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TIIE 3fORXIXG ORGGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, JANUARY 2G. 1920
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A CRISIS THAT WE SCRTIVEO.
History of the chaotic and tumult
tious times of about a, century and
a. quarter ago in America, when dis
quiet was heightened by the sanguin
ary events of the French revolution,
when patriots who counselled mod-;
eration were denounced as Anglo
philes and plotters td restore mon
archial forms of government, when
even Madison felt called on to nope j
that friends of freedom would not be
misled by the "cold caution of the
government," and a mob in Phila
delphia threatened to drag President
Washington out of his house and ef-'
feet a revolution, unless war were
declared in favor of the French revo
lution and against England, makes
illuminating reading in the present
period of unrest caused by events in
Kussia. The parallel between those
times and these is particularly inter
esting because, as everyone now
knows, we survived that crisis. The
point that needs emphasis is that the
ordeal through which we then passed
was, by comparison with our capac
ity for withstanding it, many times
mote intense then than we probably
are justified in supposing the present
situation to be. We were callow in
eelf-government, our leaders were
untried, our methods unformulated.
The constitution had not been inter
preted. The republic was a mere
chrysalis. Society was only begin
ning to master the art of organiza
tion. Vet the firmness of Washing
ton, and perhaps the innate com
mon sense of Americans pulled us
through. If then, why not now? The
elements that make for restoration
of equilibrium exist today, perhaps
as in' no previous period of our his
tory. " t
Reading of the final collapse of
the arrogant Citizen Genet, and of
the return of sanity to the people, we
are apt to forget the singular frenzies
of the time. It was natural that
Americans should be thrilled by the
triumphs of early republicanism in
France but we can only wonder
now at the acclamations with which
the most barbarous excesses of the
revolutionists were greeted. Though
Louis XVI had been our friend, his
execution was hailed with unseemly
manifestations of joy. A "French
frenzy" seized even staid Boston:
Philadelphia gave way to ribald
emotion; the Fourth of July, 1793,
!s said to have been celebrated as a
French rather than an American
holiday; at a banquet in Philadel
phia, attended by the leading citizens
of the city, a boar, previously chris
tened Louis XVI, was guillotined
and these leading citizens, placing
liberty caps on their heads, took
turns in "mangling the head of the
luckless creature doomed to be
served for so unworthy a company."
as one historian writes it. Later in
the year, the execution of Marie An
toinette excited savage emotions, and
society girls vied with one another
In expressions of extravagant joy.
One feminine chauvinist is quoted as
having declared her sorrow that she
could not wash her hands in the
blood of the murdered queen. When
Genet, with effrontery now difficult
for us to contemplate with equanim
ity, threatened td appeal from the
patriotic policy of Washington to the
American people themselves, Ive did
not lack open supporters. His
schemes in Kentucky and the Missis
sippi valley were defended, and even
entered into with zest, under the
very eyes of Washington. Disloyalty,
even sedition, stalked abroad.
Enthusiasms led to absurd ex
tremes. Our literature suffered, nat
urally, from intrusion of bombast
into its prose and substitution of dog
gerel for verse. The stage was con
taminated. Politics was introduced
Into comedy. Theaters ranged them
selves in partisan divisions. A new
theater was built in Boston, avowedly
to cater to a particular political
party. Francophiles demanded that
"Ca ira" be played at every perform
ance, and this, says Charles D.
Hazen in his "Contemporary Ameri
can Opinion of the French Revolu
tion," was often done. The name of
Queen street, in New York, was
changed to Pearl, and Crown street
to Liberty. A Boston alley called
Royal Exchange alley became Equal
ity Lane. There was a curious at
tempt, mentioned by Hazen, by (
. Philadelphia scholar to alter the
language, "so that it might be no
lonirer Enclish. but American." Noah
Webster proposed sarcastically that
"this vile aristocratical name of New
York, so redolent with royalty," be
changed, while the spirit of change
prevailed. This excess was not
reached, though many others were
committed.
As the Russians have given us
"bolsheviki," and "soviet," so the
French revolution gave political cur
rency to "anarchist," "aristocrat,"
"mobocrat," Jacobin," and "inciv
ism." Hostility to titles, which we
caught from the revolutionists, ran
high. The first congress seriously
distrusted them, the senate assenting
but the house, as Hazen says, sus
picious that their beginning would
be but the beginning of a march
' back toward royalty. Thomas Jef
ferson hoped the use of "Mr." would
disappear forever. together with
"Honor," "Worship" and "Esquire."
The "social and soul-warming term,
Citizen' " became the fashion. The
New York Democratic society pro
vided by its constitution for use of
"CltUen Chairman," in the place of
"Mr. Chairman." and toasted the
president as "Citizen George Wash
ington." Men and women followed
the Paris mode even in marrying.
Newspapers of the time contained
notices of the wedding of Citizen So-and-so
and Citess Such-and-such. In
mockery, some one showed that even
"Citizen" was an unsatisfactory des
ignation, and to prove it cited the
history of Rome, where citizenship
did not imply equality, but applied
to nobles, patricians and plebeians,
all of whom were citizens. "Brother"
was objected to, "for we should
thereby lose a word useful for
designating a dear relative." It waa
suitable, also, for describing only
half of the species. A wag proposed
"biped." He said:
The titJe is perfectly simple: it fits peo
ple of every country: it is male or female;
it is not of aristocratic origin; and while
it accords -with truth, it cannot bear the
suspicion of flattery.
An editor, vainly trying to stem
the tide, wrote that "while liberty
and equality, Paine and the Rights
of Man are all the rage to the east
ward, it is pleasant to know that the
brethren of the south are not far be-W
hind, and that in addressing their
sable fellow-creatures they say:
'Citizen Pompey, clean my boots,'
and the auctioneer cries, 'Twenty
pounds for Citizen Alexander -who
bids jnore?' " 30ven the title "Rev."
was objected to by some, as convey
ing distinction due only to deity. "We
do not read," said a contributor to a
Boston paper quoted by Hazen, "of
Revs. Aaron, Jeremiah or Isaiah, or
the reverend body of disciples." It
was proposed also to abolish the cus
tom of keeping: the birthdays of
"servants of the public." This was
In the lifetime of Washington, whose
birthday is today, one of our most
sacred holidays.
But the republic was not thus to be
destroyed, or the purposes of its
founders set at naught by overem
phasis on non-essentials. It survived
the turmoil. The tempest in time
was stilled. The stout hearts did not
fail it then, and ultimately sober
counsel "prevailed. It is worth while,
when the present seems gloomy, oc
casionally to fortify ourselves by
contemplating the trials through
which the forefathers of the natfon
passed.
ON WITH THE GOOD WORK.
The accuracy of the Chicago test.
commented on in these columns a
day or two ago, of the existance of
an actual wave of crime is confirmed
now in Portland,- where three young
men under arrest confess to a series
of six hold-ups. In Chicago "arrest
and detention of known criminals
caused the '"wave of crime" to dis
appear. Crime waves are not due to a gen
eral falling off of morality -but are
almost invariably traceable to a few
active criminals. Portland has suf
fered recently from the depradations
of two or three' such groups. The
police eradicated one nestwhen they
caught the Claremont Tavern mur
derers, and with commendable vigor
they have now done their part toward
putting away another group of active
robbers.
It is an encouragement to police
efficiency when the courts quickly
and adequately sentence "the crim-
nals whom the police have caught.
This latest trio of confessed robbers
should not be. permitted to tarry on
their way to the penitentiary. .' The
surest way to free Portland of bur
glary and highwaymanry is activity
by the police followed by prompt and
exact justice. '
CLEAN FAIRS.
It will doubtless be brought to the
attention of the North Pacific Fair
association this week that the Oregon
State fair board has gone on record
against fair ground concessions to
games of chance and exhibitions of
doubtful morality.
The state, county or district fair is
encouraged on the theory that it is
an educational enterprise and a stim-
ulous to agricultural betterment. Trie
fair would perhaps be dull if no
amusements whatever were provided
but there are scores of legitimate
amusements now available. We make
the guess that there are others and
better ones that would be available
to as large a circuit as that of the
North Pacific Fairs association if
they were not required to compete
with gambling devices and improper
exhibitions.
The lalter are grossly inappropri
ate at a fair. Moreover, they are un
lawful. The excuse for them is that
they pay well for the concessions and
that the fairs need the money. But
an institution designed to educate
in enterprise which also instructs in
immorality presents a mixture of
good and evil that ought not to be
countenanced no matter how profit
able it may be. It ought to be worth
while to make the experiment of ex
cluding the pernicious concessions
from the circuit and thereby give
better opportunity to legitimate en
tertainment. We should dislike to
concede, without a trial, that a fair
cannot be made a going business en
terprise in the absence of humbug.
THE COST OF FLYING.
Regardless of the technical merits
of the controversy between Postmaster-General
Burleson and the war
department over control of the' air
mail service, the public will -be in
terested in the statement recently
made by the postmaster-general in a
letter to Senator McKellar, which
shows that the cost of commercial
aviation is no longer prohibitive.
Since an airplane mail service was
inaugurated, it has covered 473,210
miles, at a cost of 84 cents a mile.
Its receipts' from postage and the
saving in car space that otherwise
would have been utilized for distri
bution en route have paid its cost,
according to department figures. It
has tarried 22,254,000 letters, ad
vancing their delivery by an average
of sixteen hours, er one entire bust
ness day. Although 22,254,400 is i
fairly rotund figure, it will be borne
in mind that it represents only a be
ginning. Advocates of air mail look
forward to the time when letters so
handled will be numbered by billions.
In the period under review, four
pilots were killed while carrying
mail, and on the ground one me
chanic and one spectator lost their
lives by coming in contact 'with
whirling propellers. A life sacrificed
for each 3,500,000 letters carried stil
constitutes an item of cost that i;
difficult 'to appraise, but is high.
nevertheless. Two pilots were ser
iously injured and half a dozen hurl
badly enough to lay them up for a
time. By comparison with eight
killed in a single transcontinental
race, the performance of the air mail
carriers is relatively safe but only
relatively.
However, the air mail has mad
valuable contributions to the science
of aeronautics. The most striking
one is the demonstration that it is
possible to fly in every kind of
weather. The federal bureau of
standards has perfected a device that
will locate to an airplane flying in
a fog or above the clouds the exact
center of the field in which it is to
land. Perfection of a plane capable
of indefinite flight on one engine is
a decided step forward, as also fs the
reconstruction of the De Haviland
plane, built in large numbers for
the war, but now made fit for com
mercial work. The mail aviators
have at least shown in a new way
that science is moving .forward
with amazing rapidity.
A. RUPERT,
The death of A. Rupert, recorded
Saturday, was untimely both as re
gards himself and the community.
He was young in years and young in
the flregon canning industry, but he
had accomplished much and prom
ised a great deal more.
- Mr. Rnpert had the vision, organ
izing ability, business capacity and
the faculty for gaining and keeping
the confidence -of the producers that
are such vital needs of an establish
ment engaged in packing the prod
ucts of farm and orchard. He had
felt his way for several years, and
in his early experience in Oregon
had encountered some set backs, but j
he finally put his company in the
foremost rank of, canning concerns.
His company has establishments at
Gresham, Falls City, Springbrook
and Newberg- and is building at Mc
Minnville. These communities profit
directly from his enterprise. The
danger of overproduction is removed
in behalf of the grower and increase
in acreage is encouraged, whereas in
the towns themselves employment is
provided for, many persons.
It is not to be thought that the
energy of his company will now
abate or its industries languish, but
it has sustained a loss together with
the community that cannot be fully
recompensed.
SHIPS AXI BUSINESS FOR THEM.
Much interest is shown by the
Emergency Fleet corporation in es
tablishment of steamship lines from
Atlantic and gulf ports to both coasts
of South America, but Mule attention
is given to extension of Pacific coast
commerce with the southern conti
nent. There is certainly as keen a
emand for the products of this sec
tion as for those of the Atlantic and
gulf coasts in the Pacific coast and
gulf republics of South America and
the West Indies. Portland can
supply them with lumber, flour,
airy produce, paper, canned goods.
urniture and machinery and can
market many of their products, such
s tropical fruit, coffee, nitrates.
hardwood and hides.
Any question of the capacity of the
port to handle cargoes cheaply and
peedily has been settled by recent
performances at the St. Johns ter
minal. All expectations of consignees
as to the rate at which the West
Hartland's cargo of rubber could be
handled were exceeded, and equal
expedition was given the molasses
brought from Hawaii. The terminal
not yet employed to capacity.
There is room for more ships at pier
1 and before it is fully occupied pier
2 will be completed and other piers
will be under construction. If the
fleet corporation will send ships and
if merchants and manufacturers will
provide cargoes, the dock commis
sion will load and discharge them
with economy of time and expense
which will match any other port. The
readiness with which cargoes have
been found for the vessels already
coming here goes to prove 4that more
are available if tonnage is provided.
Private enterprise is no longer
backward about investing in ships.
That is proved by purchase of the
Egeria by local capital and of three
other unfinished wood hulls by Cap
tain Hasklns, to De completed as
sailing schooners. There is a good
market for ships if the fleet corpor
ation will sell them at actual value
instead of holding -out for the in
flated value fixed by war cost. It
has been in the unenviable position
of a speculator who holds his goods
from the market in the hope of
starving the consumer to pay his
price. It has been profiteering on
ships. Only recently has it come
down to a reasonable price for wood
hulls, and it no sooner did so than
they began to move.
Action of the Port of Portland
commission in appointing an agent
for China and Japan should be a
strong encouragement to Portland
people to engage in the shipping bus
iness, the import and export business
and manufacturing. His work should
secure cargoes for vessels both ways
and should find buyers for Oregon
goods, and foreign raw material for
Oregon manufacturers. A hint of
the possibilities in this line is con
veyed by the fact that the Abercos
takes. Portland-made machinery to
India and Sumatra, besides lumber.
flour and paper and by the inward
cargoes of rubber, molasses and
other commodities. There is surely a
market for more at the places to
which these goods go, and Portland
(should rnntnre it.
The ouestion of getting the busi
ness is one of introducing the port to
the people who have goods to carry
by sea, whether at home or abroad,
and of inducing them to give it a
trial in short, of selling Portland to
them. -
RIGHTS OF MINORITY SECURE.
One of the distinguishing marks of
American freedom is the restraint
which the majority has voluntarily
placed upon its own power in order
to protect the minority and the indi
vidual citizen. It is customary to
say the majority rules, but in fact its
rule is subject to many restrictions.
and it has placed hese restrictions
upon itself.
Delay in assumption of office by a
new president and house of repre
sentatives until four months after
their election is a slight restraint,
though ' originally necessary to de
termine the results of the election.
Election of senators for six years,
one third retiring each two years,
election of the president for four
years and of representatives for two
years are most effective checks, as
are the veto power of the president
-and the requirement of a two-thirds
majority in each house to override
a veto. So also is the requirement of
a two-thirds majority to sumbit a
constitutional amendment to the
states. 'These provisions require that
the majority of one year shall agree
with that of another year and that
the majority arrived at in one man
ner agree with that arrived at in an
other manner in order to enact a law.
They require in effect that the ma
jority shall remain of one opinion
over ue interval between two elec-
lions in order to give its opinion ef
fect. The majority thus can impose
its matured decision on the minority.
By the bill of rights which was in
corporated in the constitution the
majority established certain rights
for the individual citizen, and
pledged itself not. to diminish them
or take them away except by the
process provided for constitutional
ameruixuent. This is so slow in op
eration that a.ny change can be made
only after long, persistent effort and
public discussion. Loss of any of
these rights by that process is prac
tically impossible; it could come only
by violent revolution. Those rights
are elementary, and were won by the
English people one by one in an in
termittent struggle which has ex
tended through seven centuries, and
then transplanted to America.
. Rights of minorities and "f indi
viduals are more secure .in this
country than in Great Britain or any
other country having parliamentary
government. In those countries a
vote adverse to the ministry in the
popular chamber on any important
question is quickly followed by elec
tion of a new chamber, the majority
of which promptly begins to execute
its will with all the people. There
is no stay of judgment, as there is
in this country while the party which
controls the house ot representatives
fights for the presidency and control
of the senate. ' v
Yet some minorities in this country
are not content with the rights which
the majority thus grants and main
tains. They propose that they shall
rule and they try to seize control by
force, actual or threatened. The ex
perience of Russia -warns us that,
if they should succeed,-they would
not regard as sacred any of the rights
of minorities or individuals.. No right
which Americans hold sacred is re
spected by the soviet sancity of the
family, female honor," security from
forcible entry and search, security
against- confiscation of property,
against cruel and inhuman punish
ment, or the right of free speech,
press and assembly, the right to the
product of one's labor, the -right to
buy and sell or to travel. All these
rights are subject to the arbitrary
power of the executive committee of
a soviet, or of an extraordinary com
mission. -
If any persons in this countrypre
fer unrestrained rule of a minority
to restrained rule of a majority, they
are at liberty to make the exchange
by going to Russia. Resistance of
champions of minority rule to depor
tation implies that they prefer the
former system only when they com
pose the ruling minority and that
they fear submergence in the op
pressed majority of their native land.
Annual economic loss caused by
predatory animals, calculated by the
department of agriculture as $20,-
I 000,000, is exceeded twenty-five fold
bv the ravages of rodents, estimated
by the same authority at $300,000,000
on farm crops and fully $200,000,000
on domestic establishments and
warehouses. The total is increased
by spread of rabies from wild to do
mestic animals, the only effective
remedy for which is extermination
of the former who are subject to the
disease. It is pointed out that cam
paigns must be conducted in co-operation
with the states to be effect
ive, while individuals can do much
to keep down the damage by setting
traps and otherwise keeping their
own premises free from mice and
rats. Such action, indeed, is not
only profitable owing to the high
prices of food stuffs which the ro
dents destroy, but ia .the patriotic
duty of every citjzen.
President Wilson is reported to be
coming to the Pacific coast for a
long rest. If he stays out here long
enough to get acclimated, he won't
mind much the still longer rest he
will take beginning in March, 1921.
The presumption that, jurors will
be frightened from serving at Monte
sana in the Centralia murder cases
is groundless. That fear plan worked
in Idaho a few years ago, but has
lost its strength in these days.
If Daniels can be badgered into
going on the stand and declaring his
right to give a medal to whomsoever
ho sees fit. the situation will clear.
That will establish the worth of an
award.
The "skinning" of Bryan for elim
ination began in the house Saturday,
involving some of his diplomatic ap
pointees. Bryan and Bryan men will
not much care; he can wave away
all that.
A Seattle man plans an apartment
house of a thousand rooms and It
will be like Seattle to pull off a freak
affair of that kind. .The novelty of
her tallest building has worn.
Soon Hoover will be accused of
having been almost everything in
and out of' reason. One thing to his
credit is the start he got as a lad in
Oregon.'
Nobody is seeking a vice-presi
dential nomination. That place is
filled from the "also rans," and
some times some great men are
chosen.
Dr. John L. Cope, British explorer
expresses confidence that he can get
to the south pole by airplane. Seems
to us' the real problem is how to get
back.
From Albany conges the story of a
thief tossing back into the bedroom
a husband's rifled trousers as the
wife awoke. And men "fall" for
that!
Dr. Morrow having returned, the
Jackson club resumes factional fes
tivities tonight. They must not for
get the doctor is "big Injun."
Wonder what old Colis P. would
think of nephew Henry paying $75,-
000 for an old 2x3 book. However,
it's his money.
The recent question, "Where did
the flu go?" seems to have drawn
a violent answer in the negative.
Mr. Wilson will get well before
convention time. "Sick" democaats
are not wanted at San Francisco.
. Vancouver, Wash., is more out
spoken than other cities in declaring
it is tired of "drives."
Though California is a big state,
10,000 cases of "flu" are many.
Holland would better hock
kaiser and be done with him.
the
I Easily to be understood why it is
j called a good rain,
BY -PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES.
Senator Polndriler Without Doubt
Greatest Walker la Public Life.
Senator Poindexter. writes Labert
St. Clair, in the Washington. D. C,
times, without doubt is the greatest
walker in public life and does it in
all kinds of company. When delega
tions come to Washington from Poin
dexter's state, he entertains them lav
ishly, but usually on foot. The sena
tor always meets the delegation with
outstretched hands, and, if mealtime
is near,, he invariably says:
"Of course, now you will dine with
me."
Naturally, the home folks always
accept because one cannot dine with
a senator every day, and as they ac
cept they have visions of riding to
the meal in a high-powered limousine,
or at least a well-appointed taxicab.
However, not once in a score of times
does the senator summon any sort of
a vehicle whatever to convey his
guests to their meals. He starts them
out on foot and sometimes walks
them two or three miles. They often
arrive in a fagged-out condition and
maybe they are a little petulant until
they learn that the senator Is a great
believer in foot exercise and that he
really tloes not walk to save carfare.
.Should he become president and
walk to the capitol think what a
struggle there would be among the
manufacturers of rubber heels to de
termine whose product, If any, he
wore on that particular day.
Charles M. Schwab has written for
"The Nation's Business" an apprecia
tion of his former employer, Andrew
Carnegie, in the course ot which he
say.s:
"Among Mr. Carnegie's best friends
were those he made in business. He
had no weak sentiments as to busi
ness,' but he believed that it was best
accomplished under happy conditions.
A certain picture used to hang on
the wall in the directors' room of the
Carnegie mill.
"It seems that some criticism was
made that it was not sufficiently dig
nified for the place. That reached Mr.
Carnegie's ears and he sent the pic
ture to me and said, "Hang this in
your room." It was a picture of a
jolly old monk who owned nothing
but the robe on his back. Mr. Car
negie added, 'Any time that you feel
blue or inclined to he despondent just
look at this old monk's happy coun
tenance and your depression will dis
appear.' "He used to say. 'Always remember
that good business is never done ex
cept in a happy and contented frame
of mind.' That was Mr. Carnegie's
philosophy; that is. the way he acted
with all of us boys, and that is the
reason we loved him so much.
"Mr. Carnegie has not departed, ex
cept in the body; his influence and the
imprint that he made on the minds
of all of us live with us today just
as strongly as ever. He was a great
man among men. He has left his in
fluence and the force of his personal
philosophy upon thousands, not be
cause of his great business ability
nor his vast philanthropies, but be
cause of the ideals that he practiced
and that he set for every man who
has bis life to live."
m m m
Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian
poet, generally is credited with know
ing more about bees than anyone
else in the world. In fact, he once
wrote a book about the bee which is
taken as the literary if not the scien
tific text in the best bee circles. How
ever much Maeterlinck may know
about bees he can be little more fa
miliar with their life and habits than
Isidore B. Dockweiler of Los Angeles,
who carried the fight before the dem
ocratic national committee which sent
the convention to San Francisco.
Dockweiler, says a Washington corre
spondent, knows so much about bees
that he can talk all afternoon on their
habits and more than that he can hold
the attention of his audience just so
long as he chooses to talk and finally
leave them with such a desire for
honey on their palates ,that they prob
ably will go out and buy a pound or
two each and devour it raw, bees
wax, case and all.
President Macmillan, of Wells col
lege, of which the former Mrs. Grover
Cleveland is an alumna, tells this
story of a French student who en
tered Wells last fall. Her father, an
officer who lost his life'' in the war,
had estates in the Pyrenees, so that
his daughter can climb like a moun
tain goat.
On a recent walk to Clifton ravine
adjoining the college property she
was climbing the cliff to the water
fall when she paused midway up.
"Oh, I smell (room!" she cried, and
began to search the scant under
growth. Presently she returned in triumph,
holding up the first sprig of spear
mint! She had discovered the chewing-gum
plant
e
Strolling along the boardwalk at
Atlantic City. Mr. Mulligan, wealthy
retired contractor, dropped a quarter
through a crack In the planking. A
friend came along a minute Utter and
found him squatted down. indus
triously poking a $2 bill through the
treacherous cranny with his fore
finger. "Mulligan, what the devvil ar're ye
Uoin'?" inquired his friend.
"Sh-h." said Mr. Mulligan. "I'm try
ing to make it wort' me while to tear
up this board." Kansas City Star.
The national canners' convention at
Cleveland this week will mark the ob
servance of the 100th anniversary of
the canning of the first food in Amer
ica. Canned food was unknown on
this continent until Ezra Daggett and
Thomas Kensett of New York, trying
out a plan which Napoleon was using
to feed his army, succeeded in can
ning or packing in a crude way. sal
mon, lobsters and oysters. Meanwhile,
in Boston, William Underwood and
Charles Mitchell, using heat, which
we now call sterilization, in 1S20 suc
ceeded in packing some damsons,
quinces, cranberries and currants.
A lock of Edgar Alien Toe's hair,
purchased recently for $3350. has
found its way to the Poe cottage on
the Grand Concourse in Fordham
road, through the benevolence of Al
merindo Portfolio, prominent in Ital
ian affairs in this country. After bid
ding highest for the keepsake at a
benefit for t,he blinded Italian sol
diers at the Metropolitan opera house,
Mr. Portfolio presented the lock to
the Edgar Allen 'Poe Historical so
ciety, which will place it among other
Poeiana in the Poe cottage. New
Tork Globe.
Those Who Come and Go.
G. C. Finley.of Yakima, Wash., re
cently elected secretary of the Wash
ington State fair, is registered at The
Portland and vill attend the sessions
of the North Pacific Fairs association.
Although no red-cheeked youth, he is
the youngest of fair secretaries on
the coast both in age and point of
service. Mr. Finley is a civil en
gineer by profession and has been
connected with some of the largest
Irrigation projects in the northwest
previous to assuming duties with the
Washington State fair board. His
work brought him in touch with many
of the farmers, stockmen and fruit
growers of the state. He stands "ace
high" with the Washington agricul
turists. He came to Portland follow
ing a conference at Olympia Saturday
with President E. F. Benson of the
Washington State fair board. The
Washington Stater fair plans some
"big league" attractions for 1920, ac
cording to the secretary.
Bill Breitenstein of Great Falls,
Mont., northwestern representative
lor Ralph Hankinson of Kansas Citiy,
originator and promoter of auto polo,
a sensational fair attraction, is at The
Portland to attend the annual meet
ing of the North Pacific Fairs asso
ciation. According to Mr. Breiten
stein, auto polo is one of the features
of all the leading fairs of the east and
central west but has never been seen
on the Pacific coast. He is espousing
the cause of the original American
and British teams, who have toured
the orient, and he plains to arrajige
a circuit with northwestern fairs for
the direction of auto polo as a part
of the programme of the various Pa
cific coast expositions.
Wade Williams of Tulsa, Okla,
made a brief stopover in Portland
Sunday en route to Nome, Alaska. Mr.
Williams has extensive oil holdings
in Oklahoma and mining Interests in
Alaska and admits business pressure
caused him to choose an inopportune
time to go north. According to the
Oklahoma oil man, the most recent
oil field to bo discovered in the south
is in northern Louisiana near Shreve
port where several new wells are
pumping sensational flows.
"Bill" Rice of Kansas City, leading
member of the Rice-Dorman carnival
company. Is registered at The Port
land and will remain for the sessions
of the North Pacific i'.iirs association.
Mr. Kice is one of the originators of
what is known as ''water shows" and
his diving acts have always been in
popular demand by the big fairs of
the country. He is looking over the
field with the possibility of making
the northwest territory in 1320.
Farnsworth Currier of San Fran
cisco was a brief visitor at the Port
land yesterday en route to Seattle,
where he also 'has. offices. Mr. Cur
rier, who soldiered both at Camp
Lewis, Wash., and Camps Hancock
and Johnson, Ga.. staged ' a reunion
with several former feltow officers
from Camp Johnson, where he was
adjutant for several months. Camp
Johnson, now dismantled, comprised
the largest machine gun range in the
world. Bill Breitenstein, also at The
Portland, was supply officer of Camp
Johnson. Mr. Currier waa host to
several former "buddies" at- an in
formal dinner.
At almost any time of the day, or
any day of the week, a person can
wander through the hotel lobbies and
meet u few prospective candidates for
the republican nomination for secre
tary of state. In fact, they're getting
so numerous, political writers are
thinking of starting a card index sys
tem to keep tabs on all of them.
Another of these embryonic candi
dates arrived on the scene yesterday
to give the situation the once-over
from the metropolitan angle. He Ia
Ld. Wright, secretary of the Oregon
public service commission. Mr
Wright is one of those who is "also
being mentioned."
Among other things. which are help
ing to make Ashland famous with
western tourists are her autoist tour
ist camp and her wonderful lithia
water. William M. Briggs, one of
that section's most ardent boosters
sounded the praises of these two dis
tinctly Ashland assets as he spread
the gospel of the Rogue about the
Multnomah lobby yesterday.
Mrs. A. W. Hall and daughter Mary
of Calgary, Alta., are week-end guests
at the Multnomah. Miss Hall is ;
student at Oregon Agricultural col
lege and came down to Portland for
an over-Sunday visit with her mother.
Frank Mitchell has arrived In Port
land from Klamath Falls, accompan
ied by Mrs. Mitchell. He recently sold
out his business interests in the
Klamath country and is visiting with
relatives in Portland. They are guests
at the Imperial.
L. L. Lynn, secretary of the Walla
v ill l AiicuikUiai auu oiuuiv inn,
rived at the Imperial yesterday to at
tend the meeting of the North Pacific
Fairs association which convenes this
morning at the Portland.
Mrs. O. F. Lamson. a native of Ar
menia, whose graphic stories of Ar
menian suffering played such a big
nart in the Armenian drives in the
northwest during the war, arrived
the Benson yesterday from her home
in Seattle.
Mrs. Minnie Whidmore, boss of the
Whidmore stock ranch near Pomeroy.
Wash., is a guest at the Imperial, en
route home from southern California
where she has been visiting during
the winter months.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Prince have re
turned north after touring for two
months through southern California.
They are quartered at the Multnomah.
Mr. Prince is president of the Prjnce
shoe company.
Sfil ARK DKAL AS A PRECEDE XT
Nothiajc FAme Established hy Cousld
ering Claims of Bondsmea.
PORTLAND. Jan. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read with interest sev
eral discussions regarding the pay
ment of claims, against the city on
account of the auditorium building
and feel that we should not take the
near-sighted attitude of endeavoring
to get something for nothing because
of the fear of establishing a prece
dent by paying these claims.
If the claims are honest, and this
fact seems to be fully established,
then we are Biniply establishing a
precedent of which we might well be
proud.
These bondsmen are tradesmen
here, and as such are entitled to our
consideration as taxpayers. Their in
terests are ours, and I feel that the
least we can do is to allow them an
amount to be established in the man
ner prescribed by the very able com
mittee appointed by the mayor.
We spend much money In endeav
oring to bring industries to Portland.
Why not spend a little In giving those
we have a square deal?
SA.M L ROSENBLATT.
Diet for Diabetes.
PORTLAND. Jan. 24. (To the Edi-1
tor.) What is the Allen cure for
diabetes? Where can we write to
find out about it?
SUBSCRIBER FOR 12 YEARS.
The treatment known by that name
consists of a diet based on ascer
tained tolerance of the individual for
carbohydrates. Write to the Battle
Creek sanitarium. Battle Creek. Mich..
OLD TIME PUKTLAXU RECALLKD
Reference to Bra Hollnday Tarns
New Yorker's Mind llacfc 4t Year.
NEW TORK, Jan. IS. (To the j
Editor.) An article has just been i
published in the Ntw York Herald ,
telline- of tli romrtv-sil of the hod i PS !
of Ben- Holliday and seven other
members of the family from Ophir j
Farm, Purchase. N. Y., to a vault in j
St. Mary's cemetery. Rye. N. Y. See
ing it put me to thinking of dear old
Portland 45 years ago.
I thought of . tire" old O. S. N. Co.
when Captain Ainsworth was presi
dent and R. R. Thompson and S. O.
Reed vice-presidents, and the boats
Drexel Thompson. Daisy Ainsworth, i
the Occidental. Oriental, the Welcome
followed by the Wide AVesi, etc.. and '
the old ocean boats Ajax, Oriflame,
Idaho, John L. Stevens. I wondered
if the mark on Ladd & Tilton's bank
was there yet that noted the hieh
water mark of lSTti, when I rowed a
boat In Front street.
Then I thought of Thompson's two
bit house, where one could got hi
yu muck-a-inuck and set tha
"wrinkles out of one's belly" that
was the actual sicn on his buihlmK.
Wells-Fargo had one express amn
In those days and you could buy their
postage stamps and mail your letters
by them. The Clarendon. St. Charles.
American, Cosmopolitan ami liolton
House where the hotels. The .Mark
ham and Oro Fino the theaters. First
street had a single track of rails, and
a one-horse car ran from the Claren
don to about First and Hnll streets,
where S. G. Reed's residence was.
The fare was 10 cents and the pas
sengers placed the fare in a little
brix behind the driver.
Then I thought of the robbery of
Mr. O'Shea's pawnbroking establish
ment, in consequenee of which Brown
and Johnson. were hung in the court
house yard. They were buried in the
cemetery in what was then East
Portland.
Then I wondered how many of the
boys were living who played with
me in a game of baseball at Mount
Tabor July 4. 1S76. Many a stump
I nave got away ltli in that neigh
borhood as well as many a eord of
wood. Happy days at .Mount Tabor
rooking soda biscuits and flaplacks.
with bacon 21 titneji a week! I. L
Prettymnn kept open house. 5od
bless his memory. What reiKists his
sons and daughters ami mvsclf en-
Joyed after being at some entertain
ment at district school house No. .".
Our ball team was named after It.
viz: Pedro Baseball club No. D. The
said gentleman had a large family
and if this should be seen by any
of them I should indeed be glad to
get a line or two from them.
The merchants in town were Allen
& Lewis. Warlhams & Elliott. Col.
McCraken. Then there was .Knapp.
Burrell Sz Co.. agricultural imple
ments: Corbett & Failing, bankers.
We used to call Mr. Holladay "Hen''
or "Money Bags." He was very
democratic, but in fact everybody in
Oregon was that in those (lays. In
fact after traveling in every state of
the union. I found the best, the very
best, manhood and especially Ameri
can sturdiness. principles, comrade
ship, and above all. recognition of
the other fellow's rlfrhts and reaard
for his feelinsrs in the old wphfppt
of Oregon the grandest state in the
union, especially politically.
HAItKY BROWN.
SSI West Thirty-eighth St
HOOtl-.H'N POLITICS .NO ( K
All People Alt In Thnt lie Itnn (or
Prldrnl, Sny Mr. 4'lnrk.
PORTLAND, Jan. 24 (To the Ed
itor.) I had been awaiting with
much interest The orcBdnian's ed
itorial on Hoover, which I knew was
sure to come sooner or later, and
which appeared Friday.
First, let me put myself risht by
stating in advance that all I know
about politics yon can put in your
eye, but I do feel that I know a little
about what people want and are go
ing to do, so that it would do no harm
for me to write and express to you
what my views as an ordinary busi
ness man are.
I think that the American people
are going to demand a house-cleaning
next election and call for-a new deal,
and that that new deal will consist of
a president and congress made up of
business men: that they are not going
to care much whether a man caiis
himself a republican or a democrat,
because both those names have gotten
to mean little to the average man
any longer; thatthey are going to
have two new parties this time, one
made up of real Americans standing
outright for America and American
ideals, taking the best from both the
old parties and adding the new ideas,
and make what could rightly be
named the American party, and au-
otner party inane up or that class
which does not stand for America
and American ideals. I don't know
what they will call themselves.
I think that no matter what either
republican or democratic convention
does, or who they nominate, unless
they are smart enough to see what
Is coming (and I don't believe the pol
iticians are), and take advantage oi
it by nominating; a man like Hoover,
it will not mean much to the Ameri
can people: that Hoover, if he will rur.
or a man like him. is sure to head the
winning ticket this time, whatever
name they give it. because Ameriea
wants a man like Hoover to head the
country; that 1 and everyone with
whom I have1 talked about it do not
care whether Hooeer calls himself a
republican or democrat,- if he will
run and give us a chance to vole for
him and put him over.
1. like most business men. am very
much concerned about who is to be
our next president, because it is going
to take a mighty big man to handle
the job right, and it must be a busi
ness man who understands busiress
In the biggest and broadest way, be
cause business is going to hold the
floor in this old world, and in this
country in particular, for the next ten
years, and America needs the hi'-c-gest
and ablest business man she can
get to hoad the country. So far I
haven't seen one name mentioned that
even approaches the mark necessary
to hold down that job. except
Hoover's.
We have got to pick our man thift
time on the same basis as we pick
the head of a,ny business, and unless
someone sh'ws up who can out-(iual-ify
Hoover,. I don't see any chance tor
anyone but Hoover. I don't know any
more than anyone else what Hoover's
politics are if he has any. and am
not concerned. F. X. CLARK.
I ne of "Whom" in Scripture.
POMEROY, Wash.. Jan. 24. (To the
Editor.) Anent The oregonian's well-
written editorial. "Who and Whom,"
Januarv 21,allow me to supsesl that
the biblical sentence. "Whom do men
say that 1. the son of man. am?" ap
pears to imply an ordinary Latinism
or Grecism. as you wish. By Latinism
or Grecism 1 understand .a literal
translation of a Latin or Greek idiom.
The underlying foreign idiom in this
instance seems to be the classical ac
cusative appended to the infinitive of
such verbs as "to say," "to declare,"
hence the use bf "whom" instead of
"who" In the quoted sentence.
Whether or not this particular for
eign idiom is perfectly good English
I would not decide on my own author
ity. Allow me to point out, however,
that at least one other Latinism 1
just happen to think of is good Eng
lish: "Caesar, when he was in Gaul."
etc. As the French say. usage is the
tyrant ot language.
KliV. E. FREDERICK.
With a Kick in It.
By tintos Davlra.
When I
T he Maclc Dime,
was. half-past-seven one
lime one time
Be nea t h
a fleecy heaven I found a
silver dime. .
It cuddled in the clover, beside a
country lane.
When I was heir to castles la the
pleasant land of Spain.
I My
eyes I could not credit-
that day
-that day
With undreamed wealth before tham,
to keep or throw away;
I rubbed the tarnish from it. and
tossed it in the sun.
And the long mile to our stile
frolicking with fun.
We rode to town and
market one
mornone morn
j The merriest of meadow larks was
1 singing In the corn.
I Arbutus by the brook bank was
j breathing on the wind.
- And in my trouser-pocket was all the
wealth of ind.
' A dime is spent in no time 'tis spent,
'tis spent
;Ah. happy is the spender whose money
buys content!
'Twill buy a dozen lozenge, and yet
a rubber ball.
Or purchase flocks af marbles but
a slingshot takes it all.
When we rode home from market
that noon that noon
The robins and my heart alike vert
sinuing joy for June;
And all the silver dime was gone
bin gone without regret
And o'er the stile there stole a whiff
of magic mignonette.
Dimes have come and dimes have
gone since then since then
And dollars shiny with the clutch of
many, many men;
But though 1 spend them earnestly.
no guilder drives me joy
Like to the tarnished dime I found
when I was once a boy.
I would I had that olden dime
keep to keei
To bring me dreams of Arcady In
pleasant fields of sleep;
To conjure back the country lane
beneath a fleecy heaven
Whereon 1 found a silver dime when
I was half-past-seven.
Profits Without Honor.
Dear U I,. D. Another grocer has
been fined $30 for chariri n c loo much
lor sugar.
What doth
it profit such a one
Mont of 'Km Can't at Three.
"Max Seley. 3 years old. was ar
rested ear ly this morning at Eleventh
and Montgomery streets by Motor
cycle Patrolmen Wright and Wiles.
The policemen say that ho was hanc
ing about the streets and could give
no satisfactory explanation." Even
ing newspaper.
Oregon.
She stands at the gates of sunset.
(,reen-gnt with fir and field.
Her eyes are bright with the golden
iint
Of dreams but half-revealed
For none may stay her star's swift
way.
And honor is her shield
Ami plenty pours her trove unon
The lovely land of Oregon.
.
Bud m for Pocket err.
Mr. Da vies My wife sees no humor
in this headline:
WIFE RIFLES POCKETS;
Hl'liBY GETS DIVORCE
A I.
Arc There l)r morral ic I(rrrvatlonif
Suggestions of business men who
micht Aceome candidates for presi
dent have been confined to a select
few. No one seems to have thought
of Henry Ford.
The Flavor la a PuMle.
The demmycrats are looking Hoover
over after the manner of a cafeteria
patron ordering a piece of "fhirarnie"
pie.
When Tides Have Turned.
II y (.race K. Hall
When you may say a bitter thing that
stirs the anger in my veins.
An unkind word to burn and sting
which is the worst of mortal
pains
I will recall the words so dear that
on another day you spake,
I will recall and have no fear that
echoes will not swiftly wake!
When yon may some time turn away
w ith lessened interest in my word.
Nor as in by-gone halcyon day show
fervor that was near-absurd
If with a moment's hasty sneer yotj
drive a dagger in my heart.
I shall recall and have no fear, for
memory will plead your part!
The scales of justice weigh with carei
the balance is forever true.
Thus w ould I measure your full share
and deal it frankly out to you;
And if my soul is sick and sore and
hopes like leaves in autumn fall.
I'll turn my memory-pa cres o'er, and
each kind act of yours recall!
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years A ko.
From Tli Orpjrntiian of January C6, ls?V.
Olympia. Fourteen ballots have
been taken in the contest for United
States senator without election. Nec
essary to a choice, 53, in which on the
last ballot Ankeny received 21. Roger
23, Allen 19, Wilson 15, scattering 2,5.
Salem Three ballots were taken
yesterday for United States senator.
Dolph received 42 votes on the third
ballot of the day, or three less than
enough to elect.
Washington. The bill pledging the
faith of the United States to construc
tion of the Nicaraguan canal was
passed by the senate today by a vote
of 31 to 21.
Celebration of the Chinese new year
began yesterday in Chinatown.
Vlfty Yean Airo.
From Tho Orrgonian of Jwiuary 2fi. IS7e.
New York. At a meeting of per
sons interested in the Northern Pa
cific railroad the sentiment was vo
push the work vigorously In the ap
proaching spring.-
Havana A grand reception is to be
given tomorrow to William H. Uewarfl.
A large lot of wool was brought up
on the Montana from California for
the woolen mills at Oregon t'ity. Ore
gon, instead of importing this article,
should make it one of her leading ex
ports. During the year 186! the SaJem
Hour mills manufactured 33,000 bar
rels of flour.
American Forces Armlslire Day.
HUSL'M, Wash.. Jan. 23. (To the
Editor.) (II Kindly state how "many
United States soldiers were in France
when the armistice was signed?
(2) JIow long did it take to get
them there? J- M. HTLTON.
1. The American expeditionary forces
on November 1, 191S, numbered 1,971,
00 men. The total number of men
who werit overseas, including army,
i.avy and marine corps, numbered
2.0S0.O0O.
3. About Is mouths.