The Oregon statesman., July 13, 1924, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 13, H92i
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l'--. AN OLD MAN'S TESTIMONY;
have finished ray course, I have kept the) faith. Henceforth there w
laid up for me a crown of righteousness. 2 Timothy 4:7.
PRAYER: iMost Merciful God, we have often failed and refused
to fight, but Tljy mercy has given us another chance; keep us stead
fast in the faith from now on. I i; r
A DISTINGUISHED DOG i VISITOR
This is a human interest story
a distinguished -visitor on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week, in the person of 'Robbie," te wonderful Silyerton
' Scotch Collie jiog-who, having been Jos f, found his way home
after graveling about 3000 weary miles J j
And "Bobbie" had no railroad ticket or sleeping ear berth ;
no guide book1; no hotel reservations. He was 4 without purse,
; and sfiript, and shoes." He could not read the sign boards.
1 He had no compjiss; he knew not east from west or north or
feOUth - : 1 ' -:', ;"!'! j:' 1 ! : ' ' 1 rV ::: .!" : 1-
1 i He just h4d his wonderful dog instinct to lead him the right
' ways; a thing1 that is below human intelligence in some ways,
but above it in other? for where is the human being who could
perform Hobble's feat with nothing but his human instinct to
1 guide himT i : j ' j . : :
! A good dog is a wonderful animal. Many interesting books
have been written about dogs - I i ;
i And have you ever read Senator Vest's tribute to the dog?
If you have, it will be worth your while to read it again, and if
; you have not you will be thrilled by it. j
' Some.years ago, in one of the towns of northern Missouri,
a citizen brought a damage suit fpr $200 against a neighbor who
; had killed his dog. United States Senator George G. Vest a p-
peared in the casetas counsel for the plaintiff. The defendant
was represented by United States Senator, Francis M. Cockrell.
Senator Vest made the closing argument to the jury. He
a spoke but few: words,-and these in a low voice; and withlittle
! gesture. He made no reference, to the law, the evidence, or the
merits of the' ease, but confined his remarks to an eloquent and
most remarkable tribute to the dog, as follows: !
. "Gentlemen of the Jury: The best human friend a man has
- in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His
son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove
1 ungrateful. Those who -are nearest and dearest to us, those
. whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may be
come traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may
lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most.
A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill consid
ered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees
to do us an honor when success is with us may be the first to
'throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon
our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can
have in this selfish world, the one that never deceives him, the
one that never proves ungrateful and treacherous, is his dog. ij
i, A. man s dog stands by him
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,fin iieann ami in tsicKiiess. iie win sieep on ine com ground
I where (he wintry wind blows and the snow drifts f iercely if
only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand
'that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores
..that come in encounter with the roughness of ? the. world.; He
guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a princ.
. When all other (friends desert he remains. When riches take
wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is asonstant in his love
-. as the sun in its journeys through the heavens; If fortune
drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and
( homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of
j accompanying, to guard against danger, to fight against his
enemies, and. when the last scene of all comes, and when death
j Stakes the master in its embrace
cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way,
Ithere by the graveside may the noble dog be found, his heaji
(between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness,
faithful nnrl tnio
' The jury returned a verdict
I'; It is said that, although the suit was for only $200, the
verdict of the jury was for $500, and that some of the jurors
. wanteq to nang ine deiendant.- I I I
OREGON LINEN
j (From the Portland, Journal of July 12.) '" '
i : Fifty thousand dollars clear of operating expense will be earned
j this year by the penitentiary flax industry. 1 ; i
The flax straw grown near Salem contains the longest and finest
fiber for he manufacture of linens- that has ever been produced.
This is the testimony of experts. , v :-; ' ).-.; .
t The flaxseed contains oil of rounder and fuller body for medi
cinal and Industrial purposes than any other flaxseed handled by
Portland' dealers. This is the testimony of Henry Frank a local
wholesale druggist. 'Hi'- ;
: Here are three demonstrations of the quality of Oregon flax
that should help quiet the doubts of farmers who are thinking about
growing flax In the Willamette valley.. j
The demand for linens is as constant as the demand for wool
s ens and cottons. The demand for linseed oil is (as dependable as
the demand for white leads and pigments In the paint industry. I
.Oftentimes a penitentiary is looked upon as a parasitic incum
: brance. It is a place to be established and endured because of the
evil in the deeds of men. ; j
But the prisoner who runs the flaxseed mill at the Oregon peni
tentiary with new machinery is a man who takes the keenest inter
est in his work, i His enthusiasm1 is aroused by the possiblity of bet
ter product. He is to every appearance an inoffensive, industrious
.workman who delights in . the operation of machinery. He la a
better, more hopeful, less dangerous man because of his employment,
t Society sent him from eastern Oregon to serve a life term because he
I billed an aged man. ; .. i ; .
: There are other men confined In the nenitentiarv whn rav
profited personally by wholesome
t ausiry. iney receive a little pay lor the work they do.; They are
rot in the number who attempt i escape. Some of them -oiii ho r.
'leased when they have completed:
I BKiiieu uowieuge 10 am m winnnig a luture livelihood.
-On the other hand, the penitentiary la pointing the way toward
more intense utilization of Willamette valley lands. It is a pioneer
service. The Willamette valley's 'permanent prosperity will be built,
not on huge estates, with workers employed in serf-like capacities.
wjm. iu iu UH191UU vl iub Tauejr mm on t-iainijy iarms, wnere spe
rialists In production will compel the soil to support the best tvDes
ui Homes ana uome-a weners. t
The above by the Portland
ning to grow up outside of the penitentiary a flax threshnlg. retting
and scutching industry. It will ; grow fast will have to, with the
coming of spinning and weaving milte: and they are coming three
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1 have fought; a good fight, I
about a dog. Salem will have
m prosperity' and in poverty,
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and his body is laid away in the
in favor of the nlaintiff.
contact with this incipient flax fn-
their sentences, and they will have
f ' ;
Journal is timely. There is hoein
flax threshing, retting and scutching will be valuable workers on
the outside when released; useful to themselves and their dependents,
and use! til to the developing industry. Later on, when the state flax
plant! makes yarns, and perhaps twines, the same will be true in a
wider field. i . ,
DEMOCRACY FAILURE
A
east,
us of
earned professor from the
lecturing in the Iwest, tells
democracy's failure.
Democracy has scored one out-.
standing failure. It is the lack of
interest on the part of the people.
If an lenemy'were to drop a bomb
any place In America today the
response of the offense to the
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country would be 100 per cent.
Yet on the question of good gov
ernment, on the question of par
ticipating in good government, w-e
find t. strange laxness and lassi
tude. Less than 50 pr cent of
those entitled to vote voted in the
last presidential election, and If
50 per cent vote in this election
it wli: be a wonder. We talk of
government by the people, of the
people and for the people, yet we
have a minority government al
ways. AH votes put together do
not make a majority of the peo-
Pie. ' . . - ' :r ! 1
Lay your finger orr the vote and
you lay your finger on the-cause
of ouft trouble. If air of us voted,
all , of us took a keen Interest in
public affairs, we would have bet
ter government in every way. The
man Who does not vote has no
challenge coming on any failure
of government.
SEEKING RELIEF
A fathering ofi farmers at St.
Paul jfinds the necessity of co
operation imperative and demands
the organization of some move
ment OnThe basis of the American
Federation of Labor. 1 Until the
farmers do organize in this way,
until they cooperate (from the
planting of the seed to the final
marketing, there will be continued
depression. Farming ought to be,
our best business. It ought to be
more profitable than any other
business In the country. That it
Is not our best is ? because the
farmers are individualists instead
of cooperators. ; j
Granted, that a good many co
operative 'efforts have failed, there
has always been a reason, and the
remedy for that reason lies with
the farmers themselves. Enor
mous 'overhead expenses poor bus
iness jmanagement and bad Judg
ment have combined to keep the
farmer from coming into his own
but the farmer must cooperate, he
must recognize that the interests
of the farmers in North Dakota are
the same as the interests of the
farmers of Oregon and Washing
ton.
REDUCING THE TXAES
It as Sherman who said, "The
way
to resume is to resume,
meaning specie payment. Like
wise the way to reduce taxes Is
to reduce them. If we are going
to i reduce , taxes there must be
economy ; all along the line, f It
will hot do to elect a president
pledged to tax reduction and give
him a congress as prodigal as thf,
last one was. The public is now
demanding definite pledges, and
the man who does not make those
pledges in good faith will not be
elected, and the man who' falls
after ' election will not be re
elected. ';(
The tax reduction proposition Is
acute. We must find a way for
actual economy and that does not
appear to be government in busi
ness.! This being true, La Fol
lette propaganda will not get
very far among the thinking people
of the country. I
Thjere is one patent fact about
taxation. Expenses can be ; re
duced only by reducing them by
ng less money. When as
little money is expended as is com
patible with good business and all
economies: are practiced, the next
step is to find jiev sources pf
revenue, the creation of more tax
able wealth. ' "
We can; economize by refusing
to embark; on foolish enterprises,
by refusing to permit any clique
to put the! public into business for
the benefit of a few propagandists
whose chief aim is creation of
more! Jobs for themselves and
their1 friends under the guise of
performing a benefaction. We
can create hew taxable wealth by
encouraging private initiative and
enterprise in industry.
NOT GOOD FOR A YEAH
The railroads of the country for
some reason are not doing as well
this year as last. Last year, of
course, they did too well, and the
result was a reaction that , oper
ated; against them. It is a fact
that; the i railroads are a pretty
good barometer and a test of the
country's prosperity that can be
relied upon.
The class 1 railroads, with a
total mileage of 235.997 miles,
earned $7 0,65 7;0 00 less in May
this year; than in May 1923. Af
terpayment of operating expenses,
taxes and equipment rentals, their
aggregate.net operating Income
for May was but $60,595,000, com-
last year. That Is " not a condi
tion to: give satisfaction or glee,
unless It be to the. advocates of
public ownership, the socialists
and communists. f
With -this alarming slump in
their earnings the .railroads are
pleading, for a further trial of the
lOsch-Cummins transportation act
of 1920.1 Stability, their mana
gers say, 3 the great need of the
hour, and uncertainty as to what
the country Is going to do with
them is detrimental not only to
the railroads but to' the public.
Presidential and congressional
election year is not a good year
for the railroads.
ENFORCING THE LAW
Since : Attorney General Stone
deplored the laxness of law en
forcement before the lAmeiMcan
Bar association there has been a
general discussion. We know the
law is not enforced. We know
there is winking at its violation.
Even murderers are not prosecuted
as they ought to be, and minor
.offenses In many instances go tin
punished. It Is a situation that
challenges the friends of law and
order and we must find some
remedy, because the disregard of
law is growing.
: The assertion is heard, that In
creasing Idisregard for law and
lax administration pf justice are
fruits of national prohibition. But
that is sheer assertion, unsubstan
tiated and untrue.) It cornea from
the 'same cources and is kept go
ing by ! the same Influences that
trumped up the now refuted as
sertion ; that . prohibition had
brought on an appalling increase
in the use of narcotic drugs.
The truth of the matter, as the
attorney ! general says, is that
these manifestation's "began be
fore the World war and were
greatly ( accelerated by the war."
The saloon notoriously was a
breeder of lawlessness and Immor
tality, and too often a rendezvous
of criminals and the underworld.
LESSENING THE DRINK EVIL
Ireland is supposed to be a
country where men cannot live
without drink. Yet prohibition
sentiment is growing there to the
extent that it is alarnilng the brew
ers. ; For many years the manu
facturers of liquor , paid a small
fine and went their nefarious way.
Now they are sent to jail, actually
sent to; jail. It used to be that
when a new bar was opened, the
key was thrown away. That Is no
longer true. Saloons are open 13
hours a day, over the strenuous
protests of the liquor interests.
Another advanced provision is that
which takes away the mixed store
and mikes liquor gold by itself.
Every grocery store used to be a
saloon,: and so was every hotel.
Now that has been abolished, and
the' bar must be entirely separate.
You can hot sell food across the
same, counter you sell liquor.
Those jwho know the conditions
in Ireland note this is a tremen
dous advance, ,?;'
THE NEW BUI LDI NG
The 'third building was dedi
cated at the WCTU orphans home
at Coryallis Sunday. Please note
the word third, as that is import
ant. There ought to be 20 build
ings, and the women could use
20 buildings to good advantage.
However, there should be, a cam
paign for the fourth building at
once. Mayor Baker of Portland,
in his ! address deplored the fact
that these buildings were erected
with such small contributions. In
one sense it makes them more
democratic, but it is a pity that
such a deserving cause as this
does not reach the hearts of rich
people. , .
The commercial home finding
institutions are doing their work,
but they can not have the sym
pathy that these loving workers
have. The WCTU has won its
place in the hearts of the people.
It has had 60 years of service,
but nothing has ever been done
that Is more concretely useful than
providing a home for the orphans.
There ought to be enough people
in Oregon whose hearts are touch
ed with the appeals of these wom
en to 'erect another building at
once, and we hope the work will
go on. ;It Is a great work; it is
a wonderful work, and the people
of Oregon should push It forward
much faster than they are doing
TAX REDUCTION
No matter what the talk, the
issue of this campaign is tax re
ductlon. That hits all the people.
Those who, do not ; pay taxes' di
rectly do so Indirectly. Our tax
bill Is twenty-four million dollars
a day, whiclt is three times what It
was before the way. For every
family in America the average tax
Is $1 a day for every working day
In the year. ; Out J Of every $100
earned, $12 goes to taxation.' Of
pay taxes directly and the appeal
has always been to these people,
but tbey pay taxes Indirectly and
pay a good many of them. The
fact is that nobody is tax free.
The names may not be on the tax
listi but 4hey are taxed just the
same,-. So vital is. the t tax 'issue
that it will obscure all others.
ORGANIZING OREGON
The La-Follette-campaign has
been organized in Oregon and it
will. become formidable. There is
no Question about that. !r
Ike Patterson is right In declar
ing that the campaign in Oregon
this year will bev between the re
publicans and .independents. It
is tip to the .republicans to make
the case so dear that they w.ll
appeal to the most Intelligent of
the radicals. This can not be done
by vituperation. You can not con
vert ( a man by abusing him. :It
can be done by making an intelli
gent, straightforward appeal to
the average voter. The average
man reads these day9 and he
makes his own values. He thinks
now that! he will! vote for La Fol
lette, but when supplied with the
information of what a vote for La
Follette means, he can be depend
ed 1 upon; to vote the republican
ticket. . I- . . r
The Oregon Statesman has no
fear of the results of a campaign
such as has been outlined.
PRUNE COOPERATIONS
It is good news that f,ie . prune
growers tf Oregon and at least a
part of Washington have decided
to forp new cooperative associ
ation jwith local units. ; ' r
The history of cooperation has
pointed favorably , to the local
unit, but; with general cooperation
for the marketing! "
1 The growers have felt that they
should control production and
and they realize also that they
must have a general organization
to j control the ' selling end. A
local Unit mean! that the mem
bers can counsel together a? to
the best way to' produce prunes
and hand them over to the mar
keting end. T t
. It looks as if we have made a
big step forward and that prunes
are coming into their own.
11LAMIXG TH E WOMEN
The deadlock of the New York
convention is blamed on the wom
en delegates. It is said that they
refused to give up, refused to com
promise, and died hard. This is
not the way the political game is
played in conventions. In a con
vention a delegate Is supposed to
vote as Instructed for a little
whiles then vote as. the bosses di
rect thereafter. Some of the
women have obected to this, with
the result that the men are shak
ing their heads critically and de
claring that equal suffrage Is; a
failure.
The men do not realize that the
women are new in politics; they
haven't learned the game; they
haven't learned, that it is politics
in conventions to be expedient, to
throw principle to the winds and
make one grand rusli for the band
wagon But the women will learn.
The sale of treasury certificates
liL t..on clnnnnH hPc'ailRA it SwaS
una B'-vyv. -. .
interfering with the busing of
the country. Tax free securities
have more to do with depressed
business than anything else. Men
are putting their money where no
one can get hold of it and where
they live upon the" interest. It
is a condition and not a theory
that confronts the people and they
must meet it by abolishing tax
tree securities. - .
' A speaker declared that the
non-enforcement of the prohibition
law is a disgrace to America, It
certainly is, but it is enforced bet
ter this year than last and will
be enforced next year better than
this year. The sentiment in favor
of law enforcement is growing,
despite the doleful predictions on
many hands. '
UNlVEfelTYfORECON
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and the Arts with 22 departments.
The professional schools of Archi
tecture and Allied Arts Business
Administration Education -Graduate
Study Journalism -Law-Medicine
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The 49 th Year Opriw September 25. 1924
BOOK REVIEW
)By VERA BRADY SH1PM AN
"The Editor and His People," a
groiip of editorials by William Al
ien White, selected and arranged
by Helen O. Mahin. Published by
the MacMillian company. New
York City, price $2.50.
"Bill. White" of Emporia, as
Kansans have always known him.
has carried Kansas on his own
personal wave of favor because he
has always elected to stay in Kan
sas. Tempting offers of editorial
chairs at distant cities hold no in
terest. He is quoted as saying that
he 'prefers to remain In a small
town, edit a country newspaper.
and be able to tell the whole world
exactly what he thinks of it.,
His editorials have been gems
Of literary value as well as politic
and . timely propaganda. When
Will White thinks something, he
says : it in the Emporia Gazette
and the whole country reads it,
perhaps -not in theGazette, -.although,
its circulation is flattering,
but in one of the many hundred
reprints all over the country which
hang upon Whites literary utter
ances. ' ,
When "Henry and Me" .famous
ly went the Red Cross road to
Europe, all the world knew inL a
little while that Henry Allen was
governor of Kansas and a capable
man at that. They also knew that
White had a sense of humor which
made kindly fun of many war-torn
situations which were unduly
threatening. Will White can hold
up a spot to ridicule and force the
world to see his viewpoint better
than most men.
This compiler, an Instructor in
Kansas University at Lawrence,
assembled some of his most timely
editorials for her class room. The
possibilities confronted 1 with such
a momentous assembly; together
with Whites own footnotes and
up-to-date summarizing, almost
forced, its publication in book
form, , '
It is a group of editorials of
such literary flavor, such mirth,
such clear-eyed decision, such real
ization of human fraility and balm
of helpful prodding, that the read
er sees the man who wrote them in
every 'sentence.
; As Wbite defied his friend In
the strike placard, as he rose and
fell with Rooseveltian progress
ives, as he has made governors
and senators of Kansas, so will
this book render a service to stu
dents of essay form who can gee
in unusual clarity, the "Bill"
White which Kansas has esteemed
for so many years but whom Kan
sas knows, will not divorce her
even though she fall in the lure
of other swains such as Populists,,
Non Partisan' leaguers and prohibi
tion fanatics. Kansas starts so
many things which come forthjlat
er elsewhere. Kansas is years
ahead of the race in so many
things. And William Allen White
and his Emporia Gazette have been
notable factors for years in the de
velopment of Kansas tall roosters,
tall cOrn, wheat fields and pre-Vbl-stead:
prohibition.
Onb of the editorials "to an
Anxious Friend" won the Pulitzer
prize; of the year as the best edi
torial, article -written within the
year.j ' j; :. p"
Kansas is proud of Will , White
and that he reciprocates is proven
in his established residence, not
part, I but all of the year, home
sweet homing in Kansas.
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"Id Unfamiliar England" with a
motor car, by Thomas D. Murphy.
Published . by the Page j Com
pany! Boston. Price $6 net.
Ptfges of modern day travel, mo
toring through the spots which old
England', has made famous, old
innsj old taverns, .wayside cross
roads! which are known as haunts
of poets and peasants. From the
royal palace of Windsor to the
primitive Canterbury, from
Shakfespeare"s Avon retreat to the
home; of the novelist still living,
Thonjas Hardy, in Dorchester.
London town . and from there to
the far country, the pages are
filled! with Interesting reading,
well old, and admirably illustrat
ed bf page rotogravures,.
Two editions of this, book were
published just : before the j World
war, land as interest of books of
European travel naturally waned
during wars progress, this waited
with fathers to receive its just con
siderfttion. .
The book Js the browsings, trav
eling! and searching into far cor
ners,! for three summer motor
toursjj covering nearly fifteen thou-
sand;miies In England and Wales
alone . '. . ..
Aslthe average reader knows lit
tle Of these remote places; ithe
writer has .given a book worthy o
the finest travel libraries, and al-
waysgood reading matter. A spe-
ciallyf-drawn map, shows the roads
covered in the time-
Sutgrave Manor, the home of
the Washingtons. to Scott's Mar
miontower, to Dr. Samuel Jonsons
birthplace made noted fifty years
ago by a pilgrimage of Hawthorne,
theselare but a few of the jewels
withiji its pages. Beautifully ed
ited, jthis book on England is a
worthy comrade for the many
splendid volumes of "See Amer
ica Fjrst" series, published by the
Page 'Company.
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"Black Bass and Bass-Craft" by
Sheridan R. Jones. Published by
the MacMillan Company, New
YorkiCity. Price $3 net. ,
Thi writer Is an editor of one
of America's foremost outing mag
azines. Outers Recreation, pub-
lng as the jeity man knews his'
market . - j .
The JilackJ bass, the gam fish of
fresh watej combines the fine
ness of tro'tit with the powerful
fighting utilities oT the '.'lusky'
He opens5 with j I
"The Northland ! Call Ever
Hear it Brother?" and. yoju enjoy
his breezy stylp as he tells why
the bass is the fish fur good
sportsmanship.
The chapters describe the-large
mouth; the deep water and rushes
bass, big mouth of river and small
mouth of rushing waters! and of
the pools, the bass of the) seasons
and the basil of many waters, May
waters and: bass baits, local cjle4T5atIsan mob.
and artificial bait,, reel and cast,
and an interesting chapter on "Can
bass hear?" :
TJie book; is : written in; an ex
ceedingly; clever style, and if you
are a fishing fan you will revel in
every page; You will surely ap
preciate thejresearch involved and
if you are just one of tie thou
sands of folk who fish rarely but
Sheridan Jones' book as a breath
of the north woods, clear! waters,
where you wear your old fishing
clothes, j "j f j
The two kinds of black, jbass are
when they can get ityou i ill read
a w-orthy subject and this book
shows a well defined fisherman
at the pen j . -
Every member of the IsaacVa-tHy the. galleries and the manipu-
rl T.OS1 Clia Will a nnraiat. Yfi tia'a I . ... .
ton League Will appreciate Jones's
book. It
is clean sportsmanship
and always i within the bounds of
intelligent
reading.
REFORM!
.THE CONVENTION
SYSTEM
Although the dissension and de
lay which c
haracterize the present
Democratic
are by no
national convention
means without prece
dent, they pre arousing a suffici
ent amount! of dissatisfaction with
the convention-system of jnomina
tion3 to atI?ord some promise that
an effort will be made during: the
next four years to find a satisfac
tory substitute. It is idle to say
that the evils, observable in the
conventions can be corrected by a
greater sense of personalj subordi
nation to party: welfare on the part
of individual candidates. The prize
is so great that no player will sur
render any advantage in the con
test. - I j - .. . ' ( -When
a large group o f delega
tions is under instructions to vote
for a certain candidate until he re-
u i i
leases thein, it is pretty certain
that the patience of the whole con
vention will be strained to the
breaking point before the release
comes. When one-third Of! the
con-
i
vention caiij block the nomination
of any given man, the possibilities
of a deadlock are enormously' en
hanced. But while slight Improve
ments migpijt be made in .the con
vention system by amending the
rules, its weakness is inherent in
its nature. j The delegate conven
tion of 1000, or more members, sit
ting under the eyes and the influ
ence of more than 10,000 specta
tors, is in no sense a deliberative
body, and the only wonder is that
out of it In the past such jrelative
ly good results have proceeded.
There is nothing in the! conven
tion system; rooted in .American
precedent or based upon American
law. Many; people think hat this
system of nominating federal can
didates isldirected by statjite. This
is in no sense true. It has grown
up as a result of gradual party de
velopment, in the-ast, presidents
have beenj nominated by Congress,
by local mass meetings, by a group
of self-copfident gentlemen in a
newspape office, in aim ost any
way, indeed, in which a man can
be selected and be given wide pub
licity. Tha Monitor would bot urge
a return o any. of these jold hap
hazard methods. It 'does, however,
suggest that the subject is one
which might properly engage the
attention of a committee j of Con
gress during the coming two years
with a vievj- to .the establishment
of a morg intelligent, orderly, andi
expeditioust method" of selectitfg I
candidates (or the presidency.
Most :f the old - time evils
which be et the federal elections
of the Uni ted States have been cor
rected bj public sentiment ncor
poratede nto law; Bribery and cor
ruption are no longer practiced to
a degree
iults. A
that affects national re
generation has grown up
the old-time joke about
to whom
the two-dollar bill in Indiana on
election day means nothing. Coer
cion has practically been ended.
Except fjor (rumored instances Of
Its application by partisan em
ployers jto their employees, it is
never heard of, and these in-
I
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stances of late have been too few
to exert an appreciable bearing on
thj outcome of any election.
But the weakness in the system
of (nominations which has existed
practically since the establishment
of 'the republic Is more apparent
than ever. The power to nominate
is the' greatest power the politi
cians hold. It is high time that
the method by which this power is
exercised should be rigidly regu
lated by statute to the end that
nominations shall be made intelli
gently, with due deliberation, and
uninfluenced by the clamors of a
friie above from the Christian
Science Monitor, one of the strong
est and most ably edited papers in
the United States, ought to be
read by the voters of Oregon.
In this state the men who have t
manipulated the conventions for 4
years are attempting to get the
primary law repealed and the con-
ve'ntion substituted A county con
vention has ten times as many
evils as a state convention and a
state convention has ten times as
many evils as a national conven
tion. Despite the fact that they
are delegates to represent the peo-
pie, a- convention is ruled largely
lators m secret wno aeciae ine
Contest. The deadlock in ?Cew York
is simply because the bosses could
not get together and decide who
they wanted as candidate for pres
ident. Talk is cheap, which is
they call it the gift of gab. ,
why
THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY
By EDITOR J. B. PARKER
of The Conway (Arkansas) News.
-: Brave the hurt and brave the
pain, and see , the battle through,
writes Edgar A. Guest in one of
his- : finest poems, and thereby
keep your post unto the last for
those who trust in you.
Many a seemingly hopeless bat
tle has-been won by simply stand
ing by the post and overcoming
the difficulties that at first seemed
insurmountable.
A young man or woman, desir
ing to "live on easy street." in
their ; haste opened the way to
sure want. Money was spent fool
ishly just to appease a selfish de
sire for. something that was not'
needed save to feed vanity. . I .
It's not what you' make, but
what you save, that starts the
bank account. It isn't what ypu
buy to suit your fancy, -but how.
you wear it, that tells how becom
ingly dressed you are, -
It's the unselfish' soul, first
helping others to get what they
need, and then obtaining your de
sires, that displays the genuine
love for another Selfishness la
mean, degrading,"and withers th
soul.
FUTURE DATES
I
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July 20, Sunday Df!lxrt Ryb pout,
American - Legion of SilTerton, host t
legiontrs of Marion and Polk pountirl
at picnic on Abiqua river.
July 16 to 23 Chaataaqoa seaaoa ta
Salem. .
Augusct 1 to 16. Boy Scoot aummrt
camp. Cacadia. '
: September 22 to 27 Oregon state fain
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