Saleu. Oregoj
SATURDAY
Sept. 22, 12S
ARL C. BSOWNLEE
Sheldon F. Sackett
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Publishers
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fflHE reader, if he noticed the leading editorial on this page
JL yesterday, knows lhat United! States Senator Dill of
Washington is suggesting that his state force the issue on
v,ot wasiinortnn is discriminated against in not
VoT.rr tfumnmhpr of representatives in the lower house ol
congress to which it is entitled; therefore not as many elec
toral votes
Through the failure of
tiAnmpnt after the takmir of
ThA rpader. if he noted that article, also knows the fore
go- nf thia-4ssue would brinp;
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larger delegation in congress man uwouianave u. me ovw
States constitution were regarded below the Mason and Dix
on line, in the clause of the 14th amendment depriving a
state of the Drivilesre of "abridging" the right of a voter to
cast his ballot, and still have
making up the population entitling a state to its quota 01 tne
members of congress. .1
wiaf u th constitution amohflr friends T asked the
tipsy Texas congressman. The constitution among friends
h Wn nothing at all. ever since the southern states began
to deprive their colored voters of! the right of suffrage
v. through their "grandiatner" ana similar laws.
Now, the writer is not very much wrought up over this
matter, either. If he were a resident of a southern state with
more potential colored jthan other vpters, he would likely be
for the "grandfather" law of that particular state
In other words, he would not like to run the risk of hav
ing a negro state supreme court and governor land superin
tendent of public instruction, and so! on down the line
Not that there are not good and wise members of that
raee; but that the good and wise ons would likely be left at
nome, ana wie ovner kiuu cc -
What the writer tried to show yesterday was that there
" is a possible interesting situation suggested in the demand of
Senator Dill. I
The second section of the 14th J amendment was written
for the very purpose of giving the iiegro the right to vote in
the southern states; written and adopted at a time of intense
political feeling; on the heels of th greatest war in history
up to that time. S
But it has been a dead letter eyer since it was adopted.
It is not in the least regarded, nor even referred to often.
The people of the north deserve credit for this, d they not?
"What is the constitution among friends?"
True, ButNotjNew
CI AID a Portland Journal editorial on Thursday : .."The pres-
O , ent state administration has bpcn highly successful in
its conduct of the penitentiary. Thb men are at work help
ing to pay the cost of their maintenance. There have been
practically no escapes. There have been no parole holidays.
But a convict paroled from the Sakni institution was arrest
ed in Portland Tuesday. He was serving a three-year term
for burglary. He was paroled Thursday, after serving 13
months of his sentence, on condition that he leave the state.
But the man who had received clemency at the hands of the
parole board did not leave the state. Instead, he came to
Portland and undertook another robbery. He is now in prison
again. Clemency in proper cases j may be expected from
Salem. When men give reasonable evidence of repentance
and reform it is proper that they be iriven a chance to become
free, useful and law-abiding citizens. But all parole boards
have found that men trying to get out of the penitentiary do
not always keep their pledges." i :
What tiie Portland Journal sajps is true, but it is not
new !
And the fault in the case named, if any, is not with the
parole board ; it is with the law. Counting the "good time"
according to the law and thi rules, the man had a right after
13 months to petition for a parole, j If he made a good show
ing, and nothing could be found t discredit it, the parole
board had the duty of granting hisTequest.
There should in any modern prison be paroles ; but not
"one should ever be made merely on account of the lapse of
time. The law in Oregon is faulty there. Paroles should be
made because of reformations, and 'with an understanding
, not only of the fitness of the petitioner for citizenship, but
with a showing that he has a
work, or may be taken care of
And every sentence should
-istered like a dose of pills ; so
the other offense. Some day,
way, and all sentences will be
Constitution Week
TADIO and luncheon club speakers have reminded
country that this week marks the 141st birthday of the
cJ American constitution. It is the oldest written, constitution
jin force in any country and under it 13 thinly populated At
lantic seaboard states have spanned-a continent and won com
manding place as a world power.
These speeches have been mostly laudation untempejred
.with criticism of any faulty feature or inadequack of the his
toric document. Such an attitude Js either a reaction from
harping radicals who see in the constitution a very dam of
conservatism which stops their flood of social panaceas from
swamping present day social organization, or it is a result of
knowing more platitudes than history of the constitution.
When the historic document was signed on September
17, 1787, only 39 members were willing to sign it and not one
of them was satisfied with it. Washington, Hamilton, Frank
lin and Madison were among the heavy hearted signers who
felt they had done their best but hugely failed. These ex-
. perienced leaders had met to save the 13 states from the an
STchy which threatened under the pathetically weak confed
erate government. They had borrowed and adapted from
.colonial governmental experience the elements they thought
would correct the crying abases existing under the confed
eration. Liberal interpretation and a few amendments have
enabled their constitntion to serve the nation for almost a
"century and a half . something
not dare to expect.
What constitution week should inspire is not worship and
. the expression of platitudes, but careful and critical study,
so that the citizens may really know the constitution in such
. a fundamental way that they can preceive the processes of
r adaptation and change needed to keep abreast of our chang
ing social order. !
In the heat of the presidential jace neither party Is fbr-
getting that the control ox both the house and senate is'at
ttlctlra trAev HTtiA MktvKIiet m mm6 waaIamw- T A aawav-mm
to insure the same majority as they now have and the demo
;crats must-save all' of the 20 vacancies occurring on their
side in order to maintain as
As usual the situation favors
oz a democratic margin In the
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An American. engineer has made a proposition to the
- French government to turn the waters of the Mediterranean
; sea into the Sahara desert and create 10,000 square miles of
: inland Sea. All he wants for his trouble is concessions on
'60,000,000 square miles of adjoining land which he' hopes to
make productive. That would make quite a sizable ranch. He
' would need Bill Hanley of eastern Oregon to help him run it
Al Smith in his swing around! the circle throurir the
western states is drawing and
is getting and will get tremendous; applause. When that is
-said about all will have been said. The silver-tongued Bryan
did all that and more, but he missed by a wide margin the
presidential goat People are willing to madly cheer many a
r not a VUMS. , v-..-
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congress to make a new appor
the 1920 census.
ud the matter of the smith's
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that voter counted as a unit in;
ucxi, n nciwi i ihuvj.
place o go where he may have
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be indeterminate ; not admin
many years for this or that or
modern penology will have its
indeterminate ; absolutely.
the
its I discouraged creators did
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good a showing as at-present
the republicans, and the chance
upper house is small.
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will draw Immense crowds. He
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- Striking a Balance 1
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Bits for
By R. J.
Buy Saturday in Salem
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The busiest of the year today.
But they will all be busy now till
after the holidays.
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Steve Chadwick did not win the
democratic nomination for gover
nor in Washington. He was defeat
ed by Scott Bullitt. There are a
lot of Steve's old friends in Salem
who believe with many residents
of Washington that Steve is a
straighter shooter than Bullitt,
and that the chances of democra
tic success in that state in Novem
ber would have been Improved
had he been chosen.
Contending that. In the case of
a close election, the state of Wash
ington may, throw the matter into
the U. 8. supreme court on. the
claim that his state is denied- the
number of electoral votes to which
it Is entitled. But read the editor
ial in The Statesman of this
morning for further Information,
and discussion.
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Independence man, talking la
Salem hotel lobby a' day or two
ago, mad the statement that In
dependence ships more freight
than Salem, and that his town has
a million dollars' wosth of hops to
sell, from this year's crop. That
man Is a good booster for his
town. He la about riant in his hop
statement. But It takes eight
switch englnee and crews to han
dle the freight Into and out of Sa
lem. It Is likely that the one erew
handling the Salem paper mill bus
iness compares favorably in vol
ume -with all the -freight business
done in and out of Independence,
both in dollar value and tonnage
slse. Or the one crew serving the
state institutions, tneludlne- the
prison industries. Aral this la not
saying Independence is not
mighty good town, and ought to
grow still faster and preaper mora;
.
"Do Haa reel Palar lacarles
the fish odltar of the Onfemlan.
No.-5hey don't hare to road -the
dally fish editorial in the state's
leading morning daily Corvallis
Oasette-Ttimes. Now will you be
good, Mr. Ben Hur Lampraui. -As
a consolation, the Bits man will
A New Yorker at Large
Kr G. D.
NEW YORK Minnie, sea-go
ing cat, nas not missed a voyage
on the .ocean liner MinBewaska
since she joined its crew almost
five years ago.
When the ship Is In port here
Minnie is absent for 'days at a time
but she invariably appears ea deck
half an hour or
so before the
gang plank is
hauled ta for an
Atlantis cross
ing. Sho. knows
her way about
London. -, too.
but she dislikes
toxr sights,
spends:: a night
ashore' - whan
the Miaaewaska
is at the King
, George V deaks
In the Thames,
Capt. Frank Claret of the vas
sal regards Minnie as the bast sail
er eat in the world because she
knows the sailing habits of the
hip so well, Her best friends are
members of the erew, and aoldaoi
does she beeame chummy with
passengers, although she did take
v liking to William. Gillette, the
reteran aetor. this ' summer and
ollowed hlra about the ship for
hours. Her kiiieas, as rapidly as
they arrive, are handed out to pas
Breakfast
Hendricks
say sincerely that the fish editor
ial was a good one and, further,
all the Lampman editorials are
fine. Claude Infells of the Corvallis
paper is just jealous. He writes
good editorials, too, but no one in
the whole t American newspaper
fraternity can equal Lampman in
his chosen fields of writing. He ia
superb.
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This brings up a story. No doubt
the reader has heard it. Small
news fooy carrying a pile of news
papers as big as the boy. Kind old
srentleman in snnoathy asks him
if h does not find that very had
work; does h not'get very tired?
Naw." answers the small boy, "I
don't have to read the papers."
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When Tom Heoaey returned to
"down under" the other day. he
was met at the wharf by the larg
est crowd ever assembled in Auk
land. If such a mob met Heeney,
defeated, what would have hap
pened In New Zealand if he had'
licked the Hon. Mr. Tunney? They
would have had to rent a part
of Australia In which to put the
crowd. Referring to which, a
neighboring paragrapher says: "If
Mr. Heeney had come over here
and won a prise in some intellec
tual pursuit, ho would hare not
had a single friend at the depot.
We have not advanced so very far
from the primitive after all. Those
who claim that man was made la
God's own image are awfully con
ceited. -
"Got. Smith had his picture
taken at the Syracuse state fair
standing by a prife Guernsey bull
and the bull bolted when the
camera clicked. Bolting the gover
nor has come to be a habit this
year. - Ifaybe the bull couldn't
stand the competition." Corval
lis Gasette-Ttmes.
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Old King Tut knew how to mix
a brew that modern ebexnlsts are
unable to analyse. Lord Carnarvon
who excavated the ancient. Egyp
tian's torn, was killed by a poi
son found in the urns left by the
king's bier, but what the liquid is
or bow it was made is too much
for modern science. In that respect
it resembles the stuff lhat the
bootleggers peddle.
sengers as souvenirs, and William
Manning, purser, regrets only that
my are noi lea limes as numer
ous.
Extra Stage
not an tha precautions that
players and stag managers can
take will ores eat tha marring of
nrst-night poitaomaatces by occa
sional unaaUetnated incidents. In
a play which opened a few nights
ago, one o tha 'minor characters
is a huge dog, chained to a. box
in a baggaga ear. It was entirely
In character for, him to. have a
few fleas and to sera tab1 them, bat
the actors were nut out and the
audience, -; tooy greatly , amused
when the canine scratched himself
so vigorously that the neiso of his
paws and the (leaking of his chain
made the performers lines almost
inaudible until he was led but. .
Kvea mere disturbing was the
experience of the tor in another
play who, at the high point of bis
role, unsheathed a sward and
aasnea ia tne lawn outside te
slaughter his adversary, As be
puued out the blade-he threw the
scabbard behind him with
much seal. It bounded over tha
footlights and lit squarely en the
cranium of . an ; elderly , ceatle-
nan in the first row
The linguistic Kid
Jackie Coogan, tho bey aetor.
may or may not have been a Boy
Scout in his varied career, but he
believes in being prepared.
The youthful Thespian, who has
been appearing before the foot
lights on Broadway plans a tour
of France and Germany and al
ready has learned French so that
he will have a means of saying
what ho wants to say when he
makes his first appearance in Mar
seilles October 2t. He has five
months to learn the German lan
guage before he crosses the Rhine,
but he is at work on it already. He
intends to sail on the Majestic
October 5.
CLICKS
"Cook's Trial Set" headlines
Portland paper. We would like to
suggest the names of a number of
them who ought to be tried and
convicted.
If this newfangled linoleum en
graving stuff is art we cease to
wonder why so many artists go
crasy.
Don't you feel sorry for the poor
farmers in the Tule Lake sector
whose crops are being devoured by
wind geeee and ducks?
Lily Laagtry, famous "Jersey
Lily" now 71. recently was taken
ill while making the rounds of
French theatre. This night Ue
will get 'em sooner or later?
We learn from the Oregonlan
that "the hog supply Is excessive."
That goes for all: varieties, in
cluding road, ground and car-seat.
Probably the flappers of a year
or two henee will take alone their
parachutes when going for aerial
joy-rides.
Another merger of radio manu
facturers has been affected. The
companies involved are the Elec
trical Research LaboratorlM. Inc.,
and tha Greene-Brown Manufac
turing Co., to be known hereafter
as the Krla Corporation.
: A Salem woman claims, in. her
plea for drrores, that her husband
beat and bruised her and threat
ened her life. Maybe she Insisted
in wearing half-eoeka.
"Kidnapers i Take Brew Mag-
says a Statesman headline.
How come? Now If they had taken
his output, frlnatanee
KILL 18 IN AUGUST
Eighteen person were killed
and 4 OS persons were injured in.
a total sf SitS t raffle accident
In Oregon during the . month of
August, according to a report pre
pared hero Friday by T. A. Raf
fety, chief inspector for the state
motor rehiele department.
Approximately 1355 of the ac-
eidents were due to carelessness
i the part of tha driver, while
1ST aeeiiemts wese caused by ears
passing on tha wrong side of an
other vehicle. Ia Sit cases driv.
era involved ia .accidents did not
have the right of way, I m or oner
lights were responsible fer IS I ac
cidents,, . ; :J ' ... '
There were 71 arrests by state
traffic efficera. VWamUgs were
issued ia Mil ease. Deliaeaeat
fees were collected la the am oust
oft 14 Tl 1.4s, Btolcn cars recov
ered by tha state operatives - had
a resale value of Sls&o,'
The traffic officers traveled S3,.
SIS miles, visited SIS, towns and
cities and -were In 'tha field con
tiaualry during ! the month. Fa
talities due to! traffic accident
during the month of August, 1S2S.
showed a slight decrease when
compared with these in August
.ast year, -.! -
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UUTES
NORT HHOWSLL, Sept.
(Special) Among tha youne peo
ple attending high school In SU-
Terton from' here are Myrtle Cur
it. Donald Vinton. Paul Rlckard.
Edwin Johnson, Alan Wiesner.
Dephlne Goffln and Earl and
Leonard Rutherford.
Gilbert CM die has. returned t4
Forest Grore for his senior year
at Pacific UnlTeralty. .
Lloyd Vinton and Carol Rlek
lrd are working at Eastmans' in
Silverton. ,
Howard Rnmler is attending
Willamette University and Russell
md Edwin Knmler will enter high
chool in Salem.
J. B. Waltman and Luclle Walt
nan drove to Portland last Sun-
lay.
Ronald Stetens and Paul Raueh
ire going to Portland to attend
lehnke-Walker business college.
Mr. and Mrs. August Woelke
ind Mrs. E. Engstrom spent last
Teek at the coast.
Mr. and Mrs E. C. Wiesner.
Daryel Wiesner and Ellsworth
Fletcher drore to Jantsen beach
last Sunday.
Gilbert Dixon, Harley Oddie
and the Richter boys hare rone to
Hood RlTer for the apple-picking
season. i
Old Oregon's Yesterdays
Town Talk From the Statesman Our Fathers Read
Sept. aa, 1003
The three-day session of the Pa
cific Northwest Photographers' as
sociation convened at the armory
here today. Charles Butterworth
of Portland is president.
Mr. ,and Mrs. C. J. Holmes of
Carthage, Mo., have returned to
Salem to make their permanent
home here. Mrs. Holmes is a
daughter of Mrs.
this city.
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C. H. Walker of
Harry Lamar holds the record.
so
far as is known, for havtnp
saught the largest black baas In
any Oregon stream. Lamar's bass
weighed four pounds and 14 oun
ces, and was exactly 20 inche:
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A Washington
-By Kirk
WASHINGTON Just what
Senator Borah's part " in the
Hoorer election campaign U(to be
does not appear as yet.
The burly Idaho senator, whose
nrohlbltlon Questionnaire before
.the nominating
convention af
forded the re
publican nom
inee a chance to
express himself,
with due delay,
so much to his
own satisfaction
that, he repeat
ed his answer
to Borah in his
nomination ac
ceptance speech
Kirfca L. Simpson would like to
get a crack at republican spell
binding in the south. He received
a lot of letters from the south
in connection with the Question
naire business and thinks he could
be effective in Dixie. But there is
no present sign that grand
strategy of the Hoover field mar.
shals will cast him for that role.
On the contrary, there is some
talk of starting Borah out to fol
low Governor Smith's western in
vasion route. He's a hard hitting
talker and comes of the same
stock as the folks in the farm
states to whom he would be talk
ing in an effort to of rset what
ever inroads on republican vote
long. It was caught in the Willam
ette slough here.
It is expected steps will be rtiken
to enter condemnation proceed
ings for a right-of-way for the
proposed portage railway across
the O. R. & N. company's proper
ty at today's session of the board
of Portage commissioners before
Engineer A. E. Hammond.
A concerted line of action for
uture operation of the child la
hor law will be determined at the
Friday meeting of Governor Cham
berlain, State Superintendent Ack
3rman, and the state board of la
bor commissioners.
"The Dairy Farm" will be to
night's presentation at the Grand
Opera house.
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Bystander
L. Simpsoo-
strength the New York governor
had made. Borah himself , is said
not, XZjWgJyrindU , that
is thecaae he isTfco much free
agent In the republican camp thai
it's certain he can't be drafted
against his will.
Dixie Stalwarts' View
Borah's notion of sounding off
for Hoover in southern territory
brings to light the stoutly main,
talned view of such southern dem
ocratic stalwarts as Swanson of
Virginia that the Hoorer forces
are due for a surprise when Dix
ie's rotes are counted in Novem
ber. They maintain that there has
always been reserve regalar dem;.
ocratlc voting strength in the
south which will be turned out
for the fjrst time in decades due
to the agitation of anti-Smith fac
tions. They even insist that most
southern anti-Smith . democrats
will not go beyond .a sort of poli
tical sabotage, staying home from
the polls and urging friends who
think as they do to follow the
same protest course. The celebrat
ed ease of Senator Simmons in
North Carolina, who failed to
round out his anti-Smith pro
nouncements with a pro-Hoover
declaration, is cited in this con
nection. -
The Smith democrats held that
whatever reduction of normal
democratic pluralities In the south
might flow out of this stay-at
home protest will be far more
than offset by the election day
turn out of Smith voters who in
other years would have been sat
isfied to let the primaries and na
tional convention settle things.
Brookhart ILm Question
While this skirmishing was in
progress. Brookhart of Iowa.
Hooverised republican irregular,
passed through Washington bound
homeward. He was planning a
flank attack on Smith prohibition
modification declarations.
The Iowan will ask, he indicat
ed, why, if Governor Smith real-'
ly desires to bring about modifica
tion of prohibition enforcement.
he is supporting for election or
re-election some 20 democratic
senatorial candidates all but three
or four of whom are pledged to
keep the Volstead Act virtually in
tact and without whose votes In
the senate, if elected, no modifl-
cation could actually
be accom
plished.