beyond lta ability to pay.
For these privileges th6 United
States agrees to pay Nicaragua J3,
000,000, to be deposited to her credit
In banks selected by the United States.
This treaty is attacked on alleged
grounds that it will help American
bankers to whom Nicaragua owes
over 11,000,000, secured by the repub
lic's 49 per cent of the stock of the
Nicaraguan Railroad. It Is likely to
meet with opposition from some Dem
ocrats, who had denounced the Knox
treaty as dollar diplomacy and who
are reluctant to reverse themselves by
goina; still further in the direction of
American financial and political con
trol. Thorough Investigation of the
whole subject is demanded and should
be had, that Senators may know pre
cisely upon what they are called to
vote.
Nevertheless, the treaty, or some
treaty on the same general lines,
should be ratified. It is necessary to
the security of our great investment at
Panama that we should safeguard our
selves against the construction of a
rival canal by interests that might
prove Inimical to this country. The
treaty does not bind this country to
build the Nicaragua canal; it simply
gives us in perpetuity the exclusive
proprietary right to construct the ca
nal at our option, leaving the details
to be arranged whenever we exercise
that option. It secures to us naval
bases on both the Pacific Ocean and
the Caribbean Sea for the protection
of the Panama Canal and of the Ni
caragua Canal, should we ever build
one. It guards us against the creation
of any rival foreign Interest in the
republic by empowering us to see that
Nicaragua has a free, orderly, solvent
government and by giving us control
of that republic's foreign relations.
The sum of 3. 000,000 which we are
to pay for these privileges is not too
large, when their value to our secur
ity Is considered, and it will relieve
Nicaragua from the pressure of im
mediate financial needs.
Other Central American republics
have protested against this treaty as
a menace to their independence, as a
violation of their treaties with Nicar
agua and of their rights in the Bay of
Fonseca and as a hindrance to realiza
tion of their ambition for Central
Amerloan federation. The purpose of
the United States is to buttress, not to
impair, the independence of Nicaragua
with the power of this Nation. Our
repeated efforts to promote peace and
union in Central America are the best
guaranty that we should not stand in
the way of federation. Our possession
of naval bases on the Nicaraguan
coasts will be not a menace, but a
protection against aggression by other
powers which . might have genuinely
sinister designs. The fears entertained
by the Central Americans are born of
dangers which events would prove to
te imaginary. Probably when they
have seen the peace, liberty, financial
stability and prosperity which will
certainly follow American protection,
they will themselves seek the same
blessings. The five republics will then
be more apt to realize their dream of
union than under the present condi
tions of chronic disorder and insol
vency. It Is the duty of the American
Government to care first for the in
terests of the United States. In this
case, at least, these interests coincide
with those of Nicaragua and of her
neighbors.
Premier Asqulth played clever poll
ties In receiving the East End work
ing women, but refusing to receive the
rampant shrews who are making Eng
land a huge bedlam. He deprived the
militant suffragists of an opportunity
to crow by calmly assuming that the
East Enders oppose militancy.
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.
The people of Oregon, in their high
capacity as the final arbiter of their
own affairs, in 1902 adopted the ini
tiative and referendum as an amend
ment to the state constitution.
In 190, two measures the direct
primary and local option were of
fered for action through the initiative.
In 1906, the people were called on
to pass on eight measures.
In 1908, the number submitted for
popular action had grown to sixteen
In 1910, the citizen at the election
booth was confronted by a total of
thirty-two measures.
In 1912, the popularity of the initia
tive and referendum had not de
creased, and a total of. thirty-seven
bills was on the ballot.
Prior to 1910, a majority of the bills
was carried. In 1910 and 1912, the
people had become convinced that the
great vehicle of popular legislation was
being grossly abused, and they voted
down by far the larger number. They
gave fair warning that they would no
longer suffer the imposition upon
them of bills that had rib clear right
on the ballot.
But the lesson has not been fully
learned by the busy order of legisla
tion promoters "and social and politi
cal upsetters. For 1914, thirty-six
measures are in sight and the end is
not yet.
The only safe way out is for another
when-in-doubt-vote-no campaign.
DYNAMITE.
The hastv and fearful exit of Mr.
Charles H. Moyer. president of the
Western Federation of Miners, from
Butte was inspired by his wholesome
fear nf rlvnamite. President Moyer
knows from terrible experience that it
Is a most murderous venlcie oi terror
ism and death. It hai played a signi
ficant anri hloodv rjart in the stormy
history .of the Western Federation of
Miners, of which Moyer has long Deen
president.
nvnnmttA twice, blew uo the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mills. Dynamite de
stroyed the home of Superintendent
Bradley, of the Bunker Hill mine, in
San Francisco. Dynamite killed ex-
Governor Steunenberg, In Boise, on the
fateful night of December n, iu.
Dynamite was the agent of direct
sKtinn in trm strikes of Rossland. Ton-
opah, Goldfleld, Colorado, and many
others, in all of which the western
Federation was- a principal. Dyna
mite at !. hand of Harry Orchard
and ' other assassins, removed many
enemies of the Federation. .Dynamite
has been its serviceable friend, the
ready Instrument of someone's awful
revenges.
Moyer, Haywood and pettiDone were
arrested and acquitted of the Steunen
berg murder. The evidence was In
sufficient. But it was nevertheless
most damaging. But somebody or
chard and his kind committed those
horrible crimes at someone s insti
gation.
Moyer fleeing from aynamue is an
edifying spectacle. One may wonder
te Via. has pvpr heard, from great au
thority, that "they that take the sword
shall perish by the sword"?
A PLAN THAT ONCE FAILED.
Th. rtracnnlan is unable to see the
distinction Mr. Mason in a letter today
attempts to make between the duties
that would be imposed on the proposed
,, nntnmlaalnn and the duties
imposed by law upon the existing Tax
Commission.
The existing Tax Commission is re
quired by law to "recommend to the
Legislative Assembly such amend
ments, changes or modifications of
mnirHtiitlnn flf lnnm AS Seem XTOVBT
or necessary to remedy Injustice or ir
regularity in taxation or to wcmutw
the assessment and collection of public
taxes." The new commission Is to
draft a tax law or code "such as In
their opinion shall be best fitted for
the uses of the citizens of the state,"
etc.
rm.- ctatA tbt rn-m-misslon Is now
Derforming this function to the best of
Its ability. It is handicapped by the
presence in the constitution or. tne uni
form rule of taxation. For two years
it was further handicapped by the ex
istence of a constitutional provision
which denied the legislature tne pow
er to pass laws regulating taxation.
Ission has been ac
tive in recommending tax changes to
the Legislature and to the people,
m in mil the Legislature by
resolution appointed a committee to
work with tne Tax uommisoui".
wr In ponlunctlon submitted to the
voters four amendments to permit
the divorce of state and local taxa
tion; to permit classification oi pruj,
at different rates, to
permit the imposition of an income
tax, and a fourtn repealing mum,
option. They also submitted tnree
xhnrnrtnsr the inheritance
tax law, one exempting moneys and
credits and the other exempting House
hold furniture. Here was quite m
ambitious programme. It was the re
sult of committee lnTeuusauuu "-"
as the Non-Partlsan League now pro
poses and of the performance oi .
iDecifio duty ty a amy comuiuicu -
authority. Only two of the seven
the household ex-
emption and the repeal of county tax
option. Thus tne hum yuvu. w.av
now offered virtually failed.
The Tax Commission m mia recom
. j.j n thA T.Arislature the resub-
IIIt511UC w . ' -
mission of an amendment modifying
.v. ..-rnnn ruiA ff taxation so that
LiiO 11 11""' -
the Legislature may reform taxation
without going to tne peouis.
measure is on the ballot. This Com-
aim recommended and se-
'
cured the adoption of the new law re
lating to tax penalties ana tax cou..
n ,inct which so much criticism
was directed before the courts put a
popular construction on it.
The Oregonian. preseiiua mo
to show that the investigation jl
methods and recommendation or
changes are duties actively and con
sistently performed by the constituted
Board of Tax uommiesiuiioiA. .
other chief functions are to value pub
lic service corporation property for
. an sit as a State
Board of Equalization. Public service
corporation property is now vam
the Railroad Commission for rate-
laking purposes. Herein is one Du
plication. Originally the Governor,
Secretary of State and State Treasurer
sat as the Board of Equalization, re
ceived no extra compensation and
managed to perform the work. Now
the Non-Partizan League proposes mat
practically the only lnaepenaent luna
tion of the Btate lax toiuiuiua
be turned over to a new coramisswu
while the existing commission is left
to draw down J15.000 a year from the
State Treasury.
As The, Oregon! an views jne situa
tion there are two alternative courses
to pursue in the matter of tax legisla
tion. One is to adopt the amendment
next November which will give the
Legislature power to reform tax laws
without encountering the obstacle of a
rigid uniform rule and then leave tax
reform to the Legislature wnicn can
call in such advice as it desires
whether from the Tax Commission or
an Independent body of experts. The
other course is to adopt the two-thirds
rule amendment recently filed at Sa
lem. This would perpetuate the rigid
uniform rule of taxation probably until
the millennium dawns. It would leave
Oregon one of but two or three states
in the Union which go contrary to the
advice and counsel of practically every
tax authority in the world. But it
would certainlv Dut a stop to tax
tinkering.
MEXICAN' BRAGGADOCIO.
Some apprehension is expressed
f.nm Vara rvn hAoflupA of the Insult
ing and bellicose attitude taken on
very recently by Mexican teaerai
troops. They are described as of an
defiant and aggressive modd and the
suggestion is put forth that they must
have received orders to incite trouble
and hrinir nhnnt an advance on Mex
ico City in order that Huerta may fore
stall the rebels. But witn aue con
sideration of the Latin American
makeup it would seem that quite a
different construction should be placed
on this fresh insolence, although the
matter is of more than passing signi
ficance and Importance.
It is far more likely that the-Mexican
federals have become quite con
vinced that there is to be no trouble;
that the Wilson Administration will go
to any length to prevent trouble.
There is nothing the Mexican delights
in so much as heroics and swaggering
braggadocio. The Mexican federals
were shown In a bad light when a few
squads of American troops put them
o diampiMa file-tit at Vera Cruz. Im
mediately following that action there
was little insolence shown, xnsn uiey
did not know but what the American
fighting men might resent affronts
and promiscuous sniping. But now
that they find the American fighting
ItaTA In lcaah hv snineleSS diDlO-
macy it is quite in keeping with the
Mexican nature that they snouia oan
ter and dare and paw the air in nicely
simulated anticipation of a fight they
do not expect to have.
If the Mexican federals naa reason
4a haiiAVA that thAv mieht rjreciDitatS
a fight by their conduct it is a safe
assumption that they would be an ex
tremely humble and courteous lot, at
least so long as they were within rifle
range. This attitude is merely a fore
runner of what Americans may look
for in Mexico hereafter If we persist
in nniiv nf half-mAasure9 and final
ly withdraw from Vera Cruz on some
shallow pretext
SANE PATRIOTISM.
With thA Fourth close at hand spe
cial Interest attaches to figures com
piled by the Russell Sage i ounaation
for the purpose of showing the effect
nf tha Sunt Fourth movement upon
the annual casualty rate. These elo
quent figures emphasize tne lact tnai
hundreds or thousands of human lives
mav rteTtrA unnti a mere chancre of
viewpoint on the part of the public.
They reveal tne wonaeriui power oi
an idea when intelligently applied a.nd
widely disseminated. It used to be that
the country counted the dead and
maimed on July 5 ana viewed tne
fearful toll as merely unfortunate.
Then It occurred to some thoughtful
person that it was worse than unfor
tunate it was little short of criminal
folly. We might continue to express
mtr natrtotif- fervor without limb-
destroying bombardments. To those
who loudly protested tnai tnis was
putting a quietus on our patriotic im
niilspa the reDlv was ventured that
true patriotism may find as full ex
pression in intelligent exercises au
ceremonies as in wild unreasoning
nntcA RAairle.x tha number of patriots
would not be so greatly decreased each
year.
- Glancing at the Balance sneei, we
nrt that in 1908. when the Sane
Fourth idea was young and but four
cities had succumbed to Its saving
logic, B623 serious accidents were re
nnrtArf. The next vear. when twenty
cities had Joined the movement, the
annual celebration claimed only 6307
rfntima. In 1910 the sane idea had
spread to ninety-one cities and the
victim list dropped to zazs. uy isi.
258 cities had responoea to tne aic
t,t nf oorlt-tr AttA there were but 988
bad mishaps. Last year, with 894
cities in line, tne acciaeni towae
showed a slight Increase over 1912.
Rut of course this argues nothing,
since the accidents occur outside the
centers of sanity and the places tnai
continue to burn powder and generate
crlDDles merely eran up their score a
little higher than usual.
The Idea or sane oDservance is
flina ranldlv. as the figures Bhow,
and In due time doctors, undertakers
and gravedlggers will be able to una
time to Join with us In observing the
glorious Fourth
ANARCHY TN BUTTE.
nmmnr Stewart, of Montana, can
not escape a large share of responsi
bility for the anarchy which prevails
in Butte and for the deaths which
Km f Asnlt An. He must have known
the character Of the men at the head
of the two factions of miners, ana 01
the members of the union. The for
rint was anfflRlent cause for Dro-
claimlng martial law, for it was ample
evidence that the seceders were reaay
for any deed of violence. The outwara
naim ivhlnh has prevailed since the
first outbreak gave no security for
continued peace, tout the Governor
might have availed himseir tnereor to
take precautionary measures against
further violence and to arrest the lead
ers of the riots.
ThA trmlhlej with Butte is tOO mUCh
politics mixed with too much of the
"direct action" teaching or tne western
Federation of Miners. That organiza
tion ha- alwava almost without con
cealment, forwarded its cause with
physical force. It has taken advantage
of the facts that the great majority of
thA nnnulatlon of Butte are miners
and that Butte Is the largest city in
the state to make terms politically
with the various factions whlca have
torn Montana. F. A. Helnze owed his
political Influence largely to the back
ing of the federation. Labor parties
h a v a hAAn organised at the Instigation
of the federation officials, who thus
advanced their personal interests wniit
gaining concessions for their followers.
cnttA has hAAti a mine of weslth
for the federation and its officials as
well as for the mine-owners, lfs m:n
av. iiav hAAn the most remilar and
most liberal contributors to the feder
ation's funds and have paid its local
officials good salaries. The tendency
tn auph an organization to fall un
der the control of a clique which has
a keen eye to tho main cnance. natu
rally oUiers desire tie emoluments (
and prestige of office. The heavy as
sessments levied for support of the
Michigan strike seem to have fur
nished the malcontents an opportunity
to win over the majority to their side.
The old leaders, having control of the
union, seem to have engineered their
own re-election to -office and destroyed
hope of a peaceful change of control.
Their contracts with the mining com
panies deprived the malcontents of the
hope that they could peacefully secede
and still hold their Jobs. The alterna
tive was by terrorism to drive out the
old leaders and their adherents, thus
rendering impossible performance of
the contracts to supply miners to the
companies. By resorting to violence
the seceders only followed the teach
ing of their opponents.
Governor Stewart's inaction in this
situation, which he must surely have
known, may be ascribed to fear or an
tagonizing either faction and of there
by injuring his political prospects. The
only remedy is for the higher power
of the Federal Government to step In
and restore order. A state which neg.
lects to enforce its own laws for the
preservation of peace abdicates its
functions by that very fact and im
poses on the Nation the duty to take
them up.
A RKFRESHTXa rXCIDEST.
In these days when the world Is ac
cused of running to commercialism
and mad pursuit of wealth the advent
of the pending International yacht race
off Sandy Hook is illuminating and
refreshing. It not only provides the
major portion of the world with a
fresh interest and many thrills, but It
goes far to refute some of the critics
who have been saying mean things
about the race the human race, that
is. A significant fact is that several
million dollars will be spent on this
momentous sporting event. Millions
of dollars expended in a struggle over
a silver cup that is worth a paltry
$500. Melted into silver It would
hardly bring that.
The high cost of yacht racing is
appalling. 1 It will cost Sir Thomas
Llpton $1,000,000 or thereabouts to
make his latest attempt to lift the cup
that America has held for so many
years. The American sportsmen who
will defend the cup will be out close
to $750,000 by the time it is deter
mined which American craft shall
have the honor of defending the cup.
Immense additional sums will be ex
pended during and after the race for
that $500 cup. The accessories are
what come high; crews, prize-money,
convoys, trans-Atlantlo transportation,
floating quarters for crews, skilled
skippers, motor boats and the hundred
and one Incidents of the sailing course.
But no matter how much it all costs,
the sums will be given freely and by
men who have the money to spend.
Probably they give little or no thought
to the expense. The important fact is
that the sole reward of all this outlay
of time and money Is a purely senti
mental one. The $500 cup is a sym
bol of supreme maritime skill ' and
achievement and an emblem of the
best in sportsmanship. Finer or more
commendable motives did not inspire
men to big deeds In the days of
chivalry.
. . i. . A1 thf nnlv
iJSDUQU wicbinio, "
those socially obscure wear loud. Immodest
gowns. Some people nerer realise now
they can be conspicuously ouscure. n,
York Evening Sun.
ThA narKon whose deeds do not war
rant attention strives to attract It by
the loudness of his voice or his clothes.
Loudness Is the last resort of a vain,
empty mind.
Tt nnM not be a bad nlan for
Judge Herm easy Murphy to get the
loan of the American Eagle and hurry
that TTnme-Rule celebration into a pa
rade on the afternoon of the Fourth.
M,nv a iman clad to be considered of
Irish blood would hall the opportunity
to appear in the ranks.
in ,ntaii tn ft nratiia
uujeuuuu o ui.tv,.
showing the pioneer woman in the at
tire of a Comanche. But how often
did she have nothing better to wear in
those days?
orm n nv roii a-ht to outbid the United
States for the Nicaraguan canal rights,
aorrvrrHner to the Nicaraguan Minister.
Trying to talk us out of something?
ThA lanndrv combine thinks there
are too many shops in the field; yet
'clAanUrtess is next to goanness, ana
there never can be too much.
an Pnrtianfl needs Is to tear a leaf
out of the pasjt and get a Dan McAllen
to Initiate work on a proper ceieora-
tlon of the Fourth.
ThA Administration is turning to
Villa, That crafty individual will be
good until the moment comes for loot
ing Mexico City
A hachAlnr over in Washington hav
ing fallen hei to $500,000, will now
become a matrimonial prize of the first
magnitude.
.int,n of TransDaciflc travel
Is that you can have your appendix
removed and be well on disembarking.
ThA WAAthAr Bureau continues to
mark m a deficiency in rainfall, and
Its absurdity lies in Its truth.
runimlla ntitraarea at Butte are an
unfitting echo to Presidential clem
ency toward dynamiters.
Almost every day an aviator Is killed.
the variation being in tne locality
where he drops.
hAA takfm a serious
turn with "the usual fatality to7 "inno
cent bystander."
tTAA-at should now come out with a
story that Greece is buying those ves
sels for Japan.
Tian. tn a-Atrlnr along nicely
without baseball during the showery
season.
xt'-na and Benson might split the
salary and divide the work.
whrr tint kaM the whole Navy and
found a grapejuice factory?
"Truth" Is the slogan of the admen
In convention. Good.
A day at Salem has educational
value Just now.
Eugene Is In line to limit activity of
tha dog.
Joyriding continues as dangerous as
ever.
Welcome to our midst. Colonel.
Ch errles are ripe at Salem.
Go Jo the Cher Fair.
Stars and Starmakert
BY LEONE CASS BAER,
At this season the visits of the bland
and promising praise agenta are few
and far between. Just now we have
only one In our midst. His name Is
John W. Ball. When you learn that
his father is a retired English Metho
dist minister it doesn't take any
stretching of Imagination to figure out
what the middle initial "W." stands
for. Mr. Ball is in Portland ahead of
William Hodge in "The Road to Happi
ness," which opens at the Heillg next
Monday night. This is the first occa
sion that young Englishman has had to
visit this Coast, although for seven
years he has been identified with the
theaters of the East. His people live In
Willows. CaU and last week he visited
them for the first time In five years.
Father Ball introduced him to another
Methodist minister.
"Do I understand that yon are a
traveling man?" asked the divine,
"Yea. sir," meekly replied the press
agent.
"What is your line?" asked the min
ister. The press agent caught a wig wag
from father and hastily replied: "Oh,
I travel for a New York firm of chicken
fanciera"
And then he had to sit for two solid
hours and listen to a dissertation on
Plymouth Rocks and Burt Cochins,
e e
Eleanor Haber has gone to Colorado
Springs, where she will be leading wo
man with the Burns Stock Company,
e
Walter B. Gilbert, of the Baker Play
ers, has gone to San Francisco on a
visit with relatlvea His step-son. Jack
Gilbert, whose mother was the late Ida
Adair, accompanied Mr. Gilbert.
e e
Marie Baker, character woman for a
few months with the Baker Players, Is
playing in Honolulu In stock.
e e
Richard Vidian is playing with the
Burbank .stock In Los Angeles.
e
Every paper I pick up has an Inter
view of some sort with Nathaniel Good
win In which he says that he is still a
very young man and that Marjoiie
Moreland Goodwin is a case of "the
last girl's the best girl of all." What
Nat means probably is that the last
wife Is the best wife of all. He has
married most of his girls. Just now
the Goodwins are presenting "Never
Say Die," the comedy that Willie Col
lier couldn't make go in New York.
. David Warfield, accompanied by Mrs.
Warfleld and her sister, Miss Stella
Brandt, are vacationing In their home
city, San Francisco.
e e e
From London comes news that Mrs.
Jackson Gouraud baa taken a fourth
husband. She was married June 11 at
the Strand Registry Office to Alexandre
Miskinoff, the Russian to whom she
has been reported engaged many times
during the past year, and who has
been known widely as a Prince. The
witnesses were Yvonne Gouraud, foster
daughter of the bride, and Amanda
Gnerson. Both the bride and the bride
groom gave their residence as the
Picadilly Hotel. His age was stated as
28, hers as 40. She described herself
as Almee Crocker Gouraud, widow, and
daughter of Edwin Bryant Crocker, of
San Francisco. The bridegroom said he
was the son of "a government official
of the tax department" He Is regis
tered at the hotel as "Prince Miskinoff."
He didn't so describe himself, however,
In the marriage register, but simply as
"of independent means."
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Intimate friends of Mra Henry B.
Harris, widow of the well-known thea
trical manager who perished in the
Titanic disaster In April, 1912. have
learned recently of her engagement to
Edward Meyers, ef Chicago. Mra
Harris has met unusual success In
handling many of the business in
terests of her late husband. It is said
that when Mrs. Harris marries again
she will have relinquished her thea
trical 'holdings. Meyers Is proprietor
of the Stratford Hotel In Chicago,
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James K. Hackett Is to play Othello
at the Greek Theater In Berkeley. He
starts Othellolng September (.
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Nana Bryant is on a camping trip
with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver D. Bailey on
Puget Sound previous to opening as
co-star with Del Lawrence at the
Empress Theater In Vancouver, B. C,
on July 5. Her engagement is for
eight weeks.
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"Damaged Goods" is not coming to
Portland until next season. It has
MaaaiI in San Francisco, its players
are going to have a vacation and in
September the play starts again on its
Coast tour. ,
. e i
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle are go
ing to Europe shortly to conduct a
campaign for the modern dances. Mra
Castle Is rapidly recovering from a
recent operation for appendicitis and
the pair have been booked for ap
pearance In London, Paris and Deau-
vllle. They expect to sail In about ten
days for the other side.
. e e e
The list of "those sailing to Yurrup"
lengthens. Blanche Ring and her
sister Frances have Just sailed on tne
Olympic Blanche opens a vaudeville
tour upon her return In September,
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Otheman Stevens, dramatic editor of
the Los Angeles Examiner, Is the
author of a new play entitled "Faith,"
which Is understood to be promised a
production next season by Oollver
Morosco.
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Un . iriaVA and her cousin. Emily
Stevens, are making a leisurely Jour-
nA- alonsr the New Engiana coast.
which Is to extend to Cape Breton, In
Nova Scotia, where they will spena tne
greater part of their holiday. This Is
a deviation from Mra Flake's custom
of spending her Summers in the North
Wooda Mra Flske will return to New
York about the middle of August to
begin rehearsals of the new comedy by
John' Luther Long, which is to be her
Autumn production.
Scientific Seleemaashlp.
Washington. D. C- Herald.
"Why do you Insist so strenuously on
my placing my order right now?" "I
have taken a course in a school of sci
entific: salesmanship and. according to
all rules and theories, this is the psy
chological moment for closing this
sale."
Hoeeat Six Days Per Week.
London Tlt-Blts.
"I am Inclined to think," said a man,
"that our friend. Mr. Grafton Grabb,
was created on the Sabbath." "For
what res son?" 'We afe told that an
honest man is the noblest work of the
ereator, and also that on the seventh
day the creator rented."
"PROSPERITY FIRST," I1U MOTTO
Thing tn De Is Defeat Demeerary, Thea
Patch r Family uml,
PORTLAND, Or, June 84 (To the
Editor.) My interest In the forthcom
ing election Is that of an average citi
zen who has but a few years of life
before him and wishes to live them un
der the moat favorable economic condi
tions obtainable. I have become con
vinced by experience that no political
party will realize our Ideals, and that
periods of depression are Inevitable,
though It Is Indisputable that politics
(the science of government) has a di
rect bearing upon community end Indi
vidual prosperity. The best government
Is that which gives us the maximum
attainable prosperity, and when the ex
perience of many years has taught us
that prosperity Invariably comes with
the advent of one party and departs
with the success of Its opponent, rea
son would seem to dictate the choice of
the party of prosperity as a permanent
political abiding place.
Of course the selfish Interests polit
ical and financial ally themselves to a
great extent with the party In power
and endeavor to control It. and the
mass of voters, despairing of Internal
reform, revolt and the opposition,
though not the choice of the majority,
obtains temporary control. In the over
40 years that I have been a voter this
ha happened twice and the average
man has been ground between the up
per millstone of selfishness and rreed
and the lower millstone of political
stupidity. There seems no way to pre
vent it, and all the modern laws will
not avail to give us immunity. As
children will not learn from the experi
ence of their parents, so mankind re
jects the leaaons of the past and re
vamps Its fallacies. "Error wounded"
may "writhe In pain and die amidst Its
worshipers," but It dies very slowly,
and from Its ashes sprints up a new
error, and the same slant-minded set
that once worshiped . the silver
tongued ass have now set up the Idol of
International altruism legislating for
the benefit of the rest of the world at
the expense of our own people. No man
would attain his best possible mental
and moral height If life were nothing
but a pleasure garden, through which
he strolled at leisure, and that which
Is true of tha Individual is true of the
nation. "Sweet are the uses of adver
jlty." The fleas on a dog keep him
from grieving over his other troubles
and the doctrine of original sin Is a
preventive of egotism In its bllevers.
I have never been able to see that the
balance betweeen good and evil was on
the credit side of a Democratic admin
istration; but that may be because I
am only an average man and vle mat
ters from a prosaio bread and butter
standpoint.
I think there are many thousands of
these average men in Oregon and that
they will be hard to convince that the
continuance of the Democratic party's
supremacy means prosperity for them
a individuals or honor for our Nation.
They will look upon Mr. Booth as the
representative of Republicanism and
Mr. Chamberlain as the representative
of Democracy, and not merely as Indi
viduals. The provocation for the Kooee
velt moveement was great end It msy
be that the result achieved was worth
the price paid. That will always be a
matter of opinion. But the averaae
man has a greater Interest In the
future than In the past. He Is not a
politician (In the ordinary sense of the
word) and carea nothing for the stand
patters of either faction. He may ex
claim with Mercutlo: "A plague on both
your houses. They have made oat's
meat of me." He la going to vote for
a resumption of business to replace
the duty on wool and lumber, to exempt
our ships from tolls in our canals, and
to substitute energetlo action for
"watchful waiting" In dealing with the
Mexican banditti. Being an averaae
man he has average sense and that la
all that Is necessary to convince him of
the Insincerity of the attempt to keep
apart those who desire the same re
sult. .
The present thing to do Is to defeat
Democrscy and restore prosperity.
There will be plenty of time thereafter
to attend to our family quarrel. In the
face of the common enemy we must be
united. EXPERIENCE.
WHOLES PROBLEM TO BE TAKE IT
jVrrr Tex Cosnsnlasloa Reeomiaeeded for
laelnalveaeaa ot Duties.
PORTLAND. June 24. (To th Ed
itor.) In your recent editorial rom
mentinsr UDOn the bill which the Non-
Partisan League la Initiating to create
a commission to draft a tax code, you
state that this Is "more duplication"
that we already have a Board or mate
Tax Commlselonera whose duty It is to
carry out the objects which we are
advocating. We believe that you are
In error In this. In that the duties of
this present Tax Commission are cov
erAil hv IS narasraDhs. 14 of which In
dlcate clearly that the duties of ths
present Tax Board are to enforce the
tax laws as they now exist. The only
place where It seems to oe inaicaien
that the present Tax Board Is to go
beyond the mere matter of enforcement
of ths present laws Is the fact that
they are Instructed to investigate reja
iva to tha tax laws of the states and
countries and to "recommend to the
legislative assembly such amendments,
changes or modifications of the con
stitution or laws as seem proper or
neceasarv to remedy Injustlcs or
Irregularity In taxation or to facilitate
the assessment and collection or puouc
taxes and revenues."
You- will note that our bill goes fur
ther than thia We believe that th
entire system of tax legislation is ab
solutely Indefensible and we believe,
because of this fact, there have been
submitted to the voters at each election
numerous laws which tend to correct
some one particular evil without, con
sidering the problem as a whole. We
believe that a subject of this magni
tude and Importance should receive
careful consideration, and that no ac
tion should be taken without consider
ing the entire problem. It Is for this
reason that we have Initiated a bill
which makes It mandatory upon the
Governor to appoint a commission, ana
further makes It mandatory upon the
commission to report at the next see
slon of the Legislature. No such work
Is oontemplated by the present Tax
Board.
In yo.ur editorial you further state
that If It is our Idea to aboiisn tne
present State Tax Commission and sub
stitute for It the commission which we
have In mind, we should change our
bill and make this fact clear. Buch la
not contemplated by us. It remains
for the Tax Commission which we wish
to have appointed to state In their
Judgment whether or not It would be
wise to abolish the present Tax Board.
It may be necessary to have the pres
ent Tax Board carry on the work It Is
now doing, which is primarily to sse
that the taxes are collected. We do not
wish to hamper In any way the work
of the commission which we advocate.
We believe that the Governor will ap
point a competent commission to han
dle this work who will look at the
matter In a broad way. and who will
recommend a system of taxation that
will be fair to all. That Is all we ask.
NO.V-PARTISAN LEAGUE.
By George C. Mason, Manager,
Worth ef leelaadla Pealesw
Icelandlo ponies, which are being tm
i.i. hA Ai-vlre of the HwisS
yieaaeu " L
army, aroused the admiration of ths
great traveler, Mme. iaa rminr.
spite of scanty food," she wrote, "they
viAwAre Af Anduranca
nare uiaov- -. -
Xhey can travel from $5 to 49 miles
per diem for several consecutive uaya.
i hw instinct tha dansrerous
1007 amw" -' .
spots In ths stony wastes snd In the
moors and swsmps. jn nini.niii
these plaoes they bend their heads to
wsrd the earth and look shsrply round
on all sides. If they cannot discover
a firm resting place for their feet
A At nniA And PHtinAt be Uraed
forward without many blows. ,
Twenty-F.Te Yean Ago
From The Oregenlaa ef June 11. H
Johnstown, l a.. June It A sweep
ing Are broke out this afternoon and
In half an hour 10 houses were burn
ing. Chicago. June 14 The authorities
have Information that a committee of
the camp of the Clan-na-tiaeU after a
formal trial, found Dr. Cronln gnlltjr
of being a British spy.
Taeema, W. T. June 14 Allen C
Mason and Frank a Boss, two prom
Inent real estate men. and F. a. Har
mon, a merchant returned todsy from
an ascent of Mount Taeoma.
Albany, June 14. A contract was let
todsy to J. R Antonells and lxrln
B. Doe. of 8an Francisco, for construct
tng 10 miles of road eastward oa the
Oregon l'aclrto Railroad.
Vancouver. W. T June 4. As a re
suit of Friday slant's conflagration, the
City Counoll today passed a lire Unit
ordinance. Portland capitalists offer
money to Tebulld the burnt district
with brick at per cent
The alumni of the Portland Htsh
School held their annual reunion yee
terrfay evening. Those who took part
In the exercleee were Tarsona' orc.hee
tra, Delia Bumham, president of the
association. Miss Lolla Dalton and
Miss Bessie Thompson, and Mra W. A.
WetselL
Sllverton, Or, June 14. An organl
satlon has been formed called the Ore
gon Plate Seeulsr Union, the an ef
which Is to educate the publle on the
subject ef tsslng church property,
maintaining the seeulsr charater of
our schools, discontinuing puhllo ap
propriations for sectarlsn Institutions,
resisting rurltanlral legislation la re
gard to Sunday, etc
Josiuln Miller, the well-known poet
snd Cslifornla masaslne writer, is
soon to commence upon a series of ar
ticles for the New York Independent,
to consist of sketches of Orefon, Wseh
Inrton, Montana, Idaho and the twe
Dakotas. His Bret article will fit ds
voted to Portland.
Mr. Harris MyeM. ths Flrat-street
pawnbroker, more familiarly known as
"Uncle" Mysrs, died yAsterdsy.
R. 8. Perkins and O. Mulkey have
purchaeAd the celebrated colt Outdo
for 1 : 1,00.
Sells Broa and Barrett's united
shows exhibited In the city yesterday.
Kopp's brewery at Astoria buraed
Saturday night
Miss Carrie Pscksrd. who has been
principal of the llolladar echnol, hea
been elected principal ef Lswosdele
school.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of June II.
C M. Carter, who arrived yesterday
on the Pan Francisco steamer, and who.
while In Washlnston, was appointed
special postal ssent, made the trip
throush to California frem the Keel
overland and reports verv fsvoraMv of
the route west of Fait Lake. Mr Car
ter savs the road east of the Rocky
Mountains was lined with emlsrania.
The protection afforded them la mainly
due to the pre-eetebluhmen of a mail
route, for the better prote- tlon of whl'-h
the Government has etaMi!.ed a line
of forts. Mr. Carter crews a cheerful
picture of the progress of civilisation
and settlement In whet a few years
since wsa but a barren and forbidding
wilderness. The stsses paln dally
keep the forts snd the p.-lllere posted
on the news of the route snd barbar
ism fails hack Instinctively. Many
beautiful valleys on the wsr are oeli.e;
settled and civilisation manifests Itself
to the traveler In schools and churches.
Soon the trip overland will be as a
pleaaant Journey from vlllase te vil
lage. C. M. Rrackett, asent ef the Na
tional Freedmen's Helief Association
for this stste and Vaehlnstnn Terri
tory, arrived frem San Francisco on
the John L, Stevens and Is at the West
ern Hotel. He proposes to present the
claims of the association before the
people of Oregon.
A gentleman from Tillamook Informs
us that Colonel Kelly did not reeelve a
single vote In that county. The pure
ocean air was too much for swamp
treason.
. Joseph F. Taylor, of Eugene City, re
cently collected a claim of 111 from
the Government and Immediately do
nated It to the Sanitary Commission.
Intelligence has been received ef an
attack by Snake Indians upon the park
trains on the Canyon City rosd. One
train lost II mules, the other nine.
Six years a so last Saptemher a email
girl belonging to a family named
Megey was taken from ber home three
miles above Vancouver and carried to
the crossing of Sandy on the old emi
grant road, by a man who save Ma
name as Davis. Davis attempted to
cross the mountains with her. but was
prevented by snows. He wss seen to
abuse her and the netahbora reacned
the girl. The child has remained In
the vicinity, and Is now with a family
of the name of Revenue. She frequent
ly weeps bitterly to be returned to her
home. Her srandfathsr, named La Bell,
resided In Vancouver.
8. N. Arrlgonl, who for a long time
has ronducted the Pioneer Hotel, has
also become the lessee ef the Iienlson
House and has purchased from Mr. Kin
ney all the furniture and futures and
will soon reopen It. The Pioneer Hotel
will still remain under the charse of
Mr. Arrlgonl, whose accomplished as
sistant, Mr. B, O. Whltehouae, will have
special ohrase of It.
A concert for the benefit ef the
widow and children of the late J. P.
Denlson will be given at the theater
this evening. Chief Knglneer Buchtel
states to ths members of the fire com
panies that the Mechanics' Prsaa Wand
will escort them from the bouse ef No.
I to the theater.
If we rannot get up a celebration ef
the Fourth of July In Portland, our emt
nent cltisens turn out liberally te de
liver the orations at other plaoes. Oev.
ernor C'.lbbs will sttend at Lefsyette.
Hon. George H. Williams at Tamhlll.
Hon. A. tlolhrnok at Hlllabore and moet
likely Hon. J. It. Mitchell at The Del lea.
Captain Pode received a few rases
of small-necked clams by the steamer
laat evening, which are moet excellent
for table use. They are put up en
Puret Sound.
Meeting an Old Friend
It Is like celling en an old friend
when a newspspar reader visits
store whose advertisement appears
dsv after day.
The constant stories ef soeds and
service, the reiteration of the a area,
have established acquaintance.
Confidence has been Inspired by
the printed word and the visit le
the store comes under happy
ausptcea
It Is not hard for the Sealer te
make a sale, for the visitor lawks
upon him ss a daylight man.
Sometimes the Influence ef adver
tising Is subtle, but Its power Is be
yond estimate.