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ORTUND, SATURDAY, MAV 29. 1913.1
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Because conditions in Mexico are
"'fast becoming intolerable" President
"ilson will Issue a. statement defining
'iis present policy and latest purposes
'toward that unhappy republic. It is
to be Intimated that the United States
-will intervene unless there is a great
:hange for the bettor in Mexico. i
- It is not only the sorrowful truth
hat the Mexican situation is "fast
K-coming intolerable." but it has long
iieen intolerable. The President has
fought by various futile diplomatic
expedients to impress upon the nu
merous Mexican leaders a conception
"pf their duty, but he has not yet ad
ynittod that he had any duty of his
uwn beyond admonition and remon
strance. The only language under
stood and respected by a Mexican guer
rilla is force. The man who says he is
vtoo proud to tight" he regards as a
coward, and the nation which threat
ens, but does not act, he comes to
despise. ,
Mexico has come to be an old and
tiresome story. Taken with a firm
hand in the beginning of its troubles,
it might now have been at peace; but
left to itself, and subjected to no ef
fective restraints from the one power
Which had a responsibility for Mex
ico, it has been the prey of outlawry
and the victim of universal anarchy.
We have sought to forget Mexico,
and our duty to Mexico, in contem
plation of the tremendous tragedy in
Kurope and our own embarrassments
mid misfortunes arising therefrom.
But It U obvious that when the war
is over, there must be a show-down
over Mexico. If we do not pacify
Mexico, the Kuropean victor will.
AS TO- t HU D UBOK.
It is quite likely that Mrs. Florence
Keliey would have modified her criti
cism of the Mothers' Congress child
labor resolution if she had had a little
time for reflection. The wisest of
Jieople say things in the heat of pas
sion 'which they are not disposed to
defend in their cooler moments. Mrs.
Jvelley has done so much for the wel
fare of children and all other citizens
that she must in justice be presumed
to speak from the best of motives.
But such motives do not insure her
from making an occasional blunder.
; Her statement that the resolution
In question was a "betrayal" of the
i'hild labor cause is of course extreme.
Not one woman in a hundred who
voted for it would have tolerated for
fcn instant the thought of any wrong
to children. The resolution was pro
posed as a useful modification of the
fextreme prohibitory view and the
women who voted for it assumed It
,to be what it appeared on the sur
face So there should be no talk of
betrayal. It is perfectly well under
stood by the women of Portland, as it
1s elsewhere in the United States, that
child labor ia incompatible with a
healthy- and 'intelligent body of
Titizcnt.
. This country needs competent citi
zens as much as any nation in the
world, and more than most nations,
f-iricc. our citizens are our rulers as
well as our defenders. To destroy
them in their childhood by untimely
toil is a crime for which there Is no
forgiveness. History tells us only too
plainly what happens to peoples who
thus pollute the waters of national
life at their source. We are obliged
by the inherent laws of life to choose
between the children and the profits
f those who would exploit them. In
deed, the choice has already been
made by the country. It is on the
side of the children. Among intelli
gent and conscientious Americans
there is and can be no difference of
opinion upon this point. We all agree,
moreover, that a certain amount of
muscular labor is a good thing for a
strong, growing boy, as Mrs. Tate so
vigorously asserts. It not only keeps
him from the mischiefs of idleness
"and adds to the resources of his fam
ily, but it disciplines hm in a way
jliat he sorely needs. There is no bet
Jcr lesson for a .big boy than to learn
how to work usefully.
J But there is an obvious limit to the
amount of work that should be im
posed upon a boy who has his school
ing to make up and who needs a
wholesome quantity of sleep and
recreation. This point is put as well
as it can be in "David Harum."
David's father went beyond the rea
sonable limit in his requirements and
the boy rebelled, as thousands of oth
ers have done. We are not aware that
any reader of the book 'condemns
David for his revolt. Our inner sense
or justice rather 'commends him.
There is a manifest danger In requir
ing any wage work whatever from
ciing boys. The danger is that the
wholesome limit will be passed for
the sake of profits and that the boy,
as an asset for the country, will be
destroyed.
We. say nothing about the inhuman
ity of destroying growing youths for
the sake of the money to be made out
of their ruin. If we are obliged to
choose between forbidding all employ
ment of tiovs in their tender years
and permitting employment that
blights and dwarfs them, can there be
any question what our choice will be?
It should be practicable to allow such
, youths to work as much as is good
for them and at the same time pro
vide for their morals and education.
Jcrmany and some other countries
have solved this fundamental prob
lcni by their "continuation schools."
By this device a strong boy is enabled
to earn good wages and carry on his
.schooling at other hours of the day.
The gain to him and his parents is
inestimable. Perhaps we shall some
time see the wisdom of such an ar
rangement. Put, whatever we do. we should
never forget the distinction between
that kind of work which, in modera
tion, is beneficial to a big. sturdy boy,
and the labor, in mills and mines that
grinds little children into blood money.
The first kind of labor actually
strengthens the growing citizens of
the country. The other kind cankers
them in the bud. We do not want
the United States to become a Nation
of sickly dwarfs any more than a Na
tion of incompetent idlers.
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MOKE VET TO COM E.
The Oregonian a few days since had
a resume of the socialistic plans and
rosy dreams of Commissioner Daly,
designed in the more or less remote
future to make of Portland a rain
bowed haven of little work and abun
dant ease. Assessing the property
owner, and not the tenant, for water;
charging the general taxpayer, and
not the water fund, for the installa
tion of fire hydrants; installing a mu
nicipal garbage collection system; fix
ing a $3 minimum wage for unskilled
labor, and water-metering the city
all were shown to be a part of the
Daly socialistic propaganda. It was
also said:
After the city shall hava been water
metered from St. Johns to Portland Heights
and from Nob Hill to Eastmoreland, ana
after the frasrant era of grand free collec
tion of garbajfo over the fifty square miles
of Portland shall be fairly under way, some
thing will yet remain to make Portland a
Socialist Utopia. Next in order will come
municipal ownership and operation of light
and power system, and then of the street
railway system if the Jitneys, so gently
favored by the City Commission, leave any
thing of it. Then, no doubt, as a final So
cialistic triumph, we shall throw away the
meters and give free water to everybody.
This mild but accurate interpreta
tion of the radical Daly motives and
policies appears to have stirred up
the Portland Labor Press, which de
votes much energy and space to a
broadside denunciation of The Orego
nian. All that interests us very little;
but a single paragraph'is nevertheless
worth repetition. It is:
We are willing to gamble that Daly is
ready to plead guilty to every statement of
fart contained in the foregoing and we
wouldn't be surprised If he was even wilting
to father some of the predictions as well.
If he should conclude to advocate municipal
ownership of the utilities named. The Ore
gonian will have a fight on its hands that
will make the present meter fight pale Into
Insignificance, because, in spile of the ef
forts of The Oregonian to mould public
opinion to the contrary, there are a lot of
people that believe in that very system.
And by the way. we don't hesitate to say
that some day the people will do the very
thing The Oregonian suggests with regard
to meter, throw them away and give free
water to everybody.
There is already a surfeit of Daly
ism in Portland; but the Labor Press
may be accepted as authority for the
promise of much more of it.
PRACTICAL TKIJSPATHY.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell is a
great believer in the future develop
ments of telepathy if the stories about
him are true. He has said in a recent
address that the art can be carried to
great perfectiop by means of wire
coils worn about the head. The wear
er's thoughts set the wire vibrations
and thus ether waves are made to
travel through space to receptive per
sons at a distance. In this way telep
athy may be practiced as commonly
as speech is now. Dr. Bell does not
say how soon this surprising inven
tion will be perfected, but from his
remarks we gather that it does not lie
far away in the dark future.
To some persons too much telepathy
would not be especially agreeable,
since it would disclose to chance ob
servers many thoughts which they
prefer to keep to themselves. But of
course they do not need to put on the
coil of transmitting wire unless they
wish. When they wear it their minds
will be an open book to all mankind.
When they do not wear it their inner
selves will be as private as they are
now. A contemporary notices the dis
turbing consideration that in heaven
everybody's thoughts will be known to
all comers, much as they will be here
on earth, when Dr. "Bell's invention is
in common use.
But we must remember that in the
better land all will be innocent and
their thoughts perfectly pure, so that
there will be no motive for concealing
them. It is not the purest and most
innocent of our mental activities that
we care to keep from our fellow-men.
The vibrations of which Dr. Bell ex
pects to make use in this way lie be
tween the upper limit of sound and
the lower limit of light and heat. The
most rapid sound vibrations we hear
are at the rate of some 35,000 a sec
ond. Heat begins at about 1,500,000
and light at 3,000.000. Between these
limits there are vast numbers of vi
brations that may well transmit
thought when we learn how to utilize
them for that interesting purpose.
Upon the whole, we may wish well to
Dr. Bell's new device and hope he will
hurry on its practical adaptation.
OPINION ON BARNES LIBEL CASE.
The consensus of newspaper opin
ion on the Barnes-Roosevelt libel suit
seems to be that Mr. Barnes has com
mitted political suicide without seri
ously injuring Colonel Roosevelt. The
New York boss has made the blunder
of giving his maligner an opportunity
to prove the truth of the alleged libel.
The Colonel has proved it to the satis
faction of a jury of mixed political
belief. No appeal or new trial can
set aside the effect of that verdict on
public opinion. "
At the same time,' however, the
public renders a verdict on Colonel
Roosevelt's political career which the-
jury was not called upon to render.
There is some diversity of opinion on
that point, though there is none on Mr.
Barnes' political methods. In general.
Republicans find that Colonel Roose
velt made the best of prevailing po
litical methods until he could improve
them, and that he has improved them.
Democrats see in Kim a charlatan re
former, who did not turn against the
bosses until he could use them no
longer and until- lie saw profit in
fighting them. Progressives see in
him a popular tribune whom Repub
licans must consult if they wish to
avoid another smashing defeat.
The general disposition is to judge
of Colonel Roosevelt by his present
rather than his past, political attitude.
He has not receded from his cham
pionship of popular rule as against
machine methods, and he is consid
ered to have done good service to that
cause in proving his charges against
Mr. Barnes. What happened in the
days of Piatt no longer matters. The
proof of his former intimacy with
Senator Piatt and other bosses might
injure him if he sought more favors
from the people, but none remain for
him to seek. He may have added to
the total of antagonisms by revealin
his dislike of Justice Hughes; than
whom no man stands higher in public
esteem, but since he desires nothing
more, what matters that politically?
With Mr. Barnes it was far other
wise. He imagined the tide to be set
ting so strongly not only to the Re
publican party, but to his own wing
of that party that he was about -to
forsake the position of a boss for that
of a candidate and to seek, the Rcpub -
lican nomination for Senator. Just at
this time, when he needs to conciliate
the returning Progressives, a jury
brands him as a corrupt boss. His
career as a budding statesman is thus
threatened with an ending ere it be
gins, and his party may hardly dare
continue him as its leader. He staked
practically all and lost, while Colonel
Roosevelt had little at stake and did
not greatly diminish that little.
FOR AND AGAINST THE METERS.
A great mass of figures, and com
parisons with other cities, has been
thrust upon the public, in the meter
discussion, to the general confusion
and dismay. The elements 1 of the
question may be found in the follow
ing statement, which ought to be suf
licient to aid the voter to make up
his mind:
The plea for the meters is that they
will equalize rates, reduce consump
tion and prevent waste. To that end
it is proposed to spend $40,000 now
for 5000 meters and J400.000 to 450,
000 for meters everywhere as funds
are available.
The case against the meters is that
they restrict the use of water, when,
the supply being overabundant, its
free use ought to be encouraged. The
flat rate system, based on the number
of faucets, is fair and inexpensive.
The installation of 50,000 to 60,000
meters in Portland involves large out
lay, and their maintenance, with re
pairs and monthly reading by an
army of employes, means heavy addi
tional permanent expense. There is
plenty of water for all.
FINANCING FOREIGN TRADE.
Development of foreign trade is the
one best means of bringing not only
immediate but future permanent pros
perity to the United States. Although
present conditions are abnormal, we
can turn them to account in estab
lishing a hold in foreign markets
which will continue after conditions
have again become normal. The way
was pointed out by Dr. Edward Ewing
Pratt, chief of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, at the bank
ers' convention at San Francisco.
After taking into account all pay
ments due by us in Europe and all
sums due to us, the net balance of
trade in the fiscal year 1914 was 155,
000,000 against us. For the first nine
months of the fiscal year 1915 there
was a net balance in our favor of
$452,500,000. This sum is much
smaller than .the excess of exports
over Imports, because deductions are
made for Income on American securi
ties held in Europe, for interest on
floating debt due in Europe and for
ocean freight due to Europe. The
adverse net balance of 1914 was due
partly to tourists' expenditures,
amounting to $250,000,000, and to
remittances of foreign-born people
to Europe, estimated at $150,000,000.
The war has practically stopped these
drains and has left as the only deduc
tions income on foreign investments
in America, interest on American
floating debt held in Europe and
ocean freight.
The effect of this favorable balance
is apparent in low rates of exchange,
large imports of gold, application of
capital to foreign investments and
financing of foreign loans in the
United States. Since November for
eign loans to the amount of $200,000,
000 have been placed in the United
States and credits to an additional
amount of $100,000,000 have been ob
tained. At the beginning of the war
the American debt to Europe was
about $7,000,000,000, but in the man
ner described we had within a few
months reduced this total by $300,
000,000, not taking Into account the
large sales of American securities by
Europe in New York.
Change of the United States from
a debtor to a creditor nation on what
Dr. Pratt calls current account, that
excluding fixed investments in se
curities, requires that New York be
come to the world what London has
been hitherto the clearing center of
the world's commerce. London has
held that position because Britaiu was
the great creditor nation of the world.
New York should take the same posi
tion because the United States is be
coming a great creditor nation. In
order that it m'ay do so. New York
must, in the words of Dr. Pratt,
'finance the exchanges by lending
capital -wherever it is . needed to keep
trade going." Payments must be made
in securities and with the foreign
markets closed to new issues. "New
York has the whole field of interna
tional finance at her feet." English
holdings of Argentine and Canadian
issues may be transferred to this
country, their purchase answering the
same purpose as purchase of an equal
amount in British war bonds and
"would bring us into more intimate
relations with these growing coun
tries and have a tendency to help our
trade with them."
Establishment of foreign branches
of American banks under the Federal
reserve law is a necessary adjunct to
the purchase of foreign securities and
to financing of foreign trade. These
branches must "go in for local loans
and discounts and must take part in
underwriting securities. So far, one
National bank has opened five foreign
branches and contemplates others.
Other banks have established close
relations with the banks of other
countries and still others are consid
ering like entrance into the foreign
field.
we must remember that the pres
ent expansion of our foreign trade is
built largely on abnormal foundations
export of war supplies and of food
at war prices. It has been perma
nently useful by forcing our attention
to foreign trade. Referring to the
adverse effect of a crop failure on
business in any one country and to
the improbability that the same crop
would fail simultaneously in several
countries with which we do business
Dr. Pratt said:
Kach new foreign market developed by
the American manufacturer means more
stable ttade and more stablo business condi
tion in tills country. The greater the CK
tension of our markets and the greater di
versification of our outlets for our manu
factured products, the more stable will our
domestic conditions become.
The present world crisis is also
"forcing upon us the operation of in
dustries which we have heretofore left
to other countries." American capi
tal has turned to manufacture of
dyes, chemical porcelain, optical glass
and other commodities.
"The most vital need In the devel
opment of our foreign trade," Dr.
Pratt told the bankers, "is the need
of means of financing" it. The banks
should "step into the breach" and
"provide the American manufacturer
with American banking facilities."
There is plenty of room for them in
the foreign field.. They should "pop
ularize the issues of foreign securi
ties." They should "know interna
tional banking" and train men for it.
Banks' are prevented from entering
this field by the lack of men, one
banker having said to Dr. Fratt-that
he "was willing to establish branches
just as fast as men could be obtained
to take charge of them, and he point
ed out that he could not only not find
men who know foreign languages ahd
who know international banking, but
that he could not find men who are
well qualified in the field of domestic
banking."
An opening for American, bankers
to finance foreign trade was revealed
at the Pan-American conference, when
it was suggested that Chile accept
bills of exchange on New York in
payment of export duties on nitrate,
as she has hitherto accepted bills on
London, large American interests be
ing behind the project. South Amer
ican business has been organized to
deal with Britain and Germany. It is
now prepared to reorganize for deal
ing with the United States. This coun
try needs to provide the facilities for
such dealings.
Mr. Edison is said to have been
greatly pleased with the gold medal J
which his fellow-inventors and educa
tors gave him the other day. It was
a tribute to his deeds. He has never
been much of a talker, but always a
great worker. Marconi and others
paid him handsome tributes at the
presentation which ho must have
prized even more than the medal. He
deserved all he received and more.
Upon the whole the Eastern press
has been far more violent than the
Western in the Lusitania discussion.
What can be the reason? Most of the
women . and babies murdered be
longed to Eastern families. That
counts for a good deal. But we at
tribute the philosophic calm of this
section in the face of National disas
ter to the soothing influence of the
climate.
Germany's reply to the United
States is promised iji the form of a
serial and will thus prolong the in
terest over many weeks. The serial
may run on so long that the Lusitania
unpleasantness will be forgotten. Per
haps the astute advisers of the Kai
ser had that thought in mind when
they chose the diplomatic form so
dear to other romancers.
"They that go down to the sea in
ships" are subjected to new and mon
strous perils in these times, but they
are not deterred. The outgoing liners
still carry their quota of women and
children in the face of all perils. Hu
man nature has always set business
and pleasure above safety, and no
doubt always will.
The Kaiser's act of mercy in par
doning fiye nuns who had sheltered
French soldiers will awaken deep
gratitude in the religious world per
haps. It seems to indicate that the
laws of war have been relaxed toward
women and gives some hope that they
may be relaxed toward children by
and by.
The "Lake-to-Gulf act," which has
just passed the Illinois Legislature,
gives- Chicago an outlet to the Gulf
and makes it a seaport, in a sense, as
well as a lake port. It now stands
on the chessboard of the country like
the queen which guards and attacks
in every direction.
When the last German shall have
fallen, face to the foe, the Teutonic
empire -will be a thing of the past.
The time seems distant, however, for
the supply of fighting men is endless.
Now the men above 50 are bothering
the authorities to enlist against Italy.
It's the spirit.
Poor old China whines piteously
that she is too feeble to defend her
self. Centuries of submission to every
foe have finally extirpated her power
of resistance. What has happened to
China may happen to other nations.
Her situation conveys a lesson and a
warning.
Thus far the Italian invasion of
Austria has been like a return to one's
native village on Old Home day. They
meet their own language, old friends
and warm sympathy. There will be
no outrages n the people, no arson
and murder, as long as this experience
lasts.
"Our weakness invited insult,"
writes Yuan Shi Kai of the treaties
Japan forced on China. -Unless the
United States puts itself in a better
position to uphold its rights, some
future President of this Nation will
say the same of us.
Of the possible ' sunshine of fifteen
hours and twenty-three minutes yes
terday, Old Sol made good just enough
to show intention to be reasonable.
With more of it today and tomorrow,
the fans will show their appreciation.
It would better become Villa to
show an Interest in saving the lives
of innocent Americans in Mexico
rather than in saving the lives of
Mexican murderers in Arizona.
The Catholic Sentinel, of Portland,
celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary
this week by appearing in different
form and up to Editor Sullivan's
standard of excellence.
When a healthy young city like St.
Johns asks admission from its bi
neighbor, good-fellowship as well as
good sense dictates that every citi
zen answer "Yes."
What chance has the poor smug
gler with' the X-ray prying into the
inside of every bale of cotton waste
or barrel of resin to discover rubber?
A janitor falls three stories and is
killed: a plasterer falls three stories
and is not. There is no significance
in these facts; they just happen so.
A carload of candy is due here from
England. It will be good stuff, to he
surei, or it would not be sent. Yet the
local product tills the want.
That is a noble array of hydrants
which lies unused w hile large sections
of the city are unprotected against
tire for lack of them.
The ease with which the Austrians
permit the Italians to advance arouses
suspicion of a trap somewhere in the
mountains.
The Kaw and the Arkansas are do
ing their best to wash away the twelve
years' accumulation of dirt in their
valleys.
Departure of the Arizona delegation
due yesterday, has been deferred t
few weeks.
The E-11 rivals the U-9 in its sub
marine feats of destruction.
Do not forget that Monday is a noli-day.
Barnes-Roosevelt Verdict
KASTERX PRKSS COVMEST.
New York Globe.
Is seems to most Americans as
if Colonel Roosevelt, from the be
ginning of his career to the present
time, has shown that he is anxious
and willing to resolve all reasonable
doubts in favor of purer and freer gov
ernment; that he is in sympathy with
all efforts to realize the dreams of de
mocracy; that he believes that govern
ment should be administered to ad
vance public ends. So his dickerings
with Flatts are rated as born rather
of a. desire to use Flatts than of a will
ingness to be used by them.
New York World.
Mr. Roosevelt is confident that in
spite of the antics of the jury he has
won a moral victory. Perhaps he has:
but who could imagine Woodrow Wil
son or William H. Taft or William Mc
Kinley or Grover Cleveland regarding
such disclosures'as were made against
Mr. Roosevelt as a moral victory or
any other kind of victory? Any of them
would have considered that if rank
political duplicity was proved against
him, as this case proved against Mr.
Roosevelt, his methods would be brand
ed forever as those of a political char
latan. The Syracuse case ought to finish Mr.
Barnes as a Republican leader in this
state and it ought to finish Mr. Roose
velt as well.
New York Mail.
The verdict of the jury at Syracuse is
much more than a vindication tor one
man. It is a triumph for a cause. It
is a victory for the people in their ef
fort to wrest the control of their own
affairs from the oipartisan alliance of
bosses. It is a point won in the strug
gle against the system engrafted upon
American politics whereby the bosses
always win and the people always lose,
no matter who is elected.
Chicago Evening Post.
It is doubtful if Mr. Barnes would
have ventured to bring suit had he not
hoped that he could finally eliminate
Colonel Roosevelt as a factor in poli
tics. In this hope he was encouraged
by all those forces of reaction and
agents of corruption to whom the name
of Roosevelt is anathema. In the de
feat of Mr. Barnes they are defeated.
In the victory of Colonel Roosevelt the
standpat element In the Republican
party must read tho warning that it
will have him and his followers, to deal
with before the 1916 convention goes
down into history with a platform and
a ticket.
Springfield Republican.
If Mr. Barnes' chief motive in bring
ing suit was to promote his own po
litical fortunes by humbling Mr. Roose
velt before the country, his failure is
more complete even than could have
been anticipated. The trial lias ex
posed his personal vulnerability as a
candidate for the United States Sena
torshlp. in case the Senatorship is the
goal of his ambition. He has not only
lost the verdict in court which he strove
to secure: he has lost also in public
esteem. Yet Mr. Roosevelt s triumph
Is not ail that his friends could have
desired. The trial cannot have in
creased his influence. The feeling that
he, too, in a sense, has lost may be
rooted in the prejudice against him
which many people can never shake off.
yet the unimpeachable evidence of his
strong aversion to Governor Hughes
must have distressed many of the ex-
President's sincerest admirers.
New York Tribune.
On the outcome of this case Mr.
Barnes staked his political future. He
lias lost. To Colonel Roosevelt an ad
verse verdict could not have been so
disastrous, under any circumstances.
He retains that which he started with
the ability to continue fighting for
the political principles in which ne be
lieves and prestige and public confi
dence to back up that fight. Mr. Barnes,
having appealed to the people and losf.
has little chance, little hope. In any
further appeal.
Baltimore Sun.
For Barnes to claim damages for be
ing called a "boss" seemed something
of a joke and the testimony against
him at the trial disclosed nothing to
surprise anybody.
But the washing of the dirty linen of
former Republican administrations in
New York did not. to say the least, en
hance the reputation of "T. R." as a
white-souled saint of light and leading.
Boston Transcript.
We have only to scrutinize the po
litical complexion of the jury seven
Republicans, three Progressives and
two Democrats to verify the non-po
litical character of the verdict, to see
the significance of the victory, and to
measure the extent of the vindication,
not merely for the former President,
but for the people and the press of the
country whence have come for the last
few years condemnation of the sort of
political corruption which has dis
graced the great State of New York
and to which both the Democratic and
Republican parties under the domina
tion of such bosses as Barries and his
Tammany allies have contributed.
Indianapolis Star.
The verdict at Syracuse is in accord
ance with liberty and progress, as welt
as with the law. It helps to wet the
stamp of approval upon the leaders of
social, industrial and economic reform
and to brand as undesirable and hope
less any and every attempt to restore
the reign of the invisible government.
New York Evening Post.
On Barnes' political future the reve
lations of the trial ought to put a com
plete extinsruisher. and the impression
at Albany appears to be very strong
that it will do so. As for Mr. Roosevelt,
while he comes off very well as far as
Barnes is concerned, the record at Syra
cuse brings out in black ahd white and
will preserve permanently and in ac
cessible shape such exhibits of his own
political standards as it will be any
thing but agreeable for htm to face
when next he raises his banner at
least if it should again be the seekers
after the millenium whom he will call
upon to rally to his cause.
New York Times.
The evidence in the ease showed that
Theodore Roosevelt cot on famously
with the big Republican bosses until he
and the Republican party had a falling
out in 1910. Then, as the bosses were
no longer working for him, he with
drew from them the right hand of fel
lowship. But all the world knew this,
it knew that he had been on friendly
and intimate terms with Tlatt, with
Barnes, with Quay.. It was not until
lie made his thunderous exit from the
party that his better nature asserted
itself, it was only then that there
surged up within him a tide of moral
scruples against the wickedness and
depravity of organisation leaders and
organization methods. The trial of the
libel action has served to recall these
matters to the public mind and to fix
them in memory that is all.
New York Sun.
One of the greatest deeds of benefi
cent salvage that man can do for his
fellow man and declared enemy is that
which William Barnes, of Albany, has
done for Theodore Roosevelt, of Every
where: and not the less conspicuous
is the benefaction because uninten
tional. Out of the doldrums into the
favoring political trade wind: out of
the arid sands into the lushness of the
oasis verdure: out of the gathering
p loom of oblivion Into the pleased eyes
and more or leFS admiring minds of
his hundred million fellow citizens
this Is what Mr. Barnes has done for
Colonel Roosevelt: not for $50,000, but
actually at his own expense and with
out tnc slightest Incidental reward In
any form, direct or indirect, moral, po
litical or pecuniary.
OK TUB
sTHl.XG.
GLADSOME
(In Pursuance of the Time-Honored
Custom of Poets.
There are the gladsome days of Sprint.
when birds ami poets sweetly sin,
when there are leaflets on the trees
and velvet finish on tUe b'.etze; the
days when men and women folk
united by the wedlock yoke with
toil's utensils monkey 'round, in
serting seeds Into the ground. Their
thoughts oft to the future turn when
they'll have garden truck to burn;
have peas as green as Erin's vales
and radishes with tapering tails and
corpulent tomatoes and cucumbers
of the warty brand, and other
things will flourish there ad in
finitum, as it were.
Yes. Spring is here, the time o' year
when Freddy and his Daisy, dear,
indulge in quiet moonlight walks
and semi-idiotic talks, while pictur
ing: a future ripe with dreams
emitted from the pipe, when they
will live on love and kisses and
other sweet domestic blisses, but
ere they try such feed a week
corned beef and cabbage they will
seek, with chaser of mincepie, per
haps, or pudding made of taole
scraps.
'Tis Spring, when pimples dot the face,
et cetera, of Maude and Grave, and
sulphur and molasses dope they
chamber in the earnest hope that it
may drive the impure mud from out
their erstwhile ruddy blood.
'Tis Spring, when dames and maidens
sweet appear upon the city Vtreet as
charming moving picture show, neck
ends of shirtwaists cut so low net
work is needed to prevent escapes
'twould cause embarrassment; light,
gauzy screening that reveals almost
as much as it conceals. 'Tis Spring,
when Charleyboy appears in collar
that supports his ears, with phantom
cane and low-neck shoes and socks
of really startling hues, and pants
turned up to enow the jay eye-dazzling
hosiery display.
The swift pen we might nimbly swing
on evidences of the Spring by day
and by the midnight lamp till halted
by the writers' cramp, but here we
drop the nimble pen. and readers
all may cry "Ah-men!"
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
Mre Water Rather Tkaa l.rnn.
PORTLAND, May 28. (To the Edi
tor.) A certain evening publication
should be ashamed of itself. In the not
long ago It contended, or rather pre
tended, that it stood for "the city beau
tiful." Now it takes the opposite posi
tion In its contention for meter, which
means placing the health of the city
in the hands of the careless, who would
curtail the use of water, fearing they
might exceed the minimum cost.
Contrast this stand with that of The
Morning Oregonian, which advocates
more water, better health and a city
beautiful. Every one knows that many
large lots and blocks of land that lay
within the city boundaries have on
them an out-of-date house, occupied by
families of the working clasn who are
unable to pay the water rent to keep
such lot or block green.
Why not. if necessary, lay another
Pipeline, turning practically the entire
Bull Run river into our reservoir, give
the people the surplus water free for
their gardens, lawns and roses, making
a city beautiful indeed and lessening
the risk of fires?
JOHNSON VAN IIOVAN
Identification Required.
Boston Transcript.
Clerk We can't pay you the $2." on
this money order until you are iden
tified. Man That's tough: There's only one
man in town who can identify me and
I owe him $20.
JINGLE
MEMORIAL DAY STORIES
in The Sunday Oregonian
An incident of historic importance in connection with the annual
Memorial day ceremonies tomorrow will be the dedication at Arl
ington, Va., of a monument composed of the mainmast and the
fighting top of the battleship Maine, sunk in Havana harbor 17
years ago.
President Wilson and other high officials of the Federal Govern
ment will attend the services at Arlington. The Sunday Oregonian
will contain an ample description of the events planned at the his
toric ceremony, as well as stories detailing the general plans for
Memorial day observances throughout the country.
PAYING TRIBUTE TO FLAG The front cover of the Sunday paper
will present an impressive figure of Liberty, with hands out
stretched and the Stars and Stripes draped from her arms. A
Confederate soldier and a Union soldier, side by side, with heads
uncovered, are paying tribute to the spirit of liberty.
CAPTURED BY .MORGAN'S RAIDERS Another Memorial day
story of particular interest in Portland will be an account of an
experience by Bishop Moore, of Ohio, and formerly of Portland,
who, as a youth, -was captured by Morgan's raiders in Ohio and held
prisoner by them for a brief period. Bishop Moore was head of the
Methodist church in Oregon for two years.
BOYS WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR A number of boys actually
fought and were enlisted in the Civil War before they reached their
teens. Others saw active'-service at 13, 14 and 15. Many of these
boys they are old men now are still living. A full page, well
illustrated, will tell something of the daring needs of these brave
lads.
ONE-MAN FORCE ON THE CANAL General Goethals. builder of
the Panama Canal, who is relating the story of his achievements in
The Sunday Oregonian, now has reached that stage of his interest
ing discussions wherein he describes, with careful attention to de
tail, the manner in which his great staff was organized. Under
President Roosevelt's famous "one-man order" General Goethals was
given absolute civil and military authority on the Canal.
A MYSTERIOUS OIL PORTRAIT Statesmen. Army and Navy of
ficers and diplomats alike have been called upon recently to identify
a strange oil portrait of a distinguished-appearing man, which for
many years hung beside a picture of General U. S. Grant in the.
back room of Chamberlain's famous hotel in Washington, D. C.
Yet not one of these has been able to answer. The Sunday Ore
gonian will present a reproduetion of the famous picture and an
account of the strange circumstances surrounding its lost identity.
NATURE HUNTERS RISK LIVES In this instructive article an
experienced writer will tell how scientists and seekers after some
of Nature's unrevealed truths face frequent dangers and actually
risk their lives so that they may procure rare specimens of veg
etable and animal life. The story is fully illustrated.
AUTHOR TO GET TARDY RECOGNITION Now that he is dead,
Rouget de Lisle, author of the Marseillaise, is to get recognition
from the people of France. De Lisle has been dead since 1S30
'and his song long has l.ren a classic. Although he died in rags,
the French people now propose to immortalize him hy placing
him in the Pantheon. The Sunday Oregonian will tell the story of his
life and the circumstances surrounding the poem that made him
famous.
REED COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT After four years of patient
effort, during which many plans that were considered innovations
in the field of higher education were successfully launched. Reed
College is to present its first class of graduates to the world next
week. Ample attention will be given this event.
ROSE FESTIVAL DRAWS NIGH Now that the Rose Festival is
only a little more than a week away, the interest of the public
increases. In tomorrow's paper the complete programme, so far
as it has been arranged, will be announced.
A DVENTISTS TENTED CITY More than OOOO Seventh-Day Ad
ventists are camped near Portland to hold religious services. They
have stores, hotels, restaurants and even a newspaper on the
grounds. Full page, with illustrations.
OTHER SUNDAY FEATURES will include the usual rnmic section,
Donahey's page for the children and the regular departments de
voted to special activities of Portland people.
ORDER FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER TODAY 5C A COPY.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
from The Orrgonian of May lfro.
Tiie steamer Northwest of the Kcily
ii.ie came Into port yesterday with but
oi;e cylinder working, her crank pin
having been broken and a serious ac
cident i-ettuHiiu to the Marhoard
eiiKine. The accident happened whil
the steamer was in the t'ovvluz River,
a few miles below Toledo in one of
the worst rapids in the liver. A good
deal of praise is due Mr. H. It. Kellos.
the engineer whose presence of mind
saved the steamer from serious damage.
At a meeting of the American
Baptist rublication Society yesterday,
much enthusiasm was evoked by the
announcement that $400,000 had been
raised to supplement the gift of $80(1,-
000 by J. D. Rockefeller, of Cleveland,
for the great Baptist University of Chi.
caso.
There is a wonderful run of salmon
and canneries cannctt use all that are
caught, i.ine film caught in one day
rl tons and mid to stop their fish
w heels.
Express No. 3 met with a bad
wreck one mile cast of The Dalles thl
morning. The limn winds had piled up
the sand on the track ahead of the
shovelers. and the train was four hours
behind time. Fireman J. E. Irish arvd
Knifineer McHvers Jumped as the engine
went over and were not seriously hurt.
Manv passengers were Injured but none
killed.
A gentleman living on the Columbia
some 2- or 25 miles from town has
found a heavy deposit of fine sand
stone rock, which promises to be
great thing for Portland. It ia of hand
some color and has been severely
tested.
Half a Century Ago
From The oregonian of May 2!, 1",.-,.
Yesterday was a sad Hiid solemn day
in this metropolis. Business was en
tirely suspended for the obsequies of
President Lincoln, and the streets were
tilled with throngs or mourners for the
illustrious dead, whose mortal remains
were receiving funeral honors in the
National capital. Never since the death
of Washington has such a scene been
witnessed.
People complain, and not unjustly, of
the difficulty attending the crossing of
the Willamette to East I'oilland and
buck. The urcatest drawback our
city has is the lack of better accom
modations' in this respect. and the
sooner It is remedied the better It will
be for all concertii!. Yesterday a party
of gentlemen were left an hour on the
Hast Side while the etiKiner. helmsman
and other officers of the ferry were at
dinner.
The prepa ra I ions b-inx made for the
party at the new woolen factory In
urfRi.n City on Wednesday evening,
are of such a cltaiacter that none who
attend can fail to be entertained
pi operly.
Woik on thi' Orewon Central Mili
tary road com inenced last week. The
contract for the nisi section is let to
Mr. Benjamin Simpson.
Th farmers near Albany are to meet
on Saturday next at the. farm of Mr.
Ilackleman and contest for prize.
A I.lltle Mi of Paper.
J ud(-'C.
Tli n u o 4 i, U e t "You're In
th
wr'ng place to have this filled. cald
the druggist. "Why?" "Because this
' slip of paper calls for an overcoat."