THE OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL PORTLAND. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1916.
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woouiiow wiuom.
MilHoss for. Serenae. bat not eit for
tribute. CUAOLBA.O. PINOKNET.
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BONE DRY
HERB Is much "peculation
over the scope and effect of
the Bone Dry amendment,
which appean to have car
ried. Already those who believe In
preparedness are making prepara
tions for a "tapering off" process.
Automobiles, It Is said, will be
(Chartered, to bring over the state
line from California 1 supplies of
liquor against the days of drought
to come. , -Thus, the provisions of
the present lair prohibiting the Im
portation In any one month of more
Iban 2 4" quarts of beer, or two
Quarts of whiskey will be avoided.
It. Is said, on the ground that the
present law prohibits Importation
jn limited quantities only by a
common carrier.
But conceding that the present
Jaw can thus be evaded, what are
khe thirsty ones going to do after
they care accumulated their stocks
fof liquor should the legislature de
termine It unlawful to have liquor
In one's possession? This is the
law in Idaho where the dry Is of
the .''honeyr kind. " ; -
i
Apparently the forehanded ones
idoubt the legislature's power to
pass luch drastio legislation. But
it a brewery can be put out of
business by prohibiting the manu
facture of liquor even though for
jsalo and consumption wholly with
but as Is now the law In Oregon,
Is this not equivalent to prohibiting
possession within the state? And
It possession by a brewery or other
manufacturing agency can be made
unlawful, cannot possession by an
Individual be likewise' legislated
against?
k It ' is barely possible that the
great majority of publie ' officials,
and people generally,, should they
be stripped, chained to a ring and
hare a firehose loaded with ice cold
water played over their bodies,
would not look upon the "water
cure" as a "mild punishment."
- A CHAIN BROKEN
pflHE repeal of the Sunday clos
5 I ing law is probably a good
J thing for the ; publie but It
:: cannot be regarded wholly
without, misgivings. The obvious
consequence of the repeal ' will be
an Impetus to open all business on
Sunday. Nothing will remain closed
unless there is a strong organiza
tion among the dealers and labor
ers and closing agreements are
lived up to ttrtctly. ' .
It would not be for the welfare
of labor to have no settled and reg
ular day of rest We are not Sab
batarians, like the prophet Isaiah
we think one day la as good as an
other. - But we do " believe In ra
tional rest for the weary and that
Ideal cannot ' be satisfactorily at?
talned without a customary and in
violable day set apart for it, '
The public can easily do lta Sun
day trading on Saturday. There Is
no valid reason- for. keeping , gro
ceries open seven days In the week.
But no doubt it is better to achieve
this end oy cooperation than by
law. Likewise labor must now see
to Its organisation more thoroughly
than ever and by united effort
make sure of lta day of rest.
. The Clatsop mill at Astoria has
beeti, compelled to shut down be
cause it, cannot secure cars to
handle Its , output, which, "r is Just
about as bad as having no output
to fcandle. However, at the rate
Astoria shipyards are building lum
ber carriers, it will ' not be long
until the Columbia river fleet will
be able to haul the output of. all
the mills. -: "
MORE LUCK
A DAY or two ago, iaoomment
ing on the sad case ot a lad
who "was killed by 'a fall rot
. ... " three or four, feet from: a
bench to the ground, we remarked
tt&t "luck", had a good deal to do
vita the outcome of accidents. Here
is another - incident that seems i to
confirm our philosophy: A logger j
not; far from. Aberdeen was caught
by one of those cables which' so fre
quently entrao lumber 'lacks ' to:
their destruction. The man was
hurled BO feet through the air and
came off with nothing worse than a
few bruises. , -
That logger has missed his call-
lng. He was evidently born to bo
the. hero of a Jules Verne novel
Or perhaps .providence designed
f tm 'fiSf.. neU,iW f mlnK
Siiifl vm"! r tWO ?lumb
down from , sky to around sur-
rounded with a cloud of smoke and
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name and emerging 6nhurt with a
piaaa smue on uis race.
Tne time and chance that happen
to us air pracUce odd favoritism
among the sons of men. I
trji . " - ".
Hood Riverapple growers find
tnat instead of an estimated crop
Ot 800,000, Atherhave harvested atefoi world.: Lines of unutter
crop of 1,20000 4boxe8. v Th ; lnaWe Wen ott hls ajgbt,
crease is ascribed to the excepUon- , jhe Eruption is over The
ally 4arge size ot the twit due to bellowing thunder is hushed:- The
ideal growing weather. With such worId rocktag explosions have died
a crop everybody ought to be able awtTr The streams of lava, crusted
to have apples and cider - for the n(J 40mMlt 1Ie chm. The whilom
wlnur evenings around the fire- :fUm,ng.. crater 1. frosen over. Gray
SET FREE ,
ONE of the biggest things in the
election returns is the west's
declaration of its freedom
from control by the north
eastern states ot America.
The single, state of New Tork 1
has setUed too many presldenUal.
elections. It has been too much of
a factor In governing the United
States.
It is not good for 100,000,000
people to be so much ruled by the
power of a single state. New York,
indeed, is not a good kind of state
to be the dominant power In Amer
ican national policies. If one state
Is to lead the nation, it were better
for that leadership to be exercised
by , a state
America
New York has' Tammany. And
it has the Barnea-Perkins-Morgan
crowd. Tammany's fangs as to
national policies were shown this
year in the diminished vote in New
York city for President Wilson.
The kind of politics wanted by the
Barnes crowd ha been a thousand
times manifest in national politics. !
Common sense would dictate that
New York as a principality of
mammon and rotten politics, should :
not be the guiding power in Amerl-
can political life. The dominating
forces in that state and most of the
states grouped around it have noth-
lite? In AAmmAII MrltK vVa a atMtn1a,
i , - L.7i . . v
al and producing population of the
ikTaT... io;rf, . consequence was a law suit against
W,!ld?W jiSSLS?" f!the kaiser for $30,000 damages for
aiw.u.u.ue umvu vu , much u&
broad and equitable division of the
fruits of human labor.
Not until last Tuesday was New
York deprived of her power to
name the president. A hundred
million people have been com
pelled for generations to fix
policies on a basis of how New
York would go in the election. In-!
spired mainly by a desire to win,
the political parties prostrated
themselves before this all-powerful
principality. Legislation and ad- 01 ineir nomes v7 Bprmg oe
ministratlon were too often dic-lcaase thelr leases expire. This
tated by how New York would fig-: could not happen In Germany, Eng-
ure In the election returns. How
could it be otherwise than that
New York would govern the coun-
try at large, and govern It almost
exclusively In the interest and for
the benefit of New York and neigh
boring states with common pur
poses.
The main thing in New York is
what we refer to as Wall street. t and social duties a myth. Our
In that vast financial district 19. tenantry system prevents any ef
the headquarters of the magnates fective soil , husbandry. It Is the
of money. How completely,' through : yearly renter's Interest to get as
New York's power In elections, they much as he can out of the land
have governed America we know
from the fact that most of the
fruits of productive work have for ing farmers are rapidly becoming
generations . been flowing from (tenants from year to year with no
every part . of America Into the i incentive to make ; improvements,
small group of states of which New no tfght to compensation for the
York is the overlord. There, with ; improvements they actually. make,
their associates in Chicago, are cen-iand no protection against the most
tered the richest group of money heartless eviction. Nor does our
magnates in the world. They are! law forbid that rack renting which
so rich they cannot even spend for so many years was the ruin ot
their incomes. They are so power-! Ireland. So, taking everything into
ful that all the rest of America is Account, it really seems as if our
sending them tribute in golden
streams.. , -
A nation ought to be ruled by its
whole people, not by a single pow-
erf ul state, not even by a group of fused to divide itself, but the gob
powerful states. It was impossible Un Bend will get Prlneville yet if
to throw oft this tyranny until last
Tuesday.' Blind partisanship and
the lack of a. leader who could see
something in America outside ot
New York in the election returns,
prevented.-...
But the western farmers have de
clared their freedom.' . Beginning
with agricultural Ohio, the tide or because Mexico is achieving mar
revolution surged throughout the elous ; things with . which true
great wide west. Eastern Oregon Americans should'; feel deep sym
wjth its overturning of majorities pathy. In great tribulation Mexi
ls typical of the upheaval.- Aided can patriots of ability and Integ
by workers and producers who teed, ' rity j are , working out -the 2 same
clothe and . enrich the New York problems with which Benjamin
ring of states, ,the farmers; Voted Franklin! and George Washington
for political freedom Tuesday as i were occupied la our own revolu
they shot : for human freedom ; In jtlona One or the, most gifted ot
1776. H iJ'i- "''-'f "'v:, '"X'w;tnee" Mexican '.patriots, seems tobe
The upheaval is so remarkable ' Governor Alvarado of Yucatan. We
that i will exercise a tremendous f are constantly , reading new, ; ac
influence on American political ; counts ot Waremarkable deeds la
thought. It will change the course!
of American political history. It
Is the star of destiny shining in
the political sky.. , , ,
It is the genius of progressive
Ism working for the emancipation
of the ,west and south from the
generation old ruler-ship of j 00,00 01
000 .people by a single powerful
state. ' "i: ;-:.r,"- :;.v: -;-;
In the InsplraUon. 'stimulus and
encoure -ment . it will ; be to pro-
gressive leadership, - It is : the real
victory in the election
For the first time in history; the
west has voted for the west... :
' - The police report : that small
J"8 looted c an east ; side grocery
tore' atoclc; of -grape juice. - They
j evidently are disciples of prepared-
neM- -
vnv '
' X?X ESTMOBTLXS . .
1 7 k pENSIVE ouiet relna at'ov-
r A "ythini to say. So. with mel-
wcholy tears in his eyes, he
..m
I.U1U aK. I RIHJI LRI ; W UU UIUL1B1RU U1UI
space to :vent bis woe. . But' the
coieaers woe lg not ventable. - It
neaVM tnd surgeil ia the cavernous
tenth f m h.rni,. wt i
win not forth.
The colonel is allentl H! tonnin
rests from its labors. His .wings
are furled.' Uke Emerson's sphinx,
i.a hMnAa n a AtanAt Aftt mil tin.
ashes
sleep, - deathlike : upon : the
But the colonel is only tran
slently extinct. - In some bright fu
ture he will erupt again. - Beneath
the aunny vineyards on the slopes
of Vesuvius smolder the eternal
fires and on a day when the hus-
hanitmin ttilnrt not. thV htirgf
- vi th aH&nt atira in hta
' gjp U4 xtk earth shakes to his
.trllnljir.imutea The colonel is
Inn Am A Vfm nnlv In dllS
'time we shall be cheered and re-
freshed as of yore by the musio ot
his plaintive bellow.
Now that the .election is over
Oregon people will have time to
take notice ot the good weather
once more and "point with pride
round weather In the world.
TENANTRY
WRITER in the current Sat
A
urday Evening Post, discuss
ing our tenantry system tells
of an English farmer who
paid high rent' tur tee
farmed and yet "lived
land ie
In style
and kept carriages and servants."
So there must be some value left
in land whloh is held under a lease,
The same writer tells of a German
family which had lived on the same
rented farm for S00 years.
Their landlord was the kaiser
himself. He tried to dispossess his
Ug&nt on a cerUin ecclon. The
"disturbance." . It seems that the
German law sets a certain value
upon the home and family life and
no landlord, not even the kaiser,
is permitted lightly to "disturb" a
tenant.
The system of tenantry which is
TOWni up m ine UBUea 8taieB
pays not tne Ulitest regard to
family life. In Texas, tor example,
where it is in full bloom, 2 S 9,0 00
white families may be turned out
ana r ireiana.
Our land Is rented on short
Ueases. Most ot them are from year
to Tear wlth no riht of renewal so
jtar aa the tenant is concerned. The
consequence is" fearful to contem
plate. We are breeding up a pop
ulation of homeless wanderers with
whom, family ties are of the weak-'
and put nothing back into it
Aa things are going, our work-
expanding tenantry, system, deserves
a little candid study.
Once more Crook county has re-
she don't watch " out
SOMETHING TO READ
0'
F THE wonderful struggle for
liberty in Mexico recent cam
paign orators knew little.
This is to . be regretted
behalf of his people.
The Mexican American league, of
New, York, has issued two little
pamphlets, : bne of which contains
a recent speech, by Governor Al
varado to an educational congress
in Yucatan; v The other is an ad
dress which Titps S." Jordan de
livered before, the National Educa
tion . association ' at '. Hotel Astor.
Dr. Jordan, who Is a man of truth
and light, says that ."in ail Mexico,
except the war . torn; belt? In the
north, .new democratic institutions
are springing up like grass after, a
prairie f lre.t ?- 3zC'Ui$?''?i
Governor Alvarado la one of the
foremost promoters of these new
Institutions. ; - He is trying to make
the public schools of Yucatan use
ful to the people. He is trying to
spreads intelligence - among .them..
His speech ought to be read, by
every American..,"
V A news headline says "wife has
truant husband arrested." Sounds
like she was going to teach him a
thing or two. v -
. It begins to look - like Oregon's
state Eong will have to be "How
dry I am." . "
letters From the Peopb
(CommaBlcattoaa ant toTba Joaraal for
Jubllcatloa In tbla dapattmcnt abouid ba writ
an co only ODa of tba paper, bonld ot
tico4 SOO words U length, sod mut ba an
cotupaaWd by too aama and addrcea ef tba
aaadar. (f tba wr'.tn doaa mot deaire to bar
Um aama pnbliauod ha abould ao tun. .
Dlacoai.loo it tso srostMt f all rafonsara,
tt ratkHiaUaaa ararr tiling; It tooebaa. It rob
rlBdplao of ail f alaa aanctltv and tbrowa tbam
back oa their reaaonablOBoaa. If tba he bo
rraaomblauaaa. It ratliloaalr eraabeo tbem oat
of exltDCO and oats up lta oars conclualona la
tsolr ataad." Woodrow WUooa. ,
Journalistic Standards Compared.
Portland. Nov. X0-To the Editor of
The Journal I desire to congratulate
you and yonr etaf f on tne abls. elsan,
conservative manner of your tight tot
the - re-election of President Wilson.
Your editorial page has been a con
crete assemblage of. history, facts,
opinions and sentiment. . Always in
structive and-Interesting-, it has been
doubly so during the. exciting contest
through which . the country has Just
peuased. The Journal Is a credit to
Portland and the state. andshould
be read In every home and business of
fice. A community as large and
intelligent as this Is entitled to
a - clean, reliable morning paper.
I eannot conceive how any Dem
ocrat. Progressive or oouthern man
or woman, after reading the lead
ing editorial in the Oregonlan in
the Issue -of November 9. can ever
forget or forgive the insult, or patro
nise the paper in any form or man
ner. Not content with slurring Presi
dent Wilson, hi administration and
supporters in the recent election, it
went out of its way to unnecessarily
Insult the people of ' the southern
states. I am opposed to mob violence,
but do not think the common people,
the railroad employes and those op
posed to its political opinions would
be hfld blameable if they told editor
and owner that Portland would be
happier and more prosperous without
them. A BELIEVER IN JUSTICE. f
I The Jitney Franchise, v
Portland. Or., Nov. 9. To the Editor
of The Journal I ask space in your
paper to make known my sentiments
and observation in regard to the pres
ent Jitney franchise that was up be
fore the city council on November 8
for second reading.
To start with, the question of a
franchise when It was first launched
was presented by the Jitney Drivers'
union to Mr. Daly, but the , reason for
such an act on their- part was not to
give the public better service, but to
further their own end. The facts were,
under the regulations in effect at that
time, that there fore too many inde
pendent, or what-they called "scab,"
care in the business; therefore the un
ion was very weak. Their main idea
was to gain a franchise compelling all
cars to Join the union, but under this
franchise, the running conditions would
be the same, that is, there would b
no more frequent service nor extended
lines. I doubt very much whether
Mr. Daly was aware of these facts,
for he seems like a very fair and
upright gentleman, at any rate that
was how the' franchise question
started.
As to regulation of the jitney busi
ness, there is enough now, as there
is examination of the car and driver
as to ability and repair and a license
of $24 a year and upward to the city
alone, not mentioning, that they have
to pay the same taxes to the state that
a private-owner doea Therefore, con
sidering the number of passengers
they carry in comparison with the
street railway, they are paying a
greater tax than the streetcar com
pany, .to my way of thinking.
As to the franchiss suggested by
the council, It. is out of the question,
If not for distance the road condi
tions alone would wreck a car, as
there would not be over 60 miles of
pavement in all that they would be
compelled to run on. Not only that
faot the lines suggested- are from
five to Six blocks away from the gen
eral line of travel. There is no doubt
In my ' mind that if such a law is
passed it will put them completely
out of business, and the jitney men
will have ne one to blame but their
leaders.
As to the stand that the majority of
the council take, It has all the outward-
appearances of the Portland
Railway, Light tt Power, company's
welfare at heart, and not the people's
that ave to use wither the traction
lines or the Jitneys. It must be ad
mitted though, tnat the jitneys, if
they are not as reliable as the trac
tion company, they have done more to
ward getting better service for the
people than all the threats, pleading
and prayers that have been laid before
the railway company.
My advice to the council is to let
well enough alone, providing they want
to hold the good feeling and respect
of the people that put them in office,
if not, let them pass their proposed
franchise and throw some ' hundreds
more men out of employment this win
ter. FRANK ALLISON.
' The Everett Battle. '
Portland, Nov. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Tha Journal's regrets for
the I. W. W. "Everett Battle" are
timely.' but like all other than Socialist
writings commenting on the struggle
between laborers and capitalists, fails
to locate, the cause or offer any 1m
mediate solution of such deplorable
and unnecessary casualties- A Social
ist - editorial would have commented
thus: ; "Since men began to work for
other men they have passed .through
three stages Of social evolution. Frist,
they were chattel slaves and wore iron
collars about their necks; second, that
of feudalism when they were bound to
ana sold with the land by the feudal
barons; third, that of the present day
wage slavery, which gives a wage that
will not buy back that which Is pro
duced, which, in turn, creates a sur
plus for 'profit '; that finds nb home
market, because there is not enough
money In the hands of the consumers,
the workers, with which to buy.' . -"
The difference in application tdjabor
Of these .three stages is,: first, the act
ual ownership of the individual bodv:
second, the ownership of the labor, ana
l Bird. in owneraniD or tft tnaehliun
of production through which, - by a
wage, the ownership of the product is
controlled, and by which the ownership
of the Individual Is main tain ad. in fact.
: There 1V however, much progress
made In the Interest of the worker ia
these three stages' of social ' casta
With the first ue slave was actual
property without a voice in the man
agement 'of the government Ia the
second he hsd increased power through
individual direction of his person and
the bearing of firearms of offense and
defense. In the third he became a free
man, subject only to the laws made
by man,1 of which ha, nominally;- is on
equal footing with bis capitalist mas
ter or captain of industry. He could,
if he would, avoid ell such deplorable
acts as the Everett battle. He has no
one but his class to blame for the con
dition fat which he finds himself,
through- exploitation, the fundamental
basic cause of all such labor .troubles.
With a majority of 10 lo one of labor
in a- neoola . a a-alnat tba csnitallats In
this free voting country, were he men
tally capable he could' make laws en
tirely in his favor. Just as laws are
now made In favor of the capitalist
classy of which TJie'-Journal remarks:
"There , is a drift toward a fairer
treatment" Until the ballot ceases
to be a plaything or toy in the hands
of grown up children, mentally, of the
workityr class, as they now use It, we
will have , repetitions of Just such oc
currence Should capitalism abdicate
to labor the management ot affairs,
their management would result , In
chaos and destruction with the present
Incompetent use of the ballot through
the childish exercise of the franchise
power- Nothing but a practical knowl
edge and the exercise of the philos
ophy of Socialism in government af
fairs can- relieve society of such future
occurrences. ; This must come by way
of education and . the rational exercise
of the franchise privilege the ballot
' - C. W. BARZEE2. .
Acknowledgment by Mr. Lafferty.
Portland. Or Nov. I. -To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me to thank
The Journal for the courtesies it ex
tended to me in the late campaign in
tfte way of notices of my speaking
dates. I desire , also to thank the
thousands of voters who supported me
on election day.
: Having received over JS.000 votes,
Z consider the result the greatest -vic
tory of my Ufa It is my hope that
my labors of the campaign Juat -Cloyed
will be but tba beginning of my tWst
service to the country. .
My aspirations have always been
high and my desires have always been
to serve humanity, but X have not al
ways been as strong as I am now.
The temole fire to which I have been
subjected has brought to the surface
tne best that is in me,
- The remarkable vote which I re
ceived on Tuesday last has. promoted
me to a position In the esteem of the
people for which I am profoundly
grateful. To prove worthy ' of that
esteem shall be my single aim.
My sole regret at Tuesday s result
Is that a Start toward the things for
which I am working may be postponed
for two years. So far as I am per
sonally concerned, X would prefer to
remain in Portland. I only wish -I
could be at Washington to be working
for an eight-hour day for every man
and woman who tolls and for other
laws that -would give justice to the
poor. ' ,
The one thing that X desire most
to say in closing is that I have never
at any time uttered one word of
criticism of any man's religion. I
have the warmest sympathy and love
for all religion. Through the trickery
and misrepresentation . of .mercenary
politicians many voters, both Catholic
and protestant; were Induced to fight
me at the polls last Tuesday, a thing
that will not happen when we are bet
ter acquainted. A. W. LAFFERTY.
A Socialist for Wilson.
Portland. Nov. 10. To the Editor
of The Journal President Wilson has
given and is now giving his oul.
mind and heart to the collective In
terests of th American people, whose
wise, true and faithful servant he is in
the best acceptance of that term. He
has given himself at the altar of na
tional service, and he who serves most
to the collective welfare of the peo
ple is greatest.
Four years ago our Republican
friends called Wilson a pedagogue a
school teacher. Today he looms up.
a world teacher, a history and epoch-
making instructor, to whom all the
world looks with reverence and ad
miration. And his students are not
only American citizens, but crowned
beads. ?
President Wilson demonstrated that
principle is mightier than force; that
diplomacy Is superior to war..
I had voted the Socialist ticket for
many yeara t am now a strong
Wilson Democrat Ii voted for his re
election, because it means a continu
ance of prosperity and the ultimate
bringing Into existence of ideal politi
cal and social conditions ; where peace,
harmony and good will shall reign au
preme, the ultimate collective effort of
all nations.
B. F. BWAGOARX
Ante-Election Reflections.
From the Naw Tork Evening Poet, Novem
ber 4.
The campaign has been one of singu
larly contradictory features. It ' has
often appeared dull, but- there has
been in It a subdued excitement Vot
ers have seemed listless, yet they have
registered in enormous numbers. Most
of the speaking has been tame, yet
there have been great spectacles and
unprecedented outpourings of the peo
ple. Most significant of all, certain
issues of the campaign have taken
hold upon vast numbers powerfully.
A great wave of sentiment has risen.
This it is which has led to the shat
tering of party lines, to the immense
amount of cross-voting which It is
plain that we shall have on November
7, and to the extraordinary reports of
political upheavals which come from
so many parts of the country. Here
we have the substance of the cam
paign, apart from all that is acciden
tal or artificial. Men are thinking
deeply on questions of Justice between
man and man, between the rich and
the poor, the employers and the .em
ployed. Their minds do not all work
the same way on these problems, but
they are visibly at work. And in mul
titudes. It is obvious, hopes of great
social betterment are aetlr. Deeper
yet is the. feeling about paace and
war. This is the Incalculable nti
ment that baffles politicians and
makes a mock of election prophecies.
How it will turn, no man now knows.
But everybody can see that It Is big
with possibilities. The certain thing
Is that if this anti-war wave mounts,
nothing- can stop it. No party or
ganization, no amount of' money, . no
political skill, no last-hour exertions
can check or avert a pent-up emotion
of the masses pt the people surging
f-r expression at the polls.
X O. Henry's Embezzlement Case.
Prof. C. AlphoMO Smith la World's Work.
"The indictments charged - that on
October 1Q, 18)4. bet misappropriated
$554.48; on November 12. 184. 829S.S0;
ana on November It, 189S, S2S9.C0.
He "protested his innocence to the
end. A victim of circumstances' is
Che verdict of the' people In Austin who
followed the trial most closely.. Not
one of them, so far as I could learn
after many interviews, believed or be
Ueva biro ajullty of: wrong-doing."- It
was notorious that the. -bank, Umm
since ' defunct" was wretchedly -managed.
Ii patrons, following an old
custom, used to f enter, go behind the
counter; take out 110 or 1200, and say
a week later? 'Porter,' J took out 1200
last week. See if I left a memorandum
of it - X meant to. Long before the
crash came,' he had protested to his
i
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF i
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SMALL. CHANGS
Of course, what the Colonel really
tajlinatter with a national
contest for the most, spectacular and
eflectlve style : of algnaUng election
results?
l-7i,BJIr.f Doubt seems to havel
' a xairiy aennea cnsnnel across
several of the " political . divisions of
xtorth America. , . . r f .
Thig election has disclosed Koochiching-
county, la Minnesota.. Pare
graphers on Csech. Polish and- Rus
sian papers please copy.
Bet en's seat "in the language of
tne gOOd Old hVmn Mai M lnmn
know. Wilson and Hughes' are no
BWy fluay? Uad h,r m"
Twenty Y r Im'PK.imi.ii Im..
bf the Democratlo party was setting,
J"t, such an example as Chairman I
wuicox or tne republican party Is
emulating now., B "
No other state will begrudge Cali
fornia the distinction of deciding the
election, for Wilson; least of all should
Oregon, which conceivably. might have
decided U for Hughes.-
There was a time when an ounce
or conservation - would have been
worth a ton of coal that Is now sell
Ing in- the eaat at a cent a pound to
those who have fewest cents.
"Four, four, four years more. Js
the shout of glad millions In America.
It Is the groan of ead millions In Eu
ropeand lucky. if they get off with
four, some of the prophets are tell
ing ua .1 .; . . .
A score of years ago the wheat
raisers of the United States were
utterly unable to imagine dollar wheat
again. Today the bread buyers of the
United 8tates find themselves in the
same fix.
NATIONAL ELECTIONS OF THE PAST
Ftoea th Chrlattaa Science Itoulaar.
It is a prevalent and an erroneous
supposition that the United States has
always chooon its presidents and vice
presidents as it does- la our times. The
constitution of 1717 laid down certain
fundamentals in this as in other re
spects, leaving the working out of de
tails to time and experience. Under
the provisions of the orgenio law, each
state is directed to choose a number of
presidential electors equal to the num
ber of its representatives-In both
branches of congress. It was origin
ally the plan, or the thought behind
tfto plan, that, by choosing the highest
officer of the republic and his posl
bls successor through electors named
by the voters of the several . states,
these electors would be guided and in
fluenced to choooo for the chief mag
istrate the person besr fitted for the
office. In practical operation, however,
the electors nCver have been, and are
not now, privileged to uss their dis
cretion, since thoy are - chosen under
a pledge to vote foaeertain candidates
for the presidency and vico presidency.
At present presidential electors are
nominated by political parties, and are
chosen, in the respective states, by pop
ular vote. In t..j earlier day ot the
nation, electors were chosen ia many
states by the legislatures, but this plan
a as gradually abandoned, until, ia 183,
South Carolina was the only state ad
hering to the practico. In 18C8 South
Carolina swung into line with the sis
ter states in this respect. In 1892
Michigan reverted to the district sys
tem, dividing its Uectoral vote.
Up to 1804, each elector chosen
the popular voto of the state which
he represented in the electoral col
lege, voted for two candidates for the
piesidency. The one receiving the
largest number of electoral votes was
declared president; tho one receiving
the next largest number was declared
vice president. In the first electoral
vote for president the count stood:
George Washington of Virginia, 69;
John Adams of Massachusetts, 14;
John Jay of New Tork. 8; R. H. Har
rison of Maryland. 6; John Rutledge of
Pouth Carolina, ; John Hancock of
Massachusetts. 4 ; George Clinton of
New York, a; Samuel Huntington of
Connecticut, 2; John Milton of Geor
gia, 2; James Armstrong of Georgia,
Benjamin Lincoln of Massachusetts
and Edward Telfair ef Georgia, 1 vote
each. Georgo Washington and John
Adams were declared president and
vico president. Partisanship entered
into the second eloction, Georgo Wash
ington and John Adams, both Federal
ists, being renominated. It will be
noticed that Virfflnia had no second
cholcefor the presidency in the first
election; Thomas Jefferson of that
slate was named In tho elctoral poll
four years later, but he received only
four votes. In tho latter poll Aaron
Burr of New Tork first appears as a
-possibility," and eight years later he
received, as a Rapublican, 78 votea
friends that it was impossible to make
the books balanca The affairs ef the
bank,' says Hyder K. Rollins of Aus
tin, were managed so loosely- that
Porter's predecessor was driven to re
tirement his successor to attempted
suicide.'
TThe foreman of ths grand Jury and
the foreman of the trial Jury are re
ported to tiave regretted afterward
that they had voted to convict tX
Henry was an innocent man,' said the
former, "and If I had known then what
I know now I should never have oted
against him.' " ,
When Campaigns Were Campaigns.
From tbo Philadelphia Record.
In those halcyon days of our boy
hood oar fathers were not of evenings
too tired to spur our youthful political
seal with reminiscences of the days
when the- Know Nothings secretly
spied upon all men of voting age and
Initiated new recruits in hidden rooms
and subterranean chambers; when the
Pierce partisans called Oenerai Scott
"Old Fuss and Feathers." and the
Soott partisans accused General Pierce
of fainting from bis horse because of
fear in battle. , --.vv.'v . j
Those were days-when city and vil
lage streets bristled with hickory
masts surmounted by Democratlo
roosters and pine masts flaunting ths
emblem of the Whigs, each party striv
ing to display the greatest number of
these poles; when drum and fife made
the welkin ring with the battle hymn,
"Rally Whigs;" When bonfires biased,
cannon belched, men fought and wo
men fell out over, the comparative
merits of the nominees; when (he
nlgbt air ; echoed with ratification
meetings held in honor of "Old Buck"
(James Buchanan), of his rival, "The
Pathfinder (John C. Fremont); when
the rival armies tried to outshine each
other In tha brilliance of their torch
lit pageants, when the t'Free Boilera
joined by the "Old Line Whigs.'' were
flaunting anti-slavery banners . and
wearing i upon their lapels ; badges
adorned , with tintype portraits of
Abraham' Lincoln; and when there
were many knock-downs and Scrim
matte, brother even striking brother.
, Tb stirring eampaita t 'SO wm,
indeed, the bitterest of our history
and many were ? the encounters be
tweea Wide Awakes" and "Little Gi
ants," -or among legions bearing -the
various battle f lagsc ."The Hannibal
of America,' -. "Millions for , Freedom,
Xot One Cent 'for S U very." IU1 ions
for h Defense,' Intervention T Dls-
? , OttEGQN lall)KI.IliM ..
A turntable has Just been completed
at Myrtl point that will taka are or.
any locomotive" on the system except
the largest mountain climbers.
Paul SchillerstormT a mlllman on the
Slusiaw, Is -quoteawt bus Coos Bay
Harbor in praise. of aider as furniture
timber. He is cutting quantities of it
which, he ships to.aAlbany factory. ;
' ' From the dramatic columns of he
Weston Leader of November "The
Perils of a Great City -troupe have
decided to go oarnstorming tor tne
benefit of tne Weston concert bin J,
and will appear tomorrow evening at
Helix. They are billed for Pilot ilocfc
fcridey and tor Umaplne Saturday vt
next week." : 9 m - '..;
' Closing an editorial appeal to Its
readers to "buy it at homo," the Burns
Tribune says of Christmas sooas:
"Aside from high powered Tench
touring cars and million dollar diamond
necklaces, there is nothing the Harney
county merchants can not furnish. And
not very many or tnose trinkets wiii
adorn our sagebrush. Christmas trees
this- ysar.- . , . v
Editor Kautsman of the HoulUn
Herald .lucubrates concerning tae
weather, as follows: 'When the pres
ent moon was new It stood straight
up on its point, as did the two moons
f receding ft. Tne former two were on
remsly dry. The weather during the
first half of the present moon has been
very wet. Is there any truth in weath
er moon signs V m - m
. Chestnut story, thought no chestnut
in McMlnnville News Reporter: . "Mrs.
R. M. Roaenoteel received a small sack
of chestnuts direct from old Pennsyl
vania, the forepart of the week. They
differ from the Oregon kind in that
they have a fine sugared taste. Tbey
are the kind that Ben Franklin In his
poverty days used to feed upon. The
nuts were gathered from trees which
stand on the old home place where
Mra Rosensteel was born and, raised
and are a pleasant reminder of happy
girlhood daya" . '
Here a tie vote appeared between Jef
ferson and Burr, and the bouse of rep
resentatives was called upon to break
it. It did so by declaring Jefferson
president and Burr viae president
Following this incidont the consti
tution was amendod, and the electors
four years later. In 1804, voted for a
president and vice presldont distinctly,
instead of ror two candidates for pres
ident Thomas Jefferson- wao re-eloct-
ed. ss a Republican, and George Clin- 1 P" "l"?1 6ve the young Frencb
ton, also a Republican, was chosen vice I ?ln " mor the thumb of
president The system from this time I thr ? J0?1'. th,n L",ath
untn leu ....thw I. h i American girl of 16. Tour children
year Andrew Jackson of Tennes.ee.
Republican, received 89 votes; John
Qulncy Adams of Massachusetts, Re
publican. 84; Henry Clay of Kentucky,
Republican, J7; William H. Crawford ot
Georgia, Republican. 41. The amended
constitution demanded then., as it does
down to this day, that the successful
candidate shall have a majority of all
the votes cast. Andrew Jackson had
ths largest number of votes, and, un
der the rule provlouely in force, would
havo been doclared president Now,
however, there was no choice, and the
bouse of representatives, again called
upon to act. declared John Qulncy Ad
sms president. John C Calhoun be
came vice president.
... mm
.Following this second break in thej
electoral college procedure of naming
the chief magistrate, t there was no
farther interruption of the established
routlno until the Hayos and Tllden
contest In 1876, when a deadlock oc
curred in the electoral vote, by reason
of a dispute over the counting of votes
In certain of the "reconstructed"
states and. in Oregon. Tho electoral
college was so divided between the op
posing parties that the choice of the
Deraocartio electors in any one of the
contested states would have given the
majority, to the Democrats, while the
Choice of the Republicans in all the
contested states would have given the
Republicans a majority of one In the
electoral college. The dispute that re
tmlted assumed serious aspects. The
house of representatives, being over
whelmingly Republican, was not trust
ed by the Democrats to decide the.
question impartially or fairly. After
much dlscuslon and many conferences,
a r special presidential electoral com
mission was aareed to by both sides.
All of the contested points in this body
were decided by a vote of t to '7, on
strictly partisan lines, and the out
come was the seating of the Republi
cans, Rutherford B. Hayes and William
A. Wheeler as president and vice pres
ident. This was not satisfactory te
the Democrats, but they patriotically
accepted it rather than that the nation
should again be torn by discord.
It must be the desire of all consci
entious men and women In the United
States that always the decision of its
electorate shall be pronounced and em
phatic, in a democracy the uncertain
is the unssfe verdict The voice of
the people should not waver.
union," "Popular Sovereignty end Na
tional Union," "Free Homes for Free
Men," "The Constitution . and the
Union, Now and Forever," . "Let Lib
erty Be National and Slavery Section
al" and "M. T. a,B," (which cipher
was universally understood te stand
for the Douglas battle cry. 'Mind Tour
Own Business"). .-
In preparation for the' campaign
rallies of the earlier days women spent
weeks cooking viands' for crowds that
came from 60 miles around to throw
their caps in the air while they burst
Into enthusiasm over the speech-making
and. marching. .
The parades were more like pres-
entday Industrial pageants contribut
ing floats that represented their oc
cupations. Thus the blacksmiths
would be accompanied In line of march
by a real forge with sparks flying
and showing blacksmiths singing Whig
songs to the accompaniment of an
actual anVil chorus; and there were
armies of stalwart farm lads on horse
back bearing banners incribed "Our
First Vote The Ship of State, flying
many sails and rocking with terrible
realism, depicted the perils which the
nation was supposed to be facing un
der It's helmsman. Van Buren, for in
stane. unere were also. Greek and
Romah soldiers In class's armor, and
while i these wondrous processions
moved through village and hamlet
church bells would be rung and can
non discharged. -i j
Tetl after all of this wondrous en
thusiasm, the people had te wait three
weeks before .they knew what candi
date had been chosen.
Jlere Are Tonr Freight 'Cars. . r
rrots the PkUadelpbta Kvenleg Ledger.
. The holding of freight cars , jdle
while speculators await a rise In coal
or wheat Paying one dollar a day the
while,- must, seem an intolerable prac
tice" to any one who remembers ' ths
congestion caused by the car shortage
in this city some months ago. . The
proposal of the Pennsylvania railroad
to raise ths demurrage charges on a
sliding scale as a curb upon specula
tion can hardly meet with reasonable
opposition.
' Mr '' A' t'nlrersa Fafilnf. ; 1
from tbe Ohio State JowaaL r
Another thing which is the matter
with the -country is the wide eonn.
larlty of getting money as compared
with the wide unpopularity ef earn-
lnr it
Rag Tatfianc! Boltafl
Stories From Everywhere
'-r': i" Two" la" Oomn. 4-
' A FTER aaylnr his prayers at night ,
. r- vmj announced that
he was so tiredof the kind of Ufa he
was compelled to lead that he believed
there was nothing for it but for him
to run ewey. The father, say. the
...... - m , to in. mat-
ter thoughtfully and then said:
TOeorge, if that is the way you feel
pere Is money In my purse here; you
may take it all
The boy pecked his grip, got te the
front door, came back on the ground
of baring forgotten his tooth brush,
and went downstairs again. The par
ents were much ' disturbed . to know
what ha would do. ' He opened the
front door, went out on the veranda,
and all was silence.; The father and
mother looked at each other, but
thought the course, they hsd adopted
the best and hence did not make a
move. :. . ' ;.-"..... t .
Arter IS minutes ef intense anxiety
the door- opened and a boy's Voice
called out: "Say. dad, if I'm going
away alone I'd better take mother
aiong, aon t yon think r
Hands Off This Back.
Charles Guernsey of Canyon, says
the Canyon City Eagle. 1km a big buck
a tne mountaine. He is mortally
wounded or doad or ought to be for he
was hit fair and square. Mr. Guernsey
says that he . feels certain he killed
htm and if any one happens to see '
this particular buck roaming the range
they are hereby notified that it is
the one that was killed by Charlie
Guernsey.
She Kept in Touch With Tbem,
Mra Langtry mentioned at a lunch-
Minus "u, says ins oiar, mat
she Intends to write a book of impres
sions gathered during her reoent
American tour.
"On feature ef American life whloh
Interests ma" said the actress, "is ths
relation between parents and children.
The Independence I almost, said in
difference of American children to
ward their parents shocks the Euro-
! f? 'J' P,ents long before they
snouid, but American parents accept
true oesertion or their brood."
Mrs. Langtry laugned.
"I hope, though," she continued,
"that the story a New York broker
told me is exaggerated.
" Where have you been lately,
Maryr this chap once said to a young
lady trlend of. his whom he had not
seen for some time.
" 'I have been to Rochester to see
my father and mother,' the girl re
plied. "'By Jove! the broker exclaimed.
'And how did you find themr
" Oh, I knew where they lived,' said
the girl."
Growing Lonely.
'What Is your object in wanting
your wife to vote?"
I "Well." renlled Mr Meekton. "I want
somebody besides me to be afraid ot
what she is going to say."
Real Crow for the Loser.
Ernest Musk, Democratlo, proprietor
of a cafe, and Charles Conlngham, Re
publican, who owns a garage, have
mad an lf.tlnn ht that -mm M,4
this section of the county, says a
Herald. The loser will publicly eat
crow on the main street of the village.
An advertisement has been placed In a
local newspaper Invlttng the citizens
of the town and surrounding commun
ity to witness the feast Buslne.
men have provided a bottle of good
champagne.
Seaside Is Now a Dry Town.
A team of horses belonging to Wil
liam West ran away Wednesday and
broke the public drinking fountain at
the corner of Seventh and Brodway,
says the Seaside Signal. The animals
escaped without Injury,
, Fathers, Attention 1
Toung Csnfleld was a household
decorator and one day he was eel Id
tit h nnnntrv hnma of an octant rl A
man, father of a large and Interesting
family of daughters.
pn of the daughters, says the Na
tional Monthly, acted as his . guide
through the house that be might give
aa esUmate for redecoratlon. His at
tention was caught by a motto, framed
and prominently displayed over the
door of the room, of each girl, which
read: ;
"Learn to say Tea.' "
"Would you mind, asked the young .
man, "telling me what that motto
meaner ,
"Oh," exclaimed the young woman,
with a blush, "that's one of father's
Ideas. There are 10 of us girls, you
knowr
Veterans.
"And pray, madam," asked the pen
sion examiner, "why do you think your
self entitled to a pendonT"
"My husband and I fought all
taroogh the war." was ths reply.
Oh, Fiddlesticks 1
Coos county papers have been giving
much publicity to a report that some
Langiols and Port Orford . boys found
recently a cache of 18 quarts of boose
on Humbug mountain and that a gen
eral hilarious time was the result, says
tbe Port Orford Tribune. So far as we
can learn the story and not tbs moun
tain ts the humbug. The boys ell
brand the story as pure , fabrication
and seem to think that the-yarn orlg-
lasted from, the over-wrought imagi
nation of some dry drummer who was
passing through these parts.
;' ;;v WilsOBU '.
Hurrah for Woodrow Wilson
And the Democratlo mule;
This great election-day has proved
America's no foot '
ghe knows the man who is her friend.
Who holds her interests dear
More dear then Walt street's dollars -Whose
voice be WILL NOT hear.
He stands for truth and Justice
That's what our govern men t's for;
lie's the man who, with honor, ;
Has kept us out of war.
Ve thank yon. Grand Old Party,
Wm raise our hats to you ;
w thank von for c. Kvans Hughes
. And the Golden Special, toe, '
The latter told mb how to vote, i , .
The former, how to choose; - -
But they've proved we'd made a big
t . : misuse '.
It we'd cast our votes for Hughea
Sojyoiii who love your country, '
' Don't let your ardor cool, .v
But rive three cheers for Wilson " - '
And the Democratlo mule.
" K. M. Huff.
' Uncle Jeff 8now Says t
It every country waited until some
other country tried oftt a new proposi
tion l, reckon we'd all be plowln land
with a crooked stick and eatin eur
beans with a stone knife. I-have seen
a Injun stay with a marked deck Ion?
after all hope would have fled from
a white man, -