THE OKECQN DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUtSDAY UVLN1H0. HAY tl. 151!
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A fcer tul I for end !'P
jrij Af waat dreame aa b'ellh.
and quiet fcrlhirt
- KMlt
' nffli b. after I he iooh.i
liOTtrd thetu In f.ro'-altu
"(th town, and to the torn hall where
I ; their uin.n rr rutTd I lh r'
I urdi of luhlno
r"I liaim la even ntmarra ran.
u Itj oul fle llllirl. ll'" Ullch
el!d for to in lb rift--ntn ren
;tur, tlrro in th riUiulb. and
, coue in
Neil Aufuil lh old careBiOU) ll
l rthr.t it ih . ,n( 10 flen
!ihrr Hill th (Mtalh tmtury
'fiad lru lotra lo o In fad and
Itmari Ihrouih anrrn ritual, or
tiirK ninn uu lt paid lo
lh Chri R. WeCorBile aUl. at ' ika f Mr. T4I, U lipaU4
at. JUIooa. It l ta aava capafltJla tU, nhat U ft Kapatllcaan
af caa uillloa fl ef Umter. . It u! " i-itibj nr-rt
ta b fato4 ay tba cattruiloa T raoteatlaf 4alca'4aas la I
ar-ti alttar vrl, for blti taa t Chleato faaatloa trovk taa
iaiaiiavia ajra. i, I ! " - " MiiiIM. -'TW . V;: - alara f4r t9 Ua
tut Cil)r 01 tklct Uf. MCKTI Pa dui Pit ll iaa aia i wr, ( t
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COMMENT AND. NEWS IN BRIEF
IUAIX CI LAX UK
cat go .t BWtUQum
Tk. iitato aaiaiaa ai
WorlJ'i Ttllti't Di.k
Trvm NfW.Ywl tvaaia Pail
Uir build olaar vMaela loth for U!0ttfit tba vta. It U lb coarao-
aoif and for tba buttle. . ' taat parml ef iioldoifarr.
So Isduiirr U mora fit. 'ofl
auld ibli oaa baa a mora tljnaljrj If tba jaotlamaa la Wall atraat
i-aUBJu. Sor could It bava battrbO coalrol tba daatlalaa ef ABan-
afoat vtihaa ara fajirwfrUb f
a I'll 'h partal
uikmi: mo.m.v?
taiod that S.o0.e00 wij
IIK r-MPTV JLlUKtT Il.ihKKT
IT to ataiod that ii.ooa.ooo wai
peat ta iha Rarubllcan raldrn
Uil prlmarlaa la Pnailanla.
Tm , million dollar . U nv.a
onar tba a aarta Lariea
mill opru oold raraia ror
4000 yttra.
. .In onafouatr. f C7.2SS w
ta tba Intaraat of Taft. and 111. It!
tor tba baaafll of Rooaavelt. - Tba
on trarafad 11.10 for avery ota
'la tba toontr.
Tb tba Wirylmd prlmarlM tba,
Tatt forcaa ebara that tba Rooa-1
a. M - - - I- t. t Vm mImmjI VAl. r t
I Tail lOrtV UUU Ui KUW WIVI.I .w.w v.
Baltimera, and tba Rooaerrlt forrei
raolr with afmllar accoMtlana l o
der tba campaign publicity law of
New Tor tba pbllah4 atatamenta
W arannnta iDnt abow tbat tha
Itooaarelt forwi ipant mora tbn It
for aach rota raft for their randl
'data. -
I la Oblo laat wk Walter L. Hoa
a'r, eampalfn tnanager. nada public
jtba aoareea of tba La Folltt tam
rlfA fnnda. (Irlnt tba araotmta of
tba eontrtbuUona and tba namaa or
tba rontribotori. Tha sum wai 55,
000, or laaa tban waa spent for Mr.
;Taft and Mr. Rooaerelt In a alntla
county. 1
How much money la being spent In
Dblo?
',' WUoaa money la financing the Taft
Campaign? v
Wboaa money Is financing tha
Rooaerelt campaign?
' Who tan ftfford to spend all this
money on a presidential, candidate,
and what are they trying to buy?
A'
ABOUSHIXQ COAL MINES
t'iY)RDISa to Hraditreft'a. the
coat of living lncrai-d len jt
rent laat r.
In a New York neajapr
the other day appeared an aderifie
ment In whlrh a boipltal offered (o
pay U for a quart of blood from
tba body of a healthy person, fo be
uaed for purpoaea of tranafuilon. The
following morning 110 atrong men
rlamored at tha doors of the Insti
tution for a chance to bartaln away
life blood at :5 per.
Does the Damocratle party or the
Republican party nal!te that many
a market oaiiat la rmfi)
either party comprehend the value
of the hlgh-ccat-of-ilving lame In the
coming campaign?
U.NDKn THK tX)XKTITtTIX
T
A"
T tba - International Smoke
Abatement Exhibition: JTetdtn
London March It to April -4.
larga : audlencea and many
speaker, testified to general Inter-
st. - ' -
- Sir William Ramsey, tha well
known chemist, explained, in an ad
dress, how he considered It possible
to set the coal strata on fira below
ground, convert tha lighted coal Into
gas, and, conducting, the gas through
pipes to tha surface, there to pro-
"duce' electrical energy. An English
colliery owner baring agreed that
Sir William Ramsey should make
; the experiment on on of his mines
a practical demonstration 'may, be
' given before the end of this coming
. summer. ! ' '
"The method Is this: A bore hole
bout one and a half i feet In diame
ter la put down into a practically
worthless seam of coal. Now a coal
earn must be two and one half or
three "feet thick to be successfully
, worked. Under the Ramsey plan the
- aeam need not be more than a foot
thick and may be largely shale.
, -There would be throe concentric
tubes In the shaft lpslde, middle,
' and outside. Air is to be forced down
the outside tube so that the coal may
. burn and be kept burning. 'The
y inside tube would be used to keep
the ehaft clear of water. Up the
V ' middle tube the gas would rise, and
as the fire spread distilling and pro
ducer gases would bo brought up.
The high , tension electric current
f produced at the surface by the com-
- bustlon of the gases would be thence
' distributed to consumers. .
- The cost, of electricity bo produced
m-; ! estimated at one fifth or even less
than present cost by mined coal.
- ,The reputation of the originator
' of this weird plan Justifies suspen
sion of Judgment untij the experi
ment Is tried out. It Is understood
that adequate funds will be pro-Tided.
HE national Borlallat convention
at Indianapolla rejected the rev
olutlonary program of tho In-
duatrlal Workers of the World.
There Is no other way to treat
snch a program. The methode or
the strong arm are lmpontble. A
plan of direct and violent action
cannot succeed. Those who advo
cate it are misguided, and will dis
mally fail In their propaganda.
The Industrial Workers of the
World would organize the workers
Into one great Industrial union which
would strive for Immediate revolu
tion by strikes, violence or other
means of destroying employers' prof
its. It makes the monumental blun
der of supposing tbat It can engage
In violence without provoking vio'
lence In return.
Rejection of Its program at Indi
anapolla waa a defeat where the or
ganization doubtless expected aid.
It has still other ' defeata in store.
Its methods are madness and Its
hopes a myth.
,- The government of this country
still is, and will continue to be, by
ballot and under the constitution.
environments for a rwtar develop-jaa railroads eoald look la aa ar-
a.ent. Nor should it fall to twelve 'age Portland banquet to tbeir or-
tb unreatrlcted encouragement f flclala out la Oregon, would they
Portland. ot feel an Impulse to rate salar
Moit aurreaafnl thlnca have a lea?
mall tjeiiAbiuf. The company tbat
a Uunrhlna tba naw enterprise all Oovernmant atatlatlca tbat at-
St Jtelmi has Itself bad a wonderfal tempt to give l&e number or swiae i acuuua jui ta mum, or
While MUlla ttaKklB fcma laa
It, tim faiittful at ta .ttira. I faiuf aa r taa Uklri Trwai ram.
lor
nil
.3.r taf t eaeat r-at I "e baklna utile U Iba iirli l4
Tha nimaa.la .a.i aM . ....i.lA , . . IT" i for ii
a HtHvaa ali. I " ... invoea am aaera, eeaiata arr ll)lc
"r"'"vm wil. I mi a n..utt- ta CI, a I rarlui af I k i . ....... :
".irT.i el Ta thlrtr-Zlrat flaer. watek I. Iha
nil h'altoaal batk butUiag. I ealwr iha rrmt4al rf Uslat,
hi va raarrl tha mmuni-
Wr aaan. 44 iat4 sual
il ht iiciaU4. iT
a a lu..
anil vulior aar ef rortlaas, ftaial
loo i ad tiir ta iaa werta. .
Tfci ae44ai d.alb. are tkaa ef fd, J.i wT.u-l and va.dillia ll I u,.f b i . ijL-.i -
Mful ao,ia I in.ir prima. " ninl'f iha Mm ef tail e.ta. -I:lJr i, lh. i.t ILtJ..,
. hi.2 lb taraabirmia ociviniiw iuiu la h truit ewmrx
Th. lr.(, i. ,6H uad.r ere. ' r
Condoa Qlobal Tfc waaal caairar wbai euixtaa Ibl bacaoaa la rkmi
cn mii ininiwi ' priiM aui la a now, ft
haa ta
ad hie 1.
May would
toraaa uut4
A r.,rk Jifi.-M fArmarlv Iha eras- I It for private etrtra aad library
art. oc Iha Cumlar!and fraebvlartan dev. lit eounnaada a marvatoua la. af
. V .i . 7 . .1 Tti wwe about aralLa la. tbir aoaliak at Woedburn, aui leiunv i num. with wlndawa loollng o.l on
i uwj lati iv iniw iwuuui i ara ao man riha (laf t Ipaa It. I uaad aa a lira auuaa, waa
are ax
rl. Krom th prnt undertaking I In tb country are apparently defect
there ihould iirlng a larn and con-live
. . . i . . , i i A . . - . 1 1 h a. nA w 1 1 all a, vaiip fail If!
aiauiii raiiauuina luuuairi. I Hw i aw
. . . . . . . i I k . 1 1 k , n th. K . . ,.1 miaami . - . : "
ll irgiQ in DUliding ot veeis l 'l v '"" l trraiar nac OUIUualuaniafli. u
on tba Columbia, presently w shall I acts.
bring more and mora maritime feat
ure Into the Columbia. W shall Ern " theT a ' hallot. It ts
mora remantl alrl la Iha
uaJly.
Thar la a nuch haaulv Ut iha iwU
thai oobodjf wua haalia ahuuld b aad.
for lit
dwwn.
aa an auldlall four alJaav llnm Ha a. a .-a.
aad lUa Ixiyar la laaricg M .... Bu( UM lha raA ...
walk arwuad Iha aailra buildlag la iha
Cervellla Oaiilli Tlmea' The Mwiepaw air. on ma waai la a ua parlor.
tfatmM al ilw la In eoarallaa with I aaewaea la alaaa.
a fconihir aavrj.il eJ: A sraat reem Miiadi acroaa tha aa.
La rollilla
a
Tha rxraoa whs can' I avald arArrvlfia
aboui many Hula i&laaa will aavac
remote ine Aiioria nanairait, inn 1 "i - "w I bul ho area
Ultimately give tha Columbia .ship- rrageues coma bih more irouoie tie if.
flue the downhill rat from tb In-1 thin without It.
terlor to ahkh It la entitled
l lttmatelv. Portland must bar Kaneaa baa a record of eight tor-1 have rauca happiaiaa.
...n.. ...i . .. . 1 - ...I Inadoe la 11 dara. But two tnrna- I
.uruu.rQi ui Tr""cla TT" ii-n,hHi nh .11 U.i Euaawa Dafce will at laait b.at tha
steamboats plying the ocesn md dow b,w throughout Oblo all laatlra,r5 tn ih aumbac of time ha win
nar run ror prcaioani.
a
A atrania oocurranra In Iha Harrow
trial la Iha uulrkna.i with which a
jury naa mn Hcurtv.
a
Tha Wlllamalla vail. haa been ait-
Had marly Ihraa quarl.ra of a evntury,
bui lua juat bagun 10 (row.
auld Ilka mora dalaala. !int A,M I ecoueio lha c.ol.r ef Iha Icald wall.
I b havr wlla bia tli-l ' I ladUiiac thai tha room la to ba uiad.
liver Lake Ludirt Tha traaa ind I perbapa, tor library or lounimt room.
scouring th Interior for traffic. It
la Portland's way to a future, posi
tion of vsit preitlge and power.
week.
early aowa grain ara growths rapllly.
lha maaeowa ara iraan ana roni a
haavy crorx Nowh.ro on aarta doaa
viialalloo frow faaiir thaa bar In ttii
rvwiog aeoa.
Kntarpriii Itaord Olifliln: Klor
Letters From trie People
. NATIONAL HTAXDAL
A room about half lb all of this oe
cuplaa tha northaait comer. A parao
la auihontr aald that If Vloriia decidad
10 mo vi hi eme. thla would probably
ai ow privati room.
Other l.ar rooms looked aa Ihouah
Lb.jt csihl ao AdaplaMe too kluhini
i 5 If. ri! liiil'.i0.1.? aiiabllahed. Ke room on lha Ihlrtyflrit
noor naa 71 oaon runuinea.
and tJaird Band. J I and II vaar old,
laorortlvalr. bavs walked 10 rfilUa a'-h
accoMtna to tha oomputatlona of
principal W. af. Bullnn or Ilia a4lr-
year.
T
Arllcl.i and ouaitloni for thla pas
hould ha written on only on alda of
lha paper aad be accompanied ty th
writ. r noma. Tha ame will -not h
lia. it ... .i. ... punn.iiaa. dui ia orairao aa an mat-
HE majority report of th
enate committee exonerates
Or ,
convinced that no-vote waa se
cured for him by bribery." and that
"neither lltnes nor anyon els
raised funds or contributed to a
Single Taa Misunderstood.
Portland. Or. afar 11 To tha Editor
of Tha Journal One of tha moat ab
surd declaration! aver wrapped up In a
nrlaa ai-hoota. Th.V live oa bo me
lt lad four miles from town.
a
Malam Slalaaman: A lartl Chtttlm
hark Ira. whlrh haa aracad tha Blala
bouaa lawn and hn bidden from vlw
a sood part of tha capital bulldinf.
haa been removed by order of Secretary
of Sine OlcoiL Aa one walka up the
Oa th floor immediately below la
suite of office which are to b occupied
jointly by E. C. Cooveree, preildent of
Ih Irual company! William K. Corey.
es-pieeldent of tha foiled atate 6teel
corporation, and Ambroae Moncll. preau
dent ef th International Nickel com
pany and other corporation. Convert!
fund to secure Lorlmer's election." resolution paeeed by an honorable and
J- una Swore that nines solicited Impacted organisation is that put
Many peopl ara not deaervlnc of aa-
vera cen.ura fur their faulla: there
ara varloua Inherited waakaeuea.
e kmil walk Ia the raollol. aa u nob-1 ha another office In tha backlne- ouir.
Arrarantlr no number ef automobile I urucied view of lb big puiiaiog i oo 1 tars downetalr. Tha on on Ih
fltilltlea and raiualtlei will ever hav I lalned. I thirtieth floor will ba for hla Mruiul
a 11 ariTvviauiv mifiifiii niKi vu m." 1 1 uaea.
ia uiiTara. 1 iaiiaa uowrrn. uui.mni . ."il N. nfKar kulliIlM I,.. K.a .!.....
ehlpmenla ira tncreailn rapidly. By
liera coma tba roiee aaaln. mora of railway officiate It la a tiled that r-
shafu
110.000 of him to aid In lorlmer's ,hroun ! h hour of tb last
,ilU. . . . ... ... , . ....Ion of tha But Orange at Roie- ,,
clocilon, aad later Hlne boasted burg ,,,. ,h ngi, u,.r i. da- enJ
t bam. and
n evrr.
Itoout doora. Jn Jhls skyacrsp.
ta Doaalbl. more beautiful eel ota from thla clan of ehlpraeote In- ar i wui oa pnyaicauy impoaainia ror
They halo to mike thla aa I erri.od mora than itioo in imfioiine peraoo wno naa inaavarianuy taken
that "we put Lo-lmer over" at a cost no need In paragraph an aa adrocatlna
of 1100.000.
Ry a vote of eleven to cne. a Chl
ago club, after Investigating hla
connection with the
dal, expelled Hlnes from Us mem
bership.
Representative White confessed I itock represented a fr.nchlee value and
that he received $1000 fc'r his vote ,h't ,uh f'aBchlaa value, belns In and
for I-orlrner.
tha atemptlon from taxation of watered
stork Uiued by th publle i.rvlca ror-
poritlons.
Thar I not word or line In ei-
Lorlmer scan- lletence or ever uttered to give color to
urn declaration.
In all tlmea and placea tha alngl
taxera have pointed out that watered
enjoyable world.
e a
Every year lately aaema to be trylas
to out do Its predaeeaaor In apalla of
freaklah and ratber unaeaionable waatn.
or. Thla May la probably a raoord
breaker ao far far warmth and dry
ness.
of It. elf a a per la 1 privilege over land.
hould ba taxed to Ita full annual valu
e.
Representstlve Link confessed that I in tha state roeaaur propoied by
he received 11000 for hla vot. for the Graduated Blnglb Tax league not
Lorlmer I only would much of tha water be
Representative Beckemeyer con- but out of th big land holding stock
ressed that he received 11000 for his is well.
vol. fnr tjirlm.r The vaat grants and holdlnga ee
Senator Holtslaw confessed that
questered from tha people ind the vai
ipeclal privileges of oorporatlons now
THIRTV-SEVEX CK.NT HATS
HAT more effective advertls-
ng has been, heard of than
when the ladies seeking
equal suffrage paraded the
streets of New York the other day, mistaken
16,000 strong, wearing 3.7 cent hats? I posited with them. ,The legislature
ior were mey umiorm nais, nor j or Illinois is mistaken. It has done
ugly ana common looKing nats. i Mr. Lorlmer a great injustice
There were about six varying shapes. Mr,. Taft, who urged that Lorlmer
Dut we material ana -cost were me be unseated, has done him a great
he received $2500 for his rote for escaping in whole, or in large part, their
Lorlmer.
Attaches of bsnks testified that
deposits placed to the credit of Sen
ator Holtslaw. Representative White
and others showed records of de
posits tallying with tho dates and
amounts of bribes to which the leg
islators confessed. Barred from fur
ther Investigation by the unheard-of
decision of an Illinois Jqdge, the leg
islature of Illinois passed a resolu
tion demanding that the United
States senate do Its duty by Illinois
and the country by the unseating of
Lorlmer
But the senate' committee major
ity Is "convinced that no vote was
secured for him by bribery." White,
Link, Beckemeyer and Holtslaw are
mistaken. They got no bribes. HInea
ia niistaken. He did' not "put Lor
imer over." The bank attachea are
No bribe money was de-
same. Tnirty cents. ror tne nat and
seven cents for the trimming was
the price that everybody paid.
It was not only masculine testi
mony that approved tb.ls selfdenying
ordinance and its results. May be
that the faces set off the hats, and
Insured favorable Judgment on the
tout ensemble. Who can tell at this
distance? But we can be certain
that the prepossession of husbands,
fathers, brothers and sweetheart
was entirely and strongly In f?.'or
of the novelty the 37 cent hat.
THE END
T
T
THE DUNMOW FLITCH
0 know what this old savinz
means look back two hundred
rears.
The scene Is a churchyard
' belonging to the little town of Dun
mow, ; in , Essex, thirty odd miles
north of London. Nearly all the pop
illation la gathered round the church
door.' There sit six maidens and eix
- bachelors of the town, in a jury box
built for the "occasion. The time is
. Attgust, and the English sunshine is
; cool and the air is sweet. The har
' vest ia on. but all have: left their
".. wagons to be present at, the trial.
In the stone-flagged path to the
church 4oor are two very . rough
atonee. On them a young' maq and
his young: , wife- are kneeling. . To
them the mayor of Dunmow is ad
ministering an oath, that was f ramed
even hundred years back-from this
year of grace. - ;
And thla is the oath: Do -you
weare by custom r-confesslon, that
HERE Is relief in the. knowledge
that there Is at last an end of
- the details of the crime,. Incar
ceration aad electrocution of
RIche8on.
If there must be a death penalty,
it could hot be more fitly applied.
No crime in recent " years so reeked
with the finesse of Inhumanity. t
seems almost incredible that a man
of his profession, of Ms attainments
and his- intellectuality, could have
dipped h!8 hands so. deeply in in
iquity.
Like all murderers, Richeson
planned to "escape detection, and to
the task he brought a keen intellect,.
But discovery came, a confession fol
lowed, and; in mercy to the rest of
mankind, the electric chair hasj
dropped the curtain over the wretch
and his crime.
If a clergyman has turned murder
er, what false pretensions xa.ky' there
not be in, other walks of life?
injustice. Mr. Roosevelt, who urged
that Lorlmer be unseated, has done
him a great Injustice.
The money spent with the Illinois
legislators when Lorlmer was elect
ed was not bribe money at all. It
was kind little remembrances dis
tributed by sweet gentlemen whoBe
hearts were overflowing with the
milk of human kindness.
Meanwhile, it is not Loriiner, but
the .majority report of the senate
committee, that is a national scandal.
TAXICABS
N'
I
WHEN WE BUILD SHIPS
' -..
S the keel recently laid for a new
steam schooner, building at St."
Helens, the beginning of a ship
building Industry on the Colum
bia?. - .
All past activities of the kind on
the Columbia have been desultory,
and unresultful. Oregon" forests
have, supplied materials for ship
building the world dvT,, but V the
building and the builders 'were far.
away from Oregon, , '-'. ; '- -t "
-'The acho'operjpr which "the Iteei
was recently laid is being construct
ed In what is termed the shipyard of
EW YORK Is kicking against
tne taxicab nuisance. The pa
pers complain that the ratea
are not uniform that, they do
not even start at the same price per
miie ana per nour. So a charge may
be 9A cents or $1.25 fox the same
distance.
When one chauffeur was exnostn
lated with he claimed as to hlB ma
chine "this Is a coach."
Another abuse in the metropolis
is mat restaurants and hotels are al
lowed to rent the front of the street
for taxicab privileges at exorbitant
prices. So the street is blocked,
and. that taxicab company that pays
for the privilege gets the repayment
out of extra-" charges on its patrons.
The reforms asked for are two
fold. The first is that the city snail
prescribe "by ordinance the rates of
taxlcabs by., time and distance, and
.shall"' define the rehicles. The sec
ond is that ' stands'shall be set out by
the city for taxlcabs waiting to be
hired, so that streets shill not be.
obstructed. . . . , . "
London, Paris and Berlin all pro
vide for the comfort of their citizens
by well considered regulation deal--ing
with this "newly introduced ser
vice. It is quite time thatuNeW: York
and lesser American cities ehould
follow on these lines.' '
Juit share of public burdena, would be
added to the aeaeaament rolls of the
tale by literally hundreds of millions.
The watered stock of tha public aerv
loa corporation! pay no taxea now
Tha graduated elngle tax meaauri
would tax that very form of wealth
by a levy that would Inoreaae from 25
centa on tha J 100 to ft on that amount
on all over 1100,000 of assailed valuei.
Thla meaaur alio Puta on tha aaaeaa
mint rolla wretfcr power alues now ee-
raping alwrthr,' tnd,orth hundreds
III. ItlUMU. h.
This measure would reduce taxea on
every small . land owner, whether hi
holding Is Improved or ' unimproved,
from one-tblrd to four-fifths. The more
ha haa In Improvement and labor values
the greater would be hla reduction.
The opponents of th'a measure need
not think to hide behind glittering Ken,
erallties and denunol&tlona of the single
tax
It will not avail the btr tax dodgers
Ind land grabber to "aup something
over" on tha Orange la tha "wee small
hours" of tha morning. -
There ! no proposition before th
peopto of Oregon to adopt the theories
of Henry George.
There Is a meaaur to take In
taxation a email portion of tha land
values created br th people.
That small portion will be Increased
In proportion as tha value of the holding
gops up
It will reach the watered stock of
corporations as no other measure ever
did
Wherever a man is found ' opposing
this particular measure he is almost In
variably discovered to be a big specula
tor, an employe and advocate of aome
big tax dodger; or a man who ha not
read it.
Get a copy and read ft.
The Graduated Single Tax league.. 225
Worcester building, will- mall you as
many copies' as you desire. Send- In
your name. ALFRED JJ. CKIDUE.
;Contemplallng the 'platform adopt
ed by the Roosevelt Republicans at
Aberdeen and that, adopted by tne
Taff Republicans at. Aberdeen,, and
listening" In" rapt' silence' to 1 the
speeches .of Mr. "Roosevelt and the
Taft and the Friar Lands.
Portland, Or., May 19. To the Editor
of The Journal.-. A correspondent, R. R
Brat ton, haa a letter tn your issue of
Friday, the 17th Inst., referring to-the
120,000,000 this country, . er those who
control its purs strings at th time,
gave Spain at tha close of th lata war
as a sop to her wounded pride and pres
tige, and also $8,000,000, the same part
ies gave the pope of Rome, for permis
sion apparently to Introduce a more lib
eral form' of government and worship In
the Philippine Islands, when we took
control thereof. A well known preacher.
Pastor Russell, with some friends, has
recently returned horn from tour ef
Investigation of missionary work In the
east. He speaks In high term of what
we are dolnsr for education in the Is
lands, but atate In hla report: "When
our government took over the control
of the Islands from Spain, there were
thousands of hermit and friars In the
Islands In control of vast estates, -but
the people were Ignorant. " These friars
still own SB per cent of ,th property In
tha walled city of Manila, we ar told.
The government rents from them con
siderable property paylngk 14000 gold
rent uer year for on buUdtng alone.
I think the country is still under the
Impression that tha 18,000,000 we paw
the pope was in the way of a quit claim
ta all tha nrooerty owned by the friars
in the islands. It comes witn a tremen
dous surprise to know that they still
have a strangle bold on Manila, the cap
ital city.' and possibly this Is not tha
only center of population and commerce
that la atlll under tnir control, isn't
it worth while that sftm more Investi
gating were belna; don on, these lines?
Mi. Taft'B friendship for the church baa
been ratbr.7xpalv-te- the -common
people, I consider ROBERTiSfeBRAr
Sterilization of Criminals, v
Portland. May JO. Te th Editor of
The Journal, Tour editorial ia Sunday's
Issue dealing with th subject ef - tbe
sterilisation of criminals make an ar
ticle .in th March number of Current
Literature worthy of pcal mention,
Th article' is an titled "Tha Vindication
of Burglar From tha Standpoint' of
Eugenics," and gives m brief th view-'
point1 of tba famad English student of
eugenic. Sir James Barr. upon - th
Subject vf sterilisation of criminal. I
It may be doubted If a public man
who becomes fairly Infuriated at tha
leaat crllicl.m or a query Indicating
doubt of tha wlidom or propriety o
month recently, ana me ruin ia itiu un li an expreis iievaior, wain ha wanted a
Tha moil of the ihlpmenl conelet of I on ,0 g off 4 ,ny f,,. blow
lumoer ror laiuurni a I tha atateenth- fnr thara ara Hmm
. . ion lay of thoe floor.
Woodburn Independent: The county! i? "'l' 0'P-rtur lo evator
court haa granted lo A. tugene ah- i v..um. v' '"i;
franco. A. Aufranoi and R. 8. Qulnn a aaka what la going to be don if car
right to lay down and comtruriwaier I itlcXa. Th anawer la that each car has
pipea ana mama in me town i t grin wort door la th aid; and. whan
tkmeld la trowing rapidly hav ng the . eeconl car la run up,th shaft along-
I"r'"A.?yr.."h.'. r,nr"a Me th sUllad car. nc - the lateral
doubt or ina witaom or propriaiy oiianywnar. , -a- I doora ara ODanad tha naaaanr.ra ran
aome of hla publie acta, la the fittest tu factory, nureery and other large 0r V 1V"a;tt ?,lT"a'?
man for preafdenl I manufactorlea. itip from on to lb other and go down
SEVEN FAMOUS HORSES
Roland'a VeUlantlff.
From, the ninth century th horea be
gan figuring prominently In history and
th many signs of Intelligence h dla-
piaySd have been chronicled tn ro
mances, in ode, and In many otber his
torical writings.
It waa rn this century that the first
allualon to horse racing aa we under
atand It, and to "running" horaea, aa
race horses oontinued to b called for
many centuries afterwarda, is to be
found In history, when Hugh, the
founder of the royal house of Caput. In
Franca, made , a present of running
horaea to King Athalatan In tha hope
that In return th king might alio, him
to wed hla sister. Etbelswltha. -
At this period Henglst and Horsa
are said by some hiatorlans to nave
diaplayed lntereat tn horse racing, but
the statement la not based upon Indis
putable evidence and more than tha as
sertion that becauae Henglst and Horsa
are alleged by on historian at leant
to have given the order that forms of
horses ehould be cut upon the chalk
hills of Berkshire therefore tho Saxon
banners must, have borne as a device a
white horse.
The white horse at Wantage other
historians declare to hav been cut In
commemoration of Alfred's great vic
tory over the Danes at .the battle of
eon of Mllo, duke of Algland; that be
waa Count of Mam and Knlgbt of
Blalvea; and that hla mother 'was Ber
tha, tha sister of Charlemagne. Orlando
la tha name by which he la known In
Italian romance and "Velllantlff ' Is
changed to "Vegtlantlno" by the Ital
ian romancer. Roland and bla hora.
figured prominently In Thiroulde'i
"Chanson d Roland," In the romance
"Clironlq da Turpln" and of course In
Atioato's epic of Mad Roland and Bol-
aruo's "Orlando In lxve."
Roland la said to have been eight feet
tall and all descriptions of 'Velllantlff
show him to bave been of powerful pro
portion., which would be required tq
carry suctr a -t.eavy burden:' Roland's
horse must have been an Incomparable
charger and more Intelligent than even
hla master, for It Is related that when
ever Roland was hard pressed, Velllan
tlff obtained knowledge of the fact In
soino mysterioua way,and at once cu
rled Roland out of danger aa far aa lie
was able,
Velllantlff. aside from his maaalve
build, waa also renowned for hla fine
proportions and his great speed. Roland
attributed, In a great pleasure the suc
cess of his many romantic adventurea
to the courage and almoat human Intel
ligence of Velllantlff, and it ta noted
that he "bitterly bemoaned his death."
Aeecendun or Ashtraehlll, during thsf hritormr war of chestnut hue, with a
the rein of his brother. Ethelred I. Its
length Is 874, feet, and even at a dis
tance of nearly 15 mile It la distinctly
visible In. clear weather.
It was about this period that the Im
mortal Roland and hla equally famous
horse, Velllantlff, are mentioned In his
tory. Though owing to the pair having
figured so largely In romance the actual
truth about them can. be traced only
with difficulty. We may take It for
granted however, that Roland was the
tall which reached entirely to the
ground. Roland was singularly attached
to thla horse, and although he provided
several grooms for his care he Invar
iably fed Velllantlff himself, not will
ing to trust the attendants. He Is said
to have refuaed large sums of money
for tha horae. In fact declined to con
sider any offer.
Tomorrc-w Richard II's Roan Bar-bary.
This well known tu"dent and author be
lieves that fow misconceptions ara more
general than the- notion that criminals
should. Just because they are crimniais,
be prevented front becoming parents.
Tho article continues:
Nevertheless legislation has- in cer
tain parts of the world done the human
race the injury of sterilising all habit
ual criminals. This is to overlook the
fact that there are certain criminals,
such as the burglar, who ar very
clever gifted with personal qualities
of a hisrh order. If we are to breed
men and women for intelligence it would
be a bad thing to exclude the burglar
from parenthood. , The same may ' ba
said for other . classes of criminals
hla-hwavmen. for instance, and forgers.
Many burglars are misdirected geniuses.
They are frequently more honest than
financiers, especially financiers con
nected with the promotion of companies.
It would bo better from the standpoint
of eugenics to sterilize the financiers
than to sterilize the burglars some of
whom would make-, magnificent admin
litrators.
"The fallacy underlying the notion
that habitual criminals, Just because
the-, are habitual criminals, should be
debarred from parentnooa,, rests upon
an lncannoltv to distinguish between
Qualities of advantage to the individual
and dualities of advantage to the race.
Many burglars have qualities of immense
advantage to the human race qualities
that ehould not De lost, aunougn mey
should, of course, be better directed."'
Th question surely is one to o ap
proached with much caution and open
mmdednesa. By legislation to put into
the hands of a small grotrp or men ar
bitrarv control over the bodily func
tions of thousand of their" fellows Is
certainly legislation j of a pronounced
paternalistic-., type. oumh r-vui
be enacted, if at all, only sfter th
practice under them . has been safe
guarded in every way possible o" s to
protect thoe' coming. Within th scope
of th act from tne aouse oi tne power
conferred upon the board of examiner.
" The adoption i of such legislation
seem to Indicate th acceptance by the
state of th somewhat uncertain theory
of heredity as being, of sufficient sta
bility" ta warrant th stertlisatloa of .
part of its subject. T perhaps if cre-fuiiY-
a-uardad such lerlslatlon may be
Justified at this time, though the -meth,-
od seems too mechanical to result in
1KB permanent Betterment or ., society
as will sufficiently compensate for the
dangers bo apparent ' and th abuse
evhlch Is likely torfMIoil' In .th axercla
oT tb. power conferred. - ..-
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
In th car that ttll runs.
Omitting Ih shaft doora has saved
a gr.it deal of apace which would have
to ba given up to hallways, and tha
rintal of this span amounts to 111,000
year. Tha building ooit 11.000,000.
axclualv of th alt
Bluebeard would have been delighted
with tba pyramidal part of tha building
for Ita sevan floors ara given up to
wlndowleas storage rooms. To sea thin
dark faatnaana which are to bi ranted
to thi tenanta for any uie they may
want to make of them conjures un In
th Imagination thousand and one
thoughts of mystery.
A list of th buildings features In
cludes th following brevities: Foot
ings of tna gigantic steel columns ar
entirely waterproof, preventing rorroa
lon. Floors below atnet level ar free
from foundation plera, due' to remark
able eofferdam aystem of conatruction:
It has tha strongeat and heaviest vault
ever constructed.-. Consulting apeolallata
have cooperated with the general archi
tect! to make every detail of equipment.
Most complete pneumatic tuba service
ever Installed in a banking Institution
connects every department and connect!
with the offices of the company's at
torney!. Every floor Is electrically con
nected with city departments. Height
of bulldlnir above street level Is 610
feet. It is on a lot about too reet
square.
Trowbridge I.lvtngiton wire th
architects; Marc EldliU St Son the con
tractors.
Forty ipeclal fireproof sifea of var
ious ilses, have been Installed In the
varloua departmenta of the trust com
pany. The pedeatals, omnibuiei, vault
equipment, shelves, filing cabinets, and
special cases are built of heavy ateel
plates, finished In grain to match the
mahogany furniture. Inside measure
ments of th gr:at vault are 22 H feet
high, nearly 2$ feet wide, and nearly
30 feet deop. The vault sldi walls,
celling, and botton are four inches thick,
consisting of four separate layers of
drlllproof steel plates. Automatic
sprinklers are Installed in all floors
frqm the thirty-second to th thlrty
nventh story, incluaivi.
LITTLE RATS OF SUNNSHINK.
There is something wrong with the
meter," said the editor to the poet, who
formerly worked for the goa company,
"It lent the fault or the meter,
said the poet, absently. "That's the way
with you fellows always wanting to
blame the- metier whenever you stay
up late at night or take on a feed that
requires extra time er-Hill right," h
finished, lamely, catching himself. 1 11
see th Inspector of measures."
"Hubby," said his other half, "I want
a pair of clock stockings.
All right," . replied hub. And he
brought her home a pair ot plain three-
patrs-for-a-quarter hose.
'Those, aren't clock' stockings," said
the wife, tearfully, as she gently hurled
them Into the garbage barrel.
"That s odd, ' mused the husband,- as
h went over" and bit a hole In - the
baby's high chair. "They ought to be;
I got em on tick. .
The moon was- full. Venus looked on
ashamed. A pilgrim, struggling home
ward Just -ahead of the milkman,
leaned against a tree and called for
help.. On the opposite- side of the tree
sat a pair of folks. The woman JiicI
her race in the folds of her cloak. The
pilgrim staggered onward, and as he
entered the front door of his home, his
wife stealthily came In at the rear.
She hastily removed her cloak.
"Where have you bean?" she de
manded, tiarahly. - .,'. vi-.. ..,.....:
The pilgrim grunted and staggered
to his room.
, Tep,' the moon was full. i-
Tha teacher Who didn't' know a
great deal about a centipede, anyway,
was trying to tlt Uh children some
thing about Arizona.
"Ana wnat 4 mat deadly thina-tTiat 1
long,, etraigru, vicious reptile that
walks-ton ao many feet, and kills as it
walks r , i ' - - '; .
"Did you say long and straight and
deadly?" inquired one of the klda.-
"Tea,", replied the teacher, Wondering
wnat was going to Happen next.
Oh,' I know," said th kid. "If;
deadly Parallel." x -.
BTILtr AT IT. ' -' '.
FTom the Detroit , Free Press.
'"Has aha entirely recovered from tha
effects of her operation?"
."No. Bhe's stiu talking about it."
Pointed Paragraphs
Right headed men are always
hearted.
Always meet people with a smile If
It's' your treat.
a .
Love recognises the ffrigld mitt when
It gets the shake.
Pessimists may be men who are dis
appointed in themselves.
Nothing surprises some people mor
than tha antics of an alarm clock.
. a
A woman 1 willing-to let a man hav
the last word if it comes in tho form
ot an apology.
a a
Every time a minister announces
that the Lord has called him to a new
field some inquisitive person Is sure to
auk how much the salary Increase Is.
Tne Fountain Pen I
iContrlbut.d to IH Joui-o.l br W.lt &Lon.
tb. Union. K.bmi poet. HI. prose-poeni ar i.
rcrul.r feiture ot this column la Tb O.llr
Journal.)
""" The tountaln pen is useful to all our
human tribes; It s better than th
goosefut quill used by ancient scribes.
It's bought by Christmas shopper to
give to Uncle Heck, so he can push a
stopper down lh a bottle's neck. I've .
bought abgut adasenaUJmpson's iiom
tlon store, and uncle, aunt and cousin
gave me as many more; and if I do not
lose them, they ar a boon, you'd think;
but when I want to . use them, they're ;
always out of ink.. And if some ink still
lingers inside the-blamed machine. It.
gets upon . my fingers and atalns ' ma
red and green. If I am in a hurry, It
rends my bosom, then; there no thin
else can 'worry man. ilk a fountain
pen! - I twist It and I shake It, and turn
the thing around, and then get mad and
break it and stamp It In tha grounJ.
fountain pen would plena me, and.'
fill me with delight; of trouble it would,
ease me it It would only write, Th ,
fountain pen Is handy for pushinir
corks. I think; it surely I a dandy at
splashing you With Anki tt haa a dozen
f eat u res commending it - to ..men, but '
no well-balanced creatures would us it'i
a a pent -. . ,. ! :
CoorrlcM. 1911. Mr' f Ik Jft ' . .
aorc UitUw aoana, -VSJUI UMU ' 1
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