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.
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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.
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By Herriman
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bfaulifullr whlli. Roak Ihi- hand.i
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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
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