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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,
MONDAY. AUGUST 21, 1916.
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Brewster.
A PAUTV W AR
THERE are two armed camps
within the Republican party
In California.
It la an unavoidable situa
tion. The California old guard
.openly nay they hate Governor
"Johnson and hia Progressive Re
publicans worse than they hate
the Democrats. And apparently
they do.
They are determined that there
shall be no recognition of Pro
gressives who have returned to the
. Republican party. "State Republi
can Chairman Keesling, National
Committeeman Crocker, and other
leaders have organized to crush
the old Progressive element even
. if It costs the party the state,"
Bays a news dispatch.
The Keesling-Croclcer machina
' Style themselves the "regulars"
fcnd Insist that all returning Pro
gressives must come back to the
Republican organization penitent
and prostrate. Keesling has de-
fiftnftv n Yt n Ail n lJ Ii it "I n
w w T " u v ai .u v - -v ' V a MV r Vi V J 1 &AJ
Johnson and all other Progressive
leaders shall have "no voice what
ever in the management of the
Hughes campaign." Governor John
son was even refused an invitation
. to attend Hughes meetings.
Secretary of State Jordan, one
of the "regulars," is campaigning
through the state and in his ad
dresses is referring to Governor
Johnson as a "party traitor."
"The Republicans of California,"
lie recently said, "are determined
to elect aa senator from this statj
either a Republican or a Demo
' crat; Johnson is neither."
Governor Johnson is' one of the
biggest men California lias pro
duced He was a captain in the
fight that delivered California from
tLe long-time domination of tho
Southern Pacific railroad, a domi
nation that elected senators, con
gressmen and g6vernors, that ran
the supreme court, that named tho
- railroad commissioners, that owned
the legislature and that governed
the state and people.
Under Johnson's leadership, more
progressive laws have bef n passed
In California than even In Oregon,
As a candidate of the Progressive
party for governor, he received a
vote of 400,000 against 250,000
for the Democratic and 116,000
for the Republican candidate.
The California situation is only
an emphasized example of a condi
tion that observers have long rec-
ognlzed. There are literally and
actually two Republican parties.
There are Lincoln Republicans and
Penrose Republicans. There are
Republicans wno are progressive
and Republicans who call them
selves "regulars," the latter of
whom have the organization and
. party machinery but are not in
majority among the Republican
-masses. The condition is not local
to California, but is in Oregon, in
Washington and in every state in
: vtrvlnir riesrreea throughout the
country.
f There is nothing in common be
' tween a Penrose Republican and
a Lincoln uepuDiican, except me
r party name. The California "reg
ulars" would rather see Democrats
elected than to see ex-Progressives
elected, and if Governor Johnson
geta the Republican nomination for
C senator, the "regulars" win go by
" thousands to the Democratic can
didate. Indeed, that is their nub-
lie boast
Were this not true, there could
' hive been no split of the Republi
. canparty In 1912. The 4.119,582
Republicans who went into the
Progressive party were dissatisfied.
They were dissatisfied with Pen
rose ; leadership, "dissatisfied with
the. drift of the organization away
from Llncolnism, dissatisfied with
such' things as Southern Pacific
; domination In California, dissatis
fied with the refusal, of standpat
.leadership in: congress to-enact the
kind of legislation which has been going about the matter in a logical
enacted under the leadership of way. Surveys were made and a
President Wilson in the past th ree general plan of improvement de
years. " cided upon. All work was con
An evolution of parties la now centrated on certain roads in their
going on in the United States. It order, working from the centers of
is a revolution among the masse population until the net had been
against the order that prevailed in
this country for 25 years under
Aldrich-Cannon-Penrose leadership.
The Progressive movement of 1912
was a part of that revolution. It
was Lincoln Republicanism assert
ing Itself.
The present effort in California
of the "regulars" to crush and trunk system by concentrating on
humiliate the returning Progres- the Columbia river and Pacific
sives is but a small manifestation highways and completing them,
of the purpose that will prevail They form the spinal column of
among the "regulars" throughout what will be our road body. Other
the country for a long time to roads can be considered later,
come. I
Men w ho are divided in princi-1 A Portland man has sued his
plo and have nothing in common Wife for divorce, alleging that she
but a party name cannot always threatened to cut his heart out
act In harmony. An explosion must with a large knife. Perhaps she
come sometime. It has come in was curious to see whether he real
California, Just as it came in 1912. ly possessed such an adjunct So
In fact, 191 C Is, in many re-! the human body.
spects, 1912 over again.
I
The city water bureau reports
that the cool summer has caused a
ten thousand dollar irrigation loss
to the department during the past
season. Even nature Is trying to
reduce the high cost of living.
SIXGLK ITEM VETO
OXGRESS, after months of in-!
vestigation, talk and polish-!
ing down, passed the army j
appropriation bill. Through j
C
tho insistence of Congressman Hay, j Hughes' administration rose year
chairman of the house military by year, an average of $3,150,000.
committee, one section of the bill This annual increase of state ex
provided, contrary to the existing j pense3 under Governor Hughes was
law of an hundred years, that re- more than three times tne averag9
tired army officers should by their lncrease under the admlnfstrations
retirement be released from all ; of Governor Hughes' immediato
military discipline or allegiance. predecessors.
President Wilson, for the best in-, Tne average annual increase in
terest of the military borvice, was tllQ c03t of the 8tate government
compelled to veto tho bill. ; of xew York tinder Governors Mor-
In June of this year, Congress-: ton, Black, Roosevelt, Odtll and
man James of Michigan placed a : Hlsgins waa $938,000 a year
joint resolution before congress 1 against a $3,150,000 yearly in
provfding for the submission of an: crease under Governor Hughes,
amendment to section seven, artl-1 Mr. Hughes' attacks on the ai
de one of thep constitution to alleged inefficiency and alleged waste
vote of the states. His amend-'of President Wilson would have
ment was that tho president should more weight if Mr. Hughes had not
have power to veto single items in been so expensive as governor of
appropriation bills. Consideration ! New York.
of that resolution Is now pending.
If that amendment were now a
part of the fundamental law. it
would not have been necessary for
President Wilson to have vetoed
the entire army appropriation bill.
It would not have been necessary
for him to have sent the entire j
measure back to again run the !
gauntlet of congress. It would not!
have been necessary for him to
have staked the future of the en
tire army appropriation measure
upon the consideration of that one i
objectionable clause by congress.
It is especially fitting to observe ; paused a couple of times and
these facts at this time because the brushed his facial adornment across
voters of Oregon will pass upon a the lips of a common water glass
single item veto amendment to When he had ceased to speak and
the Oregon constitution in Novem-: before he had left the platform a
her. Governor Wlthycombe, dur- man wormed his way through tho
ing his campaign for election, said crowd, crawled up onto the plat
that the single item veto "was a forrn and slipped the glass into hia
two-edged sword." Yet 25 states pocket. It is doubtless now euit
of the Union, more than a major- ably lnscribed and installed in a
ity of all. have single item veto place of 8afety for the future awe
clauses in their constitutions. Old Btruck inspection of coming genera
states Alabama, Delaware, Flor-1 tions.
Ida. Illinois, Louisiana. Maryland, ; Souvenir hunters are funny peo
Mississipri. Missouri, New Jersey. ,)le- They are like thoge whJ de
New York. Pennsylvania, South ji?rilt ln funerals no matter who is
Carolina have permitted their gov- dpa(t srnalI ..... .in M,,ant
ernors to wield this "two-edged
sword" for many Vears and yet
have not committed governmental
harl karl.
It Is a provision that should be '
ln the constitution of the United I
States and of all the states.
Three thousand Washington
grangers had a pienfc the other
day. All came with their families ,
by automobile. There was not a
horse to be seen. A little hard :
on the horse industry, but why
should the gasoline man worry
about that?
A IIOAP PROGRAM
THE need of a balanced pro
gram In connection with state
aid for highways, apparent
In Oregon the past two years.
Is made doubly necessary by the
extension of federal aid.
When the state highway com
mission was created, it ws founded
on the theory that the state would
gradually build up and maintain a
system of state roads. Under the
present state administration this
object has been lost sight of and
the state road fund is being scat
tered here and there in small sums
on local roads, in experiments and
in overhead charges. As a result,
no progress is being made in high
way development. Is the same
procedure to control the expendi
ture of money received from tha
federal government?
The true function of a state
highway department Is to build
and maintain trunk roads. Roads
that connect the centers of popula -
tlon. Other roads are local and
the charge of the county govern
ments.
A road system can only be built tested checks are. because of tem
up in one way, the same way in , porary insufficiency of funds, run
which railroads, the telephone, the : ning the drawer's balance below
telegraph and all other means of, the face of the check, rather than
communication are built up. First ! because of wanton attempt to de
the great trunk lines, then thelfrsKld.
branch lines or feeders ever de- - What is true of national banks
creasing in size and Importance
until a dead end is reached. It is
the natural way. It is the way in
which a tree grows. ,
California has dereloped a com-
ipreheiiBlve system ' of . state roads.
woven
Such a system can not be built
In a day, but the work can bo
mapped out in such a way that it
can be prosecuted by degrees to
wards a definlto object without
waste of money and effort.
In this way we can begin our
W1IKN HE WAS t.OVFHXOIi
I
N HIS Portland address, Mr.
Hughes said much about a
budget system and economy in
government.
J In the final year of Governor
Hughes' administration in the stato
j of New York, the annual expenseb
or tho state government rose to
$39,000,000 against $15,700,000
in the final 'year of Governor
Flower's administration,
The annual Increase in Governor
Texas rains, advancing In close
lormauon, nave routed tne nation
al. guardsmen from Massachusetts,
Michigan and Pennsylvania down
at El Paso. If Funston is a good
general he will now send the Ore
gon regiment over there. They
will hold the fort.
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
w
HILE Mr. Charles E. Hughes
was delivering his address
to th'e people of Portland
last Wednesday nlffht. he
' --- Taas V.V111p
tobacco tags. Anything they can
reach is gathered in. It matters
not what the occasion, they always
feel a sense of duty not performed
unless they take away a piece of
the furniture. They cherish oil
cups from wrecked locomotives,
pistol cartridge:; from the scenes
o a tragedy, bits of the hangman's
rope or take from a wedding
They chip corners off monuments,
they cut buttons off coats, they do
nnvthincr sr. innrr oa thow
away the evidence.
They are first cousin to the
habitual handshaker whom we all
know; that ubiquitous- person al
ways to be found wherever fame
passes by, waiting in the front rank
to weary the arm of the tired man
who must smile even thouch he
suffers as he smiles. They are the
reason for the maxim that it takes
all kinds of people to make up the
world.
California Progressives have told
Mr. Hughes that the arbitrary ac
tions of the old guard down in
that state are likely to result in
the state giving its electoral vote
to Wilson. That was an inhospita
ble way to welcome' a visitor to the
i Golden Gate.
BAD CHECKS
N
ATIOXAL banks of the coun
try handle about one thou
sand checks each day that
are Drotested for non-nav.
ment, according to a special report
of the comptroller of the currency
This averages about one protested
1 check out of every ten thousand
ehpeka nnRRinf thrmixh tho hb.
I Banking experience teaches that
i the great majority of such nro-
is undoubtedly true of state banks
ln proportion to the business done
by the two classes of institutions.
It is safe to assume that the same
relation as between honest and
dishonest dealing prevails among
the clients of state banks, as among i Hughes rets as much out of It as Mr.
clients of national banks. : Wilson has trot he win be doing fair-
The report is significant in that , ly wen.
it points to the fact that there are! Most of his powder was burned over
relatively few dead beats in the Mexico, not because that Is the most
country who are attempting to important Job Mr. Wilson has had to
profit by the bad check route, j tackle, but because It was the easiest
The intricate system of protection j to find fault with, it is a dolorous
thrown around the banking bUSi- , subject, yet the Springfield Republi
ness of the country, and the in-; can does Mr. Wilson no more tiian
finite care taken by the banks to justice when it says that he "has
protect their depositors from loss, grasped the underlying principle that
la, of course, a potent reason why we shall not have a permanently
there should be few attempts made peaceful neighbor to the south of us
to pass bad checks. But, In spite of . until the most potent wrongs under
this, the comptroller's report is which the masses of the Mexican peo
patently indicative of the fact that pie have suffered are righted through
the great mass of men who do bus- ', their own efforts." Perhaps their
mess
men.
in this country are honest
LIFE TELLS WHY
IT IS FOR WILSON
fl.tfe. the New York wetklj. bal lon
a fairly n-rere rrilic of rraid-nt Vlls"n.
Hut tan nomination of Mr. Hughes It tin
c. Uitp .ml lu ative tiiirt of Mr. Vl.on f i. r
re -election. 'I be article reprvxluced blow U
from Life's latest Ifsue.J
THE country was heated to the
point of torment. Judge Hughes
made his speech of acceptance,
and the land Immediately cooled off.
Let us hope the Judge will speak of-1
ten while the summer lasts. We liave '
sweltered a-plenty.
The speech gave all but universal j
satisfaction. All the Republicans, ex
cept the Tribune, said It was sublime,
a real speech at last, and were de
lighted. All the Democrats said It
was vague ana empty, ana were i
equally pleased. The exception was
the Tribune, which said It did not
hammer hard enough ln the right
place, but would have to do.
It was a "Hey, Rube!" speech to
rally the circus men to rescue the
elephant.
a
What the Judge said, in real effect,
was that the Democrats are Rubes
and don't know how to run the coun
try, and have run It very 111. His
main complaint was about Mexico,
where, he said, the present admlnis-
tration had undone everything It had fice. did not know enough to run the
done, and had been always wrong, I country properly. They were out of
both coming and going. j practice; they were full of wild ideas;
There Is no doubt about It that the lhelr leaders lacked sophistication.
Democratic party has abounded ln ! Nevertheless, they were the main de
Rubes, including some ln office, and ! Posltory of great political impulses
there is very little doubt that tha ! tllat were driving toward changes
Mexican Job has been entrusted to 1 necessary to the welfare of the coun
some inimitable agents and boggled, : tr'- Mr- Wilson himself did not know
first and last, a great deal. Neverthe- ! enough to be president. Especially he
less, the country turned cool the
next morning after the Hughes speech.
Millions of voters who were thankful
to sleep again under a blanket re
main apathetlo about the presidency.
rThere Is no real excitement yet about
the perils that beset the ehephant, '
and not very much about those that Hcans to perfect his bills and lnduc
beset the country. There Is no visible, , lnK his Democrats to pass them,
general eagerness for a change of ad- j What he got out of his first congress
ministration, except among persons : was wonderful.
who have lost power and would llk j When the war In Europe came It
to regain it. Neither Is there confi- i brought him a tremendous situation,
dence that a change from Wilson to i crammed full of novelties, with Bryan
Hughes would amount to much. The in the state department It is non
professional circus men would recap-! sense to say he made a mess of it.
ture the circus, but there Is little as- He was a green hand at world crises,
suranco that they would run It any ' Terhaps Roosevelt or the Archangel
more to the taste of the country than Michael might have done better for
they did before. It almost seems as US( but neither of them was president
If the voters had lost interest In ' jjr. Wilson was president He had to
presidents and were disposed to look get along with the war. and he did.
on them as necessary evils. The great
war absorbs attention. An Issue con-
nected with that would get notice,
but no such Issue has come, as yet. J
out of the presidential campaign, and '
as between the candidates a good
part of the country seems to be neu
tral. .
The country is willing enough to
believe that Mr. Wilson has made lo.s
of mistakes, but Is equally willing to
believe that Mr. Hughes would make !
plenty more.
Confidence
in the wisdom of the
wise Is running low all over the world
The most that Mr. Hughes can prom- The education of the Democrats ln
ise is to run the country in the good ' federal government has made tho
old way. Alas! the good old way oT ! country safer. it is not safe when
running countries has come a fright- J either of the two great parties con
ful cropper. Slowly, painfully and at tains too large a proportion of wild
enormous cost the world that It has 'asses. After three years and a half
regulated is working out of an awful ! of Mr. Wilson's studies and pedagogl
plckle. People can't help feeling that 1 cal labors we have a cabinet, every
the old remedies no longer cure, and ' member of which habitually wears
that the existing world disease, like ! both a collar and a necktie. The su
lnfant paralysis, baffles the doctors ' preme court has three Wilson ap
and calls for & new treatment. They ! Pointees under training, with fair
have seen Mr. Wilson feel his way . prospects that a majority of them
along and twist and turn, and they wil1 become competent Judges. Grape
suspect he cannot see in the dark. ' Juice has ceased to be a great nation
But they doubt if anyone else sees 1 al topic of discussion; nearly all con
more than he does, or has a keener gressmen wear socks, and the vlrtu
nose than his for the new treatment'0"8 aversion of even Texas and Arkan-
all statesmen are seeking. They are Ba3 to evening dress Is perceptibly
more patient with his mistakes than ' undermined. Free silver is dead; Mr.
they would be if there were less doubt I Bryan is back on the platform, where
what consequences would have f ol- he belongs; we have got an army anl
lowed a different course. They are j a proper navy coming, and a lot of
also much more appreciative of his j Rood improvements, lika the currency
successes than Judge Hughes can af- ! system, in successful process of try
ford to be just at this Juncture. He j nS out.
had a fairly hard Job to assault the , These are great and important ad
administration. He ha3 done it de- ; vances. It is not so bad, after all. to
cently, though not so brilliantly as ; have a schoolmaster for president
Mr. Root did some months ago. The . when what the country needs most of
supreme court is a Denehrul of can-
ned lawyers, and it is reasonable that
in political assault a canned lawyer
should not equal one who has re
mained in active practice.
Judge Hughes mentioned no names,
not even Josephus Daniels. All ha
said about Josephus was that th ad
ministration had imposed on the coun
try an incompetent naval administra
tion. That hardly does Justice to this
detail of the subject, but the Judge
was fresh from the bench and had
not yet sned the dignity proper to his
late calling. That, possibly, had to
do with tha refrigerating effect of his
address.
m
In saying what Mr. Wilson had or
had not dons and what he himself
would do if elected, the judge talked
as though there was no congress. But
there will still b a congress even If
ths Republicans win. and If Mr.
own efforts will not euffice. They
haven't yet, and the outlook Is not
good. But Mr. Wilson, in dealing
with Mexico, has thought first of
Mexico and her eventual welfare. Hl.i
surgery may not have been as skil
ful as it should have befn, but at
i least he has avoided sewing up a
sponge in her wound. If It ever
starts to heal, Mexico may make a
; real recovery. If our doctors event-
ually have to take charge of the case
i It will be ln obvious despite of Mr.
i Wilson's desire to let nature take Its
! course.
One has to smile at Mr. Hughes'
expedient of coming out for a federal
amendment giving the vote to women.
Tat may et him some V0tc9- but 11
wilt make It easier for a good many
doubtful voters to side against him.
Even If he Is elected there will still
be a congress and one earth to give
the necessary majoajty to & woman-
i suffrage amendment. There is very
little meat on this bone the Judge has
passed up so politely to the ladies.
Mr. Wilson' position Is sounder, and
he dops wisely to stick to it.
Folks have been prone to think and
speak of Mr. Wilson as the school
master. That is all right; he Is one,
and not only that, but Is. himself a
diligent learner. His great office has
been to teach the people and especial
ly the Democratic party.
The Democrats, when he took of-
lacked acquaintance with men and
practice in dealing with them. But he
trusted whom he dared to trust and
got what help he could, some of It
very useful. He schooled himself and
schooled his party. He made con-
fess his kindergarten, using Repub-
Mr. Hughes, or anyone else who un
dertakes to persuade the voters that
Mr. Wilson and the Democrats have
seriously misconducted our country in
its relations with Europe ln the laat
two years, has got a much bigger Job
on his hands than can be done in 12
weeks. It may be that we have neg
lected our duty and will have to an
swer for it. As to that, time and
nothing else will tell. Meanwhile
lh6 nass of th voters dor,,t tWnk 8-
They wont turn Mr vilson out be
cause he has failed the country ln
I his dealings with Europe.
anything is to be taught,
I
Letters From the People
ICooiiaimicatloDs sent to Tbe Journal for
publicanoo In t hi department sbould be writ
ten vu only one aide t tbe paper, should not
exceed words in leDgtb. and mnit be ac
companied by tbe name and address of tb
sender. If tbe writer does not desire to bars
tbe name published be sbould so state.
"Discusalon Is tbe greatest of all reformer.
It rationalizes everything It toacbe. It rob
principles of all false sanctify and throws ttiem
back un their reasonableness. If they bar no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crashes tbem oot
of existence and sets up Its own conclusions la
their stead." Wood row Wilson.
Civil War Veterans for Wilson.
Oregon City, Or., Aug. 18. To the
Editor of The Journal I am a sub
scriber of The Journal and believe It
the fairest and best paper in Oregon.
I have just returned from a six
months' visit with relatives in Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas ami Nebraska, and
after talking with many old soldiers
and others Republicans and Demo
crats, and men of all parties f am
glad to say that the people with whom
PERTINENT COMMENT
8 MALL CHAJNUK
The Hughes drive in the west seems
ti be jouiniiug up Wilson votes.
If a railroad strike should occur the
automobile will be more popular than
ever.
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The Wilson administration seems to
be able to make the posioffice Ut;art
Fictit pay.
Now that we arc to have schools to
tt-ich jsciuntific motherhood what about
teaching scientific fatherhood?
A new theory "of ' heredity is that
Secretary of Stato Lansing Inherited
his diplomatic taiunt from his wiles
lather.
Infantile paralysis in New York,
sunstrokes in Chicago. hurricanes
along the gulf but cool and pleasant
i:i Oregon.
4 The Foles ought to get something
out of the war. lioth sides have prom
ised Diem autonomy. Their enthus
iasm over it is dulled by the fact tuat
tuey can't eat it
Dr. Hutler ehould he commended for
his candor. He says Hughes will be
elected but admits that the statement
is based more on his personal desire
than on his Judgment.
The estate left by the lato J. B.
Murphy, the noted Chicago surgeon, Is
computed to bo worth Sl.OOO.ouu. This
Is an infinitesimal amount compared
with his bequest of surgical research
left to humanity.
The stomachs of New Yorkers are
more tender than popularly supposed.
A business man has brought suit
against a renowned inn for $20,000
damages which he suffered when lie
found a dead mouse in his kidney
saute.
THE
KEW TOKJE WORLD: One year ngo
last February, when wheat, mostly
paper wheat, 'was selling in Chicago
for 25 cents a bushel more than is the
case today, the" wholesale bakers of
New York increased the price of bread
to 6 cents a small loaf. In session
now at Salt Lake the National Asso
ciation of Bakers by resolution limits
production to one loaf of larger size,
which is to retail at 10 cents. In this
arrangement there Is room for a great
deal of Jugglery.
The p,lea accompanying the extor
tion here proposed is that thero hai
been an unprecedented advance in the
price of materials, labor ami overhead
charges. If the master baktis had
been disposed to tell thn truth they
would have said that the conditions
referred to did not Influence condi
tions greatly, but that they wanted
the money and thought tins was an
easy way to got it.
WASHINGTON HEB.AXD: Once
more the crop cxptrts have so ar
ranged the wheat reports that the
bakers are beginning to threaten a
substantial Increase in the price of
bread or a marked reduction in the
size of the loaf. Although it is diffi
cult to figure out an actual shortage
in the wheat crop, it may serve as a
more tangible excuse than the war in
Kurope for Juggling with the prices
of food.
THE OSXAHOHAIff: The federal
trade commission now has under ad
visement the matter of Investigating
the bakers and their predicted advance
iu the price of bread. Decision is re
served until one of the commissioners,
who is in Chicago, makes his report.
Th mihlic also reserves judgment
Certain facts, however, may be cited.
Government estimates say that, despite
the shortage of this seasons crop.
ii.r will hj nlentv of wheat In tliis
country for home needs, and there will
nian he enouirh. or. at least, a gooa
deal, for export. That fortunate situ?
atlon IS Que to tne oumpei ui
T asKnoiaterl are almost a unit for the
reelection of President Wilson.
I served in the Civil war as first
sergeant of Company A, Thirty-eighth
Illinois volunteer regiment, and find
at least three-fourths of the old sol
diers in the east will vote for Wilson.
C. H. EUGLhblU.M.
A Wilson Republican.
Tekoa, Wash.. Aug. 18. To the Eli
tor of The Journal I am handing
you a letter from the columns of the
Spokesman-Review that was written
by an old-time Republican, W. S.
Turner of Spokane. Like him, there
are quite a few Republican voters
who. after , hearing Mr. Hughes'
speeches, have come to the conclusion
that he is making votes for President
Wilson. I am sending you this,
hoping you will give it space rn
your valuable paper.
W. S. DORCHEY.
The letter transmitted by the cor
respondent follows:
"To the Editor of The Spokesman
Review: I am an old-time Republican.
I have ,voted for 45 years ln this
party, with few exceptions, as in
state and municipal elections. We are
hearing Mr. Hughes, the candidate of
the Republican party for the highest
office in the nation's gift. I am not
a little disappointed at the temper
and lack of fairness of Mr. Hughes'
speeches thus far, for a man of his
reputation and standing as a public
and Judicial man for the office of
president of the mtted States of
America. I mean his arraignment of
Mr. Wilson's administration as presi
dent. This is especially prominent ln
the matter of unpreparedness in a
military point of view.
"Does not Mr. Hughes know that
the Republican party has been on the
throne, with two short exceptions of
Democratic rule, for at least 45
years? Mr. Wilson has been president
for less than four years. Suppose we
had been ln peril from Germany, Eng
land or Russia, would you blame
Wilson, or his predecessors, for this
unpreparedness? Certanly not the
Democratic party, especially not Mr.
Wilson.
"We are in about as much danger
of an attack from any foreign power
for the next 40 or 60 yeara as we are
by the Philippine Islands or from the
little nation called Greece. And If we
are in danger from Mexico, then the
Republican party is wholly responsi
ble for that lack of preparedness. And
If we escape from a war struggle
with Mexico we may thank our stars
that Mr. Wilson wa president and
not Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Hughes was
ln the presidential chair. Conciliation
Is wiser than war and greatly, less
expensive. W. 8. TURNER."
Mr. Hughes' Faulty Tactics.
Portland, Aug. 17. To the Editor
of The Journal I went to hear Judge
Hughes at the Ice Palace. An Ice pal
ace is a good place for decayed aphor
isms and spavined prophecies. Wheth
er young or old, rich or poor, male or
female, dissipating time listening to
eloquent bunk Is unprofitable busi
ness. I was proud of the welcome
our city gave Mr. Highes but sorry
to see a commanding figure in the
history of our country so choked
with crass ambition as to essay the
role of a special pleader for a politi
cal party whose soul and genius has
departed from this world. Substance,
not fine phrases, facts, not airy elo
quence, are what the American peo
ple demand of their leaders ln these
critical days.
Judge Hushes consumes jnuch time
Ciimpslnf into the future. "What does
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SI !1. LIGHTS
.
"In the wheat market fill is lovely
and the farmers wont caie if the
have to take more than a dol ifii',""
blithely remarks the l'endletoj i;ast
oregonian.
The Raker Herald" grimly suggests
to the farmers of Hawer county ihat
they might orgumu Hiiungtuuiiii; par
ties, "to get men lo woik ul tho noo('
wages in this vniuiiy."
Clothing stores in .MoiKokI. the Mail
Tribune a, aie Uipla ihk a variety
of scarlet shirlb. halo ami caps. ' de
signed to protect the sport t;mu n from
the common fatal mistake ot being
shot at for deer."
.
The Ilillslioro Air. is never spoke
more truthlully than when it said this:
"Old Sol has been hacked off the stuge
by cool winda and showers during the
greater part of the summer, but Ore
gon crops are as xon, as ever, and that
is saying a great deal."
That the lndusu ..-u lab founded at
the Muddy Creek noil last spring is
doing the most efliiient work of any
club in the state, considering Us nse
and its memb(.rHl.i., is tho statement
of Professor 1. J. Allen of the exten
sion department of the state agricult
ural college at Corvaiiis, quoted by the
liaker Herald. Tho club has ii mem
bers. m
The Union Scout pays this tributo
to a highly public spirited musiial
organizut io:. : "The Klks' band . 1 I.a
(Irunili! ha;, developed into a public
utility, and all of eastern Oregon in
gainer thereby. They do not hesitate
to pay their own expenses and furnish
music for their neighboring towns.
They are tutciy 'the best people on
earth."
TEN-CENT LOAF
'ar. But thero Is nothing fortunate
about the situation If II mr and bread
gi. to prohibitive prices. It Is perfect
ly patent thot if there is wheat enough
for home consumption and also wheat
for export, there Is no legitimate ex
cuse for Jacking up flour and bread to
seml-famtno prices. The federal trade
commission lias exactly the kind of
job on Its hands that It was designed
to handle. The bakers should be ln-
est igated.
DETROIT NEWS: The prain crop,
it is predicted, will be ti billion bush
els less than last year's. Flour Is sell
it. g at $ti.".'i u barrel this month; last
month it was !4.7f. There are two
plainly upparent reasons for the pros
pi etive increase in the price of bread
the grain shortage and increased de
inr.nd. actual and probable, abroad. In
addition, we have come to suspect al
vvay.s that those who dwell within the
Interior of the economic machine regu
late Its workings for their own prullt,
as much as they dare.
It would be interesting to draw a
line dividing h city's population, or the
world's population, into the classes
which will ami will not bo noticeably
affected if ten cent bread comes to
pass. The wealthy, of course, are re
moved from any immediate personal
concern with tho matter. There Is
a'so a large group of those whose in
comes vary from several hundreds to
a few thousands ft year who will be
unable to detect in their dully lives
the pressure of ten cent bread. 0:1
the other side of the line lies the great
mass which exists only through a con
stant struggle to circumvent the rules
of simple arithmetic; to make a dollar
gj a few cents more than it normally
would go. l-.xtra expense of 6 cents a
day means that much h.-,, to eat, that
much weaker grip on life. If those to
whom 10 cent bread means only a
mildly Interesting newspaper Hem
cculd project their Imaginations behind
that announcement, they would behold
a story of tragic possibilities.
Judce Hughes know about the fu
ture? Are not the things of the pres
ent sufficiently disturbing to en
gage our serious attention? More
over, If we are to judge the future by
the immediate past, we have at least
the comforting assurance wo will be
kept out of war. Iloth parties have
promised to turn over tho tariff to
an expert commission, taking it out
of politics. Both are for an ade
quate army and an adequate navy,
the difference ber.g that the Wilson
administration has acted on these
things and the standpat party is still
talking about them. Because work
Is plenty and farmers are prosperous,
We are told this is artificial prosper
ity. If this were, true, is thero any
body ln tills neck of the woods.- who
would refuse a little of this artificial
prosperity? And does this Justify
Judge Hughes ln entering an artifi
cial campaign with artificial Issues?
By ell the rules of reasonable analogy
the Republican party of America and
the Tory party of England contain
the same elements. Both worship at
the altar of plutocracy. In America
Mexico musl be exploited for the
benefit of tlie privileged classes; in
Great Britain, Ireland. Both par
ties distrust democracy. In England
you can buy a tltlo for gold and ln
America you ' can sell your talents
for plutocratic favor and support.
There Is no difference, only in name,
between Ixird Lansdowne arid Boles
Penrose; neither will support any can
didate for office who does not sub
scribe to the rule of Downing street
or Wall street. Hughes Is attracted
to Hutrta because Huerta would
crush the aspirations of the common
man; linsdowne supports General
Maxwell for the same reason. Point
out to either what democracy has
done for the uplift of man and both
will rejoin that "that is artificial.''
J. lUaXNEHST MURPHY.
Complains of Hritish Censorship.
Reedville, Or., Aug. IS. To the Ed
itor of Tho Journal Looking over old
copies of the various newspapers fav
orable to the allies, one is deeply Im
pressed with the great amount of false
reports contained therein, reports that
at that irne were credited, but which
time branded with the brand of false
hood. How many people are there
who take the trouble to look back over
the past Issues of the different papers
to see , how time treated reports of
those days? For their own good It
would be well for readers to review tho
papers of the past two years. They can
be had, I suppose, where they were
printed. One is impressed, by such
perusal, with the great amount of de
feats of the central powers and with
the enormous loss of life; and yet,
reading on through, we see that the
allies, though always winning, are re
treating. They were winning when
the Germans were 15 miles from Tarls.
They had Von Kluck cut off, sur
rounded, crushed. They had the Aus
trlans cut to pieces, captured and killed
around Lemberg and suing for pence.
The German loss going through Bel
gium was horrible, according to the
old reports. Germany wouldn't have
a soldier leftand the battle line would
be beyond Berlin. Truly somebody has
been dreaming. When one looks back
and beholds this nauseating mess, one
wonders how they ever were able to
pull such Junk off on the public. What
is becoming of the news service? Do
they think people will swallow this
stuff forever? Anyone who doesn't
agree with me on this lu Invited to ex
amine tbe papers tor the last two
years and then he eaa see for himself.
O, E. FRANK.
TKQnce Gucr
V7HAT WK NIC
esteemed city
CEM" -said the
y editor n ii
insula mmseir ror a cigar "Is the
super-reporter."
JAnd he seemed slightly surprised
-at some of the things--that he
found In his pockets.
- and the search proceeded.
jAnd presently he found a stbk
gum.
which he rf-ngntzed --with
smile unwrapped and beK.n
chew.
of
a
it
Just
ns If it was what h tmri
been looking- for.
j"Yes" he said "the mipr-re-
port er."
JAnd he went on to say -that he
had been rending Nlolzsche -t h Ger
man philosophers
who evoled the doctrine of the
super-man. J
or t)u mvm who I. so strong --an1
good that he can do no wrong.
whatever happens to other peo
ple while he Is doing it.
"Of course" he sni.J "there are
no such men yet.
"and I hope there never will he.
"but from a standpoint of efficiency-
-lust think whnt one super
reporter would mean to a modern
newspaper."
J "You mean that we'd all lose our
Jnl.s If this freak you're talking
nbout came along?" said the gentle
manly marine reporter.
J "Yes" said the esteemed city edi
tor "that would be one effect of his
advent.
"but of course that wouldn't
make much difference.
"because nobody who really un
derstands the gospel of efficient
cares about a few men losing their
Jobs.
"and you can't be a good disciple
of the efficiency doctrines If you
worry about such things.
T"Mere individual lives you un
derstand Clifford do not count In
this efficiency stuff.
T"And the Idea is If I understand
it
"and I hope I don't
"to get rid of everything Inferior.
"and have only a few people left
on earth.
"and have them very fine and
strong and good.
"so good or so string that they
wouldn't need any consciences.
"to tell them the difference be
tween right and wrong.
"And they'd all be so efficient
that nil the other people on the earth
would have died of starvation long
before.
"because there was nothing left
for them to do.
- "no Jobs.
"no chance for them to work for
anybody else.
"and no chance to work for them
selves. '
"because all the earlh would be
taken and held by the supermen.
J "And It wouldn't make any fllf-
fereno whether they used It or not.
- "because -
"well- because they were super
men. "and it wouldn't be anybody's
business whether they did anything
or not with the land and other
things that they owned.
T"And besides there wouldn't be
anybody left to care.
"except a few super-men."
JAnd the esteemed city editor
puused and thought a moment.
"In fact" he said "it seems to
me that right there there may be a
flaw fn tills philosophy.'
"because If the principle kept on
working there'd only be one super
man left after while.
"and if he had a single spark
of human nature left he'd die of
loneliness.
"in spite of all hia power end
wealth."
J "Yes" said the gentlemanly ma
rine reporter nervously "but what
about this super-reporter you were
maundering about?"
f The esteemed city editor smiled.
5J"TI
tjT h
There Isn't any such monstroal-
e said "and there never will
be.
"and I Just Invented him to
throw a scare into you.
"which he didn't.
"and we can cut out this foolish
talk now.
"and do ,some useful labor be
cause J "LISTEN Clifford I think
from the gleam ln his eye that Hex
has enough bunk for today's Once
Over."
coNcraxiwo wealth.
By Josl Chandlar Harris.
Let it not be supposed by tboM whs
imafine that they are 'unfortunate, that
the oolosaal fortunes hMped up by modern
Business methods will add to tha happiness
f those who hsT allowed rTd to hay
its way. Ail the cold ln the world will
not buy ea ouaoe of contentment j its pur
chasing power cease where happiness it
concerned. Thee statements are platU
tsdes, of course, but It is well ones la e
while, to shake ft live and wlgfUns plati
tude ln the face of the publlo, if only te
reassure tome of th hopelet ones that
Cod la in hia world, and all ia wall.
Who'a Dead?
Who's dead? Who at this moment died.
Or far away or close at band
Out where the ocean- furies bide
Or on the rlxne-lneatd land?
Who. when you bent to read this Una)
(No matter where, i.o matter bow
Death earns to him and cave th alee
Of beckonuif), who oicd Just nowf
Klnj, waa It? BlabnpT Robber? Wlft
Or babe In somo worn mother' arms t
Or patriarch Just finding llf
possessed of newer, fresher charm 1
Perhape It was a boy who faca
Was bright with youth perhaps bride
Perhsps a chief of me wild race,
Stretched on hi bullhid shield who died.
And where? Ia fair and sunny Spain I
Or In the eudh-aa northern rdfbt? ,
Or on tbe parched Sahara plain.
Or en s"i;i lriy mountain height T
To-irhed Death siue lalet of the aa
Where oceans part and oceans meet.
Or did he eouie a guest to b
Vtllhln the Unite arrom tb trt?
Who died Jnt now m all th world I
(So cuirulatltur men dViare)
Is hut the tally for death
In this great hire of men somewhere.
Somewhere Jnt now, o'er trembling lips,
There pasaa f.irth life's final sttta.
Jut ss ttm dlaatnartng ships
Droj down below th line of sky.
Who died Jimt nlw In ell the world?
Ker imne one, atatntlclan ay.
1 for earn passing moment hnrlsd
Iown Airael's dark and gkMmy wsy.
T stand, gaunt-eyed and white and swed
Whers Charon' bostllht dully ah In.
Who waa It died Jnet nowt Pray Ood
Not eome one of your kltb o mine.
S. hv KlsaV.
Uncle Jeff Hnow Raysi
The Lord loves a cheerful ilTer
Is what the preacher at the corners
told us last Sunday 'fore he passed
the hut. 8o do the big grafters of
one kind an' another, and we sure do
pitch a lot in their hats her la Old
Oreroa.,,' , ,