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Millions for defetiae. bat not a mt for
tribute. CHARLES C. PINCKNKT.
Justice conqnera evermore,
And be- who battlee on har aida,
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Crowoe him Tietor glorified,
Victor orax death and pain.
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TIIE BRAXDKIS REPORT
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THE vote of the senate Judiciary
committee yesterday seems to
. Indicate that Brandeis will be
confirmed.
Few things could do as much to
strengthen the faith of the people
In their national Institutions. Be
cause Brandeis has an understand
ing heart, open alike to rich and
poor, his elevation to the supreme
; court would create a new public
1 confidence In that exalted tribunal.
His rejection would have a di
rectly opposite effect. It would
be a message to the country that
') the supreme court is a body of re
"action, and that only men of reac
Uonary bent- of mind are eligible
to a aeat there.
- Nothing could do more to under
mine the court of last resort. Noth
ing could do more to make it dis
trusted. Nothing could do more to
destroy popular confidence in the
body and In its decisions
The inquiry has given the people
an intimate view of the Brandeis
'character. The investigation by
which It was Loped to defeat his
; nomination has given him tremen
dous strength before the people
were nis confirmation submitted
to a yea and nay vote of the peo
ple Brandeis would carry the
country by a vote of five or six
to one.
What the people have learned
about Brandeis tends to place not
Brandeis but the senate and the
supreme court on trial before the
country. The people know that
the Brandeis hearing was one
sided and that all the charges
came out of Wall atreet, New York,
and State street, Boston. They
know that the charges were in
sinuating slanders made mostly by
lawyers and others representing
wild speculations and frenzied fi
nance.
They know that there was no
testimony at the hearing from mi
norlty stockholders beaten out of
their profits by manipulation, nor
from men who have fought con
BCienceless monopolies, nor from
small " business men who have
fought for their rights against pi
ratical transportation companies,
nor from the laboring men whose
disputes always had sympathetic
interest even when Brandeis was
representing the employer, nor
1 from the working girls who through
Brandeis endeavors have shorter
hours and fewer wrongs.
- If as indicated by the- recom
mendation of the senate judiciary
committee the Brandeis appoint
ment IS to be confirmed, the plain
people of the entire country will
look with a new faith on the na
tional senate and the federal su
preme court.
1 Bishop Matt S. Hughes, who has
been assigned to Portland by the
Methodist general conference, is
one of the bright lights of Metho
dism. Ee is a brilliant orator and
a widely popular pulpiteer.
THE INCOME TAX
T
fHERE is a proposal to impose
heavier federal. Income tax
The rumors that those who
Should pay the greatest part
of the tax are evading it have been
more or less confirmed by investi
gation. v Basil M. Manly has shown
pretty ; clearly that most of the
New York millionaires pay but a
fraction of what they should under
th, law. Even the Rockefeller
foundation, that famous exemplar
of all that is good and upright.
evades the best part of its income
tat If we . may believe Mr. Manly
How much ' flunkeyism there is
amoni the Income tax collectors of
course nobody knows, but It they
are like the assessors -in most of
our titles there Is a good deal. It
la well known that the property of
corporations and financial barons
of all aorta la often assessed far
below the true figure, mainly : be
cause the publie officials are awed
by their importance. They fait la
their doty not because they are dis-
honest, hot because they , hare thel
flunkey ? spirit ; which' lnatlnctlTely
bowf It head la adoration before
wealth and power:
No. doubt something of this sort
plays a part la defeating the in
come tax law. If collectors were
as severely correct , with big mone)
kings as they are with small capi
talists the public revenues would
be appreciably enhanced. As long
as those who ought to pay most of
the tax get off with a fraction of
their dues nobody knows exactly
what. the .possiblitles of the tax are.
Down la Alabama the Cumber
land Presbyterians have pat the
ban on the use of beer and egg as
spring tcnlc. but the news dis
patches are strangely silent re
garding any strictures on the use
of the mint Julep.
THE THINKING VOTE
R'
OBERT G. ROSS, of Lexing
ton, Nebraska, entered the
recent Nebraska primary elec
tion as a candidate for presi
dent upon both the Republican and i
Democratic tickets. At the election !
he received 20,000 votes, approxl-1
tnately half on the one ticket and
half on the other. Approximately
one out of every ten voters cast his
ballot for Ross in preference to
Cummins, Henry D. Estabrook,
Ford, Hughes, Roosevelt or Wilson.
Ross runs a livery stable in Lex
ington and is an honest but ignor
ant and illiterate man. He can not
write a letter with logical sequence
or definite expression. Punctua
tion, capitalization or spelling mean
nothing to him. His opinions upon,
or his knowledge of, American In
stitutions or American history are
nebulous and vague, yet 20,000 of
the educated and literate voters
of Nebraska yielded him the honor
of their suffrage. The Nebraska
press is seeking a solution for
what it terms "the Ross Mystery."
and asks what conclusion can be
drawn from it. I
Ross represents the unthinking j
vote of Nebraska. His vote shows
that probably one man out of every
ten who went to the polls cast his
vote with closed eyes; that he
knew nothing of the man for whom
he was voting; that he did not care
or that the responsibility of suf
frage rested lightly on his mind.
The Journal believes that Oregon
voters are more alert, more serious
minded. It does not believe that
Ross would have fared so well in
Oregon. The citizenship of this
state, when it has been called to
pass upon public matters, has in
th great majority of cases shown
the result of sober thought and
serious study by the verdict at
the polls. Oregon voters are think
ing voters.
But the Nebraska incident f
teaches the lesson of preparedness j
in voting. It calls foi serious
study, particularly in this state
where the individual bas so inti
mate and personal a part in the
conduct of public matters and the d3 vas "an unfit man for the su
direction of the state's affairs, j P"me bench. Dr Eliot saya he
Two votes would have changed the ! believes that the rejection of Bran-
personnel of the supreme court of.ae wouia oe m pave mi lonuw
thia .tot. twn vp9r nanriu for the whole lecal profession, the
dates receive nominations, and elec-
tions, by small oftrgins. measures
are enacted into law, or rejected
by small majorities. It is a seri
ous duty of citizenship to put a
ballot into the box, not the casual
act of an odd moment, and the .
man or woman who votss thought- j
l03sly commits a wrong against his
state and himself.
:
Mr. Booth, hand picked by the 1
Oregonian while other Republicans
v:ere told they could not run for
senator, is another example of what
happens when the Oregonian at
tempts to be tbe whole Republican
primary and the whole Republican ;
party. . !
SUBMARINES
A
WRITER in the Popular Sci
ence Monthly prophesies that
the increasing destructlve
ness of the submarine will
put an end to war. The prophecy
sounds familiar. We remember
bearing something of , the same
sort about the machine gun, the
flying machine and the poison
bomb. Up to midsummer of the
year 1914 we read habitually that
war had become so destructive
that the nations would never dare
to fight again," But within another
month they were hard a,t it and
there is at present no sign of their
letting up.
We do not believe that the sub
marine, be it ever 80 frightful, will
stop war. Invention will not rest
until it has devised some other
monster with which the submarine
can be met and destroyed. That
la the best we can hope for. But
there Is' a brighter aspect to the
matter. Invading forces can only
cross the seas on floating vessels.
not in submarines. And every fleet
afloat Is at the mercy of these in
visible foes. It is axiomatic, there
fore, that the end has almost come
Of marine transportation of troops
except across narrow channels like
the Strait of Dover or upon waters
entirely controlled by the Invading
power.
When Captain Erlcson Invented
the Monitor it was said that In
one day he sunk the wooden fleets
of the" world. From a military
point of view this was true. In
the same way the submarine has
aunk the world's navies, big ships
and little, so far as offensive war.
fare is concerned. The British
fleet cannot attack Germany. The
German fleet stands idle- The
commerce of the seas la protected
by nothing but the hard-headed
persistence ' of- the United - 'States
that international ; law i shall - be
obeyed 4:' If : tbia country er , to
enter the war no water oiu earth
would be safe for anybody.
Why these preparedness parades
to urge the building of battleships?
Has anybody seen preparedness pa
rades for building roads, or schools
or churches, or for putting an end
to poverty?
A BLIND PIG'S MISFORTUNE
T
HE pathway of the blind pig
has been made more uncer
tain by Justice Benson's de
cision in the Hamilton case,
where he holds that the defendant
In a prosecution for the Illegal
sale of liquor must prove that he
did not make the sale. This de
cision apparently reverses the old
rule of evidence that a person ac
cused of crime is, in the eyes of the
law, innocent until he Is proven
guilty in the minds of the Jury
beyond a reasonable doubt- In
other words, it shifts the burden of
proof from the shoulders of the
prosecution to those of the accused.
Bootlegging cases have been dif-
ficult of conviction in
the past.
Moral certainty of guilt has often
fallen before the lack of conclusive
proof of actual sale by the accused.
This has given rise to the practice,
so generally condemned, of bolster
ing up prosecutions by stool pigeon
evidence. It has caused zealous
district attorneys to sanction tech
nical violations of the law in order
to secure the conviction of actual
violators of law. Courts have
frowned upon the plan and Juries
have discountenanced it.
The Hamilton decision would
seem to remove the stool pigeon
as a factor in such cases. If the
decision means, as newspaper re
ports seem to indicate, that the
bootlegger must prove his inno
cence, the effect of the decision
will doubtless be to cause many of
the tribe to pause before they
peddle their illicit wares. There
lg quite a difference between proof
that a crime was committed beyond
a reasonable doubt and proor mat
it was not committed beyond a rea
sonable doubt.
In "Multtomah county, 7507 Re
publicans expressed no choice for
president in last week's Republican
primaries. Does it mean that these
voters, representing 18 per cent of
those who voted, are waiting to
vote for Wilson?
ELIOT AND BRANDEIS
T
HE former president of Har
vard, Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
differs with his successor
about Brandeis. The present
incumbent Joined with a little
group of plutocratic magnates to
protest against confirming Bran-
rloia rr F.lliot has taken tbe
trouble to wrlte a ietter in his
favor.
President
Lowell agreed with
Mr. Taft and Elihu Root that Bran-
court? Amerlcan business and
me country.
This is pretty sweeping, but not
more so than the facts justify. The
rejection of Brandeis would be a
national calamity provocative of
class hatred and undermining the
foundations of the government
The' common people would at once
reason that if their best friends are
,to be excluded from the supreme
bench the sooner that bench is rad-
ically reformed the better.
The contrast between Dr. Eliot
and his successor at Harvard is
striking. President Lowell is a
cautious man of tory ideals and
reactionary mental habits. Dr
Eliot has the forward and upward
' an 1
the vision that makes
great statesmen and' the faculty
divine of sympathy with popular
aspirations.
Lowell takes his social ideas
from the little group of Boston
millionaires who surround him. He
sees nothing beyond their circle.
To him the great body of Ameri
cans is a "mob," savage, ignorant
and untrustworthy. Eliot, who is
a thoroughgoing Domocrat, sees the
only hope of the world in the
8trivlne8 of the common people for
righteousness.
Lowell hates such men as Bran
deis because they voice the thought
and feeling of the people. For the
same reason Eliot loves them.
The Benate may reject Mr. Bran
deis. But if it does, the great
court of the American people will
pass on the rejection.
A GOOD THOUGHT
r
OWARD the close of the social
workers' dinner at the Com
mercial club Tuesday night
an agreeable little incident
occurred. One of the diners ad
dressed tbe chairman and begged
permission to make aome remarks.
She had noticed, so she said, that
social workers are as a rule,
wrapped in an atmosphere of gloom.
Their dealings are for the moat
part with unhappy people hose
contact tends to darken their
mood. Their faces wear an aspect
of melancholy. Their voices be
tray dismal feelings.
In her opinion, said this apostle
of cheerfulness, it would be a good
thing for social workers to lighten
ud a llttleWe need more nlav "
was tfae way she put it Everybody
must have noticed the "sorrowful
sister" key in which the proceed
ings of benevolent . organizations
are pitched. -Few smiles appear
and many tears. Verily they need
more play. So do all the rest of
us. The more cheerfulness we can
crowd Into the day's work the bet
ter It ,wlll be done. V
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
fTbs- thing that many bar thought of trat
which only oao haa, had tba faith to under
take bow man a fortune Laa been made uft
juat that thiogt la No. 142 of The Joornal'a
'Nothing the Matter With Portland" aerh-s.
la recorded the hUtory o( a bueineue of thta
claaa. a buatneee atlU young, but growing
anormooalj. The enterprise and tba Idea orig
inated In Portland, which tbaa galna the prea
tlga, and la carried on from Cortland, which
thua retaine the proflta.
W
HAT do you know about this?
You want any kind of a box,
no matter what ita ahaps or
size no matter the place it is to fill
ring; up your department store and
Dougiaa fir lumber will be delivered
at your home the same aa if it were
a sack of surar, and the materia)
will be cut to order after correct
measurement, and If you say so she
nails and screws will be included. A
working drawing will accompany It,
so tha any one who can drive a nail
or insert a screw can be his own
builder of any such necessity about
the home.
This idea originated in Portland
where so many other first class prop-
osltlons have first seen the light of ',
day and have spread their beneficence
all over North America and many be
yond the seas.
HAS "TOOK" EVERYWHERE.
The Meier & Frank department
store of Portland was the first to
embrace the conception of the Mlna
ture Lumber eompany of this city.
This was but half a dozen months
ago, and at this very moment a mil
lion feet of absolutely clear Douglas
fir Is en route to merchants outside
of Oregon, many on the Atlantic aide
of the Union, to fill the demand for
this newly adopted article of com
merce. Here's the names of some of the
"big ones" who have added a Ready-to-Make
department to their stores,
and It contains the names of a bunch
of the substantial Institutions of the
country, which are not in the habit
of going off at half cock:
Meier & Prank company, Portland,
Or.
Bon Marche, Seattle.
Inland Furniture company, Spokane.
Emporium Mercantile company, St.
Paul.
The Dayton company, Minneapolis.
Boston Store, Chicago.
Stlx, Bser & Fuller company St.
Louis.
The John Shllllto company. Clncln- j
nati
The May company, Cleveland.
Adam, Meldrum & Co., Buffalo, N. T.
Sibley, Lindsay & Curr company,
Rochester, N. T.
E. W. Edwards A Son, Syracuse,
N. T.
O. V, S. Quackenbush V Co., Troy,
N. Y.
L. Bamberger & Co., -Newark, N. J.
R. H. Macy A Co., New York city.
John Wanamaker, New York city.
Sage-Allen A Co., Hartford, Conn.
Abram & Strauss, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Shepard company. Providence,
R. I.
Jordan Marsh company, Boston.
Denholm A McKay company, Wor
cester, Mass.
Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, Mass.
And a score of others In all parts j
of the country, with new ones step-1
ping Into the arena, among them
Washington, D. C, Baltimore, Pitts
burg and some twenty-odd merchants j
... .
classed among the strong ones In
the middle and southern states.
wttat may Ttv itrAntr I
WIIAT MAT BE MADE.
Just as an inkling of what this '
ready-to-make lumber may be used '
for, one might name tea stands, smok
ing stands, piano benches, pipe racks,
sewing cabinets, book cases, necktie
racks, screens, picture frames, lceless
ice boxes, window boxes, waste paper
baskets. tabourets, reading light
stands, chairs, hall trees, feed boxes,
magazine racks, porch swings, urn-!
brella stands, pigeon cot.,, telephone
stands, telephone stools, shirtwaist
boxes, foot rests, desks, filing cabi-
nets, chests, play houses, dog kennels,
chicken ooops, rabbit hutches, serving
tables, card tables, shaving cabinets.
kViasI vast. AApniiAAnla a maI 1a satt
or
anything on earth that may be fash
ioned of lumber, and that "aomebody
wants for something," or "anybody
wants for anything!" There is no
limit to its uses about the house or
barn or hsnnery in the city mansion
or humble cottage on the farm or In
the store Itself.
And the prediction is freely made
that the Industry will blossom out
Into department stores selling all tbe
material for city homes or country
houses. With a million feet of Doug
las fir in transit to the stores of
eastern merchants, six months after
the Miniature Lumber company's child
Is born, who can foresee the ultimate
expansion of the business?
It's growing like a mushroom. It
is spreading out like oil upon the
ocean.
BEST LUMBER IN THE WbRLD.
Douglas fir is the best lumber In
the world, and the Miniature Lumber
company's shipments are the best of
that best product. Not a knot, not
a pitch-pocRet nor a '"shake will be
found In any board sent to any buyer.
Every foot will be sound, much of It
white aa snow, and parts more beau
tifully grained than even the fancy
blrdseye maple of the east.
Manual training schools all over the
country are taking up the purchase
of thla lumber. It may be shipped
packed ia cabinets made by the com
pany, containing E0 different lengths
and sires. The first of these was in
stalled In the Meier A Frank depart
ment store of this-city, and from this
small beginning the enterprise has
fluttered away to all parts of the
oountry, and will continue on the
wings of progress, no doubt, until
"All America" has become familiar
with, .the . euperiority, of thla Oregon
forest' product and with g the stats
which - arrows . the p: mmmm6tki:jmd
healthy trees from which the lumber
Is cut, The fame of our common
wealth will thus oover the country,
and ' such an advertisement as can
not be disputed, because the eyes can
see and the hands feel the splendid
wood material, the like of which can
not elsewhere be found. And to pro
duce the lumber the eompany haa
taken over a big door, sash and lum
ber mill at Rainier, located In the
very heart of a district containing
billions of feet of this . timber. A
second mill is about to be acquired,
and even a third is in prospect.
Officers of the Miniature Lumber
company are: tV. E. King, president;
John C. Boyer, secretary-treasurer;
Jay S. Hamilton, production and traf
fic manager; George D. Loe, publicity
and service division; Scott Smith, Chi
cago, manager sales organization; W.
D. Plue, chairman mills and Inspec
tion committee, and Alfred G. Boe,
chief of drafting department. Its of
fice Is in the Manchester building, 83
Fifth street.
'The New York school board has
voted a half holiday to pupils of the
manual training schools of that city
in order that they may be on hand
to welcome the vessel routed through
the Panama canal laden with lumber
for their use, and Portland boy are
now engaged In a contest for valuable
prises for those who create practical
objects made from this product.
It Is a mighty clean, nice business
the gentlemen at the head of the
Miniature Lumber company have en
gaged In, and they will doubtless
themselves be astonished at the mag
nitude the proposition will assume
before they are many moons older.
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to Tbe Journal for
publication in tula department ahould be writ
ten ou only one aide of tbe paper, abonld not
eiceed 300 worda In leugtb, and moat be ac
companied by tbe name and addreaa of tb
tender. If tbe writer doea not dealre to bare
tbe name publlabed be ahould ao atate.J
"Dlscnealon la tbe'sreateat of all formera.
It rationalizes everything It toucbra. It robs
principles of all falsa aauctity and tbrowa them
back on their reaaonableoeaa. If tbe bare no
reaaonableneaa. It tatbleaaly eruebea tbem oat
of exlatence and acta np Its own eoncluaiooa In
their atead." Wodrow Wilson.
Bids The Journal Godspeed.
Portland, May 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Many thanks for the
scathing rebuke you administered in
Buch parliamentary language to a
morning paper, in your editorial, "The
Outlaws," in The Journal of May 22.
And let us hops that paper may be suf
ficiently chastened to profit thereby.
Somehow, your great paper seems,
even in this greedy, commercial age, to
sUnds for. knowlng, has the sub-
lime courage to express convictions,
and in so doing never resorts to the
vocabulary of a fishmonger
After a careful perusal of our morn
ing paper, I am left In doubts as to
whether I am a Republican, or simply
an "outlaw." Your editorial, referred
to above, haa dispelled these doubts,
and the mist rising reveals the fact
that I am a Republican, but not of the
"Oregonian" brand.
"rour paper is a bit too modest, as,
were the great emancipator alive, he
would undoubtedly "send greetings and
Godspeed" to The Journal first, and
the "outlaws" second; however, rest
assured many thousands of Oregon's
best Republicans have "God Speed The
Journal" engraved in their hearts.
A. J. MARTIN.
The Hughes Vote in Oregon.
Portland. May 23. To the Editor
of The 'Journal An analysis of the
primary vote indicates that the advo
cates of Justice Hughes are over
Jubilant. The returns show that from
Multnomah county the combined vote
for president, of Burton, Cummins and
Hughes was only 3J.004, whereas the
total vote for congress was 40,360;
for John Gill for senator, a man run-
ing witnout opposition, 40,511. so
that 7507 voters took the trouble to
voto or Mr- Gul for senator but did
not seem to care who r.cved the
Republican nomination for president,
or else they did not want either Bur-
ton. Cummins or Hughes.
The combined vote for county elerk
was 39,620 and for county commis
sioner 39,455. C. B. Moores, the stand
pat candidate for secretary of state,
who received the solid Taft vote of
1912, had 16,776 votes, or only 3561
less than Justice Hughes received. It
i is, therefore, apparent that although
the Oregonian has steadfastly boomed
nTya uToW?haTa.
j regular Taft strength. Had the fight
I lu Oregon been between Roosevelt and
Hughes, In all probability Roosevelt
would have received the nomination
The Oregonian dragged C. B. Moores
a most eminently respected citizen.
out to the political arena to be slaught
ered, ana it is now aomg an it can
to drag down Justice Hughes to a still
greater and more ignominious defeat.
- GEORGE SMITH.
A Statement by Mr. Muck.
Portland. May 21. To the Editor of
The Journal I realise that the large
vote cast for me at the primary elec
tion was not a personal tribute to my
self but was the expression of a strong
desire on the part of our citizens for a
better management of county affairs.
The people believe that a more effi
cient county government can be se
cured, and at less expense, if there Is
harmony and cooperation among the
county commissioners. There now
being no further cause for dissension, I
Deneve mat, ll J avm aiacieu, vumiuia-
sionera Holman and Holbrook and I
will all be able to work together unit
edly, to the end . that taxes may be
lowered and, at the same time, thor
oughness and efficiency promoted.
The Journal published my platform
on two occasions,' so abundant public
ity has been given to what I stand for.
There Is nothing wonderfully difficult
about the proper administration of
county affairs. The principal things
necessary are honesty and common
sense.
I will exert myself to the utmost, if
elected, to see that a constructive pro
gram for the administration of county
business Is carried out. It shall be any
aim to see that such a program, having
for its object sensible, economical
management is put Into execution.
. A. A. MUCK.
Taft and Hashes.
Portland, May 20. To the Editor
of The JournalAs the convention
rjertod approaches In Chicago, over
shadowing our own straw vote prima
ries, conditions are somewhat cianriej.
a well as candidates. The most im
Dortant development of the pfTlltleal
situation is the conference between
ex-President Taft and Justice Hughes
at Washington.
Colonel Harvey of the North Ameri
can Review said recently: "Nobody
wants Hughes, but the people." Ap -
parently Mr. Taft also wants Hughes
wants him so badly that in bis usual
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Wonder whether the HIS model po
litical steam roller has pneuinatlo
Ur"T .
Europe may he seeking mere day
light so there will be fewer night-
mare. m ,
We have been having opportunity
for proof that a man with a sunny
disposition helps a lot.
Cheer up! The time Is bound xto
come when that new straw hat can be
given an efficiency test.
Estabrook headquarters in Chicago
have been closed. Indicating that the
pen is not mightier than the politi
cian's sword.
During all this" talk of preparedness
it should not be forgotten that a lot
of golfers would make first class
trench diggers. m
They are paying as much as $260
for a visitor's seat at the Chicago Re-
ubllcan convention. It's not going to
e a toor man's show, anyway.
Oregon's governor aays he always
stands by his party's nominee, was
to, in the case of Mr. Olcott, or not
stand very high with his party.
Somebody 60 per cent efficient In
mlndina- hla D'a and a's volunteers:
"Preparedness parade preparations
f resale popular patriotic pedestrian
em."
There is reason to believe that If
Fairbanks can't eet the presidential
nomination at Chicago he will be as
joyous as his limitations will allow
should the vice presidency come his
way.
JOURNAL
24 National Forests
NATIONAL rOBKSTS NO. 1
"Spend your vacation In the national
forest," Invited Charles H. Flory, an
swering roll call at the members"
council of the Chamber of Commerce
"Just what does your invitation
mean to OregoniansT I asked him.
Flory Is assistant district forester.
"It means a mountain playground
for grown up people almost measure
less in vacation opportunities and
known only as to its fringes." h
answered.
Nearly all the mountains of the Cas
cade range and its spurs are included
In the forest reserves.
North of Portland In Washington la
the Columbia national forest where,
within 60 miles of JPortland, some of
the wildest country on the continent
Is to be found.
The national forests In Oregon,
named In their order along the Cas
cade range, from north to south, are
Oregon, Santiam, Cascade, Umpqua,
Crater. Siskiyou and Sluslaw national
forests There are also In Oregon,
aside from the Cascade range, the
Umatilla, Minam, Wallowa, Whitman,
Ochoco, Deschutes and Fremont na
tional forests.
A great trail system has been de
veloped In the national forests of Ore
gon and Washington, about 2000 miles
In each state. Hitherto Inaccessible
hunting grounds may be easily reached
horseback or afoot. Winding trails
lead to trout streams "where the big
ones wait the fly." Camping apota
blundering method h apllls th Re
publican beans by going to see him
at such an Inopportune time. Mr.
Taft also announces Mr. Herrtck as
the Republican candidate for vice
president. All that Mr. Taft failed
to announce was the cabinet, the plat
form, members of the tariff commis
sion and the local postmasters. The
only deduction that can be made now
ia that Mr. Hughes Is Mr. Taffs can
didate. Mr. Hughes has lost, by vir
tue of his open conference with Tart,
his position as a compromise candi
date between the factions of the Re
publican party. He has lost his al
leged progresslveism of hla youtn ana
takes his stand openly with the stand
pat element of the old guard.
The issue in brier is mat tne.ngnt
Is a continuation of the Taft-Roose-velt
scrap as it was four years ago.
The old guard doubtless figures on
the old proverb that "chickens come
home to roost," and counts on the
4,000,000 to get In line.
Further, Mr. Taft is interested in
any possible vacancy on the supreme
court bench, and Mr. Taft aa the real
leader of the Republican party ia now
engaged In trading hia organization
for the job in political life that is his
greatest ambition.
J. B. COTTINOHAM.
Officers of Election.
Portland, May 23. To the Editor of
The Journal The Oregon system, so
far as it applies to progressive leg
islation, appeals very much to me. This
Includes, of course, the primary law.
As one of the judges at the recent pri
mary election, however, I wonder
whether thi3 law Is not subject to im
provement. I earned 34 that day because I sol
emnly strung the stubs of 146 ballots.
At the same time a clerk detached the
stubs of the same number of ballots,
and handed them to me, and for that
work, he was in like manner paid $4.
This clerk, however, had the further
duty of asking every voter for his or
her name and address. Another judge,
with much dignity, received the ballot
from the voter and placed it In the bal
lot box, after asking the voter's name,
waited that It be checked off by the
clerks, and then said, "voted." Two
clerks checked the names of the voters
in the ballot boxes.
Why were three men and two women
doing the work that one person could
do? If, to avoid fraud, it becomes nec
essary that a check be kept by several,
wh-w more than three persons, say two
of one political party and one of an
other? Why the waste Incident to paying $8
to two extra persons in each of the
several hundred precincts of the city?
Three dollars of the $4 should be paid
for services, and $1 for meals.
ISAAC SWETT.
Mr. Spencer Thanks Supporters.
Portland, May 23. To the Editor of
The Journal I beg sufficient space In
The Journal to thank the voters of the
state for the support given me at the
polls Friday in my candidacy for del
egated large to the national Repub
lican convention, and to express my
appreciation and gratitude to the many
friends, neighbors and associates who
so earnestly assisted me in my ambi
tion to that honor.
ARTHUR C. SPENCER.
In Reply to Mr. Ahlson.
Portland. May 23. To the Editor
of The Journal May I ask, in all
courtesy, whether Mr. Ahlson quotes
Frederick Wright, D. D., Mr. Glad
stone and Professors Dana and Town
shend as scientific authority? These
gentlemen, as far as my knowledge of
them goes, each eminent enough In
his own line, are not commonly sup
posed to have dealt fn matters per
taining to geology or biology, except
ing, perhaps. Professor Dana, and even
he carries little weight in scientific
circles.
It is strange that in this enlight
ened age there are still minds that,
as Carlyle says, ponder how the ap-
I pies got Into the dumplings. If one
llsat a loss for facts pertaining to
j the processes, by which this world of
lours has grown and become lnhab-
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Lake county fair -board has
warded the location of ? 5n"J
vent to Paisley. Th fair to dated
icr uciorjer s. ana .
the Medford Sun. "don't change mueli.
which la, perhaps, a good tntng. tor
they always make us feel as they did
20 or SO years fO-'i
School attendance in Baker has
shown a growth, the Herald says,
that Indicates that the city's popula
tion has Increased at laaat 400 In tUO
last year and more people coming.
The editor of the Coquille Sentinel
confesses that one of the hardest jobs
the publisher of a weekly paper has
to tackle Is to get up before election
a paper that will not be read until
after the votes have been cast.
Thursday, June"l5, has been selected
as "Dollar Day" for Joseph, and one
of the largest crowds ever seen In the
town Is expected. The Joseph Com
mercial club Is behind the , move. A
Farmers' union meeting win aiso ds
held on that day and a number of
noted sneakers from outside points
are to be present
WflM.a 13aatlAn'ai w Avar J Am Tl ast1 a 1 ! 11 H
CUr OaUIUUU USTf VUIM aaw a wa. w m
the Recorder writes the following list
of things to be undertaken: "Clean up
and Improve the city park, making it
serve a useful purpose instead of be
ing a questionable ornament; acquaint
outside people who are seeking a va
cation ground with our wonderful
beach; provide conveniences and at
tractions for the large number of
campers who spend vacations here
during the summer."
JOURNEYS
as Vacation Grounds
are being developed In greater num
ber, with flra or ferna or" other ma
terial for beds accumulated. Stream
crossings and other outstanding places
ar marked and may thus be located
on recreation maps published particu
larly for the use of recreatlonists in
the national forests.
The forest service policy Is open
and friendly. Campers and hikers are
wanted. The idea once was that the
trail would serve temporarily until a
road should be built or that it should
be reserved for the use of forest fire
fighters. Now the trail Is a perma
nent rout made es much for tbe cit
lsen who wants to enjoy the Inspira
tional beauty, the recreational oppor
tunity and the hunting and fishing of
these national preserves as for the
service men.
Every forest service office is a cen
ter of information gladly given to all
who inquire. Every forest service man
is an eager source of direction.
Headquarters offices for the Alaska,
Oregon and Washington national for
ests are located in the Beck building,
Portland, and here also are the offices
of the Oregon and Columbia forests.
Here may be obtained absolutely ac
curate Information about routes and
trails, about good fishing streams and
hunting places. You will be told where
to get horses and pack animals, where
en route butter and eggs and other
supplies may be obtained. Out In the
forest any ranger will supplement In
formation already in hand or add to it.
lted, I should recommend the study
and reading of elementary text books
of science by men whose energies and
talents were not divided between find.
Ing an excuse for the exerclss of the
black arts and limiting man a know!
edge of hia environment.
If, having mastered the elemental
facts, we pass along to the research
of such men as Darwin, Huxley and
Spencer, not to mention Bergson and
other .recent writers, I think an hon
est and clear comprehension of our
cosmos will be the result. I am sorry
that so many fall to value construe
tiv reasoning at Its true worth. Fail
ure In early life to understand the
value of truth, the early habit of
passing over whatever takes thought,
reflection, understanding and dose ap
plication, takes In a great measure
from the Judgment of our mature
years. I got some of my lessons in
geology before .1 was ten years old.
Since then my vision has been en
Urged by a great deal of travel. I
do not think much of those who pro
fess to act ths part of critics and
yet stare at moraine or morass with
uncomprehending eyes.
E. B. CLARKE.
The Mother's Itesponaibillty.
Portland, May 24. To the Editor of
The Journal The conviction of Mrs.
Hodge in Judge Morrow's court, for
the delinquency of her daughter, is In
deed "making progress toward the res
toration of old ideas." It harks back
even to the Garden of Eden, allegor
ical Adam and Eve judgment by which
a God (masculine, of course.) cursed
the woman in "pain" of delivery in ad
dition to the "thorns and thistles" that
fell alike on the twain of them. Al
ways it is the woman that is respon
sible, and the man (brute king) Is not
considered to be, in matter of first re
sponsibility, the guilty en a.
We see this exampled in the father,
the boy and the saloon and cigarette
delinquency. The father, Adam-like,
was, of course not responsible for the
delinquency of the drunkard boy, and
it could hardly be said thtt the mother
was responsible, as she was not a fre
quenter of saloons and had no political
voice in licensing them. If it could have
been saddled off on the woman Is
surely would hav been, and we now
would be convicting mothers for the
delinquency of their saloon and cigar
ette boys. Instead of passing prohibi
tion and anti-cigarette law. i
The mother, seeing her boy de
stroyed by the saloon, having no re
course at law, because of this Adam
and Eve, "old ideas" precedent, took
the humane idea that society was. In
the last analysis, responsible for her
son's delinquency, and by slow but sure
process of education by the W. C. T.
V.. through generations, has brought
about the abolition of (he saloon by
society, a part of which she politically
became before this could be dne. In
this state she Is now, with the man,
through parental and legal function
ing, socially responsible for the de
linquency of both boys and girls of
the coming generations. In th past,
in the case of the boy and the saloon.
the father was a hundred times more
guilty of tbe boy's delinquency ttan is
this mother of the Hodge girl. Who Is
it that has tolerated all-night restau
rants and beer gardens, but the nan?
Yet woman has not brought the case
of that man into court and declared
against him by law.
I wonder how many more "old ideas"
must be exploded by the slow process
of education before sexes may be con
sidered, as they sexually are, on a par
with each other. C. W. BARZEE.
Both in Contempt.
From thV Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Philadelphia "medium" has. Inter
viewed the spirits of Shakespeare and
Bacon and has obtained the assurance
of each that Shakespeare wrote the
plays. There's two ghosta In contempt
of court:
Another Disappearance.
From the Boston Transcript.
What's become of th old faahioned
pastor who used to preach religion
instead of political economy?
rife;Ger
TT SEEMS CERTAIN that next Sat-
urday day after tomorrow this
Haven of Hopefulness win be filled
from top to bottom with free verse, f
some of-slt very free.
J In fact aome of it i fsar takes
liberty with words that should never
be taken.
tf And liiar aa a aamt.1. r
yj i iviiii a
have in cold stoning witin j.-
Saturday: v
ROMANY.
They ar coming down the road
Splashes of color
In their big dust-colored ears.
Why should police and sheriffs
Persecute these people
And keep them moving?
But if they didn't move
They wouldn't be gypsies.
(Romance is always solo some place
Preferably nowhere.) '
They come closer. .
A girl with gold coins of the French
empire
Tinkling from her throat
And eyes like deep pools paved with
brown oak leaves,
Tells my fortune,
And tries to pick my pockets.
Even gypsies may be too hopeful.
I smile.
But they do not seem
Kxactly sanitary,
Aud I have more sympathy than I had
before
For the pragmatic polios
And the dogmatic sheriff.
The gypsies move on down the road
And 1 get their dust.
JAnd of course everybody will
want to know who wrote that.
but I told Ford Tarpley I wouldn't
tell.
and I won't.
JAnd here's another by somron
who only signed her lnltiais:
AT WAVKRLEY.
Down the hillside'
Like wild water,
Like a sold cascade.
The Scotch broom tumbles.
It is late this year.
Late enough
For someone to make a car of It.
A chariot of undulant sold
For the Rose Festival.
A C.
JAnd here's still another slgnd O
T. H. which seems to describe a hur
ried stop of a Hawthorne Jitney at
a wayside filling station:
TTTVit-t-d TmrrrwpTTd
faa ana araspins no rusnaa
Toward the tryst.
Coughing racks his brazen
Lungf
Waugh . . . waugh . . . Hneaca.
All asqueak his Joints, dry
And aching, plead
For oil.
At lant! Quick, the hose!
Unfurl the front ouanion.
Pump away!
With gasoline too high
For most.
jFree verse If I Ki it right may
concern Itself with Ufa s common
things.
J Life is its material-
iny kind of
lire.
J For Instance the following
which might have been written by Dll
Choate the demon Insurance man.
but wasn't:
SPRING IN AN APARTMENT
HOUSE.
Through the fire escape
And the open window
Ita curtain HwellinK.
Ccllapsing, fluttering
A little cool wind b.ows.
I sniff it. recaJUnu
Comparing memories.
Is it daffodils in a window box.
Or is it our neighbor,
Airing her aofa-plllowa?
erAnd f hftv'A a. lot more but
J LISTEN Perhaps this will sup
ply the local demand for free verse
until Saturday.
The Merry Gypsy.
From the Eugene Urglater.
William Smith, a Portland man, while
on the way to Junction City lu a Jitney
Wedm-Btfay aftpmuon wa relieTed of half
a dollar by one of the tfV'J women who
were here that afternoon. The Jitney had
a blowout, and while the chauffeur waa
making the repairs the woman approached
Smith and aaked to tell bla fortune. He
held out hl hand, and while aha waa
ti-nlng hiin of a bright future the bait
dollar dhuippearpd In aome manner from
bin pockot. Smith ears he would give an
other half dollar 4o know bow the woman
got the coin. '
I KKOW
That I am here
In a world where nothing is perrae
pent but change.
And that In degree I myself, can
change the form of things
And Influence a few people;
And that 1 am Influenced by these and
other people;
That I am Influenced by the example
and by the work of men who are
And that the work 1 now Jo will In
degree influence people w no may
live after my life hus changed Into
other forms; . .
That a certain attitude of mind ana
habit or action on my pari wm
add to the peace, happlneas and
well being or other people.
And that a different thought and ac
tion on my part will bring pain
and discord to others;
That if I would secure reasonable
happiness for myself, I must glv
out good will to others;
That to better my own condition I
must practice mutuality;
That bodily health Is necessary to coo
tlnued and effective work:
That I am ruled largely by habit;
That naDlt is a iorm oi exorcise;
That un to a certain point, exercise
means increased strengtn or
In .tfnrt
That all life n the expression of spirit.
That my oplrlt influences my body, ,
That my body Influences my spirit:
That the universe to me is very beau
tiful and everytning ana every
body in it good and beautiful
when my body and my spirit ar
in harmonious mood;
That my thoughts are hopeful and
helpful unless I am filled witn
fur
And to eliminate fear my- life must
be dedicatee to unerui woric worn
In which I foriret mvaelf:
That fresh air in abundance and mod
erate, systematic exercise in the
oDen air are the part of wlsdoml
That I cannot afford for my own
sake, to be resentful nor quick to
take offense;
That happiness is a great power for.
good,
And that happiness is ajot possible
without moderation and equanimity-
That time turns all discords into har
mony if men will but be kind ana
patient,
And that the reward which life hold
out for work is not Idleness nor
rest nor immunity from work, but
increased capacity, GREATER
DIFFICULTIES. MORE WORK. .
Klhert Hubbard.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
There ain't no gallantry In politic
'fur aa I can see; for the women get
the axe In the primaries like most of
my friends. What a runt pig most
generally needs is opportunity to get
to tbe trough.
Nevertheless.
V. C. Palmer, of Jewell city. Kan
sas, says he'd like to hypnotize all the
partisan papers Just one week.
.He'd make them all believe thst Wil
son is a Republican president instead
of a Democratic president. -? -,:
And Ihen he'd listen to the Demo
cratic papers yowl and howl about his
ttl teles. :
mm
And the Republican praise, defend
aad glorify his every act.
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