8 'THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920 " (
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RESTORE THE BALANCE.
Undoubtedly one of the deepest Im
pulses which turn the people toward
the republican party in the present
political situation is the desire to do
away with the autocratic powers
which are now exercised or claimed
by the president and to restore the
old balance between president and
congress. If that be what the repub
lican leaders mean when. Mark Sul
livan says, they "believe that their
supreme duty is to get power away
from the White House aid back to
congress," they are rig-ht. But he
implies that they want much more
than this when he says:
Their Idpal picture of ine next presi
d?nt would be in the first place a man
of easy-soing temperament and plastic
ill.
That phrase suggests a president
who would permit himself to be
dominated by congress as completely
&s I'resident Wilson dominated con
gross from 1913 to 1918. It may be
what the republican leaders of the
senate want, but it is not what the
rank and file of the republican party
want, much less is it what the great,
growing body of independent voters
want. If the senate leaders should
got their wish and exercise the power
which it suggests, no long time would
elapse before they would be con
fronted with another revolt like that
of 1912.
I'nder the constitution it is inevi
table that the balance of power shall
in a certain degree swing to and fro
between the executive and legislative i
branches of the government That is
a consequence of the nicely adjusted
system of checks and balances. When
the president has a strong personal
ity and adopts a policy in which pub-
lie opinion is solidly behind him, he
. seems to be all-powerful, and he
finds no great 'difficulty in bringing
congress into line with him. When
congress has strong leaders, who cor
rectly read the public will, and when
the president is a man of conciliatory
temper and scrupulously respects the
prerogatives of congress, the latter is
apt to dominate. In the long run
those who, in White House or Capi
tol, correctly read and respond to
public opinion and execute its will
by co-operation and compromise
. with the other branch of the gov
ernment retain public confidence the
longest.
Roosevelt's masterful character
and his successful administration
marked by stormy controversy and
his enduring popularity may seem
to disprove what has been said, but
actually demonstrate its truth. He
recognized that the people demanded
certain fundamental domestic re
forms, but found congress under
control of men who were opposed to
them. By his passionate oratory and
by his messages and other writings
he stirred public opinion to the pitch
where it drove congress to yield, but
he was always ready to confer with
congressmen and, while holding out
for the main principle for which he
contended, to reconcile his views
with theirs as to the method of ap
plication. No president was ever
more ready to take counsel with men,
not only of his own but also of the
opposing party. The outcome was
that congress got in line with the
public sentiment which he had
stirred to unmistakable expression
and that a practical solution was
worked out by president and con
gress together.
Though the demand for progres
sive legislation continued as insis
tently under Taft, he was not as
lorceiui a moutnpiece ot it as
Roosevelt and his scrupulous regard
for the prerogatives of congress
played into the hands of the leaders
who had reluctantly yielded when
his predecessor voiced that demand.
Taft's policy was progressive but his
expression of it was conservative,
and he became the scapegoat for the
actually conservative leaders in con
gress because Jie lacked the appeal
which would array the people in his
support after the manner of Roose
velt. Hence the republican schism
and the election of Wilson.
The people were captivated by the
skilfully expressed ideals of Mr. Wil
son, they accepted his professions as
sincere and they looked for him to
put them in effect. Because of this
popular attitude, because his party
controlled congress and because that
body accepted his leadership with
out question, he acceded to a position
of power without precedent in the
recent history of this country. But
instead of that open counsel of which
he had said much and which had
characterized the Roosevelt admin
istration, we s.vw the White House
practically closod to congressmen ex
cept when he sent for them to hear
hie will as to legislation. His cabi
net officers drew bills, got his "okeb"
and sent them to the committca
chairmen with requests for their
Dassage. He treated members of his
cablret as chief clerks and he used
the whip of party discipline to re
duce congress to the same condition.
He took advantage of the emergency
of war to extort unlimited authority
to reorganize the departments and to
expend money. He treated diso
bedience of senators to his will as
tantamount to disloyalty to the gov
ernment. It naturally followed that a man
who paid, so little attention to the
opinions of others, who neglected to
take that counsel of which he had
been so eloquent and who overrode
opposition with ao little regard for
the spirit of the constitution got out
of touch with public opinion. He
seemed to think In 1918 that he had
but to ask in order to secure election
of another subservient democratic
congress. A man of less autocratic
temper might have been brought to
reason by the rebuke which the
people gave him. He ignored the co
ordinate power of the senate by ne
gotiating the Versailles treaty with
out even consulting it, assuming that
the public opinion which had Just
rebuffed him would drive the re
publican majority to ratify whatever
he offered. When the senate exer
cises its unquestionable - prerogative
by adopting reservations, he rejects
them and uses his waning authority
over democratic senators to cause a
deadlock. Though the people have
plainly deserted him, he still s,ets up
his personal will as Haw.
It is from this swollen executive
power and from its many evil con
sequences that the people will look
for relief to the next president and
congress. They want the balance re
stored, but they do not want the.
power swung as far the other way.
In the light of the convulsions which
have shaken other nations in the last
few years, they regard as safeguards
of their liberty those checks and bal
ances which try the patience of the
dictatorial, whether in the White
HouSe or in congress, also of th
radical pseudo-reformer who wishes
by revolution to force his dogma on
the people. We have abundant evi
dence in the many drastic reforms
enacted since the civil war and In
the four constitutional amendments
adopted in the last seven years thai
the checks and balances at which
radicals chafe are no bar to progress,
They simply insure that when
change is made, it shall be made in
response to such an indisputable de
mand of a well ripened public opin
ion that there shall be no great step
backward. A mental review of the
last half century proves this to be
true. Progress has paused occasion
ally, a false step has had at times to
be retraced, but the general march
of the republic has been forward
Then continued progress needs
neither the dominance of president
over congress, nor that of congress
over the president, no "plastic will
in either quarter.
MORE TEACHERS, MORE PAY.
An argument filed In the Drimarv elec
tion voters booklet says there are 5O0
teaching vacancies In Oregon now and
many teachers holding positions are unfit.
Yet two years ago the Portland Oregonian
advised voters to reject a fair and sane
proposal for additional normal training in
uregon. The first problem confronting
those who wish to restore education
Oregon is to educate the Portland press. -
renaieton ,aal uregonlan.
It might be advisable as a prelim
nary to any scheme of education for
the Portland press to start with the
Pendleton paper, by suitable instruc
tion in the facts as to the attitude of
e Portland papers on the important
question of training for teachers.
The Oregonian, in advice to voters
tor the election of November, 1918
made the following statement as to
the proposal for a normal school in
southern Oregon and another in
eastern Oregon:
store the iron discipline, by destroy
ing which they overthrew Kerensky,
and Trotzky rides in imperial state
on a special train of fourteen cars
and two powerful engines, carrying a
wireless plant, a printing plant, six
automobiles, a company of 250 ma
chine gunners, a library and a dining
car.
From bolshevism back to capital
ism is but a step, and in less than
three years after the czar was de
posed a new, many-headed czar
takes his place.
The one normal school in Oregon is now
short of students. There is no demand for
additional schools while the war lasts.
young folk are attracted elsewhere by de
mands for workers. The measure Is pre-
nnted under a pledge of the normal board
that the appropriation will not be expended
until after the war. But it contains a tax
levy that would be imposed immediately.
Tho Oregonian believes that money should
be collected or set aside only for imme
diate needs, and that further consideration
of the measure should, await peace.
The entire validity of The Orego
nian's counsel in 1918 is, we think,
unassailable.
It may be added that the shortage
of teachers now is not wholly due
to the inadequacy of supply of nor
mal school graduates, but that low
pay is a material factor. Cities which
have most rigid standards, such as
Portland, and give fair remuneration,
are struggling with the problem of
vacancies, and districts which are
not particular as to whether a
teacher has had a full course at a
normal school, and which pay less
than Portland, are in the same dif
ficulty. Kvidently, the remedy is not
alone more and better" teachers but
better pay, too.
THE RETIRING CANDIDATE.
The self-effacement of Mr." Mc-
Adoo, illustrated by his expressed
wish not to be named as a candidate
in the California primaries, need not
discourage the Oregon democracy.
The Oregon democracy Jikes and ap
preciates Mr. McAdoo. It has ex
pressed itself in his favor in a straw
vote conducted by the Portland
Journal. To be sure there was "bal
lot skullduggery" In the poll. It be
ing not fair to vote for Bryan or
Wilson or Cox. But Mr. McAdoo was
up against the redoubtable Herbert
Hoover, and he beat him among the
democrats by a vote of 1187 to 734.
This poll was to have. had an im
portant bearing on the primaries, so
one of the announcements said, but
it petered out a week ago. and its
sponsor has not expressed the excite
ment ' over it that was promised.
Doubtless it was disappointed. But
here we have it demonstrated that
Oregon democrats are in favor of
McAdoo, at least if they can't have
Bryan or Wilson or Cox. And as
already said, Mr. McAdoo's retiring
disposition need not worry them.
In 1916 Mr. Hughes insisted he be
not considered a candidate. He for
mally requested the secretary of
state not to put his name on the
ballot. But it went on by grace of a
supreme court decision. The people
do rule in Oregon. We shall con
fidently expect to see Mr. McAdoo's
name on the ballot, regardless of his
personal wishes.
But as to Mr. Hoover, alas! The
law plainly says that democrats may
nominate only known democrats, and
republicans may nominate only
known republicans. Mr. Hoover de
clines to say that he is now either
or neither, but confesses that he has
never been a democrat in the past.
The court decision in the Hughes
matter does not cover this annoying
contingency.
Surely our esteemed contemporary
and its political associate, ex-Gov
ernor West, will not seek further to
violate the primary law, or attempt,
law or no law, to lead Mr. Hoover
to a needless sacrifice.' Is not their
own straw .vote, arranged and en
gineered to give every possible, ad
vantage to the Hoover movement.
convincing enough that he is not the
democratic - ideal of a democratic
candidate? -
' possibilities of turning daylight sav
ing to their own profit. There would
seem to be opportunities here for
elimination of the hated middleman.
A fact that stands out is the all
but universal indorsement of day
light saving in the cities. As the day
approaches when the hands of the
clock would be moved forward if we
were still operating under the old
conditions, there will be regret in
many quarters over congress' refusal
to perpetuate the measure. But there
is still a possibility, on the other
hand, that a sufficient number of
farmers can be won over to make
its future enactment feasible. This
will not be done by ignoring the
meritorious objections of the farm
interests, but may be accomplished
by furnishing the latter with defi
nite compensations. The city man
who employs part of the daylight he
is able to save in cultivating the
friendship of people In the country
will be hastening the adoption of the
summer schedule throughout the
land.
THE LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
If the writer of an obituary com
ment on the death of Admiral Peary
who bemoaned the passing of the
day of adventure will take up his
map of the Pacific coast and try to
visualize the flight made on Satur
day by Major Albert D. Smith, he
may revise his opinion. Not except
ing even the great aerial ocean-to-
ocean derby which only recently
nationally claimed attention. Major
Smith's performance was one of the
most noteworthy achievements m
the history of aviation. He traversed
practically the entire western coast
line of the United States in a single
day. Done a little later in the season,
the whole journey would have been
in daylight. Only four stops were
made. Between two of the stations
170 miles were flown in seventy
minutes. Actual flying itime for the
entire voyage was well within ten
hours, and elapsed time, including
all stops, shows -an average rate of
traTel- of 100 miles an hour.
This, it will be conceded, was some
adventure. With continuance of the
luck and pluck that marked this par
ticular journey, the continent might
be crossed in two scant days as un
doubtedly it will be before the avia
tors have done. The matter of land
ing fields having been disposed of.
and still greater fuel capacity of air
planes arranged for, Saturday's
flight indicates that the crossing of
the continent from east to west in
one day may rrot be so distant as the
unimaginative will suppose.
The few who were not thrilled by
the news of Major Smith's arrival in
San Diego can turn to the story of
how Major Schroeder only the other
day reached an altitude of nearly
seven miles above trie vicinity of
Dayton, Ohio, and how, being nearly
overcome by the intense cold and the
rarified atmosphere 9f this high
level, made a drop of about five
miles, recovered his senses and his
presence of mind and by a wonder
ful exhibition of skill and nerve ef
fected a safe landing. Now the com
paratively trifling detail of keeping
flyers warm and of supplying them
with oxygen is about to be solved
and we shall not say with any degree
of confidence that flying seven miles
high will not become common within
say, a year or two.
So long as there are adventurous
spirits, there will be fields for them
to venture in. Discovery of .the
poles only widened the opportunity,
as it stimulated the desire, of men to
do unusual impossible things.
BACK TO CAPITALISM.
While bolshevists in the United
States are going to jail or being de
ported for plotting a communist revo
lution, bolshevists in Russia have no
sooner won complete political su
premacy than they propose to aban
don communism under the dictates
of economic necessity. The soviet
finds that it must rebuild the rail
roads and must start the industrial
machinery in order to prevent the
people of thecities from dying of
starvation or plague, while the peas
ants grow double chins and alder
manic paunches, and it yields to the
argument of Trotzky "that divided
responsibility inevitably means irre
sponsibility," according to The Ore
gonian's correspondent. Therefore
"soviet industry will henceforth be
directed by a single chief executive
with subordinate single executives in
various branches."
In short the communist finds that
the only salvation of Russia is return
to one of the distinctive characteris
tics of what they call "capitalism."
After they have done all they can
to knock out the brains of Russia by
massacre of the bourgeois, they turn
'to the survivors of that class only to
find an "insufficient number of
trained executives and technical ex
perts available for the industrial ma
chine" and to find most of these an
tagonistic to them.
The next stage in the evolution of
Russia from czardom to democracy
promises to be a complete return to
the methods of capitalism under the
rule 6f a bolshevist oligarchy. The
world revolution which Russia was
to have initiated is abandoned. Peace
is sought with Russia's imperialist,
capitalist neighbors, and rich conces
sions are offered to foreign capital
ists, both as a bribe for support of
the peace movement and because by
no other means can industry be set
in motion, transportation revived and
food moved from the farms, where it
abounds, to the cities, where famine
reigns. The most conclusive proof
of the failure of communism is the
fact that, when the soviet is eager
for foreign trade and when the allies
are willing to renew it,' the railroads
have been reduced to such an utter
wreck that they cannot move the
goods . which it is desired to ex
change. ' ; -
Having won power in order to in
troduce the communist Utopia, the
bolshevists have dragged Russia
through a bath of blood from the
autocracy of the czar to that of I,e-
nin, Trotzky, Zinovieff and their
like. In order to win they had to
employ the czar's generals and 1p re-1
The department of justice tells
housewives to " bring down meat
prices by buying the cheaper cuts.
About the only things on which the
department of justice has not yet
advised the public are how to raise
babies and the best remedy for cat
fleas.
POPULARITY OF DAYLIGHT SATING.
Increased headway attained by the
movement for independent daylight
saving is a strong testimonial to the
hold it has taken on millions of
workers in offices and shops who live
in cities. Few days pass without a
record of municipal or private action
putting daylight saving into effect
It is natural that this should be
noted especially in the northern tier
of states, both beduuse of the greater
proportion of city population and of
the greater difference between the
length of day and night in those
states in summer, but indorsement of
the plan is not confined to the north.
Baltimore, for example, has set the
clocks ahead by local ordinance. But
the cities of the northeast are almost
solid for it. The metropolis of the
nation. New York, has a city day
light saving ordinance and also oper
ates under a state law. Many of the
towns and cities surrounding it have
followed suit. Daylight saving has
become a local issue throughout New
England. The principal cities of
ennsylvania are committed to it.
The tendency of the movement Ao
spread throughout the north and
west, regardless of tho failure of
congress to perpetuate the war-time
measure, is so noteworthy that it
already has attracted the attention
of Canadians, who are beginning to
consider the effect upon them of the
new schedule just across the border.
A noteworthy recent development
is the decision of a number of indus
trial concerns to change their clocks
without waiting for . municipal or
other outside action. This tendency,
if it continues, will meet the objec
tion of farmers who contend that
those who want to save . daylight
ought to go ahead and save it in
their individual 'ways, without im
posing it on others who do not want
it with, perhaps, the unexpected
effect that it will involve the farmer
nevertheless, ft is increasingly im
possible for any community or any
class to live for itself alone, and so
long as the cities continue to, furnish
the farmers with customers, the
farmers will f indj themselves more or
less under necessity of adapting
themselves to their customers' ways.
Aside from the prospect that, if the
new summer schedule becomes prac
tically universal in cities, there will
be modifications in train schedules
to correspond, the farmer who
has business to transact with city
fnlk will find it necessarv to adant
himself to the new order. Hone is If many a mftn were appreciate
still held out that rural protest will . the worth of his wife at $20,000 be
Lloyd George takes the trouble of
saying there is not the slightest idea
of trading any of the West Indies to
the United States. He might have
added that when Great Britain lets
go. of any territory she will not be
Great Britain.
- In advising that man should assert
himself in the home as the head of
the family. Cardinal O'Connell at
Boston evidently overlooked the fact
that the worth-while' men do so
without "friction and.. the other kind
do not count.
BY PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES
Intrrrating Anecdotes of Theodore
Rooarvelt Told by Hi Sister.
In an address at the west side T,
M. C A, New York, Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, sister of Theodore Roose
velt, told several stories of her
brother in his younger days. Once
he explained a painting of the "Ascen
sion," to the pastor by saying: "That's
God going to Heaven with his coat
tails flying out behind him." At an
other time he read in the natural
history a chapter on "ants." Turning
the pages he also read: "And the fore
going ants." He thought this a new
species and wrote a paper on "Fore
going Ants,'? which was read to the
father, mother, children and house
hold servants.
He? was a great teller of tales to
the younger sister and brother. They
were mostly jungle tales with speak
ing animals and some boy, whom I
suspect was Theodore himself." -Mrs.
Robinson added. "I told Rudyard
Kipling that it was fortunate for him
that Theodore had never written
down these enthralling stories."
Mrs. Robinson also told of her first
remembrance of her brother in the
old Roosevelt home in Twentieth
street. . Then he was about six, a
puny, delicate child, a sufferer from
chronic asthma. He was then an
omnivorous reader and usually had a
book of African exploration under
one arm and Woods' Natural History
under the other, when he was not
reading one.
"My father who to my mind was as
great a father as Theodore was to be
later, built ' an extra room on the
second floor balcony," said Mrs.
Robinson. "He fitted this with all
kinds of gymnastic apparatus and,
said to my brother: 'Theodore, you
have the brains but you have not the
body. Now I want you to get the
body.' And my brother snapped hisj
teeth just as they saw him afterwards!
and answered 'I'll do it!" He did."
In other days, when thought of the
loss ' of Lincoln, say the New York
iriuune, emouierea many nearts,
Horace Greeley, a member of the
Union League club, to promote
magnanimous peace, journeyed to
Richmond and put his signature -to
the ball bond of Jefferson .-Davis,
whereupon he was summoned to show
cause why he should not be expelled.
He declined to respond to the sum
mons, saying: "You evidently regard
me as a weak sentimentalist, misled
by a maudlin philosophy; I arraign
you as narrow-minded blockheads
who would like to be useful to
great and good cause but don't know
how." Events vindicated Greeley
there is not a Union Leaguer today
who is not glad Jeff Davis was' not
hanged.
A Sevres vase almost four feet high
with -an inscribed bronze base has
been presented by directors of the
French government to Frederic C.
Penfield, 787 Fifth avenue, New York,
for services rendered the French as
American ambassador in Austria-
Hungary until the severance of diplo
matlc relations with the United States
in 1917. Mr. Penfield represented the
interests of nearly all the allied pow
ers in Vienna for a considerable
period, securing liberal treatment for
French and British interned civilians
and military prisoners. He received
the French cross of the legion of
honor many years -ago for his writ
ings on international affairs. The
presentation of the vase wa made
by Gaston Liebert, French consul-general.
Those Who Come and Go.
"They enevt expect to ee you
again, so they floak" you all
they - can In Los Angeles," declares
L. p. W, Quimby, who has returned
from a trip of three months in south
ern California. "I know many people
who left there in February and the
first of March who had intended re
maining several months longer. They
hastened their departure because of
their disgust with the way dealers
were profiteering. Three years ao
Los Angeles was a cheaper place to
live than Portland. Now prices are
three times those prevailing in this
city. It is a wise thing for a visitor
to Los Angeles to provide himself
with a return ticket home before
starting, for the people in Los An
geles are ready to take your last
nickel. If you go to buy fruit and
the prices are fancy the dealers will
slip in three or four rotten ones un
LEAGUE, TREATY ISTERWOVE
Cawaant Is Part of Mala Doeameat
aid Is Referred T la Otter Parts.
PATETTE. Idaho. March I (To the
Editor.) I wish to ask the opinion of
The Oregonian upon this question:
Is there any legal obstacle to the rat
ification of the peace treaty between
Germany and' the allies and asso
ciated powers without the ratifica
tion of the proposed league of na
tions? As I understand It. these two com
pacts are entirely distinct, and be
tween clearly distinct parties. The
treaty of peace is between Germany
and the allied and associated powers
and includes only those that were
actually engaged in the war and has
already been ratified by Germany and
a sufficient number of the other con
tracting powers as to put it into ef
fect. The covenant of the league of na
tions is between not only the nations
opposed in the war to the central
p wers, but numbers several other
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jasnes J. Maataga.
less you are watching. However, the r,owers that were neutral, neither
town is seething with people and Germany nor any of its allies being
automobiles, and there are some big a party thereto.
structures under way, hotels and of
fice buildings, which will cost several
millions, but the owners are prepared
to get this money back In short order.
Eighty per cent of the vegeiarjie ousi
President Wilson submitted the two
compacts to the senate at the same
time and has always Insisted that
they were inseparable, even going so
far as to say, if 1 mistake not, that if
ness in LiOS Angeies ana ricimij a f nation treaty fails It
in the hands of Japanese gardeners.' will be necegsary to make a new peace
Ippalv with CArmnnv
Rheumatism has been bothering I , no, hi tn mother mr nrh
Ale LaB'ollette of Marlon county, ldoa from my knowIedge of the sit-
who was in the city yesterday. Mr uaton. of. course it requires a two-
LaFollette is one of the characters of tnlrds vote ot tho ,enate to ratify
the state senate, and when he is on -i.v,.-,-.afv i Jernnpratlr mi-
the wavs and means committee a bill lif .m i...ihor in annnnrr nf th
has to have mighty strong arguments theory ot tho preBident there can be
ID warram mi pir' " I no ratification of one without the
Probably under a zoning system
one would not see a two-story. dwell
ing stuck on top of a one-story busi
ness house, but the average . Port
lander' would lose his way without
those landmarks.
Imagine a gang going down the
main street in Berlin singing "Hindy!
Hindy! We want Hindy!" Yet there
must be enough repatriated hyphen
ates there to give them a bit of ward
politics.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. told his
Sunday school class the other day
that love is greater than riches. It
must be 'remembered, however, that
he had just had to pay his income
ttax.'. ... . .
A New York Tribune correspondent
thinks eight years of a college presi
dent is enough and offers in proof
the following quotation ' from "the
'Politics" of Aristotle:
"I admit not in the government of
any schoolmaster to the exercise of
civil duties, schoolmasters commonly
roving apex of tyranny; and being
u?ed to imperiousness over scholars,
if you put a sword of justice Into his
hand you may easily guess how he
will lay about him in the state and
city."
The philosophy of Maurice Maeter
nck is 'the philosophy of pessimism
nd falsehood, Archbishop Glennon of
St. Louis declared in a noonday Len
ten service. The archbishop Regretted
that a man advancing theories purely
negative should be accepted by somo
as an intellectual light.
"Maeterlinck came to us this week
to tell us all be did not know about
life and death," the archbishop de
clared. "The agnostic is one who
does not know. He is quite, sure that
Christianity is false, but what should
take its place he does not know.
"The agnostic turns to occultism
and spiritualism, and the individual
withers. This materialistic philosophy
tells us that death ends all, but does
not answer the something within us
that tells us we will not altogether
die. And yet this philosophy of nega
tion claims an audience."
prlation. He Is already worrying
about what the state taxes will be
next year if the measures suDnmiea
tr the voters in May are approved.
The last time Mr. Lar'ollelte was
elected to the senate he ran as an
InrlenendenL having been nosed out
in the primaries, although normally
he Is a republican. His admirers call
him the "Abraham Lincoln of Marion
rnnntv." Although half a doien sen
ators are aspiring to be president of
the 1921 session, none ot tnese canai
rtnteK ha solicited the support of Mr.
LaFollette. yet anyway, he's got his
mind made up where nis support
will go.
Evervbodv in the Coos hay country
knows C U Smith and A. H. Powers,
who are registered at the Multnomah.
other, hut I can see no reason why
legally it should be so.
FRANK M. NORTHROP.
The league of nations covenant
constitutes part I of the treaty of
peace with Germany, and consists of
"6 articles. The whole treaty .con
tains 440 articles, a number of which
delegate to the league the carrying
out of certain of the terms of peace.
To separate the covenant from the
treaty would require a revision of
much of the document. While tho
contracting parties are the nations
that were allied or associated against
Germany In the war on the one hand
and Germany on the other, provision
ThA Smith mill in Marshfield is one I is made for the accession of neutrals
of the largest and most complete t0 tne league covenant. This is done
slants of the kind on tne tai-mc
coast: in fact, there are two bmitn
nlanta there. This establishment gave
employment to a large percentage of
the population and tne prosperity ot
the mill was reflected in tne pros
perity ot the town, and vice versa.
Mr. Powers has a town named after
him, it being where the logging road
connects with the Coos bay branch of
the Southern Pacific stops. Mr.
Powers is a logger and Mr. Smith
a sawmill man. Most of the logs got-
by depositing a declaration with tho
secretariat of the league and sending
notice to the other members.
STATEMENT IS 1)113 TO PI BLIC
Hoover Sponsors Should 4et Kipllrlt
Word as to Party.
PORTLAND, March S. (To the Edi
tor.) Ex-Governor West, It appears,
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en out by Mr. Powers and sawed Into ,
lumber by Mr. Smith went to tho San of Herbert Hoover for president. Tho
Franrlsao market In tne smun miiuirj o no momc
schooners. edge or Mr. Hoover s political bias,
, . I past and present? IC so Is It author!
After carefully Smuggling a Pl" laliv nr ciibm wnrk? The vleua unrl
hottle of firewater from Tia Juana,
hina fif a nrlvatA nitlxpn rannnt lia
Mexico, to Portland, a well-known called In question so long as he holds
eastern uregon pioneer " ui'F" them in secret, but if he presumes to
f ask on the tiles Ot tne rtrnui
be eventually overcome and the era
of good feeling restored, but this will
be accomplished only gradually and
by showing that city people are not
seeking to impose a hardship on
their rural nelghbors'Without offer
ing compensating advantages.
A recent referendum oij daylight
saving in Massachusetts, reported in
the Boston Transcript, indicated that
about 750,000 industrial workers
favored the change, by comparison
with some 40.000 agriculturists who
are recorded for the opposition. II
is conceded that the minority has
rights, but a way is being sought to
harmonize conflicting interests. Ef
fort is being made, to show, for ex
ample, ." that the amended clock
schedule is not sought exclusively by
"golfers and automobilists," as some
rural dVellers seem- to believe, and
also that even the. business of these
classes may be made profitable to
farmers. If, to illustrate, playing
golf increases appetite, the farmer
stands to profit by an increased mar
ket for his products whije- it is un
deniable that producers who are in a
position to turn a potential roadside
market ' to account make a direct
gain by" encouraging a system that
will .enable prospective buyers from
town to pass their places before dark.
Successful business men make a
good deal of their money by adapt
ing themselves 'to changing condi
tions; much would be gained by
farmers if they; would calculate the
fore she leaves him, there would be
few alienation suits for that or any
less sum. .
If some candidate would file as
his slogan, "Out for all there is in
it!" he might get all the votes from
people who know, truth when they
see it. .
The' measure' to restore capital
punishment in Oregon would pass
unanimously if it were made to in
clude apartment house landlords.
' Administration circles are ,stirred
up over the unexpected candidacy of
Champ Clark for president. But even
a houn' dawg can bay at the moon.
One nonpartisan candidate in Ne
braska is sick already; at least, he
gives "ill health" as excuse for drop
ping out.
A manufacturer of ukuleles .is to
be the next mayor of Honolulu. He
may change his tune when he gets
in office. '
Secretary Daniels remembers his
visit and recommends . the J Astoria
naval base.
Between the apple and the orange,
lean toward the Oregon apple.
Sugar drops a cent and tires go up
!5 per cent an even break. .
Earl Beatty'B latest honor, the Or
der of the Excellent Crop, conferred
by the president of the republic of
China, recalls some of the quaint
sounding titles of the foreign decora
tions which have been presented to
notable British people recently.
Besides the Order of the Striped
Tiger, which has just been granted to
a number of distinguished naval of
ficers, there is the Order of the Sacred
Treasure, the. Order of the Lion and
Sn, the national emblems of Persia,
the Order of the Serbian White Eagle,
and that of the Golden Fleece from
the king of the Hellenes.
But the honor which caused most
speculation as to its meaning, and
most Inquiries as to its correct spell
ing, was the Order of the Qutz, with
which Prince Albert was decorated by
tne bnan or fersia during his visit to
this country last October. London
Chronicle.
A member of the Chicago bar tells
the following story of the coolest
man he ever knew. "This man was
awakened one night by burglars. He
got up and went down stairs, and as
he entered the dining room where the
thieves were engaged in wrapping up
silver plate, they covered him with
their revolvers. This, however, did
not disconcert the householder at all.
"Pardon; me for disturbing you,
gentlemen," he said, "but I should
like you to do me a favor. It it is
not too much to ask, will you be so
good as to post this letter for me.
It must go tonight." It's the premium
for my burglary Insurance."
Returns to Pre-War Baals. -
, New York Sun.
. Knicker Has Jones returned to his
pre-war work? Bocker Yes, he is
looking for the same Job he was
looking-for,. ' . .
on
lnhhv vesterdav afternoon. It was
accounted a tragedy. The Oregonian,
accompanied by a woman relative,
visited Tia Juana, but was afraid to
bring a bottle across the line, for
the officers do not hesitate to reacn
intn he nnr.ket of a tourist and
relieve him of bottled comraDana,
rn woman, nowevei. , lim,i.t
r-.ii.d the nint flask and turned it
over to the old-timer when they were
safe back In San Diego. The flask
was carefully coddled until arrivat in
Pnrtlanrl. when it slipped out or
coat pocket and spread a reminiscent
aroma in the lobby.
Mrs. Rose Schefflin of Mcdford is
In the citv meeting with the demo
cratic leaders, who will tender her a
luncheon tomorrow. Mrs. hcneirun
is the associate national committee
woman for Oregon and recently re-
reived her certificate of confirmation.
She will attend the democratic na
tional convention at ban jrancisco,
where her hotel expenses will be de-
fraved hv the national committee and
her suite has airaay oeen engageu.
This complimentary hotel accommo
dation will be extended to all the na
tional committeemen and tne women
associates.
Enternrise citizens have been drift
ing Portland-ward in numbers during
the past few days, tne latest arrival
heina- A R. Thompson, who Is a
hanker and a stockman, too. Mr.
Thomnson is registered at the Mult
nomah. Enterprise hasn't a large
population, but will probably have
more " municipal
assume leadership and seeks poai
tion of trust, the public has the right
to demand explicit Knowing of his
fitness, including political and Per
sonal bias as well as ability. The
public is not Inclined to accept a "pig
in a poke." Parts must, be shown;
gueswork does not count.
The governor claims that Hoover
Is a democrat. If so is he a flopper
like Colby and Crane? Is hi mind
on a level with that of President Wil
son? Mr. Hoover's stand claiming
not to be a candidate belittles him
self by not frankly declaring his par
ty affiliation. It gives the appear
ance of posing so aa to flop to the
party that will tender him the nomi
nation. .
Pleading unsettled conditions de
pendent upon lines of progressiva de
velopment, is flimsy and beneath the
dignity of statesmanship. - Political
progresslveism, as exemplified lit the
last eight years, is like that of the
crawfish backwards. It is entirely
personal and without the semblance
of principle. It so completely flunked
it the Chicago convention In 1916,
that one Of the delegates remarked
that he could not help being amurcd
at the damned completeness of the
thing, and then avowedly supported
Wilson.
I have great respect for Mr. Hoover
personally from ;he little that I know
of him, but I want, and I think tho
public demands, frank and explicit.
dependable statements.
W. H. ODELL.
In Othe. Day.
Fifty Years Aao.
From The Orrgonlnn. Marc h , 1ST.
New York A reception was len
drred William H. Hi-ward yoalerdar
afternoon upon his rc-Mirn from a tour
of the United States anil vIhIU to
Mexico and Cuba.
Dublin Great preparations ar be
ing made In the north of Ireland fur
the reception of the Trlnio anil
Prlnces of Wales.
Savler & Co. have Just received from
their New York agent order for
thdr Imperial flour from riliuyler
Colfax, vlre-prenldcnt of the l iiiurl
States, fur life In his family. This
deem a high compliment to orrgon
flour.
The roads in all directions are re
ported very muddy, deeply rut and In
a horrible condition generally.
A SOLILOQUY.
improvements this I The world, a vast, colossal battlefield.
Stained with the blood of countless
frenxiud men
Who slew each other In vain, petty
wars
That Ir an nee must needs be
fought again.
Small kingdom rise to transient
fame, and fall;
As oeean breakers leap triumphant.
high
year than any other town in the state
twice its size. The town Is going In
strong for hard-surface pavements
and has been doing bo for a year.
After what the Shriners did to him
at Eugene, Carl Y. Tengwald, manager
of the Hotel Holland, at Menrora. de
cided it was best for htm to come to
Portland to recuperate, so he is at the
Multnomah He is one of the active
members of the American Legion in To crash in fragments on a granite
Medford. Mr. Tengwald is taking his snore
vacation now because in a few months The universe is living but to die?
. i. - .. . k i 1 . Anrlela fpnm fa fnr.
nia will be chugging Into town from When battling with all nature', polg
hearts Is frail.
Though men my plot and boldly fight
for power.
Naught o'er the pow'r of nature, can
prevail.
Twenty-lire 1 esr Aao.
From The Oregonian. March . 1 SH.V
Wahhlnrton In a Miitcmrnt lMied
by the treasury department In rrBrd
to withdrawals of gold, Ailtant Sec
retary Curtis ays they are not
hoavU-r than usual at this season of
tho year and afford no cause for
alarm.
Indianapolis General Benjamin
Harrison, ex-prefldont of the I'niled
Slates, is seriously 111 at his home.
Medford About SO citizens last
night organised a board of trade.
There Is much dlsi-umlon of th
bicycle licensing urdiiium c. Wej-i
side wheelmen say It was Intended
for the benefit of east side wheelmen
and the greatest opposition Is In the
east side district where it is proopsed
that the sidewalks (shall he made free
to bicycles.
lation of Medford will be too busy
to get a vacation.
William G. Talt, president of the
First National bank, at Medford, is
registered at the Multnomah. Regard
lng the banks of Medford it Is said
that during the long stressful period
when things weren t breaking right
In that vicinity, after the boom col
lapsed, the banks got behind the local
firms and enabled them all to weather
the depression.
The last time he registered from
Dawson he signed his name as Frank
L. Holtz. Yesterday he signed at the
Multnomah as Frank L. Holtzapfel.
.Mr. Holtzapfel Is a mining man who
is just as well satisfied that he Is
here instead of in the north, for his
latest advices show that the ther
mometer has been fooling around 57
degrees below zero.
With a pack on his back. James
Murtha arrived at Condon about IS
years ago. Today ne" is the leading
sheepman of the county and has an
The laws of life are laws of death
and change;
The old and weak gives place to
new and strong.
Weak men and rt-tlons crumble in the
f ray.
And though they strive, cannot en
dure for long.
But Life stalks on and Death claims
his reward
From every generation on the
Kphsre;
And men. Inspired by glorious desires,
Climb fame's smooth heights then
fall and disappear.
LOIS SMITH.
T ILK.IIT.
Think of me dear at twilight.
Keep that sweet hour for nit;
As the duek gathers around ou
I will steal gently to Ihee.
In the deep hush I will find you
Close where love kindles his flame.
And O, I shall touch your hand
gent ly.
And softly I'll whisper your nn.
Weep for me dear al tw ilight.
Tears that are rapturous pain;
Pure as the lashes of sngels
Lean-Ing no spot and no stain.
Look at the stars up above you.
Gleaming so while and so rle.ir,.
And know that like them I snU
meet you.
Thouish oceans roll stormy between.
Stretch m your hands at twilight.
And I shall lake them In mine;
Lift up your dear eyes at IwIIikIN.
Filled with a love-llaht divine.
Whisper, and O. I shall hear It!
Call me and O. I shall fly!
And you shall know I have answered.
And that 1 In spirit am nigh.
t
Pray for me dear at twilight.
And I shall know Its power;
Kneeling In spirit beside you.
Deep In the hush of your hower.
Whisper, "God keep you! G"d k"l
you !
Out of a heart filled with love.
Then shall our hour st twilight
lis like an hour above.
GUY FITCH riUMJ-S
Xo Aetlng President.
CHINOOK, Wash.. March 7. (To
the Editor.) Has President Wilson,
during his Illness, invited the vice-
interest in about 12.000 sheep. Mr. president to preside over cabinet
Murtha. who has been at the Imperial.
followed the system of giving a good
man a share in a flock, and Mr. Mur
tha now has about half a dozen such
partners.
One of the big cattlemen of the Fort
Klamath country is Dan Ryan, who
meetings? Has Mr. Marshall done so?
If so, on how many occasions? Has
the latter taken Mr. Wilson's place on
ceremonial occasions?
F. B. CUTTING.
The vice-president has not presided
at any cabinet meetings nor has he
is In town for a few days. Mr. Ryan's K. in..i..rt . An . kv i.ij.
elsoo. that being the most conven- Wilson. Mr. Marshall, during the 111
lent direction for his shipments. ness of the president, has received In
a purely social way one or two distin-
Dr. D. is. liayaen or riaraman is at EiBhed foreign visitors.
me renting, xikiuiiii.ii iiaa auuut ouv
Population and is 20 miles from Hepp-
per, its nearest shipping point. The
town is where wool, sheep and wheat
put money in circulation. ,
Teeth have been bothering C. H.
Cuslck of .Albany recently, so yes
terday he mustered up courage to
bring them to Portland to a specialist,
meanwhile registering at the Seward.
W. P. Mahoney, bank cashier of
Appears to be as good k day'for bank- criminality involved and you want
ere to be in Portland as it is for him punished consult the district at
stockmen. ' ;.; . . torney.
Recovery ot Exerw latereat.
PORTLAND, March 8. (To the Edl.
tor.) To whom may we apply for
redress in a caei of overcharge In In
terest on a note given and paid la
Oregon T ... , L. C. D.
If it .Is only a matter of return of
the excess paid and the, note holder
refuses to refund, your remedy Is a
civil one. Sue him. If there was
ftnafs (' frM Krolrk.
London Echo.
There I" an old and trite savlfiu
that "Imitation Is the slncerest form
of flattery." and In that connection
one of those things not generaJIv
known Is that the wearing of spt'
originated aa a compliment lo IU"
kilted regiments who were then in
tho Indian mutiny. The glorious deeds
ot the Highlanders In that camialBii
made them popular heroes, and in th"
late fifties jnany things in dress were
adopted by the public In Imitation cf
Scottish uniforms, but only spats sur
Transfer mt Contract wnle,
PORTLAND. March . (Tn tha Kdi
tor.) If A sells a house and lot to S
on contract and after making a fewr
monthly payments, can B sell the
house and lot to whomsoever he
pleaaes without consulting A or hat
he a right to sell It? A.
B can sell his equity, the buyer -Burning
tha contract. '
DRKA1.
You and I ran watch the shadows as
they creep across the wall.
And never see the Indians and th
butterflies at all:
Nor count the deerskin wigwams
where they stand along the trail
When the winter sun Is waning, and
the clouds grow faint and pale.
But a pallid little fellow, with his
wistful eyes agleam
Csed to watch them hours and hours,
In a happy waking dream.
You and I looked through the window
on a dirty city street.
Never noticing the passage of a
mighty battle fleet;
Of a fleet with flags that fluttered at
it hurried on ita
To destroy tne dreadful C-boats that
were lurking In the hay.
But a little wistful fellow used to
watch them from hla bd.
And his eyes were always shining
when he cheered them aa they
sped.
You1 and I saw only frost marks on a
dingy window pane.
Passing by the troops of fairies that
came tripping dow-n the, lane.
Blind to all tha hills and valleys and.
the open road beyond
Winding down around the mountain
to the shady swimming pond.
Where a tiny little fellow in his day
dreams loved to roam.
Knowing every brook and river as
he knew his dreary horn.
Still th sunlight every morning comes
to drive away tha gloom
That the velvet night has scattered
through the dingy little room.
But no wistful little follow lifts a
weary, curly head.
And smiles welcome to the sunbeams
as they fall across the bed;
For he's gone upon a Journey, far
across the gleaming dew
To a land that's alwaa morning.
where his dreams have all come
true.
Kaally laterrhanaeaMe.
President Wilson prefers a cabinet
arranged on tho sectional booktass
principle.
till In the I-enrt.
The dollar Isn't worth very much,
It Is true, but Juvt lnok at the poimd
and the franc and the mark!
The Real Thing.
Objecting o Secretary Colby on tha
ground that ho Is not a party man
is like objecting to tfrtgham Young
on the ground that he was not a
married man.
(Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Fjn
d it-ate, Inc.)
Old llahlt Handlran.
Hoston Transcript.
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tln' on with your automobile. SITS f
Farmer Fpudfls V. al. I can run lh X ?
machine all right, but I ain't got over X.
say in'
yet.
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