THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ::G::iNG, I I.MJ.Y . 1 1C, 1
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A God bath made thee free!
. , Bulwer-Lytton. , "
OVERNORS are only human.
There Is a reasonable limit to
forbearance. ' '. . XX :
The stream of almost dally
abuse poured by, the Portland Tel
egram on' i Governor West .for tha
past two years la enough to have pro
voked any red biooded 'man to per
sonal redress long ago! .vVr
The attacks have not been a dis
cussion of principles,. They -have
Sever contained ft single direct
charge, t They htve never presented
a fact nor mn act that has attracted
Eneral attention or comment. '.".
There has teen nothing but peer
!sh and petty insinuation. There
has been lnuendo as to West's Offl-
ini art ' orirl hints that everything
might not be straight : Glaring head
lines and sensationally worded open
ing paragraphs always dwindle down
Into some petty actwlth stealthy at
tempts to dlstort.it" into ugly mean
ing. rKX-X:
For more than two years, this at
tempt to assassinate the governor's
reputation A has "; been continuing.
Not one act ,in ;his administration
has been commended. The sewers
have been dragged and, the gutters
tcoured in the effort to blacken his
Thereis probably not a man, in
Oregon who has the slightest dues-
UOITTM .TO VUB VIWUU1 P lil.c&4ii.j.
But there is a newspaper, plant,
month in ; and month out, used to
epread broadcast sly ft'nts and sen
sational lnsinuaiIonari-to-"--theeffect
that he Js not' honest'U ;.ur': ;m
. n mom camlnr. canfions and ma
levolent persecution Of ft public 6f
flclal has ever been seen in Oregon.
If there were tone single charge on
which ..tmakeijinttackhert
might be some Justification, but the
Telegram "z makes : none. J It; simply
goes on with its trivial misrepresen
tations and distortion of facts that
reduce Its assaults to the. category
of personal persecution. ..
There is no " greater 1 inisuse. of
journalism than is this systematic
hounding of Governor West He was
elected governor: by the people and
it is the people's desire that he be
given a free chance to administer
their affairs. When- he makes mis
takes, he is of course subject to cen
eure, but a malicious and persistent
nersonal houndine of any rublic man
is a despicable business.
TO continue it as has been done in
Governor west s case is narmizi to
tne interests oi ine state. , it, tenac
to handicap him in carrying out the
policies the people want made ef
fective, find a huge number of Ore
gon s Dest citizens are iu nearty
sympathy-' with many of Governor
The governor'a mistake in the
personali epconnter at Salem was
that he ;dld not ignore the- rspre
Eentative 'ol the newspaper that Is
mallgnins him. The public perfect
ly understands that the attacks are
' . . . ' . . . 3
promptea oy peraoaai mauce, ua
while they harm state Interests, and
are hard to liear, It is the newspaper
itself . that chiefly suffers .through
loss of credibility, loss of influence,
loss of public respect and loss of
standing in the public mind.
' Any newspaper that is always un
fair, is always without prestige, and
that ,1s exactly the statua of- the
Portland Telegram. It is without
standing and without Influence, be
cause it Is not just to measures and
men ,
A BASIS OP AGREEMENT
p , OVERS of international peace
I . ' nan joyrmiy the statement
cabled from Berlin a week ago
u.i - - a . ...
mm ueruiBBy nan aaoptea tne
suggestion made by .Winston
Churchill in March, 1912, that the
two nations should be satisfied to
limit their dreadnaught building to
the proportion of t '.sixteen British
chips to ten i German of the first
class. . ' ' .
- -ThAt U Uueffect to stand still as
they are, - '
Persistence In the race , was .drag
ging both nations down the decline
towards ; bankruptcy," Regarded as
a policy Of 'insurant "it 'waa, a-com-I
lete failure. ?5 When once the, agree
ment ; Is made th only wonder is
that it has been deferred so long.
The attitude of both nations to
v ards peace has been the effectual
1 revpntlve; ot quarrel between all
the European Rations 'over the in-rlck-nta
and consequences of the Bal-
idier the Triple AlllaacrTior the
JilriSl-ntentedared go too far.
H is niwted that they have-gone
a farther, and 'that the .German
ii ia-Eyrla-H not to beany
7 cl traded ty' Erliala, and
HOTjyplXQ A COYERXOB
that compensations' for Germany Jn
Africa may' bo found for conces
Blons to Britain In WeBtern Asia.
Britain and Germany1 were tradl-
tlonal friends loimcalIy for many
decades, and until commercial rival
ry became embittered, The world
will be the; better and the safer or
the renewal of , their ancient amity.
It will not be surprising to see a
general arbitration treaty suggested
as a- still stronger means for stop
ping the mad fa.ee of armaments. '
Mil. GEEIt'S STATEMENT
IGNIFICANT statements were
" made 'by ex-Oovernor - fleer at
the Lane banq;et Friday, even
in ..'..".-"..'.-.: f '''.'::; Vv:
:t- ' - 1 -V '' ' " i j -. 1 i 'n
lie'tiald he Vbelieved that State
ment One had become so firmly
grounded, in the public mind in Ore
gon that even If the pledge were not
taken" by" members, the ' legislative
bJdy would feel bound to ratify the
people's - choice. ; Ho said that,
though it had been a hard lesson
for many to learn,' he believed the
manlier of Senator Lane's ejection
showed .it to beV the better method.
Possibly it is so. if It would be,
were men of sense and sobriety
elebted to the legislature. ;
But with the legislature as the
dumping ground of such a cons'der
ablo percentage of urflts and flat
heads, there is no telling w,hat might
happen. Jt is beyond the bounds of
speculation to divine what might not
be done by such a menagerie of im
possibles as might at any .time be
elected. , . . ''.
It is however reassuring to the
cause of people's election of senator
in Oregon, for a man of .the intelli
gence 0t ex-Governor Geer not only
to declare Statement One to be ir
revocably established, but to himself
publicly acknowledge Its efficiency.
It. Is the true attitude for all leaders
of political , thought In Oregon to
maintain. 'The failure to do ko has
produced In this state a large crop
of political cadavers.
Incidentally, If the Mays law had
contained ft Statement One provis
ion,, ex-Senator Geer would probably
have served In the United States sen
ate, the term that fe;i to c-Senator
Fulton." Geer received the popular
vote and,, under the Mays law, was
entitled to the. legislative choice.
V But those were- the days of sena
torial riot and ruin at Salem, aLd
there was .no mandate of the people
that the. legislature felt bound to re-;
ppeofe The-atruggle-wntiatiedi-forty
legislative days, and the election
took place, on the last night of the
session, eight or ten minutes after
midnight, v,:,.-, v ..4.- -
; apprenticeship: of old
ANW.finglisli'.boolr-'w the
hlBtory and development ot
r apprenacesnip ,is m essence a
reMlse oa child ahorTn
England. "
? Of " the two joint authors, Miss
Jocelyn Dunlop and R. D. Denman,
M. P., the latter confines himself to
present day conditions, and the tasks
before ; Juvenile Advisory Commit
tees, Labor Exchanges, and Continu
ation Schools. a : . .:
' Miss Dunlop's researches have
proved that' It is a mistake to hold
the factory system responsible for
child labor of the destructive type,
eating Into the capital resources of
the nation. Employers, including
parents, have always seen In it a
convenient device' to cheapen 'work
ing expenses., Even in medical times
the value ot child labor as cheap la
bor was recognized, Many master
craftsmen sought to employ undue
numbers of young people, all of
wbom-irould not be employed in the
trade, and whose thorough training
one man could not accomplish.
From the. thirteenth Century on
ward artisans were organized in
guilds. Their ; aim, even, then, was,
stability of employment. With this
in view the apprenticeship system
was developed. The " objects were
two-fold, first, to limit the number
of entrants into a trade, and,' sec
ond, that those entering should be
so trained that they might not, by
bad workmanship, weaken or divert
the demand of the consumer.
In origin the guilds were volun
tary, but in time membership was
made compulsory. 'Apprenticeship
had three stages, first as a volun
tary custom, second, its general
adoption and regulation by the
guilds, or unions, and third, its em
bodiment in the ptatute of artificers,
and in the Poor. Law passed In the
reign of Queen Elizabeth.
The guilds in London controlled
the relations of masters to their ap
prentices, fining masters whose ap
prentices were beaten, ill clad, or
neglected. Until the seventeenth
century no premiums were paid to
the masters, but only entrance fees
to the guilds.
An artisan who took another
man's son as" his . apprentice" treated
him precisely as his own son, hous
ing, feeding, -clothing, and teaching
him In his .trade. The master exert
ed over the apprentice parental au
thority and took the whole produce
of his labor during tb.9 term.- '
Here is the chief difference be
tween - modern and medieval child
labor. The 'modern- system destroys
family control. an l gives perilous in
dependence to the youth. The me
dieval system secured that family
control, by the parent or by the mas
ter, should be about the boy until
'manhood.
.The powers of the guilds fell by
flow degrees through, the eighteenth
il ccatury-Jia481A-.th--etatute--of
Artificers was repealed. ; Then,- until
J the Factory Acts and the Education
Aets.'wcre paseedfc, child ' labor was
Uncontrolled, end the plight of the
child worker was pitiable indeed. .
The history now before us eug-
gesta the origin of th,9 thrive great
requirements 'of todiy. 'l Suffix
dent parental or quasl-pareutal con
trot over youths 2 The learning
,of skilled trades. 3 -Such regala-
tlon of employments as will enable
the great majority, of learners , to
continue to be employed in the trade
that they, have learned. .
THE CEULO BILL ;
HE committee which investi
gated the CeJilo Power Project,
recommended an appropriation
of '$50,000.' This was after
wards cut down to $25,000. Another
bill was Introduced by Sanator. Day,
which : carries an appropriation of
$15,000, but- which contains a' pro
vision that Is apt to nullify if not de
feat the project. ' This bill has elimi
nated the state engineer entirely and
provides that the investigation "shall
be- made by k committee1 ; ot five;
composed of the president of the sen
ate and two senators to be appointed
by him, the speaker of the houBe and
one representative to be appointed
by the speaker. Tho flvo can then
select an engineer to carry out .the
investigation under their . direction
and the committee Is to report' to
the: next! legislature. X; : j-'jiji ; "V K
, Why eliminate the stat : engineer?
He is the original , proponent of the
prpjectr. He has expended almost
infinite time and patience in inves
tigating it. He has discussed with
heads of great manufacturing enter
prises in the United States r.nd Eu
rope possible uses of the proposed
power. . ' -.
The state engineers work has
been checked by technical experts
and declared by them to be sound.
He is paid by the state for doing
work of this very nature and any
bill that eliminates him is unworthy.
It will be a mistake to pass the
senate bill in place of tho house bill.
The house bill calls for an appropri
ation ot $25,000 and any portion of
this sum remaining unspent in. the
investigation will be returned to the
state treasury. . : ;
It will be poor economy to spend
an insufficient Bum to make a thor
ough investigation and , without a
thorough investigation no work
should be undertaken on this
project. J,; -
ALLEVIATIOXSIN WAR
CELEBRATED German sur
geon, Professor' Frank Col
mers of Coburg,was Invited
hy"KIng "FerUinand "Tc tae
A
charge of the hospitals in Sofia at
the breaking out of the Balkan war.
He had served in the Japanese host
pltairln-iho-KusscJapaTieBe"'waT;
Professor Colmertr has now re
lated In a magazine article his ex
perience uwftb, wounded patients.
He notes first that gangrene, the
deadly foe of the wounded, in pre-
1 vl0U3.-wara.has- practtca41y-li3arr-
peared, thanks to the general use
of first aids to the wounded, and to
the practice of aseptic surgery pre
venting infectlosUct 'wounds.
He tells us that nothing less than
a bullet through the heart, the
head, or an Important artery need
now be classed as a deadly wound.
Wounds In the abdomen, even if In
volving manifold penetrations of the
Intestines show a surprising propor
tion of recoveries. . Little Is to be
feared of chest wounds unless In
volving the big arteries of the heart.
The most favorable recoveries
from wounds penetrating the intes
tines have been ascertained to be of
fmen who, shot through the abdomen,
have been missed and left, lying for
two or three, days on the field, with
out food, .and without being moved.
Dr. vColmers recommends that ar
rangements be made hereafter to
care for such men where they lie,
and leave them there, to give the
punctured Intestines a chance to be
gin healing naturally.
I The form," Constitution, and veloc
ity ht the modern rifle Tiullet are
important aids to recovery from the
Wounds that It Inflicts. This isjex-'
cept at a range ot a hundred yardB
or less, when the new bullet tears a
hole bigger than a man hand at the
point of exit from the body. Ordi
narily the bullet bores a small neat
hole through Its victim. Farther,
the wound Is Tendered aseptic by the
heat, generated by the high velocity,
and it carries no particles of clothing
Into the wound. Suchr an injury Is
germ-free, -and if treated with ster
ilized bandages,. Dr. Colmers sayB,
develops no pusfc
Another aid to the quick recov
eries of the Bulgarian wounded Is
their' courage and Berenity. Their
chief anxiety is to get back to the
front at the earliest possible day,
They meet death (jalmly and quietly,
desiring their small possessions " to
be sent to their fa.mill6s, and ex
pressing sorrow only for those de
pendent on them. They declare
themselves repeatedly as glad to
have "given their lives forhj liber
ation of their brothers'.
s
PEAKING ' generally, the object
of the bill' before the legisla
ture of Oregon, which Is to
J bring the scientific teaching of
agriculture to the Individual farm
ers of the state iMo-make farming
more, profitable and more Interest
ing. .Since the needed knowledge Is
centered in the Agricultural College
there is the natural agency to carry
VL..t. L.tV' UJa :.!' 'j ' : . i.'i
UUl uuiu cuuo, .
What have been the advances in
farming knowledge and practice- dur
lngthe last few years which have
cban ge 1 artBing- from-atrart handed
down from, our forefathers to the
science of today? ' .V . '
i Xt'us notice a few of them, - New
eronomlc plants have been dlecov-
ered and made available. ' Irrigation
and soil reclamation have. advanced
from experiment into every day prac
tice. Attalnablo conditions 'have
blfcn reached for the regular grow
ing of "bumper" crops of corn,
wheat, and other grains. Seed selec
tion Is better understood," and grains
are now graded and , standardized.
Plant pathology, and soil bacteriolo
gy have been carried from the la
boratory to the farm. ; Farm man
agement has been systematized, ud
the.reasons for crop rotation are of
common k nowledgo. Fertilizers and
their action are n'ow 'both studied
and tested. So much for the current
duties of the agriculturist. '. v
Inspections and other diseases ' of
farmVanimais v are ., both guarded
against, aud their treatment, if they
do occur, is - better understood. . ,;
Farm drainage, especially to con
nectlon -with Irrigation,; has become
a necessity for successful and c6n
tinuously prosperous farming. ' '
; The need of scientific road build
ing : has . been brought, home . to the
average, farmer, as an. investment
profitable on1: the commercial Blde
of the farm and essential .to the
comfort of the. farmer, and his fam
ily. "
Dairying, sheep, cattle and hog
raising, feeding and, marketing hay
been reduced in practice from hap
hazard, ways to scientific methods.
The use of the Babcock tester must
not' bo' torgotteu.:;fe
Planting, tending, and developing
fruits of all kinds for commercial
use are understood as never before.
The art and the llmlta Of special1
izlng In the - products ot the land
need much further study., '7 ' '
The possibilities or cooperation
among producers are only dawning
on us now. .
'.All this Is. but the syllabus, the
heads ot the course -which will be
made attainable by this legislation
by thetay-at-home Oregon fanner.
TOO . MUCH PRACTICAL '
IS IT possible to overdo the prac
tical aide of education . and ot
life? : - ' ' : ".:''
The air is full of calls for that
teaching which shall improve the
dollar earning or dollar making
powers of the pupil. The leading
aim Is to aid in the competitive life,
which la assumed to be . the only
one ahead.
What Is there la be suggested on
another bide?
Is is not true that the best mo
menta In the life of a" man are those
wherein the hi gher emotions -fill
control, and 'dominate his nature?
Looking backward the short mo
ments of emotion, not the dull hours
prosaic dally lite and heed, are
those that mark the. diary of life.
Also is it not true that in hours of
thought and reverie the incidents
and characters of fiction and tale,
the lines of poetic Imagery and
"fancy, rise unbidden to the memory,
rather than the hard tacts of busi
ness, of science, of history, or the
social science of the time?
The emotions, the4eellogakpftthe
heart, decide for ua the most" mo
mentous issues of our lives. The
Ideal, the Imaginative side ot our
nature surely needs and should prof
It by 'the training and development
too much reserved for the practical
slde,of us.
. No scheme of education should be
approved that does not provide for
the study of the beautiful and the
cultivation of the liberal arts for
these not only widen and deepen the
currents of our thought, but beau
tify the home and add graces to the
life we live.
In such broad plans ot. education
music takes a foremost' place. Is
there any other . art with equal
power?
If the home be filled with the
spirit , of music then . opportunities
will be eagerly sought for the prac
tice of concerted music In the com
munities in which we live. What
better ' object can there be for so
cial gatherings, interesting to young
and old, which have neither head
ache, heart-ache, nor pocket-ache be
hind? In these ideas are,, found the uni
versal agreement that the , auditori
um must be a continuing center of
the musical life and effort of the
city. Without the great hall and Its
organ we shall continue to suffer a
daily loss. With It our children will
grow up, as those" in other cities of
this-and other lands, familiar with'
music that Is great as well as good,
filling their memories, raising their
standards, substituting the words of
the great masters for the meaning
less ditties and rag-time jingles of
the streets.. . -
Whatever economics may be re
quired in construction of the audi
tortum it should be understood that
the provision of the great organ and
necessary surroundings,' ; and the
equipment of the hair for oratorios,
concerts, recitals, and choruses must
not be omitted, ?C
OommnnlcHitlorai lent to Tti Jonrnal fot
pnl)UctUn tn ttatr dcpaetinent uhould be writ
tea on only one ild of tbC paper, should not
exceed 800 word In length and muat be ac
companied by tbe .name and addrew of tht
ender. If th writer doea not daslre to hare,
tlie nam .puUllabed, ba aboold to atate.)
i . , f Referendum a Life-Sdver.
- Portland, Feb.. H.To the Editor of
The Journal. The Journal is constantly
criticising the legislature,- and- justly
so. In Its issue Of February IS, it say b;
'"Thirty-one days, and thirty-one bills
passed. That's about thirty too many.
They would have done much . better to
pass the appropriation bills and - ad
journ .as soon as they had ratified
Harry-I.Afit's )pctfOTt. ""
"The big, meritorious measures, such
as the Deschutes project, a good roads
bill,-a fair 'compensation act,' the Celilo
project and the slmpUtlcation of court
procedure, are all worthy of their ar
eat consideration, and would hivo taken
most of their time If gone into with an
earnest desire to lc!,-iti!ate for the ben-
.tu.m.ir' '-"- .i.i.ih iwii fiwi'nii'-"i
Letters From the People
eflt of tho i atatfl. CoiiKervatlve men
encfir and n&y, 'The lcBlU'ure ought
to b aboll-shad.' " ' ' '
Tho aterlllzaUon bill Is reaction of
the worKt type, and fraught with the'
most eerioua. .conaequencea. The anti
swear bll would be a dead letter from
the start, as would the Sunday, amuse
ment bill, - The county meat inapoctlon
bill would oauae endlena trouble t and
play into the hands qt the meat trust.
And so down the list Very few of the
1000 or so bills are worthy, of the seri
ous consideration of an Intelligent leg
islature' , - ;";; -ss, "
We find, when three-fourths of . the
time has passed, that the legislature
has wasted Us time on popgun bills to
the neglect of important matters.
Let The Journal save a list of the
reactionary members and keep them
before the toters next election time;
and we will try to keep them at home. --
Oh, my! Oh. my! If.we did not have
the referendum; a few such legislatures,
as this 'would depopulate, th state.
"! The Maalcal Examiners' "Bill. 7
Portland, "freb. ll.--To the Editor of
The JournaWThe bHVfor the creation
of a state board of musical examiners
has been "lndefjpnltely postponed' ' by
the- legislature, owing i tdt he flood of
misconception and misrepresentation. It
Was recently stated In The Journal that
the most prominent teachers did "not ap
prove of the MlJ. ' -This Is not the case,
for the majority ot the men and women
supporting the . proposal numbered
among- them many of the best . names
in ; the city and. state, and tne u mber
of expressions of approval from the
public was overwhelming. The bill ."la
aot dead, but sleepeth," but will without
doubt pass Into law before many -years.
We shall now commence a policy of
education to enlighten the public, and
some of the muslo teachers, as to the
true, meaning of the proposal, and as
a beginning I crave - a little space In
The Journal In which to answer sUte
monts made during the last Uvr days.
. We . have been charged with trying'
to set up a "machine" and create a
trust" A trust is generjly under
stood to be. an organisation to V which
only a select few oan be admitted. The
proposed board would not have refused
admission to anyone who -possessed a
minimum of competence. Others, agalh,
without reading the text of the meas
ure, called H "unconstltutlonal'v' it
might be considered so If; U were de
signed to prevent any person from doing
something that he was o.-.pable of doings
but the proposed state board would only
prevent those from teachu t tne art of
muslo who were not competent to do It
There Is nothing unconstitutional In
this. ....:, V.. V:v -J,-:-,,;. , '-.'
Others again argued that -It would
be Impossible to set ft Standard. This
would be the least trouble. To set a
standard Is no difficult matter; to at
tain' to Its measure, would probably be
far harder. I have before me the reg
ulations Issued by the Royal College of
Music, , (London, England,) for the ex
aminations' held by that body for teach
ers of the pianoforte, and voice. Tne
men who compose the examination board
of the college are among the most em-
Inartt'muiiic.lana tn TCiirnnit mnA n 4Aar
from their splendid syllabus, they have
Bet-rouna-ft- a-Hf ficuitrmatter to set
up a standard. A sUte board of musi
cal examiners In the "wild and woolly
west" composed of five trusted and rep
utable musiolans would prove quite as
capaDig setting, a standard, applle
ble to our conditions. The British board
even consider, themselves capable of
examining "teachers of alnglng." that
difficult feat, which some of the. .critics
or tne proposes dot ueeiare to be so Im
possible, .if.'..- !-'.. .'.:.. '
Others criticised the bill because all
I those at . present engaged In teaching
wuuia do oaiowea 10 continue upon pay
ment of one dollar registration fee with
in 90 days. This Is only an ordinary
and Just principle of law, for no pro
posal could put out of business those
who had been allowed to practice teacL
lng in the past; It could only apply to
the future. The registered body would
gradually Improve In quality as the ex
aminations were held, and as the first
enrolled members one uy one dropped
out to fill other spheres.
Others again fear that the registra
tion and the. "possession of -a license
would lower prices, to those charged by
those least competent This Is an un
founded alarm. Take the case of phy
sicians and doctors today. If one has
only a moderate fee he sends fo the
nearest doctor,' knowing that he pos
sesses at least .a medium of compe
tence by reason of his examination and
acceptance - bj the state hi ard, but If
the sick one has wherewithal to pay he
goes to the high priced specialist JSo
It will be with the muslo teacher under
the proposed law; prices wilt not suf
fer, for the person -with-smallrmeans
will go to . the ordinary registered
teacher, knowing that he or bu pos
sesses a 'minimum of competence, but
thejntendlrtg , pupil wltn cmple funds
will willingly pay the price of the more
successful teachers.
The principle of- registration and li
censing of music teachers, la somew.-at
new to ( Oregon, but other states are
working on the question, and It has
become ft live issue in Great Britain,
Germany and Austria. There Is no rea
son why the profession of . teaching
musio snouia not do raised to the same
level as those of law and medicine, and
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER
The history of secrecy makes a long,
black smudge down the page of time.
Nothing is truer than the saying that
'the Wicked' love darkness rathe? than
the light" And this proverb has a bear
ing we do not -usually, suspect -
We assume It to have reference to
robbers, footpads, sneak thieves, tnutin.
ous seamen, and home-breakers." It does
It also refers, however, to any othef
group of people who work in the shade.
You. can" set It flown .in your books
that any business for which the claim
is made that It Is "better to transact
it under cover, that It is unwise to have
It investigated, and that the public has
no .right to meddle In it, is crooked. Of
course, I do not include the affalrsi of
a purely personal nature, but only such
matters as have to do with the public.
TheP-Wholi history of government, be
rore the day jpf newspapers is a record
of tyranny ihd unjust privilege, bo long
as the common herd wag ruled by ft-se-lect
few, who presumed to do betterbjf
the people than the people could do
for themselves,, the result Invariably
was luxury and fine, feathers for the
elect ana starvation and rags for the
many. ...
s. yested rights thrive in darkness. It
is' only in the light of publicity that
Human Rights grow.
The story ofcthe Old World,' of China,
ancient Japan, Egypt Greece, and Home
is the story of secrecy and outrage,
' The story J of Liberty and the Je
World is, the story of' the uncensored
presaVv--r,tf '
Whenever you find secret councils of
kings,, diplomats . whispering behind
their hands, h senators gum-shoeing
loundwandtruaUaaagnatca .mumbling
In a back room, you may be sure that
the publio is about to be looted. ; ,
i The petty criminal is afraid of ; the
policeman.- The big criminal is afraid
of the reportor.;;:, .; ',: ,;-:,' X-:"'1' ' " ' - -:.
- Th man who crRcks the belated 'cit
izen over the head with a. lead pipe fears
the law. The man .who sapdtm ,' the
If the world Is to cstccm'us at a proper
wcrUi, we miibt lmn to rosulate and
clevUe ourselves by purging our-profession
- of the Incompetents who have
too long disgraced It. This bill seems
to provide the remedy.
... FREDERICK W, QOODRIClt.
Admonition to Women Voters.
ilarriman, Or., Feb. 11," 1913. To the1
Editor of The Journal I address the
women voters of Oregon. The thing
some' of us fought for, . which others
fought against so hard, has become a
reality.' But i why need we "fear this
new , responsibility? Our God himself
first found that man would not be a
success alone. Men ran into this fact
wben they tried to plant colonies In
America. Sbuads of men were brought
Over, ; but all plans ' met with disaster
and defeat until 'women; reBponded to
man's beckoning. It was with woman
by his side and In his plans that suc
cess i came.
It is strange to me now that those
brave women who crossed the treacher
ous ocean In frail craft for the sake of
liberty were pot given a voice In law
making .whea our constitution was"
framed.;) To : her, mind ; was given a
quicker perception, a keener intuition
and more thorough understanding of the
small details, i The masculine mind fa
broader, more restless, ever seeking new
fields and 'discoveries, i He depends on
logic:-1 facts and science. 1 Neither i Bet
would be a, success in 'any field alone,
God seems to ' have intended that " we
should struggle through life's problems
together, .. I dislike; extremes in this
suffrage movement. Men are our natural
protectors and we should be willing to
recognise this fact We must still be
womanly, still be mothers. - No country
will be a-success without' its homes,
and no, home complete without children,
I hope; tQ, have ott my i. coffin one In
scription, and that the word ."Mother,
If I nave earned that title and been
worthy of It, I do not .think I shall have
lived my life in wain, ft---,f -'(,-. y . v
.Woman's vote Should bring strength
to, the nation. Her counsel should add
to the protection of homes. ' Nowhere
should her Influence- bring discord be
tween the sexes. iTha old political an
tagonism should be entirely obliterated
and men and women should work, la har
mony for higher morals and more just
administration. ; n, , " '
H VACELLB WESBUR,
News Forecast of the
- Coming Week
. .Washington, D. C, Feb,' ' 18.4 iBlds
will be opened at the navy department
Tuesday; for the1 construchon of th.
new.batye.ship Pennsylvania, the largest
Ml A.M . .
ugaung macuine yet designed by any
navy. Without armor and sruns. the
Pennsylvania, with displacement of
JM0 tons, wiU cost 7,5,000, The
total cost of the vessel wUl hi einse
to. $12,000,000. ..':'"r,, ;r :;;
President Taft In
w ,T.VVH4,VH mu
service In behalf ot universal neaee.
is to receive a gold medal jat a testi
monial reception and dinner to h. h.M
Jn JNew orjt City Friday venlngrTBe
amner whip under the mm!,...
American Peace and ArbltraUon league,
and will be participated Jn by represen
tatives of tMrtythneepeaca.an(Ljcivlo
organilatloHs throughout the country
President Taft has also aoeepted an
invitation -to attend th nn.i
of, the Washington National; Masonic
Memonai association, Which will be held
In Alexandria, Va at the end. of the
week. The association is composed of
the grand masters of the various Ma
sonlo Jurisdictions in tho United States
and has for its object the erection of a
permanent temple to Washington the
Mason. -Tuesday
will be inauguration day In
France, when M. Raimond Polncalre will
be formally installed as president of
the republic. In. recognition of the pop
ularity of the new president it has been
decided to make "his inauguration an oc
casion for a general fete day, with pop
ular festivities throughout the country.
The Joint tntmnnnAi .-......
Commission WiU hold a meeting in De-
ww juonaay. xne principal subject to
be brought up will be the Livingstone
channel in the Detroit river. The pollu
tion of boundary waters will also be dig
cussed. Stock brokers throughout the United
States and Canada are to hold ft con
vention in New York the latter part of
the week to form the International
Brokers' association. Th i-hi,r m
the association will be to put the public
on lcs guata against get-rich-qulck
schemers who call themselves brokers
and deal, largely by mail, in securities
that are absolutely worthless.
Saturday,- the anniversary of the birth
of George Washington, will be observed
as usual as a public holiday throughout
the country. Wi the capital the. leading
feature of the observance will be the
annual reading of Washington's farewell
address In the senate. 8enator Brahde
gee of Connecticut has been, designated
to read the address.:;:,
' : Food for reflection Is often adulter
ated. : "': r: '':,
whole community and ; steals twenty
million dollars by manipulating a rail
way system or the. packing industry
does not fear the law., He hires the law.
The thing he fears is the light publio
opinion; and the man who works the
spotlight is the. newsppaer reporter.
Naturally, publicity is often overdone.
Newspapers now and then descend to
the level of vicious gosslpe.tbut not of
ten enough to offset the Immense ad
vantage of their open utterances, ,
There never was a, bribe-taking Judge
ousted from the bench, a corrupt poli
tician retired t? private life, a. gov
ernoi1 or mayor who sold out to corpor
ations and was exposed, that did not
hate newspaper' reporters above rattle
snakes. .
i- This Is not a government by law: law
does not govern,, Jt is merely: the rear
guard of government , It is a , govern
ment by publicity, rt is newspapers and
magazines, the publishing of facts, that
govern.
-The hopeful element in this. case, is
that any attempt on the part of secret
cabals to own thepress defeats itself.
The publio is sure to find it nut, and
down goes the " Circulation. Many a
speak-lightly, side-stepping publication
has been supported by criminal capital,
but never- with conspicuous success..
Absolute independence, truth-telling,
and honesty are . the ' foundation stones
of a successful publication of any kind.
Even party .organs and publications
backed by a sect or union are , dis
counted. " , i j-i , i , t
. 1 We 'could manage to"rub along with
out the uistingulshed gentlemen " who
run our finances, make our laws, and
regulate our morals, perhaps,' but sup
press tba..tiew6paparreportac.aA4we
should be tempted tO'.aayvj';.-)-:iVr-f-''-i':
K JThen bear me from ;,th .harbor's
'. mouth. Wild wave;:i - -.i'vji- mp-'-
ril seek tnothep uhon.r-::?
Bo kind, then, to the reporter. Take
him Jn. and tell" tho'' truth.' And if you
feel you must llo, be careful to make
a r '-, ty r"' ' J"h cf It, -.
Lincoln i?nd Wilson
- ' From ' the i Boston Globe
We have not been able to fashion
a legend about the life of a ppstdent
born In a brick parsonilge, educated In
three universities, who" has beon a pro- ;
feBHor in two others and- who merely i
exctmnges ft college preKidoncy for the .
national 'preflidency liere is a man who r
not only never split rails, but who nev- '
er edit inf tnitlves! " How cun we weave , ;
tt romance out ot that material? , '
And, we have generally lnsisiea on
makina romantio heroes out of . our ,
leaders. -The favorite American story
ever has oeen a tale Of triumph, over .
hardships and handicaps. It 1 our epic.
QUk-k leaps from penury and obscurity
to fame or fortune, impossible elsewhere j
except In the chaos of a social revolu-"' '
tlon are normal in our democratic re-'
public, We delight in euelng and cheer- .
Inir.the feat. ;We like to be startled! ;'fy
we enjoy the jSerisatton. t It Is part of
the dramatics of . American lire, i
.Hard as it may be for us to iaca m
jr.. .
fact, we hava had our last log cabin :, '
president- That ' plcturssqfte-'.racftj-';.-
uniquely - American, " has passed into .:
history. - ' Some of . Its products were '
as commonplace as Buchanan and lm-
possible as Johnson, but the heroism of j
Jackson and, Ui glory of, Lincoln have
framed vabout- them: all foreveran :-
fading aureol,"i",,:.v r"?. .f,? xli',jfr'T! "ftr
The log cabin Itself vis an all nut t
extinct' type of architecture, .and the ' '
social life it ; expressed survives only -,
here and there in the southern moun- ;
tain'S( With free schools and free books .
scattered over" the land and. with tbe
state unlversrty: near .at hand, a poor. , ,
eountry boy like Lincoln,, with a thirst '
for knowledge and a pair of long Jegs. 7
could not miss geetlng his AB on a ,
sheepskin and his letter on his sweater
by running bases for the varsity nine. . .
jJndeed. the country boy, however cli : '
cumstanced, has disappeared for the
time being from the presidential line. ,
Our , population t becoming more and
more urban.our presidents for a gon-'
eratlon now ,have been urban In their -origin
and training. " There was not a r
farmer's lad among them, '
The three nrincipal candidates for
president in the recent election were all '
urban. Probably no one of them could V
milk a cow, although t may not be safe
to nlace any . limit on Mr. ooseveits
versatlllly.i ':, ,;i-' :i ;, ' :-.rx.t X'H ' ,
Emerson said -to his fellow towns
men of Concord four days-after Lin- , -coin's
death, , "I am aure If this" man '
bad ruled in a . period less facility of
printing, he would haya become mytlH f
logical in a very few years, like EsopH
of Pllpay, or one of .the seven wise-.
Masters. " . Thousands who never have ' ;
read a line of his biography or ot his ,.
addresses and messages are made ao-
ouain ted with Lincoln through stories
of him that have nothing to do with his V
statesmanship, They are pictures, not ,
ideas, and the youthful or unreflecting ,
mind lays hold of them eagerly.
, Woodrow Wilson. It would appear Is ,if
not a Grover Cleveland. . to shake the
atmosphere every time he turns around.
He is neither dramatic nor theatric.
Have you remarxea tnat tnose wno go -;
to see him have little to tell ua about
the-Tnanrt Not-about, what be says,;,
for that would be telling talesrbut liowT4
he says it how he .talks, walks and has his -
being. 'They, seem to nave notntng w
tell because he does not dramatise him'
aelf.-Jiia--head.;ia..-hls power housa
ulliu thai" hi amotlonH. and Senators ..
and representatives and reporters are
not mind readers, to see what is go- ..
lng on in a man's head. . They come
away; "therefore, : bat fled.:: and with no
reminiscences to relate. ; ; , ' j
Hence the total absence of "Wilson
anecdotes. Did you ever bear a story ,
about' him? One or two books have j
been printed about him, but their au
thors seem , never to hare caught him
in action, -going anywhere or doing
anything- ' ' . ' , ". " : ' -'.."
Yet mark his power, his ability to r
hold men together In New Jersey and
get things done, his high courage., his
cool self-reliance as he fronts the grave
problems of the nation, his freedom
from ruts and conventionalities and his .
readiness to take new ways. At the
same time he is lacking in gracious-, ,
ness, as Cleveland was, and, if he is
without hunior, he has a ready wit
We have had one successful presi
dent whose processos, like the president-elect
s, . were chiefly mental. Jef
fer son was the most exclusively in-:
telectual of the leaders who have held
captive our democracy. Unromantlc, he
preferred the violin to the rifted
naver went, to war and was acousedt;
of taking Ignominious flight the only .
time the British soldiery got anywhere "
near him. Undramatic, he thought and C,
talked Hk a philosopher-Xet it-was
the common people' and not the high
brows who followed him, and his away '
lasting a full quarter of a century was
longer than any othec. that has been ;
exercised over the American people, xx
Perhaps we should go back to thojjr
first Democratic president to find ttifT I
archetype of tne latest uemocrauo
president
Opposes 'Higher Education. '
Former Speaker Cannon does not be
lieve in tho "higher, education" for peo
ple who hava to earn their living by the
"sweat of their brow," He applied his
reasoning to the Indian appropriation
bill When the house was debating cer
tain expenditures for Indian education.
"In Douglas county, 111., way back 54
years ago. there was one man whom I
will call Jones, who could not read or
write," ' said "Uncle Joe." ;He was a
great cattleman who had three sections
of land. There was another man, named
Smith, who had about the" same amount
of land, Jones came Into my offi.ee one
dgy, and 1 asked' him:
"'How is Smith and his big family
getting along?
-- 'Oh, first rate,' he saldj "but, he -Is
going to aend three girls and two boy
over to Asbury University. ,
. " "Well, that's all right.' I maintained,
he has worked hard and has the money
to send them.'
yea. It's all right" he objected, but
they have got . the notion that they do
not care about farming, and when they
come out jof Asbury College they will
just come back damn eddlcated Jdjita""
a., an thv did." added "Uncle Joe,"
amidr the laughtet of the members afwj I
the house. Washington Star. "-r
Smile t . - :
If "the world is looking gray.. ,
Part your Hps and grin away; - ' v .
Bave your blues "til another day- ,
i . Smllet- ,' . ..
1, .'"'.. . . . s
If your partner's looking aad-.:.-r;...'.ef.".
It may 1b he's feeling bad- v : v t
Then simply grin and start the fad :
, . Smilet . . .
Don't' sit 'round and suck, your thumb,
Soon they'll all be looking glum.; r ...
Hand them out your nttia plumb --
, ; Smile! ' " . . . . .,;
ru't n,4 inlr H' wnrth 'that WhtlnT
Just your grin might reach a mlle,.j
Or the whole world reconcile- j XX
, , t. ; - . JmllaV
',' "'V :,:t"Xi
Salem statesman:" "Watson ; Town
send, who lived In Salem .about 17 or,
18 yea.ry ago, and taught school , rtar -Brooks
and at other points about this'
city, has been appointed ity . engineer
by-the city council of Omaha, to succeed
d. W. Croijr, who li-ates Omaha l-'tbrn-ary
.15, to vncouit, city engineer f Cnl
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