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THE' - OREGON DAILY JOURNAL -PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1914.
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"." S. JACKSON
. . . ... . . .... rubiiohpf
FalillsbeU every evening " (exretir Sunday and
: BO mis r Dioruli
Inr, Hrond way and V
every 8UifBr noruhw at aUe Joiirn.l hutid-;
fumMU ata.. r-nrtiaixi. or..;
fat-red af4D poatafflee t Portland. -Or., tor
trftrmlst. Urowieb ' tka malla a emd j
el.M natter.'-'. -
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Kl.EfMIONKH Mala 71T3: Home. A-0O31, All i
. i4rlurtnt..l. m.iJuJ h. thu.. Mttmlun., -alf - -
the mwstnr what department want.
, fORKIUN ADVEKTI.Sl.NO BEPUJCSK.VTAl I VK
- nenjamw ac jwetunor AnnfHwiu.DHi.,
. mug,, immro. .
SaberrtutloB terma'br ma
Ires In- the L'ulted Mtatea
t ' ' i DAILY -!; , ;-' 1
0a year....... $5.00 f one tnontVn--"0jMttUndniah county treasurer from
i.. i .J ..'. JUINDAY '.,.). ! , L"ii;- '-. .?--i-":'.1
On) fer..r... 2.w On monta.i.....f .-86 )
daily and auNOAt. ;
t3
"ffl i
Love thiyself lat; chrih those
. hearts that hat thew;
Corruption wins not more than
honesty. j
Btlll In thy right hand carry
"gentle peace, i- !
To silence envlon, tongues, ".
. -Hliakepeare.,:
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TIl'K. FIIKK TOLL MESSAGE
. RESIDENT WILSON'S , free
tolls . message was read' "to
CongressiyeHterday. .! :
Nobody doubts .the presi-
dent's motives or questions' his
i sincerity. As the chief magistrate,
. almost wholly responsible for our
'-foreign relations, it is perfectly
easy for him to attach more , im
portance to international relations
liinil uu muni, w i mo via uvua uv
such weighty- responslbUities rest.
But the message gave us no new
anr powerful reason :foi repeal of
free tolls, such as was possibly ex
, pected. Its main contention is
that free tolls violates the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty.
Here, . then, is the position in
which Congress will place itself if
It yields to the president and re
A.'peals. free tolls: If free tolls vio
lates the treaty, the clause proMb-
iting ' railroad 8hp f rem passing
, (through the canal violates' the
treaty. If there Is reason to re-
peal the one, there is exactly the
same reason to repeal the other. jungfe
;vIfr !"a vi0,ate8 the treaty. .Pa-ment of taxes as needed, say
the fortilng or the canal violate j on a ly basi8i would be a
the treaty. If Congress repeals ! busineS8.like plan and lt Eeems un
free tolls because of Britain s pres- Deiievable that we have not before
sure-under the treaty, we are equal- i adopted some 8nch method.
ly bound to blow up the forts and
dismount the guns that guard the
canal.
If freefolls is a violation of the
treaty, we have no right to pass
?vu iu Willis ui nfti , uui vrwju nai j
hips, revenue cutters and trans-1
ports through the canal on other i
than the same tems we grant Brit-1
Ish or other war vessels, revenue j
cutters and transports. If under ;
treaty pressure Congress aban-'
dons free tolls, it mn -at once ; of pplitics. His arrgument was
recognize for other ntttioms the 'made at the weekbr luncheon of
. same privileges for warships, reve- j the Progressive party at the Hotel
nue cutters and transports that we j Portland yesterday,
establish for our own. j Though Mr. Davis did not so
Worst of all. ' it the British con- j charge, L. H. McMahon related in
tention Is upheld, we can,, neither stances that clearly implied the
. exempt our toaatwise thlps from i influencing of courts in certain
payment or. tons, nor reimburse i
tnem ror tons tney nave paia, al-
though Great Britain and every
Other nation Is free to do so, I
Furthermoi'e, with our coastwise
trade confined exclusively to f
Anerican vessels, to abandon free
tolls would be to concede that j
urea, uriiain nas tne rignt to aic
tate to the Government of thf
United States in a matter of purely
domestic concern.
If the treaty is what the presi
dent claims it to be. King George
is given by it such new and" power- !
.. I . iti ... . : .. I
ujuu uu mis mae 01 me At
lantic that, for our own self re
apect.joot free tolls, but the treaty,
ought; to be repealed. . '
NEWSPAPER INFORMATION
TWO employes of the New York
Tribune refused in court to
answer questions concerning
'their source of Information
relative to .smuggling indictments.
On the complaint of treasury de
partment
officials, Judge Hand
found them in rnntomnt nmA ttnA 1
each $600. telling them they could ! the advisabihtv of passing the
purge, themselves by appearing be-i propo8ed lnltiatlvei M"- Experi
fore a irrand 1nrv and .mw.. ' ence. has chown that legislatures
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uw questions.. .
The newsnaner mor wr- X 1
pardons .covering all offenaes they
mleht h&v rnmrSitta t. ' ..!
Ing information for the articles
printed. But they declined to ac
cept the pardons, and the -Tribune I
has announced its purpose to carry
the cases up to the supreme court,
of the United States. The . claim
. is that -freedom of the vpress Is at
issue. v .
Courts specifically recognize the
confidential nature. of information
given to the clergy, physicians
and lawyers, holding it inviolate.
KOTTie KtatAa nmtnt ,nt,.j s
n.wmn.r"tnf;;; L A'r" "Meq.ua.te cPnceP"OQ of a, problem
rA t:iJJur, L we"
guard of the liberty , of the press,
me tbeory; hj that a newspaper
n V, n,.1 1 l , . . .
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nwuiu uui u muiiien an a., hoin.
.1 if pumetl and meas-
ures, asjK wouia be were sources.
?eai 11 nr, .
lear oi tne iniormant s Identity
oecomme known
J udge Hand himself said that
the Issues involved should be
passed upon by' the highest court.
They should be, - for, as the Tri
bune says, the theory of contempt
, under which Its employes, were con
victed would set . up 4 bureaucratic
control, of al in formation concern
ing government operations which
Is to reach the public, It would
.mean , that , no newspaper could
safely1: print any news about
government af fairs not officially
stamped with the approval of the
head of the department.
Newspapers - phould bo - held
strictly accountable for the troth i
of statements ' in "their ' columns, i
i They should not be relieved of the!
tduty of showing good motive in 1
printing ,news
But if the presr
nyi,ToA n -AMal all it ennrpM
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i a, ... .11 T XI 1
wiviuiauuu iue uimr m uume
Shortly. When the newspaper's U8e-
. ,
t''"'w greatly iiupaiieu.
A JUNGLE PLAX '
mpo8ps . . ;-
The main opposition. to the pen? -
Dlrv i Ihi lairn that tn Ynflvttfa ant
not irt position at this time, to
easily pay all tfaeirl taxes," and that.
1 iiw auy event, it wouia worn no
(hardship if but half the nearly $9,-
000,000 of taxes were not paid
until six months hence. "
It Is to meet exactly such emer
gencies that' The Journal has long
Sdvocated quarterly payment of
taxes. ; In answer to a query the
county authorities stated, this week
that it would make noidiffefence
if half the takes were? not paid
uVitir-September 1. "
Of course, It' would make no
difference in -the conduct of public
business. That is the objection to
the' presenV. foolish system.1 We
collect; in 'advance, enough tax
money! to pa.y. salaries and expenses
for a ,year.- We drag the money
out of , the taxpayers and pile it up
in the: banks. Some oUt will not
be-required for eight months, sonle
not for ten months, and the last
of it no until the lapse of eleven,
eleven and a. half and even twelve
months. ' ..
No system could be more absurd.
We, add a penalty " because tax
money, is not paid in, money that
will not be required for ten or
eleven months.
In Multnomah county, nearly
nine million is thus withdrawn
from the people and put in cold
storage. The system violates every
known Jaw of economics and busl-
neea. it is a survival from the
WHY 1'OLITICAIi JUDGES?
I
N arguing for non-partisan elec
tions of judges, W. M. Davis
urged that in no court of
justice should a political leader
have the slightest advantage over
the lowliest citizen, and declared
that the only way to absolutely
avoid such a thing is to take
judges? and the courts entirely out;
cases in Oregon through political-i
. r xxi un ixw iujuubcs a ireuauj i A fioht hnfi. fnrinwoia am1 1 .rtn.ij u . vtt- j j Biuaar. uruwu
, , j v ...fa- nnn-navmenr or taxes Dtu.n . a. . . i - . . y. .. ... . iuitj iwj
II nr tr mr l. IB-' '.' . .nl LIT . .. 7 . . . -1 - loeeail W
. w i w , v. -r - - i- LTiLiuua.iiBi.&. - i iifs xui ki ii'.Mrr ib na i or - annmi nrpn mattr . -y '
.or Meiicoi A -;."-- spisea as a iignier, Dut so was ine i , ; Idesk. "It la-
w ue uruueui lu eujom l1"5 1 Rftpf Artf the Merlclina have mil-1 Thprrt fa nr. niuwHnn aTwfTit tVi i to risVa on
pressure. Lhand, the ball coming out midway
judge Lawrence T. Harris off between the wrist and elbow. Mr.
Kneene. a randirlatA for th w. J Williams is a Drominent ranrhei-
nubHcan nomination for RHnrerrfe
1 I t A A. M M J,' 1
judge and a jurist of demonstrated
character and ability, declared that
he believed "in political parties as
vehicles of government, buti he
heartily indorsed the plan for' ab
solute divorcement of the courts
from political alignments.
The plan has the Indorsement' of
the Oregon State Bar Association,
th Fpmtod Wnmonv r-iT.c
" " w
several labor unions, and has al
ways been favored by Oregon
granges.-. The main opposition
was stated , by Mr. Davis in his
address to be from big corporations
and corporation, attorneys.
At the 1913 session of the leg
islature, a bill for a non-partisan
judiciary passed the house by anj
aimst unanimous vote, it was
beatfen In the senate by a small
majority at- the' behest of- a corpor
ation, lobby.
There, is no room for debate on
cannot be dependea upon to make
the reform. The fact that the
has rePeatedly rejected
the, plan : is an almost certain indt-
i Uon tbat " w111 be overwhelm-
--'O'J avavi KLJ pcvjlC,
REMEMBER THE BOERS
P
RESIDENT WILSON and for-
mer President Taft have!
Called attention to the tre
d attention to the trIS;
mendous cost of . armed in
tervention in Mexico. They do not
want American Uvea and American
dollars sacrificed, and the people
..
WWcI a Tiw urge tlpt the United
states enter upon.
f Armed Intervention mav look-
: nt..
a- ui ui pie v matter on naner - nnt
it 1 well to Vemember the Boers
in South Africa.
tered I upon that conflict firmly
. confident that an army could mnlro
h- . . . :
an utointerrupted, march , to Pre
toria ;and set up.,a British govern-
ment. j-.; t r -
The field of war In South Af
jic covered less than 100,000
square, miles, and the total white
population ins. a state of rebellion
numbered less than 400,000. .The
Boer4 had no experience In "war
and ho army ' organlzaiithi. . The
total number of, , men they had
under arms from first to last was
less' than 55,000. - f 1 :
-But it. took many -months'lof
hard i campaigning by Great Brit
ain's;" trained' troops under cble
commanders to subdue the Boefs
There ware' .many Woody encoun- j
ters. '.- The " Invading force num-1
bered 283,000 men.. The cost In
British lives was,.; nearly 30.000, 1
ana ue cost in treasure was more i
than $1,000,000,000. - ... :
There is about ten times thelitatfon 'in ' passing . Chamberlain's
area to be controlled In Mexico, J
and thirty times the population 1
There Is ample c evidence tnatl
I should American troops undertake preserve will becdme ' available as
t the -.task they., would be required J state forest. The "plan " was "or-1
nrnnlTotlnna inif mllUgn I
J - -!
perience, whereas
the Boers had
. . .
none.
A j i . - 11 . t
would mean war. and war wa ade-1
quately described by General Sher- J
man. ' It is well, therefore,": to re-
member the Boers," for they dem
onstrated what men caty do in re-
! pelling an invading army:
ALIf YEAR WORK
A
GREAT effort is Ho he marl
to eliminate-the annual army I
of .the idle, which has be-
come habitual In certain Win-P
ter - months
A commission, of whicn Louis
D. BrandeiS Is "the head, is ' In-
vestigaUng -the subject..- The com-
mission will endeavor t ascertain
Apw many of the 5 large industrial
establishments, at, now, lay off
tPOusdnds of men each year at
certai'.seasoris, "could perhaps co-
operate' to bring about 4 approxi
mately continuous operation, so
that a time wlu come when 'it
will no longer be necessary to em
ploy many men only a part of the
" r vuj
year' ' . i'
The movement Is national. . 'tt
is one of many movements look-
, , . . . .
lng to greater social and economic
justice. It deals with the symptom
more than the cause, ; but can
neverthelesa HW mad helnf 1
,. 1
civcij -cinumuuny can iocaity i
apply the plan to a greater or less I
fiYtfTit TVlAWA ia o Klin jonf s V 4 nnf
7. i -r 7.7.-", Mrs- Iuniway say spare the beastl
lesson in !dle armies of late yearsbut punlsh th gJ8 h6
that air-year-round employment 'is I familiar with-him. Jant idn tvinva i
a problem, challenging the atten-1
tlon of ftrnnnmlsta onH r,r.PMl
business men.
r I
Conditions are most wholesome I
when there is work for everybody
- - 1
)dy at "work. There is
mischiet in the idle rich, as well priests and doctors'" duld have
as In the idle poor. There Is as Preached against opium f or a thou
much harm to soeiety in swollen yea" and Ihe use of opium,
fortune nit in i,nwtv - i ta k- so long as Plunl w. ever accessible
rortunes as in poverty. It is be- and attainable, would have continued
cause of the idleness . of over- unabated.
wealth that poverty is driven to
Work, work, work.
Till the brain begins to swim;
Work, work, work,
Till the eyes are heavy and dim!
Seam and gusset and band.
Band and gusset and seam.
Till over the buttons i fall asleep, R,'yrer- wil lrpnoia tuberculo
id sew them on in a Armi J lia lying around, treat. John
THE BAKER SHOOTING
N AN altercation, in a saloon
at Baker Wednesday nieht-l
Charles Hyde, ex-district at -
w . w.vu.usuv . " v. 1 I
arew a pistol trom nis Docket and
shot Thomas Williams throueh the
and horseman of Grant county. j
The law . prohibits the carrying
of a concealed Weapon without , a I
license. It also is a crime to use J
a weapon against a human being.
- Did the ex-district attorney have
a license for carrying his Disfol? 1
If not, why? "
h Jd ;h buSness of a lwer 10
ftphold law. More than all .others,
ne is unaer oatn.. to uphold , the I
constitution and the laws.
Mora than urx i
me ic-
s yiuieesiou snoma set an ex I
ample of obeying the law. Morel
than anybody else, a lawyer should
maWtr H
L " I
The case at Baker challenges at-l
tention
If Mr. Hyde had no 11 -
cense to carry a concealed weaoon. I
uoto a, vim. iv I
perform.
NO TENNESSEE SALOONS
dV night airsaloon
State Closed -their doors and all
breweries drained the last drop of
brew, from their vats. .
The state's "nuisance" law
which wipes out all saloons and county Th-sTpreme lr i th. , What of i.aing a super
breweries heramft effAr.v it It r iwn rrlZ ?2 5 t 1 CV-S i luiendent, with original Ideas? What
Drewenes became effective. It ff Gson v. Kay. decided Japuary is,iu the Use of the "Report of the Bur
provides for the arrest of nwnorc 191. has laid down the law very clear. e ... m i, i-
of buildings rented for the sal nf
Honor fln(i ofin fft ih. n..
. :
ders in cases of violation. Gover-
nor Hooper issued a warning tliatLiii T , , nty mlaaionera ap4'of the system that taught "parts" in-
if any one attempted to disobey or
cvaue me mw a special session or
tne legislature would be called for
the enactment of an exchange
Judgeship law permitting , the send-
Irig of state Judges intfo any coun-
ty to preside at trials. .
Tennessee's new law is a dras-
be watched with mnch interest.
The claim has been made that pro-
the enactment
hlbiwonoes not prohibit. PerhapE
Tennessee ; will demonstfate that it
Is : possible to stop the' sale of In
toxicants If- the attempt Is really
made.
1 In fefuslng to ' enjoin the- en
forcement of an ordinance aeainst
secret passageways in the Chinese
quarter Judge McGinn said that
generally when Chinese Joints are
the intprnat nf niihHo mni v.,,
In the interest of m-art V
in ine interest or grait. - In a
properly organized and - disciplined
aepartment, : mere ougnt to be al
aft if l ; '1T.
for. graft, and If we naverft It, we
ought to introduce audi ft poliee
department In ' Portland.' '.'There
will ;be. wide sympathy .with Judge
McGinn's remarks on. the subject.
, -? j
U The house -ought to have no
bill for an exchange of forest lands
in Oregon.; under .which a. fortr-
thousand acre tract 1n the Santlam
rloBlraWlHlr rf' tko Ininimtlmi rtt 3
TV"'.' v w ,..
meats 'sold in Portland. . The ob -
Jection Is to the fee system which
' n . i
them - that it makes brecarioua the
position of the Independent packers
and fanners.
Letters Frcyn the People
tCoBimanfealioBB mt te Th lemnrnt tor L
pi.ijwsiKiB ib ibis opariveni aooio om writ v
ten on. nnllr vim ml A ef h aadin mKmlA m.i f
a i..- . - r . .. r
lx? leoftb and meat be .e-f
. MtiiinaniM BW raA Mania. a Kit 1 li a AST Ike
(Jr. If the writer U so 4ealra
""7 mumua
"Diaeoaatoo f. the greateat r all refora-
era. It rattonallsM a ran thine tt toarbes. - ft
roba principle ef all (alaa aaactitr .and
iUrr S-i!blt-f '
eraabea tbem ont ft rxlateoca atJ acta ap Its
VSmT 1 M
. - s
J?" Vf"
Vox.
way, after having :; -worked so Jaith-
fully for. woman suffrage, now -asks
-women whom she has. helped to
"STUS&JSZ Xffi
loon. . Jack London says, "For this
purpose I rode down-,intoNtbe -valley
0 the "moon. and .caat iny "vote . for
equal effrage, knowing-, that the
wives, and. mothers- once they , had
this power, would vote this thing out
JZL1?"" ; u ',
Mrs. Dunlway, -from the shelter of
her protected life. seM no - danger to
the youth of our land from the ready
accessibility' of King alcohol." Jack
London, from his long and intimate
aoqualntance with. -the liquor,- leys
bare his soul, that those who do tot
understand may catch some vision ef
the terrible nature of this beast.- .'
tfae mah has bee-n sufficiently pun-f
'"ed. - H would destroy the beast.!
with all Its intareats Tie: . vmiA I
tvf t h
destrov it In the sim, v thathtn.l
set about to destroy the use ftf
opium., by forbidding, the cultivation
ana importation er the -drug. It Is
- Th. .hin.k... ii
Mrs. Dunlway say's seclude the
man with the smallpox, but leave the
germs, lying around, loose so that
others may be infected: at least, that
is what we Infer from ber logic, jack
jonaon says as we have made a great
success in. not leaving arsenic, and
uarieyeorn the same way.
Mrs ftilnts.v a It : .
the canse of intZZT- U 7
man . himself
VT Araa-n' . V ... M
..twa iJ19
us liquor. (What would become . of
hnm ousmesa if he did not?) Jack
fifrw - LaS - ;1 S
uie. auu. juun Man.vi'nrn Is with. ma
Because I was born In what future aares
WU1 cal1 the Darlt Aee of our civiiiaa
kT'J a"ey OTrn. w"n m
my y"th fohn bSot wlrf"
cessible. calllna- t m. an
e .n every comer and on every
On one point "MDunlway and
Jack London agree that niacin? of
wornen -n an equality with man by
fau'n 0hr Il' ?
Jack London sava. the t7, v "!
they have paid an incalculable r.rt
sweat and tears for man's use of
y
saloon will be known only in history,
z ,vt o a CU8toir similar to bull-
T" fh. DUnV of witches.
t? t"""01.? 1 afe quoted from
mia. uumway a speech before the
gressive ciub of.Paftland.
mJa. COOPER.
. , Th rn .
U0'""3' MaJch 6 To the Editor of
- " Journal m your Issue of JJarch
y editorially attack the n neat inn
l wJia. Ia a re&onable fee in the case j
;rQ,r,: .v.r.,u"t.y.V8L..1-omb!Lrd. !
foreclosure oi a 1 1,20,000 mortgage be
falls only a few lawyers, and then
only one In a lifetime. To the lawver
who can possess himself of such cU-
enieie a xee or J7500 is not excessive,
Walter Evans, ouV district ; attornei
forecfose Ihe mogtge A. prewrtbe
hy section 282o otdvS$gS
" !!?.'f:Ie!,,t.5i8trlc "J1?! ..td
ly tha5 COuny boards, and state boards
fn".i .emPoy. 8Pcl.al . counsel, and
to visit all schools." if we are
i " - e".cr4 m, repre-
sent them.
case.' WaTteTKvan. "ii" V""
sancnonea in appointment of snArinl
being-forero
it hal become the cuatnni -iii'-"aJ
MuitnZa "Tit? comtoneJs to
disir out private pLpt t ThevoriS
u' It ?ZUn ' S,U
otdhln. mora f tlin ?.rtttIdere?
f.pMP
'e. and the same should go Into the
f'fJS 5fJ """tnomah couhty. or
clent distHct attoev. me"x
cient district attorneys.
t JOHN C; SHILLOCK.
Mrs. Unruhf Backs Statement.
Portland. March . To the, Editor of
The J ournal I have been asked to re.
ply to an article appearing recently 4n
a rortiana paper concerning a j state-
I ment I' made in a city In Montana.
ferrlng to a reported organization of
Pb,Vfrom XeSoV XeTanl
Jias beea criUcised by decent papers
I The statements : were given ime b
repuUble people and the -evidence wa
easily available by county authorities,
who are reported to have hushed, up
in" matter ., wnen convinced .of ' lu
I was urged by leading citizens of
J the city: to return for a meeting taer
A FEW SMILES
I John, whose father was a baker, was
hes-i'r h
in .the habit of bringing his teacher a
'day. -
"i wish you would
:fe11 Tr father not
7 X oncl
'said laughingly.
- Thereafter . thV
QU-
minus
found frequently on. her
very kind- of your father
.n. vurpoBe for me, she
told him. ' . - 7 . ..'
rt H) .t.Fni, e.nWi "VT
jdonm
laaitjbKl"? ' - i
Joel Chandlor Harris, the author of
Uncle , KemusT was at his. desk one
'"Uncle KemusT
mgm wnen an oia
time reporter looked
over and said "Joe.
how do you! spell
'graphic'? "With one
f or two?" "Well."
said the kindly
Uncle Remus, who
was too gentle to
hurt even a common
adjective. It you are going to use apy.
Bill, I guess you might as well go the
limit". ' . ' ' k-v. v j" j
-- Its reported of a well known pro
feseor of history at Harvard college
that whenever one
wants to-' find.- him
lall-he has ta do Is
lege yard and maka
a Statement ' about
raoma , fact ; In hla r
tory, wnereupon thfc
professor : win im
mediately come Out,
and contradict it., '
. TTe fare at a certain boarding house
been there for some .time, because he
could not get away.
was standing In the
halt wken the land
lrd rang the din
ner bell, Where
up8n an w old ' dog
that was lying out
side on a. rug com
menced', to -j. howl
mournfully..'.: jT.:-.-
The boarder .watched him -av little
while, and then said: '
"What on earth are you howliAg for.
Youdon't have to eat,Jtr. ,-. . -
and w8 1016 'tnat no nal1 .'would4hoId
th?. people hoV, I come. .... .
The expressions -or eommendatlon
from. minister and other leading, men
of the state have been .most grateful
.WJ - - - l. - l.
wuniun jiinm ui
ha been open to a woman advooat-
open
lng "votes for women," are waiting my
acceptance to come- to them;
The organisation in question is not
the only one reported,' -nor .Montana
ADA , WALLACE U4RujfL
The Cartooned Gownor.
Portland, March To the?Editor.f
The Journal I notice the latest slur
the Oregonian has f or our - good gov
ernor ia a cartoon showing a despicable
looking man, the most sneaking sly
appearing thing, that might lead a per
son to believe that the blood- of his
recent slaughters la not dry on him
yet. This despicable thing as shown
In the cartoon la going to run a Port
land policeman by the name Of Kay
for aa office that is at present held
by some other, Kay. Think of lt!
I was horrifed to finally notice that
this despicable, sly-looking thing U
marked "Governor v West," as I had
thought at the first glance" that '. 1
must be some official of . the Or?
iron tan. We all know that the - roar.
ernor always makes his fight In the
open, but If this is the governor, per
haps this policeman Kay is the Kay
who should be elected,- aa Mr. Wet
certainly knows that he is t. K., even
If he has been a .policeman and has t ie
misfortune to-, be named ' Kay. other
wise he would never support htm for
office.
I am afraid the whole thing will
turn out like the Oregonianjs other
scare over the Democratic plot'in the
game commission composed - of Repub
licans. Possibly the fellow who had th's
cartoon made has the ame objections
to'.te governor that the Republican
editor had to-, the judge who was to
Xtry mm ror udm.j He noticed he had
drawn the wrong judge (the honest
one). The judge, noticing the 'editor
was unreasonably nervous,' informed
him that he would get justice In that
court The dltor lost his head ; en
tirely and commenced to cry "I am
afraid I wilL'i 8. B. C
A Textbook Denounced
Portland, March 6. To the Editor
of The Jourr,arT w r
ciovuuu vi uw vi
ar?thme"c " now being Tnade by the
t cho01 bo.ar?. and. that lt Beei 1Ike-y
that a "relic of the system" under
which we groaned so many years may
oe aaoptea. surely, it is up to the
mere, "parrota."
tnNa,rly ,h teachera are nt-
ad.n. "5
Jpupll - teacher aystem know no other.
laVt ,ir" wh.reYs "iwi Vead thai
' system is so perfecHt was not neces-
going to have for one of our new text-
I j books an arithmetic which Is a relic
, Bteaa or children.
E. H.
rsm frtif. vuriM.
Portland. March ..'-To. the Editor
of The Journal Regarding the answer
rtT J?tter", Mp- Dal
Ugt bulging incSer i ?he
! "Kandord8 glve. receipt
nd ot wu but no the Bt"b
--
matter out, as tbe'Janltor should be
paid' by the landlord and not graft
tips from the renter.
My understanding of the commis
sioner's duty IS to see; that each ten
ant pays for just what light he -uses
and no more. Possibly the water
meters will-, prove another source of
graft to the landlord. Let the renters
sit up and - take notice before they
accept them. -
Queer business, this, . Just as the
i Quaker said to his 'Wife:
Everybody
is queer but I' and thee, and thee Is a
little queer." '.ANOTHER TENANT.
' t - v.
'An Incrednloiu Prohibitionist.
Portland. March C To the Editor of
The Journal-Once more It Is being as
serted that "prohibition does not pro
hibit." The brewer, distiller, ' saloon
man and all their wfetched tribe re
peat the refrain? And they wish down
in their hearts that their statements
were true., - They are very much afraid
B
PERTINENT COMMENT
; SMALL CHANGE v'
iKuuwn un) reao-
-'
A froarrsslr m A Vie twa m t .t I H
. -j ww a;v k7A III
one AtaTne town: wre the news to
a a ,
At anv rati n n.t tm..i.
dldn t, fight, and ail s welt that ends
- a - . . .
The neoDle who ere nnt kikin .ka,.
paying an income tax are a great
majuriiy. -
a
Prohibitionist mar nnntn T. -1.
London for president; he will yield to
. vii vi ne nrjr.
ir congress won't do ail n,.nn
wants done, all thi rt.
nwri ourselves.
Some railroed
stay long enoogh to get acquainted
with anybody or any thine. - ,
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For awhile mortl int t.tia. . a
iiiiuuie western states boasted of their
1 . 1 . r-T .
iiutu wimer. out lately o my!
In many cases the mat nr iivin.
could be lowered, and health inrm.i
i' "r tuiiinuoj ine vacant lot or
umrii yara, , .
1 a f
Another verv itrmi,. inlAM.
two lawyers testified that th. )
another lawer $7500 for a simple lit-
j. me j.-wumjr was too mucn.
a a
Soma one nrononfrt that h V. Al k ,
t)f- the candidates for trnvernnr . h.
made the test ' by voters, the tallest
one to win. Was this why (Jeer got
into the rao ' - a "
a
How easilv alt this
have been avoided if the canal treaty
had specified somehow that "all ni.
tlons" meant "excepting the United
States, the owner of the, canal."
An eastern vminv man Mt.. . -.. 1
that he wishes a inh a a a.,..:. .
anOregon farmer. But he mieht do
wen to bring a handle of blankets and
some coarse boots and clothes along.
HU ERTA AND H IS
Written in four parts for the United
Press by an American in Mexico.
PART II. N
Following the ruthless killing of
Gustave and Francisco Madero and
.Vice President Suarez. General Huerta
Issued' an "explanation" of the deaths
Of the latter two. "It was all due to
'their trying to escape," said Huerta's
representative. "Thev vn niauMi in
an adtomdblle to b taken' to another
jaiu .A-band of men rode ub to -res
'Que them and. In the fight, 'bth Ma-
aero ana suarez ware killed. : I Js very
regrettable and - we -wish you would
-quote Mm In-your dispatches 'as saying
tnat it is very terrible and sad." Huer
ta made no effort to ."explain" -why. in
the "exchange Vof bullets" which had
killed Madero rfnd Suarez, and riddled
tMe closed automobile in which they
were claimed to have been riding, not
otte person besides Madero and Suarez
had been hit. lt was not explained
how the so-called "band . of rescuers"
tad shot down the men they were "try
ing to rescue," without, wounding one
of. the guards who surrounded Madero
and Suarez. . ,
, 'Civilization was jolted by the aston
ishing news. Huerta,-from the chair
in which the murdered president' had
sat, explained that he had had nothing
to do with the killing. He would tfet
as president until a fair election could
be, held. He felt-he was able to keep
peace in the country. The army, he
said, was with him, and It had never
been with Madero at heart.
; .Twa "matters of tremendous im
portance to Huerta occurred almost
Immediately. The hardy Venustlano
Carransa, one of Madero' s closest
friends, governor of a northern state,
student . of Socialism ' and democracy,
declared that he would fight the new
government. 'And the United Spates
government refused to recognize the
government founded by Huerta.
Huerta, had overreached himself - in
permitting "the slaylag of Francisco
Madero. The killing of Gustave Ma
dero woul probably -have been con
doned by the world' at large; it cer
tainly would have bee it condoned by
the Mexican people, for, though they
liked Madero, the president, they hated
Oustave for his Jack of conscience and
felt that it was Gustave who was
making Francisco's 'administration a
failure, through graft and cruelty. But
the slaying of the little president, the
gentleman who would not kill Diaz
when Diaz was in his power, and who
Vould not take the life of Reyes, when
Reyes haeV tried to take his; who al
most faithfully followed the Biblical
admonition to turn the other cheek,
and who was true to his big dream
that human -rights stand ' above all
other rights, was an affront to all
, NEW WEALTH CREATED BY CROPS
By .John M. Osldson.
Every real boost to the sentiment of
optimism which colored the first two
months' of 1911 was. given by the study
of figures showing the production of
crops in 113,
It is on the farms that the greatee
share of the country's new wealth ia
created. Ultimately, the farmer Is the
buyer of the Increased number of shoes
turned out, the additional tonnage of
steel used in the laying of 'railroad
mileage, or tn the framework of fac
tory buildings and office buildings, the
increased output of clothes and food
produots. He supplies the additional
tonnage of freight (on his crops .as
they go to market, and on the pur
chases he receives from the cities).
If the farmer has more money tham
usual to spend, business In general
will "be better. That Is a perfectly
logical deduction. .-
-So, those whose comment helps to
form public opinion .concerning the
state of. the nation from a business
point of view looked with Interest for
the first of , the year announcements
of crop values for 1913.-
It was, record year,'- More than
that lt is not. after all. The chilling
fear that has seized these men, who
do not believe their own doctrine, . is
seen In the fact that the present In
vestors in stocks and bonds of the
breweries and distilleries are looking
to the future with greatest misgivings.
This is not in the least surprising. The
opponents of the liquor Industry have
the powerful press, the churches and
thefwomen's organization's on their
eide, and the outcome of their war on
the saloon seems hardly to be in doubt.
The war cry Is, "Swat the saloon."
L C. CHARLES.
' Origin of Memorial Day.
Troutdale. Or.. March . -To the Ed
itor of The Journal Please -tell mel
When .Memorial xjny aiarieu.
. r. . SCHOOL GIRL.
fThe Encyclopedia Americana con
tain this paragraph: "The custom of
Memorial Day originated with 'the
southern states, and was copied scat
teringly and on different' days In some
northern state all In the spring, for
natural reason. ; On May 8. 1868. Gen
eral John A. Logan, then commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of ths Re
public, issued an order appointing May
30 of that year for- Grand Army er-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
An Ice nlanf i-ith the caoacltv " of
100 pounda day is a lata Installation
at Beaverton.
. v a
Hood River's commercial club la
growir- at the rate almost of a mem
ber a day. Twenty-six were admitted
In February..
- a a . .
A. C Gleason. who recently returned
to Lebanon from Forest Grove, la again
with the Kxpress. having accepted the
position ox associate editor.
Each school boy In the Vlda district,
the Eugene Regtster"a correspondent
reports, has sawed out, nailed together
and painted a bird house which will be
exnipjted. at the school fair soon.
Till' water system at 'heeler will
awn oe lornea over to tne city Dy .
A. Rowe. that rjreaent owner and then.
the Reporter affirms. Wheeler Will b-i
numbered umong the progressive towns
of trje state which have taken- like
steps- to insure a good water supply
ior years to come.
a
Figures have been prepared by the
Haines Commercial club claiming that
pla shipped out more carloads "'Of
products. In 191$ than any other be
tween Portland and Boise, as follows:
Hay and grain. 1325; lumber. 60; live
stock. 70; concentrates'. 65; granite.
40; total. 1570. .
a a
The Baker Herald's Audrey corre
spondent write under date of Marc
a: -marcn nas come in ilKe a lam
this time. The ground is almost bare
at Hereford and water is running
everywhere. Blackbirds. bluebirds.
wrens, kllldees and groundhogs tiavo
oeen seen aireagy.
. - a- a
Experience' of a Salem tourist in
California as recounted by the Salem
Journal:.. "After wading about In wa
ter for several days, being compelled
to remain in hotels which were water
.nouna end experiencing many other fn
conveniences, John H. La u term an is
.nacK . sare in his Salem home. Mr.
Lauterman went to the 'sunny' state on
a vacation, but says he spent most of
the time he was there In keeping out
of the rain.-
YEAR OF CHAOS
human progress. The man who slew
such a leader tried to overthrow tht
hopes of common humanity.
It Is not to b wondered at that the
United States government refused to
recognize Huerta as provisional presi
dent. England, however, hurriedly rec
ognised the presidency of Huerta. but
there is small wonder- for this, be
cause tiuerta waa rriendly to the Eng
lish oil Interests of Mexico, and Lord
Cowdray, head of these interests, was
a leader of the ruling party In Eng
land. Other nation's followed Eng
land a lead. .
Wobdrow Wilson took office as pres.
ident of the- United States. lie de
clared that Huej-ta must not hold of
fice as V president of Mexico; that a
presidency "gained, by bloodshed and
treachery could not be upheld In any
country la America." This seemed lite
sheer talk, for a time. Huerta didn't
get. out; h(st government continued in
power.- But the passage- of a few
weeks showed the force Of Wilson's
declarations. Huerta sent ' emissaries
to Europe to sell an issue of 1200,00 J,
000 (silver! In bonds. But the Euro
pean bankers- said, We cannot' take
these bonda Until the United States
recognizes aa legal'the government es
tablished "by Huerta."
The efforts of Huerta to gain funds
grew more and more desperate.' Lead
era of the people arose against blm.
The French' revolution has nothing
more grim and terrible to show than
the Incidents of the days that followed.
One senator made his will at his horns
and marched down to the senate cham
ber. He arose and said, in substance:
'These are my- last words," my will
and testament to the Mexican people,
whom I love. I believe I shall perish
for what I am 'going to say. but here
and now I declare a that Vlctoriano
Huerta is a tyrant who must be' over
thrown." That night he disappeared.
He baa never been teen again. Where
his grave , is not even his family
knows.
Another member of the house of
deputies, a young Mexican who was a
graduate of Cornell College, in the
United States, was outspoken against
Huerta. One evening, dining at the
house of American friends, near his
own house, he said at the table: "1
am against Huerta and I have declared
myself. No one speaks publicly of all
of Huerta's enemies who have been
disappearing so mysteriously of late,
but I suppose I will join the missing
some fine day."
He bade goodnight to his ghost at
11 o'clock, to walk the three blocks to
bis home, and he, also, has never been
seen again.
11000,000.000 of value In crops and
livestock were produced from Ameri
can farms in 1913. The department of
agriculture estimated that of the total
wealth produced, there would be sent
off the farms and) put into circulation
through Its channels of trade, the sum
of 35,(147,000,000. Next door, Canada
came forward, -too, with a yield of
exceptional magnitude, Including over
500,000,000 bushels of grain.
Here, then, la the farmers' contribu
tion to tho funds available for stimu
lating business. Every manufacturer
and every merchant whose product
makes an appeal to the purse of the
farmer may expect to share In the dis
tribution of that enormous sum. Every
workman who is trying to build up a
savings bank account may expect to
share through continuous employment
and perhaps increased wages. Every
stockholder In the companies which
manufacture what the farmer wants
and in the railroads which haul for
the farmer may expect to share.
So, the farmer has added his consid
erable Influence to make the beginning
of the year 1914 notable as one of ex
ceptional promise.
vices, in so decoratings graves choos
ing that day possibly as being the date
of discharge of the Usl Union volun
teer of the CJvil war. The states which
observe the day have adopted It singly,
there being I no national law on the
subject."!
Prosecutors as Lawmakers. -Portland.
March 3. -To the Editor
of The Journal Several day ago
there appeared In The Journal an
article by a worried woman. Yes, our
homes are in danger so long as men
.who prosecute' their fellow men for a
living are sent to the legislature to
make our laws. When men prosecute
their -fellow men for a living, they
soon lose that brotherly love that the
old founder of the constitution of the
United States had in the early days.
It was their love for mankind that
made great men of our old stock of
statesmen, and lt Is Just the same to
day. Great men have great hearts,
and brain to govern them.
VIOLA BURR,
.But there is always this hope, for a"
mollycoddle good boy: He la apt to
run across some tough, kid who will
take it out of him. -
11 EARLlERfPAYS
By Fred LQcklcy.
My maiden ' name: : was Charlotte
Matheney," said Mrs. John Kirk wood. .
of Hopewell. "I am ,Mlssourian. I '
waa born two and one. half miles from :
Plait City on Max. jkj mi. Daniel
Matheney. .my father 'served In the
war of ltlz and waa mustered out at
New Orleans. Jiw served In the Black
Hawk war aa first lieutenant, , Father ;
and mother were marked In 181 r V
Indiana. : In liZl 'they imoved to .Illi
nois and. from "there hey moved to -MUaourl,
where I waa 'born,
"Henry He wet t, -my. brother-in-law.
and his brother Adam! had decided to -go
to Oregon the preceding year.
Henry wanted my father to go but
father couldn't jet ready, lie said:
"Henry if you will waft till next year
1 will sell out and 'we will all go.
Henry decided to wait but his brother
Adam went on to Orfgon that . yer.
"In addition to our. family, father
brother Henry with his family came.
along as well as Henry Hewett, my
orotner-in-iaw. and my brother Adam,
who stole hja wife and was married
tnree days berore we? started. Then
there waa Aaron'LaysVn and his brlda
of three days for he. abao was engaged.
and persuaded his sweetheart to get
married ana come to Oregon. In oufl-
famllv In sdtllan In' nwn u .
ibXlow mrrld there wis Isaiah, IS year
e fold; Darilel, 1 yeans, old; Mary, li
years old; Jasper, nine? years old, and
myself. ' i?
"Our party went . to Ventpovt hci
we waited for about 10 days UU th
others who were going had asyetpbljd
when we started. Jesse Applegate'a
party joined us at Independence. Whan
we final lj got started tlre wcr
about 120 wargons and over a thousand
People. They didn't list the women
and children. The only list made waa
one of the men over a. who ware abl
to Dear arms.
"When they organized they hired
Captain John Clannt to guide them. Hj
had been an officer in the army and
was a mountain man and said he could
gUde ne as far as Fort Hall.
"A good deal or the time Peter II
Burnett. William Beagle and my falher
rode ahead to pick out camping placet
and to kill game. I was only flva
years ojd so lots of things that thi
grown-ups would remember did not
impress me at all.' while many Inci
dents that they paid no heed to mi
clear in ray memory, pne of the thing j
still vivid In my memory n a atom
ou the Little Blue. John Ford's wagon
fell out of line and S the rest of u.
drove on. Presently jord came ahea l
that Dr. Whitman was needed at the
Ford wagon. Beady 3"ord. John's wlf
waa a Kaiser. Ths alaers and soma"
of their friends-wanted to camp before
croatdng the Little ;Blue. It was ai- '
ready raining so my father urged then
elk to cross aid carrjp on the other
side before the Little; Blue got hlghef
and, when Ford's wagon came up they
ceuld help It across
"After we had canned John rni
drove, up to the rlverj He wanted t-i
camp there aa It waai dusk and croaa
JnMhe morning but pady insisted or
-v""'a wnn ner bod, not yet two
hours old. She wanted to be with tho
other women of theparty. They helped
them acfoss. The river had risen and
it was almoat swimming dt-pth for the .
team. The baby that, swam the Lltti. "" " 4
Blue before he7 waa two hoars old wa."S '
Tllman Ford, f TU' lord, as he af . '-
alava flla K.am'- V.IIU.. t . . V
ui iinsiii a ail , -
wemnny. lawyer in saiem, where fl- f -pent
most Of his life and where he Ik, '
burled. . . ' :r ', . ' r : .
"That night the flat where we were
camped' became flooded from higJt'
water and Jasper and I had to leave
the tent and go to bed Inatha wagotu -,
I Can remember that 'storm yet sn-J .;
that1 was over 70 year ago. , ;
'"Dr. Whitman stayed with' our party? 'fi-l
from the Platte to Fort Hall and T j
helped ua in manyCways. At 'Soda
Springs Kit Carson- visited us. Ie Uok '-.
upper wjth us. We- had no trobli-
irom tne ntdlana. Father had a little
trunk filled with beads sod paint and
fish hooks. He u4d them to trade
with the Indiana for dried outfall
meat or whatever the Indians had to
sell that my father wanted.
"At the Platte we laid by while the'
men killed a lot of buffalo. They took
the green buffalo hides and fastened
them around the wafon beds. When
they dried they were Jight as a drum
and the wagon beda -re water tlght
We used them to firry ecru ths
streams. , j
Tou-hear a whole lot about the tmrn
and what they did. You don't hear much
of the women and children. While the
men rod a ahead the women drove the
ox-teams In the choking dual. When
It came time to camp the women
cooked the meals, washed the dlahett,
took are of- the children, made the
beds and did their mending.
"When we got to Fort Hall Captain
saia: i nis is as rar as I have
been. v Fronr here on 1 don't know the
road.' "The Hudson's : Bay doctor at
Fort Hall said: To will have, to
leave your wagon here. From her
on there Is no road.": , Df. Whitman
aid: 'Gentlemen r 5rB show you a
way where you can tae your wagon.
You will need them When yoo get to
the Willamette valley, so don't leave
them. I know you can take them na
far as The Dalles of the Colombia,
at any rate.' 80 they took Dr. Wht
man's advice and landed safely at Thrf
Dalles."
The Ragtime Muse
He's a Hostler. j
He jumps up in the morning!
And, speedieat of men.
Denpite nis doctor's warning.
He bolts his breakfast. Ulan
His coat and hat he matches
And panting, rufis fsfar.
And. quite exhauntedd catches
The Jut departing car.
On to his desk he? hurries.
His labor to b4gn;
'Twlxt -twice a hundred worries.
His luncheon's sandwiched In.
At eve this driven1 sinner. , :
A-rushing home wlll go ; -, ,
To. av-ramble through his dinner t
And gallop to thj show. -,;
What Is It that hchases
Beyond his dally bread?
Is it success that races
Each day two iumi ahead? - - '
Although h fa pace twitnenne i,
New efforts he will make, ,
At least I hope hi, senses
Some day he'll overtake! . , ,
SUNDAY FUTURES
' ' '. ' .
Tho Sunday' Journal Magazine
offers these compelling fea
. tares for ''women readers
, each . Sunday: i : ' , . - -.
Patterns tor the Jbom dree."-
trutker. ! " :;". . ,- f
Suggestion for V the neexQaa '
- woman. -. '.. - -Hint
on home economy.
Talks on. healthi mm3 beanty.
h Sunday Journal : v
vy- Magazine: v v
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