THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING,
OCTOBER
17, 131!
ri 'fTT7 TT IT) XT A T 'evf,rV sentence. In claiming all the
i 1 LLj J KJ IvlN U j farmers of ' the United States, who
"i-1MKrHNPBMT NBW&P4TIR.
L. rWAiKSON.
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luiillhf.1 ttrrf rn!ti
In. Tit (Oil Yatublll rortta4 "r.
rDt Soudan
rr ((miliar amrtilhc tt Tha Journal II
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are, said 'to represent half of those
engaged. In Industrial occupations,
the net of the Socialist party is cast
very widely. The first duty f the
Socialist party, when by the election
of the president and of both houses
of congress It is in the saddle, should
be to convert to use the now wasted
water falls and rivers of the United
States - and - set sixty million ' horse
iukeiiJn AUVicarisixu uifKa;sK.TATivis,i power in -motion' to supply every
tKT.'Z Kn,Dor..cV xyiiM tloJ?i 1 household in the United States with
I l TTPUff, fVW -
Luitrvd it Wa poatoUli-e at I'ortlauii
f-.r trail iuImUib tliruUU U ataUa . a Mcuad
aa niattcr, . . . ' ...
ltl.Krno.SK8 Uala I173l Horn. A-eoftt,
All dcpariiuMta rcocbwl br tbn9 aambrr.
lll the owralor what 4lailaiant ou want.
fcaa buildlu. Cblrafo.
Knbaerlplfcia trrma bf mall or U "f ad4fM
la Ui tultcal St tea Uaslc.
..I .SO
..I 25
DAILY.
Om 7f........$J.W) I On Bostb.
. : 6DNDAX.
Oat ar........$2.K I One month.
V .v DAIIT AND SCNDAY.
Dim mi. IT HO I Ooa Binolh f .13
' - 1 The Socialist revolution
Ah, when the means are gone
that buy this pral.se.
The breath is gone whereof this
"V praise In made: '
' Feast-won, fat lost; -one cloud
''' of. winter showers,
These flics are couched.
', Shakespeare.
light, heat and power. So would the
great array of capitalists and wage
earners be put out of business, and
set free for the same life of com
parative. esse and pleasant occupa
(ion that the Socialists Intend to en-joy.
has, ho
said, already begun, but its full light
la reserved for a not distant future
A RESrXANT LEADERSHIP
I
N the 'Armory only about 2000
persons gathered Tuesday even
ing to hear the address of Mr.
Knox. There is authentic infor
mation that the number present did
not exceed 2100.
THE lU.'.H, SINGLE TAX ECS
T
UK OREGON! AN snys AVagnon
should not be eletfted assessor,
because he happens to believe
in single tax. Other rich prop
erty owners say tho same thing. All
the big tax dodgers fiddle on the
same string.
The whole outfit believes in single
tax. Tho Ore-gonian Is a single taxer.
All the big tax dodgers are single
taxers.
They are daily practicing a private
single tax of their own, by hiding
their personal property from the as-
They sequester their money,
is said, at least 80,000 troops, In i three Instead of seven any greater
readiness to move. The ties between ' increase of depth than 11,3 lect
Oerniany and Austria are so closo would have been secured?
that the two German powers wou,ld Does anybody think - that if tho
stand together to face the three in commissioners , had been receiving
the Trlplo Entente, with' Italy hpld-4 salaries instead of serving without
ing ' the-, balance of power in tna,pay any groaccr. increase tnan tne
emergency. . , : ,. . ,
MR. TAET IS RIGHT
P
RESIDENT TAFT declared in a
public Btatement that the - at-;
tempt of .ft crazy man to shoot
Mr. Roosevelt etnphafdzes the
need for more restrictive legislation
respecting, the, sale of concealod
weapons.
Here Is testimony from tho high
est public authority In the United
States that The Journal is Justified
in Its -appeal for restricting the eulo
and use of the revolver.
It was a revolver that IJIled Lin
coln. It was a revolver that killed
Garfield. It was a revolver that
killed McKlnley; A revolver may bo
tho means any day 1y which any
president of the United States . may
Ik? killed. -.'''
President Tnft is right. The re
volver should bo .placed urider tho
ban of the law. Legislatures should
ait. Congress should net.
11.3 could have been obtained In the
channel? - : :.',;
. Why experiment when-under the
present plan, we have made such
splendid progress? -.
Why tinker with the commission,
when it has, mado ouch a splendid
record? ":,.'r , ;"-,''""
This time, it is a suit against Nat
Goodwin for alienation of a wife's
affections. What a etrange, unnat
ural,, lonely old place this world
would bo to Nat "Goodwin if the
courts, lawyers, ex-wives, belliger
ent husbands and others would cease
to trouble.
Letters From tne People
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
ov.mmuiileaflmn nt to "The jnnrnal fur
rnbltrallon In this (ippM-tlnnit ' abtfald h
irrlttrn on n;,lr one aid of Ih piDtr. 'hnulrl
not rifri'd .1o wiiril Id Irnptb and muat Ix
('(ominnl.Ml hr th Hflnia ami adilraaa of tbi
I'udfr. It thi nrltei" dua nt dMlr t liart
Hi naoi publUUt'd, b ib.uld a atst.
ItHtTLAND'S LOISS
.' Mr. Knox Is the premier official In
the cabinet of the president of tho sesnor.
United States. He is the right arm no,PS nn(l accounts, on which tho law
of the White House in foreign rela-jsays taxes Khali be paid. They con
tlons and international diplomacy. ceal everything movable from the
If ore than any other man. he is assessor. They shut and bar the doors
' the tolce and personal representa-nKanst tlie assessor when he nnderr
t!v of the chief magistrate of thlsJ&Kes to una tneir personal property
nation.;. He U, in addition, a states
man ,of high attainments, known un
der, every sun because of his public
for assessment purposes. That Is
single tax for their private benefit.
They want their personal property to
career and high official position. S unassessea. but want everybody's
Moreover, he came accredited from personal property to be taxed.
President Taft, and to bring a ms- The extent to which this conceal
sagelfrom President Taft respecting . meat goes on Is notorious. It has
the latter candidacy for reelection. a Iullic scandal these forty
What Is tho status when such a ; years. The banks are crowded with
"statesman under such auspices, is millions of money, which the law re
greeted by no' more than 2100 oiti-: quires assessed, but the amount of it
-xenaf- W'hat are ther conditions aur-1 assessed is a pitiful sum
rounding president Taft's candidacy,
when less than half as many peoplo
In Multnomah county in 1911 the
entire amount, of money, notes and
W
In JYnise of Oregon System.
Oregon ('ityOr., Oct. 14. To the Edi
tor it Tlio Journal The . question
t U thor or not the Oregon system Is a
1IILE freight offerings at all 1 success is being- discussed. The state-
other Pacific coast pouts for . merit Is frequently nrade that the peo-
he American-Hawaiian lino ' l,c '0 indifferent, thnt they thow-u
increased, Portland offerings.''"" of "nrstai.diHB. do not take the
foil nff Tn nflm,oncn thn Pnrt.,' ""'" ' "unt!" mensures pui ueioits.
land steamers of
withdrawn, but they
the lino will bo . ,,,. . rnniirta. in ' fW
will continue (.,,,, lono. fen voterB on th0 Btr-cts of
to make Puget sound. Orcson City and only one had read the
The increnseof West bound offer-i aUla Pamphlet. Kupposlns under the
lngs to the lino for Los Angeles and i?ld, ,cl'?vv Ao.e "y"u'm ""
., ,. , , ., hud held up ten average voters of the
San Diego .or tho first nino months , time. How many of these would have
of 1012 over tho eaj" period in 1 been able to givo any cU-flnlte estimate
1911, was 20. S per cent - of 11,0 merits of candidates or the. pro-
Tho increase for San Frahc.sco , IT .'theprS
was 23.4, and for Puget 60tind was system were perfectly satisfied with
31.9. The decrease for Portland was i tlie way the old system worked.
15 per cent ! rile rntlonal friends of the Oregon
J. , - . , , ., , ' system do not claim It has been a eure-
Thfl 15 per cent loss iu Portland , mi, but they d0 clalm lt ig the fore.
offerings Is the reason for with- i.runnr of a better system of govern
drawal of the Portland steamers. ' nont.
flierits
,V SMALL CHAXGB
Nobody ever doubted Teddy's "nerve."
Did thj Red Sox purposely let the
GiaiiU do It Monday?, '
That manuscript peeeh did better
servlc Umn winning votes.
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If Oregon should ro Dernoeratlo she
will. Iiav lots of good company.
Not iven a majority of peopI In
city can get rich selling real estate.
Tb man who shot n'oosevelt Is slmDlv
craiy, ana bo were uultoau ana czonosi
A big bascballlst ouirht to be hapnyj
besides all the sport h ha lie" makes
ui money. ,
If ft man can" An , nnlv Vnrv little
things, he Is not a failure If he does
id em well.
Forecasts ef rain will surelv eome
iruej ir persistea in long enough at this
nmj oi year.
If nil the straw votes are correotlv
reported, the political winds must b
very variable:
Many people are near-crasy over
pontics, but fortunately it Is only rarely
that one shoots a candidate.
Alt the travelling candidates 'Veel
much .encouraKed" and their "prospects
are bright." Uoodr Hurrah'.
.
Susie Owens should have been a ltttje
younger, handsomer, and mure ntyllsh.
However, she got off pretty wll.
.
Portlund miRht as well ' make up its
mind to sing low as a seaport, ant II
It Rets at least one oriental steamship
line.
Portland miRht forpe surely and
swiftly ahead of- Seattle, and perhaps
even San Francisco, but It seems thirit
her big business men don't care about
"
It seems not very lontr ago that, more
by faith than slxht. The Journal was
confidently predicting what Is now tak
ing place In respect to electrlo railways
In the Willamette valley.
.
Yes.'Senator Lodre made a fine, elo
quent speech for the Republican pnrtv
and Taft; but 'It Is Tetflembared tlin't
Lodge has always represented not tlie
masses of the people but the protected
privileged and predatory men, corpora
tions und Interests.
OltLUON SIDtCLlGHTS
Lakevlew lawyers are organlelng a
bar assovitttion, . ,
. ' - -
Oust ' Petersen of Scxwlo,.. according
to tho Oreshnnv Outlook,' has made a
perfect buocohs with experiments In
flax raiting, - ' . "
,; a -K ,;
Beaverton's voters, at' a noeclal elec
tion, have adopted a proposition to es
tablish a city water system. Tha vote
was 69t0 13 ' ;, ..'- i. ,
Banks Herald: The sale of grade Jer
sey cows at auction on the MloH farm
recently was somewhat remurkablo.
Kleven of them brought $1156.60. The
hlghpst price was $150 and the lowest
Nehalom Enterprise: Marcellus KToem
Din Is rnuklnir u Htre.ntioua effort to re
oi,garil7.tt the band and within a few
WeekM we may reasonably expect to sea
a i larger, bund thnn Nohulein haa evr
I. n 1 V. i . .. . .S..
UttU UVUlf, . ... ' . ;
Burns Times-Herald ; The railroad
now being built Into Harney county
has given impetus to Irrigation work In
tills section and we .will- see some defi
nite moves during the next, few months
nd projects launched In time to take.
up acyve wotit jnthe spring,
Orepon Cltv Courier: The excavation
of the basement of the Carnegie library
Is completed and the cement walla are
finished -and ready for the brick. The
wnns win ne rea uric witn wnue trim
mlngs. The main library room will be
.17 by 68 feet; the lecture room 20 by
'St and the office for librarian 12 by
Df. There will be , a .handsome fire
place in the big room. "
Tillamook Herald:' Henry Woolfe
recently sold all the old horseshoes he
nas uccnniuiiited since l05. some 19
tons. Previous to the Ban Francisco
enrlhquake this kind of material sold
for I4 per ton. After the fire tho mar
ket for old Iron was glutted to such an
extent that old horseshoes could not. be
sold for enough to pay the f relgfit. . They
are now bringing about S per ton.
Tillamook Herald: One of the sure
slcns that Tillamook City Is advancing
Is tho fact that lt Is almost impossible
to rent a house In town. It Is difficult
to rent either furnished or unfurnished
rooms. If this state of affairs con
tinues lt will be up to soma one to
build houses to rent The present state
of nffairs undoubtedly prestiges the
building of several new residences next
year.
Wilson and Bosscl
om
want to hear Secretary Knox as aUj accounts which the assessor was abie.
tended the meeting of the editor ofjto find was a beggarly ?9, 421,000,
the-Appeal to Beason? ... V nere were a11 ,lie "Miiions of bonds
What Is tho hope for success of 1 hidden? Who concealed from tho as
Mr, Taft when scarcely more than a!8f,RSOr n" tno ,C,1S 0(1 millions of no
third as many went to hear Mr. Knoxcrltle9. notes, money and accounts
as listened to and applauded Mr.
Debst
that escaped taxation? Every one of
the big fellows who sequestered his
The answer will be found In the wealth was privately practicing for
"ballot box the evening of November 'his own benefit the single 'ax that he
tUL President Taft. excellent and i9 publicly condemning In Mr. Wag
amlable a man as he Is known to be, jnon. Every one of the great tax
"l" leading a forlorn hope. Theodore dodgers who is concealing his bonds,
Roosevelt has crushed him, his can-;"1 mortgages and hia other perronal
didac'y and his party. I property is unlawfully and privately
After the Kndx meeting, the only practicing the single tax that he is
, ouestion that remains is. will Wood-; Publicly urging as a reason for the
roWTWll8on orTheodore. Roosevelt
carry Oregon?
WHY OREGON ATTRACTS
HP
I
J
defeat of Mr. Wagnon, and the Ore
gonlan Is the fclg panjandrum In the
consecrated band.
The only effect, In a single tax
way, of Mr. Wagnon'H election would
be to prevent to the uttermost the
1HE president of the. National
Conservation congress, which great private single taxers from se
P-a-t-finished - Its-atm
Indianapolis, told his audience property. It would result In effort to
1 that he intended shortly to retire prevent them from practicing single
from business life and to make his! tax on their own hook, while de
home on a farm. These are some of jmanding that others pay tax on all
the- attractions on which he says he their property.
shall Insist. As a backer of Wagnon's candidacy
-Of course he stipulates for good The journal undertakes to guarantee
roads, that he and his may not bo that If elected Mr. Wanon will fol
lmpriBoned when days are short and low the law as it stands relative to
rains fall. He wants to be provided , taxation, that he will use the utmost
.-with good books, and prefers a 11-: endeavor to prevent the present pri
brary near by. He wants to belong U-ate practice of single tax by big
to a live farmers' club. Naturally j tax dodgers who are hiding personal
: the parcels post will help him. He'property, and that, for once, en-Ut-tave
to-be in reach of church deavor will be- made to make the law
' and of good schools. of all grades, i mean what it says and say what it
H wants good neighbors, and plen-' means.
tj of them: I It is time to elect an assessor who
T He knows what successful busl-J will play no favorites. It la time for
ness is, and he must be satisfied that , taxation to no longer offer rewards
he ts not spending his time and cn-; for dishonesty; It Is time to stop
. ergy on his farm for naught. penalizing honest men.
J It is good for us that some one In 1
authority should set out what he In-!
; sists oa to make up the most desir-i
- able of lives. For all that he de-
QUEllY A GREAT WAR?
mands we enjoy without taking
count Of It. And what more do we
find that nature offers In this most
desirable of states?
' Have we not distant mountains
"'and hill ranges on which wo may
, gaze? Are not our forests of splen
did firs good to the eye as wpII as
mlr.es of unknown wealth? Do we
Jive In peril of tempests und torna-
do8 Have we not a climate t!,at
neither dries and bums us ur in
HEX Austria annexed the lit
tle states of Hosnla and Her
zegovina Hhe advanced her
boundaries to the wer.tem
frontier of Sorvln. and to the north
ern boundary of that district of
European Turkey which is called tho
Kanjak of Novibazar. This last Is a
narrow strip interposed -between Ror
via and .Montenegro. With little
Sanjak In their possession tlie Ser
vian and Montenegrin armies would
lie in touch, and together Would ln-
The increase of 31.9 per cent to
Puget Found Is the reason why the
steamers of the line will continue to
make Seattle and Tacoraa. Who can
blame Jhe American-Hawaiian lino?
Whose fault is it that Portland is
loser of the direct lino, but Port
land's business nnd manufacturing
world which refused to route enough
frelghtvia tho water lines?
Puget sound retains the line be
cause lt furnished Increased business,
both In east nnd west bound freights,
and because It provides better ter
minal facilities. Tlie information
reaches The Journal direct from New
York offices of the American-Hawaiian
line.
It is also the fact that the largest
part of Portland's tonmgo for the
line was supplied, not by Portland
shippers, but by shippers In the east
who control their own tonnage and
take advantage of the water
What have our Portland shippers
been doing, anyway? Do they think
that ships will c
for the privilege
river?
The Am.'.rlcan-I!awaiian
say they will put on di
again if terminals and
lngs are favorable when the Panama
car.al opens, but are not emphatic In
tho statement. They evidently expect,
after their experience in Portland,
to be sure that Portland shippers
pursue a changed policy toward wa
ter routes.
In the Oregon system are
proved by the fact that such leaders
of politiral thought as La Follette,
l;ry;in, Wilson, Uoosevelt, Borah, (Jori,
Pebs and many others are using it as
uii.-ir text book
SEVEN FAMOUS LAWGIVERS
Kolon.
fiolon was the great lawgiver of
Athens. .He was born close to the mid
dle Of the Sixth rontlirv hufnro CLrlut
Another thing demon- illtlH OIlv In tit A r.AAr.l. Ul 1 a - t...
if. 1 . 'e Sy8t.eni . 18 occupation of a foreign trader. While
: luc '"-inoooBSlty. owing to fumilv misfortunes
terorits, tlio piiiltical craftnrs ami th
old fossils and back numbers oppose it. I
When Mr. U'lU'n began his fight for
better government In tills stntc, these
muno forces began to oppose him. Wo, j
who were his followers, little, thought i
he would be nble to do for us and for
our fitnte what he has done. Hut Mr. i
V'llen accomplished his object. He had
coiuideiioe in the people.
in uieir nonesty and Intelligence. Hn
staked his political fortune on these
principles and ho won. While other
men, who appeared equally bright, were
grappling with the old system trying
to patch up Ita defects Mr. Ijiien
was Inaugurating a new system.
Mr. i; lien has been instrumental In
helping to bring about every new metist1
ure that lias mude Oregon fumous for
her progressive government. He was
rat Tit atinn fnnt ? eXpn'lfnts Aus-1 der that iegai title was lnves
rates. l .n ballot law. He was tha chief unlimited power for adoptln
ippcrs i r !.. . securing for the people the mr.. th .vic-iciA of t
binV I initiative and referendum. H helndij, ,i
all at Portland just favored ti edonUnPr,,?a,T ,aw' In fal
J , i.noita iuo adoption of the corrupt to him
i Of running up the j practices act. lie djd more than any relief of
compelled him to seek a livelihood In
Some mode or other, his active and In
spiring spirit led him ta select that
pursuit which would furnish tlie am
plest means for Us gratification.
Solon early distinguished himself . ns
a poet, and to the extent thnt he was
ranked ns one of tho Seven Sages, but
1 ho nfpaalnn wlileh firct hronotif lit,,i
He believed I fnrtunrrl an nn rlnr tha IH..U 1
ttsge was the contest between Athens
and- Megara, respecting the posscssluu
of Salamls.
It was about the time of the out
break of this war that In conse
quence of tf:e distracted condition of
Attica, which whs rent by civil com
motions, Solon was called upon by all
parties to mediate between them, and
alleviate the miseries that prevailed.
He was chosen archon In 694, and un-
ested with
s such
people the i measures as the exigencies of the state
iie neipea j demanded.
fulfillment of the task Intrusted
Solon addressed himself to the
tho existing distress. This he
on
I ...,, "'o anu uiukj me ap- . effected with -ther greatest dlscretl
officials ; f n 'i- ., ,. ' I' t In spite 8UCces9 by his celebrated "dlsbur
yft ,tnnm-o 1 ..... I.-".'" 1,11 1VU per tent i deninE: ordinance. ' a measure consisting
1r,. ou.amna a,iuu ii,ir, una ir the irradnitorf ,inni., j,..,. ,i
flnhf ftn. til mi,,ln,. , " 1 various oimiiii.i .
"mh uiiui- : 'a tiuuyieu l laO COITI-
i.' ien stock will rise to
i i00 pet- cent above par. D. A. MILLER
reason to
for we are the
and I sea hut
result from the course we aro pur- j "e "thing for us to fear careless lguor-
COmnlfliTl Of hnrl Innra
Necessarily, there can bo but one j lawmakers ourselves '
I low Shall We Vote?
Oregon, City, Or., Oct. 14. To the
Editor 67 The Journal t:
present system of lawmaking It look cratic scale, so that those who did not
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n.i ii we snouid nave no
lated to relieve the debtors with as
little infringement as possible on the
claims of the wealthy creditors.
As a preliminary step In his legal
work, Solon repealed all the laws of
Draco, except those relating to blood
shed. He established a sort of tlmo-
suing. The loss of the Portland-
Asiatic line. Is one fruit. The loss of
the direct American-Hawaiian service i
is another. !
WHY TINKER
w
TIY tinker with tho Port of
Portland commission ?
The British steamer Wil
lesden passed down the river
miLe. Alter we nave gone t? so much
expense to put a copy of all the bills
that are to be voted on at our next
election, Into the hands of each reg
istered voter in the state, If a voter
will then go to the polls without ac
quainting himself with the nature of
uie inns ne is going to vote on, and : by this family,
vbv ma umiuiy, wnen ne knows
the great necessity and Importance of
casting an intelligent vote, he should
he disqualified from . casting - a vo!a
This "Is tho only tiling that can bring t
it-iuacu on our present system of law
making. Let me propose a verv .nsv
heinnsr tn the nODUliy received uia
rights of citizens in their proportion
determined partly by their property and
their corresponding services to the
state. For this purpose he divided the
population into four classes, founded
on the possession of land.
Solon's legislation only granted to
the first three of these four classes
a vote In, the election of responsible
offiieis, and only to the first class
the power of , election to the highest
offices. Ilesides his work in reorganis
ing tho legislative body Into a just
working organisation, ho promulgated
a code of laws embracing the whole of
public nnd private life, tha salutary
effnets of which lasted long after the
end of his constitution.
Tlie laws of Solon were inscribed
on wooden cylfnders and triangular
tablets, and set up In the Acropolis
and later in the Prytannum. Solon hJm
elin spoke ef them ns being not the
best laws conceivable, hut the best
that the Athenians could be Induced to
accept. His constitution was, in fact, a
compromise between democracy proper
ami oligarchy, and it gives to Solon a
title to rank with tho great construc
tive statesmen of all time.
It may be said that Solon laid tbe
foundation .of the future democracy
It was owing to his laws that the
people acquired a completo control
over public affairs." There was but one
provtiyon: the Athenian Juror must be
upwards of 30 years of age.' In the
Athenian courts, which were formed
out of these 6000 citizens, the functions
of Judge and jury were united in one
and the same person, and political ques
TTons wererc"6nTT'nuaTTy" decided" Vncri, as
often happened, a citizen was put on
trial for some alleged illegal or un
constitutional proposal. The celebrated
author, John Home Tooke, paid the
following tribute to Solon: !'I read
when 1 was very young that when
Solon was asked which was the. best
government, he answered: 'Where thosfl
who are not personally Injured resent
and pursue the injury or violence done
to another as he would if done to Mm
self.' That, ho said, was the best kind
of government; and he made a law em
powering men to "do so."
'i Vrom the Ornaha World-Herald. -What
public senUmont can do to purl,
ry and exalt politics has been shown
in New York state thly fall.
For the first time. In recent history,1
we--think,:: public Sentiment, spculUn
through unbossed delegates, has nomi
nated the candidates for governor in the
emplre-stato and written the platforms.
Th platforms are buOIi as the people
mignt be expected to write, 'They are
nor machine made," They areTiiot mean-'"
iiignss. They are tiot shifty and sbul-less.-
They aro r definite,- Cloan cut "
Pledges that maks for better govern
ment, --j. T .
iLThe candidate! for governor are all
three men of the highest ability end
of unimpeachable Integrity, t More than U
wiai, eacn was named by the convention
Lt ' fre and deliberative body. -None
. was picked In advance by a boss
and nominated as a mutter of forrn to
ratify tho decision of the boss. . i '
The biggest boss In New York la'tbe i
Democratic boas, Charles 1'. Murphy, Jt
Is admitted he controlled at least 600 !
of the 650 Democratic, delegates. Had
the convention been managed as In for- :
mer- yeara Murphy would have 'named
the tlrbiit Hid il.o,,!,., .1 ....
---- " t va.iie, ui uia luui tt 8 a .
muvuivw innuii, iyiurpny was com
pelled to abdicate nnd the Convention ,
was left-free. Governor Wilson knew
that; in .risking an open rupture with '
the Dtsmocratlo organization in the big
gest. state in tha Union, he was taking
his poiitical life in his hands.' But,,
with a dogre of courage seldom shown
before, ha did not trucklo to Murnhv or
Tammany boaute ha v a candidate -
ror president.: lie openly demanded, "
Instead, a free and unbossed conven- .
tion and the nomination of a candidate
who would be his own naster; a convan-
Hon and a candidate that would put
the Now York Democracy to keepln
step with tha Democracy of the Union.
uovernor Wilson's couraire won 'tha
day. The convention presided over by
Alton B. Parker was such a conven
tion as Wilson wished, lt nominatd
fo governor Congressman William Sul
ser. Oscar Straus, now the Progressive "
party's candidate for governor, at a
banquet tendorcd to Mr. Sulzor laef
"Pring, spoke of him as "one of the fore- V I
most champions of human liberty." and 'aJ
biuu iuui, inuugn nimneti a nepunucan,
he would vote for 8ulzer ahould the
Democrats nominate htm for governor.
The whirligig of time and politic haa
resulted in making Straus a candidate
against Sulzer for the election, but the ...
tribute no then paid him stands today 'a
tribute to what haa been dona by tha
Democratic state convention.
Public sentiment haa won the day In
New York won all along the Una. But
lt could not have won, against tha pow- -er
of Murphy in the- Democratic con
vention, had not Woodrow Wilson, tha
national leader and candidate of bla
party, thrown his great Influence int
the balance.
The man who will do, as a candidate.
what Wilson has just done in New
York, and what he did befo'ra that in
New Jersey, to overturn a dangerous
bossism In his own party; who. will do
it against the precedents established
by other candidates and desplta the
fears and misgivings of many of his
own supporters and friends; that kind
of a man can pretty well ba trusted to
continue tha good work to keep on
standing with tha people against tha
bosses after ho is elected.
Pointed Paragraphs
Circuses will soon ba referred to aS In
the past tents.
Tomorrow Justinian.
jar, allowing the air to come In con
tact with the fish.
There was no canned product used
to Astoria last week drawing 27.3
feet. Peforo the port commission be-' 'mid simple plan of casting an intoin'
gan its activities vessels of 16 feet K':llt vole' and ,loins It quickly. Take,
often had to be lightered of cargo, ''! en V"!0 ' sio'iall' to study our
. , , , ,, , ... . , election pamphlet. Commence right at
and had to wait for tide iu getting the first and examine every bill care-
BUmmer, nor Imprisons us and our vad Albania.
herds and flocks in winter? Is there
tfnythlng In nature more, beautiful
tjian an Oregon orchard dn 'sized in
is aprlng bloom? Do we not now
ajnd plant in certainty of a sale and
bountiful return? Is not this a
young country, with Its best and
most .profitable years ahead?
. "Why then should no many a tired
brelness . man find here the attrac
tive home where he,.can njoy life
to the full? He will "be welcome.
Austria lias already notified both
these stales that she resolutely ob
jects lo their Invading and occupy
ing that territory. Tbe reason Is
over shoal places on the passage
down the stream.
The 11.3 feet, of Increased depth
In the channel is the fruit of the
commission's work. It Is a remark
ably splendid showing. Then why
tinker with the commission? '
On page 253 of the state pamphlet
Is a bill to lie voted on at the elec
tion, which tinkers with the commis
sion. Its title is. "an act to elect
tlie members of the port of Portland
commission and to safeguard and
provide for the deposit of such funds
ns may come into tho hands of the
Port of Portland rninmh-sion."
The bill reduces the number of
ri.im. name i n tt me Austrian road commissioners to three, makes them
to the. Kf'.'at seatiort of Salonika nn L,Uni:M .,.! u , u i. ..i
' it-' io-o nun l'a.'n t-n' ji ,i nmary ui
Aegean sea, would be perma- S3tiOO a vear. 'flu. uresi-nl rnnnnl..
! blotters are izot paid. One way tho
proposed program would "safeguard
the
TRKD I). WAIIKEV
nnntl.v blocked.
nainniiin is worth fighting for. It
is a city of 30,000 people, is a first
rate port, ami is the leading commer
cial center of two-thirds of European"
Turkey.
I It exported to the United States
goods to the value of $2,827,650 In
ITJ I yJ?! ":M910 and $5.80.49r, In 1911. It has
prviMwiu - i viiia DUiJiri HI
i bought from our merchants a cor-
ji i . . .
Vii.ori.uni n Monaay night to nuMdine i,m
ltor,of the Socialist Appeal to Itea- available
otWpubUahed at Oirard. Kansas. j Austria iB tho roll(.ague of Gor.
.mIIX10 A BPeakaGr Wasiman-V " the Triple Alliance. Salonika
mSSf S wit . ftM0f,ear,yi,n A',8,rian uld moan
mldd o age, with a mobile and ex- the opening of a, road for German
preasive face, nervous .movements, :armie, to the Aegean sea. in striking
fcftd ahunaant gestures, he held the distance of l'lcvnt n,t nf Him
attention, and. secured immediate re-
rrQBSftlcrJJic,4aecdjriJtea.ia loUd4K.ry-M" t -th- Atiirrrtarr-llit-
polnta he made. Hie voice is cear
and penetratine, and easily reached
every Bearer, ' ,
Of eourae, the terra - "working
claeaeaV-wy the refrainjof nearly
England, Pr'anc'e and Russia .will
vanccy The t-ituation today Is bur
dened with the terrible possibility,
even probability, of a general Euro
pean war. Austria has already rnn-
y'l'ilztd her forces, and Russia has, it
tho funds" would be to pay theirt
out in salaries to cheap office seek
ers who would get jobs as commis
sioners. The funds are already "safeguard
ed.
iiiny. nave a little book or a sheet
of writing paper, ruled conveniently,
and- mark -down the numbers Of your
bills, uh they appear In the pamphlet,
und mark them just as you want to at
the polls. Take this to tha polls with
you and mark your ticket the same
way. You can ask a good many people
how they lik the make up of our next
ticket, and they will reply, 'Oh, I
haven't paid much attention io it."' I
have been ko busy that I have not tak
en tho tinwj to ntudy It." Now this la
j-j.st what is goinx to brine; trouble
upon us. Wo cannot make just laws
without using Intelligence, and we can
not vote lnteinperiUy without careful
study. Our present system of law
making will result In great good to the
people nf tho state if they will prepare
themselves for the work alotted to
tiiein, hut they nihst vote Intelligently
or they will be likely to bring trouble
upon us. i.et us Bhow the true spirit
of process. Knowledge Is power
GKOP.GE liXCINBOTHAM.
Killing Religiously.
Salem. Or., Oct. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal I sea the preachers of
iFortland, through Rev. ur. loung, nau
voiced their adherence to capital pun
ishment. The doctor says, in effect,
that a semi-barbarous law of a semi
barbarous people Is quite up to his idea
of righteousness, though a Christian
apostle 2000 years ago declared that law
out of date in his day. See II Cc
2:(i-n.
In case the voters retain capital pun
ishment, 1 would suggest that a minis
ter be made the official state hangman.
It seems quite proper that the poor
devil who Is to have his neck broken
should have the consolations of religon
administered to him, and what greater
comfort could he have than lo know
that a holy man of God will spring the
trap with the prayer, "God have mercy
on his poul." Let it all be done up re
ligiously. L. D- ItATLIFF. -
Odd Talcs Voucried For
By Oregon Newspapers
Salmon Was of Home Canning.
H I Air. Md.. Oct. 11. To the Editor
of The Journal In regard to the alleged
ptomaine poisoning from canned salmon
of Mrs. John Mlchelson and daughter
of the Mount Solo district, Washington,
on September 28. 1912. the bureau of
Tl,!, 1. ...... 1.,...,. i.- ,1 - ... .1.1 1 .. ... T.l. . t
x ut.t u.ii- oven ttaiu an iiiese ! r""'i ny vi me i-vaiiunui manners as
years, or tUe commission could not K l:ulun" nus .mvesugaiea this case
h?v3 increased (be depth In the river
channel 11.3 feet. The past year
tho Interest eolb-vted on the dallv
thoroughly and desires to make the fol
lowing statement of tho facts:
Muring last July, Will TViichelson, a
son of John Michelson, went to Ilwnco.
balances of the commission's account upnr 1)10 0,wmbla rlver- to catch fish,
netted $.000. Could three cheap KJ!
politicians brought up through poli-ut heme. This canning was done by
tlca into the conduct of tho great cutting the fish up in small portions
affairs of the port handle tho funds!?"'1 1"uln tbcm -In the Jars, then plac-
nig in, jtti a iii uuiiuig waiier iur lour
hours.
At his home on September 24, one
of the Jars was opened and the salmon
Porcupines and Livestock.
Moody, Or., Oct. 12. To the Editor of
Tha Journal In a recent Issue of The
Journal there Is reproduced a short
articla from the Weston Leader, in
which lt is hazarded that the Incident
recounted, that of a horse having got
his nose full of " porcupine quills, Is
unique. Now, I do not think the writer
is much accustomed to porcupines.
ran stock in a porcupine -range on the
Columbia river and I have hod two
horses permanently crippled with quills
in their ankles. One mule colt had his
nose filled with quills and I have seen
several cattle with their noses full. Al
most every stockman In a porcupine,
range has had some trouble With quills.
-j Those quills work through tha flesh
quite fast, but wnen mey striKa me
bone they hava to take quite af turn to
get around it, and If they strike a Joint
will cause a long spell ef lameness.
W. II. CARLISLE.
better?
Why tinker . Ith the Port of Port
land? Does anybody think that. If
j - "fnf-eorn, calage and potatoes. The en-
stea,d of appointive these many years
It would have increased the chan
nel depth more than 11.3 feet?
Does. anybody think that if the
dumber of commlB&lo&ers had been
tiro family, Mr. and Mrs. Mlchelson and
four children, ate of the salmon, but
only two wive taken sick, Mrs. Mlchel
son and one daughter, - . , . .
The MJcliclBun family believe there
wti a "leak"- in - the fas tent ng of the
; It Is the Same Man.
Portland. Or., Oct. 16. To tha Editor
of The Journal Henry IS. ,Reed la" now
running for county assessor and Maims
to be a very good and "regular" Repub
lican. At the election at which Mayor Rush
light was elected Joseph Simon bolted
the Republican ticket and a man by the
ta'tfle of Reed fnTnaSeTrTilaa'm IialgiiT
Some of my fflends elulm that this
Is not the same Reed, as lt would re
quite too much nerve to bolt a ticket
ona election and than accept a nomina
tion on it at the next .election.. Iiutfl
think he is the'sama man. Can you ttUl
us for, iUraT A JlCFUyLICAN. ,
.1 V . ';.
Kill Babbits at 10 Cents Per.
Klamath Falls Northwestern: -;ieven
hundred and seventy jackrabblt scalps
were brought to the city yesterday by
John Fanght, from his home In the
Dairy country. A bounty of 10 cents
each was collected from County Clerk
DeLap.
The rabbits were killed during August
on Mr. Fatight's homestead by himself
and son. Charley Faught. Mr, Fanght
states that he and hi son have been
killing an average ef over 1000 rabbits
a month for some time and that Whila
the bounty does not amount to a great
deal it more than pays for the cost of
the ammunition used.
At the samo time he Is getting rid of
these pests about his homestead.
"Tho rabbits are pretty bad In the
foothills and valleys about my place,"
said Air. Faught yesterday. "We have
thinned them, out considerably recently,
but early In the summer they ruined a
groat deal of my grain, eating it down
in great patches."
Mr. Faught states (hat Joe Hettinger
nnd others aro making a practice of
Uiling rabbits for tlio rrofit and that
they rti-e making nearly $10 a day from
the scalps nlone. Their method Is to
drive over the country in a light wagon
and shoot the rabbits from this rig as
they scamper through the sagebrush.
noeiny Hard for Opals.
Sllverton Appral:" A short time ago
Ja--'k Robblns of Sllverton was engaged
In hocltTg in his garden and he chanced
to nolle a peculiar looking stone. He
picked it up and after wiping the dirt
rroni lt concluded that it might bo Of
uome value. Mr. Robblns took his find
to the Jewelry establishment of I.F.
Kvorson, who .sent It to Portland, for
grinding and mounting. When It was
returned It was marked "ofal," and Is
lnd'Mid a handsome- thing of immense
proportions. It is fixed for a charm
and Is one Inch long by perhaps two
third as wide, oval shaped. The stone
has bof-n valued as high as -175 and
Jack has been horing hard ever since
without finding another gem of "purest
ray serene."
The mora bread
mora lie kneads.
a baker rhakei tha
Boat rockers on the sea of matrimony
deserve their fate.
Use all the knowledge you hava and
you'll have all you require.
Eome meh" emUe In in "a Tace ' oTadTe'r-"
slty, but they don't mean lt.
a a
Theie Is trouble ahead of the man
who acta as a baby carriage motor.
a
Occasionally we meet a rnn who haa.
no more friends than a baseball umpire.
a a
It doesn't take much to make a fat
woman happy. Tell her she Is getting
thin.
The suffragette boo in a woman'l
bonnet may be the cause of many sting
ing remarks.
Probably nothing disappoints a
woman -so.- much nx when, bar worst-,
suspicions fall to come out correctly.
Anything that isn't what it should be
from a moral point of view Is Irresist
ible to human nature.
Al
ways in
Good H
umor
STILL HANGING.
From the London Opinion.
"Muz, did you hear the stepladder
when lt tumbled over?"
"No, darling. I hope papa didn't fall."
"Not yet he's still hanging on to the
picture moulding." -
M IS INTERPRETATION.
From the Chicago. News.
Johnny Whyncher stay with that
feller, 1! 111. what wanter yer to go an'
be a cowboy?
Bill Cowboy,-nethln'. That's what I
thought he said, but I found out he said
choir boy.
A
GRKAT SCHEME.
From the Cincinnati Knqulrer.
'How is Roosevelt going to bust the
trusts?" asked the Old Fogy.
"Why, ho'is going to spend all of their
money in his campaign, replied the
Boob.
Boy Hitches Jersey Cow.
Eugenp Register: A 10-year-old boy
Who lives on the river road Is nraetlo.il
in iui imiip. xx. ucuyves in malting
nis block worji ror mm. in nigging
his carrots he has a large wheel bar
row to which, ho hitches the Jersey cow
and has her sd well trained that by
speaking to her sh will pull tha bar
row jull of carrots to Which she has
been bltehcd wherever ha wan ta her to.
THK EPICURE.
From the Epicure. ,
"No," said I'ackhani, "we never have
boiled ham -at our house any more."
"Why," said Ascum, "I thought you
wcro very fond of it." ,
"So I am, but my wife's pet dog won't
eat it at all."
Warning to tne
Voterf of Orefon
" The proposed amendment to the state
constitution which will appear on tha
official ballot in November as "Nos.
308-9," if H carries, will take away from
'the people tho right to govern them
salves In taK&Uon mattery and return
to tha' loKlfilature and predatory and
nrlvate ."inieresia i"e puwe.r to "rega-
.. . i-i-nnifR" iaxiitlr,
tha inference tieing that the people ara J
not intellectually- competent to paae
'"" wvery i
upon kt"':o avery
voter w ' enoma
..-.i niri i n mvPR uni'riiif.i i
is roubery,' una who luither Imiievea
that ths people at tho luillot box should
havo the right to pans tipon taxation
tneasurea bwi'ore tiiey beconio effective,
ahouW vote No. 303 "No," and thus pre
vent tha ainondment from bocoiuing the
"lw of Oregon." C. a. JACliiiUM,
Jr-ortland. BepLlO, 1H3, - ,