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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925
CapitaUjJournal
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An Independent Newspaper Published ery erenlnf except Bundty
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GEORQB PUTNAM, Editor end Publisher
A Constitutional Convention
Reference to the people at the general election of 1926 of
the question of calling a constitutional convention for reviS'
ion of the Constitution is provided in a bill introduced by
Senator Klepper today, the GCth anniversary of the Webfoot
State. Should the people approve, the delegates to the con
yention would be elected at the general election of 1928. The
measure does not fix the date, but leaves this as a matter for
future consideration.
As Senator Strayer recently pointed out, a constitutional
convention is needed before there can be any material
economies affected in state government through consolida
tion, because part of the offices are provided by the constitu
tion and part by legislative enactment and it is virtually
impossible to synchronize them.
Conditions have so materially altered since the adoption
ot the constitution, it provides so many limitations, suitable
enough for the time, but long since outgrown, and it has
been patched with amendments so frequently and contin
uously in the effort to bring it up to date, that a com
plete rewriting would be of immense advantage and assist,
not only in simplifying the code, and government as well,
but in reducing taxation and in developing the state.
It is to be hoped the legislature provides the referendum.
More Bureaucracy
Section 15 of H. B. 391, known as the doctors trust bill,
reveals the inspiration of this measure as well of most similar
regulative and restrictive laws and all reforms. It reads:
It shall be the duty of all persons llceused to practice tbe healing
rt fn the state of Oregon to register by the first day of August, 1925,
end annually thereafter, with the secretary of the Oregon board of
licensure in the healing art, and to apply for an annual license
renewal fee in the sum of two dollars ($2).
There we have it its the $2 per year, which from some
5,000 to 10,000 doctors and healers, makes good picking for
the bureaucrats. As usual the board created serves without
pay except expenses, but employs "such assistants as may be
necessary" who run the 4oard.
The spirit of regulating the other fellow is strongly in
evidence, for the new board supplants the courts and is made
sole judge of the qualifications of the applicants, the various
boards for special varieties of healers being abolished and
control of the new board given to one branch of the healing
art. While the standards of education are raised for the
figure, the present practicioners are not required to get an
education.
Under the bill doctors and healers could not travel about,
or solicit business by circulars, letters or advertisements,
which is aimed to put out of business the itinerants and
specialists in short it provides another instance of govern
ment by monopolistic bureaucracy.
TODAY'S GROSS WORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL HOW TO SOLVE JTJIE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
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quart of tbe diagram wiitvth word which acre with the a room
utu)in definition &. The efLniileus arc numbered to correspond with
lue uiunuvra on iiie diagram
Any word defined In tim text under "HORTZOXTAL wttl twfftn
nt In number, ahoun on 4U diecnun, and will extend nil the wny
across lo the first bL-ick apace lo thn right of that number. That lb,
ne wru mum Dctpn in trie, piuiro (bat contains it i(lcn(ifln n tim
ber, itnd ci tend as for as, Che wtiite squares continue unlulcrruuicillr.
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P E
F O R U
Contributions to This Column must bo plainly written on one
slrto of paper only limited to 300 words In length and signed
.with the name of the writer. Articles no, meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected.
To the Kdilor: In n recent i
inn of the Sal unlay KvcniiiK P1
(here appeared nn article entitled
"tiuverniiU'iit by Hliirkiiiuil" in
which the mnch hint 1mm nnd d i
Vioita forma ot lilackiirilistn adop
ted to bully cnnurwinrn by nelf
Btklnp mlnoritit'H are explained.
To ny that the article in question
1 untrue i lo a tl tn it rank inor
no ran cd, and anyone fuluoua en
ough to riouht the authenticity of
the charge that u great number
of our law, both tUate nnd fed
eral , are literally blackmailed
into our statute hook have only
to attend either congress at
Washington or our on legisla
tive assembly here at Sali'in to
sec for themselves what in Roing
on- open and above board in the
way of audurioiiH nnd arrogant
blackmail.
Never before In tbe htatnry of
the Oregon legislature him 4 here
been such a gang of argumenta
tive leagues, associations, unions,
gran gen, lodges, block (or blocs)
ntenihlcd In the lobby of the
State Capitol, nnd each individual
coterie armed with a threat or
oiio kind or nnottur with which
It htt pee to coerce legislative mem
bers into pledging their support
to fiome fool measure having for
Its purpose nothing at all of In
terest to the people nt large and
more often Hi an not i proposal
that Is both willy and Idiotic.
For instance; a certain person
residing in the City of Sal 'in and
known iw "Itath House Mill," or
otherwise recognized a one Pur
dy, openly puhlinl.tH the allcga
tion that the iuciuIhth tf tho leg
islature do "not dare" to oppose
a certain meastiio whUh he eayn:
he Intends to submit for conoid 1
prat ion. There you are. A ver
nice little black mailer right on
front door nli-p who thrcatcmt an l
dates for no other reason appar
ent than to ncquire ly coercion
Pomclhing which tin feel he can
Hot obtain by law or nound re:m
oiiing. This gentleman 1h a fair
type of our modern political
blH' kmniler although not wi viru
lent as the general run.
Affecting the oleaginous efful
gence of the circus ring mauler,
and not at all demeaning himself
a one hou1d at thP head of a!
nfcppmetl!y pious nnd utrlctly up-l
lifting organisation, a Mr. Her-!
wig is to bo olwervcd around the
fnpHo! lobby day and night In
clone and menacing contereneej
with unfortunate members of
both hoiiACA. Thlii flsmboysnt
Individual, Is ft league representa
tive and It has been chsrrrd. and
so far never denied, that thta par-l
tlctilar league controls the office
o( governor and all other branch
P4 directly related thereto. It
would Indeed be Interesting to
kn6w Just what manner of con 1
trot this league la aid to have
fvdr our foremost department of
State. However, ther Is but one
reasonable conjeetuie. The rot
enior le downright afraid of the
lia:ue and the league, knowing
the governor in afraid, f not nt
all adverse to Ihrtateu or even
get down to genuine blackmail
politically in order to gain its
ends. These name conditions, re
pugnant and disgusting aa they
are, appertain also to the legis
lators. It is common goetdn ar
ound the State Capitol when thus
Iwtgiip proposes a ineasuro for the
assembly's consideration, that the
mem hem "do not dare" t Ignore
the wishes of tbe league or ex
press their honest judgment witti
the result the league's will ig
obeyed and another statute ie en
acted over the blackmail route.
While It is undoubtedly true
that the members of the legisla
ture are at least trying to present
a creditable showing, the black
mailers are getting in their dirty
work to an alarming extent. The
lif of the public of.'ielul today Is
replete with threats, warnings
and bitter criticittme from these
minority gangs, and it Is small
wonder that any man with n
grain of common sense and a re
gard for self respect will consent
to serve as a public officer. The
contemptuous yapping uf these
jackassicnl reformers is the direct
cause of utter disrespect for law
and the derisive saying of the
ray. "Aw to hel with 'em. and
their laws too"
JOHN" HAItltlK.
Highland Ave.
To the Kditor: I notice In an
editorial of the Statesman of
January 21. an article beaded,
"What would he have done?"
The Statesman is very sympa
thetic for these convicts und
about to shed crocodile tears for
these ine-u who have eo.n milted
crimes that are crimes. Hut let
some poor man bo caught with
liquor on his person or sells no me.
then the .Statesman and the
anti-saloon league would be the
first ones to throw him in prison.
They would boil him in oil, have
lii in halveo ami qimtt. red, shot at
sun rise and flogged the scriptural
number of strokes; then go and
glory In It and tell how the law
had been vindicated and society
had received Its pound of fleh.
I would like to ask what ChrUt
would have done likewise to some
unfortunate who had fallen, by
the wayside?
A SVBflCIUJlKK.
PROHIBITION HITS" LATVIA
ltlir f.atvi. Thn . i. mt.w .1
wave la aweeolnr nvr llvia A
law has been passed which Is tan
tamount to prohibition, and it hets
uvwei aeirai upon oy too ruy au
thor!' Ira of Itica tn deftrenrl tin 11
some SO hotels and restaurants on
tbe grounds that they were selling
liquor, me euy lathers are now
eOIlilillorlnr mhnlher Imo hI.au
should not be made to close down
or seed.
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A Modern Marriage
(Aa Absorbing Novel V
By IDAU McGLONE GIBSON )
THE I0VE OF A HAS
Belor Jim Kirtiy vu (airly
out of sight, Ilck remembered
that he mutt telegraph Immedi
ately about the marriage certifi
cate. Addressing the message to the
Rer. Huntington at Knoxville,
Tenn., he eaid: 4'Pleae wire me
at my expenee on what date in
August ot laat year you married
Kathlyn Leonard and Rodney
Evans at the little town ot Whit
ley la the Great Smoky moun
tain Answer Immediately. Very
important
"RICHAID STARMOUNT.
"Calumet Club,
"Xew York City."
With this off his mind his
thoughta immediately went back
to his friend, Rodney Evans. H?
called himself disloyal for having
tbe slightest doubt as to bis In
nocence, and he decided to look
over the ground of the murder
again.
Jim found Kathlyn at the hos
pital sitting up and looking more
like herself than he bad been led
to believe by Starmount's descrip
tion of her. She was very glad
to see the reporter, especially as
be had told her he was sure thai
if she told the while truth In the
story she was writing it would
go a long way toward treeing
Rod.
As Kirby made this assertion.
Kathlyn leaned forward on her
chair and looked tensely Into bis
face.
"Are you sure, Mr. Kirby. that
this story will help Rod? I would
rather cut my hand off than write
it it I thought it would not es
pecially as I must tell you that it
I write It just as I know it was.
it will look as though Rod did
It."
that?" was Klrby'a surprised ex
clamation. "Ot course I do not," she said
indignantly. "I'm only Just tell
lng you how it will look to other
people."
"Never mind. Mrs. Evans, Just
tell the troth and I am sure we
will find the guilty person."
Kathlyn Evans turned deathly
white.
"Oh, I dont want to write this.
I don't want to write this story.
I think It is all a mistake. Haw
you started It?" As she spoke
Kirby felt that he had surprise!
her Into almost acknowledging
hat Rod bad killed Foss.
The idea came with such force
he was afraid If he stayed much
longer he would ask her to tell
the truth, tell why she thought
her hueiband bad shot the man
found dead on her doorstep.
lie got the manuscript awny
from her. that part she had writ
ten since Dick had left that morn
ing. The reporter then depart
ed. Going to Startr.ounl's apart
ment he found that he had not
returned. He left the manuj
cript he had Just gotten from
Kathlyn wilh a little note sayinyr
that he was going over to the
office to arrange for the publish
ing ot the story for the coin in;
Sunday.
Starmount came back after a
fruitless search in Kathlyn 'a stu
dio. For a long white he had
sat upon her steps and tried to
reconstruct the scene. Again
and aguin he did this but at last
thinking he was too tired to form
any opinion or hit upon any so
lution different from- that whicl
had already been worked out as
far as possible, he returned to his
apartment to find Jim note nml
"Surely you do not believeeomo pages ot Kathlyn's manus
cript.
With a sigh ot relief h sat
himself down to read them hop
ing to find something for which
he was searching.
Hs read:
Rod was so kind to me after
my mother left on her trip and
I was burning betweea two fires.
I knew from what bad happened
In the last few days that I could
live with no one all the time. Mr
mother's short visit bad provei
that to me. I Even allowing for
her Vlctorijajn viewpoint my
mother loved me and would do
anything in the world that she
could to help me but she would
do it in her way, which was not
mine. Dy this I realized even
more keenly that no two people
had the same way of working out
their lires. I felt that the Inti
macies and annoyances of mar
riage would kill the glorious
thrill of love which I felt every
time I saw Rodney, and even
though I knew that I loved him
so passionately that my wholt
life would crumble at my feet
if by any chance he would go out
ot It, I was sure that both out
loves would die a lingering death,
It we were constantly together.
The path of Rod's lite led en
tirely away from mine. Hit
friends were all of the theatre,
men and women whom I cared
tor Tery little. I felt that thej
were play-boys and girls nevei
seriously doing anything. Rod
was always teaslngly criticising
me for taking the responslbllltict
ot lite as something signlficanl
and important, and not to be laid
aside for the folly and pleasure ol
the moment. My work nevei
seemed to matter with him, and
his work well that belonged to
him alone. Like many another
man and woman that mysterloul
thing mortals call "the love ot a
man for a maid," seemed to bs
the only tie between us.
Tomorrow Where Will It Endl
JOURNAL WAN1 ADS PAY
BRINGING UP FATHER
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