THE . OREGON .DAILY. JOURNAL PORTLAND. SATURDAY
EVENING.
JANUARY 16, 1915.
"rnr lAl IDM Al --.man an end. That is wnere nrs( question of sn
I fTl t, JLJ vJ IxlNrMf partlsaflsatp differs from Senator and If the game
V - am inr.ricitni.sT WEWBPArKa X j Borah's. . - jrwhat fee is ' tal
X. . JACKSON..
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mir mornin .t The ijmi !
h.f Riwtotr ami Vmbin PortJaod. Or.
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0-nnmllm tbroiisb
T.K pirovu.i. Titi! unm a-ao&i. ah '
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MlHKtO ADVKUTIMIXO BEPi
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mr rvar. f .' f ur inoiiiu ...... 9 ..
$8'"
. 1 Tile mo who ha be;?Jn to
live more aerioualy within be
Kinx to live more utmply wltli
out. Phillips Brooks. ,
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A FltEE LEGISLATiritE
HE legislature could do noth-;of
T
ing more intelligent than to,"""''5 inai ieu 10 118 reY",u,u 111 :
reqiifr6 appropriation bills to subsequent editions. Here Is a
I.a rMflv bv thP 20th rtav of ' sample paragraph: i
.. VMku. ii ,."
" th.
trlbute more to unmanacle the leg-
islators. Nothing would do more j
to make freemen of the individual
members.
Tbe power to control approprla-'
ions in committee and otherwise ;
.-. . .... .
has always t een a chief Instrument
of legislative tyranny. if has al-
mays een the weapon with which
members who wanted to be free
members wtio wanted to he tree
t IV tmY ta 4ni r r t k f KaIn I it n (rm ATif !
7;;: " m. " . V. s :Z:::
inrir him aiiu wikuwb ut men
tonMltnents upon pending legisla-
tlon. were forced into subjection,
and made to do the billing of the
.v bioui. ,.7 jMBvuiiic. 1
The free lances in the legisla-
.-tore- sre nearly always the mem-
bcrs from counties that seek no
prOpriatlons. They are the mem -
.'bers-who could never be subju -
. . , i , .
I a Vk , Ya ; . I .
surrrndfr their identity and their
, privilege of free agency in order
to .Ket an appropriation for some '
.1 .
interest lit their respective counties. ;
Ttl I n.V.,.t. I ..It v.nc f IrrtA . f
uronri-tlon bills have been he d t10 Americans witnessed, unmoved, ' 300 gave addresses which were not
i T hi '. nave ueen , 1lt ,s so fnr ofricjal aotton Waa adjresses. Nearly 100 gave ad
back until the end of the session. ; ,.oncernfv5 tne cruclfixlon of Beiium. dresses at a First street hotel
t H was by that process that the . the killing and maiming: of women . . r2ister arid most
State printing graft was so long c-niliren and other non-combat- hh ZZtl?
nemet isted It was onlv because ant"- th'" destruction of private prop- if not all the Signers Were believed
perpetiiatea it was only because , erty , tne BtPew,nr of thc open to have been trahsients. A similar
m irilf A v n in . f C r w n A V VI A n T lrof : - . . .
i ii v 1 vvcoi. uiirairucu if
tho . graft that the nower of the ,
stale printing steal was finally
broken.
of the way by the middle of the 1
sesKion the honest lesislators wili r
freo themselves. They will be-
tr ri a nnlrmoaa1 m a m iiAtiu tx4i- 1 1aa.
. V. n I M 4 .. .1 . ,1 I. 1 X. . . . I
i.i it-1 1 j iiij iiivii l auu tut; ri ii i iu.
vote as they please without Sanger
of being; penalized by those in con
trol ot appropriation legislation.
-Nothing would do more to re
store public confidence in the leg-
islative J,ody than thi proposed
program by which honest members
in. nuiiCTi uieunrera
clubbed into sub-
11 be placed on an
could not be
mission' and a
equal footing as free agents. The I
members owe it to their own" pub-
appropriations of supporters ofial, irivoU in ormous sacrifices of
I k tt u .j,- .,. ,,t tu life, and wealth, without commrnjn-
LC,-C'". 1V.l".V,riI."wu,uu"ineton government. To he fair and
ui irvuiqa iu reiauimu i lit iuit:i Y tn
in a status of perfect legislative
freedom..
OUKfJON
NKKDH HIM
PnOPOS of the
coming
of
Bishop Sumner .to- Portland I
paragrapher in the Chicago
Herald says: j
:.M'JLb.!v.?r'50". ne:dS r?uhP Sum -
ner more tlian we need Dean Sumner,
but we doubt It. Oregon's shortcom
ings are mostly tlioe of youth and
will be Klouelicd off in th rnmir
the self satisfied man of the world
and need the kma firmness, the gen- j
"uau,tt"1 01 ie i-'ean 10 maKe a
dnt in them
'-; If Dean Suinner can make a
' dent in hardened Chicago it is an
additional reason that as Bishop,
Sumner, he should come to Orecon.
; The proper time to inaugurate
reform' it in youth instead of wait
ing until the self satisfied period
. i reached It.' la nrnliahlo Ih.l t
I(J i nrohahlo t hat it '
Chicago had-hd few mr.r-a r
Sumners in youth it would not now !
need a man of kind firmness oit!
gentle adamant.
In Oregon Bishop Sumner cam
do a greater and more lasting work
than ha could have done as-Deam;
Suhiner in Chicago
fCXATOIt BORAH'S REPLV
CEXATOR BORAH was selected . the oath
h i.u nAn..Ki.M it jiAnd will go barren to the waltinar
! , ,u issues ;
fv i r'wiucui w uson S j
Indianapolis speech. The-'
laano man s big guns were di- -
rected especially at the president's j
' warning to. "men who would dare
to ureak tne solidarity of the Dem-i
ocratio team for gny purpose or 1
rront any. motive. 1
President Wilson was frank in
hia Indianapolis speech. He can. !
didly admitted that in his opinion
about two thirds of the Democratic
: and one third of the Republican
party are progressive. He did not
conceal his desire that the party
he represents should be worthy of
. independent . votes, and to - be
worthy of that large body of In
telligent men and women who de
mand ( result rather than i merai
promises the president Veclared his
, purpose to keep on lighting, even
in his own party If necessary.
. The president was cleariy right
in saying that the balance of power
in this country rests7 "with the in
dependent voters.' He was also
Clearly right in saying that if the
Democratic -party is to remain in
power it must keep the confidence
of, these voters. The Democratic
party, he said, -is -a-means rather
- It la not probable that the Idaho
SftTlfttnr'a irusrli ' ivlll Ko HrpiiTstort '
' ..... .
as a camnaisrn (toenmrnt The
president's fdeaj on independent s
Dtinn rapmhora nf h(a nUn nnrtv
are Sound. -Thev are in line with -
good politics. The fact that f" 1
fl ?! we. nation as ex a
lyPV1' - forcibly
a sign or progress.
L1BKLISO THE PftE8fDE5T
peared on the first nag" under '
these head lines; " i
America makinw no friendB In war. -
BlUrerent! lay blam to President
Wilwn., Char ges take wide field. Jg-'
noring invasion Vof Belgium hurts al-
Ilea particularly
r. Trouble ahead al-
: leged. - !
! Tbe almost treasonable character
the tu f caused a fright in the'
On the contrary, it is Impossible i
"ot 10 thHt the Am"ian name ia;
ufferin and that conceivably the !
republic is laying up grave trouble .
' for itnelr in the future. i
i The general charge agrainot Amerl-
ca i that the states are Jisplaying a f
ahameleM lack of idealism, chivalry
Britons! I
maninimitr na courage.
A .111.1111111. i.unniaiin V. . vn.au. id 1
bUme Ainer,cat,g for !ifnorin- the !
invasion of Belgium and the vio-t
lation of the convention of The S
Hague- and hen striniB tnto the
JnterfMlt,onfc, flrena wlth a prote re-!
. . . . . . . ...
lan"s cluy(1' V 01 irae-
America oiamed ror tne invasion
Qf Belgium! President Wilson at
fauit because, in the midst Of war,
Belgium Is reduced to wreckage.
ana rcruana newspaper prtniu
the accusation with apparent relish,
j Here is another extract from
ap-jthe art'cie:
1 The argument in all these com-
' P'alnls ,s that ,f Resident Wilson
naf protentfd againnt the violations
protented against the violations
or treatIcS ar,d the of V -
ni-d warfare he could have
tested with vastly greater effect
nsf J, "J" anf, ,rsSlb,y- ,h"
defensible interference with American
carhops
1 f 1 n ...AtitMl kln.l' Vi i . 1 ttinf
wfls wrt i intir-it vi rioHt fnr minn.
,ife n' wealth, without comtnenau
i nn? imuiHry hci vantage.
IN it4 ndTOPciifJnn' of 'Prnsidont Christmas Day, the secretary of r Trade' of the-World," "American Pub-j tnere is no escape IrOm tne con-
'UMW W rabbits . in Fairfax .Me Opinion-," and - .other work is a elusion that this greatest of all
wuson, me uregonian carnea . 4. . frequent contributor to American ; wars must ha fonffht tr. an .end on
in it first edition Tuesday, a Virginia. magazines and Engliah reviews, and f".? J.J.,!,
.,,rrtiA- rtw t He blasted his character then 'ha ben Mt.inv.A n number of lana aDI e wth men and guns
Again and again one hears men of ; there; when the place Was subse
Hite My that Mr. Wilson has . re- 4., i.tu.t
I re put
thp pi"idenoy and dishonored Amerl-1
'r,;: ti-' - . , !
uc jicioi iiTDjjapeia wuuiu .
scarcely go to such lengths in libel- ,
ftr a nrociHcn t T Vir oacoaolnq. I
nley was
of matter
.,
caused by the publication
less violent.
The article. from Whr.t0vPtL., L I i. I
' , . .
source it originated, is culpable in
tnat it wittingly falsifies the known
0'
rt t. T1a f , . rlM, ,
tl,itt w", .
' V? rldT,n a" .
I w " a uaau VUi WW UlgUb T i
problems that environ the Wash-1
,w
just with the warring peoples, to
. , ... , '
; so manage the conflicting and com
! plicated forces that we shall not
; become embroiled, to preserve our (
j own rights ih the mid&t of a con- i
flict In which eighteen million men
are under arms end civilized gov-
ernment in all Europe at the poini
of break down all this and vastly
?? 0rli8,et urdien u,nder whic.h
h- '-m-"w h. .f 6 r . iL
j s amaing that there should oe
,11B w" wuuiry a niss wmcn
entangle his country with a pro-1
ttgttt to Germany against the
. , . . i
vaeion ot Belgium. Huxn -a pro
oeigiuni. Biren a pro-,
test would have almost certainly !
involved the TTnitAd stat0o i ' vL
war, a war from which all America I ,lcer was bendin& over him pour
is nravin fprventlv fn. h.hI wter down his throat from
- tr u ava v a T -
i ance.
Woodrow
Wilson's policy
peace and neutrality has tbe ap-
Droval i tne Vast majorit. of his '
countrymen, who want his hands
held antd b,s P0Itlon supported
This nation wants no bloody
trenches, no sacrificed manhood no
slaughtered boys. The spirit of '
the nation is voiced by Ella Wheel-1
er Wilcox, thus:
Hear. then, our edict. Never ' fnm
i tnis aay
Will
any Woman
on the
crust of !
Mother a warrior. We have sworn !
tomb I
atner man oreed strong sons, at '
. .trr' behest,- . j
1 ""L UttU"l"s mo nre to ;
The pains of travail for no end w '
war. !
A rc oie out for lack
' ... . J
Better a silent world than noise of
"guns .
r,asn OI '""- . ; j
AT LAST
G
HRI3TMA8 DAY William Jeri-
hings Bryan accompanied a :
frlend in Fairfax county Vir
i , ' . v 1 ,
viritfu i ttA raDD?ts- A'
Virginia taw forbids such sport .
when snow is on, the ground. A-
game warden says : there M
that Mi BrvaS viittltT Bn,0W
and i tW rfJ ."i 11 1 f I"
ana that he Will be prosecuted if
the warden can get hold of him.
The secretary Of state says there
isn't Wow nniih L Y v.t.! i
wasn
to mako a
u... M t4 ,i " . " .:. . .uu woraers;unaer arms tnis Shortage
f tber3?uniri figures, a great and in- ls no hardship in many lines of
. all he didn't even See valuable service would be tiiri.iL.h- t 11 Vl
" he didn't even See
a rabbit, much less shoot one. But
n. luuicimen mai ii mere gvus
any snow Mr. Bryan's offense was
Indisputable, and If he had a gun
he, may td RCfiised of st east an
indent to break- the law." It; is
question of snow or no snow,;
warden ; knows
talking about it
is apparent that Mr. Bryan's ene-
tnloo hivo of laa 4,cnt tla mnti'
..i u.v b .ouv o- - ,
on him. v ' Th tame warden's !
threat of prosecution are s being i
,Ma .mm. . i Wi
ff ofoo on AfflMol tthn null) !
treat ail silk
Some sach thing was bound to'
happeD Mr, Bryan ,gf after all;
only human. For eighteen i years ;
they bad been trying to get the
goods . on ; him. There had been
eighteen years of failure, but on f
and there. Snow Is sno- and law
is law. '.If 'there was any snow at
a anywhere tne njlgnDOrnooa,
Mr. Bryan, - in spite of ae fa. 1 f&jf "3g-x; I
v. roKKic mo!&
... , . .
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AyKEEDED CMASGE
' i
HERB can scarcely be objec
tion to Senator Day's pro
posal to require that only reg-
T
f lstered voters be eligible to
sign initiative and referendum pe-
,J . , . J
"6 iuo uhcll icsm-v.i.
system should be made only with
elm care. Nothing hould be
done to impair the efficiency of
' ' - - uwu ... w t wh - - w
priceless implement for giving tb.3
Kfir.PTrtft AnA AtTf.t nower
J 'ePle J"ffl6thtmiv
in govern ng themselves,
But it la a fact that the state
has bee bedevilod with' fraudulent
petitions. In the late recall pe
titions in Portland there were for
geries there were bogus names
there were signature; of peo-
pie at addresses where there was
ao building for a place of resi
dence. Worse frauds appeared in the
petitions fj- referending the work-
men's compensation . law . in 1913.
I0ne half the sisnatures were ob-
rro-J",.:., wl!n TflM,n n,.h
taiaed between Jefferson and Coueh
and Front and Tltth streets in
Portland. More than 300 names
appeared twice, Api roxicately
t "rth SrioSS i
mleB al 11 oriu VjIIU. joufcius.
t ,.j t Al
house, and not one was living
In the referendujn of the State
uniTorB"7 Peuun? several years
ago tnere were glaring instances
of vicious frauds. Telephone di
. . j a. j
names boldly forged. Hundreds of
names thus written on the petitions j
were finally exnosed after ereat !
vl u iiuaiij Auuciiiu u.i.va fStat' -
ti ivji l, nuu nuu n viivua in
vestigation.
A provision permitting only reg- i
ered voters to sign petitions and j
peuuons ana
" ' -t .
Jtlo?. with a penitentiary term
tor circulators who resort to frauds
nrAvirtlnir u Gtrnno' nanmtv tnr t in-
would" be a Wholesome reform tjiat !
wmiM KtH ctranirthsn thn fnifia-'
L...r -T LT " i
inve -ana reierenaum ana put an
end lo one atrocious abuso of the
1 1 ' . . . . . . ... .uv
system.
THE SUPREME - QUESTION
0
NE of the most moving pro-1
tests against the folly of the j pendent upon free import is nat
war, now bathing Europe in ural, but this Is as true today of
blood, is the letter of a England. France and Unssi it
French cavalry officer written to
his fiancee as he lay dying on the
battle field.
Near him there were two others
ly wounded' an officer of
in-L,Scottlsh regiment ahd a private
in thfl Tlhlans. When the Fronrh-
. : .
a recy-ea cwnscionsneBs arier
being struck down, tho Scottish of-
a f la sit and the Oerman nrlvt
i - " .f - - ;
; was endeavoring to staunch the!
wound in his chest.
. , , . , . .. .1
"wtv"""M Duauucu;iCUt i we are -str vjermanj is j
leg and the German had several I
pieces of shrapnel buried in his J
side. During a brief moment of ,
paruai surcease irom pain tne
three d vlnS mn talked in the Eng- j
1Ish tonSue.. Both the German and '
'tne Scotchman h&u left at home -
Driaes OI a XGar ana tne tal 6 was I
mostly-oi ine nie eacn naa uvea :
before the war and the Wed ones 1
le,t behlnd- The French officer
u,a .Z:
.wrote: I
I I wondered and I suppose the oth-!
ers did also, wJiy wr had ought each
other at all.
The letter concludes with
an
eloc,ueflt picture of the final tcene:
; looked at the Highlander, who was
falling to sleep exhausted, ahd in
i - ! ,' t T
dwn" V : Tn t;
of the tricolor, France and all that
(France had done for liberty.
ayi""A 7"
a prayerbook from lus knapsack and
was trying to read a service for sol-
diers wounded in battle. - - ; ;
last thought of " menV home llbertv
ina thought oi men, nome. liberty ,
ana voa. '
ib mi
a rtlctttwa is ilanlotail V
Amid , the roar ot guns the light
fails and at. are brothers in death.
The simreme ' nrMt'nn
A, ?F ? Iesuon why did
they unanswered. .
' -
If the Oregon legislature wonlrt
pass a law' to hang all dancinar
teachers who irive iM nfHn In '
lcneit? bo give instruction In .
valuable service would be rendered
a multitude of innocent purchasers.
. Very Likely.
From the Philadelphia In'piirer,";'
-. Perhaps the censor-made- it neces
sary for King Geortre W go -to France
In order to get a little .news of the war.
-THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
When Will the War Jind?
By
'JAMES DAVENPORT WHELPLEY i
Autlior of "The Trade of the
World," Etc.'.
James Davenport Wheipiey, author'a
V"-a, ,"n
w
affairs both political and ' economic
nas traveled in every country in ;
Pb,eV cf the Immigrant;" rb !
Special miusions for the United states
an .;ot' aroverntnents. j
-s. , fln
nuoo w 11 -
are predict-
ing the end
f?i . v. .v . ;
1UI iJicoctn.,
War through the f
v 0 :
Starva 1 1 O n Jf J
Gerrnanv' KhoiilH .
;:i uermany snoum 1
allow their
3& w tn 1m m 1.1.
s grip on facts and
give them their
due place in the
scheme of things.
In times of peace 90 per cent of
the German people -are supported
on home-grown produce. In time
of war six million or more adult
men outof the total population
rf fift nnn nnn m . 1
V ,uvv,uuu i weiug tea as soi- !
diers- in other words upon a less j
varied and less expensive diet . In
many instances large bodies of
these men throueh accident. rf
warfare are consumlnc even less!
i
L 21 Z 3
than the regular military allow-1 If ft!f' g0let hos who wlsn
ance. Thousands of German sol- Sowfy- 1
diers are subsisting upon the pro- S'U a d'eplr
duce of countries other than their 1 student of the glaring postere or fhl
own, which they are. taking as the , boards, which depict natty look!
spoils of war, and if the losses by j Ing, well groomed young fellows In
death be 100,000 or 560000 the tailored khaki, lounging taiy beneath
demand upon the food supply is ' sub-tropical palm trees, chatting o
lessened in proportion, T"" th,el1 suPerior officers; or
It a,.o a fc that mPo,-X. , 'XSSutrT., Z K 'I
into Germany have not stopped en-: glimpse of the much desired enemy
tirely in fact, by less than one Jl111 he ls of mankind, or the army!
half and if these Imports be ex- : vZJlVY mAn ot rinrr ability,
pressed in money values it will be ; t ith a'on' th."&M
found it is largely the things which j States army. Most of them are prl
can be done without that have iatfs- o-er ' President Wilson
caused the decline in the value of i&?Jr FT1
purchases from . abroad. What is j Uast. general, at
coming In now is for the support j Again, he says: "Men who -are
of the population, not for its pleaB- I rnlns their living have to support
ure or its adornment. From Aa- I !?lmn ho .re not- niSht. Which
tri - Ita1 Switzerland, Denmark
.
. . ' .
rioiiana ana iscanainavla, countries ;
which in ordinary times are them-!
selves vast contributors to the Ger- ,
man food supply, are rtill coming ,
millions of dollars' worth of pro
duce. Control of the Atlantic by the
with Germany from eisewhere hut i
t f
tA PP6 Orely. for the
w ,3 ; J- . T- I a a. .
1UUI,B'- nuenc mrougn neutral ,
territory tas somewhat taken the dreams- They are looking to the fu
! Place of the direct trading of sev-lt V? ?r .re-
erai months ago
There is little
There is iittle doubt that there
f are toaay greater supplies of cer-
j ta!n staplefcarticleG 0?Pfood in the
.country than would be risible in
j . , . . .
normal times, for nrenarfrinRE for
. .
war Qoes not mean soldiers, guns
and ammunition onlv it nmana a
'SIS ? TIL aJJIS,8.!
store of food for these men and to
keep the prices as low as possible
for the people as a whole. That
prices should increase generally
and that there should be a short-
age of certain thinss larirelv de
is of Germany.
In the nature of their country,
their customs and manner of living.
the people of Germany and Aus-
tria are in far better condition to
withstand a blockade of food sup-
nlioa tVian ar-a. I,is5
yiivn5uio,
Belgium isgiven over to industry
and her food imports are enormous.
England is dependent upon over
seas for her normal quota. The
dovol
a ujnuvu VJ. ltrtu a COU U I ICO IU i " " J VJ It IIIC CU CO Vf 11V lCgi IcttcU
France is fars behind Ae needs of!106"1' away from the foolish school
fher people.
T esa than ton " '
. 1 " r
unproductive, and tha?ff which
duces Is made to yield to the ut-i
most through the cooperation' of
science and industry,
The agricultural - labor question
in Germany and Austria solves it
self, for there the women work in
the field,- and" thus a trained and i
erficlent army of workers In left
hohind hv th at-md ;
the front, to plow, , sow and reap
with all skill and hardihood,
. . . .
To say that any country can be
starved into submission within a
given time Js a rash attempt at
prophecy. " Even England, depen-
dent as her people " are upon- im
portk would surprise the world
with the strength of her resistance. '
Under such Condition people eat
in less variety, waste becomes crim-'
,a'T e",c:
latea lne Utmost. Patriotism .
and necessity are powerful Incen-
tives to resourcefillnesH How i!f.
o. -, -
T h fhl J !
compared w,Uh th4 consumption of
prosperous days has been Vernon-
strated everywhere in the world in
times of Industrial depression or of
umes oi inuu.inei aepression or of
famine .
J." Industrial Germkny can be and
is alrfeady -seriously hampered by
.h.f t -o...,
'ZX, w i"
,?,.COU T 3 DOt ?fauCi bat!'
wltb a large proportion of . the ;
mannfactiire. Cotton and wool are tobacco Juice spuming adown ti togai
most important features of Import Hant breeze from the royai yard is now
and cotton is not neld'to be con- ? d5u4m' and ews rrw romancy the
rru- , , ,,,,, u farther one gets away from him. ;
traband. The prooabliities are; if n wasn't for the funny ideas of
that Germany will have 4btif little "Citizen" i would be tempted ;to he
difficulty in securing stich raw ma-i ta,,st,c ",n my criticism of Mm for
terial as in -nfc;sarV in, -."-.'1 bt4nr--o:gsriOriiTtt--o'--'tiiw-:iHYy,-''-'n,r'r'
teriai as is necessary le carry on!Bpends quite ?n appropriation to pro
the reduced trade which, is - now I
hers; that is to say, the limited 1
home demand and the still smaller
possible export. ; ;J i c ii :: '
' . The war will end when one mill
tary force triumphs over the other
i or : the whole -i affair .-. becomes In
J - i
, exhaustion". - To starve any great
J nation hi to submission would be
prolonged and difficult task, and
"in Europe ther -Is no country
siege
j than Germany. Economic war will
cripple her activities to a certain
extent - bot not brin Pece
and not with statistics of export
and import. -Coyyri,ht, 1915.
Letters From the People
I ' 11 -
(Communications gent to Tbe Journal for
P"""0"""1 u ltiartnjBt akouid It writ-
tpn on ant rll. . U .. w l.l .
exceed 300 word u leDU and must be c-
eo.p"B,e,..by tbe xne -nd address of the
sender. Xf the verltvr d.K. n,j duin A
tare the name published. i should o tte.)
"Dlsemnioa it the greatest of alt reformer.
I, ratlonalltea everything it toucnea. It rob
principle of all falxe ancetlty and throw them
back on tbeit reasonableness. If tbey hurt
no reasonabl-nesF, It mtbleaaly ernabe them
out of ex l tet.ee and seta op its o a couelutlutw
in their atead." Woodrow Wllaot.
Reply to Mr. Kleinau.
Portlahd, Or., Jan. 9. To. the Kdttor
Of The Journal After reading Mr.
Klelnau's appeal for the United States
army, I was moved to go down to the
... ... "
'pruning orrtce and do as he is try
a to do get some one else to en
list. Then I thought: No. there la
the recruiting office; there are the
men, tney nrobablv hav thnin.i.
theIr own- thoe who
i i i i rii'i iin.a t nn an n.. 1 1 . . . . , .
'ZZXS&FJSF;
. Ta "K lo
-v.- v.. u-w.iu upper crust.
,Bl or ven to do useful work. But
; . , J1 we nav to 8UPPrt them
heater" Vl"!",!!
meation tailored uniforms and high-
iiou-giHsses, we woum nave to
pay them wages. If Mr. Kleinau wishes
to take care of them and also pay them
wages, let him suggest snmcthtn r,t
practical benefit. We might put them
land known as Witoon street,
U !s hopf that 5eads these 6t
,ung m. ojn,, th, m. it,
rug-
does
, t . . . .
me ana Mr, ivleinau.
They have their
peat tne errors of( yesterday. Very
few people, regardless, of what thev
rnay say to the contrary, live for the
present. No onts la satisfied; else
why do we worlc?. Three years of
bondage at $15 per month, just enough
to buy a suburban lot If you go far
enough out. One summer in the woods,
one season in the harvest, one year
following tho "wheelers" on a grade,
will net as much. These are a few
of their rosy hopes. That Is Why they
do not tie themselves down to a life
they detest.
Let us not offer them a life ot
Idleness. Let us offer them work,
dermany, with less arable land than
the state of Texas, supports 20 times
the population. There are thousands
of acres of fertile land in the United
States unused, held for speculation;
there are thousands . of men honestly
and eagerly looking for work. Can't
we connect them? H. T. MACKLKV.
Bad Boys and the Navy. .
Portland, Jan. 14. To the Editor of
Tile Journal "Citizen," in hi letter -of
January S is to be commended for his
suggestion as to the reformation of
criminals, devilishly, inclined youths,
undisciplined ahd Wayward gangsters
and others who have been found use
less to civilian society ashore. Such
people have no place ashore, ahd so
let us push them off the continent.
e Bleln' wnicn taugni mem no means
or liveunooa. and. from a criminal svs-
a criminal sys-
fnrtfi thefn CskI
tern which Could not reform them. Cast
nrn-ithem into the navy; that's where thev
wiU .?e n-anf,1d 'with the gloves off.
AIIU V 1 ILA.TT.11 gUCa V 1 1TT U' t IC I S IIM HU"
gests the merchant marine.
What "Citizen" knows, about either
the merchant .marine or..lhfi...r.av can
be easily measured by his own state
ments. Let ua analyse:
In the first place, irons are not Used
in the navy.
oecono, aisciptine in me navy is tor
securing efficieney and; orderliness,
land is absolutely
not for purposes of
reform of character.
Third, the haVy is not a penal in
stitution and does not accept criminals
Or those so inclined.
Fourth, to enlist In the navy, one
must"even produce a birth certificate,
or proof that he has one.
Fifth, the navy" 1s undoubtedly the
very foundation upon which the gov
ernment of the United States rests,
teing the strongest arm for the pres
tT.llx Ll,"e S" -i. V
ervation of the nation, after all other
; This requires ability, sub6rJlnation to
law, patriotisin, clean living, devotion
even good citizens ashor? may have
within them, but which have not been
-develODed. such as entire unselfish-
In nitilflii fi.r th. A-pnet-Hl rnnj
CrirnVnlbV arid others or social infer-
lonty have not 4ha characteristics
ht.d so would be useless for the navy.
'The work of the navy is a business
whl Ba l,e continually carried on
entf whuh cannot waste time, and
s money reforming the results of
! Poor workmanship by shore people, in
. ra,s.in cnlldren. For this reason you
I will see only the very pldc of men
Citizen"' t,eed brushing up. The
a' tbe prestf gang are gone for-
Tb Ancient Mariner is a dead
,
Ub tn A
k Tar blowlhg I around the
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
The hard part about an easy Job i
the getting thereof. .
. . - . - - , . . '
A really handsome woman is - one
whose mirror backs up her vanity.
Many a man turns' over a hew leaf
one day and turns it back the next.
Kisses that are not intoxicating may
be the kind that drive men to drink.
We are deeply impressed by the fact
that a little learning is an awful thing
w hen we hear a chap on the next block
taking lessons on a trombone. .
A girl can pad herself so as to pro
duce symmetrical lines and curves that
fool the men, but never once the eagle
eyes of Other women. t
Why does not some Mexican patriot
effect a compromise by having the
various presidents constitute a com
mission form of government for Mex
ico?
The man Who ls wuceessful in this
world is the one who does not wait
for opportunity to knock. at his door,
but goes out and meets and embraces
it in the street.
A news item says a Chicago man
who ls normally five feet nine inches
in height has the power to sink to th
dimensions of a dwarf.- ' But ever?
married man can do that when, after
fumbling at the front door for an hour
about 2 o'clock in -the morning, it is
suddenly opened from the Inside.
NEW TWIST IN OLD LOTTERY GAME
By John M. Osklsoa.
To Americans, "The Bond Certificates
CIuW which says Its . office is in
Geneva, Switzerland, but - which is
mailing Us literature from Manchester,
England, is maklns one of the most
amazing lottery propositions I have
ever heard about. .
This club asks you to send $5 for
a certificate showing that you are
entitled to a share of all prUes won
during the month by the numbered
bonds of European governments and
cities which are held-by the club. You
are assured that only as many certifi
cates as there re prises will be is
sued; no favoritism all prizes di
vided equ&lljs among members.
Many foreign governments and mu
nicipalities in issuing bonds that bear
a low rate of interest stimulate their
sale bv offering a number of prizes.
They say that when the numbered
bonds are drawn for payment the first
will get a bonu3 of .some large sum
(this capital prize varies frpm 810,000
to $200,000, depending updh the size
of the issue and the bait judged to be
necessary when the issue was put out.)
There will be a much smaller second
prize, a still smaller third prize, and
the last 20 or 50 prizes will usually
average about $150.
The experts who fix the terms of
The Ragtime Muss
Past and 1 Future.
To be a child again, for a brief frolic,
VliO would turn backward old time
in his flight? '
I should be sure of the infantile colic
"Were 1 a "child again, just for to
night." ,
facing new realms with the dreams of
the rover.
Rather I'd be with the troubles I
own
Than the old trivial life to live over
Lqt us adventure Into the unknown!
The past is at best an ill written' story,
Why should one read it again but to
yawn?
Every tomorrow may bring shame or
Slory
Up trojn the gates of. its silvery
dawn. r
Fortune or fame, love, honor, or power.
Thrilling adventure and golden ro
mance. The future may hold in the grasp of
an hour
A desert explored is the past's drear
expanse.
Then view not the past with mild mel-
ancholy;
Could we sro back and still know
what we know
We'd but commit some new kind of
folly
That might redouble the old meed of
woe.
But the brave future though we take
harm of it.
Meet it with ignorance, wisdom, or
sniile.
Ht is unknown and that is the charm
of it
Had we foreknowledre 'twnnM not
be worth while.
tect him and his. relatives and proper
ties. Why- doesn't he take a hand in
this reform bu.sihess himself and hire
some burglars and safe robbers to
we ten his valuables at night? Would
they be good protectors for the na
tion? Why doesn't he hire some re
fractory boy or youth to run his auto?
Would such characters be reliable, to
operate a machine with lives at sta'ke?
How about, the navy, with the mOBt
complicated machines In the world, a
thousand 'ives aboard, and an entire
nation's very existence to be preserved?
The last Tunny thing he says. Is
really humorous. He wants each mer
chant ship to have a protector. The
merchant marine has been kept out . in
the cold by congress so long that I
think a cheat protector would be very
tcmfortable indeed. Having served
several years with the navy, afloat and
ashore, I can not think of aay other
s.ort of protector which a merchant
Ship could use with good tsstt-. ahd
even then, it would not look shipshape
outside of a drydock, where almost any
sort of rigging may be needed.
,If "Citizen."-will drop around and see
me, I will tell him about the navy;
this invitation is genuine. We have too
p;a.ny "Citiaaos" in this country, and
some of them' are in the legislatures,
some in congress and everywhere else
that they should not be.
JOHN M'N'ULTi.
The Knock' That Failed.
Portland, Jan. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal -Some time ago a repre
sentative of the Oregonian came to
our house, asking me to subscribe for
the paper, but I politely Informed him
that, we .were having The Journal
served us, and that we were satisfied
with the service 'and news obtained.
This representative then Went on to
explain the merits of the Ofegohian,
telling; me that the OregOhian was the
tiest proof read paper In Oregon, hav
ing better news service, ahd that they
were giving premiums ' which greatly
reduced Its cost over The Journal. I
told him that probably was true, but,
having read the Oregohian as well as
The JOurttaT for; sdme. time, I decided
upon The Journal' as printing eetter
and more' reliable news. I' then bad to
listen to quite a bit of knocking on The
Journal, aa I diJT not wish to appear
Impolite by closing the door in the solicitors-
face. He -possibly did not re
alise thai the harder his knocks were
the more I bee-tune .a . Journal sympa
thiser.. . .
So much for the flrsT call.
This morning a different representa
tive of the regonlan came to our door
on the lamt errand. 'My brother an
swered , the 'siimmonft.' 'This reprewen
ti.tfve.aTler' 'fctatlng' Ms huslne-Ks and
getting the reply that we were' a Jour
ral family U the core, commenced lo
do some more' knocking," saying a'mid
his knocking that the tOregonlan was
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Medford recent charity ball netted
which has been twrned over to
the Associated Charities, i : J
i
The Eugene Register has ? noticed
that "there is very little kicking
about this warm Oregon rain."
Professor F. Douglas Hawley of
Woodburn has been elected to the
f rlncipalshtp of the school at Pilot
lock to succeed Francis ! J Woelf le.
who recently resigned. -
The homesteaders in the Millies.?)
valley. In Crook county, have" formed
a commercial and development ot
ganization for the promotion of the
interests of the valley. i
Salem Statesman: The Portland
Chamber of Commerce is to open an
aggressive campaign. This is the year
of all years for it. Tens of thousands
of eastern, people are coming this way
this year, and we should exert every
effort to show them-thut we have the
greatest undeveloped resources in the
United States.
'
The Dalles Chronicle: C.'-U Phtf
ltpe is exhibiting an invitation to a
"Qrand Calico and Bon-Bon bait' at
the "New Umatilla House" the! evening
of March 8, 1881. The tickets were
sold at $2 each and the affair was
given under, the auspices of. Tempi"
lodge, A. O. tT. W. The striking pe
culiarity of this 3 year oki invita
tion la- that It ! printed on a figured
piece of calico. T. A. Hudson was
among those named as the committee
on arrangements.
tie government and city Issues, of
course, take account Of the cost of the
prizes as well as or the regular in
terest, which is always low. The lot
tery feature helps them to put out an
issue of bonds at a final cost, Which
usually is below the straight cost for
money loaned on bond security. It is
successful financing for them.
Now, the Geneva club propose to
take the sum of all the $5 subscrip
tions and go into the market, to buy
bonds. It will buy onds of an issue
that is due to 'be redeemed,, and it
says that Of this issue it will not buy
more than the . number Which are en
titled to prises.
Does this mean, then, that each-one
bought will get a jrir.e? Not at all.
There may be 50 prizes and ' 10,000
numbered bonds; that, then, measures
the club's chances. It is purely a lot
tery, j
But the amazing feature nf this
scheme is that the prizes are not pro
vided by the fellow ftho asks for
money. He uses the $5 subscriptions
to buy perfectly good bonds, which
he keeps, and if you get anything for
your money, it must come from the
governments that haVe offered the
bonus bonds. j
Talk about a cinch, that club h!fs
one for Itself!
A FEW SMILES
"What's bHome ob dat little chu
meleon Mandy had?" Inquired Rufus.
on, de rool chile
done lost him," re
plied Zeke. "She
wuz playin' wif him
one day, puttin' him
on red to see htm
turn red, an' on hluo
to see him turn blue,
and on green to see
htm turn green,
and ao on.
not Hits.
Den do fool gal.
fled wif lottin' well enough alone,
went an' put him on a plaid, an' de
poor little, thing went an' bast him
self tryln' to make good.''
' t
A certain college professor, who
writes aJ Horace Greeley hand, tells
this story at his
own expense. He
had Written a mar
ginal comment on
one of the atudents'
themes, and Shortly
afterward the stu
dent came to him
and said:
Professor C I waa unahl.
read what you wrote on my paper,
and my parents also could not deci
pher it. - I then called on" my uncle, a
lawyer, and he finaly managed to
read it for me." .
This is what the professor had
written: "TourDenmanship Is scarcely
legible."
"Poor Air. Hennypeck!" exclaimed
Brownson. sympathetically, "It wasn't
enough that his wife
should own and op
erate him, body and
soul. Ifra. Henny
peck has now joined
the suffragettes."
"Don-'t hreathe a
word replied Smith
son, "but Hennypeck
is tickled to death. His wife speaks
at all the outdoor meetinga and la so
hoarse When She gets home that she
can't raise her voice above a whis
per." Puck. -
the most truthful paper in Oregon.
This sentence was not lost upon me.
If I interpret the remark rightly; all
pupek-s of Oregon exclusive of the Or
egonlan were, to speak plainly, "liars."
In this I thoroughly disagree With trur
misinformed friend of the Oregonian.
In hort, 1 believe this gentlemen over
shot his mark by allowing his. avarice
for the. few pennies he gains on the
commission basfs. to get the better of
Ms judgment, and speech. B that aa
it may, I wish to assure you of the
fact that in spite of the iooweneaa of
speech ahd the knot-king which these
representatives of the saintly Oregon
ian employ, wc are for The Journal
now and always.
I would rike to hear what some of
your other renders think of the Or
gonian'a methods and of their esperf
iences In this line. Personally 1 be
lieve that the bigger 'the "rogue the
harder the knocking R. J. w. -
A Spelling Challenge.
Portland. Jan. lt.-To the Editor of
The Journal In regard to statements
rocently In the Oregonian, also ltl the
SpetHator of January 18, In which they
claim neither Judgment nor reason Is
essential to good apefiing, I : hardly
know whether to-take the; assertions
as joke or serioualy; nevertheless,
they - will be refuted hp the challenge
route.- It fwemir fw-arrelycrertibla that
even, thee . luminous bodies would
ck.im distinction of a' ay stem so for
eign, to their sphere. In order to dem
onstrate the alleged claTma', th test
product of the feeble-minded iiistltu
tldhs' of the fctate, together with the
editorial material of those assumed or
acle,' might-arrange for 'aa bad faah
ioned spelling iee, or a modern spell
ing contest, and let The- Journal readers.-
OT alt thoste Interested, determine
cjuirflcatiofts; " The undersigned" makes
Oils chaUense.,XtiJIA?STON.
? - Thanks Ileiwuer. - - '
' roritlahd, Jafi: U-To tbe'Kdltor of
Th6 Jour nal--I desire in this mahher
to thank ithe gentlemah Who Waa so
kind aa to help the lady that was he
Ing accosted by a brute, Monday noon.
January 4," near the I'rtland hotel. ,
- - - : . - T M. E.
-nr caxlt sats
By Frad Lkly. a?oUl Staff Wrrta f
' - Ih JoaraaL .-
"It. H. tealdwirl was one of the pio
neers of coos county," said William
H. Packwood. of Baker, who went to
CoM-countr In 183, and who repre
sented Coos county as a delegate In
th state constitutional convention at
KUm In 18S7. "Harry .Baldwin wa
a fellow soldier and for a while V
-bunkie' of mine 60 year or more ago.
e were both wrecked on the schooner
Lincoln In January. 1852, near ; the
mouth it cbos hay. He waa of good
blood and ha.l been raised as a gen-tic-man
hi the id country. Ha was a
cousin of the Karl of "Bandon In Ire
land, but there were several helra be
tween him3 -if and the earldom. ' He
was always telling me that these
bothersome coustns might die off and
then Tie would u tu it. .
ocen a midshipman aa a boy and .far-
some years he was in the Kant India
company service. Hia people gave
him 700 pounds sterling and told "him
to Seek hhj fortune In America. -He
had been in the United States less than
six weeks when the last dollar. of hir
$3500 was gone and he didn't 'know
w here to go or what to do to act his
heXt meal. lie l In Cincinnati mull
"He saw a flag out for recruit for
S. mounted rifles, and never having
done any work, he enlisted In U. S.
mounted Riflea and crossed the plains
here' to Oregon in 1849, with Colonel
V. W. Ioring, and later wa both were
assigned to "C" Company, let Dra--Koons.
He er-ed his time out and
later served through the Civil war. Ha
served IS or more years, all told, From
1852 to 1860 f- saw Harry often. He
lived with me in Coos county part of
the time, lie was never rough in. hi
talk, always considered himself a gen
tleman, and tried to 'act as such. He
was a firm believer that 'blood would
tell,' and' believed that it was a good
motto to 'keep-your .spirits up by pour
ing spirits down.' He whs a poor
hunter. One day While going up a.
stream in Illinois river country Over
on Rogue river, he shot at a dear. I it-,
bunch of brush. The doer rn away.
doing up to the brush to hunt for
lit . 1 ,A i r . t. .T c . ......... .t .
' Mini i vi . i ' 1 1 lilt; urn wan irvuil'icu,
he found an elk he had killed- The"
Clk had hoen in the brush neur id the
deer and Harry shot at the -deer, and
killed the elk. Horry waft classed aa
an A-1 hnnlr by the boj-s nfler that.
He nrarly always marked hi pack
saddles and new thins be bought
One day be was marklnrf sfm iieW4
diinKn wiirn :i nuRimor ni ins csiiot
In and neclntr Harry lrmrkln things,
ked whaf mark he was putting on
them. Harry said Mb family rit Of
arms. ' The .neighbor s.tld. 'What I It,
a pick and Pliovel?' Theil there was
Kn:cthing doing. It was. pi'ctty lively,
f6r a few minutes. The eont f arms
of Harry's familv ws n 'dovf- with an
olive branch In it mouth sfiid Harry
outd irever .otsnd for haltig his fam
ily made light of. I am of the opinion
that Harfy gnve the tin me Itundoa-ito
the town-of tliat name at the mouth
Of Cous'iile river? .
"Harry made my plm-c his Imwi lip
to about 19. after hln fir;?t term of
service' 1 Onlv met him rtme aftr
that. That whs at - ftaiuloh. In ISSi.
He died a few years ago lu'oos comi
ty, ?vd about St. IU" Is ,denrVine of
a 'kind reiiieiimratu-'u, an ur?n
plonrer and tnd.tftn war vrtfraif. aftd
Civil War Veteran."
Tte Sikll's lHc of Uedl)l.
J-'ichm the CUk-Hgo IJerahJ.
Sikho fighting with Kngland ln('
Kuropean war can .certainly- cIhIiii to
possess a unique form of ttatmh.
This is a hand -thrown mitiKile, com
posed of metal similar In lupe to the
discHS. familiar in Roman history.
Its edge is sharpened like a razor. ati.
the weapon, wnen tnrown wnn a r
culiar circular motion, has extraordi
nary penetrating power. It cuts Uka"
a knife through paper wlieii it atrlk
any object In its jifllh. ; i-
At a distance of 10(1 yards the dt.-ic
. . fc. , - I . . ri. h U , , . fc.. ...I.
is capanic ol i iuuiik way iiiiwll"
a piet'e of hard wok1 two Inches .thick.
It Is-the peculiar twist nivin lo the
Weapon when It is thrown ;Wbieh
causes the cutting edge to buf y ltelf
W f lll.'f rii phi mi" t i,w M
meets. It is doubtful whether - any
but the Sinks could ef f actively-'- ua
this unluuA weapon, They made dead
ly use of the disc of death at the bat
tl of rilaraude. - i -
Jfot Ho Prtjfound. - -
From the Milwaukee" Journal. - I
When a man look around "as though
he'd said something after uttering the
profound remark, "We have departed
from tho faith of our fathers,'remlnd
lm that If We had not, we should stilt
be a colony. ,
THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL
MAGAZINE
Some striking features tot
next Sunday, -
BREAKING THE CONfiPIR-i
. ACY OF SILENCE What
the Oregon Social Hygiena
society is doing.
TAKING A WALK OVER
THE COLUMBIA HIOH-
. WAY A pilgrim's account of
a delightful hike. .
THE KAISER AS A WAR
LORD An intimate view ef
, tha most talked-of man in the
world, ; j . -
GERMAN NAVAL OfflCKR
FORETELLS 2EPPE LIN
. RAID What may be expect
ed of thaje giants of the air.
the Wars Tragic to-
MORROW Urbain Gohier.
French author,- sees naught
- but gloom ahead.
WAR BRINGS FAME TO
EMILE -VERHAEREN
' Belgian author leaps 'suddenly
; into the limelight. .
WITH THE WAR PHOTOG
RAPHERS A page of strlb
tH8 photographs from the war
;:. ont v ..-. . . , .
DEVELOP YOUR CHEST
Lillian , Russell offers - advice
... .to women-.;, c.-. . , .
STATESMEN REAL AND
V NEAR Fred C. Kelly, -.
POPULAR SCIENCE PARAl
The Sunday -Journal
;v Complete m Four news ' sections.
magazine ana illustrated supple- to
ment and comic section. -., - .
' 5 Cehts the Copy