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. Mllllona for defense, hut not a cent for
tribute. CHARLKR C. PINOKNKY.
In disarming
erery soldier.
I'etcr, Cbrlst disarmed
Tertullian.
TO END WHERE?
c
iHEERING men in a tremen
dous burst of applause gave
defiance to peace rumors in
the British house of commons
yesterday.
Asking Parliament for a war
credit that brings the British war
debt up to nearly 16,000 million
dollars. Premier Asqulth declared
that "this war cannot end in a
patched-up, precarious, dishonoring
. Compromise, masquerading under
t the name of peace." He added
that "the allies are not vindictive,
I- 1 1 , I . . .1
uul mey win inquire iruui lueir
enemies adequate reparation for
; the past and security for the
future."
' Here is confirmation of the
British attitude as k voiced in the
warning by Lloyd-George In a re-
cent interview in when he made it
-: clear that Great Britain would
regard as unfriendly any proposal
by the United States or other neu-
I; tral nation suggesting peace. The
tremendous ovation accorded
Premier Asquith's announcement.
In the Commons is abundant evi
.. dence of the determlnaton of the
' allies to push the war to the bitter
end.
" In the beginning, the late Lord
Kitchener announced that the
war would continue three years
v JEventuatlons to date are rapidly
Confirming his prophecy. There
are- many indications that it will
last much longer.
It is true that Germany is yield
ing ground on the western front
But every advance of fier enemies
ll disputed, Inch by Inch. German
resources are far from exhausted.
- The German spirit has lost little if
: any of Its confidence in German
bllity to resist the onslaughts of
the allied nations.
A winter is coming on. It will
be more or less a period of waiting
and recuperation for renewal of
' the struggle.
It may be years before the world
will- aee the end of the calamitous
of the allies that they are to win,
- it is a "long and weary way to
Barlin.
The Quebec bridge which fell
recently was not a concrete but a
', Bteel structure. A statement In
- yesterday s Journal that it was
. a concrete bridge was incorrect.
- THE RIGHT WAY
-4
HE people of the towns be
tween Portland and Corvallls
have taken the right way to
obtain the great highway
. "which they desire. If their wishes
are carried out the road will ex
- tend from Portland to Corvallls
. ' and will be a model in every par
ticular. At the Dallas meeting,
- held to consider this admirable
: project, every town along the line
. of the highway was represented
"and an association was formed to
promote the building of the road
2 - There is no other way to obtain
- cood roads. Organization, tireless
effort and devotion to the public
, . good are the factors which count
The grumbler and the "knocker'
are no doubt useful In the economy
of the universe, but they do not
v help build roads. For that purpose
- the enthusiast and the promoter
; are needed.
The run froai Portland to Cor
vallls has been fairly good during
.. this season. One could drive alt
the way without experiencing any
great trouble from bad roads, and
In many places the going was de
lightful. But It must be confessed
that - the road surface almost
everywhere admits of improvement
and .here and there the grades are
Btill primitive. InBtead, of going
around hills, as common sense dic-
' tate v they climb over the summits.
: A thoroughly good road wil
benefit every town along the route.
; ,W . do , not need to remind the
reader - that automobile trafflo
PEACE OR WAR, WHICHr
T
HE following news dispatch from
. day's papers: x
New York, Oct. 11. Following-
W. Gerard, American ambassador to
today, German Ambassador Count von
there will be no recurrence of U-boat
NOT CONTEMPLATE! IN ANY WAY
UNITED STATES.
What more could the United States
grant?
Germany's pledges to the United
dent Wilson's diplomatic notes In the
pledges, Germany assured President
peratlons would be conducted in accordance with the recognized rules
of civilized warfare with full guarantee of the safety to American lives.
Those pledges were given months
them. Here is the assurance of the
mation from Berlin, Germany will
Diplomacy did its work. The pen
possibly have been. It secured from the mightiest military nation in
the world the recognition of every American right, and did it without
the firing of a shot or the destruction of a dollar's worth of American
or German property.
But Mr. Hughes said at Chicago:
If there Is anything- In this campaign which Is real. It Is whether we
want words or whether we want deeds,
ritten or spoken, or whether we want
Mr. Hughes' words were uttered
way of handling our relations with
on President Wilson's foreign policy,
Those who, with timid hearts and
Wilson for keeping us out of war, are
In a telegram of congratulation
declined the Progressive nomination
said "we want deeds, ,not words."
Why "deeds"? Why blood and
wrecked nation, lost prosperity and
President Wilson used "words,"
her pledges. -
Is not President Wilson's way the
means activity and profit to every
illage that it passes through.
But, of course, the principal
benefits of a great highway will
ccrue to the farmers, who will
thus be brought within easy reach
of markets. As soon as the road
surface and the grades are made
good auto trucks will appear every
where along the route, every
farmer will own a machine, and
the problem of farm transportation
will be' solved almost magically.
Germany has faithfully kept her
pledge as to submarine warfare
and Ambassador von Bernstorff
says she will continue to keep it.
Since "words" accomplished all
America desired, why all this howl
for "deeds"? Europe thought she
wanted "deeds, not words." And,
behold what the "deeds" are cost
ing in blood, lives and money 1
IN THE OUTDOORS
T
HE civilized world is trying
to stamp out white plague.
In the course of the move
ment, people have been pur
posely Informed that the malady
can be contracted through care
lessness In contact with those who
suffer from it. The natural con
sequence of the movement itself
is the opposition of communities
to have tuberculosis sanitariums
located in their midst
Whether the opposition iff based
on real or imaginary dangers is
unilateral. The opposition exists.
and it is a manifestation of the
very care that the anti-tuberculosia
movement Is trying to have all peo
ple observe. It is In effect, co
operative endeavor by Individuals
to Bpeed the anti-tuberculosis
movement.
Meanwhile, there is a great hos
pitable outdoors beyond the con
gested limits of the city. There,
the air is purer, the environs
serener and everything more suited
to the welfare and cure of tubercu
lar patients. It jwould seem that
out there where the birds sing and
nature rejoices, would be the ideal
spot for sanitariums such as has
made many troubled minds over
whether or not it was to be located
in Sellwood.
The federal trade commission,
the tariff commission, the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce,
the shipping board, the farm loan
board and the federal reserve
board are all co-ordinated instru
mentalities for helping American
business and Industry. They have-
unshackled capital and caused it
to seek investment everywhere.
COVER PICTURES
I
T IS one of the joys of existence
to gaze on the cover pictures of
the magazines as they come out I
week after week. Time was
when they showed us nothing but
pretty girls' faces and Insipid ones
at that, silly mugs reminding one
of weak tea and dishwater. But
that lamentable fashion is past and
gone and the cover page of the
moment is something to revel in.
Even the Saturday Evening Post
has recovered from the pretty girl
mania, though It is subject to
lapses when the cover that has de
lighted the beholder with some
exquisite conception Olrts back to
an inane fashion plate design.
You remember, do you not, that
Saturday Evening Post cover where
daddy was depicted "working
sums" for his graceless son? The
old man, in his shirtsleeves, with
puckered brow and anxious case,
was consulting the book to aee
whether he had "got the answer
right" or not. He had not and the
urchin behind his back was grin
ning at his worry.
It is only once in a while that
an artist can crowd so much devil
ish but delightful human nature
into a picture But for pure Joy
give us Life's cover picture this
week. There is a bed' of tempting
Vermillion gladioli with a glaring
sign, "Do not pick the flowers"
and ' a monstrous Dollceman to
guard J&e ,. sign. - A. wee thinr
New York was carried In yeater-
an extended conference with James
Germany, at the Rlts-Carlton hotel
Bernstorff this afternoon stated that
warfare, and that GERMANY DOES
VIOLATING ITS PLEDGES TO THE
ask? What more could Germany
States were In response to Presi
submarine controversy. In those
Wilson that future submarine
ago. Germany has faithfully kept
German ambassador that on Infor
continue to keep them.
was as mighty as the sword could
whether we want things that are
American action.
in an attack on President Wilson's
foreign nations. In a similar attack
Mr. Roosevelt said:
quavering voices are praising Mr.
actual heirs of the Tories of 1776.
to Mr. Roosevelt when the latter
for the presidency, Mr. Hughes
dead American boys? Why a war-
billions of war debt?
Germany yielded and Is keeping
better way?
just able to toddle and talk has
picked an armful of the blossoms
with long stems and holds them
up gleefully to the policeman, who
regards her with horror. But
she knows how to disarm the law.
"I picked them for you," she
lisps. Oh, woman, woman. Id
she never too young to practice
guile?
Have you noticed that the Ore
gon highway commission has de
signed Oregon roads on which fed
eral appropriations are to be ap
plied? It is a part of the new
era in America. The Wilson ad
ministration is spending United
States money on good roads in
all the states instead of spend
lng it on a war of conquest in
Mexico and in a war with Ger
many.
THE GOLDEN SPECIAL
N
EW women recruits from non
suffrage Eastern ptates have
arrived to tell the Oregon
women, who have won the
ballot, how to vote.
Their efforts are to be empha
sized Saturday by arrival of the
Golden Special, sent out by Ann
Morgan, sister of J. P. Morgan.
Mrs. Guggenheim, Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney and other princesses of
fortune and fashion residing on
fifth avenue, New York.
It is indeed regrettable that the
Oregon voters are so much in need
of guidance, and that their thinking
naa to be done for them to the
great fatigue of the ladies of New
York's smart set. To say nothing
of the money the Golden Special
costs, it is a heavy wear and tear
upon the nerves of the princesses
of fashion to take their valuable
time from social diversions and
expend it in giving advice and in
struction of which they think Ore
gon women and men stand so much
in need.
The only marring thought in this
glittering scheme of things is, since
the Oregon women have demon
strated that they knew how to get
the ballot and consequently know
how to vote, ought not the Golden
Special to be headed, not westward
but eastward, with a lot of the
bright eyed and clear minded Ore
gonians on board to tell the unen
franchised women of the East how
to get the ballot?
The cut of expenses by Commis
sioner Daly in the water and street
cleaning departments of Portland
Is example of what can be done in
reducing the cost of government
It is efficiency, not on paper, but
in actual practice.
UNTIMELY QUESTIONS
I
F OUR college professors keep
on conducting these extraordi
nary examinations they have
lately invented thev will RP9 r A
their students Into mental activity.
me baseball scores in the newspa
pes and the photographs of ac
tresses m the monthly magazines
p r o v i a e insufficient current
knowledge to answer the inconven
lent questions which are being
rired at the poor young things
now in one college, now In another.
It begins to look as if the faculties
were going to expect their classes
to understand something besides
sport and college politics. The
old maxim "don't let your studies
interfere with your education" la
getting out of date. '
Here, for a woeful example, is
the faculty of the University of
Minnesota popping an unexpected
examination in "common facts" at
their students right in the midst
of football practice, the very worst
time in the whole year. What
student can be honestly expected
to use his brain until after the
Thanksgiving games? His muscles
and his tongue are all that the
college ought in good conscience
to ask him to exercise.
But that shameless Minneapoli
faculty actually went ahead and
asked the students who Mary Pick
ford was. The examiners were
seniors and Juniors. One of them
said that the glorious PIckford, the
idol of the movies, was1 a nurse
shot by the kaiser for befriending
prisoner. He thought she was
Edith Cavell. But you can bo per
fectly certain that senior knows
every baseball s:ore made this
summer.
Another intellectual prodigy
wrote that St. Paul was "the giver
of the Decalogue." A third, per
haps wiser than his comrades in
the slough of despond, described
Wall street as "the Golden Horn,"
while a historical genius announced
as our national motto inscribed on
oins and the like, "millions for
defense but not one cent for
tribute."
The happiest and most prosper
ous nation In the world is America.
President Wilson seems to have
managed things pretty well.
Letters From the People
rCommnnlcatlona Bent to Tba Journal for
publication In thin department should ba writ
ten on onlj one aide of tbe paper, aboold not
exceed 3 00 worda In length, and muat be ac
companied by the naine and addreaa of tha
aeoder. If tba writer doea not dealro tP
tbe name published be abould ao state.
DlMimsion la tba rreatest of all reformers
tt ratlnnallzes eerrthlnir It touchea. It rolw
principles of all falae sanctity anrt throws them
back on tbeir reasonaDieneaa. 11 uirj u
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes tbem out
of existence and aeta up lta owu eoncluaionji la
their stead." Woodrow wiiaon.
These Awful, Awful Times!
Medford, Or., Oct. 9. To the Editor
of The Journal "I am very happy to
come before you today. I feel that I
have been very greatly honored at
being asked to speak to you, but 1 reel
very Inadequate to the occasion. I am
Just a poor little country farmer come
down to the city for the aay.
"These are Indeed Democratlo times.
After three yeirs of Democratic ad
ministration, I am wearing my laat
year's Buit and 1 had to sell two pigs
to buy my railroad ticket.
The above Quotation is taicen rrom
the speech of Mrs. E. B. Hanley, as re
ported by the Oregonian and is char
acterized by the reporter of that paper
a thread of delightful nunior.
Thread Is not the word "cable' would
be more eloquent.
Mrs. Hanley is the sister-in-law of
Honorable William Hanley. the
wealthy sage of eastern Oregon, who
has come out for Wilson, t.. a. nan-
ley Is not a small farmer in any sense,
his real estate holdings in thla county
totaling more than $100,000. Mrs. Han
ley drives a beautiful 1916 6-cylinder
automobile, and I recall reading only a
few weeks ago In the society columns
of a local paper that "she entertained
76 guests at her beautiful home, the
occasion being the unveiling of a life-
size portrait of Mrs. Hanley, done In
oil by one of the state s rising artists
Mrs. Hanley Bays our husbands are
furious over the women Joining the
Hughes alliance, and threaten to cut
our automobile tires," etc. Ed Hanley
Is one of the best fellows In the state,
both to his family and his friends, and
at this time he is too busy canning
salmon in Alaska to think about cut
ting tires. Under three years of Dem
ocratlo administration he and his part
ner have built two large canneries in
Alaska. Last year they turned out 40,
000 cases of salmon, which sold, under
these Democratic times, at from $3 to
J 6 a case.
It Is indeed a sad, sad story about
the two little pigs that had to be
trundled off to market, to make a hoi
lday for Hughes. I can hear them re
luctantly going down the road behind
the six," calling "Hughees: Hughees!
Oh, the sins this man Wilson must
answer for! I can go no further.
am overcome by the tragedy of It all.
E. E. KELLY.
His Reasons for Wilson.
Onalaska, Wash., Oct. 8. To the
Editor of The Journal I am neither a
Socialist nor a Democrat, but one of
Mr. Roosevelt's "fool Methodists," as
he called the Prohibitionists in a let
ter during a campaign for president
do not believe I am prejudiced
against either of the candidates for
president in the present campaign,
However, It Is Interesting to note
what a difference there Is in what the
two men are offering us.
If we will elect Mr. Hughes to of
fice he will straightway restore the
old standpat policy which for 60 years
had been a series of broken promises,
and a servitude under Wall street.
He will lead us Into Mexico and leave
our young men's bones to bleach on
her mountain sides. He will array us
before Germany. He will place upon
this 'nation a debt a hundred times
greater than all our foreign Interests
and rob our country of the flower of
its youth.
I believe congress should pass
law compelling every person holding
an interest in a foreign country to be
among the first to shoulder arms In
case of war with that country.
Mr. Hughes will go farther. He
will, so far as It shall be in his power,
destroy every law Mr. Wilson has
made. Including the election of sen
ators by direct vote, the reserve bank-
!ng system, the child labor law, the
rural credit system, the eight-hour
law, the tariff commission, the ship
purchase bill and others.
The eight-hour law Is said to be
class legislation, and yet there Is not
a man, woman, or child in the United
States that was not benefited by that
act. In short, Mr. Wilson has done
more for the common people in three
and a half years than all the others
who have filled the presidency since
the days of Lincoln. If we elect him.
he will continue this wonderful admin
Istratlon. He will give us peace and
keep us out of war and debt and the
nation will continue to prosper as no
other nation has In the history of the
world. A FOOL METHODIST,
Always for the People.
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal The pathos of the pres
ent political situation is in the thought
Lof the Great Misled, a lovable, conscl
entious Dooy oi our citizens, clinging
to a once noble party. Judge Norton!,
in his wonderful speech, most skillful
ly at times turned the disenchanting
light upon It. The strength of his
talk, however, was on the Progressive
platform measures which Presiden
Wilson has worked for, and which
congress has enacted into the laws of
our country. These laws are all on
the side of humanity, as against mere
property interests.
This being the case, he said, it would
be his everlasting shame did he not
cast his vote for President Wilson.
A WORKING-WATCHER.
Appeals for National Prohibition.
Portland. Or., Oct. It. To the Edi
tor of The Journal With 19 states
already under prohibition and work
ers ln all the others trying desperate
ly to secure it, it is Inevitable that
it should come; It will come, but the
marvel Is that any of the temper
ancsT people in the political parties
are willing to delay this great reform
by falling to declare by ballot (the
only way that is counted) against the
liquor evtL
It Is a solemn pity that the party
leaders will noX4 put prohibition In
their platforms. Working for many
reforms, they Ignore the greatest.
What are reforms concerning tariff,
tax. trade, public utilities, labor, or
even war, compared with the liquor
traffic? All the wars of all the world
of all time, are aa nmhtne to this age-
old Iniquity. From Noah to now it i
has taken .-no re toll of life, mentality,
money, ambition, efficiency and char-j
acter, than var, disease, famine. .
eannquaae, pestilence, poverty anu
flood. It is as ex-Congressman j
Richmond P. Hobson hero of the I Alter tne war is over the peace -Merrimac-call,
it. "The Great De- LZ?? AUX "
stroyer."
Before coming west I used to think .
should like the privilege of voting.
because it was an opportunity to help
estroy the drink evil. Now that I
am; here, how do I find It? Most of !
our good women and rood men have
. .. . .
allied themselves with the same old
cb iimi pet cLudio viio naiuuu .
hat dare not oppose the domination
of the rum and beer trust. They vote
,1,. . . . . ,,., j
the same ticket the liquor people do.
On. yes, when, once in a while they
ran get off their political fences, the
good people here can vote prohibition
r , , , . d , j j
for themselves, here in Portland, and
even ln the state. And then how they
do count! They are quoted all over
the country, and other states are
moved to cast off their slavery to j
rum. (
But what about national Influence?
If Prohibition is good for us, why not
rn.aV tny It In tV. naMnn? A
chance Is given once In four years
the only chance to be counted na
tiAn.ii.. ir v. ii tt tYiat v.
Hava in nmhihitinr, roould vnta for BOn was- Colonel Harvey has been act
v J. v.?; , iT . ln about 11 ever sine Just liko we all
the Prohibition candidate for presi
dent, would it not hasten the glad day .
of freedom for many?
Why not take this year off to give
a conscience vote for lanly, for home
8nd God and native land, for prohibi
tion nationally and forever?
MRS. C. E. BRECK.
Prison Systems Compared.
Portland, Or.. Oct. 10. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In this morning's
Oregonian was an editorial condemn
ing all absurd people who might at
tfk'rlr mir rrA nlrl.f Ashinned Oregon
prison system and who might suggest i
that it would not be to our fllsad- by a supporter or y resident wuson. it
vantage to try the methods of more ! is an extract from a full page adver
modern prisons. This, of couree. ! tisement signed by Gifford Pinchot,
would never do; we would then turn
luxury-loving men out of prison at the
wid of their sentences, men who would .
be mollycoddles Instead of the use-
ful improved men our splendid system
has turned out in the past.
The Oregonian holds up as a warn- I fare -whose effectiveness for that pur
ine the prisons of New York and i nose no one can doubt. We have done
Thomas Mott Osborne's 6ystem, about j
which it gives a fact." me Tact ; again. At least, until we are assured
Is that the prisoners have been escap- I 0f gome other equally, effective means
ing! This is not tremendously sur- ; 0f advancing the cauee of human
prising. There have been escapes from rights, of protecting the people against
Sing Sing before the Osborne regime, extortion, exploitation and monopoly,
but they were not advertised to prove j ftm in favor of maintaining the Pro
the failure of the old system. In 1913 gTesalve party organizations in the
before Mr. Osborne became warden of - natLon and the elates.
Sing Sing, 10 prisoners escapeu. in ..j am Btr0ngly in favor of uniting
1910. 17 prisoners escaped. In 1909. witn tne Republicans to meet the pres
19 escaped. ! ent crisis, but I am strongly against
It is also a fact that recently mere
have been voluntary returns of es-;
capea convicts, me
Cullen and Tony Mareno In particular.
Anotner remaraaoie mun
the effect of the new system was
when IS convicts went out to search
for one who had escaped, and all 15.
unaccompanied by guards, returned of
their own accord.
Tk.r. r mnnv other rather won-
derful "facts" about the new system
which show that it Is vastly superior
to the old system, which has had a
thorough tryout for a good many cen-
turles. Anyone who has studied prison
systems at 11 cannot deplore the
change ln Sing Sing, however much
he objects to a new Idea or to a
change in the old order.
CATHERINE ii. RUiSStLiU
The Free Tolls Message.
Portland. Oct. 7. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly give rresiaent
Wilson's message to the senate re
garding the repeal of the free tolls J question has arisen. Was the fire wor
clause of the Panama canal bill. The ; ship of the ancients indicative of their
full message Is desired, but If this Is
too long, please give the part wherein
he alluded to weighty matters or
grave import to the country which ln
hla Judgment made it necessary to take
away free tolls from our coastwise
ships.
Also please state, if It Is now known.
what the "matters of grave Import
were to which the president referred.
CONSTANT READER.
On March 5, 1914, President Wilson
delivered to congress. In person, a mes
sage that contained this passage:
"In my own Judgment, very ruiiy
considered and maturely formed, that
exemption constitute a mistaken eco
nomic policy from every point of view,
and is, moreover, in plain contraven
tion of the treaty with Great Britain
concerning the canal concluded on No
vember 18, 1901. But I have not come
to you to urge my personal views. I
have come to state to you a fact and a
situation. Whatever may be our own
iUfferncM nt oninion concerning this
much debated measure, its meaning is
not debated outside the United States.
Everywhere else the language of the
treaty is given but one Interpretation,
and that interpretation precludes the
exemption I am asking you to repeal.
We consented to the treaty; Its lan
guage we accepted, If we old not origi
nate It; and we are too big, too power
ful, too self respecting a nation to
Interpret with too strained or refined a
reading of words of our promises Just
because we have power en6ugh to give
us leave to read them as we please, effectively Is to elect John A.
The large thing to do Is the only thing Jeffrey to congress. He is the only
we can afford to do, a voluntary with- i man jn the race ln this county who
drawal from a position everywhere ! caT1 or wjh uphold the hands of WI1
queatloned and misunderstood. We ; BOn jn an nis coming contests for the
ought to reverse our action without ; ood of trie people. PAUL TURNER.
raising the question whether we were ! -j Tr.
right or wrong, and so once more de- Concerning Auto Hire Kates,
serve our reputation for generosity Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
and the redemption of every obligation j Tlie Journal In today's Issue of your
without quibble or hesitation. 'valued paper of which I have been a
"I ask this of you ln support of the I constant reader since your first Issue,
foreign policy of the administration. ; r f jnd where I am mentioned as charg-
I shall not know how to deal with mat-
ters of even greater delicacy and near
er consequence if you do not graat
It to me in ungrudging measure.'1
The "matters of even greater deli
cacy and nearer consequence," have
never been the subject of more specific
disclosure, official or unofficial, on the
part of the administration.
"Life Everlasting."
Vancouver, Wash- Oct. 8. To the
Editor of The Journal An editorial
which appeared in yor issue of today,
under the caption "Life Everlasting."
to my thought offers a wider field to
serious speculation than will all I the
i:?,? ?rf.tfd.ty..f.r0.m.r:tAa"?
UUiytlB. XL U103C1HB fcV V UJAk CtOI 111
th. m.ur nr nr. "
vuifjuackf u j tav j m- a j
ant's changing expression seems to me
to be a reflection of moods rather than
s change of conviction. To me his
fixed thought finds its fullest expres
sion ln "Life." In it "ho perceives a
drama whose plot is the continual
progression from llfo to life, the old
making way for the new incarnation."
Science, cold, devoid of emotion, sen
timent and feeling to which nothing
is true but truth, and nothing fact but
that which can be proved, accepts this
same "progression from life to life"
aa bedrock truth.
Our misconception of nature's meth
od of renewal through regeneration
gives rise to our fear of natural death.
That which we cannot understand Is
at all times a source of terror. We
are under an eternal obligation to the
man of science who explains to us the
modus operandi of nature, thus allay-
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
The Christmas tree man's motto:
v your nrisunas cnopping eany.
A ,traw vote 'might be taken of
those whose pheasant hunting friends
promised mem a bird,
working now.
- j. V1 Y.ei; ge,l1 bck upon the
"X "wttZV ?-' :JliD.e.. "?pf? !
ugly self
-
V1. ""J45. naYe promls..ea.,
uiea.il ui me same size at me
pame old price but ,fghter ln wei;nt.
x'neumatic Dreaa too :
wav 7nV'Z- pa?Clm r
age would be. ln sending out bills, to
.-run ,n.. the Uems in8 ad of .. ara.
graphing." as a Printer would nhrase it.
" 1"0Y J. al o-canea iooa-
stuff famines la that the consumer
needa tne food WQrse harv thfi TOtddlo
mn needs tha monev thonsrh he
doesn't want it any worse, goodness
knows.
Seth Low.g estat ' ,s .timlte-j at
$4,000,000. He was educator and
politician. Nr educator can make
that much, and he was an honest
IHU.-1LU. iO relieve IhlS OreaQIUl
Pense he Inherited it.
Colonel teorge Harvey once asked
Mr. Wilson to be verv candid. Mr. Wil-
word.
aci wnen our inenus laise us at our
PINCHOT, PENROSE AND HUGHES
Washington, Oct. II. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.)
"No bare announcement of any man's.
position Is enough. The nation needs
the guarantee of a record of things
done."
This Is not quoted from a Demo-
cratlc stump speech, nor was it said
published In a Washington newspaper
on June 1. The advice he gave to
Progressives Is still Interesting:
"We have in the Progressive organ-
lzatlon a mean for forcing the con-
sideration of questions of human wel-
jt once, and if necessary we can do It
whlch WOuld leave ua Pro-
gre&slveB powerless If it should here-
after appear that the reactionary and
, not tna progressive element, of the
, ReDubllcan party are ln control."
.
The "plan" which Pinchot said he
was so strongly against would appear
f to be only a short way ahead If Wilson
aereatea, ior n is ciear enuusu mai
tne irogressives tnose wno-Bpeu van
i a large r ana tnose wno speii wun a
small win aiiKe he powerless in tne
' grip of a reactionary congress with
standpat leaaers in control.
ing our fears. The scientist teaches
us that all Is matter; he proves that
matter Is indestructible; that all be
ing originates from fire (the sun or
suns). We thus learn that the element
which to our conception is the most
potent ln destroying is ln truth our
creator.
It need not be wondered at that the
kt.owledge of the truths of nature?
READER,
A Protest for Mr. Jeffrey.
Portland. Oct. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal At a meeting held near
Lents last night on behalf of th"
candidacy of A. W. Lafferty for con
gress, it was positively stated as a
fact by J. Sanger Fox, by a number
of clerical gentlemen accompanying
him and by Mr. Lafferty himself
that John A. Jeffrey, the Democratlo
nominee for congress from this dis
trict. Is out of the race and that he
has been bolted and repudiated by the
state and county committees of the
Democratlo party and by the rank
and file of the party also. The further
statement was then made that, such
being the case, Mr. McArthur Is the
only opponent of Mr. Lafferty.
These statements are absolutely
erroneous, and Mr. Lafferty and the
other gentlemen could have learned
i they are erroneous had tney made
the slightest investigation. The prin
cipal question growing out of this Is:
Can the people of Portland afford to
support a man for congress who
makes such unguarded statements?
John A. Jeffrey is running vigor
ously for the seat ln congress from
this district. And he Is supported by
the Democrats and thousands of
progressive people who are not
Democrats. If the people of this
county wish to support wnson me
; only way to do It Intelligently and
hn c- exorbitant rates, 601 trust you
". .. - r 1.
will allow nie a acw unco
hat on -the face looks to be a higher
charee than other' cars.
I own and operate one of the best
ctrs on hire in Portland. I do
rot stand at depots, and when I
have a call between the two depots I
must leave my "uptown stand" and go
to the designated depot, which takes
up over a full half hour by the time I
return to my stand. Since I have run
ni auto service I have made a
specialty of parties for scenic
rides that ' appreciate class, and
0Vover Charges" In Til The t me
I have been ln business. One reason
will say- I have never had a single
; . . . T ...lk,ia rv mlkU
to which I attribute my amiable re
lationa with my customers Is that to
the class of people that ride in my
car the price Is a secondary consid
eration. I will thank you in advance for
printing my explanation and-for not
classing my auto with taxlcabs after
this. BARNEY BARR.
Suffrage Limitations.
8cappoose, Or.. Oct. 10. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Please tell me
how many of the states give the negro
the right to vote, if any. If Oregon
passes the law to keep Chinese from
voting will that keep tbem from voting
if they take out cltlxen papers? E. 8.
No state denies the negro the right
to vote, though certain of the south
ern states impose restrictions, which
in a measure reduce the vote, by ex
cluding Illiterates and others. .The
measure on the ballot In Cegon Is
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON' SIDELIGHTS
Taking telegraph tolls as the atand
ard, Klamath Kalis is a 10 per cent
busier town than it was this time last
year, and 30 per cent ahead of what
it was at any timu before 1914.
Hillsboro has been enjoying free
delivery of mail since October 2. Two
deliveries per day are made, with a
third after 6 o clock p. m. in tha
business district.
The East Oreg'onfan publishes the
general prediction of Pendleton busi
ness men that the city-wide mem
bership camjiaign of the Commercial
association will net 200 new members.
Mr. and Mrs. F."l. Beamis. who
have lived years on a farm near
Greenville, have bwom globe trotters
and are off on a trip to Amg Beach,
Cal.. and intend to go thence to Aus
tralia. "A peculiarity of the presidential
campaign," says the Grcsham Outlook,
"is the use of the word 'heckllnx.
Heretofore the same thoughts were
expressed in more Americanly expres
sive worda sometimes a siring m
them."
Speaking of Round-Up week "with
the fierce bucking horses and the un
tamed steers," the Democrat says:
"Albany will be a live town, but It
should be a peaceable one, with good
order, that s thu aecree.
Hermiston's council has decided to
place the mattcrof a new well and
other improvements to the water sys
tem on the ballot at the city election
in December in the form of a bond
proposal. The cost of all Improve
ments considered would be ln the
neighborhood of 16000.
Hughes, In his campaign speeches,
has offered the Progressives nothing
along the lines that the Progressive
party was formed to advance. There
is no assurance that he will take tlio
progressive side. Instead of the Pen
rose side. He has announced that he
wants to sweep away the legislation
of the last three years, most of which
progressive Republicans ln congress
voted for. This sounds much like a
Penrose speech ln the senate.
m
Penrose Is much more than a name
and a type. If the Republicans con
trol the next senate, he will be a stern
reality. He will become chairman of
the finance committee of the senate,
the tariff making body, ready to let
loose all his pent-up enthusiasm for
tariff bills like Payne and Aldrlch used
to make.
In the house. "Joe" Fordney of Mich
lgan, one of the pattest of standpat
ters, will be advanced to chairmanship
of ways and means if the Republicans
have a majority. He will be a worthy
co-laborer with Penrose. Flanking
thetn on the two tariff bodies are other
representatives of the manufacturing
and special interests of New England
and the east, who have a lofty con
tempt for the findings of non-partisan
tariff boards.
Hughes, If he becomes president,
must float with the reactionary
stream, where he Is already so com
fort ably launched, or run into a stone
wall.
Pinchot, who spelled Progressive
with a large P ln June and spells It
with a small p ln October, would be
left to labor with Penrose. Fordney
Mann, Gallinger and the rest of the
crew ln "advancing the cause of human
rights, of protecting the people against
extortion, exploitation and monopoly.
merely to erase a dead letter. An old
Oregon statute that disqualifies Chi
nese, negroes and mulattoes is to be
brought into conformity with the fed
eral constitution by the expunging of
tho wards "negro" and "mulatto." It
leaves the status of the Chinese Just
as it is now; It Is not new legislation.
Chinese cannot be naturalized and
therefore cannot vote in any case.
However, children of Chinese parents
(or of any other alien parentage) born
in the United States are citizens, and
can, on attaining legal age, and with
out taking out naturalization papers,
vote, the same as native-born' Ameri
cans. Rights of Naturalized Citizens.
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly Inform me If
naturalized citizens of the United
States are liable to any form of mil
itary service in time of peace or war
providing said subjects were to go back
to their native land on a visit.
R. F. WILSON.
The demars of foreign govern
ments ln respect of required military
service are not uniform, nation with
nation, nor do they usually conform to
the expectations and desires of the
United States government very closely.
This government has not undertaken
to protect a naturalized citizen who
has left his native land before per
forming the service required of all sub
jects or citizens of such nation. But
if he had discharged sucto obligations,
any enforced service might be an
other matter. However, ln such case
the protection accorded would neces
sarily rest upon the same basis as
any other alleged encroachment of the
rights of a citizen of the United States,
and protection could be extended, not
by law for the laws of the United
States would not be effective, as such,
ln a foreign land but through nego
tiation or, ln an extreme case, through
the threat or the exercise of force.
Telling Women How to Vote.
From the Tacoma Tribune.
On Friday Tacoma is to be treated
to the most amazing spectacle of an
amazing campaign. A trainload of
eastern women, whose expenses are
paid by the millionaire wives of Wall
street manipulators, will arrive ln
this city to tell women here how they
should vote in the coming election.
The east, which has never had the
vote, la coming to tell the west,
which has had the ballot for years,
what to do with It. The most con
vincing campaigners, one might sup
pose, are those who take a practical
as well as an academic Interest ln
voting. The women of the west, who
won the ballot years ago, might take
a great t"deal more interest in the
message that the eastern women are
preaching If the easterners had had a
little more success In getting the bal
lot themselves.
The west is proud of Its women
voters and the part they have played
in the- affairs of the country. It be
lieves that the women of the east
have plenty of evils in their own
bailiwicks to correct without travel
ing S00O miles to conduct a school In
ballot marking. Why not send back a
trainload of western women to show
the easterners a few practical things
about the gentle art of vote-getting?
Soot In Cities.
From the Boston Globe.
It was a Pittsburg professor who
told the delegates to the national
pmoke-prevention convention at St.
Louis that the question of soot-fall ln
a city will soon be considered a more
Important than that of the rainfall or
temperature. It is the diffused smoke,
he said, that decreases sunlight, pro
longs fogs, retards the growth of vege
tation, destroys building material and
is injurious to health. He baa had an
opportunity to see the effect of soot
and smoke la Pittsburg. .
Rag Tag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
To tbla column all readers of Tha looms I
are Invited to contribute original matter In
atory. In versa or ln philosophies! obsarratlao
or atrikiug quotations, from any aourca.
Contributions of etceptlooal merit will be paid
for. at iu editor a ainrall. I
God Bless 'Em All.
ROWLAND HILL, a noted character
of a past century, visiting in the
midlands of England, electrified an
dietice by one of his plain comments,
as follows:
He was present at a- gathering when
a r.ithur superficial though attractive
young clergyman made pointed re
marks reflecting upon the gifted and
ungltted along life's pathway, conspic
uously singling out Rag, Tag and Bob
tall for disparaging notice., f
Rowland Hill got up in the meeting,
interrupting the services, and in hie
Kflm uiid overpowering manner cham
pioned the oaust of the outlaws of so
ciety, commanding attention by the
unusual proceeding. .Ho invoked a
blchsing on these ruined mrmbers of
the community, saying impressively.
uoa bless Rag. God blesa Tag. God
bless Bobtail!"
He eat down in a silence that was
most tense. The clergyman met the
rebuff by speedily dismissing the con
gregation.
Itowland Hill's timely or untimely
interruption was long remembered. It
takes rank with oahers of his plain and
direct statements, made during a w4o
and independent ministry, atampib
him as a man of bold, though aocentrlo
character.
Gentle lilnt.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
He Once for all, I demand to know
who is master ln tills house?
Wlie You'll be happier If you don't
find out.
Alnt k
I Bill Ktrsndlmra Las returned from IVnTr
wl'b tho pessimistic report thst V. W. HIM
and Ed. A. West, former llnae City atreet csr
luiig-natea, are uow wenrtiia wTiat walches
me not In ardll ittnu
Manhood's hop dies in our breast.
And Uiat we. like fieri Carranaa.
Wear no tluieivia lu our Test,
Urea of HIM and West remind na
We should grind -out Fate'a Just frlat
Nor let ouilnenca e'er find ua
Wearing a.-alcbes on our wrl.it.
As It Happens Every Night.
From the Detroit Journal.
Bhe (upstairs) Clarcncol
He Yes, love.
She Have you locked the icebox?
He Uh-huh.
8he Have you locked the dining
room window?
He Sure.
She Have you hidden the silver
under the bathtub?
He Yep.
Hhe Hid you put the cat out?
He Uh-huh.
She Did you bring the hose ln?
He Sure thing.
She Have you fixed some ice water?
He Oh-h-h. yes.
She Have you brought the rug In
from the porch?
He Yes.
She Have you fastened all the par
lor windows?
He Sure.
She Have you been down ln the
basement to smell for gas7
He Yes.
She Have you brought In the ham
mock ?
He Yep.
8he Have you locked the front
door?
He Uh-huh.
She i id you hang up the key back
of the hall clock?
He Yes.
Bhe Have you wound the clock?
He Yen yen yes.
She Well, you don't need to gat
mad nbout It. Its a wonder you
wouldn't try to get to ted at some de
cent hour. What have you been doing
down there all this time, anyhow?
A Prehistoric Ileast.
From t he Chicago ews.
What has become t the old-faah-loned
steer that grew the cheapest
cuts?
A Canine Pioneer.
From Pendleton East Oregonian.
The water spaniel that has been the
sha.low of Rev. J. M. Cornelison for
the past IB years was the victim Sat
urday of his own old age. For the
past four years lie has been deaf and
Saturday was run down ln the road by
a team. Several bonos were broken
and his injuries were such that Ills
master Chloroformed him yesterday to
end his misery. Rev. Cornelison
brought the animal from Kentucky ln
U)01 and valued him highly.
All That Gasoline Wasted!
From the Weston Leader.
While handling a gasoline engine
Monday on the Weston uplanda a
young son of Mrs. Charles Ferguson
anointed his clothing with the Inflam
mable oil. Going to the house he lit
a match and accidentally set flre to
himself ln a room full of people. Amid
much excitement and tumult the
human torch was finally extinguished
with no worse damage than, burned el
bows, back and waist, and the young
ster has learned an Instructive lesson
as to the hazardous properties of gas
oline. May he. So; Mayhe Not.
From Fort Worth Star Telegram.
You are not working too hard; you
are Just thlDklng about It too much.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Now that ships can slip over from
Germany under the sea we ought to
have 'steen hundred million dollars
appropriated to stretch netting across
our harbors to stop 'em. or else the
kaiser will come over some foggy
morning and capture the hull United
States. A high-bred hoss colt with too
many hoss doctors handy Is likely to
leave the doctors worryln' and
wranglln' as to what It died of.
Keys and Things.
From Collier's Weekly.
From L Figaro of Paris, by way
of the cultured New York Evening
Post, we get a French observation to
the effect that the real meaning of
many words depends upon the age of
their, hearer or user. The clinching
proof is furnished by the word "key":
At twenty: A contrivance used to
opan things with.
At fifty: A contrivance used to
shut things with.
Isn't that one of the wisest and
saddest truths of life? At twenty
everyone we meet may be a friend,
every new change is an opportunity,
every new day Is a. chance to aee and
know and go ahead. In later years
we must hook on to our tried friends
with a grip of steel, asold Polonium
told his son, for every newcomer may
be an enemy. We must dig ourselves
In against the evil possibilities of
change and provide ourselves with
boinbproofs of property and position1
in which we can take refuge from the
ceaseless bombardment .of the days.
This distinction is observable In every
field of human activity. Blessed is
he who can ret the wisdom of fifty,
while Keeping; the heart of twenty,'
and fortunate, is the community that
follows Snrh lenders VTn kuvsn su'll '
ail be twenty meanwhile, what do you
do with your keys?- '.' -