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SLUM GOVERNMENT
IHE greatest danger in American
government'today is the apathy
of the citizen. Everybody ad
nits It. Nobody denies it.
' . All the great abuses with which
government is afflicted are due to
the apathy of citizens. The citizens
remain quiescent while those who
want special favors from government
are ever active, always aggressive.
The whole fault is with the apa
thetic, citizen. Apathy is at the bot
tom of every governmental 111. Ev
erybody admits it. Nobody denies it,
"Yet the" so-called majority amend-
ment. proposes to put a premium on
apathy.' It proposes to count against
a measure, the man who doesn't vote
ca It It proposes to kill the vote of
a man who votes for It with the vote
of a man who doesn't vote on It at
all.; Sometimes as many as 30,000
Toters af an election don't vote on
a measure. Yet, this 90,000 apa
thetic, illiterate, indifferent or Ig
norant., non-voters are, if this ma
jority amendment passes to have
their votes counted against any
-measure and thereby, kill, thfl-jolea 1
of 30,000-intelllgent, purposeful and
active citizens.
It is accentuation of apathy. It is
a proposal to make apathy even
more effective than It is now in its
evil effects upon government. It is
a program for rewarding apathy.
It Is the capitalization of apathy
and listlessness as to public affairs
In the slums of a. city like Portland,
the vote is always light on initiative
measures, except on liquor questions
Yet, the majority,, amendment pro-poses-to
-eount-every-voter-la the
slums as against every ballot meas
ure, using the non-totes of the slum
world to kill the votes of strong, ac
tive and Interested citizens.
, The principle of the majority
amendment is the most monstrous
program ever proposed. It would
be government by the slums. ItJ
would be government by ignorance
It would be government by illiter
acy. It would be government by in
difference.
It would be government b; apathy
LLOYD - GEORGE'S POLICIES
tLOYD-GEORGE is detested by
whatare called the monied, or
tBe upper7assesIh English
society not by reason of one
special cause of offense such as
Irish Home Rule, or the Suffrage
i but for a consistent policy of trans
: ferrlng an increasing proportion of
the 'cost of government from the
have-nots to- the haves.
. peeply impressed with the inher
ited wrongs and sufferings of the
British poor be has Bought and found
remedy after remedy. To him are
due the old age pensions law, the un
employment law, the great insurance
7act,and-theminers' mintmumrwuge
law. He took a most active part
In the settlement of the many strikes
of the past twenty months, his in
fluence being Invariably on the work
en' aide. The cost of these reforms
: lias been enormous. They have been
- coincident with the appalling out
lays on the British fleet in the mad
race with Germany.
: .iet tnis cnancenor or tne ex
chequer has found the means to meet
vvery demand on the Income of the
nation and to close each year with
a budget surplus.
; : How has he achieved this wonder?
One great resource has been the
Inheritance duties, which have
brought into the exchequer a large
and rising proportion of the fortunes
of decedents.
But the eyes of this reformer have
never wavered from taking count of
the lands of the British Islands, their
Immense value, and their possible
distribution among hundreds of
thousands of the people, where they
are how held by tens.
In the budget of 1909 the policy
was introduced. A heavy and in-!
. creasing tax was laid on the unearned
Increment of land values, especially
: on building lands near cities and
towns and on land held for specu
lative rise. To insure Justice of as
sessment the method of 1070 was ap
plied to 1909, and a new Domesday
book was enacted, to be based on an
expert arid unprejudiced revaluation
Of every acre of British land.
TO insure tne distribution of
greater holdings among he country
yeomen, and to relieve the conges
tion of the cities, power was given
to the County Councils to buy, and,
It needful to condemn, land to be dis
tributed In tcrdens and small farms,
Tha purchasers are aided by loans of
government money at cheap rates
has ready for introductloi. Into Par
liament a bin, or bills, providing still
farther powers, designed for yet
Wider distribution of the land.
lie U galled aa a amgle tAxer.lpaign is financed by the inter-
THE ,
He lets his acts speak for him, and
enigmatically refuses to either adopt
or disclaim the title. It Is obvious
that he has not yet finished the pro
cess of loading the land with a rising
schedule of taxatlon.Wherfl he will
stop no one knows. Probably he
does not know himself.
M'KIXLKY'S LAST PLEDGE
T
HE last message of President
William McKinley, delivered on
that fatal day at Buffalo, was
the announcement that the time
had come for a revision of the tariff
downward. That was on the sixth
day of September, 1901.
At the Ohio state dinner" in New
York City after his election to the
presidency in 1908, William Howard
Taft declared in tones fairly trem
bling with determination, that he
had "been chosen to his high office
on a platform which declared for re
vision of the tariff, and that the
people had understood this revision
to mean a revision downward; that
he would be false to his trust, that
the Republican party would be false
to the trust the people had ' reposed
In it, if the tariff were not revised,
and revised downward."
The last great speech on the floor
of the American senate b John P.
Dolliver, the greatest statesman that
ever came out of Iowa and one of
the pioneer. Republican insurgents,
was a burning appeal for a revision
of the" tariff, and revision downward.
One of the rallying cries around
which the original little group of Re
publican Insurgents In the American
congress "gathered in their great
fight on Aldrich and Cannon, was .a
clarion demand for revision of the
tariff, and revision downward. Ut
tering this shibboleth, Robert La
Follette, Senator Borah, Senator
Cummins, and the others in the lit
tle band of Republican progressives,
carried breastwork after breastwork
of special privilege until they un
seated Mr. Cannon bb speaker and
drove Aldrich from tne senate.
The whole growth of Republican
Insurgency, the whole spread of pro
gfessivlsrot-hafr beeu--carrledrwajratkftr-haresol u t Inn a were
and founded upon the last message
of William McKinley to his country
men, delivered at Buffalo the day
that Czolgosz accomplished his dev
illBh purpose.
The answer of Theodore Roosevelt
and William Howard Taft, with com
bined administrations of more than
eleven years, has been not a revis
ion downward, but a revision up
ward of the tariff. During his seven
and one half years in the White
House, Theodore Roosi.elt never
lifted a flnser to carry out William
McKinley's last expressed wish.
Nor in his pres3nt candidacy has
Theodore Roosevelt uttered one
promise or expressed one syllable
respecting any purpose to carry out
the martyred McKinley's last pledge
to his countrymen. Mr. Taft s an
swer to the McKinley message was
the signing of the Payne-Aldrich bill
and his declaration that it "is the
best tariff ever enacted," revision
upward though it was.
From William McKinley's death
to the end of Roosevelt's final ad
ministration, the number of trusts
increased from 149 to 10,020, and
the capitalization increased from
Urnee-billlon- dollars to, ihe-CoJosaal
total of $31,672,000,000 according
to government figures. Of this stu
pendous capitalization, 70 per cent
1b water, and to meet the interest
and dividends on the water adds
1,000,000,000 a year to the Ameri-
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To the one billion dollars a year;
there must be added the higher
prices caused by the monopolized
and price-fixed markets which the
trusts control, and in that there Is
full explanation of why the cost of
living increased 10 per cent in 1911,
why U is still mounting in 1912, arid
why the average mar must skimp
and economize In order to, stretch
his salary or wage over the monthly
bills.
Woodrow Wilson is before the
American people with the same
pledge on his Hps as that uttered by
President William McKinley a few
minutes before the bullet of the as
sassin found its mark.
Woodrow Wilson is before the
American people with the same ut
terance as that of William Howard
aft at the Ohio dinner when he said
the American people elected him
president on the understanding that
the tariff must be revised downward,
and that it must be revised down-
ard or he and the Republican p$rty
would be false to the trust reposed
in them.
Woodrow Wilson is before the
American people with the same
shibboleth as that on which La Fol
lette and the other insurgents drove
Cannon from the speaker's chair, oh
hich they whipped Aldrich out of
the senate, and on which they have
made insurgency regnant among the
masses of the Republican party.
The answer of William Howard
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt is, that
there will be disturbance if Wood
row Wilson seeks to carry out the
pledge of McKinley, seeks to carry
out the pledge of William Howard
Taft, seeks to carry out the revision
pledge on which Republican insur
gency spread to millions.
THE ISSUE
T
HE Issue in 'the contest for as
sessor is whether big tax
dodgers will be permitted to
dodge by the election of Mr.
eed, or whether the tax dodgers
and all other people will be given
justice nd nothing uiore. bi: .tha elec?
tlon of Mr. Wagnon. Mr. Reed who
bolted the nomination of Rushlight
and led the fight for Joseph Simon,
Is pushed by the interests, his cam-
OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY
ests, and If elected, he will be
under obligation ' to' the Interests.
There is no other issue in the asr
scssorship. If you vote for Reed,
you will vote for the big tax dodgers
and against your own best' interests
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
jI
HE fifth international congress
of chambers of commerce, and
commercial and industrial as
soclations of the world was
held at Boston during the last few
days of September.
Tho congress met under the aus
pices of the American honorary com'
mltteo, headed by the president of
the United States, and the secretary
of commerce and labor, the Honor
able Charles Na'gel, delivered the
address of welcome in the nam of
tho government of the United States.
No less than 770 delegates attend
ed this commercial parliament. Of
these 535 were from foreign nations
and 235 from the United States.
Next in number to the United
8tates was Germany, with 88, Then
the British Islands with 72. the self
governing colonies of Britain with
35, her dependencies and colonies
with 19. Italy had 62 representa
tives. Austria-Hungary 69. France
had 22. Among ,tfie smaller delega
tions China appeared with 12. Hard-"!
ly'a nation on the wide earth, whose
commerce with sister nations was of
material value, failed to appear, and
to take part In the discussions.
It was a wonderful gathering
and the harmonious meeting of
rivals lu trade, and the universal
effort for adjustment of varying
practices and individual rules and
regulations was the keynote of their
del iterations.
The special subject on the first
day was the promotion of an inter
national court of Justice for suits be
tween individuals and foreign states.
This brought up the establishment
of an international arbitration court
for disputes between private persons
and foreign . states, bo anticipating ;
suits. Then came, of course, the
whole question of international ar
all referred to the permanent com
mlttee for action.
Then came questions of creating
uniform international practice on
checks and bills of exchange, and of
an international court for interpret
Ing the laws on thls'subject which
each nation should pass. Then fol
lowed "commercial statistics" and
"an international statistical office."
How to standardize and unify the
customs on bills of lading was con
sidered, and then the reduction of
International postage both on let
ters, samples and parcels..
There was taken up the proposl
tlon of an International conference
on prices and the high cost of living,
and this was approved, on the re
port of Professor Irving Fisher of
Last of all there was adopted a
general resolution on International
arbitration between states and be
tween states and individuals. So the
congress went on record on this sub
ject.
Thus passos Into history this ex
pression of the voice of the nations,
through their 770 delegates and rep
resentatives, for the adoption of
common- standards-! or . ..the .. peace
able removal of disputes and differ
ences, and the creation of interna
tional courts. Can Its Importance
be exaggerated?
TUBERCULOSIS DAY
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S It true that the tleath record
from tuberculosis in Portland to
tals to 1214 In the last five years?
Is it true that Oregon. Wash
ington and Nevada show the same
proportion of tuberculosis deaths in
the total death list, and that of more
than one death In ten? ' .
Can this fight be won? What are
the effective weanor.s? What are
the chief obstacles?
Who that knows the history of the
past thirty years can doubt that it
can be won? "The specter of the
paBt was that of heredity. To belong
to a family, one of whom had fallen
a victim, was to be doomed only
the time and circumstances being In
doubt. The gospel of sunlight and
fresh air had no missionaries then.
Sanatoria . bad not been invented.
Patients were crowded in hospital
wards where infection, as we now
know it, ran rife.
Above all the tuberculosis germ
was undiscovered.
To scientific doctors and bacteri
ologists mankind owes the definition
of tuberculosis as a preventable and
curable disease.
The forcible lesson of the exhibi
tion now open in this city is that the
best prevention is in the home, the
next best in the school.
It follows that the home maker,
the mother, must, be armed with
knowledge up to date. By her the
children must, in turn, be taught.
Hundreds of the mothers of Oregon
live within reach of the dispensary,
within call of the vh'.ting nurse, on
tho list of the deaconess, and on
friendly terms with the family doc
tor. The child's cough, the persist
ent feverishne68, the new lassitude
and failing energy, will send vthe
anxious , mother to one or other, in
quiring. But thousands of Oregon mothers,
equally anxiouB, equally ready to
sa rlflce their loving labor to a
slightly ailing child, can only be in
formed by the printed page. One
lesson of tuberculosis ' day is that
every home in Oregon should, by
one means or another, be provided
withUhaulesoL-jrevenilQRq
plain language, but clear.
As for the school. The general
teaching of the text books on physl;
ology and hygiene Is not enough to
fit the teacher to 1o full duty to the
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children. There -must be specia
knowledge. In the cities the task' is
simple, y Classei , for , teachers must
be held. There will be no lack of
physicians for this sacred work
for sacred it is, in the best tense......
The country school teacher, must
be dealt with :!;Bt in the teacher's
institutes. Second by the abundant
distribution of the printed lessons
which they must pass on to tiie chil
dren when they have made them
their own.
How. about the doctors? The peo
ple have learned that since tubercu
losis is a transmissible disease, the
first step to an understanding deal
ing with it on a state-wide scale is
that the facts of Its prevalence
should lie promptly reported by every
physician to the central authority
designated by the state. It is not
enough that the law provides for
this. No law is self-enforcing. If
another duty may be laid on the
broatf shoulders ofsGovernor West it
Is that his authority be exerted to
have this universally dne.
In "the English campaign special
meanB are now available by law for
the segregation of tuberculous pa
tients. It is not enough in York
shire, or in Oregon, that the state
has made wise and kind provision
for such patients as cannot them
selves secure the means of cure.
Such patients must be advised and
be influenced to find its shelter and
aid.
Judging by the photographs shown
at the exhibition now open the sana
toria at Salem and near Portland
are models of convenience, comfort,
and possibilities of benefit. - Are pa
tients lacking to fill them both?
Unfortunately, no. Are they filled?
It seems that they are not. What
la the missing link between the pa
tients and the sanatoria? '
If tuberculosis Sunday brings
home to every one of our citizens
the prophet's challenge "thou art
the man" It will have fulfilled its
purpose. ' If not, then the wind will
have just shaken the branches of
the trees and left no mark.
- THE. PRINCE AT OXFORD
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ING GEORGE of England has
done many sensible things
none more sensible than the
sending of the Prince of Wales
to Oxford, with no special privileges,
no favors, no exceptions to the com
mon rule of university life.
The young prince has taken up
his residence in Magdalen college,
In such rooms as would fall to the
lot of any undergraduate. Two sit
ting roomB, a bed room and a bath
room make up the Bulte. His tutor,
Mr. Honsell has a like set on the
same old staircase.
He must not be outside the col
lege gateB after 9 o'clock at night.
If he comes in after that hour he
must knock for admission, and pay
his fine. He dines every (pvening
"in hall," not as a distinguished
guest at the high table, but on the
benches with his fellow students.
He will mix with them freely in the
Junior common room. He is knewn
to be fond of cricket and will be
often seen on the college ground,
ope of the most beautiful fields in
the world of smooth clipped turf.
His studies are to be In the mod
ern school, where . history English
literature, and modern languages are
prominent. He will attend the usual
Allege lectures, and very likely some
of' the new inter-college lectures,
where some professor of special re
pute meets the students' from four
or five colleges.
- Perhaps the best part of Oxford
training is in the weekly essay which
each undergraduate has to prepare
and submit for correction and ap
proval to the president oi his col
lege. The president of Magdalen
now is Dr. Warren, who Is also the
university professor of poetry, and
is one of the most eminent of the
Balliol men when Jowett flourished.
Two years of Buch training will leave
on the young prince an indelible hall
mark. This whole episode In the educa
tion of the heir-apparent to the Brit
ish throne is an entirely new de
parture. Heretofore the efforts of
their parents and of their teachers
and governors has been to keep
them in cotton wool, wrapped from
the free air of heaven. This voung
man is learning day by day that he
id made of common human clay, like
the rest of us to take the knocks
that come to him in commerce with
his kind to learn from men as well
as from books, to share in the plays
and pastimes of a healthy English
lad. King George is starting to
make a real man of his young son.
Letters From the People
irommunlcntloDt arm f Th !.,,.. i
publication In thla dpartmnt ahonld ha
nrHln on only on aide of tba pepar. bou!d
oof xped 300 wnrda In lanrth II nil mnat
accompanied br the mint and addreaa of fhi
cnder. If tha wrtteV doet not daatr to bar
ue uauie yuuuauvu, D aUiJlQ ao IUM,
Sentiment and Woman Suffrage.
Portland. Or., Oct. 24. To th fiMit,
of The Journal William Dean Howells
Ik suid to have made the statement that
there were many sentiments -
woman's suffrage, but that he had never
neara one reason, wnen It comes down
to purely logical reasoning he migbf
have said the same of free love. When
we push logical reasoning: to th limit
and Ignore sentiment, Instinct or the tea.
umony or. our spiritual natures, what
Is there to hoSd ua to a religious be
lief or to any of the old time conven
tions? Most Of the antls have sound reasnna
for thinking it unwise to extend fh
suffrage to women, at this stage in
the world's progress and While those of
us who can but timorously say that, we
are instinctively opposed to suffrage,
may be considered old fashioned if not
TThle-n -r -aenttmentg-by-AmTtcg'g
most distinguished man of letters, the
opinion of some of the, world's greatest
philosophers and scientists give support
to Jnstinct as a basis for belief.
Henri Bergson, "unquestionably ths
man pf the hour lu philosophic thought,"
MORNING,' OCTOBER, 27,
y it la on Intuition rather than on
Intelllgenoa .that we must rely M the
suldd that shall lead us into fuller
knowledge'. ; of truth, and Sir Oliver
L-oaga. the treat KiiKllnh scientist, says
"Wa are still far more dependent on
intuition than on reason." :
T But' Whether 4b weight i)f '10gi(? t
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vii -ma Biue vi tn aurrraRiai or on- in
Ida of tha antl-auffraglat Is not ao vital
a polqt to consider aa the expediency
or tna Inexpediency of woman's suf
frage. If woman enjoyed full political
ngnta soma of them would undoubted
ly show political talent and give Rood
ervlce a public officials. Many more
would be conscientious and intelligent
voters. But there Is also no doubt
that after the novelty of voting wore
on, tne great majority of them would
not trouble to Inform themselves of po
uueui arraira and we would hava a
largely Increased Ignorant or Indiffer
ent vote to contend with.
Two grave dangers to Justice and good
government are the ignorant or indif
ferent vote and the influence of the
cheap professional politician. The cheap
professional politician Is everywhere an
active supporter of woman suffrage, he
grows vely enthusiastic over the pros
pect of an addition to his constituency.
He Is apt to be attractive as well as
dangerous, he is a good mixer, he will
accept the pay of the "big Interests,"
share the social glass with the laboring
man or compliment the ladles- on their
new bonnets (as a former resident of a
suffrage state I have heard a good deal
about him).
From the standpoint of an antl In
granting the suffrage to women you
Hlmply Increase the vote, Increase elec
tlon expenses and increase the risks to
good government. ELIZA ROBERTS.
Working in a Great Cause,
Portland, October 23. I am not an
active worker for women's suffrage,
but my sympathies are with the many
splendid women who do believe that the
ballot for women will foster the uses of
good more than It will increase present
evils; hence this word of appreciation
for the workers in the-women's suffrage
movement and for the movement Itself.
Surely there are women who have
brought up their families, kept their
homes, done all these thlngu the nntl
suffragists require of them, who' can
then give the larger talents of ripened
years to the Interests of humanity.
Again, even, the' busiest tjome. makers
can maintain homes more Ideal as tho
direct result of quickened sympathies
for the universal needs. She who would
work to abolish child labor is surely a
better mother for her greatness of heart
toward all little children she who con
cerns 'herself for the beast of burden
will teach her household more kindness
iq all JivJng thlnsihewho has tho
heart to help the , 000,000 of wage earn-
ng women about her Is for this reason
a better sister or daughter or friend. If
the women who think about these things
can through the ballot make their In
fluence count for more and many of
them believe they can why should not
the vote be granted them?
"To be sure, the outcome of equal suf
frage is largely experimental. The
votes of the unscrupulous and the men
tally lazy starld a good chance of being
doubled. But at least there will be In
the field to offset the Ignorant ajid. the
evil vote an army of earnest women
whose Influence for good must by Its
own vitality continue to grow and to
bear good fruit.
The ideal condition, without .question,
would permit only the wise -men and tho
wise women to frame our laws. This Is
not now possible, but In the meantime
a distinction against- all women and an
unchallenged vote for all classes and an
Is about as far from the ideal as it Is
possible to get. ,
If the age long discrimination against
women Is lifted, may not the good in
fluence of the good woman be trusted to
work to a good end? At any rate, plain
Justice would permit her to register her
thinking where It can actually influ
ence law making If a man may do the
came. And surely all who look broadly
at present human wrongs, whether or
not they can Just now agree with all the
"suffragette" methods, must honor tho
woman who stands for her right to help
iu. all these, world wide questions
BLANCHE HERSEY HOGUE.
Woman's Equality Discussed.
Oregon City, Or.. Oct. 25. To the Edi
tor of The Journal 1 am always Inter
ested In tho letters from the people that
your worthy paper bo kindly and gener
ously gives to tho public. I feel It to
be the duty of every progressive wom
an who wishes to upbuild and sustain
a better moral atmosphere of home and
nation to take exceptions to the article
written by Francis Bestty and published
In the "letters" on October 21. It lias
been truthfully stated that woman is
so constituted as to render the more
terdpi- offices of human duty her appro
priate sphere of action, but this by no
means justifies the assertion that her
mental abilities are only equal to her
physical nature. The pages of holy
writ and the history of nations have
on them the names of women of moral
and unsubdued strength. The world is
progressive and woman does not, ss In
the past, sit at the foot of the throne
and ask protection, but now stands by
the side of her king and holds the
scepter of equality. There may be those
of our sex who have no desire for the
ballot. That Is their privilege. Rfit I
ber; to differ with Francis Heatty's as-
SEVEN EMINENT
Francis
Sain Francis Xavier Is known as the
"Apostle of India." This noted Jesuit
was born April 7, 1506, and was educat
ed at the University of Paris, where he
later lectured, and there shared a room
with Peter Faber, a Savoyard, to whom
he became tenderly attached. In 1528,
Loyola, a middle-aged man, meanly clad,
worn with austerities and burning with
zeal, arrived at their college. Loyola
made friends with Faber, but Xavier
could not endure him and repulsed his
approaches. Loyola, discerning a desir
able spirit in Xavier, nevertheless perse
vered. One day Xavier had been lecturing on
philosophy, and having met with much
applause, was walking about in a high
state of elation when Loyola whispered
In his ear, "What shall It proit a man
If he gain the whole world and lose
his soul?"
The question startled Xavier, and
changed the current of his feelings
toward Loyola. From this on he asso
ciated himself with him and Faber in
study and devotion. Three other (stu
dents Joined them Lainez, Babadilla
and Rodrlguez-and on the 15th of Au
gust, 1534, the six met In a subter
ranean chapel of the church of Mont
martre and took vows of perpetual ce
libacy, poverty and labor for the con
version of Infidels. Such was the hum
ble beginning of the Society of Jesuits.
They resolved to place their lives at
the service of the pope, and while
preaching at Rome, In 1540, Xavier was
chosen to go as a missionary to India.
A -voyage- io-iftUlo- w a iodloue nur.l
prise in the sixteenth century. He sailed
from Liabonon the 7th of Aprll1641,
wintered In Africa, on the coast of Mo
zambique, and his ship did not reach
Goa until the 6th of May, 1542.
Xsvlar found the Portuguese of Goa
1912.
ertlon that women want tha right to
'"saw wood, shoulder arms and wear
men's clothing." Bh has sawed wood
In days of the past and suffered as
much as if she had shouldered arms.
But If ever women needed the privilege
of voting It Is surely at the present
timo and tha day jiavar da wned and
never will, .when women will uphold intemperance,-
the aoclal evil or -white
slavery. ISvery state that has given
suffrage to women has bettered condi
tions, and men who seek offices are
men above reproach, and If such condi
tion sxlst that are not for the better
mont of home or government, the. wom
en striv for a change. While I do not
plead for the right of suffrage, I be
lieve tho men of this state will not
allow thla opportunity to pass to place
the standard of equality In the hands
of their wlvts, mothers and sisters, and
plaoe them on an equal footing with
tho women of Washington ahd Califor
nia.. 1 . , MRS. R. M. C. BROWN, .
Roosevelt Caused Hard Times, Says
- Ta.
Portland. Or' Oct, 20. To the Editor
of The Journal In a Taft advertise
ment on the billboards around town la
found In red ink addressed to voters the
following; . '
vwhen you elected Mr. Tart lour
years ago there was unrest everywhere
and stagnation In business, :whtle to
day the country Is restored to Its nat
ural condition of peace, prosperity and
plenty," ..
, vvhee are. we at? , , .... '. '
So Roosevelt, the Republican presi
dent, brought on the'panlc of 1907 and
the "unrest and stagnation In bustness"
which Mr. Taft found to exist when he
became president In 1908, and although
It was "a big Job," as the advertisement
goes on to state, he has brought the
country back to its "natural condition"
for you. And here, Mr. Voter, la where
you get off under Mr. Roosevelt or Mr.
Taft. .
Is it not tlmo to say, .'A plague upon
both of your houses"? C.
Ncwa Forecast" of the
Week
Washington, D. C, Oct. 26. The week
will see the close of the presidential and
state political campaigns. All' parties
are preparing for the customary "whirl
wind" finish, although doubt is ex
pressed in well Informed quarters
whether the heaviest oratorical guns
that can be brought Into action will be
effective In dispelling the pall of Indif
ference w l th w hich... the nation a. JUnan-.
clal and business interests, and to a
great extent the public at large, ap
pear to await the outcome of the elec
tion oh" Novsnsbef 5.
Colonel Roosevelt expects to bo able
te attend the final campaign rallies or
his party In New York city,- Governor
Wilson has several speeches booked
for the week and Governor Marshall
will be heard In several of the western
states, winding up in Chicago the Sat
urday night before election.
President Taft has accepted an In
vitatlon to speak at the dedication of a
statue of Washington in Newark, N. J.
on Saturday. From Newark It is proB
able the president will go direct to Cin
cinnati to vote at the election.
Thursday Is the dny fixed for the
launching of the battleship New York,
now building at the Brooklyn navy
yard. The New York Is a sister ship
to the dreadnought Texas, recently
launched at Newport News. The two
vessels will be the largest ftghtln
ships of the American navy.
The cases of Sldna Allen and Wesley
Edwards, the only one of those alleged
to have been concerned Jn the Hllls
ville court house tragedy who have not
been tried, will be called-fof ITTal Mon
day at Wythevllle, Va, Allen and Ed
wards are alleged to have been the
principal conspirators in the plot that
resulted In the deaths of six persons
In the raid on the court house at Hills-
vllle. last March. It is reported that
they may plead guilty and accept life
term sentences in lieu of standing trial.
Many archbishops, bishops and clergy
of the Raman Catholic church will as
semble in Denver Monday to take, part
In the silver jubilee celebration of the
consecration of the Rt. Rev. Nlchotas
Matz, bishop of the Denver diocese for
the past 25 years.
The presidential election in Cuba Is
to be held Saturday and the result is
awaited with keen interest because of
the disturbed financial and political con
ditions In the island republic. Presi
dent Gomez declined the solicitations of
his friends and - supporters to accept
a renomlnatlon. The leading candidates
to succeed him are General Mario Men-
.ocal, Conservative, and Alfredo Zayas
the present vice president of the Re
public and the candidate of the princi
pal wing of the Liberal party. The lat
est news from Havana appears to jus
tify reasonable expectations that Oen
eral Mcnoeal can cftrry the election, es
fpecially since he had formed an al
liance with the second wing of the Lib
eral party under the leadership of Gen
eral Asbert, governor of Havana prov
ince.
Banks Herald: C. J. C. Prior, ex-agent
of the P. R. & N. at this point. Is now
on a claim in Crook county, and is mak
ing a flno start towards getting it ready
for farming. He finds the Indian mo
torcycle comes In handy In plowing,
pulling juniper and sagebrush.
MISSIONARIES
Xavier.
leading worse Uvea then the heathen,
except that they did not worship Idols,
so their conversion was his first busi
ness. He Earned the language of Mala
bar, and went preaching among the pearl
fishers, of whom it la said he converted
ten thousand. For seven years he faith
fully labored in those far-off lands. At
Malacca, then a great center of trade, he
met three Jesuits, whom Loyola had
sent to his aid, and wath them made a
tour through the Moluccas. At Malacca
he had also met a Japanese whose ac
count of his strange and populous coun
try induced Xavier to visit it. He
plckrd up as much of the language as
he could, and In August, 1548, landed in
Japan, and for about two j-ears traveled
through the Islands, making a host of
converts. His mission was continued
with great vigor by the Jesuits for near,
ly a century, when for some cause or
other the government took fright, mas
sacred the Christians, foreign and na
tive, and sealed Japan against Euro
peans until our own day.
Xavier next determined to plant his
faith in China, but the Portuguese mer
chants pleaded with him not to make
the attempt, as he would assuredly bo
the cause of their utter destruction.
Xavier was not to be moved by such
alarms, and persuaded a Chinaman to
run him ashore by night near Canton.
It was here on December 2, J552, the
holy man died, only 47 years of age
and in the twelfth year of his Asiatic
ministry. His body was carried to Goa".
and Ms shrine is to Catholics the holiest
4Un. in I he irac-F,at. In weal.
canonized, and by a papal brletin 1747
was pronounced, the patron saint f the
East Indies. - His festival is observed
on the 3d of December.
Tomorrow -John Eliot.
a.jjl,js..lll i m l jjLJJaj.. ' ..JH M
, His Gentlemanly "
From New York World,,- ' .
It la" characteristic , of Governor "MWlK"',,r """"
on that he should-seek to cancel big
speaking engagements until Mr. Roose
velt is again able to take part la the '
campaign. ,.-... . .. .'.', .
Thla la the spirit that Governor Wil-
aon naa displayed from the beginning .
of the contest No ar.Jldate for preel
dent ever conducted his campaign on a
higher plane. - He ha had no part In -the
battle of invective waged between
the Roosevolt and Taft forces. In none
of his speeches has he stooped to epi
thets or- peraonalltiea. Ho haa dealt
wholly with issues and principles of
government. So far as his part Is con
cerned, It has blen a carnpalgn of edu.
cation in the highest and best sense of
the term. - , 1
Inasmuch as both .he and Mr. Rooae
velt have been contesting for'the so-called
Progressive vote, It Is easy to understand
the' governor's motives In wishing to
make no more speeches while Mr. Rooae
velt is disabled. Nevertheless, there is
much truth in the comment of George
W. Perkins, of the Frogresalve commit-
tee, who said yesterday.' while expTeas
irig his ' appreciation of the governor's
courtesy! "I do not see why tho two
parties cannot continue their campaign
and have their candidates explain what
they stand for,"'.. .
Thia la not a campaign of infflviauBl
contestants for the presidency. It is
not a struggle among, Mr. Tuft and Gov
ernor Wilson and Mr. Roosevelt. It la
a conteat between great and conflicting
pnncipiea or government, and it must
necessarily go on. It could not atop
even if Bchrank'a bullet had done the
raurderoua work that the maniac ttx-
pected of it.
If this were merely u." campaign be
tween individuals It would not hav
been necessary for Governor Wilson to
mako a single speech. He was elected
the day he was nominated, and the re-
surt-has Tiavor-beeTt-ln -doubt; liufln
a campaign of vital principles it ia ea-
sennai tnat tho work of popular edtfea.
tlon should continue, not only on the
Democratic side, but on the Republican
aide and; on the Progressive side.
Believing as we do that tha election
of Governor Wilson at this time by an . '
overwneimmg majority Is essential to
the welfare of the United States; believ
ing as we do that the centralization and
personal government policies of tho Pro
gressive party are a distinct menace to
the future of Republican institutions,
we emphatically agree with Mr. Perkins
that tTieam'pTgh''iF6u1dp"'i: This
country needs such speeches' as Wood
row Wilson Is making. It has not need-
edJhenL more in .this generation IMn.it u.
needs them now. It was never more In
need of the sane political advice and
counsel of a well-balanced, clear-headed
statesman and historian who thlnkM In
principles and not in personalities.
We hope that tho campaign will ;,o
on. and that a sobered country, In the
light of the murderous attempt on Mr. " "
Roosevelt's life, will have a clearer con
ception of the direction in which all this
political violence of the past few years,
all this contempt for law and courts
and constitutional authority, Is leading
us. There is still great work for Wood
row Wllsoi to do before election day,
not as a candidate but as a. political
educator of the American people.
Always in Good H
umor
SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
According to "Archie" White, the Cin
cinnati banker who lives at the Plaza,
an English- guest at the hostelry was
recently presented with a bunch of
handsome roses. He took them to his
apartments and found no suitable re
ceptacle. So he placed them on the
table and wrapped them in a wet news
paper while waiting for the boy to an
swer the bell. When the youngster
came the Briton said:
"Bring me haw a rose jar." '
The boy saluted and went away.
After a lapse of time he returned. "Beg
pardon, sir," said lie. "but what was it
you wanted? He didn't understand."
"I want a "rose "jar haw,'-' said trie
Englishman, very distinctly. "A roso
Jar haw. Quite so."
The boy went away again. In due
lime he returned, bearing something
in his hand.
"The bartender." said he, . "thinks..
mebbe you've got mixed on the names
of these American drinks. He says he
thinks you meant a mint julep."
. THE ONE QUESTION.
Father was on the warpath, ond when
at last he came across Willie in an odd
corner of the garden tho engagement
commenced.
"Willie," demanded Mr. Smith, "have
you oaten any of those large, dessert
pears J left in the cupboard?" "
"Pa," replied the young hopeful. "I
cannot tell a lie. J have not touched
one."
William senior eyed William junior
wrathfully.
"Then, how is it," asked the parent,
that I found these three pear cores In
your bedroom, and there is only one
pear in the cupboard?"
"Father," said Willie, with an eye on
the garden gate, "father, that's the One
I didn't touch."
THE BEIT CURED MAN.
"There was a man In our town." said
the one who told the story, "well, he was
about the tallest and thinnest man I
ever saw. He looked to bo about seven
feet high, and I believe he was pretty
near it. One day an odd character met
him In the street and stopped him.
" 'Excuse me, sir," he began, 'but have
you ever had the dropsy?'
" 'No,' said the tall man, with dignity.
'I've never had the dropsy. Why do you
ask?"
" 'Well,' said the odd character, look
ing him over, beginning at his feet and
craning his neck as his glance traveled
upward to take In the entire altitude,
'I was Just thinking' if you'd ever had ,
the dropsy ' and again his glance trav
eled all the way back to the feet 'If -
you'd ever had the dropsy ' he re
peated, 1 was Just thlnkln' you wua
about the best cured man I ever seen. "
W'arning to tne
Voters of Oregon
The-proposed amendment to the eta to
constitution which will appear on the
official ballot in November as "Nos
Sos-9," if it carries will take away from
the people the right to govern them
selves in taxation matters and return
to the legislative and predatory and -private
interests the power to "regu
late" and "arrange" taxation measures. '
the inference being that-the people 4r "
not intellectually competent to paaa
h W t,!nvu ol Ihn nM. Tn ..
Upon sm:" mniis" mi.v tuiin, cyery 1
voter who believes the people ihouU I
rule arid-who believes "unequal taxation fN
is robbery, nnd who furth believes
That ' trie1 'peepie" ! "-"S eeiiw'wHr 9heutff 1
have the right to pass upon taxation
measures. before they become effective,
should voto No. 809 "No," and thus pre.
vent the amendment from becoming th
"law of Oregon C. S. JACKSON.
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