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PORTLAND, MONDAY, JCLY 18, 1814.
how pmprxos mm autonomy.
In considering whether It Is wise
to grant a larger measure of self
sjoTernment to the Philippines as pro
posed In the new Jones bill, it is well
to examine the use made by the Fil
ipinos of the degree of self-govern-
ainA nrfnhAr. 1907. when the first
Philippine Legislature met. the iill
pinos have shown what they would
do had they control of both houses.
The Wilson Administration proposes,
by substituting a native senate for
the commission as the upper house.
to give uiem mis co.itt.. I
from what the assemDiy nas amm i
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or attempted to do wnat sucn a puici
n-atlve Legislature would be likely
ai A n
The Assembly has persistently re
jected bill Initiated by the Commis-
iftrn h s lnniciiea i mc
ion to abolish slavery and peonage,
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denying that these relics or aru. u.
.ricti in thi islands, although con
frnntfH with nroof of many specif!
cases from a number of provinces.
cases from a numuer ui ni..
crises nrai . hv
ine Assemoi itjctnu un..- .-
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the Commission ror me ciearius ui
ins ...,
It atiemp 5 to UucV taxes on land
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and liquor, tnougn tne per wy. -
of taxation is lower man 111 uj I
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civilized country anu iiiuub"
I badly needed for education, sanlta-
tlon and roads. One of these pro
jiiicHnns would have de
creased the revenue $1,000,000 a year
and would have crippled the admin
istration. Attempts were made to re
lax restriction, which the Commission
had put on horse-racing in order to
check rambling, which to the Fili
pinos' besetting sin.
The Filipinos are not a nation, but
an aggregation of tribes. The best
means of welding them into a nation
Is a common language, which the
Commission had provided by teaching
English in the common schools, to the
exclusion of all native dialects and by
making English the official language
oT the courts, beginning in 1913. The
Assembly proposed that native dialects
b taught in the schools and that the
teaching of English be done away
with. Thus It would have kept the
people) apart by depriving them of a
common language. It also proposes
to continue Spanish as the official
language of the courts.
Other measures passed by the As
sembly and rejected by the Commis
sion show the probable trend of legis
lation by a purely native Legislature.
Attempts were made to weaken the
health authorities, who have almost
extinguished smaflpox. cholera and
other diseases and have put the
Islands in fair sanitary condition to
abolish the Bureau of Civil Service
and introduce the spoils system;, to
prohibit employment of foreigners as
steamship engineers, though there are
tew competent natives; to exempt un
cultivated land from tax for five years,
thus encouraging the holding of land
out of use; to relax the libel law,
though the tendency to toward license
In publications; to legislate for more
territory, with civil war as a certain
result; to prohibit use of foreign lum
ber in public buildings, though the
native is Inadequate; to make school
attendance compulsory, though facili
ties and funds to supply them are in
sufficient; to release from prison 1156
brigands, who would have resumed
their career of robbery and murder;
to pay a bounty on silk production
which might have absorbed the en
tire insular revenue.
The Assembly attempted to place
control of road taxes In the hands of
provincial boards, which had neg
lected to perform the duties already
confided to them. Filipino witnesses
are extremely timid and frequently
In court deny confessions previously
made, but the Assembly proposed to
declare invalid as evidence confes
sions made before police, Judicial or
executive officers unless ratified in
court. A bill ostensibly aimed to pro
tect the cocoanut tree would have en
abled many persons to exact exorbi
tant damages for land needed for
hiehwavs. Bills were passed which
highWaVS. JDI11S were psus3u "iuw
would have crippled the Society for
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. .k.i.,.nuj fiimrontinn jural nst
diseases of horses and cattle, diverted
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taxfs irom puduc 'wums iu siiaww i
of official salaries, encouraged en-
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croachment on pumic roaub, ou-
Ktructed arrest of offenders by for
bidding arrest at night or on legal
holidays. A bill was passea to re
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strict iree meuitaj iiieuuai.c ..
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the Door to pay for service of Filipino
physicians, and the Assembly rejected
bills passed by the Commission which
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would have aiaea suppression oi auius-
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gling, provided penalties ior suoorna
tion of perjury, imposed severe penal
ties on habitual criminals and on
opium smugglers and restricted cock
fighting. The Assembly to controlled by the
educated class of mestizos, or half
breeds, and its purpose is shown
plainly to have been to perpetuate
the rule of this class, drawn chiefly
f-nm th Tao-alncr and llocano tribes,
and to hold down and keep apart the
and to noia aown anu iecp
. .v nn th other
mas-sea V 1 lud I
tribes. To turn over the government
to this class at the present juncture
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would have the opposite effect to that
which Mr. Wilson desires, ior it. wuuiu
postpone liberty and prolong oppres
sion. Had he assisted the Mexican
clentificos to maintain their power,
he would have been doing what the
Jones bill would do tn the Philippines,
for the mestizos are to the Islands
n-hit thA rientlflcos have been to
what tne cienuncos nic ue-cn i
Mexico a ruling class exploiting the
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country and Its people for their own
aggrandizement
If the grandchildren of Thomas H
White, the sewing machine-maker
wish to leave ionunes iu uic.r tun-
dn, they must make, tie money or
'save It out of their incomes. Mr.
White left his millions In trust, the
income to go to his children during
their lifetime and half of the Income
to his grandchildren for 21 years after
their parents- death. The whole for
tune Is then to be devoted to play
grounds, scientific research, hospitals
and scholarships. Possibly the pros
pect of being thrown on their own
resources after 21 years may prevent
the grandchildren from Joining the
ranks of the Idle rich.
POETS AND POLITICIANS.
If it be true, as Chairman Neu
hausen, of the Progressive party as
serts, that "poets are notoriously poor
politicians," it does not necessarily fol
low that they are notoriously poor
mathematicians. We suspect that
Poet MacGenn, whose defection from
the Progressive to the Republican
Senatorial candidate, called forth the
remark has been applying some of
the mathematical ability that is in
herent in a navigator. Mr. Neuhau
sen's case, on the other hand, indi
cates that a man with political attain
ments is not always good at figuring'.
Mr. Neuhausen expresses the per
sonal opinion that the Senatorial race
i hAtwPAn Mr Hanlev and Mr. Cham
berlain because "there are about 40,-
000 to 50,000 Roosevelt KepuDllcans
in this state and they will not vote for
Mr. Booth for various reasons."
But In the primaries Mr. Booth re
ceived 69.325 votes. un wnat pre
posterous theory
it may be foreca
ast
that Mr Rooth will not receive
at
least 69.325 votes in the general elec
tion to hard to imagine. If 90 p.r
cent of the present registration is rep
resented in the vote In November
and that to a large percentage there
will hA about 5 3.0DO additional Ke
. Tf Kft noo of
frT ,
.i .h..ii vntu for Mr Hanlev. as
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lis Mr. .Neunauser ""i"" .I ' ' I"
ouuu voie lur -u. aitiii'-i ; i
receiving- the full vote of his own
norfv thA rpjtult. irivinsr Mr. Booth
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his primary vote and no more ouia
K Dnmathmcr lflra TfllK! HOOlli. DiJ.
rZZ2LJZ2 k7 noo- Hanlev
55,600.
Tn o-k-a Alther Mr. Hanley or Mr
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rhamberlain all the independent vote
I nrtt nhane-A th rASlllt. rSV nO
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L.hinotinn nf fiirurps. even using th
proh.biUon party and the Socialist
U,n .or. hnth vtr Han ev and Mr.
"h"",t ahAar1 of Mr
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nth nnlssai it he assumed that some
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of the near 70,00 vo ers wh ha
ail cau j muwidvu - -
phunp-pii thfiir minds.
It is idle and foolish to assume mat
Mr. Booth will receive less than his
primary vote. He undoubtedly will
receive a great many more. Attempts
to forecast probable totals are of
course useless, but the figures given
da reveal that Mr. Booth occupies an
Impregnable position
GERMANY SETS ANT EXAMTXK.
whtiA mATTihAra nf Consrress are
condemning appropriation of money
to Improve our large, genuinely navi
gable waterways on the ground that
their traffic is rapidly decreasing.
Germany is enlarging canals because
thev are unable to handle the traffic.
The Kaiser recently dedicated the
canal between Berlin and Stettin,
which has been enlarged at a cost or
n' Kfin nno to float 600-ton barges.
Thto 80-mlle canal is the first link in
a waterway system which will extend
from Berlin to the Rhine, from east
to west, and connect the navigable
rivers flowing from south to north.
Germany has no misgivings about the
Annrmv nf water transportation, for
she has had abundant proof in ex
perience.
i-nmnared with the CTeat waterways
of the United States, the German Riv
ers are insignificant, but we eitner oo
not maintain our navigable channels
or wa An so in such unbusinesslike
fashion that men are unable to use
them. We need to set about lmprov
;,,.t i.r watArwav svstem bv adopting
some comprehensive plan similar to
that proposed by senator jMewianu.
We should handle the waterways of
,.v. vroat watershed as a unit, not
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on the patchwork plan of our river
and harbor bills, we snouia proviuo
for harmonious development of all
the uses of water navigation, mining,
irrigation, power, forest conservation
and urban supply. We should take
water from swamps, where It destroys
fertility, and turn It Into rivers, where
it will create fertility and serve navi
cru tint! We should prevent Its pollu
tion, its washing away of the soil and
devastation by floods, we snouia pru
vide terminals on our waterways, and
connection and Joint rates between
railroads and water lines, and we
should prevent railroads from prac
ticing ruinous competition wun water
lines.
nv ciirh nrocedure we may in tne
toAvt twAntv ve-ars acauire a waterway
system which will be of vast service in
giving us cheap transportation and
which will match that oruermany.
DRAMATIZING THE TKEATER.
It may sound a little quaint to
Rnsir of "dramatizing: the theater,
nViraia h a become, nrevalent
uui liiu --
in Europe. Many are accustomea to
j i .u ....... aa thA mere shell
Puritans
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scorned me nuraaii
ascetic language the tenement of the
... -.... a mUomhlA rontraDtion of
awau "
clay which was not worth a moment s
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uuuamciauiu x.w. --
ter
Tn rprpnt rears thoughtful Chris
tian scholars have come to see that
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th. hnrlv is an essential part of the
immortal human being and in much
the same way theater managers are
beginning to look upon the stage and
' ...A.jin.a aQ nr intimate and
its ouinuu." -
j,. v. i . nf thn nlnv 1 hP
indispensable part of the play. The
Judicious reader will readily distin
guish between this new movement,
and "stage realism." It has nothing
to do with water tanks and steam
cars. The purpose of the innovators
is to establish a psychological har
mony between the play and its set
ting. They bring In the hallowed
cathedrals of Europe as an example
of tb,e effect they are seeking.
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the, sacred emotion experienced
In these reverend structures nm.
Dy
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worshipers comes from the atmos-
pnere 01 uis i-i-. r
. .Un nnofAtft R QfiHCi fttiOTIS. Till
fin.w thn ancient associations, tne
venerable arches. Wagner was no
doubt the first genius to think of ap
plying the same effects to enhance
the power of the drama. He made
an appeal to the Imagination with
artificial dragons and similar devices
,-h4nVi was 0-Armine and notent. Re
cent experimenters are extending his
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principles to the prose drama. Their
ia tn throw the spectators
purpose is to throw the spectators
into a receptive mooa so mn wnai
ever there is of spiritual interest in
the play may pierce directly to the
imagination.
The thought upon wnicn tney are
- .
acting has long been Xamillar t9 .pir
itualists who insist upon proper con
ditions" at a seance. We do not mean
to imply that these devout people ap
peal to the Imagination merely, but
they prepare the surroundings exactly
as If they Intended to do so. Our ad
vanced theater managers are follow
ing the same rules.
SO MORE OFFICIAL JOTBIDES.
There to no lack of automobiles for
Government officials at Washington.
Congress has Just provided one each
for the Vice-President and the Speak
er, but it has called a halt. Public
Printer Ford has what Representative
Howard calls "two magnificent, $4000
electric passenger coupes" and has. to
quote the same gentleman, "two great
big, buck chauffeurs at his command
day and night." He also has "the
coat of arms of the Government Print
ing Office on these automobiles as big
as a soda biscuit, in magnificent col
ors." Mr. Howard had seen these ma
chines going about "on purely private
and pleasant affairs," though Repre
sentative Fitzgerald said they were
used to collect and deliver manuscript
and o carry the weekly pay roll to
the printing office.
There was a general protest against
the buying of automobiles with public
funds in the absence of specific au
thority and Mr. Fitzgerald called at
tention to a provision inserted in the
legislative bill by the Senate forbid
ding the use of any appropriation "for
the nurcRase of any motor-propelled
or horse-drawn passenger-carrying
vehicle" without specific authority.
Representative Mondell explained that
Mr. Ford bought the second machine
out of an appropriation for "electric
appliances," a high tribute to Mr.
Ford's ingenuity.
The House finally inserted an
amendment providing that the ma
chines should be used for "the car
riage of printing and printing supplies
only." thus putting the ban on Mr.
Ford's joyrides. But we shall see
whether that amendment will stay in
the bill. Must not our high officials
ride around the state in automobiles;
must their salaries not be carried to
them with due pomp? Representative
Quln, a good Democrat from Missis
sippi, called this "worse than tom
foolishness" and admitted, referring to
his salary, "I am glad to walk in order
to get mine," but surely he does not
expect so superb an individual as the
Public Printer to walk.
GALLANTRY UP TO DATE.
When vnn see voune men sitting
Indolently in streetcars while women,
young and old, lean heavily rrom
swavinp- etrans. do not conclude that
all the gallantry has gone out of the
world. It may have failed to Diossom
In the hearts of men about you, but
it to yet to be found here and there.
For instance, word comes from that
land of occasional gallantry, France,
nf an Incident that puts the blush to
the most gallant knight of chivarly.
M. Rostand, the urencn poet, ratnei
than dlsDute the word of a lady, has
paid the sum of $40,000.
Of course poets are sometimes er
ratic and besides $40,000 Isn't a great
deal of money to M. Rostand, who
was born to riches. But his manner
of making the forfeiture stands out
on o im nf irallant c onsideration and
should be set down to the credit of a
onwiin aep The disoute m question
was threatened with the Immortal
Sarah Bernhardt and 'related to prof
its in one of the Kostana proauc
tions possibly L'Aiglon, as it is dif
ficult to Imagine anything of Ros
tand's since then producing $40,000
as "incidents." When the divine
Sarah talked of a writ it is recorded
that M. Rostand immediately yielded
the point. "I had rather cut off my
hand," he Is quoted as having said,
"than Instruct a lawyer to oppose
Madame Sarah Bernhardt. I kiss
rAanAtot ann sratitude her fin
gers between which a writ holds for
me the grace of a lily.
Mftm it ion'r for all of us to deal In
such pretty phrases. Nor can every
one graciously toss
act of gallantry. But the inspiring
effect of M. "Rostand's classical and
i,7a Affnrts would make it seem
worth while to do our best. We are
otiii ohiA tn cHve un our seat to some
one more In need of it and to do this
graciously, rather than grudgingi.
The man who scowllngly slinks from
his seat to only one degree beter than
the one who burle3 his face In the
paper and seeks to hide his selfish
nature by simulated ignorance of the
distress among tired women standing
over him. The same is true of every
.ti At nf e-allantrv and courtesy
that everyday life makes possible. A
smile and a pleasant word, or at lea.,
a willlne and obliging air, add a thou
sand fold to the act.
TEARS FOR THE HYPOTHETICAL.
Oregon was the first state to adopt
a compulsory minimum wage law.
Washington has adopted one patterned
after It. California also has a mini
mum' wage .law. So has Utah. It is
therefore a surprise to read in the
usually accurate Saturday Evening
rMt that Tttah California and Ore
gon, among other states, "are lining
up for minimum wage lawc, au
-Do.-fiA nnnsr pities a minimum
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wage has been "voluntarily adopted.
Possibly the Fost naa naa me i n
cle on file for eighteen months. Possi
bly the anonymous author was un
informed. But we are concerned more
with the author's argument, which Is
directed against the principle of this
new legislation.
It to her theory, supported by in
terviews with unnamed employers,
that the minimum wage so operates
as to deprive the young and untrained
and the old who are worn out and
slow of their positions, while the state
does not take care of those who can
not earn the minimum wage. Yet
the newer minimum wage laws make
provision for the young and untrained.
Special orders affecting apprentices
thnrien Tt is Dosslble that the
state In adopting the minimum wage
has neglected adequate pruviswu
the subaverages, yet It has not wholly
neglected Its duty. It has adopted
preventive measures. Compulsory ed
ucation, vocational and physical train
ing and other instruction In the public
schools that has to do with the educa
tion of the hand and body have been
established. Widowed mothers, too,
among the older unfortunates, are
pensioned In this and several other
states.
The minimum wage is not founded
on ideas of luxury. It is supposed to
be the minimum that will provide the
worker with a wholesome living. The
argument that it to wrong in principle
because there are some who are un
able to earn the minimum wage and
will therefore be deprived of work,
must necessarily be founded on the
theory that the employed class of
women generally ought to work for
less than a living wage In order that
what they might otherwise receive
shall go to tha support of the incom
petents and the worn out. Whatever
one may hold as to society's duty to
ward such unfortunates, it can hardly
be contended that their fellow-workers
have that duty to perform.
The practical observation of the
working of the minimum wage law
in Oregon, moreover, discloses that
the subaverages are indeed few. Com
plaints of loss of position as its direct
result of it have been few and Isolated.
But even conceding that there is a
noticeable class composed of subaver
ages, the minimum wage in operation
does not then have an effect so far as
new employments are concerned a
great deal different from the civil serv
ice which has been adopted-by the Gov
ernment and many municipalities. "In
the most highly-paid workers' manu
facturing plant in the world," says the
Post's contributor, "the employers declare-
they will accept neither aver
ages nor subaverages. To maintain
their high scale of wages they must
have super-averages always. What
becomes of the subs under this sys
tem ?" And in civil service the Gov
ernment or municipality, in order to
maintain its high rate of wages for
work of simple character, seeks the
super-averages. Not only mental but
sometimes physical examinations are
conducted, and the ones who stand
highest get the Jobs. What becomes
of the subs under this system? They
seek work for which they are better
fitted.
The case of the subaverage Is, in
truth, largely hypothetical. Tears are
shed over the fate of a class that is
largely non-existent. This is not to
say that there are those in employ
ment who are unable to earn the
minimum wage in the particular oc
cupation they have chosen. But they
are more misplaced than incompe
tent. The idea that we should dis
card the minimum wage for the Ger
man system of insurance against ill
ness, idleness and age, as this writer
suggests, because of the existence of
this class and of the fewer actual in
competents, is indeed a fantastic one.
It means that it is better that the
underpaid worker shall continue to
be underpaid, but be compelled, from
an income Insufficient for wholesome
existence, to contribute to a fund that
in after years will enable her to eke
out a still more miserable existence.
Insurance may be an excellent com
plement to the minimum wage, but It
Is far from being a substitute.
Ambassador de Gams, puts the blame for
mediation's failure on the seizure of Vera
Cruz. The people In general have been put
ting the blame for mediation's existence
on that same seizure. So every one Is sure
and no one Is satisfied. New Tork Sun.
Yes, Carranza and Villa are satis
fied. They are going ahead to carry
out their programme without regard
to either Vera Cruz or mediation, and
with brilliant success. They have
neither watchfully waited nor medi
ated nor demanded salutes, and then
been content without them, nor taken
embargoes on and off arms, but have
hammered away at Huerta's defenses
until they have "got him going." They
are practical men, who adopt practical
means to gain a practical end.
Friends of Speaker Clark and Rep
resentative Underwood are said to be
lieve that President Wilson will not
seek a second term and to be groom
ing their candidates for the nomina
tinn Tf the President does not desire
a second term, the reason is likely
to be either that he believes no Dem
ocrat can be elected in 1916 or that
he fayors Mr. Bryan as his successor.
In any case, the latter has to be reck
oned "with. Though he may not be
able to get the nomination himself,
he may again decide who shall have it.
Ex-Warden Clancy, of Sing Sing
prison admits that traffic In whisky
and drugs flourishes among the pris
oners and that a political ring on the
outside makes a profit of $25,000 a
year. The reformatory effect of imr
prlsonment in Sing Sing must be very
great, and the ex-warden must be a
most excellent official, since he knew
of these things but did nothing to
prevent them.
If Controller of the Currency Wil
liams succeeds in establishing the civil
liability of bank directors for losses
suffered through loans to dummies,
there will be greater reluctance on
the part of some men to become bank
directors and those who accept may
actually direct. Then bank-wrecking
may become rare. May Mr. Williams
succeed.
Perhaps corporations do not have
souls. That to the popular estimate.
However, the men who run the O.-W.
R. & N. have them, and hearts as
well, which they show in taking a
load of orphans on an outing today.
What are we to think of a country
where suffragette outbreaks are fol
lowed by attendance of a thousand
OTnmAv. a t a nriAflcht. and bv appear
ance of a clergyman as master of cer
emonies in the ring '
The balloonlsts racing from St. Louis
will have an easy time. There are no
great forest reserves to bewilder them,
nothing but bfg lakes and cornfields In
which to alight. Portland can supply
the only thriller.
The popularity of a city Job to shown
by the fact that 112 men took exam
inatinr. fnr the four positions of water
inspector, although only twenty-three
passed. The city Is a good doss, ana
the pay Is steady.
Speeding with a hearse to the lat
est in law violation, but in extenuation
it may be stated the chauffeur was
a substitute and the habit was strong.
The paved street Is no longer a safe
playground. The late generation could
dodge a horse, but present-day vehi
cles are beyond the speed of the child.
If, according to a local expert on
monkeys, the simian does not harbor
fleas or propagate itch, his affliction
must be purely psychological.
Huerta Is reported to have exe
cuted 230, mostly officials, within a
few days. Villa can be depended upon
to double the score. .
The man who cannot enthuse when
a Beaver knocks a homer does not
belong to Recreation Park.
There are no mad dags In Oregon,
say the health officials. The animals
have not been Interviewed.
The Oregonlan who would exchange
his farm for land in Kentucky gets
stung for disloyalty.
More "autonomy" for the Filipinos
means more killing of American sol
diers. Watch the Beavers climb the- per
centage table.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan at July 12. 184
A son of Jacob Consor, of Marlon
County, was thrown from a wagon
last Wednesday ana severely cut about
the head and face.
Linn County Treasurer Judge Boise,
in the contested election case, has de
cided in favor of Mr. Wilson for Treas
urer against Riggs.
Married On June 26, by Rev. Neil
Johnson. Mr. C. D. McClure to Miss
Annie E., daughter of John M. Robert
son, all of Auburn.
A cheese donated by Mr. Delmater
to the sanitary fund was put up at
auction on the Fourth and was soiu
and resold until it netted the fund $91.
Oregon State Journal.
San Francisco, July 11. Several more
stage robberies have occurred recently
and Wells, Fargo & Co. have made a
requisition on General McDowell for
military protection of the express over
the Washoe line and soldiers have been
sent to Lake Bigler for that purpose.
The provost marshal has Information
tending strongly to the suspicion that
an organized gang of 200 or 300 high
waymen exists in the southern coun
ties. Jacksonville. July 11. Captain Kel
ley arrived today from Fort Klamath,
having been ordered by Colonel Drew
to Portland on recruiting service.
Camp Maury, Or., July 6. The ex
press from Captain Drake's command
arrived at this camp last night at 1
o'clock. On their way out they dis
covered what they supposed to be a
camp of Indians and charged upon it
with all their available force and cap
tured one squaw and three horses. The
squaw seemed very much enraged with
her captors and said if it took 100
men to capture one squaw, she did not
know what they would do if old Pau
lina found them. She also said that
all tho Indians were In the direction
of the South Fork of John Day's River.
Dr. Brunoe's prospecting party has Just
joined the command. Thay were at
tacked at Goose Lake by a party of
Indians and the doctor and one of
his men were severely wounded. They
report meeting a large party of emi
grants bound for the Boise country.
Mount Robinson, the bald elevation
at the southern extremity of the city.
Is the only place where the Fortlander
can get a good look out on the sur
rounding country.
An informal meeting of the county
commissioners and the Common Coun
cil committee was held at the Court
house yesterday for conference upon
the subject of combining a City Hall
with the new building of the Court
house. The Commissioners seem to fa
vor the project.
The Oregon Iron Works delivered
another quartz mill on Saturday for
shipment on an order from Colonel
Gates, of The Dalles; to South Boise.
Edward Tichnor was sentenced In
the United States District Court yes
terday to pay $18,750 and one day's
imprisonment for cutting timber on
Government land.
The water in the Willamette River
has become so low that all the steam
boats above the Falls have been com
pelled to tie Tip. As a consequence,
those who failed to get their supply
of goods by steamers avail themselves
of the slower process of freighting by
wagons. We observed some 20 teams
leave the city yesterday evening loaded
for Eugene, Corvallls and other points
up the valley.
The press and fixtures of the late
Dally Union of this city were shipped
to Astoria yesterday morning on the
steamer John H. Couch, where it will
be used in the publication of a weekly
under the supervision of J. N. Gale.
Last evening Portland communicated
with San Francisco direct, and It is
the first instance in which we have
been able to communicate farther than
Marysvtlle.
Dan Rice's circus will exhibit In this
city for three days, beginning today.
The tents are pitched near the express
office on the Gem block.
The Strathcona Estate.
The eBtate of Lord Strathcona, late
high commissioner for Canada, has paid
in death duties to the Chancellor of the
British Exchequer 837.838 about $4.
200,000. Although the value of Lord
Strathcona's real estate has not been
given. It ia calculated from the amount
of duty paid that he died worth nearly
$28,000,000. The bulk of his property
goes to his daughter, the Baroness
Strathcona Among the charitable be
quests are $1,000,000 to the Royal Vic
toria College, Montreal, and $500,000
each to Yale University and the Royal
Victoria Hospital, Montreal. He left
$25,000 to John Burns to provide home
and maintenance for some 50 lepers in
the United Kingdom, but none of this
sum is to be expended on lepers who
may some into the United Kingdom.
Lord Strathcona, among , his railroad
holdings, had 1.321,268 in the Great
Northern, of the United States; 822,500
in the Canadian Pacific and 676,065 in
the Northern Pacific.
Measuring a Martyr.
Exchange.
A martyr is a man who got real sick
and is accused of having been drunk.
.-vr Riches In China.
London Telegraph.
Great undeveloped deposits of iron
and coal exist in China.
Defense of Poesie
By Dean Collins.
("Captain Macgenn is a poet and
poets are notoriously poor politicians,"
says Tom B. Neuhausen, state chairman
of the Progressives, in criticism of the
captain's declaration that he will sup
port the Republican Instead of the Pro
gressive candidate for the Senate.
News Item.)
Hither, my Muse! Discard your lyTe
And bring a meat knife and an axl
Neuhausen, In his regal ire,
This day a brother poet whacks.
Shall we sit by and let him Jibe?
Not we! Put on a visage grim!
Come, Muse, call out your whole darned
tribe.
And we will all go after him.
Think how. In gallant days of old,
Such men as Tennyson would mix
With zeal and vigor uncontrolled.
T thA linrlr RlnUErh Of DOlltiCS:
How Byron's pen was quite a curse
To party leaoers in nis umo,
How Pope pulled off some campaign
verse;
You'll and It, too, In Milton's rhyme.
Why, Wordsworth even played the
game.
And Coleridge, too. and Walter Scott,
And Burns, immortal In his fame.
Is also numbered in the pot;
And Russell Lowell, by the by.
And Whlttier and Holmes we 11 list.
Then let us yell "Neuhairsen. fie!"
And rap him smartly on the wrist.
Was Lord Macaulay very slow
In politics in bygone day?
And what was" wrong, I seek to know.
With the late Secretary Hay?
Shame on thee. Tom, to scoff this way
At wielders of poetic pen.
I flout thee in this lyric lay
And holler, "Banzai, for Macgenn I
NEED IS FOR SPECIAL TEACHERS
Instruction In Sex Hygiene Held Not
Argument for Employing Weddrd.
LENTS, Or.. July 12. (To the Edi
tor.). I truly think that Miss M. M..
writing in The Orsgoniam on sex hy
giene, got all her knowledge of the
subject second hand. Judging from her
quotation remarks.
If she would cast an unprejudiced
eye over the schoolma'am field In
Portland, or Oregon at large, I think
her "devitalized and unaexed spin
sters" would fade into thin air. No
one who has ever given the subject
the consideration due its importance,
could speak in such terms of our un
married public school teachers. In Ore
gon, at least.
Energetic, healthy, radiant, inspir
ing; I think they only need the peo
ple's word to enlist their services In
the ranks of sex-hyglehe teachers, in
deed, some of them do this nobis work
already upon their own initiative,
trying to supplement or perform en
tirely the work of the home. And right
here let me say that being a married
woman confers no apparent qualifica
tion upon the teacher in this respect.
Else why do we have the problem at
all. Children come from homes that
make claim to the best socially and
financially, from parents who want
the best In education and accomplish
ments for them, yet the door has never
been opened for them Upon this sub
ject. Some years ago In the Stevens
School in East Pdrtland one loving,
sensible, unmarried teacher asked per
mission of the parents of her boys and
girls to give instruction upon this sub
ject. She took her own time after
school, having different evenings for
the girls and boys. Tho mothers were
invited to attend the little lectures.
No one was offended and great good
was accomplished.
Now, why couldn't there be a com
petent Instructor employed by the
schools Just as the physical director
or singing teacher, who could give In
struction to all the children? Of
course. It would all have to be planned
and executed In a thorough manner
Just as the other courses are outlined.
No doubt there would be drawbacks
someone would object. But don't we
always find some who find fault?
Some don't like the cooking and sew
ing to be taught in tho schools, say
ing, "We mothers can teach our girls
those things ourselves." Yet do they?
No. as I see the problem. It is not
one of whether the teacher be mar
ried or single, but rather of getting
the work outlined and initiated, and
requiring them to qualify as instruc
tors. They had to qualify as teachers
of singing, drawing, etc.. with the
supervisors to outline and direct the
work in the schools, so why not get
this matter going and be done with It?
EX-TEACHER, Mother of Two.
WILD TRIBES GIVEJI THE VOTE.
New Zealand Finds the Ballot Good for
the Warlike Maoris.
New York Times.
A little more than half a century ago
cannibalistic feasts were held by the
Maori tribe of savages of New Zea
land. Today members of the race are
members of the New Zealand Parlia
ment, and Maori women as well as the
white women of New Zealand exercise
the right to vote. They are in many re
spects the most remarkable savages
with whom the white man has come In
contact, according to a statement given
out by the National Geographic Society
at Washington.
"When the English first occupied ths
Islands, in tho early part of the nine
teenth century. It Is estimated that
there were about one hundred thousand
Maoris in New Zealand," says tho state
ment. "They were divided into tribes,
each tribe having Its own unwritten
laws regarding land, cultivation and
other social matters. The tribes were
constantly fighting. The English found
that they had a genius for war. showing
unusual ability in building, fortifying
and defending stockades, and they expe
rienced considerable difficulty In sub
duing thsm. The savages tilled the soil
with care. As carvers and decorators
they were unrivalled In the Oceanlcan
world, and they displayed great origin
ality in the design and perfection and
in the execution of rock paintings, and
in carving the ornamental figures of
their dwellings, their boats and sacred
lnclosures.
"The Maoris were also noted for their
tattooing, which was designed to clothe
as well as ornament the body. Who
ever refused to undergo tho protracted
tortures of tattooing required at every
Important event of his life was regarded
as a person by his own consent fore
doomed to slavery. The men were act
ually depilated in order to Increase tho
surface for tattooing, while for the
young women the operation was limited
to tho lips, whence tho term 'Bluellps'
applied to them by tho English.
"There are about thirty-five thou
sand Maoris left. Those have re
tired to tho northern provinces of
New Zealand, where certain 'reser
vations' have been set apart as
their exclusive property. The Maori
children attend schools regularly. Such
of them as continue into the higher
branches of learning are said to be
worthy rivals of white students. Some
of the Maoris have become landed pro
prietors. They are proud of their right
to vote, and especially of the fact that
their women were given this privilege
at the same time that It was given to
tho white women of New Zealand."
REVIEW or
HISTORIC OATHS
Vocabulary of the Profane Is Quaint
and Curious, Ss)i Judge.
Detroit Free Presa
"Oaths are but words, and words are
but wind." according to tho author of
"Hudlbras." It seems to be tho
province of an oath. In the mind of the
average man. to clear the mental at
mosphere, as a strong wind blows away
miasma Shakespeare speaks of "a
good, mouth-filling oath," and there are
occasions when a righteous indignation
seems to excuse, if not to call for, an
emphatic expletive, which acts as a
safety valve to pent-up anger or ex
asperation Everybody has noticed how
a vigorous "d n!" on the stags will,
if occasion Justifies it, send a rippla
of sympathetic laughter through an
audience a call in which "a fellow
feeling makes us wondrous kind."
Profanity and blasphemy nre syno
nyms, and Involve violations of the first
commandment, a practice less common
in the prssent than In the 17th and 18th
centuries, when a man used many
quaint and now obsolete oaths. A
study of the vocabulary of the profane
to curious and indicative of many
changes in the purport of words and
expressions. Thus "d n." as an x
pletive, has been much altered from Its
original meaning. Its root is the Latin
damnare, to condemn, which Itself
comas from "damnum," a loss or fins,
and the signification of eternal punish
ment In the place the late Colonel
Ingersoll contended does not exist Is
unwarranted by it primary meaning.
"Not worth a damn" is also a perver
sion since the dam originally alluded
to was an Indian coin worth about the
40th part of a rupee; the expression
was thus a synonym for worthlessness.
A "damme-boy" was a 16th and 17th
century roysterer, so-called from the
excessive profanity of the period
"Darn." sometimes called "a woman's
oath," is a vulgar corruption of d n.
William the Conqueror's oath was
magnificent. Hs swore "By the splen
dor of God!" Bayard, "le chevalier sans
peur et sans reproche," "By God's
holy day"; King John asseverated "By
God's tooth"; Charles VIII. "By God's
light"; "Ods fish" was the favorite oath
of Charles II: the famous Earl of
Angus swore "By tho might of God"
when In deadly earnest, but for ordi
nary use found by "St. Brlds of
Douglas" sufficiently emphatic.
Twenty-Five Years Afo
rrom The Oresonlaa or July U, IMS.
Jacksonville. Or., July It. Th
County Jail was burned this morntac
and three prisoners perished.
Walla Walla, July 1J Fire tor
destroyed Kirk's livery stable. Schwa
lacker's lime and coal warehouse, tha
Exchange Hotel ami the old Manor
house
Tacoma, July 11. Samuel Collyer,
chairman of tha Seattle rallaf fund,
said today that cash subacrlptlona
amounted tn about $lt.000 besides a
large quantity of provlaloas and
clothing.
Walla Walla. July 1$. Major R. R
Reese died this morning. He came to
Oregon In 11(4 and to Walla Walla In
186L being ona of the founders of
the Statesman newspaper.
Salam, July 1$. George S. Downing,
superintendent of the penitentiary,
reports that there were 10$ convlcas
on June 10.
Astoria July 11. Dudley Blount and
William H. Maxwell shot two Urge
American eagles at Tongue Point this
afternoon.
New York. July 11. James Weeks,
chairman of tha committee on unlisted
securities of the New York Exchange
reports tha following capitalisation of
truats: lead. $11,011,100; sugar, $O.U.
600; cotton oil, $41,115,100; distillery
and cattle-feedere. $10,72(.(00: Ameri
can cattle, $1$.$,000; total. $111,
181.200. The Alblna City Council on Thursday
authorized a contract with W. Jacob
son for construction of a bridge
across Montgomery Slough.
Judge J. P. Randall., of Alblna, la
painting a number of road signs for
Street Supervisor George Smith.
A great many complaints are made
about cows running at large In Alblna
at night.
Yesterday morning the house and
barn of John Wentworth at Sunnyslde
were destroyed by lire
A birthday party was given Misses
Eva and Elva, twin daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Johnson last evening..
Dr. J. J. Sellwood has removed to the
corner of Tenth and O streets. East
Portland.
An excursion party over the Port
land and Vancouver Railway was given
yesterday by Mrs. Frank Dakum and
Mrs. R. I. Durham.
The clearing-house will begin buel
ncaa Monday. July 16. In the rear of
the ' Northwest Loan office, 60 First
street.
Rev. C. E. Chlre, pastor of St Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church, will aall
for Alaska on Monday on the atsamer
Anoon.
Councilman Caatendleck returned
yesterday from the seaside
William Hahn. president of tha Port
land Mercantile Corporation, arrived
from California yesterday.
W. O. Steel, secretary of the Oregon
Alpine Club, has organised a party to
climb Mounts St. Helens and Adams.
It Is to be composed of M. W. Oorman.
E D. Dewert O. C. locum. Tom Mar
quam, Professor W. A. Wetsell, W. O.
Steel. George Brack and Bert Towne. of
Portland, and Dan Bass and A. l
Warner, of Seattle
Lieutenant-Colonel O. Summers and
hla wife leave this morning for Yaqulna
Bay.
PARK CISTODIANS ARE OEKICIOl
Patron lustslalns of officers and ef
General Management at Colaasbla.
PORTLAND. July 11. (To tha Bdt
tor.)It ia not my habit to ruab Into
print. I do not make a practice of
criticising public officials. However,
the public may be Interaated In the
management or mlsmanagemant of
certain public parka 1 refer partleu
luily to Columbia Park.
While I am not so familiar with con
ditions In other parks. I do know that
there Is. to state It mildly, a most ob
jectionable state of affairs existing In
thla park. It Is reaeonable to suppose
others are eimllarly managed. If bo,
tha Park Board naad not have bean
surprised that lta pet scheme for Isau
Ing bonds was voted down good and
hard. Any such proposition In th
near future, or perhaps for soma years
to come, will likely meet similar treat
ment. Columbia Park was laid out In a
practical way and some work dona a
few years ago. Later a new manage
ment came Into power. The old plan"
were discredited and considerable more
work waa required to undo what hart
already been accompllahed. Tha old
plan gave a direct road through the
park. Tha longest aide of the park
parallels tha street car tracks. Now
the only choice Is to walk around.
There Is probably much more work
that the next management will find
to undo. The trees set In street park
ings will have to be grubbed up, for
one thing.
Now the taxpayers could bear all this
uncomplainingly wero It not for the
fact that even their presence In the
park Is often rendered unpleaeant by
the officious offlclala with which the
place la oversupplled. An occurrence
on Sunday. July 6, la a fair example.
Tho parents of a boy. 11 years of age.
came Into the park and sat down to
rest while the boy amused himself In
a swing. A park official came up Im
mediately and ordered them out of the
nark He said the rules did not allow
them in that part of the park. Asked
if thoy might go Into another part, he
refused permission. M. H TOWER.
Proposed Phone Rate la High.
PORTLAND, July 11. (To the Edi
tor )The Commissioners aoern disposed
to accept tha new rata that la 10
calls for $1.60 or 6 cants a call and 3
cents for calls over the $0-oall limit.
I daresay at the very least a sub-
i nn an ivtru make not
less than about three calle a day, mak
. .a eila at I cents 11.10.
Total $1.10 a month. It would b
worse than the present sz.io rate, r, -want
a $160 flat rate, as per franchlae.
A BUDOt-nioDin.
Hope for New China.
Pathfinder.
Chtna'a new mining regulatlona are
likely to attract foreign rapnai.
Summer Diet
If pure foods are eaaenttal at any
aeason of the year they certainly
are In the hot Summer monthe.
Perhaps nothing haa dona more
to raise the standard of food prod
ucts than tha aaarchllght of adver
tising. Advertised brands of food prod
ucts have become standards of qual
ity and those which are most suc
cessful rank the hlghaat for care,
cleanliness and purity.
Moat of the leading food products
are advertised In this paper.
Progressive dealers carry thara
and are careful to give you what
you ask for.