Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 30, 1920, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextlO THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY; OCTOBER 30, 1920 ittormncr xt$mvw ESTABLISHED BY HENRY I.. PITTOCK. Fubllshed by The Oregonian Publishing Co.. Xaa Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon, e A. MORDEN. B. B. VIPS.. Min.ir.r- Editor. The Oregonian 1: a member of the f republication of special dispatches here in are alio reserved- . Subscription Rales Invariably In Advance. By MalL Iany. Sunday Included, one year -"V I'aily. Sunday included. si month! . . . Ialy. Sunday included, tnree montftf . fcally. Sunday Included, one month .... Xaily. without Sunday, one year ?" Daily, without Sunday, six month .... ; Dally, without Sunday, one month. .... " W eekly, one year i xJJ Sunday, one year ..... o-u (By Carrier.) Tmrly. Sunday Included, one year ... - J-JJ Daily, Sunday Included, three month, i.-o Dally. Sunday included, one month ... Daily, without Sunday, one year .. 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TJtter failure of. the democratic party to rise to the necessities of either peace oj war. to grapple- with the difficulties of either domestic or foreign affairs, is due to President Wilson's imposition of one-man rule on the country and to his party's submission to that rule rather than take the genuinely patriotic course This -would have been resistance to executive dictation at the risk ot ostracism for individuals and of di vision and defeat for the party. The president was determined to be an autocrat, and his party let him have his way rather than sacrifice the loaves and fishes of office to defense Of the constitution. The president did not wait till after his inauguration to prove that his smooth phrases about "taking counsel" and "meeting of minds were but-"molasses to catch flies," to use another of hia expressions. He wrote a letter to A. M. Palmer re pudiating the platform declaration against a second term, thus early be traying his determination to seek a second term and, by inference, to violate the precedent against a third term. His contempt for the platform on which he had been elected was dis played on many occasions. It pledged his party to a national presi dential primary law. A bill for that purpose was introduced In the house. By his influence it was smothered in committee so effectually that it was never heard of again. The Baltimore platform pledged his party to the principle that Ameri can ships should pass through the Panama canal free of tolls, and that principle was already law. He had said that that plank was not "mo lasses to catch flies," but he demand ed that the plank be torn out of the platform by repeal of the lav, and he successfully used all' the power of his office to gain his end. He was pledged to protect lives and property of Americans in foreign lands, but when Americans were murdered and robbed in Mexi co, he declared for "watchful wait ing." When the Tampico incident provided a pretext to force Huerta out of Mexico, he asked consent of congress to send troops to "Vera Cruz, but did not consult It about their withdrawal after his end was served. The platform was used by him merely as a refuge from compliance with demands which he did not wish to grant but which political expe diency forbade him to deny. Thus when asked to support a woman suf frage amendment to the constitution, he pleaded that he was bound by the platform from which he had alreudy ripped several planks. His inaction against flagrant out rage on Americans in Mexico was de fended by him on the plea of scrupu lous regard for the rights of nations, but in 1915, while he thus respected the rights of Mexico, he did not hesi tate to invade those of Santo Do mingo and Haiti by armed occupa tion and dictation of new constitu tions, nor did he ask authority of congress for this use of armed force on foreign soil. As the war In Europe developed up to American intervention, the au tocratic temper of the president was more boldly displayed. The massacre of American citizens on the Lusi tania In plain violation of the laws of war was an event of such gravity as should have called for conference between the president and the au thorized leaders of congress. In any country where the cabinet is respon sible to the legislature It would have been the subject of questions to min isters, of full statement of policy by them and probably of debate in which the opinion of the legislature would have been able to influence' executive policy. Not so with Mr. Wilson. He secluded himself In the White House for several days while he alone wrestled with the problem a;id evolved the note in which he said that the United States would "omit no word or act" in defense of American rights. Disregarding the method by which this conclusion had been reached, the public approved it and impa tiently awaited action, but though the president omitted no word he let loose a flood of them in a series of notes he omitted any act, and he persisted in opposition to pre paredness, which would have been necessary to action. Because the virile Garrison disagreed with him on this policy, he supplanted that of ficial with Baker, who boasted of his pacifism and was pliant as a reed. On the record thus made was found ed the boast that he had "kept us out of war" on which he won a sec ond term. Hi re-election was followed by bolder assumption of autocratic power, both in defining and execut ing policy. In January, 1917, in a speech to the senate he announced the terma of what ho considered "should be peace without victory. Though treaties might have grown out of this policy, requiring the ad vice and consent of the senate, he did not ask its advice, or even its opinion, but, as if issuing a decree to dutiful subjects, he declared his policy and withdrew. The one important occasion when lie awaited authority from congress before taking a decisive step was when Germany began ruthless sub marine war on February 1, 191T. This required prompt defensive measures, but ho doubted hia authority even elated Press. The Aseociateu ;uIvely entitled to the use for Pu.b,nt--" , f all new diepatchee credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper arid aso to arm merchant ships and asked congress to grant it and waited over a month for it. Having received news of an attempted hostile alliance which stirred even his sluggish fighting blood, he turned furiously on twelve senators who opposed him, calling them "a little knot of wilful men" and thus began to scourge the senate into submission. He then dis covered that after all he had the authority for which he had asked and he armed the ships. Always quick to resent opposition to exten sion of his power, he was slow to act only against a foreign foe. The same disposition to formulate alone foreign policies of the greatest moment was displayed In January, 1918, when we were at war. He then enunciated the fourteen points, on which in his sole opinion without consultation with the senate peace should be made. This basis for a treaty was never approved by the senate, which under the constitution must not only consent to a treaty but must advise him in its making. The senate's approval, in fact, was considered by Mr. Wilson to be su perfluous. This was in accord with the theory expounded in his "Con stitutional History." that the presi dent's control over foreign relations was in effect absolute, since he might so far commit the United States on his own initiative as to leave the senate no alternative to approval and to-'-any consequent ac tion, though it involved a declaration of war by congress. Following that theory, ,he made the fourteen points the basis of ar mistice terms dictated to Germany in the following October and ob tained the assent of the allies. The armistice was in effect a preliminary treaty of eace, but the senate was not consulted and its consent was not sought, x Though denied the popular man date for which he asked in the elec tion of 1918, he went yet farther on the same course. First among all presidents to do so. he left the terri tory of the United States for a long period and he attended a conference as delegate to negotiate a treaty, "acting in his own name and by his own proper authority," as he wrote after his signature to the treaty of Versailles. He did not ask approval of his going; he announced that he would go and he went. Though congress was In session, he did not submit the names of the peace dele gates to the senate for confirmation, nor did he include any senators among them, as former presidents had done in like case. He picked personal adherents, treated them as ciphers and when they dared to think and act independently he dis missed them. Thus he became estranged from House and drove out Lansing. In making the treaty he discarded several of his fourteen points; he set at naught the protest of the senate against the original league covenant and against its inclusion in the peace treaty; he bound the United States to participation in Europe's internal affairs; he made a special treaty to defend France against Germany; he encouraged the allies to believe that the United States would take an ac tive share in settling Turkish affairs, thus leading them to delay the treaty with Turkey and to fight new wars with its peoples. He acted through out as did the emperors and chan cellors at the congress of Vienna, de cidedly not as the head of a demo cratic republic whose power is care fully limited by a written constitu tion. This conduct as much as the just cause for criticism of the treaty led to a rising storm of opposition to ratification. Yet three-fourths of the republican senators contented themselves with reservations which in their opinion were essential to safeguard American rights, which, according to Mr. Taft, the strongest republican advocate of the treaty, would have left the covenant 90 per cent good, and by accepting which the president could have secured early ratification. He would make no compromise; he would accept only clarifying or interpretative re servations; any others were returned, marked "unacceptable to me." Twice the senate voted on ratification with the Lodge reservations; on both occasions there was a decided ma jority, but not two-thirds. Under direct pressure from the president enough democrats voted "nay" to defeat ratification. Mr. Wilson was determined that his will should be supreme; that the senate should not tamper with bis perfect work. Thus the United States, last to make war, is last to make peace. First champion of a league, it prom ises to be last to enter one, not be cause it loves war or is reluctant to do its part in the world's work, but because it is determined to define and limit its obligations, more par ticularly because the" American people "are determined to be gov erned as their constitution provides, not as any one man wills. Other evil consequences have flowed from Mr. Wilson's autocratic methods. After having tamed the last democratic congress to take or ders, he went to Paris, leaving it without orders. Accustomed to obey, it knew not what to do, therefore did nothing, though the needs of recon struction demanded action. We learned how helpless an autocracy ruled country when the autocrat fails to function. Wilson autocracy. is an unhealthy growth which has flourished only in seclusion. More than any former president, Mr. Wilson has withdrawn himself from the people and has lost touch with them. He is unapproach able, and especially during his year's illness he receives only such news and impressions of events as his fa miliars permit. He has taken precautions that his system shall be followed if Mr. Cox should succeed him. He has bound Mr. Cox to make the league the paramount Issue, and the latter by his attacks on the senate and by sundry hints in his speeches has made it plain that, if he should be elected he would do his utmost, by following the Wilson precedents, to fasten the autocratic principle on the republic. The danger to the constitution is not a fiction of a heated, prejudiced imagination; it is real, and can be averted -only by de feat of the man who is "absolutely at one" with Mr. Wilson. The voyage on which forty Eng lishmen will start this month from Southampton in a small schooner, the Medora, derives its chief interest from the motive behind it, which is escape from "fiscal oppression," in other words, taxation. The voyagers make no claim that they are taxed without representation, but appear to abhor all taxes on general prin ciples. So they are off for an island in the south seas, where la the absence of any form of government ui present it is reasonable to suppose that there is nothing to pay for- and the thought obtrudes itself that certain other products of social organization will- also be lacking. There will be no lights, no water mains, no paved roads, no hospitals for the sick. Courts will be un necessary, with no property rights to be adjudicated, and nothing is said as to future accumulations. As to these, we probably are warranted in supposing that the emergency will never arise, since a group who would expatriate themselves solely to avoid taxes would hardly have ambition enough to progress beyond their present state. FIGURING ON THE LAJSDSLJBE. Mark Sullivan's careful analysis of the presidential election amounts to a. mathematical .demonstration that Mr. Cox cannot win. This is in ac cord with the judgment of all in formed observers. It has long been obvious that Mr. Cox is making a losing fight. Probably it is as clear to him as to anybody, though a can didate never, knows what everybody else knows about his chances. Cer tainly the Cox managers are better informed than they appear to be. They are under no illusions, but it is their business to claim everything and they are doing a fairly good job of it. It may have been noticed that the chairman of the democratic state committee the other day said Cox would carry Oregon by 16,000. He might as well have said 160,000, ex cept that 16,000 sounds reasonable and 160,000 does- not. But there is as much likelihood of the one as the other. If Cox wins Oregon by 16,000, or any plurality, it will be because a great many thousand voters will have changed their minds between now and Tuesday. It might happen, of course; but. if so, it would be public notice that the age of mir acles had-been restored. Most straw, or informal, votes in Oregon run about two to one on Harding. Some are about ten for Harding to six for Cox. Anybody can take his pencil and calculate re sults. The total registration is 331, 872. If 70 per cent of the vote is cast, the aggregate will be 232,310. Allowing 20,000 for the minor par ties, this would leave 212,310 to be divided between Harding and Cox. . If Harding should beat Cox two to one, as some believe he will, he will have a majority of 70,770. If the ratio is 10 to 6"" the result will be: Harding 132.690, Cox 79,614; Harding's plurality 53,076. If the ratio is 10 to 7, the result will be: Harding 124,894, Cox 87,416; Harding's'plurality 37,478. . A Harding plurality of 37,478 is enough; but we look for more. THE POOR SPORT. One reason why Mr. Cox is not a popular candidate is that he is "not a good sport. The people like a good sport. They do not like a poor sport. When Mr. Cox discovered, after his nomination, that the democratic plan of campaign, particularly as regards financing, had fallen down, he did not set out blithely to make the best of it. Instead he launched an untruthful and envious attack upon the republican campaign plan. The candidate of either major po litical party is certain to find a fair proportion of the people arrayed against him. Mr. Cox has refused to accept the inevitable and the per fectly natural as sincere. All oppon ents deemed worthy of his notice are accused of ulterior purpose. No body s opinion is honest if that opin ion contravenes the opinions of Mr. Cox. He has even engaged in con troversy with a small boy over the boy's honesty of purpose in carrying an anti-democratic banner. Now Mr. Cox turns on the Satur day Evening Post because that magazine shows a definite leaning toward Senator Harding. It, of course, is charged with a corrupt purpose. Four years ago the same maga zine favored the democratic ticket. Mr. Hughes, the republican candi date, was said to lack magnetism, but he at least was a good sport. He did not whine about it, or accuse the Post of wanting special favors from the administration. Xor do we re call that any republican, great or small, questioned the right of an in dependent publication fto state its opinions on issues and candidates, even though it circulated more wide ly than any other publication among Voters of all faiths and all classes. William Howard Taft is today more popular with the people than he was when president; he is more popular than he ever was before. No small measure of that popularity is due to the unfailing good humor with which he received as hard po litical knocks as were ever given an American statesman. Yes, the people like a good sport, and they do not like a poor sport. A STUDY OF RURAL LIFE. . "Community Life in Lane County?" by Joseph Boyd, embodying the re sults of a survey of that county as a social unit, and published in the Commonwealth Review of the Uni versity of Oregon, is a suggestive contribution to the school of thought which is beginning to take cogni zance of existing conditions as a part of history in the making. Yet its value will lie chiefly in its conclusion that while community life must be studied as an organic whole, since the interlacing and interdependence of relations are becoming more and more intricate, and that because "such has been and is the accelerat ed trend of change," it is in the in terest of all that change shall be guided by intelligence. "Scientific insight," says the writer, "must vis ualize the "functioning of the insti tutional organs of the groups in their living relations." Value of social surveys in general is in proportion to the extent to which the subject studied is typical. Lane county is the symbol of a good many other communities, in Oregon and elsewhere. "Trade centers" exert a primary drawing power that needs to be understood in order to appraise potential social relation ships,, but it is not understood as it ought to be that "towns are bounded by community outlines rather than by corporate limits." The writer re minds us of the social importance of good roads, as factors in extend ing the influence of all good or ganizations. They- are even more important than the telephone, al though the latter "makes for social solidarity." and "is much used for neighborhood planning and serves to overcome isolation and loneliness, particularly mong the women in farm homes." But free mail deliv ery "has not made for solidarity as much as may have been expected. The "farmer is no longer forced to come to town for his mail and con sequently his isolation is more easily maintained." Every rose has its thorn. The telephone, too, may have lessened the genial hospitality of the pioneers, as the writer suggests, though it and rural free delivery have their undoubted compensations. Wider communication cements the community in a broader sense than formerly, and the "convenience and beneficial effects of receiving mall regularly more than compensate for any disadvantages." But roads are indispensable to de velopment of the social structure. As the author of the monograph says: The roads extend or limit the boundaries of communities by Increasing or decreas ing the distance which it is possible to travel for social Intercourse. The hill be tween Lorane and Cottage Grove cuts off Lorane from Cottage Grove during the winter months because of an impassable road. The hard-surface road between Springfield and Eugene makes possible a constant interplay of activities. Social or-gise-tions of every sort depend upon roads. Church attendance, promotion of rural plans. lodge and social affairs, free mall delivery and school consolidation are completely successful only where there are good roads. The Isolated home Is a de cided detriment to -the full development of community life. When roads are poor, schools are infrequent and consolidated and union high scheols Impossible; -churches are weak and poorly attended, organlra tions decadent or non-existent. Solidarity of communities is assured through a sys tem of good roads. In another particular Lane county is typical of the west, if not indeed of all America. "The caste system does not prevail to any extent what soever." There "are no sets or cliques, other than friendship groups which naturally arise out of associa tion in the common work of the church, the lodge or the grange." As a whole, the communities "have one standard of morality and decency, and everyone who measures up to this standard is at home with every one else." And in still another re gard, which in deference to the eternal verities the author has not omitted to mention, it is also typical; there are places in which there "is no real community spirit." Some times "the trouble seems to be that the residents think there is nothing the matter with the community spir it." That which the writer calls "a social egotism," which will be recog nized without further harrowing de tail of description, is a bar, wherever It exists, to social progress. And so cial disability is general where lead ership is lacking. "In places where community 'consciousness is present in any degree, it is the result of in telligent, vigorous leadership." The problem of the particular com munity here is identical with that of the country as a whole. Better roads, better schools, bet ter facilities for social communica tion, a larger sense of community responsibility for its own well-being, livelier realization of possibilities now dormant in existing organiza tions these are chief among the needs of neighborhoods such as that described. It probably is not overestimating the importance of the issue to suggest that upon the man ner in which it is met will depend the future of rural life in America, with all the consequences to the wel fare of folks who live in cities that this connotes. A broken flange on a gondola was the cause of the wreck near Oregon City in which the engineer was killed. That's the Inch of iron on the wheel that keeps it on the track. Inspection is made frequently, but sometimes a flaw gets past the tap per. Safety is as much a matter of good luck as It is of vigilance. Alan A. Ryan, who engineered the celebrated "Stutz corner" in Wall street a few months ago, announces a contribution of $25,000 to the Cox campaign fund. In view of the can didate's well-known slush fund views, arrangements have no doubt been made to slip it quietly under his pillow. A Georgia man is greatly con cerned because, although there were 1.000,000 weddings last year, only 70,000 new houses were built. What is there to worry over in that? All it means is that 930,000 couples went to live with their mothers-in-law. ' Miss Hogge, the Chicago sehool ma'an who refereed a fight of two of her pupils, has been arrested on a charge preferred by the defeated boy'sTnother. It Is alleged 4she over stepped the rule governing a referee to coach the winner. Leon Bourgeois, president of the council of the league of nations, says Article X doesn't amount to much, in his opinion. He'd better watch out or President Wilson will try to put him off the payroll. loys made in Germany, butter made in New Zealand, eggs laid in Australia all part of democratic policy of buying in the cheapest market and let home production suiter. Twenty-five men were picked up for drunkenness Thursday night, a record catch, better than in the hi larious days before prohibition. Most of them blamed their fall on cider and grape juice the cheerful liars. Murphy, the third hunger striker to die in Cork, was born in Lvnn Mass., but that does not make him any the less an Irishman. Some of the "fiercest" Irishmen living are natives of the Bay state. Regret is expressed in Turkey at the death of the king of Greece. Wb,en a Turk is sorry for anything that happens to a Greek his fingers are crossed. .This applies the other way, too. Portland republicans cannot have a big parade as did New York Thursday night, but there is a big rally due at the municipal auditor ium tonight and it will be worth while. The man who made the tomato an esculent has just died in England at the age of 80. He was a bene factor of people not hungry, but who must eat. Wine grapes from California are arriving here by the carload; but that 200 gallons a year to the head of a family does not apply in Oregon. Judge Wolverton sent an automo bile thief to McNeil's island yester day. There is no parole nonsense in the federal court. Arno Dosch is at home from Eu rope to visit with his people. Arno Dosch is a boy of whom Oregon is proud. Lots of liberty, but no license to night, boys. Fun is one thing and malicious mischief another. Winners of election bets will not be numerous. Cox money is shy. OLEO BILL NO AID TO DAIRYMEN Butter Prices Declared to Be Reera- lmted by National Markets. PORTLAND, -Oct. 29. (To the Ed itor.) I read with great interest in The Oregonian an article over the name of Horace Addis relative to the oleomargarine bill. Mr. Addis' article is very interest ing, but I fail to find where he has made one point in hia- article as te wherein the taxing of oleomargarine will benefit the dairy industry. Mr. Addis knows down in his heart that a taxation of oleomargarine in the state of Oregon absolutely does not benefit the dairyman one way or the other. Mr. Addis down in his own heart knows that this bill was intro duced for one purpose not to regu late but to kill. The Oregon butter market depends absolutely on the national butter mar ker. If -we were to build a wall around our great state and prohibit the use of oleomargarine, the dairy men in this state would receive abso lutely no benefits, as their market would continue to be based, as it has been in the past, upon national mar kets. When the time comes that any or ganization attempts to put over legis lation dictating to the consumer what he or she may eat. it is time someone called a halt. Oleomargarine is a necessity of life, just the same as any other food product, and should receive the same consideration. 1 am sure the people of Oregon will not be mis led by the absurd arguments that have been forthcoming from the dairy Industry en the merits of the oleo margarine bill. I am a firm believer In constructive legislation as well as co-operation, as it takes both to build a state. Until such time as certain organizations see fit to discontinue the unbusiness-like practice of using the political knife on industries and the general public I do not see how they can reasonably expect much consideration. E. J. DIXON. "EAR. I see it in the beaver circling his lake; In the thirsty deer tip-toeing down the trail; In the gray wolf pack, half hidden in the brake. And in the bride who promises all pale; In a little child who trembles at the dark; Or silent men, in cabins far and lone; When watch-dogs through the dismal midnight bark Their cosmic answers back to na ture's moan; In men who meet to settle some old feud, When eye meets eye and lips are drawn and thin; In bearded men who pass a haunted wood, Or moon-touched tombs by mystery shut in; Or restless feet, which would escape from sin. It quivers In the breast of every bird. And sends the wild horse thunder ing from the pool; It trembles through the orator's high word. And hangs the hawk far o'er her screaming school. It stirs the little things which live in grass. And bullets forth the bee from out the flower. And bids the hunter scan the hill and pass, Or grasp hia weapons at the twi light hour. It falls, a cold, gray shadow, at each birth. And chatters In the chambered ' haunts of death; When a soul goes forth, resigning time and earth. It weaves a freesing frost upon his breath. GUY FITCH PHELPS. Removal of Sign. PORTLAND, Oct. 23. (To the Edi tor.) How must I go about it to re move an advertising sign from our property? It was put up without per mission from owners and is net add ing to the scenery along the highway. Am not sure the sign company is from this cltr, as I have been unable to find its business address. May we re move the sign without giving notice, which will be difficult to do, or if not, how much time must be given? READER. If no permission was given by you or those who owned the property be fore you, the sign may be taken down. AX A UTUMN ROSR. I strolled within my garden plot. And grieved that all my flowers Must yield unto the autumn frosts And wait for spring-kissed hoars; But as I turned, a crimson gleam My lingering footsteps stayed. I found one perfect, last red rose, 'Mid failing leaves, it swayed.' Its fragrance and its beauty are pic tured in my heart, 'Twill live within my garden for aye, bo wintry dart Can e'er dispell a vislen that truly thrills and glows. And rapture's messenger- may bs a blossoming red rose. JANETTE MARTIN. Silence Howae Planned. Indianapolis News. Hiram Maxim, the Inventor of the silencer for firearms, has now de vised a "bouse of silence." He has suggested that apartment houses, hospitals and hotels, instead of open ing their windows, could be venti lated by air supplied through the roof. On -op of the main air duct a silencer would gather up the noise waves which come from phonographs and crying babies and, by a serins of spirals in a chamber of sound deadening material, take all the noise out of them. ElKht-IIourLaw. PORTLAND, Oct. 29. (To the Edi tor.) Please tell me whether there is any law fixing eight hours as a day for any work that does not come under civil service or is controlled di rectly by national supervision. A REGULAR READER. National, state and municipal laws provide the eight-hour limit on public works. Dressed Steers and Ho. WHEELER. Or., Oct. 26. (To the Editor.) Please state, to settle an argument, what per cent a fat steer dresses away. Also please state what per cent a fat hog dresses off. D. L. MORGAN. A steer dresses off 42 per cent. A hog dresses off 25 per cent. The "Shlvarec" Joker. Brownsville Times. It may be very funny to kidnap a bridegroom on his wedding night as has been done sometimes, but- if the latter should shoot a leg off one of the wouldbe kidnapers the law would not punish the shooter and the shootee, goitig through the world minus a Limb, would lose sight of the fun. Italian Counsel in Portland. ASTORIA. Or, Oct. 28. (To the Editor.) Can you give me the name of the Italian consel or vice-consul residing in Portlandi G. ZIEGLED. Albert B. Fererra is the Italian consul in Portland. ' Those Who Come and Go. Walter G. Moffett has returned home after an absence of more than three years. While in the army he attained the rank of first lieutenant of United States engineers at Camp Humphreys, Virginia, and is now an officer in the reserve. For the last year he has held an insurance engi neering position in New York, and while there was selected by the City of New York Insurance company to act as Its special agent in the state of Washington, with headquarters in Portland. Mr. Moffett is a graduate of Portland academy, a life member of Multnonaevh Athletic club and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Peter Mof fett of this city. The theater came to the Multnomah last night when a score of small girls and boys, under the direction of Miss Belle Williams, presented the fanciful childhood drama, "Witchcraft," with all the patrons of the hotel assembled as an audience. There was a witch, of course, but she vas an amiable old thing and everyone liked her espe cially in the last act. The playlet was presented by the Coming Genera tion Drama league, an organisation of youngsters trained by Mrs. Will iams, and its initial performance was given without fee. The "little village" of Chicago Is still breezing along, according to Thad Howe, who is now selling real estate in the middle western metrop olis. Mr. Howe is visiting old friends in Portland. He made the "boys' a aneerh at the luncheon of the Realty board yesterday noon, in which he told them what Kind of a reception they were going to get when they attended the national convention of the Realty association at Chicago next year. Bad road are making good roads eonstruction difficult on the Mount Hood loop, reports E. Dahl. in charge of a construction squad near Sandy. "We are all ready to pour concrete In our district," said Mr. Dahl. who is at the Imperial,, "but can't get the material to the scene of action, we have eight trucks, and as rapidly as we load them and send them out to the Job they bog down in the mire and refuse to be wheedled. Until a spell of fair weather arrives I am afraid that construction is at an end.' The invirw-lble destiny of Warren- ton, rival to Astoria as the seaport of the Columbia river' mouth. Is the constant theme of John McBride of Seaside, who has extensive real es tate interests in the smaller city. Mr. McBride sees a roseate future for Warrenton and asserts that within five years the growth of that town will be such that its suburbs will be linked with those of Astoria, merg ing the twain in one important city. Charles Pankow of Tillamook, al though he is an automobile dealer, did not venture to negotiate the over land trip via the Grand Ilonde res ervatlon but came by rail. . Neverthe less the formerly notorious highway is said to be In fairly good condition and one recent arrival from Tilla mook reports that the run was made in five hours. Mr. Pankow is at the Oregon. K. D. Perkins, prominent machinery manufacturer of New York, is et the Imperial while recuperating fro:n va cation jaunts through Oregon. "I have been hunting, fishing and sim ply loafing." said Mr. Perkins, "and am having the time of my life. For the time being old man business and I are total strangers." Quite a sylvan ton is given to the Portland hotel lobby by the Hallow een decoration of dogwood in au tumn attire leaves that are a riot of color. Along about springtime everyone knows the dogwood 'by its great white blossoms and glossy green -but its transformation baffled many an amateur botanist yesterday. Mr. L. W. Robbins of Molalla. is registered at the Oregon. Molalla is renowned for its proximity to the Molalla river, and if one fares far enough over the corduroy, and thence by trail and waist-deep riffle to the Bee ranch, sundry trout will more than recompense. Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Washburn of Eugene, where Mr. Washburn con ducts a department store, are at the Portland for a few days. It is under stood that their arrival in this city. after an extended visit in the east, marks the last leagues of a honey moon trip. C. W. Vail, who combines the suz erainty of the telephone exchange at Carlton with a real estate business, is at the Oregon while endeavoring to manipulate the exchange of a mod ern Portland residence for sundry acres of Montana wheat, land. K- A. Farr registered yesterday at the Multnomah, arriving from San Francisco. Mr. Farr is president of tne united states Rubber company of Akron, Ohio, and is investigating trade conditions generally through out the west. Friends of Dr. Edward Hartford who has been ill at St. Vincent's hos pital, are gratified to learn that he is rapidly recovering and will have com pletely regained his health within the next few weeks. Mr. ana Mrs. Milton L. Myers of Sa lem are at the Imperial. Mr. Myers was formerly the capital city's most prominent dry goods merchant, but disposed of his business Interest a year ago. . t C. C. Perringer, one of the coterie of prominent Umatilla country wheat ranchers, is registeredat the Benson, and will spend several days here be fore returning to Pendleton. Miss Elizabeth Orme and Miss Dor othy E. Orme of Wolverhampton. England, are registered at the Port land. R. Wayne Green of Eugene, is at the Portland while serving on the fed eral grand jury in this city. " J. R." Wyatt, attorney, of Albany, is registered at the Oregon. Kot at Headquarters Sunday. PORTLAXD, Oct. 29. (To the Edi tor.) -J. wish to call your attention to what appears to be a misstatement in your article In this rrsorning's paper. Referring to Herbert Powei" Lee, author of "An Appeal to Chris tians in the Coming Election," yo say: "Both be and Mrs. Smith were at democratic headquarters last night." I was, in fact, at home with my fam. ily Sunday night. Doubtless the err ror was merely typographical, for since Mr. Smith was at democratic headquarters you probably intended to use his name, not mine. Know ing your scrupulous regard for exact statement, I am sure you will wish to make the correction. Respectfully yours, BERTHA SLATER SMITH. Qualifications to Track. PORTLAND. Oct. 29. (To the Edi tor.) To obtain a certificate to teach school in Oregon must one be a high school graduate, and If not,, how long is the normal course one must take before one may teach? INQUIRER. Six weeks in normal school is the minimum requirement, but generally two years is the rule in the larger towns in the stats. - MEN OX RAM.E ARK NOT SKI.KISH I Wfcen Thry Suffer Polk In Cities Have Bread I.lnra. HARPER, Or.. Oct. 27. (To the Editor.) I have received a great many letters in reference to my letter on Argentine beef published in The Oregonian. Jhey have called me everything, from Moses to a pirate. A great many of them refer to the selfishness of the rural vote. But. gentlemen, we are not selfish. We are one. When the country stints, the cities starve. When our herders tramp tne winter snow in leather shoes, be cause they have not the wherewithal to buy rubber ones, when our cattle men ride in gunny sack overshoes, and we all drink parched rye without sugar, you have your bread lines and your soup kitchens. Your onlv travelers were the Coxeyites. You had the bull pen and stockade at Huntington, and President Cleveland kept open the railroad sratewav at Chicago with federal troops. Candi date tjox speaks of baronets, but fed eral bayonets were much in evidence in those days of democratic pros perity. ; Senator Hardin it's views on the league do not interest me very much. He has promised us a return to con stitutional government. The consti tution says the treaty power lies with the senate. If he does as he assures us he will, when that treaty comes rrom tne senate, he will sign it. It will be the best he can gel; what elBe is tnere for him to do? But his domestic policy is his own. We came out of the war with three nings of which we can be broud. For none of them was the democratic party responsible. irst. the way in which the Ameri ca! people, more especially the Amer ican mothers, submitted to the draft history will place that on a pedestal apart. Second, the valor of our men, which was beyond all praise. Third, the way the American public submitted to regulations, which we now know were largely unnecessary, and put up their money to be wasted. No such orgy of wicked waste was ever perpetrated. But recrimination Is. useless. The money is gone. It is up to the industry and sober common sense of the American people to tide us over the shoal. And it is up to us voters to see that It stops. No one ever had such a .lob of house cleaning as will Senator Harding. If he Is elected. No country ever needed it worse. So I say. give him a house and senate of his own party; let there be no divided resporslbilit v and hold them strictly responsible for results. President Harding cannot hope to be a popular president. He is in the position of a credit man in a whole sale house. He has. Jo raise the monev and pay the bills. The success or failure of his administration can be correctly gauged by the price of lib erty bonds at the expiration of his term- J- D. FA1RMAN. Twenty-rive lVn From The Oregonian of October 30, 1895 Lindon W. Bates, former well known engineer of Portland, has dis tinguished himself by building for the government the largest hydraulic suction dredge in the world. This will be used in improving the Mis sissippi. The present month is the first October on record during which there was no rainfall. The night school, at the high school building opened last evening with an attendance of about eixty. The steamers Bailey Gatzert and T. J. Potter were in collision at an early hour yesterday and when they reached their docks both presented a somewhat battered appearance. Lyde of the Halls. PORTLAND, Oct. 29. (To the Edi tor.) One of Rudyard Kipling's most recent poems, entitled "A Recanta tion," is dedicated 'To Lyde of the Halls." Who was Lyde? If Kipling uses her name she surely existed, but so far I have been unable to traot the allusion. MARK SEVEN. It is not known that Kipling "meant to dedicate the poem literally to a specific Lyde. The name is classical. One of the "Odes" of Horace con tains the allusion Inspire. I pray, my song tonight To melt my L,yde's frozen heart. There was a Lyde, wife of the poet Antimachus of Claros, who attempted to console himself lor her death by writing an elegaic poem which he named "Lyrle." In Other Days. 1 HOW DIVERS DARE DEATH IN PORTLAND HARBOR Keeping a great harbor spick and span, both above and below, is more of a chore than many surmise. They do not know, for instance, that grotesquely helmeted divers, in their heavy armor, plod about the river bottom on their prosaic profession of tempting death. DeWitt Harry, in The Sunday Oregonian tomorrow, has an absorbing interview with two of these strange craftsmen, who know the bottom of the harbor as well as they know their own dooryards. Read it for your interest and information. Illustrated. Want a Title Very 'Cheap? Time .was when the lassies of America the brave were smitten with the splendor of ducal coronets and tinseled, pauperized titles. They married the moneyless foreign ers and went overseas to extract pleasure from social prestige in foreign courts. But the old order changes. Ib isn't being done today. The market value of titled gewgaws is down decidedly down. The girls of America wouldn't have them as premiums with chewing gum. Nina Carter Marbourg chats interestingly of this reversal, in the Sunday issue. With illustrations. Woman Physician Carries Healing to Far Places She is Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton, and many who dwell in foreign lands have cause to thank her kindly heart and scientific attainments for their tenure on life and happiness. Recently this fairy godmother of the distressed brought 50 Serbian boys and girls to America to be educated. She is worth knowing and Constance Drexel gives us a charming introduction through the Sunday magazine. Talks With T. R. Here, friends, at the very close of a great political campaign, is another installment of John J. Leary's engross ing narrative of Theodore Roosevelt. It will cast no especial light upon the issues of the moment, but it serves to keep clearly before us the quality of true Americanism. Read of Senator Lodge's fist fight, of the colonel's talk with Wflsen, and other incidents from the busy life of a beloved statesman. Narrated serially in the Sunday paper. Why Men May Yet Live to Be a Thousand At 750 years, let us say, a man will be in the very prime of life. If any stripling of two centuries presumes to tread his corn, watch for the storm signals, the punch and the parry. For the scientists say that it is not at all improbable that the secret of prolonged vigorous life may be grasped, old age rendered obsolete, and Father Time nonplussed. Related in the Sunday magazine', with pictures, by Joseph H. Appelgate. Personal Characteristics of Cox What manner of man is the democratic nominee for president? In the Sunday issue there is an analytical article on the Coxian personality, written by Frederick William Wile. It is in no sense political, but a kindly summary of the attainments and attributes that have placed Governor Cox at the forefront of a great political party. All the News of All the World THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN More Truth Than Poetry. By Janaea J. Montague. HEARSAY. It's pleasant, when the evening sun is low And home ypu hie to take a well earned rest. It's pleasant, as I said before, to know That all day long you've done your level best. A thousand men will freely testify That happy is the faithful toiler's lot. And if you doubt it, ask of them, Xor I Cannot. It's sweet to know, as one puts on his vnen ne nas moored weary nours through. It's sweet to know as I have men tioned that He hasn't left a single thing to do. To have a conscience without stain or spot. To have a mind from all reproaches free. it t sweet, as you of course can prove but not By me. It brings you peace, as on your couch you bask And watch the dancing of the birch log fire. To know that you have given every task The effort that all duties should re quire. The pleasure that one gets from having clung To duty is the. greatest pleasure known. But it's a pleasure that is not among My own. e Xo Chans;?. Apparently it is not going to be necessary to enlarge the New York jails in order to make room for the authors of the Wall-street bomb atro city. Vnhnpplly. It Ik always the bigjrept fish and the liiggest speed maniac that get away. Itow We Hair the 19th Amendment. Maybe hereafter we shall have gov ernment by intuition. (Copyright, .190. by the Bell Syndi cate, Inc.). John Burroughs' Nature Notes. (' Yon Answer TheMe Questions 1. Does the humming bird injure fruitT 2. When does the skunk use its cdoi ? S. Has fear the same effect on ani mal: as on man? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes. Answers to Previous Questions. 1. What bird will sometimes injure I buildings? There Is a curious trait the hlgh hoKi has developed in my vicinity, one which I have never noticed or heard of elsewhere. It drills into buildings and steeples and telegraph poles and in some instances makes itself a seri ous menace. '2. Will wild animals always act alike? One grizzly or moose or one wild boar will charge you when wounded and another will run, away. So will one stick of dynamite explode in the handling while others remain inert; su will one swarm of bees be ugly today and docile tomorrow. Slight differences in external -conditions, no doubt, determine the result in each case. S. Is the redroot weed easy to eradicate? Put up redroot in your garden and lay it on the ground and the chances are that one or more rootlets that come in contact with the soil will take hold again and enable the plant to mature part ,of its seeds. This adaptability and tenacity of life is, no doubt, the result of the warfare waged against this weed by long gen erations of gardeners. tKights Iteserved by Houshton-Mifflin Co.) Admission to Dnr. DAYTON, Or.. Oct. 26. (To the Edi-. tor.) Please tell me if it possible to be fitted for and pass an examination in law and be admitted to the bar in the state of Oregon by taking a course in law from any correspond ence school. WILLIAM D. SCOTT. Three years' study in a private of fice or graduation from a recognized college of law is required. The clerk of the supreme court at Salem will furnish yon with further infnrnmtion.