THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY; MAY 18, IdU ':.
. p- - I i n IV 1 At -Cen- houWrivei and ' property that lie win get the bulk of that
"i t, y UvJU r IMAM owners. While game laws protect , Strength. There are those on the
teem tney rip up gardens ana ny otner nana wno insist inai mwij
in the windows of houses. ,The , "Amerlca-ftt-st" voters ywlll turn
ritayor of Portland, who won't let ; sway from Lafferty on account of
them ho shot, has instructed the 'the pledges thus tnaae.
AN INDKPEMDKNT HEWSPAPICbV-
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police force to 'shoV them away as
n?uch as possible;
Whatever ' the fitness or unfit
ness of 'Mr. Brandels for the su
preme court, he should be either
confirmed -or rejected without fur-
These conflicting sources of
strength make the situation an
enigma to observers. Many of "his
supporters claim that on account
of his excellent record in the legis
lature and his high personal char
acter. Judge Littlefield will win
ther delay. Senators discredit the nomination. The fact that he
themselves, not the president, by
their dilatory tactics.
TOMORROW
j
tmarlea asks aotblna for herself bat what
baa tlgbt to auk (of humanity Itself.
y, WOODHOW WILSON.
vfltlloos (or eefense. bnt not a rnt '
hate. CHARLES C. CINCKNKT.
God ! give us man! A tlma tilt trila
' demands
Straus- minds, great hearts, tnie faith,
and randy handa;
Mas whom tha lust of office doa not kilt;
Men whom tha spoils of office cannot buy;
Mae Who possess opinion and a will;
Men who can (tend before the demafosTta,
And damn bla treacherous flatteries wlth-
. , oat wiuklDfl
- . J. O. HOLLAND.
A
PRIMARY election is often
more Important than the
final election.
This la notably true in
Multnomah county. In a local way
the voting here tomorrow will be
of far more importance to Multno
mah county than the voting in
November.
The question of who are to be
finally chosen on election day in
this county is largely determined In
the Republican primaries. The
Republican majority is so large
is opposed by the special interests
i pointed to as evidence by many
as one of his best sources of
strength. He undoubtedly has a
strong following in the church vote
and women's vote, which is now
reckoned by some as a preponder
ating influence.
The Journal believes that the
fight is between Mr. McArthur and
Judge Littlefield and that It is
anybody's race. It may be a bad
guess, for it can only be a guess.
lessen the cost Of delivering con-1 club, as he asserts The" raid was (
victa to the penitentiary, and the , f. Urates stAte,mar.hal
and at hla request. Sheriff Hurlburfs
other a reform in deeding prison-, want t obtain evidence
ers that in Multnomah county alone
will amount to thousands of dol
lars saved to the tazpayen each
year. ' ..:
Robert S. Farrell, Republican
candidate for senator, has agreed,
if elected, to lead the fight for
these measures in the senate. It is
a better kind of promise than
blanket professions of economy
which have been multltudinously
made and uproariously broken.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Through the news columns of
The Journal, a number of Demo
crats, who are dissatisfied with the
candidacy of John A. Jeffrey, are
falling upon Democrats generally
that 1t is only low and then that to write in the name of C. L. Mc-
candldates nominated in the Re- j Kenna on the ballot as a Demo
publican primaries are beaten in cratlc candidate for congress from
the final election.
That makes tomorrow's election
in a local way of far more import
ance than the November electlonr
It means that every citizen should
go to the polls.
A voting citizen is an ornament
to society. He is a foundation
j stone in the political fabric. He
is a fundamental in the Btrength
of the republic.
That Is a powerful reason for
voting tomorrow. Another reason
lis that a citizen of Oregon must
Letters From the People
Comtfltmlcattoot aent to Tba Journal (or
publication la tola department aboald be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
exceed S0O worda la langta, and moat be ac
companied by the name and addreea at the
ender. If the writer doea not desire to bare
the name published he aboold so state.
"Discnselon Is tne greatest of all reformers.
It rationalises ererytblng it touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they bare bo
reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes theta out
of existence and sets up Its own conclusions in
tnelr stead." Woodrow WUaoa.
The Inner Clyde's Censorship.
Portland, May 17. To tha Editor of
The Journal in reading my Journal
today, I was highly gratified to sea
your stand for fair play toward the
candidates running for office, who are
not "standing in" with tha Oregonian
and x Telegram. Had it noi been for
the fairness of your valuable paper a
great many oters would think there
was only one candidate for each office
on the Republican ticket. In writing
this letter I merely wish to call at-
of a violation occurring within this
county. Their mission was so success
ful that- sight barrels of Intoxicating
liquor, stored by Wflber In his home
In Sellwood, were seised and have been
declared a nuisance, : under a proceed
ing' Instituted by Mr. Evan.
Moreover, if Mr, McCue will consult'
District Attorney Hedges, be will learn
that a Quantity -of evidenoe against
Wilder hasr been collected b Mr.
Evans and turned over to him, and
that Frits Boyaen. another MUwaukie
resort keeper, was convicted recently
and sentenced to a long term tn Jail,
almost exclusively upon evidence gath
ered by Mr. Evans and communicated
to him.
This is the only charge of neglect
of duty that Mr. McCue has made
against the present district attorney
In the whole course of the campaign.
Is it not a significant' compliment to
Mr. Evans that, he had to go into an
other county to find even a anadowy
basis for that one?
The most glaring misstatement In
the McCue letter la an insinuation that
Governor West's proceeding against
th Friars' club, then called the MU
waukie tavern, was taken during Mr.
Evans' term, jyil the world knows that
Governor West - took charge cf law
enforcement In Portland and declared
martial law at the Mllwaukle tavern
months before the present district at
torney came into office, and that the
man upon whom ran called to act for
him was Walter Hf Evans.
WALTER F. GEREN.
In Behalf of Judge Tazwell.
Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal My attention has been
called to an article in the Sunday Ore-
SMALL CHAJfGB
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OUTLAWED
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by the Oregonian and aided by the
"me too" Telegram is trying to run the
politics of- Multnomah county and
N THIS page there Is first Oregon . mnallrn
class Republican testimony there were two or tnree men wno had
that The Journal is the only aspirations to be our county clerk.
Prtrtlanrl neWBrjaoer throueh They called on the editor of the Ore-
which Republican candidates repre- f? ?Z
vuvu,ii k j a. s,uu br- a j w
A FAIR TRUL
"THROUGHOUT the primary
I campaign that closes tonight,
j The Journal has been a peo
ple's forum.
Its columns have been open to
U comers. No candidate in any
arty , has been denied a hearing.
Republicans who have been os
racised and outlawed in the Ore
onian and Telegram have been
ble to reach the public through
he Journal. They were entitled
space In which to present their
aSeg. to . the public. It is only by
earing all sides in a campaign
fhere So many pi acqs are to be
tiled and bo many candidates are
field that the people can form
orrect conclusions.
Not 'to give all a chance to be
card Is to try the case before the
&f of the people with a part of
he testimony withheld. To make
ip'the verdict in the great court
f the .people's primaries with only
. part of the evidence in, is as
i n fair and unjust as to try a man
or his life ..without giving him a
nance to make a defense.
months before he could, If elected,
take his seat In congress.
LAFERTY AND PUTER
It has strained the resources of
fhe Journal to give prompt puli
ation to the discussions of candl
lates carried on in its letters-from-he-people
column. The space re
tired has beon heavy because so
alled Republican newspapers in
'ortland denied a hearing to all
ut, a favored few. These discus
ion's, in. which The Journal has
een an open forum and has f a
.ored none, will end with this
sflue, as The Journal believes in
i strict observance of the corrupt
vracticea law and that therefore no
political discussion of candidates
hould appear on primary day.
1
R.
the Third district. The law per
mits that course. Mr. McKenna is
an able and estimable citizen. He
-or, .onnnri fnr mavor In tha first tention to a few facts which may
commission government election at vV'LconliXan I KoniatvofMay ttackinthe reputa-
which Mayor Albee was elected. invisible machine controlled mostly "on mm"V , . " .
1UWCU Willie UlUllllJit JUU Ul kills
city. As a friend and admirer of Mr.
Tazwell. and his efficiency as munic
ipal judge in the discharge of his
duties while in office, may I be per
mitted to say a word in hla favor?
The records of the court 'show that
this vicious attack made upon him is
unwarranted, and false in every par
ticular. Take the records and read
them; they prove it la false. Who Is
responsible for the attack I am un
able to say, but believing As I do, that
it was inspired by a certain clique,
may I be permitted to ask a few ques
tions in relation to the present ad
ministration of the count: affairs?
Commisiaoner Holman in an address
before the Oregon Civic league, April
22. which appeared In The Journal on
April 23, made substantially the fol
lowing statements: He said when he
went into office the conditions at the
county farm were indescribable. There
were five dogs in the chicken yard and
the hogs were dying of cholera and
were kept in a pen on the slope of the
hill where many springs bubbled out of
the ground. In a hole back of the
buildings rags and sputum from tu
bercular indigents were placed and
that this hole was alive with rats
scampering all over the place. The
unHtir thnimnnna of Rflrm nliCRTi I . ... . . " -
i- i " . ' --I ne cm not care very raucn ior air. v-ui
luu" '"LO uuv-o in " ' rwtrm litva hn nhlA tn fi-Bt a I fv K ttn nn. n.t rnvnl
, ,. Tl I - " v " " V " ' " '
loses ma respiration, n ta a new i hearing in this primary campaign. "Mr. Coffey is necessary to our polit
ic-, w sum a UUU lis nr.
Very Important issues hang on
tomorrow's resnlts. Ypu should go
lo the polls and do your duty.
Tho taarlmnnv at A A Hailv car game, ana we wiu nave io support
The testimony A- . W him. and support him hard." The same
speaks for itself, and nobody will thl n transpired with other can-
auestion the Republicanism of Mr. didates for other offices. Now why
Bailey. I is Mr. Coffey . Indispensable to their
-irrin. 4r. .t-av'a Tnnmot I Rime? I will tell you. For value re-
iUl JUUttCl tj go U vwu- , . . J IC1VCU VtllV DUUUU1 k VI WlB,b il O
areas on a nlatform of fiehtine the . ' ruy .Baiu. delivers his machine vote to their other
r,n,tinmn f in nor n.nt nr 1 Tn Journtl1 rlgnl ai'cuss can- candl(iateB. And his machine Is some
apportionment of 40 per cent of aldate8 l8 questioned by the Oregon- machine. He has been building it
the grant land proceeds to the Ore- ian and Telegram, tut we unowned ever eincs na took office in fact, it
gon BChool fund. The trouble with voters who are Republicans and who wouid apPear that he has ,pald more
j iu iv , i n j i have a sincere desire to select the atnn , h,n v.- y, n hi
ins piau uiH me fiiixu i-iiu ics- . fe f offl have no other J"-""" " - n,,j a ald S37B a
islation has, by decree Of the court, opportunity to know anything of them txPyers .The first
to be settled nearly five months unless they be the hand-picked pets raove h8 made was t0 have a bU1
before Lafferty could be elected th wo PPe whose claim is that paased takin5 away from the county
to congress and more than 18
they are Republican. pomminslonera the anrjolntmefft of his
This Is also first class ReDUbli- deputies. They now serve at Coffey's
Can -testimony. It reflects the pro- Pleasure And they number three in
A. . . . it . stead of two as formerly. Next he
test ot tena oi tnousanus ot aiun- had a iaw passed which places In his
uomah county Republicans who are hands the appointment of the judges
nut in the outlaw class by the Ore- and clerks of the election boards
T.ATTF'RPTY 1n fie-htlnsr ikIii. onl iTsioinm Snaoa tnr about 1800 men and women with the
aiscussion or men ana measures is course all of tnese are not Coffey's
denied them. Opportunity to get henchmen, but they are enough to
the merits of their candidates be- leaven the mass pretty thoroughly. Jn
for the public is arbitrarily with- witness of which fact, observe that at
held. Gag rule is applied to all 'ons-hu nssTbeiS. written by
except a favored few. Free discus- friendly election board officials. The
sion is OUt Of the question, and possibilities are unlimited. And the
these thousands Of Republicans Oregonian knows this. And so, it is
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS
Remember, the early voter will be
in a position to rrod his neighbor.
Among those .who say the short
aklrt should not be worn is the bow
lsgged girl.-
Italy's province in the war has been
explained at last. It Is to keep Aus
tria scared. .
Oregon Republicans are advised by
the Cummlna headquarters not to
waste their votes on Justice Hughes.
Provision; should now be made for
carting off m lot of battered hats that
will be kicked out ot the political ring
tomorrow, ; ,
It la raoarted thsit Luther Burbank
I is growing grapes on a fig tree. Will
i he ever become so unorthodox as to
grow figs on thl sties T
Concerning those peace rumors. It
must be conceded they are nearly two
rears closer to being well founded
nan when they were started.
New York cut the price of marriage
to S3, covering license, anot ana oieas
ing. but who ever heard of a bride
who was enthusiastic over a cheap
wedding? m
That meteor which fell with
thump Saturday night near Arlington
Dr ftirnlahad a ranA illustration Ol
what is going to happen to a lot Of po
litical meteors in Oregon.
Pr.iM.nt Wllaon'a aneech at the Na
tlonal Press club revealed some of the
difficulties encountered by our blessed
country in trying to be a foster
mother to the entire planet.
Congressman Mann of Illinois, who
- .v - . Tnrtlanri whom it
wants in the national house of repre- was little damage to the fruit where
aentatlvea. mav be tne Identical maajvru"' " uecu 10 luiiiuui jv.v
who put the ''con" In congressman. I Frojt.
A f nllv ennlnned . mortem laundry"
is the latest enterprise no be estab
lished at Enterprlaa,
F. Thordaraon. hn ham bean SUOer-
intendent of . the Lebanon public
schools for the past three years, has
owa eueciea superintendent 01 t
Bend schools.
. e
The directors of tha Yamhill Poifntv
Pioneer association have dated the an
nual meeting for June 7, at McMlnn
vtlle. An unusual effort will be made
to insure the attendance ct pioneers.
In order to watch the progress of
the Blarbee brothara in the Northwest
league, the boys in the Albany post-
on ice, me Democrat says, nave sud
sctibed for a Tacoma paper, to get all
the dope.
In concluding. an editorial in which
it adjures Roguev River valley raisers
to cheer up regarding frost damage re
ports, and gives figures, the Medford
sun says: "Meanwhile an optimistic
outlook is not only bettev business, but
is more justified by former experience
than the present chorus of gloom."
Those who do not know what a
smudging scene looks like may learn
form this description, in the Medford
Bun: "Smudging was general and
heavy throughout the Rogue JRiver val
ley Thursday morning and the sky
was hazy with smoke from thousands
of smudge pots. The early sun was
red. and the soot soon settled over the
city, causing no balm to housewives
and merchants. Tho smudging began
about 2 o'clock, and by S it had set
tled over the city, dimming the street
lights. As far as reports show, there
TKg)nce Ger
BY Ftar liAMP-
the effort to build up the
Oregon school fund from
the grant land proceeds. Mr.
Puter is doing the same thing.
Here is why Lafferty opposes a
fund for the Oregon school chil
dren. Sold at $2.50 per acre, as
Lafferty proposes, the lands would
an opportunity to submit .their case
to an impartial and fairly selected
Jury.
That Mr; Bowerman should support
him in spite of those facts is not
surprising. During the session of the
1913 legislature Bowerman was the
leading lobbyist and most powerful
member of the "third house." Mr.
McArthur wae speaker of the house
of representatives and knew or bow
erman's activities and was friendly
to him and his endeavors.
Mr. Bowerman's statement that,
while chairman of the alcohpllo traf
fic committee during the 1818 legis
lature. Judge Littlefield was also an
attorney for the North Yakima Brew
ing company, Is absolutely false and
without foundation.
Judge Littlefleld's record as a leg
islator, as a lawyer and as a citi
zen is without stain or reproach. His
only fault is that he refuses to Jump
when Jay Bowerman cracks the whip.
That may be a good, reason why Mr.
Bowerman does not support "him, but
it is the best of reasons fwhy the
people of this county should support
Judge Littlefield.
The influence of Jay Bowerman In
Oregon 'politics Is and always has
been a malign one and he is a men
ace to the welfare of the people. He
Is the head of the "invisible govern
ment" of this state; his Influence is
against anyone who dares think for
I ... i J . - . - LI.
cows were in a deplorable condition. n,",BO" nl,u lo "
The superintendent of the poor farm "V"
bring, less than $6,000,000. The would be deprived of the slightest "s7 "'"7,f. .ti, "k?Z
lowest estimate of their value is chance of participating in the party is necessary for the Oregonian pro-
$44,000,000. That is to say, they discussions except for the availa- gram.
are worth $3 8,000,000 more than
CORTEZ AND PIZARRO
1""a DIFYING letters interchanged
m ; between two of our noted
railroad presidents have Just
I been published. They throw
bright raya of light upon the feel
ings of these magnates toward
lhe country whose economic desti
nies they control. One of these
presidents speaks of himself ,aa
"'Pizarro." The other calls himself
f'Cortei." Pizarro and Cortes were
Spanish conquerors of the days
vhen'thla continent was a land ly
ing open to any exploiter who had
the courage and force to take pos
session of it.
i Tha two railroad presidents look
v pon the United States as the
Spaniards did Peru and Mexico. It
Is conquered territory to be plun
dered as swiftly and thoroughly as
possible. When the Spanish "con
quistadors" had exhausted the re
sources of asponquered section they
hastened back to Spain to riot on
their, plunder. . In the same way
our modern conquerors erect state
ly palaces in the cast where they
live In luxury on the spoils of the
nation.;' It Is Interesting to notice
how well 4 these magnates under
stand the situation. If they had
any Illusions about it they would
uot " be calling themselves Pizarro
and Cortes. t
Lafferty would bell them for.
What does Lafferty propose to
billty to them of the columns of Every account written of any meet-
Ilia JUUlliai. . fn. Ik.l. ...Mlo. An naanr
Yesterday a Republican candi- was the meeting in the city library.
do with the $38,000,000? He gays ' jat ft ramfi to Tha Journal office when I called attention to tne ln-
he would hold a grand drawing and begged for a little mention of thrVerTn Z.,? t .
and raffle the lands off. That , MsJ candldacy. He had asked the 1 ? r:afiveIh'! "t,er..
means that he proposes a $38,000,- oregonian to do it, he said, but made on Coffey, but that the audience
000 raffle as a bait to fool people that naner rpfiiHed Hla Una was entirely with him, and left the
who like to try their luck at trembled as he remarked that he Kti'JEJ1
gambling into support .of Lafferty. j had been votlng the RepuDlIcan 01
in eueci, ne is noiuing up iui . ticket all his life, only to find the office by him. Also that the only ap-
138,000.000 to public view as a
columns of so-called Republican Pl&use he got was from some 28 of his
newspapers closed and barred onit
ttfcauiai uiui. dismissal. As to the vote on his being
It mleht be added that this man given an additional five minutes, the
was shut out by the Oregonian be-Vll mfa by nls deputies was so
. . A, ,L loud as to appear nearly equal to that
cause that paper is sunDortinsr theL.. ,.. .v.. ,A,t a a
t p I 11uv y (.tic iiiuccuuciiii v v t v i n. j-i i i vi
fannMaffl whn rh a n faA tA ngvfnfr uia. anntUoi iaf saJnamn rffaw emt
proceeds of tne grant lana ror , t t th pnw-n vaiio out. And he never denied a single
VOteS for himself iS his Own COn-;. nYFh,n.. for thft Orftirnnlnn'i. thing I publicly charged against him,
demnation before a great legislative ! g oregonian s but put ,n the entlre flve mlnute8 teU.
""ff"'" intr wnat a line receiver ne naa maue
and how much he had saved the poor.
sort of bribe for votes.
Lafferty knows that his proposal
is as impossible as Puters proposal.
Congress understands the schemes
of both these gentlemen. A candi
date who offers to trade excess
body.
More to the point, under the de
cree, congress must enact the grant
land legislation within six months
after the decree of the supreme
court was entered, which means
that the legislation must be com
pleted within one month from now.
The congressman to be elected In
this district will not be sworn in
until March 4 next, more than ten
months hence, and will not, in all j ing of the General Federation public pay the bins." Our only hope
HkAlihnorl. alt as a member of the) I nf Wnmn,n r.luha which will Katrln apparently lies in The Journal and
v io, l, .r ,r, x . . the grapevine teleeraph.
uuuj uiiui uetcmuei , iiii, uiuio m iev iuik next ween ana last I BAILEY.
than 18 montns nence. until June 2. Mrs. Pennypacker,
If sugar or "short sweetnin' " I suffering bondholders of the telephone
continues to soar in price we can company. This record on the receiver-
return to the old sorghum or "long v0t.r.
SWeetnin' '? days. it seems to me that it should be the
desire of the voters to nominate the
A GREAT MEETING best men for public office it is possible
to get, arid it should be tne duty of a
A vote for MeArthur is a vote for
Jay Bowerman and Ferdinand E. Reed.
A vote for Judge Littlefield is a
protest against them and what they
represent.
ROBERT F. MAGUIRH.
A Statement by Mr. Fleming.
Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal The undersigned wishes
to assume full responsibility for the
rublicatton and circulation of the
pamphlet showing the receipt by Mr.
Coffey of $18,000, about one-half of
which was his salary as county clerk
and the other was as receiver of the
Northwestern Long Distance Tele
phone company, and containing ther
matters relative to the conduct of
the office of county clerk by Mr. Cof
fey, in order that the voters of Mult
nomah county might not be misled
pr to the contest between J. W. Bev
eridge and John B. Coffey.
The matter contained in the pamph
let published was based upon an audit
made by Alex C. Rae, O. P. A., the
record of the office and in the case
Of Title Insurance & Trust company
vs. Northwestern Long Distance Tel
ephone company, filed in the circuit
court of the state of Oregon for Mult
nomah county. John B. Coffey was
receiver prior to his election, but
after his election continued to be
receiver, and it is not true that he
mah county for their proper guidance ; has been discharged as such receiver,
in the congressional campaign, the aitnougn sum statement nan Deen
action of Jay Bowerman In taking . published. The final report has not
did not know how many acres it con
tained nor how many head of livestock
were on the farm, nor about any other J
property on hand.
There were other charges made in
this address regarding other condi
tions, which are too lengthy to enumer
ate in this letter, but can be seen
by reference to the paper of the afore
said date. Was not the present county
Judge chairman of the commissioners'
court at that time? Was he not parti
ally or largely responsible for the
conditions described? c.
Again, may I ask, how is it that so
much political literature is coming
from the courthouse as to the mag
nificent work done by this judge?
Where does it come from and who
pays for it? I think a fair investiga
tion of these questions and others that
can be asked, ii necessary, would show
that Mr. Taswell is more competent
and a far better man to trust with
the discharge of the duties of county
Judge in taking care of the many im
portant matters involved in estates
and the delinquencies of the children
now placed with the county Judge of
this county, than the present incumb
ent. W. H. H. DXJFUR.
Bowerman and McArthur.
Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal If any further evidence
was needed by the people of Multpo-
the stump for Mr. McArthur has fur
nished it.
Mr. Bowerman's political affilia
tions and record are so well and un
favorably known throughout the state
that the fact that he is against Judge
Littlefield is the highest proof of the
latters qualifications and fitness for
ihe place and of the unfitness of Mr.
McArthur.
Jay Bowerman for years past has
S..n .nfl.avnrlrr in HnHil tin a
llU-ai iiiovuiuo V- 1 tguu Wllllll 1TUUIU :
3'et been filed by John B. Coffey,
receiver, or his attorneys, Fulton &
Bowerman, and the final charges yet
to be made by them are unknown.
F. H. FLEMING.
"Why Hold a Primary?"
Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Jounnal In the' Inception of this
campaign; I asked the question: "Why
Hold a Primary T" and the more I sea
ind learn of the pending contest the
am convinced that It is a
THE Evening Post hag issued great newspaper to enlighten the vot-
. . ' ers on all questions of this kind. But
a fourteen-page supplement evidently the motto of the invisible
devoted to the biennial meet- circle is: "Our machine first. Let the
The grant land fisht has nar- who is pleasantly remembered Id
In Reply to Mr. McCue.
rowed down to this
S.hall 40 per cent go to the Ore
gon school fund or 40 per cent go
to reclamation in other states?
The women of Portland have
accepted the ballot. With it, they
accepted a weighty responsibility.
Their way to meet that responsi
bility is to go to the polls tomor
row and vote as they think.
THE CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT
f
' Locally,; tomorrow's election is
oi more Importance to Multnomah
county than the November election.
That is a convincing reason for you
to eo to the polls. Don't be a stay-at-home.
lr
T
.THE DEADLY PHEASANT
RULY haa it been said that If
yon want to get the real "in
side j dope" on homeXaf fairs
. you must go away from home
to get it,
For example, the. following is
taken from a. newspaper published
at Weeping v Water. -Nebl
"The effort " to stock America
with pheasants seems to have suc-ree-led
in Oregon, where thousands
ct gorgeously - plumed Chinese
Pheasants a are making life ; a bur-
T
HERE have been few elections
in Portland in which the pre-
T.lorii4 Mov 1ft Tn Vi Vjl Itnr rf
Portland, tells how she felt at the Tha journal John' C. McCue. in his
first fedeiation meeting she ever letter in toduy's Journal, in whicn he
attended. It was held in Los An- denounces District Attorney Evans for
.,... I failure to close tne juiiwauaie .Friars
She thinks that one of the fed-
club, .In Clackavmasv county, betrays
equal ignorance of the law and the
oration's greatest works has been facts, or deliberately misstates both.'
to "wipe out soctional feeling in With his denunciation of the character
the United States." All its meet- of the plwe all must agree, it is con-
v- i j ,v , . ducted by the same Julius Wllber
mgs have been large and the dele- wnom Mr McCue faUed to prosecute
gates come from everywhere in the jn Astoria, after demand to do to has
country. Naturally a great deal been made upon him by the grand jury.
ot fraternization goes on and mu- Mr- McCue-s "inquiry mto the law
tual understanding grows as the, cau to" " prepared some
exercises progress. months ago, In connection with a sen-
The federation originated in the sationai murder case, committed a few
mind of "Jennie June" Croly, one hundred yards outside the county, a
election prophets have beenjof tne f0tmder8 of tne Sorosis club brlf L41 lJl1",??.
v. -. vans. - A m 111 UIO liVSLtg mav v vwwiu V asaa a sau
in New York. That famous organ- for beginning a prosecution. The re-
ization was 21 years Old in 1889, suit was to the contrary. Mr. McCu
and to celebrate its maloritv It Is evidently unfamiliar with the con-
called, a convention of women's 8"tuyon. .iE'. "S"1h H
, t , , , . Article 1. section 11: In all criminal
clubs at Mrs. Crolys suggestion. pro8ecutlona, the accused shall have
From this convention grew the the right to a public trial by an lm-
general federation Which has be- partial Jury in the county In whtch the
come such a power in the land. i?5r,e"3e !nau. I f - i mm,"a
more at sea than in the pres
ent three-cornered congressional
fight among the Republicans.
The complexity of the situation
is heightened by the conflicting
character of the support of the
three candidates. The Btraw votes
that have been taken still further
complicate the situation.
Mr. McArthur. a wet. candidate,
is counting on dry votes to be de
livered to him' by the Portland
Telegram, which was recently spec
tacularly dry, but apparently wet
now. j
Mr. McArthur, on thej other
hand, expects to Ipse wet votes on
account of the pledges , made by
Mr. Lafferty to the German socie
ties as to his attitude on foreign
policies of this country if elected
to congress. While many German
voters are declared not to be sup
porting Mr. Lafferty, it Is conceded
The meeting opens May 23.
A
Neither (Joes he appear to knowi that
the great weignt or judicial authority
Is that all statutes giving a county
jurisdiction beyond Its borders are un
constitutional. State ve. Lowe, 21 W.
LL legislative candidates prom- Va. 782; Craig vs. States. $ Keiskell
las amnnniv Thstv (nn. i rsouj, i neaerai
A REAL PLEDGE
do his bidding at all times and under
all circumstances. He has worked
secretly and been at times success
ful, but where he has worked openly
and his activities have become known
waste of time and money to hold a pri
mary.
It is very apparent that the Oregon
ian has selected its own county ticket
and that any person who is not on that
the neonle of the state have with ticket does not get a square deal, and
precision, thoroughness and apparent that the Oregonian Juggles, conceals
enjoyment proceeded to defeat him : an(1 misrepresent news uems in iavor
and the measures which he has advo- ! of the candidates on Its ticket and
cated. i against those not on its ticket, and
He will favor no man who will not that in the present contest it has
be open to his influence, and no mess- ceased to be a newspaper.
tire which does not redound tS his
benefit. He has been behind every
movement which has had for its ob
ject an attack upon the Oregon sys
tem. He has been a friend and agent
of the special Interests at every stage
of his career.
The most. effective argument
against the re-election of C. N. Mc
Arthur is the fact that Jay Bower
man and Ferdinand K. Reed are his
political sponsors
Why show favoritism for or against
any candidate? Why not give them all
a square deal and let the people make
their choice on the personal merits of
all the candidates? What right has
the Oregonian to dictate or say who
shall or shall, not be nominated for
any office? A REPUBLICAN.
Wants Mr. Alderson Nominated.
St. Johns, Or.. May 17. To the EJ
ltor of The Journal W. C. Alderson.
The highest compliment that mn he i candidate for the Republican nomlna-
pald to Judge Littlefield is the fact j "on for county superintendent of
that these men and the influences I scnoois, is wen ana ivorn.oiy mown
and Interests they represent are
against him.
That Mr. McArthur's situation is
desperate is evident from the fact
that Mr. Bowerman haa seen fit to
teke the stump in his favor. "Mr.
Bowerman's statement to the effect
that McArthur was only a boy of 22
years at the time he helped Burns
stuff the Jury box In the federal
court is both silly and untrue. Ac
cording to McArthur's own statement
throughout this section. His work
in the St. Johns schools wae but a
continuation of his faithful efforts for
the upbuilding of the rising genera
tion, a work which he has made his
life's work.- During the years that
Mr. Alderson had charge of our
schools II was one of the teachers, and
was particularly Impressed by his abil
ity as 'an educator, organizer and lead
er. These qualifications make him
eminently fitted to fill the office to
he was a man of 27. Although he which he aspires ine aupenmenueni
pretended to be a friend of the men of our county schools
vVom Khertlea amA reniitatlnna w.- NELLIE M. STEVENS,
at stake, he deliberately and with Principal North St. Johns School, and
EQ at a U va' Petttvui 1 ttA Pan TCa evH I
VAAa tlft.a wV. ' I -w- V
uocu ytviutoiug tuai ever i si 4
, since legislatures were insti-j m the instance referred to Mr. Me-
tuted. But the taxes have kent Cue's former chief. District Attorney
crawling up nigHe and higher, and J 3&JL$Z
it la the legislatures that are chief- nomah county, and most properly so,
ly responsible for the Increases. las Me. Gvans learned after a careful
Two measures will be presented I search of the authorities.
to- the next legislature that , will n ! ihV ??u'
offer a definite saving in the cost I V V.'r ir." " eZ;
of things. . On is ja measure to Multnomah county raided the Friars' and punishment without their having
knowledge of the enormity . of his
conduct, helped make up the list of
Jurors who should decide the land
fraud cases.
It was not a matter of mistake or
inexperience. C N. McArthur knew
at the time he checked over the lsts
from Polk county and when he ad
vised Burns that no citisens from
Columbia county be permitted on the
Jury, that the lists and his recom
mendations were to be used to make
up a Jury that would go Into the box
with Its . mind made up to convict..
The Question in this campaign is
whathav tha nMnl of thia eauatv A a-
'el re as their1 ' representative a man
who would deliberately stack the cards
against his fellow Citisens and pre
vent them from having a fair trial,
and who condemned them to disgrace
Former County
Union County.
Superintendent of
In Praise of Mr. Tucker.
Toledo. Ohio, May lS.-vTo the Ed
itor of The Journal I nope mat 1
shall not seem obtrusive if I write a
brief testimonial in iavor or Kooert
Tucker, who. i am aavieea. is a can
didata at the primaries, for circuit
ludsre.
As a young lawyer Mr. Tucker Joined
the bail of Toledo while I was on the
common pleas, bench, anisi-prius court
that corresponds to your circuit court.
Ha had a good legal mind, was a fine
lawyer and rapidly rose in his profes
sion. He is also a man of high char
acter, absolutely honest, and has a
winning personality.
I cannot use language- any too
strong ito commend jjr. Tucker to your
favorable notice. Ha has not asked
me to write you, but I learn through
one of the younger attorneys of this
bar, a friend of Mr. Tucker, of his
candidacy for circuit Judge. During
the conversation he spoke of your pa
pet and asked me if I would write you
what I personally knew about Mr.
Tucker. This Is the reason I am writ
ing you, and I beg to say that while
Mr. Tucker was at this bar I did not
know of a cleaner or more honorable
or more capable young lawyer.
J. A. BARBER.
County Superintendence.
Portland. May 16. To the Editor of
The Journal After reading another
anonymous letter In behalf of a city
candidate for the office of county
school superintendent, but this time by
a rural teacher," I, as a McCormlck
supporter and a loyal rural teacher
who believes in doing the best thing
for the neglected rural schools, desire
to answer this anonymous letter above
my signature; because I'm not afraid
of any political gang, neither am I
ashamed to have my name connected
in any way with our country candidate,
Elmer 8. McCormick.
The writer said there is no essen
tial difference in the problems of the
rural and city schools. How about
one rural teacher having all eight
grades in the rural school, with about
10 minutes for classes, while the city
teacher has one grade and three times
the time In which to conduct classes,
also supervisors of all kinds to assist.
Is the problem similar?
How could a rural teacher under
said, conditions properly Instruct pu
pils in one of Mr. Whitney's ideal
carpenter or blacksmith shops? How
many rural districts can afford to
expend $500 for one of the many ma
chines necessary to promote success
fully this pre-vocatlonal idea? How
can we keep our boys Son tlie farm If
we teach them trades which they can
not apply with financial success on
the farm?
We should enoourage industrial
work among our rural boys and girls
and teach them to reverence the farm
life and develop our many acres of
untilled soil, instead of preparing
them for the unemployed souphouses
of the city.
If rural and city problems are
similar, why do so many teachers and
parents seok the city schools?
We agree that tne county school
superintendent should know much of
real life and should be broad In mind.
also moral and congenial. And this
la why we think our country candi
date well qualified. First, he has
taught 25 years, leaving a clean rec
ord every place. He Is the only can
didate who has held the office of
county superintendent and the only
one who has been a rural supervisor
in Oregon He lias traveled In 40
states of the Union and In Canada
i-nd Mexico, served on a commission
which took a survey of Maryland
and Virginia schools, was Jn Wash
ington, D. C four months and visited
the Gary, Ind., Institute, also Tuske
gee, Ala! - FLOTD D. MOORE.
The Firing Squad.
Seaside, Or., May 13. To the Editor
of The Journal In your Issue of May
10, you have an editorial headed.
Again the Firing Squad." Jn which
you blame the British government for
shooting 12 leaders or the recent re
bellion in Dublin, and allude to these
executions as "savage reprisals."
Nothlng." you say. "would be thought
of them in Mexico." '
Are vou aware that Oreat Britain
and Irelard. in common with the rest
of the allies, are at this moment en
gaged In fighting for their very exist
ence against a most powerful and re
lentleaa enemy? Are you aware these
ame rebela with whom you sympathize
had an arrangement with Germany by I
which Germany undertook to bombard
English coast towns simultaneously
ith their uprising? Are you aware
that in accordance with this agree
ment German warships for more than
SO minutes bombarded Yarmouth and
"Lowestoft, two undefended seacoast
towns? Are you aware that several
hundred thousand of ths flower of
Irish manhood are fighting for their
country In France and Flanders, and
that, alas! many thousands or them
gave up their life's blood to the cause?
Under the circumstances, can you
call the execution of these 12 men
"savage reprisals"? I, as an Irishman
myself, would despJse any government
which, in time of desperate war, con
doned such crimes against Ireland, as
well as against England. Would the
American government have been any
more lenient Hn like case? Only a few
days ago I saw the picture of six or
eight wounded Vllltsta prisoners con
demned to death by American author
ities for participating In the raid on
the Mexican border.
ARTHUR LOWRY CORRT.
Two Candidates' Claims Urged.
Portland, Or.. May 17. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Every Democrat
in Multnomah county should remember
the long and faithful service avhich
John C. Welch and Fred C. Whit ten
have rendered their party continuously
sad without reward f or ' the last 25
years. These two faithful Democrats
have always I been on the Job; always
contributed their time and money to
the welfare of the party and its can
didates. They have never faltered,
never wavered, but have always kept
the faith, and, by all means, they are
the logical men to send to the St.
Louis convention from this ' congres
tionai district. Every Democrat
should work for them. Every Demo
crat should vote for them on Friday.
May If. for delegates to the St. Loots
convention, - GEORGE SMITH.
e great field
became a place
YESTERDAT AFTERNOON up at
Multnomah Field I saw the chil
dren thousands of them In the drills
and calisthenics of their May festival.
SAnd I saw the proud parents
the grandmas and grandpas
and the big sisters and all the others
who had come to see the children
drill.
J And when the youngsters came
marching in solid ranks the applause
swept around the field.
like the roar of summer rain.
JAnd then the children moved all
together. j
like a field ot. flowers In tha
wind.
backward and forward and left
and right.
In such time and rhythm that It
seemed they made the music instead
of the band.
JAnd as I watched thVm I saw
the wonder and the beauty of doing
things together.
for the common good of all.
U Because on tha field no -child
crowded. r
or tried to get mora aroundn
which to stand than any other child.
becaiiBo each had Its claca In tha
sun or the rain.
and no child had an advantage
ever any other child.
J Each was intent on doing Its part-
and each wished to do its Dart
well. v k
J And so the whol
filled with children
of harmony.
JAnd then I thought as I aaw
the children march in solid ranks
obeying their leaders '
how other children Just eight or
ten years older tnan these
have marched in solid ranka
obeying their leaders against the
machine guns.
JAnd I saw how they might fall
when the scythe of bullets struok
them In long row together.
JAnd a man at my side -his face
beaming spoke to me.
J"You see the perfect order there
how smoothly they all move how
each child knows its placer'
J I nodded.
J "That's preparedness" ha said.
JAnd I thought of the long rows
that might fall together Ilka flowers
behind a scythe.
JAnd the red halr-rlbbonS that alt
the girls wore seemed to swim to
gether.
until the field was all red.
J"Yes" I said "that's prepared
ness." J And the children wove themselves
into patterns.
-shifting changing flashing Into
new patterns with surprising loveli
ness. ,JAnd I saw how almost any pat
tern was possible.
and how When these boys and
girls left Multnomah Field and out
into the world
how any pattern would be possi-.
b. s
how they might change things
toward greater beauty.
JAnd sometimes In the drills the
children all stooped together.
and then rose up together.
JAnd It seemed to ma tliat they
bore the weight of all our govern
mentsand courts and sky-scrapers
and railroads and churches rand
prisons and theatres on their young
shoulders.
J Or that they soon would bear
them.
as soon as we who are no longer
children step out from under.
JAnd I saw what the children could
do If they wanted to. ,
JAnd I thought that the weight
might be more equally distributed.
JAnd then the festival was over.
JAnd going out I heard one man
say to another.
j"I had two kids In it Bill and
j "LISTEN It cost me two dollars
for hair-ribbons and whit stockings
and incidentals.
. j "Things cost Ilka hell these days
don't they?"
j"They sure do" said the other
man.
Search Yotir Own Roul, Claude.
Sir: A man called ma a pragmatlst.
I don't know whether to fight htm
or not.
I don't know whether a fat man caa
be a pragmatlst.
If a pragmatlst is a practical phil
osopher, I'm not.
Can there be an impractical prag
matlst? Claude,
(Additional Letters on Opposite Page.)
A Note of Alarm Is Sounded.
B J. a. H.. In Afterthoughts column,
Detroit News.
Sing a song of real estate,
A pocket full of maps,
Two and forty-hundrad fellows
Balling easy snaps.
When excitement's over,
And reason hits the mob.
Two and forty-hundred fellows
Looking for a Job.
Oo as Par as Vou Like.
Sir: Would it be against the cor
rupt practices act, or anything, to offer
a reward for somebody to smash all the
cuts of Carre. nra so that the news
papers can t print his picture every day
or so? O. C. Lu
Parhapa This Would Do for a College
Chorus.
At the punch-bowl's brink.
Let the thirsty think
What they say In Japan:
"First the man takes a drink.
Then the'drlnk takes a drink.
Then the drink takes the man "
Edward Rowland Bill.
8treetTown
pictured Before and After.
C'lTY AUDITOR BARBUR has in his
a nrivi nffise at the city hall one ,'
of those wire contraptions Invented
to aid post card fiends in aecorauon;
or their habitations. Here he puts :
all the pictures and caros mai can-,
didates hand him. He has, coijse-,
quently, a very pretentious display. ,
Public officials, you know, are SUP- ',
posed umder the corrupt practices or :
some other of our numerous acts, to
keep away from all political associ-J
stlon in tha conduct of their buslnes.
SMr Barbur, are you not violating
the law?" queried visitor. '
'1 think not, responded the city ,
auditor. "Tou will notice tnat i postA
.it -a and Dictures regardless of -
party, creed, hope or chance of elec-.-tlon.
And I do it purely for the pur-X
poses .of psychological stuay, ana v .
for any political reason. Every J)l0j
tured face on every campaign card
looks stalwart and patriotic and pub
lic spirited. Every pictured chest
a wall, nroudly. I want to compare
their poses for the pictures with their
appearance subsequent io election, v
N. B. This Is not the cltr auditor's
year to run' . .-r- "-
"'.As-