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THE, OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , FRIDAY, .NOVEMBER-. 10. ,1916. km INDEPENDENT KEWSP1PCK S C. . 2ACKSON...... ............ ...rablMMr Fabltanee mrr dr. afternoon and nornlnf teseept Bandar afternoon), at Tbe.Jeernai Balldlag, - Broadway and lambli!" streets. roruaoov or. ntr4 tie peatsffl- at Portland. Oft.' fa : traMnttnaoa tkroaf tk Basil aw second ' elass natter. TEMCPKOKtS If all 1 173 j : IlasM. A-SOBl. - AH departmenta reached by the eataeers. : 2 Ttlt lb operator bat dapartaieBt roe, wast. rORKfOM AD V E BTIS IN1 MPSJCHESTATI VJt Benjamin Keatnor Co.. nraoawtck Bid., 'OA rittk Are., w Jerk, 13i Feupte'a ss Bids. Chicago, '.. Subscription terms br nail or to any address la tbe United States or Mexico) DAILY (MOBN1NO OH AITEtNOOW) -Oat jtar........$5.oo An eot.. M ; ;.. -.. SUNDAY Oae year f2.M OM-asontk. ....... .Si '. UAILX (MOBMNO OB AFTERNOON) AND .. I SCNDAV One year.. 17.50 I Una tnoatk. America ask nothing for herself but wuat aba kaa a rlulit to uk for humanity Itaetf. WOOIJBOW WILSON. 1 .' MUllasw for tWeuaa. kut not a rent for tribute. HARLKS C. PISCKNET. Wltk malice toward none with eaarrty for all; with flrm aess la tbe right, and a Ood gives QS to the right, let ns txlT os to finish tli work wo SJ-a lni to bind tip tJko nation's wooaWlai to care for blm who shmu aavav boras tno battle and (or bis widow, aad his orphan--to do all whloh may achieve a Just avavd lasting peace among . onxselves, aad with all aatlone Abraham Xdaeola la seoond la augural address, March 4, 1865. REELECTED. i T WAS a test of progresslylsm, 1 I and progresslvism won. Amer 4 JL , lea did not turn backward. The . : people did not face about. The j western farmers, who were a saving factor In the president's reelection, are looking steadily ahead. ' Mr. Hughes was the best cham- pion upon whom those who cherish 2 the old ideas could have pinned Z their hopes. He had been in nc 2 LSTtV COntrnvfifRV Rpfnrn Vila nnm. m luauvu, uiuvu 01 me cuuuiry con- i tempiated nim as a eupernoan. shelter of the supreme stepped Into the arena From the f court, he I of politics with peculiar advantages. I No other American after the intra - 7 TiartV innvnlotAn r9 11119 1 have rallied around himself so many conflicting and antagonistic forces. No other American could have, led a party so recently split asunder so near to victory. Mr. Hughes was heir to all the forces opposed to change. He was heir to the support of all those who, through kinships in other lands, were dissatisfied with the president's handling of war compli cations. He was heir to the great army that Is always opposed to those who are in power. That he kept many and varied discordant ; elements in harmony throughout a long campaign and received their united support on election day was an exhibition of consummate skill Yet, it would have been amazing if Mr. Hughes could have won That he brought his followers so , near the White House is almost marvelous. , - His only issue was the great de sire of northeastern America to torn the country away from pro gresslvism. but it was an issue that he dared not avow. How true this was is shown in the refusal of Mr. Hughes in Washington and Califor niato even meet and recognizo . Polndejter and Johnson. He darel not do so becauso the fires of the 1912 split were still raging in the bowels of the party and the big . r chieftains behind him were bent on 'triking down the forward-lookinz '.'element that they look . upon as ' heresy and auicide. He was to that extent the victim of the feud be ' tween Penrose thought and Lin coln ideals. . . Facing. Mr. Hughes was Wood i row Wilson and his record. In the . aftermath of the election, as before I the campaign, even President Wil ? son's opponents, as they settle back Into '.the normal, realize that it is aa excellent record.. It la a build er's record. It is not a destructive. ' but a constructive accomplishment. . The president s late opponents have to admit, that they watched and waited 50 years for many of the things President Wilson has secured for them. . The higher .things In hia work are such ac compiisnments as me federal re serve system, the tariff commission, rural credits and the move for re storing the American merchant ma rine, all looking to a broadly dif fused and uninterrupted prosperity. The bigness ot the vision and the . breadth of purpose of, the president in leading ma country, forward In the past, are a 'satisfying assurance .of what he may be expected to do In the future, and that is why In a campaign of tremendous aggrei elveBes vnnder-,rthe; leadership of Mr. Hughes; the president has been reelected. ;-"y r; 7 OTHER CXOrJK ELECTIONS - j .V j;aWaakaaaa -t:y. i":.; HE' long period of doubt over Jt.m "JfeForl nearlT. a feneration the verdict has been so ..pro ! nonnced that in most cases the re-1 suit was known within a few hours j after ; the . polls closed, . . This . was 1 notably true ' in the elections of ; 1912. 1908, 1904, 1900, 1896 and 1892. .,. , I A memorable time of doubt was ' in. 1884, when many days elapsed! before the election of Cleveland! was ; finally -determined. The re sults were so close that the shifting tide of election returns kept the entire country in a constant state of suspense. 'For a time Cleve lcnd would be in the lead and with a quick change Blaipe would step in advance with the usual shout ing from his supporters, The result hinged on the vote In New York, and voting was not i when the vote is finally totaled the then by machines with their quick majority for it, which in Mult announcement of the verdict as nomah county was more than 60, hap'pened in the late contest. In! 000, will be found to be enormous, that state the veering returns! The result is a signal repudia finally reBted on the side of Cleve-; Hon of the contention of Governor land and gave him the election and WIthycombe who has always the presidency for his first term. ' claimed that the single item veto The plurality for hira is placed by . "is a two-edged sword" and that some authorities as slightly over j "it is dangerous." , 1000 and by another as something j There never was any reason for over 600. informed persons, who want good In the electoral college Cleve-' government to oppose the single land had 219 electoral votes to Item veto. It gives the governor Blaine's 182. Cleveland had a phi- of the state the right to yeto rallty In the popular vote of 62,000. i single items in an appropriation New York's electoral vote waa then ! without invalidating other - items. 36 against its present 45. In the east, there were frequent clashes between' the partisans. In! Boston, crowds about the newspa- j per offices engaged in cheers and ' hoots, and pictures of the candi dates as raised by their Supporters were pulled down amid turbulent displays of passion on both sides. In New York, conflicting state ments given out by' the newspapers inflamed the pojulace and some of the publications early ceased to issue bulletins. It was suspected that Jay Gould and the Associated j PreBs were withholding or pervert- j Ing returns, and a crowd assem- bled in front of the Western Union j building with a yell, "hang Jay Gould." Two hundred men gathered In front of the Tribune office and pealed to the legislature to sub burned . copies of that paper. So , mit a single item veto to the peo- threatenlns did the crowd become ' ln Chicago, that Mayor Harrison s berlain. Both vetoed appropria requested the newspapers to bus- tion bills because good appropria pend IsBuing bulletins. Bulletins ' tions and bad ones were Included were also discontinued by the Bo?- ton newspapers on account of the anger of the crowds. In Philadel phia political clubs were forbidden to parade, -and the blowing of horns or other demonstrations on, the street were made the occasion for arrest. The final announcement of Cleve land's election was the signal of a great., outburst on one side and of expressed expectation of dlro things to come as a result of It on the other side. One old lady ex- j claimed, "Well, the poor won't have any work this winter, that's certain." A college president dis coursed tearfully to his students UDon the Cleveland victory as por tending he kneV not what of ill. Many good souls thought the government in effect at an end. Those of less pessimistic temper prophesied . a financial panic Slavery will be restored," still others said. The Cleveland administration was I so satisfactory to the people that four years after its close Mr. Cleve land was called ba6k to the presi dential chair in 1892 with a land slide. HOPE FOR IRELAND SINCE the collapse of the rebel lion In Dublin, and particu larly since the execution of Sir Roger Casement, a great many lecturers from Ireland have visited the United States to tell about the wrongs and sorrows of their native land. They have at tracted large, audiences and have been heard with respectful sympa thy. Our people know that Ire land has suffered terrible oppres sion. They have always been more than ready to contribute money to alleviate the trials of the un happy Island. . But .there is now another side to Ireland's pathetic story, a bright side and it is growing brighter Many agitations for the benefit of Ireland have been more of less sen timental, and therefore futile. Others have been incited by re-' venge and could not therefore long command the hearty sympathy of the world. Some agitations have been purely political and now and then denominational differences have appeared. None of these movements really promised much for the people. The new agitation of which we speak is not like any of these. It i is economic and, being so, free from all old hatreds. it Is The fierce quarrels that have desolated ! Ireland for so many centuries and brought so many sorrows upon its people can find no lurking place in the new movement because it deals alike with the welfare of everybody, touches upon no ancient disputes and is concerned only with this world. It is an agitation to better the condition of the Irish farmer through cooperation with out regard to his politics, his be liefs or hia lineage. And the movement Is succeeding, wonderfully succeeding. It began In the calm, sensible brain of Sir Horace Plunkett and it has now gone ; far that keen observers predict thai Ireland will in a short time become an agricultural model for the. world. Strong through co operative aelf-b.elD, the. farmers are tilling their land intelligently and receive for themselves, and not for any landlords,, the full product of their totL If mankind owes a debt of gratitude to anybody who makes two blades of grass grow where there was only one before, who can estimate the debt of Ireland to Sir Horace Plunkett and the . patient toilers at hia aide? , , 5 SINGLK ITEM VKTO F' OR years. The Journal has ap pealed, argued and struggled for the single, item veto, for Oregon. "X'tV'.;- In the overwhelming vote given the measure by the people - in Tuesday's election, this newspaper feels a Justifiable pride. The futl figures are not yet available, but It prevents the legislature of the future from grouping bad items with good appropriations and tnen securing passage of all for the rea son that the governor must veto all in order to veto one. Many an unworthy appropriation has been fastened by the legisla ture upon the people through the connivance of legislators in group ingappropriations together through a process of log rolling. There 'could bo no higher condemnation of that sort ot thing than is the overwhelming vote for the single item veto amendment, for that vote ia the protest of the people against blanket appropriation bills and the connivance of legislative members. Governor West in his time ap- pie, and . so did Governor Cham- in the, eame measure. The overwhelming majority for the single-;ltem amendment Tues day is a victory for good govern ment. MJIE AND THE PRISONERS T HE bright magazine, "Lend a Hand," published at the peni tentiary, favors a state lime mill to be manned by prison Since prisoners edit the mas- ers azirxe and supply ita contributions may take it for granted that their true wishes are expressed in its articles. We commend the in telligence and enlightened public spirit which move them to 'give their support to the state lime project, though their attitude does not surprise us. "Lend a Hand" says editorially that "cheap lime Is necessary for the farmers of Oregon." It adds I that they can'' not get it as long as they mustiook to private man- ufacturera who will naturally ask all the market will bear. The re markable work of the Illinois state plant Is cited as an example to Or egon with the comment that it ia unable to supply the demand ot the farmers for Its lime products The prisoners' magazine pleads that more employment ia needed for the inmates of the penitentiary. It is unpardonable that some of them "are compelled to lie idle for several months 'of the year." The state should see to it that they are kept at work. "Lend a Hand" says truly that a lime plant would not Interfere with the flax indus try which employs only 100 men or thereabouts. It la pleasant to see the peni tentiary Inmates taking an in- telligent Interest in public affairs, especially those, which bear upon their own welfare." Happily .the day has gone by when decent citi zens wish to see prisoners deprived of the commoa rlgnt8 0f . humanit aaa v. If a lime plant would benefit those who man it that is one more reason for founding it, and a very sub stantial reason. AFTER PORTLAND BUSINESS R E PRESENT ATTVES of foreign governments are turning their attention towards the possl bllities of trade and com merce with the United States after the war has ended. Here in Port- land they are looking over the field to find what we of Portland and the tributary country posses; that their countries may need. And they are seeking to find what we may desire to buy that their coun tries may have to sell. . .?.:., After the war has ended and the lanes of commerce on sea and land are opened again, great trade op portunities will come to Portland and to the Northwest. Oregon lum berwill be in . insistent demand from all of the warring lands, which have been devastated by fighting armies. Oregon wheat and wool and all the products of. field and farm .will 'find a waiting market. , The questionthat "Willi confront the .bnsiness ; men, of this city will be ' that "of ? commercial 'prepared- ness. They have two things te do; one to get the business, the other to handle 4t when secured. . - Today should . be the birth of Portland's importance as a great trading center on the Pacific coast. From the port should go the things other countries want to buy and the ships that carry these products' away should bring - back cargoes that this nation wants to buy. . - When ships come laden to the port and leave laden for the mar kets of the world, then Portland will have taken her place among the. cities. Her market, as a sea port, lies over the water and into tho land. Her task is to find how and where to sell. . Portland's future" greatness will be borne to her upon the water. It will depend for its proportion upon the efforts of her business me to gain and hold the business of other countries and other peo ple. While other countries are looking Portland over, Portland would build the foundation of fu ture prosperity by looking other countries over and connecting with those places which would give mar kets for Oregon products. If that Is not done Portland will receive the crumbs from the feast of pros perity that is to come. Letters From the People .- 1 Cotum un tea tVona aot to Tba Journal for publication in tbln department should be writ ten' on only one aide of the paper, ahonld not exceed 3M words in length, and mnat be ac companied by ttie name and addretia ot tbe sender. If tbe writer doea not desire to hare tilt itm published be abould ao state. ""DiaeuSKion la tbe greateat of aU reformers. It rattonallxea eraryUilnit it toochea. It robe Klndplee of all false nauetlty and throwe tbem ck on their reasonableness. If they hae no reasonableness. It rutb'.esslr crushes them out of existence and sets up Its own conclusions in their ftead." Woodrow Wilson. - "t Proposes New Voting System. - Portland, Nov. 9.-tTo the Editor uf Tho Journal The secret ballot and the crude aystem of voting and count ing keep everyone .anxious and ln doubt about the result, which causes the most obtuse to imagine the pos sibility of f ruad to defeat the will of lbe people. I was a night clerk at a Portland precinct The chairman of the board waa a Republican. ' An elderly lady waa one of the Judges on the board. She strung the ballots on a string, but r.ever looked to See whether the num ber called were the ones marked on th hnllnt There, were two men who watched the count, one a Democrat and one a Republican, up to is ociuck. After that the numbers were called to tb rOprlra hv the chairman without any check whatever upon error or fraud, and the same conamon exisi the next day and night at the times I waa present. There are corrupt bosses in every city and state who make it a point tn lnnlr after nnnortunltles tO "DUt One ever" on the other aide, by foul means or lair. inpy aeieci enrswu politicians for precinct officers, who wmii pinilv serve their chief when an opportunity like the one I have de scribed maae n penecny -" th. nnmhera thpv chrme regardless of the number actually voted. How much iraud was ,jerprraieu could be discovered only by a rejpount. tf rnnditlnna Ilk those in precinct No. 69 existed, say. In 10 per Cent-of tne precincts tnrougnoui me rauuu y and the count extending- over two fttehtn and one day. tho bosses all over the country could fix the returns and defeat. the will of the people, . . . . .i . Instead or tne cumoersoma dkuui, with all the names on it to be labor ibusly picked out. counted and listed at hundreds of i polling places, if the f... mi m or. Ihfl H tm.l mnfi A. 2x5 SllD provided for each candidate and meas ure, and the separate strips maueu 10 or depositet'with the county clerk with perfect precautions for Identification, the ballots could be assorted In ver tical files and listed on adding ra kin., with a fraction of the labor and the risk of error that we have In cur present antlquatea voting system E. L. McCLURE; , Mail for Persian Gulf. Portland. Nov. 8. To the Editor of The Journal Kindly inform me in The Journal what the distance would be f ram Portland to tue Persian guir. E. l What route does the mall go from Portland to Australia, or by way of England? Alao, about how many miles la it considered from is.ngiana to tne Persian gulf, E. I-. ROBERT WIFFEN. The distance by usual steamship routes from Portland to the Persian gulf, via Honolulu and Australia, Is as follows, in miles: Portland-Honolulu, 233211 Honolulu-Sandakan, 5044; Sanda-kan-Singapore, 1066; Singapore-Colombo, 1304; Colombo-Bombay, 05; Bombay-Karachi, S00; Karachi-Jask, 1187; Jask-Basra (bead of -Persian gulf), 770. v From Portland to the Persian gulf via Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, as follows: Portland-Pun taa .Arenas, 6931; Puntas Arenas-Cape Good Hope, 4788; Good Hope to Mahe, 2932; Mane-Bombay, 1749; Bombay Maakat, 859; Maskat-Basra, 770. i ' From Plymouth, England, to tbe Persian gulf, cutting across France overland to save distance, as fol lows: Plymouth-Bordeaux, 423; Bordeaux-Marseilles (overland), 225; Mar. ; el Ilea-Port Said. 1524; Suez-Aden, 310; Aden-Karachi. 1481; Karachl- Lask, 1187; Jask-Baska (head of Per- Sln STUUS, f I v. -iMall from Portland for the Persian gulf region ia sent via New York. ' 'Letters Too Xate for Publication. ' In the closing hours of the cam paign there came to The Journal a considerable number of communica tions concerning political campaign Issues, too late for publication before election day. True to Its policy of scrupulously observing the statute which ' inhibits publication on election day of matter of a political nature. The Journal was obliged to fay aside these communications, all of which were, on their own merits. In all other respects available. Acknowledgment-ia here made to the contributors. Whose names follow: W. D. Trotter, Cascade Locks; John B. Griffin, Klrby; George Trimble, Hlllsbero; p. L. vGimlBo, Lakeside; Fred C. Harri son, Brownsville; Lulu W. Bolton. Beaverton; E. P. Carter, .Gladstone; George Avery, Lents; W. J. Winner, Waldo; Frank W. Weber. Bend; V. H. Wolf; Empire; George Crawford, Ar lington; A. J. Martin, Charles Coopey, B. - T. Johnson, Allen W. Isom, E. M. Gibson, Randolph Graden, A. 3. stew art, S. E. Gilbert, J. Shannon. Thomai C. . Lewis, R. G. Scott, A. H. Jones. George A, Lewis, Mrs. R. M. Ham mond, Major Charles S. Noble and S. x. iLyman, Wl or Portland: James Krbbee Camas.: Waah.j. HU C.; Ross, Spokane, Wash.:lR-F.. Beats, Under wobd Wash.; H. E. Becker,' Keli, Wash.; .O. - N.- Trembly, Centralis, Wsh.; -J. X): McNeil. Llnd,- Wash. Communications evidently offered in good faith, but over a pen name were received ; - from ' Rail , W Woodburn, iOr, aad "Stndent of the B. G..IL S, Battle Ground. Wash. ?S' remnlete :? Address Wanted, - !0f rtoaWeTlaV! Mllwaukle," wUXj aend her full name ana aaareaa to Journal, aba will barput In .the way of obtaining tfce poems .- for which. he makes rejoest'yt''f 7i V' ?-"'-.:- " Peace Keepers of the Future. From tbe Fort Worth StaJf-Telegnun. The resolution adopted by. the Con gress of the League of the Rights of Man, held in Paris. France, during the past week, embodies what most lUr telligent men and women are thinking the world over -with respect to a "so ciety of nations" to follow the close of the present war. We have nt illus ions on this question of war. We can not Join those robust propbeta who are predicting ao confidently that thia will be the world's last war. nui w do think It is possible to keep war within hounds and that the .nation that goes to war for a cauae condemned by the Intelligent opinion of the woria may do so at Us peril in the future. And so far as it is possible to ex press adequately in words the aspira tion to bring about auch a condition we believe the Paris resolution to em body. The following extract from the reso lution gives an idea of its portent: "The society shall be based upon the rights of tiationa, great and- small, to Independence, uoon the Institution of compulsory arbitration applicablei to all international conflicts without exeeption and reserve and the organ ization of International forces capaoie of repressing by appropriate penalties all attempts at revolt or aggression. "To Insure lasting peace in tne ru ture the treaty must not contain germs of war or revenge. -It shall consecrate the' right of peoples to dispose of their own destinies and shall not provide for the dismemberment of states or an nexations of territory against tha will of the population. On the contrary it shall annul annexations imposed by force, such as that of Alsace-Lorraine." Thia is precisely what President Wilson meant by hia declaration at Cincinnati that "the ousinees of neu trality" is over. He meant simply that the United States must Join the nations of tha world in a compact to protect the world against foolish, and avoidable wars. We believe the United States should be ready to join such a movement at the close of the European war, with a realization of all that It Involves. In a certain sense it, in volves an abandonment of the Wash ingtonian. policy of "no entangllngval liances." We cannot longer stand for the fundamental rights of humanity and continue this policy of "splendid isolation" if the other natioss are ready to enter a pact for the preservation- of such rights against the am bitions of any individual nation it will involve also a modification of the Monroe doctrine. As a matter of Tact, it will really mean an amplification and extension of that doctrine, for it will pledge all the nations of the earth to stand ready to preserve the sovereignty of the small, weak-nations on the American continent, as well as those of Europe. The United States should not hesitate to enter or to propose auch a pact. We are not of those who believe such a pact will make war impossible. But it should make war more difficult, and in any event It Is a atep in the direction of that society of nations which must finally come out of the turmoil and stress of the evolution of nations, and most certainly It will be an improvement over the present sys tem of protective mutual alliances -y secret diplomacy.. V. Salvaging Metropolis. ? rroiB the New lork ErenlDg Post. , Real estate In Nev Tork's old shopping- center la steadily emerging from the pall of adversity which fell upon it with the sudden rush of retailers and manufacturers for Fifth avenue and the region north of Twenty-third street. There were blocks on Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street which, to those who knew them in the high tide of prosperity,' became like a city of the dead. Tot some years it seemed as if that section had been definitely "scrapped'' in accordance with our wasteful American methods. Now a process of reconstruction is under way, like the rebuilding of a prairie town in the wake of a cyclone. The Save New Tork Movement ia contrib uting to the rehabilitation of the dis trict. More Important, for the time being at least, is the immigration of out-of-town commercial Interests at tracted by low rentals and shipping advantages which New York itself has been slow to recognize. It is not, of course, a full return to the old pros perity. Heavy losses have been taken; but that was the fact to face manfully before proceeding with the work of re construction. . Silver Threads." From tbe Detroit News. Eben Eugene Rexford. who wrote "Silver Threads Among the Gold," died the other day .in Green Bay. Wls re- o...fit tn tha last tha fact that his name waa coupled prominently with that pensive composition rsiucr with hia serious and valuable works on gardening. It has Deceme rasnionaoie to annr at "Silver Threads Among the Gold." on "TVi T?nnrv " manv of the aneer- ers preferring "The End of a Perfect Day." or "I Hear xou (jailing e. Few of us can gulp aown our anu nf Mnttmentallsm frankly and smack our lipa We have to leer or sneer and reach for a chaser or cynicism. There are fine divisions in the field of sentimental songs. Bucn persons as aaiinra. p.nwbova and woodsmen, whose lives are by no means cluttered up with the artificial, forced-fed emotion alism that thrives on more pretentious levels, openly relish mother songs and references to the peaceiui nome so rar away. Those who have loved "Silver Thi-aaila Amom'tha Qold" have done so because, in many cases, they have been too neaitny ana ousy 10 ooioer about tbe wistful departure ot the years. ' Whose "Finish"? ' Froin the Boston Globe. "This war must be fought through to a finish!" shouts any European statesman, and the people of his na tion fling up their hats and cheer. A little elementary arithmetic ad monishes us that such a slogan may bear a sinister accuracy hardly in tended by him I who utters it; and that the war is being fought through to a finish of things which no states man desires to see finished. . Two years and three months of war have cost $55,000,000,000 in cash. 4,000,000 men killed and ",000,000 wounded. v If the war stopped today the people of Europe would have to pay $3,750,000,000 a year solely aa in terest on tbe war debt. Every four hours of war adds $5,000,000 to this yearly Interest charge. Each day the war goes on 6000 men are killed and 11,000 wounded. And yet we recall the horror when the Titanic ' sank In 1912. drowning 1503 persons. In France alone the war has made 200,000 orphans.." At least a million men in Europe will be too crippled to work. Pensions must be paid, for to have given husband, father, or sole supporting eon; or, as a soldier, to have' given health and ability to work PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHAN Glf Maine was a sample that it was found impossible to -match. - And tha west decides it. Westward the course of umpire takes Its way I Father, dear father come home with me now. Tbe clock in the steeple strikes won. Tho . contest for the position ef "original Hughes man" hasn't been pulled off et. Give bl- navy advocates their due. They haven't yet got to figuring on enlarging the ocean to hold the navy they'a like to have. Souvenirs mad'e of wire from a wrecked Zeppelin are being sold in England for the Red Cross fund, which puts the money, if not the wire, to a good use. It doubtless relieved their feelings, but the opposition editors were not able to defeat Mr. Wilson by calling mm Woody as many of them evident ly expected to do. m "This administration stands for nothing very long or very strong," complains a atandoat organ. If it would stand for something very wrong, the Ions and the strong would matter less to auch critics. The i.rst advertisement on record was -one. on papyrus, of an Kgyptian gentleman who wanted to get back a runaway slave. From which It would appear that slavery was no more In dorsed by slaves iu those far off days than it is now. THE CONSCRIPTION OF NATIONS From the Spring-field Republican. When President Wilson says that this Is the last world war in which there can be neutrals he is but pro jecting what a German writer has called "the rising curve of war" a lit tle further Into the future. Things were bad enough for neutrals in the Napoleonic wars, and if they lay with in reach of the marching legions they were treated as unscrupulously as In the present war. Outlying nations, too, have in the past been under a pressure to which their leagues of armed neutrality testify. Yet It was to be expected, and has proved to be the case, that the pressure haa in creased with the magnitude of modern war and its consequent tendency to use every possible resource, economic or military. The logical complement of compulsory military service is the conscription of nations, and even In this war a neutral state of which the belligerents have need is under much the same pressure as the "conscienti ous objector" In a belligerent state, . It does not, therefore, require a great effort of the imagination to carry forward this tendency to a point at which the position of neutrals may be made intolerable, not merely by the arrogant selfishness of belligerents. but by the systematic endeavor on both aides to enlist neutrals, if they do not voluntarily come in, by direct or Indirect compulsion. At present the voluntary principle prevails, as It did in Britain at the beginning or tne war. but when recruiting flags the next step is Increased moral and economic pressure, such as hooting the "slack ers" and refusing to give them work, a close parallel to newspaper abuse of needed neutral states which resist diplomatic pressure toward enlistment and to the application of the economic screw. In proportion as rival leagues are evenly matched they are driven to efforts to recruit neutral states, both In order to Increase their own strength to the point of breaking a deadlock and in order to keep neutrals from be ing cajoled or coerced Into the other camp. Just aa the man power of a belligerent state is exploited with a ruthless thoroughness unknown until our time, so the political strategists of a belligerent alliance eclentifically study the neutral field to see what resources can be got by favor, fear or downright compulsion. In some cases the prees-gang stage has already for one's country only to be abandoned by It When helpless would not do. Yet the money to pay these pensions must be. produced in large part by tbe toil of those who need pensions, much as if the toiler took a coin out of one pocket and put It Into another, giving half of it to a government while so doing, for In addition to taxes for paving pen sions there will be the interest on the war debts to keep up, to say nothing of gradually paying off those debts themselves. Neither will that coin in Europe buy what It once would owing to the with drawal of millions of men from the work of producing wealth into the work of destroying both life and wealth. "Therefore." says the European statesman, "this war must be fought through to a finish." To a finish of what? Phrases That Make History. Glrard" In Philadelphia Ledser. When Lincoln exclaimed, "A house divided against Itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be desolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided," he gave the whole United States the essence of the slavery question oa the eve of war. That was supremo stump speaking. Everybody could remember what he said, end. it put the issue in a, thimble. One of the very greatest stump speeches ever made was delivered shortly afterward by W. 11. Seward. It was popularly referred to as the "ir repressible conflict" speech on slav ery. That address had an astonish ing effect. However, the most remark able thing about it, from an oratorical viewpoint, is that be really plagiarised Lincoln's speech Just quoted. Here ia SeWard's keynote sentence, which haa keen repeated a million times: "It is an irrepressible conflict be tween opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slave-holding nation or entirely a free-labor nation." Lloyd-George has been described ss the greatest living orator. His rip ping interview printed recently has a Napoleonic ring. But England's war chief drew upon two famous Americans for parts of his graphic conversation. "Britain has only be gun to fight," he said. Our schoolboys know that much more than a century ago, when asked by a British commander, to surrender his battered ship, John Paul Jonea replied "I have just begun to fight." Then this from England's premier statesman: "The British empire has Invested thousands of its best lives to purchase future immunity for civi lization. This Investment Is too great to be thrown away." Abraham Lincoln' embalmed that dramatic thought considerably better when standing on the Gettysburg bat tlefield 53 years ago: "That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died In-vain." . England's " present - day William Pitt also referred to a French woman who had lost four, sons in. the war and had but one left. She told him that "the fight will never have gone far enough until we have made a rape, titlon - tthis horror impossible." Which-recalls what Lincoln wrote to Mrs. Bixby, whose five sons had been AND NEWS IN. BRIEF OREGON BlDKUGHTa V , In the Silverton high school there is a "Pep" club. m Newberg is to have a Chautauqua assembly next year. The Fossil Journal asserts that the Wheeler county high, school thia year 'has more bright young students from various parts of the county , than ever before. The Hood River Glacier dlrefUlly predicts that If wheat continues to soar It will soon be that only the fam ily owning laying hens can afford wheat bread. - Yamhill county a agricultural expert report Sk in part, as follows: vOn Grand Island, opposite Amity, IL N. Brink grew an acre of corn that was well matured when the frost came. I assisted In ftieanuring and husking a portion and round it to yield 112 bush els per acre. TO pounds of ear coin per bushel. This was Minnesota IS, grown on new ground." The new era In Harney county Is thus welcomed by the Burns Times Herald: "The Tl mes-Hnrald learns that George llatt of the Anderson val ley section has recently shipped out a carload of wheat to Payette. Idaho, receiving $1.20 per bushel for it on board car at Crane. Tills is history for Harney county and will be remem bered by the people, as it is tha first car of grain ever exported. Mr Hatt is to be congratulated and the Harney country now shows thtit It has some , thing to ship that cannot walk out." been reached, and from that to con scription is not a very long step. When the war began Belgium, Tur key,- Italy, Bulgaria, Portugal and Roumanla were all neutral; now all these have been brought in on one side or the other, and by relentless pres sure Greece is being, pushed over tbe precipice, while the position "of Ger many's neighbors to the north and wjst is so precarious that it would be rash to assume that Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland can count upon being allowed to keep their neutrality to the end of the war. Rights guaranteed by international law count for little when the neutrals are few and not united and when the belligerents surpass them in numbers!0" tellowa working your hired men and power. In proportion as the area'18 hou" a dy a" ilon l . want auy of the war is broadened, tho position f to stop you Mebb.. you ro but of the remaining neutrals becomes ,, ,i. mn If there should be another world war surpassing this as this surpasses the wars of Napoleon. President Wilson's forecast Is likely to prove only too well founded. 9 m The lesson to be drawn, however, is not that all the remaining neutrals should in a panic enlist under one nag ween, says the Coquille Sentinel. AU or the other for fear of being ill treat- I ,r a chase of several blocks he caught ed by both sides, but that they should them un around tha school hou,, and enlist whole-heartedly In support of efforts to put off indefinitely a re currence of the present disaster. Whatever the Jingoes may aay, auch an arrangement promising peace will be the supreme desire of the peoples of Europe when the war is over, and it will find expression In programs which neutrals can support. " Whether "perpetual" peace is possible Is an aeademio question; the future beyond y the Pine Brook bank, of Bcranton, a certain point has to be left to poster- .ay. the Philadelphia North American, ity. But an arrangement Insuring for The letter said the writer held up the the present substantial justice and re- teller last Monday and took the money lieving the terrific strain which has ' at the point of a revolver, made Europe in our time an armed) -i am taking the first opportunity camp Ij not beyond the reach of wise i to pay it back." said the letter, whloh statesmanship, and every step In that I was postmarked Moscow, Pa. The direction deserves the support of neu- j bank oflicials said the letter will be trals both on general principles sndframed. in their own Interests, to which an- The robber entered the bank Mon- ether world-war would be even more menacing than the one now . raging. In such an arrangement neutrals can not be 'forward or officious; they must leave the word to those who have done the fighting. But they can at least make it clearly understood that they are ready to help when their help is wanted. ' killed in the Civil war "the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid ao costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." But, as Horace Greeley said, it ftll depends ori whero the talking is done. After hearing General Banks make a speech In Wall stret, the famous editor wrote: "I think SL Paul on Mars hill mad a better speech I -mean better for Mars hill. I am not sure that Banks la not better, for Wall sareet." The Promise to "Obey." From the Pittsburg Press. Although the triennial general con vention of the Episcopal church, now in session at St. Louis, decided yester day to postpone for three years more the elimination of the word "obey" from the marriage serviea, the vote In favor of the change "was sufficient to Indicate that it is inevitable. There has been a persistent demand that this portion of the ritual be con formed to the modern notion of, what in right and proper. Those by whom the demand is being made are very evidently determined not to take no as an answer. When the change does) finally come. It will neither impair the solemnity of the service nor rob man of his rightful authority In his home. He win have just as much . aa bis strength and nobility of character, en title him to, then as now. Character Is what gets him wifely honor, not tbe marriage vow. in any event, the word "obedience" as applied to a wife's duty toward her husband belongs to anotht-r and a dwker age. - The civil law haa already ceased to regard married wom an aa her husband's chattel. It Is time that ecclesiastical uaage did like wise, Gentility" vs. Money. from tbe Pbllsdalpbla Eranlnf Ledger. Ambitious young women who read between the lines of the story of the fight of an Ardraore young woman to establish her right to run a laundry in an exclusive neighborhood will find much to interest them. Miss Cuth bert, tha laundress, was earning $$ a week aa a stenographer. She knew that there were well-to-do families who had difficulty In getting their washing done to their satisfaction. Shi knew she could do it, so she opened her laundry. She has secured five cus tomers who pay her $68 a week to da their washing; that is, $60 more 'haa sho was getting as a stenographer. Bat. you may aay, stenography. la much more "genteel" than managing a laundry. This young woman de cided that $(0 a week was too much to pay for gentility, as the two occu pations are equally respectable. There is no doubt whatsoever that .the de mand for women capable of washing the linen and muslins ef a weil-to-du household is much greater than tbe demand for eight-dollar s-a-week sten ographers. And there ia no doubt, either, that the woman who -can do up a shirtwaist so that it looks tike new and la willing to do It will find a path beaten, to her door by the feet of those in search of her, wherever she may live. iT ..- f ":-.- fJhesterflclds of the Fields. - From tbe Cbleife Herald? t "Father, what 'do they f meaaT by gentlemen, farmers?.'. ' Irz', ; "Gentlemen t farmers, ray son, are farmers who seldom s raise anything except their hats." , j - H ft;--r-:": '-"-S - i;'; n "? ; Rag Tag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere- I Tt fhla' anlMan an va.M , frv.M.,..l - are laslted lo contribute orirlaat matter -la . or atrlklng QuoUtM-na, from any soorre. ' CoatrtUaOona of arap'Hval merit will bs paid for, at tat edltor'a appralal.) A LITTLE thing can make a great change in a fellow-s life.". Bass TaMwM m n n a a, I.......IH.1- l. .J .' .nv( w't" vi Ka-rvuin,B in men lust ba and nothing else. Yv" oould tell ha waa bad by the way he hide tha fact. He came rlsht nut anil said he was bad. His wife managed ' . .. i . i. . . lo wuo a living; wunuui any anHini- ance from him. Bass never worked: r had no time for it. Ha was so bad that being bad was all ha oould dc suys Claude Clallan in the Fort Worth Htar-Telegram. The people of tha town were not afraid ot him but ha thought they wore. In' fact the peo ple rather enjoyed him, and they ea- , peclally liked the yells he gave when he rode out of town. But one day he struck a stranger over the head with his hat. and the stranger knocked hint down. Baas arose, but instead of luak Ina; for the stranger he made for his own horne. He rodo out of town In a walk and ha didn't yelt ' NO doubt tho horse Bald to himself, "I guess I have been stolen thut can't be Bass Terror In the saddle. " For six months nobody saw or heard anything of htm, One day his wife came In after meat and molassoa, Rnrt when asked why her husband never came to town, she" said: "Hatis Is co busy thst he never gets away from home. 1 tell him sometimes that 1 believe he Is going to work himself to death." Kxt hangexl Coin pit men In. "Here, boy, Klmnm a aier." callrd the well dressed and comfortable look ing citizen, seated lu a luxurious auto. fyes, sir; here's your Journal: lat est 'lection news; Juxt from the pres," recited the juvenllo paper nierchanl. "Journal! To wllh that paper! Take It away!'.' exclaimed tho w. 1. gentleman. "I wouldn't read it'. It helped the Wilsorittcs!'' "Mebbe it's helping you there." the youth retorted. "Mehbe you're one of n u.to hurried on and a bytander ' bought two copies, nay inn. "I want one scribe. It's the best pupt-r 1 ever read!" Their Own With Usury. Marshal Epperson caught two young fellows throwing planks and trash Into the vard of Mrs. John Trelciiler Hallo- j marched them back to the scene of their fun. There he set them to work cleaning out the yard and although they protested they had not pitched the stuff all In they had to make thorough Job of It and throw it all out. Blessed Are the Mock. Signed "Would-Be Bank Robber." a lattpr with IK Inclnnffl waa received ,i. and. nolntlnn- a revolver at tha teller. .George Browning,., demanded 25. Browning handed out 15. which satisfied him. ,- The Glad Hand in Alaska. Responding to the dramatic call of Cupid. Miss Lillian Hay-den. says the Skagway Alaskan, a popular and tal ented young lady of Batavla, Illinois, has Jumped midway across the Amer ican continent, launched forth from Seattle on the steamer City of Se attle and landed In the Garden City of Alaska, where she will await the ar rival of her fiance, George Huth, pop ular and energetics assistant cashier of the Bank of Alaska. Miss Hayden arrived in Skagway Saturday night, and Is the guest of Mr Huth's close friends here until his' arrival. Shortly after Mr. lluth'a arrival the happy couple will embark on the matrimonial ship which has aa Its -atrial destination, happiness, con tent, ambition and achievement. Miss Hayden is the daughter of Mrs. Lillian Hayden, superintendent of a gtrla' etate normal school In Illinois. Her father occupied an Important place In the early history of Alaska, holding a leading governmental executive and admlnietratlva office. Miss llaydn is distinguished along many lines, musio bains her major branch. ) la a, talented vocalist and instrument alist ..:,' Braving 'the uncertainties of the northern trip, the plucky young lady hag forsaken, for the time being, her home.- tlee and surroundings and launched forth Into the northern coun tryy where "the parka and the hood give welcome to the Cheechako, and the glistening snow and ice form ties that are hard to break. , The Dally Alaskan welcomes Miss Hayden to the Garden City and offers its slneerest felicitations, wishing her a happy and prosperous life In the northland. , .' A Pleasant Time "Was Had. The children returned from the party, where they bad been the guests of Johnny end Huale Wliklns. . , "Did you behave yourselves nlcelyf' mother asked. '.. ; t v "Sure we did." " ' "'' "Then you had a good time, didn't you?" "We bad an awful good time," they answered. "Johnny and Susie both got lickings." ' ' 'V -. ; Strafta at Myrtle Point. There Is .a bad dog In town, which bit four .women Tuesday -not a mad but just bad. writes the Coquille Sen tinel's . Myrtle Point correspondent. A bad dog on Catching creek was fin ished by tbe ''assaulted" going back wltn a gun and shooting him when he waa in the yard with members Vtf tha family. ' - president Wilson. It was the day after election , And Hughea was very alad; But the ever-working Wl.sop Was very, very sad. TTa ffctnti that ha waa hasten. '"T . out in tnia a misiaae " uiaua, ... - ipr me nappy nepuuiiiau, -. - , They were beaten instead,. - But Wlson marched up bold and .'i .a ..: r ' sna took ins nmramnN Tnair, And left Hughes arum tdlng mightily, : Saying that.lt wasn't, Xairv , -. "'"; '. '...' " .' -' ' "".': h 1 The White House shone in aplendor. -For Wilson now stepped :ln;' s . For four long years ho. rule -our land And nsva hia honor l ITnrla fiatn - ;.-: . fcdlth Bteelhsmmer, age 1$. - Uncle' Jeff Know' Hays: n It the money I. bet on the lectioa was a. lead nickel again a djme with i hole In it. The - noisy won.' bfil 1 am not- obliged to keep - Shoes" f rorrj the children thisi 'winter to pay the bet. The next excitement down to Portland M.llt I. ..M.lLI -1 . - ... W u Mlb L lllll, Cl. ., V