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THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1914.
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All wrong recoils upon the
doer, and the man who makes
wrong statements about others
Is himself to be pitied, not
the man he vilifies. Herbert
Hubbard.
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THE SOB SQUAD -
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THE grief of the etandpat sob
squad is almost uncontroll
able. The members have handled
Chinese hen fruit in this campaign
until thev have something resem
bling hook worm. They bave
Smeared themselves and the pub
lic over with butter made from
New Zealand kangaroo milk until
they exhibit alarming symptoms of
palagra.
i In a column of tears in Sunday's
Oregonian the chief sobber har
rows his feelings up to believe The
Journal a bold, bad newspaper or
wicked purposes and rude cam
paign manners.
Little eoo-soo boys who go out
to fight political battles, especially
those who send out Bcurrilous cir
culars like the Grant Dlmick let
ter and other rotten stuff issued
.from the Booth headquarters, ought
to stand up and fight and not play
the cry-baby act when the cam
paign tightens.
As to The Journal, it has mis
represented no candidate. It has
dealt strictly with records and pub
lic utterances of candidates. It
challenges any 'candidate to point
out one single instance in which
an utterance or a record has been
misstated.
; Meanwhile, the sob squad's cam
paign has, at least, been pictur
esque. When the whole Bquad is
In action with the chief sobber
leading the chorus on Chinese hen
fruit- the performance is one of
the most liver-ripping and soul
touching musical productions ever
staged in Ofegon.
As Dr. Wlthycombe would say,
'Oh, my friends; Oregon is a great
Btate." .
TUItXIXU ITS LEFT
BEFORE he will engage in any
discussion with Mr. Booth,
Governor West demands as a
condition that the Oregonian
hall publish "a stenographic report
Of his address. -
He is right. It is the only way
he' will ever get a fair hearing'
in that newspaper.
It is a herculean task'to under
take to print two addresses of an
hour each in length. But if the
governor did not make some such
arrangement, things would be put
In his mouth that he never said,
as has been done numberless times.
His statements would be garbled,
his arguments would be warped
and his whole address be mis
represented. Answering the Oregonian's own
. challenge in Portland recently, tbe
'governor delivered a dignified but
telling address. The Oregonian's
report of an address occasioned by
" Its own challenge consisted of a
few Inches of twisted and misstated
statements and carried remarks
that the -governor did not make.
The Oregonian is a newspaper
that is different. There are few
others like it, as is indicated by
its wanton misrepresentation of the
governor.
The Journal, as a matter of in
formation to its readers, and In
fairness to Mr. Booth, published
. Mr. Booth's ten-column Albany
' speech in full. Nobody ever sees
j the Oregonian do that sort of
thing. It Is unfair and unjust to
all who stand in its way or in the
way of the interests it serves.
'. Governor West has "turned the
Oregonian's left," to use war par
lance, in demanding that he will
dlscuns Mr. Booth's record with
Mr. Booth on condition that both
. speeches be printed by the Ore
gonian in full.
:'; THE LAWYERS AGAINST IT
ltHE Non-Partisan League op-
1 poses the Tidelands Amend
ment and Waterfront Amend
ment.
A commltte1; of lawyers op
poses it.
Naturally. But what about the
: Eastern Oregon wheat grower?
What about the producers of Ore
gon who have products to beiserit
to the world in big ships?- .'
How important to them to have
wharves and docks over which they
;iw111 not have to pay tribute to the
.clients of the corporation lawyers
who resoluted against the amend
ments? The great mistake of most; cap
. tains of business is that j they
haven't the vision to see that an
open harbor , on which products
. pass untaxed, but over which wheat
and flour and hops and the other
great output of the fields and latfds
go without paying tolls to private
Interests, is the better policy be
cause IV is the broader policyo
,", For the same reason that' the
A VERY PLAIN MATTER OF BUSINESS
THERE is a very plain business matter that The Journal submits
to the sober judgment of the business men, farmers, taxpayers
and other voting people of this state.
Dr. Wlthycombe began this campaign as a vigorous opponent
of the single-item veto. He said it was "dangerous." He said that
with It, a governor "could run the legislature." His position of op
position was positive and pronounced. A sample utterance was de
livered June 25 at the Brownsville picnic, where Dr. Wlthycombe
said:
Now that (the single item veto) looks splendid, but it looks to me
like it would give the governor power to do anything: he liked; that any.
tendency for spite would be greatly aided. It would afford a splendid
chance for a man who had a little spite to make that a sharp, two edged
sword, by which he could run the legislature. I am very skeptical about
this.
These are words over which there Is no room for dispute. They
are Dr. Withycombe's words exactly as he uttered them within the
hearing of hundreds. They are an absolute declaration against the
single-item veto.
Today, two weeks before election. Dr. Wlthycombe tilalms he
favors the single-item veto. He said in the Oregonian last Saturday,
"I shall continue to be for the single-item veto."
He declared in a speech atA.shland last week that he now favors
the single-item veto. What is worse, he declared in an interview in
the Oregonian Sunday, "I was the first man in Oregon to declare for
the single-item veto."
It is not possible that this character of campaigning can escape the
sober consideration of the people of this state. Dr. Wlthycombe is a
candidate for the great office of governor, an office that is the storm
center around which beat the conflicting elements and selfish forces
that constitute public affairs and imperil public administration. It
is an office, of supreme concern to the people because it Is the one
position of power that stands between them and the legislature.
In all kindness. The Journal, as a duty it owes the public, sub
mits, that the instability of purpose, the indeclsidn of character ex
hibited by Dr. Withycombe in the contrary and diametrically opposite
positions he has assumed respecting the single-item veto raise the
gravest questions about his candidacy for governor.
On uat issue, he has already been on both sides of the question,
during this campaign, and by his own claim that he was the "first
man in Oregon to favor it" he says he has been on three sides of
this selfsame issue.
If Dr. Withycombe was the first man in Oregon to favor the single-item
veto, and if from June 25 to about a week ago he was against
It, and if he is now in favor of it, even his own friends are forced to
soberly ask themselves whether he will be in favor of it br against
it a month hence. If, as Dr. Withycombe himself says, he has been on
three sides of it before election, can his friends, or can anybody, speak
with positive assurance as to what side of the Issue he will be on after
election?
This instability and indecision would not be of great moment If
it merely affected the single-item veto. But it does not stop with the
silfgle-item veto. It has a far graver import. It involves every prom
ise that Dr. Withycombe has made, and goes so far in its meaning
that it involves the very office of governor itself and the great ques
tion of the future administration )f state affairs.
If on three sides of the single-item veto before election, on how
many sides of law enforcement will Dr. Withycombe be after election?
If on three sides of the single-item veto before election what as
surance have taxpayers of where Dr. Withycombe will be respecting
legislative extravagance after election?
If on three sides 5f the single-item veto before election, what as
surance' has any man as to how he will meet selfish forces that con
stantly surround the executive office and attempt to pull the gover
nor here and there, hither and yon, in the conduct of his great
office?
In view of his many-sided views on the single-item veto since this
campaign began, The Journal submits the unvarnished facts to the
people of this state, and in a sincere appeal to their intelligence, asks
them if they can look with confidence upon Dr. Withycombe as a
candidate for an office in which, above all things, there is pressing
need for decision, for stability, for resolution and unwavering purpose?
corporation lawyers are against the
amendment, the wheat growers,
the hop growers, the stockmen and
all the producers of the state
should be in favor of it.
Vote 328 Yes and 330 Yes.
A CHARGE TO AXSWEIi
WHY was tne water power
plank taken out of the
party declaration of prin-
i:ijie on w muii ivn. ruui,u,
Dr. Withycombe and Mr. McArthur
stand as. candidates?
Why should not the ownership of
the great water powers remain in
the people, to be leased under di
rection of the state and national
governments under government-
controlled franchises of forty or
fifty years' duration?
Who is back of the demand in
this campaign in Oregon that the
people's own water powers be
handed over to big business oper
ators for use in forever levying
tribute on the people and upon the
people yet to be born from genera
tion to generation through all
time?
Mr. Booth claims that he is try
ing to get Governor West to make
charges for him to answer. Why
does he not answer the great
charge made by a lifelong Repub
lican who resigned from the plat
form committee because the water
power plank was stealthily taken
out of the declaration of prin-
rlnlfJK'
That great charge, so made, is
that Mr. Booth i3 asking the peo
ple of this state to commission
him to go to Washington on a
platform which rejected public
control of water powers and in ef
fect, demands private ownership
of the priceless water powers of
this state and nation.
Why was the water power plank
cut out of the platform? Why?
NO CONFISCATION
A COMMITTEE of the Multno
mah County Bar association
has condemjied the water
frontage amendment and the
wharves and docks bill. That com
mittee says: "To attempt to con
fiscate this vast property is dis
honest, unlawful and un-Ameri-can.
There is no attempt to confiscate
anybody's property, and no bar as
sociation committee or. special
pleader for selfish, interests has the
right or privilege to brand as "dis
honest, unlawful and un-American"
a movement to save their own prop
erty to the sovereign people.
A persistent attempt is being
made to cloud the issue in these
water frontage measures. Nobody's
property rights will be disturbed;
there will be no confiscation. The
legislature of 1862 gave adjacent
upland owners the right to build
wharves on the state's land between,
low water mark and navigable wa
ter. It was a license to build, an
invitation to private capital to con
struct aids to navigation. Oregon's
supreme court, which the bar. as
sociation's committee will probably
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concede is neither "dishonest, un
lawful nor un-American," has said
that the wharf ing act of 1862 is a
license or franchise which until
actually used is revocable at any
time by the legislative power of
the state.
The water frontage amendment
and the wharves and docks bill are
measures strictly in line with the
law as laid down by the supreme
court. They are honest, lawful
and American measures. They de
clare that where an upland owner
has not used the license granted
by the legislature of 1862 the li
cense shall be revoked. There will
be no confiscation, because the up
land owners affected have acquired
nothing to confiscate.
Oregon has waited in vain half !
a century for some of the upland
owners to build wharves in aid of
navigation. It is not to the inter
est of the people that the state
wait longer. Enactment of meas
ures 328 Yes and 330 Yes will con
fiscate nobody's property. But
their' defeat will confiscate a large
part of Oregon's commercial future.
ENFORCE THE LAW
0
NE of the most important is
sues in Portland is the en
forcement of traffic ordi
nances. Almost everv dav.
there is an accident that provides
the proof.
There ought not to be constantly
recurring changes in these ordi
nances
So many provisions have
been changed that the public is
.unable to follow them. The peo-
pie are bedevilled and the auto
drivers bewildered by the Bhifting
of provisions of which nobody can
keep track.
If the present traffic law Is per
fect, it should remain fixed, and
be enforced to the letter.
The enforcement of every law
is of the highest Importance. It
is the weak who suffer from non
enforcement, and the strong who
profit from non-enforcement.
Let all the laws be applied or
be repealed.
FIRES AXD CARELESSNESS
A
SEVEN hundred thousand
dollar steamship lies on a
sandspit two miles below St.
Helens, virtually a total loss
by fire. Just what caused the
blaze probably will never be known,
but the steanjship s loss can be
attributed generally to carelessness.
Somebody failed in what was
thought to be a small duty.
The burning of the Santa Cata
lina visualizes the necessity of
eternal vigilance in guarding
against fire. The smoking hulk is
a warning against carelessness, th.e
cause of the greater number of
fires in this country.
Of the 12,000 destructive fires
in New York City last year, , more
than 6000 were traced, directly to
gross carelessness. The list of of
fenses under this head include the
dropping of lighted matches, cigars
or cigarettes, the piling of rubbish
or Inflamablo material in closets
i and cellars, holding candles or
other lights near curtains, letting
children play with matches and
: failure to keep chimney flues clean.
I Fire Commissioner Ad am son says
i that at least four-fifths of the city's
destructive fires originated from
carelessness.
The fire marshal of Illinois de
clares that 75 per cent of the fires
in that state are due to careless
ness. Last year they cost $12,000,
000 and took more than 400 lives.
The fire waste of this country
in 1913 amounted to $229,000,000,
more than $19,000,000 a month.
The greater part of this tremen
dous destruction of wealth might
have been prevented by greater
care on the part of Individuals and
the public.
There is no purpose to attach
blame for the burning of the Santa
Catalina. The destruction of that
steamship is cited only as another
illustration of the fact that fire
is a demon which requires the
closest watching.
Letters From the People
i
(Communications sent to. Tbe Journal for
publication in tbis department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, shoo Id not
exceed 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by tbe- name and address of tbe
sender. If the writer does nut desire to
have the same published, be should 60 state.)
"Discussion is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything it touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and set up Its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
The Oregonian a Mere 3Iouthpiece.
Albany, Or Oct. 19. To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me to call
the attention of your readers to the
fact that the Oregonian is a mere
mouthpiece for the few as against the
many. It never speaks in behalf of
the many, but always in the interest
of the few who seek special favors at.
the hands of congress. ' It calls aloud
for a high protective tariff for just a
few people, and utterly ignores the
claims of the 100,000,000 of consum
ers of the country. For some months
the editor of that paper has had but
ter and eggs on the brain. It is easily
seen that its eggs are addled and that
the editor's brain is addled also. That
paper is as mad as a wet hen because
750,000 consumers of eggs in Oregon
can not be made to pay 45 cents per
dozen for eggs Instead, of 35 cents
which they now pay. It howls long
and loud because 750,000 consumers
in Oregon can not be made to pay 50
cents a pound for butter instead of 40
cents which they now pay. Let the
reader ask himself how many of the
750,000 consumers of eggs in Oregon
can not now use them on account of the
prevailing high prices for them. Fully
one third of the consumers in cities
and towns do not use them on account
of their high prices. Y'et the Ore
gonain would, if it could, compel peo
ple to pay still higher prices. How
many consumers of eggs, butter, meat,
sugar and wool in Oregon feel that
the prices of these articles are al
ready high enough? Nine out of every
ten believe it; still the Oregonian
wants the prices higher, and that is
the only reason it gives for voting
for Booth for United States senator.
Its promise is that if Booth is elect
ed all these prices shall go up. Every
man and every woman in Oregon who
wants these prices to go up should
vote for Booth, and if they want the
prices to remain and go no higher
they should vote for Chamberlain.
Every man and woman in Oregon
should think seriously about this mat
ter befoae. voting. The whole matter
in a nutshell is, if you want these
prices higher then vote for Booth; if
you do not wish them higher, then
vote for Chamberlain. It is notorious
that that paper never makes an appeal
in behalf of the consumers, but al
ways in behalf of some special pro
tected interest. It is now seeking to
hoodwink the people through the
means of cartoons. Watch its car
toons. See how they fail to represent
truth or fact. It would make its
readers believe that the wool industry
was ruined by tariff legislation, and
yet wool is higher this year than it
has been In the last 25 years, with one
or two exceptions. So with all other
articles represented in its cartoons.
Its purpose is to deceive the voters.
I have been a reader of that paper
for more than 40 years, but am now
compelled to say that I can not In
dorse its course of deception. Its edi
tor knows that its cartoons do not
represent truth, but the opposite. No
wonder it has lost the confidence of
the great mass of the people.
JUSTICE.
Sheriff Pearson's Record.
Newport, Or., Oct. 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal. W. J. Bishop,
writing about Maine and the enforce
ment of its liquor law, gives Rev. S. F.
Pearson credit for being "the most in
fluential prohibition sheriff Maine ever
had." That was true, for several rea
sons. He couia not De nooawinKeu,
he was loyal to duty, he would not
perjure nmiseii a.nu ne wu..- a
uine prohibitionist and elected by .the
prohibition party.
But Mr. Bishop also alleges that
Sheriff Pearson said: "We are utter
ly powerless to take the saloon away
from the drinking man. There is no
temperance in Maine today."
It is preposterous, and he cannot
prove that Sheriff Pearson ever made
that statement. His official acts
prove to the contrary. As soon as he
had taken his oath of office he is
sued an edict to all grogshops to close
up. Many obeyed. Those that did not
were visited by Sheriff Pearson and
his trusted deputies. If they did not
"take the saloon away from the drink
ing man," they took the liquor away,
and corked up the saloons, and the
pigs, too; and kept them corked till
whiskey money and a whiskey party
elected a sheriff who was willing to
perjure himself and uncork the sa
loons in violation of law.
Prohibitory law administered by its
political enemies is not, and never
will be prohibition. Prohibitory law
administered by honest officials,
whether elected by the Prohibition
party or otherwise, will succeed. Our
good governor stated a fact when he
said: "Oregon should go dry, because
there does not exist a single reason
on earth why it should stay wat."
Vote 332 X Yes. E. W. DURKEE.
' Dry Bellingham.
Vancouver, Wash Oct. 16. To The
Editor of The Journal For the bene,
fit of those who believe dreadful coa
ditions would be. the result of voting
out the drink evil, and for the en
couragement of those who believe that
benefits would follow the success of
prohibition. I would like' to give this
condensed statement from the mayor
of Bellingham, Washington:
"Bellingham Is the largest dry town
on . the Pacific coast. The census of
1910 credited it with 21,298 inhabit
ants. This year's directory places it
at 31,143. The city became dry in
1911. by virtue of 94 majority against
license when the vote Was confined to
males. In 1910. The wets, not satis-
A FEW SMILES
"A great many of the people out our '
way think that you
ought to come out
and say some
thing," said the
adviser.
"Yes," replied
Senator Sorghum,
"and jf I do saj
something just as
many people will say that I ought to
have kept still."
"tid you see the pleased expression
on Mrs. Blank's
face when I told
her she looked no j
Older than her j
dauehter?" asked !
Mjrs. Brown after
the reception.
"No," said Mrs.
Jones, "I was look
ing at the expression on her daugh
ter's face."
A New Yorker was passing a night
at a "hotel" in a southern town, and
when going to his room for -the night
he told the colored
porter that he
wanted to be called
early in the morn
ing. The porter re
plied: "Say. boss,
reckon yo' ain't fa
miliar with these
heah modern in
ventions. When yo' wants to be called
m de mawnin' all yo' has to do is jest
to press de button at de head of yo'
bed. Den we comes up and calls yo'."
National Food Magazine.
fled, had the questi6n resubmitted
under equal suffrage, when the ma
jority was 316. While it is true that
the closing of 43 retail and a whole
sale liquor houses, many of them on
the principal streets of the city, re
sulted in vacant store rooms for sev
eral months, and a corresponding loss
to the landlord, it is just as true that !
the weekly pay checks were cashed
with the grocer, clothier, and other
merchants, resulting in a larger, cash
business for them and more substantial
food and clothing for their families,
not to speak in many cases of the
removal of temptation from the head
of the family Which eternity will
reveal. There was a saving of over
4000 per year in police expenses.
Bank deposits have increased. The
county debt has been reduced from
$599,324.52 to $265,070.20. Since the
town went dry the Bellingham Bay
Brewing company has erected a mag
nificent hotel, cost $225,000, to ac
comodate the increasing business un
der the dry policy. A $250,000 bank
building takes the place of Jake
Beck's saloon. Postal receipts in
creased. Drunkenness decreased. It is
reported there are twice as many blind
pigs in Seattle as saloons. In Bel
lingham they are reduced to the min
imum. During the dry regime there
are 36 new buildings ranging in cost
from $5000 to $750,000, besides Mrs.
C. X. Larabee is about to erect a
$40,000 building for the Y. W. C. A.
There has been street improvement
to exceed all that had previously been
done in 20 years.
"There has been a betterment in
all lines of city improvements.' A
prominent business man says there
are 600 autos in Bellingham at a cost
of $700,000, which goes to prove that
this dry town can afford luxuries as
well as necessaries."
This is but a brief enumeration of
the condition of. Bellingham under
dry policy, and the women voters are
ready to sustain it.
HANNAH M. McCORKLE.
Questions for Mr. Hawley.
Toledo, Or., Oct. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal I see you give out
information, political and otherwise.
I am in need of some about Congress
man Hawley's various votes.
1. Why did he want to give the
isnonlcnr un.l viro nresiripnt a eift nf
two automobiles for joy rides out of
our money $9000'
2. Why did he vote for Cannon
Czarism and not for Clark ditto?
3. Why did he vote for free tolls
and then backslide?
4. Why did he vot for all of the
h,nu tr, havo pWi.iUr aa on i,t,.
i
locking director, when John D. owns I lahoring population will he far more
them all now? i at ease than the laboring population
5. What prinriple and interest had ' of the Old World; and while this is
he in the "Fitzgerald salary steal." j the case the Jef f ersonian policy may
as it is called'' continue to exist without causing any
6 Has 1-p anv stork in the Ala-I fatal calamity. But the time will come
o. ms l.e any stocK in tne Ala- wh(n New p1Kian1 Wni be as thickly
bama Power company or other water peopled 0,i England. Wages will
power trust, so that he votes to give be as low and will fluctuate as much
them millions out of the pork barrel? i with you as with us. You will have
7. Did he draw mileage when he your Manchesters and Birminghams.
left Washington, D. C. Xo go to Colo- : Hundreds and thousands of artisans
rado for W C on Drivate buine?s' TviU assuredly be .sometimes out of
o l??L V private Dusiness . , wf)rk Then your institutions will be
8. Why did he not vote at all on fairly brought to the test. Distress
the phossy Jaw match bill, the bill to everywhere makes the laborer mutin
help the children and many other good . ous and discontented, and inclines him
bins? 1 to listen with eagerness to agitators,
I 'have 17 other whys about his who tell him that it is a monstrous
... T . , , , I iniquity that one man should have a
votes, butJ. do not want to have the , muo wnile aliother cannot get a
whole paper printed just to reply to ; fun meal. In bad years there is plenty
my questions about the votes of W. ; of grumbling here, and sometimes a
C. H. I reallv admire "his paid ads : little rioting.
and cards. I used to be a Republican ! But it matters liTtle, for here the
but the Hawley kind of. votes hauled
me out of the party, though (Lord
forgive me), I still take the Oregon
ian. C. M. DRAKE, S. D. R. P.
P. S. Socialist-Democrat-Republican-Progressive
seems to he his party,
too, with a Rockefeller and W. C. H.
Stand Pat addition.
' "He's been true to one party, an'
thet is himself." Lowell. C. M. D.
Charges Wets Misrepresent.
Dufur, Or.,, Oct- 17 To the Editor
of The Journal The misrepresenta
tions of such men as Lincoln, Roose
velt, Taft, Wilson and Dr. Abbott by
the Taxpayers and " Wage Earners'
League anu1 their advertisement with
a cartoon purporting to represent the
poor, made so because of the saloon
being voted out, at the first glance
ment against prohibition, but It is in
reality the finest and most persuasive
sreufhent for prohibition. All who
think are shocked at the extreme v
Trnia rhmiipr of th salnon forces'
statement, intimating, as thev do, that
were Christ here he would favor the '
saloon. Who can look' on their repre- v
Sentations without a strong repugnant
feeling toward those wno will lower
themselveB so much as to even con
ceive of linking Christ's name with
the saloon.
L I am very Borry that we have such
men and women and that we have with
us a business so degraded as to make
it necessary for men and women te
so flagrantly violate common sense to
defend It.
But this is a fact; therefore I ant
glad they have brought out their true
colors, for it shows their cause up
In a very much stronger light than
we could ever have hoped to do.
J. C. OUTER.
Says' Three a Day Too Many.
Portland, Oct. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal I think the "Order of
Muts" is properly named If they allow
300 or 400 boys to take part in the
apple contest as stated in your paper
last night. Eating three whole apples
would be positively dangerous to many
adults. Boys, as a rule, do not chew
their food as they should, and
I do not believe any boy's life or good
health should be endangered simply for
advertising purposes. B. J. T.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
The only way to flatter a sensible
woman is not to.
Pools often rush in where angels
fear to use their wings.
It's difficult for some people to
think sensible thoughts.
Most of us need the money because
that is what money is for.
' Figures may not lie, but some of
I them get tangled up in statistics.
A double spendthrift is one who
wastes both his time and his money,
Any young man can afford to marry
if the girl has money enough for
two.
Some people are as quick as powder
and others are as slow as cold mo
I lasses.
i
And sometimes the-girl who marries
her ideal eets a divorce anH livps
happily ever after.
My son. there are two thingB you
should never borrow money1 or trou
ble, especially trouble.
e
At all events, this war has not
reached the I regret to state that was
so painfully evident throughout al-
i most the entire course of the Boer
war.
indecislveness in the campaigning
in Poland is doubtless due to irresolu
tion on the part of commanders as to
whether to put the "war" or the "saw"
in Warsaw.
A PROPHET DISHONORED BY EVENTS
From the Philadelphia North American.
One of the leaders of the Progres
sive party in this state met an old
acquaintance, who formerly had been
his enthusiastic coworleer in many
campaigns against political evil. This
man is a citizen of high rtpute in both
social and commercial relations, and
his course in local public affairs has
always been marked by high ideals.
"See here," said the Progressive
worker, '"why is it that you are not
with us as you used to be?"
"The best way to answer you," re
joined his friend, "is to send you a
copy of a letter which I recently came
across. It expresses my views "better
than I could state them myself, and
will explain to you why I deplore the
movement in which you are engaged."
In due course the Progressive re
ceived the following typewritten tran
script of the communication referred
to:
London, May 27, 1857 Hon. H. S.
Randall, New York Dear t?ir: You
are surprised to learn that I have not
a high opinion of Mr. Jefferson, and I
am surprised at your surprise. 1 am
certain that I never wrote a line and
never uttered a word indicating the
opinion that the supreme authority in
a state ought to be intrusted to the
majority of citizens told by the head:
in other words, to the poorest and
most ignorant part of society. I have
long been convinced that institutions
purely democratic must, sooner or
later, destroy liberty or civilization or
both.
In Europe, where the population is
dense, the effect of such institutions
would be almost instantaneous. What
happened lately in France is an ex
ample. In 184 8 a pure democracy was
established there. During a short time
there was a strong reason to expect a
reneral spoliation, a national bank
ruptcy, a new partition of the soil, a
maximum of prices, a ruinous load of
taxation laid on the rich for the pur
pose of supporting the poor ih idlenes.
Such a system would, in 20 years, have
maoe France as poor and as barbarous
as the- France of the Carlovingians.
Happily, the danger was avoided; and
now there is a despotism, a silent trib
une, an enslaved press, liberty is gone,
but civilization has been Saved. I have
not the smallest doubt that if we had
I a purely democratic government here
the effect would De tne same, tiitner
! the poor would plunder the rich, and
: civilization would oerish. or order and
property would be served by a strong
military government and liberty would
Pt,h' v th!nk that vour .
Ln0" rnvinHnonrth0
j I am of a very different opinion. Your
I fate I believe to be certain, though'lt
i j deferred by a physical cause. As
1 lnK as you have a boundless extent
sunerers arc inn wie luiein. i no su
preme power is in the hands or a
class, numerous indeed, but select, ot
an educated class, of a class which Is,
and knows itself" to be. deeply inter
ested in the security and the main
tenance of order. Accordingly, the
malcontents -are firmly yet gently re
strained. The bad time is got over
without robbinr the wealthy to relieve
the indigent. The springs of national
prosperity soon bKin to flow again;
work is plentiful; wages rise and all
is tranquility and cheerfulness. I have
seen England three or four times pass
through such critical seasons as I have
described. Through such seasons the
United States will have to pass in
the course of the next century, if not
of this. How will you pass through
them? I heartily wish you a good
deliverance. But mv reasons and my
wishes are at war and I cannot help
forboding the worst. It is quite plain
that your government will never be
abl to restrain a distressed and dis-
j majority is tbe government, and has
j the rich, who are always a minority,
: absolutely at its mercy. The day will
hor witn you tne
I come when, in the state of New York,
a multitude of oeople. none of whom
! had ore tnan nalf a breakfast or ex-
ADVICE ON MINING
By John M. Oskison.
Now it s the tungsten mining com
panies that want to sell you their
stock.
Tungsten is a very valuable miner
al element that Is coming more and
more into use. Circulars of the new
companies will tell you a vast deal
about it
However, after you've read what
the company promoters have to say
I advise you to write to the United
States geological survey, at Wash
ington, and ask for a recent letter
which has been prepared in answer
to queries of those tempted to invest
in such properties.
The survey will not pass Judgment
on particular companies; but it has
this -ound advice to offer:
"No mining stocks of any kind
should be bought unless the property
has been examined either by the buy
er or some one who has a knowl
edge of mines and in whom the buyer
has confidence.
"Unless the buyer has a knowledge
of minerals, mines and mining, bis
own opinion is, of course, unsafe.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Condon's council is considering a
street lighting plan. It is proposed
to use about 30 250-Watt incandescent
lamps. ,
.
The Baker Herald notes a large in-
crease in the book circulation of the ,
city library, with the addition of 39 '
members in September.
The Marshfield Record, in view of a
proposed rummage sale in Marshfield,
opposes the plan on sanitary grounds,
believinir it is "a SDlendid way to stir
?: tZT i
"If a single farmer or Lane county
farfls to get his fall sowing done this
year," says the Eugene Register, "ha
is either too lazy or has a good ex
cuse. The weather; during1 the entire
autumn has been very good for all
kinds of farm work."
Tourist attraction offered by the As
toria Budget: "During the coming
spring and summer thousands of tour
ists will visit Astoria on their way
to and from points in California and
arrangements should be made to have
a goodly number of them visit Cox
comb hill, a point from which there
is one of the grandest views to be
found anywhere in the country."
e
Salem Statesman: The Oregon state
fair is in better position than hereto
fore to accommodate large crowds in
rainy weather. But there are many
things in this line yet to be desired,
including permanent roads and walks,
and, finally, a covered race track. All
these things will come in due course
, of time. The fair is a permanent in
stitution and. an all-Oregon fair.
pects to have more than half a dinner,
will choose the legislature. Is ft pos
sible to duubt what sort of legislature
will be chosen? On one side is . a
statesman preaching patience, respect
for -vested rights, strict observance
of public faith. On the other is a
demagogue rantintr ahout the tyranny
of capitalists and usuroers. and ask.
ing why anybody should be permitted
to drink champagne and to ride In a
carriage, while, thousands of honest
people are in want of necessaries?
Which of the two candidates is likely
to be preferred by a workman who
hears his children cry for bread?
I seriously apprehend that you will
prevent nrosperity from returning; that
you win act uae some people in a
year of scarcity, devour all the seed
corn and thus make the next year a
year, not of scarcity, but of absolute
failure. There will be, I fear, spolia
tion, ine spoliation win increase die
i,rfltue
you
lour constitution is all sail and
no anchor. As I said before, when
society has entered on this downward
progress, either civilization or liberty
must perish. Either some Caesar or
Napoleon will seize the reins of gov
ernment with a strong hand, or your
republic will be as fearfully plundered
and laid waste bv barbarians in the
twentieth century as the Roman em
pire was In the fifth; with this differ
ence, that the Huns and Vandals who
ravaged the Roman empire came from
without, and that your Huns and Van
dals will hav been engendered within
your country by your own Institutions.
Thinking this, of course. I cannot
reckon Jefferson among the benefac-I
tors of mankind. !
T. B. MACAULAT. I
Unnumbered Americans have en
joyed the matchless diction and pictur
esque, if partisan, writings of this
eminent historian, but some of our
readers may be surprised to learn that
the eulogist of Milton and Hampden
and Pym was so enthusiastic a Tory.
He was not susceptible even- to the
argument of facts, and probably if he
were living today he would still cher
ish the view that democracy was a
manace to humanity and the author of
the Declaration of Independence a
misguided visionary. But he would
find before ;hlm some singularly dis
concerting examples of the. oyatem
which he upheld and of that which he
assailed. We should like to have his
thoughts upon the spectacle presented
by Germany, where not only have the
'evils of democracy been rigidly sup-
I pressed, but where the inner principles
of by "an educated class, a Class
deeply interested in the security and
maintenance of order," has had its full
est and most conspicuous demonstra
tion. We should like, too. to have his
impression upon the state of Great
Britain, which has advanced so far in
democracy since 1S57; and particular
ly of this country, for which he saw , with timber and coal lands, so that
no alternative but a ruthless imperial- j in proposing the creation of a federal
ism r a republic devastated by an- department of foreshore protection, El
archistic mobs, yet which today is the mer L. Corthell calls attention to a
one great nation which holds alcfj.he subject the seriousness of which is not
lamp of peaceful civilization and is , generally appreciated even by entr
relied upon to guard it for the gutflance neers. The. waves are making a con
of the distracted peoples. ' i stant assault, on our coasts and if this
i country would profit by the expe-
But we use his letter here for a far ' rlencea of Holland, England, Belgium
different purpose than to emphasize and other European countries, Jt will
the Tory historian's lack of Judgment, need to adopt more vigorous measure
We see' around us innumerable repres- than are displayed by the . isolated and
entatives of the class J$ which be- j unscientific methods which now pre
longs the man who offerid the Macau- vail.
lay utterance as a faithful warning j In his article reviewing his 44 years'
against the perils of progressivism. ' experience in sea defense works. Cor
These are citizens of solid worth and thelLmakes the definite statement that
high intelligence. Upon issues of local "any sandy coast can be permanently
government they have always been ! protected at reasonable cost, but It Jx
sound. Patriotic, law-abiding and uaeles to expect that rerttcal pile bulk
charitable, they have been valiant" in ' heads with an unprotected shore in
fighting the grosser forms of political front of them will be efjective in r
corruption, and generous in charitabls sisting the smashing blows of heavy
endeavor. But now, when the issue is storms. The continental method . or
the final uprooting of the whole vi- i thore protection la by gentle slopes,
clous system, they are coldly indiffer- ' covered with clay, straw and stone
ent. It Is well enough to combat 1 blocks. If properly bullu spur Jetti3
bribery and ballot box stuffing and extending out beyond the ; main slopes,
public thievery ; but progressivism com-1 may be used to make the sea deposit
plicates these primitive issues with ' Its burden of sand, thereby building
demands for government by the people ; "P the coast line Instead; pf washing
instead of by "a representative part it away. ' . j
of the people," and with programs of ! The principle on which the engineers
social and industrial reform which : of the last half century" have based
would substitute justice for .irrespon- 1 their plans and methods Is simple and
sihle benevolence. If these citizens effective. The great destructive forces
were as frank, if . not as eloquent, aa df nature have been FkiUfully turned
Lord Macaulay, there would be no into constructive, forces,' jThey did not
mystery about their attitude. Just as place an artificial wait, qr "bulkhead"
sincerely and emphatically aa the noble against the encroachment of the se;i.
h-historian. they are against the prin-
cipies or jerrerson and the democracy the shore and so duuS Jt up. ratner
which is being steadily worked out than throw them Inland nd then, hun
from the philosophy he bequeathed to gry for more, eat intoNhe shore,
the world. I I . -M '
STOCK INVESTMENTS
"Besides knowing the ground itself,
a prospective investor should be sure
of the integrity of the promoters and
cumimny oincers, ana or tne oiricers
capacity for conducting mining, mill -
ing and numerous otner operations
connected with the working of a mine,
"Unless all these things are known,
the survey would advis against in
vestment in the stoek."
Promoters of tungsten mining com
panies have been repeating the opera
tions of those who have marketed
stock in worthless mining properties
since it occurred to the first one to
mulct the public with such stock.
They are making extravagant claims
as to future production and profit:
they are heavily overcapitalized; and
little of the proceeds of stock sales
have gone into tbe development Of
the mines.
Investors find themselves especially
Ignorant of- tungsten, so the claims of
promoters are harder than ever to
check. But there's no trouble about
following the geological surrey's ad
vice before investing.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Locklej.
A surprisingly large number of Ore
gon's counties are named after mili-
tary heroes. Baker county, which was
the first county to be created under
tbe stat constitution, was organized
on September 22, 1862. and wjasl named
0r.ertn.. t-nMd Stated senator.
Colonel E. D.i Baker, who had" recently
been killed jn the civil warj at the
head of his regiment while Reading a
charge.
Grant county was createddn Octo-
ber .14. 1864
and was named? for Uen-
eral -V. S. Grant and on the same day
another county Was organize d.' by the
legislature and named Union county,
to show that Oregon's sympa'tjiies were
with the union cause. i '
Crook county was organised into a
county on October 24, 18$2,and was
named for General George drpok, the
noted Indian fighter. j
Gilliam county was organized the
same year as Morrow countyj,i 1885, and
was named for Colonel CornWlius Gil
liam, or "Uncle Neal'.' Gilliam, aa he
was called by his Polk county neigh
bors. He was killed at Welfs Springs
while in command of the rtgiment of
Oregon volunteers whd wer hunting
down- the murderers of D.jK Marcus
Whitman. .
Harney county was creajjd by ths
legislature on February 25,jHS89. and
is named for Major Generia William
S. Harney, an officer in trie regular
army, and a veteran of the Indian
wars In Florida and Illinois;,' the Mex
ican war and of the civil -War. He
opened Harney -valley to settlement
by driving the hostile Indians out la
1858.
Sherman county was organized Feb
ruary 25. 18S9, and was named in
honor of General William T iSherman.
whose march through G.irgla had
made him famous. ,
Lincoln county was created by the
legislature on February 20 1893, and
named for Abraham Lincoln;.
Jacksonounty commernijrates the
esteem in which General ArTdrew Jaok
son was held by the 'earlyj Bettlers.
Lane county is named fpr General
Joseph Lane of Mexican war fame,
Oregon's first territorial govtmor and
one of her bravest - and mom humane .
Indian fighters. Marlon cpunty is
named forsGeneral Thomas. Clarion.
Washington county is named for
General George Washington;!
Wallowa county, which was organ
ized February Tl, 1S87, haa named
one of its principal cities for ons of
! Oregon's wisest warriors and most
military geniuses. The
city of Joseph is named after Chief
Joseph of the Nea Perce trje. General
O. O. Howard, General l"'rook and
General Nelson A. Miles ap give him
the tribute of their respect md ad--miration
as a brave fighter and an
able general.
Among the- more recent Oregon
counties to be established are Wheeler
county, which was organized Febru
ary, 17, 1899, and which la named for
Henry H. Wheeler, and Hood River
county, which was established on
June 1, 1908, and is named for Mount
Hood.
The Ragtime Musa
Always a Chance.
It ain't no use
To sigh an' fuss.
Nor yit bust loose
And yowl an' cuss!
Dey's jes' one wny
Fo' euah to win.
An' .dat II pay ' S .
As slick us sin. J
Dis world don' eajr '
How hard' you're,'hit;
You git no share '
"Thout gobblln' It.
Don' wail an' toot 3
'Bout somethln' igon;
Jes' grab a root, j
Anrdenhang on
De worst can't Slam
Good men erbout;
Jes' live on ham
When sid mert's out.
Too high, yo' sayf?
Well, yo' ain' done;
Fat pullets, dey
Ain" gon up nope!
The Inroads of the Sra.
From Engineering Record.
Programs for conservation, in this
country, at least.' have dealt principally
with water for power purposes and
but coaxed.it to deposit its sands on
Statistical Xofes.
Germany has over I;fW,891 produc
ing beehi'es. y
Magdeburg, Germany jls rrecting a
school for girls at a cos't'iof $190,000.
Calgary Is to have ; new Canadian
Northern railway station this year to
COBt 4oo4000
Ecuador in 1918 nnrtrf 1 7 Af)C
j pounds of hides valued ; at 1387.105!
rnsre are 163 aplarUfc societies in f.
lesla wjth a membership; of over 7000.
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Woman's pages of, rare merit.
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