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. . 12 Tf THE OREGON : uaiLYT) o URNAL,1 PORTLAND." TUESDAY EVfiNING.T MAY S. 19Hr. " WOODROW WILSON MAN Of THE HOUR Intimate View of New Jersey Scholarly Governor and the Progress! Principles of IVpresentAtlre Gov " .'I'.-. . .'. . . -. ... eminent for Which He Stands. ; ".-v. ' ' -' 1 -V-Bf C.'K. S. Wood." - 'J 'XToodrow WUon is clean aheren man , tallr M wall aa facially. - It la a plaaa. are to hear Mm .talk." because-ef hla ' claarrut laafuafe. He uaea worda aa ' the skilled mechanic uees hla tools and Illustrates tha very opposite of Tally' rand's cynical witticism that lanmiare ' waa clvna to conceal tnouant. Tnere ' ta no excuse for either tha Illiterate man or tha scholar not knowing- precisely hat Governor Wilson's thourhta are after ha haa listened to the worda which, - sentence by sentence, drop out, , sharply minted, without confusion and of tha atmpleat style, ao aimpia aa ia t . b. claaalcaL He waa a refreshtnr contrast to tha .. usual DOlItlcal orator. Instead of aHt ! terln r'neralltles there were specific concrete statements. Instead or a cioui of fine aondln phrases, appealing to patriotism, loyally, and the emotion r there waa cloee, logical reasoning upon ! ' the sctual facte aa we all know them i,.r actually to exist, lie said he had no V-tiee for theories but only for facta and that he never attempted to be loitlcal. ' Hla manner ta quiet, but Impressive, - with absolute sincerity. You eel Ma . earnestness In five minutes after he '' . ha began speaking. He la neither cold ". nor mamettc but he haa the charm ' of a dlatlnct personality, of perpetual - humor and of an Inborn love for and belief In the common man. He recog nises "Tha Brotherhood of Man," as , It la ao often phrased, an Instinct which ,.4 Is inborn and which can not be ao ;. quired. Governor Wilson claims It . does exist to aome degree in everyone, ; that It ia part of the germ of life and ) tha condition of living and that there ! Is no one so apparently cold, selfish and . i heartless but that somewhere in his maVeup exists thla love of humanity, f learning like a spring in a dark grove. Wood row Wllaon'a belief ia that these . selfish men, grasping and apparently t- cruel men, only need to have their point ;: of view corrected, and under different conditions they too will give thirsty kumanity drink from thla hidden spring. A YerltaMe "Wglibrow." Governor Wilson la of medium height. V7" 'Hk:iZXK Mi ... .,.vW.l C. E. 8. W S be coed law abiding figurehead of a governor; whereas Governor Wilson aid: "I have pereonal knowledge that many of the moat important lawa pre sented may be called an assembly of the old guard of Insurgents in Oregon, a body in which all classes, ' all profeaalona and all partlea wera represented. That evening- he spoke at the .University club at a dinner given in hla honor, and at o'clock he ad dr eased tha people at the Armory, which waa packed to tha doora with one of tha largeet audlencea ever gathered In Portland. Governor Wllaon remarked himself that he was apeaklng oftener than it waa constitutional for a governor to do. Ha evidently has, aa all thoughtful men have, a good natured contempt for thla Idolatry of paper con atltutiona, thoae shackles put upon the living by tha dead, and made difficult to alter, aa If tha wladom of government would die with the makers and tha liv ing generatlona would not be competent to Judge for themselves. Though ha did not say ao and I have no right to Bay so for him, I guess that like all thoughtful men ha be- spare rather than stout, haa tha long I Uevea written conatltutlona are uneoea- face of the sensitive nature and Intel-1 sary to a people whoae machinery of lectual man. to which length of face a (government la truly sufficient and to the New Jaraev legislature lawyers. They are then preaented to J' ht wr old thoughts 1 duty and responsibility being undivided ' and.' plain, and the ; reaponalbUlty for failure clear and dtstlnot; and, second, I that the chief executive, at least, shall have the right to originate lawa In the full Diaae of tne publlo forum, threes. tha matter out with tha people's other repreaentativea in legialatur assembled. In the many speeobes made by Oor ernor Wllaon while with ua. It waa de- ugntrui to note that, with a certain spontaneity, he found from eaoh gather ng occasion to present aome , now thought pertinent to tha time. . Of high brow and a long chin contribute. He 18 one of our veritable "highbrows." He haa been a member of the facultiea ef four different universities, president or Frinceton. professor of politics! science and government; haa written political history of tha United States, and In the hiatory and theory of gov ernment is certainly the, best equipped man In publlo life In tha United States today. properly adjusted, which ours as yet la not. The fundamentals of constltu tlonal rights and liberty are not writ ten on parchments, but, by blood and turmoil and rebellion. In tha history of tha people and In the traditions car ried In their hearta, and most of all In the Inatlncta for eel f -preservation. If a government be truly representative of all the people there is no need for written constitutions. The people will ins question waa: "Berns? a statesman u M.A'h...iu v-. mcuiirr cvuia no D a prBCllOJU IXJ11- I llhll nf mn-r raal vain In tha TTnttaA iicianr New jersey has furnished a I fttata MmtltntiM i; r. em th. .u.pie .newer. a nas aeen ponu- unwritten eonatituUon of England; Clan enough to pick the orofeaalonni .-hi... .k. . v ,1 v.. wviui. uft, ,u ma iiuu wiiii men c fA ilhnrrv irreea of gentleness or severity as suit ed tha occasion. It is quite thoroughly Understood that the governor of New Jersey wears Woodrow Wilson's hat. His own view of It Is that It la a simple Xnglaad's OonsHtatlon Unwritten. England never had a written consti tution. v It Is true she has Vertaln his toric acta on parchment tha magna r matter, publlo opinion, after all. gov- eharta, habeaa corpus, the bill of erns ir it can only be brought, to bear, name dui fnep ia not a airaw wnicn Tha great maaa of tha common people can b interposed between an act of will have their own way If you only Parliament and Its perfect execution, show them how; and, as he says, all No court In England can set Aside an that he did waa to find out all ha could ct of parliament upon the claim that find out of tha secret workings of the th constitution of England la higher machine and then tell the people all that than parliament. The fact Is, nothing he kneW. He had no secrets from them a higher than parliament Parliament but took them fully Into his confidence, Is higher, --thai the constitution. . -Par- and public opinion did the rest. He Uament mates the constitution, because added that the praJae bestowed on him parliament is truly representatlveof for being simply an honest man - who the people., to a degree at least, and kept hla word, was almost oathetle for tha constitution, therefore, alowlv fol- It showed how often and how much I Iowa and is moulded to fit the chart r- the people have been betrayed and how hig thought and chanrinr life of the little they expect from men they have Engrllah people. No secret legislation elected to office as their trustees aad I Is possible, and upon all question of servanta. I moment a direct referendum to the A Stone Wall for the Bight. ' I People is forced In the shape of a new , His determined Kawkitka .nA election for a. new parliament Can firm and slightly nroioctlna- nulldoe- ala ftM followed the example of the uiuwicr wuuiri. in uuuaa. u in r.nr land, there Is no written constitution, No court can aet aside a law of the colonial parliament Secret legislation lower jaw irrrtt -nrti placiail hr hla Scotch Irish ancestry for nothlngTOre can well Imagine that his New JeraeN adversa ries found him. and that hla rtiir. an. tagonlats will find him. m. stnn nil (or is Impossible, and the majority In par- the right: and fortunately his conception I Hernent keeps Its eye on the way the or ma right is the simple conception fP"1" w,"o ,B mowing, ror tneir con that the blessings of the land, the bleaa- tlnuance In charge of tha governmeni lngs of liberty and the privileges of gov- depends- upon the pofAilar wind, and If ernment, are for all the people and not ever any Important measure proposed for any select or privileged class who D government Is voted down In constitute themselves the governors of I parliament, a direct referendum to the the people. Tet Governor Wilson quite PPie haa to be taken. correctly rives these governing bosses I l- suspect that Governor Wilson haa credit aa a body for an entire sincerity CT flexibility and the historic suffl of belief that, they are the nraner nn I clency of the British form of covern to govern the people and that they can ment somewhat in mind In his criticism govern the people better than the people I ot our state Kovernments, New Jersey can guvprn tnemseives. As he himself ex- " wo" "regon, ana uregon aa well preased It, tho Hamiltonlan theory of a" others. For example, one thought government naa expanded far beyond thai wucn in some rorm or another appeared Ideas of Hamilton, and the Conception I n eacn ot n'a addresses relating to today Is that those having the largest government, was that the leader se- prupercy ,, interests .nave the must at BCl,a r wis people, ror instance, a stake; they come nearest to being; the governor of a state, ought to have tho owners of the corporation, and therefore poer to originate laws on behalf of they have the right to govern, forgetful the PPle. present these laws before the vi m iaci mai numan lire, human hap- legislature ana eiaoorate arguments in plness and human liberty and the rights j tnelr fsvor. He claimed that under or tne common man are Infinitely more I tne constitution of New Jersey he had Important than property, and that thea rfht to present these bills, and was (naaaea or men constitute the majority omg it; and that he would not hesl- stockholders in the corporation and the tat t0 suggest a law In general terms, great property holders only the -miner- and actually to prepare the law and ty- " submit It to the legislature; but at tMs t i nougn uovernor Wilson takes what Point, under the present constitution v ". general way and power wouia ena. The measure noi rerernng 10 ma socialist party, the wouia De hurled in a committee and he socialistic view that society exists for could not help himself, except by aome Ida aVAAiS a M a a I J M t a. . a ft a m . . ST ma suuu ui ui, igtr equal opportunity nmreci ponucai expealent. to all and law given privileges to none, Wilson's Theory of SVeadarshla. lJrSZ ln w Jersey" cam. iovernment; WuT. mart r: ,Xed "at tieitiuo iWfS Jfe! H:"'' that T heweTerJcwe aura nwmuip, inai ut essnntlal favorable committees and the D-rcho logical moment la watched to put them i rough with the areateat secrecy, and the least publicity." "Now." said he. If a corporation lawyer can prepare a law, or course a governor can pre para one aa an individual, but I claim that he should be empowered to prepara tne law aa governor of the people, rep' resenting tha people, and should have sower to present hla reasons for the law, to watch It In ita passage, to drag it out rrora committees If It be buried. I oan do this now after a fashion." con tlnued he, "by preparing a law, giving my reasons to the publlo; and If It la Dunea in committee, set tha eonstitu ents of the chairman -of that , commit' tea on his trail and make It uncomfort able for him If he leaves the law em balmed In his committee. But this la not an orderly and regular way to pro ceed. This Is not a part of the organio machinery of government: and It la un just to tha legislature beoause the legis lature has no opportunity of answering the governor back, and - the governor may be wrong and the loglalature right The only way to ascertain any wrong or any right Is by debate, by looking at tne queation from all sides, and thi debate, to be of value to the people, must be" public, and the debate, to be of value to the lawmakers themselves, and a reatralnt and a correction upon Im proper conduct, must ' be public The great tonic and the great corrective ror corruption and betrayal and selfish ness, la publicity." I am of oourse not giving Governor Wilson's express words, which were Chosen with perfect fitness for his mean ing, but the above is the sense of a thought which, aa I say. evidently seemed to him ao important that It la the one thought he brought forth again and again. Now how can the governor, or the people's executive, have a chance to originate bills and present them to the legislature, and present his side in debate, and drag them from their burial place In a committee unless the gover nor, ex-offlclo, haa a right upon the floor of the legislative halls to present the bill, make the argument for It and to keep It alive and bring It to a de cision T On the other hand, how can the leglalature be aaaured of fair play un less thla debate takea places In Its own halls, where each and every member of the legislature aa a representative of the people has the right to present his views? - And how can all thla threshing over of the matter in debate be made wholly publlo for the interest and In struction of tha people, except by pub lic debate In the legislative chambers. Therefore I infer t!:at Governor Wil son believes, aa all thoughtful men do, that the rigid dental to the executive, n our federal constitution and in the state constitutions Imitated from It of any part In originating legislation. watching over lta passage and taking part In the debates upon It Is a great miatake. It came about through the excessive hatred of monarchy at tha time of the revolution, when our presi dent, or executive was likened to the kind, and It was feared the presidency might even beeome a kingship In the hah da of some ambitious tyrant The framera of tha constitution were foraet- ful of the fact that even the king- of England, by hla cabinet or ministry. has acceaa to the halls of law making. wish to take this occasion onoe more to publicly announce my hearty agree ment with what I assume to be Gover nor Wilson's meaning, that vra will never get the true corrective for ex ploiting lawa and selfish Interest laws we will never get the true education of the people In government as a vital concern In which they are partners and we will never get that constant Interest and attention of the people which means evolution and progress, until we get these two things: First a short ballot In which the people undertake to select only the very fewest and most Import ant of their executive agenta, leaving to these administrators the duty and tha responsibility of selecting all others, tha to him. and bad bean ooliahed and ra polished by years of friction In , Jila trained mind; but I mean he did not re peat himself so far as his audiences were ooncerned, but threw out to eaoh an appropriate thought, well worthy of their - dlgeetton. His one recurrent thought might be condensed into this statement: "I thoroughly approve of your Oregon system, but If you thlnl you Mare oome to Jhe and, you are mis taken. Man never etanda still, either Individually or as a nation. Tou hava omy got into a preliminary position. and your next step, which X will not attempt to dictate or sugegst must be to devise some organio Institution or Institutions which mora or leas auto matically wiu produce purity of admln- isirauon ana legislation, and thla cm only be dons by making It automatical ly inevitable that the people's exeoutlva nan not oe a nattranead in tha mattar of proposing and watohlng over the peo ple's legislation, and that propoaed leg islation snau do assured of tha fullest puouciiy Dy aeoate and discussion and that It eannot be killed bv burial In com mi tees. Tour Initiative ' and refer- enaum roust be a means to this end, for it eannot be eupposed that you In tend to make of the entire state a leg islative assembly, of threwlna- the l. lslatlve power open to everv- reraon who, for means best known to himself. can procure the necessary petition,' That yow will always keep the power of the initiative and referendum In your bands, now that you have sot it la a mattar of courae; but you will keep It as protection and last resort and will not ao often use It after, yon have once constructed a maohlne' which .will do your bidding efficiently.". ,- , v , I would say In eonciuslon that Gov ernor Wllaon haa three characteristics which mark him as the man of the hour, to use aa entirely original phrase, He ia a man of great original, brain power, which la more Important than all his learning, of Innate sympathy for the common man and the great maaa of tne people, and with a sense of hu mor which bubbles like a 1 perennial spring and makes green grass and re freshing herblage grow alone Ita eourse. His brain power gives him a- arras o of the political situation aad eoonomlo conditions such as, in my opinion, few men have, and enables him to perceive wnere lies the justios or eaoh eonfliot His human sympathy and knowledge of economics give him a thorough under standing of the Injustice of modern conditions and a bravery to battle for tne rigata or the common man. such as I am convlnoed would be, to - say the least the equal of Colonel Bryan's or fjotonei sooaevelt's, and whloh Is calm er than eltber's more like a nature force; and hla aense of humor, with hla human sympathy, makes him ' likable and attracts people to hunt and . the wnoie combination secures their conn dence. ..;-.- . 1 United Statea. who,' he himself says, are thirsty for knowledge and eager to follow honest leadership toward .better jundltions. , f.n . ,, : , ?v ... c Children Cry for Fletcher's In my opinion. It has been a positive lauuoauon to nave naa this visit from uovernor Wilson. He said be had re ceived much benefit and Instruction from ua I la ny hope and belief that tno people or Oregon have received much aid and Instruction from him in the probleme with which we are now wreatllng in state and municipal gov ernment; and In my . opinion, it makea very little difference to Governor Wil son whether he becomes president of tne united Statea or not He treats that subject in a dignified war. ear ing that the office la too exalted for and high a trust for any man to refuse. But whether he ever be president of tha United Statea or not we may be inanuui ne has stepped oat of tha ololster of tha. university snd haa taken ror ms larger class the people ef tho aWa.WWAVt.i. 1 a i i... ,a, . . - - - - - .... 3 . The Kind You Hare Always Bought has horn the slgna ' tore of Chas. II Fletcher and has been made tinder his ,'penonal supervision for oyer SO years .Allow no one) to decelro you In this. .Oomiterlclts,. Imitations and ''Jn-t-aa-RCKKl' are but Experiments and endanger the health pf Children Eaperlenco agalnat .Experiment. What Isj-CASTORIA tJaitorla is a harmless substitute lor Castor Oil, Pare- . , s BOrto, JDrops i and Soothlnjr Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other -Varcotlo v v substance. Its aire is Its tpiarantee. It destroys Worms and allays FeverUhneM. It cureji Diarrhoea and Wind ? Co!?clt relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and'jrnatnlency. It assimilates -the pood, rarulates the , Stomach and Bowels, trivlmr healthy and natural sleep. The.Chiidren's Panacea-Tho Mother's JiMend.zZL fho IUnd You Havo Always Bought Bears the Signature of '- -.. er W 4 In Uso For Over 30 Years Tut etwraus cosieawv. rr stvaaar srmrr, arw voaa crrv. The Kohler & Chase Piano House 375 WASHINGTON STREET mm 11 i 1 mm U U "3 '"r iiiiMiurr 1 1 1 ii i ' it i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HI Mil 1 1 lffi i m i , i f .i f I jjtj" ' jjllf ' - ' - ' -r . j " I Wash- I ' ington J Street DURING THEIR SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE PIANO SALE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9:30 O'CLOCK thing waa to adjust the machinery ao that men of great ability would feel that' life held no greater opportunity ami offered no greater reward than puDiic service, for the nubile welfare. In this connection, hln ennroval nf tha ,. jiiniKuve mna reierenaum, me alrect 'f primary, and what Is known as the t uregon system, was unreserved and ' without equivocation. But he pointed out that these were only corrective exclusive barrier between the people , ana tne law making powr vested In legislatures, or our incomplete system or government The initiative and referendum give tne people tha power to throw over board. If necessary, their legialaturea ; . and enact -their own lawe for them selves. Bo with tha direct primary, it la a lash held upon the back of the old time convention, which met merely to raury a elate prepared in secret But he assumed (and speaking for myself and thoae who hava been aomewhat In strumental In bringing about the Ore gon system, ha rightly assumes) that these measures were only the means to an end. Intermediate atepa, and that It could not be contemplated and ia not contemplated that the Initiative and ref erendum ahall take the place of a truly representative legislative body and that h vh.. n.nnl. A .l.ii becomo the lawmakers tn detail for all of tho laws of Oregon. ' ' A Ooastttatlosal Iconoclast. Governor Wilson arrived In Portland Thursday morning .and' left Friday Bight, .Thursday evening be spoke at a banquet given him by the Commercial rluh, and after that. late at night, he eddreaeed the aevapaper men at the IVeaa club;' The next day he spoke at a luncheon arthe t. m. c--tte-Trh Restores color to Gray or Faded hair Removes Dan druff and invigorates the Scalp Promotes a luxuriant, healthy hair growth Stops its falling out. Is not a dye. $1.09 aad SOo. at Dra Stores er direct! asoa r.o.ipt ef aric. mud dnler's assse. Seed lAo. Iw ..aipl. btl.. Phile Hsr Speolaltiet Ce. Newark, N. J., U. S. A. Hay's Barf Ina Soap i. Baeaied ier Shaaipeeiai the hair aad keepled Cb. Seala elrae aad haaltlir, also far red, rnafh ebaaped kaadsaedl.ee.' 25.. at Draffta. SBFU8B ALL 8UBITITUTBS Restores Color to Orav or Faded H.lr SOWS a KABTIH. STZFB TAttOM PBUg CO. - SKXBMOBB DlUd OO. VA2rooirvxit o. a. - snows, om Abso lately Pure Bottled in Bond WW . 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Wednesday, May .24, you can take your pick from such well-known makes as Steinway, Knabe, Kimball, Fischer,: Mason & Hamlin, Hazelton. Weser, Gabler, at prices ranging from $59.00 up, and on terms that vary from $1,25 to $2.00 per week ' n W e-Veja 9 al d aah dV Br jbv aj ai aba. a Aa, ahak a. ai . . S t J " 'a aaai . m ''' tx wuiu tu tne U5cu piano inese instruments, we want it distinctly understood, have been thorouehlv overhauled renovated and repaired,, and have been put in first-class playing condition by our expert voicers and repairers. If you want a bargain m a piano that is dependable, come hi and let us see what we can do for you on one of these. EVERY PIANO FULLY GUARANTEED STOOL AND ONE YEAR'S TUNING FREE PLAYERrPIANOS$249 - CONVENIENT TERMS ARRANGED INVESTIGATE! CONSIDER! COMPARE! Mftke Your Dollar Do Triple Duty Established Since 1780 ROTHCHILD BROS. Distributors Portland. Or. koh: LB Xa.- rr tow OaVinroT cuvt wxts. PZAsTOS SKXPFEO STESTWaCEXS. 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