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6' THE BIOBXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY,' FEBRUARY 22, 19io, PORTLAND, OREGON." Entered at Portland, Oreion, Pdstofflce as oond-cla matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In advance: (Br Mail.) tallv. finndsv tnclurieri Ann vear IS 00 Daily. Sunday included, atx months 4.25 ai,y. Sunday Included, three month. - . 2.5 Lmtir, Sunday Included, one month. . ... . ."5 Xlafiy. without Sunday, one year. ...... 6.0U Iaily, Without Sunday, six months....... 8.25 Ially.wlthout Sunday, three months.1. . . 1.75 IMlly. without Sunday, one month. .SO Weekly, one year 1-50 Sunday, one year 2.50 Sunday and Weekly, one year 3.50 (By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year 9.00 Xraily, Sunday Included, one month & How to Krmlt Send Postofftce money or der, express order or peraonal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's rick. Give poster flee address in lull. Including- county and state. Postage Kates 12 to IS pates', X cent: IS to 32 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 8 cents: 60 to o pages, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, 3 cents: 78 to t2 pages, 8 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Office Veree sc Conk lln. New York. Brunswick building; Chicago, utenger building. San FraDclaro Office R. J. Bid well Com pany, 712 Market street. PORTLAND, MONDAY, FEB. tS, 115. THE RECORD. Although criticisms may be direct ed, against the Legislature for not having . enacted a more elaborate programme of consolidation and elim ination in .respect to departments, or.gratulationa are in order that the Lofcislatufe .did not create any new boarw.i' Preceding legislatures have r''.t exhibited such restraint. If they - Jiud bee'n-one-half as reluctant to cre ate new Positions as the) twenty-eighth Assembly, merger of boards and abol ishment of tinneeded positions would not have been issues at this time, Rut we think that some of the a special election, application of the referendum would withhold the law from operation for ten months after the date upon which the amendment becomes effective. Were a special ses sion of the Legislature deemed advisa ble under such circumstances, thej members would be wholly at sea. An Incongruity in the situation would ex ist with one law awaiting a vote and no information from the people avail able as to whether the people desired that law or some other one. The Legislature performed a. vast amount of work In forty-one days. No freak bills were presented. No new experimental legislation was adopted. Both have been relegated to the past permanently, .let us hope. Perhaps the stock of untried fancies, by some Inaptly termed constructive legisla tion, is running low. More likely Ore gon is learning that not all ills can be cured nor all advancement promoted by recourse to lawmaking. Hard work, determination, Individual effort, clean minds and a general spirit of progressiveness outside of the law will do more to promote happiness, com fort and prosperity than the most glit tering legislation ever offered. aldo reported on his negotiations with" United States Consul Pratt at Singapore, contain this statement of the .argument for co-operation with Admiral Dewey: There would be no better occasion than that afforded 'them to Insure the landing of the expeditionary forces on those islands and to arm themselves at the expense of the Americans and to assure the situation of the Philippines In regard to our aspirations against those very people. In pursuance of the treacherous plan, thus devised, Manila was at tacked on the night of February 4. 1899, with a view to the massacre of every American. The plot was foiled, but the conspirators have been able to bamboozle the present Administration into giving them the substance of their desire. The men who foiled the plot, suppressed the revolt, delivered the Filipinos from the yoke of their oppressors and began the work of training them in democracy are now "made to feel that they are aliens." Thus does the Administration ex pose Americans to the contumely of the Orientals and prepare arduous work for its Republican successors. maintaining higher prices than marke conditions would Justify. If the law prevents too large con centrations of capital, there will be no danger of their dissolving into too small, and, therefore, into uneconomi cal units. The natural tendency is to concentrate into the largest units which promote efficiency. We need to combat unnatural concentration into still larger units, which are inefficient but which use the power derived from their size to escape the penalties of in efficiency. Twenty-firs' Years Ago ATTACK OX THE DARDANELLES, The bombardment of the forts on the Dardanelles by the allied flieet may have been hastened by the Ger man submarine campaign in British The supply of BRAIN AND BODY. Dr. E. E. Southard, director of the TCftatnn PairnliAniithld TTrtertlt-nt ho. V. programme of consolidation and elim- published in the New Tork World and French waters. some interesting information about wheat and petroleum which in times the functions of different parts of the 01 peace reacnes me aiues irom me brain. Facts of this nature have been ecK sea ports or Russia is secona brought to lisrht bv lone and Dains- ln importance only to that which taklnir lnveKtiraHon. ThA rpsoarrliM comes irom America, it Has Deen cut betran bv studying- brain areaa (whicH 011 Dy -turKejrs participation in me had been laid bare bv accidents. When war an J" renewed oniy ji uie these emosed Dortions wen stimulated aiues iorce tneir way tnrugn tne uar bv eleetricitv it was found that defl-1 danelles from the southwest and nits, nartn of tha mnsmilnr sviitm re. through the Bosphorus from the KnnnrfdH Innthup miic ft iio-hr una I northeast members who aided in rejecting some afforded by Injuries to the brain. It Th,s accomplished, grain and oil of the consolidation 0111s veu ",e occasionally happened that a lesion in snlDS couia pass safely tnrough tne measures in a narrow wa. xnerc definite SDOt could be studied Mediterranean, which the allies domi- was a disposition to let a bill fail un-I ... rRnra tn it ettiwt unon tho nate, to Marseilles or Toulon. Their less its provisions couia oe l" muscles. Thus fixed correspondences cargoes couia De transported across Insure a considerable saving in cost or y,rat , waea ut.iu France to the Channel ports. Cross- maintenance over the expenditures of I jsj,eoV which were afterward con- in&" tn narrow sea to England, they the preceding biennium. firmed by experiments upon the lower could be better guarded against Ger- it Da saia IHU.L .uio ijtuuiu6 1 animals I man attack tnan 11 me snips maae me of the demand for consolidation 01 Dr southard remarks that the brain lonS voyage through the Straits of commissions is not wnouy to us uateu 1 divided into two Darts bv the 'fis- I tiloraitar, past Spain ana Portugal, to expectation that this or that snre nf Rolanrj0.. Behind that ex- "cross the Bay of Biscay and through elimination will save this or that mani. ,, - rtiviainn lia bAlthe western entfance of the Channel a, definite sum of dollars and cents. I , ,, v---.,--. I But a far greater prize would be the The taxpayer who Is struggling ana braln in front of it are the thinking I capture of Constantinople itself and sweating to meet his payments is not an(i commanding areas tno destruction of Turkish power at The back part of the brain gener- lts center, staving ioroea me passage ates impulses. The front part decides or lne uaraanenes, tne ainea neet whether they shall be obeyed or not. wouia do in a position to Domnara It contains the "inhibitory" cells Ith0 capital, to drive out the Sultan through which the iwill keens us in anJ nls ministers, and to co-operate i-Ti nnrrnur norli rf yoft 1 fur? o A But there is a practical side of the I rlu. ,ii..o question In every wortny consoiiua- physi0i0Kically a collection of inhibi tloo, no matter nat tne miuai torv cells which ara dilleent In their ing may be. The tendency in all state! funcuon. When these cells become urgent that she will call in her troops departments, ail puouc omces, is up- 1 nti- -nT.ai.n. .iODr. m f,nn I from Armenia ana Syria, and abandon ward and outward. They expand, and , - bTBin morai iudements are th attack 'on Russia and Egypt. as they expand the number of theirlformed ThJ back portion u the Without an army the allied fleet employes grows larger and their main- - n f . temDteP who woum. r would not be in a position to occupy ten ance cost increases. The effect or he had hla w reduce us to the th cit? ana surrounding country an unnatural growtn or governmental , Porid,tion nf th henat that wWch lay under Its guns, but Russia imbued with a miserly instinct to save I a penny or two. But he does resent I the expenditure of even an inflnitesi- I mal part of his hard-earned tax on I the maintenance ln ease or a single useless taxeater. with the Russian ships in destroying the forts of the Bosphorus. With this prospect, Turkey may find the neces' sity of defending Constantinople so "epartments is not confined to them elves. It spreads into other depart ments. It creates a necessity for more flerks in the Secretary of State's of- fice. more clerks in the Treasurer's perish. I may be able to detach troops on that mission, and the moral effect on Bui garia and Greece would be great. Bul garia still hungers for Adrianople and the other territory which Turkey re took after the second Balkan war; INTKXTrONAL? OR NOT? - The Oregonian is not tenacious in tftice. more deputies in the Attorney- I any contention over trifles, it hopes General s office. It establishes sooner but it is not disposed to yield in any Greece wishes to annex more Turkish Jtor later the necessity for more room argument that it is mistaken over a (islands and the coast of Asia Minor. lanrt nw huilrllnn. auestion Of opinion Or of fact, unless I Tf these stntt-R Inlnerl In the war thMr The state now has a beautiful new j it shall be convinced by reasonable troops could co-operate with the allied (Supreme Court building. It cost ap-1 proof. (fleet and Roumania might cease to I proximately 1285,000 with its furnish- I Ixow, here again are our friends, the hesitate and might attack Austria I ings. The departments it accommo- I prohibitionists. Insisting that their pro- The attack on the Dardanelles, if rates were once housed in the main I posed proportional representation prosecuted to success, would prove a Capitol. 'Commissions drove them out I amendment has been misconstrued by I fine piece of strategy from every point I Commissions are still spreading Into I The Oregonian, which, has said that it I of view. It might prove the prelude every ntiuK aim citwiuj' ui me v.u.ii.-ji. uura uuc icijuua uiai Ob uoij u tud-4.tr xv I w nie cuiibpse ui luritey, The growth of commissions now in ex- I the Legislature shall be a resident of ieliLr. 11 ihw r" " V '"- " THB OLD ECONOanCS AND THE NEW. i J ,1 A Jt Ana t-4-m anfa AMll I cliuf arl TVint ti'Aiilil eoam Tint frs-a ho I .n..- lafer fr,rr thn construction a. vital matter, vet It la an obvious """'so ' -t-miw, .u menu auu of another public building.. I feature of the proposal, which ought tit-riim supporter or xneoaore noose- Retrenchment in the form or cen-1 to be corrected If it was not Intended, veit, says mat a struggle nas Deen tralization is valuable as an example and ought to be exploited if it was raging in the United States for the last to counties and cities and other taxing Intended. A portion of the amend- twenty years between the old and the districts. No governmental agency Is I ment is: YOSHIH1TO THE MILITARIST. The late Emperor of Japan was lit tle less than a deity ln the eyes of his adoring subjects. His successor, Toshihito, lacks something of this prestige, but he is still an extremely exalted personage. , The Japanese may not actually worship him, but they treat him with unbounded ven eration. When he Is expected to pass along the street the schoolchildren are lined up on either side hours ahead of the appointed time, that all may be in readiness for the event. Often a number of the poor little creatures perish of sunstroke, but that is counted as nothing in eompari sqn with any lack of preparation for the sacred procession. Toshihito is an enthusiastic militar ist. He believes in a great army and navy and in levying the taxes neces sary to procure those expensive lux uries. It is said to -be his ambition to make Japan the equal of any power in the world and the superior of most. He is a young man. Perhaps when he is older he will learn that the happi ness of ,his people is of more conse quence than the size of his army, and perhaps not. That seems to be a dif ficult lesson for monarchs to master. From The Oregonian, Feb. !2, 1S0O. Seattle The steamers Skagit Chief and Evangel collided yesterday morn ing at 4 o'clock at Five Mile Point A near-panic followed among the 125 passengers on the Skagit Chief. The Evangel steamed away soon after. The akagit Chief was the most severely damaged. Berlin. Socialism proved itself a giant ln the elections just held in Ger many, and Bismarck stands defeated The Conservative party loss in the Reichstag is heavy, the "Red Flag' party nearly doubling its vote. The Emperor suddenly ordered out the gar rison of Berlin, the people supposing it was to quell election disorder, but the Emperor announced it was merely one' of his military surprises to test the efficiency and speed of the mili tary. Among the prominent Socialists elected are Liebnecht and Singer. Postal employes fear to discuss the cheeseparing policy of the Postofflce Department in reducing the force in the local office by dismissing the poorest-paid men and making reductions In rank. The fear Is natural, for the department hai a way of reprisal all its own. However, there are many others with opinions they do not hest tate to express, and the "boys"who handle the mail need not say a word One natural result of the awakening ln China has been a demand for mod em schoolbooks, which the shrewd ce lestials have supplied by pirating (American publications. Our textbook men who sought a market in China found toi their chagrin that they were ousted by their own wares. For way that are dark and tricks that are vain the Heathen Chinee is still a little peculiar. Editor Bell tells in the Newberg En terprise of a Yamhiller who alwayi calls for Oregon prunes when at hotel or restaurant. That Is the right kind of missionary work, and its scope could be extended to cover Orego onions and other products with benefit to the sections of the state that grow omething especially good. All th boosters are not in the Commercial Clubs. Women who live at home busy with household affairs would often be glad earn a little pin money if they could. Matiy of them can. There i good market for all home product of unusual excellence. Pies, canned fruit, jellies, cake, can all be sold But they must, be the best on the market or the demand for them will languish. The Pennsylvania coal corporations are feeling their duty to foreign em ployes more seriously than in former days. They have established both day and Jiight schools, which the Poles, Letts, Magyars and others are attend ing faithfully. Of thesa men 13 per 7" under such strong public surveillance I Every legal voter may vote for one can-1 he means the social doctrine of ex it .the- Legislature. School District " ""'"i"! '".'.'" treme individualism. Its fundamental . . I no more, whether the said candidate be , . , , , . iw. i, imiui'iiiii - v .... i Bominiiw in tne aisincs - wnere tne voier ... v,vu.(.1.hliuu n.c almost-as much in a. biennium as the resides or fot. The voter may write or I ufo of trade." It saw in unrestricted legislature appropriates, its Duagei a.,e he or ,ho votes for when it is notl competition tne incentive to errort, an is but barely scrutinized by the public, I printed on the ballot. I inspiration to the inventor, the prlnci- if at all. If School District No. 1, im- There is another provision that "ajpal motive which urged men onward portant as it Is in the matter of ex- candidate's name shall be printed in 1 to build up civilization. WhatJhe old pending money devises a new scheme the official ballot ooifrin the district I economics did not see was the fact '. for economy, the news travels hardly I ln which he or she resides, but it that unrestricted competition inevit- - outside of Multnomah "County. ' But Is clearly arranged that the voter any- ably ends in monopoly. The weaker if the Legislature undertakes to show where in the state may vote for whom- are killed off in the relentless strug' and does show in a practical manner I soever he or she pleases, by "writing" I gle for existence and the survivors some saving, the whole staje knows, or "sticklng'""Ca the ballot. In other save themselves by forming a close The news arouses the people to urge l words tne wer anywnere in Oregon combination. Thus the idol or the old economy in local affairs. It 4s vhole-1 may vote for any qualified citizen of school economists finishes its career some in its effect- it is gooa example i Oregon. Dy sen-destruction. This is tne Jfer- in a high place. -. : v - It Is interesting also to note that I kins' view of competition- The Oregonian does aot believe Mr. Fox says proportional representa- In place of competition the new that abolishment of the -accountancy tion is determined by population, not economics of the Perkins school en bureau and Immigration department by geography. By that arrangement throne "concentration." , When intel- and the mercer of the highway and I Multnomah, County will have at least I ligence and capital are concentrated .State Engineer's ofllces will end the twenty out of the sixty members of the there is a great saving. Production is fmand for centralization of state 1 Lower House. Now It has twelve In I cheapened. Transportation is lm- ) government. Two years hence the I sixty. ' I proved and rates lowered. The qual- ' Legislature will not be so beset by lob- We trust our country friends ' who I Ity of goods is bettered while the cost bying office-holders. Under the Moser I have professed themselves as greatly Is diminished. law activities of appointees will be I disturbed about the plans of Portland I Mr. Perkins inclines to go from one controlled more thoroughly by the ap- to get a much larger representation In extreme to the other, from the extreme pointing power. Pernicious activity I the Legislature find themselves duly I of competition among small units to by appointees will be charged up to comforted by the opposition of The I the other extreme of concentration of new economics. By the old economics cen "e ""terate.. The new schools OUgnt W IQLruuum ts. ueiier cuiiuiuum Flinfc the Stars and Stripes to the breeze and honor the memory of the man who gave it to the land. With out him it might be the Union jack. a very good emblem of more or less liberty, to be sure, but not the real article. Fling out the Flag today. another or others In more responsible Oregonian to the scheme. positions and the latter will permit it only at risk of self-Wlscredit and of en dangcring the things desired at the hand of the Legislature. The next Leglsiture will be freer to "work out its plans. For this reason. If for no other, the law giving the appointing power the right to remove an ap pointee at will Is a good law. Much more could justly be said about the desirable things the Leg! lature accomplished than about the desirable things it did not do. If the CHAOS RCLIXS t-HTLIPPINES. A competent authority, who is a is authority for the statement thai formerly and have rendered large units a single industry in one, two or three units. Undoubtedly use of machinery and improved means of communica tion have rendered wasteful the con duct of business in as small .units as economical. But there is a point be yond which concentration cannot go the efficiency of the government has K An ofvA.A1 In tidlrlv avftrv !S1 ""'" "".V' . - without itself becoming wasteful. That reau." In a letter wnicn. nas Deen , . 7" ,".. " 7 ity for personal direction of his busi ness. Each devolution of power carries with it a weakening of the circulated among members of the Sen ate committee on Philippines this gen tleman says: l nare are pmcuunny no reiauona c I , , , , . . istlna- between the new- official, and the central auinoniy.-n lessening or tne proposed water power conference goes American community. They -scarcely ever subordinate's personal interest in the no further than to become the lone ex- meet anywhere and neither seems to care ci-.--i.-ui uj vir6uii ui a. uciimic puni; government, end what little there Is Is In on water power development, it Will the hands of the leaders of the Nationalist demand the attention of the Congress P"ty. notably Osmena and Paima. The , w . . . . Governor-General seldom comes down to and the Interior Department. If the hlg office. During the five weeks I spent conference becomes a reality, Oregon there recently I only heard of him being will have started a movement of great ln n" 'f'c? tw or hre t,)mes. although mport to the development and pros- ,eion. It Is understood, by both Amerl- erity of the state, and that one act cans and Filipinos, that the appointments Will stand to the lasting credit of the are In. nut TZ. ?.y. th. JT- I" . I named leaders, and that policies which they oo.u... e.ire enacted Into law are Invariably ap- in tne closing nouru tne legislature I proved by the American people. as eminently wise in making contln- I Thus, to all intents and purposes. t provision for a special referen- the government of the Philippines has election. The law Is like the one already been turned over to the Flll- pted two years ago. If any act of pinos in advance of the passage of the session be referended. the special Jones bill, and the consequences are ,tion will be held. If no act be already apparent. "Business is utterly tended, there will be no election, stagnant," no new investments are he re all things the enactment of this ing made, and many Investors are ure -discloses that there has been striving to unload. "The American nest intent on the part of a ma- community have been made to feel of the legislators to dispose of that they are aliens, who do not in itlon in such manner that It will any degree enter into the considera a prolongated issue. tion of tha government," says the man 'prohibition act is a most likely above quoted. I for the referendum. If it be How Aguinaldo and his lieutenants 1 to the people, . tht special must chuckle at this spectacle. At will reveal the stata of the last they see hope of reaping the lnd. The law will be adopted fruits of all their plotting, murder and ed. If rejected, a special ses- torture. When Aguinaldo was nego- he Legislature to put the tiating with the Americans in 1898 ii constitutional ami-ndment for transportation and arming of the may have to be called. But Insurgent leaders, he was already Uors will have at least a I scheming to turn against them. The of guidance. minutes of the meeting of the Filipino Ion had not been made fori junta at Hongkong, at which Aguin-j success of the industry. Great enter prises have been built up by the genrus of such men as Andrew Carnegie or Marshall Field for organizing, picking men and directing them. Their men made good so long as they were under the eye of the boss. . When an enter prise becomes two big for the boss to keep things under his eye, it begins to lose efficiency. . The one argument for non-interfer ence with too great concentrations of capital is that healthier rivals grow up beside them and that they ulti mately fall apart. There are some evidences that this is happening to Mr. Perkins' steel trust. Its former president, Charles M. Schwab, has built up the Bethlehem Steel Works as a serious competitor, and may sap the trust's foundations. But if left to themselves the rivals might consoli date and Mr. Schwab's company might assume the burden of the trust's swol len capitalization, its out-of-date and badly located mills. How then would the general public benefit? Of what interest is it to the public if concentration cheapens production and transp'ortation unless the public gets the benefit? In practice all these economies have been capitalized ' by the combinations, so that whatever is saved is paid out In ."dividends on watered stock. Thft.co'mblnauorLi'' not .. Arrest of Caplan, closely following capture of Schmidt, shows the utter Impossibility of making a getaway. The business, of detection has reached the stage of science. Yet it will not stop crime, for the perpetrator is obsessed with egotism. In order to prevent misunderstand ing by the sensitive Germans, Ambas sador Gerard should cultivate a Yan kee accent and thus differentiate his language from that of the hated English. With the Congress passing appro priation bills at the rate of i 90, 000, 000 a day, let us lift our voices in prayer for early adjournment. Seattle and Tacoma have interur- ban aerial service, -but not of the Jit ney class, for the price of a ride cor responds with the altitude. As the days grow warmer there is assurance in the bright sunshine that the war will not interfere with in terest in the games. New York Benjamin Butler is the head of a land and railroad company just incorporated in, Boston to buy land and build a railroad through the Holy Land, on which express and passenger trains will run. Senator Frye also is in the syndicate. Tucson. The report that Surveyor Roskruge recently had the abetter of James J. Corbett here in an impromp tu match proves to have- been false, no bout having been staged. The re port sprang from a practioal joke on Roskruge, who never has donned a pair of boxing gloves. C H. Woodward and not George E. Wlthington Is the president of the Bal lot Reform League. Mr. Wlthington is the secretary, his name having been given out as president by error. George Relchmein . and family . ar rived yesterday from New York." Mr. Reichmeln is to be the Chief Cook for the new hotel, the Portland. G. W. Hunt, president and general manager of the Oregon & Washington Territory Railroad, presented, through a committee, his proposition that of extending his railroad lines to this city at a special meeting of the Board of Trade last night. He asks Portland and Oregon citizens to take $2,000,000 of the company first mortgage bonds, which would mature in J330. The board committee was composed of F. K. Arnold, E. J. De Hart a'nd D. M. Dunn. E. W. Allen, secretary of the Indus trial Association, was aroused from bed at 1 A. M. a couple of days since to receive a telegram from the wife ot Slgnor Liberatti, stating that Mr. Al len's proposition ln regard to engaging the band had been received, but that Signor Liberatti was out of town and to hold the proposition open if possible. J. A. Buckley and G. T. Donner were thrown from a buggy in a runaway on Third street yesterday. Mr. Buckley's face was badly bruised. T. P. O'COXXOR ARTICLE GEMl.NE L. Shanahan Ala Speaka Agala In United I risk Le-asiue, PORTLAND. Feb. 20. (To the Edi tor.) Two weeks ago I received from Michael J. Jordan, national secretary of the United Irish League of America. 43 Globe building, Boston, Maps., the T. P. O'Connor letter ai It originally appeared ln the Boston Transcript, urging that it be given publicity here. After its appearance in The Oregonian it was reprinted in the Chicago Tri bune and other big dailies and is now running in several weeklies. An irreconcilable Orangeman, writ ing under an alias, makes this stupid suggestion that it Is possible for some one in Portland, first, to Imitate T. P. O'Connor's incomparable style, second-to manufacture facts to fit into a situation several thousand miles away and third to bring manuscript to your Half a Century Ago From The Oreconlan, Feb. S2, IV..'.. The folrbwlng flgums show the num ber of persons which tho latKrl churches In Europe will hold: M. Peter's. Home, f.4.000; Cathedral at .Milan. ST.OiM); St. l'atil s, London. :3,P0(i, Mo.iue of Pt. Poplila, Constantinople, 23,0011; Cathedral at Plan. 13,onil , an l St. Mark's, of Venice, :ouO. In a lata communication to hla Con gress as to th safety of blookadc runnlng Mr. Davis slated that out of 11. "96 bales of cotton shipped between July 1 and December ( only 1272 bsW-f were lost or not quite 11 per vnt. The Ktallsttrs In the Navy Depnrtnu-nt mi Washington show that tn the time men tioned our vessels took bales of cotton In captured blockade runners. office and put over a monumental fake Thjl wa S4 per nt of th. arnount ;:viivr- hiPPed. J. B. Courtney yawps his loyalty to England; Edward Ryan yelps his hatred of England and his loyalty to the Ger man cause. . "This is not patriotism. It is pure alienism. Courtney and Ryan are working for the saiue ends, but ln different ways. Courtney seeks to tn directly Impugn the gratitude and sin cerity of the large majority of thej Irish people after the fashion of the American Carsonite; Ryan after the manner of the Implacable factionist. J. C. Robinson has shown up Courtney a "false alarm.' Ryan, the poor ioniauimuii, dui a tew mnmns ago was wont to . brag of the days when he wore a aritisn uniform, under the Brit ish flag, at the fall of Ladysmlth, in South Africa. The humor of It all is I David Simon and A. Frank have Is sued notice of the dissolution of part nership of the firm of SSiuinn. Holmes. & Co. Lewis Holmes publishes nn announcement denying Ilia dissolution of the partnership. Irately Mr. tlarbaugli. In cnnnri'tlmi with his derlrable improvement l First and Columbia streets, ooiiatrtirte l a good and cubstHntial sidewalk over the ravine between Jefferson end Co lumbia. Mr. Harbnugh lifts done a gnol work and there are others who almuM do likewise to help the community. Either through crrlesnes or from th unusual amount nf work on our BELGIANS' COtRSB IS DEFEXDED Iioqulam Reader Replies to Ernst Kroner on Situation In Big War. HOQlUIAM, Wash., Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) The writer has read with in terest the letter by Ernst Kroner stat ing, and I think correctly stating, Inter national law with reference to the question of the neutrality of Belgium. that nobodv here Is abuslnar tha Oer- hands St. Valentine's day wns otnltte.l mans, though some of us are wonder- to not th,t th day also was the in ing how they cam to fall for such a niveraary of the birth of Oreron Into bunch of cheap skates. ths Union. On February 1 . lf.. ti e Now let the emissaries of foreign act admitting Oreson Into th Cnlnn politics understand this: That th Passed Congres and we .lute our slate United Irish League in. Portland is still """d from tn"t period. What proa-ren an auxiliary body of the United Irish w made is esaily observed at n League of Ireland, of which John Red- l,n': "nd what .slMiinre we are I., mond is the head; that in this war Ire- the 'nrl Government Is well uml.-i -land must taka car of itself; that we stood at liendiiarter.. believe Redmonds course so far Is right, and that he has kept fuith with the British democracy. Our first and bounden duty Is to the United States, and if these agitators ar not satisfied with our American institutions and the Government at Washington th trains are leaving the Union Depot every day. The United Irish League of Portland Is in possession of tha official record setting out all the reforms granted Ira land ln 30 years from the organization of the Land League In 1S7 up to the date home rule was put on the statute! It will reiolce the -hearts of s'l book. This record represents a trl- friends and foes even tA linni that the umph unparalleled ln the history of rerent meeting of the liehel t'omml! constitutional agitation and no lesa a sioners. Steven and Hunter. Hh tribute to th spirit of liberty and 'resident Lincoln and Kerretary Kewnr.i progress which is inherent In tha Brit- resulted in plans fur a senerai ex ish constitution, and to th sense of chnna of prisoners at on.-e. Tina justice and fair play of the democracy means that Lllihy I'rison and Hell Isle of Great Britain. It will furnish thin at Richmond and the worse than slaxe record ln compact form to any speaker pens at Mlllen and AmlersonvlH will or organisation that will read It to be relieved of some 4'.uiu of our men. Surveyor Burrage wss yesterday en gaged In setting the monuments t govern the street aurveta In this rlt In the future, which will s.iv a vast expense to th taxtmyer. H. I. Day and Miss I'rsn.-es Ellen Hill were married by Jnstl' 1 . N . Russell at the residence of (!' brides father In Benton County, February 1 . 1865. the publlo at the Emmet exercises. If there ar among us no such speaker or organization with the American spirit of Justice and fair play, then It Is time that the publlo should know It L. SHANAI1AN. Of National Executive Board, U. I. L REPRESENT ATI OX DRAFT AROVEU Th conference tending toward pin- was without result. Washington The Preeldenl lin signed the bill for the amendment th Constitution abolishing slavery. George Owens Is contempt t Ing lh publication of a general dlre--torv. co ering Idaho Territory and th region to the east of Portland. The North Idaho Radiator, a ne five-column weekly publl-hcd at l.ewls ton, I. T., tis. mie lis arnesrsm-i'. I'SK OF "IX MATH" IS rHOTIMI.ll Prohibitionists' Secretary Writes on Proportional Amendment, PORTLAND. Feb. 21. (To the Ldl- tor.) I wish to thank you for th publicity accorded our proportional representation amendment, and crsv the privilege of correcting an error which has erect Into' vnur editorial He does not, however, pursue his argu- comment on the same under dato of Reference to Murirnt at Href School ment to Its logical conclusion. In lact, I February 17. You state that It will be possible, by a combination of votes, to elect as legislator a non-resident of a district. Thla statement Is Incorrect. Th amendment reads: "The candidate for ho reaches a conclusion directly oppo site to that supported by his own argu ment. He says, "(a) Belgium had an undoubted right to refUBe passage to German soldiers," and (b) bhe had also equally well-established right to Representative In each of said districts grant it either wltn on wltnout tne 1 who receives the highest number of treaty of 1839.". I votes shall thereby be elected as the Belgium exercised the first right, I representative ln th Legislative As- that is, "Her undoubted right to refuse sembly from that district." passage to German soldiers" and in sol It Is perfectly true that the Prohlbl- doing she committed no offense against tlonists, the Socialists or any other Germany. If she had an "undoubted group of voters from many districts right to refuse such passage" and she chose to exercise that right she was maintaining a strict neutrality. She did not thereby "Become, in fact, a party to the struggle." She chose to remain out of the struggle. She did not thereby "grasp the Iron dice of war," but she chose rathar to remain at peace with both her neighbors. One of the curious phenomena of this war Is the peculiar stats of mind which eems to affect all persons with Ger man sympathies. Ine most simple proposition of logic seems to escupe them. Suppose this condition of affairs to can combine with thn voters in a cer tain district to elect their candidate from that district. It would not be possible, otherwise, to have propor tional representation, for tho reason that our voters are not segregated both geographically and politically. For example, if all the Prohibitionists were ln Marion County, and all the Socialists in Clackamas County, they would be able to elect their Representatives and not vote outside of their own districts. This Is, however, an obvious impossi bility. So In order to have representa tion of each political body in prooor- tion to its state-wide strength. It Is Cleared I p tiy Mr. Measaer. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 2n1.. tha Editor.) The orrisnnt.in recentlv ran an Item about Ix-slln I'ukkhii. an "Inmat" tif th "Vimi nuver Mule School" being Injured In a Jltnry acci dent. That in Itsrlt was liiir.nl. Inn It tends to mv tb. public nn er roneous Impression of ll'e Waalunctitn Slate iSehnol fur tho lie.if. whl-h Is nothing inur nor less th:n a public school for those deprived of the io'i--of hearing. To call an. h chl'ilien "If, mates" Is a mlHUomer. and ten-la to classify them offhnnd with the saol. Imbecile ancl insane ns belnit hr Id in restraint against their will fir th" good of the community, when they am really pupils In the full i-cn-e of thn word as much as the children hI tending tha Portland public n-himla There Is not in America sm h n thins as a "mute school" Mnce the children in Vancouver, and cl:--ewherc thriiuich ou tii country, are encouruued to articulate as far as Is practicable. Th- word mute signifies one without tongue, while deaf luse only the sens- rise, that Great Britain should make necessary to allow state-wide latitude 1 0f hearing, and practically all can talk emand upon Holland for free passage through her ports and over her terri tory for the invasion of Germany. Sup pose that Holland exercise her "un doubted right, to refuse," could Holland hft then nid tn hat-A "hni)mt a nnrtu to the struggle," or "to have grasped representation. in choice of candidates. At th same time, each geographical district will have its own representative, to whom the local people can look for local re dress. - As. to Multnomah receiving a heavy this is perfectly In the iron dice of war." Would England harmony with proportional representa. be justified ln destroying her cities. yerrunning her territory and leaving er population In a starving condition and taking evident steps to annex her territory to the British Empire? AN AMERICAN. tion, because population (not geogra- Dhv). people (not streams and hills) are entitled to pro rata representation ln our governing body. OREGON PROHIBITION STATE COMMITTEE. Per J. Sanger Fox, Executive Hocretary. to a greater or less decree. About tho pupil Injured In the enl -llslon of the enr and jltnev, be Is the the winner of the school's annual chen tournament In which 2i pupils psr tlcipated out of the total enrollment of 142, ranging In aucs from & to Si. Rather a creditable record fnr nu ll a small school. Puitsan Is ono nf th pupils entered to play chess aa-alnri American Champion Marshall Tuasday night at the rooms of the Portland Chess Club. J. FREDERICK MUAGHER. One local authority says the num ber of bad boys has been reduced to 15. He probably means In any one family. Russia solves an economic problem by putting prisoners to work, those of Slavic blood getting the easy jobs. . It is up to the -boy born in the Union Depot the other day to live up to schedule all his days. Wonder what Wilson and Bryan would do if the Germans really sank a few of our ships. War developments are calculated to keep even the shrewdest speculators guessing. a By and by baseball will replace the fire as a Sunday afternoon attraction. Compelled to drink water exclu slvely, Oregon City will have the best. Ashland, which Is the Winter gate way to Oregon, wants a slogan. ( Hitch the beer wagon to a star and waft it a good-bye kiss. Bernhardt on her next tour will be stumping the country. The ripple of the periscope develops into a- mighty wave. y 1 Set out at least one rosebush. onlj'abSoI1v the-rofits of ..economy, i - butthey use their monopoly power in l .Where is the Dacia? ACIFIC UNIVERSITY GETS NOTICE Institution at Forest drove Draws Fa vorable Comment Front C. E. Cllne. PORTLAND, Feb. 18. (To the Edi tor.) It was the writer's good fortune to visit, one day last week, the Pacific University at Forest Grove. . It Is not loose talk to say that this school. founded by tha pioneers in 1848, is a real gem. I wish everybody knew more about It. With adequate and beautiful buildings, in the midst of a forest of great oaks, the like of which is seen nowhere else on the Coast, the school has a well-arranged athletic field; a crisp up-to-date faculty, all broadly and genuinely Christian, head- THB V. S. 8. BOSTON'S APPEAU About my decks the other night .My crew seemed ill at ease; Their talk was something of a fight. They grouped in twos and threes And said the state of Oregon For whom I've worked so hard Had now decided my work don. My fate the Navy Yard! Now I was once a cruiser bold Fought in the war with Spain I'm Interested, and though I'm old I'd Ilk to fight again For three long years here Used as an armory ed by President Bushnell, a young feb-j Teaching young men every year low, but competent and ambitious, a powerful library and modern scien tific apparatus. Forest Grove, one of the most beau tiful little cities in the United States. with sparkling mountain water ln abundance and a select population. Is fittingly the seat of this school, well Just how to act at sea, It's true It isn't very great To train young men for war. But certainly this mighty state Can look ahead so far And see that with a few trained men. Each man trained with my aid Tnoalalna the I lly. PORTLAND. Feb. II. (To the ltii- tor.) I ask a little Information on the Civil Service Union, as set forth in The Oregonian February 1. If the city Is to be unionised, as contemplate-!, will th non-union man, who Is a good citizen and conies to the city lathers for employment, receive tha iiniii con. sideratlon from the unions that the union employes will receive, or will the unions, as they have alwaya done in th past, make hla existence so nilnera ble that he cannot keep hla position And In case the city does, against the I'v lain right I will of th union, employ non-union men, will the city ne boycotiei anl bannered as have been some of nur prominent business men? If this state of affairs comes about, we, as good sympathisers with the union, should help the union by boycotting th city and pay no taxes. Then every, body will h happy th union, th non-union and the taxpayer. r"Ain TLAT. equipped to meet the requirements of I Whene'er the war clouds com again modern life. I She may feel unarraid A little investigation since my visit there reveals the fact that Pacific Uni- Oh. keep me! My civilian crew versity is rated by the Government Will vet prove me of worth! Bureau of Education as one of th)Why, they can fight like thosa men do 'standard colleges ' In the United I Who battle on the earth States and her graduates entitled, on And they can also go to soa, their diplomas, without further exami-I Man every gun and boat. nation, to teach ln the high schools of Keeping my engines running fre Oregon and Washington. I As long as I can rioat: With other things, it was most pleas- MIDSHIPMITK. Ing to learn that the school, in its reg ular college classes, is now having I ntnlonratlc Cotresaondenee. steady ana rapio. progress. withal. tjt .v n, wh m To th Fdltor) they know how to make an outsider Klnd'ly inform mo through th col feel at home. C. E. CL1NE. -n,. ii.,nh nri.n h.r one mav secure the so-callod white Roses and Dogs. papers of England and Germany, ths PORTLAND, Feb. 18. (To th Edl- yellow book of France and the orange tor.) Being both a lover of roses and papers of Russia. In other words, th dogs, of which I have had both at the I official correspondence of the nations same-time, I can appreciate what our I engaged ln this war Just prior ind friend of yesterday says regarding- his leading tin to the beginning of hosflli- troubles. Roses are one of the most beautiful things of this life; dogs are our truest friends, but we must remem ber the old adage, "Bear and forbear." Man's home is his castle, but outside of that is the world, and we can't be egotists, if one's roses are on the lawn or boulevards. One cannot expect pro tection without fencing, dominion without shelter. Be just. At the same time our dog friend should keep his female dog from running out in the street alone. We are all atoms of the great universe, all have our rlghts- jeven the dogs. SUBSCRIBER. ties. CHAS. PATTEbi Write tha Ambassadors from each of the countries at Washington, D. C. Jason Moere's Address. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 18. (To the Edi tor.) Please Inform me, through th columns of your paper, of the ad dress of Jason Moore, who was leased two salt lakes ln Oregon. FAITHFUL READER. Mr. - Moore's business address is 114 Broadway, New York. An Advertising Example No business shows mor rh nomonal Increases than that of the New York Tclephon Com pany. Each quarter th "phon book" grows In size. In this connection It Is Inter, rating to not that this company is a laraT newspaper advertiser. It not only advertises to get mor subscribers, but It adver tises to mak present subscribers us their telephone more. It even advertises to each tha public th shrewd Idea that th "Vole with th smll" will mak telephoning more afreeahle. It Is a striking example of how newspaper advertising will build up a business that hna a real service to perform. i