THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY ' EVENING, MARCH 11, 1914.
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TUC lf"M IDM A I them to quit work and leave the
- I it tli JwLJrINL. cItJ" defenseless against the. worst
. , 'ax iKDEPttNDKWT mew&papkr snow storm in years. "The wealthy
- 7." s." "jIcksom '.' -. . .PnMirtff must take care of the unemployed,"
ruMlahad every evening ei-it Sunday) and Mid On Of them.
Mrv Unnitav nimliK Th JoarOftl BOlla-i . . . . . ,
tn, Bmndwiy and Yamhill t.. Portland, Or.
Knrerm at tb pnatofflce at Portland. Or., for
. tranamiMkm iaroecb tb naila as eeeead
riaaa (natter.
Such is the spirit of the pro
fessional unemployed. It is the
propaganda of those who make it
a business to be unemployed. It
M-.j-r ... ...-.. it x JliiHX All
-' " oiritr what lprtmnt J on want. . hjgg q tfte rattlesnake.
Benjamin Reataor Co.. Brunswick Bid., The I. W. W. leaders dO not
TP. t'J Mr- N,w .Jfortl 1218 Fp 1 want ' work. They -do not want
gresg and a general amnesty pro
claimed. .Brazil has been classed among
the foremost of progressive Latin
American countries. It has mod
ern cities,.! but the-interior of the
employed have been overstated to
the point of sensationalism. As
the Record-Herald says, the unem
ployed who would work If given an
opportunity present one problem;
the unemployable- present a totally
' HuUerlptJon terna or toaU r to any ad
""drcaa o toe 1'nltcd Statce or Mttlco:
Om fear... ....$3.00 ( One stk. .
SOMDAt
UN jrarj. X&0 Oa nMnfj..,....$
VAltX AND SUNDAY. f
Ona jrear.......f7.M I On month I -85
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The art of our necessities is
trance,
That can make vile things
precious.
Shakeapeare
WHAT, .BUT ANARCHY?
seek a "social revolution," and
think the way to bring itabout Is
to induce men not to work,
No program could be more mis
taken. What If nobody worked?
WHO GOVERNS PORTLAND?
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A
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HE Oregonian Is indignant be
cause s the following truths
are set forth by the Salem
Capital Journal:
The Oregonian, which has always
expressed little use for the recall,
referendum and other features of the
- : Oregon system, Is now backing- a re-
the signatures required i call movement against the mayor
and commissioners or t-oniano. , tse-
for applying the Albee-Brew
, ster-Dieck recall are said to
have been secured.
It will be far better to burn
. them. It will be far better for any
man not to accept a candidacy on
the recall ticket.
Albee hasn't been given a chance.
Brewster hasn't been given a
chance. Dieck hasn't been given
a chance. All this the public
ST knows and In a, spirt, of good old
2 American fair play will resent the
2 recall.
2 What is the recall about any-
way? Albee is not accused of graft.
Z 'Brewster is not charged with any
5 specific offense. Dieck is not ac
2 cused of non-attendance to duty.
, The only reason for the recall, is
that the mayor and two commis
sioners differed in opinion on cer-
tain public matters with those be
S hind the recall. The official
thought one way and the recallers
another way, and so it is pro-
posed to recall the officials.
f Where will such proceedings end?
J. -How can there toe government if
a . an official is to be recalled every
m time he doesn't please everybody?
H What would the process lead" to,
U but anarchy?
country contains a population ainerent proDiem. uui ot i,ni
which has; not always shown al-icago's 46.000 Idle men the number
legiance to the central government. , set down as "honestly seeking
Brazilian trade has been extended) 1 work" is less than 33,000. These
but the country is in financial dif- worthy men should be cared for
ficulties. Paris bondholders have, but the 13,000, what shall be
been expecting a suspension of in- ! done with them?
terest payments on the national Data now being gathered should
debt. I be serviceable next winter when
All South ' American countries j another period of unemployment
seek to conceal from the world the comes. Laboring men themselves
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGK
An Englishman and an Irishman ' .
went to the cantata of t shin bound .,
M m . . . " .n. -
tor America ana asked permiasion to From now&. tha basebaU news will
work j their passage grow. , .
over, j The captain "... '.. ,
consented, bu t j But' March can't be all sunshine and
asked the Irishman ibalrn, ,
for references and let ' " . .. ' .
the Englishman goon oS&FlF&tmwttF
without them. This vr.esn 'f lB ProspwU
madej the Irishman Why nt rua for the nomination for
uiji governor ana oe sociaoie?
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causes of discontent among their
people. It may, therefore, be
some timei before the truth about
Brazil will; be known.
WHICH TOLD THE TRUTH?
should assist in the solution by
carefully distinguishing between
the man who will and the man who
will not work.
T
HE president and general man
ager of the Oregon Inland De
velopment. Company are now
Letters From the People
(ContmnoIeaUoDa aaat to Tba Journal for
publication la tbia department abonld be writ,
ten en onlj one aide of -the paper, abosld not
in jail, serving , OUt the terms companlad b the name and adOreea of the
tender, u ue writer ioes not seeir to
bavo the Mn publUbed. be aboold so state.)
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A JUDGE'S FALSE OATH
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N THE 5th day of March,
Judge Robert O. Morrow
handed down his decision In
the case of the Hotel Bond-1
lng ordinance.
The decision was on a demur
ZS rer presented in Judge Morrow's
J2 court . December 17, 1912, one
2 year, two months and sixteen days
, before Judge Morrow's decision
was returned.
This Mated announcement of
71 his findings in the case is, in ef
w feet, an acknowledgment that j the
' oaths made by Judge Morrow in
his salary vouchers ' were false
j;, oaths. Thus, the following af fi
a davit was made by Judge Morrow
5, in applying t the secretary of
Ktate for his salaryMor the quarter
m ending December 31, 1913:
JU r. Robert Q. Morrow judge of the
Fourth Judicial Dlstrtct of the State
JJ1 of OroRon, In pursuance of the pro-
vision of Chapter 4J, Iwa of Ore
22 Ron, 1911. do hereby certify that all
m matters submitted to me as circuit
' judaTo for three months or mora prior
II' to the axaotttlon of this vonoher have
baaa daoidad; and that no uattara ar
m pesdlng before me as circuit judge
that bavs been submitted to' me
m? three months or mors prior hereto.
J ROBERT O. MORROW,
m, ' Subscribed and sworn to before me
thin 31nt day of December, A. D.,
Z !! v ' -
t- J. P. WOOD.
JJ Notary Public for Oregon.
The affidavit was made Decem
2 her 31, 1913, and though It de
dared that no matters pending
before him were submitted "three
2 months or more prior hereto," the
2 Hotel bonding ordinance was then
, J3 pending before him on a demurrer
submitted December 17, 1912, one'
year and 14 days prior thereto.
Other cases were then pending
and like the Hotel ordinance, bad
been pending for more than three
months prior to the making of the
salary oath.
Judge Morrow's offense is seri
ous. Statements that he has made
on oath before the secretary of
state are not true. His oath, In
several Instances, has toeen a false
oath.
' Though sitting on the bench to
expound and apply the law in the
inai ui wtuBt-a, no nas violated a
law which says:
And the - making and filing of
"a false certificate shall be deemed
just cause for complaint to the legis
lature and removal of said judge or
Justioe of the peaoe.H
II the oath-bound statements of
V' Judge are false, how fares it
with the solemnities and issues of
justice! in his court?
WHAT IP NOBODY WORKED?
V
cause they have voted in favor of
installlna: water meters in order to
save waste, a question upon which
nubile sentiment is divided the Ore
gonian is peeved and does not scruple
to invoke the recall against tne otri-
Clals as well as the referendum
against their acts. This is the worst
feature of the ret-all. that it is gen
erally actuated by spite or personal
interest and hampers officials In ' the
discharge of honest public duty.
There is no doubt in this case that
the Portland Commissioners believe
their action will result in good to a
large majority of the people, and
they should be given an opportunity
to make good.
The Oregonian denies. But the
Salem paper is practically correct
The "Oregonian does hate the re
call. It hates the initiative. It
hates the referendum. It hates the
direct primary. In a contemptu
ous way it refers to all these things
as "Urenism."
The ' Oregonian is leading the
recall against the meters. Of
course, it is a recall in the form
of a referendum. As the Salem
paper says, the Oregonian "is
peeved and does not scruple to in
voke the referendum" against the
meters.
The referendum is the Oregon!
an's referendum. The Conwav?
the Goldapps and the Devenys are
its pawns. The cheap publicity
that, for a time, the Oregonian
gives them because they are play
ing its game, is their incentive.
They care nothing about the
meters, for their water only costr
them six bits apiece. They wouldn't
chase about to meetings and sit
up nights as they are doing if
their water coBt them four, times
as much, i They are spending more
in streetcar fare than the whole
cost of their water.
The whole issue in the proposed
meter referendum is who is to
govern Portland. The regularly
elected representatives of the peo
ple decided for meters in diso
bedience of the Oregonian's instruc
tions. They followed the direc
tions of the people three times ex
pressed at the ballot box and or
dered Installation of meters.
Thereupon the Oregonian rushes
for the referendum. It calls out
the Conways, Goldapps and De
venys. It blows its trumpet blasts.
It waves its great wand. It de-
i fles the people s instructions, it
demands repeal of the action of
the people's representatives.
Its action is exactly like the
action of the Albee-Brewster-Dieck
recallers. The two movements arc
on common ground. It is at
tempt to rule or ruin. It is at
tempt at government by personal
opinion and when public action dif
fers with private notions, there is
resort to the recall and referen
dum. We are on the road to anarchy
The seat of government is in the
city hall and its source Is in the
people. The meter proceeding it
an issue of whether government i
to be in the city hall or in thr
Oregonian office.
to which each was sentenced after
conviction In the United States dis
trict court. The first is to serve
thirty days and pay a fine of
$4000. The other is to serve eight
months, i
The facts recall what Charles W.
Pulton said when he sought to
bring contemptrproceedings against
The Journal with reference to the
Inland Development case. Speak-'
lng of a Journal editorial, he said
In open court before the ' jury,
addressing: the presiding judge: -
Perhaps I ought not to read it,
and I pass It up to your honor. It
is-simply alive with falsehoods, de
li be rata misstatements, garbling the
testimony upon which it bases at
deductions. ;
Was it ; The Journal article or
Mr. Pulton's statement in court
that was "alive with falsehoods,
'deliberate i misstatements, garbling
the testimony"?
H It was- The Journal that was
wrong, why are Mr. Fulton's cli
ents in jail?
"HERE LIES A FAILUilE"
to get even. One day when they wi
washing off the deck the Englishman
leaned far over the rail, dropped the
bucket, and was iust about, to haul , it
up when a huge wave came and pulled
him overboard. !
The Irishman stopped scrubbing,
went over to the rail. and. . seeing
the Englishman had disappeared,
went to the captain and said: "Perhaps
yex remimber whin I shipped aboard
this vessel ye asked me for rlfereuce
and let the Englishman come on widqut
thimr i I
The captain said: "Yes, I remember."
"Well, ye've been ! deceived." said
the Irishman; "he's gone off wld yer
pail!? , j
In the matter of registration, voters
might be doing. worse; also better.
Huerta-made money won't be worth
mucn teyona me reacn oz his guns,
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Now not much of the high cost-f
living can be charged up to hen fruit.
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There are more politically indeoend
ent voters than the registration shows.
It took something -more than wav
ing a fairy wand to send the steam'
ship Wand on its voysge to Alaska.
"Diaensalon la tbe greateet of all reform
er. It ratlonaUsea eTtrythlne It toubea. It
rob principle of all falsa aanctity and
tnrowa tbem back on their reasonableness. If
tbe have no reasons blenaea. It rutbleaal
craabee tbem oot of existence r-J sete up its
own eoncluakina In . uitr ateaa. Woodrow
Wilson.
A Woman's Testimony.
Portland, March 9. To the Editor of
The Journal I am not a member of a
temperance society, hence not one of
the "fanatics" a certain woman loves
to rail against; yet I feel I should be
morally guilty while thiiauxuestion of
prohibition for Oregon is being dls
cussed, did I keep silent. I come to
plead tiiat the women of Oregon will
tibt be influenced by any woman Who
tells them the saloon interests should
receive their votes. No woman, if she
has the welfare of her sisters and their
children at heart, can vote to perpet
uate the llcepsed saloon. How do I
know? Because I learned the evils of
alcohol not from any moving pictures,
prohibition orators or from tracts, but
through being an inmate of that in
ferno upon earth, a drunkard's home.
Tbe lessons learned in childhood sink
deep, and it seems but yesterday since
I lived that life of horror, running to
hide aa we saw. our father come reel
ing home. ,1 shall bear to my grave a
scar upon, my forehead inflicted by my
father in a drunken rage. And my
mother, my sweet, refined mother,:
h. man whn In hi InW mnm.nta I bOardUlg SChOOl
was as good a husband as any woman I together and now
ever had. One memory that has burned se could stand
deepest is of going, with my gentle,; on ner neaa to the
shrinking mother to beg that a saloons envy ot.ua all?
keeper would not sell my' father liquor.: Peart I most
She showed him the bruise upon my certainly do; what
head. He turned from her with a lot it?
Jeer. "I'll sell to any man that's got
the price; that's what I'm here for."
There were no Governor Wests In those
days.
Then the fearful poverty and degra
dation as well as the abuse! If I
The line of carriages containing fhe
members of the "Personally Condupt-
ed. Seeing Europe
in Thirty
before the Excel- 1 Vfff fpA
and thi
tion was overheard
In one of the car
riages containing
two women:
I "I
u ,vva I SBWgJ a 1 SSI II SV.
s converse- 1 Mi If UP i
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"Mother, is this Rome?"
The answer came in a tired, "toured
to death" tone of voice: "What' day
of the week is it, my dear?" j
"This is Tuesday. Why?"
AWell. if it is Tuesday It mustj be
Rome."- Everybody's Magazine.
OREGON ! SIDELIGHTS
IN EARLIER AYS
Bjafred Lockiey.
If It should be made lawful for any
Individual to initiate laws, would there
be paper enough in th world for
ballots?
A Salem Chinese laundryman who
already owned several farms has
nought another on for 942,500. Him
llkee Melica velly much.
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"And the deaf shall hear." And they
don't have to wait to go to heaven,
either. Possibly the time 1s near when
most cases of deafness will be cured.
Constant carping at President Wil
son for treating the very difficult
Mexican problem with caution and pa
tience is playing small and unpatriotic
politics.
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A Republican senator says that in
the past year the Democratic party
"has demonstrated its Incapacity for
government." What an ancient chest
nut. A host ef Republicans do not
agree with him.
Abner Appledry Jay Green am t -
go no more priae ana lnaepenaenco i . tt.b iiitiupiinc m marca
about him than a rabbit! j Vk n tmVt "SSffi
Say he ain t. ; mm is to get a free living and make
Abner Appledry , Industrious people all the trouble pos-
Nah! whenever he i slble.
Dufur Is preparing? to double its
waterworks reservoir capacity and
make other Improvements and eaten
sions.
A lumber varrl baa been started st
Gold Beach with a stock of brick on
the side, which, the Globe asserts, fills
a long zeit want.
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Civic econom hint In report of pro
ceedings of city council in Prineville
Review: -The city marshal was in
structed to fix up a stall In his barn
in which to keep stray dogs."
The Canby irrigator has joined the
linotype contingent. It says: "Our
facilities for setting; type are now
equal to those of any paper in the
world and are certainly . better than
can be found in any city of the sine
of 'Canby In. the state of Oregon, -or
many .other states, for that matter."
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The Port Orford Tribune describes
an exciting wild hog hunt In which
four out of six or seven were caunht
and tied. The hogs were some that
naa reverted, ana were tusked like
their primeval ancestors. Escaoes on
the part of the hunters were numerous
ana narrow.
Brightest prospects In years are
viewed by the Toledo Sentinel. The
mill will start up in a short time and
rive steady emDlovment to larsre
force of men durlnar the summer, work
will soon bo started on the new lighu
em ax yru wm xzt Je.ii vt tvnu t,iiv now i;i kb nt
ery will be in operation in another
monin.
Six cougars, one wolf, one bear and
two small cues, zi wildcats and nu
merous small varmints is the record
catch made this season bv Ed Clark
and Roy and Alvah Addington. after
taking up their traps for the season,
according to the Oakrldge correspond
ent of the Eugene Register. The value
of bounties and furs amounts to 1400,
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Recent improvements at Canyon
City, with financial status, are noted
in the Eaele as fellows: The water
system cost In the neighborhood of
17000. The new town nail cost wiin
the lot $669 and there has been about
$800 worth of work done on the streets
and sidewalks. Indebtedness of the
town is about $2200 In outstanding
warrants snd . bonds to the amount of
6000: Income about II200 annually
present statea expense, about iizuo.
takes a ride on the
cars he never
stamps up and down
the aisles or stands
out on the back plat
form, to show every
body that he knows
LLOYD GEORGE AND THE DUKES
Stonghton Cooley In The Public
The advantage of having a touch -
his rights, but just i sits still In his "lwl ",cu " tne genuine-
ic.wtui ujuvmiciii in eccil iu
seat like he was In church. Puck.
Elsie Say, remember the days when
we girls were ar
TEPPING into a doorway in
San Fraticisco, an unidenti
fied man., wrote his own epi
taph; before taking poison.
"Here lies a failure age 35," are
the words he wished to be remem
bered bya He was a man of evi
dent refinement and education, and
here is his backward glance upon
life:
All the world is a stage; we are
the actors and it is a bum show.
Please don't trouble about mv iden
tity Just i bury me and accept my dation an well as the abuse! If I I tolls to American coastwise ships
thanks. Ono who has aimed high, j should vote for the perpetuation of the through the Panama canal. Another
but hit low a poor marksman and i saloon I should be voting for that I cart wish the law repealed. Opinion
"Nothing, except
Rose is easily the best dancer In our
tango set.
A BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION
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New York the true character
ef I
itielf.
Carefully
W. W.-lsm asserted
which ! had
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avoiding churches,
provided shelter for
the homeless as needed, two I. W.
W. agitators . led ." a company of
men . to ' the Fifth Avenue Presby
terian church and extorted money
by threat." At the moment that the
demand for money was made, con
tractors and city officials were
seeking everywhere ; for - men to
work -at reraovlng snow from the
streets, offering food in advance
and wages at the end of each day.
L W. W. . leaders not 'only e,d
vlsed .men in the . lodging houses
not to , accept work and wages,' but
went . about ' among Bhovelers ot
snow on the streets. , counseling
BRAZIL Is threatened by an
other revolution, but the ex
tent of present discontent is
unknown. Three northeast
ern states are in revolt, and mar
tial law has been declared in and
around the capital.
Race prejudice is said to be the
cause of the trouble, the disturb
ances originating 1000 miles from
Rio Janeiro. Reports are to the
effect that a body of fanatics is
marching on the capital, and it is
presumed that extraordinary meas
ures were resorted to by the art
thorities to prevent troubles wbich
might be started by disturbing
elements.
The editors of three important
newspapers, two generals, two
colonels and other army officers
have been arrested. The govern
ment has established a strict cen
sorship on telegraphic communica
tlons, and all the troops have been
confined to barracks. Everything
Indicates that the uprising may
be serious..
The news, which appears; to be
alarming, may in fact be reassur
lng. But Brazil has the distinc
tion of having changed Its gov
ernment witn little or no blood
shed. Dom Pedro was sent into
exile in 1889 and the men who
succeeded him gave evidence o
ability to assume the responsible
ties of power. In the winter of
1910 there was open mutiny, in
the navy The mutineers bom
barded the arsenal at Rio Janeiro
and a settlement was reached only
after many of the demands of the
mutineers had been granted by con-1
a failure.
A policeman found the dying
man huddled in the doorway. He
was hurried to the hospital in the
police ambulance. But he died
shortly after arriving at the insti
tution, a self-confessed failure,
an unidentified piece of flotsam on
the sea of life.
This man was to be pltie'd, as
are all men wbo permit themselves
to confess failure. It is no won
der that he wished to remain uni
dentified, for tbe thief who robs
or tbe man wbo kills has no great
er desire; to conceal his name than
should have the person who ad
mits even to himself that he has
no hope for the future.
There is something fundamental
ly wrong with the self-confessed
failure. He either misjudges him
self or he has a wrong conception
of success. He magnifies disap
pointments, and finally relies upon
weakness rather than upon
strength. He pities himself when
he should know that self-pity is
the most dangerous thing a person
can indulge in.
Success may not be the thing
we imagine it is. The man who
aims at the accumulation of wealth
or power or the enjoyment of phy
sical comforts is not necessarily
failure if he provis a poor
marksman. There is the strong
probability that he was not even
aiming l high, for some of the
world's greatest hearts and minds
were possessed by people who had
neither of these things.
There: should be a new definition
of success for the benefit of those
who sea failure at each turn of
the road. . They should be taught
that when a man does his best at
whatever he is given to do, then he
Pis not a failure, no matter what
the world says of him. Only the
self-confessed failures are so, in
fact.
which turned a happy home into a hell
and a man into a demon.
I know the saloon friends' argu
ment: "There'll always be drinking
anyway." Probably there'll always be
some; but bring forward a more con
vincing argument, won't you? Every
throughout the whole civilised world
outside of our own boundaries con
demns us for our action relative to the
Hay.Pauncefote treaty and the tolls.
We, or rather the faction among us
that wish to retain the tolls provision,
law ig violated at times: but that's all j stand absolutely alone.
mo limit icBvu " i Moreover,, why should we grant a
complaliantly by on the other side in
subsidy to American ships? We speak
her Journey down the Jericho road If ot "our ships." Are; they "our ships?"
sbewill; she may even urge others Who actually own them? lr, as is
against molesting this greatest robbei commonly supposed, our coastwise
of the age; but I, whose whole family carriers are largely owned by the ship
have been beaten, robbed and left for ping trust, why should ninety-odd mil
dead, shall strive to bind up the lion of us who have no pecuniary In
wounds already made, and, of more im- terest in this trust go down in our
portance, I shall join the posse that is I jeans and contribute to the welfare of
attempting to drive this aroh-sssasln I this particular branch or "big busi-
to his doom. MRS. B. li. CAKTEK. i lnessT"
We bound ourselves by a solemn
Denounces Exemptionists. i I treaty to pas sthe ships of all nations.
Tnrt1aTu1 March 10 Tn th "TCditnr I Ahat WOrd "aU WOUIO Seem to tw
British politics. Men and movements
fn other countries may be of doubtful
worth, and there may arise a question
as to their sincerity or good faith;
but the Englishman has an infallible
test: When the London Times speaks,
all doubt vanishes. For no sooner does
the Times, seriously ponderously, and
with aforethought, condemn a social
reformer, or a movement looking to
the limitation of the privileges of the
nobility, than the world at largo knows
the man is sincere, or the movement
has merit, and both are effective. The
Times does not repel all attack on
the nobility, but only such as are like
ly to attain their end. Socialists. An
archlsts. and Utopians of all schools.
religious and economic, may Inveigh
against the privileged classes to their
hearts content, and the "Thunderer"
will- remain as mute as a pensioned
clergy; but let a political party, or a
leader who has the power to carry out
his purpose, lay hands upon the sacred
institution of privilege, and the storm
swept heavens do not reverbrate as
does the atmosphere about Printing
House square.
David Lloyd George is the latest
favorite of fortune. There have been
those who have doubted the wisdom
and the good faith of the chancellor
of the exchequer. But they can doubt
no longer. The Times has spoken. And
it has spoken with all the solemnity
and circumstance of the medieval
church pronouncing the doom of
heretic' The chancellor is charged
with political blackmail, maliciousness.
and lying, and worst of all with be
ing afflicted with mental infirmities.
Referring to his attacks on dukes, the
Times says: "Mr. Lloyd George's
horror of those who happen to occupy
this position, for which they are not re
sponsible, is so fanatical and unrea-
l soning that it amounts to a fixed Idea
tion of a spirit that "debases public
life, and "discredits not only our
selves but tbe whole country In the
eyes of foreign observers," the Times
closes with the statement that "the
feelings of dukes are not what matter
most. It is the question of the whole
conduct of public life. '
cumstance, and deploring this cultiva-
of The Journal-Why this continued Plainly Incisive of our own ships. To
,; . ... , claim that becauseKwe built the canal
discussion of the Panama tolls outside w,th our money. we have the rt ht
of the issue? The gist of the whole to do ag we piease regardless of
matter is, "Does the exemption of tolls treaties; to advertise through the
to coastwise vessels contravene the press, as does one of our statesmen.
iaay-i'aunceioie treaty r inat is au i mat war is uenor man aisiionor ; xo : a- is described by writers on
there is to it. President Wilson, the talk of scuttle and surrender" and n,entai pathology as an obsession.
secretary of state, many of the ablest to picture In cartoons the Hay-Paunce- He suppresses other names, but goes
lawyers of our country, both Repub- fote treaty as a bull-pup, strikes me as j out ot hja way to abuse dukes." And
licans and Democrats, believe it does, being very puerile and unworthy, of i ,ter alvine time occasion, and clr-
Jsir. xtooi u. iwn, .ctiaiiy cuts i uisum viwacnoin
area test lawyer of his state if not of 1 HERBERT B. AUGUR,
the United States, and former senator
end secretary of state, who certainly I A Farmer on Livestock Inspection.
knows something about contracts, Boring, Or., March 7. To the
treaties and international law, says Editor of The Journal A reader of
this proposed exemption violates the oup most excellent paper, who is
treaty. All the European nations say aIso a farmer aska 8pace for the
the same. . following in regard to the inspection
Now. if we as a people havs conceded of aU livestock alve that the farmer
a national wishes to sell instead of butchering
uatioos why scuss i t as 11 r there were home then 8endl th
no treaty? Why publish the flub-dub j f inspection and to market, as
of one who signs himself Charles h v ,j
D'Hetirry'tr T Saf VVftrSl not the least ob-
SLe.Stlil t,ht "Vv0" Action to the inspection part, but
David Lloyd George is a forceful
man. possessed of an Idea. He believes
that the wealth of the world is Dro
duced by the workers of the world.
Being a practical-minded man he sees
that it is not possible to give to the
workers what they, produce without
depriving the idlers of what they en
joy. And being a successful politician
he realises that great masses of men
cap be moved only by an appeal to
their Imagination. The mere fact of
unrequited toil and parasitic privilege
may appear on a small farm, as well
as on a great estate, but the average
man is trot able to .sense it. He -Is
still , enough of a child to want his
text written large. Hence, Lloyd
George holds up the English duke to
public ridicule. But how csn this
harm lnnoeent men? The Englishman
may be a little slow, but. he is sure.
No nation, when Its better self has
been awakened, has a finer sense of
fair play. And if. the dukes suffer
from the chancellor attacks, it can
only be because they are guilty. Eng
land Is confronted with a very men
acing condition. Rural life has become
so Intolerable to labor that It is flee
lng the country. The only way to
stop this is to raise the wages and
conditions ef the laborer; in a word.
raise the standard of living in England
to something nearer what it is in the
newer countries. This can be done
either by laying greater burdens upon
manufacturers and other industries, or
by placing it on the tdle landlords.
Lloyd George ha chosen the latter
coursk Hence, the attack of the
"Thunderer.". For that unfailing or
gan of toryism well knows that If tne
dukes, who are the .rarest fruit of the
tree of privilege, can oe snaaen ori,
the rest must folow. No one need
ddubt hereafter that the name of Lloyd
George has become a point in history,
no less than a factor In English politics.
,"I spent my girlhood it Metheney's ,
Ferry at what is now Called Wheat
land," said airs. John Krkwood. i
"One - of the pleasures which we i .
most enjoyed in those raya was go- ,
lng to camp meeting near 'Salem
every year. When -my brother, Jasper,
was a little hap ab&it 12 or 1 !
years old he was Verynxlous to go
to camp meeting with !i?y mother and
father and the older children. Mother -
said, 'No, you cannot; -come. Jasper,
you haven't any mouieslns, and I
don't want you to go taeret bare foot.'
He said. If I get some. ,mocca sins can
I comer She said. 'Yes, If you get
some moccasins you cte go with us.'
The day before - we 'left for camp
meeting Jasper- was Br!y desperate, .
He bad been unable t: get any moc
casins. . No Indians haul .come by and
he was afraid he coul : not go.- The
afternoon before we' lirft was a very"
warm one. Finally thfe came a long
quavering cry from ayross the river
from an old squaw. Ihe wanted us
to row across and her. Jasper
called across the rtvej. and asked her
if she would give him a pair of moc
casins to bring her aeross. She said.
no, she only had the mr she had on.
Jasper called back In jargon. 'As soon .
as you want to gtveVme your moc
casins I will bring you across.' The
old squaw held out several hours, and
at last called across, till right, I will
give you my moccaa'. sb if you will
come over and get me?4 Jasper jumped
into the canoe, and peddled across in
a hurry. Before he wtuld let tbe old
squaw get Into the cajbe he made her
take her moccasins oi t and give them
to him. The poor 4a - squaw came
across and started auay bare footed.
but Jasper went to ca bp meeting with
us. W5 f
"When Jasper, thMr same brother
wbo held up the squaw for her moc
casin a was 19, he defied to get mar
ried. He wanted to'-' be married on
Christmas day. This as in 1862. but
he was unable to fltSil a minister or
justice of the peace- to marry htm.
The night before rvhrlstmas Joan
Klrkwood, who had dttme to the coast
in '4 under Fremont ithe path finder,
and who had come tjfp to Oregon in
1149, stayed at our louse over nigm.
I had met him before and when he
heard the discussion tbout my broth
er Jasper's wedding, le suggested that
he and I alao get parried. I was
nearly 15 years old nd I thought it
was high time that f got married so
I consented. Jack Kl'kwood had vol
unteered to go to pethel and get
Elder Glen Burnett,;i.to .perform tha
ceremony. Glen w a brother of
Peter H. Burnett, wife went to Cali
fornia and became te first governor
of California. Jackj-came back with
Elder Burnett early -M the afternoon.
Shortly after he artlwed. my brother
Jasper and his girl.tlary Ring, who
had Just come front Missouri, atoou
up and were marrfisl. Immediately
after the . ceremony4 had been per-
rormea, jac anu i ;j!iriu u
Elder Burnett married us. No one
knew that we were $lng to be mar
ried so they were aUiSvery much -surprised.
I rememberiitHat we had a
mighty fine weddlng.dlnner and a big
celebration. One oft. She things I re
member best about le wedding am
ner was a pie my another had made
from dried tomatoetii You neaa noi
turn your nose up aj:lt either ror it
was mighty good. r husband and I
celebrated our sixty?wrst wedding an
niversary on the Jet, of last Decem-
The RagtiRie Muse
Metaphyseal.
Of metaphysics I'm Jfraid, my .lear.
This thing called "ve is veiy,
queer;
The imore you thai of it, tne less
you know, ...
And study does oteem to make U
clear. EfS i
With every day 1 S'.Ut the more it
seems sy
That life's enchaiUnjTbt or a realm ot
dreams.
Let us surrender,- alien, aod dream al
ease,
Nor heed our lifcjkleHS neinhbore
frightened scrams.
Vision and dream'arij" magic and witch
fire! fi
That during glow tpu pledges heart
desire. - it-
It followed, lesds"io bogs and "Ool
and fens T
And. mocking, leaver you bedded u
tne mirei s .
HELPING SMALL HOME BUILDERS
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
does not violate any treaty, and who i
winds up with this irrelevant flubdub
If President Wilson will copy after Pelf "s u.r to to
your new ordinance practically com-
the
ex-President Cleveland he will soon
Union Meat company, and be at their
teach England that America is going to meroy' "ow woul our
be ruled by Americans and no inter- "ke or how would anyone with
ference will be allowed by any foreign common sens like to take one live
nations." caIf or a Vie or perhaps a steer all
In other words, if America enters 1 1 w"' iw LW a u"ior rain
it.tn . vniant with anv fnrwiarn nation I and then be at -the mercy of an un-
she ought to violate It, if she thinks reasonable corporation for its inspec
it to her interest, regardless of good tion and sale? Its price we would
faith or sanctity of contract. In order have to take, or what else could we
to show that she will allow no inter
ference by any foreign nation.
Oh, shame, and Oh, piffle.
JOHN INSLET.
C
HICAGO'S police department
has completed a canvas of the
unemployed in that city. In
stead of an army of 100,000
men out of work, Chicago's unem
ployed number about 46,000. Of
these less than 33,000 are honest
ly seeking work. The rest are
unemployable; they are of the
professional hobo class, wintering
In the city because qf Its charities,
special relief agencies and free
lunches. .
The ; Massachusetts bureau - of
statistics has issued a somewhat
similar ! bulletin, showing nothing
abnormal there. The unemploy
ment percentage in December was
10.4 as compared with 9.1 the
year previous. In New York, it
has been found that estimates on
the number of unemployed have
been overstated.
The federal Industrial commis
sion has undertaken a national in
quiry into unemployment. It is a
serious problem, the solution of
which depends: upon correct fig
ures and proper classification. Chi
cago's statistics were gathered for
the federal commission, and they
I prove two things.
Estimates on tne number or un-
More About Censorships.
Portland, March 10. To rne Editor
Of The Journal The letter headed
"Censorship." by J. J. Adams, In Sun
day's Journal reveals to us who have
Won inrormtpd fn better, cleaner Jl.ni
more Just government why results are I school
do after such a trip? Or does your
city ordinance expect us, when we
bring an anlmaul to a- butcher shop,
to run around town fpr an hour or
two looking for the inspector? After
we find him and have it Inspected,
then what? Shall we butcher the
calf or pig right in the street? Also,
while we' are hunting the Inspector,
who will take j care of our horses?
Could not a boy of 15 with a common
education, understand that
By John M. Oskison.
(Copyright, 1914, by J. G. Lloyd.)
Building and loan associations ought
to do mors to make themselves known
to the people. I criticise them for be
ing ovsr-conservatlve in that respect.
The other day I had a letter from
a woman in Chicago who said that
until she read one of my little articles
she had the Impression that building
and loan organisations are rather
shaky; she didn't know of any in Chi
cago; and she wanted to know if it (s
really true that ia a short time by
turning rent money Into a building
and loan company you can cease to
pay rent and apply the payments on
the purchase of a home.
Now, in Chicago, as In all our cities,
every rant payer who Is a permaaeut
resident of the city ought to be ap-
proacnea oy evme buui cgviiu'
home buying organisation as the good
building and loan association repre
sents. In Germany, a beginning lias been
made In a scheme whereby the city
lends to associations of home builders
money for building purposes up to
so slow and meager. It is Just such sucn an ormuanue win kiu oh au
people as J. J. Adams that Impede the farmers except those that have
progress along lines of moral Justiee. large herds and can bring in a unch
Ho says the wealthy class and himself of them at once to market. All farm
never worry about the commercialised ers twlth but a i doren or so of .cattle
vice and Immorality that are sure to tan not exist. (
bring destruction to the nation and Articles are ! being written about
race if not checked. A newspaper, be the growing scarcity of beef and
believes, should not publish things suggesting that the only solution is
that reflect on public officials or the for the small farmers to. raise a beef
administration. He says that to- pub- or two each year. But 'how can we
llsh facts of lawlessness and to expose do this when you city people cripple
rotten conditions should be prohibited. 1 us with such ordinances as this?
even though the publisher can prove
his statements. Tbe recall, I suppose.
Is simply for the "people of wealth"
and himself to use. "Mischief male,
ers" should never butt in or criticise
the officials ustll their terms are out.
He sees detailed accounts of vice and
crime in only one little newspaper.
FT. 1 A. T nil n .
J. . Adams' allusion to "the people of
wealth" Is an insult to most of them.
Remember that: the consumer will
ultimately be nearly as much af
fected as the ! farmer through the
scarcity and j consequently higher
price of meat as a result of such
laws.. -U ' i. r
Many- of the 1 laws that you city
people have passed for the last year
or-so are slowly ruining the common
farmer, as witness the" ' creamery
ordinance, which works a hardship en
75 per cent of tbe value of the land
held by the associates. The money is
loaned at 4 per cent; ef course, the
loan Is safe; and tbe average home
builder will be able easily to repay
the loan If allowed to do so over a
term of years. '
Meanwhile, we have in this country
the building and loan associations, and
In most state they are adequately
supervised by state officials. Our
home builders pay a good deal mora
than 4 per cent for their money, but
as a matter of practice the rate is
lower than that which obtains tn the
case of the ordinary loan.
I'd like to see in every newspaper
of general circulation a department
devoted to the news and gossip of the
home builders, with a note of encour
agement running all through it. Most
city newspapers pay a good deal of
attention to ordinary real estate news
and they are Justified in this be
cause the dealer make their transac
tions interesting. Let the co-operative
home building associations pay
more attention then they have done
to letting people know that they are
on the jobs
and at that time our taxes were $16.
This year en the same property they
are 1109.95. and all ot which must be
paid at once.
I am 66 years of age and have
owned land In several states before
coming- to Oregon, and I have worked
and traveled through many others,
but nowhere else have I seen or heard
of laws that work' such a hardship on
the farmer as those of Oregon.
N. G. HEDIN.
The faster his trlbe decreases the the" farmer and works to the advan
sooner we shall have Just and decenc
government. ? A. HEINS
' Treaty vs. Platform.. j
? Portland, March 10. To the Editor
of The Journal Which" would be the 1 their children ilove their homes and
tage of the creameries.
The tax law ls also a shame to a
progressive people. These and other
laws are making life miserable for
the farmers, - and Instead of making
greater dishonor, to apt counter toil a I the country, they get discouraged and
plank in the late Democratic platform I leave for the eity. Who can blame
or to violate a treaty r a part or the I them?
people of this count-y wish to keep on
the statute books the law remitting
My wife and : I bought a farm of
160 acres on the Sandy river in 1894.
Clarke Countjr and the Bridge.
Orchards, Wash.. March 10. To th
Editor of The Journal Has Clarke
county any right by law to bond Itself
to build a bridge across the stste line
Into Oregon. E. DURKEE.
Clarke county has not bonded itself
to build across the state line, but to
ths state line that is, to the middle of
the main channel of the Columbia
river, about one third of the way
across. ' Oregon bonds will take care
of the long end ot the bridge and the
long and costly approach on the Ore
gon side. As to Clarke's legal right,
that was settled by a case presented
in advance to tbe Washington supremo
courts Then . came the election . at
which the bonds were voted. J
aBHHMaHasMawHiiaMaaM.
Tiiden, a American Worthy.
Prom . the Philadelphia Fublie Ledger.
.'Samuel J. Tilden; never held a fed-
oral office, but the value of his ser
vice to the Union looms large in com
parison with that of any man. He
might have made a groat president, as
he made a' great governor. He did
more when he made the great sacri
flee which immortalized his name. The
country trembled in the crisis. The
factions were ready to arm. Colonel
watterson was anxious to call iaa a
Kentuckiana to his standard and in-
auct xuaen oy roree of arms. The
nation Staggered under the peril of
a Mexican system or seating, presi
dents and a second civil war seemed
imminent.
A word from Mr. Tllden would have
precipitated the crisis. He never gave
it. He was persuaded that he had been
legally elected, but he accepted the
final solution, not because he believed
it to be just, but because he knew tho
disastrous consequences tbe alterna
tive Involved.
He set a new stsndard in public
rife at a time waen corruption seemed
impregnably barricaded in power. He
breather a new stability into our insti
tutions, inspired men who had begun
to despair ef the republic, and revolu
tionised the leadership of both great
parties. The spiritual Impulse be gave
to politics was his contribution to the
nation, that and his supreme sacrifice.
His place in American history, becomes
larger a distance makes the view ef it
dearer and mere distinct. --
deafi: I
scarcely dare
"Knmr. vaii. mv
draw mo-ii:
Should I approach yi. would you turn
and nyi . rt
Sweet phantom. ay, and bless my
She hss not flow. VfisU. now, I wonder
wnyT nj;
Ho, hum; I dreamed; I know I'm mar
ried now, r!
And life seems realand earnest, that
1 vow:
And you. my lov substantial as a
.in f.;
Tour "touch" Is sld seeming, any-
And yet it may bdresm. At night
we may b
But dream the thl& that constitute
ine aay. &
T rannot tell. At Fast I wish X could
Cream some more ajoney those dream
L
Pointed Paragraphs
A true friend v411 criticise year
faults. w
The less a wonSn means it tbe
lender she can la u gat.
People who believe everything they
hear might be l'ftky it they were a
little deaf. -ll
Many an orator makes his best point"
when he comes to a top.
People who live in , glass houses
should try raising early vegetables.
Don't sit around and waif far op-
portunity to knoclj Keep the door
ajar.
-One way to to heaven or the
other place buy as aeroplane ticket
and use it. 'n
a v
Horses have' hair and no cembs;
roosters have comb and no hair ret
they say that nature 'never makes mistakes-
. :i . :
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