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TOE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MOND AT, NOVEMBER 1, 1920-
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; DOES PORTIJlXD WANT I.ES8T
A 6-cent far for street cars Is an
economic fallacy. Tet Mr. Kellaher
promises it. He -would promise free
daily balloon trips to Mars if it
ZD cant votes for him-
Mr. Richards, who wants munici
pal ownership of all public utilities,
Is at least not absurd. He repre
sents an Idea, an honest one, and
even a feasible one, If you regard
e plan as logical and feasible which
puts principle above expense and
efficiency. The Richards principle
la public ownership.' It stands frank
ly on the foundation that service for
the public should be performed by
the public through its own agencies:
and the public will foot the bills.
That it will cost more than under
private ownership may or may not
be Important: but it is not important
to Mr. Richards. The public at least
knows where Mr. Richards stands.
Neither the public nor Mr. Kellaher
knows where he stands.
Mr. Gordon proposes to introduce
expert business management in mu
nicipal affairs. It can't be done.
Business and government are dif
ferent institutions. The business
which succeeds is conducted by a
single directing mind, or by & re
sponsible group management which
accounts to the owners for results
rather than for methods. The con
trolling idea with government is
service, not profits, though certainly
there must be regard for income and
outgo and the capacity and willing
ness of the taxpayer to pay. But no
business which must constantly con
sult and defer to, say, 250,000 stock
holders, can succeed. No govern
ment which fails to consult, and
defer to, all its citizens, expressing
their will through a majority, will
succeed.
Mr. Gordon win not reduce taxes
materially, or at all, if elected mayor,
without largely curtailing many pub
lic activities which the public has
heretofore demanded and will con
tinue to demand. Fewer police,
fewer firemen, fewer public im
provements, fewer parks, fewer
bridges, fewer sewers, fewer lights,
less traffic regulation, less health
control, less water, less street clean
ing and above all, less wages for city
' workers, are all out of the question.
The public will not suffer it. To be
sure, the auditorium might be closed
up, but does anybody seriously pro
pose it? Here and there- something
may be lopped off, but it will not
stay off if it means poorer service.
The way to get lower taxes Is to
have the people reconciled to the
idea of getting along with less.
Mr. Baker points to his record,
and shows results. He is not a cheap
mayor, but it is doubtless true that
Portland has a lower tax rate than
other coast cities of similar size and
pretensions What the mayor has
always sought tgdo was to repre
sent, through his office and through
his performance, in war and in
peace, the ideal of a progressive,
healthy, clean, growing and am
bitious American city. Will Port
land be content with less? Certain
ly not.
f two PKEDienojfS.
The lard-shell partisan demo
feratlc paper is having a sad time
these days. Consider the painful
predicament of the coerced Cox or
gan, the. Journal. All authentic in
formation points to Mr. Harding's
election, yet the Journal conceives it
to be its duty as a false-label "inde
pendent" paper to hide the facts,
and pretend confidence in Mr. Cox's
.success.
One of Its methods Is to Iterate
that The Oregonian in 1916 predicted
Mr. Hughes' victory. It had yester
day a characteristic misstatement
about what The Oregonian said in
191G, reproducing a prediction, said
to- have 'been made on Sunday, No
vember 6", 1916, that Hughes would
have surely 270 electoral votes (266
were needed) with 824 probable, and
1di pusaiuie.
What of it? This was, Indeed, the
Chicago Tribune's forecast and was
published as. The Tribune's a fact
which our harassed friend ignores.
On the following day The Oregonian
printed, on its first page, a detailed
dispatch from New York, showing
a close election, though it indicated
and said that "Hughes had a small
Ion H " On TCr vo m h(.r 1 t snlH f f
Oregon that the "majority (for
Hughes) will not be large, but it will
V be safe." ' So it was.
The Journal yesterday printed the
forecast of its own political corre-
poLdent, Mr. David Lawrence. It
hewed, he said, a "comparatively
e iy victory" for Mr, Harding. But
thu Journal of course buried the
salient facts of the Lawrence sur
vey under the misleading heading
"Maximum Hope of Democrats is
293 Electoral Votes.". What they
hope for and what they will get are.
In Mr. Lawrence's judgment, dis-
- tinct'.y different.
Mr. Lawrence's1 prophecy Is that
Mr. Harding will have 339 votes and
Mr, Cox 192 votes. The forecast of
Mr. Mark Sullivan, for The Oregon
ian, -i9 that Mr. Harding will have
852 votes and Mr. Cox 179 votes.
The similarity between the Law
ronca and Sullivan reviews is re
markublo. Their judgment disagrees
only as to' three states Arizona.
West 'Virginia and Missouri. Mr.
' Lawnnce puts Arizona (three votes)
and Missouri (eighteen votes) in the
Cox dolumn, and Went Virginia
( eight yotes) in the Harding column.
Mr. Sullivan places Arizona and
Missouri In the Harding column and
West Mirginia in the Cox column.
though he, too, thinks" West Vir
ginia may go republican, but for
safety's sake he gives it to Cox.
The result is the same. They
agree that the outlook is clearly for
Harding's election. Mr. Lawrence in
1916 predicted Wilson's election.
Does the Journal think that, though
he was right then, he is wrong now?
Or is he right only when his judg
ment agrees with our twisted con
temporary's prejudices and partisanship?
NO HIGHER TAXES.
It ought to be clearly understood
that the 3-milI tax measure on the
Portland city ballot is not a proposal
to increase taxes. It Is a proposal
to continue the present rate of taxa
tion -that is all.
If the measure Is defeated the tax
revenues of the city will be reduced
about 1900,000.
Wages have not come down in Oie
present year; the cost of materials
has not come down. The only re
course will be to reduce service cut
down fire and police protection, park
and playground maintenance, and
reduce every other essential activity.
The statement that the city can
properly function without the 3-roill
levy is preposterous. "
THREE CHOICES, OR ONE
Under the preferential system the
elector may vote three choices for
mayor of Portland first, second and
third. For example, if he favors Mr.
Baker, he may also put his "X" in
the second choice column for Mr.
Gordon, Mr. Kellaher or Mr. Rich
ards. Or he may turn it all around
as he pleases, except that he may
not vote for Mr. Baker, or for any
other one person, for first, second
and third choices. He must indi
cate by his "X" different candidates
In the three columns.
The purpose of the plan Is exactly
what it implies. If you have a sec
ond choice, or a third choice, you
should vote it. But if you have but
one choice, and one only, vote only
one. It Is not mandatory to vote
three choices.
VOTK FOR A GREATER FORT.
The people of Oregon are called
upon to vote tomorrow on an initia
tive bill consolidating the city dock
commission of Portland with the
Port of Portland commission and In
creasing the financial resources of
the latter.
The people of Portland will vote
on a charter, amendment authoriz
ing the city commissioners to trans
fer the city' docks to the Port of
Portland upon the latter's assuming
the dock bonds, and to abolish the
dock commission. This Is proposed
in order to complete the consolida
tion.
A vote for these measures Is not
a vote for the Swan island project
or any other scheme of improve
ment. The members of the consoli
dated . commission are publicly
pledged that no bonds for acquisi
tion of land except for improvement
of the channel or to complete pres
ent terminals, will be issued without
direct vote of the people of the port.
Adoption of the bills is necessary
to continuance of work on the chan
nel without regard to the Swan isl
and scheme. Any plan to' acquire
land for that or any other purpose
than maintenance and improvement
of the present channel will be sub
mitted to the people. -
A vote for 310, yes, and 510, yes,
Is a vote for a greater port.
TO SAVE THE REPUBLIC.
Revolt of the people against
democratic rule Is not confined to
the north. It extends to the south,
even to that rockribbed democratic
state of Texas. The reasons are
summed up in a declaration by John
H. Kirby of. Houston, one of the
democratic leaders in that state and
president of the National " Lumber
Manufacturers' association. He has
announced his support of the repub
lican party as the party which is to
"save the republic."
Mr. Kirby condemns the demo
cratic party because it has "for eight
years constantly increased the peo
ple a taxes and reduced their liber
ties."
He believes in a government of
laws tinder a written constitution
and not a government of bureaus
and commissions and a constant
multiplication of tax-eaters.
He "cannot subscribe to the mons
trous idea that this government owes
a higher duty to the peoples of other
nations than it owes to Its Own citi
zens." For this reason he is "unal
terably opposed to the covenant of
the league of nations as brought
batfk from Europe by the president."
He declares that the democratic
party is "honeycombed with social
ism" and that "its continuance in
power will imperil the republic," for
the success of socialism means the
death of the republic." He con
cludes: The republican party Bayed the TJnlon.
It Is now up to it to save the republic.
That is a creed to which every
American can subscribe, whatever
his former party affiliation. The
questions at issue in the election are
fundamental, going far deeper than
any former differences between the
two leading parties. They are
whether the government shall be
converted from a democratic repub
lic founded on individual rights se
cured by the constitution into a so
cialist republic ruled by an auto
cratic president as the head of an
overgrown bureaucracy. The so
cialist Virus has been at work for
eight years. Only a complete change
of administration and of the spirit
animating it can cast out that virus,
with all its consequences of waste,
corruption and destruction of indi
vidual rights in the name of a bogus
idealism.
WORRYING ABOCT BIRDS.
Forty letters to the editor were
published In the Sunday Oregonian.
It is significant of the working of
the oregon system that while there
are measures on the ballot that in
volve human life and the economio
existence of the people, seven of the
letters were an animated discussion
over preservation of bird life, and
not one was a protest against the
amendment that endangers invest'
merits and prosperity and not one
protested against the throwing open
or Oregon s doors to communicable
death-dealing diseases.
Over- In Harney county the ques
tion whether the birds, which no
body but the hardiest traveler ever
sees, shall have 47,000 acres of
marsh land or whether the marsh
shall be used to grow food for man.
is douDtiess an important one. But
whichever way the bill goes the mass
of Oregon people will never know
the difference. Yet it is made the
paramount issue of the campaign.
On the ballot with the bird refuge
bill is an amendment which would
deprive the people of Oregon of the
right to borrow money. Its adop- J
tlon would have a disastrous effect 1
on every man, woman and child in
the state. -
There Is also an amendment
which disputes every standard au
thority governmental, insurance, '
encyclopedic scientific medical,
military" everywhere throughout
the civilized world. It defiantly as
serts the right of any person afflict
ed with a communicable disease to
roam at will.- Its adoption without
a doubt, unless It shall be illegally
Ignored in time of disease peril, will
be the death warrant of many, many
persons.
Not a voice In all. the forty was
raised in defense of human life, the
people's homes, the people's Invest
ments. But seven worried over the
birds, and numerous others over our
duty to make the European nations
behave.
Where were the home missionaries
the intelligent folk who are Inter
ested in the health of children, vthe
vigor of adults and the security of
the fireside? Perhaps they take the
people's good sense for granted. If
so, we hope they are right. But for
the lovers of the pretty birds, for
the admirers of the waving oats, for
the folk who know more about dis
ease prevention without half think
ing about it than all those who have
given It a lifetime of scientific study
and investigation, Sunday was field
day.
THE FATE OF THE FOURTEEN POINTS
Amid all the confusion of tongues
about the league of nations, what
has become of the fourteen points?
They were to have been a new char
ter of liberty for all nations. By
observing them the world was to
have entered upon a millennium of
brotherly love and peace among na
tions. They were the main instru
ment of allied propaganda in Ger
many, and that country offered to
accept them as the basis of peace.
The offer was accepted, and natural
ly the world expected, to see them
sticking out all over the peace
treaties.
The first point was "open coven
ants of peace openly arrived at with
out private international ' under
standings." That led all to expect
publicity as to the proceedings of
the peace conference, but the cen
sorship was clapped on, and all the
news that the public got was con
tained in brief official communica
tions which concealed the most im
portant news, and the versions given
unofficially to correspondents, which
were colored with the Interest of the
person giving them. -
Secrecy was not confined to the
general public. Delegates who
were entitled to full participation
in the conference on . behalf of
some of the allies were kept - jn
the dark. Beginning with a coun
cil of fourteen, the conference was
reduced to a council of five, repre
senting ' the United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
One of the five was President Wil
son, who thus cast aside Point 1.
The other powers were invited one
by one to state their case to this
world oligarchy, wnlch then decided
their fate. When Japan's claims had
been disposed of, it dropped-out;
then there were four. When Mr.
Wilson issued his Fiume manifesto,
the Italian delegates withdrew for
several weeks; then there were
three. When Italy returned, there
were four again. When the Ver
sailles treaty bogged down In the
senate, American delegates sat only
as observers, and practically there
were only three. Italy did not join
In the.Hythe and Boulogne confer
ences on reparations, and there were
only two participants Britain and
France. Differences of opinion be
tween these two have at times been
so serious that France alone may be
left to enforce what Is left of the
fourteen points; then there will be
only one.
"Absolut freedom of the seas"
went by the board very early in the
peace negotiations. Britain would
not hear of it and made its abandon
ment a condition of negotiation for a
league of najtions. President Wilson
claimed that it was "won by forma
tion of the league, which would pre
vent all war except against nations
which violated their obligations.
These would be outlaws, entitled to
no freedom on sea or land. In fact
the league is powerless to preserve
freedom of the seas, Britain' naval
supremacy places It at that coun
try's mercy, and at Mr. Wilson's in
stigation the United States is build
ing a navy to match that of Britain
In order to share the guardianship
of the seas or to dispute naval su
premacy. But freedom of the seas
has so many meanings that we
shall not know whether we have
lost anything until the nations agree
on a definition. ..
"Removal of all economic bar
riers," according to point 3 comes In
conflict with the right of self-determination
claimed for Italy, the
peoples of Austria-Hungary and the
Balkans under points 9, 10 and 11.
At Flume D'Annunzio defies the
world and denies use of the port to
the Slavs in the back country. The
states formed out of the Hapsburg
empire gratify their hatred of each
other by setting up barriers to starve
their enemies and incidentally them
selves, and a somewhat milder situa
tion of the same kind exists between
Bulgaria and the other Balkan
states.
No guaranty for reduction of
armaments has been obtained, and
war promises to continue till all the
surplus material of the great war
has been used up and no credit can
be obtained for more. The league
council may recommend reductions
of armament, but the members re
main free to ignore them. Mutual
confidence and good will are pre
requisites to disarmament, but na
tional lines are more sharply de
fined, national animosities more in
tense, than ever. Point 4 is far in
the future.
Point 5 in regard to colonies has
been disposed of by awarding Ger
man colonies to the allied powers
that wanted them on a give-and-take
principle. The rights of inhabitants
are supposed to be secured by man
dates given by the league, but Lloyd
George has reduced this to a nullity
by asserting that the mandate for
Mesopotamia will be drawn up by
Jsritam and recorded with the league
and by asserting this rule for all
mandates.
Russian territory was n,ot evacuat
ed by Germahy till a year after the
armistice was triads, the German
army defeated the effort to rescue
Petrograd from the bolshevlsts, and
Russia derives more hope of future
development from the victories of
Poland and General Wrangel than
from the great powers, whose ac
tivity consists chiefly In writing
notes.
France has recovered Alsace-Lorraine,
but without reparation for its
taking in 1S70 and has received little
reparation for the devastation of its
territory. -
Turkey is reduced to Anatolia and
Constantinople, but is- so far from
"secure sovereignty' that it cannot
cope with Mustapha Kemal's rebel
army, which Greece routed in ten
days. Of the other nationalities of
Turkey only the Greeks have been
returned to their motherland and
Arabia is free, but Syria and Meso
potamia have been handed over to
France and Britain under mandates
against which they fought. Ar
menia and Georgia are derelicts
fighting for their lives against bol
shevlsm. Poland has become an indepen
dent state with little aid from the
allies, but chiefly through the valor
of its own people in driving out the
bolshevists. Its "free access to the
sea" at Danzig is a grim jest, for it
is gained through a narrow corridor
between hostile German provinces
and In a city that is intensely Ger
man. The late war in Poland proves
that its "political and economic in
tegrity" is not "guaranteed by inter
national covenant" but by its own
capacity for self-defense.
Point 14 Is of particular interest
at present, for it furnishes the justi
fication for inserting Article X in
the league covenant. It reads:
Genera association of nations . under
specific covenants for mutual guaranties
of political independence and territorial
integrity to large and email states alike.
Possibly if Mr. Wilson had taken
the senate into co-operation from
the beginning of the peace negotia
tions, he might have saved this point.
His course aroused the senate to
antagonism, the battle has raged
around Article X, and the United
States is still out of the league. The
other members cannot, and the
United States will not, give the guar
anty mentioned, and the chief mem
bers of the league are ready to excise.
Artlcle X In order to meet American
objections. Thus point 14 is doomed.
All of which goes to prove the
vanity of high Ideals when imprac
tical means are used to realize them.
The wars after the war and the
strife about the league in the United
States have been due In part to the
impracticability of some of the four
teen points and to the unwise man
ner in which Mr. Wilson tried to
drive others home. The last two
years in particular should have con
vinced the world that idealism alone
cannot disentangle the knot in which
the world's affairs are tied. Prac
tical statesmanship is needed. That
Is why Senator Harding will be elect
ed president as head of a republican
administration.
The bureau of crop estimates of
the department of agriculture, in
warning potato growers that it is go
ing to be unusually difficult this
year to decide when to market the
crop to the best advantage, furnishes
a convincing argument for co-opera
tion among producers in obtaining
reliable market information, as well
as in selling their products, "and
shows that so many complex factors
enter into the question that it be
comes one for experts to pass upon.
There Is this year an excess of
55,000,000 bushels over the crop of
1919, but prices are also influenced
by the size of the sweet potato and
other food crops, and it is to be ex
pected that they will be excessive In
some localities and unprofltably low
In others simultaneously because of
local conditions and faulty distribu
tion. Export trade, the department
points out, cannot be considered as
a factor of weight. Hardly more
than 1 per cent of a domestic po
tato crop is ever exported.)' Produc
tion and consumption of potatoes
are peculiarly matters of local con
cern. Ex-King Constantine now has a
fine opportunity to hold up Greece
for a comfortable income for the
rest of his life by refusing to -abdicate
in favor of Paul till he gets it.
As reports are that funds are run
ning short in his Swiss retreat, there
is small doubt that he will hold out.
In republican countries this would
be called a hold-up, but It Is part of
the game with kings, and their
people are willing to buy off at any
price those whom they have ex
pelled. When editors like Killep of Wash
ington, Ingalls of Benton, Hendricks
of . Marlon, Bates of Douglas, Thom
Ison of Hood River. Kuck of Uma
tilla Why extend the list? predict
majorities in four figures In their
counties for Harding and Stan field,
there is no doubt of Oregon tomor
row. There is some dispute in Idaho
about the circle and name over the
independent party on the official
ballots and in most of the counties
the ballots have been reprinted. The
matter is not of value enough to In
validate results, which, it appears
now, will be republican generally.
Thomas Sweeney, who was de
feated for the nomination by Mr.
McArthUr, is supporting the candi
date with all his power. He is;a re
publican in the highest sense of the
term. There are days In store for
Tom Sweeney, who is young yet.'"
It should not be necessary to ask
let alone implore every . legal
voter to come out tomorrow; but
nearly half the registered voters of
this city have the bad habit Of Ignor
ing an election.
Rains make doubtful states demo
cratic. Some republicans depend on
the other fellows to do the voting.
The woman vote, cast In most states
the first time, may change this ex
pectation. An attorney for a bootlegger in
federal court a few days ago pleaded
for a money fine, alleging a jail sen
tence would be bad for his client's
epilepsy. He received sixty days for
his "fits," however.
There are two ways to keep Port
land right. One Is to start voting
right and the other is to keep on
down the line.
The Deaf school football team at
Vancouver beat a Portland hljgh
team Saturday, probably because of
being "handy with their mitts."
To vote for some democrats to
morrow is to commit tone of the
deadly sins politically.
Reading the signs, Lassen's big
blowout Saturday means Sam Short
ridge for senator.
Keep the fire and police depart
ments up to efficiency. '
The Cape Codder. won the
race off Halifax, of course.
first
"Democrats claim Oregon!" They'll
be claiming heaven next.
LICENSE IS MOT PROHIBITIVE
Mr. Sfarock Figures) That Oleo Mak
ers Can Well Afford It.
PORTLAND, Oct. 31. (To the Ed
itor.) I have recently read several
letters on the oleomargarine bill that
is to be voted on next Tuesday. Those
who speak against the bill say the
Ucense fee provided for' in the bill
will destroy the oleomargarine busi
ness. Let us see what it will do to
the business.
Americans consume on the average
four pounds of oleomargarine each
annually. Then Oregon ought" to
consume about 3,000.000 pounds.
There is only one factory in Oregon,
which would have to pay $500 license.
If this factory manufactures one
third of Oregon's consumption, then
its $500 license fee will amount to
5-100 of one cent a pound. There are
only a few wholesale houses handling
oleomargarine in Oregon, but let us
be more ti.an fe,ir and say that ten
houses handle Oregon's 3,000,000
pounds consumed. In that case the
$250 license fee for wholesalers would
amount to S-100 of a cent a pound.
The retailer is not required to pay a
license fee if this bill is passed and
hotels and restanrants will be re
quired to pay a nominal fee ot $5
annually. .
In view of the fact that govern
ment statistics give the cost of the
raw material in oleomargarine as 52
per cent of the retail price, as com
pared with a raw material . cost of
84 per cent of the retail price in
case of butter, there must be suf
ficient profits in- the oleomargarine
to absorb many times the license fees
stipulated in this bill. Had the oleo
margarine people not tried to parade
under false colors and had they not
tried by every fair means or foul to
palm it off on the public under the
guise of butter, there would be no
need of sales regulation.
. There are two more very vital
points to the discussion of this bill.
- As a human food the fat of milk
has yio equal. Tbe pooples of the
earth that have used milk and but
ter most abundantly, viz., Europeans
and Americans, are the only ones
that have progressed in science, art,
literature and politics. They are the
tallest of stature,, the longest lived,
and have the lowest infant mortality,
greater resistance to disease, and the
greatest degree of intelligence. Fat
soluble "A," found only in butter fat.
the fat of eggs, and in small quanti
ties in the leafy vegetables, is re
sponsible for this progress, say our
greatest scientists who have studied
this subject.
The Asiatics, who have for ages
tried to get their fat soluble 'A" from
the leafy vegetables and who have
used little or no milk, are the small
est of stature, the shortest lived,
have the highest infant mortality, the
least resistance to disease, and have
progressed only as they have copied
after milk-consuming Americans and
Europeans.
In .experiments with animals
growth ceased and disease overcame
animals deprived of fat soluble "A."
After it was again supplied, disease
vanished and growth was resumed.
Surveys made in our own public
schools have shown those children
that are insufficiently supplied with
milk and butter to be the ones with
low grades and slow mentality.
The protection of the dairy indus
try, which represents over 3200,000.
000 In this state and which employs
20,000 people on the farms besides
the thousands employed in manufac
ture and distribution.
The oleomargarine industry, which
they claim will be ruined if this
measure carries, is mere piffle as
compared with the dairy industry of
the state. The dairy industry is a
vital necessity in our system of agri
culture. It is the only means of
maintaining aOll fertility. -Without
legumes, such as clover, vetch and
alfalfa, which 'are grown chiefly for
cow feed, and without barnyard ma
nure, utter soil depletion" will result.
The horse is almost displaced by the
motor vehicle, leaving the sole re
sponsibility upon the cow.
M. S. SHROCK.
NOTHING- LIKE IT IN HIS DAY
Veteran .of 15 Elections Never Saw
Cox's Equal for Vituperation.
PORTLAND, Oct. 80. (To the Edi
tor.) I have voted for every presi
dent since Fremont's time and I am
bold to say that I cannot remember
that in all those years any candidate
for the presidency ever indulged in
such personal, vituperative, unfair.
false and malicious utterances as
Governor Cox has delivered In his
tirades against the opposite party,
particularly against Mr. Harding.
Our neighbor across the river pub
lished nearly two columns .in the
Columbian the present week of
charges (52. In number) against the
republican candidate, not one of
which would convey the design in
tended If placed in its true setting
all from Governor Cox's stock in
trade, during his swing around the
circle.
He started out to alarm the nation
that the republican party was raising
a slush fund of 15 to 30 millions of
dollars with which to "buy the presi
dency." He sounded that gong until
it began to nauseate his own best
friends.
When he saw that the falsehood
was discovered he dropped that and
pitched into the "senate oligarchy"
and into Senator Lodge particularly,
who was denounced as a "tralter" and
"conspirator," although some of his
own party, notably Senators Reed and
Walsh, were more drastic in their
denunciations of the Wilson league
than any republican. When, in one
of his southern audiences he found
he was crushing the toes of some of
his widest fritends, he whirled about
and declared if elected he would "sit
down" with this same oligarchy and
accept their advice in securing the
most honorable method Of settling the
league question.
When, in an audience sprinkled
with I. W. W., he used the bayonet
charge against Harding. When among
laboring men his opponent was bit
terly denounced as the enemy of the
laboring man. .
1 1 say again, for personal abuse and
wilful misrepresentation, he has had
no equal In any campaign eince the
great Lincoln's time.
On the other hand. Senator Hard
ing has hardly mentioned his oppon
ent's name. His speeches have been
marked by modesty, sincerity and
with a dignity that stamps him as an
honest, level-headed statesman. How
any man or woman can hesitate about
Which of these two men is entitled
to their suffrage is a mystery to me.
OBSERVER.
Rouble fullo In BOO.
BANDON. Or., Oct. SO. (To the
Editor.) In the game or 500 what is
a double hullo hand? How la It
played and how counted?
MRS T. E. THORN.
The one who bids double nullo
must take no tricks. He does not
have the assistance of his partner
and he cannot use or look at the
widow. If be takes one or more
tricks he loses his bid of 500 and
each trick he is forced to take counts
for hie opponents.
Address Not Given.
PORTLAND, Oct. 30. (To the Ed
itor.) Please let me know the ad
dress of a matrimonial paper.
M. LEE.
There Is none that we feel justi
fied in recommending. -
Those Who Come and Go.
The lull before the election storm
was apparent in most of the hotel lob
bies yesterday, the indications being
that the majority of the state travel
ers were either staying at home so
that they could vote Tuesday or scur
rying back as fast as they could. A. B.
Guernsey and Ed 1. boutnwortn ot
Valley City were two of those who
had to come to Portland with a ship
ment of cattle and reported that
Grant county sent in 11 carloads, ar
riving here yesterday. "We lose
money on every animal we sell," said
Southworth, "the market seems to
want cows and we raise steers mainly.
but when we get only six cents a
pound in the market It is Impossible
to make two ends meet, but we have
to sell. This meat, when sold at
market at six cents, should not cost
the butcher more than 12 cents over
the block. It is a certainty that we
do not get the profit."
Honeymoon atmosphere predomin
ated at the Multnomah hotel over the
week end as a number, of newly mar
ried couples were registered. C. CI
Wright brought the new Mrs. Wright
to the hotel Saturday night to a room
that he had spent several hours trans
forming into a bower of floral beauty
during the day, only to find that it
had been despoiled of its blooms by a
raiding party of friends. Ed Cohen
of Chicago, who has a host or menus
in Portland, was constantly receiving
remembrances yesterday for Mrs.
Cohen, who was with him. Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Resare were another cou
ple Just embarking on life's Journey
tosrether who were recipients of many
attentions at the hands of their
friends.
Brewer A. Billie is understood to
have told, friends in the lobby of the
Multnomah hotel yesterday that he
was fairly well satisfied with tne
work of O. A. C. this year In holding
California to the low score they did
Saturday In the football game, but he
was especially proud of the manner
in which the team scored on the Bear
state eleven, something that is seldom
done this year to date. Billie is a
former backfield star for O. A. C. and
last year was assistant coach. .
M. E. Sinclair of Ilwaco, Wash., son
of the member of the Washington
state legislature. Is at the Hotel Port
land on his way home after accom
panying his father to Olympta. The
Sinclalrs have one of the longest trips
on record to get to and from their
district to their state capiat, as' they
have to journey through Oregon and
across the mouth of the Columbia In
their trips.
Harry L. Sale, who travels out of
Portland calling on the silk trade,
is at the Hotel Portland for a few
days with his new partner, who was
a Miss Curtis of this city up to the
day she decided to take an interest
in Sale's business as his better half
Mr. and Mrs. Sale will travel the silk
route together this time for their
honeymoon.
, It Is more than possible that inter
est in the proposed Swan Island har
bor bill may have been the magnet
that draws R. L. Johnson and S. H
Daniels of San Francisco to Port
land, as they represent the Califor
nia Hydraulic Engineering company
and there will be lots of dirt to move
In the local harbor If the port blllB
carry. They are registered at the
Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thornberg of Forest
Grove, where Mr. Thornberg is one
of the bankers, are at the Oregon ho
tel while they visit some of the
shows and other amusements that
Portland has which are lacking In
Forest Grove.
Frank G. Deckenbach Jr. of Salem
Is at the Oregon hotel resting up after
taking several degrees In the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. Decken
bach was a - member of one of the
largest classes that the order has
ever put through their traces in this
state.
Pat Morrison arid lira. Morrison ot
Mobridge, South Dakota, are resting
at the Hotel Portland for several days
while they see the many points of
Interest In this vioinity. They are
touring by auto and have been eev
eral weeks on their trip.
Lewis A Gans of New York brought
Mrs. Gans with him this trip and they
are stopping at the Benson, where
Mr. Gans is showing his wife about
the city that is one of his best mar
kets. He is a manufacturer of um
brellas. "Tillamook county for Harding by
1000. for Stanfield by 500." This was
the prediction yesterday of J. O. Bo-
Earth,- one of the real estate oper
ators of Bay City, as he registered
at the Oregon hotel.
Mrs. H. V. Mayo and sister of Ma
nila, P. I., are at the Hotel Portland
They are making a tour of the United
States and are enthralled with their
first visit to the northwest.
J. G. Morrison, assistant general
traffic manager of the Northern Pa
cific of St. Paul, left the Multnomah
hotel yesterday on his way to Call
fornia in the Interest of his road.
Catherine Cook, specialist m rural
education for the department of the
interior, is at the Multnomah.
Moore's Peom Recalled.
PORTLAND, Oct. 31. (To the Edi
tor.) The following verses written
by Thomas Moore In memory of
Robert Emmet, seem appropriate also
to the memory of Terence MacSwlney:
O breath not his name! Let it sleep in the
shade.
Where cold and nnhonored his relics are
laid,; "
Sad, silent and darlc be the tears that we
shed.
As the nlRht dew that falls on the crave
o'er his head.
But the night dew th&t falls, though In
silence It weeps;
And the tear that we shed, though tn se
cret it rolls.
Shall long keep his memory green in our
souls.
, ERIN.
Apes In Holy Writ.
SHEDD, Or.. Oct. 30. (To the Ed
itor.) Under "By-products of the
Times," October 26, I find a para
graph, "Holy writ tells that King
Solomon had many such pets" (mon
keys), etc
Please . tell me where I can find
this in the holy writ.
W. J. DUNLAP.
"For the king (Solomon) had at
sea a navy of Tharshlsh with the
navy of Hiram; once in three years
came the navy of Tharshish bringing
gold and silver, ivory, and apes and
peacooks." Kings 1:10:22. See also
Chron. 2:9:21.
Oregonian Poet Seeks Friend.
PORTLAND, Oct. 30. (To the Ed
itor.) May I have 6pace for a re
quest? Will the person who recent
ly sent me an exquisite present, and
who has twice written me over the
signature "A Woman," kindly com
municate with me In her own name?
However kind they may be, anony
mous letters are very unsatisfactory,
and place the recipient at a disad
vantage that cannot be -overcome.
They seem to be without excuse as
well, for no friendship can be es
tablished upon 'concealment and sub
terfuge. GRACE E. HALL.
, 507 East Forty-ninth street North.
Portland, Oregon.
WAH.H SPOT IN HEART S OU UAKIJK
War Mother Points Oat That Soldiers
He Helped Are Also Tax I'syers.
PORTLAND. Oct. 30. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian recently.
Herbert Gordon, candidate for mayor,
was quoted as having said: "Mr.
Baker did very well as a war mayor.
Now the war Is over and It Is time
to work." If Mr. Gordon can put In
ny more hours of work In a day than
Mayor Baker can. he will have to
ask Dan Kellaher to add a few to '
the existing twenty-four.
It is true that Mr. Baker was a
good war mayor and the very quali
ties that made him that, will make
him a good mayor again. What
made him a good mayor during the
war? Perservance, untiring and
unflagging energy, strength of char
acter that enabled him to stand by
his convictions and a personality that
grips everyone who comes in contact
with him. Those are only a few, but
above any is his progresslveism.
Portland will never stagnate under
his guidance, but will forge to the
front as ehe has during his admin
istration. Mr. Gordon surely cannot win many
votes by condemning Mr. Baker's
auditorium policy. He cannot if
people of Portland remember how
the auditorium was used- as an emer
gency hospital that housed thousands
of needy patients during the epidemic
of influenza; as an open house for
every sort of war activity; the
Mothers' organization, the Daddies'
club, the Red Cross. Because Mr.
Baker did not attempt to make money,
for the city by charging for soldiers'
farewell dinners and welcoming
dances, he is charged with extrava
gance by men who are trying to work
their way into office by playing on
the sympathies of the taxpayers.
But those men forget that the tax
payers include those very soldiers
who were entertained there and who
were helped on "over there" by
George L. Baker's policy of working
!or the service men. Also among the
taxpayers are. the mothers, fathers,
wives, sisters, of those service men.
And they all know how Mr. Baker
worked with them and for them at
all hours of the day and night. Are
they going to listen to the talk of
men who are small enough to object
to the big policies of a big man?
Fathers! Mothers! Ex-service
men! In short, citizens! Stand by
the man who helped you through the
war and who Is helping you now.
Don't forget that it f is George L.
Baker who is makng the Marine
hospital possible to Portland. Let's
have another term of advancement
with a wide-awake, progressive man
to direct It.
"Mayor Baker has made good.
Re-elect him."
A WAR-MOTHER.
DEFINITION OF NON-PARTISAN
Professed Friend of All Parties bnt
Worker Only for Own.
PORTLAND, Oct. 30. (To the Edi
tor.) It is going to take something
more' than the harpings of "he stood
four-square," "he got the boys over
just in the nick of time," "he was
true blue," etc., io convince the re
publican voters of Oregon that Cham
berlain Is the man to elect to the
United States senate this year. The
voters Just now are demanding of
the candidate much more than his
100 per cent - record of loyalty and
his activities In war work before
they vote for him. They are de
manding that he possess certain and
specific political principles which are
in accord with their own. They are
going to judge him by his political
past and not by his percentage of
loyalty during the war. Chamber
lain's 100 per cent loyalty during the
war was no higher than it waj ex
pected by his constituents to be. or.
in fact, no higher than it should have
been. Millions upon millions of oth
ers were just as loyal as he and la
bored in equal proportion with him
self to win the war.
Everyone (except a democrat) now
adays knows the exact definition of
the, word non-partisan wnen applied
to campaign politics.
A non-partisan is a man who pro
fesses friendship for the principles
and doctrines of all the political par
ties on earth but votes and works
for only his own. He is sort of a
Confucian-Methodist, or a Presby
terian - Bhuddist, or the like. Mr.
Chamberlain has been for more
than seven years a prominent part
and parcel of Wilsonlsm and the Wil
son party. Does anyone believe Wil
son a non-partisan? Mr. Chamberlain
is now an ardent supporter of Cox
and Coxism. Does anyone believe
Cox a non-partisan? Chamberlain
rallied round the Tammany flag
when Tammany waved it in a demo
cratic convention. Does anyone be
lieve Tammany non-partisan? Cham
berlain worked and voted for the
"Underwood tariff law." Is that law
a non-partisan law? When George
Chamberlain voted "aye" on the final
roll of that law his voice sent a cold
chill over the entire state of Oregon.
It sounded the death warrant to
scores of our sustaining industries
and plunged the business of our com
monwealth Into practical ruin.
If for no other political reason than
that alone, Mr. Chamberlain should
be overwhelmingly condemned by the
vote of those who have the interests
of our state at heart.
Think first of old Oregon and Ore
gon's best Interests before you vote.
J. W. C.
HE IS CALLED ON TWO COUNTS
Mr. Kellaher Misrepresents Mr. New
ell's Employment and Report.
MONTREAL, Quebec, Oct. 25. (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonian of
October 18 there appears a letter from
Mr. Dan Kellaher, In which he asserts
that previous to my employment by
the city in the street-car rate hearing
I was for a long time employed by
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company.
Mr. Kellaher is entirely mistaken.
Having been a life-long resident of
Portland, my record is easily traced
by any one who cares to do so. From
1894 to 1907 I was continuously em
ployed by the O.-W. R & N. company.
From 1907 to date I have been in pri
vate practice. From 1909 to date 1
have been Consulting engineer for the
Oregon public service commission, to
whom all my business connectione
have been well known.
I have never, at any time or In any
manner,' been employed by the Port
land Railway, Light & Power com
pany, save once when Mr. Griffith
asked me to act as the company's;
member of a board of arbitration in a
wage dispute, and I did so serve for
three days. This is the sole basis for
Mr. Kellaher's statement.
Mr. Kellaher asserts that in my In
vestigation no. attention was given to
the fact that double fares are col
lected on the Vancouver line. While
the effect of such an error, if made,
would be trifling. Mr. Kellaher will
find, if he will take the trouble to
examine my report, that a proper al
lowance was made for all double
fares J. P. NEW" ELL.
More Truth Than Poetry.
My James J. Muntasuc.
CKUAT ntOSI'KCTS.
When some one tells me of a bock
I really ought to read
I don an interested look
And murmur, "yes indeed!"
But I do not 1 wait a bit
For soon some gentlemen
Will make a movie play of it
And I can Bee it then.
I mean to eee them all In time.
The gloomy, the jocose.
The melancholy, the sublime.
ine gay, the lachrymoFe.
I'll gather literary spoil.
Wide learning I shall gain.
And never burn the midnight oil
Or even tax my brain.
I always have had lofty alms
To read and comprehend
The massive works of William James
(Not Henry) to the end.
But I ehall freely undertake
This mighty urge to stem.
Until scenario writers make
A movie play of them.
Psychology, the calculus.
And Mr. Freud on dreams
I know are eomowbat strenuous
And esoteric themes.
But very shortly I suppose
They'll be In the town hall.
Converted Into movie shows
And I shall see 'em all!
No Profit In 'Cm.
They are making clothes out of pa
per now. Apparently the cotton ones
last too long.
, Naturally.
Debs Is one presidential candidate
who is in favor of a short term.
Thrift.
Don't throw away the ouija board.
They'll be in demand by and by to
shingle houses with.
(Copyright by th Bell Syndicate. Ine.
John Burroughs' Nature)
Notes.
Cn Vou Answer These Questions f
1. What northern Canadian bird
sometimes visits the state in winter?
2. How can an otter breathe under
the ice?
3. Why Is making something better
than just seeing it?
Answers in tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
Answers io Previous Questions.
1. Does the humming bird injure
fruit?
I one day saw humming birds ap
parently probing the ripe yellow
cheeks of my finest poaches, but I
was not certain till I saw a bird hov
ering over a particular peach, and
then mounting upon a ladder I ex
amined it, when, sure enough, the
rolden cheek was full of pin-holes.
The orioles destroy many of my ear
liest pears, but it required much
watching to catch them in the very
act.
2. When does the skunk use Its
odor?
The skunk is represented as adver
tising his course through the woods
to all other creatures by his charac
teristic odor. As a matter of fact,
however, the skunk emits that odor
only when attacked, and is at all
other times as odorless as a squirrel.
3 Has fear the same effect on ani
mals as on man?
Fear seems to have the same effect
upon both man and boast, causing
trembling of the muscles, a rapid
beating of the heart, a relaxation of
the sphincters, momentary weakness,
confusion, panic, flight. It would be
interesting to know If the blood
leaves the capillaries in the faces of
animals during sudden fright, as It
does in man. producing paleness.
(Rights reserved by Houghton, Mif
flin Co.)
In Other Days.
TwenryFlve Years Abo.
From The Oregonian of November 1, 1886.
The month of October Is remark
able for the fact that during tbe 31
days there was no rainfall other than
a bare trace reported a few days ago.
Numerous cases of scarlet fever
and a few of diphtheria are reported
among the school children of the city.
Governor Lord came to Portland
rrom Salem yesterday to attend tl.
dress parade of the militia at the ex
position. Manager Calvin Heilig of the Mar
quam returned yesterday from a
week's visit in Seattle.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of November 1, 1970.
A few of the leading citizens of
Oregon have turned their attention
to the subject of shipping grain from
this state in bulk. Perhaps an ele
vator will be erected for this purpose
during next year.
The federal census for San Fran
cisco is shown to be 150,361. Of this
number 12,017 are Chinese.
The vote of Cincinnati, including
Hamilton county, in the late election
showed a republican gain since last
fall of 8947.
LONDON. The spoils of capitula
tion at Metz include 3000 guns, forty
millions of the French war funds,
and twenty millions of the French,
civil government department funds.
Duties of Tariff Commission.
MILWAUKIE. Or. Ont n fT .1, -
I Editor.) We are engaged in a po
litical aiscussion in wnlch the pres
ent form of a tariff is involevd. The
opposing side maintains that there is
a tariff commission which has power
to regulate completely the tariff. I
question this and can find no evi
dence of such a commission except
that appointed by the party in power.
We would like to know the exact
form by which the tariff may be al
tered, not too detailed, of course.
R. W. G.
The tariff" commission established
In 1916 has authority only to Investi
gate and ascertain facts connected
with the tariff and its effects and
to make reports both yearly and upon
request of the president, the house
ways and means committee or the
senate finance committee. It has no
power to regulate the tariff. Con
gress alone can do that by bills
passed first by the house, then by
the senate. Senate and house then
reconcile points of difference, pass
the conference bill and send It to the
president for approval.
l.t-1 Lair Take Course.
C1IEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 30. (To
the Editor.) Sheriff Taylor'B slayers
should hung! Governor Oloott is
wise and right in refusing recon
sideration of the Jury's decision. The
iiiiuiKter and others from Pendleton
are simply encouraging future lynch
ing. Why do people resort to lynohing?
Because clearly guilty prisoners too
often are dealt with softly put in
the pen for a very few years; finally
the lawyers get them their liberty,
ready to kill another one.
KARL W1LLRIOU.