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