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POETL4'D, THURSDAY, MAY 85, 1916.
lOClS I. BRAN DEI 3 AND HIS CASE.
The decision of the Senate Judiciary
committee to report favorably on the
nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for
Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court was reached in the
face of strong; evidence that he is un
fit for the office and through, the exer
tion of political, pressure which Is de
grading to a court that should be held
above all political controversy. The
members of the committee were di
vided on strict party lines, although
such a division, never occurs when an
appointee ia above serious criticism.
The Democratic committeemen were
united in favor of Mr. Brandeis only
through direct appeal from the Presi
dent, for four of them were known
to share the adverse opinion, held by
the Republican members.
These are the bare, bold, shameful
facts about the efforts of the Presi
dent to Jam through a partisan ap
pointment to the highest Judicial tribu
nal in the land a tribunal concern
ing the freedom of whose decisions
from political or personal bias there
should -not be a breath of suspicion.
The action of Mr. Wilson and the
Democratic majority of the committee
has the effect of dragging the Su
preme Court down into the arena of
party controversy. It defies the moral
Judgment of the leaders of the 'bar and
sets at naught the great volume of evi
dence sustaining that judgment. It is
an assault upon the integrity of one
of the three co-ordinate departments
of our Government.
The charges are that repeatedly Mr.
Brandeis, after appearing on one side
of a legal dispute, appeared on the
other side. These charges are spe
cific and were supported by a great
mass of testimony, the hearing of
which by a subcommittee extended
through two months. At the close of
that hearing four separate reports
wre made by the five members of
the subcommittee. . Two of these, by
Senators Chilton and Walsh,' (were fa-
vorable, two by Senators Cummins and
Works were unfavorable. On April 3
a pamphlet was issued from the GOV'
eminent Printing Office purporting to
contain all four reports, as the table
of contents shows. It purports to
- give the "views of Mr. Cummins" on
page 61 and the "views of Mr. Works'
-on page 79, but it ends with the close
of Mr. Walsh's report on page 60 and
neither at the Public' Library nor at
the office of The Oregonjan, where
such documents are filed, have the
missing reports been received, and
we are forced to rely on excerpts pub.
lished by the newspapers for the pur
pose of comment. There may or may
not be significance in the wide pub
licity given to the pro-Brandeis re
ports and the at best limited publicity
given to the adverse reports.
Because some of those persons who
have made charges against Mr. Bran
deis are interested- An large corpora
tions, the attempt is made to give the
opposition to him the appearance of
persecution of a man who, to use the
words ot Senator Walsh, "has not
stood in awe of the majesty of wealth
But who are hia critics? Senator
Cummins. Has he "stood In awe of
the majesty of wealth"? His entire
political career has been one contin
ti.ous struggle to bring railroads under
public control, to tear down monopoly
and to deprive it of any benefit from
the tariff. No man has stood less in
awe of the majesty of wealth.
The chief ground of Mr. Cummins'
criticism is that Mr. Brandeis, after
having been employed by the Inter
state Commerce Commission to pre
sent the shippers' side of the railroad
rate case, made an admission that the
railroads should have more revenue
thus strengthening the railroads' and
weakening the shippers' case. How
did Mr. Brandeis stand towards wealth
in that case? To Mr. Cummins his
acts "seem utterly indefensible."
j Mr. Cummins showed his Impar
tiality by declaring some of the charges
without merit. As to one charge he
questioned the propriety of Mr. Bran
deis' conduct but was "satisfied there
was no corrupt motive on Mr. Bran
deis' part." As to another he found
"nothing whatever in it which reflects
Jn the slightest degree upon anybody
connected with it," and as to a third
he said: "I find nothing to warrant
extended comment." His exoneration
of Mr. Brandeis from blame In these
cases adds force to his condemnation
of Mr. Brandeis' action in the rate
case as "an offense against common
morality and professional ethics."
Nor is Senator Works one who bows
before the majesty of wealth. He was
elected as a progressive Republican
and he has voted repeatedly for the
public as against private interests. He
proved his fairness by finding no
wrong in several acts of Mr. Brandeis
concerning which complaint was made,
but he summed up the entire case in
these words:
He has in many Instances been intolerant
and offensive in his methods, as the evi
dence sitows. He has resorted to conceal
menta and deception when a frank and open
course would have been much better ani
.-tiave saved him arjd his profession from 'sus
picion and criticism. He has defied th
plain ethics of the profession, and in some
Instances has violated the rights or hi
clients and abused their confidence. H
seems to like to do startling things and
to work under cover. He has disregarded
or defied the proprieties. It has been such
courses an he has pursued that have given
liim the reputation that haa been testified
to. and It is not undeserved. It is just
such a reputation as his courw of dealln
and conduct would establish in the minds
of men. This reputation must stand as
strong; barrier against his confirmation To
place a man on the Supreme Court bench
who rests under a cloud would be a
grievous mistake. As I said in the- begin
ning, a. man to be appointed to the exalted
and responsible position of Justice of the
Supreme Court should be f ree . from sus
picion and above reproach. ,
. The fitness . of Mr. Brandeis is de
nied not only by Senators but by six
former presidents of the American Bar
Association, who united in addressing
this protest to President Wilson: .
The undersigned feel under the painful
duty to say to you that in their opinion,
taking Into, view the repute, character and
professional career of Louis D. Brandeis.
he is not a fit person to be -a, -member of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Of those. six: men, one is ex-President
Taft, who showed 'his superiority
to political bias ty elevating Associate
Justice White, a Democrat, to the po
sition of Chief Justice; another is
Simeon E. Baldwin, the Democratic
ex-Governor of; Connecticut; and an
other is Moorfield Storey, who wrote
an article lauding. the Wilson Admin
istration for the April number of the
Yale Review. The other three were
Joseph H. Choate, Elihu Root and
Francis Rawle. Thesa men are not
moved by political bias; they place the
integrity of the courts above party.
The ' adverse opinion of Mr. Cum
mins and Mr. Works and of lawyers
such as those named, combined with
study of the testimony to produce such
an effect on the minds of the remain
ing members of the Judiciary- com
mittee that on May 3 these Democrats
Senators Hoke Smith, Shields, Reed
and O Gorman were reported to be
disposed to vote against confirmation.
In order to bring them into line, the
President two days later wrote a let
ter to Senator .Culberson, chairman of
the committee, testifying to Mr. Bran
ds' high sense of honor and fair play
and quoting the late Chief Justice
Fuller as saying that ' Mr. Brandeis
was "the ablest man who ever ap
peared before the" Supreme Court,"
though the charges do not relate to
his ability. This executive pressure
did not have Immediate 'effect, for as
late as May 9 the dissenting Senators
were reported to be of the same mind.
But evidently they have-finally yielded
to the exigencies of party and In a
matter wherein, party considerations
do not and should not enter we find
the two parties aligned solidly against
each other.
Not only the President but seem
ingly the entire Democratic party has
elected to stand by Mr. Brandeis. They
have chosen to champion the Brandeis
code of ethics and to maintain that
the Brandeis reversible legal opinions
are adapted to the Supreme Court
Let them be Judged accordingly.
NOT- THE SAME.
"I am," says an old gentleman who
has just celebrated his 70th birthday,
an old-time Lincoln Republican. Now
I am a Wilson Republican, which is
about the same thing."
It is not the same thing. There is
no record that Lincoln, when his hand
was placed to the - Union plow, hesi
tated, or backtracked, or sidesteppedT
or wavered, or quit. Nor did he ever
dream or think that disunion could be
crushed and the Union saved by vocal
exercises and not by strong coercive
measures. .
Let us put Lincoln in Wilson's place
n the Brandeis case. It is not con
celvable that he would have ignored
the opinion of half the American bar
and the open protests of six past presi-
dents of the American Bar Association
and by the sheer display "of. Presi
dential power sought to force a par
tisan Senate majority Into confirma
tion of such a Supreme Court appoint
ment.
Nor can it be imagined that Lin
coin would have fought for the con
firmation of a Rublee to the Federal
Trade Commission. Let it be not for
gotten that the President for purely
partisan reasons utterly evaded the ex.
pllclt provisions of the law creating
tne board and appointed three Demo
crats and two Progressives. Now the
Senate declines to confirm the Pro
gressive (really a Democrat) Rublee.
If Gallinger, who fought Rublee be
cause he is "personally obnoxious."
was wrong, what about Chamberlain
of Oregon, who stood with Gallinger?
AFTER. THIRTY YEARS.
A Portland man who lived at Salem
thirty years ago had recently the idea
that ho would like to know what had
become of the friends and acquaint
ances of his youth. It Is to he recorded
here that the- Inquirer possesses a re
markable memory, and that he had
consciously or unconsciously, kept
track of many of them during the in
tervening years. In no other way can
the remarkable fact be explained that
now, after a third of a century, he has
produced a list of more, than 800
names, all men.
.remaps it. is not a sneer leat o
memory, and the directories and news
papers of the early '80s may have been
freely consulted. But even so, it is a
most Interesting performance, with re
suits of great value to contempora
neous history.
It is somewhat startling to note that
of the 840 persons, active In the earlier
day, 339 are now dead. It is Interest
ing too, to find that 14 3 of the num
ber now live in Portland, while only
102 remain in Salem. . To be sure,
there are many old-timers at Salem
not represented; but, if anyone has
a better list, let him produce it. .
It may be supposed that other com
munities in Oregon have their mem
ories of the days of the '70s and '80
and that old residents would like to
know what has hecome of the men and
women they once knew. The Salem
list has no women, perhaps because
the historian was conjuring up figures
of a time when he was very young an
timid, and he did not know many girls.
That must be the reason. But th
women ought not to be overlooked
even if uncomfortable disclosures
about age are made. Though indeed
we are prepared to recede from this
suggestion at the first sign of feminine
dissent.
Let us hear the story of other Ore
gon towns. .Where are the local -biog
raphers?
WHEN GIRLS MARRY.
Having chastened Standard Oil and
instituted various and sundry eco
nomlc reforms and near reforms. Miss
Ida Tarbell has directed her genius to
instructing and advising women upon
their duties to the state in marital
matters. Before an assemblage of
Philadelphia teachers she found oc
casion to castigate the thoughtless
girl who looks upon marriage as
personal experiment for her own ad
vantage rather than as an incident o
the great social plan. Selfish jade,
not to reflect calmly upon the ulti
mate effect on society of her union
What crass irresponsibility to look no
farther than the fact that she loves
certain healthy man who is able to
support her in the luxury to which she
has been accustomed.
Attempting to regulate the laws of
natural selection and induce maids to
be led by calm reflection rather than
by warm affection may be no more of
an undertaking than that' of forcing
Standard Oil. into the straight and
narrow path of trade honesty. Never
theless it savors of the feat under
taken by the elderly woman who with
a broom 'set out to sweep back the
sea. Fancy the average miss, con
fronted by the specter of spinsterdom,
rejecting a healthy, handsome, cap
able male specimen because of fome
coldly calculated theory that the
union might not serve the best Inter
ests of society because, for example,
her temperament was not nicely ad
justed to the needs of his professional
ambitions, she being of retiring do
mestic inclinations and he being im
pelled towards public life.
Theoretically this is beautiful. It is
as beautiful as the dream of universal
peace; and all such dreams may awak.
en Into actuality in the millennium.
But in the meantime women are go
ing to regard matrimony as a personal
matter, something which concerns
them and their families more than it
concerns the state. They have a per
sonal interest in seeing that they do
ot marry unwisely. Sound health.
sound morals 'and the ability to earn
livelihood should he demanded of a
husband, for personal reasons. 'The
state has an interest in the match, to
be sure. But the state should safe
guard its interests with proper laws
and regulations designed to prevent
the union of the unfit.
WHAT IT MEANS.
The eroquent appeals of Mr. Sinnott
and Mr. Hawliy in the House at Wash
ington yesterday fell upon deaf ears.
Of course. What matters it to Con
gress, under the direct influence of
Uhe Federal bureaucracy, that Oregon
has paid more than $10,000,000 into
the reclamation fund "-and received
less than $4,000,000?
' Why should a member from Massa
chusetts, or Illinois, or North Dakota,
or Florida, Interested only In his own
little pork-barrel, worry about the
1,000,000 in back taxes due the coun
ties of Oregon?
Why should an ardent conservation
ist from Podunk, who has engineered
his public-building graft through Con
gress, care how long the school chil
dren of Oregon must wait for a piti
ful share of the excess proceeds to be
given them after the railroad is paid?
Why should a member from Texas,
secure in the possession of his bit in
the rivers and harbors bill for the
benefit of some crooked creek or
muddy slough, give any thought to
the starvation and strangulation of
Oregon's development through the se
questration of 4,000,000 acres of its
fertile lands? .
This is reservation, miscalled con
servation. It is the fruit and flower
of the Pinchot agitation which has
swept the! country, overwhelmed the
Government bureaus and obsessed the
politicians everywhere.
The Oregon and California land
grant was fifty years ago by Congress
given to Oregon for its actual settlers;
now it is in. effect- being taken away
from Oregon by the same Congress.
Yet there are men in Oregon who
have aided the policy of throttling the
state's development by their ceaseless
clamor for Federal control against
state control.
Congress takes them seriously. The
Oregon delegation in Washington and
the people of Oregon are now hav
ing a costly demonstration of the
real meaning and consequence of Gov
ernment control.
RECESS. BETTER THAN RETIREMENT.
It is a notable' fact that many ath
letes on leaving college are in prime
condition. They are vigorous, high
ly vitalized and possessed of great en
durance. A year or so afterward,
when they have completely let down
from " rigorous training and settled
themselves into the- sedentary pur
suits of business or the professions.
they frequently undergo physical de
cay; their vitality, however strong
in college, Is easily sapped, their re
sistance speedily degenerates and
they fall victim to earthly ills that
hardly make an impression on "men
who were not athletes in their school
days and who have had little or no
physical training. The reaction is
too complete.
The reverse likewise is true. Active
business men who have followed their
calling diligently through , period of
years do not respond to the inactivity
and idleness which come when they
retire completely retire from stren
uous .office routine. Their physical
fiber falls apart and the change af
fects them in body and in mind.
President Mohler, of the Union Pa
cific, whet is about to retire after 46
years in the harness, seems to have
realized" these laws of nature and he
has announced a plan of living when
he shall have cut all the ties that
bind him to the head of a big rail
road system. He said:
I am 67. I want to be a plain citizen and
think of something- beside maintenance and
revenues. When July comes I'll go to- the
Atlantic, get Into old clothea and try to
forget telegraphs, telephones, stenographers
and all that stuff. I want to fish and loar.
mostly loaf. If I'm to get outings I must
get trem right away. But I may decide to
come back to Omaha and engage in business.
How unlike the average American
business man! The speed with which
he is always Taclng toward a goal,
real or imaginary, is hard, to check.
He races on until he falls from ex
haustion, to retire permanently and in
some instances lose his mind or sink
into physical stagnation.
Mr. Mohlers way Is the better. He
will take an outing. While his wind
is still good and his legs sound he
will slacken the pace; let the younger
pacemakers pick up the race. When
he shall have had a respite in recrea
tion, he is ready to enter into activity
again. How much better it is for a
man of business or professional genius
to conserve" his energies in this way
and live to longer and greater useful
ness than in going the pace that kills
until the end and then suddenly to
"retire" into a retirement that gives
no rest nor peace of mind.
Men of England, Germany and other
European nations have learned that
reasonable time to eat and sleep, rec
reation and occasional recesses from
the steady grind of work enable them
to keep their wits at work to a ripe
old age. They do not "retire" com
pletely, and it is a welcome sign that
American men are learning this.
LOOK TO THE AUTHORS.
It is not easy to agree with the
American booksellers who, in conven
tion at Chicago, started a movement
to counteract the ill effects of moving
pictures and motors on' the reading
public. What appears to them a pre
vailing indifference to books they
blame largely to the screen and the
automobile, two agencies which now
engage thousands In hours of leisure.
But is it the moving picture or the
automobile wnicn nas dissipated a
reading public? A good moving pic
ture not infrequently will act as a lit
erary cocktail, sending many to their
own or public libraries to get the com
plete story as the author put it down,
unaltered by the exigencies of moving
picture demands. ' An hour in the
automobile will send many back to the
library rested and in mental condition
to enjoy a good book. Reading is not,
as so many suppose, a pastime hit upon
when the body is completely tired.
As for the thousands who attend mov
ing pictures and who do not read
books too, can it be said that before
the moving picture cajne thejr read
any more than they do now? These
belong to the unreading class,, and it
is easy to believe moving pictures In
some Instances cultivate an appetite
for literature, even among them.
There are thousands of automobiles,
of course, and thousands of individual
hours are spent in them. for pleasure.
But those who have automobiles usual
ly have time to read, too. There are
millions who do not have the advan
tage of an automobile, and yet we do
not find them thronging the bookshops
or the libraries.
Once formed, the reading habit is
not-easily set aside. Good habits grow
as inherent as bad ones do. Men and
women who read books before the pic
ture and the motor came on still read
them.
Perhaps the booksellers would find
(some of the blame .with the authors.
-uxnpeiretx v tin y ears ago, dooks are
so easily turned out now that pub
lishers, to keep the presses running,
often dump mediocre stuff into the
bookshops. It Is little wonder that
readers browse among musty volumes
of good writers of the past rather than
worry along with modern mediocrity?
If the movies and motors, modern
institutions, have spoiled a reading
public's appetite, likewise reading cir
cles and study clubs, also modern in
stitutions, have tended to sharpen a
reading public's appetite and make
tempting literary fare which other
wise would go unnoticed.
While motors, and movies may have
taken some readers, there is evidence
enough that there are readers yet who
do not buy, either "because public li
braries are , so numerous or because
bookshops are insufficient. Perhaps,
too, booksellers would do better to
pay less for poor stuff and spend part
of the money saved in acquainting the
reading public with what Is good
among their stocks. i
During the course of an address W,
Jennings Bryan asserted that the
American people have no intention of
abandoning the Monroe Doctrine. It
seems incredible that he could utter
such an intelligent statement after his
recent months of raving ibuncombe.
Army officers in - condemning the
border militia for failure to recruit
rapidly to war strength should remem
ber that after nearly ten weeks of
constant activity a fourth of the quota
for war strength, regiments has not yet
been enlisted by the Army. "
Any suggestion to Washington
County to 'do something in the Jen
nings cJrse cannot very well come from
Portland, which has a number of un
solved murder mysteries on hand.
General Townshend and his soldiers
are said to be receiving every consid
eration from the Turks who captured
them. That should make the next
capitulation easier.
A large church body righteously
condemns the use of beer and egg
as a tonic. The mixture is bound to
destroy the value of two good units.
Suppose, now ,-the berry season is
fairly on, the housewife refuses to
buy unless the boes are full. Then
it will be up to the dealer. '
The suspicion dawns that if Bwano
Tumbo ever expects to toe President
again he will have to try some such
place as Congo Free State.
Why should not the wife of Dr.
Walte be against him, if he killed her
parents? A woman is a good daughter
before she is a good wife.
In grading crime, the man who bun
coes a woman with a bad' check in
payment for groceries .deserves a lit
tle more than the lirrht.
One good way to make the use of
the telegraph popular is to deliver a
message before the object for which
it is sent is history.'
Naming Bryan by the Prohibition
party will destroy the peace and com
fort of good Democrats like Honorable
Milt Miller.
There will be enough water in the
river to float the whole Navy by Fes
tival time, and only the South Dakota
is coming.
Bryan may become, the Prohibition
party candidate. Or. If he misses that.
the Socialists mlght.be induced to pick
him up.
Never In the life of this world, even
though it runs a million years, will
there be another battle like that at
Verdun. .
Since ice cream . Is good for the
health, the lack of hot weather can
not affect consumption of the article,
It's Just as well to be optimistic. If
high water is here during the Festival
the queen can ride on a real float.
However, this is splendid weather
in which to perfect the Rose Festival
It does not admit of Spring fever.
This Nation will receive distin
guished honor if Von Buelow comes
as Ambassador from Germany.
Secretary of War Baker now favors
universal service. Quite a step for a
former peace propagandist.
Abe Ruef is wasting time inventing
a drink with the "kick" omitted. The
market is full of that dope.
Germany wants a new loan of J2,-
500,000,000, and probably will get it
at home for the asking.
It may be that we will be favored
with no more crises until after the
Democratic convention.
The State Department sent a new
note to London yesterday. It may
mature in ninety, days.
A Justice of the Supreme Court
should never' get on the bench by a
strict , party vote.
Possibly the June rise will be a June
affair, Instead of coming along in May
as formerly.
The defeated candidate is now able
to sit up and take light nourishment.
The report of all Germany being on
short rations comes from London.
Austrian armies have the Italian
forces on the run. On to Rome!
Von Hindenburg is for peace when
the Russians are beaten.
.Straw hat weather is returning to
the job. ,
The battle ef Verdun is becoming a
habit. - . .. .
AMERICA.MTIS TROl'BLING NATION
Preparedness Need Show United States
Up, Says Ardent Advocate.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Ed
itor.) The majority of the people or
the United States heave a sigh or
satisfaction ani relief when Congress
agreed upon a standing Army of 206,
000. Now if we cannot recruit, our
present standing Army up to lull
strength (87,000), where are we going
to get the extra 120.000 men? Conse
quently five years from now we will,
unless we adopt some other system,
have a fine standing Army of 206,000
on paper. As to the federalized mili
tia, no one takes much stocK in mat,
for it was politics that forced Federal
aid for state militia and simply means
48 llttlo armies, officered in time of
war mostly by political Incompetents,
but then this 400.000 militia will only
cost us $75,000,000 a year out of the
Federal Treasury, In addition to what
ever sum the states expend, while
Switzerland, with a first line militia
of over 500,000. expends the magnifi
cent (?) sum of 18.000.000.
With this paper Army of 206,000 and
4 little armies, where are we going
to get officers with the necessary
training and experience to handle even
50.000 men, not to speak of 600.000?
William J. Bryan tells us how 1.000.
000 men would spring to arms at our
country's call. Sure they would, but
what would we do with them? Who
would clothe and feed them, let alone
officer them, when it took 10 days to
outfit 6000 men of our Regular Army
fha. has been doing border duty for
the past three years and were sup
posed to be ready to move at a mo
ment's notice?
We have three kinds of fools with
us: The peace at any price, the fool
who thinks he knows what the future
will bring and the worst Kind of a
fool the kind who" realizes the possi
bility of war. but thinks that there is
no need of preparedness. They think
that the Americans, prepared or un
prepared, can lick anybody, on earth.
This brand of fools are red blooded,
"patriotic" Americans; we know they
are, because they say so themselves
until we are driven to admit.it In self
defense. The real diagnosis of their
case is Americanltis, or "swelled head."
Loud-mouthed oratory is no , more a
sign of real patriotism than swelled
head Is a slam of brains or that bluster
13 a slam of ability to back it UP. . .
All of the great financiers and diplo
mats two weeks before the great Euro
pean war started explained In detail
how impossible such a war was and
then after It started they explained In
detail how impossible It was for any
nation to finance a war for more than
six months; but two years have passed
and the end is not yet. -
What has caused President Wilson
to change from a small Army and
small Navy advocate to an ardent and
insistent advocate of adequate pre
paredness? Simply because we have
skated on mighty thin Ice since this
war started, not alone with Germany,
hut. also with England, and who can
say what the morrow will bring forth?
By our neutral policy wo have won
the-"enmity of all and the friendship
of none of the warring nations, and
don't think for a moment that when
they have settled their differences that
they are going to forget, us.
Now In regard to the wars of '76 and
1812. In both of these wars we had a
preponderance of numbers, but poorly
trained, officered and equipped, our
troops, the bravest of the brave, could
make no headway against the enemy,
who, numerically weaker, had the
cequipment and the training: and don't
overlook the fact that during these
wars England was carrying on a war
at the same time over in Europe and
at that It took the aid of France tojiull
us through the Revolution. In the war
of 1812 we lost every battle except
Lundy's Lane, and that was a draw.
Everyone knows or should know that
Jacksan won the battle of New Or
leans after peace was declared. In our
war with Spam, a rourth-rate power.
we lost more men by disease than we
did by Spanish bullets.
Sure, speak right up! Of course we
licked them, but Just because we
spar.ked a baby that doesn't signify
that we could lick a full-grown man.
Now If you believe in preparedness,
don't Just read this and say, "That's
rtRht." Do something, be something!
Write your Congressmen and Senators,
When the preparedness parade Is
pulled off in Portland, bo there and If
you are an employer, don't think It Is
enough that your employes are In line;
be there yourself.
Everybody in Portland who is a real.
red-blooded American wanting real
peace will be there, for only in pre
paredness Is there a guarantee of
peace. C. L. ELLIOTT.
CATS MUCH MAL1GXKD OK PETS
They Have Their Place In the World
I.Ike Everything: Else, Saya Reader.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edl
tor.) Last .sunday was set aside as
"Humane Sunday," when kindness to
the dumb brutes was preached from
the pulpits here and .throughout Call
fornla. yet on this of all days Biologist
Finley advocated the destruction of
cats and an editorial paragraph In The
Oregonian, ' Monday. championed his
stand.
Cats are and have always been
much maligned animal and have
hard enough struggle in this world
without a newspaper suggesting and
encouraging half grown boys to dis
pose of them. What do half-grown
boys know of killing an animal In
the quickest least painful and most
humane way?
The writer has had cats and knows
their traits, habits and characteristics
kind has found them, a lovable and
appreciative pet and contends that
Lthey have their place in the world as
wen as Diras. aogs, etc.
It seems to me very deplorable that
the editor of The Oregonian should
so far forget the sentiment of "Humane
Sunday" as to encourage the brutal
destruction of these helpless animals
. MRS. A. L. GRAY
Getting a Patent.
PORTLAND, May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) I have perfected a device for
domestic use. Can you, through The
Oregonian, tell me what steps to take
to get it patented and if the expense
would be great? A W OMAN.
Apply to Commissioner of Patents a
Washington. Unless your device would
require considerable draughting and
extra work the patent cost should no
be heavy. The fees must be paid fn
advance; $15 on filing each original
application and $20 on the issuance of
each original patent. In design cases
additional fees range from $10 up.
Purchase of Alaska.
PACIFIC BEACH. Wash., May 20.
(To the Editor.) Can you give the
information as to when the United
States purchased Alaska? You were
agreed upon as final in settling a
wager. There is one date given In
the World's Almanac and another In
the Teachers' and Students' Encvclo"
pedia. W. T. BROWN.
The treaty was signed , in March,
1867; the United States took formal
possession in October, 1867; the United
States customs, commerce and navi
gation laws were extended over the
territory in 1868.
Non-American Officeholders.
SALEM, Or.. May 23. (to the Edi
tor.) Can a man hold an office If he
is not an American citizen? What is
the penalty if he Is not? C. O. B.
Elective offices require American citi
zenship, and public policy would hardly
tolerate any difference in appointive
unices. Disqualification, is the only
penalty.
ABISE OK DKFEATED CANDIDATES
Republican Sees 1 Iterior MotUe In
Democratic I"ost-Irinia ry Interest.
p6rtlAND. May 24. (To the Edi
tor.) The Republican primaries having
settled the contentions of the various
candidates, it would seem to be good
politics for the friends of the success
ful candidates to suspend their abuse
of the defeated. The Portland Journal
was in a paroxysm a month before the
primaries over the suggestion that Mr.
Olcott was to be opposed. Then, real
izing it was showing too much interest
in a Republican primary, there was
onimous silence for a month. Now its
paroxysms are resumed over the fact
that besides the Oregonian and Tele
gram in Portland. 43 Republican news
papers outside of Portland supported
Mr. Moores. It reeks with abuse and
ridicule.
Is it because of its interest in the
Republican party and the welfare of
the state, or because It desires Re
publican discord and Democratic suc-r
cess? Was not the yeast working in
the Journal office durine all that
month of silence, and were not all Its
satellites frantically at work under
cover? Was It engaged In open
politics like the Oregonian and
Telegram and the 43 other Re
publican papers? Were it and its
candidate alone honest? Can only one
man aspire to any office in a Republi
can primary that It desires to control?
Must the motives of every man with
whom it differs be impugned? Up to
within two days of the primaries it
was practically the universal belief
that Mr. Moores would succeed. Every
element that worked in the open por
tended that result. What followed?
A committee of the German-American
alliance announced its decision In favor
of Mr. Olcott, and the word went out
to Germans in every section of the
state. What Interest of the German
Americans of Oregon was subserved
by that act, and what issue In any way
involving them could be affected by
the success of either candidate? Neither
candidate was Indorsed by the A. P. A
yet It is common rumor that the great
bulk of that vote was directed to
wards Mr. Olcott. while at Mount An
gel, In Marion County, the seat of a
great Catholic school and monastery,
the voto was In favor of Mr. Olcott
by 5 to 1. Was all this spontaneous
and well considered, or was it the re
suit of smooth politics, by which hon
est voters on both sides were misled?
Then within 48 hours of the primary.
the Portland Daily News, that Is con
sidered the organ of the labor element,'
pronounced for Olcott. How did this
coma about? Was there any communi
cation with the owners, the Scripps-
McRae syndicate at San Diego, as ru
mored, or not? Here are three great
elements of the electorate, any one of
which had sufficient voting power to
have swung the scale the other way.
A prominent Democratic official is
authority for the statement that 10.000
Democrats In Multnomah County reg
istered as Republicans. Few, if any,
will deny that Democrats thus regis
tered exceeded the Olcott majority. We
miy well ask. was the result a spon
taneous and Intelligent expression of
Republicans based solely on the merits
of the candidates aid the issues in
volved, or was it tne result or shrewd
political manipulation? Is there an in
visible government after all? Are there
not a series of invisible governments?
None of these questions would be neces
sary If those who have provoked thejn
would let the results of the primary-
speak for themselves and end their
false and offensive comments as to
what was really involved in the contest.
REPUBLICAN.
ORKilV OF THE WORD "(iRKASKRS"
Term Is Offshoot of Well-meant "bra-
da" In Returning; Tuankx.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.)- A few days ago some one In
formed us that the Americans are
called "grinproes" because, during the
Mexican war our troops frequently
sang the then popular song, "(ireon
Grow the Rushes." the natives there
imperfectly rendering It "grin-go . . .,"
etc.
Then some others asked the reason
why our people calletj the Mexicans
This latter term resulted from a
similar misunderstanding. to wit:
Whenever a Mexican (civilian or pris
oner) received any special favor or
courtesy from one of our invaders, he.
or she, politely returned thanks by
saying. gracias. which was by our
men more easily rendered, "greasers,"
and as every native, high and low, said
It, all were dubbed greasers.
This reminds us of the way that the
New England people acquired the name,
Yankees. The early settlers told the
Indians that they (the settlers) were
"English," but the natives in trying
to pronounce the word, could no do
better than to articulate xankees, so
this ludicrous term was taken, and pre
vails to this day.
Therefore, we see that, perhaps a
great many bad names comes from
a misunderstanding, and ridiculous. If
not always injurious, results may fol
low!
ST. D. MARTIN.
Fourth and. Clay.
Call Him "Father."
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Boys, when you speak of your father
don't call him "the old man." Of course
you are older now than when you were
taught to call him father. You are much
snfarter than you were then, you are
much more manly looking, your clothes
fit you better, your hat has a modern
shape and your hair Is combed differ
ently. In short, "flyer" than you were
then. Your father has a last year's
coat, a two-year-old hat and a vest of
still older pattern. He can't write
such an elegant note aa you can and all
that, but don't call him the old man.
Call him father. For years he has been
held to the thorny path of uphill in
dustry and the brightest half of life
has gone from him forever. But he loves
you. though he goes along without say
ing much about it, therefore be not so
ungrateful.
Subscribing; for Periodical.
HILLSBORO. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) 1 subscribed for a poultry Jour
nal four years ago. paying for one
year in advance, but I asked for no
continuation at expiration of one year's
subscription. Without my authority
the paper continues to come. Can they
force . me to pay for it? Answer
through-The Oregonian.
A SUBSCRIBER.
' Probably not: certainly not if you
have declined the paper at any time,
If the matter went to court, perhaps a
judge or jury would be influenced by
the fact that you did or did not seek
to have the paper discontinued. The
fact that for three years you have ac
cepted the paper as your own without
paying for it, would have a bearing.
Villa and Luis.
PORTLAND, May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Is Villa an I. W. W.?
(2) Was George R. Lunn. Socialist
Mayor of Schenectady. N. Y., a corporal
in the Spanish-American war?
FRED ZIEGLER.
(1) Not that we know.
(2) Yes. In Company I, Third Ne
braska Regiment.
Numbness.
PORTLAND, May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Would you kindly inform me
what is the cause of numbness In the
hands or feet, and what treatment
should be taken to prevent It?
SUBSCRIBER.
Probably poor blood circulation. If
exercise and ordinary health care do
not give relief, better see a doctor.'
In Other Days.
Half a Century Abo.
From The Orcsonlan of May 23, 1S6S.
-San Francisco. May 23. Private dis
patches announce immense failures of
banking houses and mercantile firms
In London, consequent upon the an
nouncement of war between Prussia
and Austria. (
The ranchmen on 15-Mi!e Creek. In
Wasco County, are organized into a
Stockrais.ers' Mutual Aid Society." Tne
object of the society is self protection
from Indian raiders and road agents.
A semi-weekly mail will begin July
1 from Portland via Hillsboro. Center-
ville. Forest Grove. Wapato. to Lafay
ette and return. The present service
is only weekly.
EsDyinsr our old friend Sam Buchtel
on the street yesterday, we were glad
to lake him by the hand and welcome,
him home again. Sam left up about 'a
year ago for the East, but returns
satisfied that there is not a place on
the American continent that can begin
to equal Oregon.
The robbers of the Overland Hotel
safe arrived from Umatilla last evening
In charge of the Deputy Sheriff of Um
atilla County, en route for a six years'
residence at Salem.
Twenty-f Ive Years Abo.
From The Oregonian of May 25, lS'Jl.
Denver, May 23. The Trans-Mississippi
Congress voted for the free coin
age of American silver and then ad
journed to meet at Omaha next October.
There will be gjneeting of the Fourth
of July committee in the Council cham
ber this evcnir.fr at 8 o'clock. A full
attendance is-desired.
The tiestle and grading of the. ex
tension of the Multnomah-Ptreet Rail
way Company line from Fulton Park
to the cemeteries is about completed
and the work of laying theralls will
be begun today.
Mr. Bronson Howard's great dram
atic story of the Civil War. "Shenan
doah," will be presented at the Mar
quara Grand tonight by the New York
company and with the original scenery
and mechanical effects.
Memorial services were held at the
Taylor - Street Methodist Episcopal
Church last night. About 200 members
of the Grand Army of the Republic
posts and Women's Relief Corps met at
the Grand Army of the Republic hall
and marched in a body to the church,
which was beautifully decorated with
flags, flowers and bunting
MAKING TIIK FOREICX WELCOME
Kind Reception and Friendly Aid Do
Much to Make Him Good Citizen.
Des Moines Capital.
The people of the United States have
as a rule given a kindly welcome to
tlr foreigner.
Forty years ago the state of Iowa
sent men to Europe to urge immigra
tion. At the same time all of Iowa a
public documents, or at least many of
them, were printed in two or threw
languages to help out the foreigner.
These days have gone by. Tne
American people are not advertising
for foreigners to come over.
Concede that a majority of immi
grants have been and will be of the.
ignorant classes. The people 1n the
new world owe it to themselves to
take the ignorant foreigner by the
hand and teach him the ways of the
country: teach him the language; tell
him about our form of Government:
tell him his privileges; tell him his
duties. In other words, be a friend to
him and prevent his being; wronced by
contractors. If he Is treated right, and
encouraged, he will not stop in the
large cities, but will go out West.
where he has room and where he can
make his own livina; and a living for
his family. We Americans have pro
ceeded on the idea that when a man
reached America his opportunities
were so great that if he were in good
health he did not need a friend. This is
a mistake. ...
Reader, if you meet a foreigner any
where who is making an effort to
speak the English language stop long
enousrh to help him out. If he inquire
where to go. be kind to him and give.
him the right Information. We must,
make good citizens out of the foreign
ers ho come In order that tliey may
love the Unitel States.
Prudery and Virtue.
From Robert G. Ingersoll.
The artist, working simply for the
sake of enforcing a moral, becomes a
laborer. The freedom of genius is
lost, and the artist is absorbed in the
citizen. The soul of the real artist
should bo moved by this melody of
proportion as the body Is unconsciously
swayed by the rhythm of a symphony.
No one can Imagine that the great men
who chiseled the statutes of antiquity
intended to teach the youth of (Jreece
to be obedient to their parents. We are
perfectly certain that Corot painted
those infinitely poetic landscapes, those
cottages, those sad poplars, those leaf
less vines on the weather-tinted walls,
those quiet pools, those contented
cattle, those fields flecked with light,
over which bend the skies, tender as
the breast of, a mother, without once
thinking of the ten commandments.
There is the same difference between
moral art and the product of true
genius that there is between prudery
and virtue.
Kind Argument a Bit Thick.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 18. (To tho
Editor.) Under the heading. "Insane
From Liquor," the American Issue, the
official organ of the Anti-Saloon
League of America, devotes half a col
umn to the story of a man who drank
intemperately and then mistreated his
wife. The story is "played up" as part
of the argument In favor of prohibition,
but, as the man got his liquor in Rock
land, Me., and as Maine has had pro
hibition for 70 years, the argument
seems to be a "bit thick." After all. Ad
miral Evans must have been right
when he said that the kind of whisky
sold in Maine did not make people
drunk; it just made the:.i crazy.
T. M. OILMORE.
President National Model License
League.
Caution.
Puck.
"Doctah. how's de way f treat a
mule dat's got distempah?"
"You bettah treat him wif respect."
Mournful Fart.
Passing Show.
"Fancy hringin' a child like that to a
funeral! Wot pleasure can it be to 'er?''
Women Have a Sixth
Sense
It is the value sense they know
what a full money's worth means.
One reason for this is that women
are great readers of advertising. No
part of a newspaper is of greater
interest to them than the advertis
ing columns.
They study them daily and they
shop as carefully through the news
papers as they do vhen they go to
the stores themselves.
Without the advertising the news
papers would lose half of their wom
en readers. Incidentally, local mer
chants would lose more than half of
their business.
The man with something to sell
to women who does not advertise in.
newspapers makes a serious mistake.