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FOBTLAVD, 8ATCRlAYt AUG. 12, 1916.
I HIDtN'O THEIR GTTJLT.
Mr. Hughes' charges, which have
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tration toward the civil service as be
trayed in a correspondence between
the. United States Civil Service Com
mission and the National Civil Service
Ecform League. The League has re
ceived numerous complaints that the
practical effect of the executive order
of May 7, 1913, requiring fourth-class
postmasters to submit to competitive
examination, was in many instances to
secure the appointment of Democratic
postmasters In place of the former In
cumbents, most of whom were Repub
licans; also that Postmaster-General
Burleson, In putting into effect his
policy of motorization of the rural free
delivery service, turned out the old
rural carriers and filled the vacancies
In large part with Democrats who
took new examinations.
On September 10, 1913, the League
asked permission to examine some of
the records regarding fourth-class
postmastershlps and on April 13, 1914,
etated that it desired to learn the
number of candidates who- took part
In the examinations, the names of the
" successful candidates with their rat
ings, the names of the candidates ap
pointed from the list, and whether the
previous Incumbents of the offices en
tered the examinations. The Commis
sion denied the request, "owing to the
congestion of the work of the office."
Finally a conference was held on
March 81, 1916, between the Commls
Eton's and the League's council, at
which John L. Mcllhenny, president
of the Commission, told Richard H.
Dana, president of the League, that
If access were given to these records
It might lead to such criticism of the
Administration as would seriously em
barrass It. He persisted In his refusal
to grant tho League's request.
The secretary of the League on April
39 wrote to the Commission reiterating
the request and asking It to establish a
general rule granting public inspection
of its records under proper super
vision. No reply being received, the
request was repeated on May 24. A
week later the matter was taken up
with President Wilson, who asked for
further Information. The League com
plied on July 3 in a letter from Presi
dent Dana. He denounced the policy
of secrecy as "a denial of a right
which belongs to the individual or an
association of individuals in a democ
racy to know what their officials are
doing and how they are doing it."
Mr. Wilson replied on July 19, stat
ing that the correspondence had been
referred to the Commission "with the
suggestion that in their annual report
for the fiscal year 1916 the Commis
sion disclose the method employed by
them and by the Postoffice Depart
ment, together with the results ob
tained thereby." He said the chair
man of the Commission denied that its
refusal to grant access to its records
was "based on any fear that the rec
ords would lead to criticism of the Ad
ministration" or that there was "the
slightest apprehension that any proper
criticism can be made of the manner
In which the executive order has been
administered." The chairman of the
Commission had said "that his refusal
to permit general access to the files
i and the holding of such record as con
fidential' is based upon good adminis
trative practice."
In a letter dated May 27, but which
did not reach the League till July 22,
Mr. Mcllhenny assumes that the
League had asked for that for which
it had not asked, namely, "confiden
tial letters and reports from the de
partments," and gives reasons why
such records should be "kept invto
late" and says that "the inferences
drawn from certain records may be
erroneous If considered apart from
other records." The Commission sug
gests that the charges be referred to
Congress or to the Commission for in
vestigation. In reply to both this and the Presi
dent's letter, Mr. Dana wrote to Mr.
Wilson on August 1. He called atten
tion to the two months' delay in send
ing the Commission's letter and pro
nounced its reasons for denying the
League's request "In part irrelevant,
In part self -contradictory. In part dis
ingenuous, and in part such as leads
to a conclusion diametrically opposed
to the action of the Commission." He
pointed out that the League had not
asked, as the Commission assumed,
leave to inspect "confidential letters
or reports from other departments."
or leave to "search at will the files of
the National Commission." It had
only asked to inspect the eligible reg
isters. He said that such information
had never been refused except during
a short period in 1899, and he quoted
Commissioner John R. Proctor as hav
ing said in a dissenting opinion regard
ing that refusal:
Xothins; o much foster, the epotl. sys
tem as secrecy in the administration of pat
ronage. 1 consider the action of the Com
mission contrary to the principles of re
pubUcan government, people have a right
to know what their officials ere doing and
If the records are closed to their inspection
they will Imagine avlla which do not exist.
Replying to the suggestion that the
League ask Congress to investigate,
Mr. Dana said:
Is ft likely thst Congress can find time
fr such an "investigation until after March,
3917? If It could find time, is It likely that
m. Democratic Congress would Investigate
the acts of a branch of the Democratic ad
ministration that dispensers of patronage
-would inquire closely into the record of Its
Clapensauoar
Aa to the Commission's suggestion
that the League let the Commission
investigate, Mr. Dana said:
It would be a most incompetent body
which could not draw up a report furnish
ing a plausible explanation for even the
gravest abuses.
The President suggested that the
Commission disclose its "methods" in
Its annual report for 1916, but the
League sought names and facts as well
a methods and results. Moreover, the
'-I
Commission's report will not be pub- I
lished until after election day.
That Is the record of a two-years'
struggle by the League to learn the
truth about charges that nearly 60.000
postofflces and many thousand rural
carriers' positions have been opened
to the spoilsmen. It arouses suspicion
that the Commission, which was es
tablished to guard the civil service
from the spoilsmen, has been made an
Instrument of their raids. It shows
that the Commission actively co-operates
with the President and Congress
in concealing' the facts. The charges
involve both the Commission and Con
gress, yet the League Is asked to be
content with an Investigation of the
conduct of these bodies by themselves.
The Wilson Administration asks to be
continued in office on its record, yet
it proposes that an important part of
that record be withheld from the pub
lic until after the election and- that
then only an ex parte, partisan presen
tation be made to the people. This
policy of secrecy will be taken by the
public as evidence of guilt. It should
be so taken.
(6000 WORTH OF PIFFLE.
It is a significant fact that the num
ber of marriage licenses issued by the
Clerk of Multnomah County has dwin
dled one-half in four years. But It is
significant not of a decreasing popu
lation nor of loss of Interest In the
marriage tie. It merely shows in a
concrete way what a useless and un
popular law will do.
It would be foolish to assume that
fully one-half the number of men who
would ordinarily marry in Multnomah
County go elsewhere because they are
unable to pass the required physical
examination. That would be an unheard-of
acknowledgment of the prev
alence of venereal disease. It would
follow, if such an assumption were
true, that one-half the male "popula
tion is continually afflicted.
More than the disease element fig
ures in the loss of marriage-license
revenues in Multnomah County. The
man who knows he is physically fit
to contract the marriage relation
naturally objects to payment of $3.50
for a physician's certificate. Probfibly
a good many of the couples who ob
tained licenses in Portland formerly
came here from points in Washington.
It is quite the style in some circles to
go out of town to wed. ,But Portland
is no longer the destination of these
pilgrimages. The state has put up a
so-called eugenics barrier at the bor
der. There is nothing worth the name
eugenics in the Oregon marriage law.
The bridegroom must obtain a health
certificate from a licensed physician,
but all physicians admit that the cer
tificate perforce Indicates but a, cur
sory and by no means conclusive ex
amination. For Indulgence in popular
piffle the county Is deprived of nearly
$6000 In revenues annually, its own
citizens are put to inconvenience and
visitors are kept away.
BKDFTETJJ, THE TALKER.
Secretary Redfield is Just a trifle
too quick on the trigger, for ho shoots
with his mouth before he Is sure
of his ammunition or his target. He
ought to have known that it Is dan
gerous to run counter to an antagonist
Ulke Mr. Hughes. There never was a
more complete coup than the Durand
rejoinder upon Mr. Redfield. There
is nothing more for Redfield to say;
he has said too much already.
Redfield Is a talker only a talker.
He fits in well With an Administration
of mere talk. This is not the only
time he has gone on record with loud
assertion, only to wind up with no
kind of performance.
- On July 24, 1915, the steamer East
land was sunk in the Chicago River
with the loss of more than 800 lives.
It was a shocking tragedy and called
for a rigid investigation of the Federal
steamship inspection service. It was
promised.
President Wilson said the investiga
tion would be "thorough enough to
satisfy everybody" and that "nothing
will be omitted to bring forth all the
facts and fix the responsibility."
Secretary Redfield declared that he
had given assurances that as soon
as possible in the Fall a searching in-
qulry will be made into the whole adt
ministration of the steamboat inspec
tion service, under the supervision of
the Navy Department and the public, so
that there shall be no question of its
impartial character."
There was an inquiry and the board
local steamboat inspectors and five
citizens on August 5, 1915, reported:
"Not having completed our investiga
tion, we are not prepared at this time
to express an opinion as to who is to
blame, nor what agencies contributed
to the capsizing of the Eastland."
The board has never met since that
time; The whole Eastland incident is
evidently forgotten at Washington.
Yet there are people who think the
sum total of the Administration's duty
is to oe iouna in woras. now long
before there will be another Eastland
horror?
NO PAD AND PEJfCTX, CAMPAIGN.
On the face of figures based on elec
tion reports of 1912, the Republicans
have an easy victory ahead, and many
political prophets are figuring in that
way. They add together the Taft and
Roosevelt votes, show a majority over
Wilson in enough states to ensure
Hughes election and say, "There's
nothing to it but Republican victory."
To clinch their conclusion, they list
the states where the Democratic vote
showed a small plurality over Taft and
Roosevelt combined and say that
there Hughes has a good fighting
chance. .
While The Oregonlan believes that
the prevailing sentiment of the United
States is in favor of the Republican
party as represented by Mr.- Hughes,
the necessary votes to elect him can
not be gained without working for
them. Nearly all of the men and
women who voted for Taft and Roose
velt in 1912ewill be predisposed In
favor of Hughes, but they must be
aroused to the voting point. This
election is being fought on Issues very
different from those of four years ago.
The questions of foreign policy and
preparedness, which are now para
mount, were not thought of then; the
questions which were paramount then
are forgotten or subordinated now.
Though the staunch Nationalism
which underlies all Republican prin
ciples places the party In a strong po
sition to win, it must educate the vot
ers on the new issues and on its atti
tude toward them In order to get out
the vote. The tarif question Is to the
fore now as then, and the war has
supplied the Republican party with
new and convincing arguments in fa
vor of its protective policy, but It
needs to be placed before the voters
in the new light shed upon it by the
war. All of the events of the last
four years are likely to cause many
changes of sides on such issues as
firm maintenance of American rights
versus Wilsonism, preparedness versus
pacifism and Its ally, the pork barrel.
It is incumbent upon Republicans to
conduct so vigorous a campaign that
the balance of these changes shall be
In their favor.
The Republican party has so good
an opportunity to win that The Orego
nian entertains no doubt that, if It
makes full use of this opportunity. It
will win. But the election cannot be
won by arithmetic. It must be won
by placing before the voters the pol
icy of the Republican party and the
character and ability of Mr. Hughes
In sharp contrast with the policy -of
the Democratic party and the char
acter and ability of Mr. Wilson as ex
emplified by their acts. In that man
ner victory 'can be assured.
JOSEPH BCCHTTL.
Joseph Buchtel has passed on. after
sixty-four years' continuous residence
In Portland. Not the greatest of its
citjzens, perhaps, he had, nevertheless,
for long years a peculiar and impor
tant relation to the life of the city.
He came here, a young and very active
man, when there were but a few hun
dred people and It was barely more
than a frontier settlement on a great
river. . "
But young Buchtel soon found many
opportunities for service and he per
formed them. He was a photographer,
and for long years he conducted a
photographic establishment, and there
are today thousands of daguerreotypes
and the more modern pictures in the
Northwest that are the product of his
skill and taste. He was an athlete
and a sportsman in the best sense; and
he was chief of the fire department
in the days when the "boys" ran with
the "machine": and he was a baseball
player, when that popular pastime was
in its Infancy. With all these side
activities he was an aggressive and
successful business man, who gave
much useful service to the public wel
fare. Indeed, his Interest in the prog
ress of Portland never waned, and he
did what he could for the common
weal to the end.
Mr. Buchtel was widely known. His
passing reduces by one the diminish
ing list of the earliest pioneers, who
laid here the foundations of a state
and bequeathed a noble heritage to
their sons and daughters.
BCITOOt, OX LIBOR DAT.
Besides the deference and recogni
tion that need not be grudged to labor
by all classes on Labor day, there is a
practical reason, from the workers'
standpoint, for closing the schools on
that day.
Labor day Is set apart as a brief
season for rest, recreation and formal
observance. It Is a day to which the
wives and children look forward, as
well as the husbands and fathers.
From the standpoint of physical need.
perhaps, the children do not require
an additional diy of rest and play at
the end of the Summer vacation, but
to require their presence at school
will certainly keep the mothers from
participating In the day's events. They
must stay at home to get the children
off to school and to care for them
when they return.
There la no other Summer holiday
when all one's friends and acquaint
ances are so thor6ughly footloose to
co-operate In healthful recreation. The
true father, too, wants the whole family-
with him on Labor day.
It is a day of family and community
gathering, pleasure and communion.
Without the children and without the
motrrers Labor day festivities would
lose their savor and benefits. By all
means, let the school year begin a
day later.
NO yKKl) TO OO ABROAD.
Neither the art treasures of the Old
World, nor Its wonders of architecture,
nor the age of Its civilization, nor the
grandeur of Its natural scenery exr-lain
satisfactorily the enormous travel to
Europe from the United States that
was marked until a little more than
two years ago; There was a good deal
of hypocrisy in the reasons given by
American travelers. So far as art
treasures were concerned, only a small
proportion of our tourists ever gave
them more than a perfunctory glance.
The ancient civilization might have in-
! terested a few scholars and students.
but we all know that the great pro
portion of those who bought steamship
tickets were of a far different class.
So far as natural scenery goes, we
have that at home, and the world
particularly America is Just begin
ning to find out that right here In the
Cascades and the Rockies there are
wonders not to be rivaled by any
Switzerland or Tyrol.
Travel In Europe, our new expert
ence seems to have proved in a marked
degree, was based largely upon desire
created by advertising and upon the
custom of "following the crowd" that
prevails in all matters In which our
busy business men have no particular
ly profound Interest. All the more ac
cessible parts of Europe have been
well advertised, and the steamship
companies and tourist agencies have
had a wholly normal and easily e
plainable Incentive for conducting
scientific and effective press-agent
campaign. The advantages of travel
de luxe, offered by modern ocean lin
era, have not been without their in
fluence. But so far as travel In com
fort on land might have been a fac
tor, we do things better on the Amer
ican side. It is agreed that nowhere
In the world have railroads reached
the high degree of efficiency in their
passenger departments that has been
attained in America
It must have been, in a large degree,
Ignorance of the charms of our own
country. For America has marvels
without end. For every cathedral that
Europe can produce, and for every
mosque lnAsia, we have a lofty moun
tain peak, a gigantic grove or a mam
moth cave. We have our battle fields
for those who insist upon them, and
In our cliff dwellings and our mounds
we have forgotten civilizations. Yet
we do n6t put too much stress upon
the past, for, as we have said, we do
not believe that many pleasure seek
ers, back in the inner recesses of their
consciousness, are much moved by pro
found philosophical reflections when
they make up the Itinerary of their
tour, e have, .in the last analysis,
everything at. home that moved the
average man and his family when he
went abroad Btw and wonderful
scenes, great beauties, complete change
from the monotonies of city and bust
ness life, comfort In travel, and health
resorts innumerable. There is every
thing but the crowd and the habit
and these are artificial creations.
which we can make if we will
We think that nowhere in Europe Is
there anything finer than the scenery
of Glacier Park, or Yellowstone Park
or, nearer home. Mount Hood, which
is soon to be made easily accessible to
all, or our Crater Lake Park, or th
Oregon caves. Europe, with all its
glories, has none of them. They are
becoming easier to reach every season.
Repent admission of automobiles to
th& parks has robbed the parks only
of a passing "wild West" flavor; It
has. on the other hand, mad them
more popular with those to whom the
Jolting stagecoach was & real hardship.
Everywhere In America the hotels, say
those who have tried both kinds, are
as comfortable as the average tourist
inn of Europe and not run on the
principle of extortion.
The tourist public is still seeking
gratification of. Its desire for travel.
This Is the moment of opportunity for
our own country. But we must not
hide our light under a bushel. The
European tide was. In large measure,
the result of the work of the press
agent and the travel bureau. It is
time for us to organize on a similar
basis. The good work Is only Just be
gun. We have the International Custom
Tailors' Association to thank for the
prospect of a world without gallusses.
The tailors have Just decreed that sus
penders not only are unfashionable,
which ought to be enough, but that
they are entirely useless appendages
to the apparel of men. There are, of
course, those of us whose hip bones
make natural hanging pegs for trous
ers, and there are a few fortunate ones
of more rotund proportions whose
ability to keep inside their clothes
without mechanical assistance always
has seemed to border on genius, but
the tailors. In convention assembled.
have held out hope for the ordinary
mortal who feels that he either must
hang his nether garments from his
shoulders or run constant risk of get
ting himself arrested. This device, of
fered as a boon, consists of a girdle, to
which the trousers are fastened with
buttons, which reminds us, somehow,
of the days when we were very small
and wore a "two-piece suit," which
kept mother busy sewing buttons on
most of the time.
The Republicans are rejoicing oyer the
conversion of two heretofore supposed Dem
ocrats of Polk County to the standard of
Hughes. The Woodrow Wilson League of
Dallas has enrolled In Its membership more
than a dosen voters who are registered as
Republicans and several more who, until
this year, were members of that party, but
who hav. come out openly for the Demo
cratic ticket. Dallas Itemlser.
Quite likely. The registration rolls
ofOregon are a standing advertise
ment of the willingness of many men
to stultify not to say perjure them
selves by declaring their allegiance to
one party when they belong to an
other. There Is no significance what
ever to the fact that men who are en
rolled as Republicans are members of
a Woodrow Wilson league, except that
they belong to the latter and never did
to the former.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, of which
the president, Samuel Rea. Is to visit
Portland, Is one of the boasts of the
United States. It is one of the few
best-built, best-operated and best-pay
ng railroads In the United States. It
controlled by a large number of
stockholders, not by a few magnates,
and may be said to be In the hands of
the people. It provides for Its em
ployes when they are sick,- compen
sates them when they are injured. In
sures their lives and limbs, takes care
of their savings and pensions them
when they grow old. This Is the re
action from the great strike of 1877.
which centered on the Pennsylvania
system.
The war expenses of the four prin
cipal allied nations are now nearly
$1,800,000,000 a month, according to
Alfred Neymarck, the French statist!
cian. Britain spends $500,000,000 and
France $520,000,000 a month, Italy
will have spent about $4,000,000,000
by the end of 1916 and these three na
tions together will have spent about
$30,000,000,000. Russia's huge total
remains to be added.
John M. Thurston was one of the
Nation's Important men In his day
He Is now almost forgotten, though
only eighteen years ago a speech which
he delivered In the Senate did much
to precipitate the Spanish war. We
might paraphrase the poet by saying.
Who remembers the wars and the
men of yesteryear?"
Democratic Senators seem strangely
averse to going on record on the Im
migration bill at this session or to
putting the President on record as dis
agreeing with them. Progressive Re
publicans gleefully intensify Demo
cratic embarrassment by insisting on
action.
Moonshinlng In Portland Is an In
dustry that must be stopped. Red
liquor made in a lawful way is good
enough or bad enough, depending on
the point of view, but the white stuff
of the moonshiner Is killing in Its na
ture. Ray Preston, deputy Sheriff of
Baker, is of the old-time quality of
officer, such as appears in the moving
pictures. Disarming and capturing
sixteen lawless men In a bunch was
no little feat.
Graduates of the school for teaching
girls motherhood, proposed under the
will of the widow of Senator Palmer,
will have little difficulty In marrying.
The diploma wllj catch a man, first
flash.
If everyone in favor of prohibition
would contribute, the cause would win.
If all opposed would pungle, that side
would win. This Is the line of talk,
and, after all, It's merely a count of
votes.
The women's duel at Winchester sug
gests the possibility of a new code In
which the choice will be between hat
pins and fingernails instead of be
tween swords and pistols.
Turkey declines to allow Americans
to administer relief to Christians tn
Syria. The Turkish idea Is that Chris
tians are better If they die.
The cost of wheat bread may be ris
ing, but Americans are far from the
necessity of eating potato bread.
When it becomes too warm to stick
around office or home, hop a car for
one of the breathing spots.
Port Orford proves Its wealth and
Its hospitality by showering Its vis
itors with precious stones.
If renewed candidacy Is left to the
conscience of a sorehead, the ballot
Is the sufferer.
The speeder on the highway wishes
the cycle cops were more conspicuous.
Oregon is full of "dominant Ameri
canism," Mr. Hughes.
Mr. Hughes must save his voice for.
Portland, anyway.
Be careful of your own and the
baby's diet.
Lafferty will "also ran."
This is real Summer.
FOUR BOUQUETS AND 0B BRICK
C.I. .el Weoa Produces Heart t. Heart
Letters est Knrslng Mothers' BI1L
PORTLAND. Auk. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) I was very sorry to see la The
Oregonian a letter showing some hos
tility to the "nursing mothers amend
ment." Beer Is given to nursing
mothers for their constitutions. Any
attempt to deprive them of this liquid
cereal Is therefore necessarily uncon
stitutional and. moreover, ! contrary
lo the spirit of the United fitates Con
stitution, which prohibit, cruel and
unusual punishment. Had Ellhu Root
partaken liberally of beer there is no
doubt whatever that the stats of New
York, as well aa Mr. Hoot, would have
had a new constitution. Not that Mr.
Root Is classed with nursing mothers
the esses are different. The best an
swer to these Inhuman attempts to de
prive poor mothers of their nourish
ment Is found in the following corre
spondence: C. E. S. Wood, chairman nursing- mothers'
amendment - committee fclr: I am only 17
years old, but I want to thank you for your
efforts in behalf of nurslns mothers. My
mother commenced drinking beer " when I
was three days old and 1 can distinctly
remember the difference. My hair began
to grow and I gained steadily In weight.
In loss than two months 1 could set my foot
Into my mouth and you have no idea what
a comfort It was. I am perfectly convinced
that tut for mother's beer I would not now
be half il smart as I am. Your little friend,
AL1CH KOHL.
Col. C. B. 8 Wood, progressive chairman.
Portland, Oregon Dear Colonel: I think you
and General Hoaenvelt are the two greatest
men of our time. You are both so shy and
retiring and so unselfish and devoted to
principle. If I had a son I would want
him to serve under one of you two military
patriots, but. alas. I fear that Is not to be.
s I am now 44) and unmarriea. Ana xcn
dum spiro spero." However. I want to say
I am working for your nursing mothers' '.lil.
It Is absolutely right. I live In J'ortiana
and so naturally am with the poor a great
deal. I know that beer Is to a' nursing
mother what clover and barley chop ar. to
a nursing cow. God bless you both.
Pit UD ENCE AtilUAlL J1AK1.E1HHBW.
P. B. 1 mean you and Gen. lios.nveit. not
the cow.
C. IE. 8 Woods Sir: Referring to your
bill for the relief of nurslnv mothers: As
one who. I understand, dabbles In poetry
you will appreciate the tribute to- beer in the
beautiful lyric, "The Lorelei.
Come to your bier so cold end white
And my cold, white, loving- hands,
Where the hours bear flowers
Of the heart's delight
And the stars which fall
From the upper night
Drop down In golden sands.
O com. from the crooked paths which, vex
In the weary upper. air.
From the fears and tears
And the love lorn wrecks
To th. nymphs who wreathe with )-arla
their necks
And their drlftlns golden hair.
Yours for temperance.
FELICIA MCDD.
C. 13. C Wood, chairman nursing mothers
committee As the mother of 17 (all llv-
lngl, let me tell you you are doing o good
work. You have no Idea of what a tax
on your strength It Is to be a mother. And
I assure you when you have been the
mother of 17 you will feel almost exhausted,
1 could not have stood It but for beer. Mr.
Wm. Fabbath Is all wrong. He never was a
mother. 1 feel It Is my rlKht. I hop. you
111 . In. You have our IS praters (My
husband naj stopped praylne.)
LILY UEU, (MRS.)
P. 8. Where can I get on. of those
Margaret Sanger pamprletsT 1 can. If given
time, furnish any Diunbw of such letters.
Absolute candor compels me to give
the other side I '-rill say, however.
that It U the only letter of the kind I
have received.
C. S. Woods, brewers' chairman If. after
hearing the strong argument of Rev. Mr.
Sunday, you ain't ashamed of your morals,
you oufrht to be of your Ignorance. Setting
yourself up as the champion of th. Demon
Beer and trying to ruin the lives of nurs
ing mothers and babes In their cradle. Every
drop of alcohol Is poison, even In pi.. One
of my neighbors has s little boy that was
a good little boy of 5 years till he fell, but
the other day he fell and cut his finger
and she poured alcohol on It and he hit
her. Yet you defend a vile drug that makes
a son strike nis motner.
Another -friend of mine was rubbing her
husband's head with a tonic that bad 6 per
cent alcohol and she took sdvantage of that
quiet moment to teil him some things about
himself, and she hadn't been rubbing It in
for more than IS minutes when he got up
and left ser. Yet you advocate the Demon
Beer that has 4 per cent of this poison
which leads to mother beating and wife de
sertion. i ten you one drop is enougn.
I knew a sad case. He was a dog. gentle
and quiet by nature, but used to drink ou
of a bucket In the back yard. A man pu
one single drop of alcchol Into the bucke
of water and the dog began to lap It and
the man kicked the dog and the dog wen
mad and bit the man. It completely changed
his nature. Yet you talk of per cent.
You must b. t-llnklng of your bank
count. Either you are paid by the brew.
ers or you ar. wickedly Ignorant. Wh
brought on this fearful war? Beer. You pu
germs Into alcohol and Be. how qulc they
die. and what Is bad for germs la bad for
Germans. Yet you talk of beer being harm
less. &ah!
PRISCH.LA P. SIMMONS.
I will be glad to supply any number
of similar letters supporting the nurs
lng mothers amendment.
C. E. 6. WOOD,
Chairman Committee Nursing Mothers
Amendment- ,
GOLDE VD ALE'S BEAUTIES SHOWN
Tourist Travel Trebled Since Panama
Pacific Expoaltlon.
GOLD END ALE, Wash.. Aug. 10. (To
the Editor.) Referring to. a lette
published in a recent issue of The Ore
gonian under The Dalles date line an
signed "A Cltlsen." In which the write
seems to think that be was discovered
the Klickitat Valley and Goldendale
take the liberty of writing you a few
lines to correct the impression. Th
Klickitat Valley was discovered by
John J. Golden, founder of the town o
Goldendale, In 1858. according to th
best authentic local history obtainable.
Since that time the praises of the
natural scenic beauties, the resources
and the. development work carried on
since the mighty herds of the Yakima
chieftain, Kahmlakan. were forced to
retreat from the bunch grass of the
Klickitat Valley by the advancing flood
of civilization, have been spread all
over the universe, as readers of The
Oree-onlan well know.
William S. Parrot, who died not long
ago at his home In Goldendale, was an
artist of world-wide fame and some of
his best paintings were made from the
scenic grandeur of the Klickitat coun
try. Now we have Samuel Hill, of
good roads fame, with us. Mr. Hill
owns a 6000-acre farm at Maryhill.
with seven miles of hard-surface road
within Its boundaries that has been
exploited the world over as the last
word in road construction. Mr. Hill
is now constructing a 1250.000 mansion
overlooking the Celilo Falls on his
farm and has exploited the wonders of
Klickitat and Goldendale all over the
United States by means of the movie
views that have been taken here since
he came.
As to automobile tourist travel
through Goldendale and- the Klickitat
Valley, there has been three times as
much of It this year as there was in
1915 the year or the Panama-Pacific
Exposition. Many tourists who have
been here this Summer say they have
heard of Goldendale and the Klickitat
Valley through other tourists who
have been here, but express themselves
surprised at finding such an up-to-date
little city and such excellent roads as
they find In the Klickitat country.
Goldendale Is on the main route of
the Central Washington Highway, as
posted along the entire route, and no
tourists passing through have ex
pressed themselves as having had any
difficulty In finding the roads leading
to the Klickitat Vallev and Golden
dale. ROBERT BALLOTJ.
Both Hnabands In League.
Boston Transcript.
"Maud's husband and Kate's are fast
friends, aren't they?" "Maud and Kate
think they are. They both get home
about two in the morning."
COFlDKCH IX LEASER SttAK.E3f
Mr. La t timer Proposes Slogan to Dis
place "To. Prend to Kljt at."
WKSE. Or, Aug-. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) I am an American cltlsen whose
ancestry dates back to colonial days.
I do cot know, nor do I care to know,
any but American Ideals. I love Ameri
can Ideas of liberty and fair play. I
care naught for blood or title. Charac
ter only determines one's true worth.
I have been a strong defender of and
a believer tn America's greatness and
prestige among the nations of the
earth. I have always felt anl am try
ing to continue to feel that no prouder
distinction can fall to man than- to be
n American citizen.
I have stoutly defended our pres-
nt Executive on various occasions be
cause I felt It a duty, though 1 have
o confidence in Democratic policies in
general.
when the President was contending
for the rle-ht of Americana to sail on
he high seas even though their berths
melied strong of powder. I still said
f they could do so and still be within
heir neutral riphts this Government
hould stop at nothing to fru&rantee
hois rights. But when our ehlps
were boarded and seamen Illegally re
moved; when our mall was seised and
much of it confiscated: when our trade
with neutrals was hampered; when
ur business firms were placed on the
blacklist, and when the only response
we could a-et to all our protests was
substance, "What's all the noise1
bout; whv do you make so many sour
aces? Can't you be reasonable? What
In our expediency we o tramp on
our corns, aren t we furnishing the
ree salve to cure them?"
Then, strain, when our flasr Is dragged
n the mire and la torn and trampled
pon, when our cltlaens are massacred
nd their home anj property Uevas-
ated and confiscated, when our bor
er Is raided time after time, when
our soldiers who are trying; to catclr
murderer are brutally slain, when
an outlaw who has been responsible for
much of the wrongrs we have suffered
recognised by this Government an
he ftrBt military chief, and when in
he face of all these charge! I can ?tlll
hold up my head and maintain that 1
am proud that I am an American, can
you question the percentage of my
Americanism?
I admit my pride has been wounded.
my confidence In our leader has been
shaken. I have no patience In the
statement that "a nation may be so
ust that It Is too proud to fipht. W hen
nation takes such a slosran tor Its
motto it will soon fall a prey to the
creed of others. A better motto would
be. It seems to me, for this Nation.
"We will respect the rights of all ni
tons and we are a hundred minion
strong to defend otirs.
J. A. t-ATTlJltjrt.
SETTING A CAMPAIOX PR KCEDF.XT
Candidate Oct. Off State's Payroll to
Tonr State.
-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Town Crier. In Its current Issue,
cites a precedent In politics which It
says "will startle a good many of
those who are Just now seeking nom
ination for public office and at the
same time holding safe to present po
sitions on the public payroll.
W. W. Sherman, a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Treasurer
of State, furnishes this startling prece
dent.
For several years he has been the
efficient chief deputy in the T.-easurer'a
office, serving under Lewis and Meath
In becoming an active candidate for
the Trcasurershlp he has separated him
self from the state's payroll secured
leave of absence without pay or re
signed and thus Is enabled to go be
fore the people with a clear conscience
and ask their support of his candidacy
In the primary. The taxpayers are not
paying his campaign expenses.
The 1'ost-IntelliKencer agrees with
the Town Crier that it Is a notable
precedent. More than that. It believes
that a man ao high-minded and so
square with himself and with the state
as to set such a precedent deserves
favorable consideration at the hands of
the voters. In fact, he deserves to
win. The public service needs that type
oi men.
Difference In Locality.
Exchange,
"Pa, what's the difference between
a patriot and a Jingo?"
'A patriot, my son. Is one whose
bosom swells with pride of his coun
try. while in a Jingo the swelling ap
pears in nis neaa.
Kot Reliable Enough.
Washington D. C.) Star.
"Wasn't our friend's speech largely
made up or platitudes 7 "Tvo," replied
senator borgnum. He dldn t say any
thing that was reliable enough eve
to be classed as a platitude.
Playing With Fire,
Exchange.
Her Xo doubt you think I am olde
than I really am.
Him Not at all. I'm sure you are
not as old as you look.
Secret Chambers in English Castles
Described in
The Sunday Oregonian
While the possibility of an invasion of Great Britain is morn
or leBS remote, the threats imposed by the terrible war have loos
ened the old locks and bolts of hidden chambers and passages In
many English castles. Read the story in Sunday's Oregonian..
COOS BAY'S CELEBRATION Within the next few weeks railroad
service between Portland and tha principal cities and towns of Coos
Bay will be a reality. Interest now centers on that locality. A
series of interesting pictures will tell readers of The Sunday Ore
gonian something of the nature and resources of the country.
STUDY OF HAWAIIAN LIFE An American Bchool teacher who
recently toured the Hawaiian Islands has written an interesting and
" instructive account of the life and conditions there. It will be
printed with illustrations tomorrow.
LOOK FOR YOUR POEM Your favorite poem may be printed on the
"old poem" page tomorrow. Look for it.
ORIENTAL PARIAHS NOT ALL ORIENTAL A traveler in the
Orient has discovered that many European women white women
have been forced into menial positions in some of the Oriental
countries. This makes interesting reading.
SALUTE! This is the subject of one of Temple's sketches tomorrow.
The others are equally attractive.
THE IRON CLAW Arthur Stringer's sensational drama is still mn
jiing in the Sunday paper and appearing simultaneously in the
motion-picture theaters. The final installment will appear tomor
row. HERBERT KAUFMAN Another page of poems, editorials and phil
osophy by this gifted writer.
BOYS AND GIRLS, ATTENTION I Just see what the Teenie
Weenies are going to do tomorrow. It will be worth the price of
the paper alone.
HELPING MOTHER Did you know that Uncle Sam maintains at
Washington a department intended to lighten the burden of house
keepers? He does. You can find out all about it by reading to
morrow's paper.
CARPENTER AT DAWSON This is one of the most entertaining
stories that Frank G. Carpenter has written since he went to
Alaska. It will telj of the adventures of some of the fortune hunt
ers who have gone into the fa northern country.
LATE HAPPENINGS in the motion-picture world will have full at
tention, as will sports, Bociety, automobiles and real estate. Sev
eral pages will be devoted to fresh reports from the beaches. All
other departments will be fully up to the usual Btandard.
In Other Days.
Twrsty-lTs Tears Asps.
Praia Th. Orogonlaa August U 1KL
Boston, Aug. 12. James Russell
Lowell, the poet, author and statesman,
died this (Wednesday) morning; at :10
o'clock. H. was born February 21.
1S19.
Patti will make a concert tonr em
bracing 75 cities next year. Signor
Arviltto wl'.l be her conductor.
Zed Wilson, the veteran surgeon, died
at his home, 170 Front street, yester
day. William Churchill, a Eouth Portland
lettercarrler has trained his horse to
follow him pretty close when he Is
about his business of carrying letters.
The horse has become ao proficiently
trained that yesterday he attempted to
follow Mr. Churchill down a steep bank
near the river, with the result the cart
capsized and rumbled the animal Into
a hole. An unknown man. In attempt
ing to extricate the animal, was kicked
20 feet for his trouble.
The Czar of Russia has notified the
Princess Gouneftesky, the morganatic
widow of the late Czar, Alexander IL
that she must not visit the imperial
family on terms of Intimacy and that
her peculiar relationship cannot be
recognized at court-
Dr. William McLean, well-known
veterinary surgeon, recently killed a
cougar near Foley Springs.
Rev. A. L. Llndeley. one of the fore
most Presbyterian minister, or tn.
country and formerly at th. head of
the First church here, la dead from
njurlca received In a runaway last
Sunday afternoon.
SCFFRACG 19 ADVASCED RAPIDLT
Concentrated Action on Consrreoa Is
Producing; Results.
PORTLAND. Aug. 11. (To the Ed
itor.) The Democratlo women who
broke Into print yesterday because of
the brand of oonpartlsanshlp or over
wrought nerves seem to oppose the
movement of women to make the Fed
eral suffrage amendment the para
mount Issue, lest It aroese the opposi
tion of men In non-suffrage states.
would do well to consider what some
of their own sex will think of them.
The awful spectacle of women uniting
Just once for a common purpose of
humanity would be a shameless eight
In the eyes of men.
The further action of the Federated
Clubs In passing resolutions condemn
ing the woman's party sounds much
ke" the "holdup" policies of this dis
tinguished party of Oregon feminine
intelligence as practiced In lsit under
the leadership of some of the most In
censed. The political sagacity of the woman's
party leaders cannot be easily matched
by any of the political parties. Their
bllity to convene and rationally de
cide on political methods best suited
for campaign purposes Is proved by the
leaps and bounds suffrage has taken
since their concentrated action upon
Congress.
Today the suffrage plank Is In an
political platforms and one Presiden
tial candidate favors l'.a speedy pas-
satre,
Has this little band tolled and worked
In vain for thlr sisters? Have we no
pure, unadulterated sex loyalty?
MRS. L. W. THERKELSEN.
Strange Battle Tactics.
New Tork Mall.
"Since the commencement of the bat
tle the enemy has received large rein
forcements," the announcement says.
"Yesterday and last night strong hos
tile attacks were made against several
points of our new positions." They
based their opinion on frequent rulings
by Secretary Lansing that presence of
Americans aboard attacked merchant
men must be shown before this Gov
ernment could demand explanation,
disavowal or reparation.
Past and Gone.
Exchange. ,
"Republics are ungrateful." "I don't
complain." replied the Senator. "Some
times I'm rather thankful that a re
public Is inclined aa a rule to forget
what's past and gone."
His Rich Wife.
Buffalo. N. Courier.
"You married a rich wife, didn't
you?" asked Jones of his friend. "Yes."
he sighed "but she's not declared any
dividend yet."
Finds Exercise, Anyhow.
Life.
Judge This man was a stranger to
you! Then why did you pick a fight
with him? Kelly All me friends are
away on their vacations.
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