The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 30, 1910, Image 16

The Oregon daily journal., October 30, 1910, Page 16, Image 16

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1910)

Prev Page of 75 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 75 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text4 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER SO, 1910. THE JOURNAL AH INDEPENDENT rTBWSPAPEB. 0. BT JACKSON,. .....PuMlaher I'uhlLifi'eiT mwj TiJne (wrpt'Bnnar tntf Snnday tornlnf at The Jonrnal Build in. Fifth ana lamMl! etreete. PorUnd. Or. Entered at tba poatofflca at Portlaad, .Or., tot tran.inlsalna through tba nail aa eecou4-cJa otter. '. 4. . - tEr.KPnONKS Mla TITS; : Homt, A-l. . All dprtmti vabd bf tbeea nombere. ; Tell the operator whet department yoe waat. VOREIQ ADVERTI3I.NO REPRESENTATIVE, Poujiimla A Jientoor Co., Bnrniwlfk Bulldln. Sift Klrtb eremie. New MoT-OS Boyee fculidlnf. Cbteaco. . ; Bnbecrtptloa Term br Ball or to any addraaa In the Col ted Btatee, Canada or Ataxic j DAILY. v .; . . - 'One jear. ...... .$5.00 I Ona swath... .....I .80 r BCKDA7, Com rear.. ...... $160 I One moot. ......J JB - DAILY. AND SCNDAx". One rear. ....... 7.M I Ona month..!. ....I .5 "JOINDER." At BOWERMAN, assemblylte candidate for governor,, waa, a. : lieutenant of J. Tborburn Robs la the Oregon senate in pre senting Judge Itf arquam troni obtain ing a Judicial review of; the suit by -which the Marquam building passed Jnto the hands of Rosa. j; Oh; page 11 jof the.Oregonlanof March 19,-1908, s complete evidence. tn the papers .of the defunct. Title Guarantee and Trust bank !s complete evidence.. In ;the senate Journal of the session of il9(S7 Is ample confirmatory evidence, At that session, Mr. Bowerifian was hand In glove with J. Thorburn Rosa. A bill. was. introduced Jin the house by Jackson of Douglas which : would have enabled Judge Marquam .to secure a Judicial .review of the suit ,byv which Ross obtained! possession lof the Marquam building. The suit and Its" outcome' were denounced by jthe Oregonian, .which declared Jiat i "every atone in" the Marquam bulld- Ing cries out for Justice." ; - - - 7 Tha Jackson bill passed the house, almoBt without opposition. When It o&iab to the senate on February 13, ; 19 07, It was referred to yie commlt :tee on Revision of Laws, of which 'Mr. Bowerman was chairman. . On ' February ,15 Mr Bowerman's com ;mlttee reported the back 'to the senate wltb the recommendation that "it do not pass." Oa motion of Mr. : Bowerman, the bill was -Indefinitely -postponed, and the cinch of Mr. Ross on the Marquam building made per Imanent Tba machinations of Ross, and his lieutenants against the'Jaqkson bill were furthered by use of. a cipher code, !a which orders from the Title ' Guarantee' "and '.Trust bank were 'transmitted by telegraph .to the se cret lobby at Salem. In these cipher telegrams," Mr. Bowerman was re ferred to as "Joinder." One of the 'cipher messages translated into Eng lish reads as follows: ...... "Provide rooms for Munly. Meet Vhlm 7:45 train tonight Ask Joinder watch namesake vigilantly." This telegram Is to be found on page 11 of the Oregonian of March 19, 1908 Namesake' ail-tised In the cipher dispatch was the Jackson ;blH providing for Judicial review of the Marquam suit. The dispatch was signed by the attorneys of J. Thor- ?burnRoss, and it directed "Joinder" I (Senator Bowerman) ,to watch the Jackson bill "vigilantly." : : ' j j It was Mr Bowerman's committee, jafter the" Jackson bill passed the i house that recommended In the sen fate that It ido not pass."; (See sen fate Journal 1907, page 546.) It was iMr. Bowerman, alias Joinder," wfio grooved that the bill offering Judge i Marquam one more chance to recover possession of. bis building be indefj inltely postponed, ; : " I And there is a lot more In the rec ford revealing the secret and silent re '.lations at the 1907: session between i Ross and "Joinderj'1 his1 trusted Ilea- jitenant la -the-Oregon senate. And, it Is "Joinder" that asks the people iot this state to elect him governor. PORTUGAL :w HETHER the Portugese "can can make a Buccess of their little republic must be con sldered doubtful as yet. but i. they are at least starting out with no embarrassing compromises with i royalty and its adjuncts,' They have (not only driven young King Manuel from his throne, but they have since abolished the two hitherto , most Jm portant - departments of state, the council of state. and the chamber ofi .peers. . . ' j Portugal was, a constitutional mon- i ;archy, but the constitution was con jfitnied by the Tclng and his advisers (to suit themselves. .The council of 'state was composed of - 16 men jchosen bythe king,, andheliLijitice for life, . subject to his will. . The chamber of peers ? was , the highest .legislative body, and was composed lof 52. hereditary peers,;i3 eccleslas ttical peers, and :,S0 others appointed by the king. ;Tbe lower , or represen tattve legislative body consisted of 114 members for the kingdom and 7 for the colonies, but even if the , majority had been republican in sen timent' it could accomplish nothing against the entrenched power of roy alty, buttressed by . the house pf peers and the church. To be eligible to vote for a dep uty, an elector must have property to the value of $100 and be able to read , and write, and these qualifica tions shut Out a large portion of the adult male population. Ruinous tax ation has kept the people abjectly poor, and poverty and superstition have kept them shamefully Ignorant, but It seems that there is a large ' leaven of Intelligence and virility among them, else they could not have turned' down and out these hiJherto ruling powers, The extinction of those h1ghr-npi -Itanium: mm it'ocxies- wm euect an . immediate saving In national-expen- of $7,000,000 a year, enough. Wood management, to turn a CAN OREGON 1 T IS fortunate for Oregon that the last legislature had a Statement One majority. The record of at tempted legislation shows why. The (Brooke-Bean bill, which nearly passed the house, made it a crime to attempt direct election of senator by Statement One. ; The Mariner bill which passed the house, but was de feated In the senate, would have de stroyed the direct primary by legal izing assemblies. The Buchanan bill, which ; was ' beaten in the bouse, would have repealed the people-made law, directing legislators to vote for tte people's choice for senator. It Is an amazing record. The law directing the. election of the- peo ple's .choice lor senator had been passed by the people at the same election at which members of the legislature were, elected. 5 It received 69,668 votes with but 2 1,1 6 2 against. It carried In every county. , ; , 1 . v.V The bill to repeal this law pro posed, the Infamous scheme of un doing by the legislature that which tad: Just been done by' the people;' It set up the monstrous doctrine that what the people had. Justv ordered the legislature could set aside. -" It. waa a fit companion for the Mariner and Brooke-Bean bills. . y ; " . ..This trio of measures reflected this purposes of a large contingent In the legislature, " Their efforts were balked by. Statement One members. Otherwise, all three of the Iniqui tous measures "would have passed. . .It was then and there that as semblylsm had Us beginning. Jay Bowerman was one of the leaders and Pat Mc Arthur another, Bower Watt" made; his speech In the sen ate declaring "J.Jwould rather vote for. a convention candidate than for a direct primary candidate." 7 It was a sentiment In line with the Mari ner,, BrOokerBean and Buchanan bills. ; McArthnr was a co-worker In the house, and around these two the legislative opponents', ; of popular rights rallied. It was the forces of machinism and boss government try ing to bring Oregon back under, the old, system of convontinnism, sena torial deadlocks and legislative elec tion of senator.' ' ' This trio of bills that marked the birth of assemblylsm and pnt Bower man atythe head of the ticket, re calls "other days in Oregon. Oregon was once bedlzzoned and bedeviled with putrid politics. Every recurring convention and primary In "Portland was a riot. '"Forty persons In 1896 engaged In; a fist fight on the plat form in Ai 0. U. W. hall, over the control of a Republican convention. deficit Into a surplus.. Now, if after being fairly established, the new re publlo can divorce Itself from the church and 'make that institution support itself, it will have doubly entitled Itself to the admiration and respect of the enlightened nations of the world.' ' " - FOR A GREATER PORTLAND T; HE Oregonian asks an exceed ingly foolish question as to how any one could get and keen control - of "t ortland'a water frontage along 240 miles of river bank between this city and the mouth of the Columbia." ' - ' The average property holder, busi ness man and .wage . earner wants Portland's docka at Portland. Not at Astoria, Cathlamet, Coffin Rock or Kalama. They 'want Portlands commerce handled at Portland where water and. all the railroad systems meet. '--'.' -'c'"', xvzf? :. t- " Federal Commissioner of Corpora tions Herbert ,Knox Smith recently dOnexamlfiattoTntotheBub Ject of terminals; and their relation to water navigation.: He found that all over this country at every point where It was possible to do so, the railroads were acquiring the water front, refusing even to lease it for wharf purposes .for independent steamers; were in fact through this method stifling water competition. He reported the facts, and in conse quence has incurred the awful dis pleasure of the Oregonian. Did the Oregonian want him to suppress the truth even as It suppressed his re port and never published it? Why doesn't the Oregonian give its read ers the facts as be reported them and let the public judge as to their im portance and truth? ' Is the Oregonian now giving the facta as they exist or is it distorting them for its own purposes? :" The Interstate Commerce Commit Bion said Bpeaking of the water traf fic in the great lakes: "Independent boats that ; were originally built and fitted to engage in package freight business are un able: to "secure and' engage. in that business because - defendants " (the railroads) control the terminals and wharves and refuse to permit inde pendent boats to .load or unload .thereat and refuse to receive pack ages from Independent boats." What a profound and convincing answer to this Is to say, "We have no monop oly. .It Is true we have Duluth, Buf falo, Chicago and other j?olnts sewed up In a Back, but there are thousands of miles of shore front, all around these . lakes, go land your' : boats there." It would be. fully as sensi ble s' the Oregonlan's uggest?on about using 240 miles of river front as Portland's harbor between here and Astoria. 1 Then? too, there is Mr. Bennett, whose firm the Civic Improvement League of this city Is paying $20,000 to-prepare plans for : Its Improvei- ment.! Listen to what Mr. Bennett has to say feature of Portland is the water front. Successful Improvement will never be accomplished until, the city owna its own doc"ks. No city, no sea AFFORD IT? Joseph Simon was In the fracas. Ter willlger'a vacant store in South Port land was broken Into by Mitchellltes who believed that Slmonite Judges inside were stuffing ballot boxes. ; r "Fifteen thousand dollars of Si mon money and 920,000 of Lotan money' was spent to control one Mult nomah - county convention." - The price of votes was $2.50, and work ers were paid $5. The Oregonian neit day declared that "men were bou ght like" sheep."' Revolvers and clubs figured; In every primary. Armed police blud geoned for one faction and armed deputy sheriffs bullied for 'another. Venerable George II. Williams stood In line all one, afternoon, and; was prevented from voting by armed men. lr In a nearby window at the time stood Larry Sullivan with a hqtgun, .hold ing tAmerlcaa citizens at bay and denying them.thS right of franchise, r-v. That waa the system. ? That was boss rule. That was machine, poli tics;: That was the character of bed lam and riot decent citizens. had to endure before we got the direct, pri mary, , These " are, but samples of a story of. which the thousandth part can not here be told . , . '. ( ;: : that; was conventlonlsm. "I would rather vote for a convention' candl date, than for a direct primary, can didate" shouted; powerman in i his speech In the Oregon senate at the last legislative session when the foundation of the assembly were be ing laid. He was then trying to pass a bill to destroy the primary law by creating assemblies. He Is the man who by means of the; assembly, got himself at the head of the ticket He is the man, who, as acting gov ernor, gave what sanction of state authority he could to assemblylsm by indorsing It, by going Into the assembly, and by becoming its nomi nee. He Is the man who led la the fight to bring back the Larry Sul llvans,: the fist flghtn" in the. con ventions, and the other disgraceful scenes of putrid politics." He is the man who Is backed now by assem blyite support, with- all that asaem blyite ; support with' its secret con ferences and slates, means." He is the head assemblylte, "and he-asks to be "elected governor of a splendid and overwhelmingly anti-assembly state. ' , ,.;f Vvv ;:, r; ... ". Do. we want.hlmT" Do we want' to Indorse the assembly T 'i po we want to indorse the. Mariner bill Do we want to Jndorse the 'Brooke-Bean bill? Do we want to indorse . the in famous' Buchanan, bill? Can we- af ford ; It? Does Oregon deserve It? port can develop a harbor while the docks iare altogether in private own ership and control," ' , . ' What has the- Oregonian to 'say to this. , ,G.eneral Marshall, one of the greatest living river and harbor en gineers In the world, says: "Public docks are as necessary to a port as Is the life blood to a human being, and you are certainly, taking a step in the ' right direction in planning and working for public docks. The commerciai Interests of this cltyf those who are affected by rates, who tndefstand and appreciate what facilities for the handling of traffic of merchandise of all-kinds at water points mean, are substantially a unit on this question. They know; from actual experience what they have to contend with. . All of these authori ties may be wrong, the. Jobbers . and manufacturers. of this city may no understand, their Own requirements, but they will hesitate a long time be fore following the Oregonlan's ad vice, A newspaper that does. not. ino4marked- u iB at. present little more that railroads ; have beenvand are acquiring water front property wherever possible to .prevent water competition is too Innocent and ' ig norant tp be a safe adviser , ; - On November 8 the people will say whether they desire to hand over the cltjr commercially to the railroads, orwhether .they will later take the first step ;for a-real "open . door." The Journal will venture to prophesy the people or this sreat commercial city will do as all other commercial cities, when they get the opportunity. They will see to it that one great highway is open to all, and that the opportunity will be given- a world's commerce to center at Portland and that too without asking the 'consent of any railroad. SUPPORT THIS MEASURE UMBER18 6 2pnJthe:of ficlaLbal- lot should be voted for . by -every elector. : It Is a constltu - tional amendment providing for certain reforms In the courts..It provides- for a verdict to be reached by. three fourths of the Jury in civil cases. This is. a provision that has been adopted in many of the ' pro-s gresslve states lnthe union, and Is everywhere satisfactory. But a more important provision In , the amendment is one that of fers a splendid reform in Judicial procedure. The provision is in sec tion 3 and. in part. it says; "Until otherwise provided by law, upon ap peal - of any case to the supreme court, either party, may have at tached to the -bill of exceptions the whole testimony, the instruction of the court tp the Jury and any other matter, material to the decision of the appeal. , If th'0supreme court shall j be of opinion, after considera tion .of all the matters thus sub-, mitted , that the Judgment" of the Court appealed from was such as should have been rendered iq the case, sucn judgment shall , be af firmed, notwithstanding any.' error In any -resDect. the lud pealed from should be changed, and the supreme court Bhould be of oplu ioa that it can determine what Jiidg- toent should have been entered In the Court below, It shall direct such Judgment to be entered In the same manner and with like effect as- de crees are now entered In equity cases on appeal to the supreme court." ' The purpose is to expedite appeals. It shortens the road to Justice. It eliminates as far as : possible, the remanding ? of " cases back to the lower court for retrial by giving the Bupreme court authority to Ignore technical errors and entering a final Judgment - It is one of the reforms In the -courts for which the public has been long and anxiously waiting. The measure should be kept in mind and be universally voted for. PARTISANSHIP W ASHINGTON la his- farewell address. solemnly . .warned the people against the bane of ' partisanship, add it ap pears that now, 114 years after he uttered his warning, the people are coming around to his view, and have discovered ; that str Jet and constant adherence to a party and all Its can didates, at all times' and under all circumstances. Is not wise nor. pa triotic. " . . . . Parties are' necessary, as is often said, but, ; an extreme, rancorous, "hidebound"' oi prejudiced -. party spirit Is evil, injurious, : dangerous. Party has long been considered by most public men of more importance than the . whole public, the people, the welfare of the nation, and this prevalent idea has been a" bane to the country and to every state and' county la it. . . Oifford PInchot said lately, and others have said,' that it 'Is better andmqre 'Important to be a good citizen than a good Republican or a good Democrat Good citizenship in private life' and honest, faithful, capable service of the people in pub lic life, have come to the front and under the pressure of these ideas partisanship sbFlnks and.-, retreats, and the party elogans-hecome ; like the cracked and piping crbakings of Benility. ' , For the first time Blnce 1820,' par ty" names signify almost, nothing at all. Talk of Republican and Demo cratic "principles" ' is . mostlyj mere tommyrot What is' the difference, as to "principles" between Roosevelt, Republican and Wqodrow Wilson. Democrat?'1 Not a thousandth part as much as there is between Mayor Gaynor and Roger; Sullivan, ' both Democrats, or between Aldrlch and La .Fbllette, both Republicans. In stances might ; be multiplied. " The organs and orators that are con stantly prating party are entitled to but ecant consideration. - They . are either purblind , with prejudice, or else have 'soine, ulterior; and sinister motive la mlndr ii; THE Cin,ESE ASSEMBLY;. I T MUST . be expected that 'the march of the Chinese toward con stitutional. government . will be very slow, but for that very rea son It may be all the more sure. A notable step was the inauguration recently of a national assembly, or senate,, at Peking. At the beginning of each session of this newest par liament In the oldest natioa, the subjects which maybe discussed are defined In a speech from the throne. When the assembly' passes a resolu tion it can memorialize the emperor through the grand' council or " the ministry. If this ; body disagrees with the resolution' It goes back to the assembly. In any case, it has no legislative force. The Chinese national assembly is as yet not a law- making body at all; as has been re- tnan a aeoaung society ; dui inia is much, In China, where absolutism has prevafled for many centuries. It offers a means of expressing popular opinion and of discussing ways and means of national advancement. .The next step will be a. national assem bly with power of 'legislation, sub ject, of course, to the emperor's ap proval" Gradually his i power will diminish, and the people's will in crease. Democracy is marching on, even in politically darkest; China. A LEGALIZED STRIKE SOCIALIST paper in Parts, the T "Petite-' Republlque," makes an original suggestion quot . ed, but only. to be condemned, by; the more sedate papers of the French capital. - The suggestion r Is that the government shall introduce legislation for the "obligatory strike," . That Is, that before any contemplated , strike is permitted In any factory or trade,. , or J business, whether owned and operated pri vately or by the governments a vote shall be taken pro or con, from all beldiigtng. to the. trade or . factory threatened. " The vote of the major ity would decide, strike or no strike. If strike, all, without exception, must go out If no strike then all must hold on to work'.. . So the strike breaker would disappear and' with him. the riota and bloodshed in the streets. But : on the main qufestlon both - union and- nonunion labor would vote freely at the' ballot' box. And the law would uphold the de cision of the ote.V Perhaps the idea is not wholly vain. ' . ITS LUDICROU& DEFENSE. T RYING to explain v Mr. Bower man's vote and committee re port against the 14-hour day for railroad employes, the Ore gonlan,says: "Mr, Bowerman's rea sons for opposition were that he had not become convinced that the hill Did Mr. Bowerma- think that the railroad employes .wanted to be com pelled tojwork more than 14 hours continuously? ' Did Mr. . Bowerman be forced to .work s 2 0 , hours or S 0 hours continuously? Did Mr. Bower man not hearts others did, the ad vocates of the bill tejl on the floor of the senate htw engineers, firemen, brakemenV conductors and other railroad opeatives were kept lh con tinuous service so long that they often fell asleep at their posts, or al most fell exhausted while on duty?, ..Did Mr, Bowerman not hear, as did others,, the advocates of the bill point out . in eloquent appeals that the overworking of these employes endangered the Bafety of the travel ing public? Did Mr. JSowerman not hear In the senate, as others did, ad vocates of the measure recite sta tistics of accident and death on the rail, due tq operators, trainmen and switchmen working so many contin uous hours that they .were unfit and unsafe for ' duty? Did Mr. Bower man not see in the lobby at the cap Itol, as did others, the representa tives of the railroad operatives urg ing legislators to pass the bill limit ing the hours of work? :;: V t All thisthe writer of these lines saw, and - heard, ' and as did Mr. Bowerman. So did everybody else. Mr. Bowerman voted; and from his committee reported, against the bill at the beck and call of, the railroad whose paid attorney he-, then 'was, and .with a railroad pass In his pocket. ' . ( And,; when at the following ses sion, he finally voted for, the' bill, It was because public sentiment had be come so overwhelming tor-the meas ure that he did not dare to resist it He knew 1 that his oppqsltlon would be useless, a fact reflected by the senate vote of. twenty-two to six, Sittlngham being absent or behind s desk. . , . When the, Oregonian says v "Mr. Bowerman's reasons for opposition were that he had not yet become con vinced that the bll was wanted by the railroad men," it does Mr, Bower man an injustice. -When it insists that Mr?, Bowerman doesn't know that men do not want to work '20 or 30 "hours" continuously and without sleep, It wrongs him. If he doesn't knqw that, much, what are his quali fications for governor? . - ' ; A MONSTER SHIP ; . - 4. HE3 constantly "growing Dread naughts for navies are ' being ' matched by passenger thlps of increasing; size. 'The last one to be launched, the Olympic, la such a monster in bilk as to be a wonder, even in these days of big. shrps and other things, and for a time will be the mistress of the.waves,,. : The Olympic has been building for 22 months, and it will be eight months more before she Is ready for service. ; She " is , a"' triple ' screw steamer, her prlncipaL dimensions belngt Length over all,, S82:feet; breadth over all, 92 feet;; breadth ovqt boat deck, 97iect; height frojrj bottom, of .keel to top. of captain's house 1 0 5 Jeet; " to top pf tunnel, 175 feet; funnels above being 82 feet. She has eleven "Steel decks and 15 water; tight bulkheads. v Her crew will number 860.; A. alster ship, the Titanic, will be launched sooa. The Olymplo is one-sixth of a mile long, is nearly 100 feet Ipngerjthan any oher Bhlp' In existence. Some one has made" these comparisons: She Is twice as', long as St.- Peter's In Rome Is high, equals in length the total drop of the Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemlte Valley and - her length Is four times the height of .. ..... . . 5 tne BunKer wui monumoni. A CURE FOR DIPSOMANIA, .-. .... 1 a""-"''.-: ' FRENCH medical ' publication announces a new and remark 'rfbly successful " treatment of dipsomania,. The patient men tlonedJ was an apparently, hopeless case. ' But there, were times when he wanted to be cured, It a cure was possible, and his physician gave him October 30 m Historyr"BirtnJay of George II Todar Is one in which all .English- men are interested, being the birthday of George II. during whose long ana Mirn Rnelund became the first country in Europe, a position which it has held for close to two centuries, :p Oeoree 1L like his father, ueorge 1, never in any real sense became an Eng lishman, but j-emalned essentially a German. Yet as sovereign of Great Britain he waa so related to the gigan tic strides In power which that country took during his reign that he , shared in no slight degree the glory pt his period. " - ;.:...u: ..ii,:: :y England , honors him for the result of his greatadmlnlstratlon, : even Rl though the close studpnt of the his tory of that period must recognise that George I regarded the safety of Hanover as of far more importance than - the Lwlshee of England, and his teutonic ad miration caused English money and troops to be thrown uselessly away when he considered that Hanover was in' the slightest danger. It was natural that oeorge 11 snouia entertain these sentiments. He was the ' only son . of his father, George I, who died in a carriage on his way to his beloved Hanover when he had been Informed thajt he had not long to sur vive. v Father and son, in . the case of the Georges, never got on well together, but that fact made none of the Georgef a better Englishman. - ': " - George II was 81 years 01a when his1 father, Georgo I, succeeded, at the age of 54, to the jBritish-rnrone. L-ntie is known of the early history of George II except that he was neglected by hjs father and brought up by" hik grand mother. : ' ' '.t' r " "".; Robert Wajpole, the prime minister of George I, was cordially liked 4y. the it in and as cordially hated by the prince of Wales, who was expected, .wh A. he became George II, to dismiss walpole. But . George II had the happy peculiar: itv of recognizing ; superior merit. in others,' although a man of little per sonal jmertt, and he allowed himself td be guided by the political sagacity of the great minister when .once he had recognised waipoies superiority. JiftS JlPIoMmtht 13 aflopJea.UdamBh;BUvke-prBldsntuL.seiond this course, for, as Walpole . told him, the question of the Hanoverian; suc cession would have to be fought out by the English people,-and It would be so much thai better if this could be dons by peaaefui methods. . ,. - . encouragement. I The doctor pre scribed a-llquid to" be taken In wine, la minute doses to begin with, only one.dop the first day, two the sec ond, increasing drop by drpp until it amOuned to a whole wlneglassful. Taken thus, he could finally drink as much of it as he pleased and it would destroy the appetite for liq uor and would be perfectly 'harm less. The medicine, the doctor ex plained, was colorless, and as the dose increased the wine would grow paler. . . . ''- ' ' :- ; .."' .' It took the patient a long time to displace a glassful of wine with the medicine, but he finally did so, and meantime " had become absolutely cured, feeling no craving whatever for strong' drink. Thanking the doc tor for this ' result he asked him to disclose what marvelous drug it was that had wrought such a change and made another man ef him. The doc tor answered "Water." - Whether true 'or not, the story is not at all incredible... imagination and ' faith . have wrought greater works than this. -' - Roosevelt .says that as soon as the New York ''campaign lr over he Is going to Oyster Bay and Btay there. Really; nobody can believe this. 'The colonel can stay in no one place long, not even.at home." . ; 1 Letten From tKe People. " A Vetera Wiew. Dallas, Or., Oct29.-To th Editor oi The Journal I challenfe compariaron between Mr. Bowerman, th assembly nominee, and Mr. West, the anti-assembly nominee. V I have known Mr. West for more than 20 years. H and my Son attended the -same - school and v we orten talked to each other in compli mentary terms concerning- Oswald. I have often called my son's attention to the fact , that the conduct of Oswald West was .highly worthy of emulation. I have keDt very closely In touch with 1i!s political history and can truthfully say that It has been remarkaDiy com mendable. On the other hand, I can truthfully say that 1 consider that Mr. Bowerman's political record has teen anything- but', commendable. We know that Mr. Hawley is for the assembly and stands in 'with the bos rule politicians. Is not Mr. Hawley tin der obligations to the voters of his dl trlct to say whether fhe Is in favor of Statement - One or not, or where he stands, if he "stands' at all, or does he sit on the floor under his desk as Not tingham did daring a vote on a. resolu tion in .the legislature? On the .other band, voters of this congressional dis trict, take the political record of Mr, Hawley's opponent, Robert O. Smith. Mr. Smith is a man who has stood by the common people and fought bravely for their rights. Mr. Smith was born and reared a 'Republican and was elect ed to the legislature as a Republican, but the rotten conditions that came un der his observations during that session, coupled w'th the stand that his party took on the robber tariff question, so changed his political views , that he has since affiliated with the Democratlo party.' There Is . no question as "to where Mr. Smith stands on the great political questions that are now before the people for solution. He is making a brilliant campaign, . hs : is open and aboVe' board, you know Where to flnd him and this is the class f men that the people should elect as their publlo servants.. 1 - 7 - ' . -.";' , I read with much amusement lit Sun day's Oresronl&n of the delightful, har monious meeting of the politicians who claim that the fight Is off. A great Joke, old boys. :' Just wait until we ex press ourselves at the polls. I know many Republicans who believe as I do, but who are not running for office, that 1 the great fight aato whether assem blylsm or the direct primary law and Statement No. 1 are going to reign -su preme will not be settled until the 8th dav of November. t , l Sink or swim, live or die, I give my hand and my heart to this sacred cause. A Republican and veteran soldier, - , r, J, vHEKKIfUTOW. Cardinal Gibbons remarks that young men should not be icebergs when they go courting.' His calling may be ait ex ouse for tils apparently mistaken Idea on .this subject. : -r . A Philadelphia man of " 25 who has made his living by posing as an artist's model, has married a woman of 75, and won t nave to wok any more. pa manufacturer ha sn't put outn alleged new kind 0 uneBivaj piasi faster and named It after Balllnger, Although, ha aocomnllshed Mm nA largely-through a system of wholesale corruption,1 walpole guided the ov, raent in peace and prosperity thron -h many dangerous channels. One of th leaaers or the 'opposition to the Wart. overian weas ana to the administration of Walpole was William Pitt, afterward earl of Chatham, whom George II hated apparently Deyond any possible recon ciliation, nut with whom at last he was zorcea to aeai. - ; : ,r- The king did, his best to exclude Pitt irom office, and bore the yoke with difficulty when Pitt became secretary of state ft 1756, but it was the genius of Pitt . that. In the ' next- few venrn Which preceded the king's death, brought inumpn everywnere to JsnglHh, arms in the memorable seven years' war and shed the greatest luster, on the close of tne reign or oeorge 11. . The French were expelled from North America, tne foundation of the British empire In India was laid, and English supremacy tn the ocean was established. Never had "England sto$d so high as in 1760, when' George II died. His reign,, through-no wish of his,' had strengthened greatly the power-of con stitutlonal government, by establishing the understanding that the monarchy was ohe of the least of the foroes by wmcn: me poucy 01 tns . country was directed. ' . ... . ..r-f .- , Some of the notable events of. the reign were the extinction of the Stuart party by the overthrow, of the cause of Charles Edward; the reformation of the calendar, providing that the year should commence on January 1 instead or March C6; the effort to permit the naturalization or tne jews and the Das sage of a "marriage act, requiring the publication, of the banns and a proper license, . ... October 00 the Yeomen ot ths Guard were establlshediin England, the first military body in that country 11485) and n Is the date of the tragic death of Captain De Ixng in the Arctic regions n 3 581. Today is the birthday of Rich ard Brinsley Sheridan (1751) ; Andrew Chenler. the- French noet flTBSl: John preaiueni or -uia unuea mates (173B) Roscoe Conkllng, the New York politi cian P1829) ; ftnd Gertrude Atherton, the author (1869). ' it is the date of the death of Rev. John whltaker, ths his torlcal writer, in 180S. News Forecast of tlie Coming Wcek "Washington, Oct. 29. Th week will see the virtual close of the Dolitlcal campaigns In the dlffernt states. The uncertainty With which the results of the approaching election are viewed, with -regw4, to the state and congres sional contests alike, will undoubtedly lead to a whirlwind finish of the cam paign in many states where campaigns or a comparatively tame variety have been the rule for many years. rom the first to the last day of the " week a flood of political oratory will surge over New York. Pennsylvania. .-" Ohio, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri. iowa, uaurornia, Wisconsin and numer- " ous ether states Where the closeness of contests or Issues of mors than ordl- ' nary importance has created Intense in- tereat in tne campaigns. voionei Kooseveit has a strenuous week ahead of him if he carries out the schedule now arranged. New York , city "will hear hlra vfor the Iast' tlme during the campaign on Monday night. The following night he will - speak in Brooklyn and immediately after he will leave for the west to fill an engage ment to speak in behalf of some of .the Republicancandidates for. congress in iows. The western trio will , consume three days. He will return east in time to close ths New York campaign with, -a speech in Buffalo Saturday night. ' Tuesday will be election dar in Cuba. when half the members of ths senate and- of the. lower house f ths national legislature are tar be chosen, together'' with, many local, of fleers. The result of this first" election, under the admlnls-V, tratlon tt President, Gomes . and the seeond to be held by a Cuban govern- 1 ment, without "the influencer of Amerl- can control, naturally win" attract a good oeai or attention from the outside world. There has been a great deal of political excitement in the island for soma '-. months, and In Havana five parties have put candidates in the field. v j ' i ne weea wui see some aotauie events in far-off South Africa, centering around Ltbe opening of the first parliament of the South African Union, which was formed last year by the federation of Caps Colony, Natal, the Transvaal and ,. Orange River - colony. The parliament will bs opened by the Duke of Con naught the uncle of King George V., who Is due to arrive at Cape Town Monday. Accompanied by. the Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia, his . royal highness will make an extensive tour of the four states of the union following the opening ef ths parlla- j ment, which will take place Friday. ' ? Tns reeling or pouncai unrest ana un- eertalnty which has existed In Spain for -some months,' and which has been in tensified by the recent course of events ' in Portugal,' will cause much attention to center In the proceedings of the coMes, which has been called to con vene Monday. According to the latest ' reports from Madrid, Premier Canalejas will exert alLhls power and lnfluenoe to push his program of liberal measures through parliament - ' - - Two of ths world's most celebrated . aotressesare scheduled to begin Amer ican tours during" ths week. In -Chicago Monday night Mme. Sarah -Bernhardt. the arrest . French tragic actress, will begin a tour that will embrace many 6f the principal cities of the united states and Canada. In New York later in the week Ellen Terryr ths English Shakes- pearean actress who was for many years associated with Sir Henry Irving, will make her American debut as a lecturer, An inquiry is to bgln in Newark "Wednesday into the mental condition of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, ens of tbs Wardlaw sisters accused of . murderlns; Ocey Snead, ths East Orange, N. J.i bathtub. vlctinv.t :- - ,- '-.,.. u.. . Other events of the weeK or more or , less interest and importance will in clude the opening of the first Canadian National' Apple Show in Vancouver, the three days' automobile race meeting in . AUaaUs, the annual meeting of the As sociation of Military Surgeons of the United 6tates in Richmond, Vs., and the opening of ths international fair at San Antonio, Texas. -::';-;,;-:;:- - - - ' A Senseless' Blunder. , .' . From the Harney Valley "News. . , Mr. , Bowerman, candidate for gover nor, has mads a bad political blunder. After writing and publishing a good let-1 ter. from which ws duots in anotner - place,, he has allowed somebody either C, N, McArthur or C. B. Moores to writs a letter and has published it which is acrimonious, ill-tempered, abus ive and not germane to the issues.... It is directed at Senator Bourns ana roaas entirely personal to him, is in decided '"' bad taste throughout and - cannot help but injure Mr. t Bowerman , before the voters. The letter is not a natural effusion of Mr. Bowerman. but he has , allowed himself. to be used . by bitter and vindictive forces that are not aotuated so much by a desire for his success a by a determination to abuse . Bourns. Such a course will no longer appeal effectively to ths people -in fact it will arouse animosities and emphasize differences that wars, in a fair way to be avoided this year. Ths News, which very much desires the success of Mr. . Bowerman, Is exceedingly sorry to see this egregious mistake, '';.;:--;;-." When Tabby Raises Her Battle Cry. ' Despite the oat's softness, laziness, fluff iness and purring amiability, her piercing war cry in thti night startles " and exasperates us beyond all bearing . not by Us loudness hut by a certain vicious, weird, half -terrifying, half-irt- furiatlng note in it that makes us spring to arms with the .booqacK, or other substitute for. the boomerang, as ths war whoop of our tribal enemies did a half a century , or centuries , ago, says Dr. Woods Hutchinson, In an article on the dread of cats, snakes nd mice In "Success Magaslne." ' ' . . - ' A One of Mark Twain's- wise -old fron tiersmen had caught this note when he explained to the tenderfoot that animal speech had rules of composition - and grammar, Just like human speech, sod that "the reason a cat riles ye so ain't on aocount of the noise she makes, bUt on account of the sickening : bad gram mar she uses."f And he was' right,; for ths grammar 01 scaip-nrting ana tue whole alphabet ef battle, mfurder and sudden death tingles and screams in the rasp ing cry.' Nothing1 makes a man quite so furiously angry and ready to throw things as to find himself frightened without reason. -" , '.:...:. . e ; 1' ' ;, ' ' - -.- - Bowerman's Inconsistency." ' From ths Union (Or.) Scout ? Mr, Bowerman is determined to hold the direct primary inviolate. , He will also -remember the assembly and keep it holy. Nrhe great trouble , of Bower-' man's theories is that they are bound to conflict.' Then Bowerman is an assem bly candidate. If the assembly candi dates win this year no other need here after apply. The assembly has but one purpose, and that to do away with the direct primary, ? Bowerman is ieither an -assemblyman or for the primary dtreat Thers is no use in saylngr that he is both. ' The system of managing the as sembly Is that of the old time conven tion." It is true that not all the assem bly nominees won out in the urlmarles 1 Dut-oueiuoiJ.am aJiQjciveih, bosses - commence, a The fats of - tns primary rests upon the decision of ths voters at the coming eleotlon. v- Jackson cnuoty's assessment is U,-' 000,000, 11,000,000 more than last year. 1 .