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..-PORTLAND. OREGON. -
THE ORE G O N DAILY.- J OU.RN AL
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
C. I. JeCXSOX
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
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Published every evening; except Sunday ) ': and " every " Sunday morning at The Journal Building, Fifth and YamhQl
' C A v " ,: '':'.. 'v ' 5 ' streets, Portland, Oregon. -,. , , ; . . , . .
'V MALICE AS A MOTIVE INT NEWSPAPERS.'
f RITICISMS of public institutions, men and me4s
lr : ures arc. within the legitimate scope of flews
TN paper "enterprise. They serve very valuable
.. purpose in a government like oars and render a service
which the discriminating public fully appreciate. But
to be pf the utmost value the motive back of them should
be the public' good rather than a private determination
to gratify a personal grudge or to even up for a fancied
- alight ... Furthermore the impelling motive in one case
should operate in au cases; mere iihwio do no jncnui
to shield and no enemies to punish, as sucn.
For several' weeks the Oregonian has been denounc
" ins? the Oregon Water Power & Railway company. Jr
" a bis organization like that which comes in contact with
the' public at so many points there is naturally at times
some just grounds for criticism, and it couldnt well be
othenvise. -To all -such -criticism no one should object,
not even the company, fof.it is through complaint that
very often its Service is improved and a first-class ser
vice is what every intelligently managed semi-public
" corporation desires. But the motive of the Oregonian
throughout has been purely personal and malicious.': Its
aim' was to do injury rather than to serve a public cause
and this has been dearly apparent to every observer.
A 'Tew' evenings ago in the' course of some remarks
about the dancers surroundimr young girls whose par
ents were careless in allowing them to go .to places of pub
lic, amusement alone, Judge Frazer'. of the juvenile court
made some incidental reference to the Oaks, the large
amusement resort owned by the Water Power com-
' party. These were maliciously seized by the Oregonian
to give forth the impression that the-Oaks-was of all
places in or. about the city the deadliest to its morals,
As Judge Frazer himself says in the course of a letter
to the Oregonian which was published this morning
"The part Of my remarks published, without their con
text or any explanation, is easily susceptible of such mis
construction, and I think it is due to the people interested
. ' in, the Oaks to say that no such. criticism was intended.
The fact that I took my own children to the Oaks on
two occasions would be sufficient to show that I did
not think the place an immoral or improper one." Here
is a clear, clean cut and decisive statement The judge
' was aiming his remarks at the carelessness of parents
who allowed their children to gad about without need or
care, it mattered , not what 'place of public, amusement
in or out of the city they might frequent .;
Does the Oregonian immediately ' accept what the
judge says and give everyone his just duel Not at all,
- In the. face of the facts before it, it editorially repeats
and emphasizes, the scandalous story which it has con
jured" and pays no heed to any but. this phase of it All
of which is in line with its old-time policy of protecting
public gambling, shielding dives, doing dirty work for
money, and telling the public when it is brought to task
for itithat after all, in this world, it is morally a case of
everybody for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
The most dangerous of all resorts to the morals of the
city, have been the suburban beer gardens.. They openly
connived at "vice and indeed 'thrived on the facilities af
forded for its gratification. -When The Journal made a
campaign against these dreadful places .the Oregonian
never had a. word to say about them.' : In this respect no
public place of amusement has been better? managed
than the Oaks and this we. believe is the universal testi
mony of every one who lias visited the resort " Never
theless we agree with Judge Frazer that neither there nor
n to any other place of public amusement should young
girls be allowed to go without proper escort,not bc
""vatrseo aiiy harm that could immediately come toT tfien!
there, but because of the opportunities afforded for
promiscuous acquaintanceship which might lead to dan
gerous consequences elsewhere. ' : ? !1
LET US BE THANKFUL.
MOST OF US have something to be thankful for.
Thanksgiving is a formal holiday, such as we
w amuse ourselves with occasionally, and af
fords as good an occasion as any to formally show forth
our thankfulness. . !r ' ..". . j
A man need not be a Pantheist at all to think and be
lieve that nature is a part, an exhibition, a manifesta
tion, of God. Our Goer it in the air, in tne sunshine, in
the buds of springtime, in the music of the falling aut
timn leaves; in the scarlet,' orange, crimson glory of the
dyirc year as. well as in its Easter time or its Maytime;
ia the, great harvests, in the mighty forests, in the
sounding sea, in the eternarmouhtains--in the very air
all around us. .-. --i 1 : - '-
'We cannot, and if we are well informed we do not
want to get away from God, or cease ever f rbm being
thankful for "the wonderful gift of fife, .and all its op-
uortunities. r.':"---' :, ; ", ' .-
There is much for most of us to be thankfnl for toraor
row sun, and rain,' and sea, and trees, and plains, and
light, and beauty, and love and life.; ' - i
For everything good and if we could understand it
all things are good let us.be thankful. f., t
V Tomorrow will ie' Thanksgiving! '","'.' ' , - j .
I CRITICISMS OF THE WHITNEY INCIDENT.
eTHE Springfield (Mass.). Republican, a very'con-
servative and - conscientious newspaper, takes
i','. t"'the same view of the president's-violent crlti-
," cism of H. M.' Whitney of Boston that The Journal took
last week. "No action that th coresident has taken since
- assumfng-his-high-office," says the Republican, was
calculated to make so -unfavorable an impression0 as this
-...Whitney episode." "" -u '-.;;;:?-;,
'.The Philadelphia Public Ledger takes a .similar View,
and says:, "A few more exhibitions of this kind, and
Mr. Roosevelt will dismay. his best friends. If the
, progress along what is vulgarly called the 'swelled
! head highway' proceeds, popularity will be checked first
, by tnger, then by denunciation, and finally, in -its, last
and fatal stages, by laughter." ; . ,', ' '
The Baltimore American thinks this is too serious a
view to take, and optimistically remarks: ' - 1 -M
"President Roosevelt's nature is essentially wholesome
and he ip in no danger of becoming a victim of megalo
mania. 'There- is too much fun m him, and too much
good physical health, to' permit f Such a thing. (But,
whatever it portends or does not portend, the incident is
in itself highly discreditable, and in the case of almost
any man but Roosevelt would do serious damage to the
authority and dignity of his position as president' The
whole thing aside. from any Other criticism is a case of
a tempest in a teapot; it is hardly worth while to go into
it at any length.,;, . , . , - .
.But the American does go into it at length, and nar
rates circumstantially the whole affair, and makes these
concluding TemarkS: O'- 't ';.
1 "President Roosevelt takes ' up "Mr. f Whitney's letter,
and, not content with saying, that it misstates his posi
tion a thing on which Mr. Roosevelt is absolute and
final authority asserts that the misstatement was de
liberate, i. e.f intentional, on Mr. Whitney's part, a thing
which Mr. Roosevelt cannot ' by any possibility know
anything about and upon which it is safe to say that
hardly any sensible man will agree with hirn. Mr. Whit
ney Was inferring and Mr. Roosevelt was inferring. But
while Mr. Whitney's inference, though loose, was of a
kind that a great many people are making all the. time.
Mr. Roosevelt s inference was absolutely wild, and was
one which we doubt whether a single responsible human
being in the United States would hol to be just or rea
sonable. . For the president Of the United States grossly
to insult a man of character and standing upon such a
basis as this is ho light matter, and if jt is exrused and
forgotten as doubtless it will be this is only another
proof .of the strong hold that Mr. Roosevelt has won,
and earned, upon the regard of his countrymen, and not
at all an indication that the offense itself was a slight
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one,
f I S'; l PARTY AND PEOPLE. v f 'ft
-U i y-rr j -fy :
UR venerable morning contemporary , is worried
SMALL CHANGE-
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exceedingly about the new primary" law, and
direct nominations. At this , moment it has an
especial spasm of nightmare, and. predicts that under
this law the majority party always stands to lose and
the minority party to win.;- Or at least this terrible
thing has happened recently in this city and county, and
may happen again, even in the state; hence, inferentially,
the law ought to be repealed. V - .
cut, at any rate, our. venerable contemporary argues
and urges,' the Republican party should look out for it
self; should pull itself together; .should stand shoulder
to shoulder,", and also put the shoulders to the wheel;"
should "fall in line," in brief, "rally," regardless.- ;
The -venerable morning paper sagely remarks: First
thing necessary lor -Republicans is to realize the situa
tion and understand the conditions. Next thing is the
necessity of suppression of personal and factional con
tention." V V ' ' v.. ' -.
That's the talk. First "realize the situation." That
is really important Next, "understand the conditions.?
Well, some people -will try to do so; have indeed been
trying. But .the suggestion that . there is- a- "necessity
of suppression of personal and factional contentions" is
not so dear. We have evolved, not only politically, but
religiously, ethically, morally, physically, by "conten
tion," by the friction of more or less opposing ideas and
forces.. If everybody voted the Republican ticket; if
everybody was politically subservient or obedient to the
chairman of the Republican State' central committee, for
example, the country in a few7months would be fit for
savages only to live In. : ' ' v7 -
It really, is not very important whether or not the Re-
nublican nartv wins next SDrincrs election in this state.
In fact, "realizing the situation'.' and "understanding the
conditions," it should , not surprise anybody ff some
other than machine or organization Republicans were
elected to office in Ore gon n e x rjn g:
That nyllc waa rather olce-for 'sows
afore rain, but not naceaaarlly more
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- The' Santa Fe can't be kpt out , OC
Oron much lonaer.
Of court. Burton will appeal, and In
the meanllm will draw 141.l l-t per
month salary. . "
Thoso who (O down to tha In
hlDa -tbM Ut November dava are
IMcely to neountr squalls, St least ' t
Yes, It's tomorrow; look cheerful.
Don't Xorct'the poor.
Say. a load of wood is better In some
eases than a Ions; prayer, an oratorio,
a"cantata, a sermon, and a flashy feast,
'. : . , V. '..'in ''
It Shone, alo.v- ?; '-f ' . r
Bruin appears to be trying; to earn bis
salary.
There will, be plenty of post-Thancs-
flvinar gobbling, j. .,,. a
Maybe you can be thankful, that you
bare no hops. , '
'The Republican party is Just as good
as it is no Better.
r With that ' staunch, redoubtable. In
tense and Immense; patriot (ex-state
printer) Baker at the helm, the Republi
can party craft will surely- sail serenely
Into sold en seas, and be effulaed with
rainbows. ...... i .
If Mr. ToOse shouldn't be elected, we
mlarht have trouble' on our hands with
Colonel Hofer. -But 'there's the asylum
bandy. -
Then perhaps you can be thankful
that you are alive. ; - v1
AU at sea In Oregon, politically, next
print. Well, there's a worse place,
we've beard, than the sea.
' Oreron-made produeta are the best
Salem will be thankful in dreaming
v.' -A a ' .. e ''e ' .-
. Lawyer Hughes was kind; ha didn't
ask Senator Piatt a ' word about Mae
Wood. . . " '. .,
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; Whatever; however,, be thankful.
" c ; e . ,tj" .
Some of our esteemed contemporaries
persist In saying that there are so many
"scholars" In their local schools. The
children are notcholars and proba
bly never will be.'. ,..,". , ."' ..
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
1
"Att'Mttcf easlngThultTfu JTorvoters are deserting par
ivn itfrsiinni ' and vntintr ff nr Men inetean artK
Many .illustrative incidents in the ..November elec
iions throughout the country mean that the people are
becoming more intelligent and more independent If is
not "important" to support and sustain any party what
ever; it is "important", to elect good,' true, right men
the best men! : , ? ' i ..'
Our aged contemporary says:;"It is highly important
to all who feel that they have an interest in the success
of the. Republican party next June in Oregon to realize
the conditions. Events have put the old machine put of
business. The primary ' law makes new , combinations
virtually impossible.- The minority party will, however.
have no such difficulty.' It will hold together, $o win.".
Back of this, prompting and animating it, read be
tween the lines, the desire and intention to repeal the
direct' primary law next winter, and build up in this
State", a new,.. greaU machine, labeled "the Republican
party" which wiU represent the - ambitions of a few
bosses and not at all the party at large. : We don t be
lieve the voters will stand ior it They have had a taste
of political liberty and rather like it Above all things
they find it brings about a vast improvement in state,
County and city government and as this is what every
honest, unseitishr and patriotic American desires, such
men fortunately constituting a majority of the peoole
-will be tempted to do nothing to change such "con
ditions' as lead directly to that most desired result
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THE PANAMA CANAL.
T
H E FOREIGN ENGINEERS oft tne consulting
board, joined wfth two or three American en
gineers, have decided ' on- a sea-level canal at
Panama, though, the majority of the American en
gineers on the same board are in favor of a. high-level
canal, one that can be built expeditiously and with.com-
paratively small expenditure. , t" ' . v,,ij
There can be no sea-level canal without locks, and
these' wiU always-be a source of. large expenditure for
maintenancei A tidewater canal is one built , without
locks, but this cannot be buillat Panama, where the
de rises and falls in the bay off the Caribbean sea
from 20-odd feet to three feet, uncertainly. Whatever
canal 'is built, apparently, must have lodes, or basins;
but of course, a sea-level" canal would' have fewer of
these than a high-level canal, built on the original plans,
From all the information published so far, we- don t
believe the "consulting , board, or the American en
gineers,-know what kmdjof a canal is best, or have de
cided on anything; except to draw their salaries, r Es
timates Of the cost expert estimates, toe vary tothe
extent of $100,000,000. It appears probable that a sea-
level canal 'will ultimately cost about $500,000,000. And
high-level rock canal will never be quite satisfactory.
Perhaps the president in his annual message will throw
some light on the Panama canal question. We- hope so.
, Secession in the Air.- Iv
From the Medford Southern Oregonian.
. There Is a party In KlefnatV county
committed ta - secession from Oregon
and annexation to California. CTt dates
away back beyond the time when Ash
land sought to reopen the road between
the Rqgua river valley and that town
and to esublleh a mall tins on that
route, which was Anally done, though
the project was treated with Indiffer
ence by much of Klamath Fall popu
lation. - . .. 1
The argument, for eeeeeelon fa aun-
rrted by the statement that the
Klamath country naturally belongs to
raphy Of the country sustsins the view,
but perhaps atate. lines will not render
secession neceassry since the constitu
tion guarantees free trad among the
states. ' " , ' , - .
Klamath county Is "some pumpkins"
In Oregon, but In the fellowship of the
big, wealthy counties of the Imperial
commonwealth of California It would
be marked the other way. Her repre-'
sentatloa would be so fractional that
perhaps none of her politicians could go
to the legislature and thoao who aspire
to be governor tr congressman would
be deprived of lit hope, eaye the Tid
ings. - .--.'..
There Is some difficulty about aliena
tion or siaia territory, however, and
" From The Hospital. - -v
Cheerful, nurses make the natlent
cheerful. "A nures who la merely prettyJ
mT vjrvrciM a netireaain iniinni., in
Ca: foraier instead e Oregon, The topog Klamath land must hang , to -the -eeutk the wards, ' y v -
em tall 'Of old Oregon yet awhile along
with the rest of us located near the
border." " " r ''"... - . . ; . -,. . ,
; The Patriot for Price. -
From the Philadelphia Inquirer. ( '
"Many a man who bet on the successful
candidate thinks that entitles him to
soma consideration In the matter of ap--polntments,
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'..L'-i-.U It Possible? - "
Ratnea and the surrounding country
are noted for good horses. " . "
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No Jracant houses In . J. McManus'
town Pilot Rock.
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Canyon villa Echo: Tuesday was tur
key day. Every nan on the river hav
Ing a turkey. In his possession hauled
mm to town.
WHS?"
Oakland, Oregon, Is also a good point
for more factories. , .. , y
,, tA . f. ; . e. -i ,c t . A -.:,' .
Prairie City Miner: "I would never
marry a. man," said "the bachelor girl,
"who would not Include, In hla marital
vowa the covenant that our little home
be connected . wl th the water, main. I
have aeen the affect on too many Isdles
lugging a ie-gallon can of water hourly
across a 40-acre lot to tempt mo to Such
matrimonial conjuration."
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' Lakevlew public school has til pupils.
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"According . ioi" the Iakevlew Herald,
there was a scrap there last week "be
tween two strangers and an ax." The
ax came out. unharmed.
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Considerable wagon-road building go
ing on. - ... - ... ....
Sheridan has mineral springe from
which water Is sold ct II cents a gallon
or s cents a quart.
m "Storms tirought gladness ' to ? the
sheepmen," saya the Lsikevlew Exam,
lner., . . ,.'
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Interesting Bible contest . In Prlne-
vllle. ; - . . ... . ...
, GORMAN OP LZGZND
? IS GONE .".
'Washington Cor. New Tork Times.
. Front the day Oorman took the leader
ahlp hla fame began to go. At first the
Democrats looked on with stupefactlon.4
They kept expecting that tomorrow, or
nest - week. ' or next month, Oorman
would , display some- of . . the . old-time
genius. But the cay and the week and
the month passed by end the senate
Democrats trod deeper Into the swamp,
Now they are offering explanations, and
saying that Oorman via a great , man
once, but la not a great man now be
cause his right head -has lost tts run
nlng; and they are preparing to follow
Bailey or each other, 'or themselves in
the flgat of this seaslon.
But Gorman's right hand has not lost
Its cunning. He is tha old Gorman
only the age has passed and left him,
There are two oormans tne oorman
of legend and the Oorman of reality,
The Oorman of legend was a great poll
tlclan, wlssrd of his crafts magician,
a man who could do miracles. That
was the Oorman who was hailed as the
Mosea of his .party In 1901. It Is the
Oorman of reality whom the Democrat
are contemplating now In the cold gray
dawn of the morning after.
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"The stats of politics, has changed en
tlrely." waa Denton's explanation to the
mystified, politicians or France, .wno
tried to stem 171 with the broom of
ins, or wny ineir- errorts isuea. i nai
la what is the matter with oorman.
Politics today la not whst it waa In
1BSV. it nas cnangea. ana ior ins otw
ter. . The politics of petty chicane has
had Its day. Tricks that SO years ago
were chuckled at with more or leea ap
proval and resented only by the victims,
arouse a atorm ' today. . Morey letters
and Murchison letters are not sprung
on the eve of aH election now,
Oorman cannot realise the truth, and
tries to patch up hla defeat with new
tricks.-:. Least. of all does he understand
his own state. Ten years ago Maryland
took Its place, not only In the ooiumn
with states of the new pontics, out a
the very head of that column. Grave
stones used to vote In Maryland. In de
fault of a bandy gravestons you could
have voted your pet dog. . With .the
revolution of 10 years ago there was
such a sweeping change that Maryland
la Intolerant now of. even what the. men
of Gorman's day looked upoa as a smart
but honest trick.
Maryland la naturally Democratic, ana
In list came back to . the Democratic
ooiumn with a Jarge majority, Oorman
reaumed power. The legendary Oorman,
the great political wizard, would have
aeen the portents of the times; he would
have taken the helm with a chastened
spirit and ruled in accord with the new
conditions. Instead, ha began Just where
ho left off.
As a means of regaining tha confl
denco of Maryland he devised the trick
ballot Ita Intent la to prevent voters
from voting as they Intend. . It.eaa.be
shifted around from year to year, to
meet exigencies and to fort persons who
Isboriously learned how to meet . the
trick of last year.- For Instsnoe, having
abolished party emblems, one year Oor
man arranged to have the names of the
Demooratlo candidates printed In Roman
and those of the Republican In old Kng
llah: lightly reckoning that It would be
hard for an Ignorant voter to read the
old English. ''-' '"
Another year the illiterate voter, nay
Ing . learned to recognise the lettera
KD Oorman brought. into being
phantom third party and named It "Re
pudiation party," to bring to no account
this hard-learned education of the !ll!t
erataAnnll)P.r yesr ,ha hit oa .h
Prlnevllle Review: A dense fog over
Gristly butts gneetedthe eye of the
early riser this morning. Cold and raw.
It went right to the bones of the trav
eler. , X harbinger-of winter.
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The Coqullle board of trade, accord'
Ing to the Recall, had "a very Interest
Ing and lovely meeting. last Monday.;
Huntington Herald: Work has begun
on . tha Malheur butte ditch, a ad the
new owners are mnng au the teams
they can procure. They expect to' have
see men at work within the next few
weeks. The work will be done at vari
ous points along the length of the ditch.
The purchasers have deposited a bond
of $45,000 for the completion "of the
ditch by May It. ,s ... .
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Bandon la said to have one of the
best Opportunities, in the United 8tatea
for pulp and paper mill. , Coos county
has many timbers .which are adapted
4o the use of paper urn is, and the ea-
taoiiHnmeni ox one inouairy. or tnis
nature. will bring others,., , , ;. .
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New furniture mArm factory in New.
berg. V' . . 'i i k .-!; u,i,"
e. ,.
Last week a Cottage '; Orovt c" flrrh
shipped to Portland about 16t turkeys,
for which they pid IT cents per pound,
lire weight. Twenty-eight of them
came from the yarda of Charles and
Wilbur MoFarland and 1 netted . them
87.. or a, little better than 11.41 each.!
Curtis Veatch furnished tt that brought
him 161.17, averaging - IMS. Frank
Crab tree delivered IS and. pocketed
M4.il. George Taylor -had a lot that
brought him II4.4S, at 11.41 each. The
finest turkeys contributed were deliv
ered by George Thompson. The ship
pers buy from the coops and before
shipping tha feathera are plucked with
out scalding and eared as a by-prod uet.
. What They Feally Need.. ' 5
From ho Houston Poet. -
One of the New Tork orators declares
that he believes that the constitution
should follow the Sag. What . New
Torker most need to see is that resti
tution follows the swag.
clever- idea of printing a broad black
line under the Democratic column and
leavlna all other columns. Innocent of
black lines, so that, the Illiterate Demo-
crat might find his way with eaae along
the ballot and the illiterate Republican
might flounder.
To Oorman all these things seemed
honest enough and. In accordance with
the snlrit of the times. ' In 1880 every.
body would have called them ingenious.
And why Maryland should take them
so" seriously the Oorman of reality
could not see. The Oorman of legend.
the (Teat Oorman would have known.1
) It waa Oorman,'' they say, .who de
feated Blaine by selslngupon Burohard'a
hapless -Rum, r Romanism - and Rebel,
Hon" utteranoea and- plastering tkavdead
walla of New Tork with It Just before
election. Whether Oornfan deserves the
credit of this or not. It wsa Germanism
In spirit; That was In 1884. and Gor
man la living ia thai year yet. . ..
-When he earns-to the senate-leader,
ship his course seemed simple.. It wai
to oppose everything President Roose
velt might do oppose It quite impar
tially and Without regard to any other
consideration than 'Its authorship and
pick up, by xlever saanauvers -ln. the
senate, little feathera of party prestige
to be added to the Democratic plume, v
The despised Williams chose the other
policy, tie ranged tne House Democrats
ap for- Cuban reciprocity, because ., It
promised a reduction of the tariff, and
the Democrats were pledged to tariff re
duction. About half the Democrats were
opposed to Cuban reciprocity. No mat
ter, Williams drove thhm Into line, and
they supported It,
Gorman observed that the reciprocity
plan proceeded from Roosevelt, so - he
opposed it When it came to a vote he
hsd been so thoroughly deserted by his
followers that he votsd for lt- -,
Williams supported the president on
the Panama .canal Issue. Oorman. op
posed the canal. Ill was astonished to
find that the Democrats would not fol
low him. The reason was thai the . south
wanted , the canal as , Representative
Richardson of Alabama said, "We must
have It if we have ta take stolen prop
erty and Mr. Gorman's followers were
chiefly from the south.- 'The legendsry
Gorman would have: known that." The
Oorman of reality saw only a chance to
oppose the president. ' .
These were tha only great lsaueai of
the fifty-eighth congress, and on both
Oorman waa-outvoted by his followers.
He couUi not understand such an ex
traordinary situation. He. who had al
ways been a politician of suavity and
whispers, loet Ma temper and raised his
voice when he talked to hie followers
and made them angry.
While this was going on lit Washing
ton other, things were happening in
Maryland. Ho had promised the aena
torshlp to John i Walter Smith, then
governor. When the time csms . for
election Oorman decided not to, "deliver
the goods." This, too, was tha politics
of 1814. 1884 It might have succeeded;
In If 04 It elected Rayner to the senate,
'and Oorman was faced at the same time
with a revolt against hla leadership In
Washington and a defeat in the legisla
ture In his own state.
In l ha tried te impose on Mary
land a system which, aocoraing to the
Independent Democrats .of -his state,
would have enabled tha Oorman machine
to decide whether an antt-Oorman votei
should vote or not. and. thus perpetuate
hie control. He waa dimly aware, by
this, time, that things had changed since
1884; so he masked the device by niak-
' " . " ' "' ' " i
Ing it appear that It waa a plan to tils
franchise the negroes, a popular acbeme
In Maryland. .,- '
This would have been a clever strata
gem in 1884. In 1808 It resulted lu
smash for the Democratic party.-; It, had
gone into power In 1898 with every
chance to remain in control. - That
chance had been frittered away by the
use of the -clever strategems of 1884,
vy the use of antiquated weapons, Oor
nan In 1808 was still using Springfield
uorman is suavity itseir. lie is ss
voiceless, privately, aa Samuel J. Til-
dan. He la a man of confabs In corners.
He la a handsome man. with a, fine
mane of gray hair. He Is good to look
at, and pleassnt to hear. He looks se
mucn like a great leader that, it ta hard
to realise that he la not.
. He was," once In 1884. In f set. he
waa up to ins.- But times have changed.
ue uorman ei legend la gone, .
LETTERS FROM THE
PEOPLE
Them stVrmoay aad Joy Will Beigs.
; Portland. Noy. 18; To the Editor of
The Journal Permit a few worda on
tha "dlvtde-up" phase; of today.' The
elaim la made that Socialists want to
"divide up" an untruth but lnH it the
capitalists that do so nowT They take
all return- from Induatry. giving back
aa -the , "dlvy". merely enough to .keep
It going, wage-ear nera never get -the
profits of their labor, in fact - never
handle them at all. but Just take, whst
the "other follow'' handa back as theirs.
In this all else is divided as, seen In
the . comforts and luxuries enjoyed by
the "other fellow" aa hla. Even the
little left the worker becomes subject
to - other "divide-up" grafters who
greedily strive for it ' Today all wage
Industry -Is subject to those thet hire
end only' dona for or through them aa
the means as they make the condltlona
and terms, and these ars sucn that they
set the wage and get the product- In
thla capital has become auprerae and
auperlor to the workers, who only figure
in Induatry at ao much par head aa- pert
of the plant," not aa human belnga of
need and right to live. Property of
prof ita made today-la rather that of
those who take than make aa producing.
and ia a money grab through the wage
aystem. Socialism, by providing aqusi
meana 'and right of use, would give
every one the gain of use and manage-
men or their induatry. None men wouia
be dependent for privilege or opportun
ity at coat to themselves as now. This
is the Industrial freedom Socialists hope
and work for.' 3ollectlve property being
of like Interest and welfare to an. Its
furtherance and betterment would be
their aim. while that from use and In
dustry being Individual would be pri
vate in having and enjoying. Benefited
by both, the Individual will prosper and
grow In means and comforts as never
before,-nd peace and plenty win fill
the-worleV-Then- will It be possible to
observe and fullflll the word. "Ixve thy
neighbor as thyself." and all be harmony
and. Joy. - . C W. SAUNDERS.
Club Women and the aerliae Children,
Portland, Nov., 17. To the -Editor of
The Journal What a pessimistic - age
la this; how ears all these poor fault
finders to be pleased? Can they please
themselves, or will their ' Jealous, en
vious natures bo obstacles in the way
Of pleasing ' even selfT Whatever. Je
done, thla alert apeclmen'of humanity,
the pessimist. Is out for a skirmish, end
the latest seems to have taken the Rev.
Mr. Wllaon - and the ' Berllno - quartet
.fnr her targets, yhvm ahi I tti't rriurl
ungloved hands snd unbridled tongue
and pen. "A Club Woman." too,, who
sees Inhumanity in allowing those pret
ty, fascinating children te entertain the
public by their wonderful musical tal
ent which, aafe to say. haa not been
neglected by.taelr musical mother, and
why should such genius be neglected
lie dormaotT lf this one talent is cul
tivated to tha exclusion pf others, this
being , the strongest well and good ;
better attain perfection In one line of
work than to smatter at several, .
Has this mother, as "A Club Woman
ssaumes, "trained her children almply
thai shs might live from tne milts of
their ' labor." or from a lovs of rauelo
and tha) desire that, her children may
enter, the lists equipped for ibe" battle
or lire instead of floundering as many
do, falling by the wayside because not
educated or prepared for any . special
Vocation T -This Is an agaeof specialists.
an age when skilled workers and skilled
work era In demand, and these are the
workers. who attain the top round of
tha ladder. - If this hour of entertain
ment of muale la to bo reduced to the
level of labor, for dollars and cents ail
thought of the perfection of a beautiful
and rare gift of art lost sight of, for
the purposo of bringing ; It within the
scope of -the child labor, law, how are
you going to manage the various enter
tainments wherein children are' the
actora and where they are often before
the public mora than an hour and a
half, beeldes the many boufa spent in
rehearsing? Church fairs, school en
tertainments, sometimes to get a. piano
ror a certain school,- or to start
library fund,' or a school entertainment
for some benefit," as we have all seen,
are, these asmples of inhumanity T If
not,, the. -distinction must be very 'fine.
maeea. . : , . i . 3 -
' As to the strain of nerve and muscle
ia it any greater than the children. In
tha schoolroom- are undergoing every
day packing, cramming jthelrtpoof lit
tle beada-ln thet effort to keep up to
tha paoe that so-called educators have
fixed for them. Irrespective of mental or
physical 7 conditioner What, greater
strain on nerve and musoie than to alt
any distance from a blackboard . and
copy lessons, as the children In the
public schools are required to do? The
.vast number of little ones - looklnsr
urvtjsn woia-rimmea spectacles, rrom
the age of S yeara and up, are living
testimony e thla '-'act, and ."my little
boy .that Is so nervous that I had to
take him out of school" is another in.
atance, and ""my little girl of T years of
age who Is Just breaking down because
aha studies so hard" la another of whom
we have beard and of whom we hear
every day.- : - .- I . - .
WhV term-these -deer 'little MiMmi
nodding little DUCDetarS Thl ia nni
In keeping with the higti altitude that
we club women claim to' have attained
by our club life and club. lore. - In phy
sical appearance there Is hot hi eg to dis
tinguish tnem from many children ws
meet on the- streets of Portland or any
other city;, nothing abnormal, and they
are apparently as strong aa many chil
dren of, their age who are not before
tha public. , ' I' fear club life haa not
given you, alster, the - breadth of
thought or the sense of Justice and
sympathy that 1s claimed for club
women, or you -would not make thla at
tack -on a- woman of whose circum
stances ynt are - wholly - Ignorant, of
whose motives you are Just as ignorant
If we are to alt "In Judgment on our
fellows, let usi first fortify ourselves
with a liberal supply o Justice; do not
vent your . displeasure on those who
perhaps are- making the. beat. of their
opportunities; neither waste your sym
pathy on the Berllno trio when there
are so many who- are more deserving
of It ea tlery band. As for "the law
GET MARRIED. IR. AND
... '.V BE A MAN .
- By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory, i "
T feel that the following letter should
receive an answer as frank aa Its sub
ject matter Is serious: . .
.N"! York- Nov 1801. My bear ,
Sir: Is it possible for a man. now cloae
on to o, who haa led. In tha fullest .
,0t ,lh Wor,t Bohemian exlstr .
enco tor the past 88 years, giving his
tastes- and Ideas Unlimited sway, now
that ha haa met a woman who comee
nearer than any other to fitting hla
IJeat and believing that he loveeher! V
to settle down now and be true to this
one woman, rcllnging to her absolutely
and forever T ..- f .
The subject has been freely discussed
Jhl'",-,f,,,;''nd:'.,h,to "h" wore :
than willing to take any risk. . 1 am ,
fearful that having ao lone- ii
and easy life, I might by marrying her "
cause her to curse me later on. ',' V
wnat should . I do in the caset nm, ;
spectfully. . . L. J. I . ,'
in the first place. T wouM to
"I J." that it la never too late tnr
man who . la living 'an unmanly life to ,
feel ashamed of himself and desire to ;
live the life that shall be decent and
honorable..' ' ..,.", -
The woods are full of men who ap
parently have no respect for themselves ' '
or for anybody else: who know nnihinv
of tha sanctity Of. womanhood or of
mannooo. and who.' provided their eel- ,
flahneaa la gratified, care for but little J
else. . .- , - ,.. - - - " ,- V-
Some of these men. so fsr aa the or, '' .
dlnary human agenciea go, are hopeless, .
though It Is, of course, possible that , f. "
Ood, somewhere In the Aeons -of Eter- --
nlty, may succeed In making something
out of them. ,
Some of ihero. again (and among thla n
clasa I would reckon yourself), are not
quite ao badly off. They are bad
enough; but there Is an element tf de-
cency in them which makes it' possible , ;
for them to respond to the calf of the '
better life, and ao redeem . themselves
from the baseness of the psst- .
- The verv fact. sir. that vou coftfaaa to' , V .
having an "ideal" that la to say. a sort
of vision of the good, the beautiful and 4
the true would seem to show thet. ir '
regular and. if I may Say so. dlareputa. , -ble
as your past life hss been, you are "...
prepared, the opportunity being given, to
live in, a. more manly end. honorable
way; . ; .-: . r .
The opportunity I spesk of comes In
the shape-of -the woman you refer to -
In your letter. . If you love her and she ',;
loves you msrry her and begin to be a -man
again a human being rather than
one of the beaala. - . ...,
If aha la a true woman and from .
nothing that you say am I Justified In
concluding that aha la otherwise she ,
will put a new lighntlto your life and .'
be the means of such a pure, olein, hon- " "
orable happiness to you as you hsve '
never found In all: "your St years of ""''
Bohemlanism. . - .--, ' ; 4
But my dear sir. there Is another side . ' t -
to the -story.' It la a mighty poor rule
that won't work both ways; and while w
It la quite true that Jthe gooty woman . .
brings to her husband a fund of Inspire- 1.
tlon thst Is .not to be reckoned up In
dollars and cents, It ia Just aa true that -such
good woman la entitled to a hus -
band who shall have the heart and aoul - --
to 'appreciate her worth." and the char-, f
acter that shall roske him worthy of so
good a wlf.. ..' '. , v , "-' ' -;"' .
And so. air., unless you firmly intend
to be a man clean, honorable. . true ;
you ahould not marry this woman Of
any other, for any wife la too good to
be treated tn6Tfferentiy.
f -if
LEWIS AND' "fcLARK
Captain Lewis explores Young's bay.
i November IS The wind lulled, though
the rain continued, and the wavea were ;
still high. Captain Lewis took: ths In
dian .canoe, which- Is-. better calculated
for rough weather; and! with five men
went down to a small neViwethr'e.-wow ,
Toung's) bay below us. where we expect
to find elk. .Three other men set out
at the same time to hunt In different
directions, and the rest remained around -the
smoke of our fires drying leather. In -order.
to make some new clothes. Tbs
night brought only a continuation . ot
rain and hall, with short Intervals of
fair weather, . : ; . , .,; i ., y ';
f ; VTho Bram Stoker Is. ...
. Bram Stoker." who has been associated
With Sir Henry Irving for yeara. Is a
notable man. The son of a Dublin
eastle official, he bad a brilliant college
record In arts and athletlca. He combined .
Journalism with work In ths civil service:
he Is a barrister of the Inner temple;
medalist of tha Royal1 Humana society r
and the author of many books which . (
range from "The Detles- of Clerks of
Petty Sessions In Ireland" to novels -llko
"Dracula," ut hla .reoentiy" published
story, irrne .Man."......,-L v.:t.--.--i4
that would compel thla loving mother te
jut these tiny tots to bed." it might
well be applied to ether mothers, aome
ef them club-women, for boys from 3
yeara up are on-the streets even later
thaA the Berllno ''.trio werei out the
other night, and it la no unootpmon 00
currence to hear theae street ' denlsens
appointing meetings at certain atreet
corners tha results of . aueh meetings
on exhibition 1 In the Juvenile court.
Where ""loving ' mothers", and? fathers,
too, meet by" appointment pr juage
Fraser to witness the. doings of their
neglected darlings. The whole reepon-
albllity does - not rest on the mother; -even
If the father's business eslls him
from home.-If he does hla duty, he can
have an Influence, and the best influ
ence he oan exert is .by hlk Own eon.
duct and" example, for -who can point ti ,
a boy that does not try to set Just like
ta oat Doubtless the Berllnoi trio gel '
as much sleep as the average children
of-the same age, since tne gooa. out
rule of aendlnc - children to bed at
O'clock la quite out of dste In 'this light .
nlng express twentieth oantur. "Early
to bed and early to rtoe"J la too en
tlrely old-faahjoned, especially f early td
bed." hence we find -chlldrerf chasing
ground on the streets' when thSy should .
be- getting tne sleep which Is so, Impor.
Isnt to the; health as well as the morals
of growing children, In those old-fashioned
time there were no elubs for
men, no clubs for women; neither Were
there Juvenile courts for their neglect-'".
ed, wayward children. We did not read
In tha papers or those, timee or s-year-bid
boya blowing the heads off thelf
h.hv hrother or alster with' a ' alst
shooter, nor of a 8-year-old bo shooting
his playmate-because thoy had a little
trouble while playing on the street A
youthful criminal was a thing Unknown,
We. have progressed, perhaps, but hat
our progress - been favorable as com
pared to the opportunities offered? ",
, Now, Bister club woman, put your.
self In ths place of Madame Berllno
for moment -make yourself the uu'
Ject of a newspeper, attack and tell u
frankly ht It would .seem Just, If you
would feel aa If you were; getting what
you deserved from the -club women;
"Live end Jet llteMr la good In practice '
aa wll aa theory.. ;'
, , , AMOTHSft CLUB WOMAN. S:-