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PORTLAND, MONDAY, NOV. -13, 1916.
HOT TIME AHEAD IX CONGRESS.
It now seems certain that the Dem
ocrats will have a plurality of only
one over the Republicans in the House
of Representatives, namely 216 Dem
ocrats to 215 Republicans, and that
the balance of power will be held by
two Progressives, one Independent
and one Socialist. This is a situa
tion without parallel since the Civil
War, though in two Congresses there
has been a majority of less than ten.
In the 45th Congress from 1877 to
1879 there were 151 Democrats to 142
Republicans, a plurality of only nine,
and there "were ten Independents, so
that the latter could have turned the
scales in favor of the mirfority, could
they have acted as a unit. That, how
ever, is" a difficult feat for Independ-
C"ln the 61st Congress.. from 1889 to
1891, commonly known as "the Tom
Reed Congress," the Republicans had
a majority of only seven 1C6 to 159
but there were no Independents. By
adopting rigid rules and by counting
a quorum when members refused to
answer a roll call, a proceeding which
earned him the title "Czar," Speaker
Reed contrived to get the House to
legislate. In fact, three of the most
important laws in the last half cen
tury were passed in the session of
1890 the McKinley tariff, the Sher
man anti-trust law and the silver pur
chase law.
The ability of the Administration to
put' legistration through the House
which has just been elected will hang
largely on its ability to elect the
Speaker and the majority of the im
portant committees, chief among
which is the committee on rules. In
order to elect the Speaker, the D,m.
ocrats will need to line up with them
at least two of the four miscellan
eous members and to have their en
tire membership present unless some
Republican should be .absent. The
Socialist is likely to have more in
common with them in principle than
are any of the other dissidents, but
Socialists are usually against the party
in control. That, is true also of men
labeled Independent. If the Demo
crats can line up the two Progres
sives with them, they will have a ma
jority of one. The fact that one of the
two is from Louisiana implies that he
is in open revolt against the Demo
crats. Next in importance to the Speak
er are the committees. Under present
practice, committee places are appor
tioned between the two parties in the
ration of their strength, the caucus
of each party nominates its members
and the House formally elects. It
may be that, no party having a ma
jority, there will be active bidding for
the aid of the four odd members in
securing the majority on committees.
Those four will be able to extort some
pood things from cither party, but the
Democrats will have the advantages for
they control the Administration and
the Senate. They can get patronage
for friends of the four and can get
appointments coi firmed. Also, pro
visions inserted by them in bills to
gratify the four will have a better
chance in the Senate than would any
legislative concessions made by the
Republicans. But it will be a stormy
Congress, and the contest two years
hence for the control of the next
Congress will be bitter in proportion.
WAR DEMANDS MORAL PURGING.
War has impressed upon the British
nation the necessity of moral as well
as physical and intellectual prepared
ness. The nation recognizes that it
cannot be fully efficient to fight with
out perfect health, and that is im
possible in a people morally unclean.
This conviction has borne fruit in
severe restrictions of the liquor traf
fic, such as a nation addicted to stim
ulants would never tolerate in times
of peace, and in voluntary renuncia- j
tion of liquor by many leading men
and women, led by King George. But
the health of thousands is being de
stroyed by sexual vices, which have
become rampant in London and other
cities, and the bishop of London has
been moved to a more vigorous cam
paign than ever against this evil.
According to the bishop, white
slavery openly flourishes in the heart
of London, and Piccadilly is "the cen
ter of organized vice of the entire uni
verse." Preaching at St. James'
Church, Piccadilly, he said that men
"more mischievous than German spies,
male hawks, walk up and down this
very Piccadilly night by night with
an army of helpless and trembling
girls under their surveillance, and who
take from them the very money the
girls earn by their shame." He called
upon "the middle-aged men who are
not allowed to fight and the women
of London to purge the heart of the
empire before the boys come back,"
adding this warning, "If it is to be still
the old London, those who have died
will have died in vain." He pronounced
the question "a practical question
which concerns the health and happi
ness of the people," and he appealed
for aid to the working classes.
Not only the British natiorf, but
doubtless all other nations engaged in
the war, are realizing that only a mor
ally purified nation can hope for final
victory in a conflict such as is now
ragingi As the crusaders of the mid
dle ages used to confess their" sins
and receive absolution as a prepara
tion for holy war, so do the nations of
s the twentieth century begin to realize
that they must morally purge them
selves in order that those men who
are spared by shot and shell may re
sist fatigue and the' almost superhu
man labors to which they are sub
jected. Thus it may be that the re
turn of peace will find the nations of
Europe purified as they have not been
in centuries and prepared as a well
trained athlete for the economic con
test which is to follow.
Revelations in the recent recruiting,
campaign in this country cause the
belief' that the next serious war in
which the .United States becomes In
volved will impress upon us with a
force which cannot be gainsaid the
need of a similar moral cleansing. The
percentage of men offering themselves,
for military service who were physical
ly unfit because of vice and disease
was so high as to arouse alarm. Lux
ury, high living, vice, self-indulgence
and lack of moral, training and self
restraint have not only made the youth
of the United States soft but have
poisoned their blood. Such men could
not stand up under the strain of war.
By contrast, men came home from
the Mexican frontier, and from the
voluntary training camps models of
physical health and vigor, as much
because they had been under moral
restraint as because they had under
gone severe physical training under
the best sanitary and dietary condi
tions. . .
OREGON PROVES ITS SANITY.
Oregon has given proof of sanity at
least on economic questions at the re
cent election which should retrieve its
reputation among those person who
have avoided it as a field fori settle
ment and investment because of what
they consider its political vagaries.
The people have rejected the single
tax once more; they have put a check
on excessive taxation by placing a limit
on taxes; they have given the Gover
nor power to prevent extravagance
and log-rolling by- the Legislature.
They have also offered encouragement
to ship-owners by exempting ships
from local taxes.
Radical as most people consider the
initiative and referendum, the people
of Oregon haye given practical proof
of their disposition, to put them
to conservative use, for they have
used the' initiative to vote down eco
nomically unsound and to adopt con
servative ' measures. Oregon has
proved itself a good state to come to.
and its good points should be brought
to the attention of the whole country.
HATTY BIROS AND FISHES.
Elsewhere on this page is published
a touching couplet or triplet, or some
thing of that kind, which reads as fol
lows: Now mothers, Gear,
Drive away your tears.
There will be no fear
For four more years.
Now that "Wilson has won.
There'll be no shots from the can
In Oregon, my Oregon.
These lines are doubtless indited
to the matronly ducks and hen pheas
ants of Oregon, though -why their
progeny are to be perfectly safe from
nimrodic exploits now that Wilson has
been elected is not clearly expressedr
Probably the idea is that sportsmen
only sport in good times.
This may be true, but we might as
well close up the fish hatcheries as
well as wipe out the game laws. Fall
ing into the somewhat difficult meter
of the sweet singer of Tillamook, these
lines to the she-fishes, come to us:
Now. fishier dear.
Dry up your tears.
There will be no fear
For many years.
Now that Bone Dry has won.
For who can fish without a bun
In Oregon, my Oregon?
"Yes. there's the dickens to pay in
both field and stream.
FIRST. MOST ACCURATE, BEST.
In its gathering and transmission of
the nation-wide returns of the late
election, the Associated Press, always
quicker and more accurate than ary
competitor, and always particularly in
the forefront in the covering of really
big news, outdid even its own marvel
ous record of efficiency.
Thus in Portland, The Oregonian,
using Associated Press dispatches, was
enabled to publish Tuesday evening,
more than an hour before the polls
had closed in Oregon, an extra edition
giving conclusive returns from six
Eastern states and partial returns
from more than twenty others, to
gether with claims of the party man
agers based on returns up to that time,
and the statements of three New York
newspapers, one of them Democratic,
which declared Hughes . had been
elected.
From that time until the fact was
announced late Thursday evening that
Wilson had been re-elected by the
definite placing of Calif ornia's . elec
toral vote in the Democratic column,
the Associated Press, of all news gath
erers, was the most prompt and most
accurate with every development in
every state. Every state was- covered
perfectly and every new return from
each state was transmitted instantly,
so that Associated Press newspapers
were enabled to give their readers
continuously from Tuesday to Friday
what was undoubtedly the quickest
and best election service ever ' ren
dered. It was worthy of note that in all
these dispatches nothing was pub
lished on the authority of the Asso
ciated Press that had to be retracted
later. No statement was made on the
authority of the Associated Press that
one candidate or another had been
elected until Thursday night, when
tne lSSue wa-s uciiuiLcij vi v. v i vi i .i
Papers depending upon otner news
services were not in all cases so for
tunate in this regard as Associated
Press members. Thus a Portland af
ternoon paper issued an edition Wed
nesday afternqpn proclaiming without
qualification the election of Wilson..
In several subsequent editions it was
forced to tell its readers that the issue
was still undecided.
POOR MAN'S SMOKE NO IXNGER.
The stogie used to be the poor man's
smoke, but it becomes less so every
year that Democratic prosperity and
war taxes prevail. Men yet living re
member when it was possible to go
into any country store in Pennsyl
vania or the Ohio Valley and buy
stogies at a "nickela- grab." A bar
rel of stogies would stand in the mid
dle of the store and the customer
would throw down his nickel and take
a handful. The logger his hand, the
more stogies he got for his money.
Gradually the price rose to four for a
nickel, then to three or two for a
nickel, the buyer being consoled by a
little better finish and a little Ha
vana tobacco filling in the native
Ohio leaf.
The stogie was a product of the old
pre-railroad days when freight was
hauled in Conestoga wagons from the
Atlantic Coast to the Ohio Valley over
the National Pike. Two of the prin
cipal points on the pike were Browns
ville, where it crosses the Mononga
hela River, and Wheeling, where it
reached the Ohio. The teamsters
wanted a cheap, long smoke and could
not be bothered with filling and light
ing a pipe, so the people twisted the
long, green Ohio leaf into a rough
cigar and named it after the wagons.
the name soon being abbreviated into
"stogie."
The stogie of the present day is fast
losing all resemblance to that of the
freighting, days on the National Pike,
The rough, handmade article grad
ually gave place to the machine-made,
which made some pretension to
smooth finish, but was filled with
scraps instead of long leaf. Then
came the Havana stogie, much short
er than the original and more nearly
resembling a cigar. Now even the
old-fashioned poor man's smoke is to
be reduced in length and increased in
price until it will be little akin to the
stogie of the old days, which every
Pittsburger used to smoke, whether he
was rich steel manufacturer or day
laborer.
VOTING IMPRESSIONS.
The large vote given the affirmative
side of the anti-vaccination measure
is, like the large negative vote given
the negro suffrage amendment, an in
dication of the readiness with which
people vote impressions and half
formed opinions:
The anti-vaccination measure was
in effect an effort to determine by
popular vote whether science after a
long series of painstaking observations
and investigations had reached a cor
rect conclusion. Persons who have
neither investigated nor observed, very
nearly decided that science had made
amistake.
Probably it was the word "com
pulsory" in the title that caught the
public eye. There is objection to com
pulsion in matters which the indi
vidual deems to be his personal af
fairs. Not everybody recognizes his
duty to suffer personal inconvenience
for the public welfare. The title un
truthfully implied that compulsory
vaccination is now practiced in Ore
gon, just as In another year the title
of a single tax measure untruthfully
implied that a poll tax was collected.
There is no compulsory vaccination
in Oregon in the sense that the
authorities have power to or do im
pose fines or imprisonment on those
who refuse to bo vaccinated. Vacci
nation is in times of danger from
smallpox sometimes made a condition
precedent to attendance at school or
employment where one comes in gen
eral contact with his fellows. That
is all. v
Adoption of the measure would
have invoked possibi disastrous con
sequences to education and business.
With ' that law in force schools in
which smallpox had appeared would
probably be promptly closed and busi
ness houses in which there had been
numerous exposures would be quaran
tined. ' A popular expression does not
make smallpox any the less Infectious
nor prove that the medical profession
does not know what it is doing.
The psychological effect of a dec
laration in the title of an act against
compulsion of any kind is no less pro
nounced than the psychological effect
of inclusion of the word "prohibit."
Mere mention of "prohibit" implies to
some minds that something is being
wrongfully done and that it ought to
be stopped. There is not the slightest
doubt that a bill to prohibit physicians
from prescribing calomel or operating
for appendicitis would receive a hand
some affirmative vote. And for that
matter there is just as much so-called
evidence that both these practices are
dangerous and unscientific as there is
that vaccination is a fraud.
IS THE FARM HORSE OBSOLETE
It is still a moot question whether
recent heavy sales of American horses
for use in the armies of Europe has
been of benefit to the farmers of this
country tr otherwise. It is true that
the buyers fcave jiald cash, but it is
also true that some of the best breed
ing btock in the country has been sac
rificed, which will make it difficult
for us to regain our own footing in
the horse markets of the world. But
it is the. opinion of many that we
have only been getting rid of an "un
desirable surplus," that the day of the
horse was nearing its close and that
the war came just in time to save the
situation. A slump of 50 per cent in
values had been predicted by some
far-sighted ones in 1914. These proph
ets now regard the drain on our sup
plies of animals as a blessing in dis
guise. These estimates are based upon
complete faith that the farm tractor
will prove an economic as well as a
mechanical success. There is no doubt
that many of the early difficulties
have been overcome, and that a small
er machine, adapted to the use of a
farmer of moderate means, seems rea
sonably to be assured. The questions
remaining to be determined are
whether most farmers are machinists
enough to keep the tractor in running
order most of the time, and whether
its life under ordinary farm care is
long enough to make it profitable.
Observations by state argicultural of
ficials have brought out the fact that
a large proportion of farmers have
an imperfect conception of the weather-resisting
power of machinery. More
implements rust out than wear out
on most farms. This is as true, in
the main, of expensive threshing ma
chinery as it is of plows and harrows
and the like. But the new tractor
will need exceeding care if it is not to
require replacement at intervals too
frequent to make it profitable. Like
wise, unless the owner is able to make
minor repairs without sending to the
city for an expert every time some
thing goes wrong, expense -will cut
down any fancied advantage the
tractor would have over the horse.
Much more precise knowledge of the
care of machinery will be required
of the farmer of the future.
Our losses in horseflesh have been
especlally widespread because of the
differing demands oi tne various ar
mles. The English have made serious
Inroads upon the heavy stock; they
like a horse that can make the ground
tremble when he moves in mass. The
French are absorbing our lighter
horses: they pay a premium for ani
mals of exceptional activity. The Ital
ians want horses specially adapted
to mountaifA climbing. These three
classes of buyers bid fair to denude
the market of pretty nearly all the
horses of the intermediate weights
that are to be had. -
Is the horse obsolete as a . farm
requisite? That depends, as we have
said, a great deal on the success our
farmers have in their new role of
machinists. But it may also be a
condition forced upon them. Statis
tically, there are many millions of
horses left in the country: but the
trouble is that the buyers are taking
the very best in the respective grades.
Should occasion arise for a renewal of
the supply, it would take many years
to regain the ground already lost.
Quite in line, with our esthetic de
velopment is the movement newly
gaining force against the practice of
farmers of renting space on their land
for erection of unsightly billboards
crying the virtues of this ware land
that. It is a question, however,
whether the farmer deserves the un
qualified condemnation that is being
heaped upon him by the apostles of
true " art. It is true that he often
gets nothing but bad paint on his
barn in exchange for the privilege of
mkkiner it look like the bandwairon of
ra one-ring circus, but on the other
hand he may reason that bad paint
is better than no paint, and there are
far too many barns that are guiltless
of paint of any kind. It is also to be
considered that so long as the rail
roads themselves permit construction
of billboards on their rights of way,
the farmer is not much to blame if
he feels that he might as well get a
little of the money that is going around
and that can .be had without any ef
fort on his part. There are so few
sources of income for the farm that
are not won by the hardest kind of
work that we must not blame him If
he succumbs to temptation once in a
long while.
WISE PROFESSOR.
By the will of the late Dr. Hans
Zinsser, Columbia University profes
sor. $30,000 is set aside for prizes to
his three grandchildren, provided each
can, between the age of 17 and 21,
prepare, without assistance or advice,
an acceptable six-course dinner for
twelve people. In addition to prepar
ing the meal, the young women, as
the meal is served, must be clad In
clothing of their own handiwork.
Before the death of Dr. Zinsser his
eldest granddaughter. Miss Ellen
Zinsser, now a Junior at Smith College,
underwent the same test and carried
off a $ 1 0,000 prize. The others who
will undergo the test, if they live, are
Miss Helen Zinsser, of Bryn Mawr
College; Miss Peggy Zinsser, of Smith
College, and 9-year-old Margaret
Zinsser, who resides in New Tork with
her uncle.
While It Is not entirely new for
men of wealth to leave bequests to be
distributed to their iieirs who achieve
success in the arts of household man
agement, these particular bequests are
peculiar owing to their magnitude and
the fact that the winner must be
something of an adept with the needle
as well as in theculinary art. It is
not likely that a young woman seek
ing to win a prize of $10,000 for cook
ing a six-course dinner would want
to come before her guests unbecoming
ly gowned; so it is fair to assume that
not only will these young ladies have
a good idea of the groundwork of good
cooking, they will know how to make
their own clothing.
All four will get at the fashionable
colleges, as well as at the ultra-fashionable
finishing schools, about all of
the educational frills that go with
higher education. . But at the same
time other portions of their educa
tion will in . no wise be neglected,
for Smith College is one of the best
institutions of learning in this coun
try, and Bryn Mawr is not behind It
in any respect.
With such educations as thoy will
receive some grandfathers would have
considered them fit to go otit in the
world and fill acceptably any station
that might all to the lot of a wealthy
and educated woman, uui me wny oiu
professor knew, as we all ought to
know, that book learning alone will
not equip a young woman to conduct
a household properly, and that is, or
most people consider it ought to be,
one aim of every normal and sensible
woman.
No doubt many causes came knock
ing at the door of Dr. Zinsser, each
asking a portion of his fortune. He
wished to use.lt for the benefit of
his granddaughters. He wished to
give it -to them that they might be
happy, and he knew the best way to
do this was to teach them to use their
hands in useful employment and in
an acceptable manner.
Charges and counter-charges by
California Republican leaders as to
who spilled the beans do not interest
the party in the other states. All they
know is that the beans were spilled.
becauso some persons in California
were more concerned In personal tri
umph or personal vengeance than in
tha success of the party and the
supremacy of its principles. They now
have, four years for repentance.
The war is bringing forth a crop of
new states. Poland is again on the
map, and now we have the kingdom
of Arabia. They make up for Belgium
and Serbia, which for the present at
least are mere geographical expres
sions. The ban on evening dress at the
Paris opera is one almost revolution
ary. It IS not long since uoors were
absolutely closed to all not attired
in the extreme of "glad rags" and
talcum powder.
Europe may envy the United States
its prompt and bloodless- way or
settling all differences. The most dead
ly ammunition we have expended in
the election is hot air, and it has no
casualty list.
. i
A third Christmas with Germany in
occupation of Belgium is at hand, and
the allies are still many miles from
the rrontier. except ior tne nine
northeastern corner.
There is barely room at the side of
the decimal point to give the percent
age of the whole vote received by lion.
Emmet Callahan, Progressive.
If the forecaster at Washington has
anything cooler for this region, he
need not tell of it. It is cool enough
now to be uncomfortable.
Predictions of the war's lasting two
more years are consoling, indeed, to
the people who must pay high prices
in consequence- '
Tou cannot, argue with the super
stitious Republican who learns that
Mr. Hughes had the thirteenth ballot.
Crook is a large county and will in
time contain many people. Then divi
sion will be easy.
Hop prices stay around 12 cents In
spite of the vote and the forebodings j up a "unanlmooa" vote for their candl
that preceded it. , date by keeping the negroes away from
It is more pleasant to put up with
"infringement of personal liberty" than
go to Jail.
Depend upon Welchmen to break up
a peace conference, while the empire
is at war.
Matrimony may tame Jack Dolph,
the Oregon yell leader, as It has tamed
others.
"Working his way through college"
docs not include beating his way to a
game.
Elimination oJJ tobacco in jitneys
will cut down the traffic mornings.
Judge Landis thinks in big figures
when fining rebaters.
, It is now time to figure on. the high
cost of turkey.
Shortening the stogies lessens the
evil. t
How to Keep Well.
BY DR. VV. A. EVANS.
rtuMdiim nerrfnent to hvriene. sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters o gen
eral inte rest, win we i v . ' ....-
umn. Where space will not permit or tne
subject Is not suitable, letter will be Per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed Ur. Evans wilVnot make diagnosis
or pi escribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for sucb services cannot b answered.
(Copyright. 1916, by Dr. W. A. Kvans.
Published by arrangement with tne mco
Tribune.)
;: ": SIX-YEAR HOURS.
Notice the mouth of any middle-aged
man or woman when he or she laughs
or opens the mouth widely In speaking
6r singing. The chance is that you will
notice one tootti gone on each eld ot
both upper and lower jaws. The vacant
space Is always at the same place to
ward the corner of -the motitn. If you
ask a dentist which tooth it Is that la
missing he will tell you the 6-year
molar. -
It is significant that the loss of teeth
begins wit:i the 6-year molar. The rea
son Is easily understood. The 6-year
molar comes In at about 6 years of age.
It seems to be the laat of the temporary
teeth. It is in fact the first of the per
manent teeth.
The permanent front teeth are known
to be of the permanent set because they
come in the places of the temporary
teeth. But the 6-year molars llp In
unnoticed In spaces in which there .nave
been no temporary' teeth.
Boys and srlrls do not begin to brush
their teeth until they get into school,
begin to have sweethearts, and In con
sequence take pride in their personal
appearance. The urge to brush the -lair,
to keep the clothes clean, to wear a tie.
and to brtieh the teeth all ground In the
eame fhstinct. In consequence the 6
year molars have had several years of
neglect before the habit of brushing t.ie
teeth la established. And then again
they are not cleaned aa easily as are
the front teeth.
Presently the molars begin to ache. A
dentist Is eonnulted. He finds a large
cavity. "T.ie tooth in too far gone. It
will he easier and better to pull It." is
his verdict. And in consequence the un
sightly gap so nearly universal in middle-aged
people. .
The 6-year friolar is not a delicate
tooth. It can be saved. To save it a
habit must be changed. Inritead or be
ginning the care of the teeth as a part
of the pre-adoiescent sex urge it should
be begun in the home in the pre-sciool
4'ears. If children 4 years old and even
younger were taught to lrus.i and clean
the teeth every day. and If they were
sent to the dentist periodically . there
would be none. of these unsightly gaps
at the corners of the month. Hv tbo
time the 6-year mrHars are cut the haht
of caring for the teeth will have been
thoroughly established.
Diet on Weanlnar Baby.
Mrs. C. II. writes: "I will undergo an
operation in December and desire to
have my baby weaned by this time.
ill you kindly give me suggestions
for his diet? He is 13 months old, is
well, ami tins always been In every re
spect. Has had natural nourishment
until he was 11 months; since has had
one or two bottles of malted milk each
day, one feed of rice occasionally, one
of baked apples occasionally. But I
realize that he needs some systematic
diet."
RBPLT.
A babv 13 months old should be weaned
and can be weaned wtthont difficulty In the
late Autumn. Feed him as follows:
t A. M. Si, to clttht ounces of w arm milk
ai.d one piece of hard fast.
l A. M. Two ounces orange or prune
juice.
10 A. M. "sme as at At M.
2 I. M. Six oiinci'3 milk, piece of hard
tenst or a few Vrackers. an eKs; or some
finely chopped mnt or a chlck-n or ment
bor.e or chicken l.roih. One vegetable, such
as finely mashed potatoes, carrots, turnips
or rnrKnln or finely chopped splnaca.
1'. M. Same as at A. M.
10 P. M. Milk If necessary.
Not Advisable.
Mrs. A. P. W. writes: "I have been
advised thnC a teaspoon of salt in a
glass of cold water taken an hour be'
fore breakfast Is a remedy for constl
pation. Do you think any bad results
would follow such a course of treat
ment, continued for some time, and do
you think t.iis would be beneficial?'
RBPLT.
There Is no essential difference hetween a
daily dost of tablo salt and a daily tioe ot
Pluto or salts. Knch acts as, a purge and
for the same reason. Lo not take either.
Overcome const l-4ilion by eatinif Ireely of
bran, the rougher parts of vegetables and
trulls and by drinking water.
Have an Examination.
Mrs. P. writes: "1. Would you ad
vise taking tablets stryqhnlne sulphate
(1-60 grain doses) for chronic supra
orbital nerve trouble of nve years' du
ration, following removal ofa nection
of that nerve previously and in which
there has been aching and burning pain
ever since, sometimes almost unendur
able? 2. What would you advise to
relieve a "singing" sensation in one
(or both) ears of several years' dura
tion? REPLY.
1 . Xo.
'. If you hava not had your nose and
ears examined by a nose and ear specialist,
do so.
ITS Til 1' K OM.V OP" ONK PIBTV
Only Democrats Can Klect President
without Eastern States.
PORTLAND. Nov. 12. (Ti the Edi
tor.) In an editorial you say In case
that Wilson Is elected It will teach
the East that a President can be elect
ed without New York. Pennsylvania,
Illinois, etc. Yes, that Is true, but
only a Democratic President, because
he has the solid South behind him.
President Wilson should have but poor
consolation to think that he was elect
ed principally by the solid South and
such states as Nevada, New Mexico,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Wyoming, while
the great business and hfiln centers
like New York. Pennsylvania, the East
ern states (Massachusetts. etc:) and
Illinois. Wisconsin and Michigan have
all rejected him by such hufire major
ities that there can be no question as
to their estimate of him.
There is Just one ray of hope in all
this, and that Is that the House may
be Republican and they can prevent
him from doing any more harm. While
he can bring a Democratic Congress to
Its knees, he will find that when he
tries It on the Republicans it will not
go. Otherwise, may the good Lord have
mercy on us. 1 don't like your sugges
tion that we elect the President bv a
j popular vote, for the South could pile
tne poiiw.-
A WORRIED BUT HOPEFUL REPUB
LICAN. No llattle Crulstra.
HEPPNER, Or., Nov. 10. (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonian November
g I note the following Interrogative
under the heading of "Naval Gunnery
and Federal Tax." "Has the United
states any battle cruisers?"
Your answer is "no."
Hence, I also enclose a photo
engravure of the first battle cruiser of
the United States Navy, and which was
published in the February, 1910, num
ber of Popular Science Monthly.
JOYCE P. DAVIS.
The picture is of a projected battle
cruiser. It Is not yet built.
Net Yet.
PORTLAND. Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Pleas state through the columns
of your paper if the National Repub
lican Committee concedes the, election
of Woodrow Wilson.
H. E. JOHNSON.
There has been no formal admission
of defeat by the committee.
IS
SrPPRCSSED
Why Popular Vote la Soatk
la l.e
Thorn In North-.
BEAVERTOV, Or., Nov. 11. (To the
Editor.) Will you please infoam me
why Alabama, which cast in this elec
tion but 119.000 votes has the same
number of electors as has Iowa, which
cast a vote of 4i"j.0u3, and If the popu
lation of each state Is nearly the same,
why was pot the Alabama vote great
er. Can the colored population of Ala
bama vote or not? Georgia votes
238,200, Wisconsin votes 416.000. with
electoral votes nearly the same.
C. 11. FRY.
Representation in Congress is based
on population, excluding untaxed In
dians, not on the number of voters reg
istered or votintr. The 14th nmen.l-
ment to the Federal Constitution con
tains this provision:
"When the riant to vote at snv .Urtlnn
for the choice of elector for Pres.dent-Bii.l
Vice-President of the United Mates, Repre
sentatives In Congress, the executive or ju
dicial officers ot a state or the members of
the LrKlaiiturc therof is denied to any of
the ma! members of sucii state, belnc -I
years of age and citizens of the tinted
States, or in any way abridred except fer
rtlclpation In rebeiiion or other ci;me. the
asls of representation therein snail be re
duced In proportion whli-h the number of
such male citizens shall bear to tae whole
number of ctixns -1 yeara of ago in such
state.
For many years the right of suf
frage has In fact been denied to ne
groes by force or fraud in many South
ern states, and Congress has authority
under tha above provision to reduce
the representation, of those states.
Several attempts have been made to
exercise that authority, but they have
failed through Democratic obstruction
in Congress. In consequence many ne
groes have given up the attempt to
exercise the franchise 'In the South,
many white Republicans do not vote,
as they have no chance of winning,
and probably many Democrats do not
trouble to vote as their party Is sure
to win. In effect, the Democrats go
into every "residential election with a
handicap In fhelr favor filial to the
votes of the Southern states.
PRIMAUV (VOTE OT BOHM-: Ol'TI
Earlier Vote for Mr. Hughes .Much
More Than Pouhled.
PORTLAND, Nov. II. (To the Edi
tor). Wilson evidently has been re
elected, a circumstance the Republican
party can blame themselves l'or. It
is a foregone conclusion that errors
mo.le by the leaders of the party and
throusrh no fault of our esteemed nomi
nee. Charles Evans Hughes, resulted
in Wilson again slipping into the I'ros
idential chair for a second term, which
he promised faithfully four year ago
he would not seek.
The liepubllcans of this State nomi
nated Mr. Hughes by approximately
:10.000 majority last May. The returns
unofficially at present give Mr.
Hiichejn a majority of 10.000. This is
20.000 4cm. thai he received In the
prln-nries. Wh:it can 20,000 people be
thinking of when they call a great
Anierioun who stands for American
principles from a life position to sup
port him for President of the I'nlt.'U
States and then turn traitor to the
party, to the country and to the man.
Is beyond my comprehension. The great
emancipator. Abruham Lincoln, would
turn over in his grave.
I sincerely hope the wcnk-kneel Re
publicans who voted for Wilson will
digest this and In the future think. He
fore the expiration of Wilson's term
they will discover how Wilson has
hoodwinked them.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The primary vote for Mr. Hughes
was that given in a party contest in
which two other Republicans partici
pated. Mr. Hughes received 75,000 more
votes in the general election that he
did In the primaries, or nearly two and
one-half times his primary vote.
NOW IT IS HBIR1IAXITES' TfUX
They Should Park C'onnell Chamber to
t'rge Jitney Herniation.
PORTLAND. Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) In reference to the rcw Jitney
franchise which will soon come up
again before the Commissioners, it will
be Interesting to note if the three Com
missioners who favor the same will
have backbone enough to stay by It. or
bo wheedled Into opening up the whole
Jitney situation aaln. as desired by
Commissioner llaly, who apparently
never loses an opportunity to help out
the union men. As for Commissioner
Higlow he don't seem to have grit
enough to line up on either side, seems
a case of "watchful waiting" to see
which way tho cat will Jump, as is his
custom.
It docs seem strange that union men
who chiefly reside In the suburban or
long-haul districts should be apainst
the proposed franchise. They surely
can see that If unfair competition is
forced on the car company whereby
the cream of their business Is taken
from them, they, the suburbanites,
would be the first to suffer by hssving
a less frequent service to those un
profitable long-haul districts.
The people of St. Jwhns. Montavllla.
Mount Scott and Sellwood should pack
the Council chamber at the next hear
ing and demand that tho proposed fran
chise be put Into effect. There has
been altogether too much cringing to
this unregulated Jitney business by the
Commissioners. A SUBURBANITE.
Now Cometh the Prophet.
PORTLAND, Nov. II. (To t.ie Edi
tor.) In your Interesting editorial Sat
urday on "Future Republican Strat
egy." you cloe your article with "He
generation of the party should be fully
completed before another Presidential
election, so fully completed as to be
undeniable."
Permit me to make a prediction about
the Republican party in your columns
which you will acknowledge, wltaln
the next. 12 months, to be apparently
true, viz.:
That the Republican party has met
its Waterloo In 1916. and Its only hope
of survival will be in merging with
t.ie young Progressive party under the
leadership of Hiram Johnson.
Althouxh you express your opinion
of too prophets by stating you would
like to see some of them killed. 1 am
going to venture a prediction that Hi
ram Johnson, will be elected President
of the United tate In 1920 as the
candidate of the Progressive party, an!
the Republican machine will be cov
ered with rust at Oat time.
If von bear me.no 111 will for having
personally advised your office some fou-f-
week airo of the certain election of
Woodrow Wilson, I trust you will pub
lish this communication, as a curiosity
at least. BUTLER JACK.
"The Bible Caronologlst" and Evan
gelical Prophet. "
A VVlna.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To' the Edi
tor.) A bet B "that the brewers'
amendment would be more decisively
defeated than the bone-dry amend
ment." At the time the bet was made both
parties assumed that both measures
would be defeated, but this ass'imp
tlon was not expressly incorporated in
the bet. ,
Who wins the bet? Your decision
will be accepted as final bv both
parties. F. G. AND F. D.
Inasmuch as it was not made a con
dition that the bet would stand only
If both measures were defeated, A un
undoubtedly wins. The fair construc
tion of the wager Is that-A bet that the
brewers' bill would prove the more un
popular of the two.
ECRO TOTE
In Othei Days.
Twenty-five Year Aao.
From The OreKonlan, November IS, 1S01.
Chicago. Nov. 12. Within a bomb's
throw of the Haymarket, armed an
archists again tonight met the Chi
cago police. The result was an ig
nominous -defeat of tho "reds." No one
was killed.
The midnight purchase of the Msdi-son-strcet
bi idge became a realization
yesterday morning when people began
downtown and found their toll tickets
no lorger were needed. The bridge,
was literally littered with the torn
up tickets.
Washington The famous claim of
Ben Holladay against the United
States for property taken and de
stroyed by t.te Indians bids fair to be
settled soon. Congress has passed an
act referring the claim to the courts
for adjudication.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt has agreed
to furnish for the youth's department
of The Sunday Oregonian. three ar
ticles on "Bis Game Hunting."
Miss Anne Olsen. a maid In the em
ploy of Dr. Henry Coe. beat off a night
prowler near the Chapman-street bridge
last night,
Grenville P. Kle1er. assisted by
Ralph Hoyt. Miss Helen Barstow and
Mr. Middlebrook. will give a literary
and music programme this evening at
Calvary Church.
Vancouver, Wash. The "T. M. An
derson garrison" has been organized
and a charter applied for.
J. H. Heiler has bought the south
east corner of Fifth and Hawthorne
avenue for J10.000.
Plfty Years Asa.
From the Mnrrfnc Oreeor.isn. Nov. IS. lf,a.
Chiracn, Nov. 11. A Berlin dispatch
of Nor. 7. by cable, says Prussia agrees
in the appointment of Bcnst as the Aus
trian Minister of Forelcn Affairs. An
attempt to Interfere with the question
is considered settled. If this view be
correct. It will only cause Prussia more
quickly to complete her national work
in Ueimany.
London, Nov. 9. The rumor of the
failure of the Russo-Prussian alliance
is unfounded.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Cascade Railroad Company yester
day at the Cascades 'the following of
ficers were elected: Captain J. C. Alns
worth. president: S. G. Reed, vice-president:
J. C. Ainsworth. S. G. Reed and
Iv. R. Thompson, directors: Theodore
Wysnnt. secretary: S. G. -Jones, man
aping aftit; John W. Brazee. superin
tendent. A Washington dispatch says tha
president on Saturday laid before his
cabinet portions of his annual message.
Amonsr tho lalo appointments are Gen
eral W. H. 11. Taylor as Postmaster at
Cincinnati, and Albert Zieber as United
States Marshal of Oregon.
Chicago. Nov. 11. The court at To
ronto yesterday condemned the Fenian,
William Hayden. to be hanged on De
cember 1:1. There Is an increasing
number of suspicious persons in
Toronto.
The second semester of the Portland
Acedemy and Ferns le Seminary will be
gin on MonJay, November 19. The
school Is In a flourishing condition un
der the able and efficient management
of President Catch.
SINRISK OX HAKXEY LAKE.
R'd dawn had flushed the morning sky.
The sand-reefs caught its earliest light
As gray they loomed, remote, ttntrod,
Each tiny shell awhisper. I
Below me saw a lovely siiht:
The lake, a sheet of blue.
Stretched waveless, pure and new
As if It came that moment, from the
hand of God.
The rising sun with rod of gold
Then smote the water's speechless lip.
And a sudden breeze ran lichtly after.
And lo. a note of music rolled
Across the lake. With curl and dip.
The water rose and fell.
Willi hurrying, foaming swell.
To break upon the beach in waves of
Joyous laughter.
Thrice ten-score swans in snowy pride.
Beyond the surf sailed to and fro
The surf that beat In mimic thunder
So trracefully did turn and glide.
Kadi mirrored in the blue below.
The blossoms at my feet.
The blackbirds warbling sweet.
I thought elate with me In Joy and
wonder.
Oh. say not sacred Galilee
Alone the Master's footprint holds!
He tleluns the deserts still to bless;
His feet are on this Inland sea:
IC'en In the buttercups' fairy golds
His shinimr steris I trace,
lit hold his smiling face
Fair mirrored in the beauty of
the
sairt'orush wilderness.
Cove. Or. F. I. ROBERTS.
If It Were Turned About.
SALEM. Nov. 11. (To the Editor.)
If the advocates of a "bone dry" slate
have secured a majority of votes, wo
will, no doubt, be reminded, as Justin
cation for the measure, that the "will
of the majority must prevail."
It is. viowever. a poor rule that w!H
not work both ways, and if prohibi
tionists have a ritht to force people
to absolutely abstain from br-er and
wine. tnen the ant l-prohib'.tionlsts
would have had an equal richt to force
the prohibitionists to drink either or
both, had t'-ie majority been In their
favor.
For It Is certainly no greater tyranny
to force a life-long abeta'.ner to drink
a glass of beer or wine than It Is to
force a man who during all his life
has been accustomed to his glass of
beer or wine to do without both.
The fact of the matter appears to
be that both forms of compulsion are
absolutely reputrnant to all Ideas of
that pensonal liberty hitnerto associ
ated with American citizenship.
STUART MORROW.
Let's Be Optimistic.
PORTLAND. Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Election day Is past and we have
felt the thrill of casting our first vote
for the President!
Now that it Is over, we are ready to
settle down to Just common, everyday
life a,iatn. Wo can look over our hus
band's socks and mend them, and hunt
up all tho missing buttons and sew
them on; in fact, we will take time to
help him In looking up election returns
and contribute to his -happiness in
general.
-We have discovered we can think of
our friends, and call them up over the
telephone if time is too precious to call
ou them at their houses.
We are not going to settle down and
talk "hard times'" and think 'hard
times." -
We are goingto talk "plenty." think
"plenty" and believe in everything and
everyone, and Jurt know they are the
"best ever."
MRS. MATTIE B. ROPS.
No More ShootlnKT
TILLAMOOK. Or.. Nov. 10. (To the
Editor.) Please publish few lines you
find below in poem form.
Noe. mothers dear,
Hrlve awsv your t'tars:
Tr.or wl.l be no fear
Kcr four more y.ars.
Now that Vi'.son has won
There'll he no shots from the un
"la Oregon, my Orei-on."
ilAS E. FARMER.