The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 07, 1910, Page 8, Image 8

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, There is a sufficient recom
pense let the very consciousness
of 4 noble deed. Cicejo.
HERE'S YOUB ISSUE
iff
R. BOWERMAN is'stlli an asv
semblylte, me is iron-clad,
rock-ribbed ; and unalterable
In that faith. . If proof posl-
, tire was" lacking, we have it no w
"Wednesday a resolution was- pre
eented to the' state central committee
in charge of the Bower man ' cam-
. palgn. It was a resolution in which
every anti-assembly citizen of Ore
gon believes. It was as follows
,-.. "Resojved, .by the state central
committee of the ,t Republican , party
assembled, that, the Republicans. of
the state at Oregon 'are In favor .of
the direct primary law and in favor
of Statement One being strictly en
forced; that they oppose the calling
or holding of aBsftmblie of conTn
tlons'for the purpose of recommerid-
ingr nominating candidates for the
1 primary nominating" election." "
" This resolution, feeing as It was,' a
simple declaration for the primary
law. Statement One and -against as
eemblles, the committee should have
' adopted- Why not adopt.it if, as is
claimed, assemblyism Is not the 'ia-
sue?
, ' , But the committee rejected it. Mr.
Bowerman was called into consulta
tion.; and ' more than 1 an ; hour was
Bpent in discussing the resolution. As
. a result of his advice' and the views
of the committee, the resolution was
turned down, and' the pretty pretext
put forth that the committee was
' without authority. ; v ! ,
Why cavil any more " about where
Mr, Bowerman stands?, . Why have
further doubt about where any anti
"assembly candidate stands? ..What is
the good of Mr. Bowerman issuing
-.' anymore statements about what he
would do If elected governor? When.
; , acting on his advice, the official com
mittee managing hia campaign jde-
liberately refuses to indorse the pri
-mary law- and -declare against '.'as
semblies, what else is to be said 1 :
Here then, is the issue. Mr. BoW'
erman is for the assembly. His elec
tion : would be an indorsement - by
'th.people. of the assembly. It would
be' a slap at the direct primary. ' It
would be "a repudiation of Statement
One. It would mean the renewal; of
' v the fight by the assembly forces with
more determination than ever. It
would mean more division, more dis
traction and more turmoil. It might
, ultimately mean the throwing of the
election of senator back into the -leg-lsl
atu re and - a - complete returnte
convention politics 'and convention
rottenness. '
r It can all be settled and settled
forever by beating the assembly can
didates on November 8. ' . r -tt
BECAVSE UNWISE
A
S IT URGED months ago, The
to attempt to p;utJOregon un
der state-wide.- prohibition.
This newspaper has always defended
' and still defends the local option
law. It advocated the adoption of
the local option law, and at a tfme
when the friends of that measure
were In sore need of newspaper sup
port It based its advocacy on the
ground that the plan is local self
government, and in harmony with
v the principle by which our schools
are administered."
The principle oft local option is
sound, and It Is because it, is sound
that it has been so effective in mak
ing dry territory in the country. Be-
cause it is sound, It appealed to the
Judgment and won the support'-of
- the great body, of independent and
conservative - voters. - It. is-, because
the temperance element won the sup
port of this class of voters that it
has made such rapid progress with
its measures, not only in Oregon,' but
, In the country. The fact that more
. ; than 20 rounties of this, 'state mre
'; ' now Jn the dry belt isevidenco ot
the soundness of the local option
, policy, and an object lesson in how
wise It would have been for the tem
perance reformers to have stood con-t-lsteptly
by that plan. ;
But there has been a departure,
v and in the Judgment of The Jour
nal it is an unwise departure. A vast
. , body of conservative citizens who
have been voting consistently and
constantly for local option will not
-.vote or stAte-wide prohibition, i' It
, is the loss of that vote that will "not
. '.only defeat the prohibition-plan, but
"will check the advance of local op
tion itself. Men who have been stand
ing by local option will be divorced
1 temporarily, at least from It, be
cause of the more radical legislation
that Is being attempted.' They were
willing" to gO the length' of permit
,.. ting fliuih .I C'lunty it'll sctijft ffr cif
th flnestlons of; saloons ojf no sa
' ,' loons, but will be unwilling to goto
Iho extrenro of adopting a state-wide
prhlbittoh' In dvn'nro of the' time
' wistn pubiio secUment has reached
ri'f;;"!v'
me point where-enforcemect of the
law would be easy and effective.
Back of every law lies the one
great question of whether br not the
people of the community want it.
If they do not want it, enforcement
is alm'ost certainly nullified. The
natural division for the enforcement
of any sumptuary law Is the county,
for it is in the county that the
sheriff has Jurisdiction and it is the
sheriff that-is the arm that exe
cutes the will of public sentiment,
If that will be hostile to a law, the
sheriff and .other administrative of
ficers will be lax in compelling obe
dience to the law. He yields to pub
lic sentiment rather than to his du
ties as an officer sworn to uphold the
law, 'because he must-depend upon
the' favor of public sentiment for his
votes.' " '
What we have then is this maxim:
If prohibition be forced upon a coun
ty against the will of a dominant ma
jority of Its citizens, the law will be
come Inoperative. . From this .thesis,
there Is "no escape.;. If public senti
ment 'does , not back up-the: officer,
the officer .will not .apply the law
If public sentiment in a given county
does not stand- for prohibition, the
law'wHj'be laughed' at.' If the pub
lic sentiment in the county does not
emphatically .back' Up a prohibition
Uvwv there will be blind tigers, blind
pigs and other .Illicit places where
intoxicants will be sold. Instead of
being at Jeast measurably controlled
in sueb'a county, the traffic will be
uncontrolled, the law .will be in dis
repute and mora harm than good be
done. .-,
These are the conditions as they
stand. We might all wish them dif
ferent But we may as well look the
problem squarely in the face, and
seek to meet it, not on a theory, but
at an actual condition. The Journal
Is for local option, but is opposed
to the state-wllle prohibition amend
ment, because it thinks it an unwise
move. . ,
rAXICKY BRIQAPIEB3
S'
TILL 'WE " HAVE the panic of
the assembly brigadiers. Still
they .shriek. Bourne, Bourne,
to distract attention from as-
Bemblyism. Like a lot of. old wo
men shaking their aprons they Hhlnlt
they can'; divert attention and enable
their assembly , candidates to go
through, "Bourne, Bourne, Bourne,
Bourne," they : scream in chorus,
like Chinese trying to scare off the
sun's eclipse by beating torn totns.
Are they mad at Bourne because in
the senate, he and Chamberlain got
the $ 3 0 0,00 0 appropriation for the
Willamette r locks J that Hawley
couldn't get in the bouse?
Why are" they running from assem
blyl8m?''!Whyvdon't they stand up
like men and fight for it? They
loved it "yeelerday. They rolled It
under their tongues like sweet mor
sels. They embraced it, and squeeied
it and "iolied on its bosom." : They
told how it would give us "good of-
J ficials." They told us how they were
going, to have it, or-they would "put
the knife" to' Republican candidates,
They told vs they - were going to
have it or they would see to it that
"there would be no Republican-par
ty; nor should there be," as the Ore
gonian phrased it . in several editor
ials. . "''" - ' : - -
And they held their assembly.
They adopted their platform. - That
platform asserts tne rignt "to as-semblejQr0jtInj-'platfoj"rn
siderlng the fitness of candidates
and making reoommendations." They
bowled in Jubilation as they adopted
It. They cheered, yelled and shrieked.
Bowerman-ioade a speech of congrat
ulation. The delegates Joined in a bois
terous song, about Bowerman: " They
nominated their candidates. They
pledged them, to the platform, and
Borne of these candidates with assem
bly laurels on their brows are In
the field. " . "
Why try to forget all that Jubi
lation? - Why try to slip assemblyism
off under the bed somewhere and
cover it with a blanket until 'after
election? Why try to Bteal it away
and leave it alone in the dark and
the cold and, the wet October rains?
Why bide It under the lid of a dry
goods box in a back: alley and then
stand on the lid and shout "look .out
for Bourne, look out for Bourne'
to the passing crowd V t
; Oregon has had political, spec
tacles. It has seen strange political
sights.. ' But in' ail time Oregon has
never neen case or ougnouse pon
tics .that approached within a thou
sand, mllos of the antics of the pan-
i-lcky assembly brigadiers.
FTGHTINQ HAWLEY FOIt ROWER-
4 - ...-., MAN,
HE OREGON senator (Bourne)
poses ,as a friend and tribune
of the people, Insurgent, foe of
trust.-and privilege, yet in tar
iff making he submits to the great
est of all "defenders of monopoly
and special privilege in congress
the dethroned and detested Aldrlch
People ot this state dislike the Aid
rich tariff. Like .people . oflTer
states, they are discontent with
every protective tariff, and are In
surging. Oregenlan.
v What Is this but a fight on Con
gressman Hawley? Do the Interests
of Mr. Bowerman require that, the
interests of Mr. Hawley be sacri
flced? '
Mr. Hawley voted exactly as Mr
Bourne.' yoten. Mr. Hawley was for
the same tariff bill that Mr, -Bourne
was for,: But, In One of the wierdest
political schemes ever heard of, the
Bowerman managers are tiwing by
attacking Bourne, to help Bowerman
Thay saem not, to fare a whffftp that ?al!' "by,,a Peclat g"ion of. congress,
t :L . v"L " r.fZT7rTho cinre3lmme4!ately alter the in-
in the above assault on Bourne, they
are I'puttlng. the knife" to .Hawley
Nobody Is making more campaign
material for Congressman Havley'
opponent in the First district than is
tne Bowerman contingent If. as the
Oregonian gays above, the people of
Oregon detest the tariff bill and are
insurglng, how can they vote for, Mr.
Hawley? Following, as it does, Mr.
Bowerman's insurrecto Democratic
statement of the same character on
Tuesday, it must be giving Congress
man Hawley's friends something to
think about. As a' matter of fact, is
it not apparent that, while chatter
ing about "harmony," both the Ore
gonian and Mr. Bowerman are
stealthily fighting Hawley?
GREAT CHICAGO
0"
NE OF the wonders of the Amer-
lean continent is the city of Chi
cago. The revelations t by the
census of its Bplendid growth
are one of the surprises of thin year
of big facts. ;, It is apparently on the
pqinti of. ; passing from sixth to
fourth, place In the great cities of
the -world. In the 10 years Just
passed its added population num
bered more than 500,000 souls. It
is a growth largesfUban that . of Phil
adelphia, ; St Louis and Boston com
bined. It is 100,000. more than, the
marvelous growth of Cleveland and
Detroit combined. J. ,
Chicago has now a secure place
next to' New York in the American
list of great cities, and next to, Paris
in the cities of the world. It Is
mighty showing f or a city, that In
1837 had a population of only 4170.
In .1840 its population was but 4479,
and in 1850 was only 28.26JL Fifty
years ago, or In i860, its population
was 109,200. In 1870, it had grown
to 306,505, and 1rf 1880 to 503.298.
in4890 it'made the am'ajtng increase
of 118 ' per ' cent and the figures
soared to 1,105,840,' and, with a 55
per cent Increase it went In 1900 to
,698,576.
The world has seen no city built
in more astonishing totals. . The
forces assembled in its rearing were
and are of enormous -potentiality.
The impetus of, its onward move
ment seems to increase with Its age.
In contemplation of its splendid ex
pansion observing people involuntar-
ly exclaim, great Indeed Is Chicago!
THE NEW REPUBLIC
fHE FLAG of a republic floats
over all public huUdjaga In the
capital of Portugal. The gov
ernment Is In the hands of rev
olutionists, and the royal family and
the principal figures of the royalist
party are fugitives. Revolt in the
army and navy made the overthrow
of the monarchy a comparatively
easy task. In contrast with other af
fairs of the sort, the period of hos
tilities was-brief, the loss of life
small and the destruction of property
light ' . - . i
One by one, long lines of dynasties
are crumbling.' That system of go
ernment is gradually passing from
the face of the earth. The memor
able thesis that "all governments de
rive their Just powers from the con
sent of the governed," Is in the
minds of peoples everywhere. The
echoes awakened v by the old bell
ringer on the 4th of July, 1776, are
still reverberating: As the evolution
of the races goes on, more and more
monarchies will collapse and more
and more will, the Individual citizen
gain larger influence In public af
fairs. It is well.
Who la furnishing more campaign
material against Congressman Haw-
teythanaTe-Bowermanndthe "Ore
gonian-in their old woman's attempt
to make Bourn an issue? Bower
man's insurrecto Democratic assault
on Bourne's tariff votes Tuesday was
as hard a slam at Hawley as at
Bourne, for they, voted together on
the bill. This morning's editorial in
the Oregonian declaring that Oregon
people are against the bill and that
they are "insurglng" is as good cam
paign material as Hawley's opponent
could desire. What a wild, woolly
and wierd campaign are we beholding
in Bowerman's behalf! It is Demo
cratic, standpat, InBurrecto, State
ment One, BrookfrBean bill, assem
blylte, sacrifice of Hawley, or any
thing you like to. get votes. What
a contrast with the dignified and
straightforward campaign when such
a man as Governor Lord was at the
head of the ticket.
The Journal sends greetings to the
Oregonian and Mr. Bowerman in
their fight on Congressman Hawley.
It, too, is opposing the candidacy
of Mr. Hawley. The fact that they
are stealthy foes from within while
The Journal is an opet foe from
without may make their efforts the
more effective. With the combined
onslaught Mrv IIawloy will doubtless
have hard sledding. The Incident Is
a case of making good In the Ore
gonian's recent threats to "put the
knife" to Republican candidates, and
this "knife to the hilt."
The New York Republican Platform
From the New Tork Evening- Post
.The Saratoga convention puts . Itself
squarely behind the Fayne-Aldrlch tar
Iff act It knows nothing of Mr. Roose
velt's recently discovered moral Issue In
the. tariff, or In the recent revision of
the tariff. By no Sign or hint does
It indicate that special interests, with
an Illegitimate and sinister hold en the
party, dictated any reature or the tar
iff as it stood before the revision or
as It stands , now. Notorious as it is
that not even the, crudest attempt was
made to conform with the promise of
the Republican platform, the Saratoga
platform has the effrontery ta talk
about "still more, accurately" determin
lng In the future the difference In cost
of production at jiome and abroad. What
was done in the last Republican cam
palgn In the way of tariff reform
promises was accurately:, characterised
by Judge Parker in his speech. "The
promise of revision of the tariff," he
aujuration of the next president was
intended to hold the .tariff reduction Re
publicans in line, while the trick In
the phraseology was to be made clear
to the tariff bwcflc!"itea." And it wa
because the trick th undevised was car
7"
lrielout crrrd1ng to program that we
r.avc seen mo grai insurgent movement
which ha eplit the Republican r&i'ty In
twain. It was only after the trick had
been executed that the bis men of "the
regular Republican organ liatlon realized
that the honest tariff reduction Repub
licans -were sufficient in numbers and
importance to be reckoned with after
election 1 well as before. President
Taft's Winona, speech, following on his
laudation of Aldrlch at Boston, was the
stgnaiffor the breaking- out of a storm
of which the strength and volume -have
been made continually more manifest
from that day to this. And yet the
Saratoga convention calmly goes on rec
ord as standing pat upon the Payne-
Aldrtch tariff and lnvltlnsit radonrer
ment by the voters of the state of New
York. Truly, the "Democrats have a
straight and easy path marked out for
them, . ,.
Letters From the People
Who Blew Up the Times?
Portland, Or., Oct . To the Editor,
of The Journal-While everybody on the
Pacific coast la asking the question,
"Whe blew up tha'Loa Angeles TUnesr
It will be well It we all of us take care
to temper the spirit of vengeful nees that
naturally arises, by a HUle thought coiv
eerntng the forces that lay behind the
perpetrators. , Only so shall we place
the responslblty where it belongs.f .
A great newspaper plant Is destroyed
by high explosives placed with fiendish
craft and care by persons at this writing
unknown, but certain shortly; to be ap-
prenenoeq, a score of men axe blown
Into eternity. Two homes also marked
for destruction escape; by seemins
chanoe, the infernal machines falling to
go orr as calculated,:" What are the
causes of such , crtme; and how widely
Is the guilt shared? These are the ques
tions wa need to consider. - :
The general feeling la, that the guilty
persona must be found and held j, to an
swer before tha law. Eut the law has
its .limitations; , full justice la rarely
done by means of It, and in a crime of
suan enormity, both s to intent and re
ults,rthe law can only fall far short of
ustice. W.W9 opinion ; must supple
ment the work of courts, or the execu
tion of. criminals will not stay; the com
mission .of crime, ' . . .,-
When It Is the killing of a president
by a half insane crank, there is evn
then a" community ef responsibility.!
The unbalanced mind of the crank was:
more susceptible to the evil suggestion
conveyed in inflammatory talk and print
than waa the mind ot another man. But
wnen the crime is done by several men,
as the recent dynamiting must nave
been, the bounds of the community re
sponsibility are unquestionably wide.
It is for the police to hunt down the
perpetrators, it ia for the public to
discover and put us mark of utter con
demnation upon the words and acts
which have conveyed and focussed the
spirit of hatred in a few men until It
has burst forth from them into terrible
deed, , .
v Wherever In this long and now acute
struggle between capital and labor
words of bitter hatred have been spoken
or printed there has been Incitement to
crime. Wherever acts of violence have
been done there has been incitement to
greater crtmea. The acts of violence
are not enough abhorred by the public,
while the words of violence are tsien
with a leniency that-: amounts to levity.
Behind all lies the thought of hatred
lp many hearts, s, flame lighted by the
greed to which it is opposed, and which
it reflects back with absolute faithful
ness. ' ' ' ' ' '
Perhaps it Is idle to dwell upon the
origin of all .the trouble, which is just
plain greed and selfishness. But there is
a motive mat ougnt 10 oe accessible
In every American citizen, and that is
the obligation that all me cr are under,
to, fight fair.
If in this fight It Is unfair to take
life, it Is unfair to indulge in words
that Incite- to taking life. If It is
unfair to destroy property, it is uuair
to Inflame weak minds to its destruc
tion, ... Again, If it is unfair to take
life, It is unfair to keep men so close to
starvation that life ceases to be valu
able. The publlo now tolerates the causes
that must occasionally find vent in
such enormities as the Los Angeles af
fair. Publications of wide circulation
are-filled with- mallgnanttUckS-jiponi"0 oltnwho lsa taxpayer shailbe
law-abiding citizens and upon Institu
tions which exist with the consent of
the majority. Thoughtful people read
ing these ebullitions of hatred and mur
der cannot be surprised that they have
come tL their, full expression in destruc
tion and actual murder. While the
writers and publishers and propagand
ists engaged ta this unfair fighting con
tinue their work, new dynamiters ' will
step forward to take the place of those
that are hanged, and what tne ena win
be no man can tell. ;
There is only one remedy, and that
is for the public which today tolerates
and even encourages malignant speech
to recognise its complicity in tne crimes
that are the inevitable sequel. No man
Is wholly free from complicity in the
blowing up of the Times who has not
done his utmost to put out of business
the school that educated the men who
did the deed, at., least by refusing it
bis countenance and support
j LORA C. LJTTtJS.
A Teacher's Complaint.
Baker City. Or,, Oct 8 To the Editor
of The Journal. -In a recent issue of
your paper was an article on the "Scar
city of Teachers in Oregon." 1 dealre to
say something on tne employment ox
teachers ia Oregon publlo schools,
For over two months have I been try
ing to secure a position as teacher, but
have not succeeded. I hold an Oregon
state I certificate Issued in 1908, and am
k srraduate of one of the state normal
schools. . Moreover, I have taught
school two years. But It seems there Is
no position for me. is it that employ
ment bureaus (of teachers) have control
of the good positions ef this state,-or
that certain local influences rather than
qualifications determine the selection of
teachers? At any rate, I am compelled
to leave the ranks of the "noble" profes
sion for the time being. -
THEODORE FORCIBB.
Are the Cars to Be Heated.
' Portland, . Oct 4. To the Editor of
The JoumaL I would respectfully sug
gest that you remind the P. R., L. &
P. Co. thai last winter when we were
suffering on their cold oars they prom
ised to Install heater before another
winter. This after there was a move
ment to compel them by ordinance to
give comfortable service, I call atten
tion to the fact that few car have been
provided with heaters since last winter,
and I have no . means yet of knowing
whether any of those newly equipped are
"oonneoted up" ready for servioe '
WILLIAM WOODRUFF.
A Late German School Report.
Th report on the organization and
euricula of- the compulsory trade : and
continuation sohools for boys In Munich
ha Just been received in this country.
In characteristic German style, every
detail ot a complicated and thorough
going organisation of the publlo school j
system " of Munit'Ti ' tw pf
roflifateTgWri
training In 83 different trades and occu
pations ha boen set forth. From the
mechanical trades requiring the longest
apprenticeship and the greatest 'basis of
scientific knowledge down to such occu
pations, as hair dressing and waiting on
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE f
If you can't think of any interesting
thing on earth to watch, watch Well
man; he's going to advertise,
e
It isn't absolutely certain that-Caleb
Powers should be sent to congress be-,
cause he has been la the penitentiary,
'Albany Democrat: At "kebano "both
the paper mill and thfi" saw mill are
shut down because of the unreasonable
ness oi some people.
Redmond says Ireland wants all this:
e want an Irish di
arllament, with an
executive responsible
a to it. created bv
act of the imperial parliament, and
ohargait with the management of purely
Kian auairs (iana, education, local gov.
ernment. transit, labor, Industries, taxa
tion for local purposes law and Justice,
police, etc.), leaving to, the Imperial
parliament, in which : Ireland would
lODnDiy continue to he represented, but
in
smaller numbers, the manarement
lust as at present, of all imperial, affairs-
army, , navy, foreign . relations,
customs, imperial taxation, matters per
taining to the crown, the colonies, and
all those other questions which are im
perial and not local in their nature, 'the
imperial parliament alio retaining an
overriding supreme authority over the
new Irish leglsalture,. such as it Pos
sesses today over the various leglsla.
tures In Canada, Austria, South Afrka.
and other portians-e-f the empire.
SHALL WOMEN VOTE IN OREGON?
One of tks Questions Vfaich
Whether women shall be allowed to
vote on the same basis as their brothers
In. the atata of Oregon ia one of the
Questions to- be decided en November I
by-the voters. Although the state has
three times denied women the privilege
of voting, the suffrage advocates are
hack again with as much enthusiasm
as ever, asking the men to confer equal
voting .rights upon .them.
The title of tee amendment this year
reads, "Women's taxpaylng suffrage
amendment granting to taxpayers, re
gardless of sex, the right of suffrage."
This ballot title gives the Impression
that the amendment la intended only to
give the voting power to women who
own property and pay taxes, and it ap.
pears that the original purpose of the
framera of the proposed amendment
was to confine the movement to tax
paying women, but as the amendment
actually Is it gives all women the voting
privilege. ' ----.-..
The opponents of the amendment have
charged the misleading title is en at
tempt" to deceive and "throw dust" in
the eyes of the voters. The suffragists
say this Is not true, the difference be
tween the ballot title and the effect, of
the amendment being caused. by a mis
take in emitting a few words, which. If
inserted, would have made the proposed
legislation apply only to women who
pay taxes. , , - .
Text of the Amendment
The amendment to be voted on reads
as .follows -
"Section 3 of artiole i of the constitu
tion of the state of Qregon shall be and
hereby ls amended to read as follows i
"Section 2. In all elections not other
wise provided for by this constitution,
every citizen of the United Statea, of the
age- of 31 years and upwards, who shall
have resided in the state during the six
months immediately .. preceding such
election, and every person ' of foreign
birth of the age of 21 years and up
wards, who shall have resided in this
state during the six months Immediate.
ly preceding such election and ,: Shall
have declared his intention -to become a
citlsen of the United States one year
preceding such election, conformably
to the laws of the United States on the
subject of naturalization, shall be en
titled, to vote at all elections authorised
by law. It is expressly provided hereby
that no eltien who is a taxpayer shall
be denied the right to vote on account
of sex." . ;
language eoafvsln-.
The present constitutional provision
regarding suffrage limits the vote , to
"wttlte males' and omits the last clause,
"It 1a exnresslv provided herabv that
denied the right to vote on account of
sex." This 'clause in the proposed
October 7 in History Treaty of Aix-iaGKappelI
' The war of the Austrian succession,
which raged In Europe and on the ocean,
and In India and America, from 1740
to 1M8, was brought to an end on Oc
tober If 188, by aicongress of all the
belligerents whioh met at Alxla
Chapell. Th session of this congress
were begun In April of that year, and
the treaty was not finally settled upon
until the leventh of October. The-4n-
fluence of England and Tolland forced
the peace upon Austria ana earoima,
though both were bitterly aggrieved by
its conditions.
France agreed to restore every eon
quest she had made during the war, to
abandon, the cause ot the Stuarts and
expel the pretender from her soil: to
demolish, In accordance with earlier
treaties, the fortifications of Dunkirk
on th side of the sea, while retaining
those on the side of the land, and . to
retire from the conquest without ac
quiring any fresh territory or any pe
cuniary compensation. , 5 1
England, m Hit manner, restored the
few conquest she had made, and sub
mitted to the somewhat ' humiliating
oonditlon of sending hostages to Paris
as a security for the restoration of Cape
Breton. . The disputed boundary between
Canada, and Nova Scotia, : which ...had
been a source of constant difficulty with
France, was left altogether undefined.
No real compensation wa obtained for
a war expenditure whioh is said to have
exceeded $64,000,000, and which had
raised the funded and unfunded debt to
more than 378.000,001). ,
Of the other powers, Holland, Genoa
and the little state of Modona, retained
their territory as before the' war, and
Genoa remained mistress of the Duchy
of Finale, which had been ceded to the
king of Sardinia by the treaty of Worms
and which It had been a main object of
his later policy to secure.
, Austria obtained a recognition of the
election of the emperor, a general, guar
antee of the Pragmatic sanction, and
the restoration of everything she had
lost in the Netherlands, but she gained
no additional territory, . She was com
pelled to confirm the cession of Silesia
and Glats to Prussia, to abandon her
Italian conquests, and even , to cede a
considerable part of her former Italian
dominions,
fo the bitter Indignation of MarlaTFrance..(9J9); Edgar Allan Poa, the
Theresa, th Duchies df Parma, Placen
tia and Guastella passed to; Don Philip
tab), provision is made for the compul
sory attendance of every boy in Munich',
There Is hardly a, trade that can' b
named which, ia susceptible of adapta
tion to purposes of instruction that -has
not neen provided ror.Y Sucn thorough
ttWiTTTOVtswrtOrTnaSWWTflffcatton-
is directly responsible" for th marvel-
mia Mmnrr rvini in n n.rminv
not been provided for.,, Such thorough-'
oua commercial expansion . of Germany
during the last 20 years, ; and In Itself
Is sufficient to cause a feeling of help
lessness on th partof American educa-,
tors. The man who Is responsible for
NEWS IN BRIEF
OrtECOX SIDELIGHTS
A former street laborer of The Dalles
now has s. $150,000 Hood River ranch.
There's opportunity for you..
Baker City has 'decided on the com
mission plan Of municipal government,
and Ashland will probably Uo so soon.
Other Oregon cities are expected to fol
low their lad. :
Man who went to Tyrh valley, Wascol
county, for fruit reports that prunes
were
selling there for
half a cent a
pound and II
hat quantities of ell kinds
of fruit waa going to waste.
Lane's big apple ahow promises to
be a splendid success and should de
velop a. prtaa winning exhibit at the
All-Oregon apple show to be held later
In Portland says Jthe Register.
Lakevlew Examiner:"' Sheepmen are
preparing for their winter eampaign on
the desert, and numerous "arks" are
being overhauled at the local -shops in
order to afford good protection to the
herders during the stormy nights, v
' ' - ' -ri '. - .: . " v.
Johction Cits correspondence: ' Grad
ing and graveling Is nearing, completion
and the cro&' valks are boing rapidly
put down. 'Ere winter. rains set In for
good, Junction will be able to put on
the smile that won't come off and say,
"At last our streets are no longer fros
ponds but will be passable at all timea
of the year,"
Voters Must Dcclc! Nov, 8.
amendment It will be seen, is surplus
age, .adding nothing and . detracting
nothing from the foroe ef the previous
language, which Confers suffrage upon
all women upon the same basis as' men.
The question, therefore, is simplified
to whether or not women shall vot.
The arguments offered do not differ
from arguments in other campaigns and
In other atates, wherever" women are
striving: for the privilege . of 'casting
their ballots the same as men , .
Suffragists argue that civilization de
mands the recognition of women in the
making of laws, allowing them to have
equal voice in the government Under
which they live and to which, either as
home makers. Industrial workers or
taxpayers, they contribute their shareu.
It Is argued that the Influence of the
female electorate would be for .better
conditions of life. . The -plea Js made as
a matter of Justice, that there should
be no discrimination between men and
women. j,;. :-;'' v- . ; ' '.;,;. ,
' Arguments Against Suffrage.
lAnti-suffragists oppose to this the
contention that women should keep out
of politics, and they point to states
where Woman suffrage has been granted
to show that the old evils have not beon
suppressed toy the votes of the women.
It in asserted by the Anti-Suffrage as
sociation that a majority of the women
themselves do not want to vote, and
that suffrage would be demoralizing to
the women.
Woman suffrage was submitted 1n the
election of 1900 and defeated by 3137
majority. In 1909 it was again de
feated, this time by a majority of 10,
173. In 190S it waa again voted down
by the Increased majority-of 31,i9,
Argument In favor of the suffrage
amendment has been filed with the sec
retary of state by th Oregon Eudal
Suffrage association through Mrs. Aba
gall Scott Dunlway as president, Mrs.
Elizabeth Lord of The Dalles as vice
president at, large, Mrs. C. , M. . Cart
wright as vice president. Miss Myrtlo
Pease a corresponding secretary. Miss
itama Buckman as recording and finan
cial secretary, Mrs. w. & Potter , as
treasurer, Mrs. T. Eggert, Mrs. M. A.
Dalton and Mrs., Imogens Bath of HUls
boro, the auditors.
The Oregon state, association oppossd
to the extension of the suffrage to
women has also filed an - argument
through its president, Mrs. Francis J.
Bailey, its vice president. Miss Failintr,
Its second vice president Mrs. R. W.
Wilbur, its treasurer, Mr; Wallace Me
Camant Mrs. Herbert Holman, Mrs.
David Lorlng, Mrs. A. E. Rockey, Mrs.
U Oerlinger of Dallas, Mrs. Thomas
Coates of Tillamook, Mrs. F, E. Harlow
of Troutdale, Mrs. J. il Templeton of
Pririevllle, Mrs. Thomas Thompson of
Pendleton, Mrs. W. A. Howe of Carlt3n,
Airs. John W. Connell of Hillsboro and
Mrs. Charles E. Wolverton.
of Spain, to revert however, to their
former possessors, if Don Philip mount
ed the Spanish throne or died without
male Issue. The king of Sardinia also
obtained from Austria the territorial
cession enumerated In the treaty of
Worms, with the important exoeptlon
of Placentia, which t passed ' to Don
Philip, and the Duchy Of Finale, which
remained with the Genoese. For the
t these 4eObUlhd eemoansa-
tlon. :- . ,.v . . . .......... -; '
Frederick the Great Of Prussia " ob
tained a general guarantee for the pos
session of his newly acquired territory
and a long list ot old treaties was for
mally confirmed. . s
-Thus small were -the changes effected
In Europe, by so much bloodshed and
treachery, by nearly nine years of
wasteful and desolate war. The design
ef the dismemberment of Austria had
failed, but no vexed questions bad been
set at rest Of all tlje ambitious proj
ect that had been conceived during the
war, that of Frederick alone was sub
stantially realized. .
Thus ended the War of the-Austrian
succession. In Its origin and its mo
tives, one of the most wicked of all the
many conflicts which ambition and per
fidy had provoked In Europe, it excites
a pecular... mournf uL interest - by , the
gross inequality In the rewards and
penalties: which fortune assigned to 'the
leading actors. Prussia, Spain and Sar
dinia were all endowed out of the es
tates of the house of Hapsburg.
The most trying problem waa that offered-
by the11- misfortunes of Maria
Theresa, the queen of Hungary. The
verdict of history, as expressed by
the public opinion and by the vast ma
jority of writers, In every country ex
cept Prussia, upholds th Justice of , the
queen's cause and condemns the coall
tlon that waa formed aganst her. J.-.,..
On October 1 occurred the battle of
Lepanto in 1571. the battle of Saratoga
In 1777 and the battle of King's Moun
tain, 1780. - Today is the birthday of
William Laud, the eminent English pre
late (1873); Caesar Rodney, the -Delaware
statesman (1721); William Bil
Ilpgs first American composer- (1748),
and J?ronson Howard, the American
dramatist (1842): It la the date of the
death ' of Charles III. the Slmnle. ; of
American poet (1849), and Oliver Wen
dell Holmes (181)4)., . c. IZ'
the origination of the Munich system
and for it practical installation Is Dr.
George Kerschenstelner. Th visit of
Dr. Kerschenstelner to the Unitq) States
in jNoyemoer-pi tnts year, unaer me au
spices, OfJhe Rational Spoletv for ft
P
belng anticipated with great enthusiasm
i .x.- -
by persons. all over' the country who are
Interested in industrial eaucation--
Etift-ene school board 4es bought four
pianos, j -. .
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
SONGS AEiOUT THE. TOWN.
A maiden coy and uweet and, shy, '
With swan-like neck and deep blue ey
And other features used to fool '
The hapless man In Cupid's school, -Meandered
down on Aldar street i .
And there a chauffeur chanced to mee
j ne car ne naa was goinen. Drown,
With meny taasels, hanging 'down,
And the driver, too. looked crood to he
As she walked along she. was heard t
purr.-;--,... .v:.,:.v4;,-,Vi,-i'.is,:. , a.
"O. a shofer lad is the lad for me,
" The, man behind the wheel.
And though from other fault I'm fre
, , I'm a fiend for. my ottermoblle.'V
l VOUn nd tanntv mllllnnalrfl.
With lots of casli and some. to. spar
Met this youn girl whom ho wou
mash
And dassle her with all his oash.
J'y witn me. ho sortiy sain,
For I atn cmjiv In the ha,t.
For, you I howl and prance and soreec
v. you re a pippin ana a peacn." i
She turned awav her orolrien head. ..
And softly, very softly said: '
,"C, a shofer lad is the lad for me,
- I'd be a shofer's bride.
And so I guess It's twenty-three,
. - I'm a fiend for my joy rides."
AMTJSKMBNT FOR A RAINT ; PA
Try standing on your left thumb
a meditative attltwdfi whlle eou figu
oui me percentage or gam inline po
Ulation of the towns of Cow Cree
Mule Feak and Hogback, Nevada, -
Coming now to a certain alleged a
flnlty case, may we with deep humill
and righteousness suggest that perhas
she desired to cest the Beam out
her right . eye before she placked tl
"moKe" from her left onei ; There
take it. or leave If ..?; -- : i .;r,';
The People Need Good Roads.
From the Malheur ' County ; EhterprH
Jydge I VR. Webster, secretary
the Oregon Good Roads association.
the. authority for the statement th
the entire state seems to have awa
ened to the Importance of good pub'
highways. In his view "Oregon is no
paving the way for one of the be
pubiio rosd system in the union." Vi
Ions of jDld corduroy roads, of mud h'
deep on the level and ruts of unknot
depth on one side , or the other;
floundering horses, stralnlngf . harce
and'ereaktng. groarlng wagons, joggl
along over country roads in the stren
ous effort required to get half a lo
of farm supplies to market over a te
mile stretch about 'the holiday'; seasd
are conjured up by ths annquncemej
writes the Oregonian. - ;.'
We are glad to krraw that roads
this class have been supplanted in son
septlons of tf.e state by good highway
passable at all seasons to farmers wa
ons and automobiles alike. . We will
glad further to chronicle at ' afty tit;
and for any district of the state t
extension of the publlo . road syste
wlllch Judge Webster confidently e
tolfl"'l ' J"" ": ' '' " '' '"" 1 ' ''
"It 'is, "rrioreover. s refTeshingt no
one system or public utility that
ohews politics in the accepted mean!
of the term in this era of the politic
blatherskite, but holds to a safe at
sane public policy. Good roads ire f
the people, and we ' are told eve
day and many times - a day th
what the people want . they c;
have. Ergo, If the people of Orer
want good roads, let them go to
They need good roads In their busine
If ever people did. , rC "
" ' An IslAnd of Pogs.
. Th dogs, of Constantinople, f .whi
have long been one of the famous eh:
acteristlc ot the city, have now be
banished by a vote of the Turkish
ernment underthe pressure of puiy
of Marmora. There-they, are provtd
regularly with rations of food from t
city and are also supplied with cans
water fronv tue .wells of the island. T
dogs make 'a wild rush to the wate
edge as boats containing visitors dr:
near," with great manifestations of J
at the sight of human beings. . The ere
tures are sometimes compelled to wa
out and stand-in th. water of the
to avoid the swarm of flies and gnf
Which hover about them. and to ke
cool under the . burning rays of t
Aegean sun. A visitor to th lsla
writes: "A picture f misery and def
latlon met our eyesVr-dead and dyl
animals were "ta be aem everywhere.
saw dogs eating their dead companion
I was informed that there were soil
40,000 dog in the place. The death rH
was about 200 a day." r r .,
Voters Discriminated.
. From the Myrtle Point Enterprise
If the people of Coos county
choose a number, of assembly can
dates, it is apparent that they wd
going to make certain that there wouj
be.no monkeying with the direct p
mary law and Statement No. 1
clieoelng . candidates to the leglslati
known to be positively In favor of i
people' . rule. On other., offices t
evidently sought to choose those
eldered
to b th . best men for n
places.
(Contributed to The Joarnal br Wlt Uan
tb fainutw Kiutt poet. HU proie-poemi art
reguiir leamr w :u comma 11 ot u
Journal.) f A
I, '' ' ' 6 .p"
I am living in the stable with
horses and the cow, and my heart
full of sorrow and of hay; and I cantf
hold communion- with " my 1 loved n
loving frau, for she's busy ; eann'
peaches cvory dny. O, she's buy c
nlng peaches, you can hear her. frenss
soreeches, as she seals and puts
olammy thing away. I am living
bologna and the cheaper grades of ;
and 1 patrOnlae the hydrant when I
dryt I am; full of chaff andlthtst!
for I slumber In 'the-straw, and 1 of
wake the horses when 1 cry. For
Wife Is canning peaches, but exnerle
lt-4eaches that her m:4 will be tec
ered byjnnd by. O- m? wife is cann
peaches and the house is full of steft
and. the neighbor women also 'do
same;; you can see -them in, their kit
ens, f you ca n hear ith'ent ' praftoe i
oreahir and their paAchpf ar hot wo
a' tinker's sblaroe, Still the wives
canning peache with :a-zettl "that ov
reaches, and their . husbands are
gusted with th game, -it is sad t
lovely voman should,gq bSTty ev
year when the frost is on the numt
t",t?'"w,;. j ",T "ga norJ
! jnu! " lilX.T" T b
Once a year she s canning peaches, wl
end the plow: it Is sad to sea her r
Once a year he's canning peaches, wl
her husband sits and preache In
stable, to. th horses and the cow!
teprrtgh. 1910, br ' 7V.'. J7t v.
George MtUiw Adam. MWJk' '
j? i .v; v,; The Exile '' ;'(