The Oregon daily journal., April 12, 1906, Image 4

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1; . PORTLAND, OREGON.
THURSDAY, AFHIL 1. 1SC3.
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RADICALISM THAT IS REALLY
HE Oregonian is experiencing
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, keeping up wun puoiic icnuuicui.
, lonir a clear on the wheel of progress, it
V baa Vo often and to bitterly opposed manifestly needed
,-. reforms, that now when it hastens to get Into the baod
" wagon, which The Journal has so long occupied, it finds
- some difficulty in bitting upon anything that will attract
the public eye, . It ia making a fight against perpetual
$ franchises and in this it is deserving of public encourage
ment True, public sentiment has so far advanced that
"J no such thing aa a perpetual franchise would longer be
: possible m'Portlan( for the city charter three years ago,
under the not too friendly eye of the Oregonian, aettled
" that question for all time to come. ' Therefore all can
' ' didates for the legislature and every cituen oppose per-"
petual franchises and should . willingly give whatever
pledges are required aa an evidence "of good faith.
Franchises -are also xated. aa.propetjr another., demand
' ' ef the Oregonian, and the best proof of this is found in
the fact that they are now so assessed by the county as
sessor and taxes from this source have already found
their -way into the county treasury.-In all .these lines
,. '. the Oregonian, which pretends to be wickedly radical, is
" safely' within the conservative area, for they are already
' ' established principles embodied within the, pages of the
city charter. - : V .- - - '"
' It believes In the regulation of state banks as the na-:-"
tional banks are regulated and controlled by the federal
government In this respect it has shown a distinct ad-..-.
vance. In almost every legislature in recent years bills
have been presented for this very purpose. It has indeed
been a popular idea. In addition there has been a de-
mand for the creation of the office of state bank ex
' aminer whose duties might not be limited to the exara-
ination of state banks alone but to the accounts of county
- and .state officials.: But all such
gonian - has ' heretofore bitterly
we do not pretend to say. .
- characterized as "Tiold-upT or ."shake-down" bills in-
;. troduced for no other purpose than to
those who were interested in seeing them killed. Im
. mediately, therefore, they became an object of sua
: picion, lor even,4hose .who honestly favored them feared
, to ghre public expression to their views as they might be
charged with crooked purposes. So it has gone along
year after year without any relief from this source But
now that the Oregonian has seen a new light (with per-
aonal pique and passion on the tip of
welcome it into the fold and will
everything that can be done to accomplish so laudable a
purpose, not only of regulating state
ing stated examination of the books
': ficials and introducing into every county a modern and
. scientific system of keeping their accounts. Now that
Y the Oregonian has made a convert of itself in this re
spect there is hope for it in other needed directions. --SENSITIVE
SENATORS" " .
C?OME SENATORS, with considerable warmth of
. iTl expressiOQ,: object to being
f r senators' Or "corporation senator. Well, it is
' possible that in some cases the suspicion may be partly
V unfounded or that the position of.
ators in this respect may be slightly
. '.. the truth, or tne matter is mat most
business to be senators. The San Francisco-Chronicle,
in discussing "Sensitive Senators," says: ' "They have
only themselves to blame for their reputation.. The
most of them deliberately placed themselves in a false
position by accepting election: We do not know except
."' from general report how it. is in other states, but we do
. know that in California no one, except by an occasional
- ' 'fluke,' can get inta 'either senate or house until he has
been approved bj the ' railroad manipulators. They
' . therefore enter office nnder suspicion. It is common re-
port that the same conditions prevail in other ' states.
: . Senators and congressmen are known to travel on
." passes and to accept express, telegraph and telephone
franks which are obviously given only for the purpose
' of creating obligations. This adds to the atmosphere of
. suspicion. Finally, in cases where railroad interests are
, at stake, their actions are disingenuous." . ;
i I, This is a strong but not an unfair presentment of the
; ' case. The trouble with "sensitive senators" is that they
i'-; can not or will not take this view. Until they can and
; will,-they must not object to being under the suspicion
".-"-" f being the railroads rather than the people's senators
and servants. v
:TTr "v PEOPLE, CONGRESS, COURTS. - -
DOES ANYBODY KNOW what the Vate bill is or
is pretended to be? We doubt it- Evidently
. . ,: , our senators and representatives don't know, and
, : i who are so wise as they? Nobody but the Judges, and
' :'. we suppose that when the test comes they will know
' s less than anybody about the law, ita objects or ffects.
Li i This is why there is such a demand and movement for
V public ownership of railroads.-. It will come, if it does,
. I not because the people really desire to go into the rail
i , road business but because they are tired of being held up
.' by the railroad monopolies on one hand and bam
. ; ( b'ed by the Forakers and Lodges on the other
-rr- Birds Full of Dynamite. -!
MontieeUe (Mo.) Cor. New tork World.
A sans; ot quarrymen blasting, (or
limestone 10 mllea northeast of here ran
. short fresh meat a abort time ao
1 sad eaat about (or means to replenish
; their supply - until the boss of the job
could lay tn a barrel of pork and mm
jerked beet - It would have been com
bare. lively easy to shoot. a door, but the
poaa wouldn't have It, so one of the men
who'jowned a tine or email oallber u
areeted erouee. To this the boss offered
- no objection. -
; The birds were plentiful all about the
Job, belna- drawn by scattered irrain
bout the bare where the draught horses
were kept and by ehlpa of rock along
the edge of the new Opening. The latter
were greedily gobbled for digestives,
and when the grouse were missing. at
the barn they could surely be found
. about the . refuse, heap a thrown, up by
blasts.'
' , Thorman. owner of the rifle, choee e
fcrlght morning to replenish the pot, and
he hadn't gone 10 rods back of the barn
- before be saw a fine fat grouae hugging
' a limb of a hemlock. Taking careful
Im at the bird's head he pulled the
trigger. The result astonished him ee
that he gaaped. A loud report followed
the sharp crack of the tl-eallber rifle.
' and where the grouse had been sitting
he observed a light cloud of brown
feathers floating la the air.. Not a sign
f the bird's body eould be found.
Tho effect of the shot waa so re
markable that Thorman went for a com
fa Dion before he sought another bird.
This, when fired at also blew up and
the men . marveled. A third - shot
bou the head, came down In ortho
dox manner, but a fourth simply die-
appeared off the face of the earth.
- "1 'gaeae I can explain that all right1
' paid the boas when the one grouse was
breeght te him aad the story or, the ea
ploalona had been . tola. "The
INDIPIMDINT NIWIFAF1B
' J PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINQ CO.
Sunday) end every Sunday morning, at
..,.. .. yjj streets, Portland, ' Oregon. ,T
CONSERVATISM
wmr difficulty' in
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N
EWS NOW
the distinction of
site in Europe." It
other place in the
ical beauty with
Vesuvius, again
The islands of
and "Capri lies "at
nificent harbqr,
movements the Ore
opposed, just why
Such " bills it has
extort money from
it), we are glad to
join with-it in doing
banks but of male-
of all public of
classed as "railroad
these sensitive sen-
misrepresented, but
r them have no
jectivea that would
thing happened up on the-Brae man-
ganeee Job last year." -r
With a sharp knife he oare fully
stripped the grouse and opened Its orop.
Out rolled four or five small pebbles of
brown aubstaaoe, somewhat harder than
putty. ..' .- ;
. "Dynamite." he Bald ' laconically.
'They're been picking It up near the
blast house, and when you fired you shot
low end hit the crop. - Tou might aa
well ehoot at a stick of the stuff."
After that the men aimed high and
had no trouble In getting what birds
they wanted. - In the majority bite of
the explosive were found In the crops.
Peacg In the Philippines. '
. from Harper's ; Weekly."
Jt la aald that not long ago a war de
partment efnolal was approached by a
man who wee thinking of moving to the
Philippines" to enter business. :'-
"l would like to know the status of
things there from a reliable source," the
man said. Ta there now a condition ot
peaesT" ...... . - , r '....-.
"Well, not exactly everywhere," the
official admitted. 1
"Could you give me aa Idea aa to
when peace wUl.be established r'
''Not off-band, but you eaa get the
cenaus report and figure it out for your,
self." the official aald, somewhat bit
terly. "We estimate that It requires a
men's weight In 1 lead to thoroughly
'pacify him, and the Quarterraaeter'e
office eaa furaish you wkh a statement
of ammunition shipments.' .
' . Juvenile Faith. ,
, ; From the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Tucker (over his morning paper)
I am much afraid the senate is going
all wrong on this pure food bill.
-Tommy Why, paw, how can Itf Isn't
It opened with prayer every morula' tv .
JOURNAL
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The Journal Building, Fifth and Yanv
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NAPLES AND VESUVIUS.
COMES from Naples, so Naples is
interesting. ' Nsples is an historic city. It was
formerly the capital of the kingdom of the two
Sicilies, and for half a century has been the most pop
ulous city , in Italy, and disputes with Constantinople
occupying the most beautiful urban
is situated on the northern shore of
the bay of Naples, and it ia claimed by travelers and
writers whose pinion is not to be despised that ho
world combines so much natural phya
so many objects of interest to the an
tiquary, the historian, the geologist and the artist, as
the bay of Naples. ' .
Rome, "the eternal city," la . 1 only 160 miles away
dreadful, is from 10 to 15 miles distant
Ishchia are about 50 miles southwest,
the "south ward entrance of the mag
which between these groups of islands
is 14 miles broad, and from the opening of it from the
great Mediterranean sea Jo .its head at : Portici, firing
right under. Vesuvius,1 the distance is 15 miles. ' There is
an average of seven fathoms of water, the harbor is
well sheltered," there isa tideof about 9 inches.
Naples Is built on the point of deepest Indentation of
this, beautiful' sea, slightly , to the westward, while
Vesuvius lies a few miles southeastward, clear up against
the sea, but its volcanic cones are about five miles dis
tant from the waves. Between the mountain and Naples
is a lovely valley, or rather an extensive flat, forming a
portion of the ancient "Compania Felix," watered by
several streams. From this flat, between the sea and the
Apennines, rises this mischevious hill, Vesuvius, at the
very base of which are the villages of Portici, San
Giovanni, . Teduccio, Resina, Torre del Greco, Torre del
Annunziata, and others, occupying the sites of historic
and buried Pompeii and Herculaneuni. . The people of
these villages have fled to Naples, from 10to 20 miles
distant, and those of Naples are in terror, lest the vol
canic vomit Should even reach and overflow that city,
but this is-not probable, not to say physically impos
sibe. t v -'-' , -
The eruption will probably soon pass, and go into his
tory, and the vine-growers and small flock-tenders will
go on, for generations and centuries to come, as they
have done for centuries past, working and worshipping,
while the angry bowels oLthe earth's crust lying under
Vesuvius are mysteriously gathering force for. another
eruption and overflow of that beautiful, wonderful little
spot of 'earth. '-.:-, v,: ''- -."
Vesuvius will soon - cease - its exhibition of terrible,
destructive force and in that beautiful, rich valley love
will hold ita sway, and religion will make its conquest
as. of old. After all Vesuvius is not the eternal and im-.
portant thing, but rather what is done close around it
Vesuvius, in some millions of years, will wear itself out
b'y its own wrath, but the vineyards and peasant occupa
tions, the love and labor and faith, the art and science
and song, shall go on there forever 1
" THE GREATEST SHOWMAN."
HE DEATH of James A. Bailey removes from the
world Ita, most noted-showman. Barnum was
-'among the pioneers who overshadowed all his
contemporaries. He was something more than a circus
man for he personified that species of entertainment
and possessed a positive genius not only to provide
amusement but to attract people. ' ,,. ,
But while ht made a world-wide reputation, his ex
ploits were confined to his own country. Bailey not
only carried Barnum's ideas through their logical evolu
tion and brought the circus business to the huge system
which the demands of a country enormously increasing
in population warranted, but he invaded : Europe and
there achieved the apparently impossible by making, the
people there enthusiastic converts to the American cir
cus idea, Mr. Bailey was a small man physically, very
quiet, in his demeanor and strange, to say excessively
modest about everything that immediately related to
himself. For his circus it was impossible even for Tody
Hamilton to string together an array of glittering ad-
more than equal his expectations, and
demands but when it came to anything about his own
personality or those intimate, private things which con
cerned himself as an individual,-he shrunk from public
exploitation with the diffidence of a school girl But
the heart, soul and moving spirit of the whole vast en
terprise was none other than he. He it was who thought
and planned and if Heed be ahowed the way to execute.
His Vast business was upon a basis as exact, systematic
and responsible as a great banking institution. Through
its various and devious agencies, through all its multi
plicity of detail, everything flowed as to a common
center Into his office, - There he was always to be found
with his fingeY on the throttle, complete master of him
self and every situation that arose, dominating in his
quiet but equitable way and carrying to a triumphant
conclusion everything that he undertook Do matter how
new, strange or seemingly impossible.
All in all, James A. Bailey was an extraordinary man
to whom all his lieutenants took off their hats and for
whom they entertained a regard amounting to affection.
i Blographlea. ;ZTlt
Edited by Wex Jonee.
v ADAM The firet monopolist was
Adam. The first consumer waa Adam.
Therefore Adam had the unique and
exquisite pleasure of raising the price
of beef to the consumer, and the equally
great pleasure of kicking at the price
put un by the trust Adam waa the
only happy man. . ,
COLUMBUS The mat flAlnmhn. At.
covered America, but hadn't sense
inouvh fa writ a It mm . u. - u. , .
man to act udob fira.i.v-. .ii.iM .M
west Columbua was eo persevering that
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" vni oiq iaeaa gaiiey west
la his excitement ' - '
- DARWIN A aoientist with ' courage
enough to recognise . hie anceatore. - -
LiiATtA. uiana usee; to hunt deer; aa
excellent Idea. Inr tha mwim
as It would give the men a ehanoe.
KIPLJNO Any one who writes lines
ending "said Dingbtrt on parade.'
jNijMMuij a mighty hunter, but lack
ing the O. K. of hla White House supe
rior. NOAH Every schoolboy has Jieard of
the Ark. Noah waa the aklpper of the
Ark. end he had as passengers a rum
mer lot than the United Statea senate.
SHAKESPEARE fJhakespeare was a
noet who plagiarised from all hla auo-
cessore. .
' SOLOMON A Wise man who married
many wlvee. A prise of untold gold tq
the reader who first solvee this state
ment. She Needs to Knead. .
. ' From the Detroit JTree PVess.
Miss Pease How do you like that
new beauty doctor?
Mra, Ques He'e perfectly horrid t I
aaked him what I eould do to develop
my erme and be eald I'd better go home
aad knead tar ewn bread, - '.
SMALL CHANGE-
. Clean upt
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t Tm nnr frl.nlw vrtth v fialarhbar
Don
who
won't olean un. -
All 'aorta er weather, exoept bad. tat
April.-. . r . - .'v .. -
. Let us have s eonstaatly greater Com-
merclei elub, , . ,
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Now, Pelee, wake upt :
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Old Vesuvius wouM be only, a bill ta
Oregon, as to slie. But aa te business
our eld Hood Isn't In it -
Look aad feel pleasant Ton eaa If
you try.
The weeds have ae light te live around
residences ec supposedly elvUlaed people.
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Old Veeuvtue -ought te be bought by
some Rockefeller and torn down. ,
Portland la te be the greatest pjty of
the Paclfio eoaet '
Don't register. -' '-',' ' '
It Is sure te oome the announcement
that "the eleeUoa paaeed off quietly."
Oo Sunday and admire the hat and,
by the way, you might think the sermon
over a little.
Really, ken't Oearba all right?
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We hope whoever "gets there" win be
good. . -. ?. , . ; -
The heroes are not all dead; . '
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Why at the bowels of the earth dis
turbed near the sea Of Naples rather
than In the Hebtdee or la Patagonia, for
Instance T
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Lota of street improvements la areata
Pass.
Tarahlll county's school fair wfll Tse
of .much interest .-
flotbe typhoid la Corvalllo. ; No need
ot it-- ...... .J.
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Oreat epportunltlea ta Oeoa oounty.
Ironside Item In Vale Ortaaet Dick
Bradley announceo that he and hla wife
are the happy recipients of a braa aew
bouncing baby girl. The same arrived
Marcn 14 and au are aoing wait, siurrma
for Dick.. i:- .,:.'
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Seeelde la worrying about a baaebaJl
team. :.,
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A flrst-claae eteam laundry la needed
at Seaside. ,, - - , -
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Skull Bp rings Correspondsaoe of the
Vale Orlano: The green grass Is grow
ing and thla Is fine spring weather.
Range- cattle and noreee are aoing line
and shsep are getting fat
Bank for Seaside wtthta . the . next
three months:
Vale Orlano: C M. Orlmee, after aeed-
tng hla meadow to alfalfa, la now sow
ing timothy. He eaye if be eaa get his
usual crop of wild bay and two crops
of alfalfa and one of timothy off the
earns ground he will be all right en the
hay proposition. - 'rr T" ."
Gardiner Oesettei Spring Is at last
a reality with us, and Is welcome Indeed.
These balmy days are the Ideal kind for
out of door pleasures, and the frog
chorus may be heard nightly along the
waterfront and marshes. . , . , . . ..
Oranta Paas la figuring an automatlo
telephonea. ,. ',:"
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Aurora Borealla: .- Nearly every day
one or two trampa hit this offloe and
ask for a piece of money or a bite to
eat. We. have held up several of these
kind of people In the past but the per
sons who cannot get work now ana pro
vide for themselves are not deserving
of charity. ., ; s ,.y-., ..
CorrsHlB HooHgan Is ta Jail at last
probably serves him tight
m 9
Boms trout . being : eaugnt . by good
fishermen. T
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Cascade Locks. . "
April It. The rain continued all night
and thla morning. Captain Lewis now
took with him all the men fit for duty
end began to drag the remaining pi
rogue ever the raplda. This had become
much more difficult than when we paaaed
In the autumn; at that time there were
la the whole dlstaaoe of seven miles
only three difficult points, but the wa
ter is now very considerably higher and
during all that distance. the ascent Is
exceedingly laborious and dangerous;
nor would It be practicable to descend,
except by letting down the empty boats
by mean a of ropee. . The route over this
part from the foot to the head of tne
sortasre. is about three miles; the
oanoea which had already been dragged
up were very much Injured by being
driven against the reeks, which no pre
cautions could prevent Thle morning,
as we were drawing the fifth canoe
around a projecting rook against which
the current sets wun greet noienoe,
she unfortunately offered too much of
her aide to the atreera. It then drove
her with so much force that with all
the exertion of the party we were un
able to bold bar; we were foreed to get
go the cord and see her drirt sows me
stream, to be Irrecoverably loot We
then began to carry our effects across
the portage, but ae all those who bed
hart rifles took them In order te repel
any attack from the Indiana, It waa not
until s ociocx IB tne azierooon inn
the last of the party reached the head
of the rapids, accompanied by our new
friend, the Clahclellah chief. The aft
ernoon being so far advanced and the
weather rainy and cold, we determined
to halt for the night though- very de
sirous of going on; for during the laat
three days ws have not advanced more
than seven mllea The portage Is MOO
yards, along a narrow road, at all tlmee
rough and now rendered ellppery by the
rain. About half way te aa old vil
lage, whloh . the Clahclellah chief in
forms us Is the aecasional residence of
his tribe. These houses are uncom
monly large; one of them measured ISO
by 44 feet; the frames are constructed
In the usual manner, except thst It Is
double, eo aa to appear like one house
within another. The floors are en a
level with the ground; the roofs have
been taken down aad sunk ta a pond
behind the Tillage, .
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WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
DISCUSSED .
.. WTsers BTasTrage Palaa.
Portland, April IS. To the Editor of
The Journal 1 waa peculiarly Interested
in- a letter elgned "Slmnle Justloa.'
which appeared la your columna eons
time ago. I know by aad oxpoHonoe
mat sne wire who haa no share la the
dispensing of jthe Inoome (whose hue
band' te the old-fashioned farmer sort,
who holds that the master of the house
meana the master of the puree) le lit-
ue mob t nan a Blare. . a "servant" la
so well remunerated in these days and
le eo decidedly Independent that that
term ror such a wife la a mlanomer. I
gave up all Idea of rearing a large fam
ily years ago. not from any race suicide
notion, but from the realisation after
two years of wedded lite that If I ever
had another aew hat or gown or my one
child - waa booted and -coated I must
find the means of doing It myself. Upon
marrying I thankfully gave up my
trade (that of dressmaking) and. turned
with great relief te homemaking.
But I have since thankfully taken It
up again as a last resort In a dire ex
tremity. - When my husband bemoans
hla lot ae a disappointed man end ao
eusea me of shirking the responsibility
of parenthood I try to make him under,
stand, but hla vision le distorted and I
know la my heart that he, that both of
us, have missed much more in life than
the pleasure a large family would bring,
All the sweet ministrations, the little
comforts and Joya that a woman eaa
bring together, are eadly-lacking In his
home. Hie wife le too buey earning an
Inoome with which to keep up the ap
pearance of hereelf and baby, contribute
to the church and aome charities aao
naving any small bills that are pre-
eented at the door. Ia this home It Is
the hastily-prepared meal and then the
sewing machine. My husband receives
a good salary and there is nothing to
excuse such parsimony. We both Buf
fer the consequences, in my . mina
woman sun rags pales before this ques
tion of rtghta ta the home.
A Hearty Oppoaea of Sartreer.
Newberx. Or.. April 10. To the Editor
of The Journal For a number of years
the Telegram was a daily, visitor at my
home and I waa not pleased when the
chanxe waa made to The Journal. I
have fallen completely In love with The
Journal and am one of Ita most aevotea
readers, and It la a welcomed daily. I
have been very much Interested In the
women' suffrage cueatlen. I 'cannot
understand why the women of today
have become rampant and wild ever the
voting question. X am ashamed aad
aorry. , .
Can we for a moment imagine tne
mothers, wives and daughter of euch
erand historical men ae Washington and
Jefferson and dear old Abe Lincoln, with
garments of gaudy colore and a very
small red eap hardly large enough to
cover the base of their brain, marching
to the pos with blood in their eyee
for the sterner eex they think op posses
them. Why, t think I can almoet see
those aweet modest woman of long ago
as ws once and awhile nowadays see the
little brown wren, flitting about buey at
their daily home-making, almost smell
ing of the moss and wild roses.. .
No wonder women and girls are In
sulted by their employers when they
deliberately etep forward and place
themselves In a man's private . office.
The very act itself telle a man she le
out of her place. And tnere is aiwaya,
or nearly eo, untold misery connected
with It The woman at home, the wire
he haa sworn to love and protect la the
real sufferer. The more the high lord
becomes enamored with hla office girl
the more he neglect hie own home, and
he eoon becomes abusive te tne one tna.
really loves him.
Oh, girls, come back aad take the
place Qod Intended you to occupy.'1 Some
of you your tolling mothere need you at
home to help lighten their burdens.
More than all. future generations oepena
on the woman of today. What will the
offspring, of our women bet I am a
woman but never will I vote. -
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Woman's phetw Is An taolaatve.
Ontario. Oregon. April . To the Ed
itor -of The Journal In your Issue of
April f. we. noticed aa article entitled
"The Man's Sphsre and the Woman's."
The writer of the earns has attempted
to discuss a matter eeemlngly from a
very much obstructed viewpoint and
Judging from the lack of knowledge or
facta and history that he betrays, me-
thlnks that a mere woman eould teaon
him one or two thlnge ytt,--e-
He says: . "How much greater (re
ferring to something else) Is the folly
of those who would seek to make a
woman Into a man, who would clothe
her with the dutlee and responsibilities
which for centuries have devolved ex
clusively en the other eex." We would
like to aek how going to the polls and
making a fsw marks, upon a sheet of
paper would change a . woman. Into a
man.. If five minutes' use of a paper
and pencil eould perform such mlrao
uloue feat' It would be dangerous for
a woman- to even handle euoh terrible
thlnge, let alone . using them - as ex
tensively as millions of good wives and
mothere and daughters do. AS te dutlee
and responsibilities, hew many a poor
mother haa been obliged to take upon
herself the dutlee of a dead or vlc(ous
husoana, in oruer te eupport nerseir
and little ones. How many have been
forced by man s neglect, te enter the
masculine field of labor both physically
and mentally. Thousands of women
are every day performing work that le
tenfold more trying to their' nervous
system and. feminine nature than it
would be for them to -devote the lim
ited time to Btudy and voting that the
average man bestows upon political
work. Is it because of voting that the
dry guods box whlttler, saloon bum and
wall supporter have no time to work
and provide the neeeeeltlee of life for
their families? If It . takes so much
tlms from honeet labor, why la It that
our busiest workers are the most In
telligent and eoneelenttous voters?
Dose the auocessful business man neg
lect hie business because of hie privi
lege of voting? ..Why should It change
a woman'e nature or interfere with her
duties? v . . .. ....
One writer has aald, -The greateat
study -of mankind Is man." What Is
politics but a etudy of man and the
laws that govern hlmT Haa education
hurt woman? Is the study of olvtl gov
ernment and political economy a det
riment to our echoot girls? The lews
require those branches te be tasght In
many states. - - , .
Our opponent eeya, "Woman's Sphere
le the home, the school and the church."
We are not wanting to desert any of
them, but le that all -we eaa or ehould
attend to? What would become of the
great army of working womea If they
were restricted to thoee three things?
The time was "when only one of the
above three was open for womea, vlai
the home. Thea the only hope a poor,
weak girl had was to get hereelf tied
to a man, and woe unto her If shs failed
to catch some poor scrub of the male
gender. . She eould go to church, but
she had n voice there. The higher
eohools were not open to her either aa
student or teacher, because custom bad
decreed that a woman did. not need an
education, et wag not - capable ef re
ceiving it Now. ehe tskee the lead In
educational matters, the great majority
ef our teacher being womea. Does
custom make right? Womea train our
boys la the home, the church, the
sohooL They Instruct the embryo voter
far mors than doee man, and yet by
aome they are not considered oompetent
to decide the very mattere upon wnicn
they have been Instructing o there that
are to have the privilege of the bailor.
It makes the pupil greater than the
teacher. Strange inconsistency! 1 We
.would like to ask why "the womea of
Oregon are untrained la political du
tlee." Are they? Many women are
well versed la politics. Other will be
come eo when there Is need of It Very
few boys when they become of age
know any more about polities than they
have obtained In school. The "negroes
and many foreigners, when first glvea
the right of franchise had not even aa
education back of them, and their
knowledge of politics was generally
limited te a oouple glasses of whiskey.
Even now hundreds of men la Oregoo
ere absolutely Ignorant of the Import'
ant issues to eome before the voters in
June. . while hundrede of others will
support whatever man will pay for the
most annas, every judge ef election
will testify to the larga number of
men who are. unable to correctly mark
their ballot If the state would be In
danger from woman's vote, what about
the danger from. the votes cast by tbs
large number of Ignorant and vicious
men?. It is claimed by some that
woman do not care to - vote. , That is
true In some cases, but the eame may
be said of men, to aome extent For
weeks before election the papers keep
urging the voters to register, and yet
many fall to do ao; or if they do reg
Ister they often care so little about vot
ing that they will fail to go to the
pons. Thle is very notloeable la local
elections, where nothing but some ex.
eltement will bring out 'a large vote.
Men vote where they are interested.
Women will probably do the eame. No
one la compelled to oast a ballot ,
. ,. . , ' EFFIB LAURENCE.
Veto ae
Portland, AprU To the Editor of
The Journal I say there Is no such
thing, nor cannot be, la speaking of the
primary voting law, as atatement No. a.
The very Idea of even making mention
of It la the last faint kick of party rule,
ot bosses, of packed -conventions and
of party names. All use for name, at
all, la to qualify a voter to sign a oaa-
aidate's petition and ruling him down
to hla own precinct convention, whloh
le to be held ea AprU to. - Aad Z think
that It la well we ehould have a Hob
(Republican), a Nob (Democratic), a
Jack, or any tther distinguishing name,
until that ordeal is passed." then tt le
a popular election, one accomplished by
the- people and for the people. .
I have beard the expression. In the
Demoeratlo party, with which I have
aiwaya eaat my vote. "Oet the nomina
tion and I will work and land a certain
number of votes, though tt will take
money to "set 'em up'; also money to
send eigara and whiskey out to our
'subs, who tell me they can plaoe It
where It will 'do the most good' on
election day and preceding." The peo
ple have no choice, never have had, and.
when It comes down to 'facta, deserve
none. They will' be nothing but slaves
to boss rule eo long as our elections
are controlled aa they now are; and
between sow and election day la June
theee eandtdatee have ample time to
make their opinions known, and whan
the least quibble la made by them they
ehould have no honeet man'a eupport
The whole vote of a candidate ehould
be counted, and (be .he Republican,
Democrat Prohibitionist Populist or
Socialist) he should be proclaimed as
the people's man. The party- names
have become offensive to ths nostrils
and the people abould have a rest.
Some say the legislators who may be
elected ehould pair off and divide to
party names, as always heretofore, and
vote and wire-pull, bribe and Intimidate
aa usual uadsr their old corrupt names.
I say no, no, nol, I say, add tbs whols
number of votee cast for a csrtain per
sonno balloting and wasting the good
money of -the taxpayers and taking up
the time which ehould be spent la good
legislation. In repealing ueelese laws.
and amending and revising Old ones,
etc. We have too much law, more than
le lived up to, and more than our beat
lawyers undaratand.
People have first to Ignore the idea
of -there being a virtue la a name aad
adopt Shakespeare when he aaya, "A
rose by any other name would email as
sweet." Nothing can be more true.
Party names wsre once considered boa
orable, but what do they represent now?
Tou have done your duty In registering
and you will have a eay in your Indi
vidual p reel note to choose your candi
dates for county officials, also for etate
officers. Then, after looking- over the
whole list whsa yon take your voting
ballot Into your little quiet stall, where
no one will be to intimidate or make
you afraid, look over the names for
each office carefully, and be careful and
not look at the party name Ignore them
entirely and com pars one man with
another commencing with honesty, then
truthfulness, qualification and - good
horee eenae and place an X before the
name ef the man who excelo the other,
and so oa through the whole ticket If
two opposing candidates are entire
strangers to you. don't look to . see
which is Republican, Democrat Social
ist Independent or any ether old worn-
out corrupt name, but read the papere,
read and Inform yourselves aa to indi
vidual exoellenoe: then you eaa retire
to your booth and. draw your Independent
drapery around you and aery uie Here
tofore bosses, -ana, -tor - one -in 'your
lives, - deliver up Four ballot entirely
full no blanks and take the outside
from the way you eame In, your heart
swelling with the fact ef having exer
cised the light of a free eitisen of the
United States. Do this and make It
publicly known that you have for the
firet time exercised your rtghta aa a
free man.
AN INTERESTED READER OP TOUR
OUTSPOKEN JOURNAL.
A CoUe Xdeatlfled, aad Othey Thing.
Portland. Or- April IA Te the Editor
of The Journal The Sunday Journal ef
April I contained aa Item rotative te a
gold coin found by eome In In Portland
with the Inscription "Frederic Prueeorum
Rex." It was statea tnat no one nan
so far Identified the coin. Z eea tell
you what that coin le; It le a Frederick
d'Or, a Prussian eoln struck during the
reign ef Frederick the Oreat of Prussia,
highly prised by numismatists. -"
Regret to notice that your paper la
one et the many that take a never-ending
delight In flinging ridiculous slurs
at poor Emperor Bill. Monday a Issus
contains an Item In Smell Change
column to the effect that "if Emperor
Bill doesnt Ult pitching Into some
body, etc, he win get a licking yet"
BUI has never pitched lata anybody yet
wouldn't even pitch when Invited to by
all Europe during the Boer war, when
the armed eoeittlon and Interference of
Europe against England e-rae to naught
because the pugnacious, bell loose, . mischief-brewing.-
maligned Bill flatly re
fused; pee poller ea hla part, teat sal
LETTERS FROM THE
PEOPLE
WHEN MAN GOES
;A-WOOING .
eV-
. By Beatrice) Fairfax.
There la a certain type of man who
take to love-making ae naturally as a
duck to water.
He eannot talk five mlnutea to a
womea without Infusing a little subtle
flattery into hie conversation.
He doee not take woman seriously.
' To him she Is a charming plaything,
to be petted and made much of, but not
to tura to la hla more serious momenta.
Muoh practice renders htm very pro
ficient la the art of love-making.
- He ha studied woman so thoroughly
that he knows all her moods aad Juet
how to take them. .
His manner toward a young girl Im
plies that aha ta aa aeoompllehed flirt
and woman of the world, and abe llkee
that because the rest of the world treat
her as though she were a baby.
Older women he talks to ss though'
they were yea re younger than they real-'
ly are, and of course the like that for
even the meet "advanced"' womaa haa a -alight
leaning coward appearing younger
than ahe actually la. . . ..-
And eo all women like htm, though
perhapa la their hearts eome ef them do
not quite trust him. Hs is toe much
all -thing to all woman.--.
- White women may like this type of '
man, they do uot as a rule'' fall la love
with him.
Half the charm la" winning man'a
love He In the faet that you havs won
something which other women have not
been able to. - - - .
There Is no great triumph tn winning"
the love of a man who has made love
te every womaa he meets.
His affection le rather a shopworn .
article by the time It finally settles per-'
manently. ;
The question Is, Does It ever settle
permanently? :"''
la a girl not running a nek in marry
ing a man whose heart le touched by '
every pretty faoe?
Matrimony la not likely to ehange his
roving tendencies.
It la very hard to tell when this type
ef wooer le In earnest, for the elmple
reason that he la temporarily In earnest '
with svsry girl he makee love to.
Whea he awake to the fact tnat ne
la being taken seriously, his love cools
off very quickly. '",.-.'
Ths young, unsophisticated girl suf
fers many a heartache ever thla kind et
man. . . - . -
The more experienced girl meets him
on his own ground, and accepts his at
tention a at their proper value. It Is a
case ef diamond cut diamond.
Beware of thle gallant wooer, girls '
He le very charming end pleasant to
be with, but don't lose your hearta to
hire too readily. -
He le an accomplished juggler wun
woman'e hearts, but doe not realise how
easily they break. - - '-- -
' esawessessBBBesBBBsBssssBassssssaesss .
The Rlsa of ths Aitors. , ; .
From the Kansas City Star.
Only a fsw years ago William ' Wal
dorf Astor landed In England sn ob
scure multi-millionaire.' Now his gra
cious majssty Edward VII haa conde
scended to appoint Mr. Astor'a son a
second lieutenant There ie nowhere la
the wide world where sturdy American
pluck eaa not suoceed.
refused and even poor old Krusrer was
forbidden to enter German territory,
while France ostentatiously lionised him.
A fsllow so morbidly meddlesome and,
spoiling for a scrap as all of ths English '
and a fsw of the Americas paper repre
sent him to be would eurely have availed "
himself of such a rare opportunity when. -he
eould have pitched la and after the .
fashion of the English covered himself .
with glory la a fight of -many against -
one. .!....,-.
Tou nrobably refer to the Morocco af
fair ae aa example of hla meddleoome- ;
ness. He eimply Insisted en his rlghtav
suaranteed to him aa a participant of ,
the Madrid conference la the 'SOe, which .
specified that none of the powers should
exercise exclusive oontrol of Moroccan
affairs. The separata treaty or under
sanding between England and France,
wee therefore void, and one of Its clauses 1
which limited free trade la Morocco te
a term of 10 years plainly showed the
ultimate Intentions of France with re--gnrd
to that country, vis.:, to gradually
absorb It and make It French territory,
ae they had done with Tunis. Emperor ,
Bill In thus Insisting on his lights, which
among other thlnge Included the main- ;
talnlng of the open door, did no more ;
pitching or meddling then John Hay .
proclaiming the principle- of the open -door
la Chins, and John Hay waa ap-
plauded as a wise statesman, and Justly -so.
.
'..As regards. the licking Emperor Bill
would get that Is a highly Interesting
topic to discuss. In ths seven years'
war Prussia, which 'Is only a part
of Germany, stood up and successfully
fought all Europe, a feat which the
Idolised Bonaparte failed to accomplish. -Between
18SA and U71 Germany fought
three ware without losing ons single
solitary battle, not only against the
Danee and Auatrtana, but the great and
Incomparable, the nonpareil French, the .
very sons of Mare. -; r -
Seems like alt this rather vlndlotlve
talk about Emperor Bill pitching into.
Bomebody .and spoiling for a scrap Is a .
little off. There le no glory -In seeking
troubls with those whom you can thrash
singly or In a bunch. That ia H'Engllsh,
you know. WILLIAM RICHTBR.
r-':': Aldoses, rsoarotty ef xswiev-- -
Portland, Or, April 10. Te the EdU '
tor of The Journal As I am a constant
reader of The Journal, I have notloed
In your paper for about a week or eo
that people eomplaln they can't get le
borere. and that there I a scarcity .
of laborsrs sll over the United Btetss -more
so tn the northweet than any .
place else, especially In Oregon. Let
tne tell you, Mr. Editor, thet le a fear
ful lie, or a willful misstatement If sta-.
... im, which ther surely ere. -
They ehow us how many men are daily
thrown out or employment.
average wagee of the United Btetee, and
i . v. ta alwava more
mproved machinery coming out and ,
. . .lt W . V .,
Dy tela mors men " """""
of work. I dere anybody to deny It.
-.. . .it ih, man thsv want.
providing they treat them ae white
men and aa nuraan wiusa. .
, - - n 1 1 . . miwM t h. mrklnv
peopiv mrw -
class of people good, healthy, substan
tial rood, a useent piaoe w ,
to them like men, not overwork them,
pay them white-man wagee, and pay .
them promptly when their week or
month Is up, and not hire them from
an employment office, then Z am sure
. .,, Smwa mtrk .-AM HI A Ih JutH '
laborers and plenty of good ones, too.
But bare lies anoiner irouoie. ine
foreman or ths contractor or suparln-
...,. . . will mik Ia am am.
ployment offloe for help of all kinds
Instead ef inserting an advertisement
for help ia a daily newspaper, whloh -would
amount to but very little; but
there ia aa graft in It while there IS
a graft ia this employment offloe for
tnera au tne way irom e o s cento
. . M !.. tiiM tt-- r - -
given you good reasons for all thla, and '
I hope you will be kind enough te pub-
llsh these tacts la your paper.