THE 5IORNTNO OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY; TOVE3IBER 21, 1914.
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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.
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