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- . PEACE OR
I
N MR. ROOSEVELT'S LonlSTlUe
sion' of Belgium, the German submarine warfare and Mexico vera
made the subject xf attacks oa President Wilson. Speaking ot the
president's poller in these matters, Mr. Roosevelt said:
We bars shown ourselves too craven to stand up for our rights or the
rights of weaker peoples. If-we had
neutrality would have been a bade of
We are "craven? ! Mr. Roosevelt
the German invasion of Belgium.
Invasion of Belgium, and with what
with Germany at a cost of millions of lives and more than 1S,000 mil
lions of money expended In military, operations on sea and land.
We are "craven," Mr., Roosevelt
ought to have done in the submarine
we ought to have. done" in the case
would have been a badge of honor,"
"What we ought to have done,"
has made clear. Thus,' the Chicago
Hughes, says:
Now comes, Charles E. Hushes. Republican candidate for the presidency.
In his proper person and unequivocally declares that he would have severed
diplomatic relations with Germany immediately after the sinking of the
Lusitania.
Explaining what he would have
was sunk, Mr. - Roosevelt says, '"I would Instantly have taken posses
sion of every German interned ship in this country."
At the time the Lusitania was
mendously popular in Germany.
warfare could do, were not then understood. The whole world then
felt that it might lead to the destruction of the British fleet and the
ultimate triumph of Germany on the sea through starving England into
submission.
Grand Admiral von Tripitz was
wanted war with the United States.
the United States. AVar with the
in liermany by various groups, because it was realized, that this coun
try would have been compelled
British supply from this country
as a result be quickly whipped by
It was under such circumstances that Mr. Huehw now aura h
would have broken off diplomatic relations with Germany after the
sinking of the Lusitania. It was under such circumstances that Mr.
Roosevelt says "I would instantly have taken possession of every In
terned German ship in this country," an act that in the case of Portugal
brought an immediate declaration of war by Germany.
No man can blind himself as to what these utterancea by Mr. Hughes
and Mr. Roosevelt mean. No citizen can take any other view than that
Mr. Hughes is appealing to the American people for a vote of confi
dence in his war policy and for a vote of condemnation of President
Wilson's peace policy.
No person can read these utterances of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Roose
velt and arrive at any other conclusion than' that what is to be deemed
In the coming election is whether we are to adopt in America the
European policy of "deeds, not words," or the highly successful Wood
row Wilson policy of upholding every American right on sea and land
by peaceful diplomacy and without the firing of a shot and without
shedding one drop of German blood or one drop of American blood.
In the greatest crisis in modern civilization, with thoughts of mili
tary glory and the barbaric spirit of primitive men in many men's minds,
sober men and women must be forced to the conclusion that the most
sinister peril in American history now confronts the American electorate.
Wilsonlan is a most creditable pub
lication. It is published by the
Woodrow Wilson Independent
league, composed of students of the
University, of Oregon, and is dedi
cated to the reelection of President
Wilson.. A poll of the fraternities
at the institution gave Wilson 110,
Hughes 100.
WHERE ANGELS FEAR
T
HERE is little temptation to
an outsider to intervene In the
Alexander school trouble. The
situation resembles too accu
rately a disturbed hornet's nest to
invite anybody to draw near who
can possibly pass by on the other
side. We can not help noticing,
however, that more or less induce
ment seems to have been held out
to Mrs. Alexander's subordinates
to rake up accusations against
their principal.
The same ominous phenomenon
was presented ln tbe trial of Mr.
Kerchen last winter. We are not
presuming to say whether the ac
cusations ln either Instance were
true or false. Our only purpose
s to point out the danger of en
couraging malicious gossip among
subordinates to the detriment of
their superiors.
Such gossip is always plentiful
enough. Envy and malice are hu
man traits which, unhappily, seem
ineradicable. But what shall we saylo11 frns and their employes re
ot an administrative policy which
appears to encourage Itf Govern
ment by delation has often been
tried but It never has led to any
thing but multiplied trouble.
The Oregon Agricultural college
is becoming one ot the great big
educational institutions of tbe
United States. The enrollment of
students now totals 1984.
BEWARE
A
S A whole the country Is ex
travagantly prosperous. Here
and there one may possibly
find a desert spot in the
blooming paradise, but not many.
The boughs of the tree of business
bend with luscious fruit and all
we need to do to provide for the
rainy days of tbe future Is to Imi
tate ' poor Eve and reach out our
hands and pluck. .
The country seethes with the
psychology of prosperity which is
confident, a little over-hopeful and
a good deal over-trustful. The
stock .boomer, the swindler, all
sorts ot birds of prey, begin to
preen their wings and sharpen
their beaks and claws. It is a
fine time for fat people who look
like good eating to beware. If
they don't look out the blue sky
stock peddler will get them and so
far as they are concerned prosperity
will have become a mournful mem
ory instead of a bright and fra
grant reality.
The sedate Saturday Evening
Post sounds a "Stop. look, listen"
warning in its current issue. f VThe
blue sky artist Is getting active,"
it" says, , "look out for . him." '
Every speech by Mr. Roosevelt
drips with German blood and. Mex
ican blood and American ; blood,
He says .we are ;crayen' because
"we did not do whjtt'vre "ought to
have deme" when Germany invaded
Belgium, ahd that ware -"craven"
WAR, WHICH?
speech Wednesday night, the inva
don as we ought to have done, our
honor and not one of sham.
says, because we did not oppose
Great Britain opposed the German
result? It plunged her into war
says, because we did not do as we
controversy. "If we had done as
of the Lusitania, oar "neutrality
cays Mr. Roosevelt.
he has made clear and Mr. Hughes
Herald, which is supporting Mr.
done if president when the Lusitania
sunk, submarine warfare was tre
The limitations in what submarine
at the height of his popularity. He
The admiralty wanted war with
United States was openly advocated
to use its own munitions and the
would be cut off, and Great Britain
Germany.
because we did not do "what we
ought to have done" when the Lu
sitania was sunk. No wonder the
Hughes managers are trying to
keep Mr. Roosevelt out of states
where there are German-Americans.
CTVTL WAR
R
ARE and blessed are the mo
ments when the oil monop
oly is not waging civil war
upon its employes somewhere
In the country. Today fire and
massacre are raging ln Colorado
and the mercenary troops of the
baronial magnates stain the moun
tain sides with the blood of their
revolted serfs. Tomorrow tho
dreadful story is repeated in Penn
sylvania, West Virginia or Ohio.
The current news tells of such a
civil war now running its usual
bloody course at Bayonne, New
Jersey, but these frightful inci-
A A. 1 .
uvuia nave Decome so common
that we pass them by almost with
out notice.
At Bayonne the great medieval
lxed potentate which we call the
Oil Trust now haa some 200 armed
guards in action to subdue its re
volted serfs. The guards have al
ready killed a woman whose fune
ral has Just been celebrated
The civil war which rages almost
without intermission between the
sembles nothing so much as the
wars between the feudal magnates
and their dehumanized serfs rn the
middle ages. The United States
. .
um given away us natural re
sources to the Steel, Oil and Coal
barons Just as the thriftless princes
of feudal times granted Immense
tracts of land to the greedy no
bles. Having made their nlnnrlftr
secure the nobles began to wage
wars upon their serfs or upon each
other and finally upon the govern
merit itself.
Crime grows by Impunity.
Secretary William B. Wilson,
who spoke in Portland last night.
is example of the opportunity free
America opens before its citizens.
From a working man in the- coal
mines ot Pennsylvania to a place
in the cabinet of the president,
is the story of his career. J
LEADERSHIP WANTED
D
ISCTJSSINO the proposal for
the' Portland Docks commis
sion to send its engineer to
visit Hood River and suggest
plans for development of docks
there, E. R. Scott, secretary of
the Hood River Commercial club,
said yesterday:
Such Interest on the part of Port
land would furnish stimulus to the
Interests of the upper Columbia ln the
su eject ot facilities for water trans
portation.. One everlasting cry out of Port
land ought to be development and
use of the Columbia river for
transportation purposes. If the Co
lumbia were available to any other
city on the Pacific coast of any
other coast, the people and the
great business Interests of that clty
woum De aggressively and con
stantly insistent upon making it a
great public asset
Seattle has its Puget sound. But
not content with . that great body
of water, that city has hammered
away for years for a canal and
locks connecting the sound With J
Lake Washington at a cost of mil.
lions, of dollars. What would
Seattle do if it had a . Columbia 1
Hvr? ' I
t . . . ...
xl uaa tua uinniDia
river, the people of that City would women (who havo no posaiblo chance ' those great ones the president so polnt
not permit the world to have Its to vote athome) to tell u. bow to Uooafe iVtSS
rest at night or to go about the
usual duties of the day until the
river had been fully developed for
navigation and a complete system
. ,,,
of water transportation inaugu-
ratea.
Portland can bind the Columbia
emDlre to her forever by doing
IL ner xorever oy aorah
with the Columbia aaa Seattle would
do with it. By such a leadership
as she could exercise. Portland
could organize the interior into a
working force to make the river
the splendid artery of commerce
that other great cities would make I
of it. By such cooperation as the I
Portland Docks commission can ap-
, , . , . ... . .
ply, a beginning of this leadership
would be inaugurated.
The Inland Empire Is worth this
Affnrt A snirit of ronnpration in
errort. a spirit or cooperauon m
which every public and private in
fluence and instrumentality should
Join is the process by which great
things can be accomplished.
Letters From the People
rCommunJcatlona sent to Tbe Joarnl for
til
BPbllcatloa ln thl department ahould be writ-
ten on only one aide -of tbe paper, abogld not 1
exceed 800 wonia ln lentn. and mnt bo ae-
rvMiinnnlorf it tbe name and maate or xne I
eompanl-d by the name and addreea of tbe
aender. If tba writer doea not desire to nae
tbe name pobllaned he ahould ao atate.j
"Dlamaston la tba rreateat of all reformer.
It rationalizes erertlilng it touches. It roba
DiinciDles of aU false sanctity and thrwe them
back on their reasonableness. If they bare no
reaaonablenesa, it rothlessly crushes them out
of existence and sets up Its own conclusions in
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
Ardently Supports Wilson.
r- c s-w r 1fi Tr tVtei
Editor of The Journal I desire space
in your columns to express my feelings
in behalf of President Wilson, for his
renowned courage, his love of liberty
and his wisdom exercised ln honorably
settling tho many dire difficulties that
confront our nation Just at this time.
The Republican party vras born at the
mouth of the cannon, and I,, like many
others of my neighbors and brothers.
after the smoko had risen, imagined
tho star spangled banner was the em
blem solely of tho Republican party.
I was cradled In the lap of Republi
canism. I voted for Grant in 1872,
thinking It was right. And it was
ngMto be a Republican at on. time.
tJt- iAo-J--, .v ....
to be right, I ceased to be a Republi
can. And Jt was duo time right then.
for I soon noticed after that event
where Grant pledged the, party to the
brewers and distillers, and I was a
member of the church, and I got down
my Bible and I found where it said,
"Woe unto tho man that establisheth
town with blood or bulldoth a city on
iniquity." Then I referred to the con
stltution of tho United States. So, ln
order to inherit the kingdom of Hea
ven, I most leave tho party and the
church, too: "for if the blind lead
the blind they will all fall into the
ditch. Since that time I have been a
Meal Dow Prohibitionist,
But nevertheless,- considering from
a standpoint of reason and common
sense and loyalty to my country and
not to a .political party, I owe my htlrspUtter with a blghly developed,
elective franchise t&d cooperation to 0"he(i. Judicial temperament
Woodrow Wilaon, not because I love H . Wilson's early environment
the party he represent but, ln the maa him railsplitter as was the rev
language of ex-Governor Hanly, be- covered Lincoln, no doubt ho would
cause "he Is going my way." have been an efficient one. The es
Furthermore, we hard workers can- sontial thing is that, although Wood
not afford to let this nation ro back row Wilson is a scholar born and bred.
Into the hands of money magnates.
Tes, President Wilson is right, Bel
will keep peace, and by that he will
keep our honor. And by such pursuits
we will keep our country. He has my served to make clear and beyond ques
hearty cooperation, and after Novem- tion his native devotion to humanity's
ber 7 he will have my hearty congratu- cause.
latlons.
J. C. ROBERTSON.
On the Search for Issues.
Portland, Oct. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal The tariff question Is
not figuring ln the campaign as ln
former years. There is a reason. The
Wilson administration haa settled the
tariff question in a business like man-
ner, just as It did the financial ques-
tion, and other big questions the Re-
publican party bad ignored for 16
years. Besides the enactment of a
tamr commission law, wnicn taKes
the tariff out of politics and polities
out oi m mriii, sin tnu-aumpinf law
was passeaDy wie last congress wnicn
will stop instantly the flooding of
American wim roreign goous
sbould such an occasion arise after the
wara very remote probability which
Republican orators and newspapers in
slat will be realized.
K.i, ;Sr 1 . unaer -
wood bill, with the income tax amend-
ment. s prying a big succesa It is
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ment Of labor that 2 600 000 more men
are at work ln the United States now
than When Taft left the presidency.
stas. s-.r 1tti din A K Duaf,V
I' r V , on4 . . .v.
Vasvuiw v avvi, v a caw a-uj Lima ju luo
history of the nation. This nation
is manufacturing for the world as
never before. Our exports to Soutn
AmrlL to th TMiLnefnt n.tlon. f
Europe and the oriental nations are far
greater than ever before, and the ex
portation of war material is a very in.
significant part of the great Increase
ln foreign trade less that 6 per cen.
Our farmers, laborers and business
men were never more prosperous, and
this fact and the e-reatl v increased
foreign trade, brought about by wlsel
legislation, and Mr. Wilson's peace I
policies, insures permanent prosperity
No wonder the opposition to Wilson
is uistresseo ror issues. C.
v,aiuw "'
Portland, Oct 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Coming into Portland
irum mat luwrwr ui ins suuo Just in
timo to see the demonstrations accord -
ed -to the Golden Special visitors by
the voters of Portland. I chanced to I to The Journal condemning th Ore
wander along Sixth street about the j gonlan for the stand that paper has
time ,wio mucn-.iaiaeu-oi opposition
took place. Ther la much radical talk
and abuse heaped on th Wilson crowd,
and especially on Dr. .Marie Equl. who
of all Portland s women leaders alone
had the courage and conviction to lead
a demonstration to greet the Golden
Special Hughes crowd.
ervui a uihuiwmwu biuujiuib n
seems that the Hughes managers were
peeved because of Dr. Equi's strong
personality ln converting th Hughes
gathering Into an opposing demonstra
tion. The tactics employed seem not
to have met tho approval of some of
th Republicans who were present, for
they have been venting their protests
through the newspapers in the most
abusive terms. It betrays a narrow
ness of mind on the part of those few
peeved one, who rush Into print and
personally abuse all the people who
shouted for Wilson on that memorable I candidate that does not meet its sp
day. by calling them anarchists and I clal approbation. Tla a broad stand
rowdies.
While. I do not personally believe
in street speaking by women,: yet;' I
do emphatically believe in personal lib-
erty and fair play, and if Dr. Equl
by her strong personality captured a !r-
Hughes crowd from the Golden special i
I .. M C art V aa WIlaAII
X.XTSF - "public!,
abused for it.
Personally I do not believe In the
Rushes campaign managers sending us
n,nni,n r rarload of eastern,
tVw?all ha'v" naJ conXn every
day custom of thinking and deciding I
for ourselves on these national Issues.
TMnk of Hi Demanding police pro-
taction from their western sisters:
WaJS u beC3iUM tney wer, jauy afraid ,
of fha wildcat orocliviUes which the!
Portland suffragettes are said to
P"e wnn rouw!U
op w&- u DeC4U8e tney were unable to
tngwer intelligently the questions that
would be asked them by the bright-
minded women of Portland bad ey
ween yeruiivvcu iu uv w vj .uv i
I am sure it must have been the latter.
A MAN AND A REPUBLICAN.
. . . I
Determined to Be Displeased.
Maplewood. Or.. Oct, 17. To the
Editor of The Journal If tho pen be
mightier than the sword, why not use
it, freely and without reserve, since
t effot lB wlthout Woo1, aDd the
witfcmi feinnA an the
cost mi.
Has not our president accomplished
ttl1 thln&8 necessary, by his dlplomaey?
Wfa&t fiensj Js tber then ln thl ln
sistence that there should have been
"deeds Instead of words V
It Is not true, as asserted, that our
nation Is held In contempt by other
nations. Travelers returning from
European capitals report quite the
contrary. These countries commend
our good serine in keeping out of this
sickenlngfwAr. As for our action to
ward Mexa6, everyone knows our pa- ,
tlence ln dballns- with that distracted ,
COuntrv has won for ua the friendship
x,'r ,, TitU !
" . w
nent. Where once was distrust ana
suspicion, now is confidence ln our
good intentions. This alone will be
of inestimable value to us ln years to
come.
But our critics are hard to please
They would have "deeds Instead of
words." Yet, when the president got
after congress ln his hurry up call.
and a deed was done quickly by that
notable body, without many words.
and we got an eight hour law even
then they were not pleased, but criti
cised the worst yet.
It all goes to show how Impossible
It is to please those who are contrary
minded and don't want to be pleased
anyhow. H. DENXJNGER.
What Depends.
Portland. Oct, 17-To the Editor of
The Journal Before casting our votes
ot tho mmlTi? nrnaldentla.1 election
might it not be well to weigh well the
chief characteristics of the opposing I taken place in regard to me xrogres
candidates. their foibles and tenden- Vive party which- should be placed
cies? What, for Instance, is the out-
tandte of L0" f"ot"'
what of the Hughes? It cannot be de-
r.led that these two men are, ln their
outlook upon life, their political views
and their sympathies, totally at vari
ance diametrical opposltes. We of the
common people needs must look to
their respective records oa public ser
vants If we would uncover the secret
ot their Irreconcilable differences- of
character and personality.
Let It be said, in no spirit of disre
spect toward Judgo Hughes (he is
what he is, and, let us grant, honestly
so), that the essential, deep-lying dif
ference between the character of Wood-
row Wilson and that of Charles Evans
Hughes is the difference between a
ctmstitutlonal railsplitter with a heart
as deeply humane as was that of the
Oreat Railsplitter to whom he has so
often been likened, and a constitutional
I yet he is at heart a simple, every day
American, thinking and suffering and
praying with the masses. His every
word and act as president has but
Contrast with his noble simplicity of
character the Ice-cold Judicial temper
ament of Judge Hughes. One is all
human, intensely devoted to the home- aaamrod X will never abamdon the prla
ly welfare of the common people. The clpleai to which 'We Progressive have
other Is cold, calculating Intellect,
linked to an Immovable, unoompromls
Ing theory of government and econom
ics. outworn and untenable the theory
that the people themselves need to be
told by their representatives what is
best for them; the theory that would
make the material well being of the
people wholly dependent UDon the net
ting and pampering of officious, over
i fg privilege.
After the November election, which
shall n bo the railsplitter. human
,ad liable, or his glittering, coldly in-
ta.t,,i t
tellectual opponent?
JOB BTBARNS
JR.
I A Wilson Republican.
i Bpokane, Wash, Oct, 16. To the
Editor of The Journal As I see so
much said in the Oregonlan about what
a lanasuae iugnes will nave over
wllson, TOe t0 Bay7 through The
T,l, ,.. t '.i.. ""?7 tJZ
'r2 - , " "V" l"-?"?
Mavis. VU Saw W - VI 1J 9 UUUCU
I States. For the past two months I
I - A .
lff' JL?Jn ""J ln Spok
iVX.w7p?eT-Wllons wUl carry 8po-
I k'"'Df in cyponane.
" "SW1 M ao ail me
T01 on the boards. I see
mi ineia uunung meu o caul wneai 10
warehouses, and can hardly get them.
Montana business never was better.
Tou would be surprised to see the
travel east. I never, hear hard times
I mentioned after I get as far east
rasco. wain.
I have always voted the Republican
ticket until now, but this tariff is all
I wrong, encouraged by such as the Gol
I den Special's bunch and that bunch
I that met them at the depot.
J. H. VAN METER.
Advocates Jndire Tarwell'a Pant
I Parti&nd. rw i To th. ti,,, r.t
I The Journal I read ln th Oreeonian
of October IS on th MlltnrlsJ mm .ni
1 article headed "Not Fit." it was th
I Oreeonlan'a renlv to a lettar written
taken In its opposition to George Tax -
I well for the office of countv iude.
I The Oregonlan heads the reply "Not
Fit." This was no surprise to me, fori
1 1 have carefully watched and atiidii
I the unsavory methods thin sheet
to tn? to dishonor and lay low tha,i
j f alT nam of manhood and even worn
aiinooa io aovance its control of cor-
rupt politics. ..
This- elect circle of politicians, I
presume, have assumed thavt thtr
- 1 small coterl of humanity are capable
of wearing angel wings, and that we
40,000. who, after careful considers
uoa ana inquiry, vocea xor ueorg
Taswell for county judge in the nrl
manes, ar not capable of knowing
what we want or what good citizen
ship means.
The Oregonlan further asserts It . is
under no obligation to support any
to take-, is it not? , Forty thousand
voters condemned for placing in nom-
lnation an American citlsen fr -a
piiblio office, a man who has defied
th Oregonlan or the crowd -of f On
.PERTINENT COMMENT
S31AJLL. CHANGE
If they were wise in their renarat inn
" "owaways. .
f100 River's moratorium on every.
ftlffg!" J ?n'fj'
munlt, fam0us for something far
more valuable than SpiUenbersa and
Yellow Newtown.. wfH
.lorutte appetS" as of a ma" with high
vision or what is to be." What a long
line of prophets, of patriots.; of liber
a tors, of redeemers of captive peoples,
' vly,lfler ot dead worlds, can be
f unuus irmitei DHVfl pren orawn ai
cDscure places which have thus at-
'fne.a" n ram tney have ever haa.
W hat hamlet, and on what front,
attain immortality at the end of this
war; xiowever, lis IIKeiy to N I
hamlet of at least 2.000,000 population.
As soon as the rentle reader read
yesterday in- the headlines that air.
Conley. the Australian press agency
arboreal specimens from Oregon to the
Antipodes, he guessed vine maple and
aogvtooa quicK, just UK that with
out waiting to read the story. Mr,
Conley, here's lookln' at you.
Chrome iron ore Is being shipped
from Josephine county. And what's
chrome iron ore? "Chrome Iron ore.
also called chromite, is a mineral of
the spinel group, composed of iron,
chromium and oxygen, FCr204, usual
ly iron black, and of submetalllo
or metallic luster, and occurring mas
sive or sometimes in octaneasons. it is
usually associated with serpentine, H.,
6.5. 8p. gr. 4.32-4.57. Chromite is
(Valuable as a source of chromium."
There, now! Xou Know as much aooul
it as the man that made the dictionary.
PARKER'S INDORSEMENT OF WILSON
Jobn U. Parker, tbe ProgresalTa party's
candidate for vice president, at a reception
In New Turk city last Saturday that waa
ln the nature of a notification ceremony,
attacked Colonel Rnoterelt for deserting the
pcrty he had founded, and called upon "aU
tblnklmr men and women" to support Wood
row Wilson, whose administration he nnre
aerredly praised. The article subjoined la
tbe full text ot Mr. Parkar'a address on that
occasion. 1
I regard it a distinct honor to meet
those true Progressives who stand
firmly for the beliefs which brought
us together and feel very strongly that
today the small band of Progressives
who are still battling for their honest
conviction represent a type of Ameri
can citizens who are 100 per cent patri
otic, ana not iwo per rani tauuiuaico,
There are many conditions which have
plainly before the American people for
their careful consideration, and the
times have now arrived When that
statement should be made.
On August 5. 1912. in his acceptance
of the nomination for president of the
United States Theodore Roosevelt said
"With all my heart and soul, with
every particle of high purpose that is
ln me, x pledge you my word to do
everything X eaa, to put every patrlele
of courage, of common sense and of
strength that Z nave at your disposal,
and to endeavor so far as strength is
given me to live up to the obligations
you have put upon me and to endeavor
to carry out ln the Interests of our
whole people the policies to which yoa
have today solemnly dedicated your
selves to the millions of men and worn
en for whom you speak."
On August S, 1813, he said:
"Sen and women, X would, continue the
fight, even IX X stood, entirely alone.
ehall continue it with a glad and proud
heart, because It Is made ln your com
pany. Win or loss, whatever the out.
corn, X am with yon, and X am for this
causa to fight to the sntL We are ded
icated in this great war of righteous.
ness. and while life lasts wo cannot.
and we will not abandon it- Tho men
who believe that we will ever betray
these Ideals or abandon the task to
which we have set onrselveo do not
know us and oaanot guess at tho faith
that Inspires us. This movement will
never ro back, and whatever may be
tide in the future, of one thing tho dls-
I cJple of an easy opportunism may rest
pledged ourselves, and X will never
abandon tho men and women who drew
around me to battle for these prln-
dples."
The night before he left on his trip
to Brazil, ln a great meeting held ln
this cltv. Colonel Roosevelt assured
Progressives that ho would never de
sert those who had Joined that party
and who had stood stead ast for those
principles, many of which have been
enacted into law, and all of which mean
muoh for human welfare and tho fu
ture prosperity of th nation. Ooorgs
W. Perkins wrote:
. "The idea of trying to deliver voters
en masse to another party seemed, so
utterly out of order and unfair, and
seemed to be striking ao at the very
heart of our whole organisation that,
after careful consideration and con
sultation with a number of our
friends, I decided to go to tho Buffalo
meeting, which was by rar the larg
est one, and protest, in th name of
the national organization, against any
such action. Zf there had boon during
this year, or any time since 1910, any
Indication that th owners ot th
Sepublloam party had In th efilfht
est degree gooognlsed their rrors and
reactionary. Inclinations, then the
question of returning to that party
might be a debatable one, nut arvary
on of us knows that they have shown
no such inclination, and, on the con
trary, wherever they have had a
chance. hav bn more reactionary
than ever. Indeed, the very fact of
our returning now, with all the things
that th Reupblican party has done
sine 1912, would have to b omstrued
as Indorsing ell tbaw actions, and as
a complete surrender oa our Part and
an acnowieagmenv uh we wee
wrong ia 1912, and would knuckle ua.
a,r by the men whom up to date
wo ue
The statement of our leader and the
assurance of the chairman of our ex
ecutive committee were accepted at
par by a trusting body of men and
1 women who Implicitly believed in our
h r. .! f th. treat rath.
ering at Chicago from June 7 to June
ie inclusive Is a matter of history,
rv. man ha. to meat his
. .Mnnii. ot mahiritv or it is
r.,-r,ttri A solemn an earnest as-
- 1 su ranee of our leaders, their pledged
Hundred to bring any charge against
him of a dishonorable nature. We,
tho 40,000 obtuse. Ignorant voters, but.
thank 'God, fervent American citizens.
- , protest this charge of unfitness of
George Tazwell for county uage ana
hurl back th charge to th Oregonlan
and Its satellites to wash th mud and
corruption from their own characters
bef or they assail our choice for coun
ty Judge. v
Again, we contend that such politics
as has been originated in th case of
George Taswell has so disgusted all
fair-minded voters with th Oregon
lan that w do not' care to increase
its list of subscribers or its future
circulation ln our city. Would It -not
b better for tho Republican party to
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Hood River school board ex
pects to save for the school fund this
year 1258 by heating the high school
building with oil instead ot wood,
"Hot Dog! Ice Cream! Coffee! Cold
Trinks!" reads a Corvallls sign. Where)
on earth but in Oregon, the Corvallls
Gazette-Times inquires, could you find
a climate so genial - that you would
hoaitate which tochooao?
Harry Jud and his helpers, A. I
Tallman and Dan Port wood, the Dallas
Observer's Monmouth correspondent
writes, have built 40,000 square feet of
concrete sidewalks in Monmouth this
season and are still at It. They have
the contract for building the curbing
on the streets that are being paved.
The plcnlo season has stretched out
over a long period this year. Tuesday
night at Albany, the Democrat says.
It members of the Twilight club
held a picnic on the Pennlwlnkle,
across the footbridge from the resi
dence of H. Bryant, having a flue
time by a camp fire.
The milsboro Independent perti
nently observes that the manner ia
which the announcement that $2 pota
toes will soon be tbe rule will se re
celved "will deDend uoon whether you
are a Washington county farmer with
a big crop of potatoes to sell or
whether you are the Individual who
telephones the grocer to deliver a
sack."
This stern rebuke is found in the
editorial columns of the Astonan:
"Armthv is Astoria's middle name.
Three public meetings failed during
the past week for lack of quorum the
sort commission, the chamber of
commerce, the Automobile club. Th
ways and means committee of the city
council Invited the nublio to loin with
It ln fixing the city expense budget
for next year, on Thursday evening.
Out of a population of over 20,000 peo
ple six attenaeo."
words of honor to remain loyally with
th Progresalv party and for Prog
resslv principles, and the pledge of
the chairman of the executive com
mittee of the impossibility of uniting
with the Republican party, were mere
scraps of paper and practically show
that political honor is as little re
garded as ln the peace treaty of na.
tlons.
I was not present in the conven
tion, did not seek nor desire the noml
nation for vie president, but real
ired instantly that If I declined that
nomination everyon would have
thought that I was a party to th be
trayal of the principles which hart
brought together at Chicago one of
th most useful and Impressive gath
erlngs which has ever been my prlvi
lege to witness. Every state and ter
ritory in the Union was represented
by able, thinking people, . who had
come at their own expense to discuss
and work out great national matters,
and for that reason only I lmmedl
ately accepted the nomination, .with
the certainty that It amounted to
nothing politically except a good deal
of work, considerable expense and
large volume of . both ridicule and
vituperation. I do not ln tbe slightest
degree regret my action, and Infinitely
prefer to have been one of those who
were duped by over-confidence rather
than being put ln the position of vio
lating a sacred trust and again work
arm ln arm with men bitterly de'
nounced in 1911 as guilty of most of
the political crimes on the calendar
and as men who were a menace to the
future welfare of America,
I Joined the Progressive party in
1812, with a feeling of resentment
against both parties, a strong con
viction that a proper protective tariff
was essential for the welfare of the
nation, and a firm belief that the wel
fare of America was ' parameunt to
any political considerations. I earnest
ly believed w great party free from
routine partisanship 'was an impera
tive necessity, and felt the greatest
calamity that could possibly come to
this eountry would be to permit the
vast money powers to control and dom
inate Its future, as that certainly
meant the undermining of those Amer
ican principles which had made thJ
country great. To my mind th great
est danger to America today Is the
uniting ot the money power and the
unscrupulous politician, and If they
every succeed in getting hold of the
government. It will require years and
almost a revolution to dislodge them.
More principles have .been enacted
into law for the benefit of the ordi
nary man and citizen that ever before
ln our history. During the whole perlc j
of 38 years when the Republican oil
guard have been in absolute control
of the nation, their constant effort
has been to put the tariff a high as
possible, wages low as possible, create
an army of 'millionaires and Indirectly
cause that class distinction which is
totally un-American.
X am not a Democrat, but believe
the thanks of this nation are due to
Woodrow Wilson for what he has ac
complished ln the shape of progressive
legislation that ha brought to untold
millions happiness and prosperity.
The regional bank has been one of the
greatest constructive piece of legis
lation ln the history of the nation, and
rhas brought relief to farmer, manu
facturer and agriculturist. Today
every line of commerce and Industry
in tie united states is thriving to a
degree never known before. Our agri
culturalist are thriving, our workmen
find their brains and brawn ln con
stand demand at higher wages and less
hours than ever known. Our manufac
turers ar way behind ln profitable
orders. Our transportation lines ar
where they are unable to handle tbe
vast traffio which la offered them
I do not claim that thee results
ar due to th Progressive party solo
ly, but progressive thought, progres
siv energy and progressive brain
have certainly helped to bring these
xhlngs about and to keep our nation
where we are at peace with all th
world, with happiness, contentment
and prosperity all - around ua.
True Progressives have lived up to
their slogan: "Pass Prosperity
Around." and as an earnest, ardent
Progressive I offer another slogan for
1916: "Leave Well Enough Alone.
Feeling as I do, ln every state where
we have a ticket I urge every Pro
gressiv to step up like a man and
vote it. and ln thos states wher wu
have been betrayed by former leadars
and by those who weakly caxjje out
their orders. I appeal toNevary think
ing man and woman Interested ln the
material welfare of our Vcountry, de
votea to tueir xamiiy ana tneir ruiura,
to vote their honest convlotions and
support Woodrow Wilson for president
of to united States,
rid out of th party sueh influences)
as thOregoniaa and th Simon fol
lowing?
Who likes a stab in th back? who
likes th influence of treachery and
deceit? Who like to be told by an
assorted few that they only are com
petent to guide the minds ano th ac
tions of the multitude? Let us stand
for the candidates selected at our pri
maries. Let us vote for them regard
less of th whimpering or senile va
poring of any clique or class of cor
rupt politicaJns. Let us us our best
efforts by solicitation and entreaty to
ail fair-minded men and women of loval
principles to elect George Taswell for
county judge. '
. -i JOSIB HUNTS BT5RRT.
Rag Tag aricl Boluil
Stories From Everywhere
IT this eehima an maiWi Tfc Uir., I
ra lariwd to taatrlkata rtfiaal matter la
atary, im acme ar la phUeaophlcal obaervatlna
tr,"l Quotatla, (rem any source.
Coatrfiiuttoae of eieeptloual nerlt will k paid
tar. at tbe editor s appraisal.!
There Were Still Other Roberts.
LAST year Robert C was tho only
boy of that Christian nam la his
room at th Rose city Park school.
vrnen n was admitted to the IA class
this fall he was surprised that there .
wer so many Roberts ln th world.
I have to writ my wbol nam
ut now," said th i-yr-old Robert at
oinner the other evening. "There are
four other Roberts In our class."
Dropping th thought for a' moment.
h repeated. th poem the teacher had "
taught that day:
When I was down beside the sea,
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup;
In every hole the sea came up,
Till It could come no more."
"Do you know who wroto that. Dad?'
The fond father hesitated: "I don't
quite remember, sonny."
-KObert Ioul Btevenaon wrote that
but he's not ln our class."
In Iowa's "Mad Year."
Thirty-five years ago today Rv:
Upton IL Gtbba, rector of St. Peter's
and dean of th ministerial fraternity
or this city, set sail from Glasgow for
America, says the La Grande Observer.
The date was recalled today by Mr.
Glbbs in conversation over rough seas.
On th day his ship put out to sea,
great numbers of boats wer lost off
th coast of Ireland, and the trip was
delayed by very heavy storms. In
cidentally he landed in Iowa ln due
course of time, and there encountered
the famous mud year ln that state
when grain was unthreshable, horse
dying of mud fever, and conditions
generally deplorable. Mr. Glbbs ad
mitted today that upon that occasion
be much longed for old England again.
Birds of a Feather.
An author of some note, who is in-.
clined to be Just a little careless of his
personal appearr.nce, was recently writ
ing a story on unemployment. While
en route betweon Portland and San
Francisco he got out at Roseburg and
seeing a frelcht train on a aiding he
strolled over to It and stooped down
to see if he could discover how tramps
rode on the rods. He heard a low and
cautious voice near at hand address
ing him, and looking up he saw
frowsy head sticking out of a box car,
"Hurry up. Bo; climb ln this box car.
The side door Pullman beats the rods
all hollow."
The Rite of Baptism.
Billy was greatly Impressed when
he witnessed for the first time the
ceremony of Immersion. Ills Sunday
school teacher, noticing his interest,
said: "Well. Billy, ca- you tell me
what the minister said when he bap
tixed the lady this mornlngT"
Billy looked up solemnly and an
svered: "He said. In tho name of the
Father and the Son and Into the hole
thou goest; and then ho ducked her
under."
Uncle Jeff Snow Bays:
When it comes to beggln', the mil
lionalres can outbeg a Phlladelphy
hobo. They are not the least bashful
about it, and ask Oregon people to
give 'em a few hundred millions for a
handout. Most generally, seeln' as It
Is posterity will suffer, we hand out
anything the Lord made for our chil
dren and children's children and don't
ask no bothersome questions.
1
OUT OF DOORS
IN THE OREGON
COUNTRY
The details of two more
fascinating' outings in the
wilds of the Cascades will
be set forth in next Sunday's
Journal.
One relates a trip to the top
of Chinidere mountain and
to Wahtum lake, in the Co
lumbia river highway region.
The other tells of the charms
for the outer to be found in
the Santiam national forest
on the trail that leads from
Detroit around to Cascadia.
CHASING THE
U-53 TO SEA
Mrs. Margaret Montgomery
Zogbaum, formerly of Port
land, writes in fascinating
fashion of her experiences as
a member of a motor-boat
party that trailed the Ger
man submersible U-53 to the
open sea upon th recent de
parture of that craft from
Newport.
PORTLAND'S
BUNGALOWS
W. G. Conley of Sydney,
Australia, a leading newspa
perman of the island conti
nent, is returning home with
many photographs of the
bungalows ' that give Port
land its reputation as a city
of attractive homes. Tbe
type of house that attracted
tne eye of this observing vis
itor will be shown next Sun
day. THE FICTION
MAGAZINE
The usual selection of the
best short stories and an ad
ditional installment of Mary
Roberts Rinehart's engaging
serial, "The Curve of the
' Catenary." t
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