THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 8. 1914.
-THE JOURNALS
conditions aa "other American IU-?tbe 115 appropriation. 1a .fifty, gain possession of mining claims
I
J years pensions will cost the gov-
-i K aaa una nnn.
a if-gnrT xicwrAPKit wune the President is amrtou J eminent nearly &,ttMffu.uuu
pnMfhwp to . restore treaty relation with. 1 The year after the Civil war ciosea
126,722 pensioners,
CH JACK
4 w'.ilirl
Inc. nmM
vacated temporarily by rightful
owners on account of the revolu
tion. U '; .. " .. 1 ' . ' -
This agreement is nothing more
-mii ,tirpi -TOdr-5i Rnesia for trferte reasons be. is also-! there were
"""."'y'hb. ."tar iT,roJ11Pt6a by the necessity of gain-j who received f 15,57,,714;' The than a mutual promise not to pur-
number grew 10 zh,.lw m aaio.jcaBsie sioien gooas. i is a pan
to 365,783 In 1886. to 970,678 in; of the Wilson plai for bringing
By the passage of the Panama 189 6, the largest number being - permanent peace below the Rio
tl Bialtpr. '
' T3r .""r-i-r Hf department fn
lAu toIsa.V '
Mix U.-S Bid..
, m Cuitrd SUtaa ur Tunlce:
DAILY
. $5.uw I On SKDtb . . .aw
SUNDAY '
Vim
tolls act Great .Britain's purpose to
give friendly aid In connection with
-Mexico . asT Japan has- been
niiLf XKU tSUKDAZ
. i...$7.so ! tnmt. . .-ut . i tween Russia and Japan.
Wheii You Go Away
. Have The Journal' sent to
youir Summer adores.
999,446 in 1962. Grande, and the fact that Great
In spite of a steady decline -in t Britain agreed to" the pact ; after
numbers since 1902, the total pen- recognizing Huerta,. is evidehce
strengthened. A there seems no ioa appropriations for the fiscal ttoat President Wilson . has strong
possibility of .adjudicating the Cal-I year Jst aesed, $180,4M),000, are European backing in his Mexican
tiornia anti-alien land iaw qwes- tn largest in 4Jie history of the
tion with ' Japan It- is desirable to mntry. By comparison, according
'deprive that government of Eu- jto the commissioner of pensions'
ropean xrarxrt. Reports have been ' last rpnort.. Germany last year naid
received of a rrtrong -entente be- $110,411 In pensions;' France $16,-
een Russia and Japan. , ; 'J 137. Great Britain $117,843, Rus-
n arrival at St. Petersburg Mr. Jsia 23i)7 and Japan $7006.
Ma rye will express the- desire of iTncle Sam liaB been generous
tne American people to have pe
old cordial relations restored and
jit'is believed this suggestion will
i lad to negotiations which ' will
J i solve the passport question.
-55
K
i if ah -vnitle and 'fopper-tlit-
vanity of tofgh birth
ih th jfreatcist. True noMHty
is derived from virtue, not
.from ! birth. Titles, .ltidt-ed.
finnv purchased, bt virtue
Ik i lie ! only .coin that makes
tin-- bargain valid. Burton.
1UEY SAV IT'S A ,-FAllAJRE
TUB jilUIlNAKE. INCIDENT
T
HE primary system of nomi
nating candidates has "been
officially declared "a" failure"
in the platform of the Lane
county Republicans.
The platform was adopted at a
y j meeting of thej eounty central coto
I mittee. It follows close n the
declaration for the assembly sys-
policy.
The' agreement evidently holds
as to concessions by the Constitu
tionalists as well as by Huerta.
There is to be no claim jumping
with the sanction pf any govern
ment inthe agreement. The edict
promises to assist I materially in
de-
creases in pension appropriations
from now on, but the dollars saved
will not compensate for the men
who pass to answer "Here" at the
great roll call.
A FEW SMILES
A Birmingham ..man. arm In arm
with an old friend, revlsltta him na
tive place after an absence f many
years, was discussing
old times when the re
turned one began a ser
ies of questions as to
the frienas of other
days.
"Tell me." said he.
"about your aunt. Old
Mrsj, Blank. She must
be rather feeble now."
"We burled her last year," said the
other.
"Buried ber? Dear me! Is the old
lady dead?"
Yes; that's why we burled her,"
was the response.
AN IMMORAL SYSTEM
B
HE outraged sensibilities of ! tem P'- Vflthycombe.- Republi-
thetwo Multnomah county I t;a caIdatefir f ovT
1 ; . . . ..i ! said while addressine the Civic
rommisKioners wno oismisseu -
Murnane because he gave em
ployment I to . Commissioner Hol
man's neijihew is a ponderous ex
empl'ification of official virtue. It
is to laugh.
' Murnaue'B orfense, even if es
tablished lin Sts worst light is a
tiny-atonii in comparison with the
traffic in patronage carried on for
forty LyeajrB it the Multnomah
courthouses. The antagonism to
Commissioner Holrtan is chiefly
based on hi known insisterfce on
a biislncsis-like conduct of county
affair's and his disposition to insist
on knowing about what is
on in the; county government.
He is Unpopular 'with Mr. Light
her "and Mr. Hart because he gave
publicity to the -rare and radiant
purchase !of $3000 worth of bed
bug pols6n and like transactions
at the courthouse. It is also de
clared that he fs unpopular with
Jack Matthews which would nat
urnllv lioi fnr rpuRnnn that, do not
have to be explained to oldtime ' outrage to arik the people to pay
Portlanders. but which are a splen- 2 a vote for eTr7 ballot cast JBSt
rtiri tMiintnnui to Mr Himai,- to ask Jour neighbors to run for
. ; Meanwhile, the main question
"While I favor primary laws, I be
lieve nome system of eliminating -can-dl-datrs
should' be adopted, such as
the so-called aasfambiy mt four yeaiva
ago.
At the Lane county meeting at
jwhieh the Republican platform was
adopted, there was a vigorous dis
cussion of the primary law. Ab
solute abolition of the primary ays
tern and adoption of the convention
system was broached. The "spine
less Republican" who fears to
voice his opposition to the primary
system was heavily scored. "I am
going 1 opposed to the direct primary," de-
ctarea w. w. taiKins, ana i nave
always been. ! I am opposed to the
initiative and referendum, and 1
am a Republican who is not afraid
to say so."
'When you point out to the
people that the primary 6ystem coat
$200,000 at one election," declared
j E. J. Adams, '."when you point out
; that it is a failure, that it is an
with Ms disabled veterans, and no-j bringing peace on terms of rigid
body begrudees the monoy. There ' Justice to all.
is reason to Joect yearly de-t Wherein or how could there be
a more powerrul foreign policy by
this country? How couM there
be a more practical"; plan for deal
ing with the problems of Mexico?
By the sheer, force of the jus
tice of our purpose, we are leading
European nations into a peaceful
program of moral force for pre
venting conditions ot anarchy as to
property in Mexico. -i We are going
to accomplish by Inexpensive diplo
macy the ends that Jingo Ameri
cans demanded that we accomplish
by war at a cost of half a billion
to a billion In money and at a sac
rifice of thousands! of American
boys, murdered on the firing line
at the behest of alien owners of
Mexican mines and joil and lands.
The dominating influence of the
president's, foreign policy over
Europe, exerted by the gentle but
subtle and costless means of di
plomacy, Is an example of the
great power of peace and eood
will to the civilized world, and
should be of infinite satisfaction
to the people of the United States.
It had been a hot day and every
body's thoughts were turning toward
rest and recreation.
Minks and Blnks
were walking: along- to
gether when Minks
turned to Binks and
said:
'Are you going to
take a vacation this
year?"'
'No; I've got to spend two weeks at
Atlantic City with my wife," said
Binks.
ECATJSE he represented to the
assessor that hia farm on
the Siuslaw was worth only
$900, a Lane county farmer
was prevented from securing heavy?
damages from a railroad which
sued for right of way across his
farm. 4 ,
The railway company offered
him $509 for the right of way. He
sued tor $5000. But he admitted
on the witness stand that he had
sworn to the assessor's valuation
of his entire 160 acres at $900.
The jury brought in a verdiet of
$700.. He says he considers! his
farm worth $10,000. (i
He paid a heavy price for ' his
low valuation. Doubtless he ' lost
enough in the transaction from the
undervaluation to the assessor to
have paid his taxes many years on
a just valuation.
Somebody had to pay excess
taxes to make oip the deficit in his
taxes. , Twenty-five per cent of
the taxes of the United States are
excess taxes which somebody has
to pay to make up for taxes some
body else Bhould pay but don't.
Two hundred and fifty million
dollars a year is thus put as a
burden on honest assessments by
the lack of adequate valuation on
dishonest assessments.
In many parts of Oregon, there
Letters From the People
j
(Communication sent t The Journal for
publication la thla department should be writ
ten on only on side ot th paper, should not
exceed 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by the uauie and address ot the
sender. If the writer does not desire to
JiaTe the name published, be should so state.)
"Discussion 1" the greatest of n reform
ers. It rationalise everything it touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctltr and
throws them back on their reasonableness. It
iarr nare no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and seta op Its
own conclusions In their : stead.' Woodrow
Wilson.
about Mr. Holman's nephew is,
does he give a dollar's worth' of i
some office, you will find them
paying 'amen' instead of turning
their backs upon the Republican
fior
dollar's worth of Ijartv-
service
salary? ,
if so, is there any known reason
why he has not as much right to
serve Multnomah county as any
. other man's nephew?
' Wherein is there less reason for
Mm tr 1m b niihlin pmnlnvfl than
for Jack Matthews' cWquers, or ls the wea-Bpiaed Republicans
Mr. Hart's political henchmen to
Advocating the plank to declare
the primary law "a failure," , Sen
ator Bean said, "the demagogues
and the yellow journals will accuse
the party of attempting , to break
down "the laws of the people,
whether we tafee this stand or not.
Scripture Quoting Disparaged.
Portland, July' 8. To the Editor ot
are assessments at 75 per cent of i Th Journal it seems to me the way
the cash value. The Lane countv to read tt Bible Is to look for the
man Is na vfn tr nn a vslinHnn spiritual lessons It holds for us who
only nine per cent of what he re- iffte? 0? figj
garas as the eash value of his j are not our problems. I do not care
larm. How do those who are nav- w-tiether the wine used at the wedding
be pubUcj employes.?
The attack on Mr. Holm an is for
political purposes and not for the
public good. Mr. Holman is not
the kind' qf commissioner wanted
at the courthouse by the surviving
exponents of the rotten political
system of the past.
ing on a 75 per cent valuation
feel when others pay on only a
nine per cent valuation?
least at tjana was fermented or not.
I do know that If he who said to take
heed lest we place a stumbling block
in tne way of bis weaker brethren.
How would the Lane county man ! lived in Oregon today he would not be
like to pay on a 75 per cent valu- ! lined up wlth the lx element. When
ation. with his neighbors relatives J ,5
and others paying on only a nine J marriage and happy family life by hia
AUVANCK IN AVIATION
T
that have placed us in the position
we are in." ;
The anti-primary plank in the
platform is sweeping enough to
thrill the most! ardent advocate of
the assembly system. It is a3 fol
lows: We believe steps should be taken
to provide a plain, economical and
yet well safeguarded method -for the
nomination of party - candidates for
political offices.) The direct primary
! law has not onljf proven an expensive
uv . j method to the taxpayers but has been
Hb brogress already made in a complete failure in some respect.
the i science of aviation lends I The last primary election cost the
confidence in the successful ! taxpayers of the state of Oregon ap-
outcome of a proposed flight S"iat!ly.,,rL,ed 4"sa
across the Atlantic ocean by air-, annual' salaries of all state officers
men thlsi summer. iad more. It has been a complete
Two riecent events rn Europe i failure tn thc rPct nat candidates
before the people, are not bound by
the vote of Uie: people, as evidenced
by the independent candidacy of Mr.
Lafferty for the office of congress
man for the Third district.
We therefore! recommend to the
consideration ot the next legislature
this important;' question, believing
that there Is ample room for whole
some Improvement. t
There is no way to misunder
stand the language of the platform
It serves to recall the declaration
of Dr. Withycombe in his speech
at the Pioneer g picnic at Browns'
ville, where h said:
When asked in Portland if 1 be
lieve in the assembly, I said yes. I
also believe In the primary, and I be
lieve we ought to keep on the stat
UN books in this state laws by which
It will ba made: equally Important to
gftt together as a party organization.
Jrijelieve that It is just as essential
that we have laws for party organiza
tion as for any other purpose.
The declaration in the Lane
county platform, "We believe steps
EhoHld be taken to provide a plain,
economical and yet well safeguard
ed method for the nomination of
party candidates for political of
fices," and the further declaration
that the primary is "a failure.
has a remarkably similar meaning
to Dr. Withycombe's Insistence that
there should bo "laws by which to
get together aa a party organisa
tion." .
per cent valuation?
Few things in our national life
are more corrupting than our tax
system. Few things- do more to
create injustice between men and
men. and few things do more for
familiarizing men with immoral
acts and immoral philosophy.
give additional encouragement to
public confidence. Siekorskl, a
Russian aviator, went aloft . with
six passngera and remained in
the air six and a half hours... At
Paris an aeroplane equipped with
a gyroscope, invented by Ameri
cans, resisted every inducement to
turn ,over in the air. Two men
climbed about over the craft far
from its center of gravity but were
unable to overcome the automatic
balance, j
It is predicted that a flight can
be madej pfrom St. Johns, New
foundland, to Ireland in forty-five
hours actual flying time, if the
known speed of the motors can be
maintained sufficiently long. This
Is an appeal to th -Imagination
and is in; striking contrast with the
speedy five day liners now plying
between New York and Liverpool
and withi the ten weeks consumed
In the first known passage across
.the Atlantic. .
Whether, a trans-ocean flight Is
successfully made or not this year
the indications are that. 1914 will
be known as a period of great
achievement in the history of avi
ation. r-
RELATIOXS WITH RUSSIA
W
IT! I tha
Oeorge T.
Francisco
.to Russia
nomination of
Marye of San
as , ambassador
the adminlstra-
DECREASE i IN PENSIONS
tion la hopeful of an adjustment
of , the ' Jewish issue ; between the ;
Czar 8 government and jjhe United
States. ! V- - r;.
The trade carried on between 'the
two countries .. since- December,
1912, .when the old treaty was de
nounced as'a result of the, impasse
reached on the Jewish passport
question, has -not been hampered
by v restrictions but , It : requires
treaty protection and "', President
Wilson is anxious that , a 'conven
tion shall be arranged. Prominent
Jewa have urged the President and
Secretary of i State to taker, tuea&t
nres that! will ' force . Russia to con
cede the right of American Jews to
ecter that country under the game
G
A REUNITED PEOPIiB
R'
presence and participation In those fes
tlvltles. There Is nothing that has
caused the laughter of children to bt
turned to tears, the proud smile of
the wife to fade, like strong drink.
And those who would have us know
mat mrao wu wiuea .creatures aj-e
not worth considering, let them read
of the shepherd who went out into th
stormy night to search for the one lost
sneep
Ella SI. Finney tells us she was bap-
iizea in tne name of the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost. So far so good, but
I would suggest that she. meditate up
on tha verse, "If any man have not
the spirit of Christ, he Is none of his.'
A child entered a grocer's shop and.
putting a jug on the counter, asked
lor some molasses.
The grocer took the
jug, put In the molas
ses, brought it back
and, placing it on the
counter, said:
There's your molas
ses. Where is your
money?"
The child replied
with bated breath, "Mother put
at the bottom!"
hmaIa. chaxgb ; . ,
Necessity is often mistaken for cour
age.
If a poor girl bad hair of span gold
same folks would say it looked line
corn molasses. .
The blot on a man's good nam may
be traced to a cheap fountain pen. Oh,
for a blotter!
One way not to be happy is to have
more time and money than you know
what to do with.
No woman talks al the time. When
she Is doing up her hair her mouth is
full of hairpins.
A man's faith in his Judgment gets
rebuke every time be ateps up a
step .that isn't there.
-
Lots of men walk miles to hear
polltiacl speech who wouldnt walk
block to hear a sermon.
Give a true American a daily news
paper and a piece of pie and he will
make himself at home anywhere on
earth.
When the wind propels a straw hat.
It is chased, but the remarks of the
owner are nothing that even sounds
like that.
A maid of twenty tries to act like a
widow of forty, a widow of forty tries
to act like a maid of twenty and
there you are.
-it-
disaster and unforeseen crime than
anything we can now conceive." I
should like to ask Mr. O'Sullivan upon
what grounds he bases this direful pre
diction. Certainly upon nothing in the
history of the states where prohibition
has already been enacted. Where, for
Instance, can he point to a more pros
perous aoil law abiding commonwealth
than prohibition Kansas? It is true
that nation-wide prohibition, what Mr.
O'SullIvan refers to, is a somewhat
different matter from prohibition in
individual states; still there is nothing
in the history of either this or any
other nation upon which he may Just
ly base his predictions.
Mr. O'SullIvan also says: "The
farmer would lose the sale of millions
of bushels of corn, wheat, barley and
rye. These products might, perhaps.
more profitably be used for the pro
duction of beef and pork, for which ar
tides the demand is now far in excess
of the supply. In fact, there is nr
agricultural industry excepting the hop
industry aione mat need suiier irom
prohibition. -To what extent people en
suffer. To what extent people en
gaged in the manufacture of barrels
hoops, glassware, etc., will suffer f ro-
prohlbition I do not know. No doubt
they will suffer some. Somebody al
ways suffers in every great change of
Industrial conditions. However, these
evils would only be temporary and
would disappear in the Inevitable re
adjustment. On the other hand, the
evils of the liquor traffic are perma
nent and enduring and may grow
worse unless the traffic Is abolished.
II. A. BALL.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker Democrat: Business la plck-ina-
ud ovpr the northwest say commer
cial men and they ought to know!
A man -who had never seen a street
car was among those present at Eu
gene's Fourth of July celebration.
.
The matter of the . public owner
ship of Salem's water system la to
be taken up again. Mayor Steeves
made the first move In the new. pro
gram at the city council meeting Mon
day nighC
A considerable Increase of telephone
subscribers Is evidence to th Mail
Tribune of a corresponding business
growth in Medford. The latest di
rectory shows 6000 telephone) users
In the Rogue River valley. .
Canby business men are subscrib
ing liberally to a fund for the estab
lishing of a ferry over the Wlllam
t at tha nji rt available site. The
Irrigator says this utility will soon
be installed, and proposes a public
celebration of the event.
The Bend Water, Light & Power
romnanv will shortly begin the erec
tion of a new reservoir more than three
times the capacity or tne present uhk
from which tha water for the town is
now supplied. The objective is a res
ervoir of 100.000 gallons capacity.
Hermiston Herald: One application
of the new ordinance for the working
of oitv nrlsonera will adverthie the
fact for miles up and down the rail
road. As the hobo approaches yier
mtston he will Increase speed and
not stop until well past tha city lim
its on the other side.
IN EARLIER DAYS
Uy Fred Lockley.
MEDIATION: A SUCCESS, NOT A FAILURE
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mediation, has not been a failure.
Only by the narrowest construction
can It be so considered. It came at a
time when the air was full of war. The
passage of our .troops into the Interior
and the blockade of Mexican ports
was Imminent. American citizens in
the republic were in danger of their
lives; egress was apparently Impossi
ble; tales of atrocities were prevalent;
public opinion here and in Europe, was
convinced that conflict waa unavoid
able. But there has been no war. The ex
odus of American cltlxens waa permit
ted. Men. women and children reached
safety; most of the stories of savage
butcheries of our people were discred
ited. In the Interim a better under
standing of the situation was made
possible. The Immediate crisis was
etripped of its menace.
EPRESENTATIVE GRAHAM
of Pennsylvania, a Republi
can, performed a notable
service for the entire rnnntrv 1 1 wonder how long the man of Galileo
when 'he offered a bill in congress ! 22 i6!:. few, tcres of h?p tand
for repeal of a statute directed at
those who were on the side of the
South during the Civil war. The
ONGRESS has cut pension ap
propriations from . $180,000,-
000 for 1914 to $169,000,000
for the coming year. There
Is a decrease for the first time in
many years. Veterans have been
passing, but increases, allowed sur
vivors have until now swelled the
annual appropriations. -
Between June SO. 1912. and
June 30, 1913, the number of vet
erans fell from! 497,263 to 462,
379. . During the first ten-months
of the fiscal year just closed 27,190
died. '.Congress' has made- allow
ance for probable deaths during
the present fiscal year
- From 1865 to. 1913 the total
cost - of the pension v system was
$4,586,966,346, so that,' including
statute Is as follows:
It shall be unlawful for anv officer
to pay any aocouut, claim or demand
against the United States which ac
crued or existed prior to Am-ii 13.
1861. in favor of any person who
promoted, encouraged or in any man
ner sustained the late rebellion or
In favor of any person who durlne
such rebellion was not known to be
opposed thereto and distinctly in favor
or its suppression; and no pardon
heretofore granted or hereafter to be
granted shall authorize the payment
of such account, claim or demand
until this section la repealed. I
Speaking last week in behalf of!
its repeal, Mr. Graham said that!
among the men" affected by the
statute were Fitzhugh Lee and
Fighting Joe Wheeler, both of
whom fought for the Stars and
Stripes in the war with Spain. He
read a letter from Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson in which she1 said:
It creates a feeling of gratitude In
my heart that you. a Northern man.
should advocate the passage of this
mil. .
The bill passed the house by
unanimous vote; it should be ac
corded like treatment in the sen
ate. The war is over; we are a
reunited people. Southerners o
day are as loyal to their country
as are residents of the North. It
is an absurdity to longer impose
legal disabilities ' on men who
fought with the South in the con
flict of half a century ago.
Lajt. year the Blue and the Gray
met on the field of Gettysburg and
paid homage to. each other. The
men who did the fighting are
ready to, forget the cause, of the
dispute and join in a reunion of
friends,, once foes. Why should
an - antiquated statute remain on
the books to ' draw obsolete dis
tinctions? '
between him and any person's eternal
good. Now please don't someone come
back with the fact that someone in the
time of Jedediah had a vineyard and
made winet I don't know that we need
even concern ourselves very much with
the drinking customs of some parts of
the world today. We need concern our
selves with the fact that a great legal
ized traffic known as the liquor traffic
exists in the United States today, and
its influence, whatever tha influence
of alcohol may be In any other clime
or time, la bad.
We, of Oregon, have an opportunity
to take our stand for or against this
thing in a most effective way.
B. R. CARTER.
The Prehistoric Horse.
Helena, Mont, July 6. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Being a resident
of Oregon, temporarily In Helena, I
was amused by an article In this morn
ing's Daily Independent, from . San
Kranclsco, ' stating that Professor John
C. Men-lam of the University of Cali
fornia had within a twelvemonth dis
covered remains ot the horse of the
Pliocene age and also some remains
of the horse of the Miocene age. The
writer of the article states that Pro
fessor Merriam is the original discov
erer of these remains on the American
continent, and . that until hia recent
discovery the remains were never
found here, and claims that the vicin
ity of San Francisco la .the original
holme of the horse, whence it acattereo
over the entire world
Professor Condon, formerly of the
University of Oregon, published many
years ago his discoveries bf the re
mains of the Miocene and Pliocene
horse in the John Day country, east
ern Oregon, and a full description of
the fossils may be seen In his History
of Oregon Geology." so that Professor
Merriam cannot claim to be the dis
coverer of these fosslla first In Amer
ica. , In fact, I -read of similar ' fossils
long before I came to Oregon, and I
believe that any complete encyclopedia
would describe thera, under the head
ing, "Horse. ,-. -
This article la but typical or San
Francisco's way of claiming the whole
Pacific coast as but a suburb of their
village, i ; - C I FARRAR.
s
THE CLAIl JUMPERS .
ECRETARY OF I STATE
BRYAN .has announced that
Spain: and Switzerland, have
decided to join the interna
tlonal agreement to protect prop
erty . interests in . Mexico. . Great
Britain and the Netherlands have
already agreed . with the United
States , not to - support diplomat
ically their -citizens attempting to
Ex-Saloonkeeper's Testimony.
Portland. July 7. To the Editor of
The Journal As an ex-saloonkeeper, I
am convinced that the entire bunch of
antl-prohibltlonista know but little of
the damnable traffic they attempt to
defend. Actual experience for five
jears behind the saloon bar, and 0
years in front of It, has convinced me
that it is simply impossible to conduct
a liquor saloon on the same orderly
and lawful basis of other lines of busi
ness, aa its very nature prohibits law
and order. Under high license or any
other form of the liquor traffic, it
must be conducted along unlawful, de
grading and disorderly lines. Why?
It certainly Is right to sell a large a
bill of goods to a customer as be
seems Inclined to pay for, and every
business man in Portland unless a
"dead one," will try to do this. Now
the average saloon patron. Is, on the
whole, stingy, and to make him a free
spender he must be held long enougb
to get mellow with "boose," as then
he'll spend his last cent, and eve.n put
rhis watch or coat in hock" with th
barkeeper to get more of the subtle
poison that has robbed him of his
wits. I have seen, many times, the
"moderate" . . drinker develop into i
wretched sot in three months' time.
I know many thousands of saloon
keepers In the United States, but '
have yet to hear one express an opin
ion favorable to hia own calling. He
will say, "Well. I'm in It for tha
money, and just aa soon aa I get
enough of that I'll quit tha business.
Only recently a downtown saloonkeep
er said to me, "Just one day ana nignt
spent in a saloon would make a prohl
bltionist of anyone." I wonder how
many days and nights Ella M. Finney
and Mrs. Duniway have passed within
a whiskey hell. I'm not a churchman,
but will say that my tongue and pen.
while life lasts, will be used in favor
of prohibition, to make some small
amends for the worse than wasted
years I spent behind the saloon bar.
I. J. BRACKETT.
The deliberations at Niagara Falls
have resulted In the signing of pro
tocols stating tha conditions" under
which the United Statea will-recognUe
a Mexican government. Tha Interna
tional difficulties of the controversy
have Virtually been adjusted. Import
ant and unexpected concessions have
been made by Huerta, An actual pro
posal for pacification by compromise
has been advanced. The way has been
opened, whether it Is taken advantage
of or not, for a conference between" the
warring factions. An opportunity has
been given to the Constitutionalists to
prove their patriotism and establish
the purity of their motives. The atage
has been set for compromise, if com
promise is possible. This nation has
done all that it humanly could do to
lead Mexico out of chaos into order.
All this may prove ultimately of no
avail. Huerta may yat provoke In tar-
By John M. Oskison. ,
In his serious, delightful book Sam
uel Smiles tried hard to lay down rules
and fix boundarlea for tha thrifty
saver. But he never became very defi
nite and that waa fortunate.
It la difficult," he wrote, "to fix
tha precise limits of economy. Bacon
says that if a man would live weu
within hia income he ought not to ex
pend mora than one half and save tne
rest.
"This la perhaps too exacting; and
Bacon himself did not follow hia own
advice. What proportion of one's In
come should be expenaea on renii
That depends upon circumstances. In
the country, about one tenth; in Lon
don, about one sixth.
"It Is, at all events, better to save
too much than spend too much. One
may remedy the first defect, but not
so eaally the latter."
To know what you take In and what
you spend and how it is earned and
spent is important. So keep ac
counts, and put down everything. John
Replying to Mr. O'SullIvan.
Buxton, Or July" 7. To the Editor
of The Journal I have read the lettec
of, D. M. O'SullIvan in Friday's Jour
nal, In which he says: "Prohibition Ir
confiscation,' pure and simple; it rob
and gives , nothing In return. Cons
ouently It is unchristian,' unpatriotic
and negative." So also was the eman
cipation of tha slaves confiscation, yet
it would be hard to find a person at
the present day who does not believe
that such emancipation was a blessing
or who believes it was either unchris
tian, or ' unpatriotic. . :.t i'A-
Continuing, Mr. O'SullIvan says: "If
prohibition were enacted throughout
this country it would bring on mora
Those Thin Dresses.
Portland. July 7. To the Editor of
The Journal Mayor AiDea s mstruc
tion to police officers to keep on tha
lookout for women wearing too thin
dresses is ridiculous and showa a lack
of appreciation of the duties and high
calling of the office he holds. Soma
friend, who has inlluence witn mm
should inform him that many citizens
believe there are many Important mat
ters of vital interest to the city and
its people that require hia time and
talents to the exclusion of such a triv
ial matter as to just how thin a dress
should be. Does he think the women
of Portland are so lax in the sense of
decency that unless he keeps watch
over thera they will eventually venturo
out on the streets nude? He should
rise abova such freakish things and
attend . to the great and important
things pertaining to the office of
mayor of a great city like Portland,
and I will venture the assertion that
tha women of Portland will not dia
grace his administration.
F. W. JONES.
Public Sentiment on Prohibition.
Portland. July 7. To tha Editor of
Tha Journal Naturally there is much
speculation regarding tha prohibition
vote in Oregon this fall. Opinions
vary, each, being based on partial , in
formation. Perhaps by hearing the re
ports of many persons, some fairly re
liable estimate may ba formed as to
the prohibition rote.' For that reason
I beg to give my observations.
. I am a traveling salesman. a Since
March I have talked in private conver
sation to over a thousand persona on
th prphibition Issue. - These . voters
live la every section of tha state and
represent a wlda range of affiliations,
prejudices and Interests, i have keot
ventlon. An outbreak of hostilities be
tween Carranxa and villa may rurtner
confuse affairs. The Zapata faction
may cause trouble. Indeed, It la im
probable that pacification Is in sight.
The Mexican character Is against It, the
habits and customs of generations. We
have made it possible for them to atop
shooting one another; if they insist
on doing it anyway, tha responsibility
resta on them.
The United Statea haa succeeded in
winning tha approbation of tha world
ty'lts evident unselfishness. It has
won back to an astonishing degree the
confidence of (South America; It has
given, a new meaning to Pan-Amarlcan-lsm.
Mediation haa made tha Monroe
Doctrine a cooperative policy. It has
warmed the three great South Ameri
can republics and . established their
prestige. It has given moral sanction
to tha purpose of tha United Statea.
It baa taken from every Mexican fac
tion any thin disguise and acquainted
the world with the full designs and
principles, or lack of principles of each.
It has elevated tha whole question. It
has proved tha enormous value of de
lay In International disputes and it haa
established tha practicability of arbi
tration as a cooling agent and a de
terrent of armed conflict. . In these
respects mediation has been a success,
has set a precedent, has been of a
value, the full extent of which will not
be appreciated until posterity capital
izes it.
In 1865 I WilM Hh.arln. .,n '
the Satramento river In California,"
I! .w imon Bro of Montavllla. son
of the Immortal John Brown of Har
pers Ferry. ! tnoM day, T waa
counted one of the best all-round rough
and tumble fighters and wnxtltri .in
northern CaliforniH I hi ,.. ih.
shearing pens wearing- a whlt shirt.
At that time, in California, tha two
unforgivable vrlme wre wearing a
black hat or a white shirt
X)ld man Allen, owner of the aheep,
was a Kiuiwmun it... i .
tatlon as a rounh and tumble fighter,
rhpy nid ne would not hire a man ,
that he could not liok. l. ,m- h,
and. noticing mv whit. .ki. u.N
rake that white shirt qff or I will
throw you out of that pen.' I sized
him up and said: 'Mr. Allen. 1 know
what your reputation is as a fighter.
If you tan put me out of this pen oomo -ahead
ana do it and I will tiliear your
nheep for nothing.' , He thougiit bet
ter of it and decided not to tackle th
Job, but notwithstanding, I took off my
white shirt that nlsht. and It was
years before I put .n anything but a
colored shirt, as I did not want to be
claHxed as an aristocrat.
"Among the Mieep shearers In those
days were a lot of Missourlans and
southerners, who belonged to the left
wing of Trice' army and who came
out In '63 and '64 to work for a colored
man by the name of Scott, in Tehama
county, who pwned a hotel and also a
big sheep ranch. We were shearing
hia sheep the next yrar. In 18K6. Most
or tne shearers were southerners, and
When it came time for dinner. Hoott. a
negro, took the seat at the head of tn.
table. This was too much for th
southerners. They old not mind work
ing for a negro, but they were not go
Ihg to eat with him. They got up from
the table when' he sat down. Hcott
went Into the next room and, returnitir
with a hatchet, went outside where thr
sheep shearers had been discussing
the matter in angry tones, and said.
'If there is any man here who nays h
will not eat with a colored man. Just
let him come forward.' Apparently ho
one objected to eating with a coloreo
man, for none of them stcpiu-d for- -ward,
and the episode was closed.
"I went to a dance given by this
same negro, Scoit. He had a big out-of-doors
platform, and the stockmen
came from all ovr the country. Every
thing was free the eating, the drink
ing, the dancing, and everything else.
Most of the women who came were
Spanish. There were white men. Mex
icans, half-breeds and negroes. It was
a pretty mixed assembly, but they all
ate, drank and danced and spent the
night In merriment. I could not help
but notice that there were ex-Confederate
soldiers there, and that I. th
son of John Brown, who had given his
Ufa to free the negroes, was there, and
in addition negroes, Mexicans anJ
half breeds, and we were all getting
along harmoniously.
"It is odd bow things turn out. For
instance. It was Robert K. Lee who
captured my father in Virginia, and il
was this same Robert E. Iee who, at
the close of the war, surrendered hia
sword to General Grant, a relative of
my father."
No matter what happen now, the
world knows and South America par
ticularly knows, that tha United
States exhausted its means in the ef
fort to restore peace and give an ex
ample of national disinterestedness
rarely if aver before witnessed In In
ternational relations.
FIXING THE LIMITS OF WISE SAVING
Wesley, did that with his own small
Income. A year before ,hla death he
wrote in his Journal of 'expenses:
"For more than eighty-six years I
have kept my accounts exactly. I do
not care to continue to do so any
longer, having th conviction that I
economize all that f obtain, and give
all that I can that is to say, all I
have."
I think that If you will do aa well
aa John Wesley did, the matter ot
how much out of your incoma will be
saved may safely be left to your own
judgment. No one Is going to con
tinue recording expenditures for fool
ish and extravagant things very long;
he will either cut out tha foolish and
extravagant expenditures or abandon
the record.
Spend less than you earn. That la
a very plain and perfectly aimpla
guide to thrift Perhaps this ought to
precede: Earn something! Ton and I
need not worry much about tha non
earners, however. In America their
numbers are indeed few.
written record of the prohibition
preference expresaed by those with
whom I spoke. Tha result of thla In
formal Canvass Is that fully three
fourtha declared themselves for tha
prohibition amendment. I found fur
ther that the one reason given for fa
voring prohibition above any other was
personal experience with some unfor
tunate victim of alcoholism, either
among relations or acquaintances. Tha
next reason most generally- assigned
was a conviction that to vote for pro
hibition waa to discharge an altruistic
duty that society owes to the unfortu
nate, tha weak, ana especially tna
young. .
Personally I am not at au inciinea
toward the prohibition Idea, and I have
been eager to find evidence of a strong
public sentiment for the "wets." I re
gret that I cannot find that strong
feeling for personal lioeny wiucn
should like to see. I must acknowledge
my aurprlse at the atrength of the
prohibition sentiment both in thla and
other countiea of tha atate. If my
canvass is at all representative of tha
average voter, the chartces are excel
lent for Oregon going "dry.
AUGUST KHEINLANDER.
Asks Whom Uqnor Helps.
Sacramento, Cal.. July 7. To the Ed
itor of Tha Journal If the liquor busi
ness la a "good thing" for either citiea,
counties, statea or tha nation. It ought
not to be "regulated." It should be
promoted. I rememner in ota saw
"It's a good thing push It along.'
Won't some wlaa and accommodating
friend tall ma wherein it la a "good
thing?" Tell ma tha names and ad
dresses of men bettered by consuming
liquor. Give ma the address of a wife,
son or daughter glad because of pos
sessing a husband and father fond of
his "booze" and who gratifies the crav
Ing. Tell me the name and address of
a statesman honored by his constitu
ents because of his ability to "pun
ish" John Barleycorn. I want the ad
dress of soma great financier who haa
risen in tha world through the drink
habit. Point me out a railroad presi
dent elected to bla position by -the dl
rectors on account of hia ability to
drink. I haven't met any of these
oeoDle. I would Ilka to. Tell me
whera they live.
And my friend,. Mr. O'SullIvan.;
writes. In defense of liquor, that there
wara "300.000 divorce last year,"-and
"we do not bear objection to dlvorco
from tha prohibitionist.
Wrong. Wa bate tha divorce court,
and we're going to crucify tha cause
of It thla fall. Kill tha liquor busi
ness and you'll starve tha divorce at
torney. It a the microDe or tna aivorce
buslncsa. U. 8. HARCOURT.
The Oregonian's Unrest.
Hood River, Or., July 7. To tha
Editor of Tha Journal In thla mora
lngs Oregonian is an interesting ar
ticle under the title "Unrcat la Grow
ing in Central West." In which it ia
claimed that "Wilson-Bryan policies
chafe." Of course, ""No thief e'er felt
the halter draw, with good opinion of
the law." and it Is natural that big
business should kick, now thathe ad
ministration is doing tha "Impossi
ble"; la fact, has already done at dif
ferent times, what many havaithought
Impossible. But I think tba head
lines are misleading, for, although it
Is claimed a "change In administra
tion ia wanted," tha article falls far
short of showing that tna majority
of tba people are at all disappointed
with the administration. Ot course,
thera ia "undeat growing in tha cen
tral west," and averywhera alaa that
you find healthy mlnda In healthy
bodies. In other words, as long aa
there la room for Improvement In la
gal, political, social or religious mat
ters, yoki will find some earnest work
ers, either with pen or otherwise; but
when the Oregonian article saya "Hope
Is In next election." It ia a little amus
ing, if not instructive. Of course, tha
article contalna trutha well worth
pondering, but should not be swal
lowed without a grain of salt, aa tha
writer is only giving a very limited
expression of the Ideas of voters and
would-be voters' Ideas.
Although I am not a party man, by
any means, I think our president haa
done better than either Roosevelt or
Taft, and possibly better than .th
editor of the Oregonian could do If
he were president.
J. M. BLOSSOM.
Around the World.
Servian tailors work IX hours daily.
Jerusalem will soon have four atreat
railway line.
Germany supports nine tenths of Ita
population by product of tha soil.
Boston la said to have bad tha first
telephone exchange in the world.
Borneo haa a telephone Una sup
ported on mahogany and ebony poles
Sweden and. Denmark are to b con
nected by cable carrying electrical
power. --
Ten thousand acres of land in tha
Santa Cruz valley. Arizona, ara ir
rigated with .water secured by tap
ping an underground river.
Adlal E. Stevenson.
From the Buffalo News.
Mr. Stevenson became prominent In
the city of Illinois, In which he re
sided after his 18th year, and from
his activity In politcs, playing tne
game without being troubled too much
by Ideals, he was promoted gradually
serving in the legislature of Illinois
and in the national house of repre
sentatives. Mr. Stevenson was so thorough-going
In those capacities that he was
made assistant postmaster general
when Mr. Cleveland cam Into office
In 1885 and In that place he became
the axe-man of the administration, lie
had a positive pleasure in removing
Republicans in order to make way for
Democrats In public office.
In his autobiography Mr. Stvenson
defends firmly the old doctrine that to
the victor belongs the spoils and rather'
rejoices than otherwise In the activity
that gave him the name of axe-man.
Personally. Mr. Stevenson waa one
of the genial, hospitable men whom
everybody liked and respected. He
was honorable in ev-ry ordinary aense
of the word. Even when making spoil
of the public service he merely thought
he waa playing the game as gentle
men played lC-for he always failed to
se how demoralizing that policy la,
especially in a free country.' He
scoffed at tUa merit system and was
to be respected for bis position sim
ply because he never disguised it, but
always defended It with all tha vigor
he had at command. .
Mr. Stevenson was a very agreeable
presiding officer whlla vice-president
during the second term of Mr. Cleve
land for his work In that capacity was
equally marked for ita urbanity of
manner and Ita fairness in ruling.
But It is Idle to pretend that he
made any lasting mark on tha hUrr
of his country or will be remembered
even aa one who promoted diligently
Ita best Interest In proportion to the
placea of Influence that he occupied
aa a statesman.
The Ragtime Muse
Rmnectfully Submitted.
Dama Nature may not blunder.
Nor do wa criticise.
But still we often wonder
Why things aren t otherwise.
For Instance after barking
Our shin we groan and grunt.
And cannot help remarking.
Onfa calf should be in frontl
The eyea ara well protected.
Their lids admit delights.
And ahut when they're subjected
To sad, unwelcome sights.
Which fact may often move one.
When silly things he hears.
To think It would improve one
If llda were on his eara.
But something far more needed
Than mentioned up above
(If thla Dame Nature ?..
Shed earn our grateful love!)
We'd live uprightly, purely.
Be kind in every tfn.w
If but remorse would "U'ely
Begin before the fact!
. Naturally.
From the Boston Transcript.
Teacher Yes. children, an Irtdlan'l
wife la called a squaw. Now what
are the little Indians called?
Bright Pupil I know, miss
aquawkera.
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