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a Theodore Roosevelt; or a number of great memberi with
backbones. Either that body must reform itself, or the whole
body of the people of the United. States must arouse them
selves and strike at this dangerous rule of the minority and
strike hard enough to make such a thing impossible in the
future.
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SHALL MAJORITIES OR MINORITIES RULE
In the solid party vote by which the Democratic minority
in the United States Senate a few days ago upheld the doc
trine that a legislative minority has the right to indefinitely
l delay or defeat the will of a majority in both houses of Cora
' gress, and a great majority of the people of the country back
. of them, a serious condition U brought to general attention
. A. condition demanding remedy.
m jrhe right of majorities to, rule is fundamental in a rep
resentative form of government ;
"' ,And the" successful pursuance of the doctrine advocated
,t by the Senate Democrats that the right of a majority to
govern may be thwarted by a minority resorting to techni
, , calities and false pretense in procedure represents a reaction
from free government to tyranny which, if upheld, would
' set back the movement of popular government a century and
... , a half.,-.. V.-A.- .-..-.., s
For more tharl S Srear the Senate has had in hand a tarifJ
bill which represents fulfillment of the pledge of the party
, in power in favor of the repeal of the existing tariff law and
the framing of a measure based upon the protective principle
The responsibility for legislation is upon the majority party
The Senate minority, however has taken upon itself the re
sponsibility OjT. defeating1 legislation in accordance with the
protective principle and Republican platfortn pledges. The
tariff bill has not been seriously debated on the Democratic
side, whence there has been for weeks an almost continuous
flowpf poppycock and piffle bearing no relationship to thie
discussion supposed to be in hand. Under the leadership Xd
Senators Heflin, ,Tom Watson,-Caraway and Harrison, Senate
Democrats have devoted the time presumably allotted to de
bate of the pending bill to personal and partisan harangues?
not bearing the slightest relation to any principle or policy
or. government, much less to any phase of the tanff measure
5 How long will the people of the United State3 stand su
pinely by and allow such tomfoolery and tommyrot to go an
in the chamber of (what has been supposed to be the highest
deliberative body in the world ' 4
Reduced to a sort of monkey show?
This filibustering of the minority makes legislation on a
r given subject impossible, not only now but for all time to
' come ; . . ... I
Throws a. monkey wrench into the machinery of govern-
" went; holds everything up m a haze of hot air. - I
Thus the people of this country have seen the line drawn.
A Republican majority, with practical unanimity, announces
its willingness to legislate in fulfillment of a platform Dledcre
fundamental in Republicanism, for which a mandate has been
given by the American people. On the other hand, a Dem
.n ocratie minority goes publicly on record with the declaration
that the majority, will not be permitted to legislate while the
,kj lungs of the Heflins, Harrisons, Tom Watsons and Caraways
noia out ana tnere is no good reason for believing that they
will weaken during the life time of the present Congress.
; There must be an issue joined indeed it i3 already joined
- . -on the question of a majority tor a minority government;
whether a political minority or a bloc minority, or any other
kind of a minority, shall be allowed to prevail by any kind of
hocus-pocus over the will. of the majority, i. .h f
-r It is dangerous to allow this thing to go on; dangerous
ll I HL..L!. . J ,i 1 i -it .
iu tur izisuiutiuns; ana u nugnr, conceivaDiy Decome danger
ous. to the very existence of our government. . I
1 f ' The Senate needs a Tom Reed, or an Andrew Jackson, or
The statement has been made that '
for a year the League of Nations '
scught for Information at Wash-,
ingtoa concerning narcotics with
out success. 'No one in the state
department, evidently, would an
swer the League's letters. Finally,
The meeting of the council of the League of Nations which tbe Dutch government was in-
opened Monday is likely to attract more attention than usual to Washington
because it is being held in London. In general the work of the th League s questionnaire ana ny
League has not been sufficiently advertised, perhaps because thls subtrfnse the desired lnfor-
it has had to compete with noisy meetings of the supreme njtn w receded at me
council or with periodical conferences like those at Washing- Hague and promptly forwarded to
tor. and Genoa. cenera.
Officially. It is understood, the
ctate department presumes that
In answering the Dutch govern
ment's question It was forward
ing data to the signatories of The
Hague opium convention 6f 1912;
Cuban senators are threatening
to strike over proposed reduction
in their salaries and expense al
lowances. And we sent General
Enoch Crowder down there to
give them the "know how" from
Washington.
The government faceji a net
deficit of S425.000.000 for the
current fiscal year, now only a
few days old. Hell and .Maria.
we thought Charley Dawei fixed
tLat blankety-blank business be
fore he quit budgeting down in
Washington. Los Angeles Times.
LAM OF GLOOM
Salem may secure the proposed
Yeomen children's home that will
represent an investment of at
ea?t $8,000,000, and which in
vestment will necessarily increase
with the years. A good showing
has been made by the Salem real
tors and the Salem Commercial
club and (other5 civic 'organiza
tions here, and by our leading
cftizens. But that is not enough.
The matter must be pursued,
right up to the last day of grace;
and there must be a full prefen
tation of all the facts, with a
better site offered, too, than has
so far been offered. This is a
big task for the Salem Commer
cial club. But it is worth while.
The winning of the victory would
be a great thing one of the big
gest things that ever happened
to Salem, or to Oregon.
Frank Vanderlip says that in
Austria every fifth adult male is
on the public pay roll. There are
more office holders in proportion I but doubtless it is well known In
to population than In any other Washington that the League two
country the world ever saw. One years ago took over the work
reason is that in one . way or an- J being done at The Hague under
other those in public service are! that convention with the consent
able to obtain food. That Is what of most of the signatory states.
counts in Austria. The financial This treatment of the League of
system of the nation has disap-1 Nations br the government at
peared entirely. The country is Washington is childishly silly
I
worse than bankrupt. Paper The League actually exists, as our
I money has been printed almost as I povernment discovered at the
extensively as In Russia and its Washington conference last win-
value has almoBt totally disap- ter. Secretary Hughes has lately
peared. Austria demands a po- written directly to the permanent
litical regeneration. In the hands court of international justice,
of a strong and capable govern- therebv acknnwledrinr officially
The pressagenda of Hi Johnson
hearsthogs for hlnil the entire
credit for the walnut schedule in
the tariff bill. Granting that all
other members of the California
delegation in congress were su
pinely indifferent and hopelessly
Inert, what else has he, to offer
'o the people of California la the
way of accomplishment for his
six-year term in the senate? Los
Angeles Times. Don't know. But
a good stiff duty on walnuts will
help the Oregon growers as well
as those of California. Oregon
has 8000 acres of English wal
tint trees, and California has 40,
000 acres; and the average age
of the trees Is greater in Cali
fornia than in Oregon. But the
Willamette valley is a better wal
nut ."country thaji any part of
California, and Oregon is des
tined within the course of the
next dozen to 20 years to become
the. leading walnut state; and the
industry needs protection against
the cheap Manchnrian nuts raised
by Chinese cheap labor, and other
low priced and low grade foreign
nuts. ro
ment there are resources of ma
terial and industry that would put
the nation in the producing class
and start it upon the road to
prosperity. As it stands, the fu
ture of Austria. is on the lap of
the god. . It takes something
more than a soothsayer to pre
dict what will happen. It looks
pretty gloomy. And Vienna was
once the gayest capital in Eu
rope.
its existence; yet this court was
the direct outgrowth of the In-
tlative of the League of Nations.
Tf the secretary can safely 'recog-
a.
nize the child, why cannot he re
cognize the parent? The parent
is a? legitimate as the child.
Till: ltl$i MKXACR
best that civilization should re
train aloof until such day as
sanity returns. When Russia dis
arms her own soldiers and incites
them to industrial effort it will
be time erAugh for the United
States to exchange visits. There
can be nothing in common while
present conditions exist.
Russia does not even deserve
our charity for while the Ameri
can Relief association feeds her
starving people the overlords ap
propriate what gold they have
left, stolen from the old imperial
treasury and from the churches
of that country, in carrying on
propaganda work In other coun
tries, including the United State?,
in favor of their soviet system of
government, and therefore against
all civilised systems
But even In face of this, our
people served 10.000.000 meals
last week to the starving of Rus
sia; the record in such charity
for there times or any time in the
world's history.
In face of the dismal failure
of the Russian system, there are
still men and women who can
be hired to argue in favor if It.
The longer the communistic reign
of terror lasts in Russia, the more
deplorable wilt he its failure; the
more complete the breakdown of
all the things that make for mod
ern standards of life and comfort
and freedom and morality and de
cency in other countries. It must
be so, because the principle I
wrong. It is merely a busted
theory. It. will- not work. It
cannot work. It will never work,
as long os the world stands.
lagged nftesr h"a name. JSvery
time the train stops for water
and feed come old university gal
lops up and Lands him another
honor. Well, they ar all df-
served. He played in hard 'nick mobile.
in candidate, bat he Is a great
lawyer and Jurist.
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It is mUhty hard to tell the
truth about a second-hand u:o-
SILLV
(Springfield Republican.)
Ru: sia is worse than bankrupt,
but nevertheless maintains the
largest standing army of any na
tion in the world. Leon Trotzky
houses warlike ambitions. The
Russian army of today is made up
Our s.ate department does not
formally recognize the existence Pf J'600-000 men wbo are
of the Obregon government of
Mexico, but when it wishes to
send a communication to Obre
gon about kidnapers it does not
send it by way of Rio Janeiro or
Buenos Aires with the request,
"Please forward," written to the
Brazilian or Argentine govern
ment. All communications from
our state department intended for
Tthe Mexican government go
straight to Mexico City.
The recent burlesque that of
ficially facilitated the forwarding
of information concerning narco-'
tics in this country from the state
department to the secretariat of
he League of Nations at Geneva
by' way of The Hague compels the
question, why cannot the state de
partment summon the courage to
address it3elf directly to Geneva?
armed and trained for conflict
Service in the army is thought
to he desirable because in some
way or other the soldiers are fed
and clothed. Ofr the nation's
budget virtually 40 per cent goes
to the army. Industry lags in
Kuss:a, but there are 52 large
factories or industrial (Hants now
working at full time on war mu
nitions or material. The Russian
peasants are told that there must
be a large army to protect the
'and from invasion. It Is repre
sented to them that the whole
world is envious of their soil and
seeks to seize their territory. As
usual, the man who works is car
rying a soldier or two on hi
back. Russia is still like a bird
of evil omen and it is doubtless
TAKIXG THE COUNT
A detective who masqueraded
for months as an Italian count
gathered the evidence which has
resulted in closing the doors of
17 of the leading cabarets of Chi
cago. He obtained liquor at all
of them and located a long trail
of vice. It is claimed that few
of the places will be permitted to
open. This no account count
counted heavily when it came to
gathering, evidence. He had a
wild time of it, too. ?Te was out
nightly with lady companions and
his spendthrift habits were the de
light of the gasoline belt. The
cafe and dancehall proprietors
were properly shocked when they
fonnd that the dashing npbleman
was a dummy of the prohibition
service. Nothing is what it seems
any more. Even the moonshine
is under suspicion.
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Former President Taft must
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Apricots .
Now is the time to can your apricots. We have taken
on a part of a carload of Mistland Apricot3 from' The'
Dalles. This is fine large fruit, well colored and fine
flavor. In four-basket crates .weighing 25 pounds or,
23 pound lugs. $2.10. 60c basket 1
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Have you seen this special wide-mouth jar, most con
venient of all jars, especially for large fruit.
Pints $1.05. Quarts $1.35. Half Gallon $1.83 ,
Delicatessen. - - ;
We are prepared in a large way to supply your wants
in lunch and picnic goods. , . ,
COLD MEATS '.' :
Boiled Ham, Pressed Ham, Minced Ham. Pickled Souse,.
Corn Beef Loaf, Veal Loaf, Kippered Salmon.
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SARDINES 1
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Normana, Booth's, Curtis Kippered Herring.
CANNED MEATS " V "''y--Veal
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Deviled Ham, Chicken, a la King, Chop Suey, Corn Beef.'
PICKLES
Dills, Sweet Mixed, Split weets, Sours, Green Olives,
Ripe OUve3, India Relish. - -
Heinz Demonstrations .
Heinz with their 57 varieties are demonstrating their
products this week and you are invited to call and sam
ple the various items. Ask the demonstrator about the
special prices and assortments. - -
Berry Sugar $7.25
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FUTURE DATES "
July 27, ThurBlT American Lfegion -
conMntioa becina t Tbe Dbiim.
JWy 28 and 20, Friday nd 8atarday--
r-allai Kound-np.
July 29, Saturday Marion eooatj
Bandar achool picni" at fair rroaada.
Aoguat 1 to 16 Boy Brouta' Summer
eatnp on the Santiam river.
September 2, 3 aad 4 Lakeview
Ronn4-no. LaWeriew. - Or.
September 13, Wedneaday Orefoa
Mttnoiiit conference meett la aaiem
September 21, 22 tod 23 Pendleton
ronnd-nn.
September 25 to SO imelneiTe Oregon
War fair.
November 7, Tneeday General elee
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The Bigges; Little Pper In the World
Edited by John H. Miliar
LEGENDS OF QUEERLY XAMKD LAKES
' Last night we had company at
pur camp. A man named Graham.
- -who - was out hunting around
there, dropped . In to aee us and
we asked him to star tor supper.
After supper, as it was kind of
y coot," we built & fire' near the
- modth of "our cave 'and all sat
around It
r jWell, we got to talking and Mr.
' Graham told us he'd been shoot
. las op at Three Fingers lake. "I
".I wonder says Squee, "where it
eter got that- name. '-Sounds
. queer doesn't it? v ' '"
fjs'j ;f "I'Te wondered myself, :; rays
lir. Graham. "I'Te tried to find
-i-. out; but can't get at its history,
' - There's often quite a story in
names. I 're made it a sort of
Picture Puzzle
What ten words beoinnino
wiuv tne same UtC er or
you-tind intnft picuiix-?
Carigt Wdt, i m I tamn
Antwer to ycnenlar'i: Lobe, oven, bead,
hobby to investigate them. ;
' Hangry Jack Names Lake '
"I ran across some queer names
when I was un In. the north
woods. A great many of the lakes,
of course., were given Indian
names and these didn't mean any
thing particular to me. But we
hunted near one lake which had
the queer name of Hungry Jack
lake. ' j : " ;
"I found out that it Tad been
named after a trapper named
Jack, who had gone lintcf 'the
country around there and got lost.
He ran short of provisions while
camping along- that particular
lake, and when finally found was
test about starred:
Find Devil's Tracks
mere .was another, lake np
there with a name that Interested
me. That waa Devil Tracks lake.
"The story of that lake is this.
Near the lake there was a tribe
of ' Indians camped." One "winter
Then the big snows had' covered
everything, a party of Indians on
mowshoes were trapping up at
he further end of the lake.
"Suddenly one of their party
tave a whoop of fear.- j.He . hi
found In the snow strange tracks.
They were not the tracks of
human .being. , for ; there wfere
three of them, all going along in
the ; same' direction. Apparently
they had been made by' gome very
strange being. ,, .
: j Cana Find Devil ?
"They followed the tracks along
until they-were lost In the new-
fallen snow. Then , they returned
to their village filled with super
time no one dared go near that
part of the lake. The story be
came a tradition, and it was gen
erally believed that the tracus
had been made by some weird
de1il. So the lake was given
the name it now bears."
"But how about the tracks?"
we asked.
"Oh, laughed Mr. Graham,
"they were made by a crippled
trapper. He had made some
snowshoes which could be fast
ened to his two crutches, as well
a one on his one good leg."
AL STUBBS.
Scribe of the JPirate Seven.
THE SHORT STORY, JR.
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DANCING DOLLY'S SMILE
Dancing Dolly stood on the ta
ble close by the window 'and
looked out fretfully. "I'm sick
of this," she complained. "Every
thing is always Just the " same,
even me." And she swayed back
and forth a little as she balanced
herself as usual on the tips of her
toes. W- -''
She was a very pretty doll
made of heavy cardboard with a
stand to hold her erect. She had
a lovely pink dress which had
been pasted on her with care. I
waa fluffy and scarlet and glowed
In the light from the window.
' And Dancing Dolly stood there
and smiled. It was the smiling
she hated most. She had yellow
curls and brtpht blue eyes and a
lovely smile which, of course, was
painted right on. She was forced
to smile all the time, whether
she wanted to or not, and no one,
she was sure, felt like smiling
all the time. -; Jy
Sometimes she was tired and
discouraged and felt as If she
wanted to cry. Tout her eyes kept
as -1 rig hi" as ever and her lips
had to be curved in her everlast
ing smile.
"If I could only get some ex
pression in my face," she said
I'm sure I'd be -much more at
tractive and people would notice
me more. I heard one of the girl
say just the other day she wae '
getting tired of me because of my
sugary smile land ' vacant eyes.
How can they know how I feel
when I always look the same?"
A gust of wind came through
the room. The dancer spread
her fluffy skirts and they served
as sails. Away through the win
dow she went happily out into the
world. But the wind, after toy
ing with her a little, dropped "her
into the gutter, running with mud
dy water and left her.
And Now Everybody Can Listen in on the Great "Air Line"
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She was in the water only, a
minute, though. Out of the house
rushed " the ? two girls to rescue
her. They grabbed her -up out
of the water. "Oh look ! " cried
one. "her smile Is - all washed
away. ; The Dancing Dolly qulv-
eied with excitement. She woald
not have to smile any more.
"And now," said the other with
disappointment, "there's nothhag
there at all." And they. Jhrew
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