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J-OBTLAXD, TUESDAY, OCT, 87, 1914.
TODAY.
Today, for the first time, the peo
ple of Portland are to hold a recall
election. The recall is Invoked in
order to dismiss summarily from Of- I
fice Mayor Albee and "Commissioners
Dleck and Brewster a majority of
the City Commission.
The Oregonian does not scruple to
say that the recallers do not come
before the people with proper motives I
or with clean hands. There has been
so general or public demand for the
recall. It is sponsored by no respon
sible league, or organization, or party,
or association of any kind. It repre
sents only the purposes of a little
clique of marplot politicians, headed
by Elmer Kennedy, who desire to
control the city government, and in
cidentally to revenge themselves upon
Mayor Albee for the crime of refus
ing to consult a little self-appointed
cabinet about Jobs and sundry other
city matters Interesting and profit
able to men who are in politics for
whatever they can get out of it.
The recall at this time and for
these reasons is indefensible
The I
question to be decided today, It must
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the city shall keep Mayor Albee and
Commissioners Dieck and Brewster
In office, but whether It shall elect
Elmer Kennedy and his confederates.
What an administration, with Ken
nedy for Mayor, and a Commlsion
controlled by him!
The success or failure of this recall
onnmir-aov n.n.la th. r,i I
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Interest and activity today. If the
people are not aroused, and remain
away from the polls, it will succeed.
If they turn out, it will fail
THAT TRICKY WATER ORDINANCE,
The Daly water ordinance should
be rejected today because its pretend
ed Durooae and effect are not Its real I
purpose and effect.
It pretends to economize by mak
ing water rent payable quarterly.
Greater economy could be effected by
abolishing entirely the useless bills,
now sent monthly to flat rate con
sumers.
It makes the owner of rental prop
erty responsible for payment for
water consumed by his tenant. It re
quires the many thousands of owners
of small homes to pay their water
rent quarterly instead of monthly, to
the great Inconvenience of the wage-
earner.
It pretends to reduce the minimum
charge to 60 cents for all consumers,
when that is already the minimum for I
those who Day the flat rate. As the
vast majority of consumers use more I
(water than the minimum rate allows,
tne provision or the ordinance is a
deception.
The reduction only applies to me
ter-rate consumers, few of whom use
as little as 50 cents' worth of water a
month. Therefore only these few
would benefit. This is another de-1
ception. farms and . fisheries of the Pacific
It is only the prelude to the general Coast, every one -of the varied ptod
Installation of meters, -which has al- ucts of this region and most if not all
ready been condemned by public
opinion,
The quarterly payment plan has al-
ready been condemned by a vote of
the- consumers, taken by Commission
er Daly himself. The ordinance is an
attempt to reverse that decision.
The ordinance combines several
propositions In one. The voters will
nave the opportunity only to adopt
all or to reject all. though some per-
sons may favor one and oppose oth -
rs. They should have the opportun-
lty to vote separately on each propo -
sition, that they may not be com -
pelled to vote contrary to their Judg -
ment on one proposition in order that
.they may vote according to their
Judgment on others. . Mr. Daly prac-
tioally says to them: "Take it all, the!
bad with the good, or leave it all."
The water ordinance is uneconom-
ical, unjust and deceptive. It should
be voted down.
BEECHER S STATUE.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, has
Just unveiled a statue of Henry Ward
Beecher, its famous minister. His
successor was Lyman Abbott, who
now conducts The Outlook with dis
tinguished success and after him came
Dr. Hillis, the present minister. Dr.
Hlllis preached a sermon at the un
veiling ceremonies and General King
delivered an oration In which he
took occasion to protest against
the spirit that ignores reflection
nd spirituality."
Plymouth Church is itself a protest
against this spirit. It is situated out
of the center of traffic and it is not
so near the homes of its congregation
as it was in Beecher day. Brooklyn,
like other cities, has felt changes.
The wealthy population who support I that these come from, but they are I ning to recover from industrial de
churches have moved to other sec-1 all more recent than this latest dis-J presslon. Immigration of those classes
tlons and the old church is left stand-
Ing In an alien community. Still its!
pew-holders are loyal. They make
the trip down to the church every
Sunday, and, some of them at least,
on prayer meeting night. No doubt
they are well repaid for their trouble
by the richness of their spiritual re -
wards, it is something to find a re
treat, if only for an hour or two, fro
the materialistic rush and strain of
modern life.
Beecher was a man who consecrat
ed himself heart and soul to great
causes. He never asked, "What shall
1 get out of it?" His only question
was, "How can I help?" More richly
than . most men he was gifted with
the capacity to help. A great orator
and a man of wonderful "magnetism."
he could sway public opinion power-
fully. As Lincoln's friend he wan & I
potent factor in sustaining the cause I
or the North and freedom. As a I
champion of the United States in I
England he won golden opinions, not I
for himself, but for his country and I
its cause. I
In many ways Beecher -was a typi-1
cal American. He clave to the great I
ideal" expressed in the Declaration of I
Independence and valued the rights
of- man above everything else en
earth. May Plymouth Church thrive
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TURNING THE "OTHER CHEEK.
Harry Lane comes back from his
arduous duties at Washington to raise
his voice for Senator Chamberlain.
There must be something highly
soothing about the Congressional at-
mosphere. Even the fiery Harry, wh
went to Washington full of ill-con
Cealed wrath because Chamberlain
, .
Old
not want him for a colleague.
Joins the cuckoo chorus, and will for
tne ensuing seven aajs mi tne at-
mosphere with eulogies of George. I
Open support of Chamberlain . by
Lane is a new role for the latter. But
it is not his only original idea. We I
noa me lonowing ricn paragrapn in
tne news report or tne aenaiors re
turn to Oregon:
The Junior Senator has no apologies to
make, he declares, for his failure to sup
port the President in his war tax pro-
gramme. He explains that the Government
la wasting a lot or money in every depart
ment and that In accordanee"wlth a sound
business programme the present Administra
tion should begin to prune expenses. The
Democrats are not responsible for this ex-
travagance, however, according- to his idea. I
The custom of extravagance was handed i
down to the present regime by its Republic
can predecessor, he says.
The Democrats are not carrying out
their campaign pledges because the
Republicans won't let 'em! Shame
on 'em!
Pleading the baby act for the sins
of a Democratic Congress, and turn
ing the other cheek to the hostile
Chamberlain faction, shows the stale I
a wholly chastened and subdued
Harry Lane.
HOW IX"GT
Senator Chamberlain really ought
not to be so sensitive about the volley
of questions pouring in on him from
various quarters. A public man has
a plain duty to discuss public ques
tions, especially matters pertinent to
his own record. But the Senator's
shrinking nature leads him to shun
controversy, and to hand out bouquets
lto hls friends, and only vague denun-
elation for unnamed enemies.
But we shall not give up the hope
that the Senator will say something
in the way of explanation about the
Democratic Congress. We "trust we
shall not hurt the Senator's feelings if
we ask him to discuss publicly the
following plank in the Democratic
platform (model of 1914):
We denounce the profligate waste of the
money wrung from the ieonle by oppressive
taxation through the lavish appropriations I
of recent Kepublican congresses, which have
kept the taxes high and reduced the pur-
cnasing power of tne peoples toil, we ae-
mand a return to that simplicity and econ-
omy which befits a Democratic government
and a reduction in the number of useless
offices. the salaries of which drain the
substance of the people.
Tet the recent Congress appropri
ated nearly $100,000,000 more than
the last previous Republican Con
gress.
vvouia or wouia nor tne so-caiiea
"war" tax have been necessary if the
Democratic Congress had done its
duty?
Is not re-election of such a Con
gress an invitation to further gross
-waste and wicked extravagance, lead
ing to another "war" tax?
How long until there is another
war" tax?
THE SHOW AT THE ARMORY.
The Manufacturers and Land Prod
ucts Show which was opened last
nieht at the Armory surpasses anv
similar show which has ever been
given in Portland. That is the Port-
land way. Every repetition of an
event is an improvement.
The present show displays every
product of the Northwest, from the
condition In which it comes from the
earth- to that in which it passes into
the hands of the consumer. The ma-
Ichinery utilized is exhibited. From
the mines, ranges, forests and fields
I of the far eastern part of the Inland
Empire to the dairies, sawmills.
of the implements employed in pre-
paring them for consumption are dis-
played. Each exhibit teaches its
lesson. In the producer of like prod-
uct it inspires emulation. In the
doubter as to the country s capacity
to supply every need it Inspires con
fidence. To' the man or woman who
I is deliberating where to locate and in
I what vocation to engage it extends
I an invitation. It- proves that the soil
1 of the Pacific Northwest actually
yields abundant crops of everything
1 known to the temperate zone and
1 that forests, mines and - fisheries vie
1 with the soil. It shows that our
I greatest lack Is men to Increase the
I volume of each crop and that they
I can win an abundant reward.
This show is a credit to the Pacific
Northwest. It Is a credit particularly
to those citizens of Portland and vi-
I cinity who have organized the work
and guaranteed the funds. It is a
credit most of all to the men and
women who have done the work with
a single eye to upbuilding and devel
oping the country. Their greatest re
ward will be found in viewing the
splendid result they have achieved,
but to this should be added the grati
tude of the people for their public-
spirited labors.
A PREHISTORIC PICTURE.
A curious discovery has Just been
made in France. It is a picture of
two human beings, a man and a
woman, dating back to the Quater-
I nary period. This followed right
after the glacial period and is known
1 to geologists and anthropologists by
I the name "Aurignacian." Other pre-
historic pictures of human beings
I have been found in the same region
I covery. .
The man Is depicted with hairy
members such as Jack London as-
cribes to our primitive ancestors. The
I woman is somewhat of the New Eng-
land type, thin and dyspeptic. In
I these particulars she differs greatly
1 from other prehistoric female por
traits that have been found. The
usual woman of those old days seems
to have been an enormous creature
more remarkable for agility and
strength than for ladylike grace. But
there must have been beautiful ex-
I ceptions to the hideous rule, as this
most pleasing discovery shows.
I There Is no doubt whatever about
I the age of this picture. It comes
I from a section which has been thor-
I oughly studied by geologists and
I whose characteristics are well known.
So many similar finds have been
brought to light there that anything
like deception Is not to be thought of
The picture is unquestionably genuine
and it adds appreciably to the rapidly
accumulating evidence for the great
antiquity of the human race.
The theory of our recent origin
which many persons cherish so fond'
ly must soon be abandoned by all In-
telligent people. Its place is with the
old belief that the earth is flat. Our
ancestry goes far back into the
abysses of time and none of us can
take much pride in contemplating It.
It Is the future rather than the past
that man should glory in.
BEFORE AN'U AFTER.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times, which
recently quoted a Corvallis speech
by Governor West, made two years
ago, in. which he warmly eulo
gized Dr. Withycombe, has found an
other gem of contradiction from one
of lt3 contemporaries which it now
brings to light. It is from the Pen-
dleton East Oregonian. . a faithful
velDer in the "Indenendent" newsna-
per chorus. A short time before the
May. 1914. primaries, the Pendleton
paper said
Dr. Withycombe Is a splendid man and a
splendid citizen if that Is any asset in
politics. Ix the Republican party wants
worthy and honorable man as its nominee
for Governor It noed look no farther than
Dr. Withycombe. He s one of the few men
in the state who has made two blades of
grass grow where one grew before.
What this little Pendleton paper
says at any time is not important; but
as illustrating the before-primary ana
after - primary view of the Democratic
press as a whole, the quotation
worth while.
is
WAR AND NATURALIZATION'.
There was something a little decep
tive about the homeward rush of for
eigners from, the United States at the
outbreak of the war. Many of them
were liable to military service and in
a grand outburst of patriotism they
returned to fulfill their duties to
their respective countries. But they
did not all return. Miners in partic
ular, it is said, valued their United
States privileges more than loyalty to
European dynasties and stayed where
they were. It is also mentioned that
applications for naturalization papers
have become much more frequent
since the war began.
Upon the whole a goodly multitude
of our foreign residents appear to feel
that the United" States is the best
place for them to five in. Peace hath
her charms, which grow daily more
attractive as the bulletins of the war
bring home its horrors. Most of these
miners are married men who would
have to forsake wife and children
should they return to fight and nat
urally they ask themselves pretty se
riously whether It is worth while or
not.
more ana more as time passes ana
the miseries of the war develop, rest
fl. t f th TTnltort qtatps annreflats
dents OI tne united btat.es appreciate
tne Blessings or peace. war is lnter-
Aflfjn- ,a w ,. , , . a rwl
estlng tp read about and Its exclte-
ments often act potently upon the
lmairinationa of vounar men. but when
we compare our situation with that
of the ' European countries we are
althankful that "it is as well with us
as it is." We have our troubles and
worries, but they are mere trifles
when weighed in the balance against
the miseries of Europe. No wonder
sensible foreigners prefer to remain
here and earn their wages peacefully.
Very likely, as soon as the war per
mits, a great many more will come to
us. If they do It will be with the
intention of making permanent homes
here. We are confident that the
number of "hyphenated Americans"
will decrease amazingly in conse
quence of the war. They will be well
satisfied to be simply and purely
Americans. With the great disarm
ament which may come and the re
lease of the world from war taxes
there will be an increase of wellbeing
in every land, but most of all in ours.
war loras win peak ana pine, out
the people will wax fat.
HOMES FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES.
Belgium has become to a large ex
tent a refugee nation, dependent for
homes and to a large extent for food
on the allied nations of France and
Britain and on the neighboring na
tion of Holland. Probably 1,600,000
Belgians have fled before the German
army. Many towns and farm houses
have been destroyed and many farms
have been laid waste.
If the Germans should ultimately
be driven from Belgium, the return
ing refugees would need to rebuild
their homes and to restore their
farms, orchards and factories. The
thought would naturally occur to
many of them:
'Since we have to begin all over
again, why not begin in a new coun
try, where there is more room, where
the rewards of industry are greater
and where we should not be exposed
to the continual danger of losing our
lives, our possessions and our inde
pendence through the quarrels of two
great neighbors with which we have
no concern? Why not go to America?
This thought is met half way by
many Americans, inspired by a desire
to add a desirable element to our
population and by sympathy for the
suffering Belgians. Americans talk of
aiding the refugees to come to this
country, to establish homes and to
make a living here. Before proceed
ing to put this thought into action we
must consider what kind of people
the Belgian refugees are, where they
can be planted to advantage in this
country and what legal obstacles stand
in the way of wholesale immigration
by penniless people.
The bulk of the population of Bel
gium is engaged in agriculture, but a
I large proportion of the refugees come
I from the cities, where they mine coal
and make iron, steel, firearms, glass,
lace, woolen and cotton goods. There
I is abundant room in the West, par-
1 ticularly on the Pacific Coast, for the
f usritive Belgian farmers, but the
miners and mechanics could find em-
ployment chiefly in the Eastern and
I Middle States, which are only begin-
1 of people would be likely to encoun
1 ter opposition from the workingmen,
j The law forbids immigration of per-
sons who are assisted by citizens of
this country, of those who come under
contract and of destitute persons. It
would be necessary either to relax
these laws or to restrict immigration
to those who could comply with them
I reserving direct aid until after their
arrival. This restriction would limit
the immigrants to a small proportion
of the refugees and to those least
needing aid.
It is much to be desired, however,
that obstacles to Belgian immigration
should be removed. Restrictions on
immigration were not designed to ex
I elude a people made destitute by war,
I especially a people so thrifty, Indus-
I trious and progressive as the Belgians
There are many coal miners and glass
workers of that nationality in the
East, and they are good, industrious
citizens a valuable acquisition to the
Nation. If Oregon and the other Pa
cific States can rind means to bring
in a. number of the farmers among;
the refugees and plant them on our
great area of agricultural land, both
the state and the immigrants will
profit.
Don't make the mistake next week
at the polls of sending a promoter of
hard times policies back to the Sen
ate for 'another six years. Bear it in
mind that there is to be a Republi
can administration at Washington in
a little more than two years from now
and that that administration will need
Republican support In Congress to
put the country back on a prosperous
basis.
According to an eye witness ninety
Britons repulsed 1000 Germans. If
that is true Great Britain would be
able to do something if she had an
adequate force of 900,000 to put in the
rreld. But Great Britain let her op
portunities for military development
pass, and if the Teutons are repulsed
in France a meager share of the credit
will belong to the Briton.
"Oratory," says a contemporary,
is Btill a fine art." It Is not much
appreciated nowadays. The conver
sational style Is preferred in public
addresses. But oratory savors of the
spirit and there is a great spiritual
tide flowing In the world. It is no
ticeable even now that some speakers
"draw" better than others. Are they
more In touch with the divine?
It has been customary to speak of
poets - and novelists as "creative
geniuses." Machinists had to be con
tent with humbler titles. But it is
now coming to be recognized that
mechanical- inventors have creative
minds as well as poets, and some of
them may in coming ages enjoy a
fame not unlike Shakespeare's and
Dante s.
Few men now hunt from necessity.
The pursuit of game has become an
amusement and it is a bloody one
The question has been raised as to its
morality. Is it right to, "protect"
game part of the year with whole
sale slaughter in view later on? And
slaughter not so much for food as for
fun?
The farmers round about Seymour,
Ind., have built a rest home for them
selves in the little town. It is the
first enterprise of the kind, but the
precedent is so good that it is sure
to be followed. When every town is
provided with rest houses how will
the saloon fare?
It is becoming plain that Von
Moltke is not to be the great name in
this war. In fact about the only one
we know much about over here is
Von Kluck, and he won his renown
through having "marched right up
and turned around and marched right
back again."
There are 29 S city election pre
cincts, each with two boards and
twelve officers. That means 3516
people taken from otherwise gainful
occupation at large cost to humor an
absurdity. The remedy is to down
the recall.
Ducks are the great mosquito rem
edy. They devour the "wigglers" and
nip the pest in the bud. Since mos
quitoes transmit disease, ducks thus
take a position in the world as great
bulwarks of human health.
Now that General Soukhomlinoff
has set the example of writing spe
cials for the American press, the avo
cation of the literary "special com
missioner at the front" is threatened.
According to an eminent economist
Germany's food supply is adequate.
But suppose the war should last ten
years without a breaking up of the
naval status quo.
Do not consider that because the
other man or woman will vote, yours
will not be needed. Let .effort be
made to make it right unanimously.
The hotel at Milwaukie collapsed
before the attack of Governor West's
right and left wings and center, leav
ing the Executive holding the bag.
The Royal Democratic Family in
Oregon has resorted to every un
wholesome method except bomb
throwing In this campaign.
Again the practical Joke that em
braces use of a firearm has had fatal
termination. The pity of these affairs
is the cost of the lesson.
Even if you are inclined recall-
ward, you cannot consistently de
sire to jump out of the frying pan In
to the fire.
Villages are seething furnaces
throughout the entire battle region.
Hard is the Jot of the poor non
combatant. Says a dispatch, "A new hope rises
in Petrograd": that PetrogTad, for
the time being, is in no danger of in
vasion?
The woman voter can today be
come so familiar with exercise of the
right that the work will be easy next
week.
But we suspect that the day when
the character-assassin gets anywhere
with an intelligent public has passed
Congressman Slnnott Is on the way
home and will arrive in time to hear
the tally-keepers count his majority.
With Lane and Chamberlain work
ing together, the objection to Alex
Sweek deserves to be overruled.
A great many noncombatants here
would like to hear a band play "It's a
Long Way to Tipperary."
We may face the duty offeeding
half of Europe before the thing is
ended.
Seen the Northwest products ex
position yet? Some pumpkins, eh?
Manufacture of Iron
bull the Junk market.
crosses will
H. R. Albee stands for decency
that s enough.
Pumpkin pies are ripening.
Vote as early as possible.
Vote early today.
It
The Busher on War and
Politics.
By T. B. IV.
(With apologies to Kins W. Lardner In
Saturday Evening Post.)
Old Pal: It's a long time since I
wrote to you. but I been so busy spend
ing the serious money and trying to
get back my strenth which I lost dur
ing the season because they wouldn't
let me eat as much as a man like I
should ought to have to eat during the
season, that I haven't had no time to
write. -
Tou have probily heard, Al, of a fel
low named Gardiner, who is a Congress
man from Mass.. and he says that this
country ain't prepared to fight even the
Epworth League, Al, and that it should
ought to get ready for war at once. As
I am getting to be a rekbnized author
ity on other subjecks beside baseball, I
thought I would write and tell, you
what I think of this gink Gardner, and
give you the dope right about this war
business.
Last Summer I beard Bill Bryan
make a speech about peace, and. believe
me, Al. there is a guy for you. He
knows what be is talking about. He
said everybody rekonized that this
world is getting too civilized to fight.
and that there ain't going to be no
more wars. And be is right, Al, there
ain't. Of course, this here European
war is something that nobody could
rigger on, and probily Bryan is Just as
much surprised about it as anyone else.
So it ain't fair to count the European
war. But. anyhow, the country ain t
ever going to fight no more wars. Al.
Bryan he says so, and you can bet he
knows, and everybody else says so, too.
I seen Allen the other day and I told
him what Bryan said, and like a reglar
left-hander without no principles he
comes back and says how do you flgger
about this trouble in Mexico, and I told
him to shut up or I'd bust his head
open. And he shut up. So you see, Al
there ain t going to be.no more war.
And they is not no use, Al, in us pay
ing out money fo'r no big navy. This
here chump Gardner says that if our
Navy ain't prepared that maybe we'll
have to fight and kill a lot of men.
Well, supposing we do kill a million or
two ain't men cheap? And what is
the use of paying out all that money
for ships when we have got plenty of
men that we don't have to pay nothing
for at all, and maybe we are getting
too many men, AL especially left-hand
ers, and the country needs a good clean
ing out once in a while.
The other night I went out and got
a lot of drinks, for I can stand a wholt
lot without being affected, and so they
don't hurt me none, and when I come
home Allen he started to ball me out,
and he says what do youmean by com
ing home in such a condition. And I
says I am not in no bad condition and
you know it, but I am sore because
this here Gardner wants us to spend
money on our navy. And he says you
big chump how much did them drinks
cost you? And I says I don't exzackly
remember but it was about $5.60. And
he says do you know what the country
spends every year on whisky and to
bacco? And I says no. And he aays
1300,000,000, and here you are howl
ing because you have to pay out a lit
tle money for a navy that maybe will
keep a lot of men from getting killed.
And I says I am not either bowling
and you know it, and if there is a war
I hope you get killed. And he says no
body can talk to you. And he is right,
Al, they is not nobody that can talk
to me, for they is not no one that can
give as hot come-backs as I can, and
if I had not of controlled myself I
would of cleaned the whole place out.
Tou know me, Al.
Honestly, Al, this war business makes
me tired. What we 6hould ought to do
is to sell all them junk warships of
ours and think of the money we could
save. It don't do us no good to be
armed, for we are likely to get cocky
and go spoiling for a fight. Of course
the Japs and other nations are armed,,
but they are warm in their professions
of friendship right now, Al, and so
dont counfc And besides the Japs and
some of them other nations are more
white than a white man, and they can
be trusted not to use their arms
against us. But for us to be armed. Al,
nix! Maybe we would want to start
to clean out the crowd, and you, bet we
can't trust ourselves, Al. Of course
there are some Japs and Chinks in this
country who should ought to have
knew better than to come here, but
they is not no use worrying over that
Al. because any man with a .22 rifle
can run them out.
Don't forget to vote for the $1500
home tax amendment, Al, because it
will drive capital out of the state, and
that is Just exzackly where we want
to keep it. Capital never done me no
good. Al, and I never seen it do nobody
else any good, except them that has it.
Sometimes I get So disgusted with
the blame country that I think I will
leave it for good and all. War taxes
don't do nobody any good, but they say
we have got to have them, Al, and why
should this be when we ain't fighting
no war at all? Sometimes I have got
no respect tor the flag at all, and if a
war should come probably I will go to
Canada, over tnere a man can get
some pertection. You -know me. Al.
BUSK LEAGUER.
Me and George.
EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) It has been said that the di
rect primary, while it may lessen party
fealty, promotes leadershoip. 1 am
pretty certain in my own mind where
and it is my design to celebrate it in
the verses which I append. I hope the
Governor will not be disappointed. It
is very hard, to get the other fellow's
point of view, but I have done my
best, U. P. LIFTER.
I am Oswald the bold, and my surname Is
West.
I wish I eould say that my sword is the
best.
But the fact is that swords are no longer
the so.
So for weapon. Instead, I will draw ths Ions
bow.
In UEint this weapon I bow to no peer.
I fight without stint and I fight without
fear,
And ever resounds my loud, confident cry
"Was any so honest as George Is and. 1 7'
When George took the helm things were
certainly bad.
Then wrong was triumphant and goodness
was sad.
But George's eagle eya singled out at a
fflance
The one fAtal spot of the goodness mis
chance.
The Land Board it was. as yon all may now
see.
And there with rare wisdom our George sta
tioned me.
O the billions and billions the two of
saved I
And o the great deeds over which we
have raved 1
But an envious East, seeing we were so able.
Called George to come cleanse . out her
Augean stable.
And thither Geurge went; and he's working
there still;
If the- salary holds out, to stay is his will.
There wasn't a reason why be should not go.
For was I not left here to be the wholle
showT
And I've been the whole and a real holy
show I
Who seeks for my double has sure far to go!
I rode a live horse through the Cspltol hall.
And hobbies right through one department
and alii
And with some official I quarrelled every
oayi
My habitual gait's always "running away!"
The beaten pathway at no time will I take
But do ever the things that sensations will
make!
I am Oswald the bold, and my surname Is
West
There
a one honest tiinrt. and it's i"-'"t my
vestl
AS STATE PRESS SKKS MR. SOOTH
Newspapers Csauaeat Favorably an
Republican Candidate.
Toledo Leader.
R. A. Booth, or Lane County, for
United States Senator, is one of Ore
gon's pioneer sawmill men and a suc
cessful business man. He has the de
velopment of Oregon at heart and will
work for its advancement. '
Reeori la Fsrsrably Ksses.
Salem Statesman.
No one is sroing to convince anyone
who knows Robert A. Booth well that
there is anything in his record that
stamps him for other than a clean,
honest, straightforward man and most
useful citizen, eatable of doing vast
good to Oregon as her representative
In the United States Senate.
"Way te Get (ieo Times.
Grants Pass Observer.
When people in the cities are strug
gling to meet the Installment on the
homes they are buvin-r and are findina-
jods scarce and the cost of necessities
high; and when the farmers find that
they must compete with foreigners
who ship grain, meat, butter and eggs
into the United States, and who can
and do undersell the American farmer,
both city man and farmers want to
know the reason. They realize that
the remedy needed Is a Republican ad
ministration. Tnis is a Republican
year, and R. A. Booth is the Republican
candidate for united states Senator.
Trnatworthla-eaa la Proved.
St, Helens Mist,
The inevitable conclusion must be
that Mr. Booth has obtained his hold
ings in an honorable way and is not
afraid to go before the people and tell
them just how it happened. If it were
not so, anti-Booth papers would be
filling their columns with charges of
corruption, dishonesty, etc
This conclusion, which must be ar
rived at from the facts, is one of the
greatest arguments in favor of Mr.
Booth that could be advanced. It proves
that he is a man to be trusted; a man
whose record is clear, ever, though it
be assailed by' innuendo and intima
tion. It is sufficient reason for every
Republican to vote, for the candidate,
of the party.'
Chamberlain Glvea IV o Hope.
Marshfield Record.
Neglected as we have been in the
past, is there any reason to believe we
will better ourselves in the future by
placing our interests in the hands of
Senator Chamberlain?
Coos Bay knows that nothing can
be obtained from Senator Chamberlain.
We have no postal facilities here.
We get no aid from him for the bar.
To the extent of being senslole and
looking after our own interests we
should at least oppose Senator Cham
berlain for his neglect of us. .'
Senator Booth has promised to do
all he can for us in the way of getting
an appropriation for the Jetty, and
why not take a chance on him and
assist him, with our votes, to get In a
position where we can do something?
No Call for Charity.
Lebanon Criterion.
Letters of indorsement from the
President to members of the Senate
and House of Representatives all bear
the stamp of the mimeograph and are
strongest in their declarations of the
need of the re-election of Democrats to
preserve the present majorities in the
two houses of Congress. The return of
Senator Chamberlain, or a Democratic
Representative, from Oregon would be
an act of charity by the Republicans
of the state, and would not be justi
fied by the conditions that now exist.
Democratic policies have not . been
beneficial to Oregon producers and
Oregon consumers alike, and there is
no cause for the Republicans of this
state to turn against their party just
to perpetuate the present unsatisfac
tory conditions.
United Party Confronts Chamberlain.
Florence West
It is apparent to all that Senator
Chamberlain Is now confronted with
the political fight of his life. He has
been in politics In, Oregon for many
years, and so far as we know has never
been defeated in a race for office.
Though much of that time bis political
party has been in a minority in Ore
gon, Mr. Chamberlain has received
enough votes from the opposition par
ties to elect him to-the highest offices
In the gift of the people of the state.
His leading opponent in this campaign,
R. A. Booth, is a native of Oregon, a
man of strict integrity, a very suc
cessful business man. and takes a
prominent part in public affairs. He
is a life-long Republican, and has the
united support of that party in the
campaign. Mr. Booth is opposed,to the
sale of Intoxicating liquors and his in
fluence ia. In favor of a "dry' Oregon.
The interests of the state will have an
able representative In the upper house
of Congress when Mr. Booth is elected
United States Senator from Oregon.
Benefactor to State.
McMinnville Telephone-Register.
Robert A. - Booth's father, accom
panied by his family, came to Oregon
Dy ox team in isaz, and took up a do
nation land claim near Grand Ronde
Indian Reservation, In this county. In
1867 he removed to Wilbur, in Douglas
County, Here Robert, with other mem
bers of the family, attended school at
the academy. Mr. Booth came to Eu
gene and at pnee commenced to de
velop the timbered resources of Lane
County. At that time timber was so
abundant as to be considered almost
valueless. When the McKenzie wagon
road land was offered for sale no one
wanted to buy it, but finally Mr. Booth
with his company bought a large tract
of this timber at a low figure and in
time it grew to be very valuable, and
this is the reason Mr. Booth gained his
wealth. He Invested his money and
took his chance, and it turned out
well. He with his company built saw
mills, logging roads and sawed up and
shipped over 1,000,000,000 feet of lum
ber from Lane County and paid out for
labor over $10,000,000. Who can say
that Robert Booth has not been a bene
factor to the state?
Wireless Fires Onus in Scotlnnd.
Kansas City Star.
A system of wireless control that is
now being applied successfully at sev
eral points in Scotland seems to have
solved the problem of distant control
of acetylene fog guns located at points
difficult or access, and provides a
means by which a number of such in
stallations may be operated from one
wireless station without the necessity
for visiting the different signals, ex
cept for making repairs and replenish
ing the supply of gas. The gun auto
matically feeds and fires Itself at reg
ular intervals until stopped or untj
.the supply of acetylene runs out. and
the wireless control simply provides a
means or starting It when there is
fog and stopping it when the fog
clears, witnout going near the slarnal.
Furthermore, the wireless apparatus is
so arranged and tuned that it is not In
terfered with by the more powerful
waves that may be sent out by pass
ing ships or by other wireless stations.
Dinner by Intervals.
Life.
"Now," he said to the waiter, after
waiting SO minutes, "can you bring
me some cheese and coffee?" Yes, sir;
in a minute, sir" "And," continued the
diner, "while you are away you might
send me a postal card every now and
then."
Snffmeette and Hatchet.
London News.
Suffragette (on a trip to the Acad
emy) Guard, guard, back the train.
Guard What's the matter, ninro? Suf-i
i fras-etto 1 raw :i t find my hauoot i;
'must have dropped it on the line. 1
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonian. October .24, J.SS9.
The Portland Hotel is nearlng com
pletion. The work of plastering is
practically finished. The windows are '
being put in the fifth story, and the
tioors are being laid.
carriage licenses were granted yes
terday for Frank J. Snow, aged i6. and
Albertina Alisky. aged 21; John Lunda.
aged 25, and Sophia Volkman, aged iZ.
Bruce L. Carr. of this city, called at
the office of S. C. Beckwith, New York.
October 16.
Yesterday IS deeds. aggregating
$102, an a-verage of $3S04. were .
filed, making the total number of deeds
filed since the first of the month $34;
value of the transactions, $T09,4S.64.
George W. Anderson, the dashlns
young tellow who loved Sadie Klrby,
one of the "Rosebuds" of the City Di
rectory Company, which played here
last month, and took a flier in flimsy
finance to keep up with the procession,
come to grief in the Criminal Court
yesterday. Judge Stearns sent him up
for three years.
The old C. H. Lewis residence, on
Fourth street, near E. has been sawed
in two and is being moved away. The
house is an old landmark.
New York. Oct. 24. The World this
morning prints a lengthy story to the
effect that an alliance has been formed
between the Chicago & Northwestern
and Union Pacific Railways. The roads
will henceforth be operated in har
mony. Secretary of State McBride, who was
in the city yesterday, said that he esti
mated the total taxable valuation of
property in the state as over $100,000,
000, as compared with $85,000,000 for
last year.
There now remains a gap of only
4000 feet to be tilled in to complete the
track of the Metropolitan Railway
Company's electric motor line from G
street to Fulton Park. It is expected
that the tracklaylng will be completed
in a week.
Half a Century Ago
(From The Oregonian, Oct. 27. 1864.)
Yesterday we were informed of the
burning of the Rev. Clinton Kelly's
dwelling two miles and a half east of
Portland, which occurred on Monday
afternoon last. The building was a very
large ons and contained a quantity of
personal property. The total loss Is
estimated as large. The house has
been known to nearly every citizen
of Portland as one of the pioneer build
ings of Oregon.
"If we should abandon all the forts
now garrisoned by black men," said
President Lincoln in a late Interview
on the copperhead demand that the
200,000 negroes now in the army should
be restored to slavery, "and take the
200,000 men from our side to put them
In the battlefield or the cornfield
against us, we should be obliged to
abandon the war in three weeks. There
have been men base enough to propose '
to me to return to slavery the black
warriors of Port Hudson and Olustee,
and thus win the respect of the maaters
they fought. Should I do this, I should
deserve to be damned in time and
eternity."
Kansas City, Oct. 24. A courier has
Just arrived from the front and reports
Price In tun retreat, closely pursued
by our forces. When the courier left
the front, the enemy was 2$ miles south
of here.
A box. of sanitary stores, comprising
134 pairs of socks and 10 overshirts.
has been received in this city by J- W.
Cook, to be forwarded to New York.
We are informed that Mr. Buchtel has
decided to accept the position of chief
engineer of the fire department for
another term.
We were yesterday presented with
handsome bunch of dahlias, fresh from
the Summer garden of General Coffin,
in this city. They are a fine species
of that compound flower, and have a
double worth, coming so late in the
season.
The telegraph Una was completed to
Seattle. In Washington Territory yes
terday. Mutual congratulations were
exchanged between the printers of the
Seattle Gazette and the employes of
The Oregonian.
New York, Oct- 25. The Herald's
Chattanooga correspondence of Octo
ber IS, says Sherman is not pushing
Hood, but trying to coop him up in the
valley and starve him to death.
METERS DECLARED FAIR TO ALL
Householder Believes They Provide
Only. Just System.
PORTLAND, Oct. 26. (To the Ed
itor.) In noticed in The Oregonian
yesterday that City Commissioner Daly
proposes to make a house-to-house sur
vey to find out how' many extra water
fixtures, including water heaters, were
used in each house.
In justice to all householders each
house should have a meter. Why we
should pay extra for having a water
heater seems strange. I have a gas
water heater in my house, but do not
use any more water, in fact, for many
months during the Fall and Winter do
not use it at all.
In many houses there are large fam
ilies, and in others small ones, who
have less than the ubusI size lot, which
is 50x100 feet. Consequently tney would
not use perhaps half as much water as
the larger family. Still they have to
pay $4 per year for the use of the hose,
and, if they are charged for all extra
fixtures, they will have to pay for more
than they use. In many cases it causes
a great hardship. Some of us small
property-owners are now taxed for
more than they are able to pay.
Why not give everyone water meters
and let us pay for what we use? That
is the only just way.
I myself would be willing to pay for
one, as I know it would be - great
saving in the long run.
A HOUSEHOLDER.
Poet and axisanthrone.
Judge.
"How did you like my latest poem?"
Inquired Tennyson J. Daft, the versa
tile versiflcationlst, angling for a com
pliment. "What was It about?" re
turned J. Fuller Gloom, the deservedly
unpopular misanthrope. "Why. didn't
you read it?" "Oh. yes. That is what
aroused my curiosity." -
It Pays to
Read Advertisements
You mlg-ht perhaps glance at a
dozen advertisements In The Ore
gonian and Bud absolutely nothing
of interest-
And then in some modest corner
you might find a message that meant
the opportunity of a life time.
Every advertisement Is interesting
to some one an answer to his or
her immediate wants.
Kacn Is written with a serious
purpose, each Is a message of con
struction. A study of the advertising is
not enly personally helpful, but it
is a liberal business education.