The Oregon daily journal., May 21, 1916, Page 36, Image 36

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CHARLES C. PINCKNKY.
tribute.
All will bear In mind thla aacred prin-.
'.ciple, that though the will of the majority
ia In all caae to prerall, that will to be
rightful must bo reaaounble, tbat the mi
nority poMieaa ibelp iinl rights, wnb-h
equal law innat protect and to violate
would b oppreaalon.
. Thorn a a Jefferann.
THE PEACE RUMORS
PART from the fervent de
tBire of all good men and
. women for peace on earth,
.. the 'real Interest In the peace
rumors that float across the sea is
: the nature of the terms that will
eventually be put forth. These
are bound to be in the nature of
compromise as no one expects that
either side will to able to enforce
- its . radical demands such as the
destruction of German militarism
or British control of the seas.
In a general way it is predicted
nat none of the warring nations
(WlH obtain all It wishes or lose
r Vht Is necessary to its existence.
' Discussing what will probably be
-. the minimum demand of the en
tente powers Roland G. Usher in
the Philadelphia Ledger says the
Bum of the terms which the allies
x yi ill accept is security.
,,For England security means a
continued stream of supplies and
raw materials for her factories and
. a preponderant control of the Beas.
,Her security from invasion depends
! ppon keeping Germany out of Bel-
gium and northern France.
I i. For France security consists In
recovering strategic positions in
" Alsace and Lorraine.
': For Russia security is less
"Jailitary than an economic factor.
i she will at least ask for an ex
tension of privilege at Constantino-
1-le. enabling her to prevent the
i dosing of the Dardanelles to her
I commerce. This would not neces-
tartly require that Germany recog-
fcize Russian political .control of
; "Turkey. Security for "Tlssla also
; insists upon the old boundary be-
r tween German and Russian Poland.
It may also be, says Professor
i' Usber, that Russia would want -the
.port of Danzig which is more fa
' voraWy Jocated than Riga and is
open the year around.
j ,' One of the difficult features of
settlement will be the concessions
t to be made to the allies of the
I allies. The most that Italy can
; ;hope for is the cession of the Tren
ti&o. To put Trieste in her hands
f - would take from Austria her only
; ; access to the Mediterranean,
1 "commercial necessity.
j lv Serbia will probably get Albania,
1-which she has long coveted. It is
: also probable tnat in this new Ser
1 bla, Italy would be compensated
by commercial privileges.
i . Greece expects to receive the
; neater part of Turkish Thrace
If j whose population is predominently
J Greek. This would give Greece
I ': the gTeater part of the littoral of
i the Aegean sea.
Bulgaria would probably be
J " robbed of Macedonia, which would
1-0 " divided between Serbia and 1
. Greece and perhaps lose a further
f f strip, to Roumanla, making this
I jrovernmeut a stronger bulwark
I - against Russia in Constantinople.
I ? ...'German plans in Asia Minor will
. In all probability be left intact,
7 and-It may be that additional con-
cessions will be made the Germans
rlnr Africa. Whether German terri
tory'in the Pacific can be restored
I is , highly doubtful, says Professor
Usher, but It Is probable after the
I European war the powers will bury
their enmities and work together
I to. reestablish their political and
economic interests In Asia which
'are threatened by the growing in-
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I Manifestly, Professor Usher's
conclusions are predicated on an
anticipated decision at arms more
4favorablo to the allies than to the
' central belligerents, a result yet to
te attained and more or less in
volved in doubt.
: It is Repoblican histOTy in Ore
ton that, whenever the Lincoln Re
:; publicans are in mood , for har
'DfOny and concerted action,, the
i reactionary clique that 'believes the
s party should be ruled from above.
goes, to1 an extreme in action that
""opens all the ; old wounds.'" The
conflict between the two wings is
" irrepressible- because the gang that
insists that It is;the whole Repub
Jlcan party brings , out , programs
TWO REPUBLICAN . PARTIES IN OREGON ;
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HERE are two Republican parties
There are two Repoblican partle because a powpnui
in Portland in conjunction with the governor's office, by iU at
tmntfi Axercise of desDotic oower makes it impossible for all
Republicans to remain united and harmonious within one party.
One of them Is the group led by Governor Withycombe and the
Oregonian which tried to deprive Secretary of State Olcott of his right
to be a Republican. The other Is that large mass of Republicans who
decline to take orders from a group of so-called "regular" Republicans
who claim they are the only Republicans and that all other persons
styling themselves Republicans are not Republicans but Democrats.
Mr. Olcott is an example of the "outlawed" Republicans. The
whole campaign, against him was a claim that he is not a Republican.
The whole fight against him was by the stalwarts who claim that, they
alone are Republicans and that all other Republicans are outlaws and
Democrats.
There was no reason for such a claim. Mr. Olcott has always been
a Republican. He refused to accept assemblylsm and supported Oswald
West in 1910 for governor. So did more than half the Republicans of
the state. They went out of their party to oppose assemblylsm on
principle. So did Mr. Olcott.
After that, Mr. Olcott was appointed secretary of state by Governor
West. He was appointed as a Republican. He accepted tre appoint
ment as a Republican. There was a Democratic protest because Gov
ernor West named a Republican to the position.
After that, Mr. Olcott was nominated for election as a Repunn-
can. He was elected as a uepuDucan.
Yet, we had throughout the late
re-iterated insistence that Mr. Olcott Is a Democrat. We had in the
Oregonian and In the Telegram an aggressive endeavor to drive him
out of the party with which he has
We had the spectacle of all available attaches of the governor s
office and executive departments moving heaven and earth to put Mr.
Olcott in the ranks of "outlawed"
There are a groat many such
publican who opposed the assembly
where Mr. Olcott stood. If Mr. Olcott Is a Democrat, tney are Demo
crats. If he is a disinherited and
disinherited and disfranchised Republicans. If he is an outlaw, they
are outlaws. That is why there are two Republican parties in Oregon.
The powerful group composing the "Secret Circle" that fixes things
political and which is an alliance with the state machine and the Mult
nomah county ring has made two Republican parties in the state.
Every Republican who went out
Roosevelt stands where Mr. Olcott
what half the Republicans of the
an outlaw, they are outlaws. If he
If he has no rights among the
Roosevelt Republicans are in the same
they are outlaws. If Mr. Olcott is
Republican, they are disfranchised
There is little in common between these two Republican parties.
One of them is the Mark Hanna Republican party and the other is the
Lincoln Republican party. Identification is easy.
The first believes in party rulership from above, the other believes
in party rulership by the masses.
expects obedience, denying the masses
believes In wide open party councils
in a fair discussion with every one given his day In court, believes tbat
the final decision as to party control and leadership should be by all and
not by a "Secret Circle."
Though aifferent in form, the
ciple on which the party divided on
ciple on which It divided again when more than half the party went
over to Roosevelt In 1912. The conflict is irrepressible 3ind will con
tinue to make two Republican parties
and the powerful group of allied interests, the Multnomah county ring
and Governor Withycombe's state machine are determined to draw a se
lect circle inside of which they claim
proclaiming that all other so-called
outlaws.
Nobody has claimed that Mr. Olcott has been an inefficient official
On the contrary, the white-winged and
led the fight against him was forced
officer.
But he was fought by Governor
by the newspaper oligarchy, in Portland because he wouldn't apply the
spoils Bystem In public offices, because he would not use public places
as a political asset, because he would not "stand in" with the gover
nor's foolish and childish programs, because he would not become a
cog in tho .Withycombe-Oregonian political machine, because he insisted
that merit is the true and only test for appointment to office, because
he was guided in his action solely by a consideration for the public
welfare rather than for private gain and because ho acted on his con
science and his judgment, refusing to take orders from those who are
exercising the power of Invisible government in this ftate.
The charge against Mr. Olcott was that he is a Democrat. That
was the only charge made against him. The effort was to deny him
the right to be a Republican. The warning 13 that all Republicans of
the Olcott type can take it for granted that in the view of the white
winged "regulars" they have no right to be Republicans.
Every Republican who opposed assemblylsm, every Republican who
voted for Roosevelt, every Republican who believes in orders going up
from below instead of coming down from above, every Republican who
denies the right of Oregonianism and Withycombeism to rule the party
is considered a Democrat and an outlaw.
world too often measures men by
toat the others can not accept and
will not accept.
Charley Moores is an excellent
man, a good citizen, a steadfast
'riend and a member of one of the
cninently respectable pioneer fami
lies of Oregon. It was a crime for
Cregonianism and Withycombeism
to drag him out to be slaughtered.
YE WERE BUT PEW
HE only thing ' that saves
the world," said President
Wilson to the National
Press club, "is the handful
uf disinterested men that are in
it." Referring to those at the na
tional capital he said that he had
found a few such and wished he
had found more. He did not say
just how many he had found The
Lord would hav spared Sodom if
poor old Lot could have found ten
lighteous men in Its population, or
even rive. But he was finally
obliged to own that there was only
one, namely himself.
There are "a few names even In
Sardis which have not defiled their
tarments," and these men, so Mr.
Wilson thinks, are the salt of the
earth. The wonder is that he
should have kept so much faith in
mankind after all these years' ex
perience of baseness and treachery.
Some lies may yet remain untold
about him but there can not be
many.
It may be possible to misinter
pret his motives still more malig
nantly than has been done, but we
do not believe It. Human Ingenu
ity seems to hav gone to the limit
In that direction. He has waded
through a slough of calumny made
viscid with petty spite for many
months, and yet he still sees good
in the world.
The common saying is that every
man has his price.
But common experience always
omits exceptions. The man who
will not sell himself has, as a rule,
neither money, power nor place.
He,, lives inconspicuously and the
big public sees and knows nothing
I about him.. If it does happen to
- 1 know him it despises him, for the
their t, possession. It ; Judges by
to Oregon. -
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primary campaign tho constant and
always been affiliated.
Republicans.
Republicans in Oregon. Every Re
and assemblylsm stands exactly
dlsrrancmsed Republican, tney are
of his party In 1912 and voted for
stands. They did in 1912 exactly
state did in 1910. If Mr. OlcOtt is
is a Democrat, they are Democrats.
self-styled "regular" Republicans, these
boat. If Mr. Olcott is an outlaw,
disfranchised and disinherited as a
and disinherited as Republicans.
The one attempts to give orders and
a right to be heard. The other
instead of secret intrigues, believes
principle today is exactly the prin
assemblylsm, and exactly the prin
in Oregon because the Oregonian
are the only Republicans, while
Republicans are Democrats and
haloed Republican despotism that
to confess that he is an excellent
Withycombe's state machine and
what they have, not by what they
are, and possessions usually result
frcm some sort of traffic. One of
the easiest ways to get them is by
that sort of traffic which the Lord
had in mind when he asked what
it profited to gain the whole world
and lose one's own soul.
The man who Is not disinterested
has lost his soul. It is the property
of those who have paid his price.
The ancient philosophers had a
saying that nobody could be dis
interested as long as he wanted
tnything. So they stripped them
selves of all their wants, wife,
home, money.
Diogenes lived in a tub that his
mind might be free. How can the
swarm of dependents who buzz
round the Rockefeller millions be
wholly disinterested? Are they not
all praying to the great man for
something or other? Most of them
want something good, but good
tougnt at the price of a man's in
dependence takes a taint that will
not out. History tells us of the
gang whe haunted Nero for the
drippings from bis bloody hand?
it inordinate wealth could not
buy the souls of parasites It would
never be sought. President Hadlev
of Yale once told us that the true
way to punish our criminals of
fcreat wealth was "to leave them to
themselves." If all the world
should forsake them their satisfac
tions would peeleff like garments
and misery would pursue them to
despairing grave?.
it is Decause so rew or us are
disinterested that rich criminals
can buy honor and surround them
selves with fawning multitudes
How can our colleges be disinter
ested as long as they hold out
craving hands to Rockefeller and
his like?
But there are disinterested men
in the world. Those who have
had bitterest experience of venal
lty and baseness are firmest in
believing it. The men who will not
cell themselves are God's witnesses
here. They testify that the heart
of the world is sound. The rot
tenness is superficial. The treach
ery and merchandising of souls
are the scum that floats on the sur-
I face. Deep down the tides are pure
end from the unpolluted depths
flow inconspicuous streams that
water the thirst of men who strive
and suffer. No man can be dis
interested without faith in a Just
God. If he had no faith how could
his heart, keep up its courage?
The Powell valley paving agree
ment was. kept insofar as circum
stances would permit. Commis
sioner Llghtner delivered the pav
ing job but the Oregonian's "Secret
Circle" was unable to deliver the
election certificate.
ROAD LEGISLATION
P
ROBABLY fifty road bills have
been introduced in congress
the present session, but It is
not likely that any of them
vill be enacted into law. For this
statement there are several reasons
One reason is a lack of funds. An
other is a lack of crystallization of
public opinion on any comprehen
sive plan of federal aid.
This Is shown in the character of
the bills. Representative Adam
son of Georgia has proposed to rent
roads traveled by rural; and star
route carriers at the rate of $25
per mile for the first year and $15
per mile for each year thereafter.
Under his bill the expenditure for
the first year would be $30,000,
000.
Representative Bryns of Tennes-
ree would limit the federal appro
priation - to $30,000,000 a year
while Representative Candler of
Mississippi would appropriate
$100,000,000 in annual Install
ments of $20,000,000.
Representative Edwards of Geor
gia would rent post roads at the
rate of $25 'per mile. Kincheloe
of Kentucky would appropriate
$48,000,000 annually for an in
definite period.
Representative Sells of Tennessee
provides in his bill for a $500,000,
000 boad Issue for roads to be con
structed under the supervision of
a national highway commission.
Representative Tillman of Ar
kansas goes him one better and
would issue one billion of bonds
giving each state one million annu
ally without regard to population
taxable property or road mileage
Out of all the bills introduced
only two have passed one house
The Shackelford bill in the house
and the Bankhead bill in the seri
ate. The Shitkelford bill approprl
p.tes $25,)00,000 annually and In
definitely. The Bankhead bill pro
vides for a maximum appropriation
of $75,000,000 to be scattered over
five years, five million the first
year, ten million the second, fifteen
million the third, twenty million
the fourth and twenty-five million
the fifth.
Under the Bankhead bill Oregon
would receive $81,450 the first
year, or a total of $407,250.
The BankheaJ bill differs from
the Shackelford bill in its pro
vision that the states shall be re
quired to maintain the roads.
While the campaign of good
roads education has been under
way in congress for several years
and substantial progress has been
made, the time is hardly ripe yet
it is believed, to adopt a compre
hensive policy of federal aid.
THE HOSTS OF THE LORD
J
OHN HAY touched true when
in homely phrase, he said:
I never seed nothing that could
or can
Just git all the good from the heart
of a man
Like the hands of a little child.
There will be nothing at the
Rose Festival to surpass the chil
dren's parade. It will be a pageant
worth joifrneying miles on miles
tc see.
Without the sunshine to enliven
It, the drill on Multnomah field
Wednesday was a scene of beauty
beyond compare. It was life and
innocence in the essence. It was
purity and beauty intensively re
fined. A project to have the drill re
peated during the festival is said
to be In contemplation. The ob
jection is offered that, in addition
to the rosebud parade, it would
Ve too heavy a work for the chil-
iren. On the other Bide, it i3
argued that the spectacle Is so
beautiful that as many as possible
should be able to behold it. What
ever the decision, the fact stands
out that in these drilled and dis
ciplined little ones a transcendent
inspiration is placed before all who
behold their evolutions.
Those who looked on at Mult
nomah field Wednesday were pro
foundly touched. A sense of the
majesty of child life thrilled them
through and through. The purity
and Innocence, the clock-like evo
lutions in the figures of the drill,
the living pictures painted with
little faces and forms like the
colors of a gorgeous sunset, all
mirrored life as no human band
can paint it. Cnly the hand of
Omnipotence can provide the col
ors and materials for such a paint
ing.
When we look upon a marching
column of troops with b.ands play
Ing, we are profoundly moved
WThen we gaze upon a vast body of
people in a mads meeting or con
vention, we are deeply Impressed.
But - to behold thousands of
children moving in precision and
grouping themselves in beautiful
figures is an appeal to the human
sentiments that words cannot ade
quately picture."
In contemplating the children we
know that we are standing in the
presence of the future, the great
unsolved future. They are the re
public of tomorrow. They are the
majesty of a coming year. They
are in their innocence and happi
ness, the hosts ot the Lord.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
f Growth from a man and a boas VP to a
force of almoat two acort in arren yrart It a
record of which to boa at. And that ia th
growth accompliabcd br a Portland 1ro work -er
eatabUahment that la considered today la
. a 1XN Ar fhj .tlTl lh Matter WHQ
Portland" aeriea. A feature of the article ia a
Gerlptton of a new pump for which a maxi
iccm of efficiency la claimed.
Peninsula. Iron Works was
1 bought, seven years ago, for $1600.
Tho mni wna ftv.pv Atm that
W. A. Bennett owned.
The plant was located in a buildlns
about as large as two box cars.
Today the concern Is worth $40,000
and it covers three-quarters of the
company's full acre of ground front
ing on the river and railroad tracks
at St. Johns.
At the beginning its "force" of me
chanics consisted of one man and the
proprietor. Its payroll was $26 a
week. -
Today there are 38 skilled workmen
employed, at "a. monthly payroll of
$2500, and this number of men often
is Increased to 50 and 60.
The first year's output of ths en
terprise was, in dollars and cents,
about $10,000. It Is now $70,000 to
$80,000;
The plant at this time consists of
a first class machine shop, black
smith shop, a pattern department
which occupies a large building by
itself, and foundry.
IT SURELY WAS TINT.
To Illustrate how "things" grow In
fertile Oregon It is Interesting to
understand how Infinitesimal, how
tiny, part of this plant was in Its
childhood. Old timers will remember
Mrt Bennett's pies. They were lib
eiaiiy advertised and an liberally
sold. Mrs. Bennett baked them her
self and they were, like most other
thiugs at that time, the genuine, pur;
eiuff.
But finally Mrs. Bennett, on ac
count of advancing years, retired,
find the range she used in baking wai
the first core furnace in the Penin
sular Iron works. Today there is
a fine brick furnace theVe, supplied
with track and car, for handling the
cores, and It is as large as an or
dinary bedroom. And as the core
furnace has grown, so have all other
departments. But this expansion has
uot come without effort. It has re
quired hard work and energy. Suc
cess has been achieved through toil
and ' sweat. Stlck-to-it-lveness has
been an important factor, but best of
all has been the company's unswerv
ing determination to be worthy of
ruccess.
SURMOUNTED DIFFICULTIES.
"There were many difficulties to
surmount on our journey to our
present station," Mr. Bennett says.
"One of these was a fire that almost
wiped us off the map. Our Insur
ance did not nearly cover our loss,
and it was hard traveling for a long
t!me after that. There were predic
tions that we could not survive, but
tnat did not daunt or discourage us.
When these stories were repeated to
us, we simply went at It with great
er energy than ever. We knew we
could win out, but no one else seemed
to think so. However, this Is all a
thing of the, past. We are now out
of the woods, though we are not rich."
When The Journal representative
called the works was fabricating a
plant for a big beet sugar factory at
Twin Falls, Idaho. The castings
made and machine work would amount
to $10,000. Some parts were very
heavy, others exceedingly intricate
r.nd delicate.
FRUIT CLEANER AND GRADER
A fruit cleaner and grader is also
manufactured by the company. This
seems to be a most useful article.
Fruit thrown into it is first pol
ished with brushes, and as it moves
along, passing over wire screens of
different sized m-fhes. Is graded, the
fruit falling through into bins be
low. The .device is marketed in all
irult growing districts of the west
and south. Fruit growers of the Pa
cific coast have recognized its mer
its, and it is found in all sections
from California to the Rocky moun
tains. By its use, It is claimed, on
account of its better appearance.
ruit sells at higher prices and has
a more reaay marxei.
iy BIG WORK NOW.
One of the big jobs of the business
lias fallen to the Peninsula Iron
works. It is manufacturing a valve
less pump which is creating a sen
sation. It is a Portland invention,
ALd within a year, its sales have ex
tended to ai; parts of the Pacific
northwest, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Montana, etc. Regular sell
ing agencies are maintained in these
states, and they are driving a thriv
ing and rapidly expanding business.
The crew worklnsr on the making of
this invention is driven to the ut
most of the men's ability to labor,
and at that is unable to cope with
the demand.
Claims made for the pump are that
it contains only fourteen parts; Is
small, light and powerful; has no
valves, no plungers to pack, no cyl
inders to bore, pumps run at slow
fr.eed, will pump water and- air sim
ultaneously, possible with no other;
will pump boiling water, has ver
tical suction lift bf 33.6 feet, un
equalled in any other make; delivers
a greater volume of water, with equal
power, than any other pump made,
and all parts are Interchangeable.
CLAIMS OF THE OWNERS.
Boiled down to atoms, these are
some of the virtues of this mechan
ism which its owners declare it pos
sesses: "It is revolutionizing irriga
tion; is absolutely fool proof; can be
had in sizes to suit all 'requirements;
absolutely excels In efficiency; super
ior to any plunger pump made; no
centrifugal pump ever can 'hope to
compare with it; supplies greater
amount of Water for the dollar than
MY TRIUMPH
By John Greenleaf Whittier
LET the thick curtain fall;
1 better know than all
How little 1 have gained.
How vast the unattained.
Not by the page word-painted
Let life be banned or sainted;
Deeper than written soroll
The colors of the soul.
Sweeter than any sung
My songs that found no tongue;
Nobler than any fact
My wish that failed of act.
Others shall sing the song.
Others shall right the wrong
Finish what I begin.
And ail 1 fail of win.
What matter, I or they?
Mine or another's day,
So the right word be said
And life the sweeter made?
Hail to the coming singersl
Hail to the brave light-brlngers!
Forward 1 reach and share
All that they sing and dare.
The airs of heaven blow o'er me;
A glory shines before me
Of what mankind shall be
Pure, generous, brave, and free.
A dream of man and woman
Diviner but still human,
Solving the riddle old,
Shaping the Age of Goldl
The love of God and neighbor;
An equal-handed labor;
The richer life, where beauty
Walks hand in- hand with duty.
Ring, bells in unreared steeples,
The joy of unborn peoples 1
Sound, trumpets far off blown
Your triumph is my own I
Parcel and part of all,
I keep the festival,
Fpre-reach the good to be,
"And share the victory.
JOURNAL
20 Salmon Fishing
One of The Journal Journeys has,
already led you to Oregon City and has
given you the view from the heights
above the historic town.
You must go again. Not to the
heights but to the deep and turbulent
river below the fall of the Willam
ette. Thene will be scenery, but added to
it sport of the most fascinating, the
most kingly kind.
During April each year the royal
Chinook salmon come in from the ea.
They turn from the Columbia and fol
low the course of the Willamette
through the center of Portland. Only
rarely are they seen by watchers In
the lower river, for they swim deep.
But when they reach the falls at
Oregon City they find an obstraction
too great to be surmounted by the
highest leapings of their powerful,
silvery bodies.
As the weeks go by their numbers
are increased by fresh recruit from
the ocean. It is the spring run of
chinooks. Unable to get above the
falls they linger in the pool and ed
dies for weeks until the water falls
sufficiently to enable them to breast
the fih ladder or until the flood stage
from the Columbia backs up tha cur
rent In the Willamette so that they
may go over the falls. The theory
is that in olden days, before thera was
a fish ladder at the falls, the salmon
had always to wait for the help of
the high water from the Columbia be
fore they could proceed to the spawn
ing beds above.
any other pump; a foot valve is not
required; will deliver water up to
100 feet above itself; is the answer
to irrigation, mining and hydraulic
questions; is nearly noiseless; en
gineers pronounce it the most effi
cient pump ever made and, measured
by intrinsic value, It has not only not
a peer but not an equal in the mar
ket." Its price Is, 14 inch delivery pipe,
J30; 2 inches, $50; 2V4 inches, $70;
3 inches, $90; 5 Inches. $125; 6
inches, $250; 7 inches, $300; 8 inches,
$525, and 10 inches, $775.
It is wholly a Portland enterprise.
It is made in Portland. It is owned
here and originated here. It will ad
vertise Portland's industry for all
time to come.
Letters From the People
(Ccmmonlcationa aeut to Tbe Journal for
nublfccatlon In thia department ahou Id be writ
ten n on It one aide of the paper, nfiould not
... ii m wnrila In lenrtb. and moat be ae-
n.mnanled by the name aud addresa ot tb.
eutfer. If the writer doea not dealre to nara
the name publlaued be nbould ao at ate.
'DIrnaaion la tbe greateat of all reformer.
It ratlonalizea everything It toutuea. It roba
Drineiplea of all false aanctlty and throwa tbem
buck on tbelr reaaooableneaa. If they bTa no
reaaonableneaa. It ruthleaaly crnsbee tbera ont
of existence and aeta lip Ha own cuncluaiona In
their attad." Woodrow Wllaon.
On the Dublin Reprisals.
Portland, May 19. To the Editor of
The Journal In the resolutions on the
executions of Irish leaders, drafted by
the Ancient Order of Hibernians and
signed by their officers, I observed one
paragraph especially which I am not
able to understand. It reads thus:
"Whereas, If the same drastic ineas
ufea had been used against tlm ttrlk
era, slackers and ahrinkers in Wales
and in England; if the necessary patri
otism to make a nation great, conccrtp
tion would never been an issue."
First of all. I Want to say I am not
an . Irishman, but rather a Welshman,
but have always been, and am, an
ardent home ruler. it I have come
tv, conclusion that it is up ?o the
Irish themselves. Catholics and Prot
estants alike, whether they shall ever
h able to obtain that civil liberty
for which they have been fighting for
at least 40 years. John Redmond is
holding for an united Ireland. Sir
Edward Carson and his followeis are
uracomprom'ringly opposed to iu And
now. where Is the government that can
settle such a problem?
Now, Judging by that paragraph I
refer to, England and Wales have done
but little toward swelling the 6,000.000
and more of the army that Great Brit
ain has today, and as I understand It,
it lis not an absolute conscription there
yet. Where has this mighty army
came from? I am informed that only
8Q.000 soldiers have, come from Ire
land. Scotland no doubt has furnished
her Quot. X am peaking now about
JOURNEYS
at Willamette Falls
After the early chlnooks have come
into the Willamette the most thrilling
piscatorial eport of all the Paclfio is
afforded the fishermen of Portland
and vicinity and the increasingly large
number that, hearing of it, come across
the country for the pride and thrill
of catching a "button fish." The ang
ler's fun in other years ended with
the first of May, because at that time
net flBhlng was permitted. The last
legislature passed a law, however,
closing the Willamette from the falls
to the bridge at Oregon City, a dis
tance of less than half a mile, to all
net fishermen. The result is seen in
the greatly lengthened season for ang
lers. Sport at Oregon City is reported
to be better than it wa during April,
because the water is in better condi
tion.
Directions ror salmon fishing are
simple. The tackle consists of short.
one or two piece rods, light but strong
lines, piano wire leaders; brass or nick
eled spoons, and triple or double books.
At the union of leader and line tie
a lead sinker, varying in weight ac
cording to conditions, and let out your
line so that the spoon will whirl in
the current a few feet above the bot
torn. You can always get reliable
directions from any of the numerous
tackle stores in Portland.
Boats are to be secured for a nomi
nal (.um and men are usually available
to do the rowing. This suggests to
you an experience in the finest kind
o( sport in a most ruggedly romantic
setting, yet only 46 minutes by Oregon
City car from Portland.
the enlistments after the declaration
of war.
And again. Judging by that para
graph, there is no difference between
a.'triker, a slacker and a rebel, for
thoeo coal miners who struck for high
er wages In South Wales. The slack
ers and shrinkers of both, according
to this paragraph, should have been
executed.
The government does not own the
mines in Great Britain, and it did not
feel Inclined to put the ammunition
act, in force until every other means
was exhausted. For that reason I am
unable to fee that a group of men
that strike for higher wages are synon
ymous with a group that takes up arms
against constituted authority.
Personally, I do not agree with the
military authorities in Ireland, in their
executing so many, but certainly this
last revolt of Ireland was a very un
wise one. W. M. JONES.
The Army and tli Capitalist.
Silverton, Or., May 19 To the Edi
tor of The Journal In one way the
preparedness issue Is a hard nut to
crack. If I were convinced w bhould
have no further use for trained sol
diers than to put down .strikes and
shoot down honest worklngmei when
they make a demand for Justice iind a
living wage, I certainly would oppose
it. But I am going to prove that fur
ther preparedness would not make It
any worse along that line. It must
be admitted that our standing army to
day is large enough to cope with any
situation of that kind, and further pre
paredness would not make It any
worse. Suppose we should submit to the
pacifist and do away with the army
and lay down our arms. Hour long
would !t be before we should have to
struggle under the dominating power
of the monarchs of Europe? In order
to preserve our honor, dignity and lib
erty, we should be prepared to defend
ourselves against the greatest foe on
earth.
The Socialists tell us that prepared
ness is to protect the big money inter
ests of this country. Why shouldn't
It be protected? If we are simple
enough to maintain a system that al
lows a few men to become multimil
lionaires from the very sweat of the
brow of the toiling millions', thea they
onouia xiave ine same protection as
any other citizen.
You and I are Just as responsible
for, the system we are living under
today as John D. Rockefeller is. I
hold no malice or hatred toward a man
because he is rich. But I do hate the
system 'that allows a few men to rob
us of our honest toil. If it sbould
ever happen that we should have to
defend our nation, we will foriret our
little differences at home and Hand as
one. EDWIN A. LINSCCTT.
Possibly Both. .
From the Kansas City Star.
Doej the receipt ot $60,000 for the
government's "conscience fund" this
year mean that people are unusually
penitent or that swindling has been
unusually prevalent? - w .
Th4)nce Qer
NOW THAT THE TUMULT and .
the shouting of the late un.
pleasantness known as a primary
election has died awav it is time '
for all good men and women to trr
and forget it.
JAnd this may be difficult for a h
good many.
because there were a good many."
candidates.
wuw uavv iubi mcir iaun in n U-
man nature.
51 And human nature prtlnularly 1
at election tlme is something no man '
knoweth.
J But anyway folks are folks.
jAnd there isn't much difference '
rea.ly between tha man who In beaten
and the man who boe.ts hlm.
J And the greatest crime perhaps",
about holding office is to hold it too
long. .
which Is one thing that the of
fice holder and the voters seem to
disagree about,
V A person who has an office is
mjip hecuiiRo of his efficiency and
Integrity and his experience and all
that that he bhould keep it indefi
nitely. ,
particularly if it pays well.
T. And the people after a few ,
years during which tho office holder
his Joined all the lodges and at
tended all the cl.nrch suppers and '
bought chances in all the raffles
and everything
the people as 1 was snylng J
(lecide that a chanp, Is a good aS .
a rest or BomethinK.
-f
and they elect someone else.
J And the off K-e holder meditate
on tha ingratitude of tha populace.
J And now good people for a brief
period we may he allowed to con
sider other things.
J For Instance the rose how shaj
grows.
and makes the earth a place of
living beauty.
J And we may think how poets have
rung of her.
through all the brps.
J And to our fancles quickened by
her grace may coma pictures of
what she may have meant to others.
In the days that are dead and
all their roses vanished into dust.
J And perhaps If we have not
forgot our dreams of old romance
we may sea a wall of rough-CUt
stone white in the moonlight. -
JAnd in the shadow of tall trees
whose leaves are all a-whlsper
there is another phadow.
that moves on quiet feet.
JAnd the younc man's face is up
turned toward a lattice high on the
moon-white wall.
J And he pauses still as a tree
trunk. JAnd there is a little low whistle 4
like a Mrd-call.
JAnd then a rause
whisper of leaves.
-with only the
JAnd then It sounds agaln-
lit
tie louaer.
and wltn the sound tne lattice
opens as though blown gently -by
the breeze.
JAnd a white arm flashes.
and tne lattice closes with no
sound.
JAnd at tho young man's feet a
rose has fallen.
and his heart leaps tip.
for it is the pledge that means
all to him.
JAnd this uf course happened
ln aco.
before picnics and movies and I
other places wliere younjc folks may I
go together had been thought of.
JAnd the rose as you coiitcmplatel
her beauty may bring (juite anotherl
picture and
J LISTEN As for me I'm plad tol
live in a city th.it sets apart each I
Junetlme certain days In which tol
do her honor.
Onr Quasi Is That His Kama Zs Sho'rt.1
It Is said at Keedsport that wed
ding bells will soon rln for a
popular young man now i-nnaRwl
In the bridge coiiHt rui-i Ion work.
His name Is not Lenstliy. (iardl
ner Courier.
Aunt Matilda Writes a Letter,
Pear Itei : Wben I i end your laat Sunday!
Orce Over, 1 thouubt What a fine tribute tol
lil mother." Tennyson aaya, 'JJaimV bs witbl
ancb a mother; faith in womankind heat a wltrl
bu blood, and trunt in all tlilnga nub come. I
eay to blm, and though he trip ans faU, b
snail not blind hlniaeir with clay
But how you do change from the atihltme t'l
the rldlonloufc about I'up TnearlKy. If tbert'il
any Tlrtue In printer- Ink. I'up will awake I
aome morning and "find hlmaelf fnuioua." I
But. to revert to Htinnay n theme: itjiii
honor to Mother, with white flower of reman
brance. plandlta from pulpits and preaa, ami
lta Inanlrlns siiEEeailon. ahould elevate tin
atandard of motherhood ao that earh will re I
allze her ahortcouilniTN. ovrn-ome them. aa
Urlre to live up to tbe aupiioaed ldeala incl I
dental to her realm. I
On Sunday 1 waa a aiteetator at Council
Creat and Waahlngton park. I
After climbing tne hill. I aeated mraeu oil
a Dark aeat to revel In the rnaieatlc view CI
Mt. Hood and the I'ainrama of city, r'ver aD I
mountain, apread before me. 1 thougb o I
Paalme 104.
The mlata rolled hark, like a acmll, ana Vb
mountain was nnvrll'-i! In lta whiten.
could but repeat: "Wbat la man that tao I
art-mindful rrt blm?"
Many mothera paaaed by whoa fare -war I
book, "Wbere men migbi read arrant. I
mrttera. Mo me wore the mars or pattenc
other of care ana frndernea, tome few 1 1
dtacontent, and tbe light that ahlnea from Si
other world aeemed to fall on tb far of oi I
aaed mother.
Mother oay na aet toe pace ror n iff IX I
attainment. We mut make antra effort 1 1
come up to It. May tbla -nMment rryatallb I
Into a year or neuer moinernooa, winrq wu
n-ean better oarnea. retier nomea, win os
Land a. aud a better world. '
Aunt Matilda.
Uncle Jeff Snow 8a js:
When I see some of these ns
feebleminded wops who got by ttl
winnln post in the direct primary
wonder I didn't get in the runnirl
myself. Looks 'slf some of thel
European nations wanted somebody tj
call 'em off.
8. K. Clark cam In from hie Day Rldj I
ranch laat week o bewhlnkered that be look
as fierce aa a btImIv bear. After b fl
lbe hla aprlng work be ia thinking of corolil
bark to town to work lor a wnua. Knierprii
becord Chieftain.
Stories oc
StreetTownl
"The Man of tlie Hour. -
TJ D MYRICK, of the Columbia, Is trl
Md xng 10 gel y witn mi. 5 ;
He says recently the ushers notic
a fellow, manifestly of the low
classes, who came to the picture hou
about p. m. una etayea until g
films were run through the last tihl
The third night he intercepted ;t
man to find out what the attract!
WflfC
"Say, Bo," came the answer, "ther.
a scene In that play where a put" ca
the crook down in a saloon for flirtl.
with his skirt. Just as the pug Sta
tu take a wallop, two guys coma b 1
tin' Into the saloon and grabs tne pu'
arms. Then tbe crook bats ths pul
nasty one in the mug and beats
Some night them guys ain't goin
show up and I'm goin' to be thers I j
see what the pug does to the ot'.
ruy," -