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PORTLAND BONDS AT HOME N BALTIMORE, a total of $m,- I' 400 In . city bonds was sold to Baltimore buyerii In only nine days. The sum U only leeuu less than a million dollar., making average dally sates of more than ' $110,000. V 1 " I Ten days before, the bids for an ; Issue of. $5,500,000' of Baltimore bonds nere opened by the city. ' All ? the bidders together orrerea to tae t lees than one-tenth of the proposed j Issue. ; it It was In such a Juncture that the ; r Ian was proposed of offering the j loads In small denominations to U altlmore, people. , The sale was di rect land without the usual Inter vention of - brokers or : bankers, the bonds being handled by the Baltl i more Sun without profit of any sort, v It opened the way for poor people to make purchase It brought out - Individual hordes of money that had ong been In old stockings, tin cans and other deuces for hiding. One ; man brought In $1300 In gold and ; lank notes which he had evidently i kept secreted In ft coin sack. An ; other appeared with $5000 In cash, carried in a box, and he admitted that 'it -represented his savings for '!3 years. - The manner In which the Balti more people took hold of the issue ;bas ever since been the talk of the . city. Presidents of savings banks 'and other' business figures have imada public statements expressing ! great satisfaction with the results ;?f the sale.' An official of Toronto, j Canada, watched the process and . has returned home after Announcing that the plan would be attempted In his city. ' Ui The plan Is similar to that ap plied by James J. HUI through his bank In St.. Paul. In the same city a. similar sale of St. Paul bonds to SL Paul people was conducted most .successfully by a department store. r In Philadelphia a sale of more than $4000,000 was made with Phlladetphians as the purchasers. In Cleveland, Ohio, an issue was suc cessfully floated locally, and In Min neapolis plans are maturing for a similar experiment ; ' There is nowhere In the world a safer security than a Portland city bond. It Is a gilt-edged Investment, because It is always marketable and Its holder need never suffer for cash bo long as he has a bond to dispose - Of,-'. - - ; Bonds should be sold In Portland as they were sold In Baltimore. They should be Issued in small de- - nominations and people of small means be given a chance to buy Ibenv " At present they are sold In such a way that only brokers or syndicates of big Investors are able ;to get hold of them without paying a profit to a middleman. Instead at being placed within reach of the people, the manner of sale is such that they are practically withheld from the people. In Baltimore, there Is general fe licitation over the recent ' sale. !Among the benefits proclaimed as resultant from-the sale are the fol Jowingr , 1 Huge sums of hoarded money were brought from secret hiding places and Invested In city bonds, iroing thence Into general circula tion.. One man thus invested $5000, the savings of 33 years. I .2 The interest the city Is pay ing onr" the hew flotation goes to Baltimore people Instead of being ent away to distant Investors. 3 a local market has been cre ated in Baltimore for future sales . pf city bonds) whereby the city will le Independent of foreign bond buy ers" and will be little affected by I he conditions of the general bona usrket. f 4 A.- new form of Investment has l!een( opened up 'to small Investors knd 'they have been put in the way ipf receiving, and benefiting from In terest that has .hitherto been 6ent but of Baltimore. i 4 5 A new relation has been estab lished between the city government and thousands of Baltimoreans, the Utter of whonr will hereafter take n new Interest In city affairs, and be f oncerned in having a goirernment of efficiency. . ';v Thkt which has happened In Bal timore ou ght to happen in . Portland. ;? An Inspiring glimpse-of Oregon's Kreatness - was given- by descriptive ft rtHles la last Sunday's Journal of . te has'tiirflly begun to grow, as iv.r(i realize who are acquainted - Ub Its latent resources. . The in- vr.tor could almOBt shut his eyes and buy Mindly in any part of the Ktate, and be certain of a profit with the opening of the Tanaroa canal. IP BOUGHT AT IfOME AN "IMPORTED gown" of ivory satin waa worn by the bride at a - wedding attended by the president and cabinet at Baltl mpre, Saturday. " On the Atlantic coast they send to Europe for gowns. Some Chi cagoans send to New York. Some Kansas City brides send to Chicago. Some Portlanders send to LDicago, some to New Tork, some to San Vmnplnrn and some to Paris for theirralment, and for other require ments. Everybody wants something from somewhere else. High "sasslety" fancies It senses the touch of roy alty if a gown rs "impohted." Even the furniture in some Port- land mansions is brought great dis tances. In time our fashionable folk may find some way to send abroad and purchase to order ft cus tom-made, satisfaction guaranteed -or-money-refunded pedigree or an cestral tree. . . There Is no greater absurdity than the practice of sending away for pur chases. The first-family Idea that there Is nothing good enough In Portland recalls that It is Portland, the growth of Portland, the dealers of Portland, .the enterprise of Port land and the activities of Portland that give them their accumulations. The practice of those of our pork- rich and newly-j-lch who send off for things is a monumental example of the Ingratitude of those who turn their backs on the town that gave them their all. ' . When you buy at home, you buy of the men who help pay your taxes, who give employment to our labor, who send great sums of money into local circulation, and who are the real builders of Portland. NEW CONSERVATION IDEA THE . greater the benefits con sumers derive from develop ment of natural resources, the a . ii - a. a a m a. less me government anouia ibx individuals and corporations receiv ing the concessions. Is ft new prin ciple of conservation proposed by Secretary Lane of the Interior De-j partment. Senator Chamberlain, , chairman of the senate committee j on publlo lands, has approved the principle, and indications are that it will be adopted as ft Wilson admin istration settled policy. Secretary Lane has adopted the principle In granting permits to de velop water powers on government lands. He is opposed to a policy which makes natural resources pri marily ft source of revenue to the government He believes that what is needed is Immediate development of mines, forests and water powers for the benefit of this and future generations on terms that, prevent these sources of wealth from falling lnt6 the hands of monopoly. In granting water power permits, Secretary Lane has imposed condi tions seeking to assure full use of the streams, prohibition of combi nations, and low rates to consumers. Senator Chamberlain says he has enunciated the true principle of Conservation. The Oregon senator says: Natural reaourcea ara of no valua unlesa they ar used for tha fullest benefit of the peopla of this, aa well as of future generations. The government should not part title to valuable water powera and other resources, but should grant tha right to their development on terms fair to both the corporations and the consumers. Tha secretary la right In exacting a compensation for water that shall be reduced as tha amount of power do veloped lno.jaa s and as the rate charged consumers for electricity la decreased. Adoption of the new principle should satisfy the most progressive conservationists, as well as all cor porations not actuated by private greed. It should go far toward dis arming the complaint that the gov ernment is locking up Its resources. The people's right of partnership In natural resources should be recog nized. No better plan for recogni tion has been proposed. CARELESS INTEGRITY ENGLAND'S scandal growing out of charges that cabinet mem bers profited through govern ment contracts with the Mar coni company teaches ft tremendous lesson. The usefulness of David Lloyd-George, by many accounted England's foremost statesman and progressive thinker, may survive the attack, but thoughtlessness and care lessness In matters Involving a man's Integrity are heavy handicaps to carry. It was humiliating for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to say in parliament; Although the charge of corruption has been exploded, the deadly after damp remains and the noxious fumes are poisoning the blood of the people nowngaged in considering -4he minor charges. I am conscious of having done noth ing to bring any stain on the honor of the- Ministers of the crown., I, If you will, acted thoughtlessly, I acted care lessly, I acted mistakenly,; but I acted innocently, openly, honestly. That Is why I am content to place myself with confidence in the handa not mere ly of my political friends, but of all the members of this great assembly. David Lloyd-George Is engaged upon a great work for the people of Great Britain. It is unfortunate that he was so uhwise as to subject himself to attack. A great leader must have proved Integrity at all times. The Integrity of carelessness or thoughtlessness, so far as prac tlfffiFRsuils are concerned, may re suit In evils-almost as great as the evils "of careful venality.' Careless official Integrity is the bane of gopd Kovcrnnifnt, the prtat hlDdranco to InoRrcHi. leaders of men must not become carelous. Men in official position must not become thoughtlons. It in not sufficient to Say they acted mis takenly.' It is not a defense of their acts to say they were led by others Into evil ways.. Too many funda mentally honest men in publlo life seek escape from public eondemna' tlon through excuses. The one sav ing fact in the case of David Lloyd' George Is, that he is easily the greatost man in the British. Empire, and one of the ablest statesmen In the world. THE M'NAB RESIGNATION THERE Is little doubt that the spectacular resignation of fed eral District Attorney "McNab In California is ft case of grand-standing. , It is pyrotechnics carefully staged for political pur poses, '. . ' t But Just the same, the attitude of Attorney General McReynolds is not tenable. The posjtion of Secretary of Labor Wilson is not defensible. Commissioner of Immigration Caminettl's son is no better before the law than other folk's sons. The fact that the father Is an appointee under the administration 'of Presi dent Wilson is no reason for the prosecution of the son to be post poned. . . The charge against young Caml- netti is a most serious one. Delay. In such- cases always militates against the prosecution. It gives op portunity to spirit away or meddle with witnesses, and has a general effect In weakening the case against a defendant. Woodrow Wilson does not believe In an aristocracy among the people. It is certain that he does not be lieve In an aristocracy among office bolder! in which the son of a fed eral appointee may become the bene ficiary of the laws' delays on the order of the attorney general of the United States. - The act of the California district attorney in giving his telegrams of resignation to the press at the time he sent them to Washington is full evidence that the resignation Is for political effect' It he had simply desired reversal of the order for postponement, he would have wired the president and attorney general without proclaiming the f a e t throughout the land. The Insin cerity and selfishness of McNab Is made apparent by .his own. fire works. Secretary of Labor Wilson accepts the responsibility for the postpone ment, saying he asked it of the at torney general so Mr. Camlnettl, the father, could attend the trial of his son. This white slave case against young Camlnettl is something with which the Secretary of Labor had no business. The violation of the Mann white slave act is the people's business. It is a case of Justice calling for vindication. It is an in stance of the law and an outraged family waiting for redress. If the truth could be known it would be found that President Wil son has no . patience with this ac tion by his secretary of labor and his attorney- general, neither of whom has performed"- in a manner wbrthy of their great chief. THE RACIAL PROBLEM OUNT OKUMA, former1 prime f minister of Japan, a statesman V j with remarkable breadth of view, sheds new light on the racial problem. In a communication to Talyo. published in Toklo, the Sage of WaBeda, whose larger activ ities have been devoted for years to the establishment of a new Japan, discusses the California situation from the standpoint of intelligent Japan. Count Okuma Is entitled to a hearing. He Bays: The anti-Japanese agitation In Cali fornia Is admittedly a very difficult problem to solve. It is neither a Cali fornia problem nor an international question Involving only the two coun tries, but It Is a great racial problem having its basis In a frank racial preju dice. Therefore the situation should be regarded as one of great Importance to the modern world, the solution of which will mark an era in history. Japan's contention is that upon solution of the problem depends the rise or fall of Japan. Count Okuma Insists, that If the superiority of the white race can be proved there is no necessity for an anti-colored race movement, because the colored race must of necessity be at the mercy of the superior race. The law of natural selection would rule. He does not claim that Japanese are superior to Americans, but he asks: "If the Japanese are assigned to an inferior position, can they avoid the fate of being ruined soon er or later by the Americans and the Europeans Is the theory of the struggle for existence that the weak are the legitimate prey of the strong to be' realized In the relations of Japan to the western nations?"' Count Okuma says the Japanese have been made to appear Inferior through the bonds of custom, and circumstance. Japan expects to show the world her 6rlginal capacity when the nation , realizes . its position In accordance with changed conditions of this generation. Count Okuma says: . If I discussed this matter as a states man and diplomat I anould declare that we must Insist upon the proper rights of the Japanese. But Japan does not like to dispute, and all we. 'ask Is that the Americana face tha question in the spirit Which la at the very foundation of their government, the spirit of Jus tice and humanity. tha 'Japanese are rejected by the' Ameri cans is because they do not assimilate with Americana ia approved by many Intelligent persons in both .countries. But In my opinion tha argument Is erroneous, )! truth hililt that the Jl- mipue nhoultl not hs Mamnl for non- sslinllsilon bi:aune Hint condition Is the fault of the Americans. There is this to bo said In behalf of Americans who have raised the race question: Count Okuma's ar gument may stand egalnnt attempted refutation, but Count Okuma rep resents a comparatively small per centage of Japanese, any of whom would find a welcome In America, Newer Oregon districts like Stan field are setting a good example to older localities where the tendency obtains to "let well enough alone." Stanfield farmers are specializing and standardizing their products, with an intelligent view to getting the .best possible results from sun shine, water and soil. . Some day John D. Rockefeller will be recognized as an illustrious philanthropist. He is now mowing his Tarrytown lawn with a bahd of sheep, in order to struggle along on bis present Income and avoid raising the price of oil to the con sumer. Adolpbus Busch III has married a widow ten years his senior who Is described as a "striking blonde." She evidently made ft hit with him. "Cheap strawberries' is ft vague and meaningless phrase to the. ul timate consumer at ft local eating house. . . " letters From the People (ConnnnlrtttnM sent to The Journal -for1 ptihllitloa Is this fltpirttntnt ibotild bo writ ten on only ono (Id of tbo oipor. booli sot icd 8iO word! Is IfBftb tod matt bo eompiaioa or wo mm ina onaroos or ids rndtr. If the wrlttr doM not dotlro to kort tbo some publlibod, b tbould to state.) "Discussion la tho areatest of all re formers. It rationalizes everything It touches. It roba principles of all falsa sanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness, If they hava no reason ableness, It ruthlessly crushes them out of existence and sets up Hsown conclu sions in their stead." Woodrow Wilson. The Case of Coffman. Fort Stevens, Or., Juno 20, 1913. To tha Editor of Tha Journal Your correapondent at Astoria, Or., whose article, signed "A Former Soldier," ap pears In your correspondent's column of tha Thursday edition of your pub lication, has aroused In Fort Stevens the justifiable Indignation of the en tire garrison. The only persona at this post that would favor hla contentions are a few of the malcontents whose actions have placed them In a most un enviable position, with both officers and fellow aoldiers. With reference to the gentleman In queatlon I am somewhat curious as to tha exact reason why he left the service; also, if he thinks that he Is stating unbiased facts, Why Is It that he aeeka refuge behind a gener ality, rather than to use hla own name? Ha who fires behind a wall of con cealment Is bardly worthy tha name of a soldier or an ex-soldler. To start with, he lacka conaiatency. He commences by stating that ha will give tha facta in the Waldo H. Coffman case, and ends by Indulging In a general tirade on the army In general. He aeeka to gain sympathy by a process of evasion, by a method of distorting facts. Tha governments chargea against Coffman do not contain the word So cialist, nor do they refer In any man ner to his or -any other person polit ical convictions. In fact, Coffman, as a Socialist, has been repudiated by the leading Socialist of this vicinity. On the other hand, certain of the radical ele ment have aeen fit to hold up Private Coffman to the publlo view as a mar tyr to a tyrannical government More than that, it waa proved by Corporal Shade's testimony tha first day of the trial that they offered him heavy bribes to desert They wrote intimidating let ters. Ha waa actually attacked, accord ing to hla own statements, In Astoria, Or. Ha was subjected to continuous threats and waa finally eliminated by their despicable processes from the case. Officers at Fort Stevens have positive information that other witnesses were subjected to browbeating tactics of a somewhat similar nature. Ono of the most Important witnesses disappeared the night before the trial and.no one knows his fate. Such are some of the facts that tha correspondent falls to atate. . -..-,,.. - If these men want Coffman to have ft fair and Impartial trial, why do they resort to such dastardly methods? Why do they adopt even criminal means to gain their nefarious ends? Why do they seek to defeat tha ends of Justloe by schemes that ara opposed to all that Is fair? Compare their actions with 'the impartial methods adopted by the army authorities. Who would suffer by the comparison T No effort has been made to deprive Coffman of witnesses. No means have been used to prevent him from having absolute justice. As to the personnel of an army court, I would refer them to the statement of a celebrated legal practitioner, who said: "Nothing could please ma more than the privilege of trying a case be fore a court composed of United States army officers, since I know that in so doing I am placing my evidence not only before honorable men, but, what Is more Important, before men of cultural attainments whoBe educational - ad vantages give them the 'discernment necessary to properly weigh Important evidence." As to the statement about poor food in the army, it is not true. Soldiers do not live like epicures, but they certainly do receive good, wholesome food, Well prepared and plenty' of it, No man that has ever serveS in the United States army has ever left the service without gaining in - physical powers unless he has Impaired his own health by unseemly indiscretions. It is an amusing fact that Private Coffman, who sees fit to arraign the service most bitterly, has actually gained over It pounds since his arrival at Fort Stev ens, less than a year ego. Wbat Is true of Coffman la equally applicable to nearly every recruit that has ever come to this post. And, aa to sick ness, it la practically unknown. No honorable, self respecting man ever deserts from the United States service. ' Such aa do desert ara as a general rule, the very worst element In ' the service. This is so. generally known among the soldiers that a remark commonly heard Is to the effect that such men should , never b punished, since their departure eliminates the undesirables from the ranks, The remarks pertaining to tha post exchange were entirely uncalled for. The post exchange is run on the principle of a general department store, each part catering to some of tha wants of the garrison. It succeeds in filling these demands at a cost to the men that is generally below that Of the prices pre vailing in the neighboring cities. No member of the garrison IS obliged or even requested to trade at tha post ex change. Ha doea ao because ha gets better .goods at a mora reasonable flg uie, ; -The pust tieliangg-ISTiotTtifr ai' a proflt'maklog instltitlon.; since all the dividends obtained through sales made there are turned over to the va rious companies. composing tha garrison. for th very laudable purpose" of being PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CUANGS Twilight; yesterday. Down; tomor row, , Win the weeds revel and laugh all summer, aa usual T w o e Nearly all now brooms after July 1 in city government o e Emperor William's actions, as a rule, have been wiser than Ma speech. 0 o Soma things ara really unconstitu tional that perhaps ought not to be. 0 o Tha man who his been very lucky la prone to say there Is no such, thing as luck. o e People who are holding lands at ex travagant price are Oregon's worst enemies. ' ft 4 Mr. Bryan would hava made one of the world's greatest preachers; but Isn'fhaT , A woman In spanking her son oaussd a 1100,000 fire. The boy can easily de tect too moral. a !v Seems like netther consumers nor beet farmers got any of the benefit of itie sugar tamr, No military man can see how the world could ever get along without gen erals and colonels. . But after all the common schools are mora Important than the higher ed ucational Institutions. Some autombhlllsts ara retting' alto aether too ray acaln: a month or two on tha rockplle would ba good medicine xor tnem. . . In many Oreron eltlea women were elected school directors, a poaltion to which capabla women may very , prop arly aspire. f w e Senator La Toilette hosn't had much to say for oulta a while, but he ex pects to talk two or three weeks In the near future, i . I SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN . DELEGATES By Herbert Corey. There may be only it delegates from the eight southern states In the next national convention. At the laat there were 172. Republican politicians In Washing ton, when not engaged In aetisg Ilk suffragettea In front of the Demo cratic show window, admit that if ever the supply of aouthern delegates Is to be adjusted to tha volume of southern vote" this la tha time to do the adjusting. There ara noandldate hungry for delegate to complain that their particular game la being crabbed. There Is no party president to b hon ored by a renomlnatlon. The southern Republican privately admit that It look aa though they ar to ba cut down to a whisper, but hop for the best Chairman Hllles will call th Repub lican national commute together with in 60 daya after tha final adjournment of congress to oonslder this question. It Is anticipated that a call will then b Issued for a national convention to be held during the summer of 1914, and at which the matter of delegate ap portionment ahali b tha on topio of discussion, it is hoped. Senator Cum mins of Iowa is early in tha field with a plan for changing tha baaia of ap portionment He would hava tha dele gate allotted to the statea In propor tion to population, permitting each state organisation to settle for Itself the manner In which It delegates haU be chosen. The prim objection which baa been mad to this plan la that It does away with tha district representa tion to ' which th party haa always held. Th fuss over th two Tuft dele gates from California in tha 1912 con vention centered about thla very point. The convention finally upheld tha prln clple of district representation, declar ing it to bo a party law. A new plan baa now been offered to tha party lead era, and 1 being very aerloualy consid ered by them. It reduce th number of delegate In tha convention by one quarter admittedly a desideratum eliminates six sevenths of the outh ern vote, and preserve th district or ganization. Under tho present plan, tha Republi can national convention la made up of four delegates-at-large for each state, and two delegate for each congres sional district Th newly suggested plan, which Is being subjected to scru tiny by soma of the more Influential Republican leader, fixes thl method for th selection of th tat delega tions: Each stat shall hare two delegatet-at-larg. On additional delegate-at-larg shall b granted for eaca United States ena tor of the Republican faith from each state. One delegate shall b apportioned to each congreeaional district in which 21 per cent of the total vote at th laat congressional election was Republican. One delegate shall ba apportioned for each congressional dlttrict represented In congress by a Republican. Under thla plan, th alx New Eng land atates, which now cast 18 votes in convention, would ba cut to 77. The three middle statea would be cut from 186 to ISO. The lx north central statea would be cut from 186 to 160. The 18 western state would be cut from 176 to 167. The three Pacific states from 60 to 45. The eight border statea from 174 to 107. The eight southern states from 172 to 22. It, would give to the New England, tho middle and the north central atates, exclusive of Wisconsin, control of the used to purchase a greater variety of food product to be used on their tables. In other words, the exchange is , con ducted for Only one. purpose, the benefit of the enlisted men. In fact, the ex change officer serve aa auch without any extra remuneration for the addi tional work he haa to perform In his capacity a such. The so-called "booze," sarcastically alluded to by your - un known contributor, Is a malt beverage guaranteed by It maker to contain less than 2 per cent of alcohol. It ia a conceded fact that this fulfills the re quirements for a tmperance. drink in any state in the Union. It Is well known that soda water mixture and other commonly used beveragea contain even a greater percentage than that referred to above. It ia safe to assert that no other army in the world ia so highly efficient. ao. well organised and so capably offi cered. True It is that it la very ex pensive to keep up a military organiza tion, but ours Is, relatively speaking, very small. It Is well to remember the striking statement of one of our most famed statesmen: "Million for de fense, not on cent for tribute!" JOHN V. ROWAN, Sergeant, 93d Co., C. .A. O. ."9. -..'. ' Portland, Or., June 21. To the Editor Of Th Journal It was With interest that I read your able editorial of June 17, concerning the disregard of tha cor rupt practlfea acTTiTthe recent election. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OKLGON SIDELIGHTS The Coqullle Bentlnel man boasts he Is setting out the bl(et weekly nowo. poper In Oregon ouulrie of I'ortland il columns of local hows per week. per 0 0 "No more advertising on the-front rage' Is the announcement with which he Roseburg Jteviow signals Its latest advance toward metropolitan Journal ism. . 0 o Douglass Mullarky, It years old and editor of the Hedmnnd Enterprise, re ceives fraternal mention in tha Madras I'loneer as "the youngest editor In tha state and probably in .the Unl'.ea Btatea.". e o Arlington Independent; The traction engine that haa stood oq Main atrset In front of tha blacksmith shop for abour 10 years wss removed last Saturday, which helps tha appearance of that part of tha town very much, e . o An Oreaon City man whose parkins: atrip Is a small garden of roses, has thla sign posted: "xou may pick an tne roses you want, but do not harm the bushes or buds." Of this man, his sar den and hla sign, the Courier aays: "We need more such signs In the city. W hava carloads of roses, and visitor should b Invited to help themselves." 1 ',,, , . Mirthful at the expense of those re actionaries who sneered at tha anti do; ordinance when it waa enacted at Hlllsboro and said It wasn't practical. the Arsrua now say: "Occasionally a farmer's dog stray Into the city, but not often. A dosen yelping curs were ai way in evidence month ago, out hiiis. boro I now truly and agreeably a dog- less lown, The "frara festeno." riven by tha Es peranto club at tha home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Cooper of McMlnnvlIle re cently, waa attended by about 20 of tho woria isnajuag aa voce tea. Hirawoer rles (fratoj) and cream were served from a table decorated with numerous green stars, the Esperanto emblem, ''Mora facile, says the Telephone-Reg. later, "becomes the language as tha membera persist In .using It" convention by a narrow margin, ' In fact thay would have S7I vote, where 264 ara needed. These figure ar given a worked out by tha originator of the plan, and ax bd upon th combined Republican and Progressive vote In a normal year. In deUIL they , ar a louow: . , NEW ENGLAND STATES. Old. New. Loss. Main , ,12 . 12 .. New Hampshire ..... I 7 1 Vermont . , . I I Massachusetts . . .... II 19 I Connecticut w... 14 12 I Rhole Island 10 I 2 Total , ; .88 77 11 MIDDLE STATES. New TorV 90 72 18 New Jersey ......... 28 20 I Pennsylvania ........ 7( . 7 9 Total 194 189 NORTH CENTRAL STATES. Ohio .. m ..,.... 48 40 Indiana SO 22 Illinois 64 Michigan 28 . 28 Wisconsin 26 24 Total 186 160 25 I I I 26 WESTERN STATES. Minnesota 12 North Dakota 10 South Dakota is Montana .... ....... fl Idaho ( Iowa 2 Nebraska 14 Kansas . . ,.,... 20 Colorado.,....,.,.. 13 Wyoming ..io 6 Utah g Nsyada . , . e Arisona ... ........ S New Mexico . . , ..... 6 Oklahoma . . . M 14 22 10 10 - I 26 w 12 8 4 a 9 Total .... 176 157 19 PACDTIC STATES. California 26 2S 8 Oregon 10 8 2 Washington , , ...... 14 14 Total u 45 l BORDER STATES. Delaware .... ....... 6 6 1 Marylsnd .... . 16 11 6 Virginia r 84 12 u West ; Virginia -.r..... 16 13 3 North Carolina 24 16 8 Kentucky .... 26' 16 10 Tennessee 26 10 16 Missouri ,. 88 24 12 Total ...174 107 67 16 28 8 18 13 18 82 14 SOUTHERN STATES (QULF). South Carolina 18 28 10 22 20 Georgia .... Florida ..... ijausiiitt . , . . ....... Mississippi . , Louisiana ; , , ...... Texas Arkansas .... ....... 20 36 18 Total . . 178 22 160 Grand total 1040 727 811 There Jj every likelihood that a Re publican national convention win k. called for next cummer, at which th suggested Change in delegate appor tionment will bo threahed out It 1 worth while remembering that every one of the great Republican leaders of the past Mat Quay and Tom Piatt and Mark Hanna and a score of other have favored a reduction In the aouthern delegations, In order that tn Demo cratic states shall not exrt a dispro portionate Influence at-eonvention time. Thi statement 1 to be qualified, of course, by the admission that the leader favored thla reform only on off year, or when the other man' candi date had boggled the southern votes in convention. Now the Progressive perty haa made thla change a part of It platform, and the future of the Progres sive party may prov to be part of tho regular organisation. . It 1 known that at least two other plan ara in process of incubation. The basic plan presented herewith ba at least attracted the care ful attention of Several of the greater chiefs. -- . - All will agree that a school election should be conducted In as orderly and quiet a manner as a general election, and it Is hoped the occurrence at the polls in th , past two years have brought "the practic Into auch dlre pute that it will b possible to secure a reform. It would seem that the school officials, being cognisant, of abuses, would long ago have Initiated a move ment looking toward a change to meet modern conditions. But thoe in author, ity have never seen fit to do thi. in deed, when 'others hava, made auch an effort they have been met with bltetr opposition. " ... Possibly now, public attention being directed to the matter, the much needed legislation can he ob.talned. Qf course, those who worked so ardently for Mr. Plummer knew they were within th 1 law, for were they not taught how, a year ago, when Mr. Beach, a prominent attorney here, waa elected to a similar poaltion by th same methods? Numerous Instances might ba cited of persons wno worked at the polls who, while anxious for success of their candidate, were also desirlous of mak ing the election a strong contrast with the city election held a few weeks ago. Heretofore the press, with th excep tion of one e ve n I n g, p ap e r. has .aeemad (SUlte" Indifferent to school politic. It is hoped that the Interest which The Journal now displays will continue un til proper lawa ar mad governing school election. , : . ' , - T . : A WORKER AT-, THE, POLLS. 1 THE INDIAN BOY ' (WrKIa fnr ITio Journal if Ma he! Hnlmn i'lrtuna, anal.lunt In III. tlnnalua d"lrl. luant of (ho (JiilviM-altjr ot Oi'gn, itrillralliui ti tlio llla.'k f.-.-t trllia.) Th f lies have dloii on yonder Mil, The last long warrior cry ia atlll. Vnt-.h silent Tiruve, nwrspped in dream Which rid far out on the wide moon beams Has soiiKiit hi rest on th warm earth floor J That earth ho call hla own no more And allenr shelter the tp town. They scarcely thu would lay them down If they scented the battle blood afar, Or read In yon bright, blood-red tar The omen of their once bold race Defer they bowed to the proud paloface Their humbled heads. Through moon tipped town Steals no keen sentinel up and down; . For other warring bands nave fared At tney; to ailan yoke have bared At last their proud and prodden back. The scene, supine, now wholly lacka That former virile, aestful sleep Whereon no enemy dared to creep, Awhile ago upon the hilt They, danced and aang their wars, until uxcuea oy tn nre-stalned dark And memory and dance, the spark Of glories past upf lamed, and brief, They were what they had dreamed, B neatn , 1 Tha moon, low-lapped In sleep 11 all; No need to heed the watchman' call, Th wood-bird wary, wistful ton, . Or mourning pigeon' brooding moan. -Their past Is past, their deeds undone. And fiAw th.v aloon till mnrmo'i otin Up-peep, and with It dreary day. Relaxed and dreamUig thus . they may sleep. ,., And so do young and old. sav on. Tha chieftain's lithe and brave-built son; He leave hi couch and steals without; Listens and crouchea; can h doubt' Th sound he hears? The Sound of feet. Of many feet, of horse fleet, Riding adown th distant plain, - , . On without halt, with loosened redn. Lest Ii mistake, upon th ground He lay hla ear, then looks around, ' Alert, he seek hi father tent ' TVhll IrAAn-otrnn unu la nmt Upon thou ground-felt thundering hoofs, 1 They must awake! It him behooves . To give tha call! "A-who-r-r-rl L who-r-r-r!" No move responds. Within th door . He looks; hi father lies ther prone. fnulit km tal.l.lr.V X7a Pl.Mn'a niAlS Far to the left he hears; and then. All stealth, be turns to warn th men, The braves, that creeping foe ar near, Flrabreathing horde ar almost bora. They grunt, thos braves, they sit up, dased, They doubt hla word and loos; amaaod. "Arm, arm," he ay. "awakl Th foo ! here, or night to max A sea of blood, our blood; and dawn Will find u dead, lest bow be drawn By avery brav who hero abide." He glide with swift and si lent stride From tent to tent hi cara m!pat Sine every warrior srrowl dissent And Diame mm ror mo iai miarmo. To heaw'n th youth up hold hi arm! "Forefathera.1 god," h erte. 'm I Thua, thu, to my people) 17" Just ther, and there, behind that tree A tall form hides and only be I armed for fight! Frem flra Kindle hi blood, hi battle Ira. nnvt fnrrota he 1a alone: With bojr around hi houldr throw . And hatueax wavoa nign in sir,. . with tribal err ha aeeka to dar Hla enemlea come on. H ee Them warming now behind tha treast He pants to meet tnm one ana ait; Ha aenda derisive call on eal); Ma awinss ma no ii . He shouts, "Send ma your chieftain ona." Herat aome swaddled forms nprls To see what foe this youth defies; Some squat outside their tepee doors. And blink and grunt; and aach ona nours ...... His anger forth. The wakened chief r-.u tn hla ,on tn cease and sheath Hia arrows, lone; unused. "For here," He aays, "no roe can rouee our rear. They sleep aa wex Turn. on, to m. And let your red-armed foemen be! Ancestral blood's on fir. You dream. But dream, No glorloua end be thin. My on, no warrior' death b rnina. Come!" He lightly mot th boy. Who first cried out aa though In joy( Then caat dull eyes about the place, And then at last his father' face Ha Bought. Aa turn the wounded do Her wondering eye, so he; and low it. tnt Vila haa1 nnnn his breast. "3o. now, my son, and eek thy ret The Indian father ald, and sent Far out his sign or pain, men won nk i.rrin. atana. beneath the moon. To crown of ab-strwn hill, which oon Would nighUn. low with dawning day, Tha son chokd bacg what h would say. He sought his tent Pointed Paragraphs Cruel words seldom t lasy peopla to the quick. Prematura gray hairs eaus th good to dl young. Tak thing eay, tf thy Anfi be long to others, , . . j Hero worship is often but anotiier nam for self esteem. There's no show for tha small boy who can't get Into tha circus. Onoe la a rreat while Char i4 fa litloal boss who gets away wttb It at horn. " ' . - - - . o Many of th world's great mm ara unknown to fame. They ara great be cause they share their pleasure with other and keep their troubles to- them selves. My GirL 6y, you orter semy glrtl n- Oee, but she's a dandy. , Bhe I Just a reg'lar pearl Cornea in awxui nanay. When there's sotnethin' X want Aons, Dh.l, Ik. T Alliia aatr 'Fore you know it Jest Ilk fun. Bhe naa gone ana a on tn lass, . t Boy, I want yr all f meet hr. Ther kin navar be another Jest like her oom on an' greet her. jBoys, S4lvw mt-iUBfi iuy uiuiuar. Warren Frederick Lewi. Have YOU "the Ad Reading Habit?" The dissemination of newa In the news column of the dally press is a tribute to the age In which we. live. The day'a hap. penlnga and current events ar " recorded with lightning rapld " ity and remarkable accuracy, o-onsiderlng the adverse cir cumstance under which the news gatherer is obliged to op erate at times. But the advertising news? What of that? Have you ob served how much real, Inform- lng newa ther is In th clean cut, attractive announcements of our ad vertlaer 7 While it 1 th prim purpose of this newspaper, aa of other first class paper, to servo It reader with all the nw. w feel that you are not getting 5 your monsy'a worth if you neg- " lect the many interesting, help. ', ful and praotical suggestion ' In th advertising columns. , If you have not formed tha I "' ad readrng haWt-berlw-toaay." Tou have oeen'ovenooatng to your loss one of tha most prof table feature of TUB JOUR- NAL. ' : ... ; V.v V 1 U.,i