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VOL- XXVI NO. 29.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1907.
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HAWLEY DISSECTS
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Strong Proof He Insti
gated Murder.
UNION PERVERTED TO CRIME
Witnesses for Defense Per
jurers or Deceived.
LET LAW GOVERN IN IDAHO
Haywood Ustens Intently and With,
out Emotion as Prosecutor Mar
shals Evidence to Show Him
Great Among Criminals.
BOISE, Idaho, July 20. James H.
Hawley, leading counsel for the State
of Idaho, presenting the first of the
arguments to the Jury in the case
against 'William D. Haywood, spoke
for nearly eight hours, distributed
over three sessions of court. Even
when the forenoon session today had
extended far beyond the customary
time limit, every seat In the court
room was occupied and remained so
until the last word was spoken.
None listened more attentively to the
argument than Haywood, the defend
ant, and none showed less . emotion.
From time to time he took copious
notes In a small book and frequently
made suggestions to one or other of
his counsel, seven of whom were In
court today.
Throughout the day, Mr. Hawley
used an almost conversational tone.
The analysis of testimony In contra
diction of Orchard's story concluded
frequently with the denunciation of
witness after witness as .a wilful per
jurer or guilty of unintentional false
hood. When he had spoken five and a
half hours, Mr. Hawley reached Cald
well, where at the. -close of the year
1905 the preparations for the murder
of Steunenberg was afoot. His voice
now found a sympathetic note and, as
he told of the last moments of the
ex-Governor, the courtroom was hushed
and the jury leaned forward to catch
the speaker's every word.
Mr. Hawley's peroration was impres
sive. There was no attempt at any
flight of oratory, but only a strong
note of deep sincerity and great
earnestness when he pleaded for an
honest Judgment from honest men of
Idaho.
Mr. Hawley said he did not charge
that a majority of even that many of
the Western Federation of Miners were
criminals, but that the evil deeds of
the officers and of the scum of the
organization had brought discredit on
the rank and file. The time had indeed
come, he said, when right thinking
men should rise and make war upon
the evil influences that were the curse
of all labor organizations.
On the adjournment of court until
Monday morning, Mr. Hawley was
showered with congratulations.
FEDERATION MEN ARRAIGNED
Hawley's Forceful Argument Arouses
Darrow to Fury.
BOISE. Idaho, July 20. Continuing
his argument for the prosecution in
the Haywood trial, J. H. Hawley today
said that Immediately after the train
wrecking Incident on the Florence &
Cripple Creek line, Orchard was found
again In the employ of the Federation.
Taking up the matter of the attempted
assassination of Governor Peabody,
Mr. Hawley repeated much of the tes
timony of Orchard as to the plans he
and Bteve Adams laid to kill the Gover
nor either by bomb or with sawed-off
shotguns. Orchard's testimony was am
ply corroborated, counsel declared, Mrs.
Peabody herself taking the stand to tes
tify to one of the most Important Inci
dents. The attorney told of Governor
Peabody's activities in the Colorado trou
bles, and declared that the strongest mo
tive for his taking off rested with the
Western Federation of Miners. No possi
ble personal motive," said Mr. Hawley,
HAYWOOD
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Many salmon are entering the Columbia
River. If they conld take the overland
route, they might have some chance.
could be attributed to either Steve Adams
or Harry Orchard.
While arguing this incident, Mr. Hawley
soon precipitated an exciting battle of
words with Clarence Darrow, of the de
fense, in which "untruth" and "deliber
ate falsehood" were freely used on both
sides.
Lawyers Pass the Iile.
"If," said Mr. -Hawley, "there was a
word of untruth in Orchard's testi
mony as to the attempts on Gov
ernor Peabody, who of all men
was the best witness to so tes
tify? A man who Is now in the base
ment of this building, a man who stood in
the esteem ot the leaders of the Western
Federation of Miners second only to Or
chardSteve Adams. The prosecution
brought this man to Boise so he could be
used by the defense if it so desired "
"I object to that," shouted Mr. Dar
row, Jumping to his feet "It is an abso
lute untruth, as counsel well knows, and
there is no such record in this case."
"If you say what I have stated is an
untruth," replied Mr. Hawley in anger,
you utter a deliberate falsehood."
Mr. Darrow renewed his objection and
then Judge Wood took a hand. He
said he would instruct the jury to
disregard . all statements made by
counsel not borne out by the evidence.
Why Did Not Pettibone Testify?
Mr. Hawley then continued: "There
Is Just one other man who could deny
Orchard's statements as to Governor
Peabody. That man is George Petti
bone. If he did not counsel the pro
posed murder; If he did not furnish the
sawed-off shotguns, why didn't they
bring him here to say so? There is
no evidence to contradict Harry Or
chard. Does counsel expect to wipe
out the facts by mere argument? They
cannot do so."
Carrying forward his address In
chronological order, Mr. Hawley next
took up the Independence Depot explo
sion. He ridiculed the Idea that the Mine
owners' Association was responsible
for the outrage, and asserted that the
evidence adduced in support of that
theory was either from witnesses
shown to be perjurers or utterly ab
surd on the face of it. The facts were
as stated by Orchard, he said.
Bringing his argument down to the
attempt on the life of F. W. Bradley
In Ban Francisco, Mr. Hawley reviewed
first the testimony as to money sent
to Orchard in San Francisco by George
A. Petlbone. As to the motive against
BradlC; it was to show to the world
that the Federation did not forget its
enemies even after a lapse of years.
Mr. Bradley had been the manager of
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine,
which was blown up in 1899.
McGee Mistaken as to Datee.
Referring to the testimony of Dr. I.
L. McGee, of Wallace, Idaho, that he
saw Orchard there during the Summer
of 1904, Mr. Hawley said Orchard could
not have been there, and that Dr. Mc
Gee was either grievously mistaken as
to dates or stated a deliberate false
hood. Dr. McGee was recently arrest
ed for perjury.
As to the killing of Lyte .Gregory,
Mr. Hawley said the evidence showed
that Gregory was a companion of De
tectives Scott and Sterling, against
whom, the Western Federation had
grievances. Orchard must have been
serving the Federation In killing the
man, for he had no personal motive.
He said:
"Again, In this crime of killing
Gregory, we find Steve Adams directly
involved and George Pettibone as giv
ing the instructions. Again, may I
k why these two men have not been
called here to deny the allegations
Orchard has made against them. I
leave the answer to your judgment and
your intelligence."
The prosecuting attorney next went
over the various attempts made by
Orchard on the lives of Judges God
dard and Gabbert and Governor Pea
body. The escape of each of these men
from destruction, especially Mr. Pea
body, was miraculous, Mr. Hawley de
clared, and the motive for their re
moval lay in the Western Federation
of Miners and not in the breat of the
man hired to commit the crimes. The
size and destructive character of the
bomb finally made by Orchard to de
stroy Mr. Peabody would seem in
credible, if the deadly engine itself
had not been introduced. N
Hatred of Steunenberg. '
After he had spoken for nearly an
hour at the afternoon session, Mr.
Hawley finally brought his argument
down to the death of ex-Governor
Steunenberg:
"He appears to have been partic
ularly obnoxious to the Western Fed
eration of Miners," said the attorney.
"The articles which have been intro
duced here from the Miners' Magazine
show the lasting hatred that the or
ganization bore him. Never has a man
been more vilified than was he. Frank
Steunenberg had been a member of a
labor union, so when the mining trou-
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Mayor Lane "I never thought that blamed
stuff would hold Brain like this."
THIRTY ONE DEAD
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Men, Women and Chil
dren Butchered. "
LIST OF INJURED IS SEVENTY
Michigan Excursion Train Hits
Freight at High Speed.
CRASH HEARD FOR MILES
Horrifying Scenes Follow Smash.
Boy Finds Mother Dead Beside
Him Women Scream for Their
Injured and Dead Children.
SALEM, Mich., July 20. Thirty-one peo
ple are dead and more than 70 injured,
many of them seriously, as the result of a
head-on collision today between this vil
lage and Plymouth, when a Pere Mar
quette excursion train bound from Ionia
to Detroit crashed into a westbound
freight train In a cut located at a sharp
curve of the Pere Marquette Railroad,
about a mile east of Salem.
THE DEAD.
HOMER SMITH, a boy, Ionia.
ALBERT TRAUTWINE, whose body was
cut in two, Ionia.
JOHN TOFEL, Ionia. (
CHARLES HESS, Ionia.
HERMAN HESS, Ionia.
DANIEL, HESS, Ionia.
"WILLIAM CORNELL, Ionia.
DON ROGERS, Lowell, Mich.
DICK JONES. Ionia.
MRS. ABRAHAM EDDT, Ionia.
EWARD GALLAGHER, aged 18 years,
Ionia.
FRANK DOUSE, Ionia.
L. K. MERRILL, aged 88 years. Ionia.
HENRY REYNOLDS, a Pere Marquette
engineer, Ionia.
CHARLES McCAULEY, SR., Ionia.
A. P. HERBERT. Ionia. '
EDWARD DURLING. Ionia.
CHARLES BROAD, aged 18, Ionia.
JAMES. .VISARD, Ionia.,
WILLARD STAGER, Ionia.
WILLIAM GOTT, Ionia.
MRS. AUGUST RICHTER. Ionia.
FRED FITZGERALD, Ionia.
BRAKEMAN ED. CORWAN.
FIREMAN KNOWLES.
WILLIAM EVANS, 20. Ionia.
FRANK LATHAM. 18, Ionia.
BENJAMIN DURLING, 45. Ionia.
CHARLES FENTON. fireman freight en
gine. Grand Ledge.
HARRY WILLIAMS. 17, Ionia.
E. J. PIXLEY. conductor of passenger
train, body ground to pieces and scarcely
enough fragments found to Identify it.
James Vieard was a well-known ball player.
Herman and Daniel Hess, aged 15 and
18 years, respectively, were the sons of
Charles Hess. A widow and six other chil
dren are left by Hess.
Six Cars Wrecked.
The passenger train of 11 cars, car
rying the Pere Marquette shop em
ployes of Ionia and their families to the
Michigan metropolis for their annual
excursion, was running at high speed,
probably 50 miles an hour, down a
steep grade. It struck the lighter
locomotive of the freight train with
such terrible force as to turn the
freight engine completely around. The
wrecked locomotives this afternoon lay
side by side, both headed" eastward.
Only a few of the freight train's
cars wero smashed, and it 'took only a
few hours' work to remove all traces
of thorn from the scene. But behind
the two wrecked locomotives six cars
of the passenger train lay piled in a
hopeless wreck.
Four of the passenger coaches re
mained on the track but slightly dam
aged, and wero used to convey the dead
arid injured to Ionia; one coach was en
tirely undamaged, with only its forward
trucks off the rails. The two coaches
next ahead of these were telescoped.
The next car forward stood almost on
end after the wreck, its forward end
resting on the roadbed.
Fireman Dies on Train.
Fireman Knowles died on the relief
train en route to Detroit, bringing the
list of dead to 30, with a possibility
that more bodies might be found In the
wreckage, and that several of the In
jured may die.
Responsibility is put square upon the
crew of the freight train by officials
of the road. Those who arrived at the
HORROR
PEN PICTURES OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS AS VIEWED BY HARRY MURPHY
Uncle Sam seems a
satisfy.
ccene of the wreck soon after the acci
dent secured from the crew of the
freight the ordors under which it was
running, and which clearly showed the
position of the passenger train, and
that the freight had encroached upon
the other train's running time. The
collision occurred at 9:13 o'clock, and
the freight train should have reached
Salom at 3:10 to be .within their orders.
Cars Are Crowded.
The excursion train left Ionia,
crowded with men, women and children
at 6 o'clock this morning. It was the
annual excursion of the shopmen of
the road to Detroit. Every lamlly had
its lunch baskets, and many of them
were eating when the two trains
crashed together. The impact was ter
rific, and a number pf passengers alt
ting near the windows of the tear end
of the undamaged ocaches were thrown
through the widows to the ground.
There was a panic among those in the
uninjured coaches for a few moments.
Then, as the uninjured people realized
that they had not been hurt, they
rushed from the cars to the rescue of
their friends and relations who were
pinioned among the wreckage ahead of
it- Families were scattered among dif
ferent cars and there were frenzied
searches for missing relatives. Mothers'
ran screaming up and down Searching
for their children, while many of the
young people were as frantically call
ing for their parents.
Sees Father Hurt.
S. Dennehy, a' young man of Ionia,
was in the last coach, while his sister-was
in one of the middle' coaches,
and his father and mother were In one
of the most eerlously damaged cars.
"We felt the Jar when the airbrakes
were applied," said Mr. Dennehy,. "and
then before anyone had time to stand
up or leave his seat, came the crash
of the collision. In the confusion of
the moment, I did not realize that the
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if
" KELLY
MURDERER OF GEORGE SAYRES
RELEASED FROM PRISOX.
Governor Heeds Influential Petition
In Behalf of Man Convicted of
Heinous Crime.
Joseph ("Bunco") Kelly was yesterday
pardoned by Governor Chamberlain from
the Oregon State Penitentiary, where he
was serving a life sentence for the mur
der of George W. Sayres in this city in
September, 1894. In ordering Kelly's re
lease from prison Governor Chamberlain
was Influenced by a strong petition In the
prisoner's behalf which was ;flled in the
executive department three years ago.
This application included the names of
many prominent business men of Port
land. ex-Dlstrlct Attorney -Wilson T.
Hume, who prosecuted Kelly, and George
H. 'Williams being among the signers.
Kelly arrived In Portland last night.
"Under the Oregon statutes an impris
onment of 15 years is considered a life
sentence."" said Governor Chamberlain
last night, "and Kelly has served nearly
13 years. For the last three years there
has been on file In my office at Salem a
long petition, signed by many prominent
Portland people who at that time request
ed the action I took today. Kelly is quite
an old man, while his record in prison
was beyond criticism. Kelly was theonly
man convicted and punished, although
others were unquestionably implicated In
the murder."
Crime Was Shocking One.
The crime of which Kelly was convicted
was among the most brutal in the history
of Portland. Between 8 and 9 o'clock on
the night of September 26, 1S94, George W.
Sayres. who resided with his wife at Ful
ton Park, was enticed from his home and
taken to the bank of the Willamette
River, about 200 yards distant, where his
assailants murdered him by crushing his
head with a hatchet, after which the body
was thrown into the river. Ten days
later the body was found floating in the
river between the Ainsworth and the
Mersey docks. Postmaster John TV.
Minto, who had assumed the office of
Chief of Police only a few days before,
assisted by his detective force, immedi
ately began an investigation which re
sulted in the arrest of Kelly, "Bob" Gar
thorne, George Powers, Paddy Lynch,
Thomas Carroll, Thomas Burns and
James Mehan, a majority of whom had
served terms in some Pacific Coast peni
tentiary. Kelly and Garthorne were In
dicted for the murder, and upon being
arraigned pleaded not guilty. The other
men were held as witnesses.
At the Coroner's Inquest the first chains
in the link of circumstantial evidence on
which Kelly's conviction was secured sub
sequently were forged. Mrs. Sayres testl-
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hard customer to
- Ex-Senator Mnlkey "Will there be any
thing left for me, I wonder f"
POLIGEMM'SSHOT
FELLS BIST
Random Bullet Strikes
illiam Stevens
FIRED BY OFFICER ROBERTS
Patrolman Says Revolver Was
Accidentally Discharged.
DRAWN TO REPULSE MOB
Wounded Man, Employed as Driver
by Local Ice Company, Will
Probably Die Mob Threat- .
ens the Bluecoat.
William Stevens, 35 years old, a driver
for the Ice Delivery Company, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by a bullet
from the revolver of Patrolman Griffith
Roberts, at East Sixth and Morrison
streets, at 11:10 o'clock last night. The
shooting was the result of a row which
occurred In the Gilmore saloon, on the
southwest corner of East Sixth and Mor
rison. Shortly before 11 o'clock, Captain
Slover, in response to a telephone call,
ordered Roberts to go to the Gilmore
resort and quell a disturbance there.
When Roberts entered the place a num
ber of patrons of the place were congre
gated at the bar, Mrlnking and using
coarse and profane language loud enough
to be heard on the street. Roberts or
dered them to be quiet, when a young
fellow, whose name could not be learned,
called the officer a vile name. The po
liceman took him from the place, gave
him a lecture and ordered him to go
home. '
The companions of this man evidently
Delieved Roberts had their friend under
arrest and rushed out of a rear entrance
andcame upon the officer and his man
at the corner. They rushed the police
man and succeeded In separating him
from his man, and at the same time some
of the rowdies began throwing stones.
One of the missiles struck Roberts in
the stomach and another on the shoulder,
while a third missile went through the
window of a tailoring establishment next
door.
While this row was going on. Ste
vens and two friends, William Fisher
and W. E. Galvin, were concluding a
midnight meal In a restaurant a few
yards away, and, attracted by the
noise, Stevens and Galvin went across
the street to see what the trouble was.
Fisher In the meantime taking a car for
the West Side of the river.
According to the story told by Galvin
at police headqaurters, as soon as they
saw that it was a fight with a police
officer and that Roberts had pulled his
gun, they turned to leave the scene, as
they did not want to get into troublf.
Galvin's story of the affair Is as fol
lows: "As soon as Fisher got his car we
ran across the street to see what the
trouble was about. The officer was
standing in the center of a crowd, and
when he pulled his gun after a rock
was thrown, I said to Stevens, 'Come
on before we get hurt.' It seemed that
I had hardly turned to go when the shot
was fired and Stevens fell to the ground
beside me. I srsked If he was hurt,
thinking for the moment that he had
stumbled, but when I looked at him I
knew he had been shot."
He has worked with me for about three
months and is a splendid fellow. He was
not troublesome and drank very little.
He has a brother and two sisters living
at Aberdeen, Wash., and as far as I
know those are his only relations living.
He Is about 35 years, of age and Is not
married. I don't know his address, but
he lives near the Steel bridge."
Jake Crabel, Another witness of the
affair, who lives across East Sixth
street from the- scene of the shooting,
is inclined to think that the shooting
was an accident. He said that Rob
erts certainly had provocation enough
to draw his gun, but that he did not
believe (that the officer fired at any
one with intent to wound or kill. He
saw tome of the missiles thrown and
NDEH
may be able to identify those who
threw them.
Patrolman Joe Keller, who resides
across the street from the scene of the
shooting, was aroused by the shot, but
saw nothing of the affray, for he had
retired early. Keller endeavored to se
cure the names of some of the men
who had the altercation with Roberts,
but they had all departed or dodged
the issue when questioned.
Some of the rowdy element which col
lected at the scene after the shooting
proposed to wreak vengeance on the
policeman, but the timely arrival of sev
eral officers from the central station dis
persed the mob.
Patrolman Griffith Roberts, who is one
of the oldest and most reliable men In
the department, is distracted over the
unfortunate affair and nearly wept while
making his report to Captain Slover. 'He
is a strong powerfully built man and his
evident grief over the unfortunate affair
was pathetic in the extreme. Roberts
said:
"I did not intend to use the gun when
I pulled It, but desired to make a bluff.
Suddenly a rock struck me In the side
and In the pain of the blow I must have
pressed the trigger, although I Intended
the shot for the fellow who had Just
broken away from me and was running
across the street." ,
Patrolman Roberts' report to Captain
Slover reads as follows:
"Captain Slover Tonight at 11:10
o'clock I went into the Gilmore saloon,
at the southwest corner of East Sixth
and Morrison streets, to stop the boister
ous and profane language complained of
by passersby. When I entered the men
were extremely . loud and vulgar, and
one who abused me, a young man about
22 years old, called me an exceptionally
vile name, and I took him from the place,
Intending to send him home. Four or
five men followed me, going out a rear
door, and when they came upon us, told
me I would havo to let the young fellow
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, 01 de
grees; minimum, 62 degreee.
TODAY Probably showers; cooler. South
westerly wind.
ForrLrn.
Rioters in Setul burn Ministers' houses, re
duce capital to anarchy. Page 2, Sec
tion 1.
fiau'i trial causa challenge for duel
Haii volunteers story of movements.
Page 2, Section 1.
Durliwn 5e la Rochefoucauld and Countess
Spottlswoode still quarrel In court. Page
2, Section 1.
National.
Colonel Ay res retired from Army against
his protest. Page 8, Section 1.
Government Increases salary of Assistant
Postmaster Shipley and grants more as
sistants. Page 1, Section 2.
Politics.
Bryan .. abandons government ownership
policy and defines Democratic platform.
Page 4, Section 1.
Domestic.
Thirty-one persons killed in a train wreck
In Michigan. Page 1, Section 1.
Railroads providing cars to move crops.
Page 3, Section 2.
Mystery of murder charge against Maglll.
Page 5. Section 1.
Corey says he will remain president cf
bteel Trust. Page fi. section l.
Tornado In South Dakota. Storm kills one
In Montana and heat In Pittsburg kills
many. Page 1, Section 2.
Pacific Coast.
Hawley finishes strong arguisnt In Hay
wood trial. Page 1, First Section.
Attack on streetcar causes riot in San Fran
cisco. Page 1, Second Section.
Government grooming mall steamers for
transport service. Page 3, Second Sec
tion. If mlllmen refuse to accept advance In
rates, they must face car shortage, says
Hill. Page 6, Second Section.
New Washington parole law will empty the
' Penitentiary. Page 5, Second Section,
President Coleman, of "Willamette University,
may" be elected bishop in Methodist
Church. Page 6, Second Section.
Sports.
Portland wins 12-lnnlng game from San
Francisco, S to 4. Page 2, Second Sec
tion. Auto dealers to hold endurance run to Sa
lem and return. Page 4, Fourth Section.
Ninth annual tennis tourney for Oregon
championship opens Tuesday. Page 2,
Second Section.
Commercial and Marine.
Hop dealers may operate railroad ware
houses. Page 7, Fourth Section.
Free selling breaks Chicago wheat market.
Page 7, Fourth Section.
Sluggish movement in stock market. Pago
7, Fourth Section.
Government survey shows 20 feet of water
on Coos Bay bar. Page 6, Fourth Sec
tion. Portland and Vicinity. .
Policeman Griffith Roberts fatally wounds
William Stevens by accident. Page 1,
First Section.
Portland Chamber of Commerce flies com
plaint with State Railroad Commission
against the O. R. & N. Page 8, First
Section.
Real estate and building news. Page 4,
Second Section.
Portland commercial bodies tender reception
to Oscar Straus. Page 8, First Section.
Police discover romance in Huber murder
case. Page 12, Second Section.
Judge Samuel R. Artman declares saloon
has no legal status. Page 10, First Section.
These scenes may look alike, but are said
to be very different.
SCHOOL
SYSTEM
FULL OF DEFECTS
RunonProvincialLines
Says Educator.
MACHINE IN FULL CONTROL
City Superintendent Lack?
Ripe Scholarship. '
TRAINED TEACHERS FEW
Curriculum Many Tears Behind the
Times, Asserts Writer Board
of Education Fosters Common-Place
Architecture.
PORTLAND'S SCHOOL SYSTEM. ,
The following article on the faults
of Portland's school system Is by a
prominent educator, whose name for
obvious reasons Is not attached to
the article. It Is the first of a series
In which the writer will point out the
defects of the system as he sees them
and will suggest remedies for the
people of Portland to adopt In order
to effect Improvements.
ARTJCLE I. 1
The average citizen Is too concerned
with personal matters to pay much at
tention to school affairs. Although the
Board of Education disburses nearly half
the city's revenue over a half million
dollars, so little heed Is paid to the an
nual school meetings and the election of,
board members that both scarcely ruffle
the surface of public attention.
Because but little complaint Is heard
the summary and unexplained dropping
of both efficient and a few Inefficient
teachers people ' conclude that "things
must be running pretty smoothly." But
a city school system's "running smooth
ly" Is not the only desideratum. To
manage 12,000 school children and their
parents smoothly Is one thing, to cause
growth and to develop these children
harmoniously Is quite another and a
higher type of efficiency.
Portland for years has allowed its city
schools to run on provincial plans satis
fied with the supervision of men of local
preparation and of limited preparation
at that. Let It be said at the outset
that those of our citizens who give
school matters serious consideration be
lieve that the city should employ the
best at hand, but when this best falls
short of being adequate then we owe
nothing to these Instructors of our youth.
It is doubtful If another city of the size
of Portland in the United States employs
a city superintendent with no further In
stitutional equipment than ours seems to
have. He is not a graduate of a col
lege or a university. That he could
not formulate a primary or even a sec
ondary course of study for our city, be
cause he has never pursued courses be
yond them himself, Is not quite selr
evldent. for self-made men often lead
the world in their chosen lines of re
search. The fair presumption Is, how
ever, that the ripest scholarship Is none
too good or expensive for a great city
like ours, which certainly means to give
Its youth the best. School subjects have
values. Methods of reaching valuable
training and results In education must
be weighed. The greater cities of the
country long ago have demanded expe
rience and broad scholarship in their
supervising corps. Portland has not, for
what has been said of the head of our
schools Is also true of his assistant, who
has been in charge the better part of the
last year. Ample opportunity has arisen'
during the past years for these men to
have been called out in the meetings of
that great body of educators, the Na
tional Educational Association, where
they might have taiken their places along
side of brainy men who are delving into
the unsolved problems of education.
Their absence has too often been con
spicuous and the subject of remark. It
has not been so in medical, financial,
horticultural and civic conventions of
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Mr. Harrlman "Why balld new railroads
for you fellows, when I'd only be making
kickers like those over there?"