TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1910.
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PORTLAND, SATURDAY. AUG. 19, 1916.
. A WISE VETO WITY NO OTHERS T
President Wilson gives sound rea
sons for hia veto of the Army appro
priation bill. Since retired Army of
ficers continue to draw pay from the
Government and are liable to be re
called to duty In time of war, they
should remain subject to Army disci
pline. This conclusion gains force
from the report that a certain retired
officer was only awaiting: passage of
the bill releasing; him from liability
to courtmartial in order to publish an
attack on officers with whom he had
come Into conflict when on the active
list. If retired officers In general. could
pursue that course with impunity,
discipline would be destroyed, and the
Army would be In a constant turmoil
of controversy and feud.
Chairman Hay's ' determination to
omit the revised articles of war from
the amended bill which he will intro
duce in the House is in line with his
entire course regarding Army legisla
tion. He is responsible for every
change In the Chamberlain reorganiza
tion bill which had a weakening ef
fect, the most Important of those
changes being the attempted Federal
ization of the National Guard and the
reliance upon that organization as the
second line of defense. His policy la
narrow, sectional and Little American
and is marred by a greedy appetite
for spoils. His present attitude is
spiteful, for the President gives good
reasons for revising the articles of
war. As Senator Chamberlain will
make a fight for their inclusion In the
bill without the provision to which the
President objects, a serious contro
versy may result.
Mr. Wilson's veto message naturally
suggests the question to the reader:
If he found it advisable to veto an
entire bill of such importance as the
Army bill because It contained one ob
jectionable clause, why did he not act
In the same manner with regard to
other bills because of provisions which
were equally vicious? For example,
Mr. Hay inserted in the Army reorgan
ization bill, which the President ap-
T"i r n v i r? tlia frtllrtTwln ffum ff lAifilfl-
tion, contained in section 8:
Provided, further, that of the vacancies
created in the Judge Advocate-General's
Department by this act, one such vacancy
not below the grade of Major shall be
filled by the appointment of a person from
civil life, not less than 43 nor more than
60 years of age, who shall have been for ten
eais a Judge of the Supreme Co-urt of the
Philippine Islands, shall have served for
two years as a Captain In the Regular or
volunteer Army, shall be proficient In the
Spanish language and laws.
The only person who answers ta
this very precise description is Justice
Adams Carson, of the Philippine Su
preme Court. He Is a friend of Mr.
Hay and a resident of that statesman's
district. In order to leave the Presi
dent no alternative to the appointment
of his friend, Mr. Hay inserted this
joker in a bill the enactment of which
was earnestly desired by the President.
Bince the proviso is tantamount to a
direction to the President that he ap
point Judge Carson, the proviso is an
Infringement of the executive's ap
pointive power. If ever a veto was
justified, It was in this case. There
is small room for doubt that. If the
President had placed the Joker in the
limelight by making it the ground of
a veto, Congress would have re-enacted
the bill with the joker omitted. The
President's end would have been
gained and he would not have become
a party to a shameful job. But he
approved the bill, joker and all.
He has had as good cause for vetoes
In many other cases as in matters con
cerning the Army. One of the last
acts of his predecessor was to veto the
sundry civil bill, because Congress had
attached to the appropriation for en
forcement of the anti-trust law a rider
providing that none of the money
should be expended in prosecuting la
bor unions or farmers' co-operative, so
cieties. The rider was- a dishonest
trick, . for, while it appeared to give
the organizations in question immu
nity from prosecution, it did not ac
tually grant Immunity and other funds
were available for their prosecution.
The same bill with the same rider was
reintroduced and passed after Mr. Wil
son's Inauguration and Mr. Wilson
signed it with a most ingenious but by
no means straightforward explanation
of his reasons.
A rider was inserted in another bill
excluding employes of internal revenue
collectors and marshals from the civil
service law. That was as vicious as
the section of the Army bill which has
stirred the President to wrath and
could scarcely have survived a veto
message. The same statement Is true
of -the provisos excluding employes of
the Income Tax Bureau, the Federal
Kserve Beard, the Federal Trade Com-
. mission and the Federal farm T.nan
Board from the operation 'of the civil
service law and delivering them over
to the spoilsmen. That legislation was
in plain conflict with the principles to
which Mr. Wilson had been pledged
as vice-president of the Civil Service
Iteform League.
'. Commendable as Is the President's
force to the strictures to which he lies
open for not having pursued the same
course in these former cases.
SMALL 6VRPI.LS OF WHEAT.
, " The Government need look no fur
ther than the available supply of
wheat for an explanation of the
high price reached by that cereal.
The situation is stated in August
crop reports by a Chicago corre
spondent of the New York Evening
Post. He says that North America
win oe caiiea upon to iurnisn .rjurope
with 344,000.000 bushels. Adding to
gether the carry-over from last season
and the estimated surplus from this
season, he finds 370,000,000 bushels
available for export, but he says this
"will mean an exhaustion of reserves
fit the end of the season, which is a
dangerous proposition."
Taking the United States crop alone,
our home requirements for bread and
seed are expected to leave a surplus
of only 34,000.000 out of 654,000.000
bushels. The carry-over from last sea
son, 163,000,000 bushels, brings the
excess to 197,000,000 bushels. Export
of 160,000,000 bushels would leave a
reserve of only 37,000,000 bushels,
though we exported nearly 259,000,
000 bushels in the season of 1914-15
and nearly 173,000,000 bushels In that
of 1915-16.
The price has remained low because
Europe was confident that we should
have an ample surplus, which we
should be eager to sell. As the surplus
is but little in excess of our own and
Europe's requirements. Europe is
eager to buy. The farmers-Ill make
up in price the amount he is short in
bushels.
NOT "PORK."
The Oregonlan Is, and has been, con
vinced that a naval base within the
entrance of the Columbia RiVer Is a
project of obvious and unquestionable
merit. It is not favorable to a naval
base there, for the mere reason that
it 'will help Astoria or the Columbia
River, but because It will serve the
Nation. For reasons of natural de
fense, for the adequate protection of
the Pacific Coast, The Oregonlan has
urged immediate recognition of the
Immense strategical value of the Co
lumbia base and the prompt construc
tion there of an appropriate naval es
tablishment. The Portland Journal may be well
satisfied with Congress for rejecting
the $500,000 naval base Item; and It
may be content to regard the appro
priation as "pork"; The Oregonlan
does not look upon It as "pork." . It
esteems the whole plan a patriotic en
terprise of great importance, and It re
sents, on behalf of a loyal state, the
Jibes and sneers and sly insinuations
of the Journal at the worthy citizens
of Astoria and elsewhere who have
fostered and promoted it.
It would be well to have from the
Journal an explanation of the extra
ordinary attitude of the Oregon Sen
ators toward the naval base.
When the Senators favored the
$500,000 item, was it "pork"?
Or when the Senators were luke
warm, was it "pork" ?
Or did they blow hot and blow cold
through the whole campaign because
they thought It was "pork"?
If It was "pork," why did not the
Senators frankly say so ?
If it was not "pork," why did not
the Senators diligently and persistent
ly work for it?
Do they need to be told by a board
of high-priced experts, at so much per
diem, all expenses paid, whether a Co
lumbia River naval base Is a worthy
project or not?
KELI.rSO A MAX BY MISTAKE.
The "Marshfield Record Issues an
energetic warning to careless hunters
who are responsible for accidents, and
often for homicides, during the deer
hunting season. The Oregonlan re
produces it in part because of its time
liness and because it desires to add a
remark or two of its own:
Every year there mint be recited the sad
stories of someone being killed by accident.
Careless hunters mistake a man for a deer,
fire and kill the man and then are sorry
about It. It is to be hoped that there
will be ne aoridents of that kind this season,
but they occur every year. JCo matter how
careful a hunter may be himself, he is
danger of some other rattle-toralned fool
who is liable to take a shot at him any
time he happens to be moving about In
the brush. When a man is killed In the
woods It is generally because of some poor
hunter who is inexperienced and who does
not exercise due care.
The Oregonlan has been told by an
old hunter who has had occasion to
Investigate the causes of several deer
hunting accidents that in every In
stance the trouble was whisky. Now
we have prohibition and less liquor-
drinking, and there ought to be fewer
"mistakes" due either to maudlin ex
citement or genuine and sober blun
dering. The Oregon statute provides that "if
any person shall, lh the commission of
an unlawful act, or a lawful act. With
out due caution or circumspection, in
voluntarily kill another, such person
shall be deemed guilty of man
slaughter." That seems to cover the
ground; but it never fails that excuses
are made for the guilty hunter who
shoots blindly at -a moving object in"
the woods or brush, and kills a man
or woman, and he is held blameless.
But he is rarely blameless, whether he
is drunk or sober.
USEFUL BOY SCOUTS.
Recent assistance given In Eastern
cities by Boy Scouts in time of threat
ened plague has emphasized the value
of training for service that these
youths represent and the practical re
sults, attained as the result of disci
pline, that could have been accom
plished in no other way. The epidemic
of infantile paralysis, that has taken
its dreadful toll and still rages un
checked, having emphasized again the
value of sanitary precautions, the Boy
Scouts were called on to help in a
great cleaning movement. What was
accomplished in Hartford, Conn., will
serve as an example. No fewer than
15,000 yards were inspected, 3600 cases
were reported in which improvement
in sanitary conditions to a greater or
lesser degree was deemed desirable.
and a vast number of letters were de
livered to householders, calling atten
tion to the necessity for prompt co
operation in health measures.
If the city or the state or Federal
Government had been undertaking a
campaign of the kind, the work would
have been accomplished in a few
weeks, perhaps, and the results would
have been duly tabulated and pub
lished in a year or so. Consequently,
the average citizen will be surprised
when he is told how quickly the boys
did what was assigned to them. It
was all over In three hours and a
half!
One of the essential features of Boy
Scout work is that It Inculcates the
principle that duty may be, and most
ly Is, a pleasure. It draws a strong
and hopeful and helpful distinction be
tween service and servility. It teaches
that "I serve" is not an admission in
any sense of inferiority, and that it is
possible to do any sort of work with
out being a menial. The spirit of "get
somebody else to run your errands for
you" is wholly absent. The Boy Scout
may be a future President, or better
he dignifies the smallest task and he
proves that no necessary work is de
grading.
True Boy Scouts do not accept tips
for little services, in wjiich respect
they are doing much to hasten the day
of real democracy. For whatever may
be said in attempted defense of the
system of extortion by the devious
method of exacting fees for services
which already have been included in
the bill, the fact remains that the in
dividual who accepts the gratuity is
not quite the man he would have been
if he had not thereby confessed him
self upon a different plane from the
6ne who takes pleasure in service, who
takes his wages as his right but is
scrupulous about earning them, and
who will have nothing to do with anv
species of mendicancy. The receiver
of the "tip" seldom fails to realize his
own position, whether he admits It
or not. He is either callous on the
subject, or it embitters him. In the
latter case, he rails at others because
of the barrier he himself has raised.
Boy Scout activities give the greatest
possible promise of abolishment of the
system; they are more hopeful of tan
gible results In that direction than all
the antl-tipping societies in the world.
In recent years we have been too
much afraid of the word "servant." A
politician holding office will sometimes
call himself a public servant, because
that has a fine flavor of anti-aristocracy
about it, and he does it for
the same reason that he avoids wear
ing his silk 'hat when he talks to the
factory hands In his district. But the
chances are that he calls his house
hold help at home a "maid," thus
proving he is strongly class-conscious.
after all. Realization of the principle
that service, If it Is useful. Is en
nobling, as It Is- emphasized by the
Boy Scouts In such everyday incidents
as that at Hartford, will do much to
sweep away artificial distinctions and
overcome the hypocrisy with which sj
many now approach the relntions in
which useful service is Involved.
AS OPPORTUNITY.
Inasmuch as Dr. Foster, In a letter
published In another column, ac
knowledges having written a widely
circulated criticism of the Oregon
marriage examination law. It may be
inferred that the quotation credited
to him by a contemporary wherein
The Oregonlan was accused of show
ing a narrow and shortsighted policy
in criticising the same law was
spurious.
It is pleasant to find ourselves-in
accord with the president of the Ore
gon Social Hygiene Society on the In
effectiveness of the law In Its direct
and practical application. And we
are not 'among those, meagerly in
formed persons, to whom Dr. Foster
refers, who have thought that the
Social Hygiene Society ought arbitrari
ly to put the intent of tho law into
fbrce. That course is readily recog
nized as legally Impossible.
But it seems -to us that no organi
zation or group of citizens Is better
qualified to recommend to the Legis
lature the amendments needed to make
the law effective or to draft an en
tirely new law which will do what
the existing law alms to do but so
signally falls to do. The Legisla
ture will not ordinarily take up on its
own motion and change statutes ad
mittedly of good and publicly ap
proved intent. It yields only when
persons known to be sincerely Inter
ested in the principle involved and
capable, through experience and ob
servation, to recommend changes, give
the Legislature their active support.
The. Oregon Social Hygiene Society
Is supported In a commendable work
by public appropriation. A report to
the Legislature on -the marriage law
with recommendations would be en
tirely proper and would not entail il
legal expenditures of the society's ap
propriation. THE LAST OFFENSIVE BEGINS.
Attack on and capture of Doiran by
the Serbians and the general bombard
ment from Monastic to the Vardar
River may be the first moves in the
last of the series of 'allied offensives
which has marked the carrying out
of their combined plan of campaign In
Europe. It appears to have been t,ftned
to follow the reported transfer of 150,
000 Turks and an indefinite number of
Bulgarians from Macedonia to succor
the Austrians. The general design
seems'to have been to tempt the Teu
tons to transfer troops to a point at
tacked, then to attack the point thus
weakened, to cause troops to be drawn
from another point and then to attack
thjtt point. It may be that the, allies
calculate upon having few enemies be
sides the Bulgarians to oppose their
700, 006 men at Saloniki.
The most serious danger to the Teu
tons -is now In Galicla. Having ex
tended the' great bulge In the line from
Lutsk southwestward beyond Brody
and having folded up the Austrian
right wing northvest beyond Stanislau,
the Russians placed the Austrian con-
ter held by Germans under Von Both
mer in such peril of envelopment that
it has retreated from the line of the
Strypa River. Von Bothmer has taken
up a new line along pie Gnila Li pa
and Bug rivers. This extends from
Halicz on the Dniester River to a point
a short distance west of the apex of
the Lutsk salient and is the last good
position east of Lemberg. Here Von
Bothmer Is making violent counter
attacks on the pursuing Russians.
While the Germans defending Ko
vel, an Important railroad Junc
tion, west of the northern side of
the Lutsk salient, have been driven to
the west bank of the Stokhod River,
they have held their ground much bet
ter than the Austrians . and have
avoided the necessity of drawing back
to the Turja River for a final defense
of KoveL, Should the Austrians lose
much more ground, it might be neces
sary for the Germans to make this re
treat, which would place them on a
line running north from Lemberg to
the Pripet marshes.
. When the Russian offensive had
drawn German troops from the west,
the French and British began their
advance on the Somme. Their pur
pose seems to have .been to drive east
ward through the third German for
tified line and then to turn north and
south with a view both to the capture
of Bapaume and Peronne, Important
railroad centers, and of Chaulnes.
Later they would strike for Cambral,
St. Quentin and Chauny and, if they
should succeed in taking these places,
would cut off the great elbow In the
line which curves around Noyon,
where it most closely approaches
Paris. They would force withdrawal
of the Germans from the quarries
north of the Aisne where the French
have been held up since the , retreat
from the Marne, and would be in a
position to strike at Doual to the north
and at Laon to the southeast. Con
siderable as their progress appears on
a map of the immediate scene of oper
ations, it is but a beginning at what
they have undertaken.'
The Italian attack on the Isonzo line
had been arranged to follow the Anglo-French
movement, but was de
layed by the Austrian advance from
Trentino across the frontier. Their
greater need in the east caused the
Austrians to transfer troops thither
and the simultaneous advance of 500,
000 Italians-., brought about a partly
forced and partly voluntary withdraw
al in Trentino. The difficulties which
attend campaigning in the Alps de
cided the Italians merely to block the
passes and capture the lower heights
and to make their main attack on the
Isonzo wltlr Trieste as the objective.
Their design was helped by weakening
of the Austrian line there also to send
troops to Gallcia. They have broken
through the Austrian defenses at Gori
zia, are now entering Tolmino and are
fighting' their way across the Carso
plateau, with their goal only thirteen
miles distant. Several strongly forti
fied lines Intervene between them and
Trieste, and some fierce battles must
be fought If they are to reach that
port. Should they Invest Trieste,
Flume, on the opposite side of the
Istrian peninsula, and Pola, the great
naval base at Its point, would still be
before them. The Investment of Pola
would probably cause the Austrian
fleet to go out and challenge the Ital
ians to a naval battle. In which the
British and French would be apt to
take a hand.
Ability of the allies to continue their
furious attacks on "four widely sepa
rated fronts at one time is a necessary
condition to their plan of thwarting
tho game to which the Teutons owe a
large measure of their success In 1915
transfer of troops from one front to
another. This requires an enormous
supply of guns and ammunition, con
stantly replenished. Already there are
signs that they are at the limit of
their resources. Russia has given
ground to Turkey in Armenia since
taking Erzingan and has lost Mush
and Bltlis, apparently keeping J;he
Grand Duke on short allowance while
Brussiloff drives ahead. The attack
on the German Line between Riga and
the Pripet marshes appears to have
stopped, but appointment of the ener
getic Ruszky to succeed Kuropatkln
suggests that a new offensive Is at
hand. The British make no serious
attempt to advance In Mesopotamia.
The allies may lack material to do
more than they have undertaken, and
may have suspended the minor opera
tions In order to push home those of
most importance.
Only the Austrlans'and Turks among
the contral powers have seriously lost
ground. Though the Germans have
been put on the defensive, they have
only yielded feet where their allies
have yielded miles. The gains made
by the British and French are a mere
trifle by comparison with the total
territory they strive to recover, and
the Germans come back with counter
attacks which frequently regain lost
trenches. The Turks also show much
offensive power, as in Egypt and Ar
menia. Were the allies to put Austria
completely out of action and were they
to sweep across the Balkan peninsula
and- Asia Minor and to besiege Con
stantinople, they would still have a
bloody war ahead of them to over
power Germany. They have only be
gun what they have undertaken and
have won success where It Is easiest.
General Carranza has adopted dras
tic means to secure himself against
foreign Intervention or claims on ac.
count of wrongs done to foreigners
hereafter. No foreigner can acquire
land, or water rights unless he re
nounces treaty rights and -any rights
to protection from his own govern
ment and accepts only the same privi
lege as Mexicans. As foreigners have
recently had sad experience of tho
kind of privilege Mexicans enjoy, very
few of them are likely to undertake
the development of Mexico on Car
ranza's terms. If the country should
settle down under his rule. It will need
much foreign aid In repairing the
ravages of revolution. That aid will
not be forthcoming If foreigners are
to be at the mercy of whatever revo
lutionary chief Is for the time being
on top. The privilege enjoyed by Mex
icans Is the choice between fighting
and starving. It will not attract Amer
icans, and Mexico's recovery will be
slow.
Germans, however preoccupied they
may be with other matters at hand,
are taking time to promote large plans
for Internal Improvement in transpor
tation at home. No fewer than a dozen
canals are being outlined and the cam
paign In favor of them Is being pushed
vigorously. One of these would be a
central waterway connecting all the
navigable streams, from the Rhine to
the Vistula, that flow into either the
Baltic or the North Sea. The Danube
Oder Canal would connect the North
Sea and Baltic ports with the Danube.
The Rhine, the Danube and the Black
Sea would be jolnad by another canal
system. Canalization of several rivers
not heretofore fully Improved would
add to the amazing network and give
the central powers independence of all
other nations in the exchange of their
own products. Vast s the series of
enterprises may seem, there is a se
rious sentiment in favor of under
taking them without delay, it is said.
The following Is from The Oregonlan's
Teport of Candidate Hushes' Tacoma speech:
Mr. Hughes reviewed Democratic tariff
legislation and the Democratic platform
plank of 10U relating to the tariff. Our
opponents said they would reduce the cost
of living, he said. Behold the result."
We presume from this remark that Mr.
Hughes, if elected promises to reduce the
cost o living; well, how dots he propose to
do it? By reducing the prices farmers are
getting for wheat, livestock, butter and
eggs? Salem Capital Journal (Dam.).
The Democratic platform of 1912
promised to reduce the cost of living;
but the cost of living has Increased.
It is curious to note how handily our
Democratic friends have construed
their failure to redeem a promise Into
a bright and virtuous act on their purt
In protection of the producer. The
consumer may shift for himself. Twaa
not ever thus.
The bill providing for removal of a
Sheriff when a lynching occurs In his
county has been killed by the Georgia
House. The right to lynch Is sacred
In Georgia and there can be no Inter
ference. Well, teachers are not all alike.
Two have notified the Board of In
tention to marry and have resigned.
The difference, however, may be in
the husbands.
What a lucky woman to be claimed
as wife by two millionaires, while
many a woman thinks she Is fortunate
to be possessed by one' poor man.
This surely will be known as the
Summerless year, but the weather has
been enjoyable, barring a little rain
on the day set for the picnic.
It Is very considerate on the part of
Portland husbands and wives to move
Into other states before, they begin
killing.
The police force is taking much
credit for Hughes day, but how about
the people, all of. whom behaved them
selves? Principals and teachers must attend
on the opening day of school, but pu
pils can be rebellious.
Captain Koenlg knew what he was
talking about when he said he would
reach homo.
Phineas Barnum and James Bailey
are dead, but their show goes on for
ever. Who, now, will imperil party suc
cess, Congress or the President?
Going somewhere tomorrow?
FIRST PARTY VP DIFFICULT PEAK
Manama Recalls Ascent of North Slater
Mountain In 1903.
PORTLAND. Aug. 18. (To the Ed
itor.) Who made the first ascent of
Three Bisters?
This question suggests itself as one
reads the very Interesting letter by
Miss Beatrice Toung, historian of the
Mazamas, published In The Oregonlan.
recounting the adventures of the Ma
zamas encamped on this storm-racked
group of mountains. The surmise is
therein made that U. II. Prouty made
the first ascent of the North Sister in
1910. But with all courtesy to Mr.
Prouty'a extraordinary skill In cliff
cliinblng, which all true Mazamas de
light to honor, it Is evident that others
preceded him. "
In 1903 a stag party of Mazamas
mads the ascent of all three peaks.
This party comprised Rodney L. Gllsan,
M. W. Gorman, Leslie Scott. E. Py Shel
don, E. 1 L Loomlt and Colonel L. L.
Hawkins. These placed tho copper box
of the Mazamas on the summit of the
Middle Sister, ascended the South Sis
ter (with the exception of Colonel
Hawkins), and placed the Mazama box
on the summit: while two of them.
Rodney L. Gllsan and E. H. Loomis.
mads ascent of the North Sister, pro
nounced "Impregnable" In United States
Government reports. An account of
this, written by R. L. Gllsan. Illustrat
ed by somo fine photographs, will be
found in Mazama Bulletin of December.
1905. Vol. II. No. 4, and another account
by myself In tho Pacific Monthly for
November; 190S.
The question arises, was not this the
first ascent of tho North Sister? So
far as any evidence has been made
public Rodney L. Gllsan and E. H.
Loomis appear to merit tho honor of
tho first ascent of this difficult north
peak.
About 1884 or 1885. Adolph Dekum.
Judge John B. Waldo and Judge Ed
ward Humason ascended the Middle
and South Sisters. Many years ago I
had the privilege of reading Mr. De
kum's diary of thia trip and found it
brimful of detailed Information. Ho is
now the only surviving member of this
party, and has long been a valued, but
over-modest member of our Mazama
Club; he should no longer be permitted
to hide his light under a bushel; his
diary has never been made public; it
Is high time that this mountaineering
feat should bo rescued from oblivion.
Mr. Dekum states that while seated
on a great volcanic rock on the sum
mit of tho South Sister. Judge Waldo
found his compass acting in very crazy
fashion and was restored to it normal
condition only when removed somo
distance from tho rock, which probably
contained much iron, causing It to act
as a magnet. Many evidences were
found of the havoc of lightning. A
largo lake on the mountain was meas
ured with a 40-foot lino which did not
reach bottom: this was probably tho
extinct crater: tho water in it was
quite clear.
Whether this will prove to be tho
first ascent of the Middle and So ith
Sisters Is a matter well worth investi
gation on tho part of the Mazamas.
GERTRUDE METCALFE.
BUT WHAT OF JAMES BUCHANAN t
Wilson Better Compared With Him
Than With Lincoln.
KENTON. Or., Aug. 18 (To the Edi
tor.) Democratic political writers con
tinue to compare Mr. Wilson to Abra
ham Lincoln for the former's personal
elevation and to procure votes from
the Republican ranks. Mr. Wilson is
not the equal of Mr. Lincoln In point of
Intellectual power nor in executive
ability. In studying the life of Abra
ham Lincoln we find that he was born
in obscurity and poverty, with no ad
vantages in this life to acquire an
education. It Is said that he even stud
ied by pine knots. Tet with all the
disadvantages that he had to contend
with he rose to be one of the foremost
men of tho Nation. He has given to
succeeding generations literary pro
ductions in tone and quality equal to
any. His Cooper Institute speech, for
example, was wit and logic all welded
together. Extracts from this speech
have been used by professors of rhet
oric. Mr. Lincoln was an example of orig
inality, thought, patriotism and Amer
icanism. I ask what has Mr. Wilson
given to the world as a literary pro
duction with all his advantages to ac
quire knowledge in all branches of sci
ence and education? He does not pos
sets that stern. Inflexible disposition
of Abraham Lincoln, which Is a prime
qualification of an executive. Nor have
any other of his Democratic predeces
sors. There was James Buchanan, who
plunged the Nation in debt $77,000,000
In time of peace. Not a dollar was in
the United States treasury when Lin
coln assumed tho reins of Government,
It caused Buchanan to utter this state
ment In substance: "In the midst of
material wealth we are in a deplorable
situation."
The same policy of James Buchanan,
namely, tariff for revenue only has a
record as black as hades for a hundred
years of causing more want, misery,
bankruptcy and homeless citizens than
any aid to financial trouble In exist
ence. The Democratic " party has 'the
monumental gall to compare this apos
tle of tariff-for-revenue-only. Wood
row Wilson, to Abraham Lincoln, when
the latter always-advocated a protec
tive tariff. It was one of the planks
in the Republican platform when he
was elected for President. .It is a
scandalous disgrace p the memory of
Abraham Lincoln.
Why do they not entwine Mr. Wil
son's picture with that of his proto
type, James Buchanan? They are alike
in every respect, weak and vaccinating.
Both advocated the same tariff prin
ciples for both are Democrats. Are
they ashamed of Buchanan? He was a
thoroughbred in his time, guranteed by
the Democrats not to rip. ravel or run
down at tho heel. The Republican
party la proud of tho record of Abra
ham Lincoln. Why should not the
Democratic party be proud of James
Buchanan? J. E. JOHNSON.
Bargala All Around.
Pa'hflr.der.
A ovjple of oXd salts met after v.ln?
absence, and tho following animated
conversation ensued:
"Well, old man, how are you gettirg
on?"
"First-rate. I have taken a wlf."
"X very senslMo idea."
"Not a bit of It: she's a regular Tar
tar." "Then I'm sorry for you, mate."
"There's no need; she brought m a
big H'ip as her marriage portion."
"Then you marie a good bartln. sf'er
all?"
"Nothing to boast of, I can ttll yo'i.
The ship turned out a worthless old
tinder-tox."
"Thun I'm sorry Isspoke."
"Bah! You can speak as much r-s
you like. The old tub was well Insured,
and went down on her first voyage."
"So you made a good thin there,
anyhow?"
- "Not so much, mate: I only go); $1000
out of the Job as my share." .
"That was too Lad."
"Tco bad! Nothing of the sort! Wife
and mother-in-law were on beard and
went down with "the rest."
Politics Up-.to.Date.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Political Boss I can land you a Job
payln' three, thousand a year two to
you and one to me.
Worker And do I have an assistant
who does all tho work? .
Boss Sure: and we split half of his
salary between us.
Money In the Bank.
Pathfinder.
Schmaltz If I put my money In the
bank when can I get it out?
Baits The next day, but you have
got to give them two weeks' notice.
WEAKNESS OF LAW IS ADMITTED.
Bat Dr. Foster Believes Eugenics Act
Haa Educational Value.
PORTLAND. Aug. 18. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregon Social Hygiene So
ciety had nothing to do directly or in
directly with the Oregon law requir
ing health certificates for marriage.
Certain members of the executive com
mittee of tho society, including Dr.
Andrew C. Smith, then a member of
the Legislature, were opposed to the
law. All tho officers of the society
saw from the outset that the law would
be of little direct value in preventing
the spread of disease because it was
obvious that only a few physicians in
any state have equipment necessary
for adequate examinations for the pur
pose. The society has seen from the outset
the danger of creating a false sense of
security through the issuing of health
certificates without adequate examina
tions. Thia danger and the inadequacy
of tho law have been pointed out In
acores of public addresses by officers
of tho association. The weakness of
tho law as a means of preventing the
spread of dlsense was pointed out in
an article by William T. Foster, presi
dent of the Oregon Social Hygiene So
ciety, in the July number of "Social
Hygiene," published in New York City,
and several thousand copies of this
article have been distributed in Ore
gon. A number of tho executive committee
of tho society believe that tho law has
educational value since It forces thou
sands of men and women to consider
tho nature of venereal diseases, the
laws of heredity and tho consequent
responsibilities of parenthood at the
very time of their llfo when it is moat
Important for them to think seriously
about these matters. It Is clear, how
ever, that no provision has been made
by tho state for fulfilling tho purposes
of tho law. If tho stato requires
adequate examinations. It should also
provide the means for such examina
tions. The Oregon Social Hygiene So
ciety has been criticised for not pro
viding such means. The society, how
ever, could not legalry undertake such
work since Its appropriations have been
made solely for educational activities.
The field actually covered by tho so
ciety during the past five years and
the present scope of its work Is set
forth In a bulletin published this Sum
mer, available for free distribution,
copies of which may be obtained on ap
plication to the central offices of tho
society at 720 Selling building.
W. T. FOSTER,
President Oregon Social Hygiene Society.
INDIAN NAMES MEAN SOMETHING
Therefore Mr. Yatea Doubts Indian
Onrln,ot Rleltreall.
WARRENTON. Or.. Aug. 17. (To tho
Editor.) I thank you much-for pub
lishing my efforts to substantiate the
name of tho Dallas river, "La Creole,"
as also do I the friends of early days.
A. L Shreve and Frank M. Sebring.
Those two names alone recall tho pleas
antest of atl days (early days) spent In
Oregon, and memory harks back to the
knowledge of many friends now
passed to the great beyond.
I could mention many "old timers."
good friends and acquaintances and
dear friends, too. but it will suffice to
say that they will always exist in tho
invisible world of memory.
And now referring to the name "La
Creole." my good old friends "James
Kawk." well known to the early pio
neers, told me that the name was "La
Creole" and no other. He came to Polk
County In the eurly "50a, I believe from
Illinois.
As to "Rickreall." there Is absolutely
no definition to It, and as a rule all
names have that, oven a corruption
sometimes. But "Rickreall" never. And
uixie pnoaia De named over again, so
as to help perpetuate tho only true
name of the river. Tho Indians. If they
had named it. would have chosen a
name far more "musical" and with a
definition, too, for thev never failed
In that. ALBERT O. YATES.
Tonrlsta Pronouncing Gazrteer.
Tho Indian bronchs they picket at
The ranges round the Klickitat.
Or tie them to the thicket at
Tho borders of the Klickitat.
At socials they make taffy yet
In tho fair town of Lafayette.
There is a variant and localized pro
nunciation of the name of the forego
ing city which Is better rendered as
follows:
Who ever saw a gay fay yet
Among the groves round Lafayette?
Wo have received from another
source tho following guide to its pro
nunciation without a struggle:
The wheat Is sometimes chaffy yet
In the fair fields of Lafayette.
Uncle Sam's Road Building Plans
In The Sunday Oregonian
Permanent highway construction now has been reduced to a scien
tific basis. Within the last 10 years it has progressed from the
hands of the district road supervisor, through the charge of town
ship, county and state authorities, into the province of the Na
tional Government. Uncle Sam, as a mere beginning, has appro
priated $10,000,000 for road construction in the National forests.
Read what Uncle Sam contemplates in the way of future road
work in Tomorrow's Oregonian.
IRRIGATING THE SAHARA This is no idle dream. Its develop
ment depends more or less on the outcome of the great war. A
writer in Sunday's paper has outlined the plan for this important
undertaking and has introduced come timely pictures illustrating
the narrative.
COOS BAY AND PORTLAND Now that the railroad to Coos Bay
has been completed, that locality is brought into nearer rela
tionship with Portland and the outside world. Tomorrow's Orego
nian will present a series of pictures illustrating some of the prin
cipal points of interest in the Coos Bay country also a story de
scribing its attractions and principal resources.
'A NEW ART Artists have created a new art. It is a curious blend
ing of German art and French art. It is hard to write about this
art. It is better described by illustrating: it. That's what will be
done in the big paper tomorrow in colors.
TEMPLE'S TRINITY Meaning that three more sketches from real
life will appear tomorrow drawn by Harry Temple, student of
human nature.
FOOTPRINTS IN YOUR ALBUM Finger prints are an accepted
means of identification, in use in all well-regulated police depart
ments. The latest adaptation of this new art is to preserve the
footprints of your babies. It will prevent getting the wrong baby
by mistake some tixne.
SOME OLD PHOTOGRAPHS This story reveals the fact that pho
tography is an art nearly 100 years old; that Andrew Jackson, who
was elected President of the United States in 1828, sat for his
photograph. It is an interesting account of some of the earliest
work done by the early-day photographers. Some of the very
photographs made in the early part of the last century are used
to illustrate the story.
YUKON TERRITORY This is an interesting account, by Frank G.
Carpenter, of present-day conditions in the Yukon Territory of
Alaska. Yukon is part of a Canadian province, and it presents
some conditions of government and development peculiar to itself.
It is an interesting story well illustrated.
LOOK AT THIS LIST OF SPECIALTIES There will appear in The
Sunday Oregonian, in addition to all the foregoing, a complete
department devoted to motion pictures, the customary review of
latest happenings in the sporting world, the usual four-page comic
supplement, the regular society, church and clubwomen's pages,
a section devoted to automobiles, and other pages covering the
most recent developments in real estate, marine, markets, the
drama and other specialized lines of human endeavor.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Aio.
From The Oregonlan of August IP. ISM.
A force of men will be put tto work
at once to construct a coal bunker with
a capacity of 200 tons, where tho O. C.
N. Co.'s tracks cross the Coos Bay &
Roseburg Railroad.
Tho Arago, a large four-masted ves
sel, was launched at North Bend Sat
urday. A large number from Marsh
field and other points along the bay
witnessed the launching.
Stato Fish Commissioner Myers re
turned yesterday from the Sound,
where he spent several days looking
Into the salmon industry.
There are a large number of fish in
the Lincoln-street reservoir, most of
them small ones, probably pumped In
through the mains. Most of them are
chubs or pike, but there aro a few
trout and two large carp.
Tho plcnio and reunion of the O. A.
R., held yesterday at Pleasant Home,
was a big success. Tho gathering was
called to order by Comrade Giles Ste
phens, who,-after a brief speech, in
troduced Captain R. N. Bradley, who
delivered tho address of welcome.
Centenary M. E. Church closed up Its
business for tho conference Just ended
in good shape and Ir. Bushong left for
conference last evening.
OREGON FARMER TO A NEIGHBOR.
Good morning. Wright, how do you do?
1 see you've got your grain
All cut an' cocked tho same as mine,
an' now Just let her ralnl
Wo can't complain of crops this year,
an", llko them from tho ground.
Tho crop o' candidates has got all pre
vious records downed.
They come to my place every day a
smlltn' sociably.
With candy fur the wtmmen folks an'
cheap cigars fur me.
An' way they ladle out tho talk from
their aspirin' lungs
Must sure be awful tryln" on their au
tomatic tongues. '
I took the fam'ly In "the car to Port
land t'other night
To hear Hughes make his campaign
talk, an' I Just tell you. Wright.
He turned tho searchlight on mistakes
our President has made.
An didn't sugar-coat his words he
called a spade a spade.
Ho shook my Democratic faith, circum
ference to core.
An started me to thlnkin" as I'd never
thought afore;
An' while we was a-drlvin' home I told
my wlfo that- wo
Was mebbo somewhat party bltnd
through party loyalty.
I've drunk my Inspiration from the
Democratio cup.
As that or ancient aayln' goes, since
Adam was a pup;
Was bred an' born a Democrat, an"
when I come to earth
A Democratic doctor sort o' engineered
my birth.
I've voted with tho Democrats since
old enough to vote.
Have never felt Inclined to turn my
Democratic coat: "
But since I heard Hughes make his talk
tho other night I've been
A-feelln" like I'd ought to shed my
Democratic skin.
I love our grand Old Glory flag. I fit
for It, you know.
In that big Civil War a half a cen
tury ago.
An' every time I see It now a-wavln'
in the air
I feel like takin' off my hat an' glvln"
It a cheer.
I've taught my boys to lovo it. In that
Philippines affair
Two of "em showed their loyalty, an'
one lies burled there.
An' one that then was but a kid now
plays a patriot hand
With Oregon's brave soldier boys down
on the Rio Grande.
When them tan-colored Greasers an'
them haughty foreign powers
Cast Insult after Insult at that sacred
flag of ours,
I felt my blood a-b'illn' as It did in
sixty-one.
But thought that mebbe Wilson known)
tho best thing to bo done.
I tried hard to endorse his watchful
waitin' policy.
But aggravatin" germs o" doubt kept
eatln' Into mo 0
Till I got 'straddle o' the fence; but
since a-hearln' Hughes
Size up tho true conditions, I am apt
to rhsnre m v views.
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.