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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY G, 1925 .PAGE FOUR Capital jLJournal 8alem. Oregon An Independent Newipaper Publlaned efery trenlng exceptSundajr Telephone 81; newi it GEORQB PUTNAM, Editor end PublUner The Mills Plan A. L. Mills, of Portland, president of the First National Dank, former speaker of the House of Representatives, and president of the Direct Primary league which gave Oregon the present primary law, sponsors a proposal to the legisla ture to refer to the people by resolution, a constitutional amendment for revision of the primary law providing a post primary party convention. Retention of the principal features of the present primary law is provided, with a proviso that a candidate to receive the nomination of his party must receive at least 40 percent of the votes cast for the nomiation. If the candidates fail to secure the requisite vote in the primary, the party convention makes the nomination as well as adopts the platform upon which all candidates must stand. These provisions are fatal, for the convention should precede the primary and the platform be adopted before the nomination. The Mills plan would only add to the confusion and chaos of Oregon primaries, for mot of our candidates receive over 40 percent of the vote at the primaries and having secured the nomination, could not be bound by any convention platform. The way to restore the convention, is to restore it, and not tinker with it. Beating about the bush in a timid half hearted way, as proposed in the Mills plan will do little towards restoring party solidarity, responsibility or discipline. The direct primary system has destroyed the Democratic party and demoralized the Republican party in Oregon while fostering the group and bloc conventions of malcon tents. While it has increased the quantity of candidates, it has deteriorated their quality, put a premium upon irre sponsible self-starters and fostered demagoguery. It has not increased the popular vote, but rather decreased it. It has abolished party responsibility and discipline, leaving nothing but the name. We elect a legislature of 90 members, on 90 different platforms, each of them committed to his own hobby. Our state officers likewise make their own platforms. Conse quently efforts at reform are abertive and taxes multiply through lack of an official program and absence of uniform party pledges and discipline. Having tried the direct primary system and found it wanting its net result being the election of mediocrities and demagogues, and a progressive increase in taxation, there is no reason why we should not try a modified convention sys tem, at least utilize it in an advisory capacity. The self starters would be free to run against the party nominees, if they desired to. Until we do come back to the party organization, politics will drift from bad to worse, without order and system, wnue taxes continue to multiply. TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE VERTICAL I. MIIHarjr duty t. Art a. h-IhIiI ft. Allowance 3. Science of raci- 8. Tnunrff I. Wlllnit H. Ki-clliilnic 9. Adjusted I L U O Qlr IclAlLj IS JtEI IPIJ: I fPP ijr Hjj H N H A5 C O RUGA Te1 1e ad jo Nil o MPljo 111 MEfNl HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE Tit) way Co mIto tltm Otctm Word Pnle li to fill In lh white uruam of I he diagram with irw tionla whirl, aicrre with the nocom uiii)l ftffiiiltkmti. The .Icfmiilou are numbered to curmtpoeti wltb the number on lite dJasnuu, Any word defined In the tost nntlcr "HORIZONTAL" will bctfn at lia iiumlM'r, Mhimr on the diagram, and will extend all the way ncTutta to llui Up bl.tck tutre to ilio right of that number. That fa, Hie word must betfin in the Wii;iro that contains Ha Identic Ine mim bcr, and extend as fur as tho white jiiarc continue anUilcrrupteilly. An word Wlnrri under "VFnTICAF." nil! al.so begin, n the white pare that contain Ha number, but will extend donauuid ai fur as iue wuiie anace rvnln niiittrrruptedly. SOiX'IION OP YKSTEKDAY'8 PUZZLE HORIZONTAL I. I1ii,kh Hitcnal 10. ;jsoliue 1 1. 1'iirL of foot 12. Itetl U. Itnlr L Koiinclrr of Ottoman Empire !.". IVifVct 16. t'onWiiskin 17. Anlltiilty (noelle.il) Itt. Xnuiv 19. riiiniii:ir III7! PI F FTP mm. m 82 5 ill mi fill mi llll llll 111 yMi FIRST INSTALLMENT OF A Modern Marriage An Absorbing Novel by Idah McGlone Gibson Copyright 1921 George Matthew Adams El.TOX" FOSS CALLS The door of Kuthlyn Leonard's studio apartment opened. A shaft of golden lisht cut through the darkness and rain which wers flooding the street, Silhouetted against the brilliant background were two figures on ilia stepj a tense, erect woman and a slouching, uncertain man. "Go! I never mant to aee your face a sain," the woman uttered In a voice frenzied with anger and fear. 'You can't put thus over me, Kathlyn. I'm com in r back." The man turned uncertainly. "Go. (Jo, before I kill you!" Instead, the man turned with a sudden brutish strength that for tho moment overcame hie sodden drunkenness. Yon can't send me out In this rain. I'm going In the house. Come with me. You've started something Kathlyn, which yon have cot to nnisn." 'Ellon Fose, If you try to enter my nome, I'll kill you." 'Oh, my dear, you won't do that. Even you with your much vaunted independence wouldn't kill any man much less me." 'Try me! Enter that door and I'll shoot yon." Thore was a sadden blur of black figure against the light. The man almost reached the doorway dragging the woman after him. She wrenched nway from his grasp He tried to reach her again. There was an earth-rocking peal of thunder which seemed to fright en the woman. The man was just about t.i regain his clutch upon her arms when he crumbled and fell down the .steps. BRINGING UP FATHER Ti Something fell from the worn an'a hand, but If It had the faint est tinkle as It reached the rough pavement, that was drowned In another crash of thunder. The woman looked at the man lying prone and still. A visible shudder shook her frame. She stood unmindful of the storm s though uncertain whether to leave the man where he had fallen. At last fhe wont slowly into her stu dio and left the street In dark ness. As the door closed another man came out of the deeper shadows beside the doorway. He turned ever the inert form lying face downward on the sidewalk and picked up an automatic which was close beside the body, muttering to himself as he droppel it in his pocket. As he turned away he found himself almost blinded by a brll !ant light. Kathlyn Leonard had again opened her door. With a startled cry she ran down the steps. "What are you doing here. Rodney? How long have you been here?" Instead of answering, Rodney Kvans commanded: "Co Into the house Immediately, Kathlyn, and go to bed. There will be a srrat hue and cry directly, Elton Fobs Is dead. In direct disobedience. Kulhiyn came down the steps. She was buffeted almost off them by the pouring rain, which was coming In great sheets as the wind rose In fury. She took hold of the man' ai m and pulled him up from where he was bending over and trying to j raise the inert form from the paw ment. "Please, please, Ra iny, you must not be found here. Even in this rain there will be someone coming along, and they must not discover you beside the body." "Go into the house, Kathlyn, and Set Into bed and pretend to be asleep. I'll take cute of myself.- 1 have :he gun." "Roth of them?" she demanded juickly. For answer. Rodnoy bent down quickly and felt in the man's pock ets. A he did so he stumbled a Mtlle and, stooping, picked up Ra dnor automatic. "Here it is, the other one. It must havo fallen out of Foes' pock et when he fell. I'll just put It back and it will be found upon him." The pair looked at each other as though mystified and then each seemed to decide that It were bet ter not to ak explanations of the other. "Yea, It Is better that the gun Is fouml hi Elton's pocket," Kathlyn repeated mechanically with a cur ious hollow inflection In her voice. "Now will yon go In," Insisted Rodney, his hand on ber arm. Ab ruptly ho removed It and straight rued himself, peering through the darkness. "It le too late," he whiskered. "Here comes a police man." Be 'ore the officer could speak, Rodney Evans btepped in front of Kathlyn. "I think, office . this man is hurt. I came upon him lying hero in the rain in front of Misa Leon ard's door." Tomorrow TI ie Arrest. By George McManus Patton Says Mayor Plays Favorites in Committee-Jobs Incensed been use of committee appointments Kivni him by Atayoi Ciie.sy, declaring that he had been rsJegi.ted to "rubber stamp" conf mittee, Alderman II, if i). Pu.'tiin Hint night excoriated the mayor for his select'dtis and declared thut lie would not serve on it single one of the commit iron mi which ho tuiK been named. He asked for tho rliairmunhip ol some Important committee. Mayor tlieny ald today that Patton will have to be satisfied with what he has and that lie will be placed on no others. The council meeting had Juts' voted adjournment when l'atton arose. He said he hoped the n.ay or would revise his list of ip pofnttnenta. "I have been on this council for four years." Biild l'atton, "and 1 never yet havo received a doom committee appointment. I have worked hard for the interests of (be people ot tho city, to the ex tent that my lUBlnen hat lost the patronage of many people whom 1 havo offended In the Interests rf the people. Really I expected smr reward fur this in committee as signments." "NeedlesH to say, 1 am peeve I," shouted l'atton. ' I am sore. I am nut blaming ynii. Mr. Mayor. I know, of course, that you have ynnr favorites and your Men-N And I am not going to resign. am jjoing to come up here eviv night and work with you. whether you work with me or not. Hut I refurfo lo nerve rn any conimit'eei to which I havo been appointed.' "Alderman ration," .said the mayor in reply, "I want to take issue with you. I resent your ac cusation that I have been playing favorites. In the last year you have served on the ways an I i mm lis committee and tho rommit tee on neeounlH and current -x-peii.se. Itoth are very important committees. I asked you to serve on the street committee, another very Important committee, ami you would not do it." "Hut I think I am entitled to the chairmanship ot an important committee, replied Tattou. "Her t find myself made chairman of tho committee on account and current expenses and the commit tee of revision of minutes, two rubber stamp committees. Also I find myself a member of the fire and water and the public park committees hut chairman of neith er." ration said mat in times past as an associate member ot com mittee ho had usived or meetings of (ho committee, which ho ie clared wan a dircourtey to the chairman, and he said he would not do It again. In the committee list as brad last niht I.uil V. Johnson s u.ime appears in place of the name of . r .Manns on each committee in which Marcus name appears in the list announced by the man r yesterday, due lo the resignation f Marcus. The resignation of Alderman Van fatten laat nii-ht ami niak further revisions muw-t--arv. Open Forum ) Contributions to This Column ) must be plainly written on one i lde of paper only, limited to 300 words In leimtli snd binned J with the name of the writer. I Articles not meeting those sie ( cificaiionswlll ho rejected To the Kdltor: Heing one of ute unemployed in tlita viriul-y thought I would express myself on some of the cuimes of It. Some complain about outsld.-r' being favored. Thle la no doubt so, but I notice a great number of well to do men working In Salem and all other towns and taking work away from the needy. Most of these men are wortti front $25 000 to $200,000. People hoiiM. before hiring a man. fin I oat whether he Is deserving nf help or Just eome rich old miser hording bit money and knocking needy men out. A RUnsCRinBR. 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Roak Ihi- hand.i Ihrt limn dar In dtuhvalrr while mother mti. The trMtmppt will not hurt mother. Lafayette Journal. I Governor l'lmv anil Sam K izrr 111 bo aptiikor, at tile mertinK if Hie Veti-rana o( Korelsn Wars Widn.'s.lay nlBht. llesliloa thle a ntimluT nf musical numtiin ha. iii'i'n niraiiK.il for, new ofticis for the coinhiK ivrm will be In tall(', anil r.'lrrshnnnts will be "orvetl. New official lo lie put In office are a, follow: Carle Minima, com mnuiler; Hernia liarncr. ecnlor vlct-commiuiilcr: Dr. (I. w. Lewis. Junior Tlre-enmmaniler; l)r Iry. ''. aud Dr. E. 0. Price' offi cer of (lie day. The entertainment will ineluil" a aonK bj Mim Jean IVarcy. a iluct ilanre hr the Mlmea Maxlne Mvere anil Mlhlred ltnSria . i.. . by the Mlaw, Hilda and D.'la Aw ler and Toeal duel by the Mlipa Kulh and Iklty lledford. Tiic Willamett uniikfvil. .i Play. The metin ! tn k. hi.i i .. W. O. W. hall. Heller be dcunlsed fni im n.i oua apprehenalona than ruined ny too confident security. They Got A Lot of Good Out of Solving Cross Word Puzzles By Bud Fisher a - - .... . y'sijzs I csirus How 0 too accoonit K6Tr Lr H-v0To '
