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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, 31 AY 21, 1920
KSTABUSIUO BY IIKNRV I. FITTOCK.
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FOR THE LEGISLATXRJS.
For Senator:
GEORGE B. CELLARS (71).
I. N. DAT (72.
ROBERT S. FARRELL (4).
ULS C. MOSBR 0).
Tor Representative
HERBERT GORDON ?,"';,,,
.HARLliS C. HINDMAN (101).
). W. HOSFORD 1102).
K. K. KL'BLl U06. .
BARGE K. LEONARD (106). ;
K. C. McFARLAND (112).
V. M. PHELPS (116).
HARVEY WELLS (120).
Five senators and twelve repre
sentatives are to be nominated for
Multnomah county at the primary
today. Many excellent men have
offered themselves as candidates, ana
a few not so excellent. With soma
exceptions, the people will make no
serious mistakes if they choose any
of them. Yet there are some can
didates of outstanding merit who
should by all means be nominated.
Some men there are who have had
experience and have been proven
competent and others there are who
by their records give abundant guar
anty that the state will be the gainer
by their service.
The Oregonian takes the liberty
of recommending to the considera
tion of the voters four candidates for
senator and eight for representative.
It makes no recommendation as to
the fifth senator nor as to four rep-
rnsentatives. It has no ticket. It
desires to make it clear that it has
none. It would not discriminate
against such worthy men as F. C.
Howell nor Walter P. Whitcomb nor
Isaac K. Staples; nor does it fail to
recognize that a large element of
the community desires to be repre
sented through so able and efficient
a voice of labor as C. M. Itynerson.
If the four whom The Oregonian
particularly commends shall be suc
cessful, the fifth should by all means
be taken from these others.
There is the same difficulty about
the house. There are a lot of fine
men, such as Franklin Korell, W. C.
North, J. D. Lee, Alma Katz, F. J.
Loncrgan, William E. Metzger, C. C.
Overmire, John C. McCue, F". 13.
Weber, B. W. Slecman, James West,
Arthur B. Carlson, F. W. Chausse,
Wilson Benefiel, 15. C. Ilerrin and
others with whose records The Ore
Bonian is not familiar. There are
tome like Oren R. Richards who
should not be elected. There are
four besides the eight suggested by
The Oregonian, and there should be
no great trouble in the task of get
ting good men from such material. '
The four candidates for senator
and the eight candidates for repre
sentative to whose merits The Ore
gonian invites special consideration
are named at the head of this article.
rOTVEK OF THE PLAN ETS PROVKD.
In assuming that the action of
President Wilson and congress is
iroverned by the customary mingling
of patriotism, partisanship, states
manship, selfishness and peevishness,
we have been all wrong. It is due
to the influence of the planets. The
astrologer says so, and he quotes
evidence of fulfillment of his own
predictions as proof that he knows.
The Oregonian did not see the pre
dictions, but it is willing to take his
word for it that he made them.
His name is Frank Theodore Allen
and he styles himself director of
the astrological research bureau at
Washington.
His bulletin of May 12 begins with
frank confession of one mistaken
prophecy, which he deduced from
"the divinely chiseled symbols of the
cosmos" or "the lunation of April
18." He predicted that "during the
lour weeks following the new moon'
of that date "the senate would
reverse itself and adopt the treaty or
Its equivalent." This action was to
Jiave been the result of the combined
influence of "the idealistic Neptune"
ana tne pacinc enus," which was
to have overcome "the reactionary
end subtle Saturn, who symbolizes
the conservative and standpat ele
ment." Alas', the malign Saturn was
too much for both Neptune and
Venus, and the treaty stayed dead
But the astrologer had better luck
with other predictions. His text
book told him that the "strong
planetary position of the pacific
enus would make the month fol
lowing April 18 "fortunate for for
eign affairs and friendly relations
with other countries," that "good
understandings may be arrived at,
"visitors will come and go," "the
marriage rate increase and some
notable marriages may take place."
According to him, all came out ac
cording to his prediction. There was
an unusual number of weddings,
especially among eminent persons'
the state department "has been
buzzing with intense activity"; the
deposed President Cabrera of Guate
mala has been saved from execution,
and no friction has arisen in rela
tions with Europe and Mexico all
due to "the pacific influence of Venus
In the horoscopic configuration." '
Still other predictions have been
fulfilled. Under the stimulus of
Neptune, the president broke silence
upon the league of nations, and the
same "beneficial stimulus of the
idealistic Neptune" caused Secretary
Daniels to publish Mr. Wilson's
speech to the officers of the Atlantic
tleet. Finally the lunar eclipse of
May 2 caused "exhibitions of ill tem
per and perhaps uncouth or un
becoming conduct"' in congress.
At last we know what causes all
the strife, all the joyous marriages
and all the noble deeds of statesmen
and heroes. The impulse does not
come from men themselves or from
any higher spiritual power; it comes
from the planets which shine serenely
down upon us. If the astrologer
would but tell us who will be nomi
nated at Chicago and San Francisco,
when Germany will pay that indem
nity and when the price of sugar will
fall, he would relieve us of our worst
doubts. If anything afterward should
go wrong, we could make "reaction
ary and subtle Saturn" the goat.
AX EASY CHOICE.
In the second congressional district
Representative N. J. Sinnott is the
object of an attack contained in an
anonymous circular. It ought to be
sufficient to 'say that publication of
an anonymous circular violates the
state's corrupt practices act. . But it
is as well to remark that the circular
in addition to carrying the brand of
criminality presents false charges.
Mr. Sinnott's votes on details in the
formation of certain war measures
are presented as If they recorded his
position on the principles and pur
poses of the measures.
Mr. Sinnott's war record in con
gress Is unassailable. His record in
farm legislation, which is also at
tacked, is without a blemish. He has
given the second district and the
state at large valuable service.
The same circular gives his oppo
nent favorable mention. This oppo
nent, the Rev. Owen F. Jones, was
not widely known until the present
campaign attracted attention to his
peculiar attainments. The most
notable of these seems to be the skill
with which he angles for votes from
opposing elements. Among railroad
men he is a strong advocate of the
Plumb plan for socializing railroad
properties. Among the farmers, all
of whose great organizations have
condemned the Plumb plan, he is
silent on the Plumb doctrine but
presents himself as a farmer at heart
if not by vocation.
. In a contest by him with a man
whose purposes and acts are as frank
and honest as those of Mr. Sinnott
there should be no doubt as to the
result.
ONLY ONE QUALIFICATION T
The former service man who is a
candidate for office and is qualified
for the position is, we think, entitled
to special consideration by the
voters. In this we make no discrim
ination between those who were so
fortunate as to have crossed the
sea and engaged in actual combat
and those who were kept at home to
do essential but less dangerous work.
But to hold that the wearing of a
uniform is superior to every consid
eration of fitness for public office is
an idolization that cannot but prove
disastrous to the well-being of the
community, including the service
men themselves, if the idea shall
become widespread.
Designing politicians have been
quick to discover the usefulness to
their own purpose of the admiration
that is universally held for the
young men who entered the army.
navy or marine corps during the
war. A group of well-meaning and
sympathetic women seemingly have
been made their victims. This
group mothers of soldiers indorse
for office without discrimination or
thought, except the one thought that
the men indorsed have worn the
uniform, virtually all the service men
who are on the republican and dem
ocratic tickets.
One result of making the uniform
the sole reason for giving political
support is here mentioned for purpose
of illustration. It gives the indorse
ment of the mothers of soldiers to
one candidate who performed clerical
work in Portland during the entire
period of the war, and who has had
no experience in the line of work
required of the incumbent of the
office he seeks. It denies support to
an opponent who is the father of a
soldier who was slain in action. This
father has made a notable record in
the office sought, "and during the war
performed as truly a military service
though in civilian clothes, as did the
ndorsed man who was entitled to
and did wear a uniform.
There are service men in the
mothers' list who deserve election
and who undoubtedly will be elected.
There are others whose honesty is
no more here questioned than is their
patriotism, but whose ,-other qualifi
cations are either inferior or not
generally known. The idea that one
and all should be elected because
they served their country in time of
need and for no other reason is a
doctrine that will not be subscribed
to by any responsible leader in the
American Legion.
STOP IMPORTS OF REVOLUTION.
From its geographical . position
Holland, has become a rival of
Switzerland for the doubtful honor
of being headquarters for interna
tional revolutionary agitation. Its
firmness in preserving its territory
as a refuge for political fugitives
from other countries was shown by
its ref iVal to hand over the ex-kaiser
to the allies, and has attracted men
of quite another stripe to use Hol
land as a base for revolutionary con
spiracy against all existing govern
ments. A communist committee sup
ported by funds from the soviet gov
ernment of Russia has been at Rot
terdam as a center from which red
revolution was plotted -for France,
Germany, Italy, Britain and the
United States, general strikes or rail
road or miners' strikes being the
initial steps.
When the reds attempted to par
alyze Dutch shipping by causing a
prolonged strike of the dock em
ployes, the Dutch government woke
up and introduced a bill in parlia
ment imposing severe penalties oa
persons who have relations with for
eign revolutionary societies, with
persons who promote revolution,
who import money or other things
for revolutionary purposes, or who
have such things in their possession
or who incite disobedience to a law
ful order or violently oppose public
order.
That bill contains material for con
sideration by congress. The funds
and the agents for red activity in this
country have come from the third
international at Moscow, with which
the communist and communist labor
parties of America and the I. W. W,
are allied. The crown jewels of Rus
sia have been imported to Holland.
converted into cash with the mer
chants of that country, and much of
the proceeds has doubtless been sent
to Martens, the bolshevist "ambas
sador" whom Assistant Secretary of
Labor ?ost released from arrest in
the custody of his attorney. There is
good cause to punish any persons
who have connection with any for
eign organization which incites re
volt in this country along with other
countries, also to declare member
ship , in organizations having such
connection a crime. Money imported
for these purposes may justly be con
fiscated, especially when it is derived
from sale of the crown jewels which
were the property, of the Russian
people.
Delay of congress in passing a law
against sedition and revolutionary
'agitation is not to its credit. It raises
suspicion that congressmen fear to
incur the enmity of the reds and of
those who see in any law against se
dition restriction on proper exercise
of the rights of free speech and free
press. By sparing the reds, these
members arouse the just, opposition
of loyal Americans, who vastly out
number the reds. Under the lead of
the American Legion, Americans are
now organized and the most- oppor
tunist congressman has more cause
to fear their opposition than that of
the reds and their friends. .
GOOD LAW IN 1915: BAD LAW IN" 1920.
True, the Telegram did not criticise
Senator I. X. Day in 1913 for his service
to the paving trust, and for a good and
sufficient reason. This newspaper was
then owned by The Oregonian. It is dif
ferent now. Evening Telegram.
Did anyone' say that the Telegram
criticised I. N. Day in 1913 for his
alleged service to the alleged paving
trust? Not The Oregonian. But The
Oregonian said, and repeats, that the
Telegram in 1915, under its present
ownership, stoutly commended the
law which it now wantonly and
falsely charges I'. N. Day with having
garbled in 1913.
The law in question, passed in
1913, provided for open competition
for all classes of pavement, patented
and unpatented. It was passed under
the capable and correct sponsorship
of Mr. Day. Only a prejudiced, or
a foolish, or an uninformed, or an
unscrupulous person or newspaper
would say, then or now, that it is
not a 'wise law. It is a wise law,
wisely conceived and beneficially
executed.
The Telegram, in 1915, when an
attempt was made to repeal it,
vigorously resisted. So did George
W. Joseph. The bugaboo about the
schemes of patented paving as to this
law, and the wicked accusation of
legislative mutilation, had not then
been invented for purposes of defa
mation and newspaper sensation.
So the Telegram's good law of 1915
becomes Mr. Day's bad law of 1920.
Simon Benson, chairman of the high
way commission, says the law is all
right, as it is. Who but the Telegram
and George Joseph have dared to
say that it is not good law? "Why do
they say it?
TOM IllRl.lU RT.
During the late war the sheriffs
office of Multnomah county was a
source of strength, peace and safety.
Now it is equally an efficient and
resolute arm of law and order. The
public has confidence in Sheriff Hurl
burt. It knows what he will do in
any crisis, because it knows what he
has done. It is not wise to turn over
so important and vital a branch of
the government to hands less ex
perienced, or firm, or courageous.
It is not conceivable that it will be
done.
A candidate against Mr. Hurlburt
exploits his own service during the
war. No citizen has heard Tom
Hurlburt say to anyone what he did
during that trying period. Yet some
how, when the subject is brought up
as it is by others the mind of
one familiar with the story wanders
to the Argonne, where a splendid
son of a. duty-doing, flag-loving and
country-serving American sheriff was
fighting valiantly for his country. He
did not come back. He never will.
At home Sheriff Hurlburt was on
guard day and night. He com
manded the Multnomah guard. He
worked faithfully as an official in
urau registration worK. He was
prominent as a citizen in all patri
otic movements. Through it all no
one lost a moment's sleep through
fear of any failure of the sheriff's
office to deal sternly and quickly with
any domestic emergency.
Beat Tom Hurlburt for re-elec
tion? It is talked about, but of
course it cannot be meant seriously.
The people observe and duly reward
fidelity and competence.
. THE PEACE RESOLUTION.
By passing the Knox peace reso
lution the senate shows its readiness
to do the utmost possibIe in order to
deliver the country from the intol
erable 'position into which it has
been maneuvred by the arbitrary
and obstinate conduct of President
Wilson. It is a forlorn hope, for
the president has clearly indicated
his purpose to permit the American
people to have formal peace by no
other means than that which he has
chosen. He has set his sole, indi
vidual opinion above that of a large
majority of the senate and of the
principal allies, which have inti
mated their readiness for at least
silent assent to the senate's terms.
But the action of the senate, follow
ing that of the house, fixes the
responsibility on him alone for pro
longing the war status long after
every other nation has renewed
normal relations with Germany. In
view of the warning given him by
tne "round robin" on March 3. 1919
of the action of the republican ma
jority and of the division in his
own party, a word from him would
have brought about ratification of
the treaty on terms approved by the
great majority of the people. He
cannot escape the responsibilitv.
. Senator Knox in his speech for the
peace resolution ably stated the case
for this unprecedented attempt to
escape from a situation that is equ
ally without precedent. It is the
only alternative which Mr. Wilson
has left to complete abdication of!
the senate's part in making treaties,
for, said Mr. Knox: ,
He has conjured up every power within
the whole vast executive domain In his
efforts to compel this senate to surrender
Its will and Judgment to him, to become
mere automatons to register his mandate
to approve this treaty in its last minutiae
of detail as he sent it to us.
Because the president thus acts,
the senator continued, it would be
idle for congress to pass any reso
lution declaring peace which "re
quires from the president the per
formance of any act or duty, because
if we do, he will ... defeat the end,
or purpose of our action, for in his
opinion wisdom lies only in follow
ing the behests of his will." There
fore, "to be effective, the resolution
must be self-operative" and "noth
ing necessary to the accomplishment
of peace must be left for his accomplishment."
Mr. Knox showed by historical
precedents that war may end by
cessation of hostilities without intent
to renew them, yet without a treaty
of peace. He quoted Mr. Wilson's
speech calling on congress to de
clare war as proof that tlisj presi
dent then committed himself to a
view of our quarrel with Germany
which debars him from renewing the
war, for he said that "the imperial
German government" was making
war on the United States, and that
we have no quarrel with the Ger
man people." Congress accordingly
declared war on -"the imperial gov
ernment." That government has
ceased to exist and we are nominally
at war with the German people.
with whom he said, we had no
quarrel.
-Mr. Wilson's statement to con
gress in announcing the armistice
also debars "him from continuing' a
state of war," for he said : "The war
thus comes to an end." Nor was the
armistice a mere suspension of hos
tilities; it was a capitulation, and
was so described by Marshal Foch.
It was much more than an armistice,
for, Mr. Knox said, it "actually pro
vided the broad basis upon which
the final peace terms were after
ward built." The president himself
acted on the belief that the war was
ended by bringing home and demobl
Iizmg the army and by cancelling
war contracts. "There was no ex
cuse ror greatly prolonging the
domestic status of war," the senator
said, and he continued:
The only explanation for so doing is a
deliberate aim to retain all those auto
cratic compulsory powers with which the
executive had been endowed for the prose
cution of the war. in order that they
might be used for other purposes.
Not only did the war actually end
with the armistice; it ended legally
and formally with the exchange of
ratitications on Jan. 10. The treaty
provides that with that act it shall
come into force and that with its
coming into force "the state of -war
will terminate." This was evidently
intended to apply to all the bellig
erents, though only three of the
great powers might exchange ratifi
cations with Germany, for otherwise
some powers might have remained
at war though they could make war
through the territory of nations
wnich had made peace. Bv main
taining that the making of peace
is an executive act, the democrats
are committed to this view, for the
executive acted by signing the treaty,
including these conditions.
under what disadvantages Mr.
Wilson places the American people
by continuing the state of war is
shown by the fact that all other
nations enjoy the substantial bene
fits of peace and of the treaty, while
our own citizens are restrained of
their full liberty by having their
relations with Germany restricted
ana by the continuance in opera
non or an domestic war laws. How
numerous are the laws appears from
the house committee's report on the
peace resolution. ' It cites no less
than 148 pieces of lee-isiatinn k
which the arbitrary power of the
president is enlarged and the fr
dom of the citizen is limited for the
purpose of a war which ended
eignteen months afro.
it may fairly be contenriori thgt
the authority of the president to
exercise his constitutional
powers ended with the war m that
me autnonty of coneress to ..
cise tne war powers under which it
temporarily enlarged the power of
the president, solely for th. nil rnnco
of prosecuting the war, expired at
the same time; also that congress
power to repeal war legislation,
i,,e declaration of war. for
..n. noigt inus stated the alternative:
Because If this were not th.
i,- mal-minded administration could
proioke a war. pass war power legiMation
bestowing autocratic powers upon execu-
oincers. ana then. tirtsf in (... i 1-
actually ceased, refuse to make formal
peace ny treaty and so hold the people
under an Intolerable despotism until revo
lution would be their only recourse for
relief.
Other nations may charire that hv
adopting the peace resolution con
gress attempts to obtain the benefit
oi tne treaty without accepting its
obligations, but the people, may
properly consider whether thev will
expose themselves to this charge as
tne oniy escape from the darlgi
which Mr. Knox describes.
A T tir l. v
. ' "- L vvaaii.i man Was rnq.
cued while sitting on the river bank
over 30 feet of water, with a
full of rocks tied to each foot, a log
tiiiiui auout nis neck and his hands
paaiocKea together. The poor devil
Knows now just why democratic
office-holders get so emotional at
mention or the coming election.
Thousands of middle-class young
women 'of France are asking the
goernment to torce men into marry
ing them. They assert the country
needs children to replenish the losses
in war and that they are ready and
willing to bear them. France needs
a compulsory marriage law.
Galli Curci's programme was en
...ic.j Muoiacwry, duc the nro
grammes of the people sitting behind
us, who used them as fans and
rattles wniie we were trying to Hstei
were not so agreeable to the ear.
. " A 1-. . . .A . ... .
.-luuui. iu ociocK-tne air was
thick with bottles, stones and other
missues, says an account of a Sin
Fein riot. Must have been something
ntvc d. uiuuiismners picnic.
It should not be necessary to ask
any- man or woman to 'go to the polls
today. One who has not the proper
sense oi mat civic duty should hav
tne right taken away.
The president of the sugar import
tit BuuauoQ says mere is no
snortage or sugar. Of course not
but there is shortage of cash to buy
i l u l retail.
Senator Thomas says there are too
many loafers in the country. Even
so, it's a relief to find one thing in
waicn mere isn t a shortage.
If you are a candidate,' seek slum
'' J louigni. ine good news
will find you tomorrow and you do
not want tne other.
Portland is said to be the only big
city in tne country without a Dost
master. Seems to be just that much
better on.
A democrat invariably regards his
United States senator as a sort of
free employment bureau agent.
Tom Marshall would rather be
right than be president and finds the
way easier,
RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEASURES
Election Proposals Exnlslaea
Advice Given by Tne OregsaUs.
The Oregonian herewith presents
brief explanations "bf the nine meas
ures on the state ballot with its
recommendations thereon:
Constitutional amendment extend
ing eminent domain over roads an
ways 300 yes; 301 no.
The purpose of this amendment is
to give to any farming, mining or
forest-product enterprise the right to
obtain road outlet to market through
intervening- nrooertv nwned hr others
Upon payment of appraised value.
Vote 30O Yea.
Limitation of 4 per cent state -In
debtedness for permanent roads 302
es; 303 no.
Adoption of thl3 amendment will
enable issuance of an additional $10,
000.000 in bonds for permanent road
improvement and validate an issue of
10.000.000 authorized by the SDecial
session of the legislature. Estimates
of the -revenue to be derived from
utomobile licenses show that the net
returns to the state will pay the in
terest and retire the enlarged bond
issues authorized by this amendment.
Vote 303 Yea.
Amendment restoring capital pun
ishment 304 yes: 305 no.
This amendment makes caoital pun
ishment or life imprisonment optional
with the trial jury.
Vote 304 Yea.
Crook and Curry counties bonding
mendment 306 yes; 307 no.
Permits a hisrher rate of bonded in
debtedness in the two counties than
others,- but suU bond issues must
be approved by vote of the DeoDle of
tne two counties.
Vote 308 Yes.
Amendment providing for a succes
sor to the governor in the event of his
death or Incapacity 308 yes; 309 no.
This amendment would make the
president of the senate the next in
ne of succession and the sneaker of
the house next in line after the presi
dent of the senate.
Vote 300 No.
Higher educational tax bill
- 310
yes; 311 no.
Proposes an annual levy of 1.26
mills to pay for support and main
tenance and to prcvide building and
equipment needs of the agricultural
college, university and normal school.
ncome fixed on nre-war conditions is
insufficient and the good repute of
these institutions end of higher edu
cation in Oregon is involved.
Vote 310 Yea.
Soldiers', sailors' and marines' edu
cational revenue bill 312 yes: 313 no.
Millage tax of 2-10 of 1 mill to carry
out tne purpose of the educational aid
aw authorized at the special election
June 3, ism. The sum originally an
propriated was insufficient and this
tax is to make up the deficit.
Vote 312 Yea.
State elementary school fund tax
314 yes: 315 no.
Levies a 2-mill tax annually for the
support and maintenance of elemen
tary schools. The measure is intend
ed to equalize more nearly the ability
or an districts to maintain a proper
lengtn or school term with adequately
paid teachers.
Vote 311 Yea.
Blind school tax measure 316 yes:
317 no.
Levies 1-6 of a mill in 1921 and
1-25 of a mill thereafter for erection
equipment and maintenance of a- vo
cational school for the blind to bS
located in Portland.
Vote 316 Yes.
City Measures.
Charter amendment for
relief of
street railway franchises.
501 no.
500 yes
Abolishes requirement that notice
men and firemen shall be transDOrted
rree and reduces bridge tolls from
3 cents to 1 cent per car. Levies 5-10
of 1 mill tax in 192.0 and 3-10 mil
thereafter to make ud losses in rev
efhies.
Vote 50 Yea.'
Charter amendment relating to oav-
tnpr costs chargeable against street
lailwavs. 502 yes; 503 no.
Reduces the original paving cost
chargeable to street railways occupy
ing streets to no more than the excess
cost -of the entire improvement oc
casioned by the existence of the
tiacks. . Levies 6-10 mill in 1S20 and
10 of 1 mill tax therenfter to pro
vide for pavement heretofore paid for
by street railways.
Vote 502 Yes.
Charter amendment relating to pro
portionate payment by street railways
oi tne cost or reconstructing, main
taining and repairing pavement al
ready laid. 504 yes; 505 no.
In general relieves street railways
of paying for reconstruction, main
tenance and repair of a greater area
of street pavement than is actually
used or arfected l-y the existence of
tracks. Levies 1V4 mills tax in 1920
end 1 mill thereafter to make up def
icit created.
Vote 504 Yea.
Chance for "Clean-op" Activity.
OAK GROVE. Or, May 20 (To the
Editor.) The papers are full of the
clean up, "paint up for Portland,
to show the Shriners a "clean city."
l would liKe to call attention to one
point from which thousands will ar
rive and depart during June and sev
eral hundred Shriners will likely go
there to take trips and many a pa
tron on those lines will have com
pany from the east during that time.
All cars to Estacada. Bull Run,
Gresham, Oregon City and the Oaks
depart from there. -The seating ca
pacity is about hair or what it should
be in normal times and the condition
inside for lack of paint and kalso-
mine, is not such as will leave a good
impression on visitors.
Reference is to the waiting room
at the corner - of First and Alder
streets. - F. A. SMITH.
Pareata Appreciate Support of Bill.
PORTLAND, Or., May 20. (To the
Editor.) In vdicing this individual
expression of opinion, I feel that 1 am
representing the opinions of the com
munity, the Parent-Teacher circle of
Glencoe school, of which I am an of
ficer, the faculty and even the chil
dren themselves, when I say we all
most -heartily thank you for the gen
erosity with which you have donated
space in your paper, also the personal
work represented by the cartoons, the
editorials, the leading articles and re
ports, in furtherance of the success
of the children's bill. No. 314, on the
ballot, in favor ofthe tax for the ben
efit of the elementary scbools.
MARIAN D. MERRY.
MeArthnr'a Work for Veteraaa.
PORTLAJfD, May 20. (To the Ed
itor.) For a nmber of years I have
been getting pensions for the old sol
diers, widows and families- In tne
meantime I have had Congressman
C N. McArthur assisting me and
helping to get relief of which they
were worthy and in need. In every
instance he has put through his hon
est efforts to help me In getting their
pensions, and I. with them, feel most
sincerely thankful to have a con
gressman tbat will lend his valuable
time and assistance toward us old
soldiers and their widows. For this
we hope to see him fully rewarded.
J. W. OGILBEE. .
Those Who Come and Go.
The bottom is dropping out of the
silk market, at least for tne time
be lag," declares George H. McMorran,
of McMorran & Washburn. Eugene.
who is in town attending the state
chamber of commerce meeting. "But
I was talking today to the represen
tative of a nationally known mercan
tile establishment and he told me mat
his concern is putting its silk under
the counter and not showing it. be
cause the present drop is transient
and prices wil jump again. As lor
clothing. I consider the present slash
ing of prices also temporary, i Know
that ready-to-wear Buits are being
sold now at prices which are less
than the wholesale quotations for fall.
For examrle. to show the snortage
of goods, we have been able to get
only one-third of our spring orderv I
saw sample suits today which I used
to retail for 125. The wholesale quo
tation for these suits next fall are
$75. One salesman for a great dom
ing manufacturing house, informed
me that in his establishment coat
makers are nermitted to make only a
certain number of coats a week, about
two-thirds of what they can do.
Probably the best known advance
man in America is James Jay araoy,
who has been at the Hotel Portland
for several days. Mr. Brady used to
be in advance of "the big show" in
summer, while in winter he would be
on the road with a theatrical attrac
tion, and he was as much at home
with the circus folk as he was with
the thespians.. A few years ago he
thought he was through with troup-
nar and he was placed in cnars oi
the most beautiful theater in Chicago.
Later he was transferred to JSew
York in a managerial position. ine
call of the road proved too much to
resist, and Mr. Brady is out "in the
sticks" again. He has lived sb long
in sleeping cars that there is no man
In America who can shave better in
the swaying washroom of a standard
sleeper than James Jay. The sig
natures of James Jay Brady and the
late Major Burke are the best known
specimens of penmanship in the news
paper offices or the united states.
Major Burke was with the Buffalo
Bill show.
Amid the beautiful pine forests on
the eastern slope of the Cascades is
Crescent an automobile can drive
anywhere through the pine forest, for
there is no underbrush. E. G. Rourk
of Crescent, arrived at the Imperial
yesterday with his wife. Mr. Rourk
has a trading post where hunters and
anglers outfit when they are heading
for the chain of lakes in the moun
tains, and his store is the stopping
place and headquarters for settlers.
cowmen and sheepmen for a hundred
miles. Mr. Rourk. before settling at
Crescent, used to dabble in politics
in Washington and was one of the
lieutenants -of Senator Ankeny. He
regrets that he won't be home today
to vote for the county ticket, but he
was busy yesterday arranging with
enough Portland friends to swear
his vote for the state ticket this
morning.
R. A. Long, of Kansas City, one of
the big figures in the lumber world,
went to Astoria this week to look
over the town. . It is supposed that
he is interested in the recent purchase
of some waterfront for 3100,000 and
the proposed erection of a mill to cost
a couple of million dollars. While in
Astoria Mr. Long decided that he
needed a shave, so he dropped into a
tonsorial parlor for a once-over. After
the operation, he pulled some coins
from his pocket and said: "Do you
take pennies?" "If that's all you've
got." sniffed the Astoria barber to the
Kansas City millionaire. "I'll donate
the shave." Mr. Long returned from
the city by. the sea and is at th
Benson.
Candidates can't kick when they are
held up, because they may lose a few
votes.. John A. Gellately of Wenat
chee, Wash., was charged $5 for i
room and bath in a country hotel over
in Washington a few nights ago and
he didn't dare utter a protest, for the
excellent reason that Mr. Gellately is
an aspirant for governor of Wash
ington and is campaigning. He ar
rived at the Hotel Oregon yesterday
an.d found a bunch of the hotel pa
trons are prospective supporters, so
he became busy in the lobby before
leaving for Vancouver to carry on his
mission.
Everyone in Central Oregon knows
of "the old river bed," a stream which
passed away before the appearance
of man on this continent. The out
lines of the old river can be followed
for 100 miles or more. The prehistoric
stream swung around Powell Butte,
In Deschutes county. A section of the
old river bed runs through the al
falfa ranch of N. B. Beach, who is
registered at the Imperial. Mr. Beach
has so much alfalfa that he is figur
Ing on buying a bunch of sheep to
feed it off next winter.
r
About every commodity passing
hrough Central Oregon goes into and
out of the United Warehouse at Bend
Most of the merchandise destined for
the traders and cross-roads stores of
the sagebrush country pass through
the warehouse and in return the wool
which goes out also is sheltered by
this plant. Nat Bringle, who looks
after the business of the warehouse, is
in town and is registered at the Ben
son.
From far off Guayaquil, in Ecuador,
come Carlos - Malerns Jerovi and
Guillermo Hohde to the Hotel Port
land. They are tourists with
weather eye open for business oppor
tunities. The most that the average
American knows of Ecuador is that
there are earthquakes there from time
to time which get the name into the
dispatches.
Liberty Bond, Wash., received its
name during the war. It isn't much
of a place, but it is as substantial, in
Its way, as the securities after which
it is named. Mrs. Harriett Mercer of
Liberty Bond is spending the price o
a few coupons at the Imperial and
with the merchants of the Rose City,
Honorable gentlemen of business
inclinations seeking to cement trad
relationships between Hon. Uncle' Sam
and Hon. Nipponese are the Iwai
Osaka. Japan. Messrs. Toyoji Iwai
and xujiro Iwai arrived at the Ben
son yesterday and were immediately
taken in tow by countrymen, who
proceeded to snow them the city.
J. R. McWane. registered at the
Multnomah, is from Birmingham, Ala.,
which is distinctly in the black belt
It is in the south where the weather
is supposed to always be warm, yet
Mr. McWane is a dealer in coal and
coke. He is making a tour of the
Pacific coast accompanied by Mrs.
McWane.
A. J. Morley, president of the Sagi
naw Lumber company, is at the Mult
nomah. The Saginaw company is not
located In Michigan nor Oregon, but
at Aberdeen, wasn.
R. R. Butler checked out of the
Imperial yesterday and returned to
The Dalles so tbat he could vote -in
bis home precinct this morning. - -
G. F. Mathews, head of the ship
building company of that nam! at Ho
quiam, WasiL. is at the Multnomah
for a few days.
G. M. Cornett. who is a merchant
and also a banker at Prineville, is
among the arrivals at the Imperial.
DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR CHOICE
Oie Caiset Be Both for Chaaaberlata
asd for the Presideat.
PORTLAND. May 20 (To the Edi
tor.) From the viewpoint of a demo
crat, a dyed-in-the-wool, thick-and-thin
supporter of the Wilson admin
istration. 1 certainly fall to see how
any democrat can hesitate between
President Wilson and Senator Cham
berlain. One cannot be for both. Did
not the president ccathingly denounce
Chamberlain, not merely as a critic
but as an avowed enemy? Has Wood
row Wilson ever tetracted that opin
ion of the senator? Has he in any
way ever given sign of having for
given Chamberlain's treachery Not
to my knowledge.
The merits of the case are not at
issue, but merely for the sake of
argument (ridiculous though the hy
pothesis be), let ui suppose the Cham
berlain criticisms to have been valid.
It is the constitutional right and
privilege of any Lnited States sen
ator to unburden himself of any ut
terance, true or false, upon the floor
of the senate. If Chamberlain had
been sincere in an effort to help the
administration correct evil practices.
e miaht have done so with com
pelling force and dignity upon the
floor of the senate. Even this should
ot have been resorted to until all
other means had been exhausted. Did
he make his recommendations in a
tatesmanlike manner in the consti
tutional forum? No; he screamed out
his hyperbolic ravings at a political
barbecue of the enemy, the republic-
r.s. In the very temple of reaction.
he Manhattan rentiblican club of New
Tork city, the republican equivalent of
Tammany-hall, did George Chamber
lain of Oregon there act as high priest
of Mammon and there and then
plunge the sacrificial knife into the
democratic party from behind, amid
the nlaudits of the repuDlicans. in
joyous anticipation assembled. Was
his helpful, patriotic, constructive
riticism? No, it was damnable, de
tructive treachery!
His was no extemporaneous out
burst, but a carefully prepared, elabo
rately staged crucifixion of Woodrow
Wilson's entire administration. (For
did he not condemn every department
of the government?). Chamberlain
was the guest of honor, the chief
speaker. He was there to please his
hearers, and he pleased them. And
who were they? Theodore Roosevelt,
Elihu Root. Henry A. Wise Wood and
others sat with Chamberlain upon the
platform. He addressed the inner
shrine of republicanism, the sworn
enemies of WooJrow Wilson. Was
there a single friend of Woodrow Wil
son present to defend him? rsot one.
The newspaperman were there, fore
warned of sensation, like at a hang-
n;. to broadcast the perfidy.
Chamberltin s Manhattan ciud
speech was the opening gun of the
republican campaign of 191S: the sine
qua non of republican success. Cham
berlain's act alone drove enougn
votes awav from the democrats to
undermine Wilson's majority in the
senate, to kill the treaty and to bring
about the present unfortunate Ira
Dasse.
The mills of the gods grind slowly.
but they grind exceeding fine.
They are grinding. The day of reck
oning approaches. The ides of May
draw nigh. The democratic party has
rallied faithfully to 'its leader. Wood-
row Wilson. It has cast out V arda
man. It has defeated Hardwick. It
has renudiated Reed, and it will purge
Itself of Chamberlain at tne coming
primaries. N'3 other traitor has sur
vived the party'? righteous wrath, nor
will this one be an exception.
What boots it if Chamberlain has
voted with the administration when
the result was apparent and his vote
unessential? As surely as the sun
rises and sets the democrats of Ore
gon, like their brothers of Georgia,
Mississippi and Missouri, who are also
for Woodrow Wilson, will tut away
from themselves for all time this
George E. Chamberlain, honorary
member ' extraordinary of the Man
hat tan republican club ot New York.
ROGER W. NELSON.
FALSE ECONOMY l.V GARDENING
Craft Pride Finds Expression la Plea
- for Professional Work.
PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Edi
tor.) At the present time it is the
custom of most property owners to
have their lawns and flower gardens
fixed by hiring amateur gardeners to
do the work and over 90 per cent of
these amateurs are only common la
borers employed by professional landscape-
companies to perform minor
work, such as hoeing ground and cut
ting grass. Now they have seen that
Portland is very active in the build-
ng of new homes, most of which have
large grounds prepared for lawns,
etc., and they go ahead and make
offers to people that a lawn can be
properly fixed up for $50 Most of the
people tke this bargain offer quickly
and let these men do the work, only
to find out after the lawn is finished
that the work Is no good and then
they call for a landscape gardener to
tell them why their grass is not
growing or to make an estimate for
repairing the lawn, which means 350
to 3100 more expense on the same
work, which a professional landscape
gardener can do for f75 for a CO by
100-foot lot.
The gardener cannot see under
neath the surface and. by taking a
contract must figure on striking
stumps or rocks and the time for re
moving these objects must be made
up. Here the property owner is go
ing to be disappointed after a few
months. Every day I have to answer
questions on this subject and .still
people do not realize that the "cheap
est" way of fixing a lawn is the most
costly way in 99 out of 100 such cases.
If people would pay 31.25 an hour
and have it done by a man who
knows something about this kind of
worK, tney would be more satisfied
and happier when they see a nice
lawn in front of their home.
The building of a lawn must be
learned and is a very difficult proposi
tion. Even if the amateurs fix up the
lawns fairly good, they are apt to
spoil the latter- by watering. This is
what I have seen done in many cases.
You cannot expect that your black
smith can repair your watch, or your
doctor can fit you a new suit of
clothing. . G. B. WATSON.
EDUCATED CITIZEN' IS ASSET
Rivalry in Scaool Matters Is Better
Thsm Commercial Competition.
PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Edi
tor.) If we, the citizens of the state
of Oregon, fall to do our duty by our
children and go out and vote for the
millage bill. May 21, let us never
again hold ourselves up on a par with
our sister across the Columbia.
We are very jealous that Washing
ton should not surpass us in a com
mercial way, but sit idly by and al
low, her to give three times the sup
port to her schools that we give to
ours.
The most valuable asset any state
can have is educated citizens and edu
cation must be furnished by a state
tax if the children of the poor are ,to
receive equally with those of thi
wealthy.
Some people who can afford to pay
out from xiuu to szuu a year for
musical education for their children
object very much to an additional 20-
cent tax for the more important gen
eral education.
Let us either vote ourselves up to
a level with Washington in this im
portant respect or cease to compare
ourselves with ner.
,You who-consider yourselves boost
ers for Oregon go to the- polls and
vote for the millage bill. 314 yes. and
give Oregon the biggest boost in the
right direction that you save ever
given her. SUBSCRIBER.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Msatagn.
A SONG OF CHEER.
Cheer up: if you haven't the price of
a meal
In grief there is always a virtue.
If the steak you've not had should
turn out to be bad -The
ptomaines therein cannot hurt
you.
If jailed for assaulting a rent
profiteer
Don't shed any tears of self pity.
You will not pay a cent for your
board or your rent
While lodged as a guest of the city.
If you can't get a job, be assured If
you could.
Discretion would not let you take it.
For you'd know in advance that you
hadn't a chance
The unions would force you to
shake it.
If the wolf, with a smile is reposing
before
The doorway of my house or your
house
We don't need to mind, for we always
can find
A nice cozy room in the poor house.
If fame you have sought, and the
search has been vain
Though breathlessly eager and
zealous
It's a comfort to know that the way
that you go
Doesn't make any other folks
jealous.
Though riches are pleasant, to lack
them is not
Too much for all human endurance.
When little you've got you are saving
a lot
On taxes and burglar insurance.
Remember the case of the famous old
goose
Described In the widely known
fable
Whose eggs were of gold and of value
untold
(They never were served at the
table.)
As long as she laid 'em with worry
and care
Her heart was eternally rended
But when hung by the tail on the barn
by a nail
Her foolich afflictions were ended.
a
Expensive.
Ten dollars a day
Keeps the strikers away,
a
It Cant Be Done.
What's the use of trying to econo
mize. Overalls cost 315 a tet and
those square paper hats the working
man wears in the cartoons are simply
unobtainable because of the white
paper shortage.
la No Harry.
Japan will get out- of Vladivostok:
as soon as Mr. Bryan stops running
for the presidency.
Fame.
By Grace E. HalL
We plodders who never may hope
to win
To the highest rings on the ladder.
Fame,
Feel something of envy perhaps with
in. Or think of our efforts with pangs
of shame;
We dream of the places where favor
ites dwell.
Of the wonderful things that are
theirs -each day.
We vision their victories that quite
dispel
The thought that they too are but
human clay. '
Yet what of the, plaudits and what
of fame?
It is theirs today and another's to
morrow. For the light of approval is like a
flame
That flares up in joy and dies in
sorrow;
And who in the masses that wildly
wave
At the passing hero, have serious
thought
Of the meaning and value of what he
rave.
Or intellect mirrored in what he
wrought?
As a plodder who never may hope to
wear
A laurel wreath. It would bring me
cheer
If praise of the earnest I could but
share.
And know that their plaudits were
all sincere:
For what of the fame that shall pass
you by
When a brighter-meteor hall cross
the sky!
Nay! I'd rather shine for a longer
"spell
In a smaller circle that loved me
well.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
Prom The Oregonian of May 21. tg!5.
Washington. The income tax law.
which has received so much attention
since the first session of the bid con
gress is a thing of the past, having
been declared invalid and unconstitu
tional by the supreme court.
Tortav the trains will be loaded with
delegates coming to the meeting of
the State League or nepuoiicsn iiuua.
The Northwest Real Estate Men's
union plans to revive trade and droop
ing industries ty means oi a ioui-
nage monthly journal, -o.uuu topic
of which will be distributed over the
east and middle west.
A Mount Tabor trrower sent in 200
pounds of strawberries yesterday and
another warm aay or iu win
the market with them.
Fifty Years. Ago.
From The Oregonian of May 21. 17.
General Salomon, governor of Wash
ington teritory, will be here and ad
dress the public next Wednesday.
F. Dekum informs us that bonds of
the Oregon & California railroad are
worth 72 3-8 cents on the dollar on
the marke at Frankfort, Germany.
The 15th annual communication of
the Grand Lodge of Oddfellows closed
here last night, after election and in
stallation of officers.
Members of the First Congrega
tional church, of which Rev. Dr. At
kinson is pastor, have decided to en
ter upon the erection of a new church
edifice to cost 312.000. at the corner
of Second and Jefferson streets.
Parrali Aronsesl for Mlllsge mil.
PORTLAND. Miy 20. (To thte Edi
tor.) I should like to express through
your columns the earnest hope that
the elementary school millage bill.
No. 314. will carry overwhelmingly In
the city of Portland, The interest of
the voters, whose children attend the
ALnsworth school, has been thorough
ly aroused and sentiment here is
strongly in favor of the measure. If
Portland citizens generally are made
to recognize the urgent need of re
lief there will be cast an affirmative
vote sufficiently large to offset any
opposition from those sections of the
state where our educational needs are
less understood.
The bill offers a practical solution
of a difficulty which has been met in
the past by temporary expedients
qnlv and should pass by a laige ma
jority. MRS. CHARLES A. HART.