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t trntisMiUijlua ullmiuiili th, ttiall at ocona
law matter, ' ' ' ' '
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All diparimiint reached 1T Ilium number.
Ttll tii oofrntof wht clppartnifiit yon want!
ttilltlUN Am'EUTISINU KKl'RKSKNTaTIVSj
; lif njBniln A Ki-utuur Co., Hruonwlrk BulMlnS
ir. Klfth aenu. New Xorki, reopl'
" iiu Bullitins, Chicago. ; '
,000,000. The total , Jn-Jcal science will yet bo Improve tho
is $27,500,000, or about scrum that Its therapeutic qualities
will become equally effective with Ita
properties for immunization.
While preservation Of the water
supply from" pollution remains of, the
first necessity, it is well to recognize
gratefully the new protect! on agamst
tnis rormjaanie disease that la made
available by the progroes of modern
discovery. i
one fourteenth the assessed value of
the entire taxable property of. Port
land., : j .-v ..'.:,..:. "
General ,T, Coleman, Dui font of
Powder fame Is at the head' of the
owning corporation
BuiMcrtprtoa 7rm bf mull or to n; aUUrea
m iu Luueu BiuiM. or wejicoi ,,
" : DAILY -.;Vf - )Y ...
t'ne im, S5.no I On month........! .M
Co rr........ 12.50 I Or month.......-! .S3
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True "lmpff is swift, and files
wltli swallow' wings:" '
Kings it makes gods, and mender
Shakespeare.
Jin. j!vtb oiiEdOx pardons
p'
RESIDENT TAFT has gone v to
great.- lengths . ; In pardoning
those convicted of land frauds
in Oregon. - . ' .
'. HaVlng pardoned sundry persons
convicted but not yet Jailed, what
about those Who have served terms
; in the federal penitentiary? " . '
- Th only explanation of the par-
' dons is the blunt statement by the
president that the trivia were "un-
fair." If the trials of those par
doned were "unfair,", what about the
trials of those Jailed? Is the fair
ness of a trial dependent. In this
country on whether or not a defend
ant has the money to carry his Case
, ' up to the president?
Tho presidential -pardon makes no
' disclosure as to whether or not. the
AVhite IIOubo has found the par
doned to be guilty or Innocent. There
is ho disclosure of the secret evi
dence submitted to the president on
which the public can form an opin
ion as 'to the guilt or innocence of
those personally acquitted by the
president. So, far as anybody knows,
Mr. Taft has made no attempt to as
certain as to Innocence or guilt, but
has returned numerous personal ver
dicts of acquittal on Btrictly techni
cal grounds relating' wholly to court
proceedings and in no way whatever
establishing the Innocence of those
pardoned. Let it be granted that
there was fault in the proceedings.
' It still remains the fact that forests
In Oregon were stolen, public lands
sequestered and th jpubllc domain
looted.- Jfr still remains the fact that
thousands of acres of the richest
land heritage in the state were
grabbed Tjy freebooters in conspiracy
and In violation of moral and statute
, law. ,
' '.Who iUd jtbe stealing? Two .years
were spent by the federal courts of
' Oregon in trying toUvd out. There
, were special prosecutors, . special
agents,' detectives, grand juries, petit
jurlorand witnesses by the hundred.
There were great trials and testi
mony and cross examinations and di
rect examinations and verdicts.' There
was employment of all the machinery
known to courts and all the para
phernalia of the. law, with speeches
hy the prosecution and pleas for the
defense. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars and month after month of
time , were expended in the great
endeavor to find out who were the
thieves. '
1'Many very excellent men in Ore
gon served on the juries, and in nu
merous Instances all of the twelve
at a trial agreed that the public do
main. had been looted and agreed on
the issue of what man wac guilty.
' '"But some years after, we frequent
ly" receive Intelligence from "Wash
ington that this or that one of the
convicted has been pardoned by the
president, not because found inno
cent, but on the statement that the
trial was "unfair. -
1 It was the misfortune of those who
got Jailed that they didn't stave off
, the law. until now and get a few dul
cet words Into the ear of the presi
dent. The trials on which' they were
jailed were the same as the trials of
those who are pardoned.
. .'By the manner or the president's
pardouB "we don't know that anybody
was guilty. We don't even know ju
dicially .that the public domain was
looted.
l)ytb attitude of the White
1 louse, we don't even know whether,
poor old John H. Mitchell was guilty
or innocent; "and yet he was killed by
his trial and verdict of guilty.
'. Mr. Tft's pardons are making a
travesty of thejaad fraud trials, a
travesty of. courts, a travesty of ver
dicts, if .not a. travesty of justice.
To pay the" huge rentals on this
enormous ground value, wealth has
constantly to be created by the toil
of workers. It is a colossal toll on
human endeavor, a toll that plays Its
part in the high, cost of living. Vr.
.A CHEATED CRUTWBL
I
N NEW YORK CITY 16 years ago,
Harriet Nugent,' aged three, was
Btrtick, by a trolley car of the Met-4-opoUUn-Stret-"Railway--eom-
pany, and her leg had to be ampu
tated.
. A suit for damages was brought,
and after four years of complaints,
demurrers, trials, appeals, reversals
and rehearings, an award of $5000
damages was obtained.
But the child did not get her
money. The Metropolitan found' a
way to avoid payment. On what ia
now disclosed to be perjured evi
dence, her attorney was disbarred on
alleged subornation of perjury, and
the, award of damages was Bet aside.
' But he was innocent. After thir
teen years, it is revealed that he Was
disbarred ; on perjured . testimony.
After thirteen years of" a court de
cree that.debarred him from earning
a living In his profession, It has been
discovered that he was an honest
lawyer, while . the Metropolitan "at
torney who brought the disbarment
proceedings ia himself about to be
disbarred for the perjured evidence
he brought into the case.
Meanwhile, the child has grown
from babyhood, to .young woman
hood. Through the long sixteen
years, she has been supported by a
Bister who worked in a department
store.
But in a denouement that seems
stranger than fiction, the revelation
of the streetcar company's crooked
ness has brought another order of
the court, in which she is to bo paid
the original award of $5000 and an
additional amount of $6000 Interest.
The girl's attorney, who was dis
barred, is soon to be restored to
the practice of his profession. After
sixteen years of wrong, c wrong to
maimed childhood and to an honest
lawyer that time can never right,
justice is to prevail.
Few tragedies of romance, few of
the brutalities of history are more
astounding than Is this cheating of
a baby cripple hy a powerful and
cruel traction corporation.
THE rOPUIiAR VOTE
r
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC
r
HE Canadian Pacific Railway
company was formed in 1881
by Mr. Stephen now far bet
ter known as Lord Mount-
stephen and his associates. To the
new company the Dominion govern
ment turned over the 713 mjles of
completed railroad, with the im
mense land grant and the use of the
credit of the government. The new
company, financed by the govern
ment, completed the road.
The first peculiarity noticeable in
the infant company is that the rec
ords show that during the first four
years it paid dividends averaging
more than 15 per cent. From 1885
to 1901 dividends averaged 12.9 per
cent and from 1901 to 1912, 11.10
per eent.
The government guaranteed the
dividends, so that the "syndicate," as
the new company was generally
called in its first few years, had, at
the end of 18S4, paid in $24,493,000
on stock account, and therefrom had
set aside or actually p"ald out to
themselves $19,000,000 in dividends.
This was during the construction
period.
Meanwhile the Dominion Govern
ment, in outright grants, loans, or
in subventions of the public credit,
provided fully enough money to com
plete the road.
The use of the country's credit by
these astute financiers, with the un
varying support of the government,
made the promoters rich.
The inside history of the Canadian
Pacific recalls the somewhat similar
records of construction of the Union
and Central Pacific, in that the
brains of the founders stood them in
stead of capital during construction!
and realized enormous profits after j
completion. Thus we see .proved
once again that there is a tide ifrr
the affairs of men which, taken at its
flood, leads on to fortune.
N 1912, Woodrow . Wilson received
115,650 feitver votes than did Mr,
Bryan Jn 1908. Wilson's vote
wag 6,293,454, and Bryan's 6,-
409,104. These are the figures conr
piled for the .World's'Almanac. ,
j Tbe-coniblneoV-vote-of -Taft-and
Roosevelt was;74,390 lees than the
vote for Taft In 1908. In 1912,
Roosevelt received . .4,119,538, and
Taft 3,484,980. ...
The total popular vote of the
country was 145,227 gnater in 191
than in. 1908. The tojtaLfor 1912
was 15,033,669, and for 1908 14,
888,442. ,;
The Prohibitionists shared with
tho Republicans and Democrats In
a loss of total vote. In 1908, the
Prohibition vote was 253,840 and
1912, It was 206,275. The loss was
47,565, nearly one-fifth of the 1908
total. ,
The Socialists got all that the
other-parties lost, and wore." They
aro the only party that polled an in
creased total. Their vote in 1908
was 420,793, and In 1912, 900,672,
an increase of more than 100 ' per
cent.
In 1892, the Socialist vote was 21,
164, jn 1896, 36,274, and In 1900,
87,814. Under the rule of reaction
and bourbonism rampant for the
period, the vote of Socialism rose
In 1904 to 402,283.
The preachments and agitations
by Roosevelt during the-succeeding
four years, checked the advance of
the party and the Socialist vote In
1908 showed an lncrease..Of but a
few thousand, standing at 420,793.
Under four years of Mr. Taft, four
years of Payne-Aldrlch tariff, four
years of enormous profits by trusts
and four years of tremendous ad
vance in the high cost of living, the
party grew with great rapidity, and
its protest wag registered in the
1912 ballot box by a vote of 900,617.
Woodrow Wilson says twenty per
cent of the Socialist vote, is Social
ism and eighty per cent protest
against prevalent conditions. There
is no doubt of it. The great gain In
the Socialist vote under Mark Hanna
reaction expressed in a vote of more
than 400,000 in 1904, and the sim
ilar gain under the Payne-Aldrlch re
gime from 1908 to 1912, are the
proof.
Progressive government is a sure
antidote for Socialism.
tho inflammatory, melodramatic hya-
tcrical publications that reek with
exaggerations of public wrongs that
Incite the weak jnluda to. killing,
Most of all, It ia the soap box ora
tory. that led the young Russian to
threaten' 'Woodrow. -Wilson, h It is
tfoap 1)Oxoratory tha
weak iriiuda with denunciations 'of
police, assaults on law and defies to
authority, y It is soap box oratory
that spurng tho constitution, hoots at
organized government and clamors
for violence,
It Is soap box oratory- that howla-at
the church, fulminates against re
ligion, Jeers at Jesus Christ and blas
phemes the Almighty; It . Is . soap
box oratory, that pours Into the ears
of Illiteracy and Ignorance, colored
and sensational tales of their wrongs
and tells them the . only way to get
even is to pull down the hanks and
overthrow 'the government
It Is soap box oratory that Insults
the stars and stripes, 'that' calls on
men to walk on the- flag and to hoist
Ip its place the red flag of ..re vol u
tlOn. , ' '
All this is shrieked and screamed
from seap boxes in the streets of
every large city every night, and 'It
is the Chief source from which weak
minds get their instructions to ' kill
presidents
Letters From trie People
A DUTY FOR, CONGRESS
W
E LEARN that a report comes
from Rome that the Italian
government intends to lead
the way in commemorating
the life and achievements of WilbUr
Wright.
On the open Campagha, overlook
ing the ancient city, a permanent
monument is to be built, which shall
lilar this simple inscription "To
Wilbur Wright The American
genius who gave wings to humanity."
- Differing from so many of the
mortuary inscriptions which record
virtues foreign to those in whose
honor they are set up, the Italian
epitaph is truthful in Its splendid
simplicity.
The Wrights embodied one of the
oldest dreams of men In the man-
made machine that cut the cord of
gravity and opened to the bold in
every nation the empire of the air.
No one has ventured to attack the
originality of their epoch-making
work. It has been studied, improved
in details, varied in form, but with
out the devices that the Wrights first
published to the world, no one, so
far. as has been yet shown, had the
key to unlock that door.
America need not grudge to Italy
the recognition of her son's achieve
ment, if that monument shall catch
the morning and the evening sun for
all I travelers from the North to the
ETetml City.
But America should not be left, be
hind in giving proof of her inten
tion that the memory of WHbur
.Wright shall be kept green for gen
erations yet to come.
TYPHOID VACCINATION
LARGEST OX EARTH
THAT vaccination Is an almost
certain preventive against the
J infection of typhoid fever is
once more shown by the rec-
jords of the American navy.
Surgeon General Stokes gives
these figures. In 1911 there were
ALL. the office buildings In the
"world are to be eclipsed by a
mammoth structure to be
erected in New York City.
Jt Will be thirfy-seven stories, or nnt r.isos nt tvnhniH in tha no
4S6 teei; high, and will cover the! 15 deaths. About a year ago v'accl
Uock bounded by Nassau, Pine, Ce-j nation was begun. Ud to Novemher
I
PRESIDENT KILLElA
N YESTERDAY'S Journal P. C.
Ladd of Gfendale cites certain
( ommunlctlon ent to Th Jnnm.i t
publication Id ttal department hould p writ
ten on only one lde of tbn nsnnr. hnnld not
iceed SOU word In length and mnt b ac
Companled br th nam 'and ,i ik.
i-iiuer. n ia writer uoet not dealr to bit
ui nam puuusutu, ne mould so alatt.)
Answers Rev. J. II. Lcipcr.
Portland,' Jan. 2. 1913. To the Editor
or The Journal That was an Interest
ne letter by the Rnv. J. H. Leiner lh
a ue journal on Kew Year's day.
Ministers are not inconsistent in fa-
vorlng- capital punishment To favor
6tate murder Is perfectly consistent and
ortnouox, as every one familiar with
the souroe of their lnsDlratlon well
know.
But they are Inconsistent, however.
in thla resDect: that thov wininv tn
t limited to the execution of a man
for the one offense of murder.
The same authority that said - tnnt
"He wlio sheds man's blood, by man
shall his blood be shed," said "Thou
ehalt not suffer a witch to live." And
for a long time they didn't Of course
there were witches, or ho wouldn't have
said that Ho also said. "If them h
among you, man or woman, who hath
gone and worshiped other gods, either
the sun or moon, thou slialt take thlm
to the gates and stone them with stones
until they are dead."
"Why dont they do that now?..
And "If the parents shall say to the
elders, 'this our Bon la stubborn and re
bellious, ho Is a glutton and a drunk
ardy all the men of the city shall stone
him with stones that he die." Why
don't they do that now? There are lota
of fine throwing .irtones here.
And If a man was found slain, and It
be not known who slew him, then the
elders of the city nearest the dead man
shall take a heifer that has never been
hitched up and cut her head off and
wash their hands over tne heifer's body
and say they didn't kill the man nor
nee any one else kill him. Then the
blood Bhall be forglveri them.
Why don't they do that now? It
would be a diversion, and save eourt
costs.
Rev. Mr. Lelper says, "After he had
held the race under the education of
his providences for sixteen centuries,
men had: become a world of criminals,"
and no wonder. Then he destroyed
them all, and started over again with
eight of the best ones. "And to teach
them and future generations the sacred-
ness of human life,' he gave them this
law: "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by
man shall his blood be ahed." which
means that every killing means two.
And if any doubt Just how acred He
held human life, let them read the story
or trie cruel and neartless murder, even
of his own people, for the most trivial
otrenses, and the ordering of th'j
slaughter of innocent babes and of the
old and the carrying away of the maid
ens to soldiers camps.
Of course, most thinking people know
now that God never wild or did these
things; that the story is a weird com
binatlon or fact and myth and old
wives tales; of legends handed down by
mouth from father to son for hundreds
of years. But preachers seem to be tho
last to find it out. And they go on
trying to keep the human race bound by
these things as though they really were
thundered from the top of a mighty
mountain or written on tablets of stone
by a finger from the skies.
i sincerely believe that It was
through the Influence of orthodox
preachers that capital punishment was
not abolished in this state last fall.
Murder is wrong. Iet people shout
it from the house tops, let society be
lieve it, let tho state say murder is
wrong and then let It not enact an atro
cious lie. J. W. CREW,
I COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
; Ji
Wealth and Oiilz.
SMALL CHANGE
' The jjarccjs post Is no place for
f-v- r- ' : t-
. The Turk is the only one who-thlnlcs
lis m omul U ' " " 1 ) ' -.
'Even Baloonkeepers made some' good
tsouiuiiuiiB, ii.jirpi win neip somo,
a tooi resolut on. backurt hv wltl
a gooa inina: any aav in tn
jrcui, ' . ..... . .. ., . , ....,
Shouldn't TTnnir "a' nil T!iirn.
reiiuiiU' uimr reaa in th f Iritann .,4
- ,
Is there no nlmilhl
Venting U linllilav In nmir tiAtiri.n
xniiucry a ana jenrpary izt ; .
If :'the ' naW ..T,i.aMn ti..n.i.i.
Washington, "sassiaty." the eenslble
people of the country will like him all
It isn't, (hut iha rnvkrnititni li'ifr.M
of Castro that It denies him admission,
though he did once threaten to lick
"The Istea nf flraana" mrm KnlA hnW.
ucicu now wunoui any rererence to
their havlnir hpan th ,(,,-.
uuuuug puppiio jovea ana sung."
Dr. Wilson would like to villi h.
tween the CSDttol and Whita TTnua anil
wishee as little pomp and ceremony as
puoBiuis in nm inauguration. ' J nat man
displays something new In the line: of
guuu sense every uay.
The actual limit of humnn nhvatral
endurance it tnoredlble, except In the
face of some veritable test of it aimh
as occurred In the case bf thone two
Harney county men who fell into a
well SB feet deep and stayed there six
days.
mm.
That uhyaloallv perfect Comail on.
ed. eats but two regular mealn rinitv.
at noon and 6 m., but her mother
quaintly adds that she also eats when
ever she feels like It. which to many
an emulative trirl will ba a comforting
addenda. ,
Over 1000 American most nrnminant
families, the biggest people of the
country, are descended from a woman
of the twelfth century named IsabeJla
de Verniandois. says Dr. David Btarr
Jordan. Her husband, like a modern
bridegroom, la of no account
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The i -Citizens of Estaoada heve voied
a i) nun road tux, una will put In rop&l
an me roaus .entering the town.
Kugene Wilnsed the white Chrltma,
but a white frost was a near .approach
to it near enough to satisfy all real
uregoniuns. . . ., .
. .... . .
Amity standard: Clover has become
on ot the reliable products of .;. thi
section. :i a gooa crop is always sure
ana the price Is always such that
good profit ia made by raising It . ,
Durlnr the oast veartha total fir a
loss in Astoria, accoramg. to the Astor
Ian, was only (22.650, and on this lnsur
ance was carried amounting to 15, 090,
the actual . net . loan belnir onlv . I7BKO
Th-jitorlaB-glv4heflFe-i apartment
ine creau lor tnis excellent record.
Itosoburc Review! tine fine thtnar I
already assured for Deuglaa county for
ivia. ... i nere , win . De-' more gooa roaa
building than aver before. Our neoole
vote their own district toad taxes and
spend all the money on their own .roads,
not waiting from year to year for the
oretical legislation, They not only get
me gooq roaaa out Keep tne money a
homey,!;.
Tha-Albanv Democrat, dlcclns n Its
issue or New years aay, ioz. nnuH
that on that day wheat was quoted pt
A . MAnl. ift a M .. ,r C A
cents and etrsrs 25 cents: also, the sale
of Oregon wonder, a, horse that at
tracted attention of account of his long
mane, was reported at f.o.oou. to a Mas-
foffered 150,000 for him.
Tha Salem Statesman vails its "New
Year's annual ''The Willamette Valley
FroarrcBH Kdltlon." Thn annual la nrliit.
ed" on excellent book paper and the Il
lustrating Is superb. In the 38 pages of
the annual the great western valley of
Oregon Is given a vast deal of valuable
publicity, at 1 the' same time that the
capital city's Interests and the state In
stitutions are given tneir nign aeserts.
As If entered for the "slse" record.
the Kugene Guard appears among the
new xear a annuals win bs cases run
of facts, and figures about the county
of Lane, the city of Kugene and all that
tne two comprise. The uuara intimates
that this sample or Ita powers la noth
Ing to What it has on Its program.
Meanwhile, it has put into circulation
an issue that win go far in making
r.ugena.ana lane county sun runner
famous.
How Turkey Accounts for Defeat
In Defense of Champ Clark.
Vancouver, Wash., Jan.'-l. To the Ed
Itor of The Journal Your editorial
"Clark and Bryan" is interesting read
ing, but your csncluelons are certainly
mistaken. Clark is a Christian gentle
man, a Democrat and a patriot and will
not enjbarrass the new administration
nor opfiftse tho nomination of Bryan for
cabinet position, if the same Is de
sired. Bryan should be named secretary
of state. He Is eminently fitted for that
Important portfolio and deserves It.
Tr. i -.it i i . , : aiis iiiiuunti is ma oniy oauy paper
"u",ual TUllu"d,s lo Pve inai n the Pacific coast that has a trac of
dar and Broadway, which is the site
of. the recently destroyed Equitable
building. '.
" Its rentable floor space will be
twenty-six- acres, and would more
than cover the area bounded by Yam
hiy, Fifth, Oak and the river, in
1stfl.i..i . : '
It wtir.be equivalent to seven and
one. half great. five. story buildings,
fach covering .a .New. York "block.
' It.wlll.be a larger structura than
th-Wootwortir and Municipal huild-
Irtirn omrilnaif! ;. -1
It will, have" forty-six great pas
nciier elevators, and any firm rent
lug two or tnore floors, can have its
own private, elevators. . ' $
fh itfcrrtrw tmtttJfrrff
;s.ud cost $13,500,000. . Theesti-
Mated cost of the structure' Itself Is
1, 1012, there was but one case, and
that a mild one.
Who docs pet recollect the start
ling contrast between the terrible ex
periences of the British army in the
Boer war, and those of the Japanese
army in Korea and Manchuria? To
the practice of- vaccination the
American force on the frontiers of
Texas is said to owe Its exemption
from typhoid under circumstances
where an outbreak seemed all but in
evitable: r-7-"- -
At Oregon City during the late
typhoid epidemic, treatment of the
stricken has been1 very largely by
use of the typhoid serum, and ac
ours is not the "best government
bn earth," auT says:
It Is the reading of these facts that
cause people of weak minds, whether
men, women or children, in possession
of no power but brute force and a
loaded gun, to use such powers as hey
have in an attempt to clean out in their
misguided way the corruption that the
ruling powers are stirring in a futile
effort to purify.
It was not the reading of editorials
in the metropolitan press that caused
the 17-year-old Russian boy in New
York to threaten the life of the president-elect.
Most boys of his type
are not reading editorial pages at all.
If reading the editorials of a re
spectable American newspaper, they
are not receiving counsel to violence,
but counsel against violence.
There is nothing The Journal has
ever printed! to justify anybody in
seeking the life of a president. The
Journal has always ad vlecd against
killing anybody.
The counsel to violence la from
those who clamor for revolution. It
is from the syndicalists. It is from
counts are that as a remedy the the direct action-men who advocate
, mvwio a i I uubli ucuuu ui uu employer s property
use for immunizing. effects. It Is; if he doesn't grant thnir v Am.
howeycr,;bighly probable that inedi-lmands or hour demands. It is from
Democracy in its columns, hence, we
Democrats feel an abiding interest in
what It. says and does. But it is far
from the facts when it eays that Clark
would have been beaten at the polls last
November jf he had been the Democratic
nominee. Clark carried the primaries In
New Jersey by over 10,000 above Gov
ernor Wilson. In every state where pri
maries were held and in every test be
tween Clark and Wilson, Clarjc was al
ways ahead and triumphant. Clark'had
a handsome mjority of the delegates at
Baltimore and had the nomination fallen
to him he would have carried all the
states that Roosevelt and Wilson carried
with the possible exception of Pennsyl
vania and polled more votes than both
the Republican candidates. For 85 years
Clark has fought the battles of Democ
racy i in a most forceful manner., He
understands the government at Wash
ington in all its details. He knows more
men than any other living American.
Clark has won his high standing among
men by merit only, he has been tested
In many ways and many times but haa
never been found wanting. Clark does
not have to depend on Bryan, or Wilson,
or the nt15j" toosses, but relies on him
self and the American people.
' WILLIAM NELSON.
(Mr. Nelson Is wrong In several pt his
statements, notably that concerning the
New ' Jersey, primaries. Woodrow Wil
son got an or tne delegates In New Jer
in Boss Smith's district and thos fmir.
with Boss Smith at their head voted at
Baltimore, Cor Mr Clark. It Is not Mr
Clark democracy that would have been
From the Literary Digest,
ft is wrong to attribute the defeat
of the Turks to "any weakening of the
military prowess of the Ottoman na
tion"; It la "due to outside clrcum-
tanccs," according to the two TJlemas,
ElhadJ Ahmed Tahlr and Moustafa
Ndjeti, who went to the front at
Tchataldja to investigate the situa
tion. The Ulemas are, of course, the
great expounders of the Koran and de
positories of all the warlike traditions
and religious fanaticism of Islam Writ
ing in the Ikdam (Constantinople)
these mosque preachers of Stamboul tell
that they "secured their informa
tion from the soldiers and officers with
whom we came In touch" in the field
hey deliberately give their opinion that
the cosmopolitan "union and progress
cabinets have been the cause of this
tate of things." It was the fault of
these cabinets that the army was so
reorganized as to be underofficered,.
Treviosuly there were from 20 to
officers to a battalion, but accord
ing to the new reorganization this nutn
ber was reduced to 12. 'Many of
these officers were engaged in other
services and others were sick." Those
who had control of the various rest
merits and companies were in many in
stances young and raw soldiers, for
tho law as to age limit has put a large
uirfcber of officers on the retired list
and a battalion was frequently found
to be under the sole command of some
suoiieutenant or reserves witn ironi
five to eight instead of 20 or more sub
alterns to assist him.
Much more serious was the deficient
commissariat service. "An army," said
Napoleon, "fights on its stomach," and
the great Corsican took care that as far
as possible his men should be amply
supplied with what Dugald Dalgetty
called "provend." The cabinets ot
union and progress made this almost
an impossibility for the Turkish forces.
"Formerly there were 200 beast of
burden for each battalion; 6 were for
bearing equipment, and the rest for
carrying rations and ammunition." Sixty
draft animals are all the now arrange
ment gives each battalion for all serv
ices. "In consequence of resulting dis
orders, many regiments were without
bread and without ammunition." In
sufficiency of transport for officers and
messengers was another drawback. "The
number of auto trucks in the enemy's
camp was five times what It was in
the Turkish regiments." Then, too,
while the enemy's infantry was pro-
tectea by the heavy guns that came
from the famous Schneider Iron work
at I.e Creusot. tho Turkish regiments
of foot-suffered from "lack of projec
tiles for the cannon.". Thim tha In.
fantry, exposed to the cavalry and rifle
rire of the enemy, "in the absence of
officers begins to retreat."
Bad generalship, and miscalculation
of time and distance, due to the Incom
petency of the staff officers, constituted
another source of fatal weakness. "Mob
ilization was not and could not be com
pleted In a given place within the spe
cified time." But the weakness of the
army did not result only from the
poor quality and scarcity of command
ersi ''a large number of the aoldiera
that filled up the ranka were not
trained or drilled." Even the veteran
and tried fighters of Turkey who were
ent to the war were fitter for Chel
sea hospital or Les Invalldea than for
a strenuous campaign, having "several
times in the last four years been called
to arms and exhausted by campaigns
in Macedonia, Albania, Hauran, Kerek,
arid Yemen."
While these two devout adherents of
Mohammedanism, with its creed oi
bloodshed, heroism,, and prayer, pul
forth In the Ikdam the above clrcum
stances n -"the-reasons that Ira ve dtp
fortunately led In this war to retreats,
disorder, famine, and other results,''
they also, in conclusion, point to a still
profoundor cause of the Mohammedan's
defeat by the Christian army. Islam
ism, and the desperate heroism that
animated the armies of the Omars and
the Osmans, has begun to die out.
Selfish patriotism and utter worldli
ness have taken the place of religion,
and these doctors of the law sorrowfully
complain:
"The religious ardor of the soldiers
has become much feebler during four
years. . .Formerly the bugle sounded reg
ularly in every regiment for the five
regular prayers; tho prayers were said,
and those who neglected them were
punished. At the beginning of the con
stitutional regime, these religious duties
were neglected, and so this sentiment
has become weakened. From time Im
memorial there was in the heart "of the
soldier the zeal for returning victorious
from war or for dvinir to co tn rr-.
dise. This sentiment has been replaced
by 'dying for the fatherland,' which tho
soldier has not understood. What used
to raise tne moral courage of the Otto
man SOldler Was the determination ...
become Ghazl or Shehid (champion and
martyr for the faith.)"
Robert J," Wynne, formerly' American
consul general at London, quotes'. u
English earl 'thus: , i , '
Will you telll ine wjiy It Is thai yo ir
great and rich government, a 'democ
racy, a natlortt tlmf Stands for simplicity,
sends : abroad bply men of enormous
wealth? J do not mean to detract from
the great ability and culture of your
ambassador, I don't- want to offend
you, but people Jlkq myself are antou
lshod' St . the exhibition of private
wealth given tinder ..the- f lag which
stands for simplicity ad 'unoslenta
tlouancss.','.:",:. ' ';v; '"v.. ;
To finish with "the text, we net out
Mr. Wynne's comment: -
"lie went, on to say that U would be
Tar"more"ftepptaW6""to"nhe';EngliHn pcoi
pie to. Welconae as American envoys
men who had won distinction-In their
own country by ability alone. Hera I
Presldent-elecjf -Wilson's opportunity t
return to the old-American method of
appointing men of brains, who can rep
resent their country ably on what the
country gives them for their services,
and avoid using the diplomatic service
as a meana of repaying campaign con-
trlbutlons.'v - ..... .:v-M-
Thero is an 1'ntlmatlrhi .that tha irov-
ernment ought to pay more. Certainly
it Sllolllri nau tnw uhataVAP bm amha.
sador may be falrli required to do. I"-"
cannot afford to be a pensioner onv t if
bounty of any rich man. But even i
it ia, the-American alrassador to' tl.
British or any other court can live as
an American gontlertan, " This used U
be, the rule, and not so long ago. . Bay
ard, Lowell, and AdamfH-.to go .no ftlr.
uier back-i-mado no effort to rival, mucVi
less surpass, royalty. Yet . they werV
Burmreu ana respectca y tne Jinglisn.
A . . . t. .. I .. ,., i . ......a.
-miiu -iivu- iniiuriiio was yreiiier man
that of Whltelaw Reid. Great Ben
Franklin was the most popular rcpre-
sentative we cvfir had in France.
We have in truth drifted into a very
bad way of doing things. Both -here
and abroad we have greatly over-emphasized
the social side of. the. govern
ment. It la often said sometime by
people who should know better -that
men with no Independent "fortunes anti
small salaries "must" do certain things.?
So we put a sort of pressure on our
public servants. As a matter of fact'
men in public office have no right to
live beyond their means. And surely:
we should not select rich men simply '
that they may do the things which we
are told '"niust" be. dune. . .
There- Iras icen" quite enough of this)
court business at 'Washington, ant
lavish display in connection with our I
embassies. It Is to be hoped that the I
new president will throw the Influence
of his example on the side of a digni
fied simplicity. The country does " not
desire any flaunting of democracy any
flaunting of anything. But there are
such things as American tradition and
Ideas, and we should be loyal to them..
This nation stands for something so
cially as well as politically. Official
pomp Is hostile to the very genius of
ts life. Dr. Lieber long ago argued
that even fine public- buildings Indi
cated a weakening devotion to liberty.
reminded us that the Rome of brick was;
free, and the Rome of marble enslaved.
Mr. Wilson can do, If not much, at
least something to make simplicity
fashionable. A few years ngq the Wholo
country rejoiced at the mere Intimation
that. Dr. Kllot might Bo appointed am
bassador to Great Britain. That waA
cheering symptom. The people would.
we believe, welcome a return "to sounder.,
ideals, and respond to a leaderships i,nj
tne direction or Detter ining".- ,. , V-d
Always in Good H
umor
PAW KNOWS. ?
From Judge.
Willie Paw, what is the difference
between a political Job and any other '
Job?
Paw You have to work hard to get ,
a political Job, my son, and you have ;
to work hard to hold the other kind. .
AN EASTERN HONEYMOON. .
From the Louisville Courier-Journal. r.
"Do yon think only ef m7" mur
mured the bride. "Tell me that yoii
think onlv of me."
"it's this way," explained the groom,
gently. "Now and then I have to think
of the furnace, my dear."
A LOST ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Farmer Ragwpcd Has Bill learned
anything tew college?
Mrs. Ragweed No; an' wusa n that
he's forgot what he uster know! Saya
he can't eat pie with a knife. . ;,' 1 :
on trial in the campaign. It was the
support of Boss Murphy, Boss Sullivan,
Boss Taggart, Boss Guffey, Boss Smith,
Thomas F. Ryan and August Belmont in
the convention, and after, that Mr. Clark
would have, been forced to defend.. It
was a campaign in which the people
were voting against bosses, and Mr.
Clark would have found his convention
backers a heaVy load to carry.)
Saloon's Relation to Vice.
Hood River, Or., Jan. 1. To the Editor
of The Journal There is so much dis
cussion in the columns of The Journal
regarding segregated . districts tha,t I
feel impelled to state my views. I have
always been, and am still opposed to
restricted districts, because I feel that
with favorable environments, which
produce favorable heritage, thla condi
tion is not necessary. I have yet to
learn of these districts in a dry town. I
think It can be proved that more young
men and women have been led pr forced
Into paths of vice and crime through
the open door of the saloon, which feeds
the brothels in restricted districts, than
through any other channel. Any syste
matic effort, whether in the right or
wrong direction, encourages and
strengthens the situation, and this evil
forms no exception. Political machin
ery plays a large part in commercial
ized vice. I believe the whlt slave
traffic is a product of this wretched
system. Procurers have better oppor
tunities to ply their dangerous and dis
gusting practices in resected districts
because they know Just Tvhere to find
thiiir victims, through previously ar
ranged schemes. Of -course, it still re
mains a problem what Course to take
by which this foul stain can be re
moved most effectually. The writer
would suggest that medical institu
tions endowed and operated by honor
able citizens might produce the desired
results, in any event, the extermina
tion of the saloon would at least check
the growth, of the brotheL If Carnasrie
or Rockefeller would use some of their
thousands to endow such institutions
they would confer a lasting benefit on
the human, race, H. J.
- Would Carnegie, Do tt?
Portland, Jan. 8. If - Mr., Carnegie
wants to ret rid of his vast fortune,
there Is a field open to him that would
make him the greatest of benefactor.
acy..l)Uiiour.lha.ou
which la the investigation of Dr. Frled-
mann's tuberculosis. : serum; but the
course that he has chosen will be very
siow. uwouia not Jike to see the snn.
tor lose the laurels sure to be bestowed
upon the man instrumental In tho dls-covery-of
cure for tuberculostsr Mr.
Carnegie could go at this, hammer and
tongs, and have hundreds saved from
the Jawa of. death while congress is
getting ready to start oh the red tape
that would be required. At any rate,
a few dollars spent this way would
be appreciated mo,re than the pension
ing of the presidents, who should be
able, on 975,000 a year, to save enough
to care for themselves, Instead of be
coming paupers at the expiration of
their terms.
. A cure for tuberculosis will . help
thousands of poor as well asrlcli, and
Dr., Frledmann claims that the bacteria
multiplies so rapidly that It would be
almost inexpensive; but does he care
for humanity any more than anyone
else. Food for thought, Mr. Carnegie,
THOMAS MAGAR.
Pointed Paragraphs
Many an eloquent sermon Is wordless...
Even a fast young man can't catch up
with tomorrow.
Blood will tell usually the things we
do not want told.
A girl marries to gain liberty; a man
remains single to keep It.
. . y
'The average married man knows what
It is to be crosa-examlned.
Women usually have .more rellg?on
than men because they need It less.
a
None of us can afrord to aay all the
fool things we would like to say.
u ...,
A; girl can never understand how an
innocent looking man knows so much.
Actions of the man behind a
drum speak louder than words.
bass
You Live Better
Th
an a
King
Macaulay once said that men or women of average means in
these modern days live better than kings of old. Many of the
things that are necessities today were luxuries two hundred
years ago. Many of the things you wear, eat, drink, and have
in"your home were then unknown. :
New things are offered you, ttlrfiost every day by inventive
genius, luxuries of yesterday come within the reach of us all,
and, the good things of life become more numerous. All these
things must be brought to your attention, and advertising Is the
means of getting your attention and interest. , , .
" Get .the most out of life. Supply your wants to the fullest.
Read the advertisements In THE JOURNAL, closely and con
stantly every day and' keep posted' on the new things just out,
the better things to'buy, and the opportunities to economize.
rrhctryouffl-surelyH T" "
(Copyrighted, 1913, byl' P. Fallort) ' V
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