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Dec. 13, lQiz
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UHTAL
1TMSHMKNT
(iOVKKXOR,
AM) THE
TO THOSE who are opposed to cap
ital punishment it Ih modestly
suggested by the horse editor that
now Ih tho Minn to take up the tight
against it, and make vigorous and con
tinued war upon It. The horso editor,
while not disposed to bo bloodthlrHty
or especially revengeful, believes that
there are some criminals for whom
only dm dmith penally can solvo the
(mention of what t0 do with them.
'I hero nre Homo men, degenerates
brutes, what you will In that direction
i low In tho scalo of morality tlat
their living In a crlino ngnlnst all tho
principles of nature, but this Is out
hlde tho main contention.
It Is suggested, though, that now Is
the time to take up the mutter, for we
din discuss tho principle without de
ciding a ruse. We can argue the mat
ter without bringing Into it a apodal
ciiso with tho lives of three or four or
niore especial persons being Injected
Into It. Hence. It can be argued on Its
principles and talked of simply on Its
merits,
Let. this bo done, or the discussion
fropped, until such lime as It Is again
put up to the people to decide. It Is.
or wiih unfortunate that the mutter
aHHiimeil the shape It did, unless In
deed, the execution of those men today
pcrateR as a preventive to others, anil
tint they were, ho to speak martyrs
to the cause of the abolishment, of
i pit at punishment.
(lovenior West has been placed In
an unusually trying position. On the
one hand certain newspapers and a
number of ministers Inslstlngupon the
men hdng hanged, on tho other side
a strong pressure brought to bear In
the hopes of savlnfg them from tho
gallows. Delegations of tearful wo
iren, ahlu lawyers, "excessive" hu
iMiiultarlar.H, pleadings, supplications,
tears. Yet through it all (lovernor
YVest has remained firm, and has taken
the only course possible, for lilm under
the peculiar circumstances, lie bus
been ft mi, not stubborn, for he Iiuh
allied out the will of tho people of
the state of Oregon, when in doing so
be violated his own beliefs, opinions
mid desires.
lie staled, It is true, that there
"would be no more hangings while he
Vlis governor." lie no doubt mean!
e xactly what he said, for he had a pro
IViinil belief that otlco the people of
the stale could get a chance to pass
liiiili the mutter that they would nl.nl
ii h capital punishment. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 so,
hi nt the last election cuuscil the mal
lei to he voted upon, and ho then
found he was mistaken, that the ma
jority of the pcoplo Insisted upon tho
liatli penalty for murder - they le
lleveil in the teachings of the Old
Testament rather than those of the
New. rending this diction reprieves
bad been grunted to certain condemn
ed men, and they were given the
ch.inie to escape the House If the peo
ple so desired. They were given this
exl in chance of an appeal to the court
of highest resort - the people, anil they
Inst. As the governor of the state, the
1 epivscnlnth o of these voters, he was
sworn to sustain and enforce the law.
When he could no longer doubt the
desires of the majority, w hen they hud
almost In so many winds, told him
they desired the men whom he hud
reprieved, hangi-d, there was but one
thing he could do, and that was carry
(.lit the expressed will of the people
cutoive the law.
He did this, and the condemned men
have paid the penalties fixed for them.
Yet nobody is sutislled. That Is none
cf those doing the talking and making
the most noise. The ultras among
those favoring the death penalty kick
and yowl because he gave the poor
Ladd & Bush, Bankers
Established 1868
Transact a General
( a I III
.
e issue Travelers cnecks
able in all parts
by
w retches a chance for their lives, nnd
did not let them bo hanged long ago.
The noisy ones of tho other sldo are
beating their tom-toms nnd saying the
governor Is without honor because he
having said there should be no hang
li'gs during his administrations, per
mitted these executions even though a
largo majority of the people whose
representative and agent he Is, nnd
through whom alono ho has tho right
or power to reprieve or pardon, in
sisted that tho death penalty be In
flicted. To tho great Intelligent mass of peo
ple, those who think without shouting,
and see and understand without leap
ing Into the glare of the calcium light,
(lovernor West's course is tho only
sensible, straight - forward, honest,
teanly one possible, nnd this class,
(fortunately in a large majority In
Oregon) heartily endorses his action,
mid uilmlre his pulling tho will of the
people above his own desires or opin
ions. The governor has been In a
trying position and ho has; como out of
II. with credit to himself and with the
hearty comineiiilatlon of tho .sensible,
thinking people of the state, regard
less of their especial opinions or he
llers concerning capital punishment.
WIIIITIXi HIST ItKMKDY.
"NdUSII legislation Is always prac
tical. Some years ago, when an
organized gang of garroters Invad
ed London they re-estnhllshed the
whipping post, with the result t tint
gurrollng soon censed. Now the house
of commons bus decided that when a
person has been convicted of partici
pation In white shivery the accused
shall be soundly Hogged. This wns tho
old custom, and Mnciiuley declares
Hint the hrulal .lelTrles used to aug
ment, the punishment by his manner of
pronouncing a sentence. When an un
fortunato was brought before him he
used to dilate upon the Hogging, say
ing: "This Is a cold day for mniliini
lo strip In. Sheriff, see that you warm
her up. Lay It on well. King her till
the hliMid trickles down her back. Do
not spare the lush, sheriff, (live It to
her hard," and he added to It by
chuckling, rubbing his hands In glee,
and gloating over the tears and cries
of his victims.
SIMM l it THY Tin: 'iin mr WAY.
THE Willamette I'lilveislly Is mak
ing u strong and apparently suc
cessful effort to Increase Its en
dowment nnd get upon a substantial
Tooling. That It will lie successful be
yond Its expectations In this way Is
the wish of all Salein people and thou
sands of others. At the same time It
Is to be regretted that n0 steps are
being taken towards providing free
scholarships. Assistance by the col
lege to the poor but needy student
si niggling ngalnst adverse circum
stances to uciiilre an education Is as
necessary to his well being and suc
cess as Is the endowment to the strug
gling college. Hence It Is to be re
gretted that Willamette Is not taking
nt least some Initial steps towards do
ing to others us she would lu done by,
The proverb says "it Is better to give
than to receive" and If this Is true it
Is to be hoped that so far as free
Mholurshlp nre conccdned that W. I'.
wlll soon see her way dear, while re
ceiving her endowment gifts, to act
the "better" part.
Trial lleglns Mourn v.
Ios Angeles, dil., Dec. 1 1 -The trial
of former tily Prosecutor (!uy Kddle,
charged with contributing to the de
linquency of a minor. Is scheduled to
begin here next Monday. H Is report
ed that an effort will be made to se
cure another postponement.
Capital $500,000.00
Bank in;; Business,
II.. f
and letters or credit avai -
of the world
Xalks on
the Canal
at Panama
The president has fixed Fanama ca
nal tolls in accordance with the advice
of Prof, Johnson, who hns been guid
ed in his Judgment by commercial
consideration. The rate Is almost the
samo aB that via Suez, hut that Is
largely accidental. The competition
between tho two routes is one of
freight rates, rather than of canal
tolls, and fhe tolls Is only one factor
of the rato. The rate fixed is not a
. .. .
cut-tnroat rate, lor uio purpirau ui u-,
verting traffic from tho Suez route,
for the professor finds that policy tin-
Just. Tho rato adopted is proportioned
to the cost of building and operating
the canal, and with the Intent to pro
vide for economy In movement by that
route, rather than by a transcontinen
tal route. Even according to these
reasonable principles tho professor
says that the result rests "mainly upon
conjecture.' Nobody really knows
what commerco will prefer the canal,
and therefore nobody reajly knows
what the tolls will amount to. Tljjp ex
pectation Is that after 10 or 20 years
they will provldo something toward
repaying the cost of the cnnnl. In
that case JiiBt so much of the nntlonal
InirAulmniil U'lll lin r,ilr.ii unti niftier for
, , .. . ,, ,
a similar use or for tho reduction of;
taxation. That is good business eith
er way. It Is plain that there Is a lim
it to the extenf to which even the
I'nlted Stales can use taxation for the
const met Ion of such public works, hut
there Is no limit If the works nre ad
ministered In a method not to burden
the taxpayers, and to recover the cap
ital sunk'.
There nre two Important variations
from the practice on the Suez cnnnl.
No toll will ho collected from pnssen
gres via Panama. Tho professor's ar
gument Ib that tho passenger tolls nre
Included in the tonnage toll, nnd that
a separate passenger toll Is a double
toll. Also warships are charged dif
ferently from tho tonnage toll on mer
chant vessels. Tho professor say that
they are fighting machine, nnd have
no tonnage for profit. Therefore war
ships aro charged for their displace
ment, nt a rate nominally lower thnn
merchant vessels, but totaling higher,
mid regardless of commercial con
siderations. In the professor's words,
"the I'nlted States Is not called upon to
mako the Panama canal tolls low for
the piupaBi! of lightening the naval
burdens of foreign countries." All that
the I'nlted States Is required to do Is
to deal equally with all users of tho
canal for llko purposes. All warships
pay via Suez, because that Is a private
enterprise, ami there is no excuse for
exempting any. The discrimination
would lie too flagrant, In some re
spects there is cause for regret that
the ruuanui canal was not built by the
I'nlted States through a corporation,
In tho manner In which capitalists
keep their Interests distinct, nnd keep
track of their financial operntlons.
The steel trust, for example, although
owning lis subsidiaries, would not al
low them to take freely from anything
the steel trust owned. Strict account
Is kept of all Intercompany operations,
but tho I'nlted states keeps no ac
count of Inlerilepni'tment operations.
Thus It happens that nobody really
knows what the franking privilege
costs, or the real deficit In the post
office, which claims a surplus.
There would be no real discrimina
tion K the I'nlted States should fail
to culled tolls on Its warships, or even
If It should rebate them. Hut there
would be ground for a suggestion of
avoiding the letter of the treaty, even
though complying with Its spirit. The
exemption of the coastwise marine
Is a similar case, which hardly could
have occurred If It had been resolved
to keep the canal accounts In a strict
manner. If the ramd'had been re-
iiuiren to support itself there never
could have been an argument that re
j hates to the coastwise trade would not
I be a burden to taxpayers for private
I profit. The professor Is not resoon-
slide for this. His entire statement of
his action Is contrary to It. The
troubles which will result from de-
t .i ...
I'luuiie Hem imp proiessors principles
are not yet apparent, but nre coming
to a head.
YI' IOU llll I S A It K CP
TO lilt: ITdlSI.UTRK
(lovernor West declares that with
the l!:l -vetoed hills left over from the
last legislature he will have nothing
more to do. lie will not recommend
the passage of any of the hills nor at
tempt to defeat any i (Tort to pas them
ou r his veto The bills are to be
1 rimed within the next few days and
i d'strlbuted to all of the members of
the new legislature.
witers lied.
1 1 Mil e i ia:-s 1 1' si ii w no: )
lb-rue. Switzerland. IVe l;t 1-M-waid
Mullet-, at present chief of tin
military department is ehcti-d today
president of the Swiss confederation.
M. Hoffman was elected vice-president.
To Compel
Voters to
Cast Vote
M, Polncare has secund proportlan
ate representation for France In the
chamber deputies. Hut a very large
proportion of French citizens it seems
have never formed the habit of voting.
Compulsory voting h now suggested.
The special cable dispatches from Par
Is to the Sunday Times tell of two
bills Introduced by radical senators
designed to compel the people to vote.
One provides for a line whenever a
citizen of voting age neglects his duty
at the polls, while the other is still
n.nrn npvprp. nnd nrovideS for the
pmlK(.1(m of tne ne(,lecUlli votert name
fiom the lists after his first offense
and the permanent withdrawal of his
right of suffrage If he persistently re
fuses to vote.
A plan to compel voting has been
suggested In this county, under which
a majority of votes of all the regis
tered voters would be exacted for any
measure submitted to the people or
any candidate for office. In case the
majority was lacking the measure
would be held over until the next elec
tion, while the Incumbent of the ofllce
would hold his place until the people
taw lit to go to the polls in large
enough numbers to comply with the
, , , ' .
law. If the referendum is to becomi)
?. recognized part of our governmental
machinery it Is desirable that It should
clearly rolled the will of the people
Comparatively few have hitherto cast
their votes for or against constitution-
il amendments or tiny other measures
submitted to the people at the polls.
It is doubtful, however, if plans to
compel people to vote when they du
not care to vote are not infringements
of tho rights of citizens. In France
It is said, the number of men who re
frain from voting Increases every year.
l!ut It Is hoped that under M. l'oln-
cures system or proportional repre
sentation the apathy of voters will
soon be remedied, without the enforce
ment of any dubious law to compel
voting-
A STITCH IX TIME.
Salem People Should Net
Xeglcet
Their Kidneys.
No kidney ailment is unimportant
Don't overlook the slightest backache
cr urinary Irregularity. Nature ninv
ue warning ymi ot approaching drop-igie and his giving. And not much re
sy, or fatal Ilright's disease. Kidney ' sultant benefit, at least to people who
disease Is seldom fatal if treated in' niOKt nepit to lie helnpil
For Camps and Cottages
Ifeyib Lamps and Lanterns
THE RAYO LAMP gives i clear, soft light. Easy on
the eyes. Made of solid brass, nickel plated.
Lighted without removing chimney or shade. Easy
10 clean and rewick.
THE RAYO LANTERN is strong and durable. Doesn't
smoke. Doesn't leak. Doesn't blow out in the wind.
RAYO LAMPS AND LANTERNS
Are Sold by Dealers Everywhere
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Cilifornta)
PortUml. Sin Franclico
a
NEW WIDE
42-inch flouncing, nice goods only 50c yard
Embroidery flouncing, beautiful pattern, only ..75c yd
17-inch embroideries, all new, only 25c yd
1H-!nrli nnilv-nlrlorioc nt nn i
"ivu l 1 1 mj i uiuv 1 1 v -j ...
Wide linen Torchon laces at
Blankets
Blankets, 55x72
Pickets 58x76
Woolen Markets, special at
Blankets from 40c a pair up to $5,00 a pair"
HO ladies' coats at
A.I th s season s goods, new
t':e line at $5,00 each,
ROSTEIN & GREENBAUM
240-246 Commercial Street
Just Sec that Corn
Shrivel Vanish!
The ew Corn CurCGETS-IT" Acts It
6
Corns on Sunday I Coue en Tuesday!
efr l-sins After I'Hinif
''Gets-It." "(Jets-It."
"GETS-IT" is the new corn cure
on a new plan, that is as harmless to
the skin as water, but, blazes, how It
works! Nothing to stick or hurt, Lo
and behold, your corn comes out. You
don't have to drag It out. Every
owner of a corn, callous, wart or
bunion is going to get the surprise
.11 l
of a lifetime. No more uies'"6 "
corns, no more slicing with razors
and drawing blood, no more blood
poison, no more sticking plasters.
"OETS-IT Is sold at all druggist's at
25c a bottle, or sent direct by E
Lawrenco & Co., Chicago. Sold in
Salem byj. C. Perry, two stores, D.
J. Fry, Dr. Stones Drug Store, Crown
Drug Co., Red Cross Pharmacy, Op
era House Pharmacy, Capital Drug
Co.
time, but neglect paves the way for
serious kidney troubles. Don't neglect
a lame or aching back another day.
Don't Ignore dizzy spells, Irregular or
discolored urine, headaches, weari
ness or depression. Ilegin treating the
kidneys with .the reliable, time-tried
remedy. Dean's Kidney Pills. For
75 years, Donn's have been curing sick
k'.dneys nnd curing permanently. En
dorsed by grateful people.
Mrs. Mary J. Piatt, 320 Sixth street
Corvallls, Oregon, says: "I have used
Doan's Kidney Tills and have found
them to be a good kidney medicine.
They gave mo great relief and I con
sider them unequalcd for backache
and other troubles caused by Inactive
kidneys."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mllhurn Co., Buffalo,
New York sole agents for the United
Slates.
Kememher the name Doan's and
take no other.
A distinguished college professor
ays there Is no generosity in Carne-
i
EMBROIDERIES
.... .... zwr vn
.5c yd
-.loc pair
$1.00 pair
-$2,75 pair
S5.00 each
st le coats, to close out
taifi.V-, ill
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ill $7'90
i $9.90
cJIf- $12.50
I Silks j
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Bar-
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I Goods
The biggest and
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$3.95
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(linn a
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