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QUESTIONS; AND MOKE QUESTIONS.
The Oregonian uses a little cam
paign article from the Baker Demo
crat as a text for a few remarks on
the probable course of Mr. Booth as
Senator from Oregon. It is impos
sible, of course, to say what any one
would do, or might do, in all circum
stances; but it may be stated with
confidence that Mr. Booth would
carry out his campaign pledges, and
act in accordance with his own firm
convictions as to all questions of pub
lic policy. Elected as a Republican he
would be expected to support gener
ally the principles for which the Re
publican party stands; but we have
no idea that he would in any import
ant matter whatever compromise his
Judgment or conscience or yield his
Independence.
It is probable (1) that Mr. Booth
would insist that no nation can live
by itself or for itself alone, and that
it should at whatever cost do its
iKgh and solemn duty by any deso
lated and revolution-torn neighbor.
He would never refuse to do any duty
becatiee it is easier and cheaper to
refuse.
Mr. Booth would (2) doubtless have
Toted for the Administration's Alaska
bill. All members of Congress from k
the Pacific Northwest supported it.
Mr. Booth would have voted (3)
against the Underwood tariff bill, to
which the income tax was added asJ
a, rider. He would have supported
any proper income tax measure.
Mr. Booth would (4) doubtless
have voted against repeal of the Sher
man anti-trust bill, though he would
have favored any suitable amend
ment. Mr. Booth would (5) of course have
favored any practicable plan of trade
extension.
Mr. Booth .would (6) doubtless not
have voted against the new currency
law.
How can any Senator (7) vote to
repeal a peace treaty? v The Bryan
treaties are harmless.
The Payne-Aldrich law (8) was
enacted in 1909. It was supported
by Republican Senators generally.
Mr. Bourne voted for it. Probably
Mr. Booth would have done the same.
Mr. Chamberlain voted against it, but
he voted with Aldrich for a duty on
iron ore.
Undoubtedly Mr. Booth (9) would
have voted for the direct election of
United States Senators. The princi
ple of Statement One was opposed by
many Republicans, The Oregonian
among them, because they believed, it
to be an ingenious evasion of the
Constitution. It was supported by Mr.
Chamberlain and his allies because
they thought that in that way he could
be elected United States Senator.
Now The Oregonian, on its own
authority, has sought to say what it
believed Mr. Booth would have done
in Air. Chamberlain's place. It ap
pears fair in return to ask a few
questions, which it desires the Baker
Democrat, or Senator Chamberlain, to
answer:
Why did Senator Chamberlain,
elected as a non-partisan, join the
Democratic senatorial caucus and
vote for every partisan measure ex
cept free tolls) ?
Why does Senator Chamberlain
omit from all his campaign literature
the fact that he is the Democratic
candidate for United States Senator?
Why did Senator Chamberlain, an
assembly candidate for Governor in
1906, and an avowed advocate of the
assembly for Democrats, after he had
Deen nominated and elected, re
pudiate the assembly? Or did he re
pudiate it?
Why did Senator Chamberlain,
elected by a Republican Legislature
as a result of a direct primary vote.
refuse in 1903 to advise the Legisla
ture to elect Mr. Geer, a direct
primary nominee, also elected by the
people as Senator?
v ny aid isenator Chamberlain, a
Democrat, avoid a declaration for Mr.
Bryan, the Democratic Presidential
nominee, in 1908. and-leave Portland
on a Junket, when the Bryan ratifica
tion meeting was held?
Why did he persuade the Demo
cratic convention of 1902, which nom
inated him for Governor, to omit all
reference to Mr. Bryan?
Where was Senator Chamberlain
when section 9 of the original recla
mation act, requiring the expenditure
of many millions of dollars in Oregon
was repealed?
What has Senator Chamberlain
done to relieve the people of Oregon
from the palsying grasp of a false
and ruinous Federal conservation ?
What has Senator Chamberlain
done to make easier terms and con
ditions for tlie homesteader, or to
bring about settlement of unoccupied
lands ?
Did or did not Senator Chamber
lain publicly threaten to bolt the
Democratic caucus on the tariff, and
afterwards yield to the demands of
caucus rule?
Did or did not Senator Chamber
lain say he favored a 15 per cent duty
on raw wool?
What did Senator Chamberlain do
to prevent the gross discrimination by
& Democratic tariff act against the
products of this stateoats, hay, lum
ber, milk, butter, cream, cheese, hogs,
fruit, beef, and all the rest?
Why did not the Senator redeem
his public pledge, made in 1908, that
he would support the Roosevelt pol
icies? Is Senator Chamberlain now run
ning for re-election as a Democrat or
non-partisan? Or what?
If Senator Chamberlain agrees to
support the policies of President Wil
son, what will he do when the Pan
ama tolls bill comes up again?
Why was a speech made by Sen
ator Chamberlain in July, 1913, ex
punged from the record?
Why did Senator Chamberlain
name Oswald "West to be his succes
sor as Governor?
What promise of a Federal job
has Senator Chamberlain made for
Oswald West?
What will Senator Chamberlain do
to secure for Oregon a fair tariff duty
on its products?
Where does Senator Chamberlain
stand in the plan for a non-partisan
tariff board, as opposed to tariff-making-
by log rolling and collusion,
such as produced the Payne-Aldrich
act and the Underwood act?
Many more questions might be
asked, and perhaps they will be. But
we fancy these will keep the Senator
or his Baker paper busy for a time,
if either answers. The Oregonian
cannot, of course, be prevented from
putting its interrogatories by a fright
ened appeal to any partisan Demo
cratic Sheriff, who threatens to smash
anybody that dares to embarrass the
Senator by untimely and undesired interruptions.
WHEN AND WHERE?
The only interest The Oregonian
has, or the public may have, in the
much-touted announcement that the
Ashland Tidings, said to be a Repub
lican newspaper, had repudiated Mr.
Withycombe, and enlisted under the
banner of Dr. Smith, is that the Ash
land paper says he "stands boldly for
the Oregon system, for state-wide
prohibition and strict law . enforce
ment, and does not hesitate to an
nounce his principles without In
nuendo or evasion."
- For state-wide prohibition? When
and where did Dr. C. J. Smith,
Democratic candidate, declare for
state-wide prohibition?
Does Dr. Smith stand by his prin
ciples "without innuendo or evasion"?
Ask Mr. ITRen who tried' to sound
him out on prohibition. '
FALSE ISSUES.
The ceaseless sputter in ga of the
Democratic press and the Demo
cratic orators about the assembly, the
single-item veto, the wicked purposes
of. the "reactionaries," the direct pri
mary, Statement One, and so .forth
and so forth, are all there is to the
Democratic campaign. .. They are an
affront to the public intelligence.
If Mr. Withycombe outlines a pol
icy of prudence in expenditures and
restraint in legislative appropriations,
there is loud criticism about his posi
tion on the dead-and-buried Chinese
question of the '80s.
If Mr. Booth declares for a policy
that is designed to start again the
hum of industry, to fill empty dinner
pails, and to protect the local pro
ducer of agricultural products, there
is a noisy demand to know where he
got his wealth, with the dishonest
implication that he, got it unfairly.
If Mr. McArthur pledges himself to
labor in Congress for "a greater
Oregon through sane conservation,
through settlement of .public lands,
through improvement of rivers and
harbors, and through sound National
legislation, he is accused of being an
enemy of 'Statement One.1 . .
Thus it is sought, by -evasion and
implication, to raise false issues and
to revive old prejudices so as to turn
the public mind away from matters
of real moment to our welfare.
It is not possible that the public
will permit itself to be humbugged
The people want service, not bun
combe; performance, not words; pros
perity, not psychology.
MISREPRESENTED? rfcRHAP.
Now here is Governor West again,
pretending that he -has been misrep
resented by The Oregonian, because
t said in a news article, yesterday.
that he had reprieved Pender and
Wilkins, the murderers. The basis of
The Oregonian's remark, which was
entirely incidental to a general dis
cussion of the death penalty in Ore
gon, was a statement for publication
by Governor West, made at Salem,
September 14, 1914, as follows:
I have decided to defer the hangings of
Pender and Wilkins until after the Legis
lature meets. 1 have been asked to com
mute their sentences, but have declined to
do that. If the men don't hang, it won't
be any fault of mine. Certain persons seem
to want the electric chair substituted for the
rope. It was considered seriously at the last
session I believe the bill passed the House
ind will be at the next one. The instal
lation of the apparatus will cost about
$20,000. The rope costs $2 and .can be used
to advantage later on the farm at the
prison. .It seems, tinder the present high
taxes, a useless was-e of money to rhance
from the present effective system. By de
terring the hangings, tne Legislature can
get first-hand information- regarding the
present system.
Possibly the gross misrepresenta
tion the Governor has discovered
rests in the assumption by The Ore
gonian that his promise to reprieve
is as good as the official document.
As to other Governors Oregon has had,
it would not be misrepresentation.
As to Governor West perhaps it is.
He ought to know. But it is a strange
man who is offended "when his honor
and good faith are accepted at face
value. Again we ask, is the man
crazy?
A DELIGIITFTT, FUNCTION.
Mr. Bryan has conceived a pleasant
little plan for commemorating his
twenty-nine new peace treaties. It is
to beat twenty-nine old swords into
miniature plowshares and present
them to the ambassadors who have
signed the treaties. ,. There is high
scriptural authority for doing this
and Mr. Bryan i3 never so happy as
when he is obeying the Scriptures.
The prophet Micah foresaw a time
when "they should beat their words
into plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks." The latter part of
the ceremony seems to have been
overlooked by our pacific Secretary
of State. Why not make some prun
Ing hooks out of discarded bayonets
and thus completely fulfill the proph
ecy? Halfway measures are seldom
entirely satisfactory.
In their way the treaties are im
portant, and It is proper to commem
orate their conclusion. We do not
suppose they will ever prevent a war
when there is real cause for it, but
they may prevent such causes from
maturing to the point of violence
When two countries are inflamed with
the war mania no treaties will be like,
ly to keep them from fighting.;
Mr. Bryan's new treaties are prin
cipally valuable not as preventives of
war but as an expression of interna
tional feeling. Just as legislation in
dicates, but does not form, public
opinion, so these arbitration agree
ments signify a widespread desire to
avoid bloodshed. Whether civiliza
tion has reached a point where such
desires can be gratified or not is an
other matter.
History shows us that war has al
ways been a habitual and normal
phenomenon in the world. In the
same way among primitive men per
sonal fights were habitual and nor
mal. The progress of civilization
finally obliged individuals to refer
their private quarrels to the courts for
settlement.' No doubt a time ' will
come when nations will be obliged to
do something similar. Perhaps some
persons now living will see the ' day
when war-seeking rulers will be haled
Into court and compelled to give
bonds to keep the peace. The ex
pense of an international police force
to hold such characters in decent sub
jection would be trifling compared
with the cost of war.
HIIALL TWO MURDERERS GO FREE?
If the amendment to abolish capital
punishment had been intended to
save the necks of Wilkins and Pender,
the two men now under conviction of
murder in the first degree, it could
not have been more craftily designed.
The Oregonian does not pretend to
say that -It iwas so designed, but the
strong probability is that it will save
them from death, whether adopted or
defeated.
There Js now but one penalty
prescribed for murder in the first de
gree. That penalty is death. " The
amendment forbids capital punish
ment. If it be adopted there will be
no way of carrying out the judgment
of the courts in the two cases, pro
vided the men are not executed in
the meantime or their sentences
commuted by the Governor.
A judgment, of conviction . rests
against the two men. The Supreme
Court has affirmed this judgment
and upon certification of its opinion
the judgment of the Supreme Court
becomes the judgment of the lower
court. The fact that the formality of
setting the day for the executions had
not been performed would not alter
the case. The state's best legal opin
ion is agreed on this. If abolishment
of capital punishment carries and the
status of the two men is not changed
between now and the end of election
day the men will go free.
- Yet if their fate is left in uncer
tainty .the vote on the anti-capital
punishment bill will be vastly af
fected. Many who otherwise might
approve it will not consent to its
enactment If it gives absolute liberty
to. two guilty murderers. It appears
that the Governor has the choice be
tween taking no action and thereby
contributing to the defeat of a meas
ure of which he is in favor, or com
muting their sentences between now
and election day to life imprison
ment. It is not hard to guess what
he will do. . .
ASSAUMTNO THE CHANNEL, PORTS.
It is very clear that the. Germans
have lately set about doing by char
acteristic method what they failed to
accomplish by a sudden rush. Su
perior German mobility having failed
to crush France, Teuton organization
and tenacity are now being st in mo
tion to do the work systematically and
patiently. Recent German operations
in the north make it apparent that
the Great General Staff has read
justed and revised its strategical pro
gramme, thus recognizing the impos
sibility of crushing France with a
continuation of the swift blows that,
at the outset, hadtho French nation
reeling.
Taking Antwerp and cleaning up
the German military backyard in Bel
gium must be accepted as the first
steps in the new plan of campaign.
Taking the channel ports is the sec
ond step, and, 'as it would seem, a far
more difficult step. Taking Ostend
appears to have been no great task,
but the investment of Dunkirk, the
one fortified channel port, is requir
ing a more serious effort. The
French and British are also concen
trating heavy forces to support Calais
and Boulogne, landing points for Brit
ish reinforcements and ports of .con
siderable strategical value.
Aside from the advantage of plac
ing them nearer Great ., Britain "and
giving them points which may later
prove of high value in "impending
naval engagements, occupation of the
channel ports would aid the Germans
in reforming their battle line in
France. With the channel ports in
their possession the Germans would
no longer have t- protect their flanks
with heavy forces. The English
Channel would perform that valuable
service for them. A French turning
movement, such as sent Von Kluck
flying back from the Marne, would
be rendered out of the question. At
the same time, with the German'left
resting on Metz, formidable German
stronghold, a flanking movement
would likewise become impossible In
that direction. Another great ad
vantage would ,be that of shortening
the German line by more than half.
For example, it is only half as far
from Boulogne to Lille, which the
Germans hold, as from Lille to Ant
werp. The German battle line now
extends In a westerly direction from
Metz to the vicinity of San Quentin,
from which point it turns at a sharp
angle to the north, a position due to
the turning movement of the allied
left against Von Kluck. It flows
north in an irregular course to Lille
Ghent and Ostend. Taking the chan
nel ports and moving ' heavy forces
through northern France, the Ger
mans would make necessary a draw
ing back of thef French left. If the
Germans succeed in taking Boulogne
and forcing ahead what will then be
their left center In the region be
tween San Quentin and Noyon, their
line will flow almost straight west
from Metz to the channel, and they
will have a front of sixty miles to
take care of rather than one of 160.
The value of such a position would
be immense, since, with a shortened
line, firmly intrenched and free from
possible flanking movements, they
could concentrate their- forces and
either assume the offensive or firmly
resist efforts to expel them from
their position. Their- position in
France would be deep rooted on the
second French defense line. Not
only their flanks would be secure, but
their lines of communication would
be perfectly protected with the Bel
gian forces out of the way in their
fear. Uprooting the Teuton invad
ers from such a position would prove
a stupendous task.
Whether, should they succeed in
drawing In and reforming their in
trenched line, the Germans will pro
ceed to force the allies back on the
French third defence line with Paris
as their Immediate objective will de
pend on developments In the Eastern
campaigns. Pressure from Russian
forces might make it necessary to
draw off heavy forces from the short
ened line. Fighting on the offensive,
the Germans would be able to spare
perhaps as many as four or five
corps temporarily. Still the more
logical course would appear to be a
second assault on Paris, since the al
lies will continue to reinforce, while
the Russians have all the troops they
are likely to dispatch with Winter
near and the problem of transport
ing, supplies over three haphazard
railway lines a serious one when the
freezing weatner ana neavy snqws
set in. A different climatic condition
to the "west will merely cause much!
suffering without seriously impeding
military operations.
As for the effect on Great Britain
of occupation of the channel ports
the immediate result cannot prove
serious any farther than to force
British reinforcements to enter by the
southern route. Zeppelin raids might
be undertaken across the narrow
Straits of Dover, but these could do
little more than terrorize the British
people. The moral effect of German
occupation of territory almost within
cannon range of Great Britain must
not be overlooked, but until the
naval issue has been fully settled an
invasion of Britain will.be out of the
question, since German troop ships
would not dare venture out in the
face of powerful British naval patrols.
From our point of view the war is
a genuine piece of economy for the
United States. It keeps our tourists
at home and thus saves the country
at least $250,000,000 a year. Since
this is all clear gain to the tourists it
would be perfectly fair to take half
of it for public purposes, such as
building a National highway from
New York to San Francisco. Of
course, a bare mention of the matter
is enough. The money wiy be turned
over at once by the thankful tourists.
This country has always envied
Europe its ruins. They had so many
over there and we so few. When the
war is ended the disparity will be
still more glaring and our humilia
tion more bitter than ever. To the
former supply Louvain, Namur and
Antwerp have : been added already,
with a prospect of still further en
richment. Why not burn up four or
five cities," since we are not likely to
get any ruins by war and thus main
tain a decent rivalry?
The hazing mania, which is com
monly called the college spirit, has
been quiescent in Oregon this Fall, but
n Maryland it rages as usual. Five
schoolboys at Annapolis murdered
one of their classmates in a hazing
orgy the other day. Of course, it was
only fun" and' the culprits will
escape, as they always do, with the
connivance of their teachers. But
such fun seems a trifle out of place
in the United States.
Secretary Bryan said at the Balti
more convention that ho was through
with compromise with Tammany. He
has now written a letter urging the
election as Senator from New York
of James W. Gerard, who has always
been obedient to Tammany anal who
sought and obtained a judgeship with
its aid. The exigencies of politics
bring even the pure Bryan into
strange company.
No man liveth unto himself. The
war lords enjoy themselves fighting
in Europe and the rest of mankind
suffer for it. The war has ruined the
market for furs and trapping and
Indians of the Canadian North- are
starving. If the dancers could be
made to pay the. fiddler themselves It
would seem more just.
Nieuport ia the place where the
allied-English and Dutch defeated the
Spanish Invaders 300 years ago and
set Holland free. Now the allied
English, French and Belgians must
meet on 'the same spot an invader
more formidable than the Spaniards
and the fate of more than Holland
hangs In the balance.
It will be interesting to see whether
the Germans can hold the Belgian
ports under fhe fire of the British
fleet. In former wars this would not
have been possible but very few of the
old conditions have survived. Mod
ern warfare is as full of surprises as
modern science. .
'
The French are more quick wltted
than the English. The London mob
stupidly destroys German property
The French destroy nothing. They
quietly appropriate it to their own
uses. Their thrift looks like a bet
ter war measure than the British
violence.
War brides are being multiplied by
the thousands in England and every
encouragement is given to the idea
Just as though the crop of widows
and orphans and the pension Vbill
wouldn't be big enough without
boosting.
Possibly it were better to have the
Supreme Court pass upon laws made
by the Legislature In the time between
passage and taking effect. Such ac
tion would stifle the "emergency'
rush at least.
If some imaginative writer had
written a story painting half what has
happened in Belgium th.e past few
weeks he would have been set down
as a lunatic.
Villa, Bryan's champion. of peace In
Mexico, has surrounded the peace
conference with his army. Peacefu
Villa. Peaceful Mexico. Peaceful
Bryan. -
Belgians, war stricken and run out
of their own country, may come to
the United States. But can we as
sure them permanent safety?
Mr. Booth rightly says the issue in
the campaign is bread, and butter,
Not to mention meat and eggs these
prosperous Democratic times.
There is room and welcome in the
United States for all Belgians who
care to forsake their native land.
There must have been a thunder
Storm on the Black Sea, as "extremev
ly heavy firing" is reported.
When is a judge not a judge? It
takes the Supreme Court to answer
these knotty questions.
The Jap jackies are good fighters.
They caught the boat that sank the
Ta-Ka-Chi-Ho.
A Cider day wouldn't be a bad
idea as supplemental to the Oregon
endeavor. . '
We had a
apple line
soup.
little of everything in the
yesterday except apple
Apple day is over, but there are
more apples and there will be more
days.
Did the German get past the Bel
gians at Yser? No, sir!
- By and by there will be an Onion
day.
The allies need Villa to get action.
Fine! Both sides are still winning.
CANADIAN DISPUTES STATEMENT
Enlistments Not Larajelr Confined to
BritUh-Born, as Dispatch Averred.
PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) In your editorial columns today
is a reference to a dispatch that Can
adians are not answering the call of
the Briton.
I like Portland very much and find
here the same automatic phones, the
same store fixtures, the same street
sweeping machinery, the same hotel
fixtures, people wearing the same kind
of clothing, shoes and hats that we
have in my home town, and the people
are so much the same that It seems
all home folks here in Portland, but
he above referred to report has
broken the spell.
Enclosed are two clippings from the
Edmonton Journal of October 14. Fort
Saskatchewan refered to is 25 miles
from Edmonton. Therd you find volun
tary marches by business men, calling
themselves frontiersmen, 150 strong-
marches 50 miles to get in shape for
the lst stand for England and hu
manity. The mail carriers, 75 strong.
are drilling on the golf links. The
civic employes have another company
drilling; the police force another com
pany a Highland regiment forming;
the newsboys' band of 75 pieces march
ing at the head of this assorted body
of men (Canadians). If I were in
namonton today 1 would miss hundreds
of my business friends and-aasociates,
who are already in England. I would
like to take the sender of the above
report to Edmonton, only a "village,
which hsfs already sent with the first
contingent. 1500, officers and men.
Among them are W. A. Griesbach,
lawyer, and Mr. Jamison, lawyer:
George Bennett, banker, brother of R.
B. Bennett, member - at Ottawa all
Canadians. They are in England now.
Seven hundred horses went with them
from Edmonton, Alberta.
The only trouble in Canada today Is
England's lack of .guns, large or
small, horses and war equipment - to
outtit the Canadians. Offering Cana
dians wept and stole rides on the troop
trains trying to get into the first con
tingent. E. A. BENNEST.
The dispatch referred to originated
in Toronto and wan in effect that
(large percentage of the Canadian en
lr "
listments were of Englishmen who had
emigrated to Canada and that enlist
ments by Canadian-born citizens ot
Canada were small in comparison.
JOKER IN NEW WATER ORDINANCE
Writer Discerns Pisa, to Arouse Meter
Ilrmaad by Subterfuge.
PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To the Edl
tor.) Having- seen some letters and
articles In The Oregonian about the
pet water ordinance of Commissioner
Daly's, I would like a little space to
tell my views of the subject. I think
the time is here when The Oregonian
the foremost paper of Portland, should
let the people know just what the
meaning of this joke ordinance ia
I live outside the present limits of the
city, and two weeks ago we were notl
fled by the water department that we
must buy a water m-.-.ter at our own
expense and Install it also. This will
cost us about 918. and since nobody will
be benefited by this it seems 'a lot of
expense. Many poor people in this sec
tion cannot afford to dig up $18 or $20
just because some City Commissioner
has meters on the brain. He has forced
us to buy these meters and now is going
to try to force meters down the throats
of the Portland people. We cannot
help ourselves, but you people jnside
the city can by voting "no" on the pro
posed water ordinance coming up at the
next election.
The little double-cross is simply this
The proposed ordinance provides for i
minimum charge of 50 cents per month,
but does not say that it means only
meters and that the flat rates will be
just as they are. Any water-user who
now pays 75 centa, 90 cents or $1 will
pay just the same or more, as Mr: Daly
sees tit. His little game is to get the
meter minimum down to 50 cents and
make the flat rate user pay consider
able more so that the flat rate con
sumer will pay 75 cents or $1 for what
his next door neighbor gets for 50 cents
then everybody will holler for meters
and Mr. Daly's pet theory of spending
$600,000 to meter the City of Portland
will be realized.
It is high time the voters knew the
real facts and not vote for somethlna;
they do not understand.
WALTER O. GIBSON.
Errol Station, Or.
APPLES FOR MEX IN TRENCHES
Gift Would. Promote Good Will aad
Raise Prices on Stock Left.
PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To the Edl
tor. In these days when nations are
battling In Europe and human endeavor
all over the'world Is sadly demoralized
causing markets to slump and pushing
perishable products of man s labor al
most onto the dump, it has occurred
to me that the f roitgrowers of th
Pacific Coast could do a fine stroke of
business at this time.
Here Is my suggestion: Oregon an
other Pacific Coast States have a very
large surplus of choice fruit on nan
that even now cannot be marketed to
show a profit. There are now over
10.000.000 men In Europe engaged I
war. Christmas will be here in the near
future. Why not send 10,000,000 apples.
each In a neat wrapper, bearing- th
inscription, "From the Pacifice North
west States of America"?
If the various applegrowers' assocla
tions would take up this matter.
have no doubt that the transportatio
lines would haul these goods free of
charge and this would so reduce stocks
that the market for their holdings
would materially advance. At the sam
time this small gift would return to
us not only in good will, but might b
the means of bringing many worthy
people to our iavorea land.
Of course, this Is merely a crude idea
The plan could be worked out in fur
ther detail. Our Commercial Club and
Chamber of Commerce have an abun
dant staff to handle this business with
ease and and dispatch. Just think of
it: Sending a Christmas apple to th
boys in the trenches. Oregon could
be proud of such an achievement.
GEORGE POPE.
Love Speech of a Londoner.
London Punch.
"Do you love me, Erb?" "Love yer
Liza, l snouia tninK l does. Why
yer ever gives me up I'll murder yer
1 can t say more n tnat, can IT
SONG OF" THE CIGARETTE.
O, roll me hard and smooth and round.
Ana stroke me fondly with you
tongue;
When lighted, hug me with your lips,
And I will warm your heart with
song.
Through hours of wooing, dearest boy,
I've learned the songs you love to
hear;
My love for you, your love for me.
That's why you crave me always near.
Don't listen when they say I've wronged
Dulled minds, torn nerves, made eyea
less clear.
And burned up homes and countless
wealth.
For we should worry! Listen, dear
I know your love for me is true.
You've turned down praise and jobs
of trust;
And love of fairer ones than I,
For ray sake you have thrown tb dust.
Though jealous, I am faithful, dear,
Your heart that I have sweetened
through.
Shall have me still when all is lost;
My boy. till death I'll cling to you.
L. Q. SHUTT,
Ione,-Or.
ITS
DEFECT
r. Kerr Bees Bad Posslbllltlea la Noa
partisan Judiciary BUI.
PORTLAND. Oct. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) The so-called nonpartisan Ju
diciary bill might better be . termed
self-nominations for judge." If the
measure had the latter title it would
e condemned, but masquerading under
the title, "nonpartisan." many persona
opposed to party nominations of judges
ntend to vote for It without read
nsr it.
The measure prohibits nominations
primaries. It permits any man to
nominate himself for judge by filing s
etition signed by only 1 per cent ot
the voters. In Multnomah County a
petttlon would require about 500 names
ana at 2 cents a name for paid clrcu-
ators it would cost the ambHious of
fice-seeker the sum of $10 to have hja
name on the ballot at any general elec
tion. The elimination of the dishon
est, unfit, unscrupulous and Incompe
tent candidates is one of the most use
ful functions of the primary, but thia
measure prohibits the nomination or
rejection of judicial aspirants at the
nmaries.
Under this nonpartisan judiciary
measure any person who is willing to
pend $10 can get his name on the final
ballot at the general election, and the
erson receiving the highest number ot
votes out of the scores of petitioners is
eleeted ludse. At tha lnnl nnmarv
election there were some 60 candidates
n Multnomah County for nomination
lor the Legislature. Under the pro
posed law how many candidates may
we not expect for positions on the
bench! Who will be the candidates?
Certainly not competent, self-respect-'
ng lawyers qualified to act as judges.
for they will decline to nominate them
selves. Wo will be elected? No one
candidate can expect .a majority of the
votes cast when such a horde of aspir
ants will be busy splitting the vote
mong themselves. The successful
candidate, who need merely secure more
votes than any other one, perhaps, not
more than 5 per cent of the total vote.
will be either the soliciting politician
or some one enjoying the support of
some such class as the 1. W. W. or
nterests hostile to the enforcement ot
aw or seeking, some advantage spe
rial to themselves. Any small organi
zation voting in accord can control the
udlciary of this state if -the proposed
measure becomes a law.
The argument contained- In the of
ficial pamphlet on the measure. No. 324,
s artfully worded, and seeks the votes
of right-minded persons by means of
unwarranted assertions. The argu
ment states that the measure has been
ndorsed by the State Bar Association
and is similar to a law in force in the
State of Washington. Both of these
statements are utterty without foun
dation. JAMES B. KERR.
SOURCE OK FINDS MADE PUBLIC.
Const eaialonal I nioM for Womaa Suf-
fraite Publishes Contrlbutloua.
PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) A a member of the Congres
sional Union for Woman Suffrage, a
National organization, working for the
passage of ,a Federal amendment en
franchising American women, I feel 1
must reply to the veiled inferences
which are being circulated by some of
Portland s leading Democratic women.
A question as to the funds of the
Union has arisen. In a nonpartisan or
ganization, such as is the Congressional
Union, money naturally comes from
women of all political faiths. They,
however, are women who put the
emancipation of their sex before party
at all times, and will continue to do so
until the battle Is won in the United
States. The Union renders an account
to Congress, as do all political organ!
zatlons, of Its campaign funds. Any
one desiring to Inquire at the National
headquarters of the Congressional
Union, in Washington, will be referred
to the proper authorities.
The donations are also declared each
week In the Suffrasrlst, the-official or
gan of the Union. The treasurer of the
campaign committee In California Is
Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney, former
vice-president of the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage Association, and
the organizer of the Portland College
Equal Suffrage League. Serving also
on the California committee of the
Union are Mrs. Frank P: Deerlng, presi
dent of the College Equal Suffrage
League; Mrs. Mary McHenry Keith,
president of the California Woman Suf
frage Asociation; Miss Gail Laughlin,
Mrs. Inez Haynes Gilmore, the well-
known writer, and Miss Frances Joliffe,
sister of Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels.
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, who Is
representing the Union In Oregon in
the present, campaign. Is known the
country over as a devoted suffragist.
She has served for years in her native
state, as treasurer, legislative secre
tary and speaker, for the Illinois Equal
Suffrage Association, and has spoken
in behalf of equal suffrage In nearly
all of the Eastern states. She Is the
National chairman of the press for the
National Council of Women Voters. The
most distinguished women in America
are on the advisory council of the
Union. To connect them with aught but
the highest ideals is to belittle the
whole cause of woman suffrage.
MRS. L. W. THERKELSEN.
HAND IN HAND WITH 11AHD TIMES.
So Walks Democratic Party for Benefit
of Forriga Countries.
KENTON, Or.. Oct. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) In tracing the genealogy of cer
tain persons, there are certain traits
that extend from one generation to an
other. In this country there was as far
back as 1775 what was known as the
Tory element. It was in favor of the
foreign country. This same trait of char
acter has been handed down from on
generation to another to the present
time. We see it represented in the
Democratic party in its tariff for rev
enue legislation; also in the Panama
tolls-exemption repeal.
hy the Democratic party caters to
the interest ot the foreign country and
not Its own Is a problem hard to solve.
Why it will cling to that tariff for rev
enue only when in the four periods of
existence in the history of this Nation
t has prostrated and paralyzed all
branches of business, Is another mys
tery. It drives capital out of circula
tion. As a result the factories, the
mines, the agricultural fields, the rai
roads, all alike throw men out of em
ployment It causes the Nation to
issue bonds in time of peace. Such
calamities does it work on the toiling
millions.
The Democratic candidate for office
has monumental gall to ask a person to
vote for him. It is to be hoped for the
Lbenefit of the working class that those
who have wandered after the teachings
of the dreamer will return to the grand
old party in this coming election and
those to come. J. E. JOHNSON.
Let "Help Yourself Be Apple Day
Spirit.
PORTLAND, Oct- 19. (To the Edi-
tor.j ir you tning it consistent, sug--
Zest tbat all business firms have ap
ples for customers to help themselves
free on Apple day, October 20. My
offices will have plates of apples (the
best that can be had. to be replenished
all day, ao that employes and callers
can. have all the apples they can use.
As I was the first one to suggest
"buy the box," I shall, of course, be
glad to have the applegrower helped
as much as possible. L. SAMUEL.
"Crooks.'
La Grande Observer.
Governor West in a speech at Eu
gene calls the Legislature a "bunch
of crooks." Were they crooks when
they, at request of the Governor. In
creased the salary of his secretary
$500 a month and made a substantial
Increase In the Governor's Incidental
expense money? Other crooks at the
Statehouse, probably, too?
ELF-NOMINATION
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From The Oresonian. October 21, 18SD.
Richmond. Va Chauncey M. Depew.
who has been in Richmond, was asked
if Blaine was shelved forever, to which
Mr. Depew said: "By no means. Blaine
la not old enough to retire." Asked If .
the Prohibition party amounted to any
thing. Depew said: "No; it is going
to pieces."
San Francisco Many men here pro
nounce as exceedingly visionary
John Flynn's project of a through lino
from here to Cresc-ent City, thence to
Gr-nt'B Pass and thence to Boise City.
L. Therkelsen, of the North Pacific
Lumber Company, who has juat re
turned from a trip East, says the pros
pects for the lumber trade with Colo
rado and Wyoming are very fair. Some
of the lumber from the south now re
ceived by those states does not begin
to compare with Oregon lumber, says
Mr. Therkelsen. Mr. Therkelsen went
as far east as Chicago, inspecting dry
kilns. He contemplates building a
$10,000 dry kiln a an adjunct to the'
North Pacific plant.
George Bowman, the delivery clerk
of the Southern Pacific Company, who.
while delirious from fever, jumped'
from the second-story wrhdow of
Walter Castro's residence at Sixth and
Stark street a week ago. died at 6t
Vincent's Hospital Tuesday night.
The "Berlin" is a new dance being
taught by Professor Cardinell at his
academy.
Walter McFarland, aged 54, an old
resident of Cole's Addition, East Port
land, died Monday night following an
attack of consumption.
New York Henry Villard won a vic
tory on his "blanket mortgage" plan
at a meeting of the preferred stock-
noiders here yesterday. Chairman Har
ris presided. "The Villard plan author
izes the Issue of $160,000,000 new 6 per
cent bonds payable 100 years hence.
The most notable wedding ever sol
emnised in the Northwest took place
last night at 8:30 o'clock. It .was the
marriage of Carrie Ladd, aged 2.
youngest daughter of W. S. Ladd, and
Frederick Bailey Pratt, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., also 28 years old. The ceremony
was performed In Calvary Presby
terian Church, Rev. Mr. Landon of
ficiating. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt will live
In Brooklyn.
Company C last night elected B. C.
Towne, First Lieutenant.
Half a Century Ago.
Prom The Orionian. -Ortober 21, 1S.
Cincinnati. The National Peace Con
vention met here yesterday with doors
closed. Fifty delegates were present.
It is understood that independent Presi.
dential nominations will be made.
War Department. Washington. The
President was serenaded tonight. He
made a speech, congratulating the audi
ence, Maryland, the Nation and the
world on Maryland's new constitution.
Burlington, Vt. A party of 20 men
rode Into St. Almans yesterday and
robbed three banks of $150,000. The
bandits shot five citizens, one of which
died. The band rode into Canada.
A bill is before the Legislature at
Salem, providing that the reports ot
state officers shall be furnished to the
state printed In advance. An act to
Incorporate Eugene City has passed
both houses. An act to regulate hurdy
grurdy dancing also went on its way re
joicing. Salem T. R. Cornelius has been ex
cused for the remainder of the Senate
session owing to illness in his family.
Telegrams received in Portland last
night by - W. S. Ladd,-H.' W. Corbett
and H. Failing, state that the memorial
for Congress to establish the branch
mint at Portland Instead of at The
Dalles passed the House at Salem yes
terday, 3- to 4.
The Common Council has elected J.
M. Dolph City Attorney. .
The iron foundry of Mr. Monnastes fn
this city has completed a fine set of
mill machinery for Baker & Reynolds.
of La Grande, who have erected a build
ing suitable for two run of stone. Farm
ers of that fertile and promising valley
win ne sending tnelr wheat In grist to
mill soon.
The new city charter for Portland.
which has passed both branches at the
Legislature, and October 14 was ap
proved by the Governor, is to take ef
fect October 24.
President Marsh, of Pacific Univer
sity, Forest Grove, will be present at
a meeting of friends and patrons of
the institution which will be held t
the Presbyterian vestry tonight. The
needs of the university will be con
sidered. Robert Robinson, P. J. Hopper, F. F.
Taylor and General Wright spoke at a
largely attended Union meeting at the
Assembly Chamber last night.
D. F. Harrington, of Portland, has
advertised for 20.000 bushels of apples,
for which he offers to pay the highest:
price in cash at his place of business,
ill First street, near Washington.
WHAT WOILD BOOTH HAVE DONEf
Questions by the Baker Demoerat Daly
Aoswered Elaewaere.
Baker Democrat.
(1) If Mr. Booth had been a member
of the United States Senate during the
Mexican crisis, would ' he have joined
the hue and cry of some of the Repub
lican leaders and urged the seizure of
Mexico at the point of the bayonet, or
thrown his Influence with that of
Woodrow Wilson in placing American
life above the aggrandizement of the
country at the expense of a sister re
public? (2) Would he have voted against the
Alaska railroad bill, which was passed
under the able leadership pf Senator
George E. Chamberlain?
(3) Would he have opposed the in
come tax?
(4) Would he have voted to repeal
the Clayton anti-trust law?
(5) Would he have opposed the Fed
eral Trade Commission bill?
(6) Would be have voted against
the regional banking law?
(7) Would he have advocated the re
peal of the Bryan peace treaties?
(8) Would he have voted for the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law?
(9) Would he have voted for th
popular election of United States Sena
tors, or would he have opposed the
principle, as he did when he voted
against the people's choice In the Ore
gon State Legislature?
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That Is what makes the adver
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peace.
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