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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL. 21, 191L- '
THE JOURNAL
Imporatlons Into China of Indian and not the Interest. . The isauo la
opium. Aa the result of the last i likely to be settled In a primary eon
conference thr Is a yearly reduc- test before the people.
c.
-JACKSON.
.Publtahar
, ' fiMlafccrl rrmry ( (Mn.pt Bu mJ f I fat
' ' . rr ftiaaaf Bioruln t Tb Jowul Bill IS-
' ' I . ' nft '" tresis. Partial.. Of,
-i ftwfmd Ik momUttHcm PaelUaS. fc ,
tiMKlMlw Uinwck U BMlis M nnn4-laas
siatter.
Ta'I MMKINKB 11,1a TITS: Bmn, A-l.
-All eVnrf iwrtH L tlMM
111 th Kprratitr b,l imptrtmmut yam
rvMKtns adtkhtihi
HnjmlB A Kaotnoc
tzo irro arvtm.
Hll!
tlon of ten per cent on the amount,
But China Is striving urgently to rid
herself. of the poison. There Is nO
question of the honesty of her pur
pose nor. of the efficiency of the
means at work.
A correspondent writes from Shensl
Oregon will watch the contest with
more than passing Interest. She
will be interested In seeing if Vir
ginia Is to go as went California, New
Hampshire, Kansas, Maine, Wiscon
sin, Washington, New " Jersey -and
several other commonwealths that
province In 1909 that while traveling i hare thrown railroad and bourbon
westward from the large city of I rule overboard and returned to the
UNO RK,nKseNTT'T,t- ISianfu, he saw large fields of poppy, free government of the Fathers.
titw To uTs wph?i Hut. worso, "that while all the menjW
Sulwrrlptlnn Term, er (! er tn ny address
la Ue tailed ltm. Ctnti at Made
DAILY.
Co rw tn no I Oiw stoats S M
; Bt'NDAT.
: Oaa xt ftM I On avmtb ,S
DAILY AND Sl'NDAT.
On rr If. SO I On month S .SS
Ith hmtrhrmlTAf VtraHnln In anffnn
smoked.lt was appalling to soe the there Is fighting all along the line,
number of women addicted to thei -
vice. On all hands rapid doterlora-i
A LAME i. DFCK WAIL
Tbe history of mnn la simply
the history of alavpry, of Injim
tloo and brutality, together with
tin- nioaiia by which he has,
through the dead and desolate
years, slowly Hnl painfully ad
vanced. Ingorsoll.
MORGAN FOR PTtESIDEXT
X
PIERPONT MOROAN has been
proposed for president The
nominating speech was made
at Detroit recently by Joseph
C. Clntts. an Iron magnate of Well-
too, Ohio. He declared that the
h "business" Interests would have to
t elect Mr. Morgan president to save
. themselves. The , nomination was
seconded by Eugene Zimmerman, a
prominent citizen of Cincinnati, who
aid Mr. Morgan would give the
'business" admlnls-
tlon was visible in the physique of
the people, accompanied by horrible
depression In the spirits of the iln
dlvldual." Dut from the same city of Slanfu,
Shonsl, another correspondent writes.
under date of January 17 1911, He
says "the people and the gentry here
are all convinced of the evils of
opium and feel that It must go.
Opium cultivation is now strictly pro
hibited, and this prohibition Is being
enforced. The people are gvlng up
both smoking and growing."
The same story comes from other
Chinese provinces, of poppy cultiva
tion disappearing and wheat taking
Its place.
Protests have been made by tho
provincial viceroys In China against
the continued Importation of Indian
opium. One went so far as to refuse
permission to a British, ship to un
loijd It at his port. Rut, of course,
on reference to Peking, and under the
Influence of the British ambassador,
the action of the viceroy was disa
vowed. He thereupon resigned.
The American representatives at
the approaching conference would
it with cleaner hands If our
C
; country a good
(tratlon.
Why not suspend the jules and enter
; make the selection unanimous? Wltbown country, were freer from the
r. Morgan in in wnue House, we taint. Dr. Wright, the commissioner
. ; could abolish congress, the supreme mentioned above, aays that America
j court and the constitution as super- imports and consumes annually
i Unities, and with his bands freed 600,000 pounds of opium, while 70,
: 'from these cumbersome accessories, 000 pounds, including Its derlvltles
.. . the head of the steel trtst could give and preparations, would supply the
; ..ns a ripping "business" adminiatra- medical needs of the American peo-
IAS W t . A a s a...
. i won. jonn u. nocaeiener migni be pe.
. j secretary oi young jonn u. The powers In conference Will be
cnapiam, and Mr. Arcbbold master China, France, Germany, Great Brit
, vi mo exenequer. i ne services or aln, Hollond, Italy, Japan, Persia,
all other cabinet officers could be Portugal, Russia and Slam, with the
' uwpeasea wiin. , , United SUtes,
Of course, It would be necessary to
j move the capital to Wall street for
ithe greater convenience of adminis
tration of national affairs, and nat-
' , urally steel stock would be substi-
tuted for government bonds as basis
; I for the circulation of national banks.
A proclamation could Issue substl- reasonable Is bad business policy. It
- ' tutlng the dollarmark for the stars has been extremely injurious to many
on the flag, and ordaining that only prosperous city,
coal oil could be used for domestic There are already ac?ounts of ad
. ! purposes. The eagle ion all the coins Tance 'n Portland that are to be
" - ahould be replaced by a facsimile df fee&tiei as Inadvisable. The pros
.... a cash register and the goddess of Pous atmosphere of tho city has
, liberty give way to the Image of a tempted "ome property owners to go
.coal oil can. too far In thejr demands upon ten-
Naturally, the eiecutlve mansion ntt- 11 18 esy way to klll 'the
. would be -the headquarters of stofli 008e that u ,av,n the golden egg.
' Jobbing. The watering of capital 11 18 bad ,b"slnB" to lay on all
would ba the main naifnnai nnu, the cbarge that the traffic will bear.
and before the end of his term the Rent ,B lnexorab,e- an1 tho merchant
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INFLATED RENTALS
UK li j AND rKUrEKTT owners
ought to remain sano In the
important matter of rentals.
Inflation of charges beyond the
IIAUNCEY'm. DEPEW depre
cates the muck-raking maga
zine. Also the muck-raking
newspaper. Also, muck-raking
choutauQna lecturers. ; In Leslie's
magazlne.be says these agencies of
VUbllrlty In their effect upon the pub
lic mind have dona Irreparable harm
to the country.
mil tne country win not agree
with Mr. Depew. Ilia Is a personal
grudge against the muck-rakers.
They lifted the lid and eiposed to
view the $12,000 a year and other
sums he drew from Big Business
while professedly serving the stae
of New lork as United States -sen
ator.
The muck-rakers are the souf of
insurgency. Republican and Demo
cratic, and Insurgency Is alone re
sponsible for the return in so many
states to the government of the
Fathers. It Is only from those who
have something to hide that the cry
comes for things to be kept hidden
It Is the hidden things, noUthe muck-
rakers that have done the country ir
reparable harm.
It was the muck-raking press that
started the insurance investigations
with their revelations of nearly
$200,000 of the funds of policy hold
ers spent for control of a national
election. Is is the muck-raking
press that has destroyed the alliance
between railroads and business en
terprises, and forced a court decision
against future operations of the
kind. It is the muck-rakers that lift
ed ten Big Business mandarins from
the senate and sent them home as
lame ducks on the Ith of March, lasH
Mr. Depew among them. It Is the
muck-raking press that first exposed
Lorimer and It rs the muck-rakers
who are almost certain to yet drive
him from the senate.
It Is tie muck-raking magazines.
the muck-raking newspapers and a
few muck-raking statesmen that have
so awakened the public conscience
within the past few years an awak
ening that haa done more for the
purification of national, state and
city governments than In a quarter
of a century before.
Orisons. . About a year ago tha au
thorities excepted a road between
this and the neighboring canton, and
the demon buggies at one appeared.
Nearly 7000 citizens along this road
then signed a referendum petition on
the question ot absolute prohibition
of automobiles from the entire can
ton;Thl referendum has now been
held.. Results are that of 25,000
electors 10,643 voted for prohibition
and only '3375 against it So auto
mobiles disappear from the Orisons.
Colonel Wood can now find a safe
and attractive place for hia vacation
It seems that even In the home of
Its birth instruction Is needed' in
the uso of the referendum. One
point is that the 10,648 anti-auto
enthusiasts require instruction". In
more elementary matters than the
use of this political engine, another
la, that the temptation to set it: In
motion for trifling ends la strong In
the east as even it la In the west,
We must try to save Colonel Wood
by some less costly means. , i -
COMMENT? AND NEWS 'IN BRIEF
i i
I j Lettera From the People
OUR PART IN MEXICO
w
rTH" CONGRESS" In session
the president has no alter
native' but o refer to that
body the question of Inter-
vontfnn In Vf A t I r r Tha laaAara tn
Chief executive and a small number of Vluer iena"t " m Ia,r congress are wise In refusing to In
His fellow citizens would annex aa per- UUD,uco "r oul- " ' a
sonal belongings everything movable flxed ch r9 that ,8 68 'entices as
or Immovable from the North Pole to deatb and 88 nncompromising as
the Southern Cross and from the t,m- mounts to unreasonable
setting sun to the morning star. If Proportions, tlie tenant must go out
the "business" interests could only
get the votes for Mr. Morgan, life
with them would be one grand, sweet
song.
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A BETTER ORDER
IHERE IS NO legitimate reason
wny campaign expenditures
should bo kept secret The
voters have a right to know
who contributes and how the money
Is spent, and have the right to know
it before as well as after election.
No party has a right to hide the
facts until arter the votes are count-
. ed and the campaign fund has done
Its work. Ante-election secrecy Is
proof that there Is something to con
ceal and that campaign managers are
afraid to trust the voters with full
knowledge. It Is evidence that man- i
,agers are afraid to open the books
until after the ballot boxes are
closed.
The prompt passage by tho Demo
iCTauc house of a publicity bill pro-
vraing ror publication of contribu
tlons before as well as after election
Is a splendid step for reform. It lifts
the Tell of secrecy and reveals be
fore the country the efforts of those
...'Who attempt control of elections by
use of money. It makes the way to
mo vvnite House an issue of merit
ana not of money. It is so splendid
a step that a Republican senate will
scarcely dare, after a Democratic
nouse nas passed It, to reject the
measure.
Times are full of change, it la
but little more than a decade back
to the time of Mark Hanna wheu
slush funds of millions were a na
tional scandal, but almost a deter
mining factor In great national elec
tions. Events at Washington show
how we are swiftly moving into a
new and better order.
T
T1TE OPIUM TRAFFIC
rim TIME IS drawing near for
the meeting at The Hague of
the International Opium con
ference. To this conferenro tho
Outlook informs us that President
;:. Taf t has appointed . three Araeri
' can delegates, - namely Right Rev.
Charles II. Brent, bishop of the Phll-
tpplns; Dr. Hamilton Wright of
Maine, and Henry L Finger of Cali
fornia. Of these Dr. Wright. was a
.member of the American delegation
, to' the Saahghal- conference, and Its
leader on jjs floor.- He was charged
by Secretary Kaox with negotiations
for the new ofernoe. ,::fy?-y
Great pressure, will be brought 4o
Dear a ureat Britain - to limit the
of business. Then and thoro aiblow
Is struck at prosperity and the Influ
ences set in motion to bring barm
to the property owner himself,
The landlord in ," Portland is con
stantly garnering a splendid profit In
the Increasing value of his proper
ty. The holding that was worth
$100,000 yesterday will bring $200,
000 tomorrow. This constant gain
Is result of the prevailing prosperity,
and an element in that prosperity is
the tenant's ability to conduct a pros
perous business. ;It is very fcolish
for our. property owners to boost
their exactions beyond a reasonable
limit
Portland's best bid for the trade of
great hinterland Is ability to un
dersell competitors. It is a factor of
enormous value to the city's growth.
prosperity and expansion. The un
due boosting of rents will gradually
undermine Portland's ability to un
dersell and will to that extent under
mine Portland's future. One of the
chief causes of Seattle's present un
satisfactory situation Is the fruit of
Inflated rents. It ought to be warn
ing to Portland landlords.
ALL ALONG TUB LINE
E'
VEN VIRGINIA IS struggling to
put herself n the column of
progressive states. Her gov
ernment has been long under
the domination of a railroad machine,
such as has been the power be
hind the throne In the governments
of numerous commonwealths. It
compelled Virginia to be reactionary,
and was effective in keeping bourbon
statesmen in places of power. Thom
as S. Martin, United States senator
from that state for 15 years past, is
such a statesman, and so hav hn
most of the others who have occu
pied the seats of the mighty in Vir
ginia. The late David Graham Phil
ips, in his notable series of articles
on "The Treason of the Senate," char
acterized Martin as "Ryan's chief
senatorial lieutenant after Bailey of
Texas," adding that he "rivalled Al-
tervene except under extreme neces
sity.
Our proper part In the Mexican
situation is purely a matter of friend
ly diplomacy' and not a matter of
armed interference. Whatever we
may be able to do by means of kind
ly offices Is within our legitimate
function, and a Justifiable sphere of
activity by a great Christian nation.
But there is not as yet, nor Is there
likely to be for a .considerable sea
son, any possible pretext for us to
go armed upon Mexican soil.
Interventions are a costly busi
ness. One statement from Washing
ton is that to intervene would take
a quarter of a million men and re
quire a long period of patrol by our
army.. It required that number of
men and millions of money for Great
Britain to conquer and pacify 46,000
Boers. In that struggle the loss in
treasure and sacrificed lives on both
sides is one of the mournful occur
rences of the century. The cost to
the United States of armed occupa
tion of Mexico would be such an ex
penditure that congress Is wise in
Insisting that It shall not be' under
taken except under conditions of
atrocity or property destruction that j
shall make further aloofness una
voidable.
We are wise In postponing to the
uttermost all enterprises of armed
activity. Feats of arms and . the
pomp and panoply of armies fill a
people with thirst for the warlike
Though a conspicuous service to Cuba
and human liberty, our intervention
In Cuba was at a tremendous sacrifice
to ourselves. Four years of govern
ment since that time have cost us
more than twice as much as the first
72 years of government under the
constitution, and 71 per cent .of 'It
was for wars past and wars, to come.
Single Tax and Farmers.
Portland. April it To tha Editor of
Tha journal If Mr. Oaorse Hlalnboth
am la a laborer and farmer. alna-Ia Lax
would Dfnent him, a It would benefit
aU producer of wealth. Suppoae he haa
10 acres Improved and 10 acres unim
proved; that right next to blm Mr. B
haa 20 acrea unimproved. Juat aa good
iana a Mr. Hi gin both am a except that
not a day's labor has been apent upon It;
and that the 10 acrea of Improved land
and 80 acrea of unimproved land are
of the average asseased value of ini
proved and unimproved lands in Clack
ma a county $60.49 an aor for Improved
and IJ4.S7 an acre for unimproved.
Suppose, alao, Mr, Hlginbotbam haa un
Mi 10 Improved acrea the averaire
amount per Improved acre In Clackamas
county for buildings, live stock and
farm Implements, which Is $24.61 an
acre. Now let us see what difference
the alngle tax would make.
Under the preaent tax ayatem Mr. B
waa aaaeased $14.87 an acre In 1910 on
the "unimproved" value of hie land, the
value that has been given to the land
by the whole, community; and Mr. HIr
nbotham was aaaeaned the aame amount
on the "unimproved value of hla land
In addition, he Is asseased on his 1m
proved land $4t.6I an acre for the labor
he haa put Into the land to make It pro
ducttve, and what amounts to $24.62 in
cn for the labor he haa put Into
houaes, farm Implements and live stock
Mr. B. la aaaesaed $297.40 In all on hla
0 acrea Mr. Hlglnbotham la aaaeased
$14.f7 nn acre on hla unimproved land,
or 1148.70 on 10 unimproved acrea; on
hla Improved 10 aorea the assessment
per acre amounts to $14.17' on tha un
improved value of land, $46.82 on the
Improved value ha haa added to the
land, and $24.62 an acre on buildings,
stock and Implements; which la at the
rate of $65.11 an acre on hla Improved
land. That makes $651.10 on the 10
Improved acrea and $146.70 on tha 10
unimproved acres, or a total ' assess
ment of $989 80, while Mr. B Is aa
aeased only $297.40 on the same amount
of land.
Under the alngle tax Mr. Hlglnboth
am'a assessment would be the same aa
Mr. B'a assessment; there would be no
assessment and no tax on hla Improve
ments In the land nor on hla buildings,
stock'' and - implements; and Instead -of
being aaaeased $999.80, or $702.40 more
than Mr. B on the same amount of land,
he would have been asseaaed $297.40, ,
the same as Mr. B. Is nat that faJrf
It la not Just to fine Mr. Hlglnbotham
for putting his land tn good shape and
producing wealth, and at the same time
reward Mr. B for holding hla land out
cf use.
Suppose the tax. rate for 1(10 waaO
mills. Then Mr. B haa paid $2.97 In
tax on tha unimproved value given to
his land by the community; Mr. Hlglif
botham pays the same amount on thi
unimproved value of hia land, and in
addition he pays $7.02 In tax on the
wealth he haa produced by his labor; so
his total tax Is $9.99. That la tha way
the present tax system worka. With
20 acres of land apiece, to which the
community haa added the same "unlm
proved' value, Mr. Hlglnbotham pays
$7.02 more tax than Mr. B. Ia not that
punishment for producing wealth?
But If we exempt wealth, all Im
provements, from taxation, the tax rate
must be raised. How much7 Mr. Hlg
lnbotham and Mr. B now pay together
$12.96 In taxea at the 10-mill -rate, and
we must raise the same amount of
money for county purposes. If we raie
the tax rate to 21 8-10 mills, or a lit
tle more than double, Mr. Hlglnbothom
will pay $6.59, or $8.31 less than he
pays now, while Mr. B. will pay $6.59, or
$8.62 mora than he pays now; and to
gether they whl pay $12.96, or the same
amount, both now pay. Anything un
fair about that? I have said nothing
about the higher taxes on vacant lot
In cities end towns and on franchise
corporations, but have tried to show the
principle.. . W.. O. EGGLESTON.
MALL C1IANGJB
mrt. Ert,t".. ."Panish 'or "swift
about' it noUl,n 'una
i. "' '- ' ' " .
Vhat has become of the old-fashioned
man who imv i.i it jnii .
......
Three hunAr mnmtm VIM. . w.li
storm In Texaa. Tha
Stand ud on their hln4 I.. ....... h
e .
Amerloana llvlna. ah h ui..
ut dV mH'K wUn 'V1 bHt ware big
'-www, v omcaan netting would
, ,e e
What haa Ymoanm .i, .. -m
- ----- . . " in viN-iinuvnm
,"Ia wh.0' 'n your time,
drilled hole No. $41 in your dealt with
el mer
Anv rrrhr thmt tv.. ... -
der to encourage matrlmonv la mn
as a merchant that would let you spend
tuwuvy wnn mm ior a purs. "
Colonel Shunk eaama a K. . .
vb wa u in 1 1 1 1 i II aa n nwn nn imt am
He might do a lot more of It If the
Mexicans rot his name like, a Boise
e
Mlsaourra new art nthHi. t.
...... - T Kvyr ywvittm io i small
farms la notorious! v zi.far.tii,. rn ,., i.
doea not direct that tha im ah.n v..
ymvuufu in vregon. i .
e
From an admonition tn tha, nii.i.m..
It might seem that
school baseball leagues Is that school
yiincipai nave Deen. suspected of log
rolling for tainted umpe.
e
"Johnson Invttxl tn A1t TTi PAna aw44t
Boitonlans' Is a startling headline In
the nan Francisco RulUfln ., iv..
Johnaon referred to in
Johnson of California, and the Boston
lana are plain Boatoniana, not opera
slngere. r
a e
OREGON SIDELIGIltS '
In
AU this dlSCUSSlon ahnnr thn nnnnal.
on tO Mormon mlsalnnarlaa In fn.l.nl
falls to take Into account that mission
aries of that faith never real at if
nipnaooea, mer jees on as soon as re-
It
the troubl
- Fisherman report that 'angling
uniauua county is impreving.
- e e . f
. The military band at Klamath Falls
will give its first eonoert May S. -
e ...
Adherents of the "Apostollo. Faith"
have establlaned a mission it U
Qranda. . , - j ' , .
Professor O. W. Bprague, principal of
the Lebanon high school, has . been
elected principal 6t the Praia sohool.
Excavations for tha new Catholic
church to be erected on East -Court
The atructure will cost In exoeaa of
$50,000. . ,
Klamath Falls has an oPDbrtunitr to
asalat In financing an up-to-date hospl-
tax a Mr. iyie oners to pnt up dollar
xor ootiar. '
Jxoosevelt s Oo-caiiea i
.i Inconsistency T
Br Henry Beach Needham la Isturday
; ;. Evening Post.
One . cannot Ulk long with'. Colonel
Roosevelt 'without- stumbling on the
olenoe of government I r referred to
hla progresslyf speech at Osawatomle,
Kan coupling with. It a" orlttcUm 'of
tha tariff plank in the ' Saratoga plat
form Incidentally, X reminded him of
tha charge made , in the west,,' that he
was guilty of Inconsistency.
"Inconsistency !" said tha colonel with
a snap of hla JaW. "Old you read tha
excerpts from my speeches which Z
printed In parallel columns In the
Outlook? D those speeches show in
consistency? Now, it's 'Juat as ridicu
lous to attribute to me the tariff plank
adopted at Saratoga aa to hold me re-
I sponsible for tha Judlolary Blank out
To a Man Franclaca com nan tha Ttoaa. I Into thn Kiniu nliifnpm mftur m v
burr council haa aranted a 0 vear mm a I ruuh r...i. r k. inn
SuhiS tilt i-mf .liLmar w2S detou" the Saratoga convention.
th.Wu.'::i VebiSrSrthli'iTr'it1';; ot than IB, certainly lea-
years. , , I l"n were real supporters or mine.
''- I Mr selection aa chairman of tha con-1
Debating teams of tha Pendleton and I vention was brought about by a combl
Baker high achools will meet at Pen-1 nation of th New York and Buffalo
rfl.t.. i.ll mo mi I - - - - - ... ..- " v..n niu
e Hood River team May 18. for tha I rr j """7 ZZTZ:: . .1. '.'Ill
tw In MnaA Vtnvaak In n.A Jm A t 1
au-savwi. envy iivvcr niTi ut irou ni ; i to Dm nan ror nirtt in rnnnnn ahwi taaam
I'wyiv idoui in em wno nivi I Are ax t)reniium it ia immf imnniii,
la I fc l m. 7 - .. . . r
. Die w ei a man to ao oaa Jona.
SEVEN MARVELOUS BOYS
Blaise Pascal.
Blaise Pascal, tha French pHlloso
pher and mathematician. Is one of tha
most remarkable examples of the pre
cocious boy of which there la any
record. When quite young this French
boy performed auch remarkable feats
that he waa accused of being bewitched
by hia relatives. Almoat from the
cradle, says hia sister. Indeed as soon
as he could speak, he gave evidence
that he . was endowed by nature with
extraordinary faculties, asking cues
tlona and giving answers that were
quite beyond hla age. Hla mother died
when ho was 7 years old. Ha went to
no school, but tha little Instruction
given him was by hie father. But
through his own remarkable ability be
made for himself a distinguished place
In the story of precocious children, such
precocity aa has been followed only by
great performances at maturity. Hla
father, animated by the prospects of a
brilliant courae to which such a son
might be destined, determined to do-
vote himself entirely to his education.
Blaise Pascal is a name second to
none among thoae of tha Illustrious
men, whose genius, learning and ability
shed an extraordinary splendor upon
the Seventeenth century, r France, rich
as it was at the time tn minds of the
highest class, makes her boast of Pas
cal as standing foremost in the com
pany of her worthies.
Tbung Pascal worked Out the more
elementary problems of geometry for
himself. The father had early noticed
the beating of the geometrlo mind. He
tried to changs its drift, for he would
have him learn other things first be
fore ha should settle down to a dis
tinct path of life. He tried to cuVb the
enius of the bo In' that direction.
These precautions were useless, for this
th
championship of tha eaatera nrn .ii "a " " Tart and with the aid of
Columbia river districts. , . I Senator Root, who had voted for the
- - ! kill ...I -m c n -.
m w , . i "iui viit, nnu vi ovrvng rayne, unv.ui
FalBler Press: It haa hann AnrMnt I tha authors of tha Pavna-Aldrlch law.
that tha new hotel la tA havn nlnntrln 1 T)A, vau aimnsi.. ... th.
ranri Wt HnmnTir .'Sv "i..0'.'?" I XMu -onihlnatlon, would have adopted a
at,e1 at Summer LakS and generate Suf. I Utiff "Clank ranuritaflnr vn hv tndl.
flclent horae power to supply Paisley I nlllL .w .VJ ?H'fr.l TT ,ttU
wh.vn. n f uc-aiui icu taw r
Most ot the delegates did not agree
Lebanon Exoraaa! Profaaaor r P I with me on the tariff Question and dls-
Baker. the newly elected aunarintemln I trusted tn aa balna- too radical In nthar
? ht Lebanon school, is of tha opinion matters; but they wished to fight for
l!li,te?hr,7,,i1.A ,re2"r!: "A" Uoneaty and popular government, and
k. .r.uV:", n-n-"",,Mw"i against boas rule. They knew that they
is not larK Vnouih. " could win only -under my leadership, but
e e i tney made no secret that ther ware
uoneon Times: with thousands i against me Deraonailr. Take tha cam
acrea round town we cannot get pasture mlttee on resolutions. In their first
for one small cow: w will pay anything draft of the platform there was a mild
i"V" "".v" "? "nJlarea0. noP8e tribute to me, whl oh weloomed me back
to publto life as the exponent at hon.
esty; nut the committee finally struck
this out a majority wouldn't stand tor
It They were determined to keen out
or me piatrorm any allusion to me per
aonally. This by Itself shows tha utter
auamraiiy or thinking I eould Influence
them on the tariff. I hadn't It In my
power, as may anew, to reward a hu
man being or to punish a human being.
Not one man who voted against me at
Saratoga had anything to fear from me
for so doing; not one man who voted
ror me at Saratoga had anything to ex-
peot from me for his support I got
out of that convention every eunes of
geometric spirit, with a bit of eharcoal
in nand. had created for himself, be
fore he had reached the age of 12, an
elaborate geometrlo ayatem.
Detected by the father in thla clan-
I..k "f oojecuon was progreaslva action that It was humanly
withdrawn, and thence forward , tha possible to get eutof It,- Boa,-",y
aXnoV .:,.TLi .r.-"k..k .v. 7 ron get Into the poMtleal
"".j;,, "7 ."..Htinn v ngni anyway, oolonel? thafa what
rapidity of Intuition. lo, of p.opI ar now Mkn-n
-V....!. L .??. '.u."f.":rJ "l trt to explain that In the nam-
fU.... V 7 v ,i . . palm." the oolonel replied. "Governor
. fc"" lu vviivti ail VAUVUl l lfii.h.. nn hi.
S!rk 0f, flMtfr and not "tu- "Pon. bTe for my wpirTnos at
f?'1- vreU tr!aH".0n co1u""M Saratoga 1 didn't get them Into th.
"i,?!5n. !l!50!55? fc"" flsht They were In the St Whei
machines when he was still a boy.
raacai was born at Clermont In
Auvergne, France, In 1IJ8. and died
hen but a little leas than 40 years
oio. his studies in languages, loaic.
physics and philosophy were pursued
with such aaaldulty that his health was
irrevocably gone In hla eighteenth year.
in 1(47 ne came under tha Influence
of the Jansenlsts and others, and from
M54 he lived much at the monastery
of Port Royal and partly accepted Its
rigorous rule, though he never actually
became a solitaire. He afterwards re
tired to a country estate and finally re
turned to Paris, where he closed a life
of almost unbroken health.
About 1056 he wrote his defense of
his Jansenlst friend Arnauld. his fa
mous Provincial Lettars, and after his
death, his Pensees or Thoughts, wer.
published aa the f ragmenta of an un
finished apology for Christianity. Tns
latter, however, for long appeared in a
garbled and corrupt form, and It la only
lately that anything like, a pure text
has appeared. Of the Letters there are
many trustworthy editions.
i got bacx rrom Europe J wanted t. go
home and be quiet; I didn't want to
mix In politics. But I was Importuned
on every hand by th. Insurgents ot
the west and by the progressives In my
own state to help along the movemenV
for honesty In high places. I didn't aen
how I could keep out of th. fight and
retain my self-respect: so 2 went Into
It"
Taiig-lcfoot 'ullZ
Oyerholt
TTfEJ COWBOT AND THH HERORR.
Tomorrow Zerah Colburn.
AUTOMOBILES AND
EREXDUM
THE REF-
r
T WOULD INDEED be a matt.r
of sorrow to many in this , city
should the life of one of our most
valuable citizens be cut prema
I turely short by any automobile demon
aj the road crossing near his ciouse.
Colonel C. E. S. Wood writes, as al-
WBVB tenHnclv nn -an arlin. ..K
drlch , and Allison fo? subtlety andjject. but he may be assured that
uBWr.;; na represent-ili poop-a
h
stealth.
But the national unrislnj for peo
ple's government has "penetrated to
the old dominion. The news that
one state after another has wheeled
into the movement for higher civic
Ideals which regenerated even trust
ridden New Jersey, has called Vir
ginia leadership into action.' The
skirmish lines are already thrown
out In political battle In which a
determined effort will be made' to
wrest the toga from the railroad sen-1
ator and to elect in his stead a Dem-
whether the chauffeur kills him, or
ne carries ins purpose Into effect and
kills the chauffeur, his fellow citi
zens would mourn.
coionei wood is cosmopolitan
enough to accept a suggestion from
Switzerland, where a solution of the
naiuo u.ueiiim nas Deen rounov la
application of the Oregon system-
as; we call it the Swiss system, as
It will probably be known In history.
The., New York Evening Post, In a
recent issue, supplies the facts.
' For eleven- years automobiles had
been. taboo In the Swiss canton ot
. Sustain the Malartey Flan.
Portland, Or., April 2e To the Edi
tor of i Tbt Journal-j-Touf abstract ex
planation In ?he Journal 'of April 17 of
the Malarkey state publl. service com
mission bill In contrast with Ben. Ries
land's Portland commission bill, which
Is to be voted on June 5,. Is th. first
explanation yet published of both meas
ures. The state bill Is passed. Th. In
itiative or Rlesland bill is not to be
voted on- until Jun. V Why? Because
It was defeated .In the. state legislature
and did. ppt get a, "baker's dosen" votes,
while the Malarkey Mil, Including Port
land' and all other cities In the state,
passed by two thirds vote" of both sen
ate and house and become a law eft
May .20 .' - v:v - .-
Let us examine both bills. The Rles
land initiative, bill asks Z per cent of
the revenue of1 all public-; utilities -with
In Portland to pay J6000 salary per year
to each of ' three Ideal commissioners.
First, this salary would be paid to Ben
Klpslana, XI080 each to his two as
elates yearly, and a portion of the same
S per cent to, maintain office' hire and
other expenses.". Good. .... .., . , ;
On the other''1' hand, what does tha
state a (3k' Portland to pay for Its state
commission under 7'the Malarkey bill?
Not a dollar. But On th. contrary, th.
bill makes an appropriation of $17,600
per year, to be paid to the publlo utili
ties commission (which ia th. railroad
commission) for Its operating expenses
and clerk hire. It calls for no salaries
from the city of Portland. It especially
provides for HOOfi " per ; year only for
each commissioner out of th. railroad,
commissions money and' does. not au
thorize the state to levy any taxes for
knows, snd all corporation and publlo
utilities lawyers know,- that although
Mr. Rlesland should get his Initiative
bill passed by the people of Portland
on June 6, It could not supersede or de
feat the act of the atata. legislature,
wnicn is already passed and will go
Into effect unless tha voters of the state
apply tb. referendum in November,
lli.
This latter contingency Is unlikely,
ss evidenced by the fact that two thirds
of the senate and house passed the Ma
larkey bill. In saying this I do not act
for any publlo utility or railroad cor
poration as attorney or otherwise. It
has been decided, aa a well known legal
principle, that an act or ordinance of a
city afterward passed, never can super-'
sede or take away the powers previous
ly conferred by the state upon Its own
officers to carry Into effect the su
preme power of the state. Therefore,
why does hot Mr. Rlesland s and Mr.
Kellaher's committee abide by the act
of the legislature already passed?
WILLIAM REID.
Its support against Portland. . Upon the
the flection of S'per oent per year for ZSZiZrll 11. V,"," IT
Former CTight of the Deaf and Dumb.
By Rev. Thomas Gregory In Los Ange-
s leS Examiner.
Ninety-four years ago tho first Instl
tutlon In. th. n.w world for -th edu
cation of the deaf and dumb was opened
at Hartford, Conn. Very touching Is
th. account of the way in .which this
school was started. In the family of
Dr. Cogswell, an eminent Hartford phy
sician, .r was . a very sweet and very
bright little doaf-route girl, who attract,
ed the attention and touched the hearts
of all who knew about her. Upon In
vestigation It was found that the lit
tle girl was but. one of many persons In
the stat whe were thus afflicted, and I
It was at once decided to send some
one abroad to acquire th. art of edu
eating, them. ' In du time th. Rev. Dr,
Oalludet. who iiad been selected to do
tn. woray made n is report, and tho in
stltutlonwaa Incorporated as the Con
nectieut Asylum for the Education of
tee peat and Dumb; i .-. - .
Today there are in th. United States
68 public, S private and 1 Church in
stltutlons for th. instruction of the
deaf and dumb. .In -the whole country,
according to th. census of '1900, there
were about 46,000 deaf mutes, out of
which number soms 20.000 were being
eaucatea in me above mentioned instl
tutlons. . . .. ; . . . . : ' : ... ;
Quit, aside - from the philanthropic
phase of th. subject, It may bo re
marked that ther. Is to feature of our
wonderful' modern civilization that is
mora strikingly suggestive of th. In
genuity or tb. human . mind than this
same effort tn behalf of the deaf-and
aumo. ; . w , . . j.. '
In early times It was th. firm convic
tion of th. wisest Of the wise that the
brought to our notice. But human sym
pathy was stronger than the doctrines
or the philosophers. . and about 1CS0
a Spanish monk named Pedro fle Ponce
succeeded p starting th. good (work
which was to result. In the masterful
system we have today for the education
of the deaf and dumb, a system that Is
daily achieving reaults that ar. but
little short of being miraculous.
Unto the hitherto narrowed and cheer
less world of th. deaf and dumb hu
manity has been given the breadth and
variety, the interest and lov that h.
long to the more favored of the race:
and th. pleasures of social Intercourse,
together with the very loftiest of all i
uaiiauia, mat 01 intellectual commun
ion with the master thinkers of all time,
Is today the heritage of a class w(io
were In ancient times thous-ht to h
hopelessly committed to the vacuity
and wretchedness of a perpetual mental
darkness.
Dear Sir: Pleas, find a bit of verse-
my first effort. Treat It .kindly.
QUS TAYLOR.
the 'publlo utilities company doing bus!
ness In Portland. Th. stat. commis
sion plan provides that, the .county of
Multnomah shall supply of fid. room at
Portland's county building for tha stat.
cemsatosloiii.''': v -1 . rtJ '- -.- -
In these circumstances; I cannot see
what Mr. Rlesland means by .trying' to
saddle on th. people in Portland, the
expense or another public utilities com
mission. When Portland has been pro
vided for by the stat. at large, he
solutely impossible. -It was firmly be-
li.vea tnat language -could only be ac
quired through, the medium of th. ear.
Readers of the classics will resAll th.
well known couplet of Lueretius: '
"To instruct the deaf no art eould ever
: reach,..,.- . .3?v. -..v :.,-
No car. Improve them. and to wisdom
teach." -. ' ; .. .-
The first Instance of a deaf mute be
ing Instructed Is that mentioned . by
Bode, about the year 85, and centuries
Chasing Ghosts.
From the New York World.
Representative, Mann of Illinois, Re
publican leader of "the house, thinks
that If United States senators are elect
d by direct vote tha neat step is likely
to be the election of senators iMnrri.
tng to the ratio of population.
The constitution of th. Unitad fat.a
does not agree with Mr. Mann. It pro
vines plainly in article V that "no
state, without Its consent, shall h de
prived of Its equal suffrage In the sen
ate." This 1 a solemn comoact that
could be abrogated only by the consent
of all the states or by ... revolution.
An amendment to th. constitution r.
pealing thla clause .would Unquestion
ably be invalid unless it were ratifUo
by every state; but-even if it could be I
urna mio eriect in tne ordinary way,
it Is inconceivable that tha.. Smaller
states would ever surrender their equal
suffrage In Hhe senate. Ther. would
always be enough smaller states to pre
vent the adoption of ! such an amend
ment . v.-' ,, .
., Wlttf due respect to the gentleman
from Illinois, lie Is ehaslng ghosts.
He lived all alone on the mountainside.
And the trail was rough and steep.
But It was there that h. took his fair
young bride
To live while he watched his sheep.
And 'twas little wonder that one fell day
The bride, despondent, ran away.
She ran aWay with a cowboy bold
To the wild and glnd free range,
And it wasn't at all from lack of gold.
But she wanted a change, a Change.
And It Isn't for you or me to sav
That she had th. right to go or atay.
Still the herder Uvea ort the mountain
wild,
But the cowboy where is tie?
For the herder, plodding, meek and mild.
Occasionally laughs with glee.
For bis hrtde was cross and sad and
blue.
And the eowpuneh bit but h. couldn't
chew.
Affinities grow In every clime.
And the herder now thanks his stars
That' he haa dodged a most lovely time,
A n .1 L.l. I. ...... . J A L 1 . ' .
ruu ! n unip.r, nna nuiiiing mars.
But the eowpuneh, he of the glad free
range.
Would give his ryes for a llttla change.
The Wife's Work- '
From Lippincott's -Magaslne, "
The man who makes his wlf. get Jin
In the morning to start th. fires at last '
saved enough money to buy sn automo
bile. One day while going up a hill the
machine stopped. ;
"You'll have to get out and bush.
Fannie." be said, "beeause I've antvtn
Stay here and guide It.'. i . i ; , ,
A
Idle Tears
Iowa's New : Senator.
From the Chicago Record-Herald. '
, The .lection of W. S.; Kenyon, assist
ant attorney general of tha United
States, .is a victory for the progressive
nepuDiiaans or lowa ana a splendid
lUoDUibatc! U Tb.Joo.-nil b Wslt kttMa.
tha taoiviM Kaoaai poet. lla praan.auaaM art a
regolar Uaturt ot thta column tu Ta Dallr
Jooroal).
, tils sr. transient, woe. .are ' flitting.
soon they'll all -be with th nasrt it'.
by tending to his knitting that a man
wins out at last. , Statesmen kick Up
fuss and flurry, viewing vdally with
alarm not a minute do I worrv: t m
iusy on my farm. 1 am planting boiled
puiniues, . ooneiess beans and thms
thing tor th. Republican party of th. 1 like those; I am sowing, stewed tonw
state. , Mr. Kenyon Is a man of 'ability, toes, and I haven't time for Woes.
fin. legal training, high Ideals and am working, striving dally. treatibr
good aenae. . I n... . -
good sense,
.The admirers of th. late lamented
Senator Dol liver, of w whom tnr. ,.,
Justly proud, have reason a for peculiar
satisfaction. Senator Kenyon will en
deavor to bo Worthy, of his exenrolar
and predecessor, and b. ias in him to
succeed, f '
It hardly needs saying that ha. hn
lleves in direct popular election of fed
eral senators a change the need of i
fair. tny"felkw man,- arid the Old World
irema ma gaiiy, ror i ao tne best I can.
Let the statesmen paw and thunder. In
their' ancient,." foolish i Wayj - till i the -welkin's
torn asunder I will do my
chores today. If tou think that you -are
toting burdens that-you should not T
bear, you won't get relief by voting
that won't lessen your despair. Read.
the story of the ages, written through
th. grinding years, and youH find th.
nrhlnk awanr lvll.l. . " ' . -
to emphasise. ... . toilers' tears. Whrfn kv
before another case i be-much less of
tilf v Had to Tay. t
,ai LFrerrl ths Washington Star.
"I regard conversation as a sift." r.
marked th. stydious woman.
"It usually Is." replied Miss Cftvarin
people had to pay fbr it ther. would
W. . .. V. .... . 1 . M X
men aided Jn th. drying of men's ryes?
All theyv. ever done lsfaded sav. their
proW.es - and lies. - H. who looks to
legislation for a solace. when distressed.
out invites .new aggravation. plant
puuiioM vuni im peal. '
ronrrurh. iirtn. s"
lUort afaTOxw Adas
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