THE JOURNAL AN INOr.ENDENT NKWSPAPBB c a. Jackson . PnblUher t'abliubxt ritty tDlD( uxespt Saodsy) and ' Sanda nornlnc at Ths Journal Bolld- IBS. Broadway aod YamtlU Mi.. Portland. Or. tuatstsd at tbs pastofrlc at Portland, Or., fur , transmission tbrougb tba rolls aa second elass mstfsr. TJCIJU'HOMKS Main 7173; Hoi.. A-eooU Alt drfartaosnts reached by ibeaa oambtri. Tell tbs operator what department you want. tOHKKJN ADVKUTISINU UKPKBSKN 1 ATI V K Benjamin Ktntnor Co., B rune wick Bldf.. J25 rlftb A.. New York; 121s People a Uaa Bids;.. Cblesiro. Mnoacrlpttoa tsrms by mall or to any ad dreaa la too Col ted Htatea or Mexico: DAILY Oaa year $5.00 i One moots $ -60 SUNDAY One fear 2.&n On mootb I -23 DAILY AND SUNDAY Oaa yaar 17.50 I Ope month Extol not riches then, the toll of fools, i The wine man's cumbrance. If not snare; more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise. Milton. -a THE MELLKN DISCLOSURES A GREAT exposure of financial corruption is in progress at Washington. Already a working alliance between Tammany Hall and the late J. P. Morgan, the then boss of the New Haven railroad, has been disclosed. Before the exposure Is finished, there seems certain to be revelations that will rival If not surpass In crookedness in high places, the shocking disclosures "of rottenness in the Hughes life Insurance probe The present witness 1b Charles 8. Mellen, former president of the New Haven, and Joseph W. Folk, counsel for the Interstate Com .merce Commission, is the investi Kator. Mellen testified yesterday that $11,000,000 of New Haven money had been spent by Mr. Mor gan, that nobody knows how it was spent, that because or Mor gan's domination of New Haven af fairs, every director feared to ask him where the money went, and that when Mellen, aa president, complained that there was no rec ord an to the distribution of the sum and asked for a report, Mor gan left the room In a huff. Mellen also asserted that for the purposes of Morgan In the New Haven deals It was deemed neces sary to secure changes in the Westchester franchises In New York City. Thomas F. Byrnes, former police inspector, was em ployed to deal with the "persons of influence" who could bring about these changes. Not less than $1,200,000 or New Haven money was used in the operation. Mr. Mellen Issued due bills which found their way through Mr. Byrnes to the "persons of influ ence." The due bills were brought back to the New Haven offices and redeemed by Mr. Mellen. The payment was usually in small bills,, after which Mr. Mellen would tear up the due bills and "see that they went down the sewer." ' Even to the limited extent that it has proceeded, the exposure 1b a living ploof of the financial crimes that have been committed by so-called "respectable finan ciers." Here Is example of how the head of the greatest banking house in America was in league, through bis man Mellen, with a Byrnes, how Byrnes was in league with the "persons of influence" in the government of New York, and how in the background were barons and captains of finance who were profiting from bribery of the officials and debauchory of the government of New York City. This great bank president, not only dealt through his underlings directly with Tammany Hall, but took $11,000,000 of the money that belonged to the stockholders Of the New Haven road, and with out record, without satisfactory re port, without anything to show where it went or what it was spent for, disposed of It in some mys terious way, the nature of which has for months, been the marvel of the financial and railroad world of America. Moreover, by Mellen's testimony, th,e 1 head of this great banking house dominated the affairs of the New Haven to the exclusion of all otners. rte oraerea ana was obeyed. He directed, and nobody dared disagree. They doubted sometimes, but they did not re Bist. In the end the New Haven road, with Its 11,000 women among the holders of its securities, is on the verge of ruin, and the scandal In its affairs mounts to heaven, Contemplating this testlmonv as It now appears; viewing in Colora do the debauchery of a state and the usurpation of 'the functions of government itself by the Rocke fellers; remembering the working alliance between political corrup tion and financial corruption as disclosed in the Hughes insurance Investigation, citizens of this Re public find themselves inquiring, what highhanded crimes of finance, what lawless tragedies of business have not been committed by the so-called "respectable financiers" of this country. SOME SENATORS RETIRE IT IS reported that Uncle. Ike Stephenson will not be a can didate for reelection as United States Senator from Wisconsin. Whet'aer or not the fact that senators are now elected by direct ' . vote has influenced Uncle Ike is not stated. .' It Is related, however, that Sen- ator P'.epherjBon has adopted this course in order to defeat the La Follette forces headed by Lieuten ant Governor Morris, who is a can didate. Mr. Stephenson will throw his support to Governor McGovern. Another United States Senator who will not teek reelection this fall is Senator Bradley of Ken tucky. He announces that he is not physically able to bear the hardships of a campaign. Senator'Gallinger of New Hamp shire Is alsv. considering whether he will be a candidate or not. Many of his friends hope he will decide to make the race. The old order changeth anil every day utterath knowledge. CHAMBERLAIN'S AMENDMENT A WASHINGTON news dispatch in yesterday's Journal Bays: In the printed hearings of the committee on commerce giving the proceedings in ex ecutive session it is stated that '"when the amendment of Senator Chamberlain was reached, providing a continuous contract for the improve ment of the Columbia river," Colonel Taylor stated "this improvement stood first In right to a continuous con tract, preceding the claims of any other improvement now adopted or In course of adoption." So the Cham berlain atnendment was agreed to. The Chamberlain amendment is an amendment to the house rivers and harbors bill, it provides for placing the north jetty at the mouth of the Columbia on a con tinuing contract basis. According to the dispatch, the senate com merce committee, of which Senator Chamberlain is a member, has agreed to the amendment and will report it favorably. So reported, it will certainly pass the senate, and be returned to the house for acceptance. No measure more vitally affects the Columbia river and the great Columbia basin, for to place the work on the basis of a continuing contract would in sure completion of the jetty in the shortest possible time. The wonderful effect of the construction of the south jetty was revealed in the recent an nouncement that there is now a depth of thirty feet on the bar, a deepening of three to three and I one-half feet by the wash of the past winter. It is a tremendous change from the crooked and shift ing channel and shallow water of the old days before the south jetty was begun. With the expected legislation at Washington as embodied in the Chamberlain amendment and with dredging operations on the bar as a supplemental process, the Colum bia river and the great trade and producing empire that it serves seem programmed for new and highly important development. A PARABLE 0 NCE upon a time, hear large city, there was a farm er who had the habit of throwing gTeat handfuls of grain on the fields of his neigh bors while sowing his crops. Though he needed all his seed for his own acres he continued the habit with the result that he never reaped a 'full crop and never shared In the prosperity of his neighbors. People who watched his wasteful method had varied opinions con cerning him. Some declared he was mentally unbalanced. Others more charitable said he lacked thrift. The farmer was subjected to much ridicule and criticism. Strange as it may seem, there were among his critics those who had the habit of sending abroad for things they could purchase as well at home. Wherein did they differ from the crazy farmer? LOOKING AHEAD w HATEVER the outcome? of the Mexican negotiations begun at Niagara today, it Is evident that the United States must continue for many years a policy of "watchful wait ing." To the establishment of a stable government south, of the Rio Grande we are irrevocably committed. As stated by President Wilson: "We have gone down to Mexico to serve mankind, if we can find out the way." Huerta, Villa, Carranza and Za pata may all be eliminated, a pro visionl commission may be cre ated and still the country be unset tled. A stable government can only follow after order is restored and public finance is put on a solid foundation. This is the final Mexican problem. Fortunately the leading South American govern ments have accepted our expres sions of disinterestedness In Mex ico and stand ready to assist. In working out the problem the Mexican people must be left free to work out their own destiny. I it is a work that will require a great deal of patlenoe. - In his mejssage to Congress last August President Wilson said: Impatience on our part would be childish and would be fraught with every risk of wrong and folly. We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it. We shall triumph as Mexico's friend sooner than we could triumph as her enemy and how much more handsomely with how much higher and finer satisfactions of honor and of conscience. Mexico must be reconstructed The peon must be converted Into a self supporting citizen. In this reconstruction American experts who have accomplished so much in Cuba and Panama must assist. At the basis of the Mexican trou ble is. the land question involving as It does the old conditions of In dian ignorance and Spanish con- quest. A land rich in vegetable) products and minerals is today . reaping the fruits of thirty-three j years of absolutism under Diaz, an ; absolutism that has left the peo- j pie, poor, ignorant and demoral-1 ried away $5000 in cash. They Ized leveled three pistols at the head Contrary to a belief in some I th cashier, and locked him in quarfers the peon wants to work. ' J h vault- No day passes In h wnt. tn wnm r, indonm- which the revolver does not figure dent land holder. In this desire he is entitled to our sympathy and j support. Until the landless man is put on the manless land we will have the Mexican problem. PENROSE B OIES PENROSE was made the Republican nominee for sen ator in yesterday's pri maries In Pennsylvania. It will be a discouraging fact to Republicansof progressive lean ings. If they have hoped that the events of 1912 have changed the ideas of the great party leadership, they are forced Into disappoint ment. Penrose is a pillar of reaction. He is the Aldrich of Pennsylvania. He is the essence of standpatism. He is a brigadier of special privi lege. He is a champion in the sen ate of the men who insist on be ing in partnership with the gov ernment. He has been the defend er throughout his whole public career of those who become very rich through corrupt alliances in politics. Penrose is of the political school! introduced in this country by Mark Hanna, who degraded this nation as it was never degraded before. ' Hanna made the American senate-1 an adjunct of Wall Street. With great power, Penrose, Aldrich, Lodge and their associates long continued the system Hanna cre ated. It is disappointing that direct election of senator has nominated a Penrose. It will be especially discouraging to progressive Repub licans who hoped through the new system to dislodge the party's re actionary leadership. It is one Proof that the old bourbon phalanx ha.8. not surrendered, but Is more militant and more dominating than ever. Opposed to Penrose Is Glfford Pinchot, nominee of the Washing ton Progressive party. He typl- fioa thno w-nh oi ritu in i t k i places. In all this trip I never saw a , wait until night. rule by the people and equality drunk or WOman. or a boy under "Huh! Then your old telescope is of opportunity. He is a statesman the influence of liquor. I never saw not so great a thing as I thought It Of patriotism and conscience. He anything that bore resemblance to ajwas!" cried the man, relieved from has the convictions and nurnnsoR 1 Jint or blind pig or saloon. True. ; hia illusion. "I can see the moon at ill .r "? 6 ; liquor was obtainable. If you belonged night without It."-Youth's Compan and many of the powers that Lin- . t(? the drlnklng element, and were I Ion. coin had. In ideals and aims and j willing to place yourself in the com- concern for mankind, what a tre- : pany of criminals to obtain it. but it j,,r.- nt w or iri'B mendous contrast between Pinchot j not possible for decent men to se-1 elaered.f 'perhaps buf. if Si.oy and Penrose! e r.?0.0 ! his glrl'have a chance to be faith' Congressman Palmer, a Wilson i .mof f y,ni i v, . Democrat of high character is the Democratic nominee. AT SANDWICH T e""'"6 are now turned towards Sand- wich Ensland wherp thn In- ternational tournament is be-:Hll ing played. i The leading American entrants are Ouimet, Travers and Evans. The cable brought the news yesten day that Travers had been elimi nated. This leaves all our de pendence in Ouimet and Evans. The Americans must play through the entire tournament and in each of their matches an Eng lishman will' battle for his country as well aa personal glory. Our representatives will be taken on in relays, as it were The disadvan- i tages of this system are apparent. reached the nervous strain will ; begin to tell on the invaders, j There can be no ohlention thnnerh ' on the ground of sportsmanship to this handicap, It is inevitable in an Interna- tlonal contest in which one coun- try is represented by a handful of v J Ulul Ul m cn Let us hope that the feat of Walter Travis, who won th Fn e. lish amatmir rlifmnlnncMn MM. years ago, will be duplicated b,y another American. THE TOY RIFLE T HE bullet from a small boy's B. B. rifle struck a neighbor girl over the eye instead of in the eye, a fact that saved lui. x, . , i, . . patronage wnu oui very nine expense, this paragraph from being the tale ould n t set particu,arly well on their of a tragedy. stomachs. It speaks well for the in- On this page the details are re- dustry of the Jap to see him take counted. The last thing in the ' Possession in full of our much heralded j fv, , . . , , i public market on the second day after world that parents should place in , fts establishment, but if such is to be the hands of small boys Is a toy the permanent condition it would seem rifle. Two such boys with wooden ! that we have not gained much in a guns got on the track in front of an I large wa? for our own farmers, while , . . . . we have lost much that contributes to approaching streetcar on the east! the weU beinjr of OUr grocers, who side the Other day and proceeded , maintain .real houses and pay real to play the part or highwaymen, j taxes for the support of our city and frlnae th Caf Wa! St0aTiriormTt: while a dollar look. nmo cu .uiu a irageuy. The best thing to do with toy rifles Is to throw them in the river. The Rose City Park incident shows why. A DIFFERENCE 1 N THE Mellen epigram, that he was willing to do business with the devil himself if necessary to get what he wanted, is con- tained a sermon. It epitomizes r chapters of frenzied finance. There was once a man who re fused to do business with the devil, even though he took him to the mountain top and tempted, him with kingdoms. With some Interest, the Portland public notes that after a year, in dictments for- libel are -brought against certain citizens for their fight against the Heusner franchise in 1913. A great many foolish things have been done in Portland by those who sought the Heusner franchise. ! . ! By the robbery of a bank at Spangle, three highwaymen car-! : in the crime news. Letters From the People (Commonlcmtlona aent to The Journal for publication In tbla department ahonld be writ ten on only one aide of tbe paper, ahould not exceed 800 worda In length and must be ac companied by tbe name aod addreaa of tbe sender. If tbe writer doea not deslr te baie tbe name published, be abould ao state.) "Discussion la the greatest of all reform era. It rationalises erery thing It touches. It robe principles of aU false sanctity and throws them back on tbelr reasonableness. If tbey hare no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out of existence and sets up Its own conclusions In tbelr sicad." Wovdrotr WUson. A Kansan on Other Kansans. Portland, May 19. To the Editor of The Journal Being a Kansan, I am Interested in the remarkable letter In your columns on May 12 by a Kansan on Kansas. I have lived most of my life In Kansas, and although I have been away from that state for several years I want to say that that letter contained misrepresentation. I judge the writer Is from Kansas City, Kansas, a place where a law like the prohibitory law would have Its severest test. Any city of 60,000 Is a severe test to a prohibitory law. But with the center of a populous street for the state line. It Is difficult to Imagine a more difficult condition for the en forcement of a moral law. And yet I have seen Kansas City, Kansas, at various times and I know that it has been many years since saloons ran open In that city. About seven years, ago the "lid" was clapped down tight on them, and I personally know by ob servation that six years ago it would have required a "rounder" to find a aeea, so completely were tne saloons closed up that the liquor element con-I ceded It, and as an argument against i their elimination pubdished far and wide that the closing of the saloons had j story of an experi kllled the town, naming hundreds ot ence that he had business places that had shut down, when he was at the Now "Kansan" says the place was, j Dunslnk Observa never closed. Whom shall we believe? ; tory. A farmer came I know of an ex-Kansan who claims to him one day and he was also a resident of Oklahoma at asked If he might the time It went dry. He says the j look at the moon law was a failure there, too, but 1 found that he was deputy sheriff under a sheriff who refused to enforce the law. While n Kansas six years ago I vls- cluding Manhattan. Topeka, Kansas City, Kansas, Olathe, Gardner, Paola, Louisberg, Ottawa, Garnett, Chanute, Fredonia, Augusta, and several other long do you think you would' have to j 7 rl f r.mi, r go in Oregon to find a drunk man, or ( woman, or boy under the Influence of liquor? Again, "Kansan" says when Kansas gets the Initiative law the state will have open saloons. Attempts bavc wou maun -! been made on several occasions to re- submit the liquor Questio n to the vot-. ers OI B-ansas- ana 11 naB lallea every smft or them have come to Oregon to quench their thirst. Do you think Kansas men and women would consent to tne re-esiawisnmeni oi sa loons? There are undoubtedly disreputable dens In many of the towns of Kansas. But their patronage Is limited to law breakers and criminals; no self -respecting citizen will permit himself to consider such associations, even if he cared for the liquor. A. B. COOK. At the Public Market. Portland, May 18. To the Editor of The Journal I note In a morning DaDer an editorial on "Japan's Real Attitude." and while It may be an Pen question as to Just what is nation 4-nrn 4Va TTnltoil Ota too f Vtora Is. oK. BOiuteiy no question as to the truth of Dr. Benninghoff's remark as quoteJ in this editorial: "She is keen to es- tabllsh and develop Industries," and there is also absolutely no question as to tbe attitude of the Japanese truck gardeners toward the public market ; or from its appearance yesterday and ! tMa mornns 1 houd 5s" u tn JapJ anese market. It really looks as though ' ... Jour progressive Dusiness men and realty board had formed an offensive alliance with the little brown man : for Monday morning at 10:30 there was only one Caucasian occupying a booth, arijd he was a German selling posies. This morning at 6:30 everything was Japanese but the cop, and at 10 there were two white men on berries. While I have not as yet heard a word from the opulent grocers and middle men against the public market. I It would seem that two blocks of Jap- ! anese truck gardeners lined up on a PUDlic street under city protection and i aa ,arce to me as to the average man. I am first and last an American citl- zen and loyal so far as my trade- goes to the regular ana legitimate mer chants of Portland. They have alwayj treated me splendidly from the largest department stores down to the littls suburban grocer where I buy the things I forget down town and It does not look good to me to attempt to put a crimp In their trade; and anyhow, I for one won t do It. I am going to I stick to my American citizen grocer j and if he wants to trade with the ! iaPfne8e lruc er inat9 t Kliclnofia DTlJ tIA is VTA lfTm A th Oil h business and he is welcome tb all he can make as long as he gives me the splendid service he has for the past 15 years. O. G. HUGHSON. Answers to Mr. Hollis' Questions. Portland, Or., May 19. To the Ed itor of The Journal W. S. Hollis ac cuses certain members of the Women's Liberal league of egotism, and then aska to have his questions 'answered without vilification. Evidently he doesn't mind treading on the ladies' corns, but Is very sensitive about his own. He bar the use of the word "liberty' in our reply by saying, "1 have an Inherent right to eay that a parasite shall not contaminate society A FEW SMILES "Beg pardon, sir," said the stew ard, "but may I bring you some din ner: ; "Oh,: I guess so," replied the passen ger, wanly, as he gazed ; i out across the bounding deep. "I guess yoa can bring ; me one on approval." "Beg pardon, sir," repeated the stew ard, "did you say 'on approval,' sir?" "Yes," groaned the passenger weak ly. "You see, I may not want to keep It." Lipplncott's. A man very much out of breath ran Into the railway station and made a wild rush for the ticket seller's win dow. A few mo ments later h e came back and Bat down with an air of dejection. "So you missed your train," re marked his neigh bor. I suppose there was a woman at the ticket win dow hunting for her pocketbook?" "Worse than that," replied the dis appointed one. "There was a fat man trying to get through the turnstile." Lipplncott's. In a discussion of the number of automobile accidents due to careless or Incompetent driving, Henry Ford said the other day In Detroit.: "These accidents do auto moblllng W1 harm. They make people talk like Cornelius Husk. "Old Corn Husk's little grandson said to him one day. pointing to the horn of an automobile that had halted for repairs " 'What's that there thine for, grandpop?' " 'That, sonny," old Corn Husk an swered, 'that Is the thing they toot afore they run ye down. Sir Robert Ball, the: famous Eng- lish astronomer, whose death occurred a few months ago. used to tell a little through scope. the tele- "Surely you can," said Ball. "Come round tonight and I shall be very hap py to let you see it through the tele scope." "Can't I see It now?" asked the farmer, surprised. "I am sorry that you cannot," said the astronomer. "You will have to f th7 must ' a tchorres?rS chance to be unfaithful; there can De no virtue where there is no opportun lty for vice. The virtue of a Moham medan harem guarded by locks, bars and a corps of black eunuchs is not esteemed very highly in this country. He wants us to tell him three things: w, , r,f the calonn cordig cto he merits of altruism? What is the economical value of the saloon to the human race? From an ethical basis, of what value is a saloon tc a man or woman, physically, men tally, or morally. We presume Mr. Hollis drinks tea and coffee. Perhaps he can tell us what benefit a coffee house Is to a man or woman, from' an ethical basis; or what value an automobile, from an ethical basis. Furnishes recreation? Yes; so does a saloon. Rests the tired brain? Yes; so does the saloon. From an eth ical basis, what value to a man or woman, mentally, morally, or physical ly, is a butcher shop, a dry goods store, a grocery store, a jewelry store, or a thousand other things that are abso lutely necessary under our scheme of civilization? Mr. Hollis' second question is fully answered in the above, and would mer it no further reply if it were not for the fact that the reasoners of the Hol lis type have much to say about the economic waste of drinking, and seem to think that they have produced an argument in favor of the abolition of the custom thereby. Granting that to drink is an economic waste, and should, for that reason be prohibited, will not the same line of argument cause the abolition of tea, coffee, jewelry, expen sive clothes, hats, etc.? All are luxur ies as much as liquor. The economic waste doctrine of the prohibition advo cate carried to its logical conclusion, and put into practice by law, if that were possible (and it is just as nearly possible as is the prohibition of liquor), would take us back to barbar ism. The merits of the saloon are simply that it affords the man who desires a drink a place to get it, just as a butch er shop affords the man who wants a beefsteak a convenient place to get It. If a man has a right to drink, this car ries with it the right to have a place at which to get that drink. If our pro hibition friends will come out honestly end openly and say they mean to deny men the right to drink, then they can consistently deny the right of the sa loon to exist. Let them admit that their fight is to deprive men of an in dividual right, and that the cry against the saloon is only a subterfuge, made use of In order to deceive men and women into surrendering their right of private judgment in a matter of ap petite. If they will do this, and frank ly admit that theiBrri is to Invade and regulate the domestic and private life of the individual, then they can j consistently deny the right of the sa loon to exist, and not before. F. W. NICKERSON. Calls It Puritanism. Portland, Or., May 20. To the Edi tor of The Journal It seems to me a lot of good space In' The Journal is wasted discussing the merits of alco holic beverages as medicine. Even prohibition laws recognize the necessity of alcoholic liquors for "medical, me chanical and scientific purposes." So what is the use of arguing as though all manufacture of all kinds of alco holic liquor !s to be stopped? To stop It would be to destroy modern civiliza tion. The real question is whether Puritanism shall be established or indi vidual liberty maintained. Gradually the liberties of the indi vidual are being curtailed or destroyed, and under the guise of abolishing the saloon, the state wide prohibitionists seek to deny the right of thousands of sober, industrious men and women to use wine with their meals, or beer in hot weather, because a few men use liquor to excess. i . 1 have watched the growth of Puri tanism In our midst, and have heard Prohibition orators say when they bad PERTINENT COMMENT ' SMALli CHANGS Chamberlain a deserved winner. Pretty soon the greatest harvest ever. None of the defeated have started a revolution. The Rose Festival la the next im portant thing. Will some rood, effective soul please pray for rain? as m In elections we are not perfect, but we beat the greasers. The town may be all right, but the country is infinitely sweeter. a Probably President Wilson knows more than mm carping editors. e a So far. curiously, nobody has. pro posed a law against young people fall ing In love. a One may spend several years trying to get acquainted with a hen. and not quite succeed. m m About the Dretties.t sweetest thing on earth is a girl about 6 years old in a pink dress at a picnic. A young chicken Is very cute, but It Is born full of contrariness; until he dies he will go the opposite way. a m The prospect is that the Oregon building at the P.-P. exposition will be a great credit to the state) and to Its designers. a By the way, A. F. Flegel would make a mighty fine, big congressman, for aDout 20 years to come. He "sizes up in every way. TORIES, LIBERALS The Issue has been fairly drawn In congress on the line of sympathy for or antagonism to the Constitutionalist movement. Those whose habit of mind makes them supporters under all cir cumstances of the established order, overlook the crimes of which Huerta has been guilty and are persuaded that the revolutionists are all bandits and that their triumph would mean anarchy. On the other hand, those who see In the Constitutionalist cause the effort of a people suffering under hoary wrongs to cast off the yoke of oppression, are equally willing to con done the crimes that have been com mitted in the name f liberty. It was not the fact of intervention in Mexico which some of the congressmen re fused to justify but the idea that war should be begun against Huerta which would not include the revolutionists in its scope. There are only two real parties in any government, call them what you will, and the Tory and Lib eral elements are as clearly defined in congress as in parliament. , Mondell of Wyoming belongs to the former type: "If the administration Is really de sirous of maintaining our honor and dignity, of protecting our people and their property. It should make Its de mands not upon the federal government presided over by Huerta, but upon Car ranza and Villa." So Mondell voted against the resolu tion justifying the president. So did Kent of California, but for reasons that' were antipodal to those suggested by Mondell. In discussing the Mexican question later, Kent said: "The history of our people In Mexico" has been scandalous until recent times. We have sent down there our outlaws, onr promoters, our grafters, our refu gees, and these have uniformly and always despised the common people. They have treated them with contempt; they have killed the men and they have not dealt fairly with the Vomen, and wo have participated in the larceny of their land. Now we wonder that our protestations of our good Intentions AGREEING ON INVESTMENT PROBLEM By John M. Osklnon. Of course the saving club Idea la rather familiar. You know that it. Is easjer to save along with a number of close associates in a club than If you tried to go it alone. What Is not so generally realized is that the best of these clubs are becoming schools for teaching the principles of sound in vestment. Among the great number of co operative associations the earnings of the furals saved regularly by the members vary from the 3H per cent returned by the gilt edged securities in which the more than $5,000,000 of the Pennsylvania railroad savings fund are invested to an average of 10 per cent in the case of the fund main tained by the Boston Globe. The big gest trust rsmpatiy in the country earned for its savings club nearly 8 per cent on the accumulated savings. abolished the booze they would go after the pipe. Other Prohibition ora tors have ceased hammering the sa loon long enough to denounce the Sun day picnic and all "Sabbath desecra tion," while others have gone so far as to denounce coffee as a rank poison. And all of them predicted the day when the law would stop them. The modern world (Oregon Included) has no use for, or need of, puritanic laws or the rigid regulation of the conduct of the individual. Our public school system has made everyone capa ble of deciding for himself what he will do, eat or drink; It Is not my province, nor anyone's else, to decida for him. W. H. ADDIS. To Get Rid of Rats. Beaverton, Or., May 19. To the Edi tor of The Journal I read much about rats In Portland and other places. I have no trouble. I live on a ranch and when a rat comes near I take some bread and make it so soft witn water that they cannot carry It away, and mix it well with concentrated lye and put it where nothing else can get it. The rats will lick the dish all out, and it's good-bye to Mr. Rat. MRS. ROBERT KENNEDY. A Friend of Captain Kiddo. Portland. May 20. To the Editor of The Journal I am a little girl 11 years old and a reader of the funny pictures. I would like you to put Cap tain Kiddo in again. Y)urs respectfully, ESTHER BENOlT. The Toy Gun. Portland, May 18. To the Editor of The Journal Monday afternoon a small child, through the kind indul gence of a fond parent, sallied through our neighborhood with a socaUed BB rifle. I was informed by a neighbor that this child deliberately shot sev eral times at the front door of our dwelling. One of our children, a girl of seven, was playing with others in the neighborhood. One of her play mates was struck over the eye by a bullet from the boy's gun. The danger to everyone children and adults is so great and so plain it needs no com ment here. Some years ago I had a near-fatal experience with this sort of thing- when AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS In the extension of Its water system Eugene Is to pay out 0,000 this sum mer. New reservoirs are in the scheme. The Rodeo scheduled for July 2. 3 I and 4, at The Dalles, has leen post- poned until the time of the county fair, the latter part of September. , ... . , , , , i Mt. Angel's latest forward move is i the organisation of a commercial club of 65 members. Dr. J. K. Webb is president and Mayor P. S. Fuchs secre- ; tary. A fruit and poultry fair is pro- grammed. .... . were a part of the array of the cen In view of Pendleton s acquisition of tp .,1!T1.lr,,1oH w r-,. ' i v i . the O.-W. R. & N. freight division, tlu-' ter- commanded by Gen.-iul Wool, and East Oregonian adjures Pendletonians i we were to assemble at San Antonio to get ready to handle the newcomers and from there march on to Chihua who will follow, and points to the op-; hua. About the middle of July orders poriunity tor me in eating uunoer. .were received for two regiments, ths , . . , ,, First and Second Illinois Infantry. inTNergG?rPh?cn: m-ft"W New Our co rious rain we had a few days ago and Ilh four or five others of the now good old sUmmer-time Is here, j irst regiment, was assigned to tno Who wouldn't be an Oregonian during ! Missouri, which at tiat time' wag th the months of May and June yes, dur-', largest steam, r on the liver The ing tba full 12 months of the year?" ; ,,oat was m,t ,.,lllUipHj to cook for Sweet Home Tribune: A short time !0nu",r- - wereahjeto ago S. R. Nothinger. in digging a post J"1" care of officers, but the men hole on his farm, excavated a rock on I 'a(1 to get along on coffee and hard which was a deep impression of a large ! tack. 1 had been appointed a corpo deer foot. Just when or how this track j ral, so I was KPtting 9 a month in was made la a puzzle which requires a scientist to elucidate. ine impres sion is fullv a quarter of an inch in depth. Goptier Valley correspondence Sheri dan Sun: Stock-killing dogs are again doing mischief, although the dogs ar wned bv anvone In this valley. I not ow Mr. Furman had several hogs killed;! Kara Hihha had four goats killed: Mr, Bramhall had a cow crippled, and a dead lamb was found In a vacant pas ture. There were five dogs in the pack which did the mischief. AND MEXICANS are not taken at their face value by,e voted to i;inul him as a thief, the people of Mexico." ! C . ,he IO,H,'H march, mid set j him ashore. We waited until we camo Kent's tribute to Villa was a noble j a station w here there -Vera no ont: j houses for .'0 miles or so In either di- 'There is one strong man In Mexico today Villa, bandit, to be sure, who oegan an outlaw career uecause n i i" out as this was a was robbed, insulted, abused, who j Viir f"r the extension of lavo tern started out on the theory that he must 'ry' we didn't do much talking about make war against Mexican society in t"p Subject. Slavery was a very accordance with the only code he knew, warm lsue and to discuss it usually and that code Justified barbarous meant hard fe lins and frequently a methods. With the little education hej1,1'1- We stopped at a wood yard In had he proved himself to be a great Mississippi. Jt wjin late July anil leader of men. That man has been con-1 very hot. From sume little cabins tinually growing, not alone in power near by half a dozen nato-d negro but in knowledge of what the clv.il- children ranRinR ui hkh from 7 to 10 ized world demands of him and In f 11 years raced down to the boat knowledge of the needs of his country, j with big striped watermelons.' Vv"a The testimony I have received from were pretty tired of i of fro and hard private sources is that ho Is a brave tack, no We eag.rlv bought the melons man who keeps his word. Ho has, and told the children to brine som in a crucial time, had the courage of , more A innn on horeh:,( k gal lour I his convictions and the enlightenment, up and with imsi s charged the almost alone among his people, to be- children, who scamp, ted away f'.ldinir lieve our protestations of disinterested-j up to one of the x -itnpet iim V iiidro . . .. . velous power of leadership as to hold his people in leash. We have now be- fore us the choice of whether, in view of all the facts, we are willing to rec- ognlze this man as, in a measure, our ally, whether we are willing to accept his good offices, or whether we feel It Incumbent upon us to go into Mexico and to declare war on the Mexican people. 15.000,000 in. number." derr Tho TT'On.J, rnvaHa. .-.111 7X li .' . u i.ii, . ..w.an.. uci- many the Liberal Is a Socialist; In xvuooio., c xiunisu in America, now that the Mexican question has been ro vivioiy Drougnt to our attention, you will find the Tory denouncing that "murderous and illiterate bandit. Villa" and the Liberal characterizing Huerta as a traitor and a bloody tyrant. is the issue between Huerta and T Villa .11 " t e wo n .,, ""Tr Mondell prefers Huerta; Kent. Villa. , and looking c" , d f n m " m The British Tory still regards Charles wave the,', ha , IkchV 's ' n "hi Stuart a martyr and Cromwell a mur- porch while n, . ' . ... m There la room for more Investment ! Preten',in,r not f. '"' It effort among the cooperative savers. . , r& Most money saved by the workers in , 1 or Us r"n " sorrow twic an organization Is kept In a bank as far away as 11 Messing, which pays a low rate of interest un- I til it is taken out as loans to mera-!, T , rnan who la''ks puh Is willing bers who need to borrow for leglti- mate reasons. That is an excellent way to foil the loan sharks. But it ought to be made clear that the total of savings among several hundred workers is normally far above the tota.1 of legitimate loans. In handling the surplus above the amount needed to finance Its own members there is the chance to work out sound investment principles, set them before every member, and then put them into practice. Through Inex- pensively printed leaflets it would be I possible to spread explanations of just how tbe savings funds were handled, why certain investments were made, why others were avoided. a fool boy discharged his rifle in the street and a fatality occurred in the same city (St. Paul) when boys were shooting at a target where others were playing. The loved child of one fam ily ran between the target and the boy with the rifle, resulting in his almost instant death. How will you characterise parental indulgence of this sort? "ROSE CITT PABK." Questions About Elections. Portland. Or., May 20. To the Editor of The Journal Should not the sample ballots of election be a true copy of the real ballot? Such was not the can at last primary election. They were not numbered in the same way, causing confusion and delay for those who had taken the numbers from th sample ballot If a person had registered with his -j m , . iimi name in iuii say, unarles O Smith and the clerk at the voting place writes only C. O. Smith, although he is given the name In full, is such proper? And last, why so many voting places more than double what would be nec essary, with double sets of clerks for each place ran enormous burden to the taxpayers? I8 this done to give certain people a Job for votes in return? VOTER. At His Heels, Anyhow. , From tbe Chicago Inter Ocean. Eugene Hall, of Glen Eilyn, has a little son who is fond of dogs. The j lad tried repeatedly to convince his iiiuuie.- ma i oe ougni to nave a aog, but all his arguments were useless.. Finally one day he was sent out on ! an errand, and W3s gone so long that' bis mother became worried. Stepping to the window she saw her yeung j hopeful coming doivn the street, tug- , ging valiantly on a. rope, to the other' end of which was fastened a small j specimen of the common or garden; variety of hound. The pup was re sisting every 6tep. Braced on all fours, ! it was pulling back with every ounce i of its small might, and sending out S. O. S. signals for help. Presently the lad arrived with his prize at the door. "Please, mamma," he cried; "won t you -let me keep this ! little dog? He followed me home. IN EARLIER DAYS My Fred Lockley. "President Polk called for 50.000 volunteers to carry on the war with Mexico." said Alonzo Perkins, a Mex. la 'ar veteran living In Portland, By the middle of July nearly 21,000 men were armed, equipped and ready for service. Tho army of tii we.-t under General Kearney, was Kuthert-d at F0rt Leavenwort'i Kn Th.-. . ,7k " v-I ' V, . crf l march on New M.Mo. take canta It, the capital, mid thn March on and capture California, "Our four regiments from Illinois piace or , which was the pay of tne privates. Ve did not touch at the towns on the way down, but anchore In midstream. We would stop at v-ood stations on t'.ie way down and the fanli!1r H',,.! , . w. . v, wood on b d . . ie"r lne mouth or the Ohio river one of our company was charged with Bieatuig money from his bunkmate. We submitted the iuestlon to Colonel Hardin. H. .said. don't have any use for thieves In the Kirvt Iin,,r,i i 1 11 let the COU1 PH rl V ftl Ilul ATI t r as tn decide whether to take htm on to New Orleans to he court-martialed, or to put ;ilm ashor.- and l... rid of Mr.. j a,,d ,n' ti we put him ashore. e were all free state men ani nnrmi:..i,j-,r.i... .... .. a crack like a firecracker ' tho child's bare back af he sal. I y''u hi tie devils, get out of hen- Tl e " i were the first slaves we ri,,,,.n 'Hp1 , you can imagine we w . re t r. -i 11 v in i terrsted , -n addition to .,r fife a,,d dr., , corps, our regiment h .,1 u, , 'instrumental band i' J . I some of the ul , , , V I plantations with l.o lr hi- wide i.orrh- I iiais ana tlie negroes alon the river mint would jaiiKh i l ii and inirrah Th u ' rid.. Iheir handu down the b'" river stands out Ii picturesque memory. my mind as a Pointed Paragraphs tatted calf miketh u full stocking. I Society weddings come under the i head ft fashionable, ties ; ; Some folks get what thev wnnt hv 1 1 " """s" B" V come. Misfortune 1H n respecter of per sons and neither Is fortune, for the matter of that. It's all right to decorate an old house with pHint, hut a cynical old face well, that's different. A man occasionally Interferes with the affairs of a woni.in without getting 1 the worst of it in a novel Girls, If a young man doesn't know how to make love, it h neither ardu ous nor unpleasant to teach him. A poor girl generally has to marrv ' an 01,1 nian wUh mot., y or a young man without; her ldtal Idom comes to time. Where Friday night Ik amateur night, Friday night is the proper night for attempting to kiss a girl for the first time. If you recommend a man for a posi tion, and he act badly, it Is doughnuts to fudge that you will be blamed for it all the rest of jour days. The Ragtime Muse ! Rasli Man. 1 They say I rnav he healthy ! And reach a iireen old age i lr 111 reHist the uteaithy ' Approach of germx and " " and. "n..;",J'l... wage bici :i r i. ii u.. iii That program 1 will vetc Such warfare I abhor. , They say tiiat I must diet And choose what I should eat. By dieticians' flat. According to Its "heat." Of "calories." "albumens" They t;ii;, and "diet wastes," IJut I shall live like humans According to my tastes. They recommend cold showers And sleeping out of doors; My disposition sours At such talk, doesn't vours? I'll not adopt these measures My life term to increase; They'd rob life of its pleasures. So let me die in peace1 The Sunday Journal The Great Home Newspaper, consists of Five news sections replets with illustrated features. Illustrated magazine of quality. Woman's section of rare merit. Pictorial news supplement. Superb comic section. 5. Cents the Copy . ..- .... .1 .iimh nit tneir