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Publius Syru.
THE ' MEXICAN ELECTION-
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I HE presidential election In Mex
ico yesterday resulted In no
choice. Probably It Is the re
sult for which Huerta planned.
It Is better '. for his ; purpose; than
his own election could have been.
I It leaves him a dictator still, nn
A bound by constitutional restrictions,
:IIe.Is the state. - His sword is the
'," legislative" department. His cannon
are the constitution of Mexico. His
... bayonets are the ballot boxes. His
" artillerymen are the supreme Judges.
' The republic la dead. - Mexico is
an empire, with Huerta " on Its
: throne. He is a new Maximilian,
; and Sir : Lionel Carden's lightnlng-
, like recognition of Huerta- dlctator-
;shlp Is almost renewal of the policy
Of Napoleon HL England's sympathy
' with - Huerta'S program because of
oil concessions is almost a now edi
tion of, the France of 1864, V,
We refused la 1867 to permit a
throne to be' permanently set np In
Mexico. Wevsent ; Civil war Tegl-
ments to the" Mexican border. - We
sent ultimatums to Napoleon III. We
threatened and warned. ';. We forced
the French, to withdraw their troops,
' and, , unsupported hy . hi European
allies, Maximilian, : man', of rare
and beautiful character, a ruler as
far superior to Huerta as the eagle
to jaybird, was driven from his
. , capital, captured and shot.
How strange, in view of American
history and precedents, that there
" should be those 4n this country who
want the Washington government
to recognize Huerta To do so would
be an itfsult to the best traditions
and tbe' most' facred. covenants of
the nation, . .. -1 ,
Thus, Huerta has lsue'd a decree
raising the Mexican : army to 150,
000 men.- , He asked the Mexican
congress for such an army, and it
refused, ' It limited hlmtf 8O3OOO.
ti am ft a - Bpnt l o K congressmen - to
the penitentiary and. suspended the
whole legislative body.": It stood
in his .way, .' VI "A 1
His rule rests on the army. His
throne Is planted on siege guns. His
empire is supported by soldiers, and
he wants more of them with which
to enlarge his way and lengthen his
tenure. , '.'' r.j -
.Wltn a braienness' nearer before
seen bnj this .continent, ,h has sus
pended the republic; he has sus
pended the constitution; he has sus
pended tna . legislative . cranco; ne
has suspended free speech;., he has
suspended ' everything but ' himself
and it Is such a- Ceasar that Presi
dent iwilson ; is asked to support
- with, American recognition. V
" Every added step lnHuerta's con-
duct is an unanswerable proof of
the wisdom of , Woodrow .Wilson's
Mexican policy.. '' . s'Cc,
DR. ELIOT ON W
DR. CHARLES W ELIOT, presi
dent emeritus of Harvard uni
; verslty, is an able champion
of world peace In a pamphlet
Just issued by the Carnegie Endow
ment tor ' International Peace. Dr.
Eliot visited the far east last year
under auspices of the Carnegie En
dowment and his report has to do
'with China and Japan. ! : I '
Concerning Japan, Dr. Eliot says
1 that - country hasr no thought of
dominating the Pacific, as Is as
serted ' by men promoting mllltar
. ItmJi. - Japan's 'statesmen recognize
the practical impossibility of a suc
cessful military campaign- against
the , United States, or of a winning
campaign against Japan, under the
conditions of modern warfare; War
between the two countries Is not to
be f thought of, says Dr. Eliot, for
'. there la no Interest In either coun
! try which could possibly be pro
, mot4-.hyi;war,!ii;-, .;. - .
As to China, a great handicap to
that country , Is the absence of any
knowledge - of modern ' medicine.
Hospitals ' are practically unknown,
and . epidemics' are frequent and ter
rible.'.; The western world, ' he says,
ought" to) stand by China with pa
tience, forbearance and hope while
: she struggles with )6x tremendous
; social. Industrial s.nfi political prob-lem8:d;:,;;h--'';;-f?;:''vV':'
i.
Dr. Eliot concludes his report by
suggesting lines of t action for the
Carnegie Endowment and because
he Is such an excellent observer, pos
sessed of a sound philosophy and
a deep knowledge of human nature,
hid program, will .appeal . to all .In
telligent men and "women." ; r '.,
He suggests . support of, all agen
cies competent to , reduce or pre
vent the wrongs and illusions which
have', caused ; and still are causing
vara.'. He - urges stronger ; public
opinion in favor of publicity in gov
ernmental ..and commercial transac
tions. Ha advocates universal' ele
mentary ' education, libraries,; hos
pitals, dispensaries, training schools
for, nurses, ' and ' technical and pro-
THE
fcesfonal schools a countries which
flack these promoters, of' civilization.
; Put 1 Dr. -Eliot frankly recognize
the present necessity of maintain
Ing x In all countries ' armed forces
for protection ;. against aggression
from . without or , disintegration from
Ithln ' Hl nroo-rAm " in HRAntta.IIv
ronstrnrtlvft. - for . Instead of urging
tbaV!peo
sel t-destructlon, his plan' 1 .for the
United States to adopt a policy look
ing ' toward the upbuilding of . hu
manity.. There is' no. denying' the
strength, of. a national policy which
stands for' sound Progress, for law,
justice and righteousness. .
A TURKEYIZED OREGON
V '"' 1 ''J"'--
$
OME of the steel workers are
fighting the workmen's com
pensation act ' -.
Why oppose It? Why should
any workers try to beat the law
and thereby deny the blessings of
automatic compensation to the thou
sands of other workers who want de
liverance from ambulance lawyers
and lawsuits?
There is not '' a reason in the
world for any worker in the world
to fight the compensation act. , There
Is every reason for an ambulance
lawver to flKht It. But when a
worker goes into the campaign and
opposes ; the compensation act, ' the
Issue Instantly becomes,; what Is his
motive? . How and .wnereln Is ho
to profit from denying , automatic
compensation to the wives and lit
tie' ones of brother " workmen who
are appealing to the people of this
state to give them the blessings of
the : present . pending (compensation
act?' 0.''. '.,' i. '.':. i
: Outside of the Jnited States, the
only civilized nations on earth that
are Vwlthdut "workmen's compensa
tion are Russia and- Turkey, a Why
do some ' of the ' workers of this
town want their fellow workers In
Oregon Ho remain Turkejiied and
Russianized? . v
- There Is no explanation. There
can be no ' explanation.
What a powerful argument such
an attitude la for passing the com
pensation act!' r t
IN DARKEST RUSSIA . -
USSIA Is engaging the world's
attention because of the Kiev
ritual . murder trial. -People
are wondering how It ' Is 'pos
sible to Stage such a proceeding. In
any country calling Itself civilized,
but perhaps figures, of the 1913
Russian census explain the riddle.
The population of the empire is
now about 172,000,000. the Increase
since 1897 being fully 78 per cent
Nearly four fifths of the people aro
illiterate. In the villages and small
towns rowdyism and drinking aro
increasing. ; The government's liquor
monopoly, established ostensibly to
promote ' temperance, is yielding
larger and larger profits. The pris
ons are' overcrowded; discontent Is
widespread, as also is religious, fa
naticism. A , i
Russia seems to have no govern
mental policies. The ChlcagoReo
ord-Herald summarises significant
current eventa in that eountry. a
follows:
Existing side toy side ar a. solemn
and absurd ritual murder trial; recogs
nltlon 9t trades -iinlone; police taUr?
fftrane with union meeuncs; woman
uffrax In Finland: efforU to revive
censorship of the press; collapse Of
nationalism in politics ana a steaay
trend toward radicalism In lh duma;
attempts by a reactionary tnlnlater to
prevent the teaching- of European his
tory In the schools; increased appro-,
prlatlon for elementary- education; ef
forts to build up a peasant proprietary.
Liberals charge the .government
with merely drifting, while the gov
ernment charges liberals with lack
of patriotism. and undue regard for
European culture. George Kennan
once wrote of Darkest Russia, con
fining his record .principally to
Siberia, v Apparently the gloom
has not been lifted. 1 And yet Rus
sia is classed a great power, quali
fiedaccording to ' European :) diplo
macy, to pass Judgment upon other
nations struggling toward civiliza
tion. . v'i ir1
IN MASSACHUSETTS
M
1SSACHU8ETT8 will elect a
governor next month. There
are four candidates in the
field; and the 'campaign has
taken on national significance. "
The Republicans have nominated
Congressman . Gardner, , a son-in-law
of Senator Lodge. The Progressive
nominee ; !.' Charles S. Bird, a
wealthy paper manufacturer -with a
reoutatlonas a phllanthfopist ftD.
J, , Walsh, who was elected ; lleuten- (
ant governor on the ncEet witn wov
ernor Eugene N. Foss, it the Demo
cratic candidate. Governor fobs is
seeking reelection as an indepen
dent. 1 , ' , ' "'t" K
In the Maine and West Virginia
special congressional elections the
Democratic '' candidates held - their
party vote, but complaint i is still
made by stand-pat organs that had
it not been for the Progressives the
Republicans would have won by big
majorities. No such claim can be
made when he returns from Mas
sachusetts are in.
- Governor: Foss was originally
Republican, but went over- to .the
Democrats on the tariff issue. Af
ter being . elected governor . three
times si a Democrat he deserted
that party because he did not like
the Underwood bUL He became a
receptive . Republican candidate for
the nomination and flirted with the
Progressives, but both parties would
have none of him. A few days ago
be announced;; his candidacy as an
independent . ' -,: . '
" If, as the stand-pat organs -claim,
Gardner and Bird will divide the)
former Republican vote, Walsh and
F'oss will divide the Democratic-
OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, J PORTLAND.' MONDAY I
vote; ' Neither Gardnef ' nor . Walsh '
has a tactical advantage, r The tariff
is the principal Issue, and all partlel
are " sending speakers of national
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THE INTERSTATE BRIDGE
I T HAS oeen said that th comple-,
J add 810,000,000 to the value of
4Luuuoman county property.
Jt.ls also said that 83,000,000 a
year, Is , spent in Portland by ; the
Vancouver district - -. ; t '
Here are two unanswerable rea
sons tor Multnomah county- to vote
the bridge bonds. v, If the estimated
lncreasl In wealth caused by- the
bridge were but 88.000,900 instead
of '810,000,000, the . bridge would
still . he a splendid business invest
ment ' ' . ' .V' -
If the estimated trade of vthe
Vancouver . district with Portland
were only ; ; 8 1 , 0 0 0. 0 0 0 inirtcadJ, ; of
83,000,000, the bridge would sUll
be a splendid investment -
Since the sum now spent, 83,-.
000,000 a year and will he heavily
lacreasod by bulldlng-the bridge,, a
failure by Multnomah couhy ' to
vote the bridge bonds would amount
almost to a xrlme. , ' ' ' ,
, A ten million increase id. Mult
nomah county-property would mean
something added to the-, value of
every small home.' A heavy Jtgade
increase with the Vancouver ; dlsr
trlct would maan more money with
which to pay salaries to the work
ers in every line of ; trade In the city.
There is not a worker, not an
employer, not a salaried man, not a
salaried woman, not a bread winner,
not a home owner,' not a rent payer
but will Indirectly be a beneficiary
through the building . of the bridge.
. Convenience for 'passing from
place to place ' makes trade inter
course. An interstate bridge will
bind all Southwestern 'Washington
closely to this city. No . state line
would exert the . syghtest Influence
against .a plendidI'convenIeflt
bridge. A state Un is Only hlp
air, while a bridge;! af great t via
duct over which Waahingtontiuif-can
quickly and conveniently Journey to
Portland, and that' is . exactly .what
they will do. ?v.
The arguments .for the bridge, are
unanswerable. No public measure, fn
a decade has presented a more pcW.
erful or more popular appeal. ,1 v
STRTJGGLLVa AIIIANIA' -
A
WRITER in the Christian
calls attention to the dlstree
lng condition of - Albanian
Impoverished by the Seikani
wars. In many , places tho people
managed to : secure seed anoV pre
pare parts of .their fields for plantr
ing.. These people have prospects
of living through the' Winter un
aided. , . , " J- t
. But there are large numbers of
refugees driven out bt, territory
given- to Soma and Montenegro who
are without .land to cultivate, house
to live In, i or , ' any means of .suste
nanco aaVei' what Is given theri. by
charity,V, Borne of ,thesejpeople' were
among the most prominent IfanrTBes
of northern Albania, j. They wned
large, . estates, with; thousands i4t
sheep, goats, cattle and hqriei .They
had large houses, in some of which
as many as 100 people ived. lOce a
patriarchal t family. . ' ty-, .''
" All these peojifiwnej'has eei
taken . away; frpm.. them; f or te.q
months they have been UvingAln
the mountains dying of hunger and.
exposure. 4, Those' who .ould; re.
nounce their race,' country and. re
ligion and be ,baptUed" in the'fir'eelt
church received favors, hut 'most ' of
them preferred the other alternative.
Many of these pe.oplo': must perish
unless the governments represe&td
on the International commlaslod for
Albania supply relief. -'1. A
' : This writer says the 'Albanians' are
trying to organize a provisional gov
ernment throughout the' country.
They , waited for Europe vjto send
them a government but they wanted
a British commission rather , than
an international one. .:;' ' ' ' : -.
Call is made to Christians to come
to the relief of Albania. ..Xhey wint
educators. School buildings once oce)l
cupiea oy , xurKisn scnoois t,re va
cant The people want new Indus
trial conditions establlahedS tBad
sanitary conditions prevail; -contagious
and Infectious diseases run their
course like a forest fire. Ntnfant
mortality exceeds 50 per cent, anil
the percentage of deaths in mater
nity is appallingly large.
The call for help should be an
swered. : Christendom ' should not
stand Idly by and see a people strug
gle only toward death. War brought
this disaster, and nations which
countenance war should be the first
to offset its consequences. '
A: bachelor . recently died In New
York, worth $46,000,000. He was a
recluse and Ihown to ' only about
100 persons, With air that money,
what a lot of fun he could have
had,' and didn'tl .y;;- .
, Is . an ' appetizing thought to
read that a Berkeley man has asked
permission of the California state
board of health; to operate a fac
tory for the manufacture of sausage
out of horse meat.;.:-'-.:.:-
' V .- - ; ;-v
' In Sacramento, they have under
arrest a Mexican "who acts Queer
ly." v That's no unusual sign in .Mex
ican If the dally news from the Ax
tea capital be ..true. : .
Anyway, few persons look as Im
portant as the average -hotels clerk.
Anybody; could " almost : swear that
most of them tnnst h Sa.Vats aSaTes-aM " atat
genlcs children. , 1 1 .
tetters from the People .
(Oommaaleation xnt Tut Journal tor pob.
llntloa Id tbls department aboald b written a
enl one eld of the piiuer, aboold aot excexl
SUO word. In length and oinat be aceoupanled
bf tbe aim, an addreae ot the eender. It tba
writer torn mot deal re to have Uie aame pub.
Uabee, M ahvaid ao atata.) , -
' THarnwrton lt tit createat of all rernrmera.
jij;,,rtiOBa,i
back o thelt
pruclviaa ul
reaaona-bleneea
of exaiteuce and Wu p Ita owa ondualooa la
UeU atead." Wowlroar Wllaoa. - . ( v
Protest Against i Hangings. - , ,
v Portland, Or Oct. 27 -To tbe Editor
of-' The "Journal The .calendar la
""m aua uioaa; two men sentenoeo'i
to bo hang-ed October JX, and the exe
cution of lAm Wooa scheduled for No
vember 14. I'Tom our first advent into
school, if not earlier in Ufa, we are
taught that this Is "a government of the
people, .for the people, , by. the people,"
and , that the laws are made for -vs.
and by us, to suit us. r do not believe
in capital punishment, therefore, in that
regard, the laws do not ault me. The
old Biblloai laws (were modified by the
teachings of Christ, and "an eve - for
fan eye" was done away with. But here
in tne twentieth, century we do not atop
wim tne tajuna; ox one eye lor one eye,
but we take two for onlaa iu h. the
.... . ,h ZZa ...
to Mike 6panos and : Frank Eeymour
for the alleged murMer of George Dedes
kalous. Surely, someone blundered when
he said. "The 'world is moving," unless
he meant baekwaroVi y.u
- For five terrible years a thla little
Chinaman has been behind orison bars
JTor , the supposed killing of Lee . Hal
Toy. , Even If our laws do demand "an
ere for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,"
surely, they do not demand that that
eye or that tooth be removed by slow
derreea guch alow torture harks back
to ,the inquisition! to the time when
hands were lopped oft for crime, when
ears were slashed and noses split) when
men were broken on the wheel and worn
en burned at the stake. A-couDla of
policemen walking- through a blind al
ley n the Ban Francisco Chinatown
war drawn to a ramshackle house by
the joyous shrieks of some Chinamen.
Peering, the officers saw six or seven
Mongolians of. the lowest type sitting
around, a table. Each held a ionafstraw.
In' th center of theNaele was a Urge
rat tackea to a Board tnrough the deli
cate akin of his feet. Successively the
Chinamen Jabbed their atrawa Into' the
animal's .sides, ears, or eras, and when
it jumped, tearing its tiny; feet, then
came the snouts or joy. : People shud
dered at the flendlshness, the, devilish-
nees of the Mongolian. .Such heUlshness
eoold bt perpetrated only by Chinamenl
But lot in s jau la tno -center of
great commonwealth the laws of our
eountry have tacked a helpless China
man. For rive' years straws of hope
have been coked at hlm.nd sow. after
LaU (hat waiting, the tiystarteal shouts
of Joy. :- go up 1m woon is ' to bang
November- 14."- Protastlna" his inno
eenoe.- he wait for tba law. to -murder
him; protesting their Innocence, Epanos
and Beymour bow in submission to toe
majesty of ' the law. Protesting their
innocence Cor this reaaon alone should
every person wbe has. a soul - rise up In
arms.: Many an Innocent man has given
op his. life to satisfy the law's call for
blood. . Better, that a thousand guilty
men . go frael s Ne t man suould . ever be
condemned, to death en ? drouraiun tiai
evidence. In tha. case Of nnaaturallsed
inhabitants' of this country and of ori
entals the people's money should, not "be
expended for their trial, their imprison
meat, their execution,- but they should
be ffloportsiV freemg us or jiuoh obnox
ious duties.. ? .- i ".'. .
Hanging will not reform a man. In
the institution of laws and of- prisons
a contemplation of reformation we in
sinuated into- them, as well as a contem
plation of punishment. " To work a -rer
formation -Ufa must oontlnuef; a new
Standard of morals must helbuntup;
normaUty and equlllbrluin must be A
stored. Neither will hanging tounlah
ma, the lntarlm - between-'tha death
sentence and Its exeoutlon le fraught
wltb -a thousand deaths, but la the end.
the body at the "end of a rope or in a
chair- Is not man reclaimed. What
a sickenlnx thought that this la the law.
But if law must be parried out the
law before which we bow; the law which
we are taught to respect,- the Jaw which
Is held up to the children - as the su
preme power Of the land then let us
have a lesson, In applied elvloav In es
tablishing principles, theory la flot half
so efficacious ae practice. Texts and
charts are vbeing used less TtnoV less as
our schools- advance, and practical dem
onstrations are ' replaotaav them, t The
schools are 4b session now;-, feet us nave
special' train for tha "School . children.
Let .the prospective mothers;-let those
who believe in eugenics and parental ln
fluenee. congregate in Salem. Let. the
scaffold be erected in the most spaclofla
olasar and7 alt all stand in .respect 'and
reverence for the law, let this trembling
Chinaman and these two men fronrMed
ford be - led out and Changed by the
neck till they are deed.,; - .
And why tiotT, Js-thld not the lawt
Are- the children,-tne -notnerav uie cu
sens of the state not to see and know,
the workings ft the lawT ' Are we
ashamed of the lawt Snail we relegate
to tbe hugnan a duty at Whleh we
shudder,- a doty which we would not do
ouraelvea, a 'duty we would not with
pride permit Our children to do T If so,
then must, the law be ohanied. In the
nnme of progress,' In tho -name Of hu
manity, I protest the hanging of Lem
Woon and gpanoa and Seymour.
j '- i '-"
Proposes Timber Lands Policy.
Portland, Oot 24. To the JEditor ef
rt.. Tn.irT.ej-.Muoh interest la being
shown of late in thf uesUon of taxa
tion, of our timber ;ianas, . xmo aouoi
much injustice has been handed out to
our timber-owners In the past- I thin:
I may be able to present, some, .views
from' sv'aewraagle.vfw: ,,
" Virgin timber, like the land on whlcn
It stands,, is a natural resource, andL In
aeohomla tarma Is land! but.- unlike
land the earth,? it la subject to destruc
tion or depreciation by Tire, tomaao ana
decay, the owner or bolder of timber
land takes all ties risk in such holdings
that he wo'old-in holdinr personal prop
erty or buildings, nd without the ad
van taa-a of" revenue from use of such
property he- depends, rather upon the
constant accretion of value by growth
of timber and Increased ' demands of
society. If, after holding his land for
8 or SO years, it is swept by fire, his
investment.: le Often a, total losa He
may, ' under eur present system of taxa
tion, have paid In taxes an "amount
equal to one third or one half the value
of his holdings. Ala's k that fact avails
him nothing. The state has not shared
in tbe risk except perhaps1 to help main
tain a fire patrol wniohhas proved In
efficient , His 1 a total, loss, c ::
Is there any relief for . him ; ' Is ft
fair for the state to compel him to as
sume all the risk, and at the'same time
pay -taxes on propertyWhich may be.
come a total loss, and from which he
has no revenue or use until It Is either
sold or logged? Cannot the .state adopt
a system for obtaining revenue, from
our timber resources that af once
be fair to the holder of forest property
and at the same time protect his rights
In natural resouroest . ' '
The tree standing in its native forest
Is In its true e-ense land. When separ
ated from the stump ii at once be
comes personal property; but the right
to so seoarate it-should be a function '
'; " : ' ) i t" -v,-" : , ,
! all XaUe MaciltT and torowa tbemT- . n-.-. .
raaaoibleDee. If th.r ha. e . " . '""l-"2":""?: "."f'.rr
it tiuhJa eruMhaa. them ot anuorou mutuma uaya jurni w
EVENING, OCTOBER 27,
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Evidently Sul-er borrowing capacity
is not exua.uaieo. ! ,-(;-. v -:
" Mrs. Pankhurst can't reasonably com
plain of American newspapers; tey all
ly, behold, to every hUe of gold!
-.;'' i;-.. ,:-: ;'---i
Isn't the immodesty or evil-minded-neaa
In the carping critics of women's
apparel ratnar tnait ia, women r
. Nn ilnnht (ho Isirti .ToVea the " Math-
"J-1" " "".T" 1
somehow they can't 1 love one an-
otner an me null u uuuer au tur
oumstanaea. , .
'President Wilson Is not avowedly In
favor of, women suff ragre, but . he la
well - supplied with . common, sense, no
at once overruled, the New York Immi
gration officer and ordered Mrs. rank
burst admitted. , - .. ;.
i "i-..i" ( '-" ;. " i
The Portland morning paper 'assume
that ex-Ambassador Wilson performed
aome exceedingly patriotto : and even
very "heroic" services in Mexico. ' and
nsiflta that hi a advice should liav been
rolloweiL . But., - moat Amarlaana . art
(probably pleased that Assassin Huerti
yas not . "recognised and believe tnt
. was not "recognlaed," i
president -v Wilson .has done aoout
president Wlleon .has done about as
well as any man could with a very
auucuit prooiem.
jcuit prootem. - ,
Very flossy and Jet Is your jfeaked
head-dress,. audacious Jaybird . fair;
very variedly blue is your back, Z con
fessi you're a beauty that one mlgnt
think to bless, as you preen in the gold
glinted air. But they Say you're a thief,
and cruel and mean, and as bad as a
ravening bawk, : and I know, though
your eye la clear and keen, and your
dross almost the finest seen, you have
a horrible squawk. But say, brilliant
jay. a few posts away, sweetly warble
a tiny brown mite: be oan naught dls
oiose of sea-sky clothes, 'but hie song
cheers my heart . Just right
squawking Jay, - you may hike awav,
when winter's , storms are heard; you
may starvo for ma but crumbs there'll
be for the, sweet singing Uttle brown
bird. , . ' , - i , ,
1 notice her extensively. 7'
PRESIDENT IN LEGISLATIVE ARENA
" , Vrnm tha T.awtston Trlbuna' '
Many of these persons who complain
with frequency and fierceness of "exeo.
uUve interference' with congress seem
to -have grotesque Ideas f the consti
tutional division of. the powers of gov
ernment ani the resultant doctrine that
neither brantn shall interfere with, the
other. They characterise It as Inter
ference If the president shall- endeavor
to give counsel or advise congress, or If
ha shall attempt to acquaint that body
with national opinion as distinguished
from tba local opinion of the member's
diatrtot:, sjSvidenUyi they believe It the
offloe orVthe prertdent W ait'Sike.' a
bump on a log, twiddling his thumbs
and silently praying notwithstanding
that congress-may twa roahing itself or
the oountry to tho demnttlon bow-wows.
j The people of this country have long
Since ceased to , hold any such concep
tion, fit they ever had it, of the presi
dent's duties, npr da .they understand
the- word "interference" ,aa do these
touchy critics. They pave learned from
a rather close vlew-of the national
sport that to interfere means to non
struct improperly the course of a bass
runner4 between bases." Catching a tnan
out .tsn't Interference, nor Is coaching
the clayer to enable him to reacn ue
home plate interference. ., H.st?:.ii.
President Huerta. cercainiy. in lenersa
with : the Mexican ' congress when be
threw lie of the deputies into prison and
dissolved the body.i Governor Bulser
would have been Interfering had be been
conrlcted of using iho veto power In
order to procuro- 6r to defeat legisla
tion. President Hooseveit prooaoiy w
tarferad when he nut the Secret service
on the,; track; or members opposing his,
of ''tis' stated and recognised. The
sute . should "haye ja accounting for
suoh act from the baheolary of such
act, and t is this point I wish to bring
to your- attention. .v5The owner should
not be compelled to pay a tax upon tne
ihi.. ..MiAt-ni. and that it may
be against an enlightened public policy
to allow bimjto-use. The state shoula
use Its properr function In the mutual
protection of both Itself and the owner
In a manner that WlM oonserve . the
hixhest interests of its whole people
The owner should be protested In a Just
return for bis -capital, Invested, but not
be allowed to absorb more than a fair
nronortion of the. social value or in
crement produced in his timber by so
cial growtn- , or enranas , mvomy
thrauah srrowth of population. - : -
No doubt It would be oonsldered an
equitable division of the yearly Incre
ment of value te allow the owner to re
tain , 66 per cent and the state tt per
eent aald amount to ne passea to me
credit of the sute each year la tbe same
manner in which taxes are levied, -to be
paid over to 1 the state . on computation
at any time when sale of any specif le
part ; or quantity or uen property is
made, or In oase timber is out, tbe rtate
always being a party. In Interest In such
transaction as Its interests may appear.
Thus the owner becomes 'exempt from
all taxes until returns- are had for his
timber, and the state shares the risk of
loss in case of Its destruction, thereby
removing the usual temptation to force
timber ' onto tbe market ' .t-wv, ?.--., .-
This should involve, first, a true rec
ord of the present cost. Including pur
chase price, Interest pn same te present
time at, say, 10 per cent less taxes, and
any other expense o present time, as a
basis of true present value, same to be
entered upon the bdoks of the county
in which said timber is located; seoond.
a true record1 of all , subsequent sales or
cutting of timber Or loss by fir oi
otherwise. . - ' ' . A' , .
By thlg plan of handling our timber
we may bring order ana efficiency out
Of t Chaos. . . A-UANSUN M, HINE9.
The School Uarrtf "Scoop., '
Portland, or. Oct J 7 To the Editor
of The JouraW--The Oregonlan says It
had "ample and direct authority" to
publish the school . survey. If It had
suoh authority, it is susceptible of proof.
Let the public have the proof of such
authorisation, or the Oregonlan will
stand convicted In the" pubWo mind of
a grave Infraction of Journalistic ethics.
- Its cheap sheers at, the Oregon Dally
Journal, which --caught it "with the
goods," Will not tend to mitigate the
seriousness of Its offense. In the minds
of HgtaVthJnklng people. .. X, ,.v v
The Oregonlan , would have . a '"re
lease" of the report at the Same time
as other papers, but It Wanted a "scoop"
to steal a march, and be first with
the ."news," and it succeeded. ' but at
what a sacrifice of prlnclplel The Ore
gonlan may cherish the hallucination
that It oan "fool all the people air the
time," but that has neVer Vet been ac
complished, end In making ths attempt
it oniy manes itseir ridiouious, and gains
nothing but the contempt of the public
In conclusion, X say to the Oregonlan,
"Let us have the proof. V '.
t NEWSPAPER READ Kit .
.Commission and Salaries;' y -Portland,
Oct ST. Te the Editor of
The Journal In your issue of Ootober
23 I see Commissioner Bigelow dis
agrees witn the rest .or the council In
the matter of cutting and raising sal
aries,, and ha Is right The place for
salary reduotlon to: begin would he the
big ones arid In all fairness they, the
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1913.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
; OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker's new municipal lighting plant
Is all but finished and the Democrat
aaya It eeeme the next few weens win
see the plant and power line to the city
ready for business. : -
e '-
TMome Jt'vaa-yai.itt;7h
Prtnsvllle -Review's Old files - disclose
that banjo picking7 was a taahtonable
and very popular accomplishment for
young ladles, and Professor William
Bummers was prepared to give lessons
in tne art. -.
One of the moat important Instttu
tlons In Albany, tne Democrat says, is
tha oublio library, which Is well sup
plied with the best literature, is under
papam-management ana win soon De
housed m a neat ana attractive jxua
"The library: spirit has made itself
manifest m 'tne east siae scnooi at
Grants Pass, which has Instituted ' a
library day. One day each week all
puplls-oontrlbute one or more pennies
for tha nubllo library, the money to be
usea ior me purcnase vi juvcuue reaa
ing matter. . - -
Nawnort News: The city counoll has
hut -tha mvi nut of - the town., hus
passed an ordinance to keep the chick
ens snut up, is preparing anoiuor urat
nanc to Dravent horsee runnins Ioono
and it will now be In order to pass an
other measure to keen the dogs chained
and the oats muizled and 'then maybe
we'll nave peace. -
-ReiiManta nf TTmatllla county, aecue
tnmed im tha -riallahtful fall : weather
whloh 'usually prevails there," says the
Pendleton East Oregonlan, "may not ap
preciate the brand or aay wnicn is De
in g served up now, . but visitors from
other sections of the country are un
stinted in their-praise of what they pn
sidor ideal w earner.- - ,,
" Wmrena ' Hetlster: ' E. 3. flnneran.
proprietor of the Eugene Ouard, who
recently purchased the Ban Jose.Cal.,
Morning Times, yesterday purchased
the' 8an Jose Evening Herald. He at
enoe announced ihla intention , to combine-the
two papers, issuing them as
the Times-Herald. Tho transfer to the
new owner, will be made on November s
policies, unearthing circumstances which
exist in prmiiy n- w -which
It were better not to drag -out
especially when, distorted and colored
by prejudiced hands. There are a great
many..' atbac unfair and mischievous
means of controlling 'some members of
enna-reaa. whlah da not Imply violence,
Rail- or blandishment ' -'.-.
But ui people 10OK to in presiaent
for leadership, even tn tne matter ei
lealsJatlon. ' Ha is the on man In posi
tion to leadi the one man who repre
sents all of the people of all the states.
His power arises from the very fact of
the universality or ma representation.
It la nereullarlv his duty to overcome.
by counsel and advice and open, meth
ods, deadlocks In congress, resulting
provincialism. Or other cause. If to that?
end ne snail invite tne exprweaion .
nublla a-ilnlon. it is fitting. T"- ;"
In parUamenUry , natlona when .the
government surfers a aeieet oi its poi
teles parliament -is sent back, to : the
electors to ascertain their will. In this
eountry we have . not: that method of
ascertainment and uarexora it awvoiva
Upon ' the .president to represent-, the
eleotors to tnat extent .,v v.
ma , nrasident so far as the record
shows, baa mors faithfully performed
this duty, nor has any performed ' it
with greater tact, patience and kind
ness, than hA President Wilson. - Nor
are his activities tonflned to ale party,
out constantly is uiwvom um wu.
terenoes are held with-leader of the
opposition party on the samo terms S
with. those of his own ' .
There - baa oeea no, instance ysi-uja-elosed
in which he haa fouled or tripped
a base-runner, r.--t
mayor and ' . eommlsslonsra - ought ' to
commenoe en their own, cutting them
in halt and then thywould have good,
fat salaries. . I .wish ydu had glen the
name of ,thr member who resentea nis
Interference. ' It may not bo a parallel
ease, but It puts me In mind of a story
of a mete of a vessel; who was giving
his opinion to the captain oh some mat
ters relating to the sailing of. the ship.
The captain ..told him to . go and- attend
to his part of the ship and he would
attend to hie part of the. ship. " The
mate went forward and cast anchor and
came back and reported to the captain
that he had anchored his part of the
ship and the captain- could do as he
liked with his part. .-ft-
QEORaS OLD RIGHT.
YOUR
77:
By tobm VU Osklsoa. ,7a
The leader of new; Ireland are ,an
ablo and enlightened group of men.
They have expressed themselves most
characteristically in th Irish 'Agricul
tural - Organisation , society, -and - their
purpose Is to turn a pessimistio and
poverty burdened people uto a nusuing
and Drosperou people. - - - - - ,
One of th by-products . of the big
movement Is a system of small loans to
Irish farmers by special cooperative
credit banks. The system, as it ha
been worked" out, Is simple -simple
enough, on would think, to be copied
by any rural community In this goun
try, ;r;-:;' -:
All that this sort of a cooperative
bank Is can be stated very briefly: A
number of responsible neighbors come
together and agree to make themselves
responsible for a certain sum of bor
rowed money ayf 16000; they agree to
pay interest on that sum at S per cent
and when It Is In their possession they
lend it In small amounts to other neigh
bora who need money te make som
needed improvement, to buy a ow or
horse, or a piece of machinery which
will save labor or lnoreass production.
The small loans are made at a slight
ly higher rate of interest than the as
sociated neighbors pay for the lump
sum, and this difference IS figured to
be sufficient to pay for the needed
blanks, ths required bookkeeping, and
to meet possible losses. -
. But losses ought not to some, though
delays In repayment of soma of the
small loan would have to be counted
on. ' Small flnss for failure , to , repay
loan promptly Would meet that situ
ation.'-- '',...-:-v-:--.
Th plan works in Ireland. It Is In
formal enough to please , the farmer,
th cost of credit Is out te th lowest
notch, and 'getting the loans, as well
as repaying them, 1st made eonvenient
for the borrdwera V ;- ,',... x-.--.,,:
A similar plan ought to work in the
majority of American communities. No
elaborate government Investigation is
needed to show that it, Is a simple and
sensible solution.: :.i s v -' ' - v
".'.lo -ItalM, fittlko Fund.
The convention bf the United Asso
ciation of Plumbers.' Bteamfitters, Gat-
fltter and Steamfitters Helpers Of
the United States and Canada, which
has Just closed Its sessions In Boston,
authorised the falsing of a defense
fund of 1125,000. '.Ait the members. of
the organisation are to be sasessed for
the fund, whloh Is to b used in easa
of big strikes. The convention voted
also to lnoreaae the death benefit from
1100 to-11000.
IN EARLIER DAYS
fcy Fretf Lockley.
"I am (( years old and J am a native -son
of Oregon," said r, M. Wllkins, of
Eugene,. "In 1175 I went into the drug
business with Dr. T, W. Bhelton. whose v
daughter, Mrs, "R. Jf. McMurphy, was '
'1ltonsher.:a4.ir-netni,-;-i,'".resm of -'.
Eugene. After clerking for Dr. Shetton
for some years, I bought him out When
I first went to school at Eugene in
1S(S and 1864, Eugene had about (00
people. Eugene, as you know, was named
after-Eugene Gklnner, whose daughter, '
Mrs. John . Klnsey, lives In Portland.
Mrs, Klnsey's daughter is the wife of
Mr. Krausse, who, with his brother;
owns ; a wholesale shoe company in
Portland. -' :v-.t ",
'"Quite a few of the old-timers .are,
still left 'Prior F. Blair, who came :
here In 184$ and was one of the earliest
settlers, has two daughters living here, ,
Mrs. Charles Croner and Mrs. Mary
Huff. - ,- y-. . i."-' .-,-' - ' ..-'v:, ; ?
"In 1863. when my father was in the .
legislature, he Introduced a memorial '
attempting to lay the foundation for a
state university to be located at Eu- .
gene. , Judge Bean was In one of the
first classes to graduate from the unl
verity, ..;'',i;,'v:-,;,.v'.vr.;. .''. ":,t ''- ,
"You hear of a good many of the dep
redations and outrages committed by
the Indians in the early days; but my
father and "mother -always disagreed
With the sentiment that the only good
Indian was a dead Indian. As a mat
ter of fact, when my parents came here
in 1847,, the Indians treated them with -unfailing
kindness. One of the Indian
troubles that occurred shortly after the
arrival of my father and mother took '
place at Marquam in 1147. An Indian
hadr erected a framework and was dry .
Ing some meat and some beriiea A
white man came along, tore down the
framework and gave the stuff to his
hogs. -The Indian v tracked the white .
man to his cabin and took some split
peae from the cabin. ; The white map :
followed the Indian's trail and when he
earn up with him he killed htm, - The
Indians gathered to avenge the death :
of their tribesman, but the matter was "
finally compromised. -If - you .wlU . go
Into : the matter, carefully, as ' I have .
done, you will find that in no single
Instance were the Indians ths ones to
violate a treaty or lo break their word.
The wnues nave rarely kept faith with
the Indian. An Indian Is like a child.
Any man who has ordinary shrewdness ,
can defraud an Indian Just as be could
a child. Take for example the promise
we made to the Ne Perce Indians that
they eould haye tag Wallowa country ,
as long as grass grows or water runs. -
We kept our promise untjr we wanted
tne land and then without any eompuno- -tlon
broke faith with the Indians and .'
told them to leave the country Whioh i
had been solemnly ceded to them by a
treaty ratined by tbe Indian commis
sioners and the Indian chief s It Is not -
to be wondered at that they resented ' .
the vioUUon of tffe treaty. " This Is '
Just one instance of which you can find
score of similar instaneea My mother
always became indignant when the In--dlana
were cheated, defrauded and Im
posed Upon. - .) : :vi- ,-:;; 1
I am very much Interested In -the
forthcoming referendum on the State
university appropriations. I hope ..that '
Uthe people will prefer to put money In
educational institutions rather than the -same
money in Jails, insane . asylums "
and other correctional institutiona -It '
Is a well known fact that: a large ma-'
Jorlty of prisoners are men -who have ,
had no education. 'Oregon needs a high
type of cltlsenship and it la false soon- ,
omy to refuse to support her educational - -lnstitotiona,
, For many years I have '
been chairman, of the promotion com
mittee of the Commercial club hare. In ,
foot, for the past II years I have giv
en most of my time to the work of ad,
vanclng Eugene's interests. A' man
should have some altruistio work, some ;
Interest In life to keen him active and
vigorous "and working for the advance
ment of Eugene ha been my job for, '
many yeara"
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Pointed Paragraphs
Bom home runs ar mad on aewinar
jaachin,. j .j t
When you search for "lienor among
thieve take a policeman along, t .
Love couldn't be otherwise than sweet
14 If principal ingredient la taffy, -
- -. f - "
If there war no womeh in the world.
there would be no bad huabanda Ner s
good onea 1 ' r v
,, - : v :vv-;;f ' ' - k-:?-'
Don't waste time explaining your
actions: J people prefer to draw their
own conoluslona ? - -' , .
Ai-s-i-''.'H.:v;;:;:t,;v.
-, . There's always room at the top
which reminds -.us that ball - gowns '
should be revised upward. - . 1
' ': ' i y "f" ..i.i.5.''';-'
Nln out' of ten mefl wbe claim to have 4
been driven to drink trotted up to the
trough of their own accord. - - ,
-1 A Qoo EJr' - ' -
f v IS From the Chicago Pesi" ' "
: Th Toungatown Telegram recount,
In th spirit of Jest the visit of a llttl -Ohio
boy to New York. . -
"Well, son," asked his mother whaa
he returned home, "what Impressed you ,',
most In th city V
- After a moment's reflection th bey -,
answered:. "while we were. riding oa ths
elevated one evening I saw a fat
man on a little second-story back porch
dancing up and down with a chair on his
head, trying to amuse a little baby in a -
That boy ought to mak a great re
porter. He got a -human interest" story
out of New York that has all ths "whit
lights" banalities neatly "scooped.". It
is a revelation to most or us to learn
that there are fat men in Manhattan
who care to amuse their children by
dancing on back porches With .chairs onV'
their pead. ' . , 11 f
'The Woman's " Page
V PAJLY : FEATURES Tit AX
u . ARUI WORTH VHILB
flnstrated Fashion Chat,
" 11, Lillian Young. ,
MZita fitories for ridtlnie.MU.
" Cy Thornton ,"W"? Durge, "
FRSQITCNT FEATURES " OB
VHB APPEAL
"Hints' for Girls." -By Jessie
Robert. l
"For Shopper and RcnisekeeB-
' .M By Vella Winner. (-.
"Health and Beauty Helps.'CJ
. By Abigail Moora. ' .
"On the Human Blde,-.Cr
1 tJOdna K. Wooley. ,
Talry BtoHas RetoKL" By
, Anne Banner, -
"In Oar SchooLWBT panl
--.-.West.;-" - -:,;, .,
In The Journal
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