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. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, ' MONDAY EVENING., DECEMBER 4, . 1911.
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! The fiercest agonies have short.
est reign; '
And after dreams of horror,
, comes again
. Tlia ' welcome morning with Ita
. raya of peace. .
v William Cullen Bryant.
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CONGRESS
HE SESSION of congress which
CDHYBnes ,ln Washington today
Is one of the most Important
since the war. V It la con-
fronted with", graver problems of
vRtate than any congress In a genera
"lion. It has greater opportunity, by
. Constructive statesmanship, . to do
Tnorsvfor the country than usually
falls toVAhe lot of an American con-Vess,r-s?
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J vThe costofllTlng Is Very high'.
'Many pf the necessaries of life are
."higher., priced -,v than . In ; war time,
jwhen - Industries ,; were paralyzed,
Jwhen the working .; forces' of the
American fields werodepleted by the
pending of soldiers to the front, and
jwhen the cost of all . products was
'lifted by the limited production and
"heavy demands for supplies . In the
many campaigns. y This congress has
power to afford a measure of relief,
and-should, a$ was done at thj extra-,
: ordinary" session, endeavor td provide
, remedies. "r":;itT''V:r':'.T'
This; congress should. enact legis
lation for the opening of Alaska In
the Interest of the people. It should
'enact laws for developing Alaska
''coal fields on a basis of four-dollar
coal for 4. f It should so safeguard
(Jhe unlimited coal deposits of the
Korth that they cannot fall a prey
to private monopoly and greed. It
'la one means by which the high co6t
of living can be reduced.
".This congress ; should legislate
wisely and patriotically on the Pan
ama canai. : It should make tolls
ree for American ships tn the toast
wise trade. It should provide a sane
administration for the canal, and
.make- the tolls for all ships an low
Jas is. consistent withi the general.
: good. . It should so safeguard all the
appointments of the great waterway
that' ft "will be -, a competitive canal,
giving tower freight ; rates between
United States porta on the Atlantic
And Pacific. It will be another way
jto reduce the high cost of II ring. ,
This congress should address it
relf to legislation for a further con
trol of ; American trusts
It should
legislate against the further watering from the mines In Pennsylvania, and
of ; stocks. Vi By stock ; Jobbing vand tnig although the coal dealers maln
overcapftallzatlon, the American , tain a free, delivery, Almost all
people are forced to pay dividends on business houses claim to , deliver
stocks founded partly on tangible ; goods free. But yet the gross out
, property. and 1 partly on thin air, a! lay is enormous, and the residence
.process - conspicuous In the Steel j dwellers In reality are each paying
trust, which on a tangible property Beveral cents a day for the dlstribu
pf 1700,000,000 Issued securities ag-ition of commodities,
gregating 11,400,000,000 and com-1 it 9 estimated that there are
pel led the American public to pay 1 40,000 wage earners In Milwaukee
dividends cn the larger capltallza- wi,0 by the distances from resl
llon. The process made tangible ! dences to their place of employment,
property put of the $700,000,000 of I are driven into the street cars for
'thin air and doubled the regular div
Idends, giving enormous wealth to
the manipulators. By stopping this
process of bandit finance, this con
gress can enormously reduce the
high cost of living.
In"'-, these .'and-other fields, the
reat body assembling today can be
of invaluable service to the country,
' And the public will await with deep
Interest the developments of the next
few months at Washington.
THE HORRORS OF WAR
kY DAILY repetition the public
sense of the essential horrors
of war may get blunted. By
. virtue of Hague conferences,
Red Cross societies, and the declar
ation fcf London protecting neutral
' commerce, . war between civilized
nations is robbed of much of the
brutality that formerly marked its
course. But the real devilment is
revealed when, as in Tripoli now and
In China, one or both of the com
batants lets loose every kind of hor
ror that was practised by ar'mlea In
the dark ages of the world, and
which In savage warfare, breaks out
In every quarter of the globe.
- One shrinks from reading the day's
telegrams, fearing their revelations.
But the commission of these awful
cruelties when they anywhere occur,
should be made known, that every
. cation may take up Its share of the
burden that defiles and degrades the
buman race.
- Is there any connection between
the arbitration , treaties now con
sidered by the civilized nations and
there brutalities? Yes; ln'that the
treaties are Intended to prevent, the
letting loose of the dogs of war.
, . In all warfare, civilized or unciv
ilized, are unlimited potentialities of
horror rhen courage Is strained by
reprisal" and ? reyenge,; and" every
reckless passion gains free, course In
viator and in vanquished alike, v ',-
No war starts without some pre
text, feeble and unreasonable though
t may be, acd very quarrel settled
may mean ' war forestalled.
Kme argue that , the breaking
forth t the Tripolltan warfare Is
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evidence that to attempt, by treaties
to prevent war, even in this twentl
eth century of the Christian era. Is
but love's labor lost. Contrariwise
the tale of lives sacrificed, tortures
inflicted, homes -' b u rned and
wrecked, hospitals filled, starvation
and disease Invited, f civilization
checked and prosperity destroyed for
decades to come all this should but
deepen and fix the determination of
all civilized peoples to . bind them
selves and to each other by en
gagements too sacred to be broken,
to substitute law for force, and thus
to hasten the coming of the long
foretold day when war shall be no
more. t- ''...t.
WHERE ARE OUR DEAF RICH?
HERE ARE the rich people
of Portland? ' Do they never
hear a cry for help?
The Journal and ; others
are trying to raise a few dollars for
the relief of Mrs. Buckbee, a vic
tim of rheumatism, who for nine long
years has lain on her back under the
shadow of the skyscrapers and
church steeples of Portland. : She Is
part of a home where there are chil-
dren and In which the pinch of pov
erty Is always felt.
It seems unthinkable, but It Is
true that in the $200 so far contrib
uted cot one wealthy Portland home
Is represented. The money has come
almost exclusively from the compar
atively poor, .that great mass of hu
manity that "knows the cots where
poor men He, and the chores that
poor men do."
An example of those who contrib
ute- appears in a letter received by
The Journal this morning. , It Is from
a lady who lives In a neighboring
town, and It says: 4
'"I send you a check for $1.. ,It is
for Mrs. Jennie Buckbee. I wish I
could send more. It Is the .widow's
mite. My means is small, and my
eyesight very poor. I cannot see
to read or sew, but I thank God that
I can see to get around, and that my
health is good." ." i
But she can hear the call for aid,
and her dollar goes to help Buccor
the needy sufferer. Where are the
owners of Portland skyscrapers?
Where are the big business estab
lishments? Where are those who
have been made millionaires by the
mere growth of Portland? Where are
those who dwell In the mansions, the
palaces and live on the good things
of earth? Where are those whose
names are everywhere familiar "as
masters and captains of finance?
' ; The contribution list for Mrs. ;
Buckbee Is like many that have pre
ceded it It is the poor that do most
to finance real charity.
THE PLANNING OF A CITY
A
PRESH light Is thrown on the
importance of the systematic
and thorough planning of a
city in a recent article on MI1-
jwaukee In the Twentieth Century
magazine.
The first requirement, It is said,
Is the proper laying out of manu
facturing zones and residence areas
in due regard to each other's con
venience. It costs more to distribute
-ofti in Milwaukee than to brine it
from an hour to two hours a day In
going and returning most of which
would be saved by the' systematic
planning of the city. Adding all
these needless sources of expense to
gether, It is conservatively estimated
that in the case in question, a sum
results for each family sufficient to
pay interest on a $1000 Investment
in a home.
The business zone and residence
area planning would also give the
business and manufacturing element
greater latitude in the location and
construction of their plants, and
would insure better sanitation in the
residence areas. It Is represented
that all business Interests are more
or less handicapped by unnecessary
expense for whhh tho planning of
the city Is responsible.
The laying out and construction
of the system of new streets and
roads would also have an Important
bearing on the efficiency of the new
proposed civic 'tenters for public
recreatku and education.
It is hoped in these various ways,
in Milwaukee as in Portland, to cre
ate eventually a beautiful city, the
beauty naturally resulting from Its
utility and economy In the wide
sphere of public welfare.
IP
HEY SAY It Is not yet known
whether or not Portland is to
havo a Rose , Festival next
summer. ' .
Is Portland going to .throw away
that splendid annual feature of her
municipal, life? Is this city to aban
don an annual event that has made
Portland esthetlcally noted through
out the country? '
: There is no way to tabulate the
value of the Rose Festival. It is
not an Issue of mathematics. , There
Is no way to accurately compute its
dividends. . Nobody ca"n give anybody
else an exact schedule of Its profits,
as a banker tells beforehand what
the Interest on a $1000 note will be
at six per cent. 1 ' , 1 V '' k$
The Rost Festival is not that kind
of an enterprise.' It Is a huge prop
osition with benefits t accruing from
W
uncnumeratfcd and ' innumerable
sources. The best sign of Its value
is the fact that under other formB
this : week of annual festivities in
Portland is being copied In Seattle,
San Francisco and other cities. If
the festival la not a good thing for
Portland, why has Seattle lnaugu
rated the Potlatch and San Francis
co Its Portola?
The stimulus of the festival Is
what has made Portland a city of
roses, and It la Portland's reputation
as headquarters of the rose that has
helped make It attractive to every
visitor who has come in recent years
to the city. It is tLe festival that
has been the Influence that has made
most of the door yards of. Portland
rose gardens, and it is Portland's
rose gardens that have helped make
this city sought by eager thousands
as a home and as & place to make
Investments' of capital. , " v.
The Rose . Festival , management
says correspondence already Indi
cates that the coming festival, if
held, would attract twice the east
ern attendance'of any former year.
What argument more potent is there
against abandonment of the.ttnnual
rose show?
Not to hold the festival -would al
most make laughing stock of Port
land. People elsewhere vould point
the finger , of derision at us. It
would be ample ' reason for rival
cities and other cities to Jeer at us.
It would be.the signal for other cities
on the coast to launch rose festivals
of their own and take away from
Portland that which .has most
graced her national repute.
EXPRESS AND PARCELS POST
R
EPRESENTATTVE 1 DAVID J.
LEWIS, of Maryland, brought
out those facts In his argu
ment before the house In the
recent session on behalf of his bill
for taking over the express ' com
panies and adding their business to
the postal system of the nation.
Now the express companies are,
he said, a positive hindrance to the
business of the country. The aver
age charge in Argentina for carry
ing a tdn of express matter is $6.51,
in the countries of Europe, $4.12.
The average express company charge
In the United States is $31.20. In
other countries the charge for car
rying a ton of express matter is five
times that for ordinary freight. In
the United States it is 16 times as
much. Our average of express mat
ter carried is less than 100 pounds
in the United States, in the other
countries over 200 pounds per cap
ita. Yet our demands are by far
the greater by reason of longer dis
tance and larger business.
Yet the express companies pay the
railroad companies an average of
three-fourths of a cent per pound.
and at that rate they accumulate
average profits of fifty per cent and
over.
To two other points Mr. Lewis
drew attention. The first, that the
express service now does not reach
beyond the railway to the farmers'
country, as does tho syste j of the
postofflce through the rural freo de
livery, waiting with empty vehicles
to receive the express packages and
take them both to the country
stores' and to the farmers, and to
carry back to the towns and cities
the produce of the farms and. truck
gardens for the people to eat at liv
ing prices.
Second, that If the postofflce
adopts the railway transportation
rate to the -express companies of
three-fourths of a cent, per pcund,
the charges might be reduced from
two-thirds t one-half on parcolt, be
tween five and fifty pounds in
weight, and about 28 per cent on
heavier weights.
The reduction on the cost oi liv
ing which troubles all of us depends,
according to these figures, on the
"proper articulation of our trans
port system with the sources of sup-
A
EMIGRATION FROM BRITAIN
T
HE EMIGRATION returns re
cently issued show that the
235,000 emigrants who left
the British islands in -1907.
which was tho record year to that! are complied with. No batik should be
date, were exceeded duriLg the ntnmlMJni'
months of the current year to Sep-1 De paid In cash when organized. Then
tember 30, by 14,000 persons the it would be impossible for one man to
tntnl ln 1911 t that dav rMnhtnir '
j a ,
the remarkable figure of 249,000.
Canada received JSy far tho largest
proportion, as already shown by her
returns. The mother land is in
some ways the loser as the eml-
grants represent the youthful and I
vigorous portion of her population.
From another aspect she gain. y J
the reduced pressure of the overplus
of workers that crowd her Indus
tries. ' . .": ' . r
MR. COMPERS' EXPLANATION
M
R. GOMPERS says he did not
think the McNamaras were
guilty. But he should not
have acted so .positively on
a mere assumption 'of their inno
cence. As head of a great labor or
ganization, he should not have led
the rank and tile Into positive declar
ations of the McNamaras' Innocence
without first ascertaining something
about the facts.
He should have remembered that
bad men get Into all organizations.
They get - Into fraternal societies;
they get- into charitable organiza
tions; they get into the churches,
and even Into the pulpit itself.,
, It takes more than a college diplo
ma, a church letter, a receipted bill
for dues in the Free Masons or a
labor union card to establish the
merits of men. As supremo loader
of ; a great; movement, Mr. Gompers
should have realized thlsj and have
put the McNamaras on trial on their
merits. He should hare sought for
evidence of their "guilt as well as for
evidence of their Innocence, and, in
the name of labor; he should, If they
Seemed guilty, have 'been foremost
In demanding their punishment.
Mr. -Gompers, as 1 the McNamara
confessions show," cannot afford ' to
assume that every' man in the ranks
of , labor Is infallible. Nor can the
masses of union labor afford to as
sume that every union man Is lnfal
llble. The McNamaras were traitors
to and betrayers of the .cause of la
bor, and so is every member of the
organization who indulges in violence
or lawlessness of any kind, whether
it be the blowing up of a building
or the assault pt a non-union man.
Union labor should weed all such
out of the organization.
. Letters From tLe People
(Oomtnnnlrittlona aant in The Innrnal far nnh
llcation la tola department ebonld not xcaed
800 worda In length and muat be accompanied
uy ui name ana aaareea or ma eeuaer .1
Believes In Woman Suffrage.
Sams Valley. Or., Nov. 80 To the
Editor of The Journal. I notice a letter
rrom Mr. Nina Martin In The Journal
of November 25. I am not in the least
surprised at her doctrine, for we have
had these same characters to fight all
the way up through the long stretch of
the world's history, In fact, every step
of the progress of the world for good
and for freedom has been marked " by
blood, martyrdom and what we look
upon now as horror. According to the
Bible, 6000 yecrs of the world's history
expired , A D. 1873. and almost all
through this lone period the world has
been ruled by man. Only an occasional
Esther or Victoria has shed forth her
light In the capacity of rulershlp, and
invariably, when fhelr work haa passed
into history the results have been far
ahead of the ordinary male ruler. When
God got through with the mud Job of
making man he took the rib from him
to make the woman, which In my Judg
ment had a tendency to refine it and
hla second experience In the creation of
a woman was so far ahead of the first
Job when he created man that there la
hardly any eompar: .on. Now at the
end of 6000 years of male rulershlp,
what have we In the shape of govern
mints? Even In th United States, said
to be the best government in the world,
we are ruled by kings of finance, barons
of monopoly, dukes of damphoolism and
courts of cussedness, ml under-a sys
tem where poodle dogs with $10,000 col
lars around their necks take the place
of the baby. In the homes of the rich
and where, in the homes of the poor,
the hundreds of thousands of bablei
aro being born Into human slavery to
awful for the pens of our best writer
to -describe or picture. Now I am of
the opinion that we are going to re
write the -constitutions of our states,
and also the United States, and I fur
ther venture the statement that these
will be rewritten peaceably at the bal
lot box or they will be written as
China Is now writing hers, at the
muzxle of the machine gun and with the
sword. -, With what experience I have
had with women, from school teacher
to . representation In the legislature, I
believe that the women who will help
to readjust these various phases of gov
ernmental Ills are thoroughly compe
tent, as well as safe in the task that
lies In front of them. Sister Martin
sems to think that If a woman was
allowed to vote that it would take away
the sweet privilege" of being "bossed by
her husband." I am of the opinion that
in spite of a woman voting Sister Mar
tin can find some man that would as
sume the responsibility, providing, how
ever, that she Is not getting enough of
the bossing act, but If she happens to
get one that is in the habit of coming
home every day or two with his measly
hide full of rotgut whiskey, and Insists
on sitting on the front doorsteps sing
ing, ;i want to be an angel," while she
is doing the woodchopplng' and drudg.
ery, then the tune will change darn
quick. The place where the good sister
and myself differ the widest Is where
she states that the polls Is not the place
to reform the world. Now, I am sure
that there are only two ways to change
present existing evil conditions, ' one of,
them Is by the ballot and the other Is
the shotgun route, and I am entirely In
favor of the former. E. W. COOPER.
For Better Banking Laws.
Portland, Dec 1. To the Editor of
The Journal I am a reader of the
Twlce-a-Week Journal and have read
your editorials on wildcat banking and
think I have a plan that would stop
that kind of business. Have a law
passed that no stockholder or bank of
ficer will be allowed to loan himself
more than 90 per cent of the
amount of hla paid up. stock, anl
If the money Is Bot put back
In the bank within one year from
date of loaHVthe stock Is forfeited, and
they can keep the loan. This Is on the
principle of a bank not allowing a
depositor to overdraw hla account Do
not allow any ono stockholder -to own
more than 25 per cent of the stock and
do not allow any one person or
comoanv to borrow .. more than
10 per cent of the capital stock.
Make it tha duty '. of the bank
examiner to see that these conditions
hold over one nair oi tne bvock uu
practlcally a capital of but $300, as
this man Evars did.
All loans on six months' time or over
and in amounts of f 1000 or over, should
be secured by first mortgage on real
estate or negotiable stocks or bonds.
Now with regulations something like
these it would be impossible for the
bank officers to finance wildcat
TtZru'Z: AT sTockhotder or
bank officer disregarding these laws
should be punished by a line or not
less than $1000 or mora than 16000 and
imprisonment for not less than three
years or puire than 10 years.
' Capital Punishment.
Troutlake, Wash.;' Dec 1. To the Ed
itor of The Journal But seldom
do I disagree with the principles
enunciated in your paper; and havo
never troubled you with a criticism be
fore. Often I feel like saying hurrah
to tha stand you take for truth and re
form. But your View as well as that
of Governor Weat in tha matter of
capital punishment, I positively cannot
aocept You claim that-hanging a man
Is not a deterrent Of murder. Pray, can
you tell' us What would.be, while hu
manity Is what It is, an4 conditions what
they are? You seem tb extend a kind
Of palliating sympathy toward that mis
erable wretch lately electrocuted back
In Richmond, who, according to his own
statements,' was a dangerous parasite Ob
society, ' who deliberately killed v his
young wife, denying it under oath, and
maintaining' hla unblushing defiance .to
tha world till , tho last hope of being
permitted to live was gone. You quote
from the commandments, "Thou shalt
not kill' Now, you know that was not
all of the MORatd law. The same law.
giver-whOi said "Thou shalt not kill'
when laying down to. sacred duty; of man
also, when stating the consequence of
a violation of that, most sacred part of
a divine law, says, "Whosoever shed
deth man's blood, by .man shall his blood
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i I COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
j-x- - SMALL CHANGE.
It's always somebody else that should
be punished for all his faults. - .
....". .'W,'-'
It Was quit time that Inter-high
school football was suppressed.
Too; many would-be small farmers
want iana ngnt close to Portland.
The Situation In the Clawarv TUmntra
i m asuuu uwu , ui av oiaese . puszte,
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remans we Shouldn't blnma inmi
peopie lor noi ceing very manniui.
Now congress will berln to do a. little
ouaiaesw uu gooa Qteu 01 politics. ;
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It is a good season to aro to tha sea-
coast Jf one doesn't like summer girls.
Tea. oubllo markets, rlarhtlv mShaared.
may decrease tha coat of living for
many, , i . -
Few people need enlightenment bv a
campaign committee on, President
rl. art's record.
Being- sneaker. Ohamri Clark ' la a
speaker, a talker; he talks rather too
much sometimes.
Aren't th McNamaras and McMa.nl-
gal lucky? Good food and shelter for
life and no work to do.
There doesn't seem to br an-r 'reallv
good, stronar reason whv Polonal Rnnaa
velt should get mad about it.
Are the women Christians real ansa
who wouldn't help a woman with six
starving little children, because she
had erred T . v
There ax rumors of aelf-effaeina
Roosevelt letters but he hasn't yet
plainly told the publlo that he wouldn't
accept a nomination under any circum
stances. - ; " . ,. -
The proposed Pacific Coast Lumbar
trust failed to obtain the rovernment'a
sanction In advance: its organisers
seemed to suspect that they were going
to do something Illegal. .
- m
The arm v Of Idle ajid nennileaa man.
here and. elsewhere. Is larger than
ever before at this season -of the year,
what Is society going to do about it?
rfUst keen on bulidlnsr mora and lars-er
tnltat "
SEVEN GREAT PHILANTHROPISTS
George
George Peabody waa one of the most
liberal philanthropists of ancient or
modern Umes. In the words of Mr.
Gladstone, ha taught the world how a
man may be tho master of his fortune
and not its slave. It was Mr. Peabody' s
own testimony, and that of those most
Intimately acquainted with him, that
hla great benefactions ara really a tri
umph over a disposition naturally par
Bimonlour and It was from a sense of
benefits conferred on him by divine
providence that he overcame the nat
ural tendencies of hla strong will in
giving, till It became a delight to him to
give. In the greatness of his benevo
lence George Peabody stands alone In
history. ,.
When George Peabody died In London
on November 4, 1869, for the first time
in history tha gates of Westminster
abbey were opened for - the burial of
a private , cltlsen of another country,
and, although the historic building waa
not Mr. Peabody'a final resting place,
it waa only owing to -his desire to sleep
by the- aide of his mother's grave in hla
native land. Where Tth funeral service
of tha Engliah church waa read over
him, tha great American philanthropist
might have ' reposed forever with the
universal consent and approbation of
the British nation. The swiftest and
finest frigate in the English navy waa
selected to- bear his body across the
broad Atlantic and It waa received
from the ship, of war Monarch by an
American squadron commanded by Ad
miral Farragut
Great wealth did not come to George
Peabody until the time of the Civil war.
He had already amassed a respectable
fortune and had already devoted a
large part of It to the foundation and
endowment of Institutions where poor
boys might receive a good education.
But his Investment during tho Civil
war left him one of the richest men
'at Its close In tha world, and ha Im
mediately Bet to work to do as much
good aa possible With hla money. To
relieve distress and promote education
in tho south he gave about $2,600,000.
"Never," said tho late Dr. J. I M.
Curry, general agent of tha fund, was
a. Klf t more timely. It came, a whit
bo shad." Haa a law any force without
It may V may not ba a Bible ques
tion, but, one who quotes it should
quote It fair. To talk about hanging a
man who haa taken the life of another
as being the case of another murder
by the state trite and fallaolous. The
law waa maas Deiore mo
done. A' man ; Who Wlliuuy lanes intiuwimi m uioa mey cannot en a u re
life of another in the face of the law's seeing a brother or sister that is shab
niatniv stated penalty etgrta away his by. So long as one Is wsll dressed he
own life in the act. When the state
fines a man $5 for stealing one dollar's
e-oods is the state stealing
from the thief? Why, then, la it murder
when it takes the lire oi a man one
lifewho has taken the life of another,
or several others, and aent misery to the
innocent hearts of a dosen friends and
loved ones? Governor West's announced
nnHnv beforehand that a man sen
tenced to hang will not hang during his
term of office la a dangerous abuse
of his power, a brazen flying in the face
of tho law, and an unwarranted insun
to the 12;slncere men and the intelli
gent Judge who sentences a man to a
deserved .death; What Will you do with
the murderer? Imprison him for HfeT
Many think that It la a worse fate than
hanging, .except the fact they always
hope that, by soma means, they will get
free.' '
The Journal had better cease Its risky
sentimental talk and confine Its argu
ments to real reforms, on which It is
both eloquent and logical.
JAMES GREENSLADB.
';; '' .-. ii .
. Condemns West's Policy.
Independence,' On, Nov. 27. To the
Editor of Tha Journal. I ' aea by the
paper Governor West ' ia . determined .to
Increase crime by his actions. Webb,
tha man that was to ba hung, killed
Johnson, put hla body in a trunk. West
commuted hla sentence to life Impris
onment All over the world it is life
for life. Now Mr. Weat 1a trying to
spring something new. So many men
don't cars for life in the pen for es
cape or pardon la aura. - Now, what la
Mr. West going to do about the second
degree murdereraT " ; ;
Mr. West doesn't realize that he is
increasing crime, which he surely is.
Also, the convicts are building roads
when man with families ought to have
It
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SUBSCRIBER.
; Plsgah Home and the Mob. .
Portland. Or., Deo. 2. To tha .Editor
of Tho Journal A mob in 4 auburb of
Portland la a dark spot on its fair
name. True, tea inmates or Pisgah
Home are a set of undesirables;?: They
are down and out No one likes the
aight of a drunk and there is no re.
spectabla plaoa In society for him. His
money, ia gone ana be is not wanted.
even by- tha saloon. -Pisgah Home of
fers food and ahelter at a. time when
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Forest Orove a streets are j now
cleaned by a machine Identical with
those used In Portland.
The women of Newport ara planning
an entertainment to raise tunas lor a
board walk to the city cemetery, ,
The Merrill Record claims that Klam.
with nva 9A nsi i.w.iitnu.d
"J. H. Murr, a foundryman of North
Bend, has askd the Florence people
to assist htm In establishing a foundry
a i f iorenoe,
Marshfield News: Farmers . In the
vicinity of Bridge, .in the upper Ooqulle
country, have organized a stock, com
pany and will operate a creamery there,
Allen Jones, .whose farm 'la near
Burns is tha first man Id Harney coun
ty to plow by - steam. He has a 14
horsepower -engine, which draws four
la-Inch plows. . . , .
a location that la ideal for a railroad
terminus, and from current rumors it
looks Ilka railroad officials are, begin
ning to realise It tv-w-'i
-' N.' A. Davia cashier of tha First Na
tional bank of Milton, haa realsmed.
after 2 years' service.. George A. Price,
reoenurirom uavia uity, insdh nas
beert elected, to succeed him, . -.
PBeanstaJk." will be given at Hillsboro
by local talent unaer tn airection oi
E. J. Jones of Portland on the evening
of December IS. The production -will
be ' under tha auspices of tha Coffee
Club. . i, -; ,:u
: . .... . ... ; . . m v m .i- . , v x
The Fossil Journal. reoroduolmr
items from-its files of 25 years ago,
Includes the exploit of William Stllson,
who, in 25 , dava' hunting, killed five
large bears, 13 deer, two panthers,- four
foxes, two martens. .' one fisher, two
beaver, one otter, one lynx and two
ooyotest ; . - ' .;s s ' v '
Fossil Journal: Sam Cobb's father re
linquished his homestead out BuckHorn
way recently and Mrs. Nebraska
Keeney's mother, who is only 83 years
younav filed on It and confidently ex
pects to make a five year proof. HoWs
mat tor optimism r.
Peabody.
winged messenger of peace and fra
ternity, in the hour of gloom, poverty
and despondency." The fund was given
"to destitute and neglected masses,
where others bestowed their money
upon colleges and scientific Institu
tions." ,
To found decent lodging houses in
London for the respectable) poor Mr.
Peabody gave a like amount and at
the present time upward of 20,000 per
sons occupy these tenements.
- These were the two most humane
of the charities of George Peabody. For
negotiating- the sale of 13.000,000 worth
of bonds In 183i In London when others
had failed by which he sustained the
credit of Maryland, and giving to tha
atate his commission ot 200,000, this
was his first largo charitable gift- This
was followed by his financing of the
Grlnnell expedition In search of Sir
John , Franklin; the founding of the
Peabody Institute In Baltimore: large
bequests to colleges; the establishing
of an art school in Rome, Italy and
many other similar bequests, all of
wnich were practical and workable.' ' .
Mr. Peabody never married, and ' at
the time of his death he atlll retained
J5.000.000, which was bequeathed to rel
tives. , For his .philanthropy-, to. the
English, Queen. 'Victoria-offered him- a
baronetcy, or the grand cross of the
Order of the Bath, but he declined both.
In answer to a question as to what gift
ha would accept he said: "A. letter
from the Queen of England which I
may carry across tha Atlantlo and de
posit it as a memorial of one of her
roost faithful sons." Tho queen com
plied -with this request, writing Mr.
Peabody a graceful letter acknowledging
his "more than princely munificence."
Peabody was described aa of a pleas
ing address, a good public speaker and
an able writer. He was descended from
a good English family of which the
first American representative settled
in New England In 1635. George Pea
body was born In Dan vera, Mass., on
February 18, 1796, and as a Baltimore
merchant he laid tha foundation of hla
fortune In this country.
Tomorrow Thomas Guy. ,
the world Is against the man who haa
no place to go. The Jails aro crowded
and he can't find a place there. So that
Institution for men comes to their help
with a place to 11a down, a crust to eat
and words of comfort But to an vll
hour Satan got hts agents busy .to
demolish the windows of tha home. It
la a disgrace to the state. Soma poor
is noticed, but let misfortune come,
and friends desert I believe in a re
ligion that does good deeds today.. Now
Is the time to help, and today cornea
but once. MRS. J. A. STEPHENS.
Marriage License Law. '
Kahuna, Wash., Nov. JO. To the
Editor of. The Journal. Will you please
be kind enough to print in the pages
of your paper what "red tapo" a person
has to go through to get a license and
bo married in Oregon T Can a person
of another state be married at Van
couver or Portland and. get the license
there and do they have to have any
witnesses T f CONSTANT READER.
Ans. It ia -necessary to produce ona
witness to swear that he knows the
applicants -to be of legal age and that
no legal impediment; to the marriage
exists. This witness must also make
oath that tha woman Is a resident of
the county in which tha license is
asked. Tha law here given is the law
of Oregon. Consult your county clerk
as to what ia necessary in Washington.
'. y'fV'. Condemns"- the' Iteatthcn'VV-:
Portland,- Dec. 1. To the Editor of
Tha JournaL What kind of a school
board have they la Portland that will
allow a teacher to beat a child with
anything, much less a piece of hose, ba
it aver so small f How long would such
a brutal minded teacher last la the
publlo schools of Chicago T
I am a newcomer in Portland and
cannot find language strong enough
. . V n P. ... a.I.Ia. mm a a .. . . .
or such an act Away with such an
ancient person i; i ji . ., ..
.MRS.' EDWARD MILLS.
. Umatilla Project. -. 'f;'
:f From the Hermlston lleraid.
Aa for tha west slda tha arm- hn.rrl
praised it highly and considered it feas
ible in ' every respect Further, every
reclamation" engineer who has ever matte
an" examination of the territory is en
thuslastlo over it The water 'rights
must and will ba adjudicated regardless
of what the government does. Anyway
the water it Is proposed to use on the
west side is not the natural flow of the
Umatilla , but ha flood waters which
now go to waste unless tha government,
with millions behind It, undertakes tha
work. -
f
For La toilette 1
From the San Francisco Chronicle
Lincoln-Roosevelt Republicans of Cal
ifornia to tha number of about tj00a! in
w. ... v.. suuiea, aauemuieu in
the ballroom of the Palace hotel yes- y
terdav afternoon 'tn th r I
- . r . . ... yu.wvv
forming an organisation to promote Sen
ator I Robert m; : La Folletta' of
Wisconsin aa a candidate for president
of : thefXJnltad State v v-w.'. ;;; yi
Several . speeches were made,'' all ana
themlzng the present alleged conditions
in the Republican party of the nation
and .couched In terms to Indicate that
tha country will go to tha demnition
bowwows if La' Folletta la not nominat
ed and elected. . A
Charlea H. Detrlpk, secretary to tho
railroad commission and also secretary
of 'tha Republican county committee,
called tha meeting to order In a care
fully prepared speech that lauded La
Folletta as the -one man in America
whose progresalveness was of a suffi
ciently powerful brand to lead the Re
publican party to victory in the election
of next November. . - . .
Chester H. Rowell of Fresno, on tak.
ing the chair as temporary president.
Bald many of. the things Detrlck bad
said, and added soma of his own for
good measure. Sam Poorman Dredlct-
ed the election of a Democratic presi
dent If La Folletta failed of the nom
ination in the Republican convention!
J. J. Dwyer, president of tha atate board
of harbor commissioners,!' Ingeniously
explained how he got baok Into tha Re
publican party, ending hla speeoh by
leaving the -audience up-in the air as
to whether ha thought La Folletta or
Johnson the greater, man. .
Former Governor George . C Pardee.
one of the organizers of tha Lincoln-
Roosevelt league, likened t tba presen
condition of Insurgency to that which,
was responsible for the creation of San
Francisco's vigilance committee in 1868.
and Judge Isadore Golden Of San Fran
cisco said La Folletta was preaching
tha same doctrine now that Moaea
preached to the Pharaohs whan tho chil
dren of Ik ael were in the bondage of
Egypt. , , .
Lieutenant Governor Wallace made a
facetious address, beginning with tha
almost whispered announcement: .
"I am from Loa Angeles and wa aro
not doing much talking down our way
Just now.' Wa ara humble, chastened
In spirit and not at all in the speech-,
making mood.v Sometlmea modesty is
a fitting garment in a political gather
ing and this is ona of the times 1 feel
I should wear it After December 5,
perhaps I will be glad to make a speech,
but Just now I do not believe I could
make the kind you would like to hear."
. The lieutenant-governor's allusion to
tha almost-Socialist victory Jn Los An
geles, when Job Harrlman received a
majority vote In the primary, caught
the fancy of tha audience and was re
ceived with gales of laughter In which
Wallace,' solemn vlsaged, refused to
Join. .
After the - speech making waa over
Rowell announced the serious business
Of the meeting to be the formation ofx
an organisation that would promote tha
presidential fortunea of La Follette In
California, but made frequent refer
ences to tils lack of knowledge of what
"our friends, tho programers,. have tn
store for me." '
On motion of Governor Pardee, Row
ell was authorized to name two com-:
mltteea, each of five members, on per
manent organisation and resolutions.
Tho committee on organization report
ed in favor of maintaining tha organisa
tion, as temporarily affected, and the re
port waa . unanimously adopted. The
committee consisted of Frank R. Dev
lin of Fresno, chairman; Charlea R. De
trlck. Ralph Bull. Milton T. U'Ren and
Frank S. Wallace of Pasadena,
Pardee, as chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions, of which Thomas E.
Haven, R. Ia Green, Isadore Golden and
Mrs. Charles D. Blaney of San Jos
were the other members, reported a
short resolution announcing It as tho
firm belief of the committee that tho
control of tha government "should ba
taken from those who have misused
and misappropriated It, and returned to
tha control of tha people, where it be
longs." Tha resolution recited tha com
mittee opinion that La Follette
tha proper man- to do tha taking and
the conference agreed with tho comml
tea by unanimously adopting Its report.
Tanglefoot
By Mllea
Overholt
THE RAINY DAY.
Last June I bought a set of furs, and
twmitv tons of eoaL
A' heavy coat, some woolen goods which
somewhat thinned my roll.
And then I had my plumbing dona, and
bougnt my unristmas imnn,
Soma overshoes snd heavy socka and
extra fiddle strings.
I said, "I've got 'em. going . bow;
trusts may yaip ana nowi;
Just let 'em stand upon one leg and bark
' and snarl and howl."
I said, "Let chilly zephyrs Bcreech; let
winter magnates now,
said those words . about June first;
I've changed my meter now. ,
July was hot, I bought soma lea and
other cool delights, -. .....
I often spent a nappy hour with hear
and boys o nights.
Tho prices ralstd quite haughtily on
little things to eat;
I found I had to sell my furs to buy a
- chunk of meat
Whan August came I sold my coal by
cutting down the price,
I traded off my heavy clothes and
bought a lm of Ice.
I borrowed from tho, plumberman and
sold my Christmas goods
And managed nrar successfully to buy
some summer foods. -
No wet day stuff for me again; tomor
row never comes, .
ril plod alon from day to day, while
others pick tha plums; , -
I'll lay no harvest by nor place no fu
ture on the shelf, ........
The distant day will have to quit or
... . hustle for itself. -
Andrew 'Carnegie says his reading of
Shakesoeare helped him to . make hisi
fortunes. Very likely; - Shakespeare
was inclined to stand m with the big-
respectable bandlta and pirates or nis
time...., '...r'' i.",;-v ' -.' .
(Oontrlboti'd ta Tna Journal b Walt Haaon,
tba famoua Kanaaa poet Hli proaa-pwnn ara a
regular faature of tbls ' column In Tha Pally
Journal.) ...;!, r.'' ,, .. ; ' ' ;
In times now vanished, when my
frau desired to fry some basic slag,
aha put It In a pant but now she puts.Lt
. . mk m r. . .
in a paper bag. Tha hausfrau tells me.
with a whoop, the new style cooking
Is no Joke, and she proceeds to make
soma soup and bolls it In a paper poke.
Suoh changea all around , I see; from
ancient ways our country swerves; this
blamed old world's too awlf t for me,
I can't keep casea on ita curves. Tha
world has got too awlf t for we, I
make acknowledgment- with grief; I'm
only waiting here to see the Ice box
used for roasting beef; I only wait, on
trembling legs, to see tha bushes bear
ing cheese, to see the hens lay
scrambled eggs,' and 1 roasted turkeys
in the trees. And when King Death
la tibmber tones shall summon this
back number rube, they'll shoot ma to
tha place of bones by way of a pneu
matic tubs. "
Saoraa MatUiew Adams. KQUXj JvMNk0
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