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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, -1914.
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If the choaen oul could never
be alone.
In' deep mid-silence, open
doored to God, '
No greatness ever had been
dreamed or done;
Among dull hearts a prophet
never grew;
The purge of full-grown souls
la solitude.
Ix) well.
ITS HIGH TAXES
gression. If dissolution of parlia
ment - Is forced before the home
rule bill is again passed by the
present commons, it will mean that
tba measure must again start from
the beginning and be passed three
times by the same house to be
effective over vetoes by the house
of lords.
THE FORECLOSURE FEE
THE state must be -extricated from
the' tax bog In which it has been
. plunged by toq liberal expendi
ture of public money. The
Oregonian does not at all say
that Governor West is solely respon
sible for present conditions. Every
body is responsible. Oregonian.
None more than the Oregonian.
It applauded the senate and house
machine, organized in secret to
ride rough shod over West's vetoes
of appropriation bills 'at the 1913
session.
The ambition of the gang was to
override every veto, no matter what
'the merit of the measure. It was
sufficient that a proposal for econ
omy emanated from the; governor's
office down with it waa the
slogan of the senate and house
machines, and down with it was
the voice of the Oregonian.
The Oregonian laughed when
the gang laughed. It wept when
the gang, wept.; It was glad when
the gang was glad. It was for
putting the governor "In a hole"
whenever the gang was for putting
the "governor in a hole."
Whenever West vetoed an ap
propriation bill and the. machine
crowd passed It over the veto, the
Oregonian pointed to the result
with pride. It patted the;gang on
the. back.: It encouraged the ban
dits to new endeavors. It called
the state to witness how the patrio
tic legislators were showing the
"foolish governor" his " place.
The Oregonian simpered and
miled when the gang passed the
notorious thousand-dollar Carpen
ter appropriation over the govern
or's veto. It was complacent when
the conspirators passed nineteen
bills raising of ficia) salaries in
twelve counties over the governor's
veto.
It applauded when the machine
passed the $1,250,000 general ap
propriation bill over the veto in
which there was nearly $200,000
of Items of foreign appropriations
to which the governor bitterly ob
jected. It approved when the -gang
put the emergency clause on the
vetoed bill, so the people couldn't
reach It with the referendum.
The total appropriatiens for the
two years as a result of the gang's
audacious operations are $6,850,
996.42. That Is the sum the tax
payers must dig up for 1913 and
.1914.
History cannot be repealed. It
Is but a year since the facts herein
described transpired. The Oregon-
Ian was a part of the conspiracy
, in the last legislature. It was the
publicity medium. It backed the
Jang. t sponsoaed the program,
t bOBsed the bosses. It lubrl
r cated the machine.
Its cant about high taxes is
about the "high taxes" it helped
to make.
THERE Is another and higher
reason why there should be
pause W paying the '$7506
attorney fee in the case of
Multnomah county versus Lom
bard, for foreclosure of mortgage
on the poor farm.
Not only Is there- sound testi
mony to the effect that the fee
is too large,- but that there is
practical certainty that under the
law the county commissioners -were
without authority o contract any
bill for special counsel to foreclose
the Lombard mortgage. ; Section
2820 Lord's Oregon Laws says :
It is hereby made the duty of the
district attorneys and their deputies
to adviBe the county courts, the coun
ty school superintendents, the county
clerks, the sheriffs, county assessors,
and the county surveyors. In their
respective districts, on all legal ques
tions that may arise, and to prosecute
and defend such counties In all ac
tions, suits, and proceedings to which
any such county may be a. party, and
for such (services they shall receive
no aditional compensation Other than
is herein provided.
A recent decision of the-supreme
court beld that county boards and
state boards are barred from ap
pointing special counsel. Indeed,
to a layman, the law as Quoted
above would seem to have made It
the duty, of the board Of county
commissioners to call on the dis
trict attorney's office to foreclose
the Lombard mortgage.
Under the circumstances, it will
be interesting to observe the final
outcome of this almost extraordin
ary case.
ploymen? offices.' A small army
lives i on the inexperienced and
credulous immigrant. In the end,
many of the thrirty re-migrate.
They": know about land In their
agency has placed them In touch
with America's broad and fertile
acres.
There is no more important
the everyday and the extraordinary j
necessities of people ? It is only
one of. degree. The public sentl- j
mem. wmcn prevents men irom
preying apon the hunger of- flood
A FEW SMILES
toother countries, but no reliable kor , fire sufferers should prevent
wanton destruction of food at all
times.
The time will come when men
"who destroy the necessities of life.
phase; of 'immigration. Thinking i merely to create a good market,
EXTORTIONATE COURT FEES
I
T cost litigants $19,093.23 to pay
the fees of the clerk of the Ore
gon federal court during the
fiscal year ending June 30,
1913.
The expenses of the clerk were
men can render great service to
this country and to the individual
states of : this country by devising
plans for bringing the thrifty im
migrant into closer touch with the
splendid opportunities in the great
outdoors of the United States. ...
One greatInfluence to change
present conditions, would be some
new and attractive Incentive to
lead desirable Immigrants to be
come naturalized citizens.
REFERENCING FOR SIX BITS
T
HE monthly cost of Mr. Con
way's water is six bits. ,
The monthly cost of Mr
Ooldapp's water is 90 cents.
The monthly cost of Mr. De-
veny's water is six bits, all at flat
rates.
It is different with Whitney L.
Boise. He is in the magnate class
as a water user. His monthly cost
is $1.15.
These grinding sums bear down
heavily upon these representatives
of the toiling masses. It is Indeed
a, shame and a disgrace that a rich
and powerful .city should extort six
bits apiece of blood money, as it
were, from these downtrodden
patriots and "taxpayers."
But you can't always press down
a crown of thorns on the brow of
these laborers without firing them
to resentment. Even IT they are
getting six-bit water, with the ex
ception of the toiling and oppressed
Mr. Boise, they will fly to the ref
erendum and down with the
tyranny, down with Commissioner
Daly, down with the fell con
spiracy! Of course, meters will not add
one cent to their taxeSj but the ref
erendum will.
Meters wiy not add one cent to
the general cost of water, but the
referendum may.
$6628.07. His net earnings, ac-1 The referendum election will cost
cording to the annual report of j $12,000 or $15,000 directly and
the attorney general of the United ! many additional thousands indi
States totaled $12,465. The sum ! rectly, and the bills will be for
does not include the fees he re- j the taxpayers to foot. But who
ceived in naturalization cases. . cares for that when a great and
It is a princely compensation.
Even without the fees for natural
ization proceedings, it is more than
twice as much compensation as
was received by the judges of the
court. It is an extraordinary epi
sode that a clerk of a court should
receive more than twice as much
compensation as the judge of the
court.
For years, this unheard of con
dition has existed in the Oregon
federal courts. A double system
of fees Inaugurated in primitive
times grew into this status of in
excusable public extortion. It was
never publicly challenged until
The Journal discovered conditions
last year and promptly demanded
a change.
The judiciary committee of the
United States senate has reported
a bill abolishing -the double fee
will be punished
They ought to be punished, and
with a penalty to fit the crime.
When a provident city gives a
householder water at. six bits a
month, what an . extraordinary
tnmg it Is to see him sitting up
nights and chasing through the
streets with a referendum that will
add many thousands. of dollars in
bills for the taxpayers to foot!
Meters will not add a millionth
part of a penny to taxes. It is a
costly referendum election that will
make the taxpayer dig np.
I Teur honor," said counsel,
man's insanity
taxes tfle form of a
belief that every one
Wants to rob hlm.
He won't allow ma,
his counsel, to ap
proach him'
"Maybe he's not
so crasy, after alV
murmured the court,
to Judicial whisper.
"this
The referendum on the Water
meter la the Oregonian's referen
dum. Is it true, as they tell on
the streets, that the Oregonian
newspaper pumps most of its water
from a well?
Letters From the People
powerful city extorts a tyrannous
and damnable charge of six bits a
month, for water.
Down with tyranny! Down with
the oppressors! On with the referendum!
WOMEN IN FRANCE.
w
. (Communication seat to Tha Journal for
pcbllcaUon In tbla department ebould be writ
tea on only on aide of the paper. iocld not
exceed 800 words la length and must be ac
companied by the name and addresa of tba
sender. If the writer Coca not deeire to
have tbe oam published, be should so state.)
"Dleenaslon la the greatest of an .reform
ers. It rationalises everything It touches, tt
robs principles of Ml false aanctity and
tbrowa them back on their reaaooableneea. If
they have no reaaoeableneaa, it ruthlessly
crushes them ont of existence and aeta np lta
6wn conclusions la their etaea." Woodrow
wuwa.
The Circulating of Petitions.
Washington, Feb. 27. To the Editor
of The Journal In your Issue of
February 21 I have read an editorial
on tha subject, "The Recall Folly,"
criticising the activity of certain un
known persons who are having peti
tions circulated for the recall of Mayor
Albee and Commissioners Dleck arid
Brewster. From other sources I am
informed that a fund of $4300 has been
raised to pay the circulators of these
recall petitions.
It ' seems to me there could scarcely
be a more forceful illustration of the
importance of a law prohibiting the
paid circulation of petitions. You are
so strongly of the opinion that this re
call movement is folly that you say:
"The recall petitions should be thrown
into the river. It is no time to make
a fool of Portland," etc.
Is it not a fact that .without per
missive paid circulation of petitions,
there would be no movement of this
The teacher had noticed something
Queer about the rendering of a cer
tain line of a hymn frequently used
in morning school.
One morning she
determined to . get
to the bottom of
the . mystery. Lis
tenlng intently, she
traced the peculi
arity to johnny.
"Bing it by your
self, Johnny." ana
commanded. Johnny did so, and in
stead of the line "Weak and sinful
though we be" he gave as his render
1ms, "We can sing, full though we be.'
His chubby appearance might be
taken as evidence of the probability
or ms assertion.
, ,
When E. H. Sothern and Julia Mar
lowe were playing In a western city
last season a rural couple stepped up
to the bo office , '
and the man said:
"Playin' 'Shake
speare here, they
tell me?"
"Yes, sir." replied
the ticket seller.
"Whafe the show
tonight?"
: "'As Tou Like
tt'"
"Wall, that's what I call accommo
flatin'," said the -native. "Beein as
you give us our choice, mother and
me'll take "Romeo and Juliet.' "
JHl
J
A tailor with more Ingenuity than
education had occasion recently to or
der two large flatirons of the variety
known as the "tai
lor's goose." He
scratched 'ais head
In some perplexity
over the proper
plural form to use.
"Two tailor s'
gooses!" he mut
tered. "That doesn't
sound right at all.
Two tailors' geese that sounds worse
yet!"
He puzzled over the Question till It
began to worry him, but suddenly a
bright Idea popped Into his head. He
sat down and wrote:
"Messrs. k Please send me one
tailor's goose. P. S. You many send
two instead of one."
PERTINENT-COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Perhaps after at while "there will be
a law" to pay people 'for not working.
An auditorium may be bearun about
the time that the Thaw case is finally
settled.
a
The czar of Russia smokes 40 er B0
cigarettes a day. Mo wonder he ap
pears to be an unrit-
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Thousands of people want to helD
reduce taxes providing they are paid
liberal official salaries.
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Fred Dubois of Idaho will no longer
Support the Wilson administration.
Terrible! What-all did Fred want that
he didn't get?
m m
Already thev are bearlnnlne- to sav.
"I will stay in the fight to the end.''
In every ' campaign we hear that a
thousand and one times.
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One of the complalners says. "There
are stores where there are dozens of
clerks and not a bucket of water In
them." What dry clerks.
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It may not be very lonsr until some
American statesman will have the
courage to ask ir the old Monroe doc
trine la any longer profitable or necea
sary.
a e
Morning Daner ararues that th snltt
of the Republican party in 1912 was
only a small "incident and not an
"ovent." men What would an "event'
do to It?
e a
Some eminent lawyers .have oraran
lzed an "Academy of Jurisprudence"
ior me purpose or producing a "com
plete, comprehensive and systematic
statement or American law." An im
possible taek; 4.00 first class lawyers
working 40 years could scarcely begin
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Medford Sun Is sponsor for a
fly swatting campaign In which the
slogan will be "Swat 'Em Early V
a a
Officials of the Gresham fair expect
to open the gates for 10,000 school
children of Portland In one day next
September.
a
Postmaster' Del z ell of Klamat'j Falls
points out the Bineular fact that the
stamp window receipts of the post-
ciuca ior i-eoruary totaled exactly
eiovv, not a cent more nor less.
a a
Astoria s council, the Budget re
ports, has refused to ratify the fire
ana water committees recent purchase
Of a 19600 auto fire triK-k and tha ma.
chine Is housed at fire engine quarters
" , nnn.r'. .1.1, t
w v. . m l to iv.
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"Blizzards In the m( hava Tnn an
frequent here of late that Oregonians
are kept In a continual state of thanks
giving for their pleasant surround
ings." is an apt observation on the
case, maae Dy the Eugene Register.
Eugene authorities have all plans
made and orders issued for an early
and drastic anti-fly campaign, to cul
minate March 20, which Is official
clean up day. "Destruction at the
source" will be the order of the cru
sade. a a
It Is stated in a reprinted Item In
the McMinnville- News Reporter that
Timothy Brownhill, formerly a Well
known newspaper publisher and editor
in Oregon, has disposed of the San
Anselmo (Cal.) Herald and has gone
to Ban Diego for his health.
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Taking the musical Instrument trade
as a criterion, the prosperity of the
farmers of Marlon county is at a rec
ord high point, it beihg reported in the
fealem papers that they are buying
more and better pianos than ever before.
IN EARLItR DAYS '
By Fred LoclUey.
HUERTA AND HIS YEAR OF CHAOS
and the children get behind In their
classes. The little ones get no school
ing except what is taught them by
their elders. Now, ray plan Is to have
a federal law enacted compelling all
county high schools to teach these neg-
klnd at this time? Is It not also a ! lected rural children by a system of
fact that If there were strong public correspondence which can be carried
sentiment against these members of ' on in the same manner as hundreds of
OMEN in France will prob
ably have the ballot be
fore the end of the present I
year. The universal suf
frage commission, composed of
forty members of parliament, has
reported favorably on- the subject
to. the chamber of deputies, and
i woman suffrage will be an issue In
the general parliamentary elections
this spring.
Members of the commission say
they already have 250 certain votes
In the chamber, and they express
confidence that. tb rcnerai alon.
system and making the salary of ! tions will return the extra fifty
lUUTALVS RY-ELEtrriOXS
RECENT 'by-elections in Great
Britain have convinced lead
ers of the Unionist party
that the country is ready to
, return them to power. They have
, begun plans for a national election
. in the near future, in anticipation
of an adverse vote in the house of
l commons against the Asquith min
istry.
It Is" a critical time for home
l rule and many other important re
forms which are being urged by
j leaders - 6f the Liberal party.
, Premier Asqulth's working major!
ty In the commons is made up of
Liberals, Nationalists and Labor-
Ites; In recent elections seven
. seats have been lost to the Union
ists, the seventh being in Leith
where the Liberal candidate was
defeated by sixteen votes. The La
bor candidate received 3346 votes,
Friends of home rule for Ire
land claim that the Labor vote In
Leith was a vota .for home rule;
but it Is significant' that it was a
" Labor candidate whercontributed to
; the defeat of the Liberal. It was
,eo at other elections which re-
' turned Unionist candidates.
. The Unionists lackmble leaders
But the Liberals have been In pbw
er eignt years. They . have at
tacked many powerful Interests and
enacted much legislation regarded
as revolutionary, the fact that
the Liberals have retained office
so long Is a tribute to the essentia
" Justice of their legislative nroKram
If the by-elections mean that the
Liberal majority is I disintegrating
the unionist's plan to force a gen
eral election may be successful In
the near future. Then it will be
up to the British people to deter
' mine between l progress and retro-
the clerk $3500 a year. The action
is taken through measures intro
duced by Senator Chamberlain and
supplemented by report of the Ore
gon Har Association through a
committee headed by J. N. Teal.
The bill ought to pass without ! nipir.i ffir.oa
a- l IU a. u yr w B. A . V ,
cDiiisenge. mere can he no ar
gument against it. Nobody will
stand up and demand that a clerk
of a court be paid a greater salary
than the judge on the bench.
The double fees have told heav
ily on litigants. They are a dis
crimination against poor litigants.
They help make the courts rich
men's courts, because there are
known instances in which poor liti
gants have won in the lower cout;
votes necessary to carry the meas
ure. It is significant that discus
sion Ua. France now centers on
whether women shall be given the
right to vote for all elective offi
cers or be limited to voting on mu
lt may be necessary to revise
general opinion about the French.
The Frenchwoman Is regarded by
many as frivolous; but our opinion
the commission, there' would be ren
eral public demand for their recall,
and it would be possible to secure sig
natures without paying the circulators?
Permit me also to take this oppor
tunity to answer one argument that
has been advanced in behalf of paid
circulation of petitions. It is said that
my dul pronioiting paia circulation IS
an attack upon the powers of the poor
man the wage earner who cannot
take time to circulate a petition but
who is willing to contribute money to
help pay someone else to do the work.
It Is my understanding that the price
paid to circulators Is usually 5 cents
pername. To secure 20 signatures
would cost $1. Let each wage earner
in Oregon ask himself the question,
"Which would be easier for you to do.
contribute $1 to the circulating fund.-J
or place one or the petitions in your
pocket and, during your Week's work,
secure the signatures 'of 20 of your
neighbors and associates?" That i3
viewing It Trom the practical stand
point. Which is better from the standpoint
of good citizenship, for you to con
tribute $1 to pay someone else for
going out and doing work In which he
possibly does not believe, or going out
yourself personally, with a petition
and working as a good citizen for
something in which you do believe?
Any laboring man in Portland can
secure 20 signatures to a petition as
easily as can the richest man in Port
land. In that respect the two men are
on an equality. But the richest man
in Portland can easily pay $10,000 to
other schools of this class. The les
sons could be sent in penalty envelopes
or wrappers, to be used both ways,
thereby eliminating the cost of postj
age. In this manner all children could
be compelled to receive an education
at home. No more excuses Would be
tolerated, and the whole country would
receive reinforcement for Its founds
tion. P. N. F. ;
Written In four parts for the United
Press by an American in Mexico.
PART X.
Just a year ago Victorlano Huerta
took possession7 of the Mexican govern
ment, and In epite of murders, treach
ery, oppression and the hundreds of
other means he has taken to keep him
self in power, each day has seen him
slipping farther downward on his
bloody, self constructed skids. A re
view of the 300' and more days that
Huerta has been in power discloses
that on no single day has he been as
strong as on the day before; there has
not been a minute in his career as
dictator that he has seen reasons for
hoping that the end, of his grim road
would bring him peace and success.
Just a year ago the terrible "deconna
tragica," as the Mexicans call It "the
bloody 10 days" took place. Fran
cisco Madero, who had driven Diaz
from Mexico a little over & year before,
sat in his presidential office in the
palace; Huerta was one of his generals
his ablest general, in fact. Matters
were more or less peaceful in the capi
tal, though Orozco, in the north, had
turned against his old time comman
der, Madero, because Madero had taken
into his government many of the men
"grafters," Orozco called them who
had been associated with Diaz. But
Orozco held only Juarez and Chihuahua
and had been hopelessly defeated by
Huerta himself, a short time before.
of her is formed largely from
inadequate conception of the Paris hire Pald circulators, while it would
because they could not pay potent in the affairs of that
but.
the extortionate fees, lost by de
fault in the higher court when
wealthy opponents appealed.
woman of fashion. French women
have been a tremendous power in
politics; they have helped make
history. Their influence has been
indirect, bu nobody will say that
the French salon has not been
coun-
THE THRIFTY IMMIGRANTS
D
URING six years 6.230.257
immigrants arrived in the
United States and 2,652,250
departed. The bureau of im
migration reports that 611,924 de
parted during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1913. This is more
than 40 per cent of all arrivals.
A writer in the American Re
view of Reviews explains the large
percentage of departures by saying
that it is the thrifty among our
peasant Immigrants who re-migrate.
Most of these people were
tillers of the soil in Europe. They
are good farmers, and although
land is more abundant and cheaper
nere, tney no not Know it to be a
fact. If America kept the thrifty
immigrants they would materially
aid in solving many economic prob
lems. But the mOre desirable
permitted to return, and the others
remain.
In normal years this 40 per cent
carry or send back $300,000,000,
and during industrial depressions
or panics these figures grow larger.
The thrifty are ambitious to be
come land owpers and they use
their American savings to purchase
farm property abroad Which in
some instances has Increased in
price from $40 to $500 an acre
within twenty years.
The magazine writer again calls
attention to our utter neglect of
the immigrant. He remains in ig
norance of agricultural possibili
ties in the United States. Nobody
except the land shark attempts to
locate him. He is the prey of em-
try.
If equal suffrage carries at the
coming elections it will be a tribute
to intelligence. France will then
say that its women can undertake
to do directly what they have done
indirectly. They frequently share
in their husbands' business affairs
There is no reason why they should
not be given legal title to the posi
tion they actually occupy in nation
al ' affairs.
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require 10,000 men contributing Jl
each to put up an equal fund. In that
respect the richest man in Portland
lias power equal with that of
wage earners.
My bill proposes to destroy this In
equality. It seems to me that not only
for the promotion of good government
in general, but also for the protection
of their powers as citizens, all men
and women of moderate means should
be advocates of my bill. They should
not be misled by those who, for some
reason difficult to understand, repre
sent this as a measure agafnst the best
interests of working people. It is a
bill that proposes to put all citizens
on an equality.
JONATHAN BOURNE JR.
Panama Canal Tolls.
Portland, March 4. To the Editor
Of The Journal R. C. Chilcott in his
reply to my communication on Panama
canal tolls says I am mistaken when
I say the law exempting our coastwls
ships is unfair. I say again it is a
government subsidy estimated at S2,
000,000 annually, as much as if the
government took tt out of the treas
ury where it was placed by taxing the
whole people. Not only Is it unfair
but unwise, .as well as contrary to
equal rights. It is as undemocratic a
a high tariff, the same In principle
though not so far reaching.
The repeal advocates are growing In
numbers. Senator Thornton-of Louisi
ana, member of the lnteroceanif
canals committee, as well as a ma-j-jority
of the others will vote for re
peal. In regard to that fleet coming frorn
distant Norway, I admit the picture i
depressing, the example disturbing and
appealing, but the fact Is It can't bi
done. It is "agin" the law. No for
elgn vessel can engage in our ooastl
wise trade. Our American vessels,
owned by private individuals, have A
monopoly of that trade, which 14
enough already without taking from
DESTROYERS OF FOOD
PHILADELPHIA fruit com
pany received a consignment
of .bananas the other day.
The company could not get
the price it asked, and so the
steamer which brought the ba
nanas carried a portion of the
shipment back as rar as the break
water, where the fruit was thrown
into the sea.
Officers of the company, explain
ing their reason for sending the
ship to sea with orders to dump
the bananas overboard, were con
tent with the one excuse that
"there had not been a very good
market in Philadelphia."
What is a good market? When
drouth or other natural agency de
stroys the people's food supply the
calamity creates what such men
as these consider , a good market.
Their greed for gain grows with
people's necessities. But, fortu
nately, whenever" fire devastates
or floods destroy, other people
come to the reltef of sufferers.
' At such a time no man would be
allowed to take advantage of a
"good", market. No man would be
allowed to withholds food, much
less to destroy it.
What is the difference between
A Letter to Mr. Hawleye
Nenamusa, Or., Feb. 28. To the Hon
orable W. C. Hawley, Dear Bir Reply
ing to your questions appearing in The
Journal of recent date, beg to advise
that no man In this coast range coun
try can clear 20 acres In three years
and have it ready for the plow. Ninety-five
per cent of the homesteaders
have no roads to speak of, roads being
merely widened trails. Hauling crops
to market. Which averages IS miles. Is
oht of the question. There is always
a market for about everything one can
raise.
In regard to the J760 minimum law,
I believe It to be the best yet except
that $1.50 per acre per year would fill
the bill still better. Make this a law
and kill the 14 months commutation
law, and you will get actual bona fide
settlers and farmers. I might suggest
also that you rind out. If yoi can,
where this commutation fee goes, or
what uses It Is put to. If It is idle,
we would Just ask for a little to help
Us build roads and bridges in the part
of the country from which it la de
rived. And again, after a man pays
for his location he" must pay to have
his lines run in order that he may
know just where to bolld. We might
suggest that while the -army Is not
busy, they take an outing through Ore
gon and resurvey the state, and they
might save a lot of Uvea and lawsuits
If they,resurveyed the whole United
States. -Then there ought to be an In
spectors of claims in each township
whose daty It would be to make svcom
plete report oni each claim, Tbia would
not work any hardship, and Would tend
to settle the public domain with the
best of its citizens.
Just one mora thing: There are So
many things that a homesteader needs.
Many families go to the woods with
children of school age and younger,
stay there from three to five years,
au.uuv ; hira tnat nath not and giving untd
him that hath the manner o canal
tolls. Independent of the imprac4
ticability of the plan, both the shlp4
owners would be arrested at the first
port they entered, for smuggling.
Mr. Chilcott says some clause in the
constitution has been "interpreted" td
say that congress cannot tax com-l
tnerce. I am not familiar with iti
Evidently it is not plain. However;
this much to me is plain, that the
transcendental advantages given to
commerce of the United States by this
stupendous waterway and the privi
lege given to our coastwise ships td
carry it at a rate of $1.20 per tonj
inure greatly to their opportunity. It
Is as if the government would build a
railroad from Hampton Roads to As
toria and permit the -railway com
panies to move their trains over them
at nominal cost.
I close, as In my other communica
tion, with saying a blunder has been
enacted in the law and its repeal will
be the part of wisdom.
- J. S. HARDY.
But, up to the palace, on the morn
ing of February 8, marched a crowd of
soldiers, headed by General Reyes and
Felix Diaz. Diaz had corrupted a part
of the army, and it had gone with him
to seize the palace. Thousands, of
Mexican citizens filled the great park
opposite the palace, as Dias and Reyes
marched up to the portals; they were
onlookers of a historical event, and. in
truth, one of the bloodiest events of
Mexican history. Out of the portals of
the palace issued a band of soldiers.
Diaz and Reyes had expected them to
yield up the palace that had been the
plan. But somehow the plan went
awry. From the gateways came a
burst of bullets. Prom the rod of the
palace came a deluge of machine gun
fire. A bullet went through Reyes'
forehead. Soldiers fell by scores. But,
worst of all. the onlookers in The park
wete caught by the rain of death. They
fell in heaps and mounds, dead and
dying, men, women and children. .I.Ike
people In a theatre fire ranlc they
rushed from the park, seeking the side
streets, but the bullets mowed them
down. Again, in the terrible history of
Mexico, a dynasty was fighting for its
life, and what mattered the lives of a
thousand .or more onlookers? A thou
sand of them fell there under the
palms and eucalyptus trees In the park.
Only the dark ages show more terrible
sights than that.
And what is to be said of the hours
that followed on that Sunday morning.
when the wounded lay screaming in
the sun when physicians who passed
among them were themselves wounded
and killed? Or of the next two days.
when the dead were plied In mounds
and burned, after being covered with
Stranger Writes of the Recall.
Portland. March 4. To the Editor
Of The Journal As a stranger In your
city x want to compliment you upon
your attitude in handling the present;
recall situation. I have been In the
city scarcely a week and have had this
petition presented three times for the
recall of the mayor and two commis
sioners. So far, I have been unable to
obtain any information from the cir
culators of these petitions as to the
cause of this recall.
i Yesterday I had the pleasure of
meeting Mayor Albee, and I am sura
that a person who can grasp your hand
with the same warmth and cordiality
and look squarely into your eyes with
the honest expression that Mayor A4-
bee has, is not a bad man.
! I am not a voter in this : state, my
home being in Washington, where there
Is also an agitation to recall the mayor
of Centralia. I presume It la the same
here as it is there, recall being the re
sult of agitation by dissatisfied dema
gogues- 1
In my opinion, there -are two recall
measures that miight. be very desirous.
One Is the recall of the present law al
lowing the recall of official. If i
politician Is dishonest and la using ,hls
bfflce for other means than for the
good of the public, thereby violating
any of the ordinances, arrest and pun
ish him the same aa any other crim
inal. The other recall that I am aura
oil? Or of the third day, when a gas
main was punctured and the escaping
gas was lighted and converted Into a
twentieth century funeral pyre, over
which bodies were placed to be Con
sumed by the gas flames?
The fire from the. palace drove Dias
back. Many of his men deserted. His
band hurried into a side street, where
they gathered around their puzzled
leader.
"Something Is wrong." said Diss.
"Those palace soldiers were to have
surrendered." "What will you do
now?" asked an American friend of
Diaz, who came hurrying to the spot.
"I must get away. We must all fly."
said Diaz- "Why not go to the arse
nal?" suggested the American. Diaz's
face lighted. Such a move had hot
occurred to him. At the arsenal were
all the elements necessary for fight
ing. "To the arsenal," he cried out to
his men. They dashed a mile through
the streets on horseback and on foot.
At the arsenal there were only a few
soldiers. Four of them were killed by
Diaz's men, and within a few moments
Dias was safe behind the heavy walls
of the. great sfone building, surround
ed by more ammunition, guns and
cannon than he could use.
' Then began 10 days of fighting, with
shells flying over the city; with tens
of thousands of citizens locked in their
homes; with hundreds killed In the side
streets. "Don't worry," President Ma
dero would tell the newspaper men
who, by devious means, found their
way to the palace every day. "We'll
whip them soon." But, on the tenth
day, at noon, an astonishing thing hap
pened. A representative of Oenaral
Victorlano Huerta. Madero's standby,
the man on whom the president de
pended mostly for safety, marched into
Madero's office In the palace and ar
rested him. Almost at the same time
uerta nimseir, who had Invited Gus
tavo Madero, brother of the president,
tc dine with him at a cafe, laid his
hand on Gustavo's shoulder and said,
"You're under arrest."
The dynasty of Madero had fallen;
Huerta'a treachery became apparent
It had been his duty to overcome Dias;
instead, he had plotted with Dlaa end
together they had decided to put the
iaaeros out or tne way and take over
the government themselves. The fight
ing ceased. Huerta was declared pro
visional president. The two Maderos
were put into Jail. The next day the
news went out that Gustavo Madero
had been killed. A band of soldiers
had taken him into the yard of the
arsenal ana bad said: "Weil give you
a cnance to run away. Now, go s
fast as you can." And while he ran
tney nad snot him dead, according to
the brutal Mexican custom known as
"the law of flight." The world looked
on, waiting the fate of Francisco Ma
dero. Those who knew most of Mexi
can ways felt that nothing but Ma
dero's death could be expected; the
world at large could hardly believe
that he would be slain. A few days
iit-waajjcr correspondents were
canea to tne palace at midnight and
iniormno. mat Aiaaero, the former pres
ident, had been slain.
TbU was the noblest Roman of '
them ail," said Antony in referring. to
erutua. somehow the phrase seems
to have been coined to describe Judge
Deady, Sir feet and two lnehes high,
broad shouldered, deep chested, with
ounaant cuny gray nair and fall
beard, broad high forehead, blue-gray
eyes, strong face, ready wtt and pro
found knowledge of law and men ani '
his striking personality he was cer- '
talniy the noblest Roman of thera all.
The name of Matthew Paul Deady
Is Intimately associated -with the early
history of our state. e waa born ou
May 12. 1824, in Masyiard, of Irish
parentage. When a l?iy' he was ap
prenticed to John Kelljr to learn the
blacksmith's trade. HrTllved with his
employer and received $3 a month the
first year, $4 a month fthe second year
and $5 a month the 'third year and
six months" schooling and for the
fourth year he received $7 a month.
When he had served f his four year
apprenticeship he secured a place as
school teacher at month so as
to have time to read uw. In the fall
of 184 7 he waa admitted to the bar.
In the spring of $41 he started
across the plains for Oregon, working
His way across. He arrived In Port
land via Indian cam i on November
14. He . walked to Lafayette where
he secured a position 1 as assistant
teacher to Professor f Itohn E. Lyle.
His first legal work In Oregon waa
done in Marcn, 1850. 'He appeared as
attorney in three cases tn the district
court at Lafayette, Judge O. C. Pratt
being on the bench. in June, 1850,
he was chosen as a ;rfpember of the
house of representatives from Yam
hill county. In Decer$tier be went to
Oregon City as a metaoer of the leg
islature and formed lasting friend
ships with Asahel Rush and .J. W.
Nesmlth. He waa selected to prepare
for publication the fpWs of Oregon
and to write the explanatory head and
side no ten, and so Jt'jdjte Deady pre
pared for publication ;tfee first volume
of laws to be- priuiQ in Oregon.
Thurston, Oregon's de'gate in con
gress, had tried to discredit Dr. John
McLoughlin and had Ivicn the author
of the act whioh ctnl,ated Dr. Mc
Loughltn'a ilalm at Ori gon City. in
the session of legislature held In Ore
gon Cltjj in 1550. Dedy had voti-d
against the "pasMape .u a resolution
Indorsing Thurston's ?aJ tlons in con
gress. David Logan, lter an eminent
Jurist, ran against Dwdy to defeat
him for reelection apcl thus rebuke
him Tor his vote assist ThurUn.
Deady refused to be tebuked and was
reelected. He served; ?n two regular
sessions and the piklal session of
legislature. In 1863'Mr. Deady re
ceived the appointment tf Judge of
the Oregon supreme ourt. Oregon
was divided Into thrr; eUtrlcta. Judxe
Deady taking the southern district.
He took up a donation land claim in :
the UmpqUa valley, tfiown to all old
settlers aa "Fair Oaks?' lie was criti
cised yet respected fjjr the Impartial
way in which he administered the law.
The settlers thought fie waa going too
far when he gentencfd a white man
to the penitentiary fj"r: killing an In
dian. This pastime had been looked
upon as a minor Mult up to that
time. )
Judge Deady was 'elected a mem
ber from Douglas county of the ron-
stttutlonal convention", .i which met t
Balem on August 1S4 J857. and was
made president of the; Convention. The
constitution prepared t this conven
tion was adopted oy popular vote on
Nov. s. 1857. In Jubp. 18i8. at an
election held prevlsionaj upon Oregon
becoming a state. Jutlk" Deady was
elected without oppni?lbn as Judge of
tne sourtiern district. 1 ITpon the ad
mission of Oregon as a state General
Joseph 1-ane secured' Judge Deadv's
appointment as United States district
judge and he moved to Portland. In
1861 and 183 he prepared for the leg
islature the present code and civil
procedure and in 1854 the present
code of criminal procedure. Judsa
Deady also prepared j the act incor
porating the city of :Portlond which
RUSH OF INVESTORS INTO THE MARKET
By John M. Oskison.
For the investors of this country
January payments of dividends and in
terest released about 82S0.0O0.O00. Most
of this was reinvested promptly. Some
added demand for good securities was
to be expected, and an Increase in price
of those best known.
But certainly the flrst-of-the-year
reinvestment demand was not heavy
enough to explain the rapid rise and
the sudden widespread demand for
good bonds and short term notes which
came. It could not, ror instance, ac
count for the fact that retail dealers
scrambled for a share of the 851,000,
000 of New York state 44 per cent
bonds which were sold to the -banking
syndicate at over 106, and retailed by
the bankers at nearly 108.
It was the experience of many who
hough t short-terra notes (from one to
three years) at the end of the year
1918, that within two weeks they Were
able to sell them at- an advance of 1
per ceat or more. Isshes of long-term
bonds, too, were brought Out and sold
overnight.
It was during the first two months
of 1814, as If every owner of money in
the country that had been waiting for
"""' 01 ie ew 1 ear Dells to bring
out his cash and hasten to mirk.t
More of this class of buyers hurried to
uona ueaiers tnan those almost
discouraged merchants had seen in a
long time.
I believe that the bond buyers "who
went shopping In January and Febru
ary of this year have bought with more
wisdom and discrimination than such a
large body of buyers have ever shown
before. Whereas In London, where a
rise in security prices has taken place,
too, the promoters of new comnanlM
took advantage of renewed faith on the
part of investors to market the bonds
of doubtful companies, in this country
money owners asked for issues of un
doubted worth.
Yon aee. for tan v r mw . .
-- j " uii
dealers have been marking down the
value of good bonds and, at the same
time, explaining Just why they are
good. Investors had read and. to
surprising extent, investigated the
offerings. So, when they made us
their minds to bjy, the Investors made
straight for tba real bargains. It is
said now that there Is an actual short-
sgw in the supply.
would te very desirable as well as
profitable to the public. Is to recall
Mayor Albee to be the next mayor of
the city of Portland, succeeding him
self. P. H. SPRINGER.
Fox Industry in Alaska.
Junction City. Or.. March S. To the
Editor of The Journal Would like in
formation In regard to fox raising in
Alaska. I understand the United
States offers to furnish stock free to
anyone wishing to take up this In
dustry. To whom shall I apply for
the animals to .start with, and does the
United States government buy the
furs? Give me all the information you
can on this subject.
A SUBSCRIBER.
There seems to be nothing to justify
the hope that the government might
Start a would be fur grower In the fox
Industry. Information as to the oppor
tunities may be obtained, however, by
addressing certain government bu-
reaus. A bulletin of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. No,
zs. dated feoruary I, contains a valu
able article, and there are doubtless
ethers In that line of publications. It
would be well to apply to "the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce,
Washington, D. C asking for No. II.
of Dally and Consular Trade Reports
of date February 8, 114. Apply also
to tne Bureau or animal industry.
wasnington, u. c, ror information.
The Tax Payment Date.
Warren, Or, March t. To the Kdl
tor of The Journal The tax problem
In Oregon ought to be changed.
the taxes are due In April they ought
to extend over as late as November
20. The last half then could be paid
as Ute as June the ensuing year. . la
some of the eastern states they are
paid at about that time and the sys
tem seems to meet with approval.
A, B. 8.
act was passed without change by the
legislature. At the request of the
legislature Judge Deady m4e a com
pilation of all the law of Oregon for
publication. This Included the statu
tes pasnod in 1845 in 3the days of the
provisional government th organic
acts of 1848 which hl contlpued the
laws of the provisional government
and the constitution Ivt 1R57 which
had continued all irtpr laws not In
conflict with the constitution. Judge
Deady produced a rolume of 11 00
pages known as Deajy'u Codes and
Compilation annotated., copiously with
egal notes and explanations. In 1867.
'68 and '68 he was assigned to hold
the United States circuit court in Kan
rrancisco. in Ms decisions on land,
railway, admiralty alnd bankruptcy
cases he hewed the ath Tor subse
quent legislation and tjls decisions are
cited and quoted widely. For over
20 years Judge DeadO was president
of the Portland librar1 and for in any
years he was a regent of the state
university. He had a;; high degree of
physical and moral iViurage and he
possessed the four Attributes that
Socrates says belong I p; good Judges
to hear courteously, W. unswer wle
ly, to consider soberly and decide im
partially. I I
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The Ragtimjd Muse
Power of Mnnic.
Lak ter heah de gran 9 peanner,
Lak ter hesh de burif blow.
Drum an' fife eroun' rtr.lrier
Kinder make me wiAter.go
Steppin orf erlong de Jifgh road,
Uistenln' ter de mublojs call.
Never mindln' which i my road,
Follerin' de ban', dat'i all!
Dove ter heah de quiah wlngin.
Make me feel so good an ca'ml
When deal voices all tnngin'
Kca'cely can't stay nrrlar I am!
Wsnter go an' Jlne dag liulah.
Wanter lead er betutf life.
An' I would 'cerit fer'llaria;
Tea, Maria she's my wife!
80 I sets my banjo plinitin' ,
Plink-plink. pUnk n'tall day. thoo.
Bout de things I been a-thinkln.
An de thlnars I wantsster do.
Mebbe I'd Maria, honey;
I don't never have no ifun;
Lemme have er piece -erJ money
When yo' git dat waln' done!
rf '
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