lO
THE MORNING OREGON! AN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1916.
PORTLAXD, OREGON.
tained for grain without feeding it to
stock f igures largely. Even at the
close of the war the consumer proba
bly will pay a higher price than before
the war, unless some way is found of
Bntered at Portland (Oregon) Postoffice a 1 encouraging the meat-producing in-
ecanaciM zna.il muuer. I j. a . ,
Subscription rates Invariably in advance, austry at aome.
B? .Mal
tally. Sunday Included, six months 4.25 THE FUBUO J-AYS,
furdf? .,nc,lu5e5- J"? 75 Prom no source, since those fateful
X5ally' without Sunday, one year 6.25 I interviews at the White House between
w aunaay. six munm...... ?;r Fcesident Wilson, the railroad man
Daily, without sundav on month. 60 agers and the brotherhoods, has come
Weekly, one year a clearer, or more succinct, or more
Sunday' and weekly"!!!"""!!", also I exact, description of the Adamson law
Dally, Eunday Included, one year 9.00
Anally. unda7 Included- one month. .... -'5
How to Remit Send posolflce money
order, express order or personal check on
your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency
are at senders- risk. Give postoffice address
In full. Including county and state.
Postage Rates 12 to 16 pases, 1 cent; 18
to 32 pages, 3 cents; 31 to 48 pages, 3 cents;
60 to 60 pages, 4 cents; 02 to 76 pages,
6 cents; 76 to S2 pages, 6 cents. Foreign
postage, double rates.
Eastern Hm1neM Off 1 Verree fc Conk-
lln, Brunswick building. No York; Verree
s vjonKun, steger building, t;nicago. db
Francisco representative. K. J. Bldwell, J 12
Market street.
PORTUXD, THURSDAY. SEPT. 28, 1816.
than the summary given by
Hughes in his powerful and unan
swerable Springfield (111.) speech. It
was:
The Adamson bill Is not a bill providing
for an eight-hour workday. It does not fix
hours at all. It regulates wages. . its pro
visions do not require any employer to em
ploy any set of men for only eight hours
day. Eight-hour day laws are to avoio.
fatigue and over-strain by prohibiting em
ployment in excess of the requirement.
There is nothing of that sort In this bill.
What It does Is to provide by law lor an
increase In wages for certain men. They
may work Just as long as before. They may
work ten hours or more." They are simply to
net more nay. The act provides that in
contracts for labor and service eight hours
shall be. deemed a day's work and the
measure or standard of a day's work for the
Durnose of reckoning the compensation lor
service of all employes of the sort aescrioeo.
So Congress did not fix or limit
hours; but it fixed wages for certain
ACCORDING TO PRECEDENT,
Spread of the New York strike to
several trades in sympathy with the
striking traction employes is a further selected railroad employes.
development of that disregard of the If Congress may determine the
public's paramount rights which has wages of railroad trainmen, why not
been shown by both parties to the name the wages of men in all employ-
original controversy. Holding that tne ments?
union had violated its contract, and if Con gress is by decisive and spe-
therefore could not be held to a bar- cific action to take a wage dispute of
gain. President Shonts refused to deal railroad managers and railroad em-
further with it, either by direct nego- pioyes out of the hands of the prin
tiation or arbitration. Accusing the cinals and . settle it arbitrarily, and
railways of making war on unionism -without investigation or knowledge.
In violation of the spirit of its agree- I why may not Congress act in any or
ment, the union flung back the charge every other labor controversy?
of bad faith and called out its men. if Congress is to fix wages, why may
The companies making daily gains to- it not regulate prices? How can it
ward full operation despite the strike, fan to control prices -if it insists on
the union resorted to picketing the any certain wage scale ? . The money
roads as unfair and to disciplining mUst be provided.
members who travel on them. The I The railroad wage increase will cost
sympathetic strike is designed to bring from $40,000,000 to $100,000,000. The
moral pressure upon the general pub- shippers (viz., the public) will pay It.
lie, that it may exercise lntiuence on
railway tu.i. DISCONTENTED CONVICTS
tained in the effort to make the sym- Copious tears are shed oyer condi-
even remotely allied to war. It ap
pears that the interest of Germany in
the question has been greatly exag
gerated, doubtless for local political
purposes. At any rate, the element in
Denmark that is presumed to take its
cue from Berlin has virtually aban
doned opposition, according to latest
accounts.
.Possession of the islands by the
United States will be an important
factor in the control by the United
States of the Caribbean Sea. Entrance
to this body of water is now obtained
by three practical entrances. The
Windward Passage lies between Cuba
and Haiti and is under control of the
United States naval fetation at Guan-
tanamo tind by our protectorate at
Portau Prince. There is another
passage between Haiti and Porto Rico,
but we have a naval station on the
latter island. The Virgin Passage, the
remaining one, is commanded by the
islands now under negotiation. It is
for this reason that the United States
views with satisfaction the prospect of
early acceptance by Denmark of the
terms offered her.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Casus Bur,
among the thousands who are weary
of the shifty tricks of old-style poli
ticians. But Mr. Hughes,, while courageous,
is not rash, for his methods are not
untried. He pursued them as Gover- TTTOMAN 'phoned in to the office to
nor of New Tork and, although he be- I YV ask if it were proper to "wear a
wildered the politicians, he won. He veiL And a edltor vls out, so
dictum that Tn.hlio. office is a nublic another on told her 14 a11 depends on
trust and he attacked special privilege 018 face under the veiL
and defiance of law. Robert H. Fuller, And ain't it the truth?
who was then his secretary, says that
it had been customary for the Gov-1 Chauncey Olcott's plans may be
ernor to refuse his signature to meas- a-leaned from this cleverly out little ac
ures of which he approved unless the count by Mile. Manhattan in the
ic6uuai.ui luicicsucu in mcui Drumitlo Mirror. Chauncev comes
support measures in which he was in.
terested, but Mr. Hughes departed
from thi3 custom by treating each bill
on its merits, nor did he use appoint
ments to reward those who helped him
or withhold offices from those who
opposed him. Those who came to his
back door prepared to trade votes for
his support or disapproval of leglsla-
every year to Portland and so his the
atrical movements are of interest to us:
"Just met Chaunoey Olcott, hurrying,
importantly, to meet the noted author
and manager. Geortre M- Cohan, for the acy of the National or central Govern
initial rehearsal of the new clay in ment. It holding to the theory that the
REPUBLICAN PART V KEEPS STEP
Democrats, on Other Hand, Hampered
by EmbarrsulBf Traditions.
EUGENE, Or, Sept. 26. (To the Ed
itor.) As the campaign progresses we
think the necessslty will be seen of ex
amining into the history and origin of
the parties as well as the personal
characteristics of the candidates who
represent them.
Mr. Wilson, while appealing to or
claiming to be in sympathy with some
or sundry outside elements or political
views, nevertheless is the representa
tive or agent of but one party, the
Democratic, and will be held account
able to it as such in the carrying out
of all matters connected with its views
and policies and such will be true of
other party candidates.
The Democratic party was established
or rose in protest against the suprem-
paralyzing New York's industry and Portland newspaper which, through
constant criticism of the aaministra-
The number who have actually struck on of that institution has wantonly
falls far short of the 800.000 originally incited the inmates to resentment
estimated. Estimates have been cut against proper auu
fi-nm Aoir tn. Aair ar thA Hn-ir nn wbifll I line, til US
tions at the Salem Penitentiary by a
the strike was to begin has been put
farther in the future several times.
Trades where unions are bound by
time contracts with employers are re
luctant to injure the standing of the
unions by violation of these contracts.
Should the strike in which many
thousands will abandon their employ
ment fail to attain its purpose by
moral effect, great danger exists of
serious and widespread resorts to vio
lence. That is the experience Of many penitentiary are no worse than those in
strikes which seemed about to fail.
Blood may be shed and much property
may be destroyed. At the best the In
jury to commerce through its sudden
drop from high pressure to half speed
will be enormous, and the injury will
From Salem we hear continual stories
of disorder and discontent at the peni
tentiary. One day we read the tale oi a
trusty who deserts the kitchen range of
the warden for the wide, wide world be
cause he had been promised a parole, only
to have the promise broken. Next we hear
how a convict was killed by armed guards
while attempting to escape. The recent
history of the Institution is a moving pic
ture of official discord and threatened
mutiny.
It 1a a dark picture compared with those
of other prisons conducted under modern
methods. The convicts In tne Oregon
the prisons of New Tork or New Jersey
or Pennsylvania, if as bad. Yet, while
we In Oregon are manning the somber
battlements at Salem with sharpshooters
to herd our convicts, many prisoners in
those other states are working in the open
sunshine without the menace of muskets
to stay their flight, to their own better-
extend far beyond New York City to ment and the. betterment of the state.
MRS. FOREMAN'S CASE.
Mrs. Foreman is a stormy petrel of
socialism and anarchy; yet she insists
that the state which she hates and
would destroy has a duty to employ
her as a teacher of young children, its
future citizens. She was in constant
trouble in Columbia County, growing
out of her revolutionary propaganda
and rebellious and seditious conduct,
and lately she has been the center of
controversy in Coos County.
The Supreme Court of Oregon has
just had occasion to pass upon the case
of Mrs. Foreman. Dismissed as teacher.
she had sued a Columbia County school
district fbr back salary and had lost.
The news dispatch to The Oregonian,
reporting the Supreme Court's action,
has this paragraph:
In citing the- reasons for dismissing the
teacher, the School Board alleged that she
taught her pupils "principles of anarchy
and disloyalty to their Government: among
other things, that the Government under
which they live 'is rotten to the core' and
that there is no God and that Jesus Christ
is not the Son of God."
The Supreme Court was convinced
that the. allegations were correct.
Doubtless the court would not insist
that Mrs. Foreman, or any teacher,
should have an orthodox view of
Christianity. It could have no con
cern with the religious views of
Mrs. Foreman, whether Christian, or
atheist, or infidel; but it could voice
its stern reprobation of any public in
structor who should seek to inculcate
shocking ideas of religion in her schol
ars. They have no place there.
The patriotic and intelligent citizens
of Columbia County were justly in
dignant when they learned that the
public school was being made, by a
trouble-making and disloyal teacher,
forum for treason and revolution. They
objected vigorously, as they should
have done. With some citizens the
reasonable duty of loyalty to the state
and fidelity to the flag rests lightly.
But they are few in number, fortu
nately for the republic. When the
schools become indifferent to the wel
fare of the Nation, and cease to regard
service to the state as a high and
honorable obligation, the American
people will be going down hill.
states were supreme or had tire chief
lithnrttv In invci-n rrt n t a 1 m , t T ftr Art.
ancient ana forgotten days or xne tn bott. collectively or Individually.
tion found it locked, and they were ula nomesieaa. Air. uicoti win appear i this doctrine soon developing under
compelled to state their case in full as a regular actor without a song in the tutelage or Jerrerson. rounder or
view of the public in the public office, his entire system. 'Honest John the party, into its logical conclusion.
, - , . i JIJ A'TJuUmi I. va. ' - ,- nIAa V1-! LUC UUCLriDQ JI DUilUlCailQn, I. C,
vviien legislators opposed iiiui. w I . . " . . . : I that each state had the rlht to set
not resort to oriDery, nuiiaozing nuuiauu ia . siua ui cuonueuM .mi-, uhuh aside or nullify any act of Congress or
intrique; he appealed to their constiru- I assured me that the name part, which I of any branch of the Government which
ents. and he almost always won, lor I fits him like the newest thing ln eel- I it held to be unconstitutional.
th rMsnnn h nv kindled a back-I skin fnits. la a French vnuth of nualt- I This doctrine led to the attempted
fire which brought them into line or ties sure to endear him to the matinee 8ce8sJn,of So,u,?"ollyl. J83?.""1
girl and audience, of more maturity, states, w hTch havi alw.'bn
caused their defeat-
nomination for office. He was nomi
nated for Mayor of New York without
being asked, and he declined. His two
nominations for Governor were un
encourage the movement for his nomi
nation for President is fresh in every
memory. Owing no man anything for
his nomination, he is free from obli-
pnt (on in pnTinuH nnv mnn's nArfinnnl
wishes or interests, either in the con- young defender of the drama leaped
other states.
It is very sad. The" prisoners at Sa
in Placing responsibility for this jem are discoritented" ! If there is
critical situation and still more critical
anything that touches the heart of a
prospect in the country's greatest city, sniveling UpUfter it is the discontent
wn u.ui in. ucyuuu of men who are deservedly incar
u"'un leauc'"- J-'la "! 1 cerated in a place where the last
from the rejection of arbitration by tti needed to promote reformation
first one party, then the other, and warning to others are content-
irom tne aesire to ngnt out tne ais- ment and fatted ease.
p, y riz, irrespective . oj. puoi.c those happy carefree convicts
rights. This new-born contempt for m New Tork, How they do iove tho
the process of reason and justice is llfe, Qn September 21 Superintendent
traceable directly to the; White House James M Carter, ot the prisoll depart-
ana tne apitoi at wanington. xriere ment of that state issued a 8tatement
lu, ,,,mui,. &"J'1-' ' . r-ca.ll in g attention to thirty-five escapes
its first severe blow from the highest 17 nrn, i tnj. -v-v
authorities of the Nation. It was re- last March twenty-two of whom are
jected by the men who had petitioned stm at la Then fonows a warning
0r,.tv0?aSa.?f V10 ew.landf that unless conditions change many of
and by the President who signed that the llberties enjoyed by. the prisoners
law 111 ipii. xuo ueicufla uutua ujr titj
President is that the eight-hour ques.
tion is not arbitrable, but that law
approved by himself provides for arbi
tration not only of wages and condi
tions of employment but of hours of
since inauguration of the Mutual Wei
fare League and the honor system will
be materially curtailed. Says the su.
perintendent:
It has been my desire to see th
perlments tested before submitting;
fi
ds
labor. By not standing firm for the 1 clslon, but I have now come to a definite
principle of arbitration to which the conclusion that either the new ideas are
brotherhoods were committed and by
calling upon Congress to surrender un
der threat of a strike to the demands
of the party which rejected it, the I
President gave the cue for the present
not workable or that lax methods are em
ployed In their development. I am enclos
ing a list showing the number of escapes
which have taken place since March. 11416,
and wish to oall your attention to this
fact.
Hereafter, nnless you can present to the
crisis in New York and for other simi- I department sufficient proof that ample pre
lar crises in other communities. cautions were used in the instance of es-
, , I capes and can prove that it was beyond
naa Xkir. wuson stood Iirm lor ar-I your capacity to prevent them, I will be
bitration, as he COUld consistently have I forced to take decisive action and issue
done, it is scarcely credible that the trtn8ent OT?e V1?? 1ture ,nduot and
KfAtrleirlAnB WA1-,1 J U AT I O w w "
vuici vwuiu 4ia.vo put, uiieiu- i pervmon.
selves more cieariy in tne wrong- by
persisting in their rejection of it and
by striking to enforce demands, which
they were not willing to submit to
such a Judicial test, A triumph for
that principle in the railroad dispute
Would have given it such strength that
the Public Service Commission of New
york would have had greatly improved '
chances of securing its adoption in
the traction controversy. The great
moral influence of the President would
have been behind it, and its accept
ance by all the railroads and their
train service employes would have
formed a precedent not likely to be
ignored. Finding that principle con
demned by the brotherhoods and
thereupon cast aside by the President
and Congress: finding the paramount
vinterest of the public in a just and
peaceful adjustments of all railroad
controversies set at naught; finding
the sanction of the National Govern
ment given to settlements by force
through its surrender to threats, the
traction companies and their striking
employes turned from this discredited
principle to a test of endurance as a
means of settlement, rendering fruit
less the Public Service Commission's
mediation. Should Governor Whitman
call an extra session of the Legislature
to deal with the crisis, his efforts to
secure adoption of arbitration or of
' strike prohibition pending inquiry
would be seriously obstructed by .the
adverse precedent which was set at
Washington
Thirty-five escapes in six . months
among convicts who work in the open
sunshine! One of them a fellow who
had clubbed to death an old soldier for
the paltry J100 he carried. What is
the answer? Rigid but humane dis
cipllne in prisons or reward for crime
reward that consists of state support
with greater pleasures and more "con
tent" ?
min, in Vii official from his trench and said. 'Well.
acts after his election. Because he is Mamzeue. you see it s line mis. pi appreciation oi tne prP"
thus free, he speaks frankly right tniuncey Has :ust celeBrated bit istn " Tears been called a world
from the heart and he shatters the birthday and his lovely tenor voice is 'r Its Uhe DemocraUc paTty's?
traditions which, in the opinion of changing to baritone. Nobody likes position in this matter has become so
politicians, should hedge about a can- baritone comedians, so we cut out the set by habit and tradition that it does
didate. He is the confusion of poll- I song stuff." And then the two hurried I not seem possible for it to change, and
ticians, both Republican and Demo- I along to the theater. I suppose It'
cratic the former because ho will I all right, but somehow I am not fully
make no deals and take no advice I certain that George M. wasn't putting
which conflicts with his sense of duty, I something over, too."
the latter because his speeches demon
strate to every mind the falsity of their
harges that he is a standpatter, a
tool of the bosses or a friend of the
interests.
The law of supply and demand may
Reasonably be blamed for most of the
Increase in the price of meat. Our
exports of all kinds of meat in 1914
were 455,000,000 pounds and for the
fiscal year 1916 they were 1,399,000,-
000 pounds, or three times as much
Of beef alone we exported 83,000,000
pounds in 1914 and 320,000,000 pounds
in 1916, or nearly ten times as much.
At the same time, our supply of cattle
is decreasing. It was estimated in
1907 that there were 52,566,000 head
of beef stock in the country, while in
1914 the number had fallen to 37,
i067.000, and doubtless has decreased
still further since then. This is
j decrease of nearly 30 per cent during
a period in which the population of
the United States increased by 10 per
cent or so. The obvious lesson would
seem to be to raise more cattle, but
: this is a practical and not an academic
problem, In which the high price oh
HARD WINTERS AM) HTEASANTS.
Indian George, the Hood River Sage,
predicts another hard Winter for 191 6-
17. Indian George has survived a great
many Winters, hard and soft, and he
knows all the lore of the beasts and
birds, who are supposed to have
knowledge of Nature's innermost me
teorological secrets. It is said that the
Indian prophet last year foretold deep
snows and protracted cold weather. He
was right. Now the moss is rich on
the trees and there are billions of
acorns, and the bears are very fat, and
clearly the approaching six months are
going to be quite trying. It is possible,
of course, that the Hood River wise
man is mistaken. But we will back
him against any other weather sharp
anywhere. He knows as well what is
coming as any other human being.
Possibly it is the prospect of an
other dreary and killing Winter that
has made the pheasants so scarce just
now. Or possibly they are merely
fearful of the dreadful dawn of Octo
ber 1, when the open season for pheas
ants begins, and they have migrated.
On that terrible day ten thousand Ore
gon hunters take the field, and the
magnificent Oregon game bird has but
the meagerest chance for his life.
A well-known sportsman wrote
letter to The Oregonian yesterday,
calling attention to the great depletion
in the pheasant supply and ascribing it
to the hardships of last Winter. Doubt
less he is right. It may be also that
too many female birds were slain last
October quite by accident, of course,
for they are protected by law.
Clearly, legislation is needed to pro
tect and preserve the Mongolian
pheasant. He is a prized member of
Oregon's great game family and his
loss would be irreparable.
DENMARK WttLTAO TO SELI
News from Copenhagen that the sale
of the Danish West Indies to the
United States is in a fair way to be
ratified without recourse to a plebis
cite or to a general election, and that
the people have grown tired of the
question, indicates that early misun
derstandings have been cleared up. It
now seems that trouble and delay have
been caused not so much by funda
mental opposition to the sale of the
islands in Itself as by bad feeling en
gendered by the manner in which the
subject was approached at the outset.
Copenhagen is under the impression
that our Department of State insisted
upon "absolute secrecy" in the early
negotiations. This was interpreted
literally by the representatives of the
Danish government, who went so far
as to deny formally that any negotia
tions for the sale of the islands were
in progress. This was followed a few
days later by the official announce
ment that the treaty had been framed.
These contradictory statements were
seized upon by the opposition as the
basis for attacks on the leaders of the
"government party. Charges of un
truthfulness to use the euphemistic
word for it were freely and hotly
made, and when words of this nature
are bandied about it is inevitable that
ill-feeling should be- engendered. It
was only to have been expected that
the merits of the sale should be lost
to sight in the ensuing debates, which
turned rather on morals and other
highly personal topics.
The "outs," in the nature of things.
took advantage of the opportunity to
start a campaign for new elections.
The government now appears to have
been confident of the outcome of an
election, so far as the sale was directly
concerned, but to have feared the pos
sible outcome of an exciting campaign
at this time. Denmark is too close to
the European battlefield to look with
equanimity upon any event that would
be likely to involve discussion of topics
Nor has Mr. Hughes ever sought a It am quite certain that tho newest main or chief supporter of the Demo
Cohan & Harris star wouldn't deceive I cratio party, as they are today. What
a trusting young nature like mine, but I ever their professions, there' is little
O'Brian scarcely sounds like French evidence mat tneir position nas oeen
I JUI J I. T 111
souErht and ril nnrsistent refusal to i , . . ... . " . I structive and suspicious of increases or
sougnt, ana nis persistent; retusai to thJ old home . T eimpered. to see you in irsrer exercise of National authority
oncr.iiT-ne-n tn movement for his nomi- I . ... . I larger exercise ot jxauonsi umoni,
changed, but they are naturally ob-
a role that never allows you to gush I however necessary such may be to the
forth into song.' Mr. Olcott made no
reply, but bent a look of stern re
proach upon Mr. Cohan. That doughty
carrying out of National projects or
the welfare of the people in general.
This accounts largely, if not entirely,
for their failure to observe or maintain
a national viewpoint in matters of for
eign relations and their seeming lack
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Asro.
From The Oregonian September 8, 1830.
St. Louis The Plant Milling Com
pany was burned last night and the
loss will be probably half a million
dollars.
President Diaz in his address to the
Congress of Mexico said the credit of
the country was keeping up a good
reputation abroad and that banks,
which have been established through
out Mexico, are working well.
Lee Moorehousc. of Pendleton, ex-
TJnlted States Indian agent on the
Umatilla reservation, is at the St.
Charles accompanied by James B.
Eddy, who was cashier and secretary
under his administration.
"Hoodman Blind." one of the best
English melodramas, played to stand
ing room only at the Cordray last
night.
T. F. Osborn has written a letter to
The Oregonian from Spokane complain
ing that the depot facilities in Port
land are the worst in any city in the
Northwest.
Nat Goodwin will appear in Port
land tonight in the comedy "A Gold
Mine."
William Wadhams has resigned as
superintendent ot the Calvary Presby
terian Sunday school.
Russia is supposed to be advancing
the money for the building of the three
vessels to start the Montenegro navy.
Frank Wolfs grocery store on the
East Side was destroyed by fire last
night.
P. A. Marquam has issued invitations
to residents of Portland to inspect the
new fireproof modern Marquam building.
Going barefooted is among the playIns ln ..Tho pride of Race." he an-
Ilalf a Century Aeo.
From The Oregonian September 28. 1868.
hence with the newer and more Impor- I P. T. Barnum playing the role of a
tant questions coming up, involving I temperance lecturer recently in BridsTa-
such large or world-wide affairs, thai port, pledged himself "near again to
only proper policy or procedure, other I give one farthing to any church in
things satisfactory, would be to place I Bridgeport which refuses to open its
that party in control which was in I doors on weekdays to well conducted
touch with or whose training and opin- I temperance gatherings.'
ion or views rendered it willing to ana
capable of handling them. I The Kootenai mines are said to be
But the same tendency is seen in the I almost wholly abandoned to the
aarirr,- wnicn wiu proDaoiy De i Democratic party ln domestic aitairs i Chinese.
ehicle. Last season when he was I also. It Is or has been so suspicious or
Robert Hilliard is looked, upon as a
1916 vaudeville season possibility.' He
is considering a new vaudeville play
let.
his
national authority and is accustomed
thousand, more or less preventives of nounced ihat at the termination of th "'"
infant naralvsis that have been sug- of constitutional or governmental pow-
run vl taai. piay no would retire irom
the stage, but it is known that after a
few months' vacation the lure of the
footlights is making Itself felt with
him. Nothing but love of the stage
infant paralysis that have been sug
gested since the recent outbreak. The
author of this plan boasts of especially
vigorous health, which he- attributes
to the fact that he went without shoes
or stockings a good part of each year
era that it seems incapitated for taklug
hold of or execution of many policies
of a National, local or other nature
necessary for the benefit of the people
or the proper growth of the Nation.
Among these and one of the most im-
The Astoria Marine Gazette has been
discontinued, and the office and plant
goes to Oregon City. The Gazette had
an existence of a little more than two
years.
The teachers of Douglas County have
organized and chosen Rev. T. P. Royal
president; Clark Smith, secretary, and
in his youth, although, he is careful could JnJUCB b1. as he is a wealthy portant of them is that of the tariff or G. B. Kuykendall. corresponding secre
to say, his parents could have afforded "" money, xxia who was its regulation so as to promote tne tary,
to let him wear Khoes. He thinks that the widow of a wealthy brewer. growtn or manufactures ana industry.
. , ... . il l wiLucaa ils ittnum in cm i Trie most stvllsri rteartrtresa evr ls-
uriniriiiir tilt snms ni u a lueL ill I i . . . , . . . . - ,
contact with Mother Earth" is a pech- Billy Sunday is so well known here- ministration. Such -position, doctrine or "he Sadows hit. a shipment of which
""-j ciutran wici.vijjr, o.uu t-Aio-i. i iiuwuia mo mci mat me vauaeviman I policy nas Deen connectea to a iarse i arrived on the Orizaba for Meussdorf
wnetner mere are Deneiiciai earxn cur-i cailea "Billy Sunday Gone Wrong" is I extent witn tne geograpnieai ana o- fer'.
rents or not tne experience Hardens l coming to town may be of interest. The I c,al condition or me oouin. uio wm
the youth and makes him that much -gone-wrong" man Is Walter Brower. ,do.mlLat!n.EJ Ilc.1" f !?I.P.arH .1"
more able to withstand the at- the 3olly 3e8ter Who is scheduled to slavery or negro question, which seems
the
Dispatches from Salt Lake say that
Julia Dean Hayne has secured a di
vorce.
lacas or piague. .lie mentions tne su- appear in the first Omheum show at to he still -unsettled entirely, as well
perior neaitn or tne cnnaren or tnose the Heilig next Sunday afternoon. It as other views or memories connected
in poor or moderate circumstances, as I - tv.f -Rr,- .v.. I with the war and other controversies
compared with those of the rich, as sta. th t . . aam of the past which still tend to hold the Bltn tho "Western Hotel
proving his contention, but this does .,. -, - 1 said section apart as a political factor .
Mr. Hendee has removed his studio to
the corner of First and Morrison, oppo-
-I ,-. -H, 4. 4-iAn V1i I naa wa uiv v UUUVJ I Uf DrOtLUCr 1 ULlUUiLl U LUCS LIUIIO.
healthful as a rule, and also since. slightest pretext-heard trary. including its forbears or prede
even if thfv worn tlipv havn other I b vicicai. ueu.ru i . tt-.i
. 7 . . ..- - ------ Rillv Sundnv and ..non. Mlti. V"
naDits tnan going nareiootea mat i ... J 7 I ties, holding to or founded upon the
-L ua. wn" snouia come out Xatlonal theorv or- view of the Consti-
in all his monologist glory but Walter tutlon. has been hampered by no such
LINCOLN XtVER WAS DEMOCRAT
An example of the misunderstanding
underlying the pleas advanced by the
champions of the Adamson eight-hour
wage law was given by United States
Those Who Follow Hla Example Con
sistently Will Vote Republican.
PORTLAND, Sept. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) It is Interesting and amusing to
Brower. Then this some one wrote a I narrow views or impediments and with I see and read the many articles By so-
postal card to Brower with thin men- I tne passage of time and development of called "Lincoln Republicans," pub-
-M0-M-. i ucw touuiuuiia, i.ttL.uimi a.uu vi i 1 1 -rieri ln the leadinir .Democratic orsran.
"Dear Brower Why don't vou use .V""' JJ-CC," .1" T" In which the writers say: "I am a Lin-
Attorney Reames in his speech to the 'ur llucnt " a puduo speaxerT btage and generally competent and states- I
Democratic Women s League. He said:
The man who drives tho train, who holds
the lives of his paengers in his handR,
Is entitled to the same consideration as
a trained worker, as the doctor and lawyer.
W h v shouldn't, he, hav ,lsht hours for his
day? I day gone wrong."
The "man who holds th lives of "If 1 coul duplicate Billy Sunday's
his passengers ln his hands" already f inanc'al success," Brower is quoted as
has the eight-hour day and has had it having said in Seattle. "I would be
for some years. The only part which I giaa to discontinue monologlng for ex
men operating passenger trains have I norting.
ln the present controversy is to help
folks are forgotten bv eveninc. Tell I manlike manner, as befits the-jirowth I "on.
people about God. With your grip on'l and welfare of the country and. taking I I have been somewhat of a student
audiences you could servo humankind." 8uch viewpoint, has been able to dis- and know something of tho political
Ever since tho receipt of that postal iir ni".VfVNHo"honVf r7.n'. history of Abraham Lincoln, ana it
Brower has been dubbed "Billy Sun- teresta and sections as a whole iu both teaches me that with all the ridicule.
foreign and domestic af fairs. venom and criticism neapea upon nun
Hence, its position on the tariff, tho by the Democratic party, nis worst
war and secession questions and lately enemy never charged Lincoln with sup
on the Cuban. Philippine. Mexican and porting or voting for a Democrat for
other matters too numerous to mention president or any other office,
of both a local and general nature at Lincoln was the real founder of tho
home and abroad. Its motto under the rt-nubliean nartv. anil during his whole
present candidate. "America first and ..mh-.i -areT- was a firm believer in
those in the freight service to get not Helen Raftery daughter of John H fmer,c E",cJl , ""' nd an earnest advocate or a protective
the eight-hour day but the eight-hour xJnlly. thTnewsp'aper m'anl' andhe M deStiny" REPUBLICAN. wotrasLinoinrwad'ld
basis Of calculating wages. self New Tork newsnaner wom.n h- ? - JTi u. would be
a pretense for the
been stung by tho theatrical bee and I hrxgal POET HELD UNPRACTICAL' I unanimous.
W. J. McCombs, ex-chairman of the I recently made her debut In vaudviiiM I I It k a sham .and
Democratic National Committee, was with a young man bv the name of Spiritual Measure. However. Admitted writers of such articles to claim or as-
nominated for Senator by a large ma- Davenport. Raftery and Davenport are Bo of Great Value. f" th,eyT,ar h" " 't't'i , the nrivW
jority in New York Senator Martine appearlng In a singing skit which won " PORTLAND. Sept. 27.-(To the Kd- lorofnyPvoter to vote t or WUson.
. . , "v 1 . 1 mo ravor ot xne DOOKing managers I '"r.i i isui i DUt it Is fraud and deceit to claim o
majority in New Jersey. Both of these and was promptly given a route
inu ii wer-o luruivny very ciuoo tt iu
President, but have now Incurred his
disfavor. Is there any significance in Edward People's "Tho Littlest Rebel.'
the fact or in the further fact that which was played with such success
the defeated candidate in New Jersey in vaudeville a few years ago by
was John W. Wescott. who placed Dustin and William Farnum that it
night and it was one of tho most I v.. .,T.i.,.in T?.r.n hllcan" and aa such
unique experiences of a lifetime. He voto for Wilton
certainly gave us a spiritual message That was not Lincoln's way. In all
of great value. of hiB political contests with the Demo
Looking at Tagore. however, from crRti0 party he stood for tho principles
tho trained viewpoint of one who has of the Republican party, fought out ln
bluuicu cui.ui.uii jiuicBoiuuaii, I the open and hit straignt l rum i .o
eruro niaava uig saiuo cuur as au many (shoulder
Mr. Wilson in nomination both at was eiaDoratea into a three-act play cloistered poets do. His voice Is too The attempt of our Dcmocratlo
Baltimore and St. Louis? Certainly I and won additional honors, is again to I highly pitched, monotonous and lacks f.nj. tn eomnara Wilson with Lin-
Democrats do not regard Mr. Wilson's I be presented in vaudeville. When color. I coin 9 for political effect, and la not
ODDOsition as an oblectlon nor His fa- I oricrinallv dona ln vaudeville "Th " wa- umotunaio umi no save mca i rta-.. on truth, or oven nction. uo-
vor as a recommendation for a Sen- Littlest Rebel" introduced Mary Miles fnJ.lmpl?sloj1 ,efc,,c1,en' .rul 'n coin-was a Republican and a firm be
atorial candidate,
rather the other way.
THE POLrrlCLVN-S' I1E.SPA1R.
Mr. Hughes" manner of conducting
his campaign has put to confusion all
the old hands at politics, just as his
strength among the delegates to the
Republican convention confounded the
bosses who tried to prevent his nomi
nation. They would have regarded as
political suicide his denunciation of
the Adamson eight-hour wage law, and
would have counseled a candidate to
skate gingerly around the edges of that
entire subject lest he alienate what
they call the labor vote.
Mr. Hughes refused to play the game
as they play it; - in fact, he does not
regard politics as a game. Therein
consists the radical difference between
him and the old-style politician. The
latter shapes his course by expediency,
and professes any principle which he
thinks will win votes. By the same
rule, having got the votes and won, he
renounces principles which seem in
expedient to him when in office, for
there is often a radical difference be
tween the expediency of the candidate
and the expediency of the elect-
Mr. Hughes regards his candidacy
as the advocacy of a cause and he
places duty- and principle in place of
expediency. He cares for success in
his campaign only as the means of
enabling him to do his duty by ad
vancing his principles. If he were to
win the Presidency by preferring ex
pediency to principle,- he would con
sider that he had in reality lost his
fight.
But events have proved that in ad
hering strictly to principle, in telling
the truth, with confidence that the peo
ple desired it and would ardently em
brace it, Mr. Hughes has followed the
highest expediency. By tearing away
all the shallow pretence with which it
has been clothed, by exposing the real
motives of its enactment and by show
ing the danger to our form of govern
ment and our liberties which arises
from extortion of legislation by force,
he has strengthened himself beyond
measure in the esteem of the people.
His boldness has won many admirers
Appearances are MInter. starting that clever youngster knoS xmp,".
Is a mass of different races and con- .,.H tnr- nd represents that party.
When it was produced at the Baker I flicting religious. Britain has donT,, between the Republican
Part of Secretary Redfield's advice I on two different occasions Mayo Methotl what no other nation could do in India. I nl,rtT founded by Lincoln, and the
to the students of Boston University played the little girl role. Therefore, remove British rule in India pemocratlo party, now represented oy
was: Get Tacts and know your job.
He did not cite the case of the East
land at Chicago in illustration.
I and the result would be chaos.
Tagoro is also unpractical about
The vaudeville debut is expected of things ln this world, where authorit
King Constantine . may yet win a
Anna Nillsorx the moving-picture star
who was the luminary of tho Fatbe
serial, "wbo'o Guilty?" Jerome N.
and
live.
organized law are necessary to
FLORA M'INTOSH.
race wim v enizeios in enlisting ureece Wilson has written a sketch, "Decency.1
un iii iz. oiuu j x iiiu auico, uuvuiu jiu
lose the race, he would risk loss of
his crown also.
which Miss Nlllson has accepted. She
will be supported by Guy Coombs and
Vacant Land In Curry County.
BUXTON. Or.. Sept. 23. (To tho Ed
itor.) Please teli me where, I can se
cure information about vacant land ln
before appeared on the "speaking I
stage." having graduated from the
The long-distance forecasts of In
dian George would indicate to ns the
for a hard Winter and remembering the oTlBrlctiir school. Mr. Wilson, who
its & itjw 1 ui (i uowAptiyer man, nas also
written "Shrapnel," which is to be seen
Herbert Standing. Jr. Miss Nlllson is Curry County, Oregon, or other lnfor-
one of the new school, as she has never I mation, maps, etc, of same.
poor.
SUBSCRIBER.
For Information as to vacant Federal
lands In Curry County, write to the
Register and Receiver of tho United
Nobody should be deceived. A Wil
son Democrat will not vote for Hughes,
and a Lincoln Republican will not voto
for Wilson. CHARLES A. JOHNS.
HEAVY HUGHES BETTING AT 2 TO 1
Bat Wilson Men Are Holding Oft for
Better Odds.
(New Tork World (Dem.) Sept. 22.)
With tho primary elections ln this
state out of tho way. Wall street yes
terday got down to the business of
betting on the coming National ana
state elections. If present indications
Carrying coal to Newcastle is not Irne Timmlns in tho principal states Land Office, at Roseburg. Or. count for anything, this year will wit
carrying coai to .Newcastle is not For information about state landa L... h. htmat betting campaigii eve
a circumstance to importing wheat to I role-
the United States, and only the year
after we had pur biggest bumper crop, I Eva Tanguay is positively to visit us
too. I this season in a vaudeville road show.
write to the Stats Land Board, Salem,
Or.
Grand Arm y Veteran for Hushes.
PORTLAND. Sent. 28. (Tn th V.Al-
J.O onset some oi me nign cost oi RneoVino- of Vv it 4. Ir,t..lnr in tor. I enclose herewith J5. donated
iuei. B.v liib buck, iii ret. cuu. iiatC. know that her late husband. Johnny
Ford, has formed another vaudeville
attachment, professionally speaking.
This is his fourth since Eva left him.
This newest one is Isabelle Jason, once
the partner of George White. (This is
not Oregon's Adjutant-General, but a
famous vaudevllllan of the same name).
.- tiii-st bettins: campaign ever
ir, thA financial district, where ln
past Presidential years i.uuu.uuu aim
more have been at stake on tho out
come of the election.
According to Lawaia ucvuouo, wu
handles most of the big commissions
on tho curb, there was a perfect flood
of two. There will be as much serv
iceable heat and less waste of caloric
In the matter of that Chicago po
liceman, just dead, who weighed 431
pounds, details omit mention of his
particular brand of breakfast food.
to tho Hughes campaign fund. I am a . lno nr, vesterdav
"Lincoln Republican" and have not for- of
f hat .nf2ie.ra w trf in excess of J50.000. Wilson
The weather is delightful, the ride
just enough not to be tiresome and
the entertainment is grand. Go to the
State Fair.
Indian George will make himself
extremely unpopular if he persists ln
predicting cold Winters for Oregon.
Margaret Illlngton has a new play
entitled "Our Little Wife." C. Aubrey
Smith is her leading man. The play
is a farce written by Avery Hopwood.
Frederick Esmelton, who used to be
of the Baker Players, has a role in
Cyril Harcourt's new play "Tho In-
Villa is planning a new raid, and truder." The play was tried out lately
for a man who has been dead several I and with success, under the title of
times, he is some ghost, I "Blackmail." Frederick Esmelton used
to be a husband to Jule Power, a Port-
The allies are making more tape-1 land girl.
measure gains, and it's a long way to
Berlin. I Eugene Walter has completed a new
play called "The Knife"-and sold the
Will the city ever let go of .those rights to, A. H. Woods, who will pro
unfortunate municipal woodpiles? Iduce it this season.
during the Civil War was composed
entirely of Democrats. The appeal
now being made to us "old fellows"
of the G. A. R. by the "non-partisan'
Journal of Portland and other
newspapers of similar intellectual hon
esty (?) may win from our ranks a
few "sobbing sisters." but not many
more than a corporal's guard.
MEMBER OF THE G. A. R.
Voting Machines Not I'sed In Oresron.
FIRWOOD. Or.. Sept. 25. (To the
Editor.) A question has arisen in
certain civil government class in which
I ani a pupil and would value any ad
vice which you could give mo on the
subject. The question is: "Are voting
machines usevi anywhere in the state
of Oregon?" JOSEPHINE DIXON".
No.
Real Reform's Sake.
Exchange.
Don't be a reformer because you are
dlasrruntled. but be a reformer for real
reform's sake.
bettors were by no means sny. mc
Quade reported that tho proprietor of
a big uptown notei was tcuj w i""1-''
nn fton on Wilson at odds of 1 to 2 and
that he expected to execute this com
mission today. .....
Another curb broker bet I2B00 on
Wilson against $3000 and L. J. Stokes,
another curb broker, announced that If
the odds against Wilson snoum length
en to as much as 2 to 1 ho was author
ized to bot for one uptown interest
$100,000 at that price. Stokes doubted
that the odds against the President
would go to any such figure.
On the Cotton Exchange $5000 was
bet on Hughes against $2500. Generally
speaking. Wilson's backers were in
clined to hold oft ln the hope that
Hughes followers ln their enthusiasm
might offer better than S to 1.
Although the final result in tho Cal-der-Bacon
fight was still ln doubt, curb
brokers were offering odds of 10 to 9
that the former would defeat McCombs
for the United States Senatorshio.
Backers of McCombs were insisting
upon odds of 10 to 7.
i