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THE MOKNIXG OKEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920
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SENATOR HARDING'S POLICIES.
Senator Harding's speech accept
ing the republican nomination for
president is a declaration of purpose
to restore government according to
the constitution, and to administer
It for the good of all the people.
Some will call this reaction, but
they are the ones who turned the
government aside to the service of
class interests in the name of prog
ress or are those who set up auto
cratic power In the name of human
ity. All of these talk glibly of
democracy, when fidelity to demo
cracy demands fidelity to the con
stitution under which Americans
, enjoy more perfect liberty than any
people on earth, the constitution
; which has remained without change
whiloj other nations have made, un
made and transformed new consti-
- tutions, the constitution which yet
has. met the needs of the nation
while it grew from ocean to ocean.
As an alternative to one-man rule
, with which the miscalled demo
; cratic party has cursed the country,
to the dictation of the proletariat
-which wavers of the red flag would
Inflict upon it, Mr. Harding promises
"restoration of representative popu
T lar government" in which "intelli
gent, deliberate public opinion" will
be "expressed through parties" but
- in which "a people's will remains
. the supreme authority," for "no
. man is big enough to run this great
'. republic." The one innovation that
" he proposes is that the vice-president
' shall participate in the government.
" It is a wise suggestion, for that
official should be equipped by con-1-
etant touch with public affairs to
.' succeed to the presidency if neces
V sity should arise.
Accepting President Wilson's
challenge to a "solemn referendum"
cn the league of nations, Mr. Harding
defines republican policy toward
' other nations in no uncertain terms.
. He sees that the first duty of the
, government is to serve America
; first, and that the initial mistake of
Mr. Wilson was that he was so
filled with the idea of serving all
.'mankind as to subordinate this first
' duty and with it the constitution it-
. . self. It is impossible to separate
the question of constitutional rule
from that of the league, for Mr.
Wilson joined them by setting aside
the constitution in order to frame
the covenant and to force it on the
...senate. By so doing he challenged
- the senate to scrutinize his work
. most critically, aroused its suspicion
and led it to find in the covenant
that supergovernment of which Mr.
Harding spoke. As by him "the
... torch of constitutionalism" was
, . dimmed, to him are attributed "the
delayed peace of the world and the
tragedy of disappointment and
Europe's misunderstanding of
America."
His definition, of foreign policy is
a reassurance both to America and
Europe, for he says:
TVe donot mean to hold - aloof. We
do not moan to shun a single responsl-
,.. bilily of this republic to world civilisa
tion. As the first step he promises
? "formal and effective peace so soon
as a republican congress can pass
its declaration for a republican
executive to sign." Leaving aside
the league covenant, he would then
"hopefully approach the nations of
;j Europe and of the earth, proposing
that understanding which makes us
witling, participant in the consecra
tion of nations to a new relation
ship, to commit the formal forces
of the world, America included, to
.peace and international justice, still
leaving America independent and
f.elf-reliant, but offering friendship
to all the world." Senator Lodge's
speech notifying him of the nomi.
, nation suggested that such an agree
v ment may include "extension of the
- Hague conventions, upbuilding and
codification of international law.
establishment of. a world court
international conferences in regard
to non-justiciable questions and
arrangements to bring about a I
general reduction . of armaments."
While this does not necessarily pre
- elude membership in the existing
league, it implies that radical revi
sion would be required to gain
American adhesion. Mr. Harding
, evidently plans, as indicated by the
platform, to begin anew ' at ' the'
point where Mr. Wilson began at
" ' I'aris.
For constitutional and industrial
reconstruction Mr. Harding offers a
programme founded on .the true
American principles of individualism
and of making progress along those
safe lines which were followed
before the word "progress" was
stolen to cover socialism. He recalls
to mind homely but forgotten truths
- which are the pet aversion of those
who scorn the old, and whose ideas
are imported from autocracies now
.. lately emancipated. These phrases
-W"- ... are worthy to be adopted as mottoes.
as guides to conduct, for if they
should be followed, many of our
troubles would automatically 'fly
; away without intervention by the
" government:
Toll alone makes for accomplishment
and advancement.
There, is no progress except in the
stimulus of competition.
tr Join hand and brain In production,
v' ' more production, honest production,
patriotic production.
r -r Profiteering Is a crime of commission;
under-production is a crime of omission.
He sees in mutual understanding
J , I of their common interest and of the
. " rights of the public the best hope of
peafift between employers and
workers, but no strike against the
government can be permitted. There
is no equivocation about the senator's
opposition to government ownership
of railroads. Under his guidance
we may expect steady restoration of
the efficiency of these necessities of
commerce, but he sees that extension
of highways and Improvement and
greater use of waterways are essen
tial to an adequate transportation
system.
One evidence of the senator's
stalwart Americanism is his endorse
ment of the plank declaring that
American ships should have free use
of the Panama canal. He thus pro
poses to reverse a law which Mr.
Wilson demanded for vague reasons
that have never been made clear and
for which the president fought most
obstinately in flat contradiction of
a . platform pledge. The . right to
grant this privilege to American
ships was not formally abandoned,
and should be asserted at this time,
when a great merchant marine has
been acquired and when great
foreign trade is developing. It is a
subject in which the Pacific coast
is especially Interested.
The republican candidate's views
on the remedies for the high cost of
living and for waste in government
are imbued with the common sense
which is his strong characteristic.
He knows, none better, that the best
way to help the farmers is to help
them to co-operate with each other.
He is fully alive to the Importance
of developing the west, and may be
trusted to atone for neglect by the
present administration. He disposes
of the demagogue's cry that the
republican party proposes a war of
aggression on Mexico in a brief
paragraph.
Such a programme as Mr. Harding
lays down comes with refreshing
effect after the experiences of the
last seven years. In a government
headed by him there will be rest
from the violent conflicts of the
recent past, from the dictation of
one-man power, from experiments
that pretend uplift of mankind but
inflict untold suffering. We shall'
have a president who will respect
the powers of the other branches of
the government and will therefore
work in harmony with them. He
will serve 'mankind by giving it an
example of democracy in its. mostJ
perfect form in successful operation
SOURCES OF COX'S STRENGTH.
We are advertised by our loving
friends. The word was passed
around at San Francsico with many
a wink and nod that Cox was per
sonally dry but politically wet, and
't was enough.
They disposed of Bryan's bone
dry plank in double-quick time,
when they got around to it, by the
emphatic vote of 155 yeas to
929 nays. Then they got at
Bourke Cockran's wet plank, with
its highly agreeable proposal for
light wine and real beer in the home,
and the convention, not having the
courage of its convictions, or desires,
voted it down 356 yeas, 726 nays.
Yet it is interesting to note that a
grand total of 356 wet delegates
were willing to stand up and be
counted. You ask where they come
from? From the original Cox states
of course, and from those other wet
states which went to the favorite
sou of a wet Ohio just as soon as
they could. The backbone of the
fight for a wet plank was made up
of the following states:
Teas. Nays.
. TS 32
New Tork . . i
New Jersey
Ohio
Illinois
Massachusetts
Maryland ...
20
21
3
. ."-7
Connecticut IS
Pennsylvania 44 32
Mr. Palmer withdrew after the
thirty-eighth ballot, and the stam
pede began. New Jersey had been
consistently voting for Cox for many
ballots, after it had dumped Edwards
overboard and New York had
steadily given Cox seventy of its
ninety votes after it had jettisoned
Smith. Then Pennsylvania, which
was for Palmer, and Massachusetts
with a majority for Palmer, and
Connecticut for Cummings, and later
for various candidates, all promptly
landed in the lap of Cox. Maryland
had given a majority for fhe Ohioan
through the long contest. With
scattering votes from various sources,
these re-enforcements to the original
Cox strength brought him up to 490
votes on the fortieth ballot, while
McAdoo dropped to 467. On the
forty-fourth ballot Cox got the
necessary two-thirds (729) and was
nominated.
Who and what nominated Cox?
The answer is made easy by a study
of the balloting.
THAT PLEA FOR DEBS.
The sort of patriotism that ani
mates members of the farmer-labor
party may be judged from the letter
of Parley P. Christensen, their
presidential candidate, to Senator
Harding and Governor Cox, asking
them to join In a plea for the pardon
of Eugene V. Debs. The socialist
candidate did his worst by speech
and writing to induce men to resist
the draft and to dissuade men from
volunteering and from subsaribing
for liberty bonds. By so doing he
aided prosecution of the war by the
Germans and obstructed its prosecu
tion by the United States. If Debs
had been left free to continue this
conduct, others might have followed
his example, many might have fol
lowed their advice, and the loyal
citizens who were doing their duty
might have been disheartened by the
.indifference of . the government to
the activity of the disloyal. In its
effects Debs action was treason
But Mr. Christensen says that
Debs "is in prison for no crime other
than an honest public expression of
his political views" and the third
party leader s conception of liberty
includes tne right to think wrong.
He draws no distinction between
treason and political opinion: be
tween the right to express opinions
In differences between Americans as
to domestic politics and differences
between this whole nation and an
other nation which are being fought
out to the death. When the arm of
America was raised to strike, Debs
uieu 10 pun it Qown. This was a
crime of the worst kind." For no
less a crime several Frenchmen of
high rank were executed. ' Debs'
punishment Is slight by comparison
with the enormity of his crime.
Debs is not punished for thinking
wrong, but for giving expression to
his thoughts and for trying to in
fluence the action of others by
transplanting them Into other minds.
This is a most effective weapon of
modern war. By thus molding the
wrman people's thoughts for the
last half century the kaiser and his
satellites wrought Uieui up to the
fighting pitch which he believed to
mean victory. The bolshevist chief
Lenin has openly boasted that the
red victories over Denikin and Kol
chak were won, not by military
superiority but by propaganda, which
destroyed the fighting spirit of their
enemies and won many white sol
diers over to the red cause. Marshal
Foch says that the first requisite of
victory is the will to fight and to
win. By inspiring doubt whether the
cause was just Debs would, if left
free, have weakened the will to fight
and would have placed victory in
doubt.
The honesty of Debs opinion does
not lessen the enormity of his crime,
much less make it no crime. The
law does not concern Itself with the
honesty of a man's opinions nor with
what a man thinks, provided he does
not speak or write his. opinion, but
with the effect of actual expression
of opinion. If that effect be In
jurious, it punishes the man, regard
less of his honesty. No doubt mil
lions of Germans who fought In the
war were sincere believers In the
justice of Germany's cause, but pur
soldiers killed them; if they had not,
the Germans would have killed them.
The law should have been more
severe with an American citizen who
fought for Germany by word of
mouth, but It was more merciful.
THE HIGHWAY DECISION.
There Is gratifying assurance
given by a decision of the state
supreme" court the other day that
the orderly process of the highway
commission's work of designating
the routes of state highways will
not be interfered with by local
considerations. """'
The highway commission act had
been adopted before the people
voted on the Initial bond issue of
VC, 000, 000 for construction of cer
tain designated state highways. It
was the common understanding that
the law had conferred upon the
commission a certain discretion; that
a strong point in favor of the bond
ing act was that the highway com
mission was to be free from the
entanglements, local pressure and
insistence upon favoriteness that
county courts find it so difficult to
ignore.
Now this understanding of the
law has been upheld by the highest
court. A wholly proper function of
the state highway commission has
been sustained. In designating state
highways it need not adopt as
state highways only those roads
through a county laid out by the
county court, but may select the
route that seems to it the most
suitable for general public use
Public confidence in the road build
ing programme will be strengthened
by the decision.
ZIONISM AND PALESTINE.
So definite and vital is the flame
of nationality, of racial identity, tha
the winds of centuries do not puff It
out, nor long continued persecution
snuff the persistent flicker. So it
is with the w;indering race of Israel
flouted and whipped and exiled in
many lands, that turns its burning
eyes of prophecy toward Palestine
and speaks of a new Zion in that an
cient province, a Zion that shall for
ever be the national home of tho
Jewish people. Britain made the
promise when war was at its height
and reaffirmed it when General
Allenby rode into Jerusalem at the
head of his victorious troops, down
the same streets that knew the tread
of the lawgivers of old, the imme
morial city that witnessed the rise
and fall of Jewry. So the embers of
Zionism were fanned again and a
hidden hope of the Jewish race burst
into vigorous fire.
In the campaign of Zionism, par
ticularly in America, not all of Jew
ish blood possess the same viewpoint
regarding the advisability, the feasi
bility, of re-establishing their ancient
tion in Palestine. There are those
who c'.ecry the movement as tending
toward the sacrifice of spiritual at
tributes for political expression and
material gain who hold that by sor
row and suffering the soul of their
race has been freed, that their peo
ple stand today at the doors of
achievement and duty in the service
of mankind and that to reconstruct
their nation in Palestine would be
to barter and forsake all that has
been gained through the tedious cen
turies. Somewhat difficult of con
ception is this height of idealism.
running beyond the scale of usual
human motive, but it is deserving
of honor for its sincerity and spirit
uality.- And it is strangely similar
to the very essence of Zionism itself,
against which it Is arrayed, for Zion
ism is a literal outpouring of the
human heart.
The persecution of the Jews is not
yet finished, however happy and
prosperous may be the lot of this
admirable people in more enlight
ened countries. With the lesson of
war eastern Europe absorbed no pre
cept of toleration for their race and
Legan again the intolerable pro
gramme of boycott, expulsion and
persecution. The homeless have
turned toward Palestine with faith
in the promise that their land shall
be restored to them. Unquestionably
the pledge must and will be kept, but
the many obstacles in the path of
realization challenge the most adroit
diplomacy and the most scrupulous
consideration of all interests. There
is no argument against Zionism in
the fact that its way Is beset with
difficulties and the Zionists repeat
edly have pointed out that enlist
ment in their cause does not imply
actual immigration to Zion on the
part of the partisan. The new Zion
i3 for the refuge and happiness of
those who seek it voluntarily and
who, most unfortunately, are in dire
r.eed of sanctuary.
In Palestine there are at present
500,000 followers of Mohammed,
6i.000 Christians and 60,000 Jews.
It is but natural that this prepon
derant element of Moslems and
Christians, alarmed by the belief
that their country is to be bestowed
on the Jewish race, with political
control, should join in common pro
test against such obliteration of their
interests. But Zionism contemplates
nothing of the sort, though it does
look forward to 'the day when Pales
tine shall be essentially a Jewish na
tion. Its leaders, with the memory
of oppression still smarting, would
not carry in their turn a doctrine of
intolerance to the soil where once
their flocks grazed and their cooking
fires gleamed through the desert
evenings. The policy of Zionism is
broad and sensible, recognizing the
rights of property and of -religious
and political freedom.
Not only is immigration to be
carefully winnowed and chosen, but
1 acquirement of land is to be through
general purchase made by a national
council, with selections drawing more
heavily on uncultivated areas and on
the preperties of the former Turkish
government. Through natural devel
opment, through the application of
reclamation projects. It is designed to
transform Palestine to the home of
6,000,000 people, giving political
dominance, if at all, to the Jews
through the evolutionary process of
continued settlement and economic
success. No follower of prophet is
to be dispossessed, no Christian Sy
rian Is to suffer discrimination for
Zionism counts heavily on the aid of
these in its plans for the rehabilita
tion of the Holy Land.
Pertinent . criticisms may be di
rected against the Zionist movement,
but in the main they are swept aside,
or should be, by the natural logic of
gradual economic progress and pos
session. If Zionism can. bring the
barren wastes to yield, the marshes
to productivity, the desert to verdure
and bloom, If It can provide suste
nance and toll for 6,000,000 people,
where there is now subsistence for
but' a fraction of that number, then
should the Jewish race enter into its
heritage without cavil or dispute. In
finding a political identity there Is
no reason to assume that the Jewish
people would sacrifice the poetic,
spiritual components of their char
acter, as some fear.- And it Is certain
that a tide of human misery, flowing
to the crest for twenty centuries.
would wane and recede.
A TASK FOR CALM MINDS.
Subordination of the league of na
tions to governmental efficiency and
collective bargaining by the republi
cans and to prohibition by the -democrats
apparently justifies the view of
the Villager that "the whole country
seems to be concerned more about
parish politics than about the servlce
of mankind." European countries
too have become absorbed in domes
tic affairs and in international jeal
ousies. Therefore it is argued that
the time to form a. league of nations
was while the war was on, not when
it is over, for "it is only while we
are in the midst of war that we
realize war conditions."
The only league that was possible
during the war was a league of the
allies. The neutrals would not have
dared to go in, though the door
might have been left open for them.
Its foundation principles could only
have been President Wilson's four
teen points, but Britain would have
balked at freedom of the seas, what
ever it means, and probably Ameri
can zeal for that phrase would have
cooled, as we are in a fair way to
become Britain's equal in naval
power, shipping and foreign trade.
Self-determination could not have
been rejected, but it has proved a
firebrand which has lighted all the
small wars that followed the great
cne and has started rebellions in the
dominions of the nations which ap
pla'uded it. But the allies were then
so wrought, up that they might have
pledged themselves to ideals that
they are now disposed to subject to
calm analysis.
The time to form a league Is not
during war nor when peace is being
made. It is as the round-robin
senators said, after peace has been
made, but while the memory of war's
evils is fresh In the peoples' minds
and while they still bear the burden
of its sorrows and debts. Then pas
sion has cooled and reason has re
gained its supremacy over the hys
teria of altruism. Though The
Hague treaties were framed under
no impetus of a recent great war,
they still live as a code by which
peace shall be promoted and war re
stricted. Elihu Root, one of their
authors, is helping the league to
shape the world court which they
proposed, and when a new adminiH
tration is able to approach the sub
ject from a new viewpoint the United
States, may join in reshaping the ex
isting league with The Hague treaties
as a foundation.
A permanent league could not have
been formed during the war. None
could have been formed at the peace
conference, and Mr. Wilson's haste
tc form one there has only delayed
Its ultimate completion, for without
the United States it is incomplete.
Nobody particularly will object to
sending the thousand gallons of the
best whisky made, confiscated- by
Marshal Alexander, to the hospitals
of the country. Why whisky is
needed in a hospital Is not plain,
but a "heap" of fellows will wish
they were sick.
The owner of fowls must pay for
damage to a neighbor's garden. This
is the legal way; the other Is to
have a chicken dinner Sunday at
the hen man's expense and without
his knowledge.
As long as we continue to tolerate
grade crossings of railroad tracks,
just so long will accidents occur like
the one hear Harrisburg, when four
persons in an automobile were killed
on a crossing.
Next thing government may be
asked to redeem all the Confederate
money that has gone into the hands
of ignorant Russians. Nothing Is
too much to ask of N your Uncle
bamuei.
Missing and unaccounted for
One W. J. Bryan, prohibition nomi
nee. But his alibi will be better
than that of any other man. He
has been sober the past two days.
Destruction of crops by hail Is
not more frequent except that there
are more crops to be hit. About
so many hail storms are due, and
the wise grower gets insured.
Still, there's one advantage to the
72 per cent increase in water rates
just made effective in Roseburg. Cit
izens won't have to buy moonshine
now to get a kick out of a drink. .
A woman who threw a brickbat
at a boy was fined $50 for hitting
him by Judge Rossman instead of
getting a medal for marksmanship.
If the Prinevllle plan of feeding
raisin mash to rabbits becomes
general the long ear will be a real
bird with game flavor.
Escaping from deputy United
States marshals seems to be quite
a popular little pastime with federal
prisoners in Portland.
There's a handcuffed negro loose
seeking relief and if you aid him
he is just smooth enough to steal
your shirt.
Two lightning storms in a week is
something of a record hereabouts.
Better than earthquakes, at that
BY - PRODUCTS
OF"
THE TIMES
Pooca Indians Dance to Muale of
Hymn of Hate of Kaiser.
The Intensity of the feeling of the
Indian tribes of the United States
against the former German kaiser
has become known through the ren
dition of a Ponca Indian song, com
posed during the world war. The
eong Is in the Ponca Indian language,
the word "kaiser" being the only
English word.
The rendition of this song in Ponca
City came through an Invitation to
the Ponca Indiana to assist in the lo
cal Fourth of July celebration by giv
ing a series of their tribal dances on
the business streets. This Is the first
time Poncaa ever danced in a town or
city.
" The "Kaiser Song," as the Poncas
term it, was composed by Fred Smith,
a full-blooded Ponca, who also is the
leader In singing when the Ponca
dances are given and one of the five
tom-tom beaters who chant the words
whjle the Interpretative dance Is In
progress.
Among the Poncas who danced In
the "Kaiser Song" here were four old
men who have been dancing for more
than a half century. One was John
Bull, full-blood Sioux, who has lived
with the Poncaa for many years. The
others were Weakbone, Robert Wash
ington and Goodboy, all full-blood
Poncas.
Of the young men who danced there
were several who served in the army
overseas. All of the younger dancers
are boys who have gone through Car
lisle or Chilocco or Haskell, but who
believe in the tribal and religious
dances of their people.
It Is estimated there were 3000 In
dians in town during the celebration,
including Osages, Poncas, Otoes, Mis
souris, Kaws, Tonkawas and some
Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Sioux.
Oklahoman.
The city man who was the country
boy of yesterday closes his eyes a few
minutes and lives over again a sum
mer afternoon of long ago, a day
when his little crowd, equipped -with
enough worms to feed a school of fish,
betook itself to the pool -where It was
annually reported and fervently be
lieved the big bass were hiding.
They didn't get the big bass. Bites
came slowly, and those they landed
were little sunfish. Is there anywhere
in any lake 'a muskie big enough to
give him as great a thrill as those
little sunfish? He was late to supper,
but there was supper kept for him.
And mother didn't scold. She was
pleased as punch, and told him to
hurry and clean the fish and she
would cook them. And she did.
No other grown person praised his
catch. In all the world he and mother
alone recognised how worth while
those five little sunfish were. And
yet it didn't seem wonderful that she
didn't ask him where the bass were.
That was what other people did,
It was a wonderful day, but as he
looks back on It, he sees that the
wonderful thing was not the little
string of "boy's fish," but he mother
who was so pleased that she stood
over a hot stove cooking them. How
glad she was to do it. How happy
she would be if she could do it again
today. But she lives too far away
now.
We wonder if he remembers to
write and tell her of his discovery
his discovery that mother's heart was
big enough to make his little fish a
splendid catch. Milwaukee Journal.
m
The oldest golf club in the world,
founded in 1608 by James I of Eng
land and the Sixth of Scotland, still
exists at Blackheath, the home of the
Royal Blackheath club. This club
was established 127 years before the
Edinburgh Burgess Golfing society
and 146 years before even the Royal
and Ancient club was formed.
The course at Blackheath today Is
similar to what It was when James
and his cronies went there for exer
cise. The course consists of seven
holes which have to be played three
times fot a complete medal round.
There are no awe-inspiring bunkers,
and the hazards consist of Iron rail
ings, lamp posts, nurse maids and
children.
The clubhouse is a museum of his
toric treasures relating to the game,
The walls are hung with paintings,
and there is a set of clubs 200 years
old. In the collection is an iron club
more than four feet long with a head
as big as a two-handed battle axe.
Ancient traditions are maintained at
club dinners; members wear their red
coats and there Is betting on who will
sneeze most when the old snuff box is
passed about. London Express.
The hoary locks of United States
Senator J. Ham Lewis, which dance
about on the senator's head in aban
don during his speeches, aiding In
giving his hearers any thrills they
may receive are false! I
This was made known by Don Hunt,!
secretary to United States Senator
Reed, while Hunt was in the cltj and
is, no doubt, cruelly disillusioning to
those who have admired the states
manlike air the locks give the senator
from Illinois as he pauses after come
weighty remark, to push them back
frorn his brow.
Hunt said intimate friends of Sena
tor Lewis have seen the senator's bald
"knob" with just a hair now and then
and that the effect, after seeing the
senator wearing his wig, is rather de
pressing.
The wig does not jibe with the rain
bow color of Senator Lewis' whiskers,
which In Washington are referred to
the "aurora borealis." St. Louis
Times.
Industral discontent in Australia is
puzzling arbitration judges, federal
politicians and basic wage commis
sions, and even In the northern terri
tory there Is disturbance. . Mr. Lind
say, the well-known explorer, had the
whole question summed up for him
most ably by an old Chinaman In the
territory. Repeating the conversation
to a representative of the Melbourne
Argus, Mr. Lindsay said: "A Chinese
who was a young man when I went
to the northern territory In 1878, and
is now keeping a store there, re
marked to me: "When you and me
young men, no wages, plenty fruit,
plenty fish, plenty vegetable, every
body happy. Now, high wage, no
fruit, no fish, no vegetable, everybody
growl, nobody happy.'" Christian
Science Monitor.
Grounds of Objection Stated.
Houston (Texas) Post.
"But. Mabel, on what grounds does
your father object to me?" "On any
grounds within a mile of our house."
Those Who Come and Go.
Fresh from South America, George
Hyland arrived in Portland yesterday.
He has been In the south since Janu
ary. "Americans are not In the best
of standing In the South American
countries." said he. "The reason is
that the Americans simply want to
go there and sell stuff and get the
money and leave. The business Is
largely In the hands of British, who
hnlld warehouses ana rauroaas uu
trv tn develoo the country. This
makes the British more popular than
the Americans, naturally. Ana tne
British finance by borrowing Ameri
can money and Investing and lending
It to the people of South America, ine
native business men are usually fig
ureheads. They get up at 9 A. M. and
loaf around In their pajamas until
noon; go to the office in their long
tall coats at 1 o'clock and look orna
mental for a couple of hours, and that
day's work is done. These natives
are used by the British companies as
local representatives to make con
nections." "Good roads are causing farmers to
paint up and put in new fences." said
David H. Looney, of Jefferson, mem
ber of the legislature for Marlon coun
ty, who Is In the city. "Before the
highways were paved the roads were
dusty and the farm houses were dusty
and presented a dirty appearance, for
it was considered a waste of time to
try to keep a place looking neat when
every passing wagon or automobile
stirred up the dust. Now a change is
coming over the landscape. As the
farmer sees the fine highway and the
machines scuttling past, he begins to
take a new feeling of interest in the
appearance of his place or maybe It
is the farmer's wife who first starts
the suggestion. Anyway, the farmer
paints his house and straightens up
his fence. Possibly there are a rew
flowers planted and maybe a little
lawn between the house and the high
way. In short, the paved highways
are forcing the people in the country
to spruce up."
"Fifteen tons of cherries was what
harvested." beamed J. A Wester
lund. of Medford, legislative repre
sentative for Jackson county, who was
in Portland yesterday. "Got 13 cents
a sound for the cherries. Boys and
girls who picked earned irom j.ou
day up." Mr. n esterluna nas an
orchard which he has been working on
for about 14 years and in this orchard
is a lane of cherry trees a mile and a
half In length. Being In the hotel
business, he Is concerned with the
gasoline situation and he declares that
there has been no rationing or gaso
line in his city.
"I want a bed where I can stretch
out," directed a travel-stained tourist
at one of the hotels yesterday. "I've
been sleeping In the back seat of my
automobile for several nights and It
wasn't exactly comfortable. Why?
Well, I did it as self protection. It
Isn't safe to leave a machine in a
garage or parked somewhere over
night because someone is likely to
steal the gasoline out of your tank. I
knew that If I nestled in the back
seat gasoline thieves would keep
away for fear of arousing me."
Edward Hines, one of the big lum
ber operators of the United States,
with sawmills scattered in many
states, arrived at the Hotel Portland
yesterday from Coos Bay, where he
has been looking over mill property
and timber. Accompanying him are
M. L. Hudson. C R. Nelson, W. S.
Bennet, Charles L Hall and Charles
Mattson. Coincident with their arri
val came a rumor that the Hines
Lumber company may purchase prop
erty in the Coos Bay district.
"There's plenty of gasoline in As
toria, although a shortage exists in
Seaside," says M. K. Hardesty, a coun
cilman of the summer resort. "Sea
side people, when they want gas, go
over to Astoria. While there may
not be so many visitors at Seaside this
year, the merchants all say that they
are doing as much business as ever.
This is partly explained by the fact
that the permanent population of
Seaside has greatly increased and the
residents are prosperous and spend
lng money freely."
There are about $30,000 In warrants
out issued by the town of Arlington.
The 6 per cent limitation is holding
the town down, so the mayor, ir.
J. W. Donnelly, Is In town to see
about selllnlg a bunch of bonds and
taking the bond money to wipe out
the warrant indebtedness. When this
has been accomplished, then the town
can handle itself to better advantage
for the 6 per cent limitation does not
apply to raising money for payment
of interest and principal on bonded
indebtedness.
S. T. Helman of Louisville, Ky..
heads a party which is registered at
the Benson. The Kentuckians are on
their way to Alaska for a trip. .Mr.
Helman had considerable amusement
yesterday making purchases of a few
cents and tendering a $100 greenback.
which the dealers were unable to
change. . He declared that as long as
he had and exhibited the century note
his credit was not questioned.
For the purpose of having an x-ray
picture taken. J. R. Woodford is in
town. For eleven years Mr. Woodford
was the postmaster at Medford and
after ho built up' the business and
made It a going concern, he quit
Yesterday morning he was fasting un.
til noon so that when the x-ray was
taken It would not reveal a slice of
toast, a couple of eggs and a side of
bacon in his department of the in
terior.
John Bently, once upon a time sher
iff of Umatilla county, and now wear
lng a star of the Pendleton police
force, is registered at the Perkins
Another old-timer from Pendleton at
the Perkins is John Estes.
Tourists from Holland are F. X.
Van Geye, of Rotterdam, and Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Godson of The Hague. In
the past few weeks there have been
an unusual number of visitors In
Portland from the Netherlands.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gates of West-
port. Or., are at the Hotel Oregon
while on a shopping tour. Westport
was named after th man who first
successfully canned salmon on the
Columbia river.
F. R. Beats, who won the nomina
tion for representative in the legisla
ture on the republican ticket. Is reg
tstered at the Imperial from Tilla
mook. James T. Shaw, attorney for the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany, arrived at the Hotel Portland
yesterday from San Francisco.
F. W. Sumner, who has the Iron
works at Everett, Wash., Is an ar
rival at the Hotel Oregon, being here
on a business trip.
R. A Wernlch of Coquiile. Or., who
operates extensively in timber, is reg
istered at the Benson.
Presidents' Surnames British.
Indianapolis News.
Considering the fact that the United
States has kept practically an open
door for a century and more to all
comers-and that millions of Germans,
Scandinavians, Italians and others
have settled in the land. It is surpris
ing that only two presidents have
borne other than British surnames.
These two were both Dutch, Van
Buren and Roosevelt.
SEARCH MADE BEHIND RETURNS
Mr. Pnrdr Convinced That Democrats
Are Dry, Republicans AVet.
SALEM, Or.. July 21. (To the Ed
itor.) As the national conventions
of the two great political parties are
over and the movies have enlightened
the general public relative to the
great demonstrations of the delegates
and friends of the several speakers
and candidates at each convention, it
now behooves each party to get down
to business and line up support for
Its representative candidates, but it
goes without saying that each should
be fair with the other and not mis
represent the party's candidates.
The first thing to take Into consid
eration Is, does a party control Its
candidate for president, or does the
candidate or president control the
party to which he belonps? From
the way " our respected citizen. Ste
phen A Lowell, would make it ap
pear by his article in The Oregonian
of July 21, the candidate or president
Is absolutely to control his party re
gardless of congress or public senti
ment. Mr. Lowell suggests a slogan.
'Cox and cocktails; Harding and
home." Isn't this ridiculous In the
face of the fact that the delegates
at the democratic convention went
on record by an overwhelming ma
jority against even liht wines and
beer, when on the other hand the re
publican leaders refused even to let
the delegates at Chicago take a vote
on the floor of the convention on such
a light beverage as light wines or
beer. "Thou art the people who wish
cocktails" and It is too late for re
publicans to try to convince the peo
ple to the contrary. As I said before,
your rank and file would have proved
It If it had had a chance at the Chi
cago convention.
On the other hand over 100 dele
gates at San Francisco voted for a
bone-dry plank to be placed in their
platform, and I was one of that num
ber. Republicans didn't have one
dozen at the Chicago convention who
would have offered and voted for a
bone-dry plank, and at this time are
too late to prove that they did have.
So I consider my amendment to Mr.
Lowell's slogan appropriate at thW
time.
Cox's Old Sox
Harding's for Home.
W'llL E. i'URDT.
MAYOR'S SALARY 19 TOO SMALL
Dclcgra.t Ions Who Call on Mr. Baker
Ought to Enlarge Their Effort.
PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Ed
itor.) I note that a representative
body of business men of Portland re
cently called upon Mayor George L
Baker at the city hall and presented
a signed petition requesting him
again to enter the race to become our
mayor. This, of course, was a great
honor to Mr. Baker and I am sure he
recognized it as such.
However, with all due reirpect to
this worthy body of men, I wonder
if they realize that the mayor of this
city receives a salary of only $6000
per year, and that out of this he must
necessarily entertain and be a good
fellow. Mayor Baker happens to be
the kind of a man who will be the
right kind of a good fellow regardless
of his salary.
The officers of some private cor
porations draw a salary several times
larger than we F?" our mayor ana.
besides this salary, they have an un
limited expense account for entertain
ment purposes. It seems unfortunate
that a city the size of Portland In
sists on receiving such valuable serv
ices with such small pay for it.
This worthy body of business men
would have accomplished something
really worth while had they Incor
porated Into their errort some plan
that would secure for the mayor a.
salary commensurate with the serv-
ces rendered, say JIL'.OOU per year.
Then, when they called upon mm.
their request wotrld have carried with
it the proper dignity. 1 here is no
question but the people of Portland
would "be perfectly willing to vote an
Increase to the mayor s salary 11 tney
had an opportunity to do so.
Is it asking too much that these
petitioners be requested to finish the
1ob and get our mayor a reasonable
salary. I. C CUNNINGHAM.
1967 East Alder street.
ALL MUST WORK ON DAIRY KARM
Farmer Dependent on Wife nnd Chil
dren for Work In l'iclil.
SHERIDAN. Or.. July 21. (To the
Editor.) Just a few lines to endorse
the sentiments of the correspondent,
Mrs. W. K. Rice.
I am a farmer's wife myself and
find It impossible to make enough to
live on off an JK00O place without my
husband working out. I have three
small children, too small to do much
in the way of chores, so these fall
to me. It I want fresh vegetables
It is up to me to grow them ami my
back is not a bit stronger than the
average city woman's. . Then I have
to help with all the hoed crops with
out which the cows could not be kept
In the dry summer, or have much
succulent feed In the winter.
How often have I heard one of these
women now kicking at the high cost
of milk tell of closing up her house
or going camping for two months
every summer with the children. My
children would like it Just as well,
but if my husband had to hire help
at $5 a day to do the work that I
and two of my small children do. I
think milk would soon double in price,
or worse still, the supply absolutely
cease.
It is a well-known fart that the
infiustrial production of today Is only
60 per cent of the pre-war production,
whereas wages have doubled; but the
farmer and his family are asked to
produce more than ever when by the
actions of the industrial laborers in
so raising wages, this same farmer is
prohibited from enjoying his usual
amount of help as he cannot pay the
wages necessary to compete with
those earned in town with far less
exertion. A FARMER'S WIFE.
I'mc of "Morr" and "Most."
PORTLAND, July 22. (To the Ed
itor.) 1. In comparison which is cor
rect, "pleasant, pleasanter and pleas
antest." or "more and most pleasant"?
For example:
The climate there Is pleasanter than
here, or the climate there is more
pleasant than here.
2. Also please state, when two or
more articles are compared, is not
one taller than the second one, or is
It correct to speak of the tallest of
the two men? Should not tallest be
used only when three articles or peo
ple are mentioned? INA PASCHAL.
1. "More" and "most" are used in
forming comparative and superlative
degrees. In consideration of euphony.
As It Is hot particularly awkward to
say "pleasanter" or "pleasantest,"
one may express the degree by either
method.
2. Use the comparative degree in
comparing" two "He is the taller of
the two."
Suit for Divorce.
PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly advise what steps are
necessary for me to take in order to
secure a divorce. I was married and
established my home In Brooklyn.
N. Y., and went Into the army. Upon
my discharge and return home I found
my wife had sold out the house and
had departed for parts unknown with
another, man. How and when and
where can application be made?
SUBSCRIBER.
You can sue for divorce in Oiegon
if you have lived here .one year or
longer. Engage a lawyer.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
THE COOK AND THE JAZZ.
In the days when Mr. Henry J. Lu
cullus Used to have the boys to dinner at
the club.
Serving appetizing victuals, like pre
olstead beer and skittles.
They would slap him on the back
n,. anl cry, "Some grub!"
Old Lucullus never had the slightest
worry
That his dinner "guests would give
his chow the rax;
Even-thing he served was classy from
hors d ouvre to demi-tasse.
For his chef had never bothered
with the jazx.
nen tseisnazzar gave a quiet dinner
Party,
All the lads that sat around the
festal board
Set to work and ate as hearty as an
old-time chowser party,
"Which the councilman conducted in
the ward.
Not a diner turned his nose up at the
beef-steak.
Or passed up the .ham and spinach
out of spite.
There was never any jazzer In the
days of old Belshazzar.
So the eats the monarch served
were always right.
Francis Savarin, who cooked
young Kiner T.nnia
for
UBed to fricasse the tripe with such
a vim
That, though long ago he perished.
still his memory Is cherished.
And we name our swellest grill
rooms after him.
If the king refused to eat his boiled
potatoes.
Or his ham and eggs, It cut him
like a knife.
He was never known to blunder, was
this culinary wonder.
And he never did a jazz-step In his
life.
So, although of course you often will
be tempted
To Invite your cook to go to cab
arets, (For the ugly thought will strike r
that you're nothing but a piker
If you only take her out to photo
plays). If you'll be advised by us you will not
do it.
Or your daily fare will go on the
pazzaz.
Be she skillful with the skillet
with paint was Mr. Millet.
She'll be rotten If she ever learns to
jazz. .
' Alas, Poor Man!
Cable reports say English women
who possess 15 windows in their
homes can vote. Men will now get
as little use from windows In their
residence as they formerly did of
closets.
Merely Reflection.
"Georgetown Feels Quake." News
paper headline. Probably only the dis
tant rumble of proceedings from
across the river at the White House
during the recent convention.
(Copyright by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Asro.
From The Oregonian. July 23, 1S93.
Helena. Mont. The Helena assay
office today received the biggest sin
gle deposit of gold dust ever made in
Helena, It was over 3000 ounces and
worth about $55,000.
Tacoma The big Indian Institute
for the territory west of the Missouri
river opened today. The object of the
institute is to consid-er Indian instruc
tion. At a meeting of citizens in the
Chamber of Commerce hall yesterday
J15.000 was voted for an industrial
exposition In Portland this fall.
Petitions have been prepared and
will soon be circulated asking the
common council to pass a InW to pro-
limit the Mowing of steam whistles
within the city limits between the
hours of 9 P. M. and 7 'A M.
F"ifty Yenr Ako.
From The Oregonian. July 23. 1870.
.Berlin Two hundred French sol
diers crossed the frontier on Tuesday
on reconnoisanoe and were made pris
oners after a skirmish.
Salem Commencement exercises of
Willamette university have been of
unusual interest and show well for
tho Institution.
Taris The dogma of infallibility, of
the pope was proclaimed at Rome yes
terday. Ottawa Information received here
is that the imperial government will
guarantee a bwin for building a rail
road from Montreal to British Co
lumbia. PAY MORE OR DO "WITHOUT MILK
Dairymen Cannot Stand Losses In
definitely. Says Producer.
FORKST GROVE, Or.. July 21. (To
the KUitor.) I have been interested
in the milk squabble now going on in
Portland. We dairymen who are up
against the real thing can see the
mistake the city people are now mak
ing by kicking about paying a living
price for milk. I have been dairying
lor 12 years and now have a herd of
15 cows. My herd Is the only herd in
this part of Washington county that
has not been reduced 50 per cent or
more since 1916. Heifer calves are
being knocked in the head as fast as
they are born, so that calves are al
most a curiosity on the farm.
During the early part of tte war we
grew potatoes to help food produc
tion. My wife and children helped
dig them while help was impossible
to get. We sold these potatoes for
less than wages for digging them.
People quit growing potatoes and see
what you got for. it.
The time is coming, sure as fate,
when you will go milk hungry. My
cost of production is $ per 100
pounds, and we are forced to sell to
the condenser for $2.80. If this keeps
up my herd will be reduced the same
as the neighbors. I have been hang
ing onto my, herd because I need the
manure for my prune orchard. Soil
fertility is essential to all successful
farming, but we cannot keep cows
for the manure alone.
D. C. LILLY.
Walllnc to Be Convinced.
PORTLAND. July 22. (To the Edi
tor.) Stephen A. Lowell's article on
slogan for Harding in The Oregonian
of July 22 prompts me to answer.
"Harding and Home" is very good and
appropriate and should be adopted.
As he will conduct his campaign at
home I was considering it a good
place to keep him.
I will, however, agree to vote for
Harding if Judge Lowell will Inform
me where I can secure Information
that will verify his statement that
'Cox and Cocktails" is the slogan of
the democratic party. Fair enough?
ON THE FENCE.
She's His Boss Now.
London Opinion.
"What became of that girl Masher
ton was flirting with last summer?"
"You mean the girl that Masherton
thought he was flirting with 7 bhe
' married him.