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THE MORNIXQ OREGOyiAy. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 1914. PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland, Oregon. Postofflco a Second-class matter. Subscription Rates Invariably lm Advance. (By Mall pally, Sunday included, one year ..SS.00 JJaily, Sunday included, six months 4.4 paiiy. Sunday Included, tbree months . 2-26 Xially, Sunday include d, one month ..... -73 Daily, without Sunday, one year 8.00 pally, without Sunday, six months ...... 3-23 Dally, without Sunday, three months .... l-S Daily, without Sunday, one month ...... .S Weekly, one year ...............- 1-50 (Sunday, one year "-0 Sunday and Weakly, one year ..... .0 (By Carrier) Dally, Sunday .included, one year ....... I-00 Dally, Sunday included, one month ..... .15 How to Kemit Send Postofflce money or der, express order or personal check oq your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give Poatoffice address in full, including county and state. Postage liatee 12 to la pages, 1 cent; Is to 82 pases. 2 cents; 34 to 48 pases, 3 cents; to to tH pages. 4 cents; 62 to ?o pages, b cents; 78 to 2 pages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eastern ttuHtness office Verree & Conk, lin Mew York. Bruniwlck building. Chi cago. Stenger building. ban Francisco Office B. J. Bidwell Co, 742 Market street. POKIXANO, THURSDAY, OCT.. 1, 1914. WHI THE WAS TAX? President Wilson insists that Con Kress do not adjourn until the pro posed wax tax shall have been passed. Those anxious Congressmen, who have remained at their post of duty during the hot Summer, and have worried long nights about the campaign and the condition of their fences at home, must face their constituents with an explanation of a. war tax, with no war. The real explanation Is Congres sional extravagance. There is no other. The Democratic Congress has put the brakes on nowhere, except with the river and harbor bill, and there a filibuster conducted by a Re publican Senator, aided by other Re publicans and a few conscience stricken Democrats, saved Congress from a crowning blunder. The income tax is a disappoint ment as a revenue-producer. The tariff 'has Increased imports, but it was before the war, as it is now, a lets effective measure from the In come standpoint than its predecessor. The other sources of revenue have been without material change. The Treasury faces a deficit a de ficit caused primarily by Congression al extravagance. The war as a neces sity for a war tax is a pretext. The Treasury defiict was Inevitable any way. President Wilson, has nowhere laid a restraining hand on Congress.' Con gress has been determined to spend everything in sight and more. Only the vigilance and persistence of a de termined Congressional opposition has accomplished anything for economy. There would be no war tax if the Democratic Congress had kept its pledges. THE MISNOMER. The so-called proportional repre sentation amendment, to be voted on in November, does not in fact provide for proportional representation. It would be nearer exact to style it an amendment partially to disfranchise the voter in the election of Represent atives in the Legislature. Air. Rus, in a letter today, pointedly quotes a statement from the Proportional Rep resentation Society of England declar ing that a plan such as is embodied In the Oregon amendment does not guarantee proportional representation. It is impossible accurately to cal culate what would happen under the operation of this amendment. Candi dates for the Legislature would- be nominated in the primary by the ma jor parties as at present, and in re spect to having their names printed on the official ballot in the general election these candidates would run for office in districts. While a voter could cast his lone vote for any candi date anywhere in the state, he would have to use a sticker or write in the name if his favorite resided outside his own district. Thus in Multnomah County thirteen Republicans (one joint with Clacka mas), thirteen Democrats, thirteen Socialists, thirteen Progressives, and thirteen Prohibitionists would be en titled to places on the ballot. If a full complement of candidates were nomi nated and all were of equal popular ity within their own parties the result, based on the vote in the last election for Secretary of State, and not esti mating the unimportant sticker vote would be as follows: Thirteen Republicans, about 1500 votes each, ajrhirteen Democrats, 582 votes each. Thirteen Progressives, 4 87 votes each. Thirteen Socialists, about 300 votes each. Thirteen Prohibitionists, 87 votes earn. It is apparent from these figures that neither Socialists, Progressives nor Prohibitionists would have a chance to elect a member of the Leg islature from Multnomah County. Votes for the other forty-seven candi dates might be so split elsewhere in the state that Multnomah County would secure more than thirteen Rep resentatives, but twenty-six Multno mah Republicans and Democrats would get office before a Socialist or Progressive would be elected. But there are two factors that would probably combine to give the Social ists and Prohibitionists representation in excess of a number proportionate to their total vote. One is that candi dates chosen in the primary are never equally popular and the other is that, while the three parties that are com pelled to use the direct primary nomi nating method could not prevent a full list of candidates on their ballots, the Prohibitionists and Socialists, which nominate by convention, could nomi nate less than a full ticket. Suppose in Multnomah County three of the Republican candidates were particularly strong and the Socialists nominated only five candidates, tak ing care that all were of about the same strength in their party. If each of the three Republicans received 5000 votes there would be but 6000 Republican votes left to divide among the other ten Republican candidates or an average of BOO each. The five Socialists would receive an average of 760 votes and all five would stand a fair chance of election. In a proper proportional system the Social ists would be entitled to about one und one-half Representatives from Multnomah County, but would elect more than three times that many, while the Democrats, whose correct proportion of the Representatives from Multnomah would be approximately three, would get none, unless they also had succeeded in nominating a few men of extraordinary party popular ity among their thirteen candidates. It is actually possible, under the op eration of this amendment for the So cialist and Prohibition parties, through resort to the machine of convention politics, to elect a majority ot the House. By nominating but one-half the full number of candidates for the Legislature, they would double the power of their total vote. The other parties being bound by the primary system, could not control nominations either in the matter of balancing or shortening the ticket. They, with a full complement of candidates, and with popular men garnering the bulk of party strength, could be overridden by practical politics and minority par ty boss rule. The proportional representation amendment is one of the vicious seven. It proposes an exchange of majority for minority rule, a surren der of franchise rights and a return to machine manipulation in legislative elections. OLD ANI NEW. From Medford, where the soil is rich, the climate pure, the virgin field of opportunity unlimited, and the hand of welcome is extended to the Investor from every part of the. civil ized world, comes this strange misrep resentation as to Mr. Booth and Mr. Withycombe, expressed through the Mail-Tribune: The fields will continue to yield their abundance no matter what party reigns at Washington except those fields which have been unscientif icallv denuded of their timber by Mr. Booth and his associates. There is no "greater abundance" for them, as there has been for Mr. Booth only a half century wait for nature to again bring forth an abundance for the enrichment of a few Booths of the future. Kven these man made wastes can be utilized, but Mr. Booth has made no effort to do it. Dr. Withy combe, however, has a practical solution he would colonize them with Chinese. It is a new offense in Oregon for any man of courage and vision to cre ate a great industry, employing hun dreds of men, where before there had been a howling wilderness. It is a new definition of crime when a citizen sees his opportunity and rises to It, and thereby becomes a real ben efactor to his kind. It is a new offense to buy timber or other lands at the market price, and start sawmills and ship lumber, pay ing honest prices to labor, and giving value received to all comers. New offenses, indeed; buL there exist still old, old meanness an little ness and envy, all aimed at worthy achievement and upright character. LOSING CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE. The silly season is rapidly ap proaching its height in the office of our distressed contemporary, the Evening Journal. By a grand col loboratlve effort between the cartoon ist, the political writer and the editor, it contrived , on Tuesday and on Wednesday to make a pictorial and editorial exposition of the latest wick edness of The Oregonian. This time it was the late lamented assembly. Our friendly neighbor is not sat isfied with the plain statement of The Oregonian that the initiative bill restoring the assembly ought not to pass, and with its further clear and unqualified attitude of opposition; but it pretends to see now a deep, dark plot between The Oregonian and sun dry politicians to restore the assem bly at the next Legislature. There is no such plan, of course, so far as The Oregonian knows; but it admits that it knows far less about it than our displeased friend pretends to know.- Such a plot, if it exists, would be utterly futile. The people would not tolerate it. They have the power to defeat it, and undoubtedly they would do it. What of the referendum? The ref erendum exists for every act passed by the Legislature, except emergency measures. The Legislature that would pass and the Governor who would sign such a bill, with ah emergency clause in order to defeat the referen dum, would expose themselves at once to the recall. Has our little friend, which is so prompt to impute nefarious motives to others, and so seldom has an hon est Impulse of Its own, also lost con fluence In those great weapons of the people, the referendum and the recall? WHO IS TO BLAME? It Is a shocking scandal which in volves those baseball players and ac tors with a group of public school girls. The morals on both sides must be pretty rudimentary, though natur ally the men concerned will be blamed most. It seems that they went delib erately to work to ruin the schoolgirls by alluring promises, deceitful pres ents and all the notorious arts of the seducer. Men of that character should not be ' tolerated in any community. They are a standing menace to the common welfare and the sooner they are shut up in safe confinement the better for the world. But what of the girls who have yielded to these time-worn tricks of the seducer? Why have they not been told of the danger lurking in the ad vances of unprincipled male compan ions? Why have they been allowed to associate in perfect freedom with men whose companionship means ruin to them? Did their parents know of their conduct? Did their teachers warn them of the evil lying in wait for them at every street corner? Were they adequately Instructed in the per ils surrounding them, the temptations incident to their time of life, the con sequences of indiscreet Indulgence. Who is responsible in the last anal ysis for the moral destruction of the&e young and ignorant girls ? Are the young men who seduced them wholly to blame or must their parents and teachers help to bear the shameful burden of guilt? ' THE POPULAR AUTOMOBILE. There is substantial agreement among the newspapers of the country that the automobile has won its place In th world. It is no longer looked ujeon as an enemy by the farmers. The street boys in the cities have ceased to call It a "devil wagon." Like other good things which encounter opposition at their first coming, the automobile has gained general ap proval by the proof of its merits. It is now no uncommon sight to see a farmer and his family speeding to town in their own car. Oftentimes a load of truck is piled In with grandma and the children and all make the trip together without distaste or incon venience. This general taking of the automo bile into public favor has somewhat assuaged the mania for regulative laws which raged over the land some years ago. It is pretty well conceded that speed laws are something of a failure as well as a nuisance. Like other drivers of vehicles, the automo bilist should be compelled to go at "reasonable speed," and If he violates that fundamental rule he must be held responsible for the consequences whether on the city street or the country road. What constitutes reasonable speed is & question left to the good judg ment of the driver. If bis mind is not equal to answering the question prop erly he has no business to be driving a machine. The opinion is growing that drivers oC automobiles ought to submit -to some kind of an examina tion before venturing out upon the highway with their machines. An In expert or reckless driver is a cause of danger to the public. He should he detected before he has the opportunity to work mischief anJ be rigorously suppressed. WOMEN'8 WORK. Some new statistics have just ap peared which relate to the kinds of employment preferred by women. They show most conspicuously, perhaps, that domestic service is not gaining in favor. Girls and women still choose almost any other occupation before they will consent to enter the house hold of a strange mistress. There has Tjeen an astonishing in crease in the number of women bar bers in New York since 1900. This trade utilized 50 per cent more women in 1910 than in 1900. In the former year there were 2629 women barbers in New York. In 1910 there were 3759. During the same interval the number of domestic servants' only increased from 103,000 to 122,000, which was greatly inferior to the growth of the city's population. This can only mean that, while every man may easily get himself barbered either by a person of his own sex or by one of the other, many families must be doing the best they can without do mestic help. Milliners have increased as rapidly -as the "lady barbers." They numbered 7600 in 1900. In 1910 they numbered 12,000. The figures run much the same way for all the trades and vocations except domestic service. That, as we have said, continues to be shunned. Nor need we marvel at the phenomenon. Household work still involves an ele ment of feudalism which the modern woman, no matter how lowly her sta tion and abilities, detests. The rela tion goes by the title of "mistress and maid," while nobody ever thinks of saying "master and servant" when he refers to laundry employes or workers in a cannery. Feudalism has been eliminated from every sphere except the home and the home will always cry in vain for help until some method is discovered of extirpating it from that last asylum. Because of this lingering relic of feudalism domestic service still car ries a social stigma from which most other employments are. free, even though they may be trying to the health and their hours wearisomely long. It is said, too, that few women like to work under one of their own sex. The reason for this haa not been satisfactorily explained, but of the fact there seems to be little doubt. A TOOTHLESS ANTI-TRUST BOX. The House put teeth in the Clayton anti-trust bill, but the Senate care fully pulled "fhem. Special , penalties were attached by the House to the sections prohibiting tying contracts, whereby trusts prevent dealers from selling competitive goods; forbidding price discrimination, interlocking di rectorate and inter-corporate stock holdings. The Senate loaded these sections with qualifying phrases, thus furnishing trusts with Jhe excuse that they did not know they were disobey ing the law. This excuse was then made the excuse for omitting penal ties. Defenders of this emasculated bill made the apology that the penal ties of the Sherman law would apply and they added a proviso that these prohibitions should be enforced by the Trade Commission and the Interstate Commission. Either of these Commis sions can issue an order and apply to court for its enforcement, but the pen alties for violation of court injunctions are slight and could only ber- applied after years of litigation. Senator Reed was heartily support ed by Senators Nelson, Clapp, Jones, Brady and others, but every effort he made was defeated by the regular Democrats with the aid of the reac tionary Republicans. When the bill went into conference, the House made some resistance, but, weary and eager to go home, finally yielded. The out come is a bill resembling a toothless old tiger, which may roar but cannot bite. It will be welcome' news to those who desire genuine anti-trust legisla tion that Mr. Reed Intends to renew the fight by filibustering against the conference report, with a view to hav ing the teeth put back. Mr. Nelson's statement that prior to passage of the bill he was besieged by, trust lobbyists, but that they have not troubled him since is most significant. Evidently they consider that there is no cause to fear it. , The treatment of this bill by the Senate proves that the people cannot trust Congress to pass important legis lation of any value unless they watch closely. During the last two months public attention has been so absorbed by the war that the action of Con gress has passed almost unnoticed. Pressure of war news has caused news dispatches from Washington to be mercilessly condensed and the people have hardly known what was going on. If Mr. Reed and his associates can arouse the people to the vital im portance of effective action, they will render a great service to the Nation. INDIANS NO LONGER WARDS. Some members of the House are still enamored of the old policy of keeping funds belonging to Indians in the hands of the Government and doling them out to the owners in live stock and farm implements as though the Indians were to be kept under perpetual guardianship. Representa tive Hawley recently defeated these gentlemen by securing passage through the House of a bill provid ing for the sale of five sections of land on the Siletz reservation and distribu tion of the proceeds among the mem bers of the tribe. The existing law provides Oiat the proceeds shall be applied to school purposes. Mr. Hawley stated that the Indians hold their land in severalty, pay taxes, aid in support of the county schools, and are in all respects doing their part as citizens. There are 14 county schools on the reservation, which are attended by the Indian chil dren. Hence it is not necessary to ap ply the proceeds of land sales to the school fund. In spite of these facts, Representative Stafford proposed an amendment, fathered by the Indian Bureau, providing that the money be paid to the Indians by the Secretary of the Interior or expended for their benefit as he may prescribe. He ex pressed a fear that some wicked white men would take the money away from the Indians. Surely the Indians have advanced far enough in civilization to manage their own affairs when they are al ready managing their own farms. Doubtless a certain proportion of them are. poor business men or Im provident, but the best means of teaching them wisdom Is to let them profit by experience. There are bad business men among the whites, but jo man proposes to make the Govern ment their guardian. If they yield to me wiles of the get-rich-quick man or the gambler, they must take the con sequences. The Indian should do the same. He can find' no better teach ers than personal responsibility or experience. A Commerce Department bulletin shows the effect of the -war on our eXDOrtS Of certain st9Tt!t In Anvnct No effect on breadstuffs in general is apparent, for there Is an increase of about 1845,000, though, there was a decrease in corn from $540,459 to 3423,408 and in flour from $4,281,024 to $3,39T7,955. The rise in wheat prices is shown by an increase in value of exports from 123,165, 338 to 323,659, 680, though the quantity decreased from 24.S32.654 to 24.079,966 bushels. The war's effect is most marked on cotton, exports of which decreased from 257,168 to 21,210 bales; of meat ana dairy products, which show a de crease from 311.889,947 to 38,527,559; and of mineral oils, which show a de crease from 181,624,512 to 145,657. 792 gallons. The list Of nnA flnnthAr'a rri rr, na which the belligerent nations are pub lishing for the edification of the world wouia be diverting if . the circum stances were not so horrible. In the rare moments when on can forget that a terrible war 1 waging the mu- .u imiwiuauuiui reioina one oi nothing so much as two village scolds giving it to each other over th hark fence with a strong likelihood that what each says is true. Italy's objections to mines floating at random upon the high seaa seem reasonable. She has already lost one vessel with all on board through the reckless use of'rasnes by the Austrians and stands a chance to lose many more. Any other neutral nation may suffer in the same way. What would the people of the United States have to say if one of our lamentably few but still valued ships were to go the way of the Italian? If no other good comes out of the war, it will certainly enlarge the com mon stock of geographical lore. Peo ple who never looked at a map in their lives except under the teacher's ferule are now eagerly studying the geography of Europe and speculating on its probable changes. Which proves again that when people want to learn anything they usually find a way to do it. It is disagreeable to read of trickery at the Pendelton Roundup, particular ly the malignant kind of trickery for which John Snyder has been sent to Jail. What right has a man who would cripple his rival's horse to take part in a show where all is gaiety, mirth and fair competition between gallant cavaliers? Shame on John Snyder and all his ilk. The historian Ferrero, quoted in the Courier Journal, thinks that Italy is quite likely to be drawn into the war. She may seize the occasion to pay off old scores with Austria. The report that 500,000 Italian soldiers are assembled on the Austrian frontier seems to show that Ferrero is a fairly accurate prophet. A French baroness charges that the German Crown Prince sacked her villa of its art treasures and valuable ornaments. She might swear out a French warrant charging him with housebreaking, but some little diffi culty might be encountered in serving the warrant In the vicinity of Verdun. It is reported that the German fleet is being equipped with a mysterious new kind of ordnance preparatory to sailing forth to battle. The German fleet will need ordnance of a type never heretofore devised in order to give battle to the British squadrons in the North Sea. Calm yourself, Genevieve! The heavy firing you hear on the outskirts of the city so early this morning is merely a few thousand pheasant hunt ers in action on the opening day of the bird season. The Japanese give as their excuse for holding a Chinese railway the fact that a mine was found on neutral ter ritory. Leave it to the Japs to find excuses. Oregon is an equal-suffrage state and the woman vote is always right because it cannot be otherwise; but woman must register to vote. The 1915 Fair, by harvesting the tourist crop that ordinarily Invades Europe, should really profit by the war. - What the Germans appear to need more than anything else is a busier press agent at the front in France. Peaceful thoughts will make peace in the world when enough people get to thinking them. All Lloyd-George need do is hold up his finger and he will' get the army of 50,000 Welshmen. It looks more and more like a Re publican landslide at the .. polls next month. Europe has nothing on the China pheasant in the way of a battle line. How are you getting on with your Christmas shopping? Now Is the time. The street-corner board of strategy should adjourn during peace week. Little Belgium is the bulldog of Eu rope when it means fighting. Johnny McGraw will be able to see a game without worrying. These are days of wracking uncer tainty for the war expert. Pluvius was good to Salem yester day, for he laid the dust. "Foe flees," says a dispatch from Paris. Does, or has? Somebody used the clippers on the state barber funds. Roosevelt is a dandy recruit in the Prohibition ranks. If you cannot go early to Salem to day.' 50 later. The Haggerty ii5t means home rule, no leas. Stars and Starmakers BY LBONB CABS BABE. Reg'lar magician's work for some men to make up their minds. They do it with apparently no material on hand to work with. e Bright little newsboy that who yelled "Ten thousand soles lost in factory Are." It was a shoe factory. e . Woman named Myrtle Arabella sent in a war pome entitled "Why. oh. Why. Do I Remain Living.' Managing editor says one, reason is because she mailed the poem instead of bringing it into him personally. e a 'Richard Bennett, the promoter of "Damaged Goods," bas signified to vaudeville managers his willingness to take a ten weeks' flyer in vaudeville. He is vacationing in New Jersey, see The opening date for the Charles, Frohman tri-star combination, which includes Blanche Bates. Marie Doro and William Gillette, has been set' for October 16 at the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City. A revival of Sardou's "Diplomacy" will be the play. a e Margaret Anglin has decided it is better to have jelly on her bread and butter than an artistic soul and go without the butter and jelly. So she has shelved all the hand-painted scenery she had made for her venture Into Shakespearean comedy and Is go ing to spend this whole season on tonr, reviving one of her former paying suc cesses "Lady Windermere's Fan." She opened at Philadelphia last Monday night. e m John McCormack, according to a re port from London, has denoted his patriotism by presenting to the Brit ish troops fighting on the Continent 50.000 cigarettes. Ralph Kellard is playing leads at the Alcazar stock in San Francisco.. - Mary Boland Isn't going to be John Drew's leading woman any more. She Is rehearsing in a new play to be sent up by Joseph Brooks. It's title is "My Lady's Dress." e - Allen Campbell, son of the perpetu ally lovely and temperamental Mrs. Pat Campbell, sailed last week on the Cel tic from New York to Join a British regiment at the front in response to a cablegram from his mother. The cable was peremptory and charactertistic of Mrs. Pat. It said, "Come home at once. England needs you. Take first boat." e Irving Berlin, the song writer, says that if ever the Russians capture Ber lin he is going to change his name to Irving Petrograd. e Eva Tanguay announces that she will present Eva Tanguay this season in ""Miss Tobasco," a new Viennese musical comedy in which are fourteen solo numbers for Eva Tanguay written about Eva Tanguay by her husband, MrEva Tanguay, known professionally as Johnny Ford. Among the celebrities who have ral lied to the colors of their respective countries is Mikall Mordkin, the Rus sian dancer. Mordkin, in conjunction with Madame Alexandra Balachowa, was giving a "Dance Bacchanale" to large and delighted houses at the Em pire in London, when the ukase was Issued calling Russian subjects to the support of the empire. He Immediately canceled his engagement and hastened to the front, where he Joined the In 'fantry. ,As for Madame Balachowa, she has given up the costume of the butterfly In which she pirouetted upon the stage for the uniform of a Red Cross nurse. e Grace Reals, one time a Baker lead ing woman, is appearing in "A Modern Girl," a new comedy just out in New York. Ruth Comfort Mitchell and Marion Fairfax are its authors, and Julius Steger has the principal mascu line role. David Warfield's second season in "The Auctioneer" will open Monday. October 5, at Trenton, N. J. His tour will take him to the Pacific Coast after playing the principal cities of the South, and extending through Texas, where "The Auctioneer" has never been played. Mr. Belasco has re-engaged practically the same cast that sup ported Mr. Warfleld last season, includ ing Marie Bates. This la the character actress Marie Bates, whose appearance In Portland is invariably the signal for a flock of queries if she is Blanche Bates' mother. She is not. Edna Archer Crawford is playing with the Grand Opera-House Stock at Brooklyn, N. Y. e Another sketch of Willard Mack has been put on in vaudeville. This one, "The Cast-Off," is to be presented by Maurice Freeman on the Orpheum time. Julia Gifford (Mrs. Robert Fitzsim mons). lately of vaudeville circles. Is now en tour in "Little Boy Blue," sing ing the title role. Julia will come to this coast. e e Olga Nethersole is now a nurse with the British army. ' Grace George will be presented in Clyde Fitch's "The Truth" this season, but it is not settled that she will come to the Coast. e Ida St. Leon,--beloved here for her work in "Polly of the Circus," and last season as Amy in "Little Women," is in the new .Eastern company giving "Help Wanted." see Whether the war is responsible or not doesn't appear, but Adeline Genee. the dancer, has abandoned her idea of abandoning the stage, has come to America and is booked for a vaudeville tour ot twenty weeks. Law Now Dead Letter T PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (To the Ed itor.) Your news columns say the City Commissioners are to consider the re peal of the dog muzzling act. .Have they found out that prohibiting dogs running at large without muzzles does not prohibit? Where you see one dog muzzled, you see ten without muz zles. Enforce the law or repeal it. It has been a farce since it was passed. JUSTICE. Sagg rtinm In Art. ' 1IUustration. Visitor to the Salon How many pic tures are there? Attendant More than 6000, sir. Visitor How fatiguing, and I have only half an hour to spend. Why don't they hang them end to end along the subway tracks? WHERE ARK PROMISED REPORTS f UOTtnor-i Pledge- to prodnre Game Accessti Periodically Not Kept. PORTLAND, Sept. 30. (To the Edi tor.) When - Governor West reorgan ized the Fish and Game Commission last March he stated that In the future public statements would be made periodically, showing the distribution of expenses by the Commission in order that the public might know that its money was not being wasted. Have any such statements been made? Governor West proposed to cut down the expenses of the department, but his method of doing so was most strange. He reduced in salary and in rank William 1 Finley, ex-eUate Game Warden, and Mr. Clanton. ex-Fish Warden. Into the vacancies thus made he put Theodore Opsund and Mr. Evans. These two new appointees now draw the salaries that Mr. Finley and Mr. Clanton formerly drew, while Finley and Clanton now draw salaries which were not provided for up until West's reorganization. The Governor reduced expenses upward! At the time of the reorganization, I held a position as deputy game warden. I was discharged with the majority of wardens throughout the state, but im mediately reappointed, the letter con taining my appointment stating "that In order that I may have time to look around, you will be expected to con tinue your active duties for the first 15 days of the month without pay," or words very similar and having the same meaning. There were at that Jme practically 85 or 40 wardens and If the same policy was followed In all cases the saving in each case of 15 days' salary would amount to considerable in the end. Surely the laborer is worthy of his hire. Before I entered the service of the Fish and Game Commission I used to think that West was an ideal Governor. Now I know that he is what I have seen him described in the Eastern papers, "a grandstand player." a man without sense or reason. When he crippled the efficiency of Mr. Finley he lost to the-State of Oregon one of the foremost If not the first leader In game conservation and in the growing movement to educate the people to the uses and the value of our game re sources. Mr. Finley has been fitted by nature for the work he was doing in the department and was just about to make important changes for the bet terment of the service. The man who now holds his place is neither fitted by education, experience or talent for the place. The same applies to Mr. Op sund. The present Fish Warden was formerly Mr. Clanton's clerk or sten ographer and In that position lies his only qualification for the position of State Fish Warden. As the matter now appears to the public, Mr. Clanton and Mr. Finley have offices in the Pittock block and Messrs. Evans and Opsund draw the big sal aries, with' offices In Salem (another reduction in expenses). I do not think that there ever was a more reactionary movement, a more injurious step taken in the management of any state fish and game department. Governor West has "cut down ex penses" by creating two new offices and two headquarters Instead of one; he has crippled the work of the de partment. As far as expense goes, the Commission was not. to the best of my understanding, receiving appropria tions from the Legislature. Mr. Finley had brought it to the place where It was operated entirely from the funds received through the sale of licenses. If. in picking his successor for office, Mr. West has used the same judgment as he has shown in his handling of the Fish and Game Commission, It will be Oregon's greatx misfortune if his choice is elected. GAME LOVER. MEASURE IS NOT TRUE TO NAME Mr. Rus Quotes Proportional Represen tation Society Against Oregon Bill. PORTLAND. Sept. 30. (To the Edi tor.) It is not my desire to controvert the principle of proportional represen tation, but the measure which has been submitted to us under that title is such a crude makeshift that I am forced to reject it. The main trouble with this measure is: It will not give us propor tional representation, and I am inclined to think that the party or parties who drafted the measure and wrote the af firmative argument for the official pamphlet know that It will not give us proportional representation. After carefully reading the affirma tive argument in the official pamphlet, I notice that the phraseology of the enumerated results given in the first column of the argument is almost Identical With the language used by the Proportional Representation Society of England In stating the aims of that society. The following quotation is taken from a publication furnished me by the American Proportional Repre sentation League, but issued by the first-named organization: "The single vote In a constituency returning several members will not, however, guarantee proportional rep resentation, i. e., the fair representa tion of majorities and minorities alike. To attain this the vote must be made transferable. For, when the elector en ters the polling booth he does not know (1) whether the man for whom he desires to vote will get more sup port than he requires to Insure elec tion, or (2) whether he will obtain so few votes as to be hopelessly out of the running. The elector wants to vote for his favorite, but he does not wish to throw his vote away." The transferable feature which is embodied In the proportional represen tation laws of foreign countries has been left out of th proposed measure, and consequently It would never ac complish the promised results. On the other hand, the amendment doas con tain certain features -which should have been left out. For attempting to palm upon us a poor imitation for the genuine article, the voters, if for no other reason, ought to vote 349X No. INNE RUS. . ' New Supreme Justice. GILBERT. Or., Sept. 27. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly tell me if President Wil son appointed ex-President Taft Jus tice of Supreme Court, and why didn't he take seat, or when? A SUBSCRIBER. The President appointed James Clark McReynolds, Attorney-General in his Cabinet, to the vacancy on the Supreme Bench. Genius lid Talent. Cincinnati Enquirer. Willies Paw, what Is the difference between genius and talent? Paw Talent gets paid every Satur day, my son. Autumnal Fields By Deai Collins. Red is the fair Autumnal field; Upon the boughs the bright leaves flush; And the strewn earth beneath them yields The glory of September's blush; And o'er the sod, the goldenrod. Nods with a stately golden nod. Kiss of the frost on maple leaves; Brown acres crossed by files of sheaves, And great moon like a burnished shield Oh. fair and red is the Autumn field. Red Is the broad Autumnal field: And rent the banners of the trees; And on trre strewn earth lies revealed Such booty as the buzzards seize; And toward the skies the war smokes rise; Dead faces stare with glassy eyes. Torn flags of Germany or France; And weary columns' Blow advance; And broad moon like a bloody shield 'Oh. grim and red la the Autumn field. Twenty-Five Years Ago From Ths Oresonian. September 29, 1SS0. La Grande. The Idaho conference ol the Methodist Episcopal Church is in session here. Bishop Bowman presiding. Charges have been preferred against rtev. t. ai. irwin. superintendent of the Indian school, and he Is now beins tried. Chicago. The exDendlture of 1 150.- 000.000 by two English syndicates for tne control of an extraordinary aggre gate of industrial enterprises in the ' United States was completed here to day. No business was acquired for them in the United States which has not paid at least 12 14 per cent a year for the last five years. Grain elevators, flour mills and breweries have been the favorite investment- The repre sentatives on the ground denied It was tne beginning of a great British trust. " saying each enterprise would be op erated separately. Among the members of the advisory committee is D. G. Mac- reae. editor of the -London Financial Times. New York. It is said that Perry Belmont, who resigned from the Fif tieth Congress - to become Minister to Spain. Is willing to return to Congress as successor, to the late "Sunset" Cox. Colosrne. ThA PnlnirnA RautlA vlHi- culea the gossip about the appointment 01 a successor to rrince Bismarck. The Chancellor Is still powerful enough, it says, to protect his rights and defend himself against the attacks of unau thorized persons. No statesman or mili tary person, it said, has an v idoa. of replacing Bismarck. Shamokin. Pa. John Brennen.- t Shamokin, has fallen heir to 32.000.000 left him by his aunt, Mrs. J. H. Carson. Brennen was a miner, but broke his leg and was forced to go to the almshouse in 1884. The success of Newspaper day at the Exposition has been accorded to L. Samuel, of the West Shore, who had the arrangements In charge. Among the 'visiting newspapermen entertained were: Frank J. Parker, of the Walla Walla Statesman; F. A. Chausse. Cot tage Grove Leader; W. N. Carter, Al bina Courier, and S. M. Yoran, Eugene Register. A number of citizens, including Uah Byars. R. Merrick. C. H. RafTety. A. L. Powell, George Periy. E. M. Sargent, A. W. Llewellyn, W. B. Welsh. John BeDoest. XV. E. Freeman, John Wendt and W. C. Morgan, have petitioned Jus. tice Mayo, of East Portland, to rei'und the 34 fee taken for marrying an aged couple recently. The Justice said ha would take It under advisement. The Oregon statutes fixes the fee at $5. Rabelais this morning, contributes a long article on the succulent oyster, giving us some new and startling views, at the same time betraying a deep and abiding affection for it. Mrs. Ernest Palmer entertained at luncheon Tuesday. Those present were: Mrs. Edward Cookingham, Mrs. George P. Frank, Miss Ada McCraken, Miss Frank, Miss Clara WThitehouse, Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. James McCraken. E. T. Howes and his bride, formerly Helen M. Dodge, arrived September 27 from San Francisco. They will start soon on their honeymoon to Europe. Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonian October 3, 1864. A gang of some IS or 20 convicts from the penitentiary were set at work Saturday grading the private, property corner of Market and Front streets for Dr. J. A. Chapman, who has it In contemplation to erect a handsome residence on the ground next season. The stakes of grade were set in ac cordance with the provisions of the Common Council by City Surveyor Burrage. The last month's travel by Overland coaches from this city south shows a number of passengers amounting to over 400. This is an increase of 100 over the corresponding month for last year. Parties who often are delayed for a steamship take to the coach and arrive at San Francisco about as quick, which is owing to the good manage ment of the line. - New York, Sept. 30. City Point cor respondence says the greatest enthus iasm has been produced in our army by recent victories. Refugees report great consternation in Richmond. Citizens are packing up thir goods and leaving. The weather In this section has as sumed a variety of shapes and phases during the last ten days, winding up yesterday with some high winds, blow ing the dust on the streets in the most impenetrable powder into the face and eyes of perambulators. The time of meeting of the Fenian Brotherhood, in this city. has been changed from Sunday afternoon to Mon day evening. The Street Commissioner was low ering the grade of the new sidewalk in front of the new building. No. 89 Front street, on Saturday. The "hump" is reduced. During the absence of Company A at Salem, their armory In this city was forcibly entered by the smashing in of the door panels. It Is not known whe ther anything had bean stolen. Salem. Oct. 1. A petition from the citizens of Jacksonville, praying for the repeal of their city charter, was pre sented in the House of Representatives today by Mr. BealL It was referred to a committee of representatives from Jackson County. St. Johns. Nova Scotia. Sept. 29. The Saxonia, from Southampton 21, passed Cape Race this evening. The London Times considers the capture of Atlanta the crowning success of the Southwest ern Army. The rebel loan declined 3 per cent, s The theater was engaged Friday eve ning and was well filled to hear the speeches of Senator Williams. Thomas H. Pearne. and Governor Gibbs. The speech of our new Senator was a mas terly effort, in which the absurd po sition of the McClellan party was elo quently exposed. Peasion for Seventy- Years. Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. "War is hell!" cried Mr. Casey, re peating the famous saying. "It Is not," declared Mr. Grogan. "Did annybuddy ivver hear av a sojer comin back from hell an' drawln' a pinsion for sivinty years?" "Noise and a Message" The difference between "publicity" and "advertising" la the difference between a "noise" and a definite message. Publicity makes a noise. Advertising says soraethinft! Every advertlsementin the daily newspaper la a definite proposal from an earnest business man. He believes he has something of interest to say or he would not ad vertise. He feels people will want to read his messaste or he would not use the newspapers. Advertising In newspapers ' pays when it is a definite constructive message, valuable to the people who read it.