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THE 5IORNTNO OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY; TOVE3IBER 21, 1914. ; rOKTXAI), OREGON. Entered t " Portland. Oregon, Postofflce as Becond-class matter. Subscription Bates Invariably In Advance: (By Mali.) Xaily, Bunday Included, one year ....... 98.00 Ially, Sunday included, mix months ..... 4.-S5 Ially, Sunday Included, three mouths ... 2.25 Ja)ly, Sunday Included, one month - .75 laily, without Sunday, one year COO laily. without Sunday, eix months ' 3.25 Xaily, without Sunday, three months . .- 1.75 Jally. without Sunday, one month ...... .00 Weekly, one year 1.50 funday, one year 2.50 Sunday and Weekly, one year ........... U.oO (By Carrier.) taily, Sunday Included, one year .$9.00 ftjally, Sunday Included, one month 75 How to Remit Send Postofflce money or. 6er, express order or personal check on your . local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at vender's risk. Give postofflce address In full, including county and state. Postage Ilntee 12 to IS pages, 1 cent; 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents: 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; M in W pases. 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, o cents; TS to 02 paces, 8 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eantcrn DuHinMs Office Verree & Conk lln. New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago, stengsr building. Kan rVanctfteo Office -R. J. Bldwell Co., T42 Market street. rOKTI.ANl. SATURDAY, NOV., 11, 1014. HA HI) FIGHT FOB THE SENATE. If the Republicans are to gain com plete control of the Government In the lection of 1916 they must continue to fight hard In the Interval and the ! political tide must continue to set as trongly in their favor as in the recent election. Their prospects are good for capturing the Presidency and the House, but a landslide may prove Xiecessary to give them the Senate, without which their legislation would be blocked and Presidential appoint ments would have a. hostile reception. There is a fighting chance, but contin uous fighting and skilful political strategy will prove essential to success. The Democratic majority In that body will be increased to fifteen or sixteen next March, and, barring death r resignation, is likely to remain at that figure for two years. Of the men whose terms expire in 1917, seventeen are Democrats, fourteen Republicans and one Progressive. Of those who will hold over beyond that year thirty nine are Democrats. A majority being forty-nine, it will be necessary for the Democrats, in order to retain control, to hold only ten of tire, seventeen seats to which Senators are to be elected In 1917 and which, they now hold. Bight of these seats are for Southern States, which are reasonably sure to elect Democrats. Thus only two out of the nine Northern Democratic seats would need to be held In order to se cure a majority of one, leaving out of consideration the possibility that some political chance might cause a gain from the Republicans. To express it In another way, the Republicans must retain all their present Northern Sena torships and capture eight of the nipe held by the Democrats, or they must make inroads on the South In order to ecure a majority of one. The nine Northern Democratic Sen ators who retire in 1917 are from West Virginia, Nebraska, Maine, In diana, New Jersey, Montana, New York, Nevada and Ohio. These states are very prone to flop right over when a political tidal wave strikes the coun. try. Among the Southern states which elect in 1916, the Republicans will have a fighting chance in Arizona, Maryland, Tennessee and Missouri. The first-named state is fairly close and the last three have gone Republi can occasionally. Thus there Is cause for every exertion to promote party unity and to inspire confidence In the party's sincerity of purpose to serve the people. Should the Republicans fail to win the Senate In 1916, there will be no hope of revising the tariff on Republican lines until 1919. That would mean that we must continue for eix years under a Democratic tariff. COMMERCE WITH RUSSIA. Russia's bid for Increase of com mercial intercourse with the United 6tates ia a serious reflection on the diligence of the State Department. Ever since President Wilson entered office there has been a distinct dispo sition to belittle our relations with Russia. After long delay in filling the post, Mr. Pindell was appointed with a covert understanding that he was not expected to do any work, but was to regard the office as an excuse for a social picnic for his family, and was to resign at the end of a year. Mr. Marye was then appointed, but he has only recently arrived at Petrograd, his Journey having been prolonged by the war. Throughout this period of procras tination we have had no commercial treaty with Russia, and commercial Intercourse has been made possible only by the liberality of Russia In ex tending to this. country the privileges enjoyed by other countries under most favored nation treaties. In face of tha difficulties which we ourselves have created, Russia has gone out of her way to welcome our merchants and their goods to her ports. That coun try offers a most, lucrative field for sale of our manufactures. Agriculture Js fast Improving and adopting mod ern implements, of which the United States produces the best in the world. Manufactures are rapidly growing and call for large quantities of machin ery and electrical appliances. Great Irrigation works are under way in the region of the Caspian Sea and In Rus sian Turkestan, for which we could supply the machinery. Railroads are constantly being extended and could use a vast amount of steel, besides cars and engines. Russia formerly bought the bulk of her supply in these lines from Ger many, but the war has cut off her commercial intercourse with that country. We have an opportunity to expand our trade in that direction, " second only In importance to that of fered by Latin America, and to strengthen ties of friendship which 'were formed during our Civil War. Russia has magnanimously forgotten the partiality shown by the American people for her enemy in the struggle with Japan. We should meet her in the same spirit. Commerce can be expanded with Russia almost Indefi nitely by both our Atlantic and Pacific states, for Siberia has been develop ing rapidly and a Russian steamship line has already been established be tween Vladivostok and Portland. It is the duty of our State Department to do everything possible to increase this commerce. Our commercial treaty with Russia was abrogated because that country . discriminated against Jews and other classes of our citizens. While we should Insist that all Americans nave equal rights abroad, as they have at home, without regard to race or re-, ligion, there is reason to believe that Russia would be more conciliatory on this point than we found her a few years ago. The valor shown by the Jews In fighting for Russia and the loyalty of the Poles have breathed a new spirit of toleration Into the Czar's government. Jewish soldiers have been decorated and the Poles have been promised national autonomy and religious freedom. Russia is as anx ious to buy from us as we are to sell to her, for she urgently needs what we produce. The time is opportune to obtain concessions . on the points whereon we have Insisted. Mr. Bryan's activities have so far been barren of results for American interests. He now has an opportunity to .accomplish something substantial for the American - people. Let him make good for once. FOR AST HONEST COUNT. The rumor that Mr. Word will de mand a recount of the ballots cast for Sheriff at the re-election is Interest ing If true. On the face of the official returns Mr. Huriburt received 34,290 votes and Mr. Word 34,119 votes, giv ing the Republican candidate a plur ality of 171 votes. It is not much, but it is quite enough, unless it can be shown that there was fraud in the election .or dishonesty in the returns. The Word partisans raise something akin to the cry of fraud. There was, for example, that most extraordinary occurrence in precinct 87. Sixty-nine or seventy ballots, originally marked for Huriburt, were changed by some process to Word. The explanation is said to be that seventy voters had all made the mistake of voting for Huri burt when they intended to vote for Word, and had erased their original markings or had got a judge to do it and re-marked for Word. When the count was made, these votes for Sher iff were rejected. It is perhaps only a coincidence that ten precincts in the general neighbor hood of 37 which is near Eleventh and Stark were all for Huriburt; but precinct 37 was for Word (200 to 55), even with the doubtful ballots elimi nated. If the seventy additional bal lots sflould be added to Word's vote, he would have 27 0 to Hurlburt's 55, or five to one: It Is an extraordinary ratio and justifies inquiry. If those seventy re-marked votes are Word's he should-have them; and-" if the fraud was committed by the judges in rejecting them, 'or by the person or persons who re-marked them, the facts should be known. Doubtless other interesting things would be developed by a recount. The interest of the public in this Issue is that there should be an honest ballot and an honest count. AN AXIOM OF DIRECT LEGISLATION. The Oregonian quite cheerfully agrees with a correspondent, who writes today, on the postulate that failure of a measure to pass does not necessarily mean that it is without merit. Nor would, we say that be cause a measure carries it necessarily follows that it Is a good law. Three of the measures which The Oregonian approved prior to election were de feated. It still approves them, but also, as Indicated before election, "it does not believe their enactment Is vital to the public welfare. It is therefore ready to accept the Judg ment of the people. The erroneous Idea is found in some quarters that the advice to vote no when in doubt is an encouragement to neglect study of the measures on the ballot. No agency has suggested indifference. The admonition is ad vanced as proper advice to those who seek to understand yet find bills or amendments which they cannot un derstand or, understanding, are uncer tain as to the advisability of their enactment. It is hardlv apt to term the voters witnesses on the question of measures. More properly they may be termed Jurors. In legal procedure, particu larly in criminal cases, doubt in the mind of the Jury is an important ele ment. The accused is presumed to be innocent until he Is proved guilty be yond a" reasonable doubt. It is like wise a safe assumption that any pro posed law is not needed unless its merit can be shown beyond a reason able doubt. s Nor is the initiative a school for in structing the people. It is primarily Intended to give them what they de sire after they have been denied it by the Legislature. It may be taken as axiomatic that if there is a public de mand or need for certain legislation and a bill designed to supply that de mand or need is presented to the peo ple it will be48tudiedand generally understood. Most of our measures are presented and then there is an attempt- to create an artificial Interest in or demand for them. The manner in which certain adopt ed laws which ran "the gauntlet a long lines of hostile criticism," are cherished by the people supports the contention that laws for which there is a genuine need or demand will be studied and treated intelligently In the polling booths. They are the ones that were given closest consideration. QUEENS AND COOKS. An Eastern -contemporary indulges itself in some sad reflections upon the thriftlessness and waste "which go on unchecked in the ordinary American kitchen. It is moved thus to grieve and ponder by a report from the New York Committee on Food Supply, which says that prodigal housewives squander the city's provisions by their wasteful ways. Our contemporary closes its melancholy reflections with the hopeless remark that "It is asking too much to expect American house wives to be chefs" and exercise the economic virtues so common In French kitchens. Why is it asking too much? The French peasant woman is a 'chef." At least she is enough of a cook to save every scrap of food that she gets hold of and convert it into delicious edibles. The cookery in a French farm kitchen is as sound and good In its way as that in the best Paris restau rant. We do not believe there is any reasonable excuse for our wretched United States cooking. It is bad simp ly because we have not the gumption to make it good. Our women have been taught in school and social life to look upon themselves as "queens," not cooks. The ordinary girl in this land of the free and home of the vain has been inoculated with scorn of the kitchen and most other homely things and arts from babyhood up. Her mind seeks its mission in Latin, algebra and rhetoric, not in soup and., beefsteak. The piano appeals to her soul far more powerfully" than the market basket does. And yet, though it takes some boldness to say so, we maintain that she is entirely mistaken. Latin and rhetoric are not of a feather weight In spiritual value com pared with a good, nutritious, well cooked dinner. The dinner, if it is a masterpiece, fortifies the soul, bright ens the intelligence and soothes the heart Great deeds have always been done on comfortable stomachs. Caesar did well to fear the wan and skinny Cassius whose chronic dyspepsia made him the enemy of his kind. There is no missionary on earth whose good deeds can compare with those of an enlightened and capable cook. COMl'OBT FROM THE WAR. .Bernard Shaw, always original, con trives to fish some scraps of comfort from the turbulent waves of war. He thinks the contest now raging is in essence "a war upon war," and when it is all over the world will establish a more stable peace than it ever could have done without fighting. No doubt there are senses in which we may interpret the present struggle as "a war upon war." It is for one thing the most destructive contest eVer waged. Not Attlla himself wreaked euch desolation as Belgium has suffered. The war has paralyzed the industries of trie whole world and Its daily tribute to death is without a parallel in history. Moreover this war is singularly frightful because of the inanimate machinery which it is using. The troops are "not fighting flesh and blood so much as the laws of chemis try and physics. Human beings are compelled to face monsters of devjlish ingenuity before whose power their strength ia utterly hopeless. Considerations like these encourage us to hope that mankind may really come out of this universal horror re solved that It shall never be repeated. But their resolution will be of no effect unless they take measures to enforce it. The most practical meas ure we can think of is to take the war making power out of the hands of Kings and Kaisers and entrust it to representative bodies. AMERICAN SYMPATHIES IN WAR. A canvass of American newspaper editors by the Literary Digest shows that of 367 who replied 105 favor the allies and twenty the Germans, and 242," or two-thlras, are neutrals. The geographical division of those who have declared themselves shows that race origin is generally a deciding fac tor. The Eastern states have thirty four pro-ally, only one pro-German and forty-three neutral editors, and the South has forty-seven pro-ally. five pro-German and fifty-one neu tral, people of French, British and Belgian descent predominating in these sections. In the Central states, where a larger proportion of the population is of German descent, there are thirteen pro-ally, ten pro-German and 112 neu tral editors. The Western states. which were peopled mainly by immi grants from the East, have eleven pro-ally, four pro-German and thirty six neutral. Opinion of the population of their cities is reported by the editors to be more decidedly pro-ally than their own leanings would suggest, for 189 are pro-ally, only thirty-eight pro-Ger man and 140 neutral or divided, senti ment being divided geographically on the same lines as the editors' pref erences. . It was not to be expected that in such a titanic struggle strong expres sions of sympathy with the country of their birth or origin could be avoided by people of this country. There is cause for gratification in the fact that, with so strong a pull on their sympa thies, so many of our people remain neutral, and that those who openly champion the cause of either group of nations should show no desire to Involve this country. Aside from the fact that the United States has no di rect interest in the quarrel, the diverse origin and sympathies of our people constitute a good reason for our keep ing out of It. THE MARCH OF PROHIBITION. At the elections in the United States this Fall much territory was gained for formal prohibition. Several states rejected proposed prohibitory meas ures, but that fact is not significant. The important point is that new ground was conquered and none heretofore acquired was lost. In the United States the people exhibit a growing determination to deal with the question of alcoholic drinks by the method of prohibition. The move ment in that direction proceeds with accelerating velocity in spite of num berless discouraging circumstances. The extreme difficulty with which prohibitory laws are enforced seems to deter none of our enthusiasts from urging their passage in new territory. Nor is the United States alone in fa voring the prohibition of alcoholic drinks. Under the stress of war Rus sia at first forbade the sale of vodka temporarily. The consequences upon the habits of the 'peasants were so encouraging that the edict is now said to have been made permanent. France has taken action looking to the restriction of absinthe sales with results which have led some public men to advocate thoroughgoing pro hibition of this pernicious beverage. Long ago the German Emperor gave out the opinion that his subjects would be healthier and happier with less beer to drink. Now in the fever of the war he has forbidden treating among the soldiers. He recognizes, as all other candid observers do, that in the treating custom lies a great deal of the evils of the drink traffic. Among the good advice given the British expeditionary troops as they left for the continent was the injunc tion to let strong drink alone. Itwas recognized by the authorities that they would march and fight more bravely and endure hardship better without alcoholic stimulant. The older -theory that alcohol for tified the human body against toil and Strain has broken down com pletely. Nobody of consequence be lieves it any longer. In all circum stances where the utmost of .endur ance and intelligence is required there is now a universal effort to enforce abstinence from strong drink. The Swedish government has lately made some 'significant experiments which demonstrate the disastrous ef fects even of so light a drink as beer upon the nerves when accuracy is re quired. Some soldiers were tested in marksmanship after abstinence from beer. They were then allowed a moderate quantity and tfested again. Their accuracy fell off at the rate of sixty-six points in a hundred on ac count of their slight indulgence. What would have happened had they besotted themselves after the good old fashion in war? Both in industry and in military af fairs it Is now conceded that alcohol Is a foe to efficiency. That its use should be severely curtailed no im partial observer denies, but whether prohibitory laws will accomplish the universally desired end is still more or less an open question. Favorable reports come from Kansas, ,but in other prohibition territory the out look is not so bright. The tendency to believe that once a prohibitory law has been enacted nothing more need be done to check the drink traffic is fatally misleading. The enactment of the law is merely the beginning of a struggle which, under the best of conditions, may be expected to last for years. In Kansas, according to witnesses favorable to prohibition, it lasted for twenty years at least before desirable conditions were established. If those who contended for the amendment In Oregon now rest on their oars In the faith that nothing more has to be done, very little good is to be' expected from it. The sale of liquor will probably go on without any particular check,. while the qual ity of the goods is likely to deterior ate. Perhaps it is not inopportune to urge again upon the friends of temperance the great advantage of meeting by some other and better means the - social necessities which have been supplied by the, saloon. The policy of conquering evil "by practical good has much -to recommend it. Sup pression is always difficult and sel dom satisfactory in its results. At his leisure the Turk is likely to apologize for firing on the .Tennessee's launch and to repeat the offense at the first opportunity. The Turk has no respect for the good ship Piffle. Though he has been whipped oftener than anybody in the last century, he still retains his barbarous respect for force. "Owing to the European war," which is as good excuse as any, tur key will be cheaper for Thanksgiv ing Day consumption. This is the sit uation ten days ahead. Another just as valid reason may be expected to boost the price in a week. The attention of the Southerners who have been-crying to the Govern ment to finance the cotton crop is re spectfully called to the action of the. hopgrowers. They are arranging to finance their crop themselves without appealing to Uncle Sam. The horsebreeders who went out of business because of the automobile's advent have cause for sober second thought now that the war has more than doubled the price of horseflesh. Secretary Daniels thinks the firing on the American flag by Turks was meant as a friendly act. Bryan would take that view if the American boat had been sent to the bottom. Petrograd Is amazed at the apathy of Washington toward building up trade relations. Apathy in interna tional matters is Washington's first name for the time being. The one Republican among - the fifty-three Democrats In the Arizona Legislature can make himself a Na tional celebrity if he "kicks" right this Winter. The contraband list now Includes nearly 400 articles, but the United States will continue to manufacture and sell and let the buyer take the chance. Discipline .and caste are' said to be somewhat relaxed In the German trenches. What! Officers and men actually in the same trench together! The operator of the Mexican mov ing picture machine has given the crank another turn and has thrown another revolution on the screen. If the I. W. W. could save up enough nickels to buy the Rock Island Railroad at auction, what ruthless plutocrats they would become! What sortof a war machine must it be that causes a private soldier to feel complimented when a hungry officer thanks him for a gift of food? John Lind comes out of the discard to say the Mexican trouble will not be settled until each Greaser has the his toric forty acres and a mule. Burning. the dead in presence of tha troops may inspire a spirit of venge ance, but it cannot stimulate heroism or make them fight harder. British recruits who complain of treatment in training camps forget they are destined for the battlefield, which is not a picnic affair. The only hope of eliminating Villa is to let him become President. Then the other patriots will do away with him quickly enough. Representative Humphrey predicts that better times will follow the end of the Democratic Administration. That's axiomatic. If the Washington High School stu dents should catch that thief, it would be awful to contemplate what they would do to him. The Rosarlans will spread optimism perfumed with roses along the route of their tour. There's not a grouch among them. The man with a Job and a few pesos in his jeans has abiding cause to be thankful and celebrate the day next Thursday. t All prisoners are being treated and fed well. So watch the number in crease as the eTood word gets noised around. Haven't heard Bryan say he was hopeful of a full adjustment in Mex ico now for nearly forty-eight hours. The pink oyster never will, do for the church festival. It will be alto gether too conspicuous in the dish. It begins to appear as if the mili tary slugging match will continue un til both sides are exhausted. Just wait until the Uhlans' horses get to feeling that - 15,000 tons of Northwest oats! It would appear that the French are now butting their head against the German wall. Famine and poverty , will have a merry eway in Europe this Winter. The firing at Smyrna may have been the Turk's idea of friendly salute. How' feebly the dispatches reflect the real magnitude of the conflict. Russia is after American wares. They'll all be wanting em anon. Oh, Horatio, what if Turkey should ignore us! Soon all dogs will look alike minus muzzles' This to Football day. " Half a Century Ago. From The Oresonian. November 21, 164. As a result of drugs administered to him when he was robbed last Thursday morning, Simon Lundey is insensible at the New Columbian. His condition Is critical. The police have no clew to the place where the man was drugged. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 10. One pass enger was wounded and 1990 stolen from the others when the Overland stage was robbed five and one-half miles from this city last Tuesday. The wounded pasteof er was W. R. Park, who was accidentally shot by John Harroer, another passenger. Miss Solenda Howard, of Farmers vllle. New York, and G. W. Knapp, of Yamhill County, were married at the residence of Thomas Henry, in Yam hill, yesterday. Rev. N. A. Starr per formed the ceremony. Leopold Wolff has taken W. F. Trim ble, of Kentucky, as a partner in his law business. The new firm will be known as Wolff & Trimble, Miss Ellen McNulty and Francis C. Perry were married in Clarke County, Wash., on Nov. 12. William H. Martin, justice of the peace, performed the ceremony. W. I. Mayfield was awakened by a fire in his residence, corner of Sec ond and Washington streets early last Saturday. The flames were conquered with the aid of neighbors. The damage will not exceed 100. The cause is un known. The trial of Madison Bledsoe, for the murder of Oharles Calvin, will begin in Circuit Judge Bhattuck's court at nine o'clock this morning. A. Strubbe, a typesetter, who has been employed on The Oregonian, died Friday at the hospital in East Port land. The funeral was held last Sat urday. The old neighbors of Major-General .Sheridan, in Yamhill County, are tak ing up a collection to buy him the best horse to be found in Oiegon. Sheridan was recently promoted to McClellan's command. MESSAGE! HIS EXCOl'RACEME.VT Rev. W. B. Illnaon Pays Tribute to Late Robert J. Hurdette. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed itor.) It was an off day. And the mood was bad. For the head throbbed, and the heart was heavy, and the raw nerve stung. And I said, "Let rne walk in ths fields"; He said, "No, walk In toe town"; I said, "There are no flowers there," Jo flowers," be said, "but a crown." But, oh, how the little home loomed! And how the growing things attract ed, and pulled! How the flowers in vited! How the birds called! How the trees whispered, "Weary one. come!" And the little streams murmuring among the rocks said, "Here is rest; and quiet; and healing!" I said, "But the air is thick. And fogs are veiling the sun"; He answered, "Yet souls are sick; And souls in tue dark are undone." And still I could not go. Was it I would not? No, let it be written down in absolute sincerity, I could not. Ten thousand times I had spoken his word. Surely time for (silence had come. Was I not but a tired spinner in the sun light? And the sunlight would shine on, though the spinning ceased. And the air was thick; yes, and it was thicker growing!' And so I said, "But the skies are black. There is nothing- but noise and din"; And he wept as lie sent me back, "There is more," he said. "There is sin." But longer cope with the foe I could not. So 'out of the smoke of ths bat tle! Out of the grime! Out of the strife! From hearing the hoarse shout of the f oeman'a wild rage, away! Krocn the clashing of arms, up to where the hills are still and calm; to where the flowers are blooming; to where the birds are ever singing; to where the mist is not, nor the fog; but where the waving pines in the gale tell of a large liberty; and where the mountains awe the little frets of life into quietude and silence. And so I laid down the weapon, and prepared to leave the battle. To go far, far away; where the sun shines brightly; where the storm is forever silent; where currents cease to pull; and strong eddies menace no more. To sail far, far away; and dwell where the orchids grow; and birds of gay plumage, unacquainted with wild weather, dazzle the eyes like scraps of God's rainbows flitting through the greenery of the woods. To find the little sheltered port, and cast the an chor In the quiet retired harbor, where forever the green swell is in the haven dumb, and out ah! God, forever out of the swing of the sobbing, stormy, sense less sea. -V To end the mountain climbing, and the road making, and the trail blaz ing; to go away from it all, and to walk where there is moss beneath the footfall, overhead the honeysuckle and the rose. Yes, I would go! But Just then the postman called. And Clod sent me a reveille as clear as the lark's song at the dawn in the form of a letter from a friend at whose ordination I gave "The Charge to the Church" some years ago. And this preacher, through the mail, put into my hand this sen tence "Dear Man: God is giving you won derful revelations, and mighty mes sages from these days. . And you are giving them to us most wondrously, and most helpfully. Gratefully and affectionately, "ROBERT J. BURDETTE." And I heard a voice from heaven Baying unto me, "Pass it on." W. B. HINSON. IVatcbex on the BIU. 'Tis the pickaninny's song, 1 hear him singing still The mellow notes float back to me From Natchez on the htll! "Black gal-a. white gal-a, yaller gal-a whoo-aa!" Memories crowd thick and fast from over lapsing jaears. Over river, over lake, over swamp and bayou With thi.t little darky song ringing in my ears! Once again I see the boats on Mlssls- , slpi's stream, Once'again through dusky woods the white magnolias gleam. The fig tree and the myrtlo tree, the jes'mine and the rose But sweeter still my mother's face In undimmed beauty glows! Once again I cuddle close within my father's arm. And single out the Southern Cross, and watch the fireflies swarm; The soft night breeze is neavy with the honeysuckle's scent. But I thought his good Havana a more haunting fragrance lent! All the joy and all the pain of van- . ished hopes and fears. All of them come trooping back from over wasted years "Black gal-a, white gal-a, yaller gal-a whoo-aa!" With that little darky's song ringing In my ears! Marie Craig Le Gall. Carnegie Hero Fund. ASTORIA. Nov. 17. (To the Editor.) Kindly inform me whom to write to in regard to the Carnegie Hero Fund. E. L. T. Write ' to F. M. Wilmot, manager, Oliver building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Canine Chantey By Dean Collins, (The dosr-muzzlinc nriUnanrA in In he repealed, News Item.) All over the city, with gay intonation. While thousands of tails are with gaiety swaying, The song of the canine in glad exul tation Runs through the whole gamut of jubilant baying; For the City Commission Assumes the position. For which all the doggies for months have been wtshin', And woe from the life of the canine disposes For soon will the muzzles be off of their noses. The heart of the spitz and the pointer and setter. The collie, the dachshund and bench legged bulldog. Leaps up like a prisoner freed from his fetters. Till every dog with pure Joy Is a full dog; For their bondage Is ended. And they are befriended. Humanity's efforts for them are ex pended. And they frolic about in exuberant poses For soon will the muzzles be off of their noses. Wide swing the gay tails, as they think of the clearance, . The solving at last of that intricate puzzle Of how to snap fleas, with the base interference That man has forced on them in form of a muzzle. For freedom Is rending Their fetters, and ending The bondage in which many months they've been spending; And paradise freely her portals un closes For soon will the muzzles be off of their noses. DEFEAT DOES NOT GAUGE BILL Measure May Be Good Even Though Voters Reject It at PoUs. LENTS, Or.. Nov. 20. (To the Ed itor.) An editorial appearing ia The Oregonian, November S, under the" cap tion of "Congratulations," is. I believe, entitled to further discussion. The editorial asserts: "The 'over whelming defeat of nearly every meas ure expresses in plain words the peo ple's verdict that the initiative Is not the place to try out personal griev ances, and that it is useless to present through that medium laws for which there is not a public demand." Just here we might inquire how people are to know whether or not n proposed law is good or bad. except they study and examine the same, and where can such bo better studied and examined than when found to be an issue through the medium of the Initia tive? Is it not true that many of our pres ent valuable laws have been made to run the gauntlet between long lines of hostile criticism? Havo they not been fought, denounced and ridiculed? While it is true that 25 of the 29 re cently submitted measures failed to carry, I believe It equally true that others of them should have, and event ually will become a part of our Oregon laws. . I believe that The Oregonian will not dispute this. Is it not true, also, that the four successful measures are the easiest of public understand ing? - To prove this, let us compare the total vote on prohibition, no doubt the best understood, and that of the tax code commission, possibly the least understood. We find that the former received. In round numbers, a total of 232,000 votes, -while, the latter received only 167,000, showing that 65,000 elect ors, for some reason, did not vote at all on the tax code commission, and why? Possibly, first, because of a lack of understanding; second, electors hau been admonished, when -"in doubt" to vote "no," and third, the advent of the feminine vote. It will be conceded, upon careful study, that the women's votes were largely responsible for the success of the carried measures, end for the defeat of the lost ones, and this, without the least reflection in tended on the right or wrong of such. This article is, in no wise, intended to champion or antagonize any of the recently submitted measures, but, ratn er, is it intended to get at the truth. It is a well-known fact that evidence gathered from Incompetent witnesses will not be admitted to the Jury by the court; and it should be understood thai the thousands of "no" votes, because the voters were "in doubt," cannot be received as intelligent, competent evi dence on the question of the measures. Take, as an Illustrative example, any one of the measures that lost by an. apparently good majority, say the con solidation of county and city, which was defeated by about 24,000 votes. Of the 98,000 electors who, at the polls, eatd "no" to this measure, it Is prob ably fair to suppose that fully one fourth of that number did' not under stand the premises and conditions, and voted, "no" because they were "In doubt." If this be true, it will be admitted that their evidence was in competent and, under which conditions, the measure, Instead of being lost by 24,000 votes, was' In reality carried by a clear majority of 500. The prohibi tion measure was thoroughly under stood and carried by a huge majority. There is no doubt that the evidence in this case is wholly competent. Some other proposed laws were not under stood, and lost by majorities as great, or greater.. The writer of this article is wholly unwilling to denounce all defeated measures, just because they were de feated. It is political enlightenment, education, that the voters need; ana, really, ia there any better, safer, saner manner by which to acquire this knowledge than the submission of these questions to the people for their study and examination? N'er does the writer deny that it might be safer to vote "no" when in doubt about any proposed enactment, but he does deny that, be cause a measure falls to pass under such conditions. It is without merit. C. LOUIS BARZEE. What's Good or Law? PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed itor.) That the sane and deliberate decision of a legally constituted jury of i'i good men, in possession of all the evidence, has been pushed aside in the case of & ' monstrosity who invaded stealthily the home ef an absent neigh bor, where. In a lonely cabin, he mur dered a helpless woman because, no doubt, she repelled his brutal lusts, therif killed her child lest in some way it might give evidence of his crime, is surely a shocking procedure. May it not, in all seriousness, be asked if specious pleading with an oddity of a Governor is to displace justice and law, then why the trouble and expense of maintaining any of the forms of law? C. E. CLIXE. Now Canadian Potatoes. PORTLAND. Nov. 18. (To the Ed!-' tor.) By an evening newspaper we are Informed that Idaho is selling potatoes for 30 cents per cental. I wish to call attention to the fact' that Canada raised the duty this year from 20 cents to 25 cents on potatoes from the United States only. Canadian papers have do voted whole pages encouraging people to raise potatoes to ship here. A REPUBLICAN. Comforting:. That we who wait Prnprn Rfrint We know, not always to our sorrow. it aoesn t pay To do today The things we must undo tomorrow. Life. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian, Nov. 19, 1SS9. Olympia, Wash.. Nov. 18. Amid the thundering of brassy-throated cannon and in the presence of 3000 citizens. Elisha P. Ferry today took oath to support the constitution of the state and the United States and became the first Governor of the State of Wash ington. Seid Back, who went to San Fran cisco o few days ago to attend a case brought against him by a number of Chinamen whom he had supplied to a cannery In Alaska, yesterday tele graphed to his Portland agent that he had won the case and would be home in a few days. He says that the com plainants had a poor season in Alaska and tried to force him to stand their losses. Edward, Holman. of DeLin & Hol man, has been sick at home for several days past. - John P. Finley is also on the sick list, but he hopes to be out in afew days. H. E. Gibbs, the slayer of James Mc Devitt, was arraigned In the Circuit Court yesterday morning. He was not represented by counsel and was given till today to enter his plea. C. M. Idleman, attorney, has returned to this city to lesumo his practice after an absence of two months. The 4S-hour bicycle race between Jessie Oaks, the world's woman cham pion, Helen Baldwin, of New Tork. and Kitty O'Brien, of Ireland, opened last night at the Mechanic's Pavilion. At the end of three hours Miss O'Brien was ahead.- Mayor Stewart last night vetoed the ordinance giving the Thompson-Houston fElectrlc Railway a franchise to run cars on certain streets of this city. District AttorneyMcGinn received in formation from Salem yesterday that the Supreme Court would hear the case of Sandy Olds, convicted of murder, on December 2. John Chamberlain, Seventh and R streets, died of paralysis at his home Sunday morning. He has been con nected with the river division of the O. li. & N. for 15 years. R. L Durham, cashier of the Com mercial National Bank, is expected home from San Francisco this morn ing. Admiral iVow Curbed t PORTLAND, Nov. 20 (To tbe Edi tor.) Dispatches state that Secretary Daniels, with the approval of President Wilson, cabled the commanders of our warships in Turkish waters to take no action without , specific instructions from Washington. Does not this indi cate and virtually admit that our Gov ernment was dtspifnaed with the action of our Admiral in Mexican waters? And had said Admiral telegraphed to Washington for "specific instructions" would the Government at Washington have demanded that the flag be saluted? Would not the instructions have been such as not to have necessitated the sending, of General Fttnston and his Army to Vera Cruz and the sacrificing of lives of American soldiers and great expense to our Government in these Democratic times? Our Government ought not be com mitted to a policy of upholding the mis takes of an Admiral to the extent of plunging our country Into war. JOHNSON VAN IIOVAN. Mite Sbould Be Appreciated. PORTLAND. Nov. 20. (To the Ed itor.) " 'Tis not what we give, but what we share. For the gift without the giver is bare." ' The man who gave tbe ten - cent piece to the pretty girl collecting money for the Holland relief fund probably gave the small amount with this expression of feeling. We like to feel that, in contributing to the needy, even the pennies are ac cepted with appreciation. A READER. Cancer Treatment. PORTLAND, Nov. 20 (To the Edi tor.) Dr. William J. Mayo's advice of early operation is right and proper In many cases, but why make this pro cedure universal? External cancer in the incipient stage usually can be re lieved successfully with medicine; why, then, put the patient trough the ordeal of a surgical operation and the pos sible danger of an anesthetic? LOWELL M. JONES, M. D. Features for Tomorrow Shipka Pass A graphic page ia colors showing the dramatic bould er battle between Russians and Turks. Under Fire A special article by Richard Harding Iavi6 of his ex periences and observation in 3 the battle zone in Europe. Famous Retreats An illustrated page of historical value narrating the several historic retreats of Treat armies following unsuccessful invasions and severe defeats. Prowess in War A page dealing with acts of great heroism in wars of the past. Profusely illustrated. War in Art Two more famous paintings are reproduced, occupy ing a full page. The paintings are by the famous French painters, Be Kenville and Detaille. Militant Millinery A "unique il lustrated feature, showing how the war may come to be reflected in women's headgear. Wizard of the Forge An Ameri can blacksmith abandons the shoe ing of horses for a new field of ar tistic endeavor. 'With hammer and anvil he fashions artistic creations in iron. Hitting the Trail Three women made a recent hike to Oregon's most picturesque peaks and one of them describes her experiences and impressions. Elaborately illustrat ed. Mapping a Man's Life IIow it was done by his women relatives is related by the victim through tbe medium of Rita Reese. The Music Lesson The seventh lesson in the series is in the keys of F and D sharp. The Children's Page New puzzle pictures and an array of delight ful features for the little ones. An Immense Volume and Va riety of Other Features. Order today of your newsdealer. x
