The Oregon daily journal., November 19, 1912, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER ID,
1812.
THE JOURNAL
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All department reached hy tbeee oaabere.
Tell tba Opiriitor whet department iron went
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(Jai Bnllillnit. Chicago. 1
ftihacrlptloa- Twim br melt or to any addreee
tb lulled SUM or Mexico,
" , . DAILY.
On ..,. ...5.00. 1 On moan.. 4 M
4 SUNDAY.
On rear ...S2.50 I On month -S3
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
On year... fT 50 One month.' $ .SS
smiled, as memories of school boy
riots. Quelled In like manner by the
head master's uudden presence, flit
ted Across thefr miuds.
A MAI) ARMY,
E
Who has Uiat breast so pura, ,
-But some uncleanly appreben
. .,; aions
. Keep lects, and . law-days, and
' r jn sessions sit
With meditations lawful ?
- Shakespeare.
TIIEm AMBUSII
A'
T THE late election, 37,076
electors voted to kill the Ore-
' gon Initiative by means of the
"majority rule" amendment
The vote against It was 67,089. The
majority against It Is 30,013.
. v 1 tA t r9 ttiA n AS Oil "A tt ftlAVm.
4 Uy v vt v tvt vau uivBOuiQ is aim ur
lng. It fs a far heavier vote than the
opponents of the Initiative have ever
been able to poll.' The vote for the
constitutional convention, which was
I another subterranean plan for klll-
lng the Initiative, was only about
I 23,000. The vote of November 5
! will be-encouragement to them to
? try, try again.
J 'Poubtless the deceptive title to
the bill, couched In the euphonious
t words "majority rule," captured nu-
I xnerous unsuspecting voters. Doubt
S less, the fraudulent campaign llter-
ature heralding the measure as a
plan tor "preserving the initiative"
! decoyed others. There la ,no doubt
I that still others were unconvinced
i that the experience In Oklahoma
i would be the experience in Oregon,
L.IWd .actually voted for the amend
I . ment In the belief that It was a vir
I tuous measure.
Moreover, the great money cara
; paiga In which thousands of secretly
J contributed dollars were expended,
' bore its fruit in unsuspecting votes.
It was a splendidly stealthy cam
i paign, full of cuL-lng, rich in decep
1 tlon and admirable in execution. If
J we are appalled at what might have
4 happened to this one weapon of the
I . people, If we are staggered at the
heavy vote that was polled for its de-t-J5tructipn,
we must still admire the
manner In. which the reactionaries
J ..planned and executed their great
tw4wK
M V
VERY year, 12,000 patients are
discharged from Bellevue hos
pital -"Tit subjects for : mental
breakdown, and often for tho
Insane asylums," Is the statement of
Dr. Gregory, resident alienist at the
institution. .
They are for the most part per
sons with delusions, obsessions and
fixed Ideas resultant from alcohol
ics and other excesses and weakness
es. They are not mentally diseased
to an extent necessitating confine
ment, but are yet in the borderland
of insanity.
The stress of life, self Indulgence,
poverty, worry, bad habits and ab
normal living have all In a measure
contributed to their mental deterior
ation. it is all part of the high
pressure of our present civilization
With 12,000 thus turned adrift
rrom a single New York hospital,
what is the startling aggregate for
the whole country? Add to it the
mental and moral degeneracy inher
ent and present to a greater or less
degree in a heavy fraction of men
and Women, and what farther need
Is there to look for causes of the In
crease of crime?
In the face of the staggering facta
thus presented what wonder that
in the three year period of 1908,,
1909 and 1910, the Increase of crime
over the three year period of 1901,
1902 and 1903 was 312 per cent in
the capital punishment states? In
the presence of this grand army of
neurotics and near madmen "fit
subjects for mental breakdown andl
often for the insane asylums" of
what possible avail is a gallows and
an executioner for the arrest of
crime?
Worse than all, what a tragedy of
the race to supply this multitude of
mental breakdowns and candidates
for the lunatic asylum with revolvers
and ammunition without investiga
tion, without inquiry and without
thought of the morrow?
life.- Choice la made la tens of 'sum is a lant one. Granted that no
thousands of cases on a basis of hapriextravagant sum Is .spent on buying
hazard, happy-go-lucky chance. It
is , the means by which : many a
career Is stranded and many a dere
lict thrown upon the beach
. Possibly, th aid of the schools
might further fitness In 'selection.
But it is in greater care and effort
by parents that boys are to be saved
from the tragedy of a misfit In the
choice of a career.
MISS BROOK'S CHARGE 1
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A STATE MEDICAL SERVICE
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"Tof the present, the system la safe.
Tor the hour, the ,peoplb still have
."the initiative, and with that splen
did 'weapon in hand, are for a time
Independent of the legislature.
But there is no absolute security.
, The opponents of the initiative never
- sleep. They attempted the constU
tutlonaj convention ruse. They
. .Jbrpught out the assembly scheme.
, They tried to kill the eysiem In the'
supreme court of the United States.
T, , . A a fJieix '.. latest subterfuge, they
. poured out thousands of dollars in a
.bold aggressive "majority rule" pro
gram, and actually called upon the
. " people to adopt It.
. ,J- The 37,076 votes that they de
, coyed into support of It, is an ap-
, palling achievement. It is incredi
ble that the people should have been
found so completely off ibeir guard.
- But for the aggressive efforts of a
few of its best friends, the initiative
.... might have been lost, and lost fo$
all time.
Perhaps the 37,076 votes cast for
the ambush of the Oregon electors
. will be a warning. Perhaps.
.THE BRITISH SPEAKER
T
HE sneaker of the House of
Commons Is the Honorable
James Lowther. Tho recent
uproar and disturbance in the
House Is attributed in many ijuarters
to a lack of firmness In his ruling,
and to his failure to roeelvo tho
same unquestioned respect as has
. fallen to the lot of other speakers
- of happy memory and for this
same lack of respect the speaker Is
blamed.
Probablyno personality, however
respected, no ruling, however per
emptory and severe, would have
helped when once -the House got
completely out of hand, especially
,when the outbreak had been delib
erately planned beforehand.
There wan a prospect for the same
; kind of trouble when the first Home
Rule Bill was before the House forty
years ago, and Charles Edward Pnr
nell was at the Vight of his obstruct
. lreness. The House was in com
mittee and tho chairman of com
mittees was in charge. The uproar
was tremendous and blows on the
ve of hpns fnrrhrm trort a v
- . ... ri'vv.. I II U
. : - critical moment, the chairman sent
, for the speaker. When the House
' la In committee the (speaker does
not leave "his room, at the rear of
1 and outside the House, so ho is avail
able at a moment's' notice. Lord
Peel was then speaker a man of
splendid presence and commanding
demeanor, It 1s told how when the
tall figure of the speaker appeared,
, In his chair, in all the impressivc
' Bess of wig and gown, a hush fell
( w t onc on the noisy houBe. JWem
Wrt'.who lmd in vade3 the T Beats of
t their, opponents fell apart, and slunk
back Into their places. Hats that
were knocking about on the floor
were restored to their owners and
pP-'uful silence- and- deconfm pre
vnlled. The storj proceeds'that.jthe
jjcmbelfs looked at each" otherand
rv- ,
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HILE the Home Rule Bill has
been in debate at Westmin
ster Mr. Lloyd-George has
been in frequent conference
with the advisory committee of the
British Medical association, and his
last offers appear to have been ac
cepted by the doctors.
If hia-ultimatum were rejected the
chancellor told them that a state
medical service would be at once or
ganized, working in close coopera
tion with the public health and the
educational authority. He sketched
the proposed provisions for a city
of 200,000 people.
At the headof the service would
be a "principal medical officer,"
not only a "skilled clinician," compe
tent to direct and upervise the work
of subordinate doctors, but an ef
ficient administrator. Next to him
would come a. staff of trained spe
cialists, to respond to the demand of
the ordinary doctor. at any momeaL
Then would come the general prac
titioners, young and old. These
would work on a regular system,
with provision for night calls and
other emergencies. A staff of
trained and efficient -nurses would
complete tho organization. A full
hospital service for urgent cases
would also be required.
The entire number of trained doc
tors, surgeons, specialists, and
nurses, would be paid as, and would
form part of, the civil service of the
'country.
But this system is not likely to
be soon set In operation. The In
creased pay now offered to the in
surance doctors amounts in all to
$2.16 for each insured person and
this, at from 1000 to 1500 patients
to one doctor's district represents a
large increase on the present aver
age of their receipts.
Improved Service, however, will bo
asked of them. They are to issue
certificates to Insured persons to en
able them t'- secure sickness or dis
ablement benefits. They are to
keep records of patients and their
Illness, and to be responslblo for a
higher and more careful itandard of
treatment.
The chairman of the doctors' com
mittee told the chancellor t,hat tho
scheme would open n way to a series
of medical crusades, beginning with
tuberculosis.
IS3 BROOKS of West Ham
mond fame, may bo right At
least, she is brave:
In an address, she described
how corrupt decisions are handed
down from the municipal bench In
Illinois, and how the state's attor
ney's office Is "swayed by political
power." She says that in the Cook
county courts, the Judge form their
decisions according to the Instruc
tions of the men who deliver them
the most votes, and that persons
controlling the most votes, get mini
mum fines.
There Is a municipal court In Ore
gon, in which an acting Judge was
indicted for offering to accept u
bribe, and who escaped punishment
on the ground that the "briber did
not pay over the bribe money. The
episode leads to the belief that Miss
Brooks might not be wrong respect
ing courts in Illinois. Scarcely
a more extraordinary perversion of
the court function could occur than
that which is of record in Oregon.
Probably, there Js. more of fear
than of venality in average courts
everywhere. Judges fear to defy the
ancient forms of court, practice and
procedure. They also cringe and
quake before the possible attacks of
a scurrilous and venal press.
Before very long, all this will be
changed. The agitation againBt the
weaknesses and nonsensical quib
bling of courts Is growing. Pres
ently, it will, force a change.
Even from the lawyers there Is
protest. Justice McBride of the Ore
gon supreme court recently said:
"Procedure is not the end for which
law was instituted, but the means by
which justice may be administered
in an orderly manner."
Addressing an assembly of law
yers, Charles H. Carey, a Portland
lawyer, recently said:
Under out" code an elaborate ayatem
of tochnloal rules of pleading has grown
up. Much time Is waited on demurrers
and motions which are filed In nearly
every suit. Technical niles which con
fine parties to definite Issues are ob
structlons to ultimate Justice. Courts
and lawyers now make justice a sec
ondary consideration. They proceed on
the theory that the rules must be ad
hered to, even though the result la to
bring victory to the party who ought
not to win, and they have built up fine
theories of the law under which prece
dent must be followed to absurd conclusions.
land, It Is not open to doubt that an
auditorium that will answer the de
mands for both sufficient space and
a reasonable amount of adornment
can bo constructed.
The vital question is one of time
The large and solid structures that
have been erected l.n thlatlty within
the last year or two, and the dates
of their commencement and comple
tion, offer crounds.for a reasonable
conclusion as to how long it is", neces
sary to allot Until competent ex
pert knowledge advises us that the
building cannot be completed by the
fixed day set for the Christian Cltl
zenship Conference let us proceed
with all possible speed to the pro
vision of the site. Under existing
conditions not One day should be
lost.
The Jealous Yakima husband who
killed one and wounded another
with his revolver a they returned
with his wife from a dance, says he
didn't intend to kill anybody. Per
haps he didn't But one of his vic
tims' fs dead. That is what a revol
ver does for Jealous husbands. That
is what the revolver Is for. .
Letters From tlie People
iConimunlciittcnii , tn Tti lnn.it.1 r
pohllcitUm tn tbl leptrtmeot abonld h
written on oclr on tide ef tb paper, taoold
oot eseeed 800 wordi In lenctb end mmt ha
icrampanIM bj tbe nam. end ddreaa of the
ender. If tb wmv doe not deilro to hat
tb nam published, be ubiuld o lUt.
A'
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MISFIT CAREERS c
SUGGESTION for K9 of
schools as employment bureaus
has come from a merubr-r 0f
the Wisconsin Industrial Com
mission,
It ia considered t that , records of
children's aptitudes for various em
ployments should be kept in the pub
lic schools. Teachers can best' tell
what their pupils are adapted for.
and can, through the proposed rec
ords, direct them to the most prom
ising vocations.
, This plan Is not entirely new. The
vocation bureau of the City of Bos
ton aids in directing the future oc
cupation of children in the schools
of the city. In Ohio tho truant offi
cer is required by a recent law to
keep on file a list of children be
tween fourteen and sixteen years of
age who have received school cer
tificates, such lists to be at ail times
accessible la. prospective -employers.
'No problem is more vexing than
the selection of vocation. In, no field
are so many blunders made. Many
an alleged lawyer should be a car
penter. The vocations anil profes
sions are full of misfits.. "
Pftieata. Jie mselv es . jexiodulittle
heed to this primal step in a boy's
ALBANY COLLEGE
LBANY is In the midst of a cam
paign to raise a new endow--ment
for Albany college.
James J. Hill has contributed
$50,000 on condition that friends of
the Institution will raise a sufficient
additional sum to lift the aggregate
to $250,000.
Already $105,000 of the required
sum has been pledged, and the pres
ent effort is to secure the balance.
It ought to succeed. The leader
ship of every educational Institution
ia of invaluable service to the state
and the country. Every new student
drawn into the class rooms is a new
recruit for better and stabler insti
tutions, city, Btate and national.
The denominational college has Its
established place. Many parents pre
fer to have their sons and daughters
educated at such an institution.
They regard the moral forces that
environ it aa essential in creating
bhe highest type of citizenship.
As never before, there is now a
country-wide realization of the need
of pushing education from every an
gle and by every process. The Rock
efeller foundation is example of a
national trend. Lesser philanthrop
ists are Impressed with a realization
that colleges are with the common
schools a bulwark of self govern
ment, and are casting about for in
stitutions upon which to make be
stowals. But they 'are not endowing debt
ridden colleges. A college debt is
a proof of financial mismanagement,
and evert philanthropy has a head
for finance.
In campaigning for an ample en
dowment, the friends of Albany col-
lego are laying the groundwork for
racking it a stable and substantial In
stitution. When they have done
that, they will have opened the way
for the institution to become the re
cipient of large bestowals from
abroad.
Albany has a reputation of getting
what she goes for, and there will be
state-wide Interest and encousage
ment in the present endowment campaign.
Criticises The JoarnaL
Portland, Or.. Nov. 14. 1912. To the
Editor of The Journal In your issue of
the 12th is an editorial, "The Socialist."
wnicn appears to me so Inappropriate
and unfeeling- as to b really shocklnsr.
It begins, "The owner of the Appeal
to Reason has committed suicide. Sui
cide Is a violent death. The Appeal la
a violent publication. Out of the tur
moil aroused by the paper's course, it
is easily understandable how it owner
sought surcease."
Now, however much one may deplore
or condemn the method of his exit, or
differ with his views, a man of his great
aunties (ror to build up a paper In the
face of the most powerful opposition
and bitter persecution and harassing, to
an ordinary circulation of 600,000 to
800,000, and during the past 10 wetfks of
over 1,000,000 copies per week, requires
unusual ability), and unselfish devotion
to a cause which he believed to be whol
ly In the Interest of humanity, Is de
serving at least that his going be an
nounced In terms less bitter and con
temptuous. Webster defines violent as "moving
or acting with physical strength, ex
cited by strong feeling of passion; sec
ond, committing outrages." I was not
personally acquainted with Mr. Way
land, but I knew of his years of unsel
fish effort to better the condition of
his fellow man. And, in all I have read
of his writing, or otherwise learned of
him, I have found nothing to Indicate
an Inclination tovvard violence. And
this, committed against himself, Is the
first of which I have learned.
Equally prejudicial and unjust.' It
seems to me. Is your criticism of his
paper. I have been a constant reader
of the Appeal to Reason for probably
10 years or more, and, while It has un
hesitatingly attacked corruption wher
ever found, told unpleasant truths, and
exposed vicious and disgraceful condi
tions (now being prosecuted by the fed
eral government for one such exposure),
sometimes in strong language, which
high authorities, big grafters and pow
erful interests were anxious to keep
from the public, and which most papers
of general circulation for some reason,
exclude from their columns, It har all
these years consistently opposed vlo
lence, and warned Its readers against It
in all cases, as not only unwise, but
worse than useless. It has counseled a
peaceful uniting at the polls as abso
lutely the only way to successfully right
tne existing wrongs.
In decrying the supposed fallacies of
Socialism, your editorial says, "In this
country we have the ballot The plain
people have the numbers. They cat
get exactly such government as thev
want under a democracy If they vote
right
Now, If It Is "violent and turbulent
. i . . .. . . ...
ior mo ji'yvni 10 advocate this very
course, why Is It less so for the Jour
nal 7
because ine Appeal seeks a pur
aemocracy, ana The Journal a patched
suDstuute.
Because of Its abundant evidence of
the unscrupious lawlessness of the em
ployers when in confict with their em
ployes (Incident of universal knowledee.
planting dynamite by Jhe mill owners
at Lawrence), It lends Its support to
me prosecuted laborer because It as
sumes . his probable, and often known,
Innocence. The turmoil It has created
has been among those whose graft and
corruption it lias interfered with
V. B. MATHEWS,
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGS
.Whomsoever els the rock piles get,
tney should. get the roacquereaux. ;
- Mlgnt'nt It be well to revive th, old
fashioned country school house debate T
. . .: .,
"Why. of course Oregon can beat rh.
country la the quality of Its products, if
It tries, 'j .
In thi next (lntur itHma mnA In.
efficiency will be viewed, and treated,
very differently. . . '
The railroad
gtv) any advice or explanation ot tha
new railroad rat law. . , -
A professor claims to have discovered
a sure preventive of baldheadedneas.
But wouldn't It use be cruelty to files?
In him Thartbae-lvln m. nmnlanuMim
Governor Wllaon rtldn'i .van m.rLtt.
Colonel Roosevelt, nor his own great
luck. . '
How tnanv mAVa
lng aa far as possible, only Oregon
made productsT And why dont mor
i avt ,. ,
This is a Wflr Tfhatn ell MiMota
i mis region auenaing tne snow can
feel proud of their state and -section
ot country.
mm..
Wilson and Rooaevnlt rh havtnar far.
rled California half a dozen times, let
both, or neither, have it; It won't mak
any difference. 1
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An alienist testified that fii-ttnnV
might be a ' dano-eroua fullow. Whn
would have suspeoted this 'without the
nl AnlU ... J
Man says he can't understand whv
many Of the merchants can afford tn
sell goods at "half price," or away
e
Among- tha many who lost nut hv
Just a few vote was Nicky Longwortlr.
And being the son-in-law of an ex-presl-dent
may be no consolation.
It would ba difficult atiweaiafiillv tn
dispute King Nicholas' assertion that
the status quo has been disturbed or
superseded. Indeed, it seems to hav
been aleaquatulated.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
I
Seanlde Signal:, Leer A Trloe yester
day butchered a steer for George Mil-
mru uii ureaaea oiose to ISUtt pounds,
A.'iTe animal tipped the scales at
2100. This comes pretty close to a
cumpiunamp record ror weight.
A.- General War?
From the Chicago Tribune
Austria's position at present Is on
of desperate necessity. She willing ly
would set Europe afire to boll her egg
if there were fair assurance that the
SB, boiled, would be hers. "
jrort uriora xriDune: -r waJton wmi I Ah.., ......
rori unora. ti round riva. intrtiim,. l -
lng his garden on his Hubbard creek ; "Austria-Hungary has her eyes Upon
homestead on the evening of tbe list I the Balkan peninsula,, and she realizes
' '- . ,r-. n- ... t-', i tna..,ie -aer, supremacy in tne uaucana .
Iioscburir Review: Doii-ias enimtv tali. . n..,nn m v.thi.,.. 1
on tne map every year when it come I morVcertaln then than lhat Austr l
i??W?' ? '"lit, -..More 'mo "".,N T?k JSLVL h!
this vk. hnn w. J i 4.1.. 1 rrSiHmTnlb-t n Ttrfl ' " - ' '
quality Is Increasing, rapidly from year
Pndleton East Oregonlan: Charles
Hammond, well known oldtlme resident,
has Just received a letter from his niece
A dispatch from Vienna say s that
Austria has presented an ultimatum to s
Servla, and declines any lengthy nego
tiations. :VrH' "!"",f ? v""1 ; ':'i':'.::.;?.'i
In London Premier Asaulth has said:
In London aaylng, that he recently aw I "Upon one thing I believe the general .
pictures of the Pendleton Roundup in opinion, of Europe to be unanimous.
5n3?,cturl ,how ,n Manor Garden, Lon- that the victors-are not to be robbed
Corvallls Gatette-TiTneii. Th. fir. d.J ' Mr. Asquith means that it is the fixed '
partment did some effective drilling on opinion of the British government and
the streets last night. A number of the flxsd opinion of the Russian gov-
L," hB werS lftd and the boys ernment Trance acquiescing, that Aus-
got Into the Work, with a vim. w .? ?L . ..... .
sometimes wonder 1? the people under: "V. ""f.'
stand or appreciate how Inuch energy or' , s
and good spirit tha fire boys put into The Austrian dilemma is easily, under
their effort to make their unpaid serv- stood. "An Austria barred from Ger
ice effective. .. . man hes-emnnv." aavn Profeaaor Gib
bons, "must carve out for itself a way
For mud ullno-l no- . ," "u "
the Marshfleld and. c-uiiia hirh moUZl 10 Mediterranean through a tern-
football teams havj the politicians-beat
Con u Ills Herald
DoiitieianiJiAat. tory of Slav subjects or forever remain
en tn a frazzle, as those who witnessed In hopeless subserviency to Prussianized
the game played la thin city last Sat, Germany." Frederick tha Great taught
n?nty IJf'XIX' Slt,h-er,5,1; w?n h Austrlans that, Bismarck repeated
mud in their hair and mud on their
the lesson. The future of Austria ia Jjn '
olothlnar everywhere. However. ranA the east and upon that future. Servia
feclina orevalled. I Is closlnsr the door.
I Anartrla.lTiinanrv haal two SnOrt
Oscar L. Bmatl wood haa lannphad atl.t .k. .t. . i..i.
.... . , , . . 1 M UUPOI Ul biJQ AUI ICtllU.
orrh?ei"r:, pa5'd" which trade find, an outlet through tha
Drlnted on book nan-r Mr Rm.iiwnd Stralta of OtrantO. controlled By Italy,
declares his purpose to be "to make it Greece and, until recently, Turkey,. A
the farmers' paper throughout the atate great empire seeking its prosperity tn
and the Pacif lo northwest." He will the worid'a - marketa - la everywhere
n,i irMi-r?BV.a,rIner.'l0,f e"tern barred from trade routes. Two sea
ana middle west states that remain ,! ii..x ... . .
there only because thev do not know pori? Ln a jiarrowly inclosed sea and a
of Oregon and Its magnificent advan- route by th Danube to tho Black aa
WOODROW WILSONS FIDDLE
From tho New York' Evening Poat
Haa tha president-elect of the United
States anything ln common with the late
Nero? Or does he now plan to take ad
vantage of his few remaining days as a
simple, free citizen and "follow ln the
footsteps of Paganlnl and Bob Taylor?
These speculations were Inspired by
the presence, in the workshop of Hans
Tletgen, at No. 12 West Fortieth street,
of a mysterious violin, an aged and
battered instrument, which came accom
panied by a card bearing tha legend,
"Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Princeton,
N. J. . Personal. Tuning post Bridge.
Scroll." A young woman brought It four
days ago and explained that the ' last
three words of the Inscription on the
card Indicated the number of repairs de
sired. Yesterday she called at the work
Shop, paid Herr Tletgen's fee, and, de
parted with the violin. She vouchsafed
no name or other explanation, and the i
violin maker asked for none hence the
mystery.
The natural assumption Is, of course,
tbat Governor Wilson has either nursed
ln secret a desire to be a violinist or
intends to indulge a new ambition. If
be Is passing through an agonizing no
vitiate, no one can blame him for pre
serving secrecy, but If. on the other
hand, he has for years hidden his mu
sical candle so to speak, under a scho
lastic and political bushel, he will not
be so readily forgiven. A suggestion
that he ia preparing to follow the ex
ample of Nero holds little water; he
might under certain conditions make
Rome howl, but ln nothing he spoke or
wrote during the campaign. Is there an
intimation that he plans to fiddle while
are the only outleta of its trade. Austria
is waweu in.
To get, out Austrian statesmanship af
began to cut a way to the Aegean sea.
Bosnia was annexed, throwing Servla to -the
east Into an agony of apprehension.
Bosnia was annexed with Heraegovina
Between Servla and
watchlnrr a general conflagration.
Herr Tletgen's deductions provide no on the Adriatic.
clue to a solution. His comments are Montenegro Is the Turkish subprovlnoe
made purely from the standpoint of a ' Novi-bazar, over which Austria once
technician; -. had administrative authority. Tbe
"Ach, it la a rotten fiddle," he said, Austro-Hungarlan atate railroads run
and made a motion as if to ter hia from Budapest to ae frontier of thla
beard at tha memorv. "Thar la an mnrh province. From Mltrovltaa, in tha Turk
wood so much I It could for a week in Ish province of Kossava, a railroad
water lie already, and yet would it hurt
be not. It cannot be that your president
It will ploy upon. No, that believe I not.
Eefore that ahould happen, for him I
would make with these hands a fiddle.
Yes, I HanS Tletgen."
He went on to say that the Instrument
was made about 100 years ago in Ger
many ln some institution where they
turn out several dozen like it every day,
and ship them away by the carload. He
had heard that one of the president-
runs to Salonika, on the Aegean.
A 60 mile gap in Novi-bazar separates
the Salonlka-Mltrovitza line from the
Austro-Hungarlan railroads. Austrla'a
imperial future, her trade and develop-'
ment depended on connecting these rail
roads and being assured of control of
the territory through which they run.
Thus the empire would escape from its
confining wall and find open ports.
If, aa Mr. Asquith says, the Balkan
victors are not to be robbed of the
fruits of victory, Austria will not be
I , , . , ... , . 1IUUB Ui V jr , AU9U1A Will IlUb UH
nla th- vn! Z ' """ Bu7 allowed to ahove her shoulder Into Novl-
IZ VJ tSr nT0 ,Wh ;rUfht b"r. between Servia and Montenegro,
Jf V ?Vn0t 5elng ieECh?r "4 reach on down to the sea If she
of violin, and he therefore prefers to ,. , ,h. , , e
rr. Ti, ... -'7 her statesmanship comes abruptly to
Miss Wilson rather than for her father.
nothing. The wall ia built up on her.
WHY COUNSEL DELAY?
I
T IS to be hoped that the conclu
sions of Bishop Scadding, that it
is already not possible to have
the auditorium ready for use by
the World's Christian Citizenship
Conference next Jjily, are not shared
by the citizens of Portland general
ly.' The Bishop seems to overlook
the fact that every available site in
the city has been scrutinized ard de-?
bated, and that the choice has been
so narrowci-dowa that na mora time
need now be spent, or Wasted, in de
veloping other locations for selec
tion. - .
The recent vote has cleared the
air. A conclusion has been reached
that the $600,000 already available
aust-auiliCA. . Xhe. ,xoaU .therefore
must be cut to buK the cloth. The
Purposes of Socialism.
Portland, Nov. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal. Is Socialism a shifting
name? The serious man, on investigat
ing a subject, would obtain and study
the standard works in reference to its
structure. For example, money; he
would find different assertions ln as
many different books, but being serious
he looks not for assertions, but facts.
He then finds an economist who states
facts and proves them. Money is a
measure of value, and a standard by
which the values of all other articles
are expressed in price. He finds that
in early history other object of crytal
lzed quantities of social labor, were used
to measure value. Perhaps our serious
man is also a reformer, and wishes to
abolish "white slavery." He is lnformed
that there is an organization ln the city
which is striving for the same end. In
reading an evening paper (which is es
sentially a near-black mall sheet) he
finds this organization Is enveloped in
a scandal of an immoral and degenerate
nature. Our aerlo.ua.man '.docs not con
demn, he must first find out the prin
cipals for which they stand. He finds
they are diametrically opposed to vice
and degeneracy; he finds that to speak
Of vice in- this organisation would mea'i.
ejection. But he. haa not found the
cause (and a reasoner always looks for
causn), In reading over statistics he
finds that In Munich, Germany, there
were 260 registered prostitutes, the
wives of day laborers. In America h
finds that with hard times, and from
want the old laborer's ohildj torn from
his arms, to go on the ..alter of lust and
die. . He finds on deeper study that the
real cause of want, Is the individual
owaeraWB.PJI.the.PQcIaHyused. .Biachia.,
ry. It la obvlou now that to cure this
evil (that shatters the ideals of real
women and men) Mt is necessary to
abolish tha cause the profit system.
43ut he must replace It with a system
where all producers will receive the full
social value of their labor, H finds
that the Socialists are educating and or
ganising with the rant goal in-vtew, u
disagrees. aa to different polnta of at
taining that aim, with some of them.
His opinion was to organize the workers
Industrially and politically, the former
as the future system of society, and to
gain concessions under capitalism, the
latter for the peaceful solution of the
question, the twentieth century's meth
od of settling disputes, the majority will
of the people. That our "serious man"
disagrees with his fellow workers, that
stand on physical force alone, or polit
ical action, pure and simple, does not
mar the salient fact of the governing
factor, the abolition of all forms of
slavery, so that girls and boys will be
ln a clean and pure environment and the
home will reign supreme, with mother
hood raised above the aordldnesa of eco
nomic fear, MISS IRENE GOODE.
Compares Murderers With Weeds.
Portland, Nov. 16. 1912. -To the Editor
ot the Journal Those murderers await
ing execution at Salem richly deserve
hanging. As weeds have to be cut down
or pulled out root and branch, ln order
that, good and useful plants may grow
to usefulness and perfection that other
wise would be dwarfed or choked out by
the weeds, ao it is with' those noxious
weedp of the human family.; It eeems
to society that the. better way for the
protection of the people is to destroy
those noxious human weeds, and cover
them over with earth, that they may not
b seen or heard of more.
But then, God pity ua all, if everyone
got his deserts; I fear that not many,
even those carrying high heads, could
cast the first .etone. Apnin, hanging
doesn't seem to do much good. Just as
quick as those murderers are gone.
others spring up to take their places,
and, as If inspired by those evil eplrits
that have been liberated from the flesh,
seem Incited to commit deeds of greater
horror and violence than hav boen com-,
mltted by the preceding ones. Hang
ing is murder, too, although legalized
and it looks as if the bfltter way would
be Imprisonment for life, for "vengeance
is mine, saith the Lord; I will rpay."
MRS. L. O'BRIEN.
l.t ' Vi "? V Bajr ttD0Ul lt Servla, now on her flank, would be
. J. V . . . repairs were thrown acro-s her pathway.
rnaao mj ween. ju in ume ior me Thl, ls tn9 Auatrian dilemma. With
ueimuuma inp or uoyernor wuson, Rui8l8) frankly menacing her If she.
cams a very euspjcjous unge over me crowda that ahouldar in, with Asquith
whole proceeding and encouragea the delicately backing up Russi an France
thought that scale-running and finger- firmly attached to the pollclea of these
lng exercises, Interspersed perhaps with two powers by tha bond of the triple
iurney in ine eiraw ana i-orKea I ,ntnnte
eer. in quality or vionn music he To commit her future to the tet of a
mut have heard in hi arly youth i enral war in Eurooa Austria muat
Virginia, ana very now ana then a have the consent of the triple alliance.
Bach prelude or a Mozart sonata, may Which means Germany. Italy, h er other
yet float from behind a closed blind of ally, was thought to be wavering In the
the White House. bonds of this alliance, but now seema to
be acting with Austria.
Have, and tha whole raat nollcv o Thai H Germany Is ready. for war. Europe
Journal would auonort the idea, that will have Jt Sensible Englishmen may
Dure democracy la a hattar method of ever-Imaginative at time, but so pat
controllina- those wh era not nrfot. ent'a fact aa GermAny'e determination
who are avaricloua and arasDlne after to aubmlt her hegemony to the trial of
wealth
control la needed In the Industries .as
badly as in politics. And what is the!
essential difference which rendera It
necessary that we should always en-
dura Industrial feudalism? I under
stand that the recently organized so
ciety for the prevention of the exten-
battle when the ripe opportunity cornea
needs no imagination for Its interpreta
tion. Men like Lord Roberts In England
are not likely to feed their countryman
with sensations for the pleasure they
find In handing out the food.
If Germany is not ready Austria will
abandon her future. Diplomacy might
slon of socialism will give a handsome solve the difficulties, but not along the
Socialism and Perfect People.
St. Johns. Or., Nov. 15. To the Editor
of Tbe Journal In an editorial In
Thursday's paper, concerning Socialism,
you say: It Is not the form of gov
ernment that makes liberty.
When they (the people) fit themselves
for perfectly governing themselves they
will have perfect government regard
less of the form of administration."
According to this, then, the change
that has. been wrought ln Oregon ln
tile matter of the election of United
States senators, for instance, was due
to a suddenly Increased "fitness" on the
part of the voters, without regard to
the form ff- administration. The Jour
nal shourr be the last to make such an
Implication. It has always been a con
sistent and powerful advocate of that
"form of administration" known s the
Oregon syatem, of a purer and broader
democraey. In thla The journal ia ln
perfect accord with the first great
principle of Socialism. All tbat So
cla!tsM"'sttr-ls arr-wrtenston ?ftnf
democracy to cover industrial as Weil
as political affairs. And how does The
Journal reason that (quoting from ah
editorial of the 12th) "their ideal, 'or
auccees, must have perfect men and
women, an ideal 'that this world will not
realize in a thousand years?''. Does
pure -democracy demand perfect men
and 'wcmenr'rrTha Boclallar JdeaT as
sumes npttflng of tha sort W be-
sum for a satisfactory difference be
tween political ana industrial coopera
tion
Many men will vote wrong under any
system, no doubt But the question of
democracy la whether they man manag
their own affairs better than their lords
and masters would do It for them. At
present men have.no vote, in the man
agement of their Industrial affairs.
The Journal recently published I
statement of express business profits
to the extent of 800 per cent per an
num.
lines set forth by Asquith. Servla muat
be robbed if Austria ia to be aatlaflad.
Always in Good Humor
HER FIGHTINO CLOTHES.
From Louisville Co urir-Journal.
A certain matron allude to a certain
gown of hera aa her "quarrel dress."
1. always wear it," ana expnuaa,
"when I have had a quarrel with my
poes anyone believe that if the busband.
people 'controlled this business demo- But wny ao you can n a quarrel
CraticaHy for themselves they could dress?"
possibly, make mistakes enough to cost
such a price? A. W. VINCENT,
Ills That Flow From Liquor.
Portland, Nov. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal This la an expreasion of
appreciation of tha work don by our
Because it is the only gown I hav
quently I don't hAva to c&U on the
old grouch to help me."
DIGNITY MAINTAINED.
From Judge.
This atory has been going tha rounda
governor in his crusada aenlnst lllearal of Boston about the 10-year-old aon of
concerns. The liquor business, ln par- director Kuaaeu or me xsosion opera
tieuiar, deserves rigid Justice, and if nouse: ..
this is not sufficient, abolition from tha One evening during an entra'aota at
state Is the onlv loelcal solution. r!rav the opera house Master Russell waa
dangers present themselves and we promenading alone In tbe foyer. A Boa
should thank our chief executive for hla ton matron began to make harself
foresight. If the neonla of Drornn "agreeable."
would ston to consider th inrinanrM n You are Director Ruaseiia little boy.
tho liquor business upon society faml- I area t your sno asKea, witn patronizing
lies, individuals and especially ohtldren, sweetness-
no such concern- would be allowed to Master Russell resented this Intrusion
exist. A few Illustrations of the re- n his dignity, but his courtly manners
aulta of liquor drinking will emphasize wr8 unruffled. "Yes, madam," he -'re
us dangera. piled, witn an eiaooraie now.
in the city of Cleveland 70 Der cent of wnere were you uunw
its pauper children are in that condition T trance, maaam sugntrf mora
becausn of tha drinklnar hnhlt nt nn. nr I frigid.
both parents. Cleveland paid, ln 1911. "What part?" continued the lady, fel-
U.298.9O0 to care for her poor. Of this ln8" tne conversation wen startea.
i0 per cent can be chara-ed to tmn A" oi me, maaam.
drink,
Crimes result. Tha resident of - tha
Prison Commission ln Scotland at
tributes 90 per cent of ali crimes to tha
use of liquor. In Ireland the fieure
are placed at about 85 per cent, and In
England at 75 per cent.-. ...
Degeneracy Is a common result. Con
servative atatistielana state that about
Oft . .A 4. t i . . .
And he bowed and walked away.
Pointed Paragraphs
u
A woman always looks on tha bright
Side of a mirror.
W.1 . . I A . . . 1. 1 .
per cent of tho children of intemper- .tatiiiin in . swell society
, families ara. mw a,i 2. I swnaing w a sweu society.
have
ate ramiiiea are velow normal. Con
gressman Hobaon 6,iys:. "Of chtlrtmn
born to alcohollo parents one" ln five, on
the averages will become hopelessly' In
sane, one ln'three will be hysterical or
epileptic and over two thirds will be de
generates of one kind or another."
ror a civiiiaea "neopirtb tbUBVat an
a curaa la an outrage. Every child has
a right to be born into the world
healthy. The individual or th huin..a
conoern. or the state, that will fatt.n
the riure, at -the expense of the inno.
mv.. iiv. ,ja,vo .iu unance to pro-
test is a moneteft. - For a people to go
on blindly indlfferentjo present onJl
t!ona,JS to defeat the very existence of
our national life. This nation nw. i,.
existence to the temperate habits of the
Puritajtt,'.';..,we;" admire f the man that
stand out fearlessly against dangers
and does what he cah to encourage right
living and to perpetuate th life of our
nation. . EDWIN ANDERS.
Even light Wine has been known to
produce a dark brown taste.
When a man begins to abusa his
home town It's, tlmo fpr him to move
out. -; v -' - '-'- : V.i.
.,-..',
NO matter how poor a woman l, she
can always boast of having rich relatives.
e e
-""A-eatTnayMook'et Wner bnt-m-Trtarr"
with hay fever would sneeze at any-V.
thin. ... ' . . X
. . . ' '.. V::.'.;
A toolish girl makes a husband out Of
her lover; a wlao on makes a lover out
of her husband, ,
It's no esBy Usk to convince a farmer
that-city parrpif vnre get tip- early
noogh to do an honest day's worfc
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