THE OREGON DAIV? JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER , 31, 1910.
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GEER'S ADVICE
T.
T. GEER writes The Journal
arguing that the' way to save
the direct primary is to elect
'Bowerman. Certainly. " Why
not argue that the way for the peo
ple of New5 YorVto- get a direct pri
mary Is to : wait till Boss -Barnes,
Boss Odell and Boss Murphy give
it to them? ; What splendid friends
of the direct primary Mr, Geer and
Mr. Bowerman are. How they both
do love it. Bowerman hatched out
the assembly for killing dbet direct
primary at the 1909 legislative -Bests
Ion . ' Ho n urged assembly ism , fed
it and rode it to a. nomination at the
head of the ticket. , Geer ; stumped
Arizona against the initiative and
referendum, ridiculing the direct pri
mary and Statement One. , As Special
custodians and saviors of the direct
primary, they are fa fearful and won
derful pair. For dne of them .to ar
gue that the other is the man to
save the direct primary is one of the
most humorous episodes in the po
litical history of Oregon, - '
Bowerman is not the nominee of
the direct primary.- The anti-assembly
candidates never had a look in
at the "djrect; primary. Bowerman
had the state central committee be
hind his candidacy. j Dimick and the.
others had nothing. They were lim
ited to $750 in their' expenditures:
The central committee spent jin
limited sums on Bowerman. t It had
a contribution' of $1000 frqm one
dark horse senatorial candidate.. It
was this unlimited financial backing
and the prestige of the state com
jnittee's backing that got Bowerman
the nomination. The committee
claimed that Bowerman was the reg
ular Republican candidate, and
that tha,. anti-assembly candidates
were not Itepubllcao'candldates, The
committee in an unheard-of and un
precedented process read , the anti
assembly candidates out of the party.
The trick worked.1 The game suc
ceeded, r Money and the backing of
- the y assemblyized state committee
did the business. . Bowerman was
nominated not as a Republican in an
open race in a fair field, buVas an
nssemblyite, backed by the assem
lilj ized state committee spending un
limited money in an unfair field.
The way to save the direct primary-is
to beat men, so nominated.
The way to save the direct primary
is to repudiate men who secure nom
inations, by unfair "processes. ' The
way to save the direct primary la to
beat' Bowerman." r.?. ":" :r;-"t
Also, a safe thing to do, Is to
vote exactly opposite to what T. T.
Oer advises. He went to Arizona
and stumped the territory against
the Initiative and referendum, ridi
culing the direct primary, Statement
One and other laws passed under the
initiative . and referendum in this
state. And Arizona wisely decided
and voted exactly contrary to the ad
vice that Mr. Geer gave. .
OUR CRITIC -
THE JOURNAL is' denounced 'by
. Mr. McKay, a Democrat, be
- cause it Is supBorling some Re-
, , publicans as well as some Dem
ocrats. In the view of 3Ir. JtfcKay
that is a grave offense.. s;V;
The JournaLis guilty. ttslfight
is not for Democrats or Republicans,
but for maintenance of the integrity
; of the direct primary, and popular
rlghts'in Oregon. These rights have
been attacked They are under fire.
, They Are now in Jeopardy. Harm or
- help for- them will come in next
week's election. It is the biggest is
sue alnce the Civil war.
The .direct primary is bigger than
any candidate, or any thousand can
didates. It is more to the people
. than any party or any dozen parties.
Yet the last legislature with Mr.
Bowerman In the lead tried to kill
It with the Mariner .bill. .Beaten
there, Bowerman and his allies came
out Into the open and are trying to
kill, it. with the assembly. "1 would
rather vote for a convention candi
date than for a direct primary can
didate," he" said in bis senate speech.
With .these words so .recently on his
Hps, Mr, Bowermn is at the head
ofthe ticket asking the people to
Indorse .him, indorse his assembly,
mid indorse his senate speech. This
isthe issue that the people face. It
Is a question of whether they are to
rule, . or whefher those , who are
against the direct primary shall rule.
The Journal is against Mr. Bow
frrnan because it is for the, direct
primary and for Statement One. That
is the issue. That, has been the ls-
f. ue.yrr Jt-IUCajJC-iasT, lftsilatnra.,
U wtil be th lssueuntll Bowerman,
O '"had flssemblyite and hig allle'8
r.i '-;,i,n. - ' ' '
T,(,crr was a time, whn hnt few
-'- bit ly be rouiitd against the
assembly." Once there was' only the
Oregon .-. granges,- the worklngmen
and The' Journal. ; Everybody else
was waiting to see what the devel
opments would be. Assemblyism and
assemblyites were rampant. They
were the whole show.' It looked as
if assemblyism was to sweep the
state, and Statement , One and the
direct primary be driven but. The
boast was made that , the assembly
would "put the knife to Statement
One and the knife to the hilt." It
was boldly declared that if Statement
One -candidates "'should obtain nom
ination every effort would be made
to defeat every -one 'of them at the
polls." . V--;v.v:---;':':r-
, - In time, many Republicans came
to the assistance of the granges, the
worklngmen and The Journal.- A
great battle was fought in the pri
maries. Some assemblyites were
killed ;off,. but a. number gained
places on t"he ticket, the head assem
blyite winning the " nomination for
governor. ..',' ;'
; The Journal helped to nominate
the anti-assembly Republicans. It
supported them for nomination. To
turn against -them now after fight
ing for their nomination 'would' be
as treacherous an act as that of
Benedict Arnold:" "The" Journal does
not do that sort of business.
The direct primary and the other
measures in .the Oregon, system are
the biggest and best thing. in Ore
gon. They are the people's means
of controlling their "own affairs.
They are the people's means of pre
venting graft, . corruption, scandal,
public extravagance, inner circle pol
itics and "secret meetings in the of
fices of , local corporations." ' With
these' measures In Jeopardy,, the is
Bue is not one of parties and, parti
sanship, but. of public safety and hu
man rights.
WHY HE BEAT IT? ;
T
HE OREGONIAN says Bower
man helped to beat the 14 tour
bill for railroad operatives be
cause ' "he was not convinced
that the law was .wanted by the rail
road men." ; ?t;...:r, .; .V- ,' J ':
Why didn't he know? , Are work
lngmen so fond of labor that they
want to toll ! 20 or 25 continuous
hours without rest? Does a locomo
tive engineef , want , to Bit .without
sleep ; in his cab under i the, tense
strain of driving his engine for more
than 14 consecutive hours? Does
the traveling public feel safe in rid
ing behind an engineer who after 18
or 20 hours iof continuous service
at his post may be nodding "in his
cab? ' '
, . The Oregonian's apology for Mr,
Bowerman is absurd. 1 If ought to
applbgize to Mr.- Bowerman, It
would better stand up and tell the
truth about why, he helped to beat
the, bill, j He fought the. bill; because
he was against the men. Jle had a
pass in his pocket. , He was the at
torney of 'the company, He helped
to kill the bill because the company
wanted it ' killed. , Nobody else had
reason to want it beaten. ,
The traveling public wanted that
bill passed.-. The railroad operatives
wanted it- passsd-The; representatives
of oth werte"1nvthe state house urg
ing Its passage.' Advocates on the
floor pointed to them and begged for
its passage. '
- But Mrv Bowerman stayed by the
company.. He fought the bill and
beat It in 1905. It was not until a
direct primary legislature was elect
ed and not until public sentiment be
came overwhelming; that the bill
passed. Mr,' Bowerman opposed it un
til , he , saw, that, further opposition
was useless.
BIGGEST. BLUNDER OF ALL
A'
T. SALEM, where the integrity
of Oswald West is best known,
the Statesman published the
mileage story 'with "' the inter-.
pretation Bowerman organs are try
ing to give it. The publication made
votes for West so fast ; that Frank
I Durbin, a West supporter, offered
t he Statesman ? 1 0 to- republish the
story five times,; and the offer. was
declined. In the meantime, West is
i going to carry, Marion county. Bow
erman and his managers have made
'many blunders in this campaign, and
one of the iiggest is their attempt to
asperse the character of , Mr. West.
One of fWest's notable virtues is his
proven Integrity. It never shone
brighter than when he paid the mile
age into the state treasury. No of
ficial ever paid mileage over to the
state before. It was such a surprise
to the treasury officials that they
did hot know what fund to put the
money in. The incident has made
many a vote for West. You cannot,
in a campaign, lie about a matt of
proven honesty and make the lie
stick. People resent such things.
riXCHOT AXD HEYBURX ,
S
OME TIME back Glfford Pinchot
pointed out how : forest fires
could almost surely be prevent
ed. His method ; would cost
quite a large sum annually, but when
the immense annual losses caused by
these fires are considered, there can
be no doubt that the money paid for
this service would be well spent.' The
need is for more, and broader trails,
a carefully planned system of them.
and more forest rangers,-thorough
ly instructed and ".organized. The
saving to be thus effected: would no
doubt far- exceed, the, coBt, but the
government ought, not to bear all
that cost, for most of the forests to.
be protected are the jproperty of pri
vate owners. (They, should-hear a
large- portion of the exbense f and
probably, moait ot them-wwld-fre-
ling to'.do fo, it some plan for an
equiiauie flivjKjon ot the expense
could be adopted
Alluding to, Mr. Plnchot's reroin
J hiendatjon, Senator Heyburn of Ida-
ho, after making some bitterly dis
paraging remarks about Pinchot, say
ing his Judgment was worth nothing
on forests xt anything else, declared
that it would be a good thing if some
of the -forests were burned. He did
not make his reasons for such a, re
markable statement clear,.' but his
Idea seemed to be that the .burning
of forests would clear up the ground
and save the expense of forest pro
tection, and that a newclean forest
would in time grow up on the
ground. It should be said in Justice
to Senator Heyburn, however, that,
on being questioned, he said he did
cot believe in burning forests as a
regular policy, Some queer fish get
into the senatorial pond,' and Hey
burn is one of the freaks; sometimes
interesting but never admirable. ,
A MISFIT COMMENT
Glfford pinchot says th great nd
of ths people nowadays Is "equaliza
tion of opportunity." H, however, does
lnot desire to be one of the "equalizers";
hft keps fast hold on the wealth and
privtlera that he Inherited from his an
cestors. Of course, Glfford Is talking
buncombe. Oregonlan. ,',
r
HE COMME.NT is not at all re
sponsive to- Mr. rinchot's .re
mark. He said" nothing about
equalization! of wealth, but of
'opportunity." Ab to "privOge, he
Inherited none from his ancestors, ex
cept such privilege as is incidental to
wealth, and this is of doubtful ad
vantage. :';.';-
f 'There can be no . equalization ; of
wealth, of coursej: nor should there
be If it were, possible, But what
Mr. Pinchot and Mayor Gaynor and
Innumerable other men of prpmi
nenco object to and seek to change Is
a governmental policy that through
certain laws, notably the, tariff law,
gives some men an unnatural, unde
served opportunity over'other men
to make money, and through much
money to. exercise undue and Often
malign political influence. ;
Because Mr. JiMnchot has .much
wealth, is no reason why he cannot
plead consistently; and sincerely for
equalization of oppdrtunity under
the law. . --
JTSTICE KING
I
T IS a very great, compliment to
Oregon that the Judicial opinion,
handed down by1 one of her su-
f preme Justices is one of two de
cisions used by Judge Clayberg in'
his lectures on mining and irrigation
aw at the law ; school of the Uni
versity of Michigan. " The decision is
used in pamphlet form - among the
law students, and Judge Clayberg
characterizes it as one of the most
prbflffirhd and .scholarly opinions -on
the subject. It was written by Jus
tice W1H R. King in the famous case
of Hough vs. Porter, and Is known
among Jurists and the profession as
a landmark' in fixing the status of
water rights and establishing Justice
and system among water users. .
" Three months were required in the
preparation of the opinion, and it
Included an 'exhaustive assembling of
all Judicial utterances touching wa
ter tights and the deduction 6f thor
ough. and systematized, maxims from
them! Justice King" is an honor to
the state and his state should honor
him with a reelection, to the supreme
bench. , .
As in many other counties, the
legislative fight in Linn is straight
assembly and anti-assembly. I. II
Bingham, a Republican, is the can
didate for Joint senator, and M. A.
Miller, Democrat, for senator". The
nominees for representative on one
side are assemblyites and they are
working hard for1 election.: The
whole fight is over the'issue of. the
Brooke-Bean bill,, the Mariner, bill,
and the infamous Buchanan bill
which attempted to repeal a' law
passed by the people directing legis
lators to vote for the people's choice
for senator. Bingham,, the Republi
can," Bhould be elected, and Miller,
the Democrat, should be elected,
Bingham's opponent is L. E. Bean,
who was one of the authors of the
malodorous Brooke-Bean bill which
proposed to make it a crime to at
tempt direct election of senator in
Oregon. The fighting everywhere
throughout the state is a scramble
for assemblyites to get into the leg
islature and the attempt of friends
of the direct primary to keep them
out. - ,
On. another page is the open letter
of D, J. Cooper of The Dalles, de
claring for the candidacy pf Mr,
West. Mr. Cooper Is a life long Re
publican and has always .been prom
inent in Republican politics. He Bays
In his letter what all men know.-He
s'ays the assembly' was concocted-to
kill the direct primary.;' He Insists
that the maintenance of the direct
primary in all its integrity Is essen
tial to the 'welfare'1 .of Oregon. He
believes that the-direct primary is
bigger than any party or any dozen
parties'. lie thinks it'hlgger than
any candidate or any thousand candi
dates. Jle thinks. this the time and
the present a conflict in which all
citizens should vote in defense of
their own rights, and for that reason
he will support Mr. West. '
- The more former Governor Geer
argues against West's .election, the
more- he reminds the voter of the
state :; of ?i the yery; valuable services
Mr. West rendered 1 as " state t land
agent after Governor Goer's admin
istration; as well as preceding ones.
had been "making ducks and drakes
ot the state school . lands.
Lafferry, the Spy.-
, , To represent you In congress, the Ore
(Oman m-urgini; ;ini( rmcnon or one
lAffcrty, who chants his given name
m cften as the. clinmeli'on rhanges, r
color., CllaiiKlne n nni is biiy i:r
jiortant,; but not thu greatest,! claim XaI
ferty has on fame. He was a secret'
serylce sleuth In the employ of Heney '
one of the gum-shoers who. worm them-,'
selves into the confidence, of men but
to destroy them and did "splendid
worjt in piscoverinK evidence againnc
people who : had been his friends and
benefactors. '
The Spectator supposes that in the
scheme of '- existence, room and excuse
mult be tpund for the execrable crea-
ture who sells his detestable talents
for winning confidence merely to be
tray It; there are men, no less abhor
rent than their tools, who make use
of such men. We will not find fault
with the employer and employe in this-
neianous Business; out we will avoid
them. And the people will probably de
cline to elect as their representative in
congress a man who has spent the
greater part of the short time he has
been in Oregon in acting as spy and
informer.
Letters From tlie People
What Prohibitltb Would Mean. '
Portland. Oct 26.TO the Editor ot
The Journal In ybur article 'of yester
day 'entitled "What State Wide Prohi
bition Would Mean," you say that the
mere possession of liquor is not made
a crime by ' the prohibition law. This
is a question which seema.. to -excite
great' Interest amongst the voters, and
it -ought to be settled authoritatively.
Permit me to cjrect your attention to
the pamphlet Issued to voters .by the
state printer, page 120. .The ballot
title is given each measure by the at
torney general of the state. - You will
note that he has construed this meas
ure to be "A bill for. a law to prohibit,
prevent, and suppress the manufacture,
sale, possession, exchange, .or giving
away of intoxicating liquors. - The
attorney general must be impartial and
must fix a title which will correctly
summarize the intent and effect of the
law. . v., :" v'v . ,
The Prohibitionists had the right to
object to his construction of their law,
had they wished to do so. They did not,
and the logical presumption Is that
the title la correct according to their
desires, (and legally so from' the at
torney general's point of view. ; V
The voter therefore must believe, in
the absence of other expert legal opin
ion, that if "state wide prohibition be
comes law. It will be a crime to have.
beer, wine or whiskey In his own house.
Or give it to his wife or neighbor, and
that section 4 of the law (page 122)
subjects his home to raid and search
on suspicion. ' , j'--- '
Please give your readers further In
formation on this subject.
: : FERDINAND. HOFER.
(The meaning of the proposed law
must be ascertained, not merely from
the title, but from the measure itself,
Possession; of liquor Is made unlawful
only when there ia Intent to evade the
Uw.)
Alderman an Assemblyite.
Baker City, Or., Oct. 28. To the
Editor o The Journal Why Is it all
seem so silent as to Mr. Alderman?
lie la an assemblyman, the same as
Bowerman, Ackerman and " -Churchill
were with Alderman and others In the
assembly and on the state board of
examiners, where some of them showed
their principles by "knifing" my v an
swers, especially the following answer
to question, 12 on corhpositions
Question "Draw-up a list of three
topics suitable for a 300 word theme,
and show why . uie " topic in each In
stant. is- a, suitable one for you."
My answer: 1. What Statement No.
1 will ultimately do ,Jor the United
States. -
t. Why the direct primary Is needed
In evjery state. ! - i-
8. Senator Bourne's speech in con
gress." ' '
Each of the above topics 1s suitable
to me becatrse-4 am Interested in them;
because I think they will and are help
ing to solve many problems of great
Interest to the people Of the United
States.-- Aj- - .. ; , ,v, v
1 , My grade on the'above is 7 per cent!
' By the way,-my grades on 'spelling,
writing, theory, psychology and several
other branches were cut down. I know
there was bitter prejudice against me
on account Of my principles, set forth
in my answer to question 12 in compo
sition as 1 have given It.
It shows that , the assembly breed art
at the head of our state educational
system, the most vital part of the state,
and they don't hesitate to grade low or
high aocording to politics. The influ
ence of the af ate' school superintendent
is very Influential and I hope no as
semblyman will he elected..
- -OSCAR KENTON IIARGRAVE. '
Advocates Clelmd's Reelection. (
" Portland, Oct 29. To the . Editor of
The: Journal: I ask space for a few
words In respect of the candidacy of
Judge Cleland. To make my position
clear let me' say at the outset that I
am not one of .those who believe the
Judiciary ought to be the guardian of
the sacred rights of property as against
popular aggression. All the consider
able aggregations of property which I
meet, with in my travels are provided
with guardians who are not deficient in
competency at least, and if - popular
rights have had any the best of It since
1 was able to do long division, it has
been while 1 was looking the other way,
If I believed, or even suspected on
reasonable grounds, that Judge Cleland
used his position for any such purpose
I should.be against him. But I have
observed Judge Cleiand's work on the
bench lor more than 20 yeara with con
stant although not by any means al
ways complacent Interest he Overruled
the first demurrer I ever filed, and haa
never effected a complete recovery from
the habit--and I have never seen the
slightest inclination of a leaning away
from popular rights In his decisions, or
any other leaning except a robust way
of deciding questions according to the
plain .intent and . meaning of the law
without much regard for the Judicial
aubtletlea which too often substitute
aomething else for it The results of
my ; personal ' Observations are pver
whelmingly confirmed by the record and
by tie opinion of practically every fair
minted man who practices before him.
There is simply - nothing in the charge
that Judge Cleland Judicially favors or
leans toward the lnterests-not a shred,
not a shadow! yet the devoted band of
Ancient Pistol who do he charging
abate nothing of their rancor, i What is
the real ground of therr opposition then,
since the alleged ground is "noise and
fury signifying nothing"?
I believe I know, and I believe It la
of ' the . very first importance . to thls
community that the fact be' squarely
faced. rTha objection to Judge Cleland
la not that he decides questions On a
wrong principle or on unjust sympathies,
hut that he decides them; that he
stands up like a man and declares . the
law and" the rights of litigants as he
sees them, and does not shuffle, or split
the d-if ferehce or trucKle to anybody,
lawyer or layman. Thereby he has. in
cum the hostility of the Very con
siderable number" of lawyers and lay
men who have had bad causes before
him -'and have not1 had the grace to
"take their medicine." : , ,'.,
. Now if. a judge cannot do this land
remain
tha hftBrh ti , aught t kwowlnmt'lHiw win vtr-frjr-l1tireir-rnafr-Taf
lt atidwe. ought to make up our minds
to give up any, hope of being a , free
people too, for all experience entail
history,, and all. common- sense for that
mtitter, - ttm?h us ..that the man whom
the nnjiiwt rich and powerful nun bend
to their purposes Is in. Irlmmer and
COMMENT AND
. ' SMALL CHANGE ' '
Only a week more.
It will be a, warm week, politically.
" a a ,
Nobody dispute's Laffertys audacity.
,..-
Fbrtunately, the straw vote crop An
light, . ., '. - . . '
Looks like John Manning might be a
winner.
Bowerman rally, J00; Prohibition ral
ly, 3000.
"
' The rank and file have not Indorsed
assemblyism. . .
Winter haa bemin back east: if a nice
to 11 ve in Oregon. -..-. -t .-.
Mav the "divine Sara" make manv
farewell toura yet. . . . . ,
It Is supposed that all the candidates
went to church" yesterday.
, .. - a ' - -.
Well, if the neonle want a cornoratlon
governor, there's Bowerman.
Ijftffert haa lived in Ore ion about
three yeara part of the time. - '
DItchhurn'a votes. If in a bunch bv
themselves,, would be quickly counted.
If you see it in the Oreronian and
It !s about state or county politics, It
Isn't so. . ,
f'''- -.:-:; .; . t ''.V,,':' V. , i;- V
Flour la down 20 centa a barrel to
dealers. But this makea no difference
to consumers.
The difference between what Profess
or Hawley did and what be aaya he did
la very. wide. , ,--r;
About all that "Joinder" ean talk
about la Senator Bourne, -he haa noth
ing to aay about various Inoldenta. In
hla record.
. -'
Roosevelt aaya he wants to use mod
erate language, but finds it difficult.
Everybody will believe at least the lat
ter part of this statement v
Tbe cougar looked at the rlrl for a
few seconds and disappeared in the
woods. Milwaukee Sentinel. Was this
because the girl was. so, homely, or. be
cause the cougar was too bashful to cow.
Apparently ten times as many people
want to hear a woman talk Prohibition
as want to hear four Republican lead
era, including the candidate - f of gover
nor, try to uphold assemblyism. ,
There ia no night In the year which
the popular Imagination baa stamped
with a more peculiar character than the
evening of (ha thirty-first of October,
known aa All Hallow's eve,' or, Hallow-!
een. It Is a relic of pagan times, which
ia -observed -all over the world, in all
the eo-called civilized and .uncivilized
countries.
The leading idea respecting Halloween
la' that It la the time of all others when
supernatural influences' prevail; It is
the night.. aet apart, tor the universal
walking abroad of spirits," both of the
visible and Invlalble world.
The celebration of Halkmeen In Scot
land, Ireland and in certain parts ot
England Is so ' universal and of auch
ancient date as to be counted among
folk, customa. .
. Robert Burnt.' tells us that Halloween
la the, night when witches, devils and
other -, mischief-making beings ; are
abroad on their baneful errands and the
fairies are said, on , that night, to hold
a grand anniversary. ' j ,
"Upon that night, when fairies light-On-.
Cassiles Dow an s dance.
Or ower the laya in splendid blaze,
Ohj sprightly coursers prance."
It was among tn Scottish peasantry
the ancient Halloween customa were
most earnestly entered Into.
'Tis now the very -witching hour of
night" ' . '; -c: -
On All Saints' day every household
built Its bonfire at nightfall. They
made a girdle of flame about the hills
of Scotland.- rThr first ceremony of the
evening was the pulling of . a stock or
cabbage. The lad and lass' were , to go
hand in hand, with eyea closed, to. the
garden and pull the first stock that
came in their way. - Its being big or
little, straight or crooked, was prophetic
of the size and form of the object of
their affection the future husband or
wife; ' - . -' '
v"When the stars shoot
And the owls hoot I
And the bats fly in and out.
When the fire burns blue.
: And the candle, too, ; ,, ; ,'.
Witches are about" ,
" Iridoora the house " was lighted by
torches and lanterns till midnight, when
the fairies were supposed to be abroad.
Strange methods of divination were re
sorted to by young and old. i ,
Halloween is now very generally cele
brated in America," formerly mostly la
country homes, but of late yeara quite
as frequently in towns and cities.
Burning the nuts, snap apple, duck
ing, that ia throwing apples In a tub
filled with water and picking them up
In the mouth, also picking a. corn up
from the bottom of the tub, at one time
were favorite Halloween sports and Im
itations of them are still to some extent
preserved in certain localities.
It is an old superstition that children
born on Halloween night will be pos-
the palterer, and the only man In whom
the people can put their trust la the man
with a spinal column made of bones and
kept perpendicular. . , -' - - ,
. Moreover, it ia of infinitely more im
portance to the general welfare that dis
putes should be fairly ' and plainly de
cided between man and man than It is
that any ephemeral political ' doctrine
should be. favored. "Our little systems
Have their day; they have their , day
and cease to ber"" but 'the fundamental
principles of justice are eternal,-and in
ninety-nine cases out of every hundred
these fundamental principles are all
that heed be considered in determining
disputes in courts of justice. I hope
and a host of Others hope with me, that
the clamor of many voices will not
obscure the real issues'whether we shall
keep on the bench a man who haa shown
"himself upright and unafraid, - or
whether we ahall dismiss him because
sundry lawyers do not want that kind
of a Judge. . . v--,- -
RICHARD WARD MONTAGUE, "
Another for West. "
To the Editor of The Journal Let
the machine of the .majority party, by
rotten convention or putrid "aasembly"
(it la the same by whichever , name
If Is called; put up, i-corrupt candi
date for governor, say; then let' the
honest ' element divide : tfieir v support
among Several good men at the primar
ies. This will Insure the nomination
of the most corrupt that may be put
forward by the . above-mentioned con
vention or "assembly." . Then tha bet
ter element will see how three or four
good men running for the same nomina
tlon cannot beat one corrupt one, , The
they find that the minority party baa
put their beat man in nomination. The
inevitable result la that those who fa
vor honesty and competency- In public
hrardless of nolltlcal afflllatlons. ' Komo
tell us that the direct , primary has
handed this Republican state over to
he Drmocrats., This is . a bare-fared
falsehood. ,nd they know It jit is thlr
rtatten inafhlne. that forces candidates
to the front whom the honest element
': : f OctoDer 31 in History'Halloweeri '
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS
Astoria haa an Esperanto club,
a a , .
Much building activity In Redmond
and vicinity.
Lakevlew Is sure to get a railroad
from the south." - ...
.-...'...: . '
Big travel over the new Eugeno
Sprlngfield line.
New O. A. R. post has been organi
sed at Springfield.; - .
a
Heavy cropa of potatoes were raised
in the Nehalem valley. , .
, More than 60 people are working In
Eugene'a fruit cannery, t
,, a. : ?
A Sheridan man hat almond trees
that yielded a fair crop.
Fairmount knife factory ' will prob
ably. be greatly enlarged. , .
Jacksonville will anon be able - to
boast of a good water system
. - . -, . r .: '.V:'"f '
Strong indications of oil have also
been found near Culver, Crook county.
a ' - . .
A - Yamnlll county span of young
horsea weighing 2500- pounds sold for
1800. t " .-
--' ;v":...:1;"v,-,:,;,7-.t '..,!"'; ,:v v-iA ;'.
'' Grants Pass has .shown great Im
provement this year,' especially In' street
paving. ,
'f'i'i ',:. 'i..i-4'. "-'';'.'s 'i:l:,'4'i"i-'ffi;'',
'' A tine quality of lime la said to have
been discovered in the Bear river re
gion, Crook county. ' ;,- .'
, i,u'' k , :'L' " M'.r ':'-:
Man near Albany, who by the way,
baa 12 children, makes much cider;
made 2000 gallons in one day.
l ! , a . ..
Stay ton Mall la offering 41000 pritea
in a contest My, how profitable it
must be to run a paper In that town.
Harney Is the greatest stock ounty.
in the state and yet produces no dairy
products, - Dairies would, pay big up
there. , , :: . , : ..... ,. ,, :, .- ; '.-
- ,(;:--.;-' jh
Some Polk county peaches measured
9 Inches around one way and 10 lnchea
the other, and weighed half a pound
The portion of Crobk county of which
Madras Is the center produced probably
1,660,000 bushels of wheat this year
no t bad tor a beginning.
T
sessed of peculiar faculties of foresight
Such persons are reputed to be gifted
with the ability to see the future with
a cloar vision they are seers. Among
the pagans such a person waa Bet up aa
a prophet and the wise man of the tribe
fo him all homage was due.
History records that it often ; hap
pened tha: such a person was not only
a seer of the tribe, but the chief and
the ruler. . It was from the ranks of
those of the tribe. If any there happened
to be, who were born on Halloween that
the rnlera were rcrulted. .... ,
"There is another ancient superstition
with reference to Halloween which haa
"been handed down from the . days of
antiquity, and that la that every dream
which one may have during their sleep
on this particular night will undoubted
ly , come true..,,,-.... . . v -.-:-
r Another superstition, ; what may per
haps be termed "unhallowed,"' Is to wet
a shirt Heeve, hang It up to tha fire to
dry, and He in bed watching it tljl
midnight when the apparition of the
Individual's future partner for life will
come in, and turn the sleeve. Burns thus
alludes to the practice in one.' of his
songs: , y ,,-. j:,.: .', ,:',-...."i.-..i"r. ...v.
"The last Halloween I waa Waukln' '
Mv drauklt sark-aleeve, aa ye ken;
His likeness cam' up' the hous stauktn',
And tho very gray - breeka o' Tarn
GlenT , . ;
Another ceremony much practiced on
Halloween d that of the three dishes.
Two of these are respectively filled
with clean and foul water, and one' is
empty. They ,are ranged In a row, and
the parties blindfolded, pne after the
other, advance and dip their flngera Into
one. If they dip Into the Clean water,
they are to marry a maiden; if into
the .foul water, , a widow; .if Into the
empty dish, the : party so dipping , la
destined to be either a bachelor or an
old maid. And a hundred other games
peculiar to the evening will be played
tonight throughout the world, many ot
them of a very unique character, accord-
October 81, U87, Connecticut's charter
1 alleged, to .have been concealed in, an
oak tree, later known as the Charter
Oak; It la the date of tho organization
of the Sons of Liberty in 1768; the fri
gate Philadelphia was captured by the
Trlpolltana In 1803; Nevada waa admit
ted Into the Union in 1864, and the Vir
giniua was captured by the Spaniards In
1873. Today la the birthday of Pope
Clement XIV (1705); Rear Admiral Wil
liam B. Shubrlck O790) j Alexander W,
Randall, postmaster general under John
son (1819); Joseph R. Hawley, the Con
necticut statesman (1828J; and Daniel
BuHerfiold, a major general of the Civil
war (1831).- Today tn the date of the
death of Victor Amadeua, first king of
Sardinia (1732). and that the Black
friara' bridge over the Thames 14 Lon
don waa begun in 1760, , ,
will not! support hence the anomaly
of a Democratlo governor twice elected,
and then made United States aenator tn
thla : Republican atate, and no doubt
another Democratlo governor In 1910.
A REPUBLICAN WHO WILL VOTE
FOR WEST.
A Claim 56 Years Old. "
From the Medford Mall-Trlbune. -
Mrs. 8. U. Waits of Dayton, Wasb la
spending a few days In the valley vis
iting among old pioneer friends and
looking up evidence that , will enable
her to substantiate claims which she has
against , tha federal government for
property loss In the early. Indian wars
of the Rogue river valley.
Mrs. Wanes' husband- built the Phoe
nix flouring mills in 1854., the first grist
mill In this section of Oregon. The
mills did .not begin to grind the golden
grain until 1855 and one of the first
export shipments comprised three wag
on loads to Treka. -The train was in
charge of three drivers, the late D. P.
Brittain, the late Harry Oatman and a
man named Fields, each In command of
a wagon drawn by four oxen. : Near the
summit of tha Slsklyous as the train
was moving Blowly along It met an. In
dian ambush. Fields was shot dead, tha
other two drivers escaping.. - The In
diana had not learned the use of flour
up to that tlma and were content to cut
open the sacks and thereby destroy It
for the white man's use.
Grants Pass Courier: The Roarun'rlwr
wlth-lts Vreat wealth of water will ba
maae xo rurnian irrigation material in
such, abundance as will make our fruit
and alfalfa lands not only famous for
the crops, named, but noted for the pro
duction of small grains and all kinds of
vegetables. The railroad will no longer
be obllired to bring us hav and arrain
I bu t, wl l LcarixJjunjlreds, joiLcarlQads.of
our pruaucijonn vo marKei, ana conse
quently our hard-earned money will be
left .at home to enrich the-tiller of the
soil, and those engaged in our manu
fa(?tlirln(T and mercantile jnterests.. May
thp good. wo,i-oT irrlgirtlon go- on with
out i-eiiHing until our county bnoomns
noted t for .Its wealthy -and progressive
farmers and. fruit growers- , . .
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt - -
NO JOKE. INDEED. ' , '
W'hen I see a man with sightless eyes,
with nary, a hand to swat the flies, -A.
leg extremely nil. perhaps
Jt makes me think of the other chaps
Who have good eyes and legs and health,
But who co-apliiin of lack of wealth.
And 1-note lae look on the. patient face
Of the cripple there in his lonely plaop,
And compare the smile with the angry,
frown
Of the man who'd pull ; the country
down. - ' ' .
And Irun't quite see Just how we stand.'
Can't tell whoa who in this fair land.
And- ,it dims my eyes and makes' me
. choke . .
And this, you see, Is not a joke.
AW, PASS THEDOG MEAT. '
, Nobility and the higher-ups must be
bowed down-to. Krsro:. Hnta off to Kir
Loin..
"Smooth propositions, them Broadway
bridge injunction suits," said a fellow
tother- day. He said: v(-"Well, . they
ought to; be Bmooth, they're filed o
much." ,, . . -
, 'The Joke. - - . , !
Dear Tanglefoot ' , - " ' '
Well, say, suppose the unions should be
- tried s
For dynamiting, murder, suicide . '
Suppose the. trial waa wearing and was '
fitting tight, to boot - '
would anyone deny that, it was then
union aultT . , MABEL.
Tell me' thla in mournful numbera.
Rest my thinker for awhile, .
hy. O, whjndo alngle women '
..Always have the aweetest amlle? f
How Railroads . Controi Waterways. ':
; ' From the Literary Digest -What
shall it profit a nation if It , '
pend $20,000,000 a year to Improve lta
waterways, If a few, railroads are to
have exclusive control of the water
frontage in all the chief shipping cen
ters? This arraignment of the railroads
for compelling Uncle 8am to Waste that .
yearly rivers'- and harbors', appropria-,
tlon is made by Commissioner of Cor
porations Herbert Knox Smith, In his
recently " published v report 4. on water
transportation in: the United states,
Taking up the matter of terminals, he
finds, to quote the New York Evening
Post's summary, that terminals are aa
important as channels, that great influ
ence la exercised by railroads over water
terminals, either through ownership, in
direct control, or long term leases - of
waterfront property, that there la very
little effective linking up of , the rail
and water transportation aystema; but -on
the contrary, the tendency -aeema
toward division and .adverse action, to '"
the great detriment of the transporta- -tlon
needs ot the public. . .FlnallA there
la a striking lack of cooperation iretween
tha federal government and thfe locall- .
ties benefited by channel Improvement,
In marked contrast' to those continental
countries whose waterways have been
most highly developed. ""-.'-? ';'
New Orleana and San Francisco, ao--
cording, to tha " commissioner, are the
only two important porta whose water
frontage isnot largely controlled by pri
vate Interests, but la kfpt open, under
atate ownerahlp, for general traf flc. ,In
the. letter accompanying hia report to
the president Commissioner Smith says:
1 "Private , interests control nearly all
of our active -.water-' frontage.- Pub" -Ho
control exists in considerable degree
only at New Orleans, San Francisco,
Baltimore and New York, and la great
ly modified at New York by exclusive
private leases for long terms.
i "Out ,of 60 of our foremost ports.
ohly two,,New Orleana and San Francis- ,
co, have practically complete public 1
ownerahlp and control of their active
water frontrfge; eight have a small dc- "
gree of control,- and 40 none at all. Out "
of 37 ports for which data are available
(excluding New Orleana and San Fran
cisco), only 14 have any publicly owned
Wharves (about 260 auch wharves In
all, many privately - controlled under
Ion leases).' Out of 25 ports with
available data (excluding New Orleans
and San Francisco), only 10 are publlo
highways. In fact, their essential ter-
mlnals are largely under private con
trol." This report declares ' the Chicago
Tribune, "8hould help to arouse the
sadly lnflcm purpose of American busi
ness men respecting the great . eviia
It discusses.'" Newspaper comment, In
the main, applies the commissioner's .
words to local conditions, and general
ly indorses hla flndinga. The New Or
leans Picayune makes them - the text
for a further Indictment of the alleged,
selfishness of the railroads In their deal-
lngs with the cities. We read:
"The simple truth or it All la that -
railroads are interested exclusively In
advancing , their', own I Interests. They
care nothing for a city, but use it and r
lta facUltiea for all that is- possible.
They araj watLwlththajrlvettrade and
lose no opportunity to exterminate It
which they have done on all the west
ern fivers, and they hold tha cities
where they have dona thlr' under ty.
rannical domination. Such la the fata
of cltlea ;that give up everything to the
railroadaiand depend ou-tnem- for -ex-iatenca
. ' .. .-. : -' - ., -. :
"Railroads are the indispensable ser
vants of trade, and should be used to ;
the: fullest extent aa auoh, but kept in ,
their places. Whenever a city becomes ,
the, servant of a railroad, and ia dom
inated, that city goea into slavery and
decline.", -
The town ot Brogan ia flourishing,
many new settlers having located there
recently, saya the Ontario Optimist. -Th '
dam 12 miles from Brogan, which is -being
constructed fby the Willow River
Land & Irrigation company, and which
is to Impound the flood waters of Wil
low creek, is " Bearing completion and
when finished will be 187 feet high. The
reservoir will contain 78,000-acre feet ot
water. .
(Contributed to Tha Journal by Walt Muni,
the famous Hanaa pot. Bu pruae-poema arv
regular featura of tbla columu ii 'lba UaHj
Journal.) j -
Some bards their harpstrlngs! deftly
strike, and sing of roses and the like;'
Of 'poral Isles attd stddlt'seas ana hlfdi1
whose plumage t gilds the breezp, but
when I sing at close of day, my sog
is of a bale of hay. O wondrous bale,'
that takes me back ', across the years
on dreamy, tric,k to sunny fields where
strong menl wrought the fields that
idlers never sought;--: With wringing
raiment on their V backs they shaped 1
their windrows and their "stacks; ,1 see
and har it all again, the cheery voices
of the men, the thirsty .with-'Upjllted
jugs, the horses" straining in their tugs,
the mower's clanking, raucous to&rt tha
glad march ; home when day, was o'er.
And when tho hay was cured and bright,
and aptly named "the mule's delight,
they fed it to the press and made tha
bale for whleh my harp is played. Each
handful Of, this fragrant hay suggests
a long, long summer day of honest
wise productive toil, of wrestling With
the parent soil. No dreamers made thin
trutHy "bste: "no 'trifling "melT'or pbela"
pale; no loafera placed the wire around,
no lily fingers raked, the ground,, but
men of might were there that day,, and
wrought'! to build that bain of hay.
And so with lilting roundelay do I em
balm the bal of hay, -
copy rich t. 19IO.. far A U
Oeorga Uattbew Adima. ' f 7Tflfff Ua'ill.s'
A Bale of Hay
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