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POKIU.ND, SATURDAY, -JCT-Y 18. 1B14
BACK TO THE STATES.
Mr. Bryan presents no new argu
ment for woman suffrage; yet what he
has to (say is well said. One may ac
cept for whatever it is worth his ex
planation that he has -delayed ex
pressing any opinion on this subject,"
partly because he has been "seeking
Information" and partly because his
time has been occupied with large
national problems. The information
Mr. Bryan has been seeking he has
found at a time when the Adminis
tration has been driven into a corner
by the importunities of heckling
women and by the acute pressure of
general opinion.
The significance of the Bryan ut
terance lies in the fact that he is care
ful to discuss suffrage as a state issue
and not as a national one.
Of course. Mr. Bryan, by his utter
ance, in no way commits President
Wilson; yet he has followed a course
strictly in line with the attitude of
the President in his various painful
efTorts to dodge any expression. At
one time Mr. Wilson says that he has
no right to define the position of his
partv, since the Baltimore platform
Is silent; then he takes refuge in the
threadbare and time-worn state's
rights doctrine.
The Wilson definition of state s
rights is that the states have an inal
ienable right and unreserved duty to
shoulder any burden and undertake
any problem not easy for the national
Administration to assuyie or to solve.
HE ONLY IMITATED HIS CHIEF. ,
George Fred Williams was no
sooner guilty of his ridiculous exploit
in Albania than he was recalled by
President Wilson, but he should never
have been sent to even the most in
significant country as a diplomat, for
he lacks the first qualifications. That
he was appointed was consequence of
Secretary Bry an's abandonment of the
merit system, introduced into the dip-,
lomatic service by President Roose
velt and continued by President Taft,
and his substitution of the spoils sys
tem. Mr. Bryan is responsible more
particularly for the outcome of Mr.
Williams' mission, for it is understood
thut Mr. Wilson had selected another
man for the Balkan post and that he
yielded when Mr. Bryan urged that
his old henchman must be "taken
care of."
There is one excuse for Mr. Wil
liams that in criticising the Euro
pean powers' management of Albania
he only followed the example of his
chiefs. They have started on a pacific
crusade to set the affairs of other na
tions tn order. Had It been a warlike
crusade like that of the French rev
olutionists to democratize all Europe,
the world might have combined
against us as Europe combined
against France. Since it Is only a
peaceful crusade, promoted only by
such instruments as Mr. Bryan, John
Lind and Mr. Williams, the world
merely laughs at its antics. When
Mr. Wilson is meddling In Mexico to
elevate the oppressed 85 per cent and
when his campaign comrade. Mr. Sul
livan, is meddling so effectually in
Santo Domingo that four revolutions
are revolving simultaneously, like a
four-ringed circus, why should not
Mr. Williams do a little meddling In
Albania? Two European powers are
using force, the others are giving ad
vice and the Balkan states are in
triguing; then why should not Mr.
Williams take a hand in the game
of ruling a province which has al
ways strenuously resisted being ruled
at all?
In trying to regulate the affairs of
these several countries, Mr. Bryan
makes, a colorable pretense of help
ing the under dog in a fight where
a ruling class is on top, but In the
Philippines he is helping the upper
dog to get on top again after the Re
publicans had dragged It out of the
ring. A prominent Filipino has frankly
stated the opinion not only of the
Filipino politicians, but of the cien-
tlficos in Mexico and of the puDiic
men in all similar countries, when
he said:
If the maaaea of tha people era covernat-le
part muet necessarily be denominated tha
dlrectlns class. . . If tha Philippine
rcblpe.aio has a soTernsble popular masa
called upon to obey and a directing- claaa
charged with tha duty of goremlng. It ll
n condition to govern Itself. Theee two
factor . . . ara the only two by which
to determlna the political capacity of
country, an entity that know how to gov
ern, the directing class, and an entity that
knows how to obey tha popular maaaea.
That Is not the American Idea and,
the fortune of war having put the
Philippines into our hands, we have
bsen laboriously Injecting the Ameri
can Idea into Filipino heads, for it is
our business. Mr. Bryan, however,
would Install the "directing class" In
power over the "governable popular
mass" In the Islands. In Mexico, where
we have no business except to pro
tect American Interests, Mr. Wilson
amd Mr. Bryan strive to overturn the
directing class and to uplift the pop
ular mass. Just as his opponents have
been doing In the Philippines, where
we have business. Why can't we
mind our ow business by continuing
the work so well begun in the Phil
ippines and by keeping out of the
affairs of Mexico and Albania?
Henry Arthur Jones, the English
playwright, has published some
searching criticisms on the drama in
his own country and In the United
States. He does not believe that any
conspicuously good plays are being
produced Just now on either side of
the ocean, an opinion In wnicn tne
suffering public will heartily concur.
A good play, according to his defini
tion, is one that will, stand reading
after it has been seen on the stage.
If that test is met the play has some
chance of living. The practice of
reading plays Is good for the theater,
Mr. Jones believes, since it puts the
spectator In a critical frame of mind
and stimulates bis Judgment. He has
much faith In the repertory theater.
With The Oregonlan, Mr. Jones thinks
that there ought to be one such in
every city, where good old plays as
well as the best current productions,
could be continually kept before the
public.
CASE tOK FERX HOBBS.
Governor West is absent from Ore
gon, traveling the Chautauqua circuit;
but Fern llobbs Is at her post of duty.
We shall look for the intrepid Miss
Wohhs. armed with the full power of
executive authority, and supported
by the picked forces or tne isaiionai
Guard, for a second time to proceed
with all dispatch to Eaker County
and proclaim martial law. A brutal
lynching has occurred, and the several
men who perepetrated the outrage
ara still at lare-e. It appears to be a
cri.sishat calls for the repressive in
terference of the Oregon joan oi Arc.
Violence begets violence. First
ii.r na Ponnerfield: now it is an
other short cut to justice in the upper
Hurnt River. The saloons or copper
field were openly in control of the
town government and were suspected
of violating the law proniDiung ine
sale of liquor to minors. Governor
West, ignoring utterly the processes
of civil law, sent Miss Hobbs and the
militia to close them. An assault on
a child occurs in the same county,
and the incensed neighbor hang the
miscreant high on the limb of a tree,
without the formality of a trial and
upon suspicion that their victim had
committed the gravest of crimes.
They will make, if they shall be ap
prehended, precisely the same excuse
Governor West made at Copperfield.
The court's are slow, the officials are
indifferent, and results are uncertain.
Lynch law by a Governor and lynch
law by a mob are substantially identi
cal. Baker County has had an un
enviable notoriety through Copperfield
and Bufnt River. The- chief sufferer
is the state.
MOW IT WORKS.
From the faithful accounts printed
in various newspapers, friendly and
iirrriml!v. it ariDears that Dr. C. J.
Smith, Democratic candidate for
Governor, Is giving many reasons wn
the single-item-veto plan should be
inrnniorated in the state constitution.
It will prevent the common abuse of
log-rolling in a Legislature, says Dr.
Smith, and it will be a powerful
tM.oaT.nn In th hands of a Governor
for correct and economical public ap
propriations.
Th nreironian is in accord with
thw nnsition of the Democratic candi
date in this important matter. It has
made the same and similar arguments
hortofore. but without avail, it nas
hwn lmnressed. as Dr. Smith has
been, with the evils of log-rolling, and
it has thoneht that a proper remeuy
might be found if the Governor were
tn ho rlnthed with authority to uis-
approye particular appropriations.
while approving others, tn any certain
bill. '
T.er iia illustrate the scandal of log
rolling: A State Senator has in his
district a normal school, it ashs a
state appropriation. It makes a com
hination with other normal schools,
and the State Senator Is called upon
to support the scheme. Being a prac
tical man ha com nlles. He does
more. His entire course as a legisla
tor is controlled by his desire to get
through the normal appropriation.
He trades right and left. He literal iy
sells his vote on measures desired by
other members If they will stand in
with him for his pet scheme. At the
end of the session he discovers that
he has voted for many bills that he
would probably otherwise have op
posed. He discovers that "without an
exception he has been recorded favor
ohiv nn ftv-nr hill carrying an appro
priation. He has voted away the tax
payers' money right ana ten in
order to get a few thousand dollars
for his normal school.
If this is not a true description of
iv.. i-nrirlnn of nractical politics by
a practical politician In a Legislature,
Dr. Smith will correct us.
6l'CC88FTJ CO-OPERATION.
Th Piivallun Fruit Growers' Asso
ciation has set an example to the
whole country of what can De aone
by intelligent co-operation among the
farmers. Its payroll for berry-growers
and pickers for the week of July
16 amounted to $37,500. To harvest
tha rrt rasoberrv crop, which is now
in its prime, 15, 00 pickers are em
ployed. The association s cannery jiaa
orders for 3,000,000 cans of berries
this season. Its brfsiness is growing
rapidly in all directions, and the
wealth it is making for the co-operating
farmers seems almost Incredible
when it is compared with the meager
returns from old-fashioned, unscien
tific. Individualistic methods.
The point of the story is that any
other community can do precisely
what Puyallup has done. There Is no
mrntprr whatever about It and no
miracle. It requires only a fair de
gree of intelligence, a reasonaDie
amount of kindly feeling among
neighbors and good business ability.
The business ability at Puyallup has
been mainly supplied by Senator Paul
homua who founded the association
sod guided it safely through Its early
difficulties. There is at least one man
in every community who, if he would
exert his abilities, could do for his
neighbors what Senator Paulhamus
has done at Puyallup. Here Is a use
ful mrpor onen to scores of energetic.
ambitious men In all parts of the
country. The wonder js mat more oi
them do not follow It.
A 6 PITS BILI
One might ret the Impression from
a casual reading of the bill to abol
ish the office of State Engineer a bill
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
and engineers' societies generally will
oppose that the chief purpose of the
measure is to promote economy. Par
ticularly might this Impression be ob
tained If one is not familiar with the
construction of the present state gov
ernment. Seemingly the offices of State En
gineer and Water Commissioner are
to be abolished and two boards put
out of existence by adoption of the
measure.
But In fact, the bill creates a new
office In lieu of that of State Engi
neer, makes the new office appointive
and dispenses with but one paid po
sition. The Desert Land Board Is composed
nf the, Governor. Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, Attorney-General and
State Engineer. It Is proposed to
transfer the duties of this board to the
State Land Board, which Is composed
of the Governor, Secretary of State
and State Treasurer. The State Land
Board is to appoint a hydraulic engi
neer, who shall perform the duties
of State Engineer. So far not one
paid office is abolished. But there are
now two Water Commissioners. They
and the State Engineer comprise the
State Water Board. The water board
is to be abolished and the State-Land
Board to do its work. In lieu of two
Water Commissioners there is to be
but- one.
Thus one state office, , that of dis
trict Water Commissioner, will exist
no longer if the bill be adopted. Oth
erwise several titles that state offi
cers now possess and cost the state
nothing will be abolished.
Aside from the destructive conse
quences which the Chamber of Com
merce and the leading engineers fore
see in the abolishment of the office
of State Engineer tnere is. mis ele
ment. John H. Lewis, the present en
gineer, has been nominated for re
election. He has incurred the enmity
of Governor West. TW Governor is
the reputed instigator of the meas
ure. The Governor's acts while in of
fice have often been inspired by spite
and revenge. It is a reasonable con
conclusion that, as the bill has but a
shadow of economy as excuse for its
submission, it is chiefly designed to
deprive one of the Governor's enemies
of a Job.
TO LKtlALIZK A TRUST.
.Freedom to contract one's labor is
one of the cherished prerogatives of
the American workman. It cannot
legally be taken away frornhim in a
direct manner, but time and again it
Is attempted by indirection. The lat
est purpuse of this kind In Portland
is seemingly contained in the pro
posed ordinance regulating the instal
lation of electric wires, apparatus and
appliances. '
Section 9 of the ordinance proposes
that every person who engages in the
business of installing electric wires or
apparatus or appliances, whether he
be employed by the job or by the
day or otherwise, shall pay J100 for
the privilege, besides executing a
surety, bonds for J500.
Both the fee and the surety bond
are presented in the guise of guar
antees that the worker will comply
with the provisions of the ordinance,
n.it thp Intent is obvious. It is to
confine the business of electric in
stallation to the larger employers.
Thpv not onlv can- afford to pay the
fee, "bit under the terms of the ordi
nance their employes, once the doss
has paid his fee, will not have to be
"bonded." The casual worker and
the little fellow attempting to build
iin a business, no matter how compe
tent they may be, are to be excluded.
It is doubtless argued mat lmper-fn-
wirir.o- is likelv to produce fires
end cause destruction of property, and
th.-u a bond will secure gooa woi-k-m.iii.iiin
Tnt thpre are countless
other employments that may be put
in a similar category. The brick ma
son may bjild a defective flue and
cause a conflagration; the chauffeur
may disobey traffic laws and bring
about a fatal accldont; the unskilled
barber may cut a patron's face and
inflict blood poisoning; the dairyman
may violate sanitary regulations ana
r, ,'."! nn priiilpmic: the butcher
may violate the law and sell putrid
men' from which a customer may
fiinfmrt nfornaine poisoning; the
careloss physician may make his pa
tient more Hi than ne was oeiore,
tVi Iffnnrant dentist's imperfect work
may cause grievous trouble. If work
men are to be bonded to insure laim
ful, intelligent work, there is no place
to stop In either trades or proies-
ions.
Close combinations In certain em
ployments and professions have here
tofore been attempted through the
enactment of laws and Ordinances ir.
Oregon. These attempts have not Al
ways failed, but they ought to fall in
every Instance.
LOAD KELSON'S LOVE LETTEB8.
A collection of Lord Nelson's love
ittr in soon to be sold at auction
in London. It Includes a great many
whinh h wrote to Fanny jvesoit, wno
afterward became his wife, and a
few to the celebrated Lady Hamilton,
whose charms captivated his more
mature fancv and destroyed his do
mestic happiness. Fanny Nesbit was
hnrn on the West Indian lsiana oi
Nevis, which also, as readers will re
member, was the birthplace or Alex
ander Hamilton. Nelson met her
thpr tn th course of his early naval
career. His letters show that he truly
invH hr Thev are full or arrec-
tionate endearments and express a
fidelity which would no douDt nave
.nitiiniioii until his death had not the
fury of a misguided passion Inter
vened to blight it. in one or nis nrsi
letters to Fanny he wrote:
r . Art T lnvn Villi and I
truat that my affection is not only founded
upon the prlnclnple ot reaeon, out
upon the baala of mutual attachment, in
deed my charming Fanny did I) poeaess
mi.... ,,bimi nrtde and nleasure
would be to share it with you.
And again In the March before
their wedding:
... . ..ma mnrtal mora disap
pointed than myself yesterday at not re
ceiving a letter. ... I sometimes fear
it was occasioned ny wiiicas n wwwiw
me miserable Indeed my dear Fanny no
person but yourself can tell what my feel
ings are.
At that time Nflson was far from
hincr a famous man. He was only a
subordinate naval officer without
more than ordinary prospects of pro
motion and glory, .remaps nis pros
pects were somewhat less than the
nntinsrv. for he was rash and pas
sionate in his conduct and took but
small pains to win the good will or
his superiors. His ideal, as he ex
pressed it to Fanny Nesbit, was love
in a cottage remote from the bicker
ings of official life and the Jealousies
of the navy. For some years he real
ised this Ideal. Soon after his mar
riage he was retired from the sea on
half pay and lived In seclusion with
hi. hHrfe. But this happy Utopia
could not last. When the wars of
the French Revolution began to en
danger the Interests of England Nel
son was called back to the service
with all the other officers of the
navy and the great period of his life
began.
The destruction of Napoleon's am
bition was due as much to Nelson as
to any pther man. By the victory of
St. Vincent he ruined the Spanish
fleet and broke up the naval alliance
between that country and France
which had threatened to dominate
the Mediterranean. At the battle in
the Bay of Abouklr in 1798 he sent
Napoleon's fleet to the bottom and
shattered his visions of an Oriental
empire. At Copenhagen In 1801 Nel
son destroyed the Danish "fleet and
dissolved the coalition which Napo
leon was cementing In Northern Eu
rope. His last action was at Cape
Trafalgar, where he won a great vic
tory over the French Admiral Vill&n
euve and lost his life. His dying
words were, "Thank Cod I have done
my duty."
He did his duty better on sea than
on land. His unpardonable intrigue
with Lady Hamilton began at Naples
about the year 1798. In ISO! he
separated from the wife of his young
tnanhood and gave himself -up un
reservedly to his guilty passion. Lady
Hamilton's influence over him was
extraordinary. At times during his
career at Naples it led him to disre
gard his duty and almost betray his
country. He was one of those men,
numerous in great affairs, who can
control everything but their own
hearts. As soon as they fall lrT love
their wits go wandering, while their
consciences become seared as with a
hot iron. In the letters which are to
be sold there are pitiful traces of
Nelson's waning affection' for his wife.
Writing from Palermo, he told her
coldly that he was too busy to carry
on a' "private correspondence," even
with her. His last letter to the once
beloved Fanny merely tells her that
Sir William Hamilton and his lady
have agreed to stay overnight at their
house. There is not a word of affec
tion. , In Viscount Nelson, as much
as in any hero of romance who ever
lived, great genius and great perfidy
were inexplicably united.
Western members of the House have
been making determined efforts to
procure acceptance of a Senate
amendment to an appropriation bill
creating a board of appeal in the In
terior Department to decide land
cases, but the Southerners and East
erners persistently knock it out. Land
contests have accumulated to the
number of 2300 and come In. at the
rate of 300 a month. Assistant Sec
retary Jones cannot keep up with
them and the homesteader must wait,
but the Democrats say: "Let him
wait." They are wasteful where they
should save and stingy where they
should spend.
A correspondent writing from Ta
coma, James Hoye, undertakes the
difficult task of proving that James
II of England was a brave commander
and a tolerant King. He was titular
commander pf the fleet when his sub
ordinates won victories. He showed his
tolerance by turning the opponents of
his creed out of office. His sense of
justice came out beautifully in his
abortive effort to coerce the judges.
Mr. Hoye's letter exemplifies the dif
ferent impressions which the same
facts make on different minds.
Governor West's excuse for substi
tuting military for civil process to cor
rect lawlessness at Copperfield was
that the courts of Baker County were
slow and uncertain, the District At
torney an object of political charity
and the Sheriff grossly neglectful of
duty. Statements of that character,
whether true or not, when emanating
from high places, tend to stir 'up the
spirit of lynch law. The bore fruit in
adoption of "short-cut" methods by
masked men In. Baker County Wednes
day night.
The Louisville & Nashville and the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
railroads have been .giving free passes
without limit, as though there were no
law on that subject. They gave away
11,000,000 miles of transportation in
the year 1913 and raised a great out
cry when the Interstate Commerce
Commission insisted on seeing their
books. The guilty always protest; the
innocent have nothing to fear.
An agent of the State Department
is In Santo Domingo and United States
Minister James M. Sullivan is return
ing home "ill," since some letters
which the latter wrote to contractors
and politicians in New Tork became
public, telling them "the going was
good." Secretary Bryan had refused
to send a negro to that post because
It' required special fitness. He sent
Sullivan.
The Washington Star says: "Mr.
Wilson today is bearing a heavier bur
den than Mr. Cleveland did at any
time during the latter's eight years
in the Presidency." And the Spring
field Republican comments thereon:
"And he isn't complaining a bit." He
has no cause to complain, for the
Mexican affair was noproper part of
his burden.
An apology is due from Secretary
Bryan to France for "Gunboat"
Smith's foul of Carpentier. We can
not permit such untoward events to
disturb the harmony of our interna
tional relations, even' should we be
required to salute the French flag and
to pay the French republic $25,000,
000. Governor Blease refused to permit
the sacred soli of South Carolina to
be profaned by allowing the Georgia
National Guard to cross a corner of
his state on the way to a Georgia en
campment. There is comfort for Ore
gon in the thought that other states
have freak Governors.
Huerta was willing to leave Mexico,
but he refused to be hurried, list his
retreat appear undignified. He may
now talk it over with Diaz, who knows
from experience how he feels.
If Charles E. Van Loan should hap
pily survive his injuries, he may earn
enough to pay his doctor bill by de
scribing in a story how. it feels to
be smashed in an automobile wreck.
The wife who secured a decree be
cause her husband smoked cigarettes
in bed was entitled to relief and is
fortunate in not having been burnt
out some night.
Berry-Picking at Puyallup is as
profitable as hop-picking elsewhere,
without the discomforts. A payroll of
37,500 a week Is not to be despised.
When Mexicans shout "Viva Car
ranza," they must speak distinctly
lest they be supposed to say "Caram
ba," and be sent to Jail.
The School Board cannot see any
benefit in an exhibit at the big fair
next year, and the School Board has
pretty clear vision.
Be careful what you eat Just now
and be more careful what you drink.
Bull Run water is the best beverage
on earth.
- If the Mayor would put reckless
speeders on the rockpile, all he need
do is to tell the Municipal Judge.
Who said the Beavers could not
pinch the pennant? "Standing room
only" tomorrow.
The rigors of Curfew law might be
extended with profit to a few grown
ups. The peddler who gets caught In the
public market is a bad actor.
Sirlus sent his compliments to Port
land yesterday. '
Good old dependable Beavers!
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of Ju'y ls- 1S84
John H. Scranton, who was taken to
the Stockton Insane Asylum some six
months ago. died a short time since.
He was well known in Oregon and
Washington territory, having for a long
time carried the United States mail.
Rev. J. O. Raynor has been appointed
chaplain at Fort Steilacoom and will
repair to the Sound this morning.
Washington, July 13. Skirmishing
has been constantly going on. Our
forces acted strictly on the defensive
until yesterday evening, when, the rebel
sharpshooters being annoying, we de
termined to dislodge them from the
front o Fort Stevens. This was ef
fectually accomplished amid shouts of
applause from those witnessing the ac
tion. The rebels retired in hot haste,
leaving at the house of F. P. Blair, at
Crystal Springs, about 100 wounded.
The rebels disappeared during the night
from in front of the fortifications.
Ban Jose. CaL, July 15. A party con
sisting of the Sheriff and nine men
tonight left for the house on the Alma
den road, one and a half miles from
town, where two robbers who killed a
Deputy Sheriff at Placerville were con
cealed. On their surrounding the house
the robbers rushed out and commenced
firing, hittrng Adams in the breast.
lm. .....tt, Gtnnninir tliA force of the
ball probably saved his life. The ball
glanced oft, mulcting a nesn wuuim.
One of the robbers named Creel, who
times, died shortly
after. Another robber named Glasby
ontTiroH Another named Glen
lenniii- was badly wounded. Glasby
..i 1 . that thA three were tb
6o -"
same party who killed- the Sheriff at
Placerville and rouoea me stage an
Avn.ac,i ..i r- that nlace. He said th
reason was to get money to go south
and fight for the Confederacy.
The Dennison House, recently- pur-
r-haaa liv R. N. Arritconi. of the r"io
neer Hotel, reopens this afternoon. The
place now looks as good as new. The
dining-room is the most elegant north
of San Francisco, though by no means
gaudy. One mirror at the end of this
room cost ?G50. i"r. Arrigoni is a pup
uiar host. and. assisted by our friend
Whitehouse, will succeed in keeping
two hotels.
Annually about this time water
melons appear in our markets, but this
aAQUAn nH.AH urn tin hirh that they are
not sought with great avidity. A melon
large enough to satisiy a inuciai
. ... . . 1 r n
sized family costs aoouv ai.uu.
For several days pas' the winds have
been quite favorable for Kite-iiying,
and yesterday evening the Chinese resi
dents of Portland were amusing them
selves at the art.
We have understood for some weeks
past that bituminous coal had been dis
covered near Oak Point, In Washington,
and a party was fitted out in this city
on Saturday for tne purpose ot rros
pecting the vein.
The sanitary -rooster is up for any
kind of game and will be raffled this
evening at the Pioneer Hotel by Theo
dore and Henry Manstieia.
The Oroville Union speaks of a vol
in nntt fnuntv. California, some
where not far from Dogtown. on the
u Taiin mart, which is now in a
state of eruption. It is on one of the
tributaries of the North Fork of Feath
di,,.. Thin mav ht thA same moun
tain which was discovered in 1861 by a
party of Pitt River prospectors, and
then in action, emitting smoke, flame
and lava. (This may have been Lassen
PeaK.)
CAMP INFJLUEJSCE IS WOXDERFIL
Effort of Keereatlon Leeitoe Meing;
Repaid In Good Done Boys.
PORTLAND. July 16. (To the Edl
tor.) I have been spending a few dayB
in the camp established by the Recrea
tion League at Cascades, Wash., and
feel that those Portland people who
have so generously assisted in this un
dertaking as well as those who have
not should know something of the ex
cellent work which the camp is doing
under Professor Wood s direction.
July 6 17 boys arrived In the camp
from Portland. They are comfortably
housed in army tents on a little
stretch of field land by the side of the
Columbia River and at the very feet of
the finest of the Cascade Mountains,
Here nature is at her best, and her
purging, purifying influence is a thing
of almost immediate experience. m
namn thers are snorts (ralore, and out
side of camp In the hills are lakes and
fishing streams and long picturesque
trails In fact, all the experiences near
and necessary to the heart or the nor
mal boys or the boy who Is to become
normal.
The influence In this camp as I felt
It during my sojourn, is ideal. There
is a spirit of contented and intelligent
co-operation. The standard of living
and action are fixed by men Just a
little older than the boys themselves
by thoughtful, earnest college men.
They are the standards of clean and
orderly living and the boys here sub
scribe cheerfully, for In camp there Is
nothlnsr nroDOsed or advised without
Its reason, and the boys readily see that
reason to be their own hignesi gooa.
2a.ch day begins with a survey of
the camp's daily, needs made by the
leaders and the boys. Then the latter
divide themselves into squads. Each
squad takes ' up a different piece of
work, which is executed with military
exactness. In this way the boys pro
vide for themselves. In fact, they do
all the work in the camp, cooking ex
cepted, and all the work is done by
9:20 in the morning, Inspection is made
and the rest of the day given over to
outing purposes.
During the past week I have seen
many things which have made me en
thusiastic and glad. I have seen wan
faces growing brown", a dawning reali
zation that life is a thing of joy and
worth; the feeling growing that "we
are something else than a bunch r
pack"; boys initiated into and enjoying
fine books; evenings by the campfire
given over to the singing of fine songs
and the enjoyment of noble music; boys
training enthusiastically to aohieve the
splendid physiques of their leaders-,
and, best of all, boys realizing that
power and leadership spring from
something other than physical powers
boys emulating those traits w-hicb
have made their leaders men of char
acter. To me this camp in one sense means
the realization on the part of Portland
people that progress in civilization can
only come through advancing "the low
est" to the same level as "the best."
This is, I take it, the reason and' the
basis on which the money has been sub
scribed for the support of this camp.
But this realization on the part of Port
land people is not sufficiently wide
spread. Instead of 17 boys there should
be 50 in this camp, and the camp itself
should be one of many, for an effort
of this nature means that the future
citizens of our city and republic are
taken from the streets and "the gang"
and brought in contact, for a while at
least, with the finest moral idealism
that our race has evolved out of Its
experience. JASPER J, STAHL.
j A Point of Interest.
Dallas (Texas) News.
tt 1 : . . 1, rlAi.0-7man 1 tlrl whan VAU
riUgllBU wcibhw- ,
arrive In London, my dear lady, dant
fail to see St. fault ana vv onuuinnici
Abbey.
"Fair American You bet; I'll rattle
those off. sure; but what I've been han
i i . .ir. , HtnfA T wn Icnee-
KCrilie V" boc, t.w. - .
high to a grasshopper. Is the Church
of JBpgjana. ; (
The Snowbird's Song
By I) run Collins.
The snow, the snow, the beautiful
snow.
am a Arift rtt CBrded WOOl.
The leaden sky, where the clouds hang
low.
And the shriek of the north wind,
hlcrh Bnif fitll-
The snowbirds shivering on the tree;
The frost design on tne winouw y-uo.
Oh. 'tis a wonderful sight to see
The world bound up in the enow
srrite's chain!
See how the icicles, shining, hang
t .1. r ...eui alrtni' the eaves:
Hearken the jubilant sleight bells'
twang.
And see the trail that the snowbird
leaves.
Red are our cheeks 'neath the frosty
bite.
And our pulses bound In the bracing
air:
Oh, 'tis a wonderful, wonderful sight
The snow and the ice piled every
where! Heap high the logs on the roaring fire.
Till sparks fly up and the shadows
riay.
This is the time that men desire
To huddle indoors at close of day.
Ruddy and hot the fireplace glows.
And the blizzard outside may yell
In vail.
Oh. 'tis a fine thing, goodness knows.
To watch the flakes on the window
pane.
L ENVOI.
The snow, the snow; do you mark it
well?
Handle me gently, treat me mild:
And put fresh padding within the cell.
So lean bounce on by eyebrows wild.
Stir the thermometer up a bit
And tell tlib weatherman, '.Tut. tut.
tut!" '
The ice. the snow! Take note of it
What heat can do to a poor, sad nut.
mtFEREVaV VIEW OV JAMB
Contributor lMsuutra Statement That
King; Wk Covtnrd.
TACOMA, Wash., July 16. (To the
Editor.) It seems to me that The Ore
gonlan of yesterday Is not historical in
its extreme strictures of the English
Kin, James II. Allow me to say that
your treatment of him is not only un
generous, but decidedly unjust. You
denounce him as a "coward," whereas
the contrary is the fact.
When a young man he served through
four campaigns under Marshal Turenne,
and by his soldierly conduct and valor
in battle won the esteem of that great
ETRneral. Later, in the Spanish service.
he displayed marked gallantry in the
battle of the Dunes.
Jimn a. 1US5. in command of the larg'
t fleat which EnKland had ever placed
upon the sea. he defeated Holland, at
that time a formidable naval power.
That this was a sanguinary battle is
proved by the fact that the jJutcn ir.st
four Admirals and 7000 men.
If more evidence were needed to show
that James was a man of Intrepid spir
it it is furnished by his conduct in tne
famous sea fight of bouthwoKi bay,
where he defeated the celebrated Dutch
Admiral. De Ruyter. His flagship, the
Prlntia was earlv disabled and one-
third of its men killed. He passed in a
small boat under fire and unfurled hli
standard on the St. Michael. This war
vessel was In turn put out or uction
and be transferred his flag to me wn
don.
Notwithstanding his bravery and dls
tinguished service In defense of his
country he was obliged to retire iron,
the navy. The cause was that he could
not cansclentiously accept the statu
toiy religion of England.
After ihe became King James endeav
ored to abate religious hatred and to
unite all discordant elements in a tol
erant and peaceful society. At that
time only members of the established
church enjoyed liberty of conscience
and freedom of worship. He proclaimed
universal toleration, stopped persecu
tlon and liberated recusants from pris
on. Catholics, Quakers and Presbyte
rians were thus allowed to worship in
accordance with tneir religious Uelieta.
He was the most tolerant ruler of his
time. In his conceptions of human
rignts he was far more Just than his
royal predecessors or tmmeuiate suc
cessors. These sanctioned persecution
and spoliation of all who would not
practice the religion ty law astao-
lished.
Vour editorial calls this English King
a "scoundrel." It seems to me thai
this is something of a misnomer, an
arbitrary bestowal of an undeserveu
surname. Some writers are accustomed
to write in terms of admiring apprecia
tion of such men as Henry VIII and of
William of Orange. Tnose are tne
writers who are unable to suppress
their Indignation when they discuss the
rtnlntra and character of James II. ill-
lam of Orange was himself a Stuart, a
nephew as well as a son-in-law of
James Stuart According to the school
of historical Interpretation which has
prevailed In England, William was a
just King and hlgh-souled gentleman.
His violation of the treaty of Limerick
and his massacre of the McDonald men.
women and children at Olencoe are Flm
ply negligible trifles. JAMES HOVE.
CHARGE IS READILY ADMITTED
Captain Hacgrsa AeknowIedaTee That
He Is JVot rolltlclan.
PORTLAND, July 16. -(To the Edl
tor.) i regret to be compelled to taks
iaBiia with mv friend Mr. Neuhausen
and wish to have It distinctly under
stood that there is no nra ieeinm
whatever between him and me. Re
ferring to what he said about me be
ing a poet and not a politician, I agree
with him. He Is absolutely correct. If
I were a politician, 1 would do what
I was told and fall in line. This I
absolutely refuse to do.
Referring to his Joke about me not
being a politician, I wish to call his
attention to the article In The Orego.
nlan Sunday. July 12. where the sall
nr th T-nirtri fitatea Navv called
Secretary Daniels a politician, when as
a matter of fact he should be Secretary
of the Navy and not a politician. Fur-
. u -... . T think h will Ikl Rl With
me that by far the greatest number of
the people or tne unueo. oiie '
come to the conclusion that William
Tannine-! Rrvan is a politician when
he should be a statesman.
But we need not go so tar iruro
home to look for politicians, for we
have in our great State of Oregon the
prince of politicians, the standpat
Democrat and tne non-partisan ueorgo
Chamberlain, the United States Sena
tor for Alaska, who forgot that Coos
Bay was oi the map, for it is a re
grettable fact that during the six
n .... that hA has hn in the Senate
and in all his public utterances, he
has never mentioned Coos Bay. The
peopule of that community win resent
it by voting for Mr. Booth.
it i. ntt a fart that T have srone back
to the Republican party, but I do not
think that Mr. Hanley has any chance
w .Uflail mnrl Ihnmrnra hava de-
elded to assist Mr. Booth, who, I am
thoroughly connoent, win carry
Southern Oregon.
T ..Ao-i-at that Mr VAIlhallSAn end
x i,e-
Mr. Moores are compelled to take Issue
with each otner on my account, tor
there is far too much bitterness In this
U.t..An V, R.nnhllan. Rull
Mooters already. It would appear to
me tnat we snouia ne aoie to net i
gether on the candidates who got the
most votes in the primaries In the
State of Oregon, for there Is no ques
tion In my mina uui we snan an ct
united in 1916 if not before.
. CAPTAIN T. J. MACGENN.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From Tha Oregonlan of July H. lH.
Olympta, July 17. Joseph Leuther.
commonly known aa "Uncle Joe." UUmI
this morning at the residence of Urorpje
S. Allen, sued 73. Hw wus for a tim
in business with W. 11. Mitchell,
of Portland.
San Francisco. July 17. The Supremo
Court of California ha ie. lii-, that
there was no legal marrtKae between
the 4ate Senator Wlllium bhnron and
Mrs. Surah Althea Terry. Th.i court
holds th:it. If there w:m a murrlMnv. It
was kept secret and that fur Oila rea
son It was never consummate!.
Washington. July 17. The report "f
Major Thomas ll.imtbmy on the In.
provements at the mouth of the Colum
bia River and that of Ltcurujant 1--I-ward
Burr on the Uck let the Osf.nirs
huve been received.
A writ of mandamus wan denleil
Richard Kverdlnir. the recently elected
police commissioner, by Judge bhat
turk yesterday.
A deed has been filed t rn-ferrlnB
about 355 acres of land south of Port
land from O'Shea Uros. to wealthy
Eastern capitalists.
Yesterday a box of luscloti peaches
was received at The Orrsronlan fll
from Henrv Kelllnir. secretary of tha
Walla Walla. Consolidated Agricultural
Society.
James Steel. TV B. Tuttle. F. M. Wal
ker, and C. M. Irtlcman, directors of the
Castle Rock Coal Company have re
turned from an Inspection of the mine.
Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts will visit Tort
land next Sunday.
In camp near Monument. Grant Coun
ty, July 14. The Princeton Collcae
scientific expedition hus dlscuveie.1 t lie
skull of a rhinoceros mid tertimy
horse In the fossil beds on John I'ny
River.
The City Council last night read
twice Hn ordinance for the repair of
sidewalks.
D. L Leathers, foreman of a general
train, was cnuxht under the train on
the Portland & Vancouver road In Kat
Portland yesterday and fatally In
jured. ARntTHATIO.V OK Ktll.WAV XTIIIKE
Awards Can He Enforced by Appeal
Federal t'liurta,
VANCOUVER. Wash., July 17. (To
the Editor.) I wish to ask aomo ques
tions regarding your editorial In Tlio
Oregonlan anent the forcible arbitra
tion of the difference between the
Western railway managers and the
enKlnemen. They are as follows:
Were the differences arbitrated In
tho East? If they were, did tlio man
agers put the awards of tlio arbitra
tion board In effect? If they did not.
what la the use of arbitrating? Does
the Newlands act provide any penalty
in case either pnrty refuses to abide
by the awartls of the board of arbi
tration? LOCOMOTIVE KNGINKUK.
The differences between the Eastern
roads and the conductors and trainmen
were arbitrated under the Newlands
act. As that uct makes arbitration
agreements and awards court records,
the awards have nil the force of court
decrees. If either party, after entering
Into an arbitration agreement, refuses
to abide by the award, the court will
compel him to observe it. for the agree
ment and the award constitute a leaal
contract enforceable by the courts. We
have no information as to whether tho
award was put In efTect on the Eastern
roads, but. If It was not, tho brother
hoods can Invoke the entire power of
tho United Stutes courts In their be
half. A Man of the lime.
Ft Louis Tost-Pis patch.
"How Is It. Johnnie, that you have
such a dislike for ma?" said Johnnie's
sister's caller. "I have never done any
thing to deserve It."
"Yes you have." replied the boy.
"When you come to see our Cora aha
always puts back tlio clock and It
makes nie late for school."
Boston Sunday Schools.
Poaton Tranacrlpt.
Mother Sometimes there are rude
bo 4 in Sunday school who finale and
sm'llo at little girls, and sometimes
little glrla smile back at them, but I
hope my little girl does not behave
like that.
Small Daughter No, Indeed, mamma;
I nlwavs put out my tongue at 'em.
Features in The
Sunday Orcgonian
Violet Soup and Orchid Salad.
A pn?e story, illustrated in col
ors, detailiiifr London's latest fad
of serving floral luncheons,
Bearing Wild Beasts.
A personal interview witn a
"lion and animal keeper, tellinn of
tha habits and appetites of captive
animals.
That Eruption at Lassen Peak.
A close ranpe study, bv a geolo
gist, of the California volcano that
is ona rampage.
Will Panama Canal Pay?
A trained observer studies tlio
effect of the canal upon tha
world's tradu routes.
George Ado'a Newest Fablea In
Slang.
Famous Humorist relates tha
Tale of tha Scoffer Who Fell Hard
and the Woman, Bitting By.
Her Women Are the nope of Tor
lorn Mexico.
William Athertou DuPuy de
scribes thuir longsuffering and
toil in troubled republic.
The American Girl Abroad, by
Harrison Fisher
This week the artist takes his
fair creation riding in a gondola in
Venice. .
Woman Loses Her Place la Hanks
of Trench Army.
Minister of War issues edict
against water carriers who served
in war of 1870.
Newest Discoveries in World of
Science.
A page of useful information
for readers, both old and young.
A Picture-Book Page for the Lit
tle Ones.
Short stories, purzlcs, rhymes,
legends, cut-outs and games.
Pour Pages of Colored Comics.
Doe Yak, the District School
Boys, Uncle Jim and Tad and Tim,
Mamma's Angel Child, Hi Hopper
and Genial Gene continue their
amusing adventures.