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PORTLAND, THCB8DAT, KOT, 5, 1914.
REPTTBUCAN PARTI COMES BACK.
One fact stands out conspicuously
In the results of Tuesday's elections:
The Republican party has come back
and will continue to be one of the
two main contending parties in the
Nation. From New York to Wash
ington it has gained immensely in
strength, both in the lower House of
Congress and in control of state gov
ernments, and has held its own, if it
has not gained, in the Senate. The
Democratic majority in the House has
been reduced to such Bmall dimen
sions that only a slight increase In
the Republican . vote would have put
the Administration in a minority.
There are abundant Indications that,
but for the war, a landslide would
have swept the Republicans into con
trol of both Senate and House. Noth
ing but a conviction in many minds
that "the overwhelming crisis of a
world war imposes on the Nation the
necessity of standing by whatever. Ad
ministration is in office could have
prevented the people from taking con
trol of legislation out of the hands of
the Democratic party.
Notwithstanding this restraining In
fluence, discontent with- Democrat!:
policy has Impelled so large a num
ber of people to vote against it that
the Administration has narrowly es
caped losing the .House. That dis
content is aimed at the domestic pol
icy of the Administration because it
has opened our markets to the prod
ucts of cheap foreign labor, has sur
rendered our rights as owners of the
Panama Canal, has been extravagant
in expenditures and false to the prin
ciples of civil service reform. Dis
content is felt with the foreign policy
of the Administration because it has
acknowledged a duty in Mexico by
forcing out Huerta, but has shirked
that duty by doing nothing effective
to establish orderly government; also
because it has knuckled under to
every Nation which has made de
mands upon us, no matter how un-
. reasonable and humiliating those de
mands might be. The Nation freely
.gives President Wilson credit for high
character and patriotic purpose, but
the belief has grown in many minds
that the results of carrying out his
purpose have been and will continue
to be disastrous.
It was to be expected that in the
revulsion of popular feeling which
has turned the people to the Republi
can party some of its less desirable
representatives should again be placed
in office. The most conspicuous ex
ample is the re-election of Senator
Penrose In Pennsylvania by an over
whelming majority. Tet there can be
no question that the people of Penn
sylvania wanted him. They nominated
him at a direct primary and elected
him by secret ballot No boss rule or
corruption can have brought about
this result. The people turned to him
because thousands of them were out
of a Job their dinner-palls were emp
ty. He seemed their best hope of a
remedy. His nomination may have
had an adverse effect on the Republi
can party in more progressive states
but it was the direct outcome of hard
times, brought on by Democratic tar
iff legislation. .
The re-election of ex-Speaker Can
non and some of his most faithful
lieutenants in Illinois may be ascribed
to the same cause. While Mr. Cannon
Is frankly reactionary, there is no
probability that hi3 great age will per
mit him to be more than a pic
turesque figure in the House. The
leadership will fall to younger men
more closely in touch with the SDirit I
of the age.
The election of Mr. Wadsworth as
Senator and Mr. Whitman as Gover
nor In New York had nothing to do
with bossism. Mr. Whitman's splen
did work as a prosecutor of semi
polltical criminals drew to him men
of all parties and marked him as a
progressive of the best type, regard
less of the character of any of his
supporters. The Republican organiza
tion won there because it correctly
read and bowed to the popular will
and because it realized its impotence
to thwart that will, even had it so
desired.
Next to the renewed strength of the
. Republican party, the most outstand
. ing fact Is the practical disappear
. ance of the Progressive party as an
Important political factor. Almost
everywhere it has sunk to a very low
third place in voting strength, so low
that in most states and Congression
al districts it has lacked the strength
even to turn the scale in favor of the
Democrats. The one notable exception
is the re-election of Governor John
son in California, but the small vote
polled by Mr. Heney for. Senator Is
probably a more accurate measure of
the strength of the Progressive party
than is the Johnson vote. Governor
Johnson's popularity appears to be
personal rather than partisan. The
Progressive party has cut so poor a
figure in New York, Illinois, Kansas
and other states where it showed
strongest in 1912 that its early dis
appearance can siifely be foretold
The voice of Colonel Roosevelt will
" continue to be heard, but he will ap-
pear in the arena as a mere political
buccaneer.
The Republican party is massing its
forces for victory in the Presidential
election of 1916, and all events are
working In its favor. The blighting
effects of Democratic tariff policy can
be only temporarily checked by a
spurt of artificial activity due to the
war, and after four years' trial the
people will turn for relief from that
policy to the Republican party. Their
. weariness of it and of the piffling
foreign policy of this Administration
will overcome their respect for Mr.
Wilson's personality and their faith
in his good intentions.
THE OREGON ELECTION".
A remarkable Republican victory,
except for the Senatorship, is the rec
ord of last Tuesday's election in Ore
Bon. A Republican Governor is cho
sen by an overwhelming vote, the
first in twelve years; three Republi
can Representatives in Congress, a
solid, delegation, are sent to Washing
ton; the state ticket is triumphant
without an exception by a great vote;
the Multnomah County Republican
candidates have won, carrying down
in the avalanche even the redoubtable
Tom Word, for Sheriff. It is a Re
publican year.
The defeat of Mr. Booth for Sen
ator was due to the great personal
popularity of Mr. Chamberlain, on
the one hand, and to the unceasing
campaign of defamation directed
against Mr. Booth,, on the other hand.
Just how far the strange Chamber
lain luck has figured in the result
The Oregonlan will not pretend to
say; but it was present last Tuesday,
as it has been throughout almost the
wfrole of Mr. Chamberlain's astonish
ing political career. A large part of
the public, through constant iteration
of falsehoods about him, was led to
believe that Mr. Booth was a timber
baron, who had got a part of his
holdings through irregular methods,
and there was a ccfnsiderable defec
tion on that account from him. The
Oregonlan reasserts now its firm
conviction that this view was mis
taken and grossly unjust; but it was
effective, and Mr. Chamberlain as
usual was the beneficiary.
Two factors contributed to the suc
cess of Mr. Withycombe by the great
est plurality ever given for a Gov
ernor in Oregon. They were the-un-
yielding general confidence in his
personal worth and the widespread
determination to defeat the candidate
of Governor West and the Portland
Journal. Under other auspices Dr.
Smith would have done far better.
He made a tremendous effort against
great odds, but it was unavailing.
The handicaps Svere too heavy. Mr.
Withycombe will be a satisfactory
Governor.
The Multnomah County Republican
Legislative ticket twelve for the
House and two for the Senate is
successful by an immense vote. This
is the answer of the public to the silly
and untrue allegation that the ticket
(for the House) was "hand-picked"
by The Oregonian. This delegation
made up largely of well-known men
who responded to a call to public
duty at considerable personal sacrl
fice, will go to Salem with a definite
programme of retrenchment and
economy, and of reconstructive legis
lation, so far as the administration of
state and county affairs goes. The
state is fortunate to have their serv
ices. The personnel of the Legisla
ture will be improved, and we may
expect as a result of their labors that
there will be less complaint that rep
resentative government is a failure,
The good sense of the electorate was
again made manifest when it rejected
probably all the undesirable and up
setting bills, among them the "vicious
seven," proposed through the initia
tive and referendum. The people
are wearied to death with nov
elty, experimentation, reaction. They
want leave to work out their prob
lems under the tried and- 'proven
forms of government, and they re
sent more than ever the ill-devised
and all-menacing schemes of the
meddlers and the triflers. It
certain that Oregon is entirely sane.
Only the agitators refuse to recognize
it. Read the verdict Just passed on
URen himself and on U'Renism.' It
is Oregon's message to the world that
the disastrous U'Ren epoch has
passed.
Republican faction has disappeared
The party is reunited. The Progres
slve bolt, which split and all but
wrecked the party two years ago, has
been almost wholly removed. There
is need for a militant Republican
party in Oregon as in the Nation. It
is clear that two years hence Oregon
will do its part toward ejecting a Re
publican President and a Republican
Congress.
consounq the taxpayer.
A most ingenious argument was
made by Senator Simmons to show
that the Democratic deficit law will
not add to the burdens of the people.
He contended that the falling off in
customs revenue due to the decrease
in imports would relieve the people
of $100,000,000 a year in taxes and
that therefore the new internal taxes
are not an additional burden but are
simply the substitution of one burden
for another of equal weight. Accord
ing to him, the deficit taxes will take
no more money out of the pockets of
the people than would have been
taken If the customs revenue had not
decreased and the deficit taxes, had
not been imposed.
Senator McCumber restated Mr
Simmons' argument and then added
Therefore the goods that will be pur-
chased by the American people win
necessarily purchased for $100,000,000 lei
than they would have been purchased fo
If they had paid out that sum In duties
and we may therefore look, according to the
Senator's own argument, for a reduction In
the price of commodities which the Amer
ican people consume to the extent, at least.
of J10O,OOO.0O0.
Senator Smith, of Michigan, put the
proposition in another form by saying
If .the American people had consumed
$500,000,000 more of products made abroad
and their home .production Dad Deen cumin
lshed accordingly, we would have had rev
enue to make up the deficit admitted by th
Senator from North Carolina. In other
pwords, the essential to receiving money
through our custom-nouses is the practice
of consuming European-made goods, and
Just to that extent depriving our labor of
employment.
If this argument were sound, the
more goods we import, the more
money we make for the Government
and the less internal taxes we need
pay. Then why not all stop work,
produce nothing, import everything
and make life one glad, sweet song of
loafing?
In order, however, that Mr. Sim
mons' argument be sound it is neces
sary not only that we should buy at
home articles in place of those we
should have imported in order to pay
the 8100,000,000 taxes, but that we
should buy them $100,000,000 cheaper.
Then we should save In the price of
commodities subject to duty the
$100,000,000 we pay in deficit taxes.
lias anyDoay ODserved so marked a
general fall in the price of commodi
ties subject to duty as would effect
such a saving to the consumers of the
Nation? Prices of sugar and flour,
two of the great staples, have risen.
Prices of what commodities have
fallen? True, we may have saved
something by buying less works of art,
produced either at home or abroad.
but our beneficent Democratic Ad
ministration will not permit us to
save the duty on them. Our self-
enying economy must be penalized
by a tax on the little money we have
in the bank, on the securities we sell.
on the articles we pawn in order to
keep the Democratic wolf from the
door. , If we are able to squeeze out
half a dollar to go to a circus or a
dime to see moving-pictures, to play
owls or billiards, part of it must go
to make good that deficit. These taxes
are Imposed on the banker, broker and
amusement man, and experience
proves that they will be passed along
to the ultimate consumer.
NEW AND. OW IN EDUCATION.
Dr. E. A. Wins hip's paper, the Jour
nal of Education, published in Bos
ton, prints an article giving high
praise to the Oregon Agricultural
College. It is called a "dynamic in
stead of a static, institution." - This
means that it has a firm hold on life
and keeps its work up with the times.
President Kerr," says the Journal of
Education, "is an intellectual dyna
mo," which signifies that he is fer
tile in ideas and a true leader in the
intellectual world. .
The agricultural colleges of the
United States are far more important
to our educational system than the
old-time pedagogues are willing- to
admit.' In their view education still
means a hotchpotch of Latin, Greek
and mathematics taken into the mind
without any particular purpose. The
stew is supposed to exert some magi
cal effect, but Just what it is nobody
seems to know. The agricultural col
leges look at the matter very differ
ently. To them education means def
inite preparation for a definite' voca
tion. It has purpose above everything
else and goes to its end with Inflexible
determination.
The older pedagogues imagined
that "culture," whatever it may be.
could only be obtained by following a
fixed series of studies inherited from
the dark ages. The modern teacher,
especially if he has a chair in an ag
ricultural college, is convinced that
culture" is a kind of honey that is
easily 'distilled from any Intellectual
blossom. It may come out of Latin
but it may also come out of dairying
or apple-growing. The ripeness of
the mind, which is produced by the
medieval curriculum; Is like .that of
Stilton cheese, delicious to a palate
properly trained, but strongly tainted
with decay.
DICKENS AND THE COURTS.
It is common to suppose that
Charles Dickens obtained his knowl
edge of the law from his experience
a reporter in Lord Lyndhurst's
court. He earned his first money by
the stenographer's art and in "David
Copperfield" he gives us some account
of the trials which beset him while
he was learning it. The chances are,
however, that Dickens obtained, his
not wholly favorable opinions of the
British courts -from another source.
In the course of his life he brought
five chancery suits against publish
ers whom he accused of pirating his
books. The great novelist was not
the meekest person in the world. His
ardor in defense of his rights not In
frequently brought him into troubled
waters. Five chancery suits would be
quite enough to familiaize him with
the procrastination, expense and
waste of that exasperating tribunal.
In "Bleak House" he used -his hardly
won knowledge to such good purpose
that he actually moved the stolid Brit
ish, mind to undertake some reforms.
The court of chancery in our day is
a very different institution from what
it was when Dickens sued his pub
lishers and the change for the better
must be credited to him as much as
t- any other man, perhaps more.
Every experience of life is grist for
the novelist's mill. The truly great
historian of life and manners finds
suitable material everywhere. An
annoying lawsuit is as profitable to
him, when it is over, as the happiest
holiday. Sorrow is as fruitful as Joy.
Like the poet, Dickens seems to have
learned in sorrow what he taught in
song. We suppose at least tnat his
chancery suits must have been sor
rowful. He never depicts such ex
periences as occasions or joy for other
people.
THE BRITISH DEFEAT AT COKOSEt.
The victory of a German squadron
over a British naval force orr the
coast of Chile will surely cause exul
tation in Germany and will fill the
British heart with rage and mortifi
cation. Though the British ships
were older and fewer in number than
the Germans, they made a pitifully
poor showing. The destruction of the
Monmouth and Good Hope and the
practical immunity of the German
ships and their crews from injury
demonstrate that either the Germans
were far superior marksmen or their
guns had far greater range. The lat
ter supposition Is supported by the
fact that the British ships were much
older. They were probably disabled
before they approached .close enough
to make their shells hit.'
The quick concentration of so pow-'
erful a German squadron and its
bringing the British into action may
be ascribed to the excellent means of
securing information the spy sys
tem possessed by Germany, of which
there have been many examples dur
ing this war. The Scharnhorst and
Gnelsenau had been reported in the
South Pacific, the Leipzig and Num
bers in the- North Pacific, while the
British squadron was last reported as
passing through the Straits of Magel
lan. Instructions must have reached
the two widely-separated pairs of
German ships to meet off the Chilean
coast, and the Bremen must have
been sent from some other quarter to
Join them. It is probably no reflec
tion on the British squadron that it
should have failed, but it seems to be
a reflection on British naval strategy
that It should have had to face such
odds.
Doubtless the British ..Admiralty
considered that supreme necessity
demanded the presence of the best
and newest ships in home waters to
guard the coast and to act as convoys
for the transports which are carrying
men and ' supplies to the army in
France, and also for those which
were bringing troops from India and
the colonies. Britain can better afford
to risk the loss of an occasional
freight steamer than that of a trans
port laden with troops. She there
fore uses her best ships to guard the
transports, leaving the older, slower
and more poorly armed ships to take
care of the merchantmen. - Thus the
necessity of gathering men and ma
terial from all parts of her far-flung
empire gives Britain much work for
her navy and is a source of weakness
to the defense of her scattered mer
chantmen.
The German navy has no such
duty to perform.. There are no troops
to transport by sea, for all are within
Germany's borders. There are no mer
chant ships to guard, for the German
merchant marine has taken refuge in
port. Those German warships which
the outbreak of war found at large
in foreign waters or perhaps which
were deliberately left at large are
free to commit ravages on British
ships, untrammeled by other duties.
They are in the same position as was
the Alabama during the Civil War.
So long as a victorious German
squadron of five cruisers is free to
raid British shipping throughout the
Pacific-or to cross into the Atlantic
auu yiejr . tiio ejv wiutll bail;
tngiana s Dreaa ana meat; so long
as the Emden can work her will on
British- ships in the Indian Ocean and I
can make sucn daring raids as tnat I
, , a i I
" , i"?. "
pan oi me .tsritisn supplies wui come
from the Pacific Coast, but It runs
great risk of never reaching a British
port unless a superior force disposes I
of the German squadron
The tars on the main British fleet
are no doubt aching for a decisive
fight with the main German fleet,
but the latter is biding Its time. Sub
marines pick off British ships one at
a time, thus reducing the British pre
ponderance of strength. When the
Germans can catch their enemy at a
disadvantage or can encounter an
equal force, they are likely to dash
out, eager for the encounter. If then
the British win, powerful squadrons used as a background for Lauder's act;
may be sent abroad to dispose of the and shows a view of the Panama-Pa-raiders
and to prove once more Brit- clfie Exposition palaces and gardens.
lsh naval supremacy. If they lose, I
though every Briton denies the pos- I
sibllity, Britannia will be threatened
with famine and may be forced to I
fight a death struggle on her own where to go in 1915. A note of inter
soil. I est lies In the fact that the DaintinK
The hard-hearted British authorl-
ties have spread grief among Belgian I
and American refugees by refusing to I
admit their dogs. Belgian dogs are I
comparatively respectable, since they note is so obviously sounded, the eco
are beasts of burden. American dogs nomical Mr. Lauder is probably the
are nothing better than pets mainly
owned by women. The latter can cir
cumvent the authorities by leaving
their dogs next time they go to Eu
rope and taking their children if
they have any.
Woman suffrage has not quite
made the gains expected for it. As
the cause moves Eastward its prog
ress becomes more difficult. In
states like Ohio it had to face a com
bination between the "wets" and the
normal foes of the women's move
ment. Future victories will be hard
won, but no doubt the leaders will
take fresh courage from every repulse.
There is trouble ahead for the
small countries like Holland and Nor
way, through whose ports supplies
are passing to Germany. The British
will probably be forced to blockade
all their ports as they did in the wars
with Napoleon. Germany's air fleet
would be useless without erasoline.
which can be obtained only from the I
United States.
It Is reported that the Japanese are
now sending colonists to captured
Pacific Islands. Of course. Did any
one suspect Japan entered the war
for her health, even though she did
announce that to be the case?
The Demon Rum did not lose quite
all his dominion this time, but how
long can he keep the remnants? He
is fighting a losing battle which can
end only in one way. Time is the
tireless ally of the "Drys."
An airman failed to snipe two rul
ers he was after. The airman is un
successful when he extends his oper
ations beyond the sphere of helpless
women and children.
When those benighted states that
defeated equal suffrage realize its
benefits, they will get into the ad
vanced order of registry.
The Oregon man gazes contempla
tively at his wife and realizes she did
well Tuesday, but he will not say so.
for obvious reasons.
However, the loser will shortly .find
a multitude of reasons for assuring
himself that it was realy best for him
that he lost.
There Is something in the party
name of Republican not quite
enough, - yet a lot.
Democratic jobholders will now
hasten to declare themselves innocent
non-partisans.
And no wonder we are turning
away from the Democracy. Too much
Is. plenty.
Recurrent delays in counting bring
out the advantages of the voting
machine.
SU11 the report that the German
fleet has left its base may be a base
canard.
It was
a bad day for the grand-
standers.'
hook.
All three of 'em got the
And the day of the political grand
stander and four-flusher is gone by.
urav-h th iirhln of two ,,..
and ten minutes Tuesday did it.
The German fleet has sailed out
into the open. So beware.
Anyway Dr. Smith fooled some of
us by failing to run third.
The Czar is reported on his way to
e front. Again or yet?
th
the next Congress.
The line of gubernatorial succes
sion is broken. '
To live up to its name, Arizona
goes arid.
Ole Hanson he ban out of sight
already.
Republicans are certainly waking
up.
Back to the Army and Navy Club!
Has anybody here seen Lafferty?
Now he is plain "Doc" Smith.
Alexander is the Idaho Moses.
Now for the war.
Lafferty also ran.
Stars and Starmakers
Br LEONE CASS BAER.
Adeline Genee, billing herself as the
"Idolized Danish Dancer," Is a vaude
ville headline act at Keith's in New
York, and will tour the country in a
two-a-day act. All of which sounds
odd in face of the little dancer's as
sertion when she was In Portland over
a year ago with her own big company
that she "wanted to retire and be
known nH 1nat nlain T rR. Isitt," Mr.
j.,tt Tr,rtr. na ,..!. hut mavbe
the war ha. depleted tho coffers of th.
JgittS.
This from the New York Morning
Telegraph will be of Interest to Port
landers:
Ann Swinburne, who returned to New
York last week after a aeries of more or
uni)ie.nt Xnerienee In the European
war belt, has signed contracts for a cnlo
opera she will produce In January.
Henry Blossom will write the book and
lyrics of this new work, the music will be
by Victor Heabert. who also composed the
melodies of "The Madcap Duchess," In
which Miss Swinburne was seen last year.
-
Harry Lauder has a novel and artis
tic departure in the line of advertising
curtains. It is being painted in Ban
Francisco now, and will be used by
the Scotch comedian on his tour of the
United States, which began two weeks
- The curtain is a back-drop to be
In order that no auditor may overlook
the import of the painting it will carry
In huge letters a line telling the world
or the world that views Harry's act
is being done under the supervision of
Jules Guerln, who is chief of the color
department of the board of artists
who are decorating the Exposition
buildings. Also, since the advertising
price of a curtain to the good.
Pauline Chase, the original "Pink
Pa jama Girl," who has been playing
Peter Pan in England for the past six
years, was married a few days ago In
London to Alexander Drummond. the
banker. She is a Washington, D. C.
girl, and her career has been meteoric.
Any other time than when the papers
are filled with war news and politics
Miss Chase's end of a chase would
have been noted in at least a column.
This is the ,15th time that Miss Chase
has been engaged. There was a time
when it seemed certain that she would
marry Claude Graham-White, the avla
tor, and on another occasion It was
predicted that she would wed "Lawdy
Artha' " Wellesley, the great-grandson
of the Duke of Wellington. It has also
been reported on various occasions that
she would wed Sir James Matthew Bar
rie, her foster father, but it has re
mained for Banker Lieutenant Drum
mond to capture the pink pajama girl
Ann AiuraoeK, heading the company
of "The Beautiful Adventure," began an
out-of-New York season November
after which the company starts on its
tour to this coast.
Carrol McComas, a Los Angeles girl,
once of the Tivoli chorus and known
as "the whistling girl," Is playing the
title role in "The Salamander," pre
sented first in New York by the Sel-
wyns last Saturday. This was the play
in which Janet Dunbar was to have
appeared, but she has since become
John Mason's leading woman In his
new success "Big Jim Garrity," now
running at the New York Theater.
George Alison and Nance O'Neil are
heading a stock company at the Schen
ley Theater in Pittsburg. Alfred Hick
man Is also of the company. So is
Mr. Alison's wife, Gertrude Rivers.
e
Reports have it that Willard Mack's
new play, "Kick In," made out of his
old vaudeville sketch which we have
seen here at the Orpheum, is going to
prove another "Within the Law" suc
cess. The reviewers go into delighted
details over the play, and one of them
gives this accounting of Willard
Mack's curtain speech, a sort of au
thorial chin-chin which may become
the season's vogue. Says Mack, who
used to be a Baker leading man:
Ladles an' Gents--6n de level, I'm prout
ter be wit youse ter-nite, anter shake
youse by tie mlt. D-Ls Is me foist
little ting ter be perduced. Pipe me, kiddo.
do, when X sez aat 1 been scratcbln' me
Bpencerian fer some years. As fer dls dish
er Junk, Jes' split de hand-smashm stuff
fifty-fifty. 1 geta me allce and youse kin
sen' de res' over to der perducer by parcel
post. 1 ain't after no lnterlexual dram ers.
Nix on de thlnkln' parts. Glad youse grab
jff de play ter-nTght. If I wazn't here
gettln' away with it after a long vaudeville
course In stump speechln', catch-as-catch-
can, I'd be in. Mike Dolan's cafe wit me foots
on de bar rail an' me chin in a tin uv
suds. Now youse kin take It er leave it
It's up ter youse.
Margaret Anglin is coming Pacific
I Coastward In "Lady Windermere's
Fan.'
Milestones," which comes the week
of November 8 to the Heilig, missed us
last season or rather we missed see
ng the production because it proceeded
no farther north than San Francisco
on its tour. It started -out late from
New York, and the open season for the
meater naa ciosea ere it reacned Port-
land. "Milestones," which is an Arnold
Bennett-Edward Knoblauch play, . ran
for two years in London and one year
at the Liberty Theater in New York
City.
And this is what one critic in Chi
cago says of a great artist so-called:
.T". e, but an frost
ct . how. Bunny was about as funny as a
John Bunny opened at the Auditorium
I cry for succor. He should never get away
from moving pictures. When he doe, he
is gone. He Is as funny as he was in George
Lederer's "Girl Rangers." and his comedy
that show reminded one of a funeral.
But John Bunny will go away with a lot of
Chicago money and "Joseph and His
Brethren" could hardly pay expenses at the
same theater.
Bat One Leader.
PORTLAND. Nov. 4. (To . the Edi
tor.) In a news item which appeared
In The Oregonlan relative to the open
I Ing on Sunday or the new home of
Second Church of Christ. Scientist, the
first reader was mistakenly referred
to as also the leader. In Christian
Science churches "The Church Reader
shall not be a Leader" (Church Man
ual, Article III, section 8.) The Chris
tian Science movement has but one
leader. Mary Baker Eddy, the discov
erer and founder of Christian Science.
Sunday marked the formal opening
of the new Second Church but not Its
dedication, as was stated. Christian
Science churches are dedicated when
fully paid for.
Then and Now
O n 8 hundred
Today the giant
super-dreadnought
"Pennsylvania" Is
to the battleship
' Connecticut " as
the gunship Amer
ica was to the Bon
Homme Richard
in which Paul
Jones first made
the American Navy
a power on the
sea. When the Bon
Homme Richard
defeated the Ser
apis, the American
Nation numbered
less than 3,000,000
people. Today
America has more
than 33 times that
number of people
but It has a Navy
more than' 10,000
times as strong as
its little Navy at
its best in the
and thirty - three
years ago today
the "America," the
74-gun llne-of-battle
ship was
launched at Ports
mouth, N. H. This
was known as the
first American
man-o'-war. If the
word dreadnought
had then been in
use the America
would have been
it's nation's first
dreadnought. It
was in that day a
most formidable
battleship and was
built under the di
rection of Paul
Jones, the most
famous naval hero
of the Revolution,
and it was built
for Jones to drive
the British from
Revolution. One of
our smallest gun
boats could sink
the whole fleet of
brigs and schoon
ers of 1776. and
perhaps whip the
entire British navy
of that day. A bat
tleship like the
Pennsylva nia
could whip all the
navies of the
world in the days
of our Revolution,
and this statement
would probably
hold good until
the iroifclad came
into full posses
sion of the sea.
American waters.
When Jones re
turned to Phila
delphia In Febru
ary. 1781, from Eu
rope, after his bat-.
tie on the Bon
Homme Richard
with the Serapis,
Congress tendered
him a vote of
thanks. For
months thereafter
he spent his time
designing and
working out the
details of his new
ship in the hurry
to get it to sea.
But it took time
then as well as
now to build a
The Pennsylvania
cost to build and
equip over $14,-
battleship and be
fore the America
could be finished
ooo.ooo. money
enough to build
the war ended.
all the wooden
Congress then pre
warships of the
world in 1776. An
hour's broadside
sented the America
to France for the
74-gun French
from the'Pennsyl
ship "Magnlfique,"
vania would cost
destroyed In the
harbor of Boston.
Jones then joined
the Russian navy
and the first line-of-battle
ship the
United States ever
built never had
the opportunity to
show its fighting
power under the
American flag and
with an American
crew.
the Government
more than the
building of the
first battleship
America did.
A POT AND KETTLE SCRAP.
"You're a miserable ingrate!" says the
Ivalser to the King,
"You had no excuse for tossing your
war helmet in the ring:
'TIs beyond my comprehension why you
snuggled up to France.
And I yet will play the fiddle while
your Majesty will dance."
Then the King said to the Kaiser: "O
you fain would rule the earth.
You would have your picture hanging
over every family hearth;
You would place your foot on Europe,
grind it down beneath your heel.
Caring not a continental for the public
woe or weal.
"You are talking through your helmet,
said the Kaiser in reply,
"I abhor the vulgar epithet, else
might say you He!
I have no such aspiration as a univer-
- sal reign
TIs a fanciful obsession of your out-o'-
kllter brain.
have been a man of peace for many
years, as well you know.
But a sense of justice led me to stand
in with Francis Joe,
And the quarrel with the Serbs would
have been settled p. d. q.
But for cussed intermeddling of the
French mogul and you."
Quoth the King: "Now, look here, Will-
lam, here s a fact you can't gainsay:
Twas your butting in that plunged all
Europe in the bloody fray;
Had you quelled your martial spirit, in
your pocket kept your hands.
There'd have been no frightful carnage.
been no desolated lands.
You may try to lay this trouble at the
royal British door.
But the somber shadow falls across
your own imperial floor;
You're responsible for turmoil where
there should be peaceful calm
That's a fact, and I can prove it by old
Yankee Uncle Sam."
From beyond the bounding billows In
a ringing voice there came
The words: "Don't put it up to me, for
I'm not in the game;
A motto hangs above my door where
everyone can see.
And even he who runs may read, 'tis
Strict Neutrality."
Fight out your pot and kettle scrap be
tween yourselves, my friends
The world will name the one to blame
when roar of battle ends.
But I have got no time to waste; I'm
busy every day
In building up prosperity in my own
U. S. A."
James Barton Adams.
Vancouver, Wash.
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Taft.
ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 3. (To the Edl-
tor.) Kindly give me a short biogra
phy of our President, Woodrow Wil
son, The particular information I de
sire In this respect is concerning his
education. Is his wisdom attributable
to a splendid education, or is it due to
an inborn Judgment with only ordi
nary schooling? What schools or col
leges did he attend? Also, has he ever
been president of any institution of
learning? Still another question: Is
ex-President Taft a man of brilliant
scholastic attainments, and does he ex
cel Wilson in this respect? L. B.
Mr. Wilson was graduated from
Princeton in 1879 and has degrees from
several institutions of learning. He
was president of Princeton from 1302
to 1910. Mr. Wilson has a scholarly in
tellect and a broad education. Mr.
Taft probably does not excel Mr. Wil
son in general scholastic attainments.
as he has devoted his life largely to
the law, while Mr. Wilson has been an
educator, author and a devotee of lit
erature.
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
Pa and me has been a quarrelin'
All the blessed livelong day.
He says I must do my votin"
As he says, and just his way.
"Now," says I, "I do object
To vote them measures as you say."
Then Pa, ne looks so very wise.
And says, "You promised to obey!"
Whycall this "woman's rights?"
My rights amount to nothln"!
When I begin to state my mind.
Pa says, "Don't burn the muffin!"
I take them from the oven.
And Pa, he sets there puffin.
Then I forget where I was at
And go about a snuffln'.
Pa and me has happy lived.
Close onto 40 year.
I've done my best to make a home,
And now. as death draws near,
I hate to set my foot down hard.
And say, "Now, Pa. look here!"
So, on election day, I'll say,
"I'll vote just as you say, my dear.
Agnes Calbreath Hoag, Sodaville, Or.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan, November 4. 18S9.
Woodrow Wilson in the November
issue of the Atlantic Monthly writes on
some National perils, saying, among
other things: "This vast and miscellan
eous democracy of ours must be led. its
giant faculties must be schooled and
directed. Leadership cannot belong to
the multitude; masses of men cannot
be self-directed, neither can groups of
communities."
Astoria, Oct, 28. (To the Editor.)
I believe that all competent authorities
who have studied the matter of im
provement at The Dalles are thorough
ly convinced that a boat railway Is
the only feasible or possible plan of
solving the water transportation of the
Columbia in a reasonable length of
time. My experience dates back to 1862,
when I was master of a vessel run
ning from Celilo to the head of naviga
tion. J. H. D. Gray.
Berlin. Bismarck today received a
message from Emperor William and af
terwards said that the German ruler
was desirous of continental harmony.
Washington, Nov. 2. North and South
Dakota were today admitted into the
union. Governor Millette, of North Da
kota, and Governor Miller, of South
Dakota, were present when President
Harrison signed the proclamation.
Detective James Berry announced to
day that a rogues' gallery would bo
started in Portland.
The Laldes' Aid Society of the First
Congregational Church was entertained
at a social at the residence of Mrs.
George Marshall Wednesday night.
The drawing of prizes took place In
the Farmers' and Mechanics' Store last
night. Those who won were: L. Cren
shaw, Mrs. Hickok and Miss Susie
Woodard. The awards were made by
Melvin G. Winstock, L. Samuel, of the
West Shore, and J. J. Burnett,
Henry Bloch. the brother of Rabbi
Bloch. of this city, was killed In & rail
road accident at Columbia. Pa.
The Marine Band of Portland will
welcome P. S. Gtlmore, the leading band
conductor and organizer of the world.
when he arrives tomorrow at the O. -i.
& N. depot at 6:40 P. M.
On Thursday night Miss Helen Moser
tendered Miss Emma Hackney, of Port
land, a brilliant birthday party at the
former's residence. Eleventh and J
streets.
Bailey Avery left last night for Spo
kane Falls, having been transferred to
the local staff of the Review.
Half a Century Age
From The Oregonlan. November 4, 1S64.
The penitentiary in this city 13 now
conducted under the new organization
authorized by the State Legislature.
The superintendency, -formerly in
charge of Governor Glbbs, devolves
upon A. C. R: Shaw, former warden.
The appointments of the superintendent
are: John C. Gardner, warden, and
John P. Ward, deputy warden.
Jarvin J. Bush, who has been on
trial at Vancouver, in the United.
States Court, for the murder of Ed
mund Sullivan, at the Cascades last
Spring, was acquitted yesterday. The
brothers who still remain in custody
on the same complaint, will most likely
be released without a trial.
The necessity of obtaining a dredger
for the river was the subject of a mes
sage from Mayor Failing at the last
meeting of'the City Council. The mes
sage also spoke of the requirements of
the new city charter.
James CreiEhton. aged 63 years, and
a former resident of. Washington Coun
ty, died near Dallas, on October 28.
Washington, Nov. 2. The Depart-
has received Information from the
British provinces that there Is a con
spiracy on foot to set Are to the prin
cipal cities of the Northern states on
the day of the Presidential election.
(Signed) Seward.
The Front-street bridge has been re-
planked, under the superintendence of
the Street Commissioner, for the safety
of the community. A person who has
curiosity In such matters has been
keeping count of the vehicles that daily
cross this bridge, and tinds that the
general average per day is about 400.
Citizens of The Dalles are advised
that Mr. Pearne will address them on
Saturday evening next for Lincoln and
Johnson.
The Union Club, meeting at the Pi
oneer Hotel last night, was well at
tended. The audience listened to splen
did speeches from H. N.-George and J.
li. Mitchell.
THE PATHS.
The salt spray fanned my cheek and
cooled my brow.
Fevered beneath the weight of Sor
rows load;
While far Into the -distance, gleaming
gold.
Chasing Life's oases, ran Arcady's road:
Whither shall I find the fair abode of
peace?
I cried, across the wide blue stretch
of sea?
Or yonder where the gipsy trail roves on
To unnamed lands where winds of joy
blow free?
t
Then, lo, another path world-old and
worn
I found led through the heart and up
to God,
Lined with countless trials and jagged
steeps.
Whereon was writ " 'TIs here great
souls have trcd"!
. JO HARTMAN.
Glendale, Cal.
New Strike In Alaska.
FORTLAND, Nov. 4. (To the Edi
tor.) Please inform us whether there
Is any truth regarding the new gold
find in Alaska. Where can informa
tion be obtained for full particulars?
EIGHT OF US.
The Oregonlan has no information on
the subject other than that published.
Copyright, 1814. hy The Press Publishing Co.
(The New York World.)
Prosperity Talks (No. 7.)
to Advertisers:
BY F. D. CARUTHERS
Imagine a super-searchlight in East
port. Me., playing Its rays on Yuma,
Ariz., another in Portland throwing its
spot of light on Key West. Here you
have a great "X." each staff of which
is nearly 3000 miles long. And all
within the United States.
It crosses hundreds of millions of
acres of farms with bumper crops.
It illuminates tens of thousands of
prosperous shops.
It lights nearly 100.000,000 people
of the United States, all going about
their dally pursuits, undisturbed.
They are buying and selling; using
and producing; saving today and spend
ing tomorrow.
They will buy supplies for Winter
and seeds for Spring. They are stock
ing up with raw material for the
turning out of finished product.
They need you you need them.
Advertise! Advertise!