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Jt Is exceedingly deleterious to
withdraw the (Mnctlon of religion
from amusement. If we feel that '
it Is all Injurious we should;.
Ftr!j) 'tho earth of Hs flowers
uul blot-out its tlcsant un
Mitno. E, II, Chapin.,-, . .(',
BL'GLV AT HOME
f "tHERE is clamorfor the legfsla-
I " ture to . reform the Initiative.
1 , Judge Lowell -wants the leg
" islature to reform tbo Ipitlative.
Sundry 'other persons call upon
the loeWature to reform the, Jnltl
ntlve. '- - - 1 , 4 "
Why not hRve the legislature re
form itSfllf? 'i
Where is there; a more fertile field
for reform! . f ,
, What but the frivolities an4
lifs...H'hat .but the inefficiency1 and
th ortcomlngs of tho legislature
caused adoption of the initiative' in
the beginning? -
Toeaibly there, are .minor changes
that should be made in the Initiative,
r,at they are not half as presstnf a
necessity as important chances that
.1
could be made In the legislative pro-Jney
cersea at Salem., ,
It is said already that more bills
ore in prospect than at any former
saion., Yet there were 725 bills
Irforo the legislature at the 1911
i I orty days. , There Is no more peed j
for mtroductioa of , 7Z bills
Salem than for . havihg seventeen
iomes on the state house. There Is
no more need, for limiting the num-!Ja
t r m oiii. on in iwin; du tor
liuuiuiB iu nuiUMor ut u.u v nave Ied the country. and public
iuU-oducclin,JhOeD8latiire,
is jnbt as much of an abuse as Ja the tUude when thft trtujnpb ol vrogret.
other, and vice versa, girj8m Beema lmmlaent Aa never
Possibly the present legislature ls;bef()rei an almoBt Unlted coimtry
to be a reform body, There are some . want, eqtiaty before the laWi wantg
favorable signs. Many excellent men Epecla, prjvlegea for none, wants a
nre members. ; Itbj therefore not governnient for the average man and
without hope that The Journal hum- wantB Jut.tk!a and a ,ivi fop a ltfl
bly suggests that If tho body Is really inuman atoms. ' .
bent on reform that It first reform i
iiself and attend to the initiative
afterward.
There is a broad field la which
beneficial changes "can- be made.
The stealthy assassination of meri
torious bills In committee can be
Mopped. The Introduction of bills
m bo restricted to thc'early part
of the session, leaving the; latter
I art to careful consideration and
!;ncussion. That will prevent pas-,'
a tf i .4 4Atri i. lAvtclatlnn vnohr1
p -..t -1 -""-.si-j.r-s-s:'-!
inrouga wunout surveillance, -
out consideration, without debate
and without anybody' knowledge In
the closing ioura,
The appointment of
tyunuiinjes'ut
can be announced and the bddy83t
t!own to real work on the second
day Instead of In the second week.
Members can be appointed on com-!
rr.ittees on .merit and not f or , the .
special purpose of pushing through
u..., . wiw
some reform bill, as haa been done
st many a past aession.. . .
There is. nothing the legislature (
vau uv iu iuq ttJ 4 viui iu (.ii.nl.
wiU bo much -Help the state as to
reform Itself. . :
, FRKK;TBADE IN ENGLAND
f'rvlIE Unionist, or Conservative
1
party in BngUnd, is in strait. ,
on the question of the tariff.
.. Tariff reform, as advocated I
by Joseph Chamberlain and his fol
lowers, was the policy adopted re-
cently by the entire party on the ab-!
sorption of the Free Trade Union-
. . -
nlflcantin numbers but considerable ! lJ r barricades himself in one of! the magnificent Rogue River valley
by virtue of "the high standing of the, 5 8 Pf'f -""ounded br;aTJd tn its prosperous home city." tlur-
majority of lts members ihU mlnlon8 and hIst millions, he de-ng 1912. It notices the impending
The moving cauBe for the general!"
- ... . . . i
uoviiou vi a.ianu.on iooa stilus
and raw' materials was to glvo a!"' "T 7 ,f f8W" 11 " V"!"6 CIty tao center 01 tranelortatlon
foundation on which preferences to m f , 8ll0"J have promptly for both trnk and interurban lines.
(b British 1-olonles and to Canada cabled tne fact to the-committee. ,it tells of city Improvements in
! ,Iis fall'ire to do either is example. streets, bavemont. water sumil v. sew -
HI liuiuvwm,,, WJ.,hUV UV7 ail. III I 1W"
tion. But as soon as a tariff on
wheat and flour and other noeea-
varies of life became a certain pros
pert for the British people if the
Unionists came Into power m titter
ings of general protest were heard
in all parts of England, Scotland and
Irland.; .
Whereupon general meeting of
the . Unionists f in Parliament was
called, , to consider their future
course.,, In tb.e.,end a, memorial to
Andrew Bonar Law, as the head of
tho party, wag adopted, to eliminate '
taxes on food stuffs from their pro-!
gram.- aut, m view or tne previous!
jureptauce ot the food taxes bv the
Unionist party as a whole, and to
forestall a complete break up, a con
dition was attached that the tariff
)iow proposed, with food taxes struck
out, should' be submitted to, the
MMers at a general election, or by a
i i cial "referendum." - . ,
flnce this process will take at
1 -,'st two years-sunless the unlikely
I M.pens "and the Liberal ; majority
t .ip,icara at an earlier date this
jlsr errrwrratS' ttr w'rtmeggHlotrof
m years' longer lease of life to
A-iullh government. . , ,
"il. Trade majority of. the
ih not yt i .)'ly for
;'.- .li fi o,l (() lio ilil -Mini
willuMit flu! fo tJ h Uio Coiia' - rvn -
the iroft-r Uvo tariff will rt-qulro
complete overhauling and recou -
struction.' , - ,
rAimus AND OMICMLS
1
M HIS Jackson day address. Judge
King: quoted. "To ther Victors
ions tne bpous, ana inwsneu . very ,nany casc8 0f domestic qUar
that even in minor offices th riH. . He has' the nowcr to order
party ehould see '"that none but Dem
ocrats are placed on guard."
Did Judge King say what he
meant? Was ho not carried away
by the enthusiasm of the occasion?
Does the Pcmocratjc party exist for
the offices?
Mr, Bryan, one of the great Dem
ocrats of his time, says tn the last
issue. of the Commoner,:' -
The nen Wilson clct should b
selected, not because of political ser
vice rendered him, or fevwi because of
past ' services rendered the Democratic
party. The offices should be used to
strengthen the party and advance tlione
things ' for which the pui'ty etandu. ': '
The mission ' of the Democratic
party Is-not offices. "-Its aim Is not
-r-a' Job..-. .When..office is the main
desideratum,' its usefulness Is ended.
The Republican party is in , its
present ' straits because It did not
have offices' enough for bolh Mr.
Tart and Mr, , Roosevelt. If there
had , been . presidential Jobs enough
to go . round, that party wouldn't
have been' split wide open.,
...Th old 'Idoa-that-- - Democratic
constable was a.vign of Democratic
achievement has been repudiated.
There is never an election in which
the people do not show an utter con
tempt for partisan office holding.
There is a billNiow In the Wash
ington legislature for eliminating
partisan designations from the bal
lot, In the late election, Multnomah
county put public order above every
thing else and by big pluralities
elected a Republican district . attor
&nd a Deraocnitjc 6herjfft n the
(same election, thousands of Oregon
RepuD,Irjins yoted for a- Democratic
J preB,denti not t0 m the 0fflce8 wIth
Democrats but la the hope of ren
dering service to their country and
Ko parjy ?ver rendered a natIon
I been . rendered by the Democratic
lt ieadership for progressive prin-
c,p,eg Iu protegtg Ug appea,84
And It Is1 a sentiment largely
brought about" by the Democratic
party: out of office. ' '
RICH ANARCHISTS , .
A
, FTER weeks of quest for, him
oy, congressional officers
armed' with" a, summons for
his appearance before a com
mittee at Washington, nobody In the
ITnURfi Ntstoa HAomn tn ftnnw : tho
. 4 - .
wBraoouis -or - wHiiam u.-KOfKei
r
jjejjert
One day be Is reported as sailing j
from the Bahamas. Two days ag0!
i physicians reported that he was too
tft nnnar linfrirA tha rnmmllta
Thla man, ,n one of hj8 avmerom
ca6tlea aurr0Unded by hia retainers
and nis wealth Beems able to re8jst
thft nnw Af tim ff.vinl rrntt
sta(M. . M ,eaBt a commIttee n
tha lGgIgiative authorUy of
republic is unable, after several
weeka to a8certaIn hia .whePeabouta
:or aecur9 nIg presence j
AM rhA .--.,. Bra Af ,n ,,'.
..n , A .. rri t
anarcn,8t8 who8e resistance t ol aw is j
l. i,.m..t ,v. ,
regiments of red mouths.
Ati fv, urciaif k -,...,
UJUIQ. lltll UllUl 1.114X11 H, tltJZ,tfIl I'H.l'l't!!
lerg has been piled up under protec
H State.. I
" , """T. , "
the r pT??x lrty has been'
uuuer m. ineuuiy Buunur oi ine
courts and government of the Re-
J?"!"
"vlu """V1"! LUU U8B
of the government he flees the coun-
?. i ... . . '
If ill, be should have so informfd
t. ,t. , w , I"
.. . ... .
nC iVlA 4irtllt'll tf 4t nrnnWh 1, .
, . "IT!
u,u, Wl t'vni)
ia trivial.
WIFK DKHKKTKRS' WAGES
T
HIS Chicago Court of Domestic
Relations collected from hps
bands' of deserted and depend
ent wives last year $128,000.
About one half, or 863,980, was
naid into court under tha ludira'a
order, and at once disbursed by the
court officers for the benefit of the
deserted family. The residue was
expended by the erring luisband for
family expenses under the eye of
the court.
But Judge Genimill is not yet sat
isfied. ' although he says that his
court pays out for the wives more
money' in a month than is paid in
any other state la a year. He is pre
paring a bill for. presentation to the
legislature of , Illinois which will
compel the, setting ttf work of bus
bands ordered to be Imprisoned for
wife desertion, and then also will
provide for the disbursement of a
ings, for, the use of their families.
This Judge does not approve! of idle
prisoners In' Jail, whether married
,! ;iil' !t-, lio i.. i diet Mil I h.ill
wt to work.
, It SU io l'cint Hi' crf'il that, T in
!niionso Court of DdiiK-sdc Rfl.itlona
' arnia tho Jmlso - it U the samo kind
of elastic power that la Vested hi the
JuiIko of tho Juvenile Court. Tins
most effective part of tho Judge's
work Is done, not In court but in
il;la ambers. There he exercises
IJ-;th0 functions of,; a conciliator in
money payments by a deserting hus
band, and to enforce those -orders.
But reform hot punishment is the
first aim of his court
IN A KKW MOOD.
0
REGON Is In a new mood
spectlng roads.-
It la a better mood for se
curing results. , Tho trial" of
strength by the conflicting forces in
the late election has had a sobering
effect. , It was Illuminating to radl
rai3, - it was eduyrog to tonserva-
tlvea.' 4 ".:r
,;. Each,-, has now . a wholesome re
spect for the other. - After nieasur
lug strength,, earh: knows that 'tho
other has power. The effect, Is to
put each in tho mood for concession
and compromise. It, makes condl
tiona more favorable now than, ever
road legislation.
The agitation of the campaign was
effective ...to ..developing.... sentiment,
Never, before did bo many people
want better highways. In no past
tlma have so 'many realized that a
good . road is a matter of buUnesa
and not a matter of- sentiment or
poetry.
. ' All this was made very clear at
good roads dinner at the Commercial
club last night. . Speakers represent
Ing every faction of the road forces
discussed the situation in a vein in
dicative of com,lng agreement..
- There is no problem that cannot
be' ttolved. Distinct progress has
been made in tho two years' delay
sluce the great fight over road bills
In tho 1911 legislature. 'That prog
ress consists in a better understand
ing all around, and a stronger sen
timent than ever for a road system.
The problem is one to which the
legislature should address . Itself.
The committees of both houses to
which the road bills will be com
mitted should "be composed of tho
broadest gauged and beat' balanced
subject should bo approached, not
in feudism and passion; but in pa
tience and constructive purpose.
It is to .be borne Jn mind that leg
islation is to affect both an Eastern
and a Western Oregon, sections that
are widely, unlike in conditions. The
nico adjustment of legislative pro
visions to meet such a situation re
quires legislative intelligence' and a
patriotic desire to be juet to each
district. - "
, No t
No higher responsibility jests on
e coining sesston than the duty "of
the foralng session than tne duty
meeting .h$ roads problem .square
ly and' solving it Intelligently. -
KOT DRIVEL
A
FTER all the drivel and
Slush printed about .the Mt
Jquitousness of capital pun
ishment," exclaims an up-
W
state newspaper in beginning a char
u''',uwllvu l" u"s
ings
Why "slush?"
. Why "drivel?"
In the late election 41,951 electors
voted against hangings.
j Is the belief of all these thousands
("slush" and '"drivel?" Of the voting
' " j , . ' n
gibbering idiots?
t is the habit of inexperience to
write in superlatives of contempt.
ouuieuuicB, iuu, mere la a lomneKS
fnd f"b,Iraiyf ?2TlSL
knowledge that wears off with use.
jlu t me, our -up-state banging ad-
! vocate will feel Its oats less, and
'hardly refer to
j "drivel."
it as "slush" and
ITS ANNUAL NUMlIKlt
T
HE Medford Mall-Tribune has
issued a New Year's number of
thirty pages, well written, well
printed, and finely illustrated.
It tells the tale of progress, both in
railroad development, both in steam
and pWIHc HnPR Wl,l,.h ia tn n,abn !
. - """-
" ' " ' ' -.1
erase, new and costly hotels, a new
library, as well as in stores and retsi- ,,1.tP(, flr a rerta,B cqua7 , am Cff
dunces, by which It intends to jus-,tfn that you have here a grand oppor
tify StH claim to be the metropolis ; tunity to make this a commercial port
and chief distributing center for bus
iness in southwestern Oregpu.
TUP IIUILDKHS
B
Y THE collapse of scaffolding.
two Portland workers sus
tained broken backs, and may
die. V ''.''
It 1 a common occurrence. The
casualties of industry are a frightful
toll on life. From the pyramids to
the modern office buildings, the trail
of progress is strewn with skeletons
of workers. )
Kleven years is the average careei
in modern Bteel construction. In tha
past . sixteen - months, 164 workers
paid with their, lives the forfeit ot
risks and "hazards in Oregon Indus-:
tries. , , "
In -one of the great dams across
tbe. Mississippi, a human hand pro
trudes from tlie massive concrete
,?S IL-JTJlS Z.fJLMI n d W !?od
dropped fnto the "concrete -under
such conditions that removal is Im
possible.' ' " ( - - f '
Than this danriio nobler mouu-
'milt t on! 1 ; i s ; i , u v ' ) s i . .
1 ho Kit it u : i i I !, .i. i ' ' i, 1 1 I ji i t .
fcrlllc, tli" i.rn,t l.tiildlnr.-i, tho rail
road tradia ami tho gn-nt towers
and fabrics vt civilization aro tho
jroduet of hutnan hands.
Tlir-rfl should be a Jnct compensa
tion law for the slips and misses of
thoaeJn the ranks of tho great army
of bulldcrsi
Letters From tke People
(Commiin)ctlon tent tn Tat Journal foe
publlmUun la tbli dipitrt!iiiit lnmll txi wrlt
ten an only aue lfl of tit p!-r, dhould But
k'mmI !M) woril in l"iigta tud niunt be
oaipiiuieJ t tiio Bi nod cildnwe el In
cndtT. If tli wrltrr dot not lantre te ktve
tUq oiine publ!biH. bt vbauUt e tt. .
' Single Tax Examples Cited,
' Portland, Jan. ' 7 To the Editor et
The Journal The lord tnayor of Syd
ney, N. H- W., tme dectared that alt local
taxos nhould be' placed upon land val
ues. ' That city, of 700,000 inhabitants,
fa surrounded by suburban cities that
do not tax Improvements or personal
property for loral purposes, and thrive
thereby. In the creat state of .. New
South Wales over S25 cities abd'towua
levy local taxes on land valueit exclu
sively; v -1 1 , w' j . V'.'VV v', ' '
Toronto, Canada, oa January 1 by a
yoto of four to one, declared In favor of
taxing land values more and Improve
ments and personal property less. It IS
expected to socure from the provincial
Irg-lBlutUre the right to tax city land
Tdlqes almost exclusively and to relieve
from taxation improvement and bomee.
The vote was 'UAH la favor of the
new method and (404 against It.
British Columbia, lias abolished the
poll tax and la about to abolish the tax
on stocks of goods. ' .
Alberta la g-ettlnirn Iftithehfte umouM
of free advertising', tens of thousands
of American home builders and hundreds
of mil Hone of dollars of American cap
ital because of the encouragement given
to men and enterprise by that common
wealth that calls its systom of taxation
the alng-lo tax. Every city and town la,
or shortly. -will be, on a single tax basU
for Its local revenue. They have no
(counties in any of the Canadian or Aus
tralian etates, so that local revenues
thereby equal what we would tertr
county, school, city, port and road taxes.
The voters of Oregon have not, killed
tho slagl tax but only reused It to be
mote wWety discussed. It la coniing. a
stopt at at Into, throughout the civilised
worW. All Canada will be on that baaia
for local revenue wlthltf a few years-
All that was proposed in Oregon was to
ratch up with, Uritiau Columbia and Al
berta at one atride.' The people, refused
to make that stride, but 'did show a
willingness by their vote " to exempt
household furniture, to "inch along," and
whn recovered from their scare, thrown
into them by some welt paid journals
and agitators, they will "Inch along"
gome more, and maybe take a stride or
two In the course of a few years.
It is possible that a brief, plain meas
ure takinjf taxes from $1509 of improve'
iuaaiita. aiuL. p ersouaJUxirop ertx.,o t, every
taxpayer will be submitted In 1914. By
that time the lies circulated by the op
position about the western provinces of
Canada will have been exposed. A re
submission of a home rule measure la
contemplated.4,,,
A measure exempting 10 per cent of
Improvements and poraonal property
onei! year suoceealvely until land valued
only are taxed is acceptable to many
who are afraid of doing at once what
Alberta has done.
Of course, these propositions are not
the single tax In full, for there will
remain our national taxes, levied on In-
.come and impprts, amounting to more
! than rcst-. There will be in-
come and Inheritance and license taxes
In Oregon. But every step toward Jus
tice will be fought a single tax until
the name attracts votes as It does in
Toronto, where every new city official
is In favor of the new system Jut one.
ALFRED D. CRIDGE.
About -tlw Tort t - rortland
Portland, Jan. 7. To the Editor of
The JournalIt was with keen relish
that I read the article In Sunday's Jour,
nal In regard to the docking facilities
of this city. Tou have here in Portland,
Just as In other coast cities, troubles,
owing to the fact that some person or
persons have seen fit to sell the water
front to the special interests, namely,
the railroads and a certain fetr priv
ileged concerns, which have! of 'course,'
dominated- and controlled by private
ownership what should by all means.
have been a revenue producing proposi
tion for the common benefit of the city
of Portland.
I am often surprised as I stroll along
the waterfront and look upon your beau
tiful rjver. and see a few rotten docks
and a very few steamers and ships do
ing business ' in this port. Whan can
you expect when the whole commercial
water highway to the sea has literally
been sold, and I might say given away
perhaps for a mere nongT
I also notice In the article In The
Journal a statement about Hamburg,
Germany. Tes, it is quite true. They
do things entirely different over there.
They are not so selfish and greedy as
to take only the monetary part into con
sideration. They look at the commercial
and industrial benefits also, especially
when they employ thousands , of men
against n few hundred here.
And this is not only a fact tn Ger
many, but also In England! Take, for
Instance, the city of Liverpool,. " See the
great stone docks the Alexander docks
where you tan walk for miles from
uocK t0 do, k anJ Iarfrt Steamer or Ship
nnv etuec of water. Then, aealn. a
I you i,..vo n,t,de this oompariaon, so I
'also make it, and perhaps there are
' some who do not like this. Would it
: i"'1 be a good idea tg fullow . those
places? What have yon got a river for.
of entry, art it hIiouUI be. Tou have all
the resources and facilities right at
bawl. You can, if you only wit:, create
a great commercial market, sou can
lower shipping rates by water. . Tou
can through these channels create new
buHlnoss, more work and more wages,
and establish an all year Industry, in
stead of having an army of idle men all
winter. You can do all this easily enough.
Now, then, will you do It, or will you
Just say, "To the devil with It?"
i - FRANK MARTIN.
Bible'i Capital Crimes List.
Portland, Jan. 4. To the KdltQtrof The
Journal Referring to Rev. Mr. Lolper's
article In ahswer to mine, "Are You a
Hangman?" let me Isay that I honor
the Bible, and look to if as the final
court of appeal. I eo honor It. how
ever, that ft seems profane to use tho
sacred. Hcrlpturc to prove the. claims
of those who believe In capital , pun
ishment. One ran prove almost any
cruel or illogical belief by taking dim
Jointed passages from tho ;book and
reading into them preconceived notions.
'Among my earliest memories, is one
Of. sitting on. my father's knee while
If., the iwe.btUBhlAWia44h-wm4
imtnlty, argued with those who bolteve
Slavery could be proved right by the
Bible. I can hear yet the heated volcoa
quoting-"Cursed be Canaan i a servant
Ot servants shall he bv," "None of you
COl-illliiTi uID
CriALL CHANCE
A r"','hl'l',nt-f!fit
lack vt ,ilvii'ii.
never sufl'ois fur
Of coiirsi) all pnbllo employes would
IIko an IncreuMe of nalury.
Regarding the Idaho court, the colonel
ad h ecus to the word "inllamoue."
!
The rry of "ruin" ow a eonseiiience
of tariff revision downwsra is dying
away,-
, e e i ' i '
The State Fair asaoctatlon Is one of
the inntUuUons that invariably need
"more,'
It l possible for a well-meaning pub
lic official to be over-sealous In some
direction. ...
1 ',''"(' t '
It was a little chilly hereabouts, but
polder even In southern California, and
back vast whew! , ,
A vehicle tax law la talked of again;
but Is there any use In passing one aa
long as there Is a supreme court? -
The Idaho supremo court benefited
Instead of punished the newspaper men,
and injured only Itself and its members.
t , t , - i n , ; e ' ' , . , 1 - ,
Tor six weeks beginning next Monday.
Salem will be a more Important news
source to Orcgonlang than Washington,
' J5very godd cltlsen condemns Incendiar
ism, and regret losses of fire victims;
bttt aone fires are a big benefit to
tho city,, , ',,;" ;.'-' '"vf
' The superintendent of the Washing
ton, V. C-. police was rush, not to ay
fouliKh, when be declared that the wom
an suffragists should have no inaugural
pageant in that' city. ;- lio' has changed
hut m'nd, ";'.,
Sail Qucntin Man Describes Leavenworth Prison
, Front the San Francisco Bulletin.
It la generally 'conceded that Leaven
worth prison, which is now the center
of much Interest as the place Of con
tinement of the sentenced labor leaders,
la the best conducted and most sanitary
penal Institution In the United States;
Its population is about HBO. and the
Inmates are confined In what are known
as "double" cells, which means that eaoh
cell accommodates two men. At present
a new cell house containing 1000 "sin
gle" cells is in course of construction.
There are no stripes. The cjothlng s
of a gray material, somewhat similar to
that of a letter oarrler's uniform, but
eaoh prisoner is compelled to wear his
number serosa the back of hi coat ana
also on the front of hi trousers.
Discipline is maintained by what is
known as the "silent" system, which
means that the prisoners are not allowed
to mingle together, nor may they speak.
The inmates of the -same cell are per
mitted to talk iifc low voices until taps,
at 9 p. m-, but In the shops, the dining
room, the chapel, or while marching to
and from work, sllerrce prevail at all
times. :. l,:.t: ."".""'' "!
"That is the worst feature of Leaven.
worth," declared a man recently released
from Leavenworth,' "I was in the trans
fer from San Quenttn in 1910, and Leav
enworth was like heaven in comparison,
But the silence got me, and you don't get
tnuch chance at the fresh air. At 7
o'clock you come out of your cell and
march to the dining room, by twos; from
there you march to work, and at night
you march back to your cell, with bever
a chance to stay outdoors more than a
few minutes.
But when you consider other, things,
Xaven worth Isn't such a bad prison.
Take the food, for Instance. It's better
than at San Quentln; in fact; there is no
cor parisoiij ; For Sunday dinner we got
roast pork with brown gravy, mashed
potatoes and green peas. -There is a big
farm, where about 100 men work, and
there are always plenty of green vege
tables In season." ,
"Don't the men ever get a chance to
talkf he was asked.
'yes. "twice a yearmr Chrtstmas and
the Fourth of July. Sometimes a man
waits six months before ie can speak
to a friend, perhaps to his own brother.
But the prisoners are allowed to have
presents sent to them at Christmas
shall be freed from being bondmen,"
"Servants obey your masters," and "Of
the children of the strangers, of them
shall ye buy '.and they shall be
your bondmen forever." Slaves have
been freed, and no one now reads a con
doning of slavery Into the scripture.
"Tha samu chapter of the Blblo from
which is quoted, "He that smlteth a
roan so that he die shall be" surely put
to death." also provides, if we take the
text literally and give it a twentieth
century application, that a bondman who
has been sold for a Wm of years and
whose time for freedom is at hand,
but who does not choose freedom which
separates him from his wife ana babies
Who are still In bondage, shall come I
to the public market place and have his
ears bored In .tpaen or. ms perpetual
slavery, "and m shall nerve forever."
This chapter also provides that "he
that curseth his father or his mother
shall surely be put to death;" that "If
a man smite his servant until he die;
If he continue a day or two (after the
smiting) his slayer shall not bo pun
ished;"' that "if an ox gore a man or
a woman that they die, he. (the ox)
shall be stoned till he die."
We recommend also the reading of
tliaWholo chapter (Genesis 9) to find
that blood Is required not only of the
man but of the beast -and also the
man's brother. If one part of this command-
to avenge man's blood by taking
blood is to be transplanted into this
century, then w must if consistent
trsfifrpiant allyes, even the law
against tho man who "defies the Sab
bath," and he "t'liaU surely be put to
doath," Of the man who picked up
sticks on the Sabbath day w are told
"the man shall surely be put to death,
and the congregation shall stone him
with Htonoa without the camp." I be
lieve in the sacrednesH of the Bnbbath,
but when Christ was reprimanded for
healing and plucking corn from the
field on the fiabbatlv he made H clear
that man was not mude for the fcub
bath but it waa made for man. 1 still
bear the master nay, "But I say unto
vou." and from Deuteronomy to Romans
- find that Ood has held pno thing
sacredly . to himself; "Vengeance is
mine and . "Vengeanc clongeth to
God." God gave life, he can give it
again. If he will, he "can breathe tho
breath of life Into a body stricken by
hia breath of wrath or Justice, but man
cannot do that. ,
In ' many cases, swept by passion at
the horror, of a murder, committed,
courts and prosecutors - seek evidence
against the 'accused Instead of coolly
weighing evidence to find who Is tho
guilty one. Under such conditions the
tmiocent are often convicted. Society
can be amply protected by the incar
reration of. the convicted one, and If
later tho sentence for Cause is reversed
he can at least be given the remainder
of his life in God's green world.
.. The horror of capital punishment is
not In th frhi by which legalised mur
der Is committed, but in doing that
w MoH mm-1u t -4.ioi luuk-autbolt)-4
do. ' Capital punishment logically tends
to holding life less sacred, and so low
ers the standard. That is why we worn
against It,
And then, if men are hanged for mur-
ilt
QllLGOU cid::ligiit3
Allmnjr Ucnmcitit: llcnrv Mi'I'lmurry,
bniiiKlit to tlifi I letiKK'i'M t ' in I i ."h
ittMiiiii front a t'UHii In hla ym.l whlrh
nan Hourly two noxfn fiie ied r.iNiilx'i
ries upon It. Jle hrnl (ha biancli from
tno Dunn Clirltinus morning.
inoenon j ritiune: .i.t-nunon mteu a
new city Iiall badly, Mie nei-ils n room
in wijioii 1 to nolU puullo' 'ineetlngu, a
place to house the city council, to pro
loct the city records and to chi for
the fire apparatus. One bulMIng would
sunice lor U tnese purposes.
Rev. Robert McLean, pantor of Relh
any Presbyterian church, Urants Vhhh,
has realgned to take charge of mlMHion-
ary work among the bpunlsh apettklng
pponle of the territory comprialng Cul-
ifornla. Arlsona, New Mexico und Texne
and representing a population of S00.0O0
oiextcana.
,,'''': e ' '
Burns News: The last month of 1912
was a bumv one at the local (,'nited
States land office. Thirty-seven home
stead entrlea and Neven desert entries
were made, two timber and stone entries,
one rallroaa selection, - and tns uauai
number of . proofs, - closer c ana norne
stead, were taken. .
The Baker Democrat defends rabbit
drives, rebuking those who oppose them
as cruel. The Democrat points out that
either the rabbit or tho farmer must
go, and that Jackrabblt meat Is mighty
good eating - besides, -and that there
is a demand, for It that cleans up the
supply right along.' ,
Myrtle' 'Creek 'Mall: .This setstloh Is
well suited for walnut culture for trees
that leaf and bloom 'late- The young
man who wants to start some business
that will ' Insure' htm a future lncom
and boa the nntlencn to await the re
sults, cannot miss the mark' If he will
plant walnuts, of tho right kind..
time, and they can have all the maga
sine , and book that come.
"Warden McClaugheryi doesn't believe
in denying men anything that will take
up their mind and make them better.
And the new deputy warden, W. II.
Mackey, 1 a fine man, a big Improve
ment over the last deputy. He la work
ing now to get a baseball ground In
shape, and all the men like him. '.'
"At San Quentln you can't even have
a Christma card, and no magaslne or
books that ' are sent you. Then, be
sides, Leavenworth baa a good library
and each man get a catalogue and can
draw any book he want one each
week." - . , ., '., . -
, "Wrat tire the form of punishment?"
-"Well, for talkingfor your first of
fense you lose your tobacco prlvllega.
or "maybe your writing privilege. For
something ..more serious you. go to the
hole. They call It the 'hole,' but it is
a cell Just like the others, with barred
door, and you put your hands out be
tween the bars and, they handcuff you
that way.
- "But the longest tlma t ever knew a
man to be punished In the 'hole' was
ttire6'orTouraaTs;''Land,'--oft!inrse7-he
is not handcuffed to the door at night.
"The worst punishment they have is
solitary. But even that isn't a case of
being thrown into a dark cell and kept
there for years. The. longest time I
ever knew- a man to be kept in solitary
at Leavenworth waa two months. And
a man In solitary ha to work; he has
to break stone In pis cell. Of course
that make it better for him, because
it keeps his mind and body occupied.
'They have what are called paroled
men, who can go outside the walla and
have-lot ot privileges.. It la tho same
a a trusty, only better and a man may
get a parole the day after he arrives.
The regular parole, that Is the kind
whore you are allowed to go away from
the prison entirely, ia also in use. 'Any
prisoner who has served one-third of
his maximum sentence can be-paroled.
I'm 'not sure, but I think it is manda
tory if hia record ha been up to the
requirement.
"Everybody is compelled to go to
ehurctr-w-h-flundayT-- Thuy-havr cath
olic and Protestant services, and you
have to go to one or the other.
"Of course, a prison is a prison, and
doing time is no Joke: but there are
lota of places worse than Leavenworth."
der, how ahall we find adequate punish
ment for more awful cjimes? I do not
here refer to that crinje for which the
mob so often mete out swift punish
ment, though one turns In horror from
that. I mean that most awful of crimes,
the seduction of fair young girls. For
what father or mo-hr is there who
would not more readily forgive the man
who murdered hi daughter than htm
who through foul machination or devil
ish temptation leads her to that which
sets her aside as a hissing and a by
word, hated, despised and scorned, shut
out from all a woman's future a sin
so much worse than that which has
turned us paie with horror in these re
cent revelations in our city, as the
seduced girl's future is blacker than
that of the victims of tho recent crimes.
And yet, -while the murdered souls and
defiled bodies of these cry out to us
we would not mete out death , to them,
for we have no right. That is God's
prerogative.
ADA WALLACE UNRUII.
Jteltminaries. '
From the Washington Star.
"What-Js going on?"-asked the terr'
fled stranger in Central America.
"Revolution," replied the man in the
uniform.
"Who is leader of the rebels?"
"Don't know yet That" - What
fight is about." ' ...
this
en
Pep
the Strong Arm of Business.
' The Strong Arm of Business protects your good health and
the entire nation against fraud, deception, and ill-advised buying. .
It enables you to buy with forethought and knowledge instead of
by. blind instinct . It guides you to efficiency in buying the,
necessities and luxuries of life and aids you in the economical I
management of your household., ' , j,-
This Strong Arm of Business is Advertising." ;
It wields its most powerful protection through the advertise
ing columns of the daily newspaper, because through this me- '
dium it reaches most frequently tha greatest number iii eaclf '
community. , ' i -f , 1 , 'I'O, ' - , fi , ' fcv
You should appreciate and recognize the importance of .this.,,
protection by reading the advertisements in THE JOURNAL ., ,
closely and constantly every day. - This duty1 you owe yourself, ' v .
because it saves time and money. It enables rou to purchase"
from reputable dealers the best of everything at the lowest pos- '
sibie prices. .v 1 f -ir., '. " . , ' ."" "
(Copyright, 1912, by J. P. Fallon.)
Representative l.;iln, of t.Jino county,
proposes a liuiiil-i r of legliiialH o I
lomiM. A letti-r K Ht out to l ;.!'-!. i'"i
and others 1m too long for The Join n. 1
to -print in full. In tins lettur, Air.
Eaton says: ,
The number of .hoiisu committees,
should be reduced by eliminating all
useless one and every member of tb'J
house should be set to worh. clvlng- lilm
the work he Is bout fitted for and likes
beHt. The members Of tho committee should
be selected by the house through a com,
mitt re on committee consisting tit five
member elected by the houHe. no two
to come from the same legislative dis
trict. ...
All committees should meet accord
ing to a schedule prepared by tho chnlr
man and ratified by the house, which
should become a part of the house! cul
endar and the house may compel t:ie
attendance of members at committee
meetings. - Meetings should be ojien,
unless otherwise ordered, to all mem
bers of the boujue and senate and ac
credited members of the press,'
All bills should be considered by the
committees in the order in which they
are received as far as possible, n''l
every bill should . be reported to tho
house within seven days af to? it has
been received, but the house may grant
additional time for the consideration of
a bill by majority vote of those pros--ent,
' The time may be specified but If
not, seven days should be understood
a the limit, J , .''
No bill should be introduced after the"
tenth day of the session unless a, ma-. i
jorlty of the house consents, and no- ,
bills should be introduced excepting by.
tho consent of a two-thirds vote after,
the twentieth day ot tho session. '.
'In addition to the' above I hope ',wa
can secure a resolution to make cfflcl-
ency the 'test for "the hiring: of all ,
clerks,'. " ".,' )
The above rules it would seeni should
have bo opposition none has yet ap
peared but there is little doubt that
when the time comes there will be a .
great' deal ot talk about "the old rules
ar good enough" the reason being that
some men and soma measures are pro
tected by the rule that have remained
unchanged for o many year. - w.
' There are- 45 standing house, commit- -tee,
a number of which never -meet -and
a large number of which amount to
nothing, These are the graveyard com,,
mlttee used to fool new member and
punish others who do not "line up" er .
"stand in." An appointment on some, :
ten of these Is at best a Joke. - One,
or two new committees should be addod ,
to the list, but the whole number could
be reduced . neasly one-half. Whtle it ,
I true that all members are not eqdaliy
qualified for committee appointments,
I have never known a member of the
house who, properly placed on a work- .;
Ing committee, could not have: helped s
materially the work of the session. Alii
nanlMa committees should b Cut out
and every man set to wonf. '
At the last session oi me isgiaiaiure
the committee on alcoholic traffic did
not have a single meeting, the same was '
true of federal relations, internal im
provements, ; inanoftctuTcsvswtsttc"
and immigration; the committee ,on
commerce did ot have a bill to con
sider; capltol buildings and. ground .
thourht they had ene but It was taken-.
away and given to ways and means.
Indian affairs has met ana aajourneu -
just once in 10 years, and health and
public moral about the same. The
busiest of theae 10 superfluous com
mittees ia salaries and mileage, which
nnvnr meats but on the next to" the li;
day of the session, and delegate one of
its members to get tne secretary o
state to figure out how far each mem-1
ber i from home. -
The change in the selection of mem
ber of committees from appointment
by the speaker to selection, through. A '
committee of five from five separate
district is a plan upon which several,
of us have been engaged for two years. - ,
It Is substantially the plan used by the
national house of representatives,, and
If adopted will be the most progressive
step taken by any -state in the Union, .
The organisation fight haa been a dctrl-
ment to eyery session in which 1 have
been a member, because every speaker
ha had to make pledge to, win hi
election. These pledge hav not. re
sulted In the selection of the best or
fairest men for reponlbl positions. (
but too often the shrewdest and meat
arbitrary.
1 No one who ha ever attended a e
ion of the Oregon legislature has failed
to se the groat waste of time and ef
ficiency, on account of no, system for
the meeting of committees. Th most
Important and the great bulk of work la
done in committees, and .yet th session
is usually half over before the commit
tee get down to work. Then their
meetings ar Irregular and often men
who -should be able to appear before . .
them and got away are compelled to ,
wait a week for a few minutes' consul
tations. C'r. . - j. - 'r -' . '
Bills should be considered' On t their -merit
regardless of - who introduce
them; but they are not always. W l a -committee
does not like a man or.hjs
measures they sometimes pigeonhole hi . f
bill and if allowed smother it entirely;
if he complain they may wait for an
other bill to take lta place and report
it to the house first ot instead. A bill
Is also sometimes held in the pocket of
the chairman of a committee until he
can use It a a club to compel some leg
islation in which he is interested.
The adoption of a rule limiting the
introduction of bills to the first10
days of the session would influence .
member- to .prepare .their .bills before
tho session and get them in early. A
the consideration of blljs is the main
work of the session, It is apparent that
tho house could get to work much ear- .
Her if bills wore ready for introduction
the first days.
pon