THE OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL.- PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENINO. APRIL 17, 4011
THE JOURNAL
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Plbll.il r4 nvry tbIk (arrpt BadT)
every Saadajr nrlnf at The Joaraal Balw
U$. rift ese Taau etraets. PortUi Or.
; Eafomd It ! aoatoffleat rortlaaa. Of., for
tranaiUala UroaS tfce matU aa aaeoae-elaae
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1 TH.trilONM Mala T17S; HaaM. A-tflSl.
. 1 I . AU aVvartawata rax-aed tf tbaaa aiiaibpra.
I -y j , Tall th oaratof wbat daartat r
I . ' rORKION ADVERTIB1N0 KKPRItStlTATIT.
peajaarie Kaatoor Oa.. Braaawlrt &j"U-f
'., 124 rifts eane. New Torsi Paapla'a
hnUdtna, Obleaaa,
to tax bachelor and old maids in
Illinois. A third statesmanlike
measure was to prevent the smoking
out of raccoons in Ohio, a bill pow
erfullr demonstrating the superior
ity of proxy lawmaking over direct
lawmaking. If anybody thinks for
a moment that It is not the function
of a real statesman to boo to It that
no coon may be smoked out bull
sent, aa one great proximate cause. J impossible. He is onis.of those to I
Thfln thara mint lnt v . I ... i. . . , '... , . 1
- w.MJt7 iuiu iui w i wami Dims uis presidential on ice
count irregular ana lawless lines would scarcely add luatro
leading u jealousy, and culminating
In murder and suicide. The everl What possible need can .there be
ready gun must bear Its blame. Why for changing pur form of local gov-
leglslatnres will meet, debate, and ernment when, with Paddy Maher In
separate without sharpening the the official family, we hare the as-
legal weapons that should make the surance that all's well?
unlicensed carrying of arras a crime.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
MALL CHAXGK
'yesterday was the dar the lid was
un, it ngni. . .
a a i .
Twelve minion dollars mtunna tha
wmtnu consumption ror , DM you
mnl uaiip IV 1 fidfl . . . -
a wm. coma worm
Babaertatlaa TVma hj nan ar to aar aiMraaa
a aa uauaa btaiaa, uaaaaa ar mmm
DAILY.
Oaa raar S3 00 I Ona aanafa I
StTNDAT.
On prir fUM) I Ona ayiata f .
DAIL f AND BCN0AT.
Oaa fear tr.BO I Om nonta I .i
Mi
Thar that stand high, have
many Masta to shake thamt
And If they fall, they daah the-ra-eelvea
to pleras.
Khakespas re.
-a
to be aent to the ponltentlary.
These are but a few of many elm
liar bills of great pith and moment
that found statesmen to champion
them. Harem skirts, hobble gowns,
woman's headgear and kindred mat
ters of vast public significance were
objects of legislative broadsides and
oratorical thundering In numerous
state capitals, all Illustrative of the
masterly superiority of high browed
proxies for making laws. How vain
and foolish for the unstatesmanllke
people to Imagine they can legislate.
In Boston a man ltl year of aa
must be driven out with a sharp to be severely and sternly punished. BJr tfie Durand census Seattle Is
stick twisted Into the skin, he ought passes the comprehension of the or- tne largest, but by all the barome-
dlnary man. The bablt la distinct-1 ot business Portland Is most hM "n ';u"rt drunk n the street. TbC
Ivelv Amr!f.an .nrf la VS "u u.wr- waj ia arinfc
- - ----- vih vauM MJVI UDll UVl I
ive In the western, half of the con
tlnent. It will require a strong and
united effort to suppress It
M
That W rr m rA n.n t-.m & - . ...
Dlax says he is srolnsr to crush the rxoni to trv to aa.t on im. - -
revolution before he dies. It at all. Fo hiv. rn?luK -ul'Jf? .fro,m m,n
he can do It better before than aftr. Wh M W.Uhout tnr,-
Tv" - Obsarva that.thara are no American
i uo Kiuuiiu imjk umvru sain inn miwiii oni 10 ma Anta.MtiM n. nn.
ANT EFFORTS have .been the EaBter bohnets were all wofll"? ni7fc th Jp nvy
mane to pump water on ad- '"ra yraipraay, ira la.
RITER Cl'IlRKXT FOR PITWPIXO
TRE TREATY OF ARBITRATION
,R(TIX(1 THE SECRETARY
BRAND IS A good thing for
Identifying beef hides or sheep
pelts, but In what way can It
add to the efficiency of a sec
retary of state. Some persons are
Bald to think that for the secretary's
.'office, Governor West should have
f selected a man wearing a Democrat
h lo tag. Would the tag make tho man
' any better official or contribute In
any way to the more efficient con-
dnct of the office? If not, then why
make selection a question of how
,tno appointee Is politically branded?
The people of Oregon are little
guided by tags. That was shown
vv mmmm a v w w aaar vaa vrwaa awvvaaawa i
la a state overwhelmingly Republl
can. What they are after is ef
flclency and In selecting Mr. West
tbey paid no more attention to the
tag than If It- had been on a last
year's sheep pelt
' In selecting a Republican for sec-
i retary Mr. West ignores the tag and
idoes exactly, what the people did in
selecting him for governor. If he
has done wrong in eliminating poll
itlcs from his selection, he has fol
j lowed the Illustrious precedent of the
i people themselves. It Is an act that
entitles him to wide applause and
the more It Is criticized the more It
! will be applauded.
' Xfr. Olrntf la a Irnnwn mi.t.r nf
accounting and the business details
Incident to the secretary's office. He
is an expert in the functions to which
the appointment will call him. . He
.'has exactly the efficiency-that the
. people desire in the office. In short,
; he Is called to the position to do bus
' lness and not to do politics, a fact
' that makes of the matter a satisfac
tory and a closed episode.
S
TILL ANOTHER force Is being
brought to boar towards the
general acceptance of the great
Idea both k America and Eng
land. Kir Edward Grey has ad
dressed a letter to Mr. Meyer, sug
gesting that on both sides of the
Atlantic the moral and religious
forces of both nations shou:d come
to an understanding how best to
unite their efforts in the great cru
sade. This has been taken up warmly
In England, and arrangements are
being perfected for a meeting at the
Albert Hall of representatives of all
the churches to unite In one splendid
demonstration In behalf of Interna
tional peace.
Doubtless we shall soon hear of
a similar movement on this aide of
the ocean. This country may be too
large for one meeting to concentrate
the general feeling In a single place
and in one expression, unless each
state were represented after prelimi
nary meetings had been held In all
the states. The trustees of the new
Carnegie Peace Fund might well
take the lead In such arrangements.
So far there appears no falling off
In England of the enthusiasm that
followed swiftly on Sir Edward
Grey's acceptance of President Taft's
proposal.
Meanwhile we read that Mr. Edi
son conceives that he has made a
proposition tending strongly towards
universal peace by Inventing a new
storage battery specially adapted to
Joining lands by aid of the
force of the river current.
Some methods have been patented.
but in practical use have failed. The
Inherent difficulty la the rise and
fall of the river, and hence of 'the
motor floating In the water, and of
the Increased force of the current In
th narrowed channel In low water.
Letters From the People
General Carter's Career.
Thoaa Haattr ballaa! Thnu TT-.r.r
ballast How sweet a lata thalr preaenra
tails! Each faoo a son a. earn linn a
prayar, and eaoh nw lid tha Tovalleat
tlierel
a a
Qunatlon Daralata: Whr AA tha
To tha Kd- frocer, ' two doien for
Jrni j wmvou klndfy"4 wh,n ttaty undoubtedly knaw
jrnal W ill you kindly everybody would have bought them at
bloBrapMcal aketch. of Uo centa for one dosenT
abl
Blaine, Waah.. April 13
itor of The Jou
publish a short
Major General William II. farter, com
. 1 1. 1 1 v. 1 1 1 n i r i v ill i. l . l ni.iv, nuiiT 1 1 1 1 I y-. . . . ... . . . , , m
The oldest method used Is, prob- Tp" frontier? J. ! 'OALnRAITH. you have given u. Tha TdTary yo etarled
ly. that developed In h fWlne Lll',J"r..Gf''r' LS"r l".-fre !. !"' Your l.pa. Is mere-
- " i miiwuri' a mi a orai iuinnr. na was ly ma proot inai you nave more sense
ucnerai i oroin I assistant, appointed in I win you inourni yon naa.
April, m02, ond a member of the f Irat I.
wur rniiego board. Am altant ad.1u- Here la a meteorological definition
tant general of tho army he practically that excela "three monthe winter and
rrxatrd the general staff, and prepared I nlnB months late In the fall." A man
the legislation that constituted It In frt"? western Montana said that eoun-
1904 and 1905 General farter com- l"F l"r" ""; uy. utiBI ana
. . , . ,. . . - - - i win
ninuucu iiiff fjcparinirni ot in. v i.hjh
In I li. rhlllnnln- anA nut Aamw th ln
surrertlon In Bamar. In February. 1101. I "nl Zeppelin flying over royal-
he was mada commander of the depart
ment nt th I until XrM'AmK- 1QAI
" " ' ..... in,n ,r na m-ent to pa
i ommanoefl camps or lnetrtictlon In poeles and atuff.. and hammered on the
ivo anil r.'iv ite irame major gen- d-jora and banded them In?
oral In November, 1909. H wears a
medal of honor, earned by rescuing a Baltimore's city council haa enacted
wounded negro soldier In Arizona In tha Ian ordinance segregating colored people.
Apache war, under a storm of bullets. I Has anybody ever thought of tho fourth
Oenersl Carter may be called the cr
pwi vi ihv IIW.ICIU I lilini rinin IIUT. r L,i.w..-. , , , "
When Senator Ellhu Root was secretary 1
or war ne aepuira uenerai i:artar to
Bryant Role' r '':
From Vancouver, B. C.,.ProTinci
Although William Jennings Bryan la
not regarded any longer as a presiden
tial possibility his Influence tn tha
Democratlo party Is not by any means
On tha wan iPk.t aU.ii
. u, 1 1 h T . . I J V . f
flour mills In the Rhine, where
undershot wheels, perpondlcularl
hung, are driven by the current
Modern experiment, In this coun
try at least, has used a motor, oper
ated by large circular revolving
frames, with blades affiled to the
circumference and hinged to meet
the full force of the current and to
fold up when the point of complete
contact Is passed. Working models
are said to have succeeded well
The result of efforts at Irrigation
of fruit lands on tha bnnks of the
Clearwater rlvor by current motor
now In progress will be carefully
watcned. Their success will be
hailed by very many orchardlsts In
Oregon, who watch the powerful
river currents sweeping by their dry
lands unused.
IlfTERVEXTIOX ON A
SCALE
SMALL
r
HERE IS A comic side to the
6tory from San Diego of the
landing of 40 warriors and a
Maxim gun at San Quentln.
Mexico, from the British sloop
"Shearwater," to protect British and
American Interests, when the lnsur
rectos marched in and tho federals
took promptly to flight. The Brit
ish captain evidently did not bother
ACCIDENTS IN , COAL MINES
A DISMAL PICTURE fs given
In some of Che magazines this
month of the losses by death
and accident In coal mines,
especially those ot the .Colorado Coal
tt Iron company. Accordinf to these
-accounts every European country has
better safety legislation than the
submarines. This battery Is to make
the submarine so formidable that. In
the words of the Inventor. "It will
not be worth while to build 'battle
ships." The prediction follows, that
the "piling up of armaments will
bring either universal revolution or
universal peace."
The peace makers will do well to
hurry, since France wjll soon be
ready With a fleet of 300 aeroplanes,
(about International law and possible
complications. British subjects and
American subjects appealed to the
practical captain for protection In
the emergency and he protected.
It Is "nothing to make a fuss about,"
he says. Evidently he acted In pre
cisely th same way as If a barbar
ous country, ungoverned and Ir
responsible, were In question. In
such case police protection would
each warranted to carry a charge of ha.ve baen g,ven by tne dng;h.ty cap
500 pounds of high explosives. Ger-rain on eneral principles. A fire
many will be not far nehlnd with ,S be,nn,nS to burn,? then put It
winter. Can you beat It?
prepare the plans and . the legislation ,w"V S'JL"'V. i.","" '"a
L.l, --la. W a. . . S IL. a. nA I 1 1 1 liUOUtlllU aVIIWUiU SaIl StllU U I CUB
J .h M . A .2! ' 1Mf the baby If the wife was too busy with
and 1901 wna General Carter's work. ir housekeeping waa probably not
cruel but lanorant. and didn't know
A Correction. that whan a man launders a baby the
Oregon City. April H.-To the Editor fXZ J1!?" "'"J" th mM " dola "
Til. lA.laa.1 A a. a.M tkla " " ' " '
wi a no uui ii ei. it ilciii jii una vvsjir
t, OREGON BISEUGHTa , ..
Tha Tillamook Lumber Manufacturing
oompany baa resumed operations. ,
.i . .a ..v.-.
Union Is to have a new high school
building In time for next year s work.
Roseburg authorities have given the shown by the offer' mada to Mm at
2rt&W!-M!?!r't'-th',r 10 C,"n Msinphto a few daya ago of a 12.000,000
up or uoao up. enterprise, presumably a newspaper, St
nnnii p.aa mmrifin. tha piri he would but "co me where the DOODlO)
la a good location .for an up-to-date loved him and where ha would always
business college. find friends." Tennessee is, of course.
. H.IL Branson has been elected prln- resehu the atrem. view of t. atat.
clpa of tha Oakland schools. Ha la now 0T,,,;. 'IV!,' V??
principal at Wallowa, , , I p("'t'c Accordingly, Mr. Bryan,
a a i , 'I "iaBius: nia craieiuinraa ai mi
At ttTallawa 1k. Kl. nlMt f Sa WIS- I Invitation extended tn htm. declined It
lay-Mlmnauah Lumber, comnanv haa I tor the very reaaon that tha Darfy there
surted with a'-full craw. was so strong and his friends ao numer-
. ..". -'feus. They did not need him, ha told
Orants Pass la arranrlna tha datalla I tham tv,. ...n. j 1 ...
of a rose festival to be held probably a affective Zxk t" iZnmn.m
next month, and will also celebrate the S, ",n,"l "t less so because
Fourth. or "uggestlon of posing In contains.
' e a i mr. nryan is no longer a presldontlal
Oeorae Ualrd. for II raara manarar I possibility: his manv rlarl hava inaHa
of telephone interests at Union, has him. In that capacity, hopeless with a
r?X.r'?-J!1,!hf?nnrti.?nnn U look,B PopU who worship success. But ha Is
toward southern Oregon. a man of resource and he Is ancrentlv
K. if. Shutt haa returned to Happnar, "7"" ffJ ,..m"e" lB.h'" d""
after an incuraloiv into tha real estate n,,'llon ' powerful and far more
bualneaa and la aaaln In rharra aHi. enduring than any presidential nosslhlll-
torlally, of tha Heppner Times. ties would give him. He Is now becom-
in In a new sense the great democratlo
According to the Union Boout, the mlssloner, the authority to which Ie-
P.?ni! .u!Puti..?f r?umib' from .tl' "ocracy will bow on great Issues, the
Catherine and Little Creek sections this molder of national vi.., Tn a i..f
eummer will be over ll.00i.000 feet ?a Via., J u . . rfT
a na wider senaa he aeeks to be to tha
In eight days 1780 dosen eggs, worth I!?1'"0 'Lftrtjr hat Horace O reel ey
$605, were shipped from lone, and the WM t0 tn" Republicans of half a cen-
Heppner Oasette asks why not advertise tury sgo. Presidential candidates mv
Morrow oounty as-a great chicken coun- rle and even suoceed, but their hold
tryT , upan the party will ba temporary while
Wallowa Run: Tha ate.l for th. new tbil.?'. B"? wl. be permanent.
bridgea across Bear creek and tha main '"'" "ZIa. 0,"D?wrU ,Ba
river on the lower valley road haa ar- wu conrted aim. Nor Is there any
rived. There were two oarloada of tha I reaaon why it should not be successful.
material Mr. Bryan is certainly the greatest fore
In the Democratlo party today, and da-
jir v""""" uuai ma apue nia series or dereata ha haa out
town Is doing commerolal business lasted averv rival ti .n ...i. rw
amounting to 1500,000 a year and tha H;aC 17. I . w! d !f
two banks receive and disburse $1,600," a y h" return1 him after over
000 a year. ' throw at the polls and ha haa cheered
lngs Dally Journal reads as follows:
'Washington, April 14. For the flrat
ttmo In 40 years, the anniversary of
the assassination of President Lincoln
will this year fall at the same time on
Good Friday, and also .on April 14, the
dpte of the month In 1S65 when the
war president was struck down. This "Here lies one whose name waa writ
coincidence of dates has not occurred in water," Is the epitaph that John
since the day of the great tragedy." Keats, the boy coot, reouested be ln-
Your correspondent Is mistaken, of I v... ... a
TrhlM, T ..v. living nmnf tr. ht. I wu.hmbiu..o. ou.
,1 1 Jk I.I TT-
a land relnsplred It.
Grants Paas Courier: Iaat FVidar tha I How far Mr Ttrvan'a litaa haa k
largnat amount of freight ever received obtained from the course pursued by
cars of merchandlae and houaahnld DUt w likely to make him-
seir more powerful In his party and
more Indispensable than Colonel Itooaa.
Chief of Pollee Walden has reported velt can make himself with tha Re
o the city council of La Grande that uubllcana. Mr. Rrvin haa .,,ee.a
of,c,L.,-pron:r:c?arptchk its: sis f$rH;jKJ!!'
and pull off iron bar, almost at will, ft ?jjy ffft iS'
SEVEN MARVELOUS BOYS
John Keata.
I havo a daughter born on Easter Sun- wu.n" ' "
day, April 16. 1876. whose birthday we Jhe viewpoint in which he held himself,
will again celebrate on the same day lntd of hi. name being ' writ in
and date this year water," it haa become immortal. The
W. C. BCHULTZB.
ber squadrons of aerial dread
noughts. When mines are laid In
every harbor, submarines prepared
for every sea, and the new hangars
out. Don't ask for orders, hut do
It and then report. There are vari
ous precedents In the history of na
tions for this course; some large,
some small. The one before us Is
are full nf nlanpe for tha hotilm nf
United States. In Belgium the coal the air. when auper-dreadnoughts in,s srna11 one hut ""ftlT of na
iu.uvb are uum uurp? i ana more aan- fieetg are ready for actioni lr Burejy pfcunarines.
ariuu. luiu uiw in. mis country lB R Btrange outlook for a reign of
whether In Wyoming or in Pennsyl- international peace,
vanla. But careful government su-
DEFENSE AGAINST USURY
pervislon and the Installation of safe
ty devices keeps down the pereent-
, age of accidents.
In Great Britain a government
bill has just passed its second read
ing In the house of commons, called
'tha coal mines bill. It Is a miners'
'safety code. It deals with the chief
'. dangers of the miner's life wind
ing, haulage, falls of ground, fire,
diseases, explosions. There Is ques
( tion raised whether the bill goes far
j enougn in mo compulsory use or
j gafety lamps. Conferences have been
; called In the committee with repre
sentatives of the miners and of the
THE GLAD TOMORROW
T
P
ATKRSON, NEW JERSEY, with
a population of 125,000, has
but a single pawn shop. The
mayor is opposed to them, and
O OUR ESTIMABLE fandom.
news from tho Rln nnH
no longer of consequence. To-! the Pregftnt establishment will prob
morrow Walter McCredle and i ,y appear w"en us license ex
plres
Several years ago, the Board of
Trade of Paterson organized a "re-
Illlnols, or the effect of the extra
session of congress upon the nresl-
(mlne owners, with a view to amend-! dentlal boomlets of-1912. It is the
fluents before the final passage of
his warriors will be mobilized for
"maneuvers" In Portland. It is not a
Question of MexIcan-.Tnnn
Monroe doctrine or Intervention to ' medIal ,oan company" to advance
prevent anarchv. ,llune in wonny persona in tempor
Nor Is it a question of Canadian ry neea' ina ornizatlon charges
reciprocity, the rjurchaR(.rl n9tP -ine 'owestpossioia interest on ad-
seat of the Illustrious Innocent from
irni ajtTiiiUB 111 1111 IIIUIl lllyifJH9
ltsolf upon very on when they con-
Japanese BU Klndings. when ... than ear. of
From Harper. Weekly. and prevloua to that he had given to the
In the preservation of lta rare mana- world his undying "Eve of St. Agnes."
scripts and books, the government haa "Hyperion." "Lamia," "Isabella" and
found an additional safeguard In Japa- "Endymlon." Singular aa it may seem.
nese silk. this last txvem. an ode. Was entitled
Its use haa removed a fear that long "Brtaht Star. Would I Were Steadfast
existed In the minds of librarians that as Thou." It Was written on the boat
the rare old manuscript, would dry up that carried him to Italv. Whera he
and return to their original elements, hoped to win back his declining heaith.
ronunaiaiy. nowever. me employment but he died at Home and was burled
r a silk of extreme thinness and trans- there on PVhruarv 24. 1S?1
parency has settled the question of the Among the sacred spots of the world
OI ,nB" ""cripia lor me ni that serve as Mecca, to the feet of all
200 or SOO years at least By that time who reverence genlu. Is the grave of
piii.pa aoma oulr raemoa may oe ois- Keats in the Protestant cemetery, near
rnt. ... . .... ... . the pyramid of Galus Seatlus, with that
i.n. .na .. injanarwian me minnesi 0f hi friend, Joseph Severn, beside him.
tissue paper, the threada being finer Keats waa especially sensitive all his
than spider webs. It Is pasted over the Ufa. H fit that his efforts were not
manuscript so firmly that It wards off nr.H.t .a th.t ...
a., uuai. aau air. ana yei is so trans- ln a way Tnberng thenbrunt of unjuat
, " .. ' criticism. This sensitiveness was par-
more wun in. appearance or tne manu- f iculerly noticeable after his production
script than Would an ordinary pane I nt "VnrtvTnlnn " whtch w.. .
of gUss. It strengthens the manuacrlpt criticised by contemporary writers, and
fo that the danger of handling is re
duced to a minimum.
For some time past the Library of
Congress has had In hand the examlna
tlon and protection of all Its old man-
uscripta, employing for the purpose the
silk mentioned. Unless one be an ex
pert in old manuscrlpta he la unable to
recognise the fact that the silk has been
used.
the till. But inspection, already ef-
vances, anti seeks to take the place
in the community of the three-ball
concerns.
Such a course in every city would
( . ... . ... . rlanrlva prnnbo rif nnn ............ s
weignuer issue or now fares it with i . uo viuo iui
J fectlve, will doubtless be made more
i stringent
There Is some advantage In a
ease of this kind In having but one
! legislative authority. Restrictions
rortiana in the race for what is
known to fandom aa "tha rinri ru
which translated Into English means ,' ravaKes of ll8ury
the championship pennant for 1912.
It is also an issue of how effective
are Mr. McCredie's "hurlerB, mound ;
disposing or their loot. It would
also relieve many a needy one of the
PASTORS PLAY BALL
and supervision will be of equal ap- artists, spltballers, side - winders,
J plication in all the coal fields of south-paws, kink-projectors, knob
. Great Britain, without regard to lo- decorators, human-catapults, and
cm opposition, wnicn win be heard
and dsposed of for good and all be
i f ore the act Is passed. And, once
passed, he law will prevail, and ln
' ringers will be at tl.elr peril In en
dangering the men.
A
FREAK STATESMANSHIP
BASEBALL TEAM composed
entirely of clergymen has
been organized at Grand Junc
tion PnlnraAn on1 V. A .,
nin.t.aoooi.g ' ,WI1, ' - ' l'aB-
. ..nuMuieu tors are practicing daily. They
means baseball pitchers j have lBsued a ehMng9 to
naJt Jlan!8 tfploi,3(lid"r,nl,hn he state mado up of a similar
past week in the south have been j profession.
wuiiueiiuuy Rausiiing 10 me tnou-! Whv not? Tha a-n
' qu'wm narni
Watching- for Woodrow Wilson.
From the Portland Spectator.
It will be worth while noting the sort
especially ao by the London Quarterly
Review."
In July, 1821, Byron recorded his be
lief that the young poet's life waa short
ened by these criticisms. He said:
"Who killed John Keats r
"I.", said the Quarterly,
So savage and tartarly:
"'Twas one of my feats."
Who shot the arrow?
"The poet-priest Milan,
So ready to kill man.
Or Southey or Barrow."
In his earliest youth Keats showed
sands who follow the game. Oak
land was ripped from first place by
the doughty Portlanders and made
REGON HIGH BROWS In their ! 1 Jf '.t.allx!'1 J? P" I 8ajr"' ,he piemen ot the cloth ar.
demand for asBemblvism
sneered at tie notion that
mere people can make laws.
They claimed that the great un
washed are unfit to make laws and
that only real statesmen with hlirh
brows and superior Intelligence are
suitable for lawmaking.
: Bills solemnly proposed and re
sults obtained in many of the state
legislatures In late weeks are before
us. The fitness of real high brows
for legislating Is thrllllngly revealed
in some of the measures.
, '.Leaving the Ud charitably closed)
on the late Oregon session with Its
'723 bills; there was a Texas legis
lator who Introduced a bill prohibit
ing false hair, false teeth and wood
en legs. Another" triumphant prop
position was a bill by an Ohio mem
ber to stop the killing of crawfish.
and still smother thriller was the
measure of a Delaware senator to
abolish mosquitoes In his own dis-
trlPt, - . " "
; One of t he, highest browed bills
Introduced wss In Dakota, to pre
irlbe the manner In which women
should dress their hair for church. or
theatre, and scarcely- leas ponderous
tn leeftlatlva achievement was a .till
' ' .'1 " :
' - - . , . 4- j J
.. .j ' ' s r
"SIhon ot Heshbon and Og of Bashan
came agelnst us and we smote
them." But, as the Boston Olohe
",V . r,", warned to put bridles on their
nailed to the Port and record, and tongue. In anticipation of the time
the home-coming of the locals is In ! when tne umplre Bcreams ..
au wie ouu strikes; batter out"! after the flight
nrrn In tha nnrronrora olnrv.. . . . . . 6 v
. ..Ui,..i,u. i or an outshoot which couldn't have
In such an hour, who among fan-1 been raached from the plate with a
jwiii laico mi mo pnv:a ui paving, j telegraph pole
or whether It waB Paddy Maher, the ! '
chief of police or the district attor
ney that was the real head of the
late but Ill-fated moral wave?
SUICIDE
F
IGL'RES SHOW that In
United States 12,608 persons
took their own lives in 1910.
This figure is double that given
as the total only four years back:. In
Japan suicides have increased 60 'per
cent in 15 years. In Prance, Ger
many and TJngland the percentage
of self murders is on the Increase.
On the one hand these nations are
Abe Ruef taught his Bible class In
San Quentln yesterday, and expects
to do some preaching In the prison
later. What a blunder If Abraham
had been successful In his long fight
the ! t0 keep out of the Pen,tontiaO'.
No unseemly howls of protest
t against the army mobilization are
heard from our states and territories
aiong tne Mexican border. The
commissary department follows the
flag.
Perhaps the meanest thing ever
said about that body is the declara
ity. The national wealth of all in
creases. Observers do not attribute
the growing number of suicides to
poverty, although that drives many
to the act-of self destruction. But
the hurry of modern life, the inev
itable worry of financial stress and
atrslnthat la given, by common con-
that Lorlmer Is the cleanest man in
the United Slates senate.
A multitude of Americans pro
foundly admire Mr Bryan and would
like to see him president, but like
Clay, Webster and other of ' our
great,th White Houd is probably
She Knew the Lesson.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
The weekly lesson in Sunday school
dealt with the corrupting influence of
luxury ana worldllness, and the golden
.text was a well known sentence that the
superintendent wished ell the children
to remember. It sounded like an easy
text to learn, and the superintendent,
mounting the patfrm for a final re
view of the lesson, when the school as
sembled for closing exercises, was sure
or a pleasant response from his pupils.
"Who." he began, "can repeat the
golden text?"
A score of hands were raised! and the
superintendent ohose a little girl with
blue eyes, a well bred, well behaved
little girl from a well-to-do and "par
ticular" famUy, to repeat the text for
him.
"Well. Dorothy," ho said, "you mav
tell it to us. Stand up, so we can all
hear you."
Dorothy slood up,. In the prettlness of
her best dress and the daintiness of hr
ficir ribbons.
"You cannot," she said, distinctly,
"you cannot serve God and mamma."
The Harem Skirt.
From the Spokane Herald.
It is not only the weat which is guilty
or reception rortmnu gives woodrow a wonderful genius for versifying. The
v"'a S hardly recovered from boy had a trick, it Is said, of answering
' llrau' mucru i.y me running ana questions by making a rhyme of them
clearing; ana tuning in nonor or an ex
president, when along cornea a potential
president. Professor- JV'ilson is more
than a great cloud oft the political hori
zon; he is a substance of a very sub
Rtantial character. If ther-9 were no
Ohio, and no Judson Harmon In Ohio,
mere is little doubt that Woodrow Wll
eon would be the Democratic nominee
for president next year and if nomi
nated, who knows? But Governor Har
mon, too, looms on the norlzon
Professor Wilson is a big man. with
a gift of leadership. Probably he would
like to be president; even if his ambi
tion to rain the offloe were a anawlnr
and billng one, you need Have no fear
that he would nay or do anything dema
gogic to wrost a single ballot from tha
reluctant paw of our unwashed friends
whom at election time we flatter, and
at all other times avoid. We are of the
opinion that Professor Wilson would
rather be right than be president
to the last word spoken. As a young
child, when his mother waa very 111, he
stood guard at her door with an old
sword and allowed no one to disturb
her. At Her death, report says, he was so
overcome that he hid for days under
the maater's desk at school.
Keats had personal qualities when
he grew older and a strength of char
acter that had always drawn about him
devoted friends. He was always de
voted to the reading of poetry. His
first book of verse waa for tha moat
part inferior verse, though strewn with
several really beautiful poem a. The
critics made all sorts of fun "of him and
abused and derided tha sensitive young
fellow, almost Into a state of madness.
His second book, "Endj-m1on," showed
far greater signs of the genius that was
his. After Its publication poetry became
a passion with him; the slightest emo
tion he felt to the finger tips. At one
time, when he had been recovering from
a spell or sickness, he said that he felt
all In a tremble because he had not
written anything of late. As Lowell puts
It excellently. "Every one of Keata'
poems was a sacrifice of vitality; a vir
tue went away from ilm In every one
of them."
Another misfortune beside bad health
which came to Keats when he was writ
ing his last srreat work. "Endymlon."
was that he fell In love with a beautiful,
shallow girl Fanny Brawne on whom
he lavished a wealth of adoration and
who was quite unworthy the love of
such a man. Bhe never krrew how great
a Renins had loved her. for she could
not rise to the heights of his soul.
Strong friends rallied to devote them-
selves to Keats in his falling days,
Ieih Hunt took him "into his home and
nursed him for weeks; Shelley wrote
from risa telling him to come to them
to be nursed back to health; and It was
his friend, Joseph Severn, who sailed
with him for Nnptes when Keats was
ordered south. When he died Matthew
Arnold remarked : "He is with Shakes
peare," one of the greatest tributes that
could have been paid to this youthful
genius.
I oi triumpn comes. Republicans at
tempted to dominate and use Colonel
j noose velt -and failed. He disciplined It
aim inauo ii auuaervieni; put 11 111 rnaa
on him promptly with the close of hta
offtclsl power. He has appealed against
It to the country and the result of that
appeal Is yet to be learned.
Mr. Bryan's task Is easier as It is
within hi party, which Is in undoubted
sympathy with him.
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
Tomorrow Young Rosclus.
Peter of Servia Scorns Etiquette,
From the Boston Transcript-
For the sake of the diplomatic corps
PERILS OF EATINO.
Perhsps you've never notioed that the
coffea that you buy
Has been boiled till It Is weary till
It's manhood disappears;
It is pretty nearly certain that tha
hominy you buy
Has been cooked till it Is tasteless
and the juice left In the ears.
Tha sugar you've been using la but
little grains of sand
Lifted from the balmy -eashore with
a plain, proaalo dredge;
And the luscious sweet potatoes that
the Tater Trust hss canned
Are but common Irish Murphy a
molded lejigthwlse with a sledge.
And the red-eyed canned tomatoes that
you ouy rrom day to day
, are but painted Imitations', mostly
culls and worthloss Junk;
And the freshly laundered rhubarb, lus
cious as a bale of hay.
Is but tender little saplings taken
from a tree of punk.
Therein the corned beef that you pur
chase for your extra Sunday
lunch.
Which is mostly worn-out horse meat
that is soldered In the tin:
There's the whfskey that you offar to
tne members or the bunch
It Is only stale tobacco Juice and
arsenlo and sin.
All these statements are authentic; they
were peddled out to me
By a man who swesrs they're truth
ful swears there's neither If nor
buts;
He's a man of varied knowledge and
his latest theory
Is for folk to live In trestopa and
devour only nuts.
of freak legislation. It seems that the accredited to the qulrlnal. It Is to be
New Jersey people, possibly by some hoped that King Peter, who is now back
survival of the old blue laws, axe in
fected with the same bug. The New
Jersey legislature proposes to punish
women' who wear the harem skirt with
Imprisonment for life. Possibly these
male Drudes would like to affix the
scarlet letter upon the divided skirt,
the peek-a-boo waist -or any other ar
ticle of feminine wearing apparel which
meets with the Puritanical disapproval.
There waa a time when the woman who
rode a bicycle was thought to be ex
tremely improper and there Is no doubt
but many an easterner still believes that
the bifurcated habit which permits a
woman to ride astride the only safe
wsy of riding, by the way Is positive
ly immodest. But if a Women may wear
a divided skirt on top of a liorso. why
not on top of the pavement? It has
been said that gentle and yielding as
woman la declared to bo, there is one
thing that no stern male has ever suc
ceeded in forcing her to do either to
assume or csst away any form of gar
ment on which sho has set her mind. It
Is time wasted to Interfere and, more
over, in these daya of suffragettes, this
is especially woman's own business. It
may be. said, incidentally, that in more
than half the world women wear trous
ers. Such Is the case amongst all Mo
hammedan people and amongst the Chi
nese. The legislators of New Jersey had
best go and volunteer their help to the
people or China ana Persia. Tnere is
no doubt that their pudlclty would be
remarkably received.
in his capital, was as amusing in Rome
as he was In St. Petersburg when he
made a state visit to the czar last year.
He startled the ministers and the at
taches, who were drawn up In one of
the great halls of the Winter palace to
receive him, by his unklngly remarks. J
a j-uur ui.ua eiian r ne a 8 Keel the
Persian minister. And to the repre
sentative of a South American republic
he euid: "I used to know one of your
compatriots in Paris. He wtffc exceed
ingly rich, and how he went the pace!"
His majesty has a perfect command of
Parisian slang, and the last nhrase a.
ic leu rrom tne royal lips In the form
of "Oorami 11 a fait la bombe," was
peculiarly aatonishlng.
Hut the king of ServU is not accus
tomed to the rigorous etiquette of a
great court At hi palace a ball Is a
very easy going affair. A soecial room
is reserved for the diplomatic corps, be
cause so they say delicate young at
taches are unable to support the smell
of garlic which pervades the general
company in the ballroom. From time to
time a brave diplomat dashes out and
hurries through the razzle-dazsle of a
waitz,
. Catting Down the Cost.
From the New York Tribune.
Ample credit should be given to tha
Democratic majority Jn the house of
representatives for cutting down an
overgrown salary list and abolishing six
useless committees. The saving of $183,
000 a year in salaries may not seem in
itself imposing, but it really Is of Im
portance when the pressure for even the
smallest bit of patronage to whloh tha
incoming majority has been subjected la
duly 'considered. Democratic news
papers have reported that there were
at least 60,000 candidates for tin 600
places on the majority's civil list. Tha
abolition of 98 posts with salaries aggre
gating i8o,uuu was, tnererore, an exhi
bition of Spartan self-denial whloh ought
not to go unappreciated.
Better Roads.
From the Klamath Chronicle.
The good roads movement, so far aa
Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties
are concerned, is beginning to assume
derinlle shape. Over In Jackson county
arrangements are being made for a
$6000 appropriation for the purpose of
building an automobile road from Ash
land to the Klamath county line. And
now comes Word from Lake county that
the county court is determined that
Lake shall have the best roaisa in the
state,- and that an automobile road
shall b built from Lakeview to the
Klamath county line.
The Blonde Peril.
Don Quixote de la Mancha was medi
tating upon the incomparable beauty of
the DonnA Dulcinea del Toboso, when
Bancho Panza came -in and reported that
a fair haired knight whose actions
were suspicious was hanging around the
neighborhood.
'it's Nat Goodwin!" exclaimed Don
Quixote, starting up, Sraifng his sword.
and ordering the immediate saddling of
frtoslnSnte.
Had with jealousy and gnashing his
teeth in a manner fearful to look upon,
he rushed forth, to gfve battl to the
Intrudes. " v
Hie Song Eternal.
A breeze crept up from the waves and
caressea we tree.
Breathing each leaf astir In the sun's
paiu gleam;
And so In my love would I waft a ca
ress to thee.
That might fall to thy Hps and melt,
on the wings of a dream.
A flame stole out of the west, aa the
dark sun. waned.
That touched, ere it died, tha Jocks of
the evening star;
And so In my verse would I reach to the
unattalned
Touching thy spirit but lightly and
unre irom aiar.
H. Bedford-Jones, In tha Chicago
Record-Herald.
His Little Job.
From the Philadelphia Bull -tin.
"Boy, has the cashier told you what
you are to do in', the afternoon T'
"Yea, sir; I an. to wake him as soon
as I see you coming," r.
How Onr Gunners Shoot.
From Leslie's Magazine.
The effectiveness bf the Texas firing
and the havoc wrought by the shells
amased tha fleet Her ruin, under battle
conditions of rapid-firing, would have
Deen errected in 10 minutes. The first
The Extra Session 1
l COO tribute J to Th. Innm.l h XX7.1.
tha fimoe Kanua poet Uli proaa-poama irTa VV.
Journal) ' ' ; u ana Dally
Chautauqua 'fiends are "weary their
lives are full of care; the world seems
blesk and dreary, and gloom Is everv-
two salvos which struck the Texas' were 1 ... fAlar," they make ' confession
sufficient, to sink, her. She was wholly! "our program' all awry; that doggone
crippled as a fighting ship in less than- xtr - session has knocked our plans
two minutes. Though greater effective-1 Bky high.: The stately human wonder
new in gunnery U now, more than ever I whose talks are all the rage, this year
the aim of. the navy, it must h rpm,m.' 1 woi t. pa w and thunder. iifion tmf hrnni
bered that-, the .accuracy of the 'shooting 8taKe a Our tents no mure will shelter
other navy
at the . Texas surpassed, that .of an v ! h,s "aid and noble: head: in Woshlneton '
.' .". ' he lk swelter. , and wish that he kM
The gunners of the New Hampshire Mead. In Washington Jie'U suffer, and
mop. hi steaming face, the while some
cheaper durrer comes here to take his
place. Tea. while he saves tha ntin
and speaks in thunder tones; cmit guy
ui iiuinoifr m nun win conar al the
hit' the -Texas at will, while eteamin
rapidly past the ill-fated fighter, seven
and one-half miles away. The-'r...
seemed only a gray blotch on the horizon
at that distances yet "at The" Srnrrt f,?.
Mr. Meyer, secretary of thena vy the I lbones- s Chautauqua Tans, will: languish
grfnners hit her masts and hmka Vt.m'J'tbls-summer, that, la sure:' but o tha
off. When Mr.. Meyer asked the gunners! bitter anguish, the statesmen; must en
to. destroy the conning tower: they i1- ur: Compelled to ,eTiKtheJr wsges lit ;
BDonded hv hurlimr iar .si.ii. .1 ' mlserv arid voe. whllo nn I'huti.,...,,.'
Its side, and it toppled to the deck, ""Hit ; "tasPS cheap "subs irke in the dough!
me turret, mia Mr. Meyer. , v On the
net salvo one shell hurst the' upper
plate of tha tusrefc and another smashed
the gear below, putting ... tha, two big
guns la ths turret out of ommUslon,
nui in . lid . ui iiw , n vt u in n: 11 rrn k 1
dismal scenes for. iirogrsms are Uncer
tain as visions of long green.''. .
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