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THE JOURNAL
AM IWDKPKKPEWT NEWSPAPER;
0. S. JACKSON Pobuabw,
Pablla&ed fniy awning eept Sanaar) and
ary Sanaa morning at im
lag, Broadway and YaaahlU U Portland. Or.
' Ko(r4 at Ida polrflca at Portland, Or., (or
traaamUaloo tbroa(h tke malls eeeenf
elm aaattf
TaOJCFBOKES Malo 717S; Hon. A.-606L, AU
, Sapartaiante raacbad by tliww oumlwn. Tall
' a eparator what df ITtnunt yoa want.
sORElON ADVEKTISlNtf REPKKMBNTAT1 IVS
rVanianln Kaatoor Co.. Brunawick BUS-.
, J flfia Kew Xort; MIS People's
Uaa BW.. Cblraao.
Suberrlptloa ternu tj mall or to an ad
rM U tee United 8tte at Mexico:
DAILY.
On rear IS.oo t One month.....-! -CO
SUNDAY. .
Am laar $-W I One - month $ So
' DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Oaa rear $7 JO I On month I
Wax, he sung, 1 toll and
trouble;
Honor, but to empty bubble;
Never ending still beginning.
Fighting still, and still destroying-.
Dryden,
WHY TAXES ARE HIGH, NO. 3
the affection bestowed upon him
by the entire department.
If Pegasus, Bucephalus and even
Rosinante have won place in song
and story and In the case of , the
former achieved the starred. Im
mortal glory of the skies, shall not
"Prince." have his meed of praise?
MKE PRIVATE BUSINESS
D
R. C. J. SMITH Is meeting
-with an enthusiastic recep
tion in his campaign through
Eastern Oregon.
That is fitness. He is of guber-
He is as big as
He would honor
natorlal stature,
the governorship,
the office.
He is a man.
affairs. He is a
He is a man of
man of business
ajaaaj ayes are high because the
1 Oregon legislature made them
high. The Journal is print
ing public documents to
Show that the legislature made
them high.
In the 1913 senate, there were
about 12 senators who nearly al
" ways voted together and about 17
to 18 senators who voted in oppo
sition. In the House there was
a similar division of votes.
The majority group In the sen
ate and the majority group In the
house constituted a legislative
machine which held secret caucus
es, which met and prqgrammed
legislation behind barred doors,
and the members of which stood
together solidly on almost every
measure.
In reality, they were the legis
lature. They ran things. They
.bossed. They were masters. They
were the best captained and best
oiled machine that ever held rev
elry in the Oregon statehouse.
Most Saturday nights during the
session, the captains conferred
with the Oregonian. It was their
press agent, their adviser, their
helper, their lubricator, their loyaj
Slly. Never once through the ses
sion did the Oregonian raise its
voice against the machine. Never
a protest did it utter. Not to this
day has it ever offered one criti
cism of what was the most pow
erful, the most reckless and
the most extravagant legislative
machine ever organized and oper
ated in the Salem statehoune.
who knows business. He knows
the difference between the debit
and credit side of the ledger. He
knows it because he had to learn
it in the bitter school of experl
ence.
He says there is "no reason why
the state's business should not be
conducted like private business,'
that "there should be first ascer
talned what the state can afford to
spend and then keep the expendi-
tare within that limit, the same
as in private business."
Nothing could be truer. Noth
ing could be more absolute. Every
business man agrees with Dr
Smith. Every farmer agrees with
him. Every taxpayer agrees with
him. Every rent payer agrees
with him, because he is right.
Nothing could be more appro
priate in the governor's office
than a business administration by
a business man. Dr. Smith is
such a man.
If elected he would be governor,
He would be the governor. He
would be a safe governor because
he is a safe man. He would be a
sane governor because he is a sane
man. He would be a level-headed
governor because he is a level
headed man. He would be a ra
tional governor because he ig a ra
tional candidate. He would be
well-balanced governor, because he
is a well-balanced candidate.
As governor, he would know
how to be governor, because, as a
free moral agent acting ' for him
self,- he is showing that he knows
how to be a level-headed candi
date for governor.
the morgue, lying stark on" a slab.
And yet 'Dr.' -Merrill said, "A good
boy, if there ever was one."
There are many such "good"
boys who ' never have a chance.
Juvenile courts are . doing what
they can for each lads, but there is
an obligation resting on everybody
which cannot be shifted entirely
upon official , shoulders. "Nobody
has ever been friendly to me," is
a terrible -indictment of society.
Was this lad or society Itself .re
sponsible for Seattle's tragedy?
I
actnal settlers to till ber acres, j
The state board has adopted a new!
r-iilA HoslonoH if iA in tYia nnr. I
chase and settlement of state
lands, There ;are leases on - SOOj
000 'acres about to expire, -and
when they do the board intends
that settlers within two miles of
the land are to be preferred les
sees. -
Dispatches from Denver say the
sales, which are to continue month
ly in different counties, are satis
factory in in every way. Iowa,
Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and
other farmers attend the sales in
large numbers. Farmers and lit
tle cattlemen in -Colorado counties
need more land, - and now . they
have a chance to get it direct from
the state, thus cutting out specula
tors' profits.
Colorado is trying something
new in selling her state lands, but
it is based on sound policy. There
is no reason why , a middleman
should stand -between the soli and
the man who wishes to i till it.
Actual settlers, men who will use
the soil, should have the land at
the state's price, and the record
of Colorado's sales is evidence that
farmers will buy when they have
the opportunity.
Colorado's school land policy is
worthy of study by other ' states
wishing to attract real settlers in
preference to speculators.
A FEW SMILES
PIGHTINO WATERWAY
T IS a singular fact, but true,
that about all of the newspa
pers in the United States which
have been known in the past
to be friendly to railroad influ
ences are opposing the rivers and
harbors, bill and particularly river
improvements
Harbor improvements they do
hot oppose so much, because har
bor improvements make terminals
for them. To such an extent is
this carried that it is almost im
possible to get anything in this
class of papers, even an explana
tion or defense of the appropri
ations.
For sometime past the rail
roads apparently took more or
less friendly interest In waterway
improvements, and at different
times appeared at conventions fa-
vorlng them. During that period
as a matter of fact they very
lareely controlled the oneratlon of
all hoa.fi lines onA to nrflv .omJ?ranl.c"t.1?? "eat . The Journal for
a, , puoucauon in una department ahonld be writ
free to undertake any kind of cut- Un 5 Kjr one Me of th pap, ahouid not
. ..,... . . I exceed 800 words in length and must be ac-
throat competition. Since then, eompanied by the name and l addreaa of "be
however, the art of Cnn trraa Tiao I fBaer-. 11 tfle writer dues not dealre to
. . , " . " . I aave we name posuaaed. he should o Ute.)
. -J hope,. Ethel," said a fond mother
to her little daughter .who had re
turned from a tea to which she had
been invited, "I hope
that you remembered
what I told you and
did not ask twice for
cake, did your
"No, ma'am." re
plied the child. "
"That was right
yod waited until you
had been asked."
"No, ma'am; I helped myself. '
First Maid That rich young fellow
that's courtin Miss Ethel Is awful
stingy!
Second Mai d
What makes you
think so?
Ilrst Maid Why,
I heard him say to
her, "A penny for
your thoughts," and
h a millionaire,
mind youJ"
Letters From the People
Ta i m ...
ter.of competition is no longer al-1 ern.uuZ?, SUVT
iowea ana mere now seems to be pyvrcu"t ." IaI"e Betl,J
an opportunity for the develon-1 ttie.v have no Haanhiinuui- it mthiMiiv
ment of real watpr tranqnnrtntinn I eruene them ont of existence and Bet op ita
mem. oi real water transportation, own conclusions In their atead." Woodrow
ii is not impossiDie that the sud- " llson-
den opposition that has developed
to waterway Improvement in some
Harold Frederick
story of a darky whs was out fishing
wun a little boy about 3 years old,
'iSivca while at play
on lae Dans or tne
stream the youngster
fell into the water.
Immediately the col
ored man waded In
and, catching nimby
the seat of the pan
taloons, pulled him
onto dry ground. A minister who
happened to nave seen the occurrence
complimented him on his quick action
and his bravery, for the stream was
a swift one.
"Well," said the darky, "I had to
sabe dat kid's life, boss, for hs had
de. bait in his pocket"
V
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMAJHi CHANGE i
Overtalk tires more neonle than
overwork.
It takes a chan with snnd in win
a girl with rocks.
Never judge a man by his relatives
he didn't select them.
Only a chemist could analvze the
makeup of some women.
As a tacks collector the nneumatie
tire ia a nowung success.
Rich people travel when thev will:
poor people when they can.
It's easy for S7 pretty woman to in
terest a man if she isn't his wife.
If the wolf camps on your door mat
train bim to chew up bill collectors.
Teachers of elocution can't do any
thing for the voice of conscience in
most Of us.
But the water wagon isn't as popu
lar at this season of the year as the
gasoline Joy chariot.
Father Time probably hands a wo
man a new wrinkle occasionally mere
ly as a reminder that she hasn't been
forgotten.
A poor author is like a cheap print
lng press; he wastes a lot of Ink, but
never succeeds In making a good impression.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A Shakespeare club baa been organ
ised at WooUburn. it will bold meet
ings weeklyy
The Clatsop county fair will open to
morrow at Gearhart Park and continue
three days. It is under the auspices
of the Lower Columbia River Agricul
tural association.
Admitting thai the wheat and other
grain will show a handsome prom this
year, the La Grande Observer still
thinks dairy cows for the Grande
Iionde valley will eventually ba the
sale resource.
Seasides council has authorized a
second issue of bonds, in the sum of
J1418.68, for street improvement. At
the same meeting a number of resolu
tions providing for the improvement of
treats were tiuupica.
Beginning with its issue of Septem
ber 17 the Estacaaa progress is to r
for three weeks in the bands stu
dents of the Estacada high schcjoL in
the absence of the editor. The stu
dents are to receive half the Income
from new advertising within the three
weeks.
"The city council," writss the St.
Paul correspondent of the Woodburn
Independent, "expects to dispose of
A HERO OF LIEGE
From the Chicago Examiner.
This Is the story of the fall or Ua
in the simple, graphlo language of a
uennaa oinoer. it was told to a
Dutch reporter employed by the Chi
cago Examiner:
General Leman's defense of Lie ire
combined all that is noble and all that
Is tragic. The commander of one fort.
at me moment when the bombardment
was at Us heaviest, went mad and
shot his own men. He was disarmed
and bound.
The cupola of another fort was de
stroyed by bomb dropped from a Zep
pelin. The other forts were swept
away like sand castles on the seashore
before the ralentlaaa waves of our 11
Inch siege guns.
As long as was possible General Le
inan Inspected the forts dally to see
that everything wax in order. The
general's lega were crushed by a huge
piece of falling masonry dislodged bv
our guns. Undaunted. Leman visited
the forts In an automobile.
Fort Chaudfontein was rfestmvaA hv
a German shell dropping in the mag
azine. At Loncin. one of the strongest forts.
General Lman decided to hold his
ground or die. Stea.iily his gunners
were shot down and he himsaif hitu.,t
to man the uns, Kor tome time with
the water bonds tms weea ana win te- i mere nanaiui or men, he held out.
gin immediately on the local water
system. It is thought most of the
bonds will be taken locally as they
bear six per cent Interest and are non
assessable."
WILSON'S SPINELESS "DIPLOMACY"
The Wet Majority.
McMintrvill. Or. Sent 21 .Ta the
quarters may be the reflection of Editor of The Journal In 1910 we had
underground activities of the rail- an election on prohibition. Tbia elec-
roads. At any rate it is verv sie- I tlon was forced on the people by a lot
nificant that all the railroad news- of p843 agitators of the Anti-Saloon
papers oppose river improvement le8-6 of tbe eastern wet states. What
bills. 1 tneir oDjeci can e in trying to get
Snnatnr rtui-trm i. naoHow u3 to vote dry when the very states
senator Burton is peculiarly sar- tVl. Tinn 'wnn, Htnn nv.
castic and bitter in connection with ing squadron come from are wet would
me improvement of waterways for be interesting. They probably have no
the purpose of securing cheaper hPes n enlightened east, but
.tM c- i; . , probably think: we are infants here in
rates for transportation. At one the wet Wft decJaedly told these agi-
tlme the Improvement of water- tators from foreign states, with their
ways was thought to be quite a equally foreign arguments, that we
laudable nnnn?P. NTrw if coora would have none of them, by decisive-
AN ybody explain why the to be anything but that in the XteT.
wrBsuuiau wuti. eyes or some or tne opponents of meantime thousands of miles from
an ass? I waterway ' legislation. I where we. the taxpayers and people.
It formerly hounded Wood- it is not improbable that a newlhave heen digging up good, hard cash
row Wilson' because he would not fight against waterway improve- caipaiSt
go to war with Mexico at a cost ments is on and from a different This is the year 1914. and lo and be-
If the railroads of this I hGld here the3r are- 811 Dack. teXiins
WHAT IF TWO WARS?
C
The nroof of their action ia in
th record rin n -o nf h J of $500,000,000 to a billion, to say angle
1913 Senate Journal, there is one nothing of the cost in slaughter of country are determined, as some- "Ef. SorM.tatesSi
of Governor Wef t's veto messages. American soiaier Doys. iow is times appears, to control the years ago they hadlome 24 states dry
It reads as follows: nowung aDout a war tax cautea py transportation business of this (Since then some 15 states have slipped
I return howith sn0t Ti.ii we European conuici, a couincu country in accordance with thir back, wnai.is-wa reason: rompi
IN PENNSYLVANIA
166 without approval. This bill adds for which Woodrow Wilson is not own desires and wishes thev mav tion isan. "utter failure. The Antl-
terney of the Fifth Judicial district wnal caQ De tae slncerliy OI tnat will drive them into pubUc bave to be to pay the large salaries
No Khowina- hum been marl tn mo paper that demanded that the ownershin. paid their field workers. Even their
which, in my opinion, would Justify United States spend a half billion
-uie increase ana i. therefore, return or gQ ln a war with Mexico and
aaaabive '., .r Will 1'VT. A t J TT ( l 11 V V 1,. I 1 - . .
Oswald West Governor now utters mole squeaks about war
The bill was' passed at the 1911 taxes? Here 18 a elimPee of wht
aesfllon. and was vetoed after ad- the Oregonian used to say about
inurnment. Rnt th marhlra wa9nvoo(irow Wilsons Mexican policy:
j..,, . , .. . ,nio i r-u. VVe have not connusred nor pacl-
uii un ol ir 1.0 bBBBion. i M Mexico. Wo have done nothing the
vnnv""" " u-iiiiiu ii niru ircim. inrougn meuiauon cxwpi tu retreat I Mnrl
iiio ciu vi ao Biijaunfu aiiu tne Dili v" .noLmivj n.n
passed over the governor's pro-
pray for peace while we permit world
wide war conditions. It seems to me
we should remove the conditions which
cause war. W tolerate conditions
which would cause war In heaven if
they existed there, and then offer up
our prayers that God will save na from
war. I think prayer is all right, but
our petitions should be consistent with
our conduct to be effeotive.
Our so-called civilization Is founded
on principles which are In direct op
position to Christ's teachings, and
when followed to their logical result
make war inevitable. We may cry,
peace, peace, but there will be no last
ing peace till mutuallam supplants our
present antagonistic system of society.
Our whole social superstructure from
relationship of nations down to the
smallest business transaction Is at
tended by war conditions.
The present European war will cease
when the combatants are exhausted,
and there will be a temporary adjust
ment. But what of the Question of
capital and labor with its many com
plications? What of the problem of
unemployment growing out of the
wrong relation of these two? In order
that war conditions be removed we
must accept a new social gospel, ope
directly the reverse of the present, a
gospel that will make the brotherhood
of man possible. It seems to me that
this is not so much a matter of prayer
as it is of vigorous thinking and acting
Sixty j Dy a democratic cJtizenenlp along the
lines of economic readjustment, wane
we pray let us work.
W. H. BLACK.
From Portland Oregonian, July 16, 1914.
Eleven months ago the United
States demanded that Vlctoriano
Huerta resign as provisional presi
dent of Mexico. We had previously
refused to recognize him. Now he
has resigned. But the moving cause
has not been any fireless ultimatum
fom President Wilson or Secretary
Bryan. He has yielded only to the
Increasing pressure of domestic revo
lution. He flees before the victorious
rebels. He has lost bis long fight
against foes within who bave been
aided and abetted by foes without.
Now Carranza and Villa and the other
rebel chieftains are to be responsible
for Mexico- The future is not
promising.
P
field worker from California and
Washington, having no hopes ln their
respective states, are writing your pa
per to tell us how to vote. The latest
OLITICS in Pennsylvania has from O, E. Frank of Woodland, Wash..
developed interesting phases, is a sample. We shall have to raise
the majority to 30,000 this fall.
W. J. BISHOP,
test. The taxpayers are footing
the bill
On page 32 of the 1913 Senate
Journal is another veto message.
It is as follows
I return herewith Senate Bill No.
234 without my approval. This bill
The Philadelphia Ledger.
leading Republican paper of
state, has bolted Penrose. Remarks on "True Temperance,"
now the Progressives have Portland. Sept. 2L To the Editor
we bravely assumed and weakly j "'u uu me uemocraxs in I ul " jvuh v- -.... o.,m.-
abandoaed. support of Vance McCormick for against pro
The rest of this long whine be- governor. William Draper Lewis. rhrMrtniwav is the
cause Wilson did not go to war the Progressive candidate, with- has thus far escaped due criticism in
with Mexico is elsewhere on this drew last welr Winsn nr ilt tout columns, una asserts mat ioa
page, and is submitted as showing Cormick represents all that Dean f' TnFZtthEl9
the contrast between the blood Lewis represented. to resist. This condition, we must
and treasure the Oregonian wanted Before the Lewis withdrawal 1 remember, only existed for a brief time,
Zma. Jk;,. .lonn.-.JT "-J..-, "'.noured out in Mexico and the trl- was arrrt nnnn w tu while they were in a holy state and
aava va7 m WUV 9 VV .' 1,113 H. 1 1 11 UA 1 lUfll I ' r I "l'"" J. 1UK1 rQV I . , , . , . . .
. ..... i i .. . i ad niniv a n inwr nnaraf.iprfi wnr
or eonaucting tneomce or the prose- umpnant peace ana oraer Drougnt sives, the Philadelphia North ihiT d6nravVrt th wire
outing AtterneV District. No Vhow"- ln MexlC hy th 8tateman8hiP of American, leading Progressive pa- separated forever, not only from the
tag has been made to me which in ou i" vl" pieoiuent. per oi tne state, made a proposi- temptation pui nso j-rum wusmcr-
ny opinion, would justify the ' in- U is a contrast brought home to tion to Dr. Martin G. Bmmbaueh. able bit of enjoyment, and God put
mrn mrxA t hmr. I n i a j l .r-. .. .... . i an angei wiui a Hanung swum trep-
. -.v , .-- - ugjiaic B.cri uiutuei m iiain it, t Kannn nnan a rifiinira fn. rv.n . t- . . J, ...... . v
Bill No. m with my veto. Oswald I 1 . . w I --v- w BvuVi, resemea oy ne trroniowon partyi at.
Ti'juit nnnmnr evcrj muc iiiau in America wncn promising tnat If he would renuol- the gate Just a slight invasion on
I xi v -t e. i. i I . l. i hi. i
Bat the bill was mused over th w bnocs-iug siaugnter ana ae- ate Penrose the North American inSLr,?er"1I,DWf,
bui, vue out was pasvea over tuej i ooto.. ( ,ti I ,M . . I if Mrs. Dunlwnv believes the sacred
Veto and the added expense made 1 11,7" "1 " ""l "'J ZomQ us.e 1CS Keep tne record.to whicn she refers, she must
a new and additional charge upon I J progressives neurrai, ana, railing agree that since tha "fall" the race is
t,..tiui,.c,u Christendom. in this, tha Pblladelnhia naDer depraved, and thrown on its own re-
jipwwv u avuvj iu woma loyauy . support iimmbauRlu , w r T. '
war with Mexico and we now had The offer was not Z MJS2!f5 T
It is to be presumed that American
troops and American ships will soon
be withdrawn from Vera Cruz. We
shall then have emerged without glory
from a futile war which we began.
We have not conquered nor pacified
Mexico. We have done nothing
through mediation except to retreat
from a position of belligerency which
we bravely assumed and Weakly
abandoned.
We demand an apology and a sa
lute from Mexico and yet get no sa
lute, and we appeal to arms because
the apology is not enough.
We Incur large expense In moving
our forces to Vera Crua and we tell
the world that we shall seek no re
prisals and shall demand no repara
tion for the heavy damage done
American interests.
We view without concern the raur
der of Americans ln Mexico and the
expulsion of other Americans from
Mexico, and we calmly notify the sur
viving Americana that we can and
will do nothing for them, and that
their best course is to leave their
homes to the despoilers, and run.
We put an embargo on arms to food supplies were also destroyed.
Mexico; then we take it off; then we
put it on again; and we wink at every
evasion that promises to Involve us in
trouble about its enforcement, or that
appears to be of service to the rebels.
We assure the nations In one breath
that we are not at war with Mexloo,
but with Huerta, and in another
breath we say that we are engaged In
a "war of service" for Mexico; yet we
appeal to three South American re
publics to help us out of the conse
quences of a war into which we have
inevitably drifted through our spine
less diplomacy.
but nothing could have stood agalnat
iuw or snens rrom our guna.
When the end was inevitable, the
Belgians disabled the last three guns
and exploded a supply of shells kept
In readiness. Before this General Le
man destroyed all plans, maps and pa
pers relating to the defenaes. All
We sacrifice seventeen lives of brave
young Americans at Vera Cms and
then are utterly at a loss to know why
we did it, or what to do with a victory
thus dearly won.
We loudly demand an accounting
for the murder of a single English
man, Benton, and Insist on the deliv
ery of his body, and we promptly for
get It when neither is forthcoming!
but we can find nothing to stir our
resentment or insure our protection
when an American is slain by Mexi
can soldiers or Mexican bandits. All
we can do is to deny vainly that any
one has been hurt.
We are rebuked and soerned in turn
by every prominent Mexican from
Huerta to Carransa, exeept Villa, hero
of a thousand murders. Tet we per
mit our entire Mexican policy to be
controlled by the single fact that we
Burled beneath tha debris and ninnxl
beneath a massive beam we found Gen
eral Leman. -c. 'est le General; 11 est
mort," said a wounded aid-de-camp.
With a gentleness and care which
showed our respect for the man who
had resisted us so valiantly and stub
bornly, our infantrymen released the
general's limp form and carried him
away. We thought him dead, but he
recovered consciousness and looking
around, said:
"It is as it is. The mati fought
well."
Than turning to us, he added:
"Put in your dispatches that I wA
unconscious."
We brought him to our commander.
General von Emmich, and the two gen
erals saluted. We tried to speak words
of comfort, but he was silent. He is
known as "the silent general."
"I was unconscious. Be sura to put
that tn your dispatches," he said, and
more he would not say.
Extending his hand, our commander
said :
"General, you have fought gallantly
and nobly held your forts."
General Leman replied: "I thank
youevbur troopg uVed up to their repu
tations." With a smile, be added: "War la not
like maneuvers."
He had reference to the fact that
General von Emmich was recently
with General Leman during the Bel-
believe we do not know that Huerta ' ,an maneuvers. Then, unbuckling
committed one murder.
Now, because someone elf has ap
parently ended the eonfliet with
Huerta which we provoked, we shall
strike our flag and abandon Mexico.
But what next? It cannot be imag
ined, of course; that there is to be
stable government ln Mexico under
Carransa and his quarreling generals.
his sword. General mn tendered it
to Oeneral von Emmich.
"No," replied the Gi-rman comman
der, with a bow. "Keep your sword.
To have crossed swords with you has
been an honor." And the fire in Gen
eral Leman a eye wa dimmed by a
tear.
On page 33. of the 1913 Senate
. . two wars instead or out one war. I Rrnmhane-h wh rw3 hi unmim. I nmr.t. 9 .n.) . hiwi,
11 IB IWI1UWS. l.nnt V. .1J a. I .. . .. L I . . T . ... . , .1 I .IHiltf aMlU lUnt )
'"uv,u Tt uuu uw war uiAttts ue: j tion to tne Penrose machine,' ap-"l Personal, uwrty, wpica in its ( w'"i - v"- '
lr. Martin's Personal Liberty.
' Portland, Or., Sept SL To the Edi
tor of The Journal A- J. Martin, in
bis letter of September 15, pays: "The
only points left to them (the wets)
are the absurd and Irrational ones
of personal liberty and hops." Then
he adds: "Only a savage or anarchist
believes in such a thing ss personal
liberty." Permit roe to ask Mr, Mar
tin in which category he desire to
be listed? He has the "personal lib
erty" to worship God as he sees fit.
Would he be willing to surrender this
personal liberty without a struggle?
H has the "personal liberty" to eat
meat or become a vegeterian. Is he
ready to surrender this privilege at
the behest of either the meat eaters
or the vegeterians? H- has the "per
sonal liberty" to drink tea, coffeft or
water with his meals. Is he ready
to be told Just which one of these
he shall not drink, and if he were,
wouldn't he resent it?
Mr. Martin has "personal liberty"
never to touch beer, wine or whiskey.
Imagine the howl about the infringe
ment of their "personal liberty" that
would go up f rem the Martin kind
against a law that compelled them to
dither drmk beer, wine or whiskey in
stead of the beverages they desired;
yet such a law would be no more
absurd than the prohibition law Mr.
Martin is advocating.
There is not a prohibitionist fo
Oregon who does not believe in per
sonal liberty; but the Almighty seems
to have so created bim that he cannot
reeognise the rights of his neighbor.
I return herewith Senate Bill No.
SCO without approval. This bill pro-
viaea tor me esiaDiisnment or a
trout hatchery on Spring Creek, in
Klamath county, Oregon, and appro
priates the aum of $8000 to defray
the coat or aame.
The legislature having just c
ated a fish and game commission.
with full power to construct, eauin Into
parently did not wish fr
oui'yui v at cum a eaoruaue. ness. then I admit that "true temper-
Now the Philadelphia Teleferanh ance" might prevail without restric
ts indignant that the Progressives law' !t "pHf J nd
I -itetlAa" an1 rwia HKaanf es7fis I si Va-
GIVE THEM A CHANCE
A
T SEATTLE, a thirteen-year-
old boy was shot and killed
loot TrH r o w nrhilA offowtntltiM
A.U.OV a. a..alJ "U1V . W4rV XXX JK.lLLfr I j , j , , I " - - '
to escape after havin hrobPn candidate for governor. It charges only a few bave reached such a state
to escape aiier naving DrOKen 1 fVlQ . ac., , v , I hilriu. Whi-h umm nim.n
.u Mm.uw.io umiai uu a. I v,i ithnut law. At 1Mt rvnrin
by intriguing and bargaining, in 'K?
we. w eaw f vuv ar
ust yet.
C. A. REICHEN.
the home of a nollceman.
and maintain trout hatcheries at any Th AoaA A lav nf v,
purpoee of carrying out such worx, Merrill, cmei prooauon officer of ' ' , ' "
Tw . . vii. j ..!.. . .. ... . I nariprs. nan all a inn tr aAvfrcA I
ma puauc oi iuia uni ono tne aD- tha invoniiA nnnrr t-arn iT tha XsoH I -- --o " . wW"v i ,, m m, .
proprlation named therein la there- wrfnrmerTrhneirnwa. w. hM011110 Of RepubUcans and tu ws" luOi.
fera unnecessary. I therefore return P0? fer schoolmates and his Proeresslvea V Portland. Sept, 21. To the Editor
Senate Bill No. 360 with -my veto Btepiatner laenuuea tne Doay. I r . . ... . i or me journaiwews nem in tne
Oswald West, Governor. "It is as clear a case of the returns from Maine showed morning daily is sending thrills (of
But in spite of the fact that the tragic end of a naturally irood bov tf" ine Pa"y OI fenr.ose. ana eeni : ,n "e
. n .. i . " i ( in I iinroT nam -nnr 9hiwhAii tho i icw . vw. u who hus.
M inn inn UAma i :nmmisiiinn hqh an I wnn nover Mori a iti9ni aa ot. ti - - "v
the fnnds needed, the machine Lhave ever knoWn," said Dr. Mer-
sm ashed the veto, and the $8000 rill.
. was appropriated and the tax- The boy's mother had been mar-
payers had it to pay. These bills, ried four times. "Nobody has
passed at the 1911 session, were ever been friendly to me, he told
all passed over the veto by the Dr. Merrill when taken Into ju
legislative machine at the 1913 venile court two years ago for
session. stealing. He did not like to zn
ino appropriations vetoed by io scuoui ana nxs parents didn't a PPROXTMATELT two him-
West at tha 1911 session totaled force him, so he drifted about the "A dred and fifty thousand dol-
I oi3,s7f. streets, uut tne probation officer i8rs was added to .Colorado's
fete East! Order: Bush one
Progressive voters. - The PenneyK, land located ta wotoUy Cre
Vania incident tells why. It is gon with signs ready made, to hang
because the b e s t Progressive I out, that she la here ready to teach
thought is opposed te domination I AlL09 JJ?
by the very men who were respon- taught .to vote Kepublican! "Oh, you
sible for the third party's birth, ignorant Oregon women, vote against
the man who bas always been the
own.
Let me say to Mr. Martin that the
average anti-prohibitionist is just as
thoughtful of Mollle, borne and the
babies as be or any other dry advo
cate and they usually bav more ba
bies, but where prohibition has bene
fited any of these we are unable to
gee, A. 8. BUTH. ,
COLORADO'S LAAT) POLICY
not used the veto?
PRINCE .
friend of the women of Oregon! Vote
against Chamberlain because be gave
you his very best efforts, his whole-
I hearted support, that you might have
a cnanca to vote; '
Thank bearen, the Democratic par
What would not hava hannanAri believed in him. sending him nn .t.ni na4'fi.u t-r, rfaira y do not have to aend east for a
to Oregon taxpayers if West lad s, sometimes with money, by the sale of state lands at pub- r raibodeT to sntulder!1 or
uu cuwbjo iruveu irustworxny. i uc auction. This fund is now lng for the best man. No vaudeville
ret as last as the boy was re-lnftrlv tri 000.000. invested at six being put on to advertise him; no
leased from iuvenile court hJ paid singers. The women of Oregon
would again fall into evil ways. The point of especial mterest in cl7ax-mi
In the parental school he was a I cnnnactlnn with the sale Is a rule vote for the right man no shingles.
model boy, "a good boy" said the of th stata'land board which Dro- BO vaudeville. -no trainers, no eastern
Tj;M Uides that each purcbasef at the I 1
.T . " . euuie sooaiena of a tnreeyear penoa must i voters come to ns each day from the
family had adopted him." lhave five cows Clvine milk, three! other parties. We are voting for the
Tht Intw Ytatra-n r V. A x I . ' :,. i tit I mail
. ,u m auown ntaTT norses. a . well, a wuiumut i . : .
r . a, hui i ci over ana a small sno. ado uuaru i u-
the division of loot he shot and deavoring to Impress on pur
eeri9usly wounded a Tacoma boy. chasers that if these requirements
He was added to the list of those are not lived up to the land will
wanted oy the police, and the next! be forfeited back to the state,
xnv : aiemu saw of the lad was at 1 Colorado is reaching out for
THE Portland Fire Department
mourns the death of "Prince."
Though only a horse be was
an intelligent one. He Joined
the department in 1896 and re
mained in active, ' service until
1910 when he was retired at the
age of 26.
For many years he was the fa
- orite'of the late Fire Chief Camp
ben, who drove ; the big black to
many a fire. He was deserving of
And Proud of Oregon Women.
i ; War Conditions." - -
Portland, ,Or Sept. 1?, To the Edi
tor of The Journal President, Wilson
Itas asked the'' people, to-j pray for
peace, but it seema- almost useless to
Probibition and Rossism.
Nehalem, Or Sept. 17. I observe
the eagerness with which the Prohibi
tionists have seized the crumb left
them by Mrs. Puniway. Mr. HolUs
comes to the conclusion that her let
ter spell "bosslsny en tha part ot
the wets. X hardly expeeted any other
reply from that source, inaamuoh as
prohibition has been the threshold of
bosgism in every state It baa oursed.
Bossism of prohibition has throttld
honest oolitic in Maine for so -long
that it demands constant revolt.
An Ashland man who calls himself
a doctor says: . me prohibitum
amendment is not aimed at, neither
doea it hit at. the use- or sale of
liquor, but to hedge about and re
strict the sale in such, a manner as to
prevent' their- afruse,- What Pro tub t
tiorist gav Dr. Brewer tha right to
dictate under what term this viola
tion of liberty y to ba eaforaed? Pro
hibition is destruction. Dr. Brower
says it u regulation.
When Dr. Brower further says
"With apology to her gray hairs, we
say that when she wrote the article
or Bepterooer tne gray matter m
Mrs. Duniways head must have been
in a kink."
I have no respect for a man who, te
order to make weight to a weak argu
ment, nas to viuiy women.
fi. J. COTTON,
The Moderates.
Hood River. Or, Sept. 21. To the
Editor et The Journal I would like
to reply to our "moderate man." Mr.
J. W. Bishop, who thinks we drys
imagine that when everywhere goes
dry there will be no more drunken
ness, white slavery, immoral women.
etc l should line Mr, Eisnop to an
swer a few quest ion : .-
; Woo are - the - White : slavers? And
WIDOW AND INSURANCE COMPANY
By John M- Oskison.
My recnt incruiry ooneernbag the
best course for Jones to take has
brought the answers I bad hoped to
get. One is from a practical insurance
man and tha ether from a sane con
trasting carpenter.
You remember, Jones was aDout to
take a' life insurance policy for $10,-
000. payable to his wife. His problem
was whether to make the $10,000 pay
able ln a lamp sum to his widow (ln
case be died before bis wife) or to
stipulate that it be paid out to her in
instanments, which would be paid 80
years, anyway, to her and her heirs,
and as much longer as she should live.
This company told Jones tnat under
the latter pian a total of $11,18 would
be paid If the widow didn't live more
than 80 years after ner nusoana oxea
an average of $580.90 a year.
Now. the insurance man says that
Jones ought to take the option provid
ing for installment payments, with
either monthly or quarterly settle,
ments; ajid if he's a young man he
ought to inewe with one of the Tnu
tnal" companies.
Now for what the carpenter says:
"Under the first plan, if Jones' wid
ow should properly invest the 10,-
000 received on Jones' death In good
securities yielding as high as six per
cent, her Income would be better than
if the insurance company paid her
the $11,818 in 20 Installments, and
the $10,000 would still be hers.
"Seems to me it ought to be as easy
for the widow to invest the money
and receive the interest as It would
be for the company to invest Jt and
pay her the income and retain the
$10,000 for the service.
"The company can Invest to ss good
or better advantage as Jones' widow,
and it would be ahead of the game,
whether the widow lived five years or
60 after Jones death, since the com
pany would be paying her ordy the
interest earnings on the $10,000 due."
If indeed the insurance companies
could get as much as per cent on
their investments, Jones's widow
wpuld fare bettor than the figures
used would indicate. What the com
pany actually does in the case of tha
installment payments, is to pay st
once after Jones's death one-twentieth
of what is due, and the same thing is
done each year thereafter for at least
19 years. The company does not re
tain the $10,000 and merely pay Interest.
HOO'S H00
By John W. Carey.
Why are women immoral? Are they.
more so than we?
I have no tolerance for the moder
ate drinkers. They are by far a
greater menace than the one who la
In the gutter. They will take a drink
or two with the same smug look and
actions as the pharlsees of eld, and
stand back and smile at the man or
woman who has not the will power to
resist going the limit. My sympathy
Is all for the one who fails off the
fence, and not for the one who sits
astride, holds on. swaying from one
opinion to another, saying, perhaps
not orally, but figuratively, "See me!
X am a moderate man." And so long
as we have so many moderates, so
lono- will we have intemperance, not
only in drinks, but in everything, as
are have today.
And may I ask Mr. Bishop, where Is
the old time home, where father was
looked up, revered, respected, loved
and honored? It, too, has gone, to
(eep company with the moderates.
: No, we do not think that If we get
grohibition we have' won the fight,
ut only one battle by which we may
help the stragglers back to aelf-ru-specting
manhood.
, If the 75 per cent of moderates ere
so moderate,-it surely cannot be much
of a trial or punishment to do with'
out drink for all time. The punish
ment is only for those who are the
habitual drinkers; so the 25 per cent
ahouid be protected by the majority.
M. K. SAVDEKU.
The Prevention of Evil.
; Salem, Or., Sept. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal Mrs. Duniway quotes
Mrs. Partington's 'words to her son
Ike, "The way to avoid plzen' is by
refusing to take the stuff." Does Mrs.
Duniway mean to say she left her poi
son bottle around in plain sight and
reach of her children and then told
them not to take it? We think not.
This kind of experiment failed, even
In the Garden of Eden, and human na
ture has not changed since. Prevent
the evil by removing the suggestion, is
the modern method.
, MBS. M. A. COOPER,
A Veteran's View.
Salem, Or, Sept. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal What inducement la
there for a, conscientious citizen to
Vote the Republican state -ticket this
year? A man indicted for land frauds
running for the United . States . sea-
ate, and a man who violated our elec-
tion laws for 12 years running for
governor, and one running for tbe su
preme court whose nomination is
doubtful, while those running on the
other sides are good men.
Senator Chamberlain baa made one
of tbe best senators Oregon has ever
bad. C J. Smith has made good in
every position he has been called to
fill.
Are we going to elect tbe first
three mentioned- or the others?
For me. I shall not disgrace my
country, bot shall vote for George H.
Chamberlain for senator and C. J.
Smith for governor. S. S. GIMBLK.
Member Of D Company, J3th Ohio Vol-
unteer Cavalry, Second Division
Sheridan's Cavalry.
In the Meantime Itoy Scouts.
From the Chicago Herald,
Kansas City, like many another
American municipality, seems to be de
pendent, as regards observance of the
civic decencies, on private initiative.
In such eases women are of tea serviee
able, and la several town even the
children have .come effectively into
view. 1
In Kansas City a thousand boy
scouts, acting with the" board of
health, will make a survey of the town
and show up delinquent owners and
tenants. This Is good, lo its way, as
far as it goes. But one's hope is that
in time this sort of scouting'will pro
duce a breed of citizens that will r.
range to have such Jobs done by paid
officials and will insist on having the
officials perform the work they are
paid to do. -
Who's said to be the Creesus now
among the old tlma sharks who used
to chase the spheroid in our beat
known baseball parks?
Who won renown and cointhe
year he made tbe hitless Mot the
champs of all (he world and ran tbs
Cubs upon the rocks?
Who quit the doghouse for a spell"
to Oregon to hie, and ln the lumber
game, forsooth, a handy sum laid bf?
Who's played in every other league
beknownst to sporting yeds, and. just
to make the list complete, has tied up'
with the Feds?
Who makes St Ixoie cough that's
sure some several thousand bones (o
help htm keep the wolf at bsy? That
thrifty Fielder Jones.
The Ragtime Muse
A Prayer.
God of tie hosts that fight and die.
Mid amoKe and din, and shot and shell
Through all the noises of a hell
The curse, the groan, the battle cry,
Our prayers go toward the far blue
O Lord, to ask that we may be
Jronj pain, and care, and Borrow free.
Lntll at last we come to dwell
Near thee, on high.
God of the multitudes that groan.
And yet strive on where cannon roils,
Where death hewa down ita Woody
tolls.
Whose wsary hearts begin to moan
Amid the tittle' Milan drone,
O Father, hear our humble prayer!
Protect this country bright and fair
Vv e- lean our swords, we lean our
: SOUlS - "
On thee alone. 3 ; !;a - -v Amen..
r?:,1:, sngter Jr., in The
Christian Herald. . . : J
My Cob Pipe. w
It gives thoughts of the joys that are
over
And dreams of the years that are
dead;
It brlnga visions of bliss I'll discover
Somewhere in the country ahead;
There are pictures most truly de
lightful And things I am sure I shall like;
There are schemes that with pleasure
are quite full
As any that come down the pike.
There Is comfort in time of depres
sion. And courage in days of defeat'.
Of the bowl It is scarce a digression
To say that Jt'a ancient and sweet;
There Is raim that is deep as the
ocean
With rest from eaeh troublesome
Job;
It merits the truest devotion .
The pipe that is made from a cob.
It's the same with all good things
I'm thinking
As aadly as ever I can
Of a fact there Is surely no blinking
Sometimes it brings trouble to man.
It Is good for a bad burl ness snarl, or
For worries that wrinkle the brow;
But alas! if it's smoked in the parlor
It's good for a beautiful row!
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