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FREE SPEECH.
A"
NT newspaper that heap vini-
lent abuse and condemnation
upon an Individual merely be
cause he differ with It In opln
. Joo on any subject, attacks one of the
most Important and sacred prlvl
'lecea "of freeborn Americana, the
1 rifjht of free speech. There are news
papers which habitually make such
, assaults upon the character and mo
tires of anyone who publicly ex
. presses views at variance with their
own. Morally, If not legally, the
practice la direct' Invasion of the
rlbt guaranteed by our constitution
to even the humblest cltlxen.
' ; "Wendell Phillip. Said: "The com
munity which does not dara protect
Its humblest and most hated member
In the free utteranee of his opinions,
no matter .how false or hateful. Is
only a rang of slaves." ; James Rus
. sell Lowell more poetically wrote
that "they are alares most base
whose lore of right Is for themselyes
and not fpr an the race."; Henry D.
Lloyd has said: "Encroachments
upon fights of free speech and free
assemblage, which we have looked
upon with Indifference because they
were opinions which to us seemed
false or hateful, we hare suddenly
found applied to ourselves. Here is
repeated again the warning of which
all the histories of liberty are hut the
record. The outposts of our rights
are to be found In the maintenance
of the rights of the least of our
brethren. The more odlou they, the
more do we need to keep our lamp
of vigilance trimmed and burning
for their defense. It is through the
weak gate of their uncared for lib
erty that the despot will steal upon
' US."
, . Once In this country pro-slavery
mobs denied the right of free speech
to abolitionists. It was with diffi
culty , that ; Salvation Army and so
cialist speakers gained the right of
free apeech. Even now the term
"anarchist" will suffice to suppress
speech that so far as any, one knows
would advise nothing criminal
Emma Goldman whom we Jo not
admire and with whom we do not
agree -advertised to deliver a lec
ture In Chicago on the subject
"What Anarchy Really Stands For."
This was no crime.' She has as much
right to present her views on an-
- archy as Harvey Scott or Chancellor
pay has. She cannot be presumed in
advance to advocate violence and
crime, t But "25 officers were sta
tioned in the-hall, and as soon as
she had said: "Ladies and gentle
men, I have come to tell you what
anarchy " she was hustled rudely
from the stage and excluded from
the hall. The word "anarchy" was
enough. The officers acted on the
theory that the mere utterance of
that word was treason, or some other
terrible crime. Such Interference
with free speech, merely on account
of a name, a term, is the crime, and
one that the authorities of this na
tion cannot afford to tolerate. If
Emma Goldman advocates assassina
tion, and such speech is unlawful,
then she should be silenced, but not
until she does so, not at the mere
utterance of the word anarchy. And
so far we have no proof that her talk
Is either inflammatory or illegal.
Speaking of this incident the Public
'says: . I
For our rejection of her -opinions is
Do reason for Joining- in the riotous de
mand that she , be forbidden to utter
them. On the contrary, all the more
Should we Insist that she be unmo
lested in her exercise of the American
rlglit of free speech. Any human ani
mal wIU fight for his own rights; but
If those common rights which are land
, marks of civilisation have to depend for
: their perpetuation upon animal patriot
ism, they are not likely to endure a
supreme test Let Emma Goldman be
as odious as you please, and her opln
ions as false and hateful as they may
be; nevertheless their utterance must
net be prohibited if American ideals
' are to be preserved and each individ
ual's liberty safe-guarded. If her
speeches are incendiary, the remedy is
aot police censorship. It is by orderly
-prosecution and with full opportunity
for defense. The arbitrary suppression
ef meetings has a natural tendency to
create and foster incendiary Impulses.
i' That Is It; such. a precedent will
not do. H the speech of Emma Gold-
. man, or a radical socialist, or an ad
vocate of any change in our social
or; political system, can be sup-
; pressed except on proof by due legal
' means that It Is criminal, as well as
unpopular aftd to the majority hate
ful, the time may come when speech
of any hind not approved by the ma
jority, or by those in power, or by
"the police," will be similarly sup
pressed.' The great principle of troe
speech and free press mflst be main
tained. V It is the very citadel of our
liberties, a? The Journal has only con
d emnation and abhorrence for any
teaching that: Incites to murder or
any other; crime but' the law pre
iim in flVAr-r Instance' that no man
would be ffuilty of such abuse of the
rlht of tree speech - Mid, that pre-J
sumption must prevail. until the con
trary Is proved.' " . ' A ;
...A. newspaper may call an Individ
nala'blathersklte," It may charac
terize those ,who do not agree with
It "geese" and "blockheads," and so
on: but in so doing It constantly be
trays Its spirit of Intolerance; show
Ing that while It likes this liberty
Itself, It would suppresslt In others
If It had the power, v ..
A very wrong, bad thing la not go
ing to prevail or gain much ground
in this country because .of an advc
rate of it here and there. Let such
people talk, unless they actually in
cite to crime; they do no other harm,
and the test of the right of free
speech comes Just here', when some
one talks with whom almost every
body disagrees.
T- -
CAUSES OP TITJS PANIC A WALL
STREET OnXIOX.
H'
EN of prominence In the .finan
cial and political worlds are
still discussing causes of the
panic, which Is yet timely, for
It was a phenomenon worthy of care
ful study. We summarise briefly the
opinion of oue man who has been a
Wall street financier for nearly half
a century, Henry Clews.
He gives 11 causes of the panic, as
follows: (1) The Boer war. leaving
England badly off financially; (2)
Equally bad conditions in Germany;
due to extravagant Industrial enter
prises; (8) ranee alone financed
Russia In the Russ-Japanese war,
hence had no money to invest else
where; (4) That war nearly broke
both Russia and Japan, and they
have since been calling for money;
(5) Money for moving crops could
not be obtained from abroad as
usual; Instead of $800,000,000 for
New Tork bills we could obtain noth
ing; (6) The Ban Francisco earth
quake, with losses of $350,000,000;
t7)The compulsory unloading of very
many millions of dollars of stocks
and bonds by large capitalists and
operators, together with immense
sales of new securities by corpora
tions and railroads, and the manipu
lation of prices and stocks; (8) The
'.'sad" disclosures of the life Insur
ance companies and the metropolitan
railroad, and the "absurd" fine of
$29,000,000 imposed by Judge Lan
dls on a corporation "with a capital
of only $l,000.000t'; () The Inter
state commerce commission's Inves
tigation of the Chicago & Alton deal;
(10) Making injudicious loans to
bad trust companies; (11) A gross
abuse of our credit system and the
consequent Inflation of all values,
stimulated by loose banking and pro
moting methods. The main cause of
the panic was that of general over
doing. Credit was over-taxed; spec
ulation was reckless and ill-ad vised;
expansion of every sort was being
carried to excess by over-confidence,
until finally the country's floating
capital was practically exhausted.
Mr. Clews touches on some remote
and rather small causes, yet all no
doubt causes, to soma extent, but he
betrays In some of them the Wall
street view, and speakt for Rocke
feller, Harrlman, and other "male
factors of great wealth." Yet for a
Wall street speculator he gives a
pretty fair summary.
MORE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
STILL another horrible, sickening
mine explosion was recorded
last week, over 200 men, a
portion of them being heroic
rescuers, and nearly all of them be
ing men with wives and children, be
ing killed. These accidents happen
every few weeks or months and are
regularly regretted and commented
on, yet we hear of nothing being
done, more than heretofore, to pre
vent them. Is prevention Impossi
ble? Or might such catastrophes
be rendered at least less frequent,
less liable to happen?
The do-nothing congress appar
ently never thinks of turning its at
tention to this subject, nor have state
legislatures done as much as they
might. Admitting that such an ac
cident is occasionally unavoidable,
we believe that these occasions might
by the exercise of all possible pre
cautions be rendered rare; that
measures might be taken that would
result in preventing three out of
four, perhaps nine out of 10 of them.
As The Journal showed pome
weeks ago, the casualties of this
kind in Europe are only a small per
centage of what they are in this
country, though the mines there are
deeper. This proves that in mining,
as well as railroading, Americans are
reckless of human life.
There are some 200 new widows,
and perhaps four or five times as
many children suddenly made or
phans, leftfor the most part desti
tute and helpless, and these are only
a fraction of the total for a 'year.
There is evidently urgent need of a
more rigorous mine inspection and
supervision, and if it be possible we
believe that mlneowners should be
required to provide for these widows
and young orphans. If they had to
do this, such accidents would be far
lesa frequent.
NEW TORK "DEMOCRATS."
RYAN, McCarren, Parker, Bel
mont etal continuing to pose
as "Democrats" Is becoming
funny. Of course they have a
right to call themselves Democrats,
and, if they can, to control the New
York Democratic - organisation to
elect delegates to the Denver conven
tion " but they are egreglously mis
taken if they imagine that they can
accomplish - anything ln that con
vention. Notwithstanding their, num
bers, they will be as powerless as the
delegation from Hawaii . or Porto
Rico. They will" not be recognized
as Democrats,, but merely a repre
THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAU PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30.
sentative of the Interests, and a cor
rupt, plutocratic machine.' They had
their last say, to, any -effect; four
years ago at St, Louli, and their man
was nominated. Look at tne vote io
November, 104, for an answer as to
whether the Democratic party win
allow these men and elements to dic
tate Its policy and candidate again.
; The Democratic party will make
no reactionary movement this year
Those men who are trying to ait
down on Bryan and progressive Dem
ocracy are great figure In Wall
street, no doubt, but out In the eoun
trv they dwindle to Liliputlan pro
portions; thsy are Interesting In the
nation, politically, only ai acton in
comedy. Their opposition in tne
election will help, not hurt, the Dem
ocratic nemlnee.
i
Now here Is a sample of antl con
sistency, printed In the Engene Jour
nal: "What we want Is a legisla
ture that will go down to 8alem Im
bued with the Importance of their
mission, cognlxant of the responsibil
ity resting upon them with refer
ence to the needs of their constitu
ency and the state at large and not
hampered by 'any unseemly scramble,
over who shall be United State sen
ator. From the noise made in some
directions one would be led to be
lieve that Statement No. 1, a politi
cal abortion, Is the only matter of
consequence up for consideration In
this campaign." Well, In the name
of simple common sense, won't elect
ing Statement No. 1 adherents secure
members "unhampered by any un
seemly scramble over who shall be
United 8tates senator"? If this Is
the result wished, why is the state
ment an "abortion"? It will do Just
the thing desired.
A large piece of evidence of Port
land's steady, solid growth, and cer
tain future growth and greatnesB as
a city, is the building by Olds. Wort
man & King and Meier ft Frank of
great new department stores, both
together to cost some $1,300,000,
and to be equal at least of any west
of Chicago. The proprietors of these
stores have lived In Portland a long
time; most of them were raised here;
they know the city, and they are men
of good' Judgment and clear percep
tion. They have deservedly pros
pered, and know that they will con
tinue to prosper.gjftlong with other
business men of Portland; but they
see that this is going to be a con
tinually greater city, and thejr must
enlarge and expand to meet the de
mands of their business. In no city
of the west are there bo many clear,
positive and- gratifying evidences of
future greatness as in Portland.
Representative Heflin of Alabama,
who Is a temperance lecturer, not
being able to Induce a negro riding
on t;he same .street car with him to
abstain from taking a drink of whis
key out of a bottle, threw him off the
car and then shot him, perhaps fa
tally. Of course the negro had "made
a motion toward his hip pocket"; this
Is always the case. It looks as if
HeHin was butting in where he had
no business to Interfere, and killed
the negro because he hates the race.
The Oregonlan says: "Portland
may view with equanimity the suit
for right-of-way by the Mount Hood
railway. It can't be appealed to the
United States supreme court." We
are not sure of that. Why might not
this case as well as many another be
taken Into the federal courts? Very
likely anything done in opposition to
a railroad Is unconstitutional. ,
Hurrah for Miss Elklns, if, as re
ported, she has declined to marry
Count Abruzil on the gTOund that
she is an American, and will not
marry a foreigner, even one with a
title Miss Elklns has perhaps
shrewdly observed what happens to
American heiresses who marry for
eign "noblemen."
"The whole affair is disgusting,"
says Congressman" Heflin, referring
to his shooting or a negro.
he feels disgusted because the thick
skull of the negro Baved his life.
Still the main and only real ques
tion just now before the people or
Oregon is: Shall they choose their
senators?
An Independent Editor.
From the North Bend Harbor.
AVell Harvey Scott, as much as we
Uwe you "and your little old Oregonlan
we, for one. refuse to come up and con-
"'J'?' in Oregon is
working as hard to build up his news
paprer,nlndS hi. section of cojrn try
as vou have ever done, although the re
sult of his efforts may noiu
naront as in yours, a-uu.
as a xeiiow
nw,ifa , the
rtrAirnn. VOU
U W? IHJ "
Prhe"n iHs really M
llSlnoTveran
SSpt the half rate proposition, which
is a fling, saying "Tour jjaper . is only
worthhalf ."i-t
fhermorev, b wUL- forthwith cut tne
Oregonlan off our. lists unless .thjyv ex
change or pay;1.60 per W?,toto
We hope to see every-weekly PP
in Oregon ao iiaewise. ...
Those two lovers, Mr. E. Telegram
and Miss Sorreltop Journal, continue to be
on our visiting lists.' and as-they are
a pair of good gossips, especially the
latter, we do not care a six-point thin
space out of the hellbox whether we
see Mr. Telegram's dad around our of
fice or not 80 there. '
This Date in History.
1744 Malsonneuve defeated the Iro
ouois at th Place d'Armes. Montreal.
17S5 Field Marshal Viscount Hard
inge. an early governor-general of In
dia, born In England. .
1806 Joseph Bonaparte made king of
the two Blcllles.
1837 .John Constable, landscape
painter.' died. Born June 11, 177&, f
1843 Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed
governor of Canada. v
1848 Don -Carlos, pretender, to the
Spanish throne, born.
1866 Treaty of Paris, ending the Cri
mean war. ' . z
1866 United States transport General
Lynn burned -with great Joss of life.
1867 United States bought Alaska
from Russia for 87.200,000. .
1S84 Jane P. Austin, -Aaaarioaa nov
elist, died, Born MSI. ;
REFERENDUM MEASURES
TO BE VOTED OHO. 8
The eighth in the serle et II pro
posed initiative and referendum meas
ures to oome before the people la June
has to do with the appropriation for
the University of Oresoa. The meren
dum was Invoked on the measure after
It had passed the legislature giving aa
annual appropriation ef 1111,001 to the
university..
The form in which the measure win
appear oa the official ballot is aa fol
lows: r. ' :. m .
Referendum Ordered by Petition of
the People: " An act to amend section
S6Z9 of Bellinger Cotton's Annotated
ooues ana statute or Oregon or in
oreaslng the annual appropriation for
the support and maintenance of . the
University of Oregon.
814 Yea. 1 16-No.
The bill aa it passed the legislature
and as it is now going before the people
Is as follows:
An act to amend section SStl of Bel
linger 4V Cotton's Annotated oodes and
statutes of Oregon, by Increasing the
annual appropriation for the support
and maintenance of the University of
Oregon.
Be It Enacted by the People' of the
State of Oregon:
Section 1 That section 8621, chapter
I. title XXXIII, of Bollinger A Cotton's
Annotated oodes and statutes of Ore
iron, be and the same la hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 8M The sum of 1125.000 is
hereby appropriated for the year 1807
and annually thereafter, for the support
and maintenance of the University of
Oregon: to keep the buildings, grounds
and other property thereof in repair;
for the purchase of additional land for
the campus thereof; for the construction
of buildings and additions to the same;
and for the purchase of library books,
laboratory supplies and apparatus. This
fund shall be paid out only on warrants
drawn by the secretary of state on the
state treasurer against said fund. This
fund shall be a continuing fund, and If
the amount appropriated for any one
year shall not be used during such year,
the balance remaining shall be carried
over to the next year and added to the
funl for that year, and the secretary of
state is authorised and directed to audit
and allow all claims otherwise payable
out of such fund, regardless of the date
when contracted.
Passed the house February 11, 1807.
Frank Davey, speaker.
Paused the senate February 17. 107.
1 W. Haines, president of the senate.
Argument In Tavor of.
' Argument in favor of University of
Oregon appropriation bill presented by
the University of Oregon Alumni ass
ociation. To the voters of Ortigon:
The last session of the Oregon legis
lature passed a bill appropriating 1125,
000 annually for the support and main
tenance of the University of. Oregon,
for keeping buildings, grounds and other
property thereof In repair, and for the
construction of buildings, for the pur
chase of land, apparatus, library books
and supplies. ,
A referendum was Invoked upon the
bill, so It will not become a law until
it is approved by a majority of the vot
ers of the state at the regular eleotlon
on June 1, 1908. The alumnlfjof the
University of Oregon Issue this state
ment to the voters of Oregon, in the
confident hope and belief that careful
consideration of the facts will induce
them to vote "yes" on the ballot and
convert the bill into a law.
TJnlrtrrlty Attendance Increases.
The university, along with the rest of
the state, has Just entered upon a re
markable period of r-rowth. In every
section of Oregon there are being estab
lished high schools, from which the son.
and daughters of the people are finding
their way in steadily Increasing numbers
to the halls of the university. The at
tendance has doubled since 1901 and
has Increased IS per cent since last
year, despite the referendum and the
temporary crippling of the institution.
There are now 400 student, in the de
partments at Eugene, exclusive of
music, and a total enrollment (Including
the professional rchools) of 600 stu
dents. It is reasonable to believe that
the rate of Increase will be still more
rapid during the next few years, owing
to the fact that the number of high
schools In rapidly growing and a large
percentage of their graduates are find
ing their way 'to the university.
Oregon Appropriation, Smallest.
It is a lamentable fact that the Uni
versity or uregon is now receiving the
smallest appropriation for maintenance
of any state university in the' union.
The present appropriation from this
state amounts to 847,500. In addition
to this, the university receives about
$12,000 a year from Interest-bearing
funds and registration fees. The Uni
versity of Washington receives $200,
000 per year (exclusive of buildings)
for maintenance; the University of
Idaho, 71,180; the University of Mon
tana, 174,680; the University of Colo
rado, 1146,000; the University of- Ne
vada, $86,000; the University of lows,
8230,000; the University of Wisconsin,
$721,000; the University of Nebraska,
$235,600; and the University of Cali
fornia, $558,085. Many of these states
are also spending large sum. for build
ings and improvements. The last legis
lature of the state of Wsshington ap
propriated $600,000 for new buildings
st the University of Washington. Be
sides these large sums spent for the
support of their universities, the people
of Washington, Utah. Colorado and
Montana are supporting their agricul
tural colleRfs in a most liberal manner,
and the plbple of Colorado and Mon
tana are each supporting a state school
of mines
Comparative Cost Per Student.
The direct maintenance cost per stu
dent to the state (exclusive of build
ings) In a number of typical western
universities, for the year 1907, Is shown
in the following table A second table
shows the entire cost per student to
the state, including expenditures for
building and equipment. The mainte
nance fleure for Oregon is estimated
on the basis of the new appropriation
of $126,000, and not of the present ap-
proprlation of $47,600, which would
make a cost per student much less.
The number of students given Is inclu-
siva of the department of liberal arts,
engineering, medicine and law. for the
reason that the outside state university
reports Include all departments, and It
Is not posslDie- to mane an accurate
segregation in the funds in arriving at
the cost per student to the state.
Basis of Comparisons.
It is perfectly clear that the only fair
comparison of cost per student Is be
tween Institutions doing similar grade
of work. It is grossly unjust to com
pare the cost in a university with the
cost In elementary schools; or even in
colleges which are struggling desperate-
TABLE 1
For
State.
Washington
Oregon (a)
maintenance
only.
$202,000
80.000
71,160
668,036
74,660
68,000 .
67,368 t
Idaho
California ..................
Montana
South Dakota
North. Dakota ..............
Iowa i.
Wisconsin ..................
721.000
State, w i '
Washington ...... ...
Oregon ,.....
Idauo ,
California .......... .....
Montana .. .
North pakota ,,...,..,...;..
Iowa ........
Wisconsin .....; .
Harvard .......... ....-.....
Tale .......
(b) ' 16! f Jdahe's 897 students' are preparatory.
(c) 194 of Montana's 883 student, are preparato
(d) 80 of . South Dakota'. 210 students are prep
o XTn-,t. 7v,ir.n' j&k attirtAnta a re nrenaraiorv. . -
: t Estimated expenditure for maintenance under new appropriation, the
reat of the appropriation td go for building and equipment. - ,, f? ;
(f) Student fees and Interest beartn fund not laxiludad. , ;-',.;-.,
":..'?' .' . , . ' ' ' , I. , s ,'(( 4 '
. i: v.'. v w. . ' v ' .
ly to secure proper equipment and more
iiearly- adequate support.- The oost at
he University of Oregon 1. extremely
ow as compared with' the oost in ther
state universities, and that is the real
test , i ' .i- -
v'.-' sjoate ef Salaries Xw.
The scale a ef salaries at the Uni
versity of Oregon Is lower than that of
a great majority of Ute unlverelUea.
The .alarr of the pre.ldent 1. IS.OOO, as
agslnst S10.0OO at the. University of
California. S4.800 at the V,n,.v"'.,.;ll
Washington. 18.600 at the University of
Idaho, $4,000 at the Univerelty of Mon
tana, and $6,000 et the Oregon Agricul
tural college. The maximum alariea
paid to professors at the University of
Oregon fa H.000. u against a standard
university salary of not lea. than
$8,000. Only ' eight trofeseor. receive
the Mil saury of 11,000: nlnei receive
61,600 per year, and the remaining
member, of the Instructional force re-
..i..u. r.n.inr from 11.800 td
$300 per year. The entire salary roll
I. lower than that of superintendent,
prtnolpal. and grade teachers la good
city schools.
The rapid growth Jn the number of
students enrolled at the lwf'tr
pushed every member of the "hJ.n
force up to maximum work. With the
certain Increase in number, neat year,
It will be absolutely necessary to em
ploy additional. Instructor.. The de
partment of geology haa been without
a head since the death of Ir. Condon,
two year, ago, owing to the lack of
fund, with which to pay "alarle.. Sev
eral department are 1J1b!llr.,,SiVJ La
crowded that they .hoald be divided
and new men secured to take a part of
the work.
Oregon Xwei la Xealpmeat.
In the matter of equipment and build
ing, the Univerelty of Oregon Is also
at the fool or tne net. n
of the land, building, and .A,Pmlt
at the University of Oregon Is J"00.
a. compsred with $600,000 at the Un -
verslty ol laano, ""VY'
versltv of Montana, $719,600 at the Uni
versity of Utah. $514,000 at in. uni
versity or coioraao, "u,,t''".,v-'-,r-the
University of California. The
campus or tne univeijiiy "1.Y.''r
contaln. but 17 acre, of land, while the
campu. of the University of Washing
ton contains ziv aor.
University Badly Crippled.
The. present condition of tneUni"
i... nann In A Atilnr Ah 14ft. UUB'
rerai v vs. vi ' -s , .
T.rxi inu-torles are overcrowded,
and no relief can be had without new
buildings. The woman ouinmvwr
not be used because there Is n m0"J
with which to prpyiao '"""
plant, and the library duuu.i.
wholly destitute of lights. . During the
month, of October. November ana De
cember, 1907. the faculty of the uni
versity servca wunoui ymy. hi-..
no money left In the treasury. Sev
eral members of the faculty received
fform tn aro elsewhere, but
out of loyalty to the university and to
?he stated they declined these offers
and remained. These facts are Injuri
ous to Oregon's good name as an edu
cational state, and the conditions i are
unjust to the young men and women
who are to receive their education in
Oregon.
Hew SMttler. Demand Ooott Bonooi..
tk. nt tha middle west from
which Oregon is endeavoring to attract
(mmlrration are appropriating large
sums for their universities. lows, lor
example, appropriating $"M fAorv"
university for the year 1907. and Kan
sa. rpproprlating $367,600 Both these
states are noerai in "n -thelr
agricultural colleges.
A veto of the Oregon appropriation
by the voters of the state will seriously
Injure the reputation of Oregon among
the great commonwealths of the middle
west. Bixiy per nni .
In the Oregon high schools have entered
the state from other states during the
. . fli'a v.,r.
plainly that settlers from the east '"Igrows In numbers and expands in Its
middle west expect Oregon to Provl1Twork. The maintenance eide will in-
on efficient system of schools
Students Going Elsewhere.
At the present time more than 100
young men and women from the state
of Oregon are attending colleges In
other states. The cost to each of these
students for travel, tuition and living is
not leas than $500 per year (In many
insUnces $1,000 per year), and In i thl.
way Oregon Is losing more than $100.
000 each vear. Worse still, she loses
permanently many of these most prom
ising young men. and women who go
elsewhere for their education. It Is
hard to estimate how much each of
them might be worth to Oregon. We
are now sending to Washington and
California more than 100 wtudents,
many of whom will locate in the state
where they receive their education. Let
us build up In Oregon an Institution
equal to the best to be found anywhere,
not only in order that we may keep at
home the students who now go away,
but also that we may offer opportuni
ties for the most thorough training to
the boys and girls who are unable to
afford the expense of leaving their own
state. They can menage by industry
to make their way through their own
state university, where no tuition Is
charged, but are absolutely barred by
the $600 to $800 required to go out of
the state.
The Opportunity of the Poor.
Poor and rich alike can share In the
advantages offered by the state univer
sity. Tuition is free, and the cost of
living low. Any determined young man
or woman can hope to get a university
education. A wide field of opportunity
Is opened up by the training given at
the state uiilversity. Statistics' show
that th earninsr Dowers are fully dou-
hlad. and this is but a small part of the
real ealn. In a government by the
whole people, the training which will
prepare for the highest positions ought
to be abundantly provided for the sons
and daughters of all the people.
Students Are Self-supporting.
The students at the University of
Oregon come from the common people.
Few of them have the means to pay
tuition and attend the big Institutions
of the east Sixty-five per cent of the
young men at Eugene are earning their
own way, either wholly or partially,
through college. Students have entered
the university with less than $20 in
money, and yet have been able, through
their own exertions, to work their way
through to graduation. Its students are
In college because they want an educa
tion. They are In earnest. Thoy mean
business. Why should they not be
Slvcn the facilities and opportunities
lat the young men and women of other
states are given?
part of School System.
The states which support their uni
versities most liberally are the ones
that have the strongest system of pub
lic schools; as for example, California.
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. A
Total
number
students
1,268
600
(b)897
8,000
(C)388
d)810
(e)456
.. 1,816
, 8,600
Population Cost to the
of State State rer
(1900 census.) student.
618.103
413,636
161.772
$151.00
183.00
179.00,
180.60
194.00
276.00
148.30
126.60
200.00
Cost to the ;
State per.
student.
$392.00
208.00
826.00
274.00
228.04
323.00
821.00
1,485,052
243,329
401,670
819.14A
1,231.853
2,069,042
Total
number
students.
1,268
600
(b)397 .
8,00( -c)383
(e)465
1.816
,
" TABLE .
t) Total appropriation.
' for maintenance
and buildings.
126,000
? 129,150
. 822,148
87,650
"147,171;
230.000
. 921.000 '
Income.
3,600
207.0J
Cost per student.
1,22?222 ' v
8.945 $420.00
8,208 287.00
:orv.
preparatory. . ....; ,t ....
1C03.
strong univernlty Is sbsolutely nce-
aarv tar a. .tro:i DubllO school system
for the university I. nothltnr moro or
lesn than the head of the atate's publlo
achools. , The University of Oregon ha.
exerted a strong Influence oven the pub
llo school system of the state. Wore
than 186 of It. graduate, are .teaching
In the publlo echool. and high school,
of Oregon. Eighteen out of fifty-four
young men and women who were grad
uated last June are now teaehln In th
state', v common . ax-hool. and nigh
school. The demand for well-trained
teachers Is three time, as large as the
upply.. The influence of the university
over the school .y.tem of the etate -will
become greater a the unlveralty .be
VVMIvae 4BJ1. V"Ss. , . . . 'a
It la abaurd to say that the univerelty
appropriation stands In th. way of the
development of the publlo schools. The
oat of the university, annually. JO oacn
person In the state is less than 80 oenta,
on the basis of the appropriation of
$116,000. The rate of the university tag
would, he less than one zourtn or a taut.
-. Tniveraity Serve. AU.
Th. aim of the university I. to serve
not only the student, who r Within
It. wall, for Instruction, but also the
people of the etai. at large, n mis
end, correspondence courses have been
established and Instruction I. now Do
ing given to $60 student. In ver part
of the' etate, who are - not able to
attend the unlver.ity. , .
The -department, of economics, educa
tion, mining and other, have respond
ed loyally To the many caU. made on
.tnem, ana .very aeparimem in w
ver.lty la oenatautly aervlng the state.
. taereass la Appropriation.
The proposed appropriation of $116..
000 wlfi stand in lieu of the present
annual appropriation of $47,000 per
year, and of all apeoial approprlatlona,
auch a. have been made In the past.
Special appropriation, were necessary
at the session of the legislature In
190$, and also in 1905. . The average
amount provided by the state during
the year, of 1906 and 1906 was $78,.
T60 per year. The Increase In the ap
propriation I. from this amount to tho
new appropriation of $115,000, of 46,
150 per year.
Jor What Weeded.
The estimate for the bare cost of
maintenance (exclualve of buildings,
laboratory equipment and of books for
library) la $80,000, on the moat econom
ical basla.
New recitation buildings, now urgent
ly needed, will cost not less than $50,
000. . . t
An adequate dormitory should be pro
vided for the young women of the uni
versity, costing approximately $40,000.
Additional land should be secured
while it is available. An expenditure
of from $15,000 to $26,000 for land at
the present time would save a much
larger expenditure In the future.
A number of the departments are
badly in need of modern laboratory
equipment. II will require at least
$16,000 to put them In condition for
good work. The library standa In need
of $10,000 for booka and general equip
ment, to bring It up to the efficiency
of even the smaller university li
braries. ' . .
The grounds, heating plant and fur
niture ror new buildings will jrequire
$15,000.
The needa above aggregate $165,000,
enough to consume the margin above
coat of maintenance for at leaat three
years, with all other sources or revenue
counted, and without making any al
lowance for Increased expenditures
neoessarlly attendant on the rapidly In
creasing number of students.
Aavantagea of Appropriation.
The appropriation bill which is about
to be voted upon provides for a con
tinuing appropriation. The proposed
bill waa modeled after the bill which
provides for a continuing appropriation
at the Oregon Agricultural college.
The continuing appropriation nas Deen
tried In other states, where It haa
served to keep the universities from
political and other combinations and
complications In the state leglslaturub.
It is now generally accepted In prlncl
ple. way VUipiinnu
If an appropriation Is to be a con
tinuing one, extending over a number
of years. It Is obviously impossible to
segregate It into separate mnus iur
maintenance, buildings and improve
menta, for the reason that the needs
of each year will differ from those
of the preceding year as the university
evitably grow larger aa the enrollment
of students Increases. If the univer
sity Is to be freed from the necessity
of going to the legislature every two
vein for snecial -appropriations, the
only possible method is to leave the
hnnH of rearents free to use the totnl
resources of each year to meet the I
need of the year aa their best Judg
ment may determine. The board la
composed of disinterested and repre
sentative cltlaens, living In widely
scattered seotions of the state, who
have no interest to serve but that of
the public welfare. They are mora
familiar with the needs of the univer
sity each year than any one else can
be and are better qualified than any
one else to make up the year's bud
get Their bills ' all go through the
office of the secretary of state, and
they print annually for general distri
bution a complete statement of all the
university's financial transactions.
Tax Borden Wot Heavy.
If the appropriation bill becomes a
law the amount of taxes required to
support the university will be less
than 25 cents per year for every $1,000
worth of property and will grow less us
the value of the property In the state
increases. The man who pays taxes
on $500 worth of property will pay
12U cents, per year, for the support
of the university. The man who pays
nn 4 .000 worth will pay $1.
Are such amounts excessive, when It Is
proposed to build up an institution
where the sons and daughters of our
common people can receive the educa
tion which the times 4emand?
The Alumni of the university, in issu
ing this statement, have no interest to
serve but that of Oregon. They be
lieve that the young men and women
of Oregon deserve euuuanuuai ad
vantages as good as those enjoyed by
the young men and women of other
states. In full faith in the intelligence
and fairness of the voters of Oregon,
they earnestly appeal to their loyalty to
the cause of education for a careful
and friendly consideration of the uni
versity's needs, and a conclusive- ma
jority in favor of its adequate sup-
P01"1' LC. N. McARTHUR.
ALLEN H. EATON,
L. R- ALDERMAN,
HOMER I. KEENET,
HOMER- D. ANGELL.
Argument Against
Presented by Linn county council.
Patrons of Husbandry, opposing the
adoption of house bill No. 81 fine resins-
the appropriation from $47,600 to
$125,000 annually and perpetually for
the University of Oregon.
Eugene Palmer, and Cyrus H. Walker,
special-committee. .
The people should vote "no" on this
bill for the following reasons:
4 The university claim, an tnorease
of 23 per cent In students, yet asks
an increase in appropriation to nearly
800 per cent.
2 This bill was vetoed by the gov
ernor on the ground that It was an ex
cessive increase in the appropriation.
The pretended tables set out in the ar
gument of the alumni are incorrect in
important particulars, and contradict
tho report of President Campbell, which
Hhows but 899 sudents enrolled In the
university course. In figuring the cost
of education at Eugene per capita, they
claim 600 students, and omit to. show
that 200 students in the law and medi
cal department, at Portland only re
ceive $1,600 out of the appropriation.
?'hey also omit from the tables the
act that the , university 'receives $12,
000 from Interest-bearing funds and
registration fees. Figu sing upon this
basis, adding the $12,000. deducting
$1 600 for law and medicine, and divid
ing by 899 students at Eugene, their
"table 1" would show $229 cost per year
for each student Instead of $188, as
they claim, and "table : 2" would show
$389 cost for each student. Instead of
8208 as they claim. ' l
S. They argue that "new settlers" will
be deterred from coming to Oregon If
thl. appropriation be defeated. New
settler, will be encouraged .to come to
Oregon when they learn that : the ap
propriation was defeated because exoes
sive. -'.:'- .X
. 'WJll Hot Snffe. -.. .
4. If this appropriation be defeated
the university will not suffer. It will,
according" to Its own statement, .till
have 160,000 per year, or $160 per stu-
dent, agnlnst a little over $8.00 pr pu-
pll in the common schools. If more t
needed for new buildings, etc., the next
legislature can siipply such additional
funds a. may be proper and nut extrav
agant. - i i. '
8. Th. university I.. not poor. ' It.
students are not poor. They recently
employed a man to coach their football :
team, paying him $1,6U0 for a little
more than two months "instruction," anl
boaated In the Portland papers that It '
was the largest .alary ever paid-in th '
northwest, to a football ooach.. . -
' (. The unlvar.ltv Vu IS Inatrurtnrai
for $88 atudonta. an average of one iJ
atruotor for 11 .todenta. If the wT i
priatlon be nearly trebled. how many
tudenta will each professor then tench T.
T. Before the university appropriation
1. Increased, there should be legislation
fixing the oouraea of study In the Agri
cultural college and the university, so
aa to avoid duplication, and requiring
each institution to do the work of the -greatest
value to the state at minimum
coat. - s .
f . This bill asks an Increase from
$47,800.00 to $126,000.00 per year. If
thta enormous Increase be granted it
will encourage them to aak for still
more. It I. history that educational In
stitutions In Oregon, as aoon aa they
get one appropriation, hurry back to the
next seas!
aion or tne legislature to - aK
for another.
Their handa : axe ; always
out
9. wo maintain that the 1 American
common - achool. la the -ii.ad" of our
educational aystem, rather than the
University of Oregon. We hold that it,
I. much mors Important to provide bet-'
ter common and high schools, available
to all the youth of the state, than U
grant the unreasonable demand, of th
atate university, the dlreot benefits of -which
do not reach one tenth of one per
rent of the people of the state. Lee
than five per eent of the puptla Of the
United State, receive a university edu
cation: lea. than eight per oent paaa be
yond the common school course. In a '
Sreet many outlying school districts tn
regon there Is not 'more than four
month, publlo school each year, because '
of lack of money to pay teachers.. and
teacners are scarce oeoause poorly pain.
The university professor 1. naid. $2,000
per year, and the building, are provided,
at .late expenae, while the achool ro-
tnct muat tax iieeir to provide scnoiso
Duuaings. i ne state money avaiiauiv
for each pupil In tne common school U
little more than $$ per year. In this)
bill the university asks $339 a year per
stuaent.
how. Bad Faith.
10. The univerelty haa shown bad
ralth In pushing this bill. They do not
clearly specify the purpose, of the ap-
firopriatlon. They nave twice appealed
o the court, upon technicalities once
to prevent the submission of the bill to
the people. In which they were defeated
In the supreme court, and again to pre.
vent a Plain statement - of fact In the
ballot title. They now file an argu
ment whtcn la fallacious and misleading.
It atate. that the maintenance per year
for the Univerelty of Idaho la-$71,160.
but rails to explain that tne appropria
tion la for a atate univerelty and agri
cultural college combined. In the atate
ment that Washington appropriated
$600,000 for new buildings, they omit
to state that these buildings are for the
Yukon fair, to be afterwards turned
over to the university. ' A university
supported by the people ought to set an
example or lairneaa, and or example.
as wen as precept, teacn civic oonijr,
11. Too much of the, mechanical ana
technical engineering of the agricul
tural college la being duplicated at the
state university. It will cost $150,000
to completely equip this department
There Is no common sense reason why
the state should maintain two costly
plants for this special work In the
western part of the atate, and lea. than
u mue. apart, r-uuy no per cent or uio
student, at the university are engaged
in this duplicate work! .
Extravagant Idea.
12. They built a girl.' dormitory tn
1906 at a cost of $6,000 and now ask for
another at a cost of $40.0fl0. They an
nounce their intention of buying 20
acres of land at $26,000, or $1,160 per
acre. University professors on large
salaries get extravagant Ideas.
13. Very many people believe that
those few who receive university educa
tions should pay, at least in part, lor
it: for thev Who have relied on the stata
for education, and Indirectly for sup
port, up to manhood and womanhood,
will be very much disposed to lean on
the state all their lives. Upon thl.
theory a tuition fee is charged at tha
Universities of Minnesota, Mlohlgan,
Pennsylvania and other beet known
state universities. The largest tuition
charges' at any independent college In
Oregon Is $61. The salaries of teach
er, are about 60 per cent greater at the
University of Oregon than at the Inde
pendent colleges. The classes at the
Independent colleges are much larger,
each teacher handling about double the
number .of students. Regardless of the
tuition charged, there are 265 students
enrolled at Paclflo university, 176 at
McMlnnvtlle college, 842 at Willamette
university, and more than 100 at Albany
college, as well as large enrollment, at
Columbia university, Mount Angel col
lege, Pacific college at Newberg, Philo
math college, Dallas college and others,
estimated at more than four times the
enrollment at the atate university. Ex
penses to students at these colleges, In
cluding tuition, do not exceed the ex
penses of the University of Oregon. In
oldentallyr In the competition of 190T
for the Rhodes scholarship, a student of
one of the above Independent college,
defeated the students of the University
of Oregon, and won the prlxe. It 1.
also a fact that eight state., in
the union (including New York and
New Jersey) have no state universities.
Oregon, With two exceptions, has. more
normal school, in proportion to popula
tion, than any state in the union. , These
facts seem to refute the assertion that
Oregon 1. not keeping pace with other
states In higher education. . -
Bad Majority. - 'j
14. The school Influence controlled
the organisation of the legislature for
1907 so completely as to have a cle..'
majority in the ways and mean. ci
mlttees and the ' committee, on educa
tion In both houses. These committees
approved everything asked for., atate
schools and recommended the passage
of appropriations amounting to more
than $800,000. These proposed appro
priations were reduced about $300,000
by the legislature, but no reduction waa
made on the amount of the state uni
versity while appropriation, for all
other state schools were scaled down.
The school- Influence) baa dominated
and controlled all recent sessions of tho
legislature. It has been so strong that
all political parties have been subser
vient to It and little legislation haa
been accomplished except by it. eon
sent; and the price of Its convent has
been these extravagant appropriations
for state schools.
If this bill be allowed to pass, the
university will use the fact as a club
in demanding further appropriations
from future legislatures, If, on the
other hand, the bill be defeated, the peo
ple will thereby express a protest
against extravagance, and only reason
able appropriations will be made - here
after, .if :-!-';...
Relying upon the intelligence, ' Integ
rity and good Judgment of the .common
people of Oregon, we most respectfully
submit Our cause, with full confidence
that 'they wtll reject this measure at
the coming June eleotlon by voting
"no."
CTRUS H. WALKER.
EUGENE PALMER,
De Wolf Hopper's Birthday.'
De Wolf Hopper, the . well s known
comic opera star, was born .in New York
Cltv March 30. 1858. the son of a prom
inent lawyer. Young Hopper himself
was intended ror tne law, out me a earn
of hi. father caused a change In those
plans and the young man, at the age of
30, found hlmseir a memoer or a .iron
ing -theatrical troupe. His early ven
furea on tha atAfl-a were not hlrhlV SUC
cessful. . He returned to New. York ftnd
finally succeeded m Decoming a mem
ber of the McCaul opera company, thai
nlavinar at the Old Madison Sauare W
Ire, The rising comedian scored h(U
first suoces. In the American "version
of the German jomio opera, "The Black
Hussar" He followed this with other
oomto parts In "Boccaccio," ''ratlnltxa,"
"Clover," "The Bftggar Student," etc. In
FRika ne acorea even a greater suc
cess than In "The Black Hussar," and
it waa not long before his career as
stellar attraction began. ''Wang was
hi. next attempt on hie own : account,
and hi .first appearance in it was made
May 4, ibki,; at tne Broadway ineaire.
Hia . success In this v Piece, established
his reputation, i Among hi. later, suc
cesses have been "Dr. Syntax." ''Th.J
Charlatan," , "El Canitaa.", "Pickwick'
and "Happyland,
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