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the o: ;:co:i daily' juu;:;t.l. io..iU;;j, CATUKDAY i i- i i i i Of 5. ., - jt-.V 'ST THE JOURNAL C. B. JACkSON... ......ruiiiibt ....if,., i n. irot Sunday) ant tta4ay nwrn(i. at ll "W U,Trll and larohUI it 4'urUtaa or. . KBtarra at lb poat.ftlrt t P"n,J?!l Din Battar. All apartn.t mcMd br U.aat Ti ll lb onrtor trb.t dprtmnt) yot want. t ..ue-ni . ntrirnriHIWd KPRESBNTATI VH, v l,n;f,H ..., K. Surkt Mia leop'at ku BulMlns. Chicago. , V ' ; ' ' SubecrtptloB re by. malt ! aaarttt U (fee Uoitaa lUM or Utile. DAILY. . Om rtr ,.$s.oo One siosts. .. 00 ,,.'..,...... DrJUAT. Qf xi-,.......2-M 1 Om moots........! r DAILY AND BUS DAT, Om r.. IT80 1 Om month....... -I .W Of all earthly music that 'which reaches farthest Into hea ven U tha beating of a truly loving heart -Beecher. ALL FOB THE rEOPLK Tlioro tha Hull, -Moosor? have the party machinery, the party organiza tion, and they inado the primary law. There, they have horDswoggled the name Republican, and kicked the Taft follower off the ballot al together. ''V '"'v,,f,;' . '''' JTfiere, to be a RipuMlcan is to be. a Christian soldier la the Lord' army, down at Armageddon. . . , BILL JJAitf LEY'S VIEW - T Is comforting to be assured by J. P. Morgan that b,ia contrlbu I tions to the Roosevelt campaign of 1904 were strictly for "the - -t0d of the government and tho good " ot the people. He testified that in ' -October he contributed $100,000 - and in November last an additional 1(0,000. But every cent of it was poured Into the Roosevelt slush fund strict It on high moral grounds. Fifty thousand of it went nlto the notor ' lbus Harrlman fund of 1260,000. of which $100,000 was spent in New York, and of which it was boasted that "50.000 votes were changed, -making a difference of 100.000 votes . In the final result." --' -rwas 50.000 votes at $2 per, changed" on election day for "the food of the government and the good '. of the people." "- Even then the fight "at Armaged don was on, anda 11 the brethren bat- tling for the Lord. Singing on "On ward. Christian Soldiers." Morgan contributed $150,000 for "the good of the people." ' v George Perkins, Morgan's partner '.- contributed $50,000 of life, insur ance money for "the good of the people." Frlck of the steel trust trust contributed $100,000 for' "the jg00d Of the people." George Gould contributed $100,000 for the "good - of the people," . . Archbold of Standard Oil, oon " trlbuted $100,000 for the "good of the people." Harrlman raised and contributed $260,000 for the "good of the people." , Everybody was "for the people," ;.9S fryhotry battling for the Lord. TUB LEGISLATIVE TICKET I" 3 anybody thinking what kind of a legislative delegation Mult nomah county is to send to the oext legislature T In the many issues that will press - upon the voters during the next four weeks, is the Importance of a clean ' delegation to be lost sight of? 1 Pew issues are as important. Few officials are selected with as little T Intelligence, and with as little regard for fitness. It was the frailties and follies of legislators that caused adoption of the initiative and refer endum in Oregon. The legislature makes laws for the government of the peopje, We are notoriously weak in our criminal code. We, are trying to govern- in Portland, for instance, under crim inal laws passed in pioneer times. It is a part of our dismal failure In ,.. our dealings with vice and crime. - -The next legislature should have In It men competent to revise the .:. criminal code. It makes selection of members now of extraordinary re sponsibility. The men who are to compose the .. next i leigslature will spend about $5(000,000 of the people's money. They will exercise the taxing power ; over nearly a billion dollars worth of Oregon property. This U a weighty responsibility. Looking' over the candidates offered In Multnomah, hpw many are there that a practical business man would authorize to spend $5,000,000? Headed by Richard W. Montague there is a group of excellent men on the Democratic senatorial ticket. In the main, the Democratic senatorial nominations are more appealing than are those of any other party group. With this newspaper, support is not to be a matter of party, but a . matter of men and men's records and qualifications. HE ' open ,'" support " of Woodrow Wilson by Bill Hanley Is the most significant of recent po litical happenings In Oregon, Mr. Hanley was chosen In the pri maries as Republican . presidential elector. After. the .Chicago conven tion, be declined 16 accept. The; an nouncement hat he will support Wilson is, of course, the explanation. Mr, Hanley says, "I was disap pointed in Taft's failure to enforce a real tariff revision downward, and "My real reason for refusing to sup. port Taft is that, I, consider a vote for Taft a vote for Roosevelt." There is no Question as to the soundness of Mr. Hanley's contention that a vote for Taft is a vote for Roosevelt. Nobody expects Mr. Taft to be elected. Everybody knows Mr, Taft will not be elected. Mr. Taft was beaten for the pres idency by Mr. Roosevelt jwhen Mr Roosevelt journeyed over the coun try , in the primaries debouncing Mr, Taft. No Republican president was ever assailed by Democrats with such bit terness as that with which Mr. Taft was assailed from within the Repub lican party by Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Taft was beaten for the pres dency and the Republican party was deprived of all hope of winning the presidency when Theodore Roosevelt spurned at Chicago the offer of Taft delegates to join him in naming a compromise progressive candidate. Mr. Taft was crushed, and his party crucified when Theodore Roosevelt withdrew from the Repub lican party, and carried 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 Republicans with him into the Bull Moose party. All this makes tremendously true the dec laration of Mr. Hanley that a "vote for Taft Is a vote for Roosevelt." Mr. Hanley's position will be the position of thousands of Oregon Re publicans and of hundreds of thou sands of Republicans in the nation. If RooBeveltism Is not crushed in this election, the Republican party will remain hopelessly split It will be but a remnant of a party, for Mr. Roosevelt la massing a powerful army down at Armageddon to de stroy it. giMHHii-wujuiLj.,i,.im TnE ROAD DISCUSSION or adapted for the separation of the fiber from the flax straw yot the fact that the eample bag was much stronger than the jute bag, though somewhat heavier, has led Mr.. Reed to advisa tha mtrr.hfiRa fit tha nrtril. ftional machinery required. ue says ne win take, up the mat ter of the new machinery with the board. of control at once. It might be suggested to Superin tendent Reed that if he succeeds- in procuring the installation of modern machines such as the flax committee in Portland recently considered,-and If the flax plant is well grown and treated, It would Insult the flax fiber ultimately; produced to com pare it with jute, as It would be an undoubted case of "jack and gentle man." Better let him make towels and pocket handkerchief than wheat bags. Why not turn bis first at tention to fish netting, and sewings! inreaa. THE CHIMB OF WIDOWHOOD JI HE) ten-thousand-dollar expert who runs the Pittsburg schools permits no widows to be em ployed as teachers. He says: Wtdqws who apply for positions as soliool teachar almost invariably make a atand for public aympatby. We can not be worried1 with thm oomlna- around, lor when ttioy start they art moat persistent. In what way, In tha ten-thousand dollar eyes of this expert, has blem ish fallen upon the woman who was once married? If a mother,- dob sessed of the deeper realization of life's responsibilities that comes with motherhood, is she unfit? If as wife, she passed through sorrow and thereby gained a broader knowledge ot life's realities, is she unfit? It advanced to years of maturity and a better poise and a keener compre henslon of the sternness and inexor ability of human affairs, is she un fit? It was fit that It was In Pittsburg that there should have been discov ered tha great crime of widowhood. It is out of Pittsburg that we get special brands of newly-rich million aires. It is out of Pittsburg that we get a stunning example of school gov ernment by experts. IX THE DAY'S NEWS A' r IN CALIFORNIA r N California, the thirteen Roose velt presidential electors go on the November ballot &h the electors of the Republican party, and the thirteen named by the Taft torces will ntt appear. A dispatch lays the Taft voters will, be without a candidate for whom to cast their ballots. ; In effect, the Taft voters in Cali fornia are disfranchised. The only way they csn -ote their choice Is to write the names vf Taft electors on the ballot on election day. All over the country, Mr. Roose .relt Is denouncing the Republican party. - A Mlssourian who carried a Taft banner was declared by Mr. Roose relt "unfit to associate with honest men." A Tennesseean who wore a Taft button was told by Mr. Roose reit that he had a "yellow streak." No attack m,ade on the Republican party by the most violent Democrat ver approximated denunciations of "HKihllcan party by Mr. Roose- JHni it Is different In California. N an article m The Journal.. A, I. Mason of Hood River finds much fault with the harmony road bills. To find fault is easy. No bill can be framed to which all will agree. Perhaps no kind of bill Is so suscep tible to fault finding as is a road bill. la some parts of Oregon, for in stance, there is objection because the bonding bill proposes too much money, in Jackson county It is ob jected that it does not allow counties to spend enough money. Jar-Bcfne parts, there Is objection that the highway commissioner is not given enough power. Others in sist that he is given too much power. There aren early as many opinions on how to build roads as there are men. Almost every man In Oregon thinks there Is but one way to build roads, and that Is his way. In Oregon, too, there Is Injected into the discussion an unwarrant able notion that some are honest as to roads and that others with dif ferent views as to methods have deep, dark, dishonest designs. There la neither sense or Justice or reason In giving such a turn to the discus sion. The Journal assumes that all want good roads. It assumes that Mr. Mason, Mr. Higinbotham, and all others on any of the many sides of the controversy are earnestly striv ing to bring about the greatest good to the greatest number. That is The Journal's purpose, and that is why it believes the harmony bills the best suited to present needs. No Initiative or legislative bills ever offered In Oregon received more study and care in their preparation than did the harmony bills. They are not In all things as The Journal would havo made them. But they reflect compromise. They were framed on a basis of give and take. Tbey are not one man'a Idea but many men's Ideas, Joined and ad Justed. They offer a system. They propose state aid, and state aid com pels city property as well as farm property to help build the roads. The Journal believes this a Just plan, and that any plan which does not require city property to contribute j is an unjust plan. The Journal further believeB that! the bonding plan is best because it requires, not only present residents, but all who are to settle ih Oregon uurius Liie jiexi quarter or a cen tury to help pay the coet. T Montesano, Washington, John 8. Creech, a wealthy lumber man, Is on trial for his life. He shot and killed a detec tive. The officer waB on the Creech premises looking for strikers whom It was feared might ahve designs on Creech. Creech was returning home, and the two met In a back yard, where the detective fell fatally wounded from two shots by Creech. .This is the story of Creech on the witness stand yesterday. The detec tive is survived by a wife and two children. A westbound passenger train at Westvllle, Oklahoma, was held up by four masked men last night, and the mall and express cars were robbed. Two of them covered the engineer and firemen with revolvers while the other two ransacked the mail and blew open the safe in the express car. The robbers escaped. The revol vers enables them to stand up the train and rob It. That is one of the things revolvers are for. The Montesano lumberman was deeply distressed throughout his time on the witness stand yesterday, and at the end of the day was a nervous wreck. The wife and children of the dead officer are in mourning, and their breadwinner is in a grave. But that Is another thing that re volvers are made for. tho reorganized and drilled Greek army pf today they will find a far stronger antagonist. . ' It is interesting to bote that, as In China the strength of the revolu tion was found in the. Chinese stu dents of western methods eaucatea in the colleges of America, England and Germany, so In Bulgaria the spirit of Independence and patriot Ism has been fostered in the hun dreds of young Bulgarians educated in Roberta isoUega during the last twenty years. To tls the thousands ot American aouars mai nave at tained that srlendld school have largely contributed.. ; 1 j It is doubtless true that the Bal kan kingdom! and Greece have been making; tonfcontlntted f reparations for the coming war for the breaking up of the Turlsh rule and Influence over .their compatriots. rrencn financiers mar withhold their sup port, but the coming war la prob ably one that will not be starred to cessation by want of funds. - COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGS Letters From tke People IN IDAHO r HE state grange committee of Idaho is against the initiative amendment proposed In that state, because the measure pro vides that a majority of all votes at an election shall be cast in favor of a measure before It can become a law. The requirement In Idaho Is the same as Is proposed in the so-called majority amendment in Oregon. The Idaho grangers very properly and very wisely reason that the majority provision would tend to make ini tiative legislation ineffective, and they do not want the initiative at all until they can have It in such form as to be of service. If the plain people of Oregon are wise, they will bury the so-called ma jority amendment under an ava lanche of ballots, and thereby save the Oregon Initiative so that It, too, will still be of seilce. WAR W FLAX FIBER F LAX for fiber has been raised In the state of Washington for several years past, the Cbe halls country being the center of the cultivation. Governor Hay has been anxious to have flax fiber thoroughly triedtn the penitentiary plant for use in wheat bag making, as a substitute for jute. An informal report, from Superin tendent Ree-d of the penitentiary, Just received by Governor Hay, gives BMLIFSHlU MJxq Xirsl,xpeiaot. Although the machinery now In stalled at tlx, plant is not designed still begin blood HILE diplomatists are busy with the war of words, deliv ering ultimatums and notes from one chancellery " and ministry to the other, the peoples cut short the preliminaries and be gin fighting. Ab in the Russo-Japanese war so in the Balkans today while verbal delays are pending artillery and rifles 4-thelf murderous work and flows. 1 If the news of the day is con firmed and 400 casualties are the tale of the first clasfi the diplomat ists may take a back seat until the soldiers have solved the question on which side are the strongest bat talions. The Bulgarians are evidently mov ing to seize the mountain passes which will feature largely in the fighting. The Turks may be ex pected to attempt a repetition of their tactics in tho last war with Greece by overwhelming the Greek and MontaaegriB fereee .Jn-tne- aotrtn while holding the Bulgarian and Ser vians at bsfcy In the north. But In (Commaoltitloai MDt to Tbt Joarntl (or pnbltestkn In tbtt deptrtmrat iboald t wrltOa on enlr ou ildf of tb ppr, ohould not ixti HA wordi la Urn tb & miiat b acoompaalcd br tbt nm and tddrcai ot tbt rndr. It th writer doM not dMlr to bar tbt line ptiblltbtd, bt ibvula aa tuw. The Majority Amendment. Portland, Or.. October 8. To the Edi tor of The Journal From your editorial of October 1 It Is seen that you art still considerably disturbed about tne fate of the majority rule amendment, and that you bellev that wa have aban doned it to ita fate. Permit ua to eay that you need glva ypurself no uneasi ness on this point, we propose to push this amendment through to a suc cessful conclusion, because wa are aure we are right You repeat assertions that it is a minority measure rather than a majority measure, to the con. trary notwlthetanding;. It strikes ua that u takta a great aaai of courage, to ay tha least, for you to continually strive to make thla mea sure out a minority meaaure, in race of the fact, which cannot and has not been successfully denied, that under the initiative law, aa at present applied in the state of Orejon, lawn can be pasaed and tho state constitution can be amended and It la amended at each election until it looks Ilka a crazy quilt. By whatT By a majority of anywhere from a mere handful of voters, up to aa high aa 26 or SS per cent of the vote cast at any election. Thta ia your ma jority rule Initiative law that you are ao afraid we will "stab in the back," ham-string," etc., etc. What do we really expect to accom- pUah by the passage of the majority rule amendment? Wo propoee , this amendment bocaune It will ba Impossi ble for the moneyed Interests, paid pro pagandists, the faddlsta and fanatics to get up bills of no Importance and hav ing them Initiated and put upon the bal lot with hopes of passing such measures by a majority of a few Interested vot ers. This is what can o oone in ine state of Oregon under the present con dition and you know that this Is a dan gtroua atate of affairs. you have admitted that (he initiative should be amonded, but you aay that the amendment must come from the pro moters of the Initiative, assuming, of coursa, that the initiative can have no new friends. If the majority rule amendment Is adopted in November, It will make the initiative and referendum law a powerful instrument In the hands of the people and will retain for the people the power of self-government for ell time. Now, we want to say, Mr. Editor, that we are not asleep at the switch; that we have not abandoned the trail. We hav the busiest headquarters In Portland; we are taking such steps as will make every voter in Oregon thoroughly under stand what the majority rule bill means. We are letting the voters know that that twaddle of yours about the major ity rule bill being a minority rule bill is a lot of foolish, silly guff and an Im pertinent misrepresentation of the facts. We ara busy and we propose to stay busy until election, and when the votes are counted, five weeks hence, you will then realize that all of the people can't be fooled all the time. MAJORITY RULE) LEAGUE. Even . P. Morgan's memory is bad at times, , A bad mistake may ' ba an . uncon scious good Investment. . . ' .v,.' ,---j .:.. l-..- New York will have a good governor Sulser, Straus or Hedges. , - . There'a nothln the matter with this October unless ft's politics. , - ri . . ;,:rr.,.; . -.i. :. -J:,. Occasionally thers la a falsa -rumor that a detective has detected. "W were all. in harmony" says Mr. Morgan. No joubt... What fort ' .TV - ' , That Hearst forged all those letters Is improbable, not to say incredible, Evidence accumulates that Bliss and Corteiyou gave- back no corporation money. . What, Indeed, could Roosevelt do with a congress overwhelmingly out of sym pathy with film! ' ;' Party orators are acarcr sava a hai1. llns. . Crops are plentiful The country la in luck both ways. T ' . Every Small candidate renaafa? "T am in the fight to atay." Nobody aver varies from this formula. Bulgaria is hostllelv bulrinar nn-nln bt tha Vunepeakable Turk" still lives, and is comparatively happy. . .- ... . i -. Morgan acknowledges to rammhar- lng $150,000 In one campaign, but It was for ''tha good of the country." OREGON SIDELIGHTS, Astoria Budget: Lawter A: Moore are having pinna for a reinforced concrete building at the corner of Main and Bridge streets in SeaHlde. The building will., he jpo by HO feet and Is to con tain five tore rooms. T t ' ' '." ' -J . - - (; Dallas Observers Maintaining an aver Rge oi-over si.ouo xeei a oay iw mu Anv. tha. hlr niant ot the Dallas LUm ber and fcoggin company last ".week succeeded in establishing one of the largest continuous runs in lis aiuwwj, jtlhanv nam Arret r J. K. Charlton. pioneer resident of Linn county, 88 years of age, cast his first vote in 1848 for General Case and hopes-- to : live long enough to vote for wuson. jrie was sheriff of Linn county from 1814 to ....... 1 ...'V. . f JL choral union of mora than CO mem Wa ha haan nra-tt.nlzad ml Corvallla. It. W.""kiric ir prealdent and Miss Laura trait-secretary, ii is puwiiia w i a nuhllo concert lust after the holidays and at the tnd of the season produce an opera, . . ; " ,r :v -After all expenses of tha recent meet lng of tha Central Oregon Development league at Lakevlew were paid there was $160 remaining. This ha been divided between tha Lakevlew Commercial club and tha city library tuna sizv ana is respectively, g Klamath Herald: Klamath -county produces' the greatest potatoes intn countrv. Thla Is tne opinion of pro duce experts who have been here at tending the Klamath county fair, and confirmation of their expressed, opin ion has come by correspondence from Sacramento and Portland. Dupporting WooJ Wilson rov SEVEN FAMOUS REBELLIONS Bacon's Rebellion. At the time ot tha restoration of the English monarchy In the person of Charles IL the colony of Virginia num bered not far from 60,000 souls, a large proportion of whom were natives of the soli bound to It by tha strongest tlea of interest and affection and by their hopes of What It was destined to be come in the opening future. The people wera happy and prosperous. Dut all this was suddenly changed through the restrictive clauses of the navigation act passed by the first parliament of Charles. This act bore with such a heavy weight upon the colonists that it .almost crushed them. From 1660 the discontent of the people Increased day by day, and oommerce lay dead. To bacco would no longer pay for Its cul tivation; the manufacturing of silk failed, and there seemed no prospect but starvation and ruin. The discontent culminated In 1676 un der the Influence of an excitement growing out of trouble with the Indi ans. After more than 80 years of quiet tha natives became hostile and threaten ing. Governor Berkeley was accused of -having ah interest In the prof ita of trade with the Indiana which restrained him from, making war on them. At any rate, he took not steps to protect tha colony Under such circumstances of neglect and excessive irritation the people took their case into their own hands. They chos'8 for their leader Nathanlal Ba con, a young Englishman of education, eneigy and talent, who had been in the Colony about three years, and who had already attained a seat In the governor's council. Bacon accepted the responsibility, and In the spring of 1676, putting himseir at the heart of 000 men, he marched against the Indiana. "Ttinrovernor there upon proclaimed him a rebel, raised an other army, and marched not against tha Indiana but against Bacon. He waa hardly out of Jamestown, however, be fora tha people of that neighborhood roaa and took possession of the capital. , The governor turned back and found himself helpless to do anything but submit The result was the aummonlng of a new assembly, to which Bacon was elected from his county, and tha making of soma progress, apparently, towards a curing of abuses and the removal of causes of discontent. But something occurred exactly what has never been made clear which led to a sudden flight on Bacon's part from Jamestown, and the gathering of his forces once more around him. Reenter lng the capital at their head, he extort ed from Berkeley a commission which legalised his military offloe and armed with lils authority he proceeded once -more against tho Indians. But the governor turned traitor and revoked all he had granted. Again Ba con and bis army retraced their steps, the governor flying to Accomao. But when Bacon once more started to at tack the Indians Berkeley got posses slon of the seat of government, only to be driven out again. The whole country was with Bacon and merely a crowd of cowardly ad venturers about the governor. Noth ing would seem, at this moment, to have stood between Bacon and the un disputed, absolute, control of the colony, had no unforeseen event interposed, as it did, to change tha whole aspect of affairs. This unforeseen event was the sudden death of Bacon, wiiich occurred in January, 1677, at the house of frleld. Some mystery attached to the manner of it, and there were -of course sinister whispers of foul play. But, however, and wherever Bacon died, It could never be discovered where he was burled, nor what disposition was made of his body. The death of Bacon waa, in effeftt, the restoration of Sir William Berkeley to his lost authority, and the termlna tlon of the war, there being not an In dividual among either his counselors or officers of capacity sufficient to makft good his place. Next week Seven Famous Bible. Prohibitionist vs. Socialist, Newport, Or., Sept. SO To the Ed itor of The Journal Mr. Hal E. Hoss, writing In The Journal, says: "It Is not all love for our country that prompts a man to shoulder a mus ket and go out on a killing expedition, in many instances it Is the fact that the army ia the last resort of the down- and-out class." This may ba true in a very few in stances, if applied to the volunteer army. Who declared war between the south and the north? Was it congressmen, senators, Judges, etc.? No, it was the enemies of our government. Who re sponded to the call of our noble presi dent for volunteers in arms? It was Judges, lawyers, doctors, preachers, loy al men of all classes. The colonel of my" regiment was an able lawyer and Judge; my captain was the same. ' Both fine fellows, and both killed on the fir ing line. To say that exempts declare war and that the worklngmen get the bullet holes, is simply bosh. I am a working man. I was .also a volunteer. I lost a leg. I served my time by carrying a musket In the ranks. I eay, Mr. Hoss, was all this for pure love of country, or was it tor tha paltry sum of $13 a month and a blue coat? But again you say, relative to the cost and terrible ravages of war: "The total cost of militarism in the United States for the 15 months end ing June 30, 1009, was greater than the. total value of all the books, libraries," lands, grounds, buildings, furniture, sci entific apparatus maohlnery and all the endowments, Investments and all 'pro ductive funds' of all kinds belonging to our 404 leading institutions of learning, Including universities, colleges and larg er schools. These same 464 Institutions have in their libraries a total of 11,636,- 656 volumes, with a total value of 116, 262,027 which sum Is almost equaled by the cost of one first class modern murdering machine one Dreadnaught.", For the sake of the Argument, I ad mit the above to be true. But is it not true that war is sometimes Justifiable. as in the case of the Civil war? It was forced on us. The Union, must be saved. ! But We hve a different war on hand and a great enemy to conquer or it will ruin our country. , A . great, man has truthfully said the liquor traffic is a greater evil than war, pestilence and famine combined. Our total army and navy expense for the year .1911 was $2,80,07J,62O, but all cohol robbed America of more money than that In 86 days. The total cost of tha liquor crime for 1911 was 11,833,663,426. Again you say: "However, what l Want to get into your mind is this: The Socialist party is the only political .party li -th -field tha 4dder tar"tts"Ti8ttntiaT platform any remedy for this evil that la costing tha working men and women of the civilised world $1,000,000,0410 ovartr 1 2 months, and degrading the natural Impulses of the race by appeal ing to tht beast in men Instead of to their finer sensibilities. Vote for Debs and a higher civilization." You are wrong on platform. The Prohibition platform declare for "ab solute protection of the right of labor" without Impairment of the rights of capital; for the abolition of child labor in mines, workshops and factories, with the rigid enforcement of the laws now flagrantly violated; for efficiency and economy In governmental odminiatra- tl0The liquor traffic is the chief trust, and the very taproot of all crime and debauchery. Not one cent's wortn er real oeneni ,n h ant out of it for any man. it is tha enemv of all people. The Prehlbl tlon party Is the only political party that Includes any remedy In its nation al niatform for this greatest curse- of soeietv. Vote for Chafin and Watklns and a higher civilization than any other political party can even aream or. V E. W. PURKEE. by unjust tax laws from the public that creates It to the private pockets of those who merely block development un til paid their unearned toll. Let us consider-these thlags, and not sny at a measure Just because the plu tocratlc possessors of big and valuable no'inngs do not like it. ALFRED D. CRIDQE. Graduated Tax. Portland, Or., Oct. 4. To the EUltor of The Journal One writer in The Journal complains that the graduated sinffle tax measure differs from that of British Columbia and New Zealand. Sure! Our corrupt practices act, direct primary, Initiative and referendum and several other nrogresslve measures dif fer from .those of other commonwealths. We are not obliged to establish exactly the eamr laws, Sometimes constitu tional difficulties exist. Sometimes other things alter the situation. British Columbia and many other states and communities have one common thread running through their progrt-SHive tax measures that Is .that land values be long to the, people, and can therefore be taken by the people to any degree and at any time they see fit. Oregon can take more or less, or none of It, as her people choose. In the United States of Australia a reaerai smuuuieu mnu value tax Is lalfl. It brought in 7,50fl,- ftft first of last July. No man having less than $15,000 In land values paid a penny of.lt'. w Aa not have to follow the pro visions of that lawrlaut the principle is the same. The graduated, ana specuic tax and exemption measure (No. 364 NX Yes) will take over $2,20,000 in special taxes from owners of land values-and franchises exceeding $10,000 in Multno mah county alona, a'hA no ian having less will contribute a cent toward it. Some carpers say' that it can be evaded. It will be cheaper to pay It than ry any evading. ' ' ' V -in vonr Issue of September 26, an other correspondent says the graduated sfnglt to advocates, are declaring In public meetings that they waflt to abol ish rent. He needs to get closer and listen longer. Rent cannot be abonsnea. It accompanies populathjn.- "ifcobod Ir proposing, with any initiative measure, to nbolish it. The rent for aTpleca of ground and for a labor made article-or building are two separate things. A certain business bloci oh Washington street Was assessed for $20,000 )2 years ago. It now figures at $626,000. Tht Increase does not represent any labor value by the worthy owner, and; rent for that increase would not be labor for labor but labor for privilege. Why should not the public till have more at 1 th.'it absolutely privilege . vaiuo crvui.au by the publla activities, and labor values be taxed less? Tha rent of land cannot be .ibollRhed, but It. can be sequestered The Right to Be. Portland, Or., Sept. 28. To the Editor of The Journal In a recent editorial entitled 'The White Scourge," you state on good authority that 60,000 children die annually in the United States at an fh.ertf? 5 ? yara- As Y "tatt, the chief and most helpless eufferers mo ints cnnaren or tne poor," who at birth have equal chance for life with those whose parents have appropriated a plenty of this world's goods. That they are "robbed of their heritage by the conditions into which they are born " It would appear, then, that no less than 35,000 little lives are needlessly sacri ficed to this one of the many diseases that yearly reap their harvest of death In the homes of the pocr. Not In a primitive age when man COUld by diligent effort Drorlnra nnl, sufficient for a bare subsistence; not at a time wnen physicians knew nothing of the nature of disease or the means of prevention; but in this day of enlight enment when man flashes his thoughts through space, when he chains the mighty rivers and makes them do his bidding, when the unmeasured ener gies stored in past ages are mnde to serve his every purpose, making it pos sible for him to supply abundantly ev ery human need. All that is needed to prevent tubercu losis or to cure it In children in Its ear lier stages Is "caie, pure and abundant food and life in the open." We Social ists say that every child born into this world has a right to be there. We claim that if every man received the full so cial product of. his labor that every cuiiu cuuiu receive mat wnich Is his right. But that would mean that no man would be able to make a profit from the labor of another. Each man's share of the blessings of life would be an amount equal to what his own serv ices were worth. Strange as it may seem the majority of the victmis of .tbt prevailing system blindly support it and refuse, to spend a little time in finding out what benefits the Social ist cooperative commonwealth has to offer them. There are many books in the Portland library bn the subject. N. A. Richardson's industrial Problems is a good" brief outline by a Socialist. Pro fessor1 Richard T. Ely's Socialism and Social Reform Is a falrmlnded criticism bya pon-Soclalist. E. R. B. Be Like This Man. From the Macon County (Ga.) News. There was once a man who wanted to Mil hi farm. It was all run down and7 out of sorts. The real estate man told him if he wanted to make jt sale able; bt would bave to clean it up, put on some paint, and get some crops in. By the time he had done that, he be gan to believe in the farm, himself. Ha. decided to' try It oyer. He took tho place Off the market and settled down to work. He's there yet caught in his own trap. Do you catch the moral? v ; From Moody's Mairtiitlno. Tha kind of radicalism, espoused by the Progressives (even though sluceio ly , espoused) will lead to the worht kinds of paternalism, and consequently to. utat socialism, while the sort f radicalism- which it la expected t)ut Woodrow Wilson will stand for will he more consistently of- the Jeffe'rsoniuii'' type. People who" have not glvftA mucli kuuuiutivu Buoa mailers can anytning of the Jeffersohlan stamp .-"socialistic", But, at a matter of fact, U is Just the reverse. Jefferson's Whole philosophy was' based on: the theory that "that government is best which governs least;" Roosevelt's Idea is Just the reverse.- Tho latter thinks that the need, of tht tlmoa is more laws, more regu lation, mort; restriction, mora concen tration of government control, etc, Sv Of course, the democratic- or Jeffer onlan idea. If carried to its logical conclusion, would not be regarded as ' "conservative by those who are the beneficiaries of monopoly. Free trade is not called conservative by those wh benefit from the protective tariff; dl' 'rect taxation of such things as un" earned increment; In natural resources, etc., would not ; be caliedeonaervative by the present day beneficiaries ' ot these things. But to the country as a whole they would certainly ba conser-, vatlvo if real property rights were con-' served against the proposed encroach' ments of paternalism-as advocatod by Theodore Roosevelt and bis followers. " The foroffolnK may seem like an aca demic) discussion1, but we have gone Into this subject at some lengtli; Just to show that' as a matter of fact the over throw of the Republican party thla fait and the entry of the Democrats- into full power does not necessarily mean' anarchy and disaster for the country. It might prove an unmixed blessing In disguise. It Is easily conceivable that half a dozen years hence the business Interests ot the oountry will no longer ; look on Mr. Bryan as a "dangerous" man, and will be more alarmed at the Roosevelt type of reformer than they . ever were at tht fret silver champion , of 16 years ago. .. The New Crime of Judas Iscartola, j New Tork World V '."K Words fall us In the attempt tt Pic ture our abhorrence and detestailom of i the latest crime of Judas Iscarlot It ' appears that Judas also betrayed UK Mr. Roosevelt told the whole sad. sickening story In his speech at Port land. Judas Iscarlot's other name is Thomas McCusker. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention'' at Chicago. He voted with the crooks? and burglars and counterfeiters and pirates, and second-story 'workers and buccaneers and porch-cllmbera ' and thieves and forgers and assassins to seat Taft delegates, and then MoCnsker turned around and voted for MR against MT own personal protest" 7 To think that a human belnt-even- Judas Iscarlot could descend to suoh depths of infamy! As Mr. Roosevelt so sweetly and ta- tlently and gently remarked to hla au dience of horror-strioken Ortsonlana If he wanted to play the part of a Judas he might have omitted the kiss. It ta -nut a nice thing to be a Judas, but the kiss is an added touch that . might have been ommitted." e think so too, and we hone that . x-erKina win. pour .enougn Harvester Trust money into Oregon this time tt put Judas iscarlot ut of b u sines " onoe and for all. Always in Good Humor LITTLE BOY WANTED DIVORCE. From New York Mail. The lawyer was sitting at his desk absorbed in the preparation of a brief. So bent, was he on his work that he did not hear the door as it was pushed gently open nor see the curly head that' was thrust into his office. A little sob attracted his notice and, turning, he saw a face that was streaked with tsars:, and told plainly that his feeling had been hurt. "Well, my little man, did yon want to see me?" "Are you a lawyer?" ! "Yes. What do you want?" "I want" and there was a resolutj ring In his voice "I want a divorce from my papa and mamma." HER REASONS. From the Washington Star. "So you want to Interest yourself in politics?" "Well," replied the energetlo woman. I kind o' thought maybe that if I could tend to the politics for the family, John would find tfme to stay home and put up some shelves in the pantry." Pointed Paragraph A poor man seldom has a reputation f as a grafter. When artists compete for a prise tha ' result is a draw. The mother who acts as chaperon is matchmaker in disguise. ' Some women are very easily pleased. Judging by what they marry. It is easy for a woman to lose faith C in a man who is to be trusted. U I A man's relations seldom bother him if he is poorer than they are. A man will never reach the top who. is too lazy to move until he Is pushad. 1 When a lawyer gets busy and works with a will he is almost sure to break It. 1 When a man gets married he ia never quite sure whether his malo friends envy or pity him. a It's tough luck when a tailor hat to ' enter a suit in order to get his money for one he has made. When an old bachelor falls In love there Is usually a widow not far away who Is anxious and willing to help him out. , T Will Be Denounced. FWmtbePliIla.aelphIa Ledger. W have a suspicion that Dr. Har vey W. Wiley is slated r -the Job of chief chemist of the Ant u club, Warning to tne Voters of Oregon The proposed amendment to the state constitution which will appear on the official ballot in ' November as "Nos. 308-9," if It carries, will take away from the people the right to govern them selves in taxation matters 40 return to the legislature and predatory and private interests the power to "rei."j- late" and "srrango" taxation measun.s. the Inference being that the people A-e- fiot Intellectually competent to pa upon sucn tnmgs at tne, pong. Every voter who believes the people should rule and;whQ believes, "unequal taxation ; ' Is robbery," and who further believes 1 that the people at the baljot box should havt the right to pass upon taxation .? meaeut.es, fiCTorejne.y. ,tccpma tiff tlv should vote JNo. 303 "No." and thus pre vent the amendment from becoming tht "law of Oregon." C. 8. JACi'SON. Portland, 8ept. 10, 112, Vt