THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1313
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It Is hot work -that kills men;
it . is worry, Work Is healthy;
you can hardly put more on a
man than he can bear. But wor-'
s ry Is rust "upon the blade. It
la not movement that destroys
the machinery, I, but friction..
Beecher.
A CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
ANY movement or organization
of citizens that.' will;! nmi Jn
the election of such officials
as Portland ought to have is
to he commended; - : ' ' '
But every mhvement doesn't do
what Is, expected of, It. Organiza
tions often fall of patriotic and
beneficial results because seized and
misdirected by schemers, ; ;
The plan to have a committee of
100 aid in commending officials for
selection 'will .be limited in Its use
fulness by the .wisdom - or lack of
" wl8dom7wUtt"wHIc"iracr,T:: ,.
The action of the 'proposed com
mittee . can -be such ; as- to "beat -all
the candidates It' recommends. H
can so perform . as : to furnish the
best campaign material In the world
for riff-raff, candidates. -. That is
often the final outcome,,
Politics is a subtle business. A
large number of ; gentlemen who
think themselves experts in1 human
affairs " are stupid on "the point' of
what makes and unmakes public
sentiment. ; For what they think
they know, . such are usually the
easy prey of cheap politicians, an J
that is why committees of 100 are
mostly loaded. -'...
At the present time, there Is ser
vice that organizations -of citizens
can render. They can arouse people
to the Importance of taking part.ln
the coming election. They can lead
the movement for scrutinizing the
past records of : candidates. They
can Impress upon the people, that
only five men are to hereafter gov
ern" Portland, and ; that essentially
they must be men of manhood stat
ure and not two-by-four; politicians.
It is aroused sentiment for good
government that Is -needed. ' It is
the enlistment of all citizens in a
campaign fox ridding, government. of
the unfits thata the crying need.
It is light on the past and on the
qualifications of candidates that the
public most wants.
Put all ' this before the people' In
dependable form and, they will do
the rest. A committee of, 100 that
goes about its business with pru
dence and discernment can render
high service in this direction.
It can place facts before the peo
ple that will eliminate undesirables.
If it undertakes to play the little
father and select a certain ticket, it
win botch the whole business. '.. .
. The selecting Is the people's busi
ness and they are very'Jealous. of
the prerogative.
ONLY PICTURESQUE
REPRESENTATIVE ' MANAHAN
of Minnesota says the. Under
wood tariff , proposes to , put
''blinders on American ' farm
ers ' and hobble skirts on our mill
ers." It is a protest by a congress
man who herded with the Progres
sives and housed with the Repub
licans against ' putting Our farmers
and millers in competition with
other wheat producing countries in
the contest to supply Europe.
The protest is picturesque, and
little more, so far as Canada is con
cerned, if the Montreal Sjtar and the
Toronto Globe are correctly in
formed. These papers, at wlde'varl-
. ance when reciprocity was an Issue,
are now agreed that a cut In the
American duty on wheat will" not
. make the fortunes . of . Canadian
Iarniers.4tJQllaws that if Canadian
wheat raisers are not to benefit by
& lower American duty, the wheat
growers this side the line will not
be Injured. The proposition is axio
matic. '
Canadian farmers are told their
wheat will not flow this way because
the T United States is producing too
much surplus these days. America
is a large exporter, and "with her
new irrigation there are large wheat
areas yet untouched. There is prom
ise that she will be a large exporter
for y many years to come."
The time may arrive, when aspir
ants to statesmanship will see the
advisability of getting down to
brass tacks. '
THE AUTO POLICE
rrtHERE will be public curiosity
I . if not public Interest. Jn the
I 100 members of the automobile
; club, who are to be sworn In as
special officers to aid in dealing
with speed maniacs. ' ' r
They are almost the last resort.
Jhvr fiiZ.uC it Uiey''fallIg ,the 'de
Iiirc. The reckoning may take the
form of over drastic legislation.
fho' drivers who malce the tr'ou
Ut a?o p small minority. , They are
liiitMi'j? 1 the streets unsafe. They
a public menace.. They are pro-
vldlng numerous eases o,f man
slaughter. - 1
It is the crazy drivers of this
small minority that are bringing
odium on automobiling. They are
creating sentiment against all auto
Ms, sane and insane alike. They
are a menace not only to the walk
ing public but to sober and prudent
autoists. They are smashing up
their own as well as other people's
machines and breaking their own
as well as other people's limbs.
They ought to bo saved froiij them
selves. , .'.,'
The 100 autoists who are to be
special officers can render a great
public service, if they wilL By re
straining the speed ; lunatics, they
can be of great value to the public,
They can rescue automobtUrig from
Impending menace. They can pre
vent over drastic legislation. ,
They . can sober up the speed
drunkards that will B?.ve an occa
sional human life. : '
, ONE STATESMAN
G. CARPENTER, former Port
I land detective, is a candidate
Jv- tot city commissioner under
the. new charter; He wants
to bo one of five men who will gov
ern Portland.
Mr.. Carpenter resigned from the
Portland p o 1 i c-e force because
charges .were preferred against him.
He retiredjunder fire rather than
face an investigation, t ;
.What' kind of a" man would Mr.
Carpenter be for commissioner, of
Public Saf ety, ' a position ' In -, which
he would have full control and di
rection of . the - police" department?
Would not a - man - who- resigned
under fire be a lollapaloosa as head
of the department? TZzzrn?iTr
Mr. Carpehter was a" member of
the legislature at. the late session.
He had .nia friend Jay Upton intro
duce a bill appropriating to the- de
tective, bureau" of which 'Carpenter
Is the head,' the sum of - $1000 of
public" money as a reward for 1 the
capture of Humphrey brothers.
' It was probably the rawest of all
the raw bills ever introduced In the
Oregon legislature
y It was so raw that even the housJ
machine couldn't . stomach it. It
was, however, changed slightly in
its terms, and .passed. . .
When a time came that each
member of the house was permitted
te-select one house bill for passage
in the senate, Carpenter called up
his $1000 appropriation, and had it
passed.
What a splendid conception of
legislation for the public "welfare! !
What a noble example of a legisla
tor's performance of duty to his
constituency!
If elected with four others to
govern Portland, what would. fb
Carpenter's notion of how and to
whom to parcel out'the $12,000,000
the commissioners will annually dis
burse? ; ' THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK '
THERE Is nothing In the finan
cial outlook to occasion real
uneasiness, says the Fourth
National Bank of New York in
its circular letter to customers. The
letter of course takes a very con
servative view of the situation, with
a tariff bill pending, a currency re
form bill not yet agreed upon by
the leaders, and railroads facing de
mands for increased wages and ob
jections to increases In freight rates.
The letter is to bankers and finan
ciers, and for that reason Its con
clusions need not be discounted.
Better business generally is prom
ised as. soon as the new tariff bill
passes congress. It is conceded that
a thorough going tariff revision
must alter the selling basis for many
classes of merchandise, causing mer
chants and manufacturers" to revise
their price lists arid readjust their
business. But assurance is given
that unsettlement has not gone far,
and if the new. tariff law is enacted
soon it will not go far.- ;
Easier money conditions are prom
ised In the fall. The Wall Street
situation is said to be well in hand,
with no disposition to overtrade oi
to pverspeculate. So far as Wall
Street is concerned, the letter says
there has not been a spring season
in recent years when the banks
were asked to finance more meager
demands from stock market bor
rowers than they are today.
A remarkable situation in view
of the many ante-election predic
tions. -
SHIFTY LOGICIANS
PEOPLE and papers who con
stantly prate about saving na
tional honor by imposing prac
tically prohibitive Panama
canal tolls on American coastwise
vessels are becoming tiresome. It
Is not necessary to ' attribute mo
tives; the only thing needed Is the
light of a little common sense.
"We can, if we choose, declare
the United States a pariah among)
nations, and give warning that nonjjr
or our lmernauonai agreements are
to be kept if we Hnd it convenient,"
says the New York Evening Post.
This is nonsense. Senator Root,
at the head of . this 1 propaganda,
says, "most favored nation" in the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty includes the
United States. 'Richard Olney, whose
brain and conscience will probably
weigh up and assay up with "Mr.
Root's, says the term means "cus
tomers" of the United Stales.
Back of the language Is inten
tion.' 'English courts make use of
Intention ju passing upon acts of
Parliament, nullifying unconstitu
tional acts by saying it was not the
Intention of Parliament tg do thus
and- so,:, .. . ..
Our own supreme court goes
further in legal disputes affecting
the entire American people by writ
lng words Into the law that law
malter3 never Intended should be
there. Mr. Root has never ques
tloned the supreme court's honor
when it wrolo "unreasonable" do
fore "restraint of' trade,"
There you are. This "national
honor" outfit Is like the lawyer who
argues the constitutionality of a law
for one client and its unconstltu
tionality for another. Both argu
ments'are vapid.
A SEKIOIS BUSINESS
ft tO WAN should become a candl-
date for office under the new
I charter unless he , is prepared
to submit his record to micro
Brnnln InsriApHon. . - )
The acid test itf going to' be ap
piled to every candidate. , The probe
.will be inserted deep. The publicity
will be pitiless. ; , . ',,-
We : have changed. Instead of
forty, odd officials, only five are to
govern Portland. They are to di
rect. : They are to control. ' They
are to, legislate.
The business they are to manage
is enormous. It ' disbursed more
than $12,00'0,000 Jast year... Its run
nlng expenses were nearly $3,000,
000 in 1912. It Is the biggest' cor
poration in ' Oregon. Its capital is
four times as much as all the de
posits In the Portland ' bankB. ; Its
collections and disbursements in a
single year are almost double the
capital of all the Portland banks.
Only five men are to handle this
huge business. ' Only five men are
to legislate for the 250,000 In Port
land. . Only; five men are to hold the
welfare and progress of this city in
theliUfofl.';,;; yj; ;.,
What- five- "men in the army of
candidates now overrunning the city
hall' are fit to collect and disburse
more than $12,000,000 a year of
Portland' ' public money? What is
the past of the clamorous gentlemen
so anxious to handle all this money?
What has each done to warrant his
coming before , the ' people with the
claim that he Is competent to con
trol and direct the biggest business
In the state? (.
The new charter cannot yield
good government with Coxey's army
officials. ' Scum officeholders will
prevent the best charter from ren
dering good service.
That is why every candidate must
be prepared to submit his record to
microscopic Inspection. Portland has
too much at stake to consent to be
governed by a commission of five
incompetents. Portland cannot en
trust the disbursement of more than
$12,000,000 a year to five men who
are failures in their ow.ni private
business.
Candidates whose records will not
bear scrutiny should withdraw. This
election is no boy's game. It is a
business for serious men. It is a
problem for sober judgment. It is
an undertaking to fjJi. every; citizen
with serious reflection:
GERMANY'S SCANDAL
GOVERNMENTS that feed patri
otism upon war's alarms as a
steady diet are apt to have
serious trouble at home while
avoiding it abroad.
Germany's military establishment
is Involved in scandal and the muck
rakers are making the most of it.
Formal charges have been brought
in the Reichstag against the Krupps
and other manufacturers of war
equipment, accusing them of fos
tering the war spirit by bribery of
French newspapers and Frenchmen
on the border.
Daring neVspapers are going even
farther, seeking by innuendo to cre
ate the "impression that' the kaiser
and prominent government officials
are financial beneficiaries of the
Krupp factories. :;:41'r,:i ,
. The situation was serious enough
to demand an investigation by' the
secretary of war, resulting In an ex
planation, amounting to an apology,
that bribery was traced only to un
derlings In the Krupp factories. But
the charges and apology have put a
damper on the German war spirit.
Germans resent being made fools of
at home or abroad,
The Socialists jUre taking advan
tage of the dlscrtfeures by urging the
government to do its own manufac
turing. But sober second thought
inclines to the opinion that if cor
rupt officials cannot be trusted to
buy, they cannot be trusted to man
ufacture. ' '
Fine-spun theories of - socialism
are not designed to correct corrup
tion such ashas been uncovered In
the fatherland in the manner sug
gested. Direct responsibility of of
ficials to the people who foot the
bills Is the only solution of the. prob
lem, and that is difficult of accom
plishment In a monarchy. -
Further, war talk is often a de
vice for diverting nubile attention
from enemies of government at
home. America has had her experi
ence. The present California situa
tion may be in point.
Some say there is a widespread
belief that Portland's new charter
will not work well. Choose the right
sort of commissioners and makW" the
belief-thlnspread.
The " Dalles church women who
are out to earn a dollar in an un
usual way may furnish inspiration
to men who find it difficult to earn
a dollar . tn the usual way.
South Norwalk, 'Connecticut, has
tnade kissing in public a jail of
fense, Sdvkissing in South Nor
walk, will become a lost art In some
families. . i
Laura Jean Libbey says that near
ly every fellow who flirts with a
girl ho does not know is either a
pickpocket, a gambler or a married
man. Gentlemen, have . you been
classified?
Tenants near the roof of New
York's new flfty'-seven-story office
building, built to house 10,000 peo
pie, may not have f,ar to go to get
to heaven; But think if they should
start the other way w'thout taking
the elevator, v
A " Chicago theatre manager an
nounces "remnant" sales, of tickets
as a device for reducing the cost of
living. The device may work if
torn dresses and lacerated feelings
are not reckoned In the cost. .
A Minneapolis woman writes the
Devil's Lake Commercial Club ask
ing a Job in the fields. She Is tired
of , housework. ; Housewives, beware
of this back to the farm propaganda.
It's catching. v .
"Gold has fled from Mexico. This
fact "is printed by way of warning
to those who might otherwise be
tempted to go there and" get some.
Lead . is abundant, however and
loose,. .'
Scientists pronounce a Rhode
Island girl the. most wonderful mind
reader of the age.' Novf that's car
rying woman's rights a bit too, far.
No one can credit the motorcycle
maniac with good intentions. Yet,
nevertheless, the pathway to purga
tory is paved for his ultimate whirl,
Talk about hard luck!: Think of
the devoted patriots who won nomi
nations only to lose them.
The " discreet "man - wiir take his
overcoat along these bright, spring
mornings. . - k
Letters From the People
(ComnanIctloo . Mat to Tb Innrntl tot
publication In thU department (boold b writ,
ttn on onlr on aid of tfa paper, ahould not
ticced 800 word In length and'mnat b c
eompanled br tb nam and ddra of tb
tender. If tb writer doe not dealr to bar
tb nam paUUa4, ka abould so (tat.)
Worse .Than Speed Fiends.
Baker, Or., May 6, To the Editor of
The Journal Much has been said lately
concerning the awful toll of death due
to reckless and careless driving- and rid
ing of the automobile and the motor.
cycle; But what are the combined fa
talities or the auto, the motorcycle and
other death dealing macMnes, Including
the revolver, compared with those due
to the greater and more criminal care
lessness of the man or woman, boy or
girl, who constantly expectorates on the
street Or sidewalk, In the back yard, or,
worse yet, upon the office floor, and in
the home? Why do the People look
with such horror upon the few who are
run down and fatally Injured or killed
by the speed maniac, and sit idly by and
see tens of thousands of people ex- i
posed from matter expectorated by ig
norant, low-bred, dirty human beings?
Who knows but what this is the. problem
to solve to check the awful spread of
consumption? Who can say that the
first start of the dread disease is not
just this very thing? Who knows but
what the deadly germ is already at work
in the bodies of many little children who
are seen every day playing in our back
yards and on the sidewalks and streets?
Yet there is no law to ,stpp nor even
check the dangerous negligence on the
part of these ignorant persons, who take
offense If reminded of it.
I only wish I had authority to arrest
persons caught. In the act of expectorat
ing on the streets, or in offices or back
yards. I should do as the automobile
club members of Portland have done. I
should choose a hundred good, clean
people to go out and arrest all persons
found guilty of the crime, and deal, with
them in a manner that they would re
member, I would run In more murder
ers than you ever saw before.
Oh, for a rigid law to force dirty per
sons to regard the health of others. It
is these things that count in preserving
health. Why worry so much about
speeders, Impure' milk and water, , and
the revolver, and overlook this, the most
dangerous, and by far the most serious
of all? I say, get to work and stop this
practice. Educate and compel Ignorant
persons to be decently clean and care
ful. MRS. AGNES HOLST.
The Expectoration Habit.,
Portland, May 6. To the Editor of
The Journal I should like to put up a
prote8t against the "spitting habit," and
trust that my letter may create as
much comment as did the "poor mouse"
article.
, I had observed the nauseous appear
ance of the sldewa'ks.of mct cities of
this "great andgtWous' union. I had
hoped that Portlsrnd would prove an
exception; but, alas! I have" lived here
long enough to discover that It was the
flushing of the rains and not the eleanlL
ness of the citizens I should say malfe
elthsens, for who ever heard of a wom
an spitting on"lie sidewalk? If men
must spit, let them spit in the street,
where all filth belongs. Or, if they
must spit where they walk, let them
walk in the streets.
.-It is my misfortune to pass the com
mislon, house dint-let daily on my way
to work. The public does not realize
the unsanitary way in which our food
is handled." Crates of cabbage, bags of
potatoes and peas, and boxes of fruit
are set out in rows in front of these
places of business, scarcely leavvihg
room for the pedestrian. The walks
here are more filthy than anywhere
ele in town, as they fere protected from
the rains by a canopy. Consequently
these footistutfs are' smeared across
the dirt. One day I saw a Inan, whose
overalls were a sickening color, drag an
ppen crate of radishes for at least ten
feet along the sidewalk, and another day
I aw a man dump a Back of flour right
down on a fresh Juicy spot the size of
a dollar and a half. .
If we must each eat our "peck of dlrt"
before we die, i object to any more be
ing added to my peck, for I want to liv
to a good old age.
Can't we reform the "spitting men,"
and abolish this nuiwance?
. SANITARY ANN.
. Anti-Alien Land Laws. .
Portland, May . To the Editor of
The Journal in The Journal of May 2
M. E. G. and 6, A.- Reade write on jhe
subject of the Japanese and the, Cal
fornia anti-alien land law. Japan cer
tainly has nq rigbtto Interfere with law.
making In any part of the United States,
but no state has a right to discriminate
against anybody when It comes to mak-
Trrsldufil 1 Wllflrtfl nJ8 SMItM! '.fill 1(8-1
tomary thougntruiness, plain dealing
and unyielding deterrrilnatlon without
any resort to the. "big stick" method,
and his attitude is exactly right.
Any state may, and every slate might
to, make It Impossible for any alien
to own land. Illinois passed such a law
to t rid of I,ord Scully ofIrelandi
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
- .
There are -always battles of some kind
to be fought. -
" ,'' ''','. '
Perhnps nonei of the industries will bo
"ruined'' alter all.
The crops win grow Just the same,
whoever or whatever is elected.
'
Is it pAsslblo that most of those Mex
icans have iiuieted down at lust?
,
Governor Johnson seems to think 'lie
is "a bigger man than Uncle Sum."
The California legislators seem to be
lieve pretty strongly in state rights.
jt ''..
Now let us give the new style of gov
ernment a good, fair, prolonged trial.
' ;:': ' ,, .''
The Democrats In congress are show
ing the courage of their convictions, in
tariff reduction, at last. ,
'"(' . '
i Man supported two wives 'and seven
children in two homes -on 112 a week.
He mut be an economic genius fit the
first order.
- - ..-.. ... . . .... .1 . . . j v i. b i n n j a
and altogether right,, but he Is evidently
a mun tt firm uifiinu ami n
twerved from what he believes to bo hi
"It's tariff revolution," remarks the
mornini paper. Well, the vices and
wrongs of extreme protection were
enough to cause a "revolution."
,.1
'If eni'firnmnt la raallv Imnnrltnt
as many thlnk.l then it Is lamentable
inai so smau a proportion or legal vot
era exercise the right of suffrage. ,
NEW YORK
By Herbert Corey.
Socialism Is being given Its fflrst real
test at Schenectday by Socialists. They
are In complete control of the city ad
ministration. ThoBe Socialist employes
of the city who draw wages of $2.50
a day or less are earnestly In favor
pf all. Socialistic, employes putting their
wages Into a common pot to be drawn
therefrom, share and share alike. Those
Socialist employes who get salaries bit
terly resent this proposition.
"It's hardest on Mayor Lunn," said
a man who knows the situation. "He
gets the biggest salary $3600 a year.
If he doesn't share that salary e will
not be renominated. If ho does share
it what's the use?"
Of course, you'll remember the story
Of the Irfsh Socialists. Pat .was de
fining Socialism to Casey.
"It means, said he, 'that I take
wan of your two horses, and . wan of
your cows and half your chickens.".
"How about goats?" asked casey,,
"It has nothin' to do with goats,"
said Pat. "You see I have a goat."
Mrs. Kate Thimble Wool sey, one of
the delegates named by Governor Sui
ter on the American commission to re
port upon agricultural conditions In Eu
rope, has balked. She would not sail
with the other commissioners on the
Saxenla.
"The commission has arranged that
no woman shall make an address," said
she. "No woman is to have a share in
the official program. I felt that under
the conditions it was my duty to with
draw."
Well of course every one for him
self. But Mrs. Woolsey certainly Is
missing one of the grandest little junk
ets that ever shot athwart the startled
map of Europe. The federal government
and the various states have made ap
propriations for the support, comfort,
and sustenance of the 100 members of
the commission on a taxlcab and truf
fles basis. The members of the commis
sion may net know the difference when
they return between a rural redit and
a bar-tab, but thfey will be equipped to
talk eloquently on the menus, vintages,
and decolletages.
Tliora la a nlof for evervthlnir and
th nlMPn for Gaillard Smith to StoD
seems to be about here. Smith is the
inventor or adapter of the aetectapnone.
This is the little Jigr( which a de
tective hides in your bureau drawer.
Ana, tnen ne goes away, ,ana -ue. .
stenographer to - the recover at "-. the
other end of the wire and Jiy and by
he has a complete record of youV con
versation, Including the exact price for
which you agree to deliver the Incrim
inating papers. -
"Now, says Mr. Smith, I m going
a bit farther. I'm at work on the detec
tascope. By means of this instrument
It will be possible to see what Is going
on in the room under observation. With
Iia detftctascoDe before
you, and the earpiece of the detecta-
scope clamped over your caput, you
mtfi-ht iiiHt as well be in the room, so
far as observation goes."
The detectascope as a iupe inirteen
Inches long and three-eighths of an
ir,.h in diamntur. It Is inserted in a
hole bored at a convenient point; In one
.. . . . i .. rr t . ..
end OI me tuue IS a Iiuneye ionn. iuo
h nltpred so that the faces
of those passing money ' or writing
checks may be oDserveo. as h eianu.
it is a modification ef the cystoseope,
by which medical men have long been
accustomed to peer into our most sacred
works. . .
"But when I get through with this
Mr, Smith pauses in .his profane rap.
r it mav h assumed that when he
gets through with it the practise of leg
islative bribery and aldermanic pur
chase may come to a dead stop.
Texas paSsed such, a law to get rid of
English snd Scotch syndicates that
owned millions of acres of land 1,030,-
000 acres in one tract, besides smaner
tracts. The Texans went at it rignt,
Just as President Wilson wanted Cali
fornia to go at It. The Texans legislature
passed a bill excluding all aliens and
foreign syndicates rrom iana owning
Texas.
If Governor Johnson was as eager to
serve the pedple of California as to play
politics, he would nave ravoreu ue u-u-iii
kin with tho words' "Ineligible to
citizenship" left out -That is the milk
in the cocoanut ana tnertfts no anoiner
real question involved. California
should pass an antl-alien land law as
complete as the Texas law. Anything
short of that is "illogical and unjust to
Uaelf W. H.- ADDIS.
The Real Canal Issue.
From the Salt Lake' Herald Republican.
Many opponents of the tolls provision
of the Panama canal act. are arguing
from a false premise. They object to
the remission of tolls to American
coastwise veBselS on the theory that It
partakes of the nature of an unneces
sary and Indefensible subsidy, a gift to
a special interest that neither deserves
nbr needs It. Their allegations may be
as irrefutable as the fundamental pre
cepts advanced by Plato, but they are
not to the point.
, The elemental equltableness . of the
MiM...alnn a thA nnauiwittm linn tlintf ho
argued later; Just now the UniteJ States
is confronted witn me question wnetner
it shall re permutes to manage ana op-
JiFSTA 'ITS1 MWt!1 '111 flffl SB 'it ll-'iCfS.' Oii'ie
that precedent Is established, as It nuut
be, we can fight with amiable enthu
PiHsni among ourselves, coining to an
ultimate decision concerning Just what
we desire to Jo. , , v
'Great Britain is not quarreling with
us about the Justice or injustice of a
disguised subsidy to the coastwise
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Plans for a now Presbyterian church
st Hums iiav been prepared and the
ftrst asHesHrnent of the pledged building
fund haa been culled. '
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The Paramount issue at Gold Beach Is
the iiitition of incorporating. The In-J
curporuijoniKis are sturdily cnampioneu
by the UolU Httuch Globe.
,
Mrs. Nellie G. Nelll has been a teacher
In the La Grande schools for more tnan
20 years. It is thought she will he made
fii'incipul at the new North tilde build
ng, -
With the' return of warm weather
business in Medford has picked up to
such an etxent that, acordlng to the
Mail Tribune, Haturday'a sales at the
stores were heavier, than for any day,
except in Christmas season, in the past
18 months.
The Douglas County Game Protective
association now has a third branch, or
ganized at Riddle, with a charter mem
bership of 28. Officers are: Lemuel
Kminerson. president; Harry Williams,
vice president; C. A. Kiddle, secretary
treasurer,
Assessor Thrift of Coos countv re
ports that the tax,, rolls show 70,000'
town lots laia out in me various town
sites of the county. In some cases the
tax barely pays for the clerical work
Involved in carrying the lots on the
bOOkS. ' . "; i .- ','.' .
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The new Methodist church at Wend
llng was dedicated Sunday. Dr. K. M.
Todd, vice president of Willamette unit
versity. delivered the dedicatory sermon.
The church starts out In a flourishing
condition, with all debts paid and money
In the treasury.
DAY BY DAY
"The next time," said a bribed coun
cilman to W. J. Burns on one occasion,
"that I take any money I'll be In my
bathing suitand we'll be swimming
out to sea."
One of Frank Stockbrldge'a occupa
tions used to be city boosting. He'd
take a pale, wan municipality and shoot
mental dope into It, , and pretty soon It
would .be hammering on its chest and
hollering.
"But one must be careful," said Stock
bridge. "It's easy to make mistakes."
He told of the speech that the best
lawyer of a flourishing upstate town
made to a convention thai the town
desired to attract for Us next meeting.
The various town boosters were i&cW
given ten minutes In which to present
their claima. ' This lawyer rose lalm,
masterful, self-possessed.
"I will briefly recite," said he, "some
of the reasons why you should come
to Punkvllle. I will tell you the In
teresting features of our town. We have
the two most gloriously beautiful ceme
tcrloP "
It was believed by those who watched
that he' went on talking for quite a
while after that. But no one heard what
he said.
One of our town's heavyweight poli
ticians breezed, up to a turkey roost
after the hour of one the other morn
ing. He would go in and trot for a
time. The policeman at the door inter
fered, i -
"I'll get your buttons," said the pol
itician, furiously. "Tomorrer, do you
hear? Tomorrer."
The next day he told his tale to Com
missioner Waldo. Waldo listened atten
tively. Then he reached over and shook
hands with .the politician.
"Thanks," said Waldo. "I've been
watching that man. I'll take his buttons
tomorrow."
"Fine," aaid the politician.
yes," said Waldo, "I'll do as Inspector
Dyer has asked. I'll, put him In plain
clothes.
If Miss Alberta Hill had not worn a
Dutch neck and had not twisted her
hair into a golden Grecian band she
would not now be receiving assurances
at Washington that she'a going to get
one fine place. . s r
"Perhaps pot Just the place you ask,
you know," they tell her. "But a very
good place. Indeed." .
There's little doubt about it. Miss Hill
kept the card index during the cam
paign which preceded the nomination
of Woodrow Wilson. In fact, she in
vented the system. It was so useful that
Miss Hill was asked to care for it during
the campaign. She did not at all dis
tracted by the fact that she Is extreme
ly pretty, and that men would ramble
into frivolous conversation If they were
given the chance. But back to that Dutch
neck: ' ...
"She was formerly secretary of one
of the great suffrage organizations," her
friends recall. ".nd she was Just as
good looking then as she la now. And
every time the newspaper snapShooters
wanted a suffrage picture they would
pass right by the dowagers who had
fought and you might say died for the
cause. Tltey'd ask Miss Hill to klnda
cant her head a little on one side, so's
to get that enchanting ahedow under
the eyes. And then they'd go away
poor boys perfectly happy. They didn't
know they had rolled the apple of dis
cord through a fine suffrage organtsa
tlon. Because by and by it was hinted
to, Miss Hill that Dutch necks Were
never worn by really strong leaders of
the cause and that Grecian bands
looked like thunder on a first page
and that, after all, she might be hap
pier If she worked somewhere else. She
picked the wllsorj bureau. Hence. that
Washington Job,"
steamship combine. The great nation
challenges our right to treat the Amer.
lean marine any differently than we do
the vessels of England or Germany or
France; it declares that when we open
an office to sell sailing permits through
the canal we must charge ourselves Just
what we do them. This impudent de
mand is so contrary to the fundamental
principles of sustained ownership tint
it would only inspire amusement were It
not that a certain provision of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty can, by a liberal use
of the imagination, be tfonsfrued" to
'mean just that.
Were we to admit that John Hay was
an unsophisticated yokel when he ap
proved the treaty, and the members of
the United States senate admirable can
didates for the psycopathio ward whin
they endorsed it,, we might accept the
English reading. But aince neither was
the case, we are constrained to-jhelleve
that the phrase 'all nations" means all
nations except that which, bought the
canal territory, planned the waterway,
constructed it. and means to maintain it,
an eternal testimony to the-'Character
of Yankee brains,, intelligence, and en
ergy. .
Pointed Paragraphs
Of two evils choose something else.
Many things are well done that are
hot worth doing. '
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In after years 'some society buds be
come wall flowers.
You can 'blind some men by throwing
gold dust in their eyes.
A cyclic may-be one who has 'discov
ered the bitterness in stolen sweets.
The min'wlii) is only as honest as
he has to be Is as dishonest as he cam be.
THE WORKINGMAN IN
THE CABINET
M. MlchelHon In Collier'a Weekly.
WUllum B. Wilson, after three days f
in a Maryland Jail, emerged with a point
of view that will help to shape the
policies of the United States during the
next four years. . '
You see, William. B. Wilson. Is secrer
tary of labor In President Wilson's cabi
net: But in 1894 be was a leader of the
striking miners In Maryland. In th
language of the mine owners, he wks
something even more reprehensible than
that, lie was an "agitator,", "trouble
maker," a fellow sent In from the out
side to manufacture discontent and to
stir up strife in a body of peaceable,
happy , worklngmen. As a, matter of
fact, Secretary Wilspn doesn't mind be
ing referred to as an "agitator," He re
alizes that the outsider has little chance
to stir up discontent among , working
men unless there Is something funda
mentally wrong In the conditions of
their labor. ' ; , '
The fate of that Maryland strike, as
the fate of every strike, depended upon
the quality of Its leader. "Always get
your able leader out of the way and
his discouraged followers will beg peace
on any terms." The Maryland mine ,
owners had played the , game often
enough to know this rule, Ho one fine
May morning Mr. Wilson was Invited
into the coach of a railroad train as the
tram etood waiting at the station at
Lonaconlng. When the train' got under
way, the future secretary of labor was
placed under arrest and later thrown
Into Jail at Cumberland. He was charged .
With the conveniently indefinite crime of
conspiracy, and it was several days be ''
fore his friends learned what had be-"
come of him. In the meantime a report
was circulated among the miners that
he had sold out and left the state.
Of course, Secretary of Labor Wilson
understands why Strike Leader Wilson
was thrown into jail. For the same rea
son, he understands why his old com
panion in arms, Mother Jones, was held "
as a military prisoner in West Virginia,
And he takes great pains to see that
President Wilson and the members of
his cabinet understand, too, so that, in
official Washington, "conspiracy," 'In-
citing to riot," and "unlawful aisem- -blage"
are no longer the red rags they
one were.
This means that at last American
labor has Its official spokesman at the
council table of the president That
was, Just what Mr. Wilson ; Intended .
When, as congressman from the Fif
teenth Pennsylvania district, he drew
the bill creating the office of secretary
of labor. ' 1
As I walked into Secretary Wilson's
office, the full meaning of this revolu- '
tlon burst upon me. It was as though
a skillful cartoonist had visualized the
atory for me. I had come to Washing
ton fresh from the Paint Creek coal
field of West Virginia, where I hal .
stayed with one of the miner's families.
Now I looked at the serious, gray eyed
man who sat behind the big mahogany '
desk. His Jaw was strong; bis face at
once delicate and determined. The black
string tie and the white expanse Of
shirt front showed the simple taste of..',
the workingman rather than the breezy
affectation of the Washington politi
cian. And when Mr. Wilson went to con
gress from Blossburg he was recognized ,
as one man who never took the floor
in debate unless he was well fortified
with facts and could' not be tripped up.
The great strike at Arnot. 1899-1900, V
Started Mr, Wilson upon his political,., ;"'
career. . .-, . - ... . .
"It was the final contest to put ma
out -of the labor movement," said Mr,
Wilson. "If it had succeeded It would
have discredited me forever with the ,
miners.
"And lit had a mighty good chance to
succeed; too. We were not strong as a
union. We had very UUle outside help. 1
In fact, our chief source of supply was
the farmers who used to send us in
what produce they could spare.
"We won by peaceful methods. I sent
for Mother Jones to help me. -She or
ganized the women and did wonderful
work in keeping up the spirit of the
men."
Secretary Wilson does not tell all the
story. Instinctively he shrinks from
self glorification. But others have given
me the story, and I have set it down
here, '..'..
Mr. Wilson was offered a bribe of
$1500 to desertpthe miners' cause. The
proposition was not thus bluntly put to v
him. He was told that It would be a'
act of human kindness to terminate the
long, bitter struggle. All he had to do
was to leave the state on urgent busi
ness; let events take their own course.
The mine owners, yWB see, were fol
lowing the old rulertovget rid of the ,
able leader. Only the metXjjd of getting
rid of him was different
Fifteen hundred dollars! That was ;
a great deal of money. There was a
mortgage of Just $1600 on the Wilson
farm. Fifteen hundred dollars, that
was equal to the year's salary which he
received as president Of his union and
which he was Just then turning Into the
fund of the striking miners. It would '
have gone far to provide for his wife .
and 10 children, who were living on
brown bread and coffee and who were
Wearing gunnysacks Instead of shoes. . .
It IS needless to add that Mr. Wilson
did not accept the offer. Instead he
took tn the families of four striking
miners and shared ; what he . had with ' ,
them.That is the reason the elghteentu
of June is called "Wilson day". In Arnot, ,
and celebrated as a public holiday by
the miners. It is also the reason why
he was returned three times to congress
in a district that each time went heavily
for. the Republican president And It
Is the reason why he is now secretary
of labor. .' .
For the Blood Is
: the Life
This complete short story
by F. Marion Crawford is one .
of the many quality features
included in THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL magazine for
next Sunday.
THE YOUNG MOTH-
ER'S AWAKENING is a
strong picture reproduced in "
color and interpreted in story
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