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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1925
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Primary Rule
Colonel C. C. Chapman, editor of.the Oregon Voter, whom
the Portland Spectator correctly styles "sapient statistician
ami symposiarch,"' declares, with a finality approaching in
fallibility, that the direct primary is so popular with the
citizens of Oregon that any and all efforts to repeal it will
be futile, so those eastern Oregon granges initiating its
abandonment, might as well cease their ettorts.
If the direct primary is bo efficient, why not extend this
method of selection to embrace all public officials 1 Why not
let the people really rule by taking away the appointive
powers from executives and administrators? Why permit
a governor or a board or a mayor or a commission to appoint
public servants, when the direct primary is functioning?
There is the case of the selection of a president for the
University of Oregon, upon which the regents are unable to
agree. ' Why not chose him by direct primary .' Ihe whole
theory of .the direct primary is that mass judgment is
superior to .party or caucus judgment so why not let the
people pick the new educator from among the self-starters
for the job and get a superior article?
The direct primary does not even mean majority rule but
clique and coterie rule, as nominations are made by .plurali
ties. The votes are . split between so many candidates that a
quarter of the vote cast may name the candidate through
appeal to ignorance and prejudice and by promises of the im
possible. An organized minority is usually successful against
the unorganized majority, which accounts for 'the success 'of
secret societies in politics.
The worst feature of the direct primary is its destruction
of responsibility. Every candidate stands on an individual
irresponsible platform and lacking party support or solidar
ity, cannot accomplish anything. That is why bureaucracy
grows in Oregon and why taxation increases there is no
responsible organization to oppose the "cohesive power of
public plunder."
The Case of Kip
Kip Rhinelander, decadent son of a distinguished Knick
erbocker family, now airing his marital affairs before a
scandal loving public in the effort to secure a legal separa
tion from his octoroon bride, is a shining example of what
too much money docs for youth. The Jthinolandcr family,
living for generations in inherited luxury, without the spur
of necessity, has degenerated as the idle rich are wont to,
and only a rebirth in poverty can save the coming genera
tions. Perhaps the injection of a little negro blood may
prove highly beneficial, provided the offspring take after
their mother.
So far as published evidence goes, there seems to be no
reason in this instance, why courts should put asunder those
whom God hath joined together, merely because the young
man has tired of a bargain he willingly made, after years of
pursuit. Of course his aristocratic relations are highly af
fronted but it is a question whether the misalliance was on
the groom's side or on the side of the daughter of the colored
hack-driver. She evidently got the worst of the bargain.
"Kip's" case is a fine nrgument for the retention of the
inheritance tax. If there had been stiff inheritance taxes
in previous generations, he probably would have amounted
to something for he would. at least have had to earn his own
living and hence been forced to be of some use in the world.
Why should great fortunes be loft intact to demoralize fu
ture generations by paralyzing their energies, ntrophying
their abilities and sapping their vitality?
When the natural law of survival of the fit is artificially
reversed for the perpetuation of the unfit, nature takes her
revenge in producing our Kips,' who neither toil nor spin,
but dance down the great white-way to perdition. .
The Subterfuge
How the board of higher curricula, which is supposed to
prevent duplications in courses between the State University
and the Agricultural College defeats the nurnose for which
it was created, is shown by its ruling in the case of the teach
ing ot journalism which reads :
That Journnllmil as a mnjor convao or department ho coufincd
to tho University o( OroKon, but Oiorou Agricultural CoIIoro mny
offer Induntrlnl Journalism as a sorvleo course only Ho the regular
courses ot that Institution to students 'luujurlug In other subjects.
So we have two Schools of Journalisms, just ns we have
two Schools of Commerce, two Schools of Economies, two
Schools of English, two Schools of Education, two Schools of
Foreign Languages, etc., etc., etc., at our two universities
and these duplicated courses are not supplementary, .except
in theory, but complete.
The Board of Higher Curricula was created through the
efforts of the late C. .N. McArtlmr when speakor of the
House of Representatives to defeat the Grange bill iirovid
ing for a common board of regents for all higher educational
institutions. Its functioning, like its creation, has been
merely a jwliticul subterfuge to keep the institutions separate
;and sanction the extravagance of duplications.
SECOND WIVEQ
By VIOLET DAKE
Hob Randall wns m excited an
n boy over Mario's promlso to mnr
ry him; he -mnde tho little dinner
pnrty a festive occasion, and Car
oline sent tho butler frr tthe Inst
bottle ot her fnvorlt chnmpwcnr
In order thnt filnrle's health and
JJcb'a should -be drunk .pro parly.
"You'll be married here, of
course,' 'she urged. VIr. JciB
twill perform the ceremony."
jMnrle shook her bend.
Di Lewi won't marry a
fllvoreee," aha rcmlnd?d Caro
line. "'Ann, IT T nihid. TP
vnthcr bo mnrrled In tho country,
a 1 most anywhere where tho news
impcre won't net huld at It. Yon'
e, with Hilly ond Junny nottliiB
mnrrled neat week too well '
'Of courao, dear; we'll mntor
t- the country nnd you ahall be'
mnrrled there," Cnrollne nRrmll
qulokly. She rent on phinnftiK
rnpldly; why wouldn't alnrle nmlj
Hob spend their honeymoon at herl
cenntry home; It woud he beau-!
11 ful there now. Mnrle felt aa If
some one wan planning for hiflnl.
Sho looked over at Bob, at hie"
fine. tHvoug fuee. and wondered
how ahe could have thla attitude
toward marrying him. Perhaps
It was because this marriage would
take place over the grave of her
love far Billy. Were alt second
marriages like thus?
Caroline was summoned to the
telephone when they were having
coffee In the drawing room after
dinner; she returned to them
smiling. . t
"That was my Dan, on the long
distance," ahe announced happily.'
"He's going to be home a day soon
er than he'd expected."
If only she and Bob could be aa
happy as Caroline and Dan were,
Marie told herself. She thought
of other second marriages that she
knew of; lUllicent Drew, for In
stance, and Jimmle; JImmle's first
wife had kept Jlmmlo'a nose to the
grindstone, though ho had plenty
of money, and Mlllcent had always
been a flighty little thing, a dread
ful flirt. Yet, after she and Jim
mle were married, when ahe was
just a debutante, she hud changed
completely. She went about and
Jimmie, wherever he wanted to go;
he hada pasBlon tor racing and
Alillccnt had given lilm a beautiful
race horse for his birthday after
their marriage; his first wife
wouldn't let him go near a race
track without making his Ilfo mis
erable !
Yet Mlllcent had made him a
good wife. They had threo beau--tiful
children, and a homo that won
JImmle's delight. Mlllcent had
been -a good second wlfo! 1
And there was Letha Curtis, who
had married under much tho same
circumstances as Marie would be
marrying Bob. Her husband ' had
left her for another woman, and
Letha had divorced him though it
broke her heart, she said at the
time. Yet Bhe had married again
and was radiantly happy.
Oh, I do hope that will bo the
way It turns out with me," Marie
told herself. "Surely it will, I
ouuse Billy doesn't -want me!"
But her thoughts would not de
sert Billy. Could he make Janny
understand that his money was all
tied up in his business; that If
anything happened to It, his In
come would cease T She had been
so Insistent when He .spoke of the
trouble at thefactory on their go
ing abroad on their honeymoon,
just as they had planned, whether
the trouble was settled or not. And
Billy had .never had to be firm
with a woman he'd bo far too like
ly to do just what Janny wanted
him to do.
She wondered what he had done
about the Lindsay affair; he hadn't
mentioned It over the phone. She
told herself that she could trust
him to look after It.
The next morning she received
a note from Mrs. Lindsay, ad
dressed to her at Caroline Phil
Hps; evidently Billy had done as
he had promised. Mrs. Lindsay
apologized so profusely that it was
laughable; she did hope that Marie
would forgive her; she had been
much troubled about other mat
ters, and so had 'hardly realized
what she was doing.
"I beg of you to show me that
you do forgive me by coming to
tea with mo Monday," she wrote
In conclusion. "I shall never be
content until you come Into my
home as a friend, and not on a
slumming expedition!" ,
Marie smiled ruefully. How dif
ferently the affair would have
turned out If she had been just a
lonely girl with .nobody of Influ
ence to help her; there would have
been no apology then, -but a di
vorce suit In which she would have
been spattered with the mud -of
scandal and Blander.
'If no, .when I marry Bob. I
shall try to establish a fund for.
helping girls who haven't any
friends, to help them when they're
In trouble;" she told herself. "I'll
take a house somewhere here In!
the city, and make it a home for
can't waste the rest of my life be-them, a little corner where they
DEATH OF QUEEN MOTHER ALEXANDRA
ROBS ENGLAND OF BEST LOVED FIGURE
The death yesterday of the Do
wager Queen Alexandra of Eng
land robs that nation of one who.
with the possible exception -of her
favorite grandson, the Prince of
Wales, was the most popular and
beloved of the empire's royal family.
When her husband, -King Ed
ward .VII died, -Queen Alexandra
changed from being the first lady
of the Empire to the second, but
in the hearts of the vast majority
of the British people In alt parts of
the globe she still remained, dee
plto the 'Court's decree of trans!
tlon, their flrt lady.
Was Populur Idol
The mother of King George was
ever the popular Idol with the Lon
don crowd and to them she was
always affectionately known as tho
Queen Mother. In every state pro
ceuBlon she was always most pop
ularly accnlmed. Despite her ad
vanced age, her .figure retained Us
radiated good breeding, refinement
nnd great beauty.
Queen Alexandra was born In
1S44 and was the eldest daughter
of Prince Christian of Oluoksburg,
afterwards King Christian IX; 'the
family :has held possession of .the
throne of Denmark for the laBt
five 'hundred years.
can find .help and comfort. And
he will help me "
He glanced up just then, and
smiled into her eyes. Marie leaned
back In her chair with a sigh of
contentment. It would be . pleasant
to go through life with a man who
understood her, whoso sympathy
and help were always present as
part of the expression of his love.
Tomorrow Wedding Plnnca,
During her early childhood,
Queen Alexandra's father had not
ascended the throne and the family
were In tho most indigent clrcum
stances, and her upbringing was
as modest as that of any Danish
peasant. That Inculcated Into her
nature a simplicity which all the
glories of an Edwardian reign fall'
ed to dispel.
Met Kdivnrd As Child
She met King Edward at a chlN
dren's party at Buckingham Pal
ace, both then were too young to
realize what the chance mooting
at the very stiff Victorian party
was going to mean In their lives.
Happily for her at that time the
modesty and simplicity of her bear
ing greatly Impressed Queen Vic
toria at a moment In that great
Lady's life when It took a mutiny
of a continent or a great and de-
vastlng war to soften the Imperial
hatuer.
But Queer. Victoria unbent to-tho
little Danish Princess and from
that moment In the eyes of tho
Queen she was always singled out
aa Bertie's (tho family name of
King Edward) bride. It was ten
years later, to be precise, 1861 that
Princess Alexandra again me Ed
ward, then tho Prince of Wales.
Ostensibly the Prince visited Ger
many to see the German manoeu
vres but really his object waso
get better acquainted with the hand
some Danish Princess, whom fate
and a political necessity, had map
ped out as a bride. At the outset
there was mutual admiration, and
that feeling developed, and to the
great delight of the English tho
engagement was announced. I
Marriage .Popular One
Everybody was pleased that the
Prince had not chosen a Prussian
Princess for a bride, for at that
moment German princllngs woro
among all the royal states of Eur
ope; there was one at the moment
sharing this British throne.
Th announcement of the
gugement had to be deferred fori
a time owing to the death of the
Prlnco's father, Albert Prince Con
sort, Tnae event cast a gloom over
tholr early courtship. Queen Vic
toria wlthdrow from all her social
engagements while she mourned
the loss of her husband, and after
a time the social conditions of
London rendered It necessary that
there should be a Princess of Wales
as the ostensible head of society,
and the engagement was speedily
announced and the marriage pIuiih
hurried forward.
Arrangements for the reception
of the young Princess were carrieu
out in colossal style. Money was
the last thing spared In securing
a befitting reception. All tho while
in her native Demark the poor lit
tle princess living a frugal existence
vcrv little money and very row
clothes, which it was said she had
to make heresolf, so straightened
wore their finances. She feared
the splendour into which .-she was
shortly to be thrust.
Peasants Bought Trousseau
Had it been iert to resources of
her family her dowery would have
been nil, and her trausseau would
have been scorned by the equiva
lent ot the flay to a Whitehall flnp
,ner. However, the poor of her
own country came to her rescue
and among them subscribed 100,
000 kroner to provide their little
Cinderalla Princess with a trous
seau and dowery appropriate to the
occasion.
When she arrived In London
overybody raved about her. She
was feted and honorod by every
phuse of society. After two days
rest the wedoiug took place In St.
George's Chapol, Windsor, on
March lOthe, 1803. Within ten
months their rtrst child, tho Duke
of ;Clarenco was born at an un
expected hour. The Prlncoas just
before the birth was wntchlng tho
skating on Virginia Water, and tho
first covering for the newly-born
Royal child was tho red flannel
petticoat of a quick wltted Duchess
who realized the situation quicker
than anyone else
First Son Lost
Prince George, the present King
was born two years later. Their
first sorrow was the death of their
first born the Duke of Clnronca at
the age of 28. Her next great sor
row was the death of her husband
In 1910. She was visiting Oerfu
nr.d Bhe had a strange premonition
or her husband's illness. She hast
ened to Venice thence to Caluls,
and It was there that eho learned
the worst that her husband was on
the point of death. Bhe had barely
time to reach his bed ere the King
died. 'Had It not been for her pre
monition she would huvo;hecn un
nble to bid farewell . to hen, hUBband
nnd King.
To allow for .future expansion
within tho campus, a 20-story sky
scraper, with rapm elevator sorv-
tcc, cluss rooms, 'living quarters,
swimming pools, libraries and din
ing rooms, has been proposed at
Yale:
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Barney Demands and Gets Recognition
By Billy de Beck
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