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WHOSE MONEY?
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00DROW WmSQX'S cam
paign manager explained the
other day where the money
is coming from for his .cam
The recent tispute between
Colonel Watterjion. and Woodrow
Wilson was on account of Governor
Wilson's flat refusal to permit Col
onel Watterson and Colonel Harvey
to solicit a Cam)aisn contribution
from Thomas F. Ryan, New York
traction magnate and captain of
Big Business.
. Oregon la being flooded with Har
mon literature. It Is being ; over
whelmed with Champ Clark liter
ature. In the latter Instance, the
documents are sent through the mail
under the senatorial frank of W.J.
Stone of Missouri, an act that Is a
shameful abuse of the franking priv
ilege.: There are facts about all this
money for campaign purposes that
the public, would like to know. A
measure of success has been secured
in getting publicity of campaign con
tributions at election time. Why
would it not be equally beneficial to
know who Is furnishing the money
for all these candidates?'. ? ;'
We know that Wood row Wilson
refused Ryan's money for his cam
paign. .Who la financing the Roose
Telt eampal. n? Who is financing
the Champ Clark campaign? .Who
1b financing the Taft campaign?
Who is financing the Harmon cam-paten?
"Who is furnishing the money that
Is oiling tip all this campaign ma
chinery? - -
DEATH IN THE WOODS
IT is indeed a sad ending to a tim
ber claim In our western Oregon
. forests .that .the . setller.Jlnd.hJa
. son should lose their way, and
give up 'their lives in the February
snow, but a few miles from the
claim where they, had " set up their
abode. Yet this is the fate that met
Daniel T. Entler and his boy only
eighteen miles east of McMlnnville,
and not much over fifty miles from
this city. AH who know them. will
sympathize with the widow and her
children deeply in this sad ending
to the suspense of the last weeks.
The truth Is that danger is al
ways a comparative term . In such
cases, ;; To one of the hill men In
any of our counties a day's hunt in
the woods is but a t pleasure .trip,
snow or no snow, frost or thaw to a
city man, once out of sight of the
familiar outlines of the cabin and
clearing, off the worn trail to the
county road or the nearby farm, he
Is lost among the tree trunks, and
in the. thick brush by the 1 little
creeks, and just as thoroughly lost
as.-if he were fifty miles instead of
five from home and safety,
. The forests of western Oregon are
full;' of timber claims, though not
now of timber claimants. The claims
have been' proved up on, paid for.
es
shall be made without previously
satisfying the secretary or commis
sioner, not only of the value of the
assets of the corporation, but of the
purposes for which the, proceeds of
the new stock are Intended to be ap
plied. Further still, that a copy of
the statement of values that has sat
isfied the state official shall be fur
nished to the buyer on every sale of
stock,-and shall carry with it for
his benefit a criminal liability for
its accuracy and truthfulness:
There may, however, be an hon
est difference, of opinion between
the state official and the' promoters
of a new corporation or the direct
ors of an, existing corporation, on
the valuation of the assets with a
possibility of . the more Intimate
knowledge of the promoters being
well founded. - It is well indeed that
an intending investor shall be pro
tected from misstatements, of facts,
and .'. misrepresentation of possible
futures. In the institution which he
is invited to join.
But the deductions from any gov
ernment certificate of compliance
with legal requirements should go
no farther.
Deliberation and inquiry and ad
vice from experts of thorough com
petence should precede the formu
lation of new legislation on this dif
ficult, as it is a most Important,
subject - - , ; ' '
SEDXA ALLEN'S WIFE
1
:W1SH there had never been a
gun made." ; ;.
So said Mrs. Sidna Allen,
wife of the leader of the hunt
ed Virginia outlaws. It was a wo
man's ery from the depths of bitter
ness. It was, the heart's wall of a
wife who had Jived among the illicit
whiskey distilleries, who had dwelt
long amid the scenes of outlawry In
the Blue Ridge, and who knew bet
ter, almost, than, anybody what, the
revolver brings In human misery.
5 The court at Hlllvllle had been ob
literated. The Allen gang, with her
husband at its head, had shot down
the Judge, the district attorney and
the sheriff. One of the great free
Institutions of the republic had been
desecrated. An act of terrorism al
most unparalleled In modern annals
had been committed.
The wife of Sidna Allen knew the
cause. . She knew the agency that
stimulated her husband to the deed,
for .which he was hunted as she
spoke. 1-.. ,-,...,. ,i -;.
Th6ti girt sftSTrmbTiEtata dls
tiller, she did not ascribe whiskey as
the cause of his act "I wish there
had never been a gun made," was
her heart's err, and, better than all
others, she kneV. ;
In her misery amid the wild fast-
nesses of outlawry on the Blue Ridge,
she believed the revolver & deadlier
menace to human society than is
whiskey. ' v
will afford instruction to consumers
in the care of milk, and FrofcRsor
Bcckwith of the Oregq,n Agricultural
college will be the lecturer.
THE ASTORIA HANDICAP
T
.HE Astoria Chamber of Com
merce will ask the Oregon rail
road commission to begin pro
ceedlngsfor a common point
rate for the port of Astoria.
The commission should take the
desired action. Astorians should get
behind the demand. Portland should
lend its full influence to the plan.
The producers of the great inland
empire should be strenuous parti
sans of the movement
Nature's route for the flow of
products fromteyond the Cascades
is down the river to the sea, and
thence to the ports of the world. It
was never a part of the general j
scheme of things for Walla Walla
wheat to be hauled over themoun-j
tains to Puget sound. There was
never, a sound reason for making the
rate over the, mountains to Seattle
the same as the rate down the Co
lumbia to Portland. There Is no
possible defense for making the rate
over the Cascades to Tacoma four:
and one half cents a hundred less I
than the downhill route to Astoria.!
The true method of . fixing" tail
rates is on a basis of the cost of ser
vice. Tons of testimony have been
produced by the railroadjj them
selves at rate hearings lnestablish
lng this transportation maxim. Its
truth is everywhere conceded. It
cannot be successfully controverted.
One locomotive, one engineer and
one fireman haul down the North
Bank to Portland or Astoria a train
load of wheat that Jt requires eight
locomotives, eight " engineers and
eight firemen to haul over the high
mountain passes to Puget sound
ports. Do eight locomotives and
eight engine crews cost more to op-
erate than do one locomotive and !
one engine crew? , "i-
There is not one leg for the pres
eit common point rates to stand on.
The Astoria handicap should be re
moved. : - "'-.:V .
fewer laws, doult'.ess.we would re
spect thern more.
It is doubtful if those 'militant,
window-smashing suffragettes , in
England could make any .more
trouble, even if they had the ballot
Letters From trie People
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL, CHANGE.
Bet Taft wins th nomination.
has . become a national
men
couldn't keep
W
E
A SPLENDID ENDEAVOR
IGHT thousand school pupils in
Portland; are engaged In gar
dening. They are preparing
the ground, planting seeds and
studying the processes by which to
make plants grow.
In Portland yesterday the prelim
inary meeting was held for an ex
cursion April 25 and 2 6. to the state
agricultural college with a view of
emphasizing the value of back-to
the-land education.
The bankers of Oregon are lead
Ing a movement for school fairs in
every county of the state, at . which
are to be exhibited products grown
by the school children of Oregon.
HY 1s the progress of civil
ization always accompanied
by Increasing poverty? Why
are the problems of today,
after nearly 2000 years of the Christ
ian era, almost the same as those
that beset Rome under the Gracchi,
and before? -
Is civilization only a veneer? t Is
man Incompetent to solve the great
problems of really civilized living?
In Great Britain, a million men
are on strike. -Another million are
idle ; becausansf he"laabnity tooF
tain fuel for mills and factories.
These idle operatives are losing
dally almost as much as the British
government receives weekly In reve
nues from the Inheritance taxes. Its
expedition against Tripoli cost Italy
$2,500,000 a. day, a sum about equal
to the. loss sustained In Great Brit
ain dally through this labor quarrel.
In Germany, 250,000 coal miners
are on strike, and the losses there
in the curtailment of wage payments
and Industrial output mounts to an
enormous total, it la almost as
great a blight on Industry as a mill
tary campaign." It has Its counter
part in France, where there are mur-
murlngs of discontent and a recent
threat of a widespread strike.
To make the condition more . ex
traordlnary, the miners of Pennsyl
vania are temporarily holding a
threatened strike in abeyance, which.
If inaugurated, will present the peOrfKfiuSMa 'aTTormer
ana tnen lert to wua nature to close ersby the agricultural college, coun-
ty school superintendents the Port
land Commercial club, the state su
perintendent of public instruction
and Portland livestock interests.
No movement more deserves pub
lic encouragement than that to
which these respective activities are
directed. If ten per cent of the city
dwellers could be suddenly trans-
ported to independent, and thrifty
life on the land the ranks of the
army of unemployed would be as
suddenly decimated. City wages
would rise, city jobs would be seek
ing men, and poverty would be less
prevalent.
One of the most beautiful things
in the world Is to watch and wait
for "the fruiting " or " maturing 'of " a
vine or vegetable that has been
planted and cared for by one's own
hands. The boy who learns the se
crets of nature always loves them
No process in the scheme of things
inyolves larger thoughts or more ex-
Alted Ideals. '
Italians, Swedes, Japs fend Chi
nese mostly supply , Portland with
vegetables. Nationally, we Amerl
cans flatter ourselves with the fool
lsh fetish that we ought to keep
our hands unsolled.
We. exist on beer salaries In nar
rowed apartments, dependent al
ways on the whim and will of era
ployers, rather than be kings on the
land, amlithe delights of nature in
the great outdoprs. , :
The various movements to digni-
fy life on the land, to exalt life on
the land and to lead the way to life
on the land, are a splendid endeavor
up the trails, and to the wopdrats to
start housekeeping In the deserted
cabins runtll the buyer- has been
found to make good the speculation
of the claimant. But the dangers of
the woods are real to the new comer,
the unaccustomed settler. And of
the dangers those based on solitude
seem the most real, while rains fall,
creeks rise, tempests , roar in the
upper branches of the big fir trees.
Yet to one accustomed to the wil
derness these last are nothing. With
axe, compass and matches, a night or
even, two, by, a good fire in the tim
ber, have no terrors.
t The Boy Scouts begin young, they
enter early la woodlore.Jr It may be
to tbem.-not merely pleasurable ex
ercise, but at some time profitable
for life itself.
OREGON CORPORATIONS
HIS state should take and keen
Iher place at the head of the
procession In dealing with cor
: poratlons. Slackness, and
chances for fraud and dishonesty
should be cut out of her regulations,
both for creating corporations and
for supervising them. This Is a
great work.
According to Secretary Olcott's
program the new state official Is to
bo furnished by, all existing corpora
tions with an annual statement -of
their affairs, and operations. He is
to be charged with the duty of ex
amining those statements and veri
fying ttem, and 'calling to account
friminWy.all officers in fault, and
of arreting the progress of all the
corporations that -do not pass mus
tr;; v 'These annual statements are
nlao to be published in the newspa
pers at a aet time..
for any new institutions are .to be
filed by the secretary ; of .staie or
coxnmisslonor without previous" ln
TCBlljatloa of the assets, Jo an ex-
Thirty dairymen were seekers for
knowledge, at the ? Young Men'
unristian Association s pure milk
lectures Wednesday night. They
' " imM J iaa iaili - a
uNutrt na nip lff v 1 ! niOuB DOT
aenuy earnest in' a aesire to im
prove conditions. Saturday night
the educational . department of the
Young Meh'a . Chrlstia'u Association
WHO KNOWS T
(OomirmnlrntkMia wnt to The Joacnal for pub
lication la this di-partment abould not fiwd
500 words In length and must b sccomnled
T tb namt snU acldiras at th sender.)
N. H. Bird,
Portland, Or., March 28. To tha Edi
tor of The Journal. Thera has been
much discontent In regard to high taxes
In the county of Multnomah and the
possibilities of reducing the same have
been discussed from almost every angle.
The way to reduce taxation la not' by
discussion but by action action not In
cutting off needed expenditures but ac
tion In electing the right kind of men to
office and action through retrenchments
Introduced by and carried on through
public spirited officials. The votera of
this county, at the coming election, have
a chance to save to tnemseivea tnou-
santo of dollars by placing in the of
fice of sheriff a man who la willing to
work for the flat salary provided by
law and turn ever to the proper county
official ail of the, profits of said office
made through feeding the county pris
oners and other sources. That man la
N. H. Bird.
No one will dare dlaagrea with me
when I say that the sheriff office
should be run on the flat salary basis
and that the incumbent should not take
the people's money raised by taxation
and place it id bis pocket, in addition to
bis salary, aa pro fits upon feeding the
county prisoners. In other words the
sheriff should work for the riat salary
provided by law and should feed the
county prisoners at actual cost. This
has not been done In the past and will
not be done in the' future, unless you
elect Mr. Bird to that office, Mr. Bird
is the only candidate up for nomination
that stands squarely on these two propo
sitions and he will carry them out to'
the letter as soon aa be is elected and
installed into office and will not wait
for the legislature to compel him to do
SO.' , ' ' V; .
Mn. Bird will go farther than this.
He will make publlo the expenses and
profits, if any, of the sheriffs office so
that you, Mr. Voter, will know all about
the most important office in thla coun
ty. He will go farther than thishe
will enforce the laws faithfully and im
partially and will watch the hoodlum
nd criminal elements or me city o
Portland closely and aee that the laws
regulating the same art, stricuy en
forced. . ' '
; At Q. THOMPSON, A. M J. D.
Indian War Claims.
Rosebure. Or.. March 2 J. Tu the Ed
itor of The Journal -Will you kindly
publish the following open letter to
Honorable Ben Selling:
Now that you are a candidate ior
United State senator, will you tell ua
old Indian war veterans why, in the
state senate In the session of 1909, as
chairman of the committee on' claims.
you reported to the senate on house bill
No. "That it do not pass, and there
upon moved that the report be adopted,
stating that the Indian war veterans
had sold their claims for The use of
their horses in the Indian war of 1S65-
156. that the claim are now in the
handsof peettlaters nd-4l th.biH
passed it would not do the veterans any
good. As this was xaise, you must
either plead Ignorance or malice, for
if you had read the bill you must have
known that they had not sold their
claims and that the bill provided that
they could not sell thoir claims nor
could anyone draw the money but the
old veterans. If you did not believe
the wording of this bill you could easily
have gone to the secretary of state's
office and ascertained wbetner the vet
erans had sold their claims. Now that
you have voted for the state of Oregon
to go back on an honest debt contract
ed with the veterans of 1855-1860, we
want to know If you are elected to the
senate of the united States, If you will
vote . against every measure that may
be introduced in the Interest of these
old Indian war veterans or the soldier
boys of !. .. W. F. BRIQQS,
Indian war veteran of 1865-iar.fl
(Mr. Selling stated, after being shown
the above letter, that as the claims of
the Indian war veterans for horses
arose 64 years ago, before Oregon be
came a state, the obligation, if any, Is
cfne for the United States government
aad not for the state of Oregon. He
-tuxtner stated that these claims had
Roosevelt
tragedy.
The commission
snuds down.
Wonder If town bird look down on
country birds.
Many men who' are for Taft are a
heavy load for him to carry,
The skin of his teeth natural or
false may save Uncle Ike Stephenson.
-
Borne man who wins in June won't
win in November.
'If. the Democrats would adopt the
Ten Commandments, or the Gclihm Rule,
or the Lord's Prayer, tbe Oregonian
would -abuse them for it.
A California Methodist bishop says
women are far Inferior - toJ men ana
don't know enough to vote ' or learn
public affairs. There is probably soma
evidence of this in the number of wo
men who have gone to hear him preach.
and supposed him a great man. .
Ifs a good. Talr world: it's a world
hard and cold. It's a world growing
better, by many we're told, and 'many
things snow that mis is so, uui since
life is so short, the gain seems slow.
It's a world of love, a world of hate; a
world God ruled, a world of fate; evil
mixed with good, few thing understood
Death Valley down yonder, up thera
Mount Hood. It s a worm or xinaness;
how cruel men are. Ones wealth to
another la far aa a star. Let's help
mlt to. make thlntrs risnt. ana in
crease the bad-good world's love light.
tacle of a world-wide industrial war
with actual hostilities between labor
and capital on two continents. What
are the conditions, and what is fun
damentally wrong with human so
ciety when there is here In prospect
the possibility of labor wars scarcely
less disastrous in consequences than
a great armed conflict?
Are world statesmen not merely
scratching around on the surface of
social existence, Instead of grappling
the rudiments and fundamentals of
what should be a real social structure
and genuine civilization?
Why should progress always be 'at
tended with poverty? Who knows?
The colonel says "when I have
anything to say, I will say it my
self,," If, here and there, some one
had doubt on the point, that doubt
should now be removed. The colone!
also said something to the effect
that anybody who adds to, subtracts
from. or Interpolates anything,. In
what I have to say is a fake and a
nincompoop. , ..-
At Bandon yesterday, three chll
dren of twelve, ten . and eight, re
spectively, were' orphanized by a re
volver. Their father shot their
mother and then killed himself. The
country murders about 10,000 peo
ple a year, and most of the killings
are with a revolver.
Twenty-seven women are emr
ployed - at the light houses of the
United States", and thirteen of them
are in complete charge of the light
at which they serve. The women of
earlier times would ; be amazed
could they see the progress of thefr
sex as .factors in the world's great
activities. : ; -
- . s
A Harvard professor claims to
catch fish without noise and an ex
change remarks that some fishermen
make a great deal of noise about
small catch. There have-been times
when disgusted " gentlemen who
failed to catch,' made A big and im-
. The annual grist of laws ground
out in the United States is 150 times
that of Great Britain. If we made
Wolfgang Amadeus Mosart was one of
the most remarkable musical prodigies;
that ever lived. He took to the study
of the piano when he wa three years
old and at six he composed a con
certo, for the harpsichord- which was a
work of real genius. At this 6ame age
he was taken hy his father to me
court of Emperor Francis I, at Vienna.
At the court he was called the Lut'e
Sorcerer," andva pretty story is told
of him at this time.
rn (lav. in the prescnoe of Marie
Theresa and two of her daughters, he
fell on the polished floor of the salon
and cried over the hurt. One of the
young archduchesses laughed over the
mishap, but the other one helped him
to get oh his feet and-petted and con
soled him. Suddenly the child stopped
erylng and said; "You are a good girl
and 'I should like to marry you when
am a man.. This was Marie Antoi
nette, who perisnea so nornuiy an
Franca ' .
It will, thus be seen that Mosart at
this early age had not6nly developed
musical talent wonderful in character
but had also possessed sentiment In an
equally great degree for hla years. It
Is said that he craved lave from his
early childhood and a floten times a
day would ask his friends if they loved
htnL and if answered in the negative
helwould burst Into tear. -
Bjat Mosart , was destined to nave, a
mtmt- devoted -wlf(-wh-: sh9w4-the
sessions of the legislature and reject
ed, the legislators taking the view that
they were not proper claims against
me state.;
Protection for the Girls.
Portland, Or March 23. -To the Ed.
itor of The Journal I am writlnsr this
letter to commend the stand The Journal
has taken concerning the traffio In th
bodies and souls- of our women and
gins. ; That such " a nefarious trade
should be possible among a civilized
people teems almost beyond belief. That
there are no laws whereby these human
wolves may be driven to the ends of
the earth and into the seas ia past my
understanding. I have lived in this
City for 28 years, and my children were
raised here. They in turn are striving.
aa did I. to bring un their sons and
daughters to be useful citizens of Port
land and a credit to their community
and parents. The pitfalls for the feet
of the young and weak are always
many, but seem, to me at least, to be
ever increasing, a short time ago
"white slavery" was unheard of. Since
when has this evil monster appeared
among. us, to grow hideously fat uoon
the life blood of our unprotected glrlst
Since I can remember, men have been
put in prison for stealing the property
of others, and sometimes put to death
for their murder. Can it be that there
Is punishment for the man who steals
one s horse or watch or coat, and none
for the man (?) who. steals and sells
to all Who will buy the flesh and blood
of our orphaned girls and unprotected
women-; snau a man be put to death
for the killing of a human' body and
be left undisturbed and even protected
in the torture and very murder of worn
en's souls T Wherein is our boasted ad.
vance in civilisation ; our much vaunted
"modern moral upllft"7 Do you won
der that we. with daughters and grand
daughters, Join with old General Booth
in his cry of "For God's sake, do
something!" i - ' .
Or It may be that the Old-fashioned
virtues of the time of my youth are
antiquated, and no longer Suited -to mod
ern life; that I am behind and out of
touch with present day Portland stand
arus In other words,
AN OLD-FASHIONED GRAND
. MOTHER.
OKLGON SIDELIGHTS
Klamath Falls Elks are .considering
plans for provi.lln? themselves with a
home of their own. .
'
The tew mill at the Hisihlnnd mine west
of Haines-will be ready for operation
by April L It la of 60 tons' capacity.
The Methodists of Long Creek have
dedicated their new church. It takes
the place of the building destroyed by
fire la July, ISOfry
Georjre Burr, of Baker, a stonecutter,
has built for himself a 12 room resi
dence of granite, working at odd times
in the past eigUt years. .- ; ...
Roseburg News: Of Roseburg's total
bonded 'indebtedness, which is approxi
mately 1100,000, over 80 percent is held
bv local capitalists, according to Mayor
Micelll. .
M
Eugene Guard: In no city of this
In the country do the merchants' sup
port their papers 'better than they, do
here, and It might be well to observe
also that no city in the country the sIbo
of Eugene has .two' better, brighter pa
pers than'ara published here,
.. . . . : ..
The Jackson county grand Jury has
given notice to all hotel and apartment
house proprietors that the fire escape
law must be complied with at once.
- ...
Corvallls Gazette Times: The Port
land papers have been busy scaring un
old knives. None to far equals that of
J. M. Goldson of Corvallis, who has a
buekhorn handled knife bought In
Gainsboro, Miss, in 1848, and brought
with him to Oregon In 1875. Mr. Gold
son also has a flint-lock rifle used by
his great-great-grandfather, who served
with Marion in the Revolutionary war.
He is justly proud of his relics.
SEVEN ROMANTIC MARRIAGES
Mozart.
'War Follies
From the San Francisco CKronicla
in motion,
before an
d thought .
be no ra
re -usually
i anlrlt of
same devotion to the end of their mar
ried life as at the first Her name
was Constance Weber. ; She 'was the
younger sister of a girl he had earlier
been In love with. This. Aloysla Weber,
was or singer, .the, daughter of the
prompted of a theatre in Mannheim,
Moaart died nine years after his mar
riage, while at work upon a -wequiem
ordered by a mysterious stranger.
had a singular fear of death, and once
he began to work upon bis compoaitlon.
he told his wife that it would serve, at
his own funeral service. y i'
Mozart's was a genlne love match and
through all the harsh treatment an3
dire poverty he suffered the love of hla
Constance was the one bright spot; th
solace of his Ufa Her sister, Aloysla.
whom Moiart assisted very much with
her musical studies, when she became
famous Jilted him and -married a co
median. The Webers lived in Paris, but
when the father died, leaving the fam
ily poor, they moved to Vienna. Here
Mozart again met them and Frau Weber
was glad to furnish lodgings for Mosart
as a contributor to the household ex
pense account .
Constance was now a young woman
of 18; a plain, good-hearted girl and
with a wonderful appreciation of Mo
tart, who became her teacher. Mozart's
father objected to his thoughts of mar
rying Into this family, but he enumer
ated to his parent the faults o each
member of the family and the good
qualities of Constance, as follows:
The mother is 'shrewish' and Intem
perate,'' - Josephine, laxy and vulgar;'
Aloysla, coquette and malicious,' and
Sophia, a good but thoughtless crea
ture; but Constance, my dear Constance,
is a martyr among them. She is neither
homely nor beautiful. She is not bril
liant but has common sense enough to
perform the duties of wife and mother.
We love each other with all our hearts.
Tell me If I could aek a better wife
for tnyselX.1--...:.v.-1-'.!.
for some reason, psrhaps because she
feared the loss of Mozart's contribu
tion to the household expenses, the
mother seriously opposed the mnrrlaga
Mozart and Constance were married in
the Church of St Stephen, Vienna, when
he was 28 and she was 18. "The mo
ment we were made one," Mozart wrote,
"my wife, as well as myself, began to
weep, which touched everyone, even the
priest and they all cried .when they
witnessed how our hearU were moved."
Tomorrow Mendelssohn.
Admiral Mahan recently undertook
demolk-h the arguments of the author
of "The Great Illusion" in an article
In the Nortn American Review, in Hie
course of which he took the ground that
the vast expenditures for military and
naval purposes by the nations of the
earth are in the nature of Insurance,
and he. intimated pretty- broadly that
he thought the: premium raid, consider
ing all the interests Involved, is a very
small one.
Naturally the' admiral was betrayed
Into .numerous inconsistencies, as usu
ally happens when a man has a bad
case. He start out with the assump
tion that the great powers are . all de
sirous of preserving the peace. If they
really are, then the premium is exces
sively high. Take the amount paid by
England as an illustration. Her army
and navy charge in IK 11-12-aggregated
72.0S2,00. That .is a pretty big price
to pay to assure the British people that
they will not be attacked by a nation
that "maintains armies and bulM shipn
merely to preserve peace.- - a ; -
But the admiral Intimates that while
the rulers of nations are desirous of
peace the hot-headed people are liable
at .any time to "kick over the dash
board." perhaps they are; but if there
is danger from that source it can only
come from having a weapon handy. If
there were no armies to set in motion,
nor ships to strike a blow before arf
opportunity for obr seciysld
presented itself there would
tionai mobs. The latter are -
called Into existence by the spirit of
bumptiousness created by the feeling
that the country Jo which they belong
can whip the one against whlah they
have a grievance, real or fanoled, .
There is no difference between two
modern civilized nations which- may not
be adjusted by arbitration. Ia the last
analysis all the so-called questions of
national honor axe questions of indi
vidual Interest, and they no mora re
quire the employment of force in their
adjustment than "the settlement of like
differences between individuals. There
waa a time when men deemed it neces
sary to settle their quarrels with the
sword, and every resort to such method
of settlement was called an affair of
honor; but an ' advancing; civilisation
laughed them, out of the notion that it
was either honorable or sensible to try
to' settle a dispute by butchering each
other. ',v;-v ; .;.',v-?.
- It was almost as difficult to persuade,
men to adanbon the duelling practice as
it is to convince the advocates of mili
tarism that it la foolish for nations te
go to war and kill each other's Inhabi
tants and destroy property In order to
settle a misunderstanding. The neces
sity of defending the national honor U
urged as an excuse for maintaining
large armies and naviesJust as the
preservation of personal honor was put
forward as a defense for duelling; but
the day la not distant whan It will be
deemed as silly for tha rulers of a
people1 to have them shot to pieces to
settle a quarrel as It Is now considered
for a couple of men to stand up and
shoot at each Other to settle what la
called aa affair of honor. Professional
fighters may not think the era of ra
tionalism is approaching, but It la, and
Is is coming rapidly.
tha same as this I. W. W. Jo Portland,
that clamors bo loud for -ree speech
and yet denies the right to othttrs. The
Passalo strtfiers belong to the L' W. W.
with headquarters at uetroii, wicn.,
that was organized in Chicago in 19Q5,
believing in political as well as eco
nomic action. The differences between
the two are great as night to day. One
believes ia the civilized method of var
fare. The otner believes in smashing
the ballot box with an ax. One believes
in education and organization, the other
believes in "dlreot. action," which means
sabotage and violence and leads final
ly to anarchy and Insurrection.
Till 1905 mere wa one . vv. w. in,
tha field. It believed 14 political as well
as economic action, but at the "conven
tion held that year in Chicago, a cer
tain element which styled itself "tne
overall brigade," succeeded by brute
force in depriving some of the dele
gates of their seats and cnanging tne
fundamental law of the I. W. W.
I have written this In hopes that all
working men and women will give this
matter of industrial unionism careful
study. If they do, they will find as I
have that industrial unionism- is not
tha Blneing' of "hallelujah. 1 m a bum,"
but an organization for the uplift of
the working class of the whole world.
O. M DONALD.
for placing On tha assessment rolls some
additions, which are laid out in lots
and blocks after the 1st of March and
which Were in acreage on that date, is
that in each instance it was done on the
written request of the owner, which re
quest is on file in this office. I trust
this will relieve the gentleman's mind
and that he will deem this explanation
sufficient . B. D. SIGLER,
County Assessor.
Two Kinds oM. W. W.
Portland, Or., March 26. To' the Ed
ltor.of The Journal In The Journal of
March 25, news was printed co.icern
ing the strike of textile workers in Paa.
.sale, N- J., in which It was stated that
one man raised , his ' eye and started
humming the Marsellalae and that In
less than 10 seconds 1000 men and wom-
Evans for District Attorney,
Portland, Or., March 28. To the Edi
tor of The Journal It is with the great
est pleasure that I note the widespread
enthusiasm belnf shown on every hand
for Walter H. Evans, Republican can
didate 'for district attorney. - .
Permit me, a friend of Mr. Evans, to
say a good word in his behalf, hoping
that in so doing it will be the means
of guiding the voters in the direction
of a good man. For the past four years
Mr. Evans has occupied the responsi
ble position of assistant United States
district attorney. : His record as a prose
cutor ' Is such that the conscientious
voters of this cMty can not well afford
to overlook this roan. -Time and time
again, Mr. Evans has brought the "white
slaver" to'bay and sent him behind the
bars to think over his misdeeds. In
(act, his record in prosecuting dealers
in this line of traffic has bean marked
with such success as to warrant a vote
of thanks from the citizens who stand
for the uncompromising and fearless
enforcement, of all law and order.
Walter HAE-vans la fearless. To him,
the lawdoes not consist of a lot of
statutes to enforce or reject at his own
pleasure,' or for the benefit Of those
who live through the lax enforcement
of. the law. His fine record as a federal
prosecutor proves - beyond a question
of doubt that,: if elected, we may. look
to the office of district attorney to e
that the laws are properly executed,
without fear or favor and for all men
alike. . ' '
Though a Republican, 'Me'Evans is
free from any faction, any clique and
any political ring. He Is In a position
to act freely and independently - and
those who are hrs supporters represent
tbec-ass of men wno nave tne oast
Interests of this city at heart. Let the
citizens of Portland who stand for the
principles that Mr. Evans stands for,
rally to his support; for an honest, able
and upright roan in the office of dls4
trlct attorney mesne much to our city.
'CONSCIENTIOUS VOTER.
m5rcri1hg0utbrtlia ri:fiL About ih.
same time 8000 othur textile workers
marched out of , four 'thr mills, the
strike being ordered by the I.' W. W..
As a member of the above irganiza
tion I would-like to state that it Is not
Sigler Replies to Reed
Portland, Or., March 2. To -the Edi
tor of The Journal. -In reply to a com
munication appearing in last night's
Pointed Paragraphs
Dissatisfied. , .
. Oak Grove, Or, March 17. -To the
Editor of The Journal. I see by The
Journal of March 28 that Mr. Clan ton
Is experiencing more trouble with the
Ament dam in southern Oregon and of
course Attorney General Crawford has
told him to proceed and spend some
more of the people's money and put
another fishway in, and then, of course,
run the chances of getting the money
back for the state. Now, taxpayers.
watch thera get It back, which, of course,
will never be done. Why don't Mr,
Clanton make the company comply with
tne law? sections 6288 and 6291 nro-,
viae penalties oi rrom xgo to $500. I
oeucve tne entire nsh commission ought
w ue aoonsnea ny the psonle of Ore
gon es it is nothing but a constant
drain on the taxpayer. Then if . they
neea a nan waraen, eieot him by a di
rect vote oi tne people and then if h.
don't do his duty recall him the same
as any otner puwio servant , But th
Columbia river canneryman is the only
one to derive a benefit out of the com
mission, e. D. olds.
Wilson Should Co.
Portland. Or., March 29. To th tmi.
tor of The Journal I should like your
opinion or me siana collier's" takes
relative to Secretary Wilson anrt Mr
Wiley. I believe Wilson should go,
and soon. It has been said that "ilk
Uncle Joe Cannon", he is too old to be
"let out." However, he is still able to
give a great deal of his attention to
"providing for a rainy day" outside' of
his office, . thereby giving his assist
ance to overcome .the good works of
Mr. Wiley and working great injustice
to consumers of patented foods.
B. CONRAD.
Another Old Knife.
Amity, Or., March 26. To the Editor
of The Journal I have the Dallas man
with his 0-year-old knife and the Al
bany man with his 20-year-old knife
both beat, and then some. I have a
knife my grandfather brought with him
from, Scotland in the year 1826.
A. J. MGOWAN.
La Foliette or Wilson.
The Dalles, On, March 28. To (the
Editor of The Journal. I rejoice W see
the people turn their attention to La
Foliette and Woodrow Wilson and. Sen
ator Berger. Wall street Is not back
ing these men. We must practice what
wa preach and elect La Foliette or Wil
son. F, P.. CARLSON.
let the Majority Rule. I
.From the Kansas City Journal. S
A young Pittsburg attorney ia starU
Ing in with very high ideals.
"I won't defend a man whom. T be
lieve to be guilty," he was declaring
ttt.tlbcxuiu inejouacoaj,
A good woman's conscience is a -re
ligion in itself.
- ' ' e ;
Wise men worry over a lot af tfctns-a
that fools never think of, ..... .. .
A husband tinder a woman's tfcnmh
Is worth two In the cemetery. - .
.. e e
While he is about it the self-made
man should make himself agreeable.
And many a man throws bouquets at
himself who doesn't ear for flowers.
' Nothing disappoints some women more
than to discover that a scandal isn't
e e --...
Flattery is the lubricant that makes
the wheels of the social machine re
volve. 'v.- . :: -: e . .-i- ,-
tt boosts a young nan wonderfully la
the estimation of a girl If his front
name is the same as that of the hero
In a romantic novel or play. '
Always in Good H
umor
Tightwacl Town
An old lawyer .smiled tolerantly. ,;
"Now, my boy," he said, "you-mustn't
sot your Judgment tip against that-of
the majority. 'I have defended plenty
of men Vhom I' believed to be guilty,
YOUNG DIPLOMATIST. -From
Harper's Magazine,
Taddy, aged 4, often called on his
nearest neighbor, Mrs. Brown, who pet
ted him a good deal and usually gave
him a couple of her nice cookies and
if she happened to forget to pass them
out he sometimes reminded her of It
Ills father learned of this and chlded
him for begging and told him he must
not do so any more, A day or two later
Taddy came. home with cooky crumbs In
evidence..-, t
"Have you been begging cookies frora
Mm. Brown again?" asked hla father,
rather sternly.
"Nor. said Taddy. didn't bef tor
any, I Just said this house smells as
If It was full of cookies, but whafs that
to mr :
, WINDING UP AN ESTATE.
Frora Hogwallow Kentuckian,
The estate of old man Flndle, consists
Ing of one eight-day clock and a few
other smaller articles, will be wound up
next week. . :-
: ; ENDLESS EXTEND IT l! KES. " ''
; . r nun wnanuiLO .vudva vet,
; Wars are very expensive. In' fact U
now appears that we never know Wiie'rt
all the bills have come In and been
paid. ' '
Journal I wish to stato that'-the reason but the Jury decided otherwise,"
(Contribute! to The Jonrnal by Wilt Mason,
the famous Kansas port His proac-poma ar s
regular fettur of tbls column In The Dally
Journal.) " -
In Tightwad Town they're chasing
dollars,, and when they catch -a silver
bone, they pinch the eagle till it hol
lers so loud . 'twould rend a heart of
stone. In Tightwad Town they jKlfhave
axes for any scheme to make things
move; "It would," they say, "Increase
our taxes if we the village should im
prove.' In Tightwad Town there Is no
knowledge of books or authors, art Or
song; they Starve the church and bust
the college, and boost s the mortgage
works along. In Tightwad Town tnan'a
estimated according-to the wealth he
owns; he's most revered and elevated
who has the tallest stack of bones.. In
-Tightwad Town,t they're only civil to
strangers who have brought their wadsr;
in Tightwad Town the soul will shrivel
n.iT-.nln? millrtd fthd mlntnri ' s-nda .. T.
aightwad Town there's little laughter,
there is nO warmth In hand or heart;
men seldom smile who follow after the
Idols of. the money mart With street
unDaved ana tuaewaiks broken. unA
houses old and tumbledown, the word of
hope is (.seldom spoken la - Tightwad
Town, in Tightwad Town! i .
rpyrlCht, ion. by A - JTh
Ccorgs UatlUosr Adams, LAllJLibasstj