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abt baa a right to aak for humanity Itself.
-WOODBOW WILSON.
Millions for defenw. bnt not a rent for
tribute. ( HARLKS C. PINCKNEY.
I think that everyone of na aa Ameri
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know exactly what the was atKmt and
by wbat means oud Instrumentalities aba
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TELL the truth
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reasonable conclusion as - to the
fJtnation.
The Northwestern Electric com
pany has secured a large amount of
business. It offered lower rates and
naturally attracted a large patron
age. It also confined its opera
tions to thickly settled districts,
taking thereby the cream of the
business.
Change is going on in this world.
The car of evolution never stands
still. It has no stopping places.
It journeys forward by night as
well as by day.
Among the changes it is making
is gradual progress toward con
fining profits to legitimate capi
talization, and requiring public util
ities to operate on a basis of such
efficiency as to meet changing conditions.
In the closing speech of his third
speaking tour, Mr. Hughes renewed
his statement of what he would
have done when the Lusitania was
sunk. Speaking of what he would
have done, the Chicago Herald,
which, is supporting Mr. Hughes,
says: "Now comes Charles E.
Hughes, Republican candidate for
the presidency in his proper person
and unequivocally declares that ho
would have severed diplomatic re
lations with Germany immediately
after the sinking of the Lusitania.
But why take a course that would
pour out rivers of German blood
and American blood when Presi
dent Wilson upheld every Ameri
can right by successful diplomacy
without the firing of a shot or the
destruction of one German life or
one American life?
SEEKING FIT MEN
VjT us stick to tbe facts. Let
the truth be told In campaign
time, the same aa out of cam
paign time.
Cheap politicians of whatever
rarty are not licensed to garble
the facts, notwithstanding the large
amount of it that is being done.
"I think they are getting in
i-TUtsn Columbia S4 to 96 per
thousand feet more than we are
getting for stringers," said E. G.
Ames, a prominent lumberman v in
an address before tbe West Coast
Lumbermen's association at Taco
ma September 2 9.
With British Columbia lumber
men getting $4 to $6 a thousand
more fjr their lumber than Wash
ington and Oregon lumbermen are
getting, how could the Washington
and Oregon lumber industry be
harmed by British Columbia com
petition?
E. G. Ames is a well known Re
publican, lie was addressing fel
low lumbermen In a meeting at
which ways and means for aiding
their own business was being dis
cuBsed. What he said is reported
in the October issue of the Oregon
Timberman,the official organ of
the lumber Industry in the Pacific
northwest. Vhat he says about
the lumber business la more to be
trusted than are the campaign va
porlngs of Walter Tooze and his
kind of statesmen. Mr. Ames' re
marks are to be found on page 27
of tho October Timberman. Hero
is a part of Mr. Ames' speech:
I tlilnk they are getting In British
Columbia $4 to $S per thousand feet
mors than we are getting for string
era. In British Columbia thsy get
$12 for timbers as against our $9.
They are getting $27 for flooring as
c gainst our $2-. 50. We have, all we
want in the way of business, . and I
cannot see why we cannot hold for
higher prices.
When politicians of the Tooza
type run around with the state
ments that the lumber industry of
Oregon has been harmed by British
Columbia competition under the
new tariff, they are simply lying.
Not a stick of Canadian lumber
lias been brought into Oregon in
10 years.
It does not come here because,
en the statement of Mr. Ames to
his fellow lumbermen in their busi
ness meeting, northwest lumbermen
are selling lumber several dollar",
per thouaaad below what Canadian
lumbermen are getting for their
product.
S
. The British newspapers are now
denouncing jresiaent wuson as
unneutral because he did not in
terfere with the recent operations
ot the German submarines Just off
the American coast. The fact that
he is denounced first by the allies
and next by the central powers as
unneutral ls excellent proof of the
president's strict neutrality.
ITS TROUBLES
fN THE discussion of the affairs
of the Portland Railway, Light
B & Power company, little atten
tion has been paid to the effect
upon that corporation Incident to
competition from the Northwestern
Electrie company.
Nor has there been mention of
the tffect vupon, the rapid transit
traffic incident to the wide owner
ship and , use of automobiles.
Thousands of -men now Journey
to and from business in their ma
chines, who formerly used the
street cars. Doubtless many mora
of them travel that way than make
the trip to and from business In
jitneys. -
There are no statistics available,
but it may be that ten times aa
many , persons pass between their
' homes and - business places in pri
vately owned automobiles than do
o ia Jitneys. This Is a fact that
' .has to be considered in reaching a
derision among the officials,, bnt
at length tbe pressure of common
sense and ' common honesty from
the ontside compelled them to adopt
it and Akron now rejoices" in the
change, which means lower taxes
and better returns for those which
are collected.
Oakland, California, adopted a
modern budget in 1915. It is so
prepared, as we learn from the Na
tional Municipal Review, that "the
story of the city's financial trans
actions can be readily understood
by lay citizens." "Lay citizens," in
the learned language of the review
writer, means, citizens who do not
hold office. There is still a rem
nant of this 6ort even in Oakland.
The Municipal Review says of
Portland's budget that "it is some
what detailed so far as salaries go,
but as to other expenses a uniform
classification is not followed." In
the domain of budgets we are still
aliens and strangers. The rest of
the world is far ahead of us. Per
haps our projected bureau of econ
omy and efficiency will help us
catch up.
The abandonment of Mr. Hughes
by the New York Evening Post on
account of the disappointing char
acter of the speaking campaign he
is making is a significant develop
ment of the time. The Post speaks
of Mr. Hughes as a "woeful disap
pointment" and it laments "the
depression which the Hughes
speeches have caused."
LIKE LINCOLN
Professor Lowell '- for. some -years
contended' that i they were canals
dag for Irrigation works. This al
ways looked a little fishy since the
canals, are necessarily of immense
size. Otherwise they.jcould not be
detected -even through telescopes.
Of late Professor Lowell has al
tered his view somewhat. Ha now
teaches that the streaks on Mars
are Irrigated strips of land rather
than canals, but the principle is
the same. If thero Is irrigation
on our neighbor's surface there
must be intelligent beings to carry
it on. So it makea not much dif
ference whether the streaks are
canals or breadth of vegetation
watered by canals.
There is nothing repugnant to
common sense in the theory that
Mars and many other heavenly
bodies are inhabited. Conditions
are doubtless such that the beings
dwelling there must differ a great
deal from humans in figure and
perhaps in their bodily organs. But
that la of no conseauence. We are
not obliged to suppose that our
figure is a model for the whole
universe or that other organs than
ours would not work quite as well
in other planets.
It is rather absurd, when one
thinks it all over, to imagine that
the Almighty was able to make
only ob world in which intelligent
beings could thrive. Such a limi
tation of his ingenuity can hardly
be pleasing, to the reverent mind.
to) deal with so majiy 'complex ques
tions of - Bstlons4 nd International
Importance. We are proud of , our
president and will stand by him.
IHd you notice that silly editorial in
tho Oregonian of October 17 headed
"Who Kept TJa Out of War," and
then nearly a column trying to prove
that the kaiser kept us out of war?
No wonder such a copperhead could
not pass intelligently on that scurril
ous cartoon published in tho Oregonian
on February 17, 1916. which traduced
President Wilson and lowered still
further la publlo estimation that re
markable sheet which so underesti
mates the Intelligence of the jpeople.
The people know they have nothing
to fear as long as President Wilson
Is at the head of this nation.
Watch the return when the ballots
from the tall timber of Buxton are
counted.
We are for President Wilson.
BUXTON LUMBER JACK.
Wilson's Claims Supreme.
Waldo, Or., Oct, 1. To the Editor
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
In listing the year's bumper crops
let us not overlook the goat crop.
Consider the' cranberry merchant.
How busy be Is. He is marking up
tho price.
How can the moose and the ele
phajit lie down together, when both
are herbivorous 7
m m
Should you begin right away to save
up for a Thanksgiving turkey, you
might be able to buy a chicken.
The Chinese are taking to chewing
gum. They ought to. A good deal of
their, language sounds like vocalized
mastication.
m m
After the war is over those tanks
can be used in filling up the trenches
and craters thay are now caterplllar-
iug across.
At all events, there is no section of
this great country in whifrh 42 rainless
days in succession would do as HttU
of Tpe journal Now that the bloom . Q;"a-Ke aa ricnt hero in western Ore'
of Wall street (the Golden Special) KOIU .
ha.a ennriA smA rnnii T Hnnni, thu Heckle," apparently, has got Into
voting women of Oregon may "pursue la ttr'Vncnt W-tfS
tne even tenor or their way. ;ana sRitties." Well, they are both
T
PEAKING of the tariff com
mission at Chicago Thursday,
President Wilson said:
I want to find men who will
make a scientifio inquiry as to the
facts and make an absolutely fearless
report, and then let us go on those
facts and not on our prepossessions.
What could be more in harmony
with common sense? '
The president further said:
That is the object of the tariff
commission; to throw light upon what
everybody has been confident he
knows all about, and very few people
have known anything about at all.
In promoting a tariff commission.
wanted to find a body of men who
would look at this thing without car
ing which way the facts cut.
For more than 100 years this
country has been debating the
tariff, without stopping to try and
find out all about what a tariff Is
and what its effects are, or in Just
what way it should be used. The
etrangest thing in the world is that
bo great a nation should never be
fore have taken adequate steps to
get at the bottom of the thing
and settle the question in a busi
nessllke way.
Above all, it is one of the Strang
est things in the world that the
tariff should have been allowed to
remain so long In politics, to be a
political question when, in fact,
fundamentally it is nothing but a
business question.
We did not treat the railroads
of the country as we have treated
farmera and Industries and work
ers, and the many great enterprises.
We did not allow the regulation of
railroad rates to remain long in
politics- or politics to remain long
in railroad rate making we cre
ated a great Interstate Commerce
commission to fix rates on a fun
damental business basis. We sur
rounded the railroad commission
with the best experts in rate mak
ing that the world could supply.
That is what we ought to have
done long ago . with the tariff.
President Wilson's explanation
of what kind of men he Is seek
ing for the tariff commission he Is
et to appoint, is splendid assur
ance. He wants to get men whose
findings will be absolutely correct
to the end that the commission's
work will be effective, and make of
the tariff in this country, aa it has
been made a business matter by
similar means in Germany and
other great European countries.
In securing Such a tariff commis
sion. President Wilson, by the con
fidence and encouragement that
plan gives to business and indus
try, added another great measure
to his big program for creating a
permanent prosperity in America.
Letters -From the People
The city commissioners have cut
$255,700 from the mayor's budget
estimates. If the commission will
cut expenditures to the bone along
all lines it will put a solid and en
during foundation under commis
sion government
HOSE OF US WHO ARE OLD
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE
ELECTION OP 1864 AND THE
TEMPEST OP VI LL,IFI CATION
AND ACCUSATION WHICH
BURST UPON THE HEAD OP ABRA
HAM LINCOLN DURING THE CAM
PAIGN PRECEDING HIS SECOND
FLECTION, KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
Washington Gladden, distinguished
clergyman and author.
Dr. Gladden cast his first vote
in 1860 for Lincoln, and has voted
for every Republican elected to the
presidency since. He further said:
The moderation and rationality ex-1
hlbited by Mr. Wilson In the conduct
of our national affairs were almost
universally recognized by our people
during the first year of the war.
When the election drew near, tho
cauldron began to bubble.
I wonder If a debate led by emi
nent men. In which such a record as
Mr. Wilson has made, can be reviewed
by his opponents without a generous
or appreciative word. If really good
politics, I wonder how many wavering
voters it has confirmed In their pur
pose to vote for Mr. Wilson.
This charge that the assaults on
President Wilson are turning peo
ple to the president, Just as the
same tactics helped elect Lincoln
in 1864, is a continuation of the
parallel men find between the pub
lic life of Lincoln and tha publlo
life of Wilson.
No student of Lincoln's life who
is an observer of Wilson's public
acts falls to note the similarity in
the ideals, purposes and convic
tions of the two men.
Heroically and sacriflclally, Lin
coln strove to avert theCiviI war.
His consecration to peace is
breathed in his every public utter
ance before and after he entered
the presidency. His nature with
lta deep sympathy for the sub
merged man, shrank instinctively
from thoughts of the destruction
that war, with its murderous weap
ons, necessarily entails.
For this he was assailed by rabid
men in the north. The same epi
thets were hurled at him as are
now hurled at President WTilson.
For his opposition to the war with
Mexico he was bitterly denounced
by Douglas, Just aa Wilson Is de
nounced for the same thing every
day by Mr. Hughes. For his leni
ency, as president, with the British
and with Mexico, Lincoln was ruth
lessly attacked, just as President
Wilson Is now denounced every day
by Mr. Hughes because stronger
means than diplomacy were not
need toward Germany and Mexico.
The great parallel between Lin
coln and Wilson is climaxed by the
character and conditions of the
times in which each had to act. Lin
coln in thestormy "times prior to
and during a terrible Civil war and
Wilson in a time when half the
world is aflame and complications
and problems thrust upon him from
every angle are a final factor in a
parallel of two public careers that
is turning lifelong Lincoln Repub
licans everywhere to the support
of President Wilson.
BUDGETS
T
HE National Municipal Review
for October gives an encour
aging, account of our "cities'
progress in the dry but neces
sary work of budget making. Re-
I'ltorma of this nature seldom orig
inate with city officials who are
commonly satisfied to "let well
enough alone." As a rule the more
obscurity and complexity there ia
in the expenditure of municpal
funds the better these gentlemen
uKe ii, ior obvious reasons- Bud
get reforms are usually forced upon
tne official family from the out
side by non-political organizations
of disinterested citizens.
We know ow much the Reed
college professors have don tn tnr.
ther financial progress in Port
land's affairs. Akron. Ohio, has
attained a good, economical budget
ystem by the of fort of a bureau
ot municipal research which began
Its work by preparing annually an
A banquet in which most of the
addresses in behalf of the reelec
tion of President Wilson were made
by Republicans and Progressives is
a significant eventuation in the lo
cal political .situation. There has
not been within memory an occa
sion In which party lines went so
completely to smash aa in the Wil
son dinner at the Portland hotel
last night.
PEOPLE OP MARS
F
ROFESSOR PERCIVAL LOW
ELL, who lectured last week
in Reed college extension
course, has made himself con
spicuous among astronomers by his
belligerent belief that Mars is in
habited. That planet, celestially
speaking, is a near neighbor of
curB. Its orbit lies just outside
the earth's and at certain seasons
6f the year,- when we are both on
the same side of the sun, it comes
bo close that astronomers peering
through their telescopes get a good
sight of It,
They hare detected on Its sur-
fac soma streaks rnnnine from
unofficial model budget. At first nnrth to ewnth which mar rmasfhlv
this was. naturally, an object ofbe the work of intelligent beings. J rauc" S no predi"
Communications sent to Tbe Journal for
pnblication in this department abould be writ
ten on onjv one stde of the paper, should not
exceed 30CF words in length, and must be ac
companied by tbe name and address of the
sender. It tha writer, does not desire to bare
th nam published be abould ao state.
"Discussion la tha greatest of aU reformers.
It rationalises everything It touchee. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on t'uelr reasonableness. If tbey bare no
reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes them out
of existence and sets up ita own conclualona In
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
A Wilson Republican.
Portland. Oct. 20. To the Editor of
The journal So many old-time Re-nnhiir-jins
are giving their experiences
at this Democratic love feast that the
spirit of the dead past arises Deiore
me. and savs. 'Shout!" I am a N U
son Republican, and don't care wlio
knows it I cast my first vote for
L S. Grant In 1872. I have been so
partisan that had the party put a
yellow dog on the ticket in all proba
bility I would have voted for the
yellow dot. My first vote for a Dem
ocrat was for Oswald West. My sec
ond was for Voodrow Wrilson- And
if I live, my third will be for Wilson.
When 1 cast my first vote I thought
anyone that voted the Democratic
ticket was a traitor or a rebel. I have
learned that, though all rebels voted
the Democratic ticket, all Democrats
were not rebels. The old saying that
a wise man may change hia opinion,
but a fool never does, applies to me.
I got wise.
Not long ago I beard a Republican
say that President Wilson had done
nothing but steal Republican thunder,
that every act of this administration
was advocated by tne ttepuoiicans
That being the case, I wanted to bo
lcng to the party wboso president was
held in such high esteem that he
could sway congress In such noble acts
as no other president has ever been
able to do. Mr. Hughes Is, as the
English would say, making an ass of
himself when he says ho will undo all
that has been done the past four years.
He evidently Is not reckoning on a
congress that will keep him within
bounds of reason.
The reason I am voting for Preat
dent Wilson Is that he has fulfilled
all the, promises the Republican party
has made for years, something they
never did. C E. C
A Voice From the Forest.
Buxton, Or., Oct. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal Kindly give us "lum
ber Jacks" space In The Journal to
express our views on this political
play that Is now being pulled off.
The presidential campaign Is draw.
lng to a close. The people are lining
up, and that for rigbt, irrespective of
party lines, and th writer has never
Been such a change In support of the
Wilson administration. Everywhere
you go It is Wilson for president, We
predict that WiLson will carry Oregon,
and the nation by an overwhelming
majority.
In the beginning the supporters of
Hughes have not enlightened the peo
ple as to a better plan than that fol
lowed by President Wilson. They have
found fault and knocked with all kinds
of sledge hammers but have utterly
failed to make an Impression on the
set verdlot of the public, which will be
made publlo on election day. The
speeches made by the Hughes orators
are well framed and their words ut
tered under cover, knocking, but not
committing themselves or the party to
any positive point.
The newest addition to the Republi
can party is Colonel Roosevelt. Who
is ha? Some of us know. He tried to
wreck his party four years ago when
that party did not nominate him for
president. He said bis party was rot
ten, so he started a party of his own.
and a few faithful lieutenants followed
him in good faith and as true men.
Roosevelt himself apparently never be
lieved in that party. He would not ac
cept the nomination this year but tried
to shift the burden to the shoulders
of Lodge, all the time knowing he
would desert the Progressive fold. In
the same way he reentered the Repub
lican party, and expects to be re
warded In 1920. tie says the same
fulsome things about Hughes that he
said about Taft, and when he can't get
the nomination in 1920 he'll turn on
Hughes and abuse him as he did Taft
or as he would any other candidate
that may beat him. And Hughes ap
plauds him.
Roosevelt has never had a good word
for President Wilson during his ad
ministration. At every opportunity he
knocked Wilson and his good works.
He cried "war every time some -for,
eign problem arose, and denounced the
administration for not plunging Into
blood and waste.
Why don't these leaders tell us what
they would tiave done and wbat would
have been better for the country?
They can t do it; mat s why. They can
knock, in their blind fashion, but they
can't fooi the people.
The records prove that Hughes has
not voted since 1910, showing that he
takes a deep "interest" in public af
fairs. No one knows where he stands
or what he stands toy But the New
rorlc money magnates wno are put
ting millions into the campaign for his
success, the people know have an axe
to grind. During the Wilson adminis
tration these magnates have had no
look-in and have not been able to con
trol or dictate to the Wilson adminls
tration. They want control of the
government machinery; we can all see
that, '
I President Wilson tias accomplished
ever had
Is it not a .fact that sticking to
party ties since the Civil war. which
good, at that.
Will the Laaeua to TTriforc Pmm
hftVA ttl m. affftitt K. w. tVi.fr
poisoned men's minds with bitterness papa and mamma have in their league
and prejudice, is what made slaves lp enforce celibacy upon daughter and
and fools of our people 40 year, and I "! oa,ou voxm m.an or nerB7
produced men of progressive minds BltW" lcvVy,"lrAill
who organized side parties in an ef-, much money, I am going to retire and
fort to get relief from the barnacles niy Ilfe'-' Bu here's begging pity
that cling to every ship of state so much moneV (though I know t will
The greenback party tried to loosen never be permitted to get that much).
the hold of such men as Plerpont 1 uJ"S0t"Vn'D?n.51
. - .. . .. . . . "s VA t ""'orj uiej VUIIUUn
Morgan. The 16 to 1 sllverites (of ably, and pay my bills some time, If
whom I was one) tried it. And now , "ot on the first of the month, and
v.. CnM.lt.t. PmmmtvM tint I enJOy life.
in vain until Woodrow Wilson. Noth-1
ing could be done to free the' people
from the money bags. No wonder
Wall street is mad at WilBon.
Now that Wilson is giving the
country the relief Bought by all
worthy effort, the voters should sus
tain him.
A socialist who writes me says:
"I never did vote the Republican
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
TV,. P.nrtistnn Kaat Oregonian says
Jf rain does not come soon it may by
necessary to provide the sheep witn
canteens.
Always tha champion of the Oregon
farmer, the Woodburn Independent
says: "There seeme Uttle doubt that
Oregon wUl have a state-owned lime
Plant and furnish irrroers wita rae
at cost. This subject will come
up before the next legislature in
roper form and- any - rnemoer oppw
nar It will ba unon tbe very unpopular
side of the fence."
The Condon papers continue to give
Impetus to the back-to-the-land move
mant. The Times has this: "Hans
West was in town on business on
Wednesday and he has certainly made
a killing with his bluestem wheat this
year. The crop actually has mads
more money than the fee simple price
of the land."
Oregon Is pre-eminently the land of
late autumnal festivities held out ot
doors. The Roseburg Review records
this: "More than 76 teachers in at
tendance at the annual Institute in
his city gathered at Wlmberly park
Monday evening, when they held an
informal acquaintance party and re
caption, which took the form of
weinle roast around a large camp
fire. Various stunts were performed
tor the entertainment of the visitors
by the teachers In the local schools
A dainty refreshment course followed.'
The "Misfits'' man of the Albany
Democrat mourns In this manner
"We'll be glad when election Is over
so we can manufacture our misfits out
of something else than nolltics. Every
thing we start on something else runs
Into the same channel, try as we will
to prevent it. Not a politician, or
caring much for politics, and owing no
political debts, it's Rtranae how our
type keep getting into the prevailing
cnannei everyooay is swimming in.
I To this caiamsi alt Madsrs
are Invited to tontrlboia or lull
iory. in Terse Of la pbllosopbi
.insiug quotarions, . trot
MwiuuiwM et aeantloaal aw
for, at tb editor's appraiaat.J
TUOCOH it doesn't proceed
' war. ,-,
Yet surely 'twill be arref
xuai we siory nelow u a Vt
vary avou story iadV,v
It la told, la manner and far
aeram, la tbe ooiutnnt OI
rntsburi Leader, by the Tl
1st of that waUnuOit Jjoema
'Under tha llahta of tba auto
ocnoa a man wnom all Xai
He lingered In trout of tbe
And he chuckled aud guggld
WHAT A MEXICAN WAR WOULD MEAN
United 8tatee Senator (Robert M. I Folletta
in L Foliette'a Magazine for August.
1816.
Back of all modern war is practical
ly one policy. It Is financial Imperial
ism, it is the scheme of nslng the
ticket, and can't vote the Democratlo ! ""Tins wealth wrong unlawfully from
ticket again." Psopie or a country by tn xinan-
The brightest men in this nation clai interests tbat dominate that conn-
are now convinced that with Villa in , try, and the nave of that surplus wealth
Mexico and Roosevelt in the United , tarough Investmeuts in the weaker.
States the election of Hughes means , Tu.deirelOT.ad r vnTie
a war or conquest wltn Mexico, inw
would mean that every able-bodied
citizen of the United States would be
subject to shoulder a gun end fight. It
Is far more sensible to Join in tho
reelection of a peace-loving president
and avoid the horrors of war.
When in the past I have been in
doubt as to how to vote, I have de
cided the matter by voting 1 against
everything wanted by self-seeking
men, with very satisfactory results.
W. J. W1MER.
Six Months' Residence Necessary.
Portland, Oct. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Please advise if I can
vote at the coming election. I ana reg
istered at Seattle and moved to this
city August 10. I am married.
JAMES WEAVER.
Mexico: 1846.1916.
Baker, Or., Oct. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal In reading General
Grant's Memoirs, dedicated by him "To
the American Soldier and Sailor" a
few weeks prior to that great man's
death, I find on page 63, volume 1. the
following comment on the Mexican
war: "Generally the officers of tha
army were indifferent whether the an
nexation (of Texas) was consummated
or not; but not so all of them. For my
self, I' was bitterly opposed to the
measure, and to this day regard the
war, which resulted, as one of the
most unjust ever waged by a stronger
against a weaker nation. It was an in
stance of a republio following tbe bad
example of European monarchies. In
not considering Justice in their deslne
to aoqulre additional territory."
And again, on pages 64 and 65, vol
ume 1: "The occupation separation
and annexation (of Texas) were, from
tne inception or tne movement to its
final consummation, a conspiracy to
acquire territory out' of which slave
states might be formed for the Ameri
can union. Even if the annexation it
self could be Justified, the manner in
which the subsequent war Was forced field against Great Britain was put
unon Mexico cannot." - I at th head of that government. There
And again, at page 169. volume 1, were some English officials retained
General Grant says: "The Mexican I there, but they did not last very long.
war of 1846-1848 would be an impos- The Boer head of the government ar
restee every ji,rhgiisnman ranuecim
with the government, loaded them on
to a train one midnight, and shipped
them to England with orders that they
This policy lies back of the present
great military program, not only In
this country but in the other countries
of the world. It Is behind the present
war in Europe: it is th underlying
cause of that which has converted al
most all of Europe Into a human
slaughter pen.
"fhose who are eager for Interven
tion and war with Mexico should re
member that England entered upon
the conquering of the Transvaal with
the assurance of the military party of
Great Britain that it would not take
six months, that It would cost but
$50,000,000. that the armies of Great
Britain would eat their Christmas tur
key in Pretoria if they were only
given orders to march. ,
Let the people of the United States
who want war with Mexico consider
the striking parallel as made by Nor
man Angell: The people of Mexico In
habit a mountainous country; the
Boers live in much such a country as
that- The people of Mexico are the
best horsemen - on this hemisphere.
They may not be the best ehots, but
they are the best horsemen. There are
16,000,000 of them; I think there were
about 400,000 of the Boers. England
undertook to subjugate the Boers and
to conquer the Transvaal. The mil
itary party In England stated that It
would cost $50,000,000 and take a few
monlhs; it cost $1,250,000,000; it took
three years; It took 400,000 soldiers;
and then they discovered that they had
conquered the Transvaal, but had not
conquered the Boers. They found that
the only way to keep the Transvaal
"conquered" was to maintain a stand
ing army of 600,000 English soldiers
there all the while; and Great Britain
gave it up.
Wbat did they do? They established
a eort of colonial government that en
abled the Boers to govern themselves,
nominally under the foreign office of
the British empire, but the man who
had led the forces of the Boers In the
siblllty in this generation."
It Is well known to most people that
Grant was a lieutenant in the Fourth
Infantry at the breaking out of the
Mexican war and that he served i should be deposited on the sidewalk in
throughout that war. being at first London. That was dona Parliament
with General Taylor and later and ordered an investigation, and the for
at the close with General Scott. Grant el8n secretary was called before par
died in July, H86, and he completed lament and questioned. He was asked
his memoirs only a few weeks prior " to what had become of all the ex
to his death, and at his passing both Penditur. ot money all the
North end South vied wttbeach T other of to conquer the Transvaal. The
in doing reverence to his memory. It foreign secretary iUedftt WV2!
strikes me that th. farther away we they could P the Trans
get from that great and good man's 1 vaal conquered without maintaining
day and generation, the more weight i '
should be given his words and coun- I eistence has been that these same re
sel. Today the American people so far publics are our friends and neighbors
as Mexico is concerned, are confronted and that the great republic of the north
with something like the sama condi. , Ik anxious to take all of them Into full
tlons as in Grant's time. Just change copartnership In the adjustment of
Rag -Tag'an&4
Stories From Everl
'And wben a lot of people
wH.ft tv.a 4h. wi.lt.. &-tK
ered around bun aad ska J'
was laughing at, ba sale
" 'I'm laughing because tha tht T
ne
I can cross tbe aisle aad anil'
I
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AX
perpetually a standing army there, and
that, therefore. It had been considered
wise to give them a form of self-gov
ernment, and to put the general who
had been commander of all tbe Boer
forces against Great Britain at the
head of that government. He advised
that they had better accept the sltua
tion Just as it was, unless they wanted
to start another affair with the Trans
vaal. And Great Britain accepted it.
The Boer war, which lasted three
years, cost Great Britain $1,160,000,000
And it did not accomplish anything!
Keep that in mind when some of the
gentlemen who are speaking for Amer
loan Investments in Mexico clamor for
war with Mexico. There Is a moment
ous lesson In the efforts of the repre
sentatlves of two nations to arrive at
an understanding and avert the conse
quences of war. But If there should
come some flaming up of passions, If
there should come some opportunity
for the representatives of those who
have bought Mexico with American
money and want to rule it want In
terventlon then let us all remember
what happened to England In an -ef
fort to subjugate the Boers.
If we ever enter upon the conques
of Mexico and the office of prophecy
is a somewhat hazardous one let m
say that in a hundred years we will
not conquer Mexico; we will malntai
for a hundred years a standing army
of a million men In Mexico; we will
place the burden of that on the Amer
ican people.
If the time ever comes when we
shall attempt to invade Mexico, It will
be because American capital has gone
dowu there and Invested. They who
owa Mexico are the ones who want
war.
m
So far as preserving order Is con
cerned, we can patrol the border, wo
can keep an army there, with soldiers
to cover every foot of It better and at
a cost far letss than we can carry on a
war with Mexico. Such a war would
last beyond the life of everybody now
living.
The Mexican people will fight to the
last man for their rights, as they see
them. They may not be their rights
Just as we see them; they may not
have the kind of government which w
think they ought to have; but it Is
their country and their government,
and the intrusion of American capital
ists la It for the purpose of maklar
money does sot give us any right to
go in there and change the form of
their government. It may be the kind
of government best suited to people
of that type.
m
War with Mexico would be a crimi
nal war. It would be a prolonged and
costly war. It would be a shameful
misuse of our national power. It would
mean a yielding to the covert, sinister,
treasonable conspiracy that Is being
carried on by financial interests in
this country who hold Mexican proper
ties. It would be sacrifice of the blood
of our soldier boys not for national
defense, not for national honor, not for
"humaaltarlaa purposes, " but only foa
one tiling I Tne profits of foreign speculators.
Let there be no such terrible calam
ity!
And Utelr blamed old hot
And doa't bare to Jump out
'And a lot of other people
cars and have to cross fi
Wood street and Ubttty
at tba quiet cara and latfr'
A Resourceful Prcl
A southern lady who B
financial reverses recent:
the country in order tJ
She engaged a little coll
the neighborhood to aaslsj
times about the house. p
story la told by the
Ledger, was so much
his employment that he
to become a permanent m
little household.
"Mis' Alice," he begoI,T;
"don't you -all ever git bm
big house. Jus' by yourself
"Why. yes. Sam." the laE -i
"it Is lonely at times. I
of having some one abo
husband has to go away."
"well." ventured Sara
thought you might like
l ae a candidate fo' de poi
tector in case you shou
employ some one."
"Why, bam," asked the
Ing, "what could you do tK
robbers happened to br
dark night?"
Sam was pussled for a
presently he had an lnsp
"Well. Mis' Alice." be
"dab's one thing dat I cou
you was visited by unwel
era, I could light da lante-i,
you-all which way to ruA'j
After the Banc
An alert ear arises front
tho sound of the latchkey's,
The clock on the mantel r$
In the distance, writea 11 "
bayton In Cartoons A;
heard the grinding hupa ow
"Is that you, John? Wl
a time did you have?"
"Rotten! The most aw
"Did your speech go v.
"If I do say It, Lottie
saved the dinner."
"What did you have to J
John tosses out the
rated menu and turns up
Lottie studies It with
Interest. "It looks like
good dinner." f
"They all look good In .
"Men certainly do have!
sighs Lottie wistfully.
"Good time," snorts Job
think 1 went, for a good tly,
No man really knows .
to a banquet.
)4
Utc words above quoted to read: "A
conspiracy to war on Mexico to further
the interests of munitions plants and
capital invested in Mexico for specula
tion, all claiming the American Union
bh their base," and what General
Grant then said Is Just as applicable
toaay as it was to the Mexican sltua
their differences and in helping them
to more stable conditions.
J. B. MESSTCK,
"Old Man Oregon."
Portland, Or., Oct 17. To the Editor
of The Journal I have before me a
"masterrjiece" which appeared on the
tion in 1846. If a nation sows to the front page of the Oregonian of Octo-
Sr , ' " "ureiy an tne lndi- ber jr entitled "Shot Full of Holes.
V2?j!"J?i2!Z There Is something rotten in
we are reaping what we In 1845 sowed
in the suspicion, not only of Mexico but
ot ail tne Latin-American rniihiis.
state of Denmark.
Alas. I, too, have
the
a feeling akin to
that the United States is yet Inclined i that depicted in that cartoon on the
to follow "the bad example of Eu- I face of "Old Man Oregon," for 1 am a
rcpean monarchies." in its dealings I consumer and have Just glanced over
with these countries to the south of 1 the market reports for the day.
us, a just suspicion for a long time.
ereauy auayea. nowever, by the con
duct of our government under Lincoln
and Grant, and more than ever allayed
by Wilson In his diplomacy, whose In-
WLy I Am for Wil
son
By Thomas A. Ed"i
ison
Perhaps the free trade gun was
loaded with small white beans at 10
cents, or potatoes at $1.80, or ham at
24 cents. Perhaps with wheat at $1.42
or eggs St 42 cents
If Oregon were not dry I would aus-1
pect that "Old Man Oregon" had been
out with the boys trying to work off
a little of the surplus.
Honestly, 1 believe the originate of
. . i . V, . . frlAnd of Mr
I'm for Woodrow Wilson. When it'n '.7 v,.
America that's at stake men have got I ha- adroitly worked the drawing In on
to vote aa im.ri. . . . f ti' r
..n ! iT "rr. . the oregonian.
-v .u juji uue; '
Dig tning after an
other with Wilson.
Wilson has won vlc-
c. w. c.
important to man
kind than any vic
tories that we could
have won by war.
They say Wilson
has blundered. Pef
haps he has. Bu: I
notice that he usu
ally blunders for
ward. .
Mr. Wilson has
now had about four
years of experience,
and I think that he
has earned faith and
trust, I do not think it a logical or
sensible thing to change t an inex
perienced and untried man lust for the
sake of change. -- J
Presidents and Wars.
Banks, Or., Oct. 17. To the Editor
. , . ti ,t., T V, n . ' ...
tones by diplomacy , ml .bout Pres.
mat are rar 010;''""' . ...
laeni wusuij , .
which I don't think he has done,
for we Have at least had a few skirm
ishes and you compare him with good
old Abraham Lincoln, and remark on
how he fought to keep out of war, .and
that the Civil war was forced on the
country.
Is it not a fact that the Civil war
was forced on Lincoln by the South
tthey at least fired the first gun)
the same solid south President Wilson
bas to depend on for his reelection?
. CHARLES J. HERB.
In Behalf of Mr, Estabrook.
Portland, Oct. It. To the Editor of
The Journal It Is strange how. In the
beat of a political campaign, the words
used by a publlo speaker can he de
liberately diatorted or at least misun
derstood. I am glad to hear that Mr.
J. D. Nellan did not say what he was
reported to have said concerning Mary
An tin, and I know that aome people
hare acquired a totally wrong concep
tion of what Henry D. Estabrook Bald,
because I heard hla speech myself.
Mr. Estabrook did not call President
Wilson a "bob-tailed fox," aa one of
your correspoudonts oays he did.
bThe nearest he came to this language
was in speaking of the Adam son law.
when he declared that the president
1 id down two houses to a bob-tailed
flush. Your correspondent evidently
nas never played tbe game of poker,
and therefore was unable to appre
ciate what the audience considered
as a very good joke.
Also, Mr. Estabrook did not say any
thing which could be construed aa an
argument agalnat woman suffrage.
What he said was that woman is not
in a fit mind to vote until she has
dropped the 'M" from motherhood,
and Jearned to put aside the primal
Instinct of protecting one's own, when
reason demands that "otherhood"
should be given equal consideration.
The guarding of her offspring from
physical danger, he said, is normally
uppermost in a mother's mind. This
was but the statement of a natural
law with which wa are all familiar.
The majority of us who went out froml
here as volunteers in 88 would have
stayed at home if we had listened
to our mothers, and the same is true
of those who a few months ago re
sponded to another call to arms. There
can be no doubt about that. Every
mother's son of us knows it. It was
young, vigorous, manly spirit which
triumphed over the maternal Instinct.
Whatever has been eald or done
In this country, and whatever may be
the result of the presidential election,
it 4a to be hoped that this spirit Is
not dying out in the land. A nation
that depends In time of peril upon her
citizen soldiery cannot be without It,
and where there la no real patriotism
conscription is an inevitable neces
sity. Thus it is that those who now
cry for peace when there Is no peace
are but laying the foundation for a
future militarism, and succeeding gen
e rations must pay the price ot duty
basely left undone by those who went
before. ROBERT J. O'NKIL.
Would Make Any
Bill Why feeling so
Jill I waa Juat dow
and saw a frog croaking,
,'hy should that makei J
"I m glad It was tlfcp
croaked and not me."
The Brotherhood o
As she stood outside tl,
ry Inn two great tears
innocent eyes, tears so la
Chicago News, that the p
saw them.
Beauty in distress causey,
mount and ask if he eou,
assistance
"I'm afraid not, thank "i
the damsel, sorrowfully, a
lo an automatic chocolate
I ached to the wnli of Ui
Just put a poniiy In tb
nothing has come out."
"That's Hoon remedied
young man, confidently.
He slipped a coin into
then another. After t
muttered angrily, raised
pedaled wildly away. J.!
As he disappeared a I
. .... .1 . L. , . ?
ar r -- vj,
"Any luck?" asked the g.
Of. M
"Oh. yea, ma!" replie J
damsel, gaily. "That's tbgt
netted 60 cents since dinrl
Needed a GatUing?'
"Bill had charge of the t,
said the old circus man,
Philadelphia Ledger, "anM
. - , . . 1
peta was a leopard, tbe ,
had with the show, and c.
too. This leopard gave ui
Ue than all the rest of tlfi
put together. It was certfH
brute.
vveui, ana u., wneu w j
ing downatate, I had 00 m
to arrange about aome a "
peas. I waa eating my d'
hote! when a telegram wi
me. It was from Bill, nn5i
leopard has escaped. J'rt '
town. What shall I do?"
"That was Just like Dili K
have explicit direction , X
, m , a. n v 1 l!r. this Tl . f
to make a mistake. i"j
"I immediately wired Hl
'Shoot him on the spot,' f,
any more about H untlf V
l.oura later, when I rece
telegram from eoneolentl
Bill, anking 'Which spotl
A Youthfol Ske
Bobby had reached thd
age and like a rapid fire a.
who made the dog. the cH
cow, the kittens and thep
shut off the ceaseless fire i
in natural history, his t,,i
"Now, listen, God makes
that runs around." Bobby
answer and for a moment
and then he Bald: "Oh, n
make everything that ninsL
didn't make our lence.
around our lot, and X sa
Ray making thatr v
' Betwixt and Bert
"Madame!." said the dW
mother, "you should eem
to'iui country ior aTirstn
summer," , v
"I am torry to say. doc
turned, "that we are not
tor thatT" J
"Then," suggested thef
"have her sent by the frea
"Oh doctor." exclaimed
"we are not poor enough.! ,1
' rnrlM J tilt Snow
Nick Turlocking has fig
that lend in' money on unln
is most like buyin' Villa jf
for speculation. He . wann
on a farm 'sides - hot ,
makes any more loans.