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11, 1909.
4 VIEW Or TUB PRIMARY ELECTION.
There is no question hut the primary
election, held under control of law,
as rigorous as that of general elec
tion, will "stay." But modification of
It. as a means of reaching- representa
tive results, will he made in our state;
for the candidate for office, nomi
nated by a small fraction of the votes
of his party, cannot be said to be a
representative of his party still less
of the -whole body of the people.
Modification of the law, to meet the
needs of representative government,
will be subject of discussion hereafter.
At present the purpose is to remind
Rlt the people of the fact that a candi
date's personal followmg is not likely
to be "the people," or a representative
of them, or even of his party. It may
not matter much as to candidates for
lesser offices. But as to candidates for
the higher positions, who stand as
representatives of party, o people, and
of policies, it is a matter of most im
portant concern. Under our primary
Jaw of Oregon, as it stands at present,
there is no provision for a body of
delegates, elected at a primary, to de
liberate on candidates. But the propo
sition now is to hold voluntary or
delegate assemblies in advance of
nominations, for selection of candi
dates. The present' method and its
consequences are exceedingly "raw."
Hence the present situation in Oregon
the most grotesque ever known.
"The Direct Primary" is the sub
ject of an article in the North Ameri
can Review for July, by Henry Jones
Ford. Professor of Politics in Prince
ton University. The purpose of his
article is to demonstrate that the
claim put. forth for the direct primary
thaf it will take power from the poli
ticians and give it tothe people is
without foundation.. The writer calls
this assumption "pure nonsense." So
It is. When Bourne and Chamberlain
were elected to the Senate from Ore
eon, was power taken from the poli
ticians? Are Bourne and Chamber
lain politicians? Laughing, to teach,
what hinders?
This writer touches the heart of the
whole subject by this remark: "Poli
tics always has been and always will
be carried on by politicians, Just as
art is carried on by artists, engineer
ing by engineers, business by business
men. All' that the direct primary, or
any other political reform can do is to
nffect the character of the politicians
by altering the conditions that govern
political activity. The direct primary
may take advantage and opportunity
from one set of politicians and confer
them on another set, but politicians
there will always be so long as there
Is politics. The only thing that is
open to control is the sort (or set)
of politicians we shall have. We never
can put the politicians out ofbusiness,
although we can put the reformers
out of business."
The North American Review's arti
cle Is long; we cannot give even a
summary of it, and can only call
attention to It, as one of the most
forcible pieces of political writing on
a current theme that has fallen under
notice. But we shall quote a few sen
tences more: "When the direct pri
mary is tested its pretense of giving
power to the people Is a mockery.
The reality is that it scrambles power
among faction chiefs and their bands.
" The hand-out may be nomi
nally free to all. but in practice It
goes to those .able to obtain positions
of advantage, whether by force, fraud,
cajolery or favor. . It inten
sifies the pressure of political effort
by making politics still more con
fused. Irresponsible and costly.' .
m It Intensifies graft pressure by multi
plying elections, since It parallels
regular elections by an antecedent
series of party elections to nominate
candidates. . Elections should
be reduced In number. The direct
primary gives politicians more to do.
It provides a series of elections. In
advance of the present series; and at
the same time it strikes down party
responsibility by providing that party
agents shall no longer hold their posts
by efficiency, as now, but by faction
favor." Candidates nominate them
selves, and then appeal to factions for
support. "Nothing," continues this
, forceful -writer, "is further from the
truth than to describe the direct
primary as a democratic Institution.
It Is a negation ot democratic rule,
and nothing of the sort Is found where
democratic government really. exists."
True, this is, for democracy can work
out Its purposes only through repre
sentative methods.
, This article, and others like it,
could be written only in and through
the light derived from observation of
Oregon, where the experiment has
been carried out to Its uttermost
length, or certainly to greater extent
than elsewhere. ' It will be necessary,
however, to keep the primary election,
and to keep it under strict control of
law; for the old system had developed
abuses that became Intolerable. But
the method of suggesting party nomi
nations through representative as
semblies is a first step toward ra
tional guidance of action under the
. primary law.
HONORS FOR FOUNDER OF O. A. R.
The best that lingers in memories
of the Civil War was represented at
the unveiling in Washington, July 3,
of a memorial to Dr. Benjamin Frank
lin Stephenson, founder of the organi
zation known and revered . as the
Grand Army of the 'Republic. Of the
cost of this monument, J 10.000 was
donated by Congress, hence it Is in a
proprietary sense a 'National tribute
to a brave man who served four years
as surgeon in the "Union Army, and
aufcht through, the organization, of
the G. A. R. t cement the ties of
comradeship that grew out of a great
struggle.
While the organization so widely
known throughout the land may not
at all times represent unselfish devo
tion to the best interests of the courf
try, its keynote Is patriotism and its
devotion to the flag is universal.
The time has gone by when a recital
of the causes that led to the Civil War
provokes rancor, or the memory of
the incidents of four years' struggle
between brothers is productive of bit
terness and recrimination. The con
flict was between Americans a fact
that furnishes conclusive evidence
that valor belonged neither to the one
side nor to the other, but was char
acteristic alike of those who wore the
blue and those who wore the gray.
Yet a little longer will those who
were active participants In the war for
the perpetuation of the American
Union of States linger upon the road
of life. It is proper therefore that the
organization by means of which these
have been gathered together in the
bonds of memory and comradeship be
treated with reverence and that the
name and record of its founder be
perpetuated in granite.
PARALLELS.
There was much murmur and com
plaint among the children of Israel
because there was not flesh to eat.'
They troubled Moses exceedingly, and
he carried his troubles to the ear of
the Lord. And the Lord was dis
pleased when h,e heard It, and told
Moses to tell the people that he w,ould
supply them with, flesh till they
loathed It. -
Say thou unto the people. "Ye shall not
eat one day, nor two days, nor five daya;
neither ten days, nor twenty days; but
van a whole month, until It come out at
your nostrils and It be loathsome unto you.
Numbers xl. '
That was what came then of mur
mur and complaint and querulous Im
portunity, of troubling the Lord and
of doubting his goodness. It dis
pleased the Lord, and his anger was
kindled, and he sent meat till' they
were sick of it. -
Colonel Hofer was not willing to
continue his trust in Divine Provi
dence, but set the people to murmur
ing about the drouth and led them In
loud prayers for rain; id now it
rains and rains and still rains, tilh
people loathe it, and wonder how they"
are to save their, hay, and fear their
wheat and oats may lodge, and famine
may ensue in the Winter. It would
seem there had been lessons enough,
frpm days of old, of the consequences
of wearying Heaven with our com
plaints and importunities. And Colo
nel Hofer Is a well-meaning man, too.
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH BABIES?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, of New
York, a graceful -writer, a fluent
speaker and a woman of pleasing
personality, has spent the past two or
three days In this city, a guest of . the
Portland Woman's Club. Under the
auspices of this organization she de
livered an address Friday afternoon
upon -"The Development and Use of
the Human Brain," which was very
largely attended, about nine-tenths of
the audience being women.
Though, asv already said, Mrs. Gil
man is a fluent, graceful speaker and
pleasing withal? it must be added that
she Is so visionary in her Ideas, so
utterly Impractical when it comes to
any suggestion that looks to the ap
plication Of her theories to the every
day needs of life, that she excites
wonder in the practical, mind. v
, This is especially true when she'
deals with the child problem in the
home. Quoting from the census, she
shows that fifteen-sixteenths of the
women of the United States do their
own work I. e., the housework In
their homes and for their families.
She declares most emphatically that
these homes in the main are not fit
places in which to bring up children
because of the multitude of vocations
cooking, washing, sewing and gen
eral work that Is carried on therein.
Here Is a specimen of her logic:
When people raise pigs they provide a
place for pigs; when they raise chickens
they set apart a place to keep and care
for chickens: but when they rear chil
dren they take them into the house and
home without separate provision for their
care.- The child lives with ' the mother In
her kitchen or sewing-room (If she. does her
own work) In the day time In her bedroom
at night.
Does any intelligent mother think
a point is made here in favor of the
pigs and chickens? And is the segre
gation of these, each in its own do
main taken to mean that pigs and
chickens are favored in our house
hold economy above the children In
our homes? Are the cases parallel?
. What is it that this theorist thinks
necessary for the proper housing and
training of American children? It Is
that chimera of the visionary, the
woman who has never brought up
children ina home, the "institution,"
the "community nursery,: where pro
fessional caretakers bathe and dress
and feed and play with the babies and
put them to bed by the clock; where
women, not mothers, are delegated to
answer the questions of childhood in
detail, going Into learned explanation
of matters which are at best mean
ingless to the child.
Mrs. Gilman would have these
community nurseries as we have
schoolhouses, sufficiently numerous to
accommodate all the babies and little
ones of the surrounding homes for a
stipulated number of hours each day;
places where they would draw their
Inspiration, not in the old-fashioned
way. presumably approved. of Nature,
"with their mothers" milk," but from
the rules and regulations that govern
feeding from -a nursing bottle: where
savants of the nursery would have
abundant time, eager inclination and
sufficient wisdom to answer every
"why?" -of prattling childhood, thus
not only starting the wee ones "right,"
but making them wise in the begin--nlng.
Presumably these nurseries
would be supported by taxes. Fur
thermore, the commitment of babies
to them would be made compulsory
upon parents. Otherwise we may be
sure they would remain ten&vtless as
long as parental love and responsibil
ity follow the advent- of children Into
the world.
Against this theory of wholesale
farming out of babies and young chil
dren in order that they may get the
"right start" in life, nature, common
sense and the principle that we honor
under the name of parental responsi
bility revolt. The homes of the land
have sheltered in their early years and
sent out later into the great world of
work and achievement too many use
ful, honored and intelligent men, and
women to be derided as nurseries of
weaklings. These homes have borne,
and we are fain to believe still bear,
a part too important In our National
life to be superseded, except In wild
est theory, in their function of bring
ing up the children that are born Into
them, by the "community nursery."
Not While mnHlrlinn,l los-lrlno. In
wisdom it may be, but eager and. will
ing to learn means something more
than the expression of the physical
function of bringing children into the
world, and not while fatherhood
means something more than to beget
children, will the men and women of
America delegate the highest duty and
the most-cherished privilege of life
the care of their infants and the early
Instruction of their children, to the
nurses and savants of a community
nursery.
Following the clnsine- assertion nf
the speaker that children should be
mus nousea and cared for, an elderly
Woman on th front sunt rnt nnn (1
seemingly to herself. "It will be a long
aay oeiore tney win te" an expres
sion that was heartily indorsed by a
numDer or women, young and middle
aged, who heard it.
Bl'RCOYNE'S SURRENDER.
The celebration at Ticonderoga of
the 300th anniversarv nf thS rtisenv.
ery of Lake Champlain has awakened
an interest in the almost forgotten
battlefield of Saratoga. In describing
the scene of the most important action
in- tne Revolutionary War, the New
York Sun remarks with some rearret
that the points where the events of
tne struggle Happened day after day
have been marked only by obscure
stones, and that these are often in the
wrong places. The field remains much
the same as it was In 1777, when the
battle was foueht bet ween ll nrirnvTio
and the Americans. Some woods have
been cleared away and the Champlain
Canal passes by the foot of an emi
nence Where the British Irnnni maQ
their final stand, but in the main the
alterations are slight- The-map which
Burgoyne had made to use in his de
fense before Parliament, when he
was charged with unmllitary conduct
in surrendering to Gates, still serves
as a faithful guide over the battlefield.
The ..neglect of this piece , of historic
ground is all the more remarkable
when one remembers with what zeal
in recent years we have celebrated an
niversaries and erected monuments,
some of them not entirely indispensa
ble. The Sun accounts for the regretta
ble obscurity of the battlefield of
Saratoga by the fact that the name
nna Deen taKen irom it and trans
ferred to the village at some distance
which is famous for gambling, racing
and a sort of second-rate fashionable
society. When Saratoga is mentioned
everybody thinks of the rather objec
tionable resort and not of the famous
field where the decisive battle of the
Revolution was fought. Again, the
railroad turns aside, "leaving the field
remote and Inaccessible," and finally
when the .Civil War came it roused
such enthusiasm for Gettysburg, Shi
loh and its other fateful scenes that
Saratoga and almost the . entire his
tory of the Revolution faded out of
the minds of the people. The Sun
pertinently ' hopes that the wave of
fresh enthusiasm which 4 has been
raised by the Ticonderoga celebration
may lead to the erection of some
proper memoritl at the field of Sara
toga where Burgoyne lost his" army
and his reputation, Schuyler lost the
fruits of a glorious victory which he
had fairly won, Benedict Arnold per
'formed heroic deeds whose inadequate
recognition maddened him to commit
treason against his country. Gates
gained a. fictitious fame, arid the
United States in a very real sense con
quered its independence.
The plans of the British for the Sum
mer campaign of 1777 were much
better laid than executed. To begin
with, Burgoyne was to ascend Lake
Champlain to its head with a fine
army. Thence he was to cross the
divide and descend the Hudson to
New York. The effect of this maneu
ver would naturally be to sever the
New Bngland colonies from the South,
prevent co-operatjon among the Con
tinentals, hearten the Tories of Cen
tral New York and In all likelihood
bring the war to a speedy close. To
co-operate with Burgoyne, St. Leger
was sent to Oswego on Lake Ontario,
whence he was to descend the Mo
hawk Valley. This would prevent the
loyal settlers from sending aid to
Schuyler, while It encouraged the
Tories, who were numerous, In that
region, to' join fortunes with Bur
goyne. The final move In the well
devised game was for Howe to ascend
the Hudson from New York city,
where he was quartered, and reinforce
Burgoyne with a powerful contingent.
Not one of these projects succeeded.
Through Washington's skillful strat
egy Howe was compelled to make his
northward movement by way of Ches
apeake Bay. The commander-in-chief
of the Americans lay in wait for
him when he landed and faced him
at Brandywine Creek, where a hard
battle was fought. The British won,
but it was by the turn of a hair,
though they had almost double the
men Washington had. and Howe was
driven to enter Philadelphia to recruit
his troops- It was on this occasion
that Benjamin Franklin made His'
witty remark that Philadelphia had.
taken Howe. It did take him, and
kept him so long that his army was
of no use to Burgoyne.
Burgoyne himself ascended Lake
Champlain, taking Fort Ticonderoga
by the way on July 5. That was his
first and only victory In the campaign.
A troop of 1000 German mercenaries
whom he sent out to capture some
American stores was utterly routed
by Colonel John Stark at Bennington,
and the Colonials forthwith set about
cutting oft his communications with
Canada. St. Leger, almost as soon as
he left. Oswego, was detained by the
siege of Fort Stanwlx, a primitive
stronghold of the patriots near the
site of Rome. ' Some 890 colonial mil
itia marching against him under Her
kimer were ambushed by the Indian
allies of the British, but they fought
so valiantly that the affair remains
Indecisive and helped St. Leger not
at. an. xne same day the troops with
in Fort Stanwlx capturedve British
flags in a sortie and raised them up
side down over their fortress. Above
them for the first time since the world
began the Stars and Stripes were
hoisted. The patriots made, their flag
out of a blue Jacket, a white shirt and
some strips of red flannel. Congress
had adopted the Star-Spangled Ban
ner in the preceding June. Schuyler
now sent Arnold against Sr. Leger.
That shrewd warrior, the most unfor
tunate man in history, excited a panic
in the British camp by spreading the
rumor that Burgoyne had been de
feated. St. Leger made his exit by
way of Lake4 Ontario, and nothing,
more was heard of him in the campaign-By
August lthe miserable cabal of
Gates and his gang against Schuyler
came to a head in Congress and the
former took command against Bur
goyne. But the' victory., had already
been won. The Vermont men had
barred his way. to lie north.. .Wash
ington had outmaneuvererl n
the south, and there was nothing left
for Burgoyne but to win a telling vic
tory or surrender. Victory, over Gates
would have been easy enough, but,
unhappily for the British, Benedict
Arnold was still in the Army. At the
head of his troops he cut off the last
hope of the invading commander. On
October 17 Burgoyne closed the trag
edy by surrendering. This event not
only strengthened the colonies at
home, but it led immediately to the
French alliance, which was concluded
the next February. Thus we are fully
justified In saying that, from a militarv
standpoint. It was the decisive event of
the Revolutionary War. Yorktown
was merely the spectacular finish of
the drama.
A KEY NOTE.
Here Is a remark from the New
York Evening Post which touches the
heart of the situation as tcf protective
tariff and direct taxes:
The ease and comparative speed with
which the corporation tax has been adopted
by the Senate only eleven votes being re
corded against it argue for the coming of
a great change In our methods of National
taxation. Direct taxes are on the way. We
shall see more of them rather than less. The
indirect and concealed taxes of. the tarlft
have broken down, not only as revenue
producers, but as satisfying the sens- or
Justice. The tariff debates have done their
work In showing the public that customs
duties are Intended to put ten dollars in
the pockets of men already millionaires for
one dollar they bring Into the Treasury.
A popular feeling Is astir which will not
rest until the burdens of Government are
more equitably distributed, until wealth
is taxed at least as heavily as poverty.
But the direct taxes should be based
on a scheme which shall bear on all
wealth alike. This Is to be accom
plished not by the proposed corpora
tion tax, but by an income 4ax; while
the inheritance tax another form of
making wealth bear its proper share
of burden should be left as a re
source for the states.
Again, though the effort may fall
at this time to reduce the protective
system, which obstructs imports and
keeps prices hig'h for the benefit of
trusts and monopolies enabling men
already enormously rich to rob the
consumers of the country by high
prices alt rtrtiior-h t v , 1
the evils, or some of them, may fail
now again, it will not be abandoned.
A sense of its abominable injustice will
yet- penetrate and possess the public
mind. -
WElX-EARJiED INCREMENT.
"Typical, rather than unusual," is
the manner in-' which a Spokane
Spokesman-ReVlew reporter describes
the case of S. L. Thomasr of Hattpn,
Washi, who will this year turn off
30,000 bushels of wheat from that por
tion of his 5000-acre farm which he
farms himself, and will also receive
15,00ft. oushels as his share from the
renters who are farming the remain
der of .Jiis holdings. These 45,000
bushels of wheat are worth In round
numbers about $45,000, which Is a
very good income in any kind of busi
ness. Any man with an 'income of
$45,000 per year becomes an object of
suspicion among the ancient order of
Never-Tolls and Heap-Talks. The
manner In which this earning power
was secured is interesting.
Twenty-one years ago, when Mr.
Thomas landed In Washington, he had
no income. He also had no desire to
secure one by taking It away from
some . hardworking, honest man who
had accumulated a competence. In
stead, Mr. Thomas homesteaded a
quarter section because he was finan
cially unable to pay the $1.50 per acre
demanded by the raijroad company.
Hard work and good farming brought
the usual "results, and, a few years
after the homestead was taken up, Mr.
Thomas had money enough to add to
his holdings by purchase of railroad
land. This land also yielded to the
treatment of hard work and well-directed
effort, and it brought in more
dollars, with which more land was
bought, and today there cluster around
the original Thomas homestead 5000
acres of land which will sell In the
open market for more than $250,000,
and 'are yielding " an annual Income
that materially dwarfs that of nine
tenths of the bank presidents and pro
fessional men of the country.
This experience of Mr. Thomas, as
stated, ' is "typical rather than un
usual," for similar cases can be found
thnoughout the great Inland empire.
They serve a two-fold purpose; first,
as unimpeachable evidence of the
wonderful resources of this land of
opportunity, and second as a standing
rebuke to that socialistic drivel about
there being no chance for a poor man
in this country. The Pacific North
west still has plenty of openings for
men of the Thomas type. Twenty-one
years hence many a humble home
steader who today, through necessity,
is living the simple life on an isolated
ranch in Oregon, Washington or Idaho
will be earning his $45,000 per year
and perhaps more. The men of the
present who have won these industrial
prizes had to work hard, and the men
of the future must do likewise, but the
game is worth the candle.
DAIRYING IN TILLAMOOK.
Tillamook County Is pre-eminently
the dairy count: of Oregon. Its cli
mate Is moist, mild and equable, and
its soil Is well adapted to the produc
tion of forage plants, making it an
ideal grazing section.
Laboring under a heavy handicap
because of Inadequate transportation
facilities, the dairymen or that section
have nevertheless made a showing in
profits and products for several years
past that is truly wonderful. For a
number of years the terms "Tillamook
butter" and "Tillamook cheese" have
been a guarantee for excellence In the
quality of i these staple products that
has never been questioned, while year
after year the quantity of these prod
ucts has Increased, until,, as stated in
a recent communication from Tilla
mook, the checks paid to dairymen
last May called for larger amounts
than ever before In a single month In
the history of the dairying Industry In
Tillamook County.
Dairymen have taken the precau
tion to work together in the matter of
placingtheir products on the market,
thus securing a uftlformity .In price
and an unquestioned guarantee of
quality, together with the substantial
advantages that accrue from large
shipments. .
Dairying in Tillamook -has developed
a three-fold industry; it has caused
much land to be cleared for growing
haj-, a yearly Increase In surplus stock
unavailable for dairy purposes for an
ever-clamorous meat supply, and the
production of butter and cheese in
constantly Increasing quantity for a
widening market. This' is prosperity
of the type that makes ,sure advance
and is in no danger of turning sud
denly upon its traces. It tells of a
comfortable living under all circum
stances for those who engage in It,
and an assured competence for those
who pursue dairying Intelligently and
Industriously, even on a "small scale.
"SALVATION NELL
The Oregonlan takes the . position
that if scenes of vice are introduced
upon the stage they ought to be treat
ed seriously and truthfully. The prin
cipal criticism of "The Merry Widow"
Is not that It brings objectionable con
duct before us, but that it makes light
of wickedness and Invests immorality ,
with an alluringly deceptive glamour.
"Salvation Nell." on the contrary, is
boldly, if somewhat sordidly, truthful,
and for that reason the moralist ap
proves it with as much vigor as he
condemns "The Merry Widow," which
was false from beginning to end. It
cannot be denied that in several Of the
Falstaffian scenes Shakespeare intro
duced conduct and speeches which
modern decency does not approve. The
apologist for looseness seizes the op
portunity to ask why the playwright
of today may not do the same thing?
Can we find a better model than
Shakespeare? There are several an
swers. Shajtespeare 13 .. a model in
some respects, but not In all. A mod
ern dramatist who should make a man
treat his wife as Petruchlo treats
Katherine would .be hissed from the
stage in spite of Shakespeare's great
example, to take a single instance out
of many of the same sort. " .
In spite of the indecencies In
Shakespeare's plays ajid poems, his
language is no worse than the com
mon speech of his time. If his dramas
did little to purify the morality of the
public they certainly did nothing to
deprave it. The general level of con
duct and thought upon certain sub
jects was so low that his indelicacies
could not make matters worse. More
over, the theater In that day was not
a common resort Tor girls of the mat
inee age as It is now. The charge
against such spectacles as the "Merry
Widow" is that they are far below the
common standard of morality of the
time, and that they distinctly tend to
deprave the Ideals of the public. This
they do, not because they represent
vicious conduct and low scenes, but
because they represent them- falsely.
If the "Merry Widow" told the truth
about drunkenness and unchastity, as
"Salvation Nell" does, nobody could
find fault with It. The trouble Is that
It tells untruths In every scene. It
tries to make the spectator, believe
that vice Is a jolly, amusing thing
which one may pursue from youth to
old age without bad consequences. It
suppresses the ruinous effects of
wickedness on mind and body. It
eliminates from sin the sting which
nature has Inevitably Infixed, and thus
lures to destruction any fool who may
be misled by its deceptive gaiety.
"Fools," echoes the objector scorn
fully, "it makes no difference what
becomes of the fools. Unfortunately,
the majority of mankind belong at
times 'In - that despised category, es
pecially the majority of the young.
Many fools, . if tlyjy are not plunged
fnto perdition too soon, become wise
i-in their later years.r It Is not well to
kill them off prematurely.
"Salvation Nell" represents vice as
the wretched, ruinous thing it Is In
reality.- The saloon staged in that
powerfully uplifting, play Is the den
of drunkenness and msery which ex
ists on the corner of the next street.
The rumseller is not adorned with al
luring attributes of youth, manliness
and generosity. He is an avaricious,
cruel, conscienceless brute. Drunk
enness Is not pictured as. an innocent
diversion of high life which makes a
young man engaging rather than of
fensive. It is shown as the cause of
poverty, hunger and crime. When the
drunkard's money is gone he is kicked
out Into the gutter. When the woman
sot has nothing more to spend, she is
driven off to the stews. There Is no
concealment -'of the truth in "Sal
vation Nell," and no palliation of the
consequences of vice. No person, be
he never so,young and Inexperienced,
could be enticed to leave the paths of
virtue by the scenes of that play.
Truth is always wholesome, whether
it is told of high life or low. "Salva
tion Nell" has little to say about the
upper world, but concerning the lower
It depicts the hard and relentless real
ity. Better than that, the play goes
beyond mere representation and forces
us-to reflect. It raises two insistent
questions, first, what is the cause un
derlying all this hateful squalor? Sec
ond, how shall we get rid of It? No
body after seeing "Salvation Nell" can
live wholly content in a world where
the miseries it shows us are the com
mon lot of more than half the human
race. We are Inexorably driven to ask
what the remedy is for them.
"Salvation Nell" Is interesting both
for what it affirms and what it denies
concerning the remedy. For one
thing it denies that the love of a wo
man for a man can avail to raise him
from the pit. Nell loved Jim Piatt as
truly as a woman ever loved a man.
She clung to him in misery, In suffer
ing, and in" disgrace. She was true to
him when he abused her and kept his
place in her heart warm while he was
serving out his long prison sentence,
"but he remained the same sordid brute
he was In the beginning. He accepted
her love as the natural tribute of the
female to his "manhood" and rose not
an Inch to meet it. This Is precisely
what we see every day. Women's af
fection Is wasted so far. as making
men better goes. It does nothing of
the kind except in the rarest cases. If
the man Is not pretty high In the
moral scale to begin with, the love of
a woman usually makes him selfish
that Is, If she Is cringing and self-sacrificing
as, poor Nell was. On the
positive side the play reminds us what
a feeble redeeming force the Salvation
Army Is, with all Its zeal and devotion.
Here and there it plucks a brand from
the burning, but the blazing confla
gration of misery goes on and on. The
conversion of Jim Piatt at the very
close of the play is not a .mere sop to
the emotion of the audience. Such
things happen in real life and artls
tlcally It is well enough, but think
of the thousands and thousands who
remain unconverted and always will.
Perhaps the most terrible lesson we
learn from "Salvation Nell"" Is the cry
lngneed of the world for a religion
that shall make new creatures of us.
After a pastorate of twenty-three
years. Rev. Reed Stuart, a Detroit cler
gyman, has Just resigned because, as
he exclaims, he does not feel, "equal
to ' .the work of an institutional
church." Without bitterness, but in
the most matter-of-fact way, he de
fines that sort of a church as one that
"believes in free soup, In boys' clubs,
basketball and in cadets carrying guns
In the name of Christ." These things
he admits may be necessary in a mod
ern church, but he must leave the
management of them to' others. His
early Ideal had been that of a preach
er, a spiritual leader. Granted that a
great deal of good is accomplished by
these modern features of church life,
the sensible thing to do is to divide
the work. Give to enthusiastic lay
men the supervision of the new ma
chinery and leave the minister free to
deliver his messages.
The ordinance requiring all new
sidewalks laid within the city limits
to be of cement is in the Interest of
equity and public convenience. The
life of many of the old wooden side
walks is spent In some Instances It
has long been spent yet decrepit, un
sightly and dangerous, they are al
lowed to remain. This condition is
one that long ago should have been
remedied. Take, for example, a
stretch of walk on the south side of
the block on Taylor street between
Tenth and Eleventh. Though in a cen
tral section of the city, it remains and
has long remained a veritable nuisance
and menace to pedestrians and a re
proach to the city. And this Is but
one, and a very small example of con
ditions that prevail throughout many
residence sections of the city. New or
relatively new plank walks may be al
lowed to remain until they show evi
dences of decay, but no new wooden
sidewalks should be allowed to be put
down and the dilapidated . walks
should be replaced by cement -before
the Winter rains begin. There are
very few cases In which this order will
work hardship, whereas the general
appearance of the city streets and the
convenience of all citizens demand It
Election of four new directors for
the Erie Railroad shows that the two
great interests one known as the
Morgan, the other .the Harrlman are
getting closer together. Two of the
new directors are E. H. Gary, of the
steel trust, and George W. Perkins,
both distinctly Morgan representa
tives; the other two are L. F. Loree,
president of the' Delaware & Hudson,
and R. S. Lovett, general counsel of
the Union Pacific, both affiliated with
the Harrlman group. ' While there are
other groups or communities of Inter
est which are often mentioned, the
fact remains that they are subordinate
to Morgan and Harrlman. When we
see these two getting together in Joint
control of important lines, it seems as
If railroad control of this country un
der a single community of Interest is
not far distant-
In his new book on "Characters and
Events of Roman History,". Professor
Ferrero utters some . pleasantries
worth attention. Here Is one which
every lover of Horace will relish. "In
the ode in which he salutes the de
parting "Virgil, Horace covers with in
vective, as an evil-doer and corrupter
of the human race that impious being
who invented the ship, which causes
man, created for land, to walk across
waters." Ferrero remarks, however,
that we couldn't with any Justice apply
this malediction to the modern ocean
liner. . But, " 'Coelum ipsum petimus
stultitia, exclaims Horace; that Is
to say In anticipation he considered
the Wright brothers craay."
An ingenious man in Waterbury,
Conn-, has devised a means of saving
shade trees .' where formerly they
would have been destroyed by street
Improvements. He builds around the
roots of the trees small retaining walls
for their preservation. The plan has
been tried with success in Newark,
N. J., and elsewhere. Here is a sug
gestion that may be profitably em
ployed in Portland.
A woman of Stevenson, WTash., who
was severely beaten by a farm hand
with his fists asked that her assailant
be given a light sentence because he
was-"so drunk at the time that he did
not know what he was doing." "A
beaten spaniel's fondness not so
strange."
Orchard tracts near Central Point
and Medford are still selling for large
money. The Snowy Butte orchard,
which F. H. Hopkins bought from the
dwells four years ago for $30,000, has
Just been sold for $150,000. The dif
ference in the prices represents devel
opment. Speaker Cannon left a Pacific. Coast
representative off the conference com
mittee because the Coast "has very
few Interests represented In the pend
ing bill." Lumber, wool, hops, coal,
fruit, wheat and the thousand other
varied products of this country don't
count.
Those militant London suffragettes
finally reached Premier Asquith with
their petition. The Premier politely
put It in his pocket, gracefully lifted
his hat, and walked on. Now the
suffragettes are wondering if it was
really worth going to jail for.
The deserving office-holders in the
county's service think their new offices
should be the finest possible. It is ap
propriate, then, that their soft quar
ters in the new Courthouse should be
built entirely of Oregon products.
Many a man wonders how in the
world his job will get along when he
Is gone. Ex-Mayor Lane Is finding out
In the finished performances of his
that must be undone and the unfin
ished that must be wiped out.
Another of ex-Mayor Lane's dis
charged city employes has been rein
stated. Luckily he has not been Idle
long, like the discharged detectives,
and will not draw much unearned sal
ary. Yesterday at Seattle was McMlnn
vllle day. A. Galloway made the
principal speech. Of course. Later
he will be honored by his admiring
fellow-citizens with an office.
Postal receipts at Corvallis for June
were 40 per cent more than in the
month last year. Corvallis has other
signs of progress than Its daily papers.
An old fellow Is in Jail in -San Fran
c.isco for marrying a score of widows.
Painful as their sufferings have been,
no doubt he has had his.
Some talk now of running Binger
Hermann for Congress again. That Is
the way he was vindicated before.
An elk climbed up Pike's Peak and
down in eight hours. He is the truest
to name we've heard of yet-
Already signs point out that hay will
be hay and potatoes potatoes this
year.
Now we shall see whether Senator
Aldrich is also the lower house of Con
gress Such is retribution for allowing
those without grace to pray for rain.
TOPICAL VERSE
The Sad, Sad Truth.
"What troubles you. my darling?"
He asked in fond concern.
"No longer on your cheeks, dear,
The roses redly burn.
Your eyes betoken pain. dear.
What means that gasp, that sigh?
Oh. tell me,- tell me, dearest."
Now this is her reply
I took It down verbatim.
As sure as I'm a sinner
"I guess it's them cucumbers,
Or the greens we had for dinner."
Judge,
Initiated.
Said the copper to the farmer.
Who was visiting in town.
With his ancient carpet satchel
And his dusty emit of brown:
"You- had better look out. uncle.
Or you'll run ae-Rirvat a iH.b.
Sharpers' here make meat of strangers.
And snmptfrnoa . K ..... ... . 1 ..
- wcj jjreny Oil ext.
Uncle slowly pulled his whiskers. '
Setting down his bag the while.
As he looked the copper over
Then he answered with a smile:
"Like as not. I'd better ask you
Just what might your meanln.' b?
Fer I'd like to be e--larnin'
Anything that's good for me."
'"Oh," the copper answered brlsKyi
As he deftly swung his stick,
"Just look out they don't sell you.
While you're here, a. big gold brlcfc :
Said the farmer: "If they ask you.
You can Bay I'm in the game.
I am here to do some business.
And I'm mighty glad I came."
"What's your business?" asked th -copper.
Smiling at the farmer gray,
As he turned to get his bearings
Ere he shuffled on his way.
"I've a little scheme," he answered,
"To Increase my scanty hoard.
I am looking for some people
Who are wantln Summer boarrt.'
Exchange. '
Confession.
She's such a dainty, winsome bit
Of feminine humanity.
Entirely unaware of it.
And wholly free from vanity!
I lost my heart when first we met.
She was so sweet and squezzable .
(I own I haven't done it yet.
It never seemed quite feasible.)
But still she rules within my heart.
And, strange peculiarity
She binds me to her by an art
Without familiarity.
I grow to love her more and more.
Though I'm a husband dutiful, '
And pray, why not? She's only four.
And doesn't know she's beautiful.
Somerville (Mass.) Journal.
A Woman's Way.
Her husband will get "loaded,"
He'll go the primrose way;
He'll squander all his earnings
And leave her to work by day;
Yet, when he is arrested
For this, without a doubt.
She'll promptly leave her washing
And go and ball him out.
Her husband will deprive her
Of comforts in the home,
He'll club her and he'll snub her
And he'll go away to roam;
But does she say, "You scoundrel,
I'll have you up for this?"
Ah, no, she tells the neighbors
That her life Is perfect bliss.
And thus it Is she labors
To keep him in her heart.
To minimize his errors
' Which leaves the sorest smart;
And though she's often foolish
In that, she thwarts the laws.
Should you-.ask her why she does It
She'll Just answer you. "Because."
St. Louis Star.
Jobbery.
And now the smart boy grad
A Job doth seek.
Hts learning may be had
For two per week.
New York Telegram.
A Tip to Dr. Eliot.
Oh. Doctor. Doctor Eliot, we're very,
very sure
To form your five-foot library must be
, no sinecure.
For everybody's butting in with two or
three pet books.
And you know the adage triod and true
about "too many cooks."
The schoolboy wants "Tom Sawyer" and
the "Life of Dcadwood Dick."
The maiden of romantic age love-tales
alone would pick.
The housewife swears a cookbook you
should place upon the shelf
Oh, everybody knows your choice and
makes a list himself.
But don't you let them feaze you, your
discretion .to confuse!
Go on. you know your business: build
the shelf of books you choose!
But wnisper! Leave one little niche
where one small book will fit
No, not the works of Shakespeare nor
the Bible not a bit!
'Tis not a work of fiction nor an epic
far from that.
But when its title's mentioned every
heart goes pit-a-pat:
Include it in your five-foot shelf and
you'll be blessed, kind sir.
For oh. it is the checkbook to which we
here refer!
New York World.
On Vacation.
It certainly surprises me to see the office
get along.
I go away two weeks to stay, yet matters
don't go very wrong.
It certainly surprises me to see the office
lose a clerk
Of my estate and wondrous weight, and
yet keep up the current work.
You'd think the boss to fill the gap would
hire two husky workers, say;
At least employ a man and boy to do my
work while I'm away.
He doesn't do a blooming thing; a foolish
man. as youil agree.
Yet things wag on when I am gone; it
certainly surprises me.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Balklnen.
You can beat a mule when the critter
stops;
You can pull his ear as it wearily flops;
You can pound him mightily here and
there
As he gloomily stands with a patient air,
A mule's a mule. You can make him feel;
You can light a bonfire beneath his keel;
You can make him squirm, though he
will not tote
But what can you do with a motor boat?
Peoria Herald-Transcript.
You can start it if you're on'to your job;
You can oil the crank of the thingumbob;
You can tighten the dingus if it's loose.
Then open the valve and turn on the
juice;
Put goo on the whizzer and twirl the
crank;
See that the jigser fits snug on the shank.
If the thing still balks, spite of all your
care,
You can sit in the stern of the boat and
swear!
Chicago Tribune.