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PORTLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1914.
SENATOR
CHAMBERLAIN".
The Oregonian is reproached by a
contemporary for its
failure
to give Senator Chamberlain credit for
his achievements during his term in
Congress. The Oregronian is not much
disturbed by complaints of its prejudiced neighbors and not too friendly
critics for any of its shortcomings,
which it meekly admits are manifold;
but it agrees that the public Is entitled
to know just how much Senator Cham- berlain has accomplished for Oregon
and the Nation during- the five or
more years of his Senatorial incumbency.
It does no appear from the record
that the Senator, during the first several years, was conspicuous in any
branch of the Senatorial service, and
little is claimed for him. even by his
zealous friends. Undoubtedly he kept
up the ordinary routine and departmental work; but he did not in any
way Identify himself with important
legislation or any large Congressional
activity. Probably the fact that he
was a new Senator, and a minority
Senator, too, made it appropriate that
ho remain in the background. Besides,
was sevthe campaign for
eral years in the future.
But in the last two years Senator
Chamberlain has undoubtedly been active or, at least, he has been much
A
in the newspapers.
press bureau can perform services for
any Congressman that are of large
value to him in a campaign. If that
is true of Mr. Chamberlain, it is only
fair to say that he is not alone in that
method of getting before the public.
Since the Administration of President
Wilson began, the Senator has been
an earnest and consistent supporter
of the Wilson policies, with the single
Important exception of the free tolls
repeal. He has been a faithful and
ardent member of the Democratic cau.
cus, though at one time, in a moment
of heat, or exuberance, or emotion,
or whatever it was, he openly threatened to bolt the caucus and vote
against the tariff bill. But he didn't.
ed
.
ed
served well of the Administration. He
voted for the tariff. He voted for
every other Administration bill. He
was entrusted with the Alaska bill, an
important
measure,
Administration
it pays for its indifference to the real
issues between the cardinal policies
of the great political parties.
If Mr. Chamberlain has done anything effective at Washington to relieve his state of the gross blight of
a false conservation it is not known
in Oregon. So far as anyone sees, the
Oregon Senator is blissfully unconscious of the tremendous damage done
e
to the state by the
theorists
who run the forest reserves and who
prevent, not promote, 'settlement of its
public lands and who restrict, not enlarge, the use of its streams, and water powers. The land question is most
vital to Oregon development.
It is
more important even than the tariff,
or rivers and harbors, or any other
of the matters with which the Senate
usually concerns itself. It affects every
citizen. It is present in every precinct
and every county. The Senator who
aids in unlocking the gate that closes
the way to development of Oregon
lands through beneficial use, and protests effectively against the strangling
grasp which departmental interpretation of impossible laws inflicts- upon
our prosperity, will render incalculable
service to Oregon, present and future.
Yet Senator Chamberlain surrendered
his chairmanship of the public lands
committee, where a strong man might
accomplish much indeed, everything
for the people, in order to take the
chairmanship of the military affairs
committee, which is important chiefly
for its control of patronage and" for its
social prestige.
red-tap-
-
Oregon is a Republican state. It
has two Democratic Senators at Wash,
ington. They are there chiefly because
the Republican party has not been
united, and not because the people
desired Democratic representation at
Washington.
It is a mistake, as the
state has learned. It is time that
the people understood that they ought
not to elect any man Senator merely
because he is a good fellow and professedly holds no political opinions
likely to cost him any man's vote;
but they should choose a Senator because of the principles he represents
and the services he can render.
The Oregonian thinks that every
citizen ought to have learned, by the
experience of the past two years,
under Democratic rule as well as by
the record of former Democratic administrations
that policies of government have a vital bearing on his
own. welfare. It is nonsense for any
voter to say that he is interested only
in men not in measures or methods
or political principles. When he supports a Democrat for Senator, he
supports the Democratic party; when
he votes for a Republican, he supports
the Republican party.
The
question
for
Oregon
to
de-
termine in November is not the mere
personal contest between Chamberlain
and Booth, but a definite decision for
Republican
policies.
policies
LOGGED-OF-
LAND
F
or
AND
Democratic
IMMIGRANTS.
evi-
It is a pleasure to see such an
dence of sound, practical sense in
Chief Forester Graves as his statement
that "the real agricultural problem of
Oregon today is in the logged-of- f
lands." Certainly, as he says, the con
struction of roads through this land
will be a help toward their development, but it will be only a beginning.
We need concerted effort by com
munities or by large bodies of capital.
Within a few years there will pour
into this state thousands of people
who will be fleeing from impoverished
in
Europe and whose chief capital
most cases their only capital is their
physical energy, their willingness to
work and their determination to lift
themselves out of the poverty in
which monarchy and militarism have'
held them.
It will be necessary to put these
people to work. To what better purpose could their energies be- applied
land and
than in clearing logged-of- f
putting it in condition for agriculture?
When the new immigrants see the
rich, virgin soil which has been lying
idle because encumbered with forest
debris, a desire to possess some of it
will surely arise in them. A county or
a company equipped with proper appliances for clearing could employ
large numbers of new immigrants and
could permit them to apply part of
their earnings as first payment on
small farms. The man who makes
good at such laborious work as
is the kind of man to be
helped along in establishing himself
as a farmer, for he is the right kind
of material for a citizen.
and It became a. law. It is a valuable
act for Alaska and will be beneficial
to Oregon and the Nation to the extent that the building of an Alaska
railroad, and the probable development of Alaska's resources, may help.
Senator Chamberlain has raised his
voice for recognition by Congress of
Oregon rivers and harbors. That is a
Senator's duty. AH Oregon Senators
have done it, we think. The recent
river and harbor bill, as it passed the
House, contained an appropriation of
$1, 000. 000 for the Columbia River. In
the Senate, through the efforts of Senator Chamberlain and doubtless of
Senator Lane, the river was placed
under a continuing contract and an
amendment for a total Columbia River
bar appropriation of $5,100,000 was
adopted. The bill did not pass, because of the Senatorial filibuster, supported by the general sentiment of the
country, against the pork-barrIt
ought not to have passed. But the
was
merit of the Columbia River item
nowhere denied. Whether the Columbia River $5,100,000 appropriation
could harve passed the House, even
bill had got
if the original pork-barrthrough the" Senate, is conjectural.
Probably not. It is difficult to say
WILL ROUMANIA JOIN IN WART
what Senator Chamberlain's duty was
a,
The
death of King Charles, of
so
deeply
interesting to
in' a matter
removes the greatest obstacle
'(Oregon, and in view" of the Congresthe way of the large proportion of
sional practice of accumulating all from
his people who desire to ally themkinds of projects in a pork-barrwith Russia and Servia in the
measure. But it is clear now that Ore- selves
been
gon will fare well under the $20,000, war on Austria. The King had
ruled by hia relationship as a Hohen-zoller- n.
000 measure, though the pork-barr- el
"with the German Emperor
has been beaten. The penalty of part- rather than
by the sentiments of his
nership with pork-barrschemes from people, and had
refused to deall parts of the United States, how- clare war. The firmly
more cautious Rouever, was only narrowly avoided.
manian statesmen also fear that their
Now let us concede that Senator country's participation in the war
Chamberlain, a man of amiable parts would bring Turkey to the aid of the
have been rumors that
and fair abilities, has done as well for enemy. There
Oregon rivers and harbor appropria- Roumania ' would defer action until
tions as another could, the fact yet Italy aligned herself with the allies.
The people are inspired by desire to
remains that Mr. Chamberlain grossly
blundered in the important matter of realize their national ambition to unite
the reclamation bill, by which the old Bukowina and Transylvania with the
King Charles, who is a
act, favorable to Oregon, was amended kingdom.
by repeal of section 9 and the oppor- Hohenzollern, is animated by loyalty
tunity was given to turn over to other to his dynasty, the head of which is
struggling to maintain his empire.
states the large contribution made
through sales of its public
The sympathy of Roumania in the
lands. It was a bad slip. It has not present war naturally goes to Russia,
been retrieved by any subsequent com- for that empire brought about the
mensurate act in behalf of the great emancipation of its two provinces,
irrigation projects of Oregon. The Wallachia and Moldavia, from Turkstate has lost heavily.
ish rule and their erection into a
principality under Turkish
But the service of a Senator is not
to be determined, wholly or in greater suzerainty and finally into an indepart, by the showing he is able to pendent kingdom. They have to
for the loss of
make In dollars and cents. The sole thank Austria-Hungar- y
mission of a Senator at Washington Bukowina, which was formerly a part
is not to put his hand in the Treasury of Moldavia, but was annexed to Ausand to fill his pockets with the largest tria in 1777. About 35 per cent of its
accessible sum in order to bring it population is Roumanian, and 40 per
back to his constituents. His duty fcj cent is Ruthenian, a Russian people
. to represent the dominant seritiment
their
who became separated from
and interest of his constituency in the kinsmen in medieval times but have
great affairs of government policy and maintained their separate identity.
Transylvania was at one time united
in a large way to support the high
concerns of the Nation itself.
Mr. to Wallachia, having been conquered
Chamberlain, elected actually as a non- by the Voivode Michael about the
partisan, though nominally as a Demo- (year 1600 from Austria, which later
crat, has identified himself completely retook it. Of its population in 1910,
with the partisan policies of the Dem- 814,994 were Magyars apd Szecklers, a
ocratic party at Washington. This in kindred race to the Magyars, 233,019
Saxons, descended from immigrants
direct violation of his
promises and of the expectations of brought from the Rhine Valley in the
the people of his state. He has sup- Twelfth century, and 1,397,282 Rouported the Democratic tariff, which manians. The Roumanians in 1863
is injurious to Nation and state. That won a long contest for recognition as
is the largest matter for which he the fourth nation in the autonomous
may be held accountable. It has been government, but the province lost its
a dear experiment for Oregon. It is autonomy and was absorbed by Hunnot what Oregon desires in the way gary five years later. Since that time
of a tariff, nor is it the kind of a tariff the Magyars have had full sway, in
the state was entitled to get through spite of the protests of the RoumaSenator Chamberlain. The state's nians and Saxons.
As the ambition of Servia is to In
Jotseei through the tariff are the price
el.
land-cleari-
el
Rou-mani-
el
el
ng
--
pre-electi-
clude the Serb provinces of Austria
in a greater Servia, so is it the desire
of Roumania to establish a greater
Roumania by annexing Bukowina
and Transylvania. The mixture of
Roumanians and Ruthenlans in the
former province gives both Roumania
and RiiBfia a claim on the score of
race affinity, while the Roumanian
majority in Transylvania gives the
kingdom a claim on that province.
Russia having already overrun Bukowina, Roumania see her hopes of winning it fading before the claims of the
Muscovites based on possession and
the slight numerical superiority of the
Ruthenians. If the kingdom strikes
now it may
its claim and
may acquire .Transylvania, which is
also called "the Banat." If it holds
off it may find itself cooped in on the
west as well as on the north" and east
by Russia and denied all hope of expansion.
On av war. footing Roumania could
put 500,000 men in the field and could
aid Servia powerfully in attacking
Austria from the south and east, leaving the Russian army greater freedom
to attack Austria from the rfbrtheast
and Germany from the east.
The
Roumanians are good fighters and
proved their prowess as' allies of Russia in the war v. 1th Turkey in 1877-"
8.
SUBMARINE'S PART IN WAR.
While the eyes of the world have
been fastened on the great battles in
progress on land, there has been in
the background of the public mind a
feeling of suspense as to what is about
to happen on the sea. Whatever" the
fortunes of war may have in store for
her allies, the fate of England must
be decided in the naval war.
In the struggle for naval supremacy
the submarine has already proved that
it will play a leading part. The only
safeguard against it is the aeroplane
scout, which from a great height can
see deep Into the water and can descry submerged objects which are invisible from the surface. But fogs,
which prevail in the North Sea and
English Channel at this season, veil
the sea from the aerial observer.
The submarine has been constantly
improved in jiany respects until Sir
Percy Scott, the father of "the modern
navy, goes so far as to say, in an article published only last June, that it
has rendered waste of money any further expenditure on battleships. Since
Its invention the submarine's displacement has grown from 200 to 1000 tons;
speed, submerged, has Increased to
seven knots and occasionally to as
much as fifteen knots, and cruising
radius to 2000 miles. Since the Japanese won a limited number of successes with this type of vessel the
torpedo has been increased in diameinches,
ter from eleven to twenty-on- e
in the charge of guncotton to 300
pounds; in speed to forty knots and
in range to 7000 yards. The gyroscopic
compass enables a submarine to make
an observation long before. It becomes
visible to an e,nemy, and then to steer
a straight course until it comes within
striking distance.
Against the submarine, it is argued
that the surface ship has the advantage of superior speed, which Is a sure
defense after the enemy is discovered,
and that the small guns of a destroyer
or cruiser could sink the submerged
craft with a single shell. Air scouts
have proved their efficiency to see
through the water. Bleriot, in flying
across the Channel, saw a string of
submarines following a couple of de
stroyers and an Italian aviator off
Tripoli saw on the bottom the wreck
of the American warship Philadelphia,
sunk a century ago.
Sir Percy may exaggerate the importance of the new vessel, but that
his warnings have had weight with
the British Admiralty is apparent from
the fact that Great Britain has far
more submarines than Germany and
was building twenty to Germany's
twelve before the war. Certain It is
that in this war the submarine will
be thoroughly tried out.
MONDAY,
to encroach upon executive 'functions
by resolution.
,
Pennsylvania, Georgia and Vermont
legislature- - plan
tried the
and abandoned it. The continental
congress was unicameral. That was
also the type the
and inefficient articles of confederation imposed on the first United States Congress. TTie
plan has had
ample
trial.
the
Its successor,
system, has proved its
bicameral
copied
country
worth in this
and been
throughout the globe by all except the
smallest states. Irs worth and efficiency is not questioned by anybody-excep-t
those who are constitutionally
at outs with what the great majority
approves.
one-hou-
ed
If
1
A
IF I WERI A KING.
wera the King of a cannibal
many a thing would 1 do
isle.
To make my fame ring in the cannibal isle
game-hoggi-
'
some tour of Inspection felt the conduit would last forever, but progress
"Sir," said the courteous office boy.
of business has necessitated filling the "have you any football training?"
low ground and the walls cannot stand
"Not much, my son. Why?"
the pressure. This is one of the les"There's a football game today and I
sons a city learns as it ages.
r.eed you."
"How so?" I queried.
Postmaster-GenerBurleson's han"I tried to make a touch, down in the
dling of the star route and rural mail pressroom, but couldn't get it across,"
service shows a purpose to effect said the C. O. B., "and now I want you
economy without regard to either to see if you can Intercept a pass."
efficiency or justice. He piles on the
Whereupon I crawled over to the
backs of the contractors and carriers sporting editor and tried to pry
him
a vastly large load of parcels in the loose from one, by soft and persuasive
effort to prove the parcel post a source speech.
of profit. Perhaps he hopes by this
means to convince Congress that his
Solemn Thought.
department is competent to run the She kissed the halfback, ere the game.
telegraph and telephone service.
And O. it seems a bitter shame.
On Hps she kissed, so soft and sweet.
Dlayer puts his feet;
Now Is the time for the Russian Some rough-nec- k
The
mouth her osculation hit
to
hordes
divert German attention
from France by striking vigorous Has got six teeth s knocked e out of it.
blows in the east until Kitchener gets
What is a world's series without a
his million Britons into France. If he
could have sent those million-me- n
into ticket scandal?
Belgium in August Instead of prom
ising them next Spring, ' there might
Reflections of a Barber.
have been a different story to .tell of
A tonic in time saves nine.
past
two months. But England is
the
Hope springs eternal on the human
never ready wen war comes.
dome.
The more an old man loves life the
Having no efficient army, China, more certain he is to dye.
with its 400,000,000 people, must conTo the ears of youth. "Hair-cu- t
or
tent itself with protests against the shave?" is the sincerest form of flatviolation of its neutrality. With a tery.
army, though withonly
I never could sympathize with that
7,300,000 people, Belgium has been Safety first" movement;
vigorous
a
fight
against
to
able
make
And lota of my customers admit that
the German invaders. Developed mil- the darned things pull like the dickens.
itary power, has some value; latent
A soft lather turneth away wrath,
military power has none.
e
s
Tennyson Rewrote It.
If
It seems remarkable that a new law Half a
of Congress should be needed to Half a kilometer.
kilometer.
abolish slavery in the Philippines. By Half a kilometer onward!
a Constitutional amendment adopted
mess
Into a harbed-wir- e
soon after the Civil War slavery is Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them.
prohibited in the United States "and
Cannon to loft of them.
all places subject to Its jurisdiction."
But the amendment is probably not Cannon In front of them.
al
.
well-equipp- ed
of a barn by lightning
such rare occurrence in Western
Oregon that when it happens residents
should send word to the afflicted East
to show this section is honest in asserting it is still a better place in
Destruction
is of
on the same day as King Charles of
Roumania.
With the Canadian contingent on
hospital duty and the Irish regiments
guarding depots and stores. Kitchener
must think the English, Scotch and
of
other feature in the constitution, Welsh
are the only fighters.
owes its existence, in its present form, en
tirely to an unwilling compromise of the
conflicting demands ot the large and small
Nearly 5000 voters have registered
states.
In Benton County, 40 per cent of them
Spofford,
subject,
A.
same
R.
On the
women, and Dr. Withycombe
will
late chief librarian of the Congres- carry Benton by nearly 5000.
sional Library, makes this statement:
The Senate was designed by the framers
Germany may think the surrender
of the Constitution, not only to secure to
each state an eoual voice in legislation in of Antwerp is the beginning of the
power, end; but more than likely
the body constituting the
it is the
but also by the greater length of the term end of
the beginning.
of service to afford a check upon hasty
legislation by a popular body subject to
biennial changes.
All of North Brbokfield, where ConThe bicameral system is thus in nie Mack was raised, will be at Fendorsed by Dean Charles H. Hull, of way Park today, "making medicine"
Cornell University:
for its hero to win.
Because It has Droved best suited to ac
compllsh tha purpose, the bicameral system
Former Controller Dawes says prosIn other words, the organization of the perity
is on the way. As it passes, the
Legislature
into two houses has been
adoDted
in all save the smallest states Pacific Coast will grab a tail hold
nearly
!
sure.
If Christopher Columbus had not
been a restless genius, many in Ore
gon would not today be celebrating.
Cleared of timber, the suburbs of
Antwerp must resemble a stretch of
logged-o- ff
Oregon's
land.
foregoing not in reference to the
states of the American Union, but to
among:
general.
sovereign commonweallhs in
These are not
the seen SunThe proposal to abolish the State days after Easter, but they are just as
Senate is a proposal to go contrary to rainy--.
the almost universal opinion of po
litical theorists. It is a proposal to
It is devoutly to be hoped the Mayor
remove 'one safeguard against already of Boston will behave at the game tohasty lawmaking. It is a proposal to day.
give the Legislature increased power
to override the Governor's vetos., It is
If there be Frenchmen left to fight,
a proposal to permit the Legislature they would better begin.
INPBEP.VREDXES5
Caadlttoa Advocate by Idealist Did
Nat Prevent America Ceaflleta.
(To the Ed.
PORTLAND. Oct. 10.
Itor. ) The report that Professor W. T.
Foster, of Reed College, advocates disarmament of the Navy at this time
occasions, to ( the writer at least, great
surprise. Complete disarmament as a
means of National defense sceins a
very attractive plan if only . the experience of nations justified it- - But.
unfortunately, if history shows one
thing plainly, it is that the unarmed
nation is treated with very scant consideration by its powerful armed neigh-bor- a
i
It is a regrettable thing that in this
country people seem unable to distinguish between the expressed "fear" of
war and the "desire" for war. Any
individual who avers that he "fears"
war, and advocates National preparedness as a means of preventing It, is
accused of desiring war, and is
promptly pronounced a "jingo," and
having been placed in that undesirable
class, any argument that he may make,
no matter how cogent, is openly questioned and flouted.
If we were all perfectly honest with
ourselves shouldn't we be willing to
admit that we feel a little bit more
comfortable for having even as much
of a Navy as the Democrats allow us
to have at the present time? How
much consideration does any one suppose Japan would have given us in
matters like the California land question if we had had no Navy?
people like to be ruled from
Tokio rather than Washington?
The
laboring man becomes very enthusiastic when he talks about Chinese exclusion and Japanese exclusion, but how
effective does he suppose that would
be without the armed vessels of war
to govern our
that insure us the right
country in our own way, and to live in
peace with neighbors of our own choosing?
Professor Foster says that the money
used to build a single battleship would
found many a oolleere and university,
and we cheerfully grant that it would
but that is not the question. The
question is, can we afford to dispense
with the battleship? and. if we can't,
the fact that the money might be used
for some more laudable purpose is en
tirely beside the point. We find it
necessary to employ a police force in
order to prevent crimes against property and persons, but, following Professor Foster's theory to its logical
conclusion, I. e., that the inability to
protect ourselves will prevent deeds of
violence, we ought to discharge our
policemen and use the money for colleges and universities.
In the same
way our penitentiaries, which are currently supposed to exist as a deterrent
to evil, ought to be thoroughly
anathematized and put out of existence,
and, of course, the money could be
used for educational purposes. But the
fact is that police (and penitentiaries
are necessary in our present condition
of society, and however reluctantly we
may do so, we are forced to spend the
money required to maintain them.
Unpreparedness did not prevent the
Revolution, it did not prevent the War
of 1812, it did not prevent the Mexican
War, it did not prevent the Civil War.
or even the Spanish War in 1898, and
the country cannot point to any period
in its history of more than 40 years
of continuous peace. The War of 1812
and the Civil War are two typical instances of wars that were brought on
by our unpreparedness, and the docwho
trinaires and the sentimentalists
have been responsible for our inability
prevent
promptly
or
end those two
to
conflicts have much to answer for.
And yet they seem unwilling to, learn
by experience, and are always ready
to herald the fact that the perilous
course is the correct one.
Let us all admit that what we want
is peace; that we are sincerely
anxious to avoid war; that we applaud
and uphold Mr. Bryan in his peace
treaties, and hope that they will prove
effective, but let us also realize that
until some agreement for international disarmament is made and carried
out. we cannot afford entirely to dis
regard the advice of the Father of His
Country, "in time of peace prepare for
war. '
REAUEK.
WARS
FOLLOW
How-woul-
Year Ago
Twenty-Fiv- e
From The Oregonian. October 10. 1SSD.
Salem The following tadav nassed
examination
and received certificates
to practice law in thi eIhia- H. Tarpley, Salem: M. E. Brink. Albany:
T.
icior
Uelllnurer.
If
George F. Holman. w. K. Smith,koxnan.
(i. M.
.Miner.
J. McNull.. Will H.
Walker. K. R. Osborne. M. 1 Bersrman
and Charles Beaver. Portland; Alexan- r.. ivinat. Hiiis&oro;
i,a
.
H. Tarker. Jacksonville:
D. C,
Linkville;
Brownell.
Charles E. Lock- wooa. Eugene, and C. A. Ri-- d
New
lnin
Jersey.
Seattle Thomas Ewinr w. V. Kai.
ley," Thomas Burke. John Leary, Amos
Browa and Bailey Gatxert are projectors of a new opera-hous- e
scheme
hare. The site has been purchased
at the corner of Second and University streets. It is intended to make
the finest in the
the opera-hous- e
City of Mexico
Congress will ba
called upon soon to revise the consti
tution, lenutnenlng the term of the
president.
Mrs. G. W. Dent, en route to Port
land on the Northern Pacific, save
birth to a baby while on the train.
The child was born whila- - the train
stopped at Wlnlock, Wash.
South Bend, Ind. The palatial home
which cost $300.- was almost totally destroyed by
fire yesterday.
The residence was one
of the finest and costliest in the world.
Only $20,000 was carried in insurance.
of Clem Studebaker,
000,
San Francisco Sir Edwin Arnold.
rived here. The noble poet is giving
his views on the United States. He
commends the American
Generals,
lauds President Harrison and avers
Washington one of the most beautiful
cities iu the world.
Chicago In a letter. President Colby
of the Wisconsin Central has made
public plans by which Henry Villard.
of the Northern Pacific, has conceived
a consolidation of three railroads. The
st
scheme would give a
line. By this plan Villard will become
president of the Northern Pacific
again. It is said contracts are being
signed by which the Baltimore & Ohio
and the Wisconsin Central enter the
consolidation.
Alex D. ' Charlton, assistant general
passenger agent of the
Northern Pa
cific, and Ida M. Comstock were "mar
ried last night at the Comstock resi
dence. Alder and Park streets. Rev.
Arthur J. Brown, of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated.
author of "The Light of Asia." has ar
coast-to-coa-
Mr.
and Mrs.
their son. Dr.
New York and
B. P.
Cardwell and
H. W. Cardwell. are in
return to Portland soon.
James M. Coffin and Rosie Parker.
of Portland, and John M. Redding and
Gertrude Engles, of Cleone, Or., were
united in marriage yesterday at a
public double wedding at the Exposi
tion, in the presence of several thou
sand "guests."
Prominent citizens of
Portland were In charge ot the cere
mony. Rev. 'William Morrison doing
the rites.
Half n Century Ago.
From The Oregonian of October
Mr. Mills, express messenger
12,
1S64.
of the
Well, Fargo & Company Express, ar
rived from Canyon City the other day
and gave us some details of Indian
outrages of the last few weeks. The
Indians made a night raid on the cor-ra- ll
at Beachy, near Canyon, and got
a number of horses.
Another day
miners near Canyon City were attacked
and compelled to abandon their claims.
Nashville Rosseau reports that Forrest escaped by crossing the Tennessee
River on flatboats above and below
Florence October 6, while Rosseau was
detained by high water.
Woodstock, Va. Sheridan reports he
Tax Exemption Im Oregon,
(To the is moving back from Port Republic
and
Editor.)
that all the country between Blue
Please list the different
classes of property exempt from taxa Ridge and North Mountain has been
tion in Oregon (a) by law, (b) by prac made untenable for the rebels.
A STUDENT OF TAXATION.
tice
A message reached Front street, in
The law exempts churches. United this city, from Jefferson avenue, in Deproperty,
philanthropic
and
yesterday at 9 o'clock, dated, one
States
troit,
We are pleased to ennounce that we
Allowing for the dif?
household hour previous.
institutions,
have discovered two (2) friends besides charitable
personal property of persons ference in time the message required
the chief and the proofreader who fol- goods,'
only
hours
for transit.
three
That is
too poor to pay taxes and lands within
low this column and we can prove it.
word from our Wolverine
the boundary of county, roads. For getting
a
Traveling by
in short order.
exemptions, see sec friends
lightning is no slow business in these
Regarding our remarlts on the "moun- details as to these1555,
3554 and
Lord's Oregon days.
tain slope" last week, F. L. Cowles, of tions
Laws.
Kelso, suggests:
E. B. Kelly & Co. will exhibit their
In practice, people generally do not glass
blowing in Portland commencing
Sure Ollie saw tha mountain pass.
declare real estate mortgages and as Monday.
17.
Among other inAnd you've asked for the dope.
sessors are not directed to search the teresting October
things to be seen will be a
I'll give it then: The mountain ran.
they
are
Sometimes
for
them.
records
engine
glass by the
steam
of
made
For Ollie had tha mountain's coat.
declared by owners in their statements company during their tour ot the
They are as United States.
We applaud this stanza very vigor- of notes and accounts.
ously and would print the other one sessed when filed.
A running match came off over the
Students of Oregon taxation should Union
he sent, if we were sure it could get
course yesterday between
not be deceived by advocates of the
by the National Board of Censors.
colt and Arthur's Rifleman colt.
e
e
$1500 exemption into the belief that ex
After several false starts the single
by Rifleman.
2 might just as emption of land mortgages is a rich dash of one mile
Constant Reader-No- .
jr
General
well take off that disguise, for she is man's relief.
taxation of Time two minutes. c
known. Harking back 3H colyums. she mortgages at the full rate is common
There is a message at the telegraph
ly known as double taxation, because office
rises to remark:
for W. C. Chatlam from New
alon
landowner,
the
newsy
it
who
is
falls
bright.
York City.
The Crawfish is
and
ready paying taxes on the land mortlight.
When read by Rex
By a glance at our advertising
But history was real dull and dark
gaged. It hurts the borrower, not the
it will be seen that Turstman
Till Dean Collins turned on Noah's "ark."
lender. If the mortgage tax is not paid columns
& Blrnbaum will open their
We thank you!
direct by the borrower it may appear
tomorrow.
The classes will
a higher Interest charge or
.be held in Carter's Hall.
We have assessed the Crawfish editor in
premium exacted for the loan. Some
W. J. Macoula, of Grand Rondo Valtwo (2) cigars for adv. in the above states
tax mortgages at a very low ley,
was killed in riding a horserace
sparkling: lyric.
rate, but that is Impossible under a on September
30, when he was thrown
provision
Oreof
the
of
constitution
from
his mount.
Our encouragement is such that we
expect to voice some rare wheezes in gon which the voters have twice re
A. B. Richardson offers special infused to modify. Others exempt them ducements
next week's colyum.
for bidders at Ris auction
by law, notably Washington and Mas
today.
Again, we thank you.
Moreov..--, the $1500 ex rooms
sachusetts.
emption does not purport to change
J. W. Cook, treasurer of the Sanitary
concerning mortgages. Fair, has issued a statement of acTURNS OX OUR GEORGE the practice
a total of $4438.88 in
Even conceding that they should be counts, showing currency
and $1270 in
Democratic Paper Saya Party Bolt Is taxed, the money lender would pay no coin. $1675 in
of things on hand.
value
estimated
Formidable.
more taxes on his loans, if it were
Jefferson Review (Dem.).
adopted.
Reliance oat His Word.
The Lincoln .County Sentinel thinks
Much money also escapes taxation
e
the Review is mistaken as to the
St. Louis, Mo., Star.
owners
do
because
not
the
declare
it.
Democrats not supporting Cham"Is Bliggins a mau to be trusted?"
berlain. It is not. If the Sentinel edi- Evasion in this particular is commit "In some respects. If he owes you
tor will take a trip over here we will ted by persons of small savings as something and says he can't puy Tou,
introduce him to many Democrats who generally as by the
you can place absolute reliance on his
frankly state they will not vote for
word."
George, and to a whole lot more who
Discussion of Recall.
are
PORTLAND.
Oct.
(To the Edi
The Pampered One.
Chamberlain lost many Democratic tor.) If The Oregonian has made
any
Exchange.
votes in this county when he turned comment,
or
editorial
otherwise,
on
the
Sometimes the family princess has
down a man recommended by tha cen- local recall movement. I have somehow hard
up to be the
luck,
and
tral committee and leading party mem- overlooked it. If there has been Dub queen of a hand grows
laundry.
bers and made a registered Republican llsbed at any time an explanation as
postmaster at Woodburn. We can give to what foundation there is to justify
Use of a Statesman.
several, other reasons why he will not a recall of our Mayor and two of our
Atchison Globe.
receive the united Democratic vote, but Commissioners, kindly let me know the
A statesman is a man who can and
to do so unless some Chamdon't care
of such publication. If nothing of really
cut a long story short.
loes
berlain paper jumps on us for publish- date
kind has been published, I am sure
ing only a few of the many facts we the
are
there
thousands
voters
of
the
in
support
the same city as ignorant as myself and equally
know. One does not
man for 30 years without learning a anxious
to know what these men have
few things that would make interest- done or left
undone to deserve recall.
Newspaper advertising is the tie
ing reading.
Newspapers have facilities for get
that binds manufacturer, dealer and
ting such information at first hand.
consumer In a triple entente.
Employment at Celllo.
which we of the common herd have not.
When the manufacturer comes into
(To the Editor.) therefore, we look to our favorite paper
PORTLAND, Oct. 8
newspaper with the announcement
a
C. B. MORGAN
In The Oregonian Monday was an for enlightenment.
his goods he Is saying at the
of
restating
item
is to.be
that work
same time to every retailer "stock
The leading editorial in The Orego
o
canal.
sumed on The
up."
3,
on
was
the
Will you kindly advise me who Is in nian. Saturday, October
And it is a message the retailer
charge of this work so that I may subject of the recall.
apply for a clerical position?
is glad to take heed to because he
C. T. B.
knows that advertising Is going to
Array of Sufficient Counsel.
make business for him.
Louisville
He knows the goods- will move
Write to or call at the office of Major
you
you
"Do
have
think
sufficient
from hts shelves and he helps them
J. J. Morrow, Corps of Engineers, U. counsel for my boy?" "Yes; we have by
showing them and talking about
S. AIn the Couch building. Fourth a spread-eagl- e
orator, & sob specialist
them.
near Washington street, where full in- an insanity expert and a little cuss who
formation is obtainable.
knows the law, if we need any law."
Aero batteries over them,
Mined patches under them,
Volleyed
and thundered.
Of course Spanish should be taught
Ere they could reason why.
in the public schools for its utility if
Ere Uicy could make reply
for nothing else. But the teaching "The war office regrets to report
will be valueless unless it gets results.
"Minus six hundred."
says:
universal
and has met with
Indeapproval from political theorists.
pendent deliberation upon proposed meas
ures In each of two more or less dissimilar
bodies affords a safeguard against hasty
lawmaking. It also checks legislative encroachments upon the Executive, Inasmuch
as the resolutions of one buwM alone have
not the force of law.
The word "states" is used in the
Br Dms Colllaa.
one-hou- se
Congress Is composed of two houses, or
Death has been uncommonly busy
chambers a Senate and a House ot Kcpre among the dignitaries since the war
sentatives. It is not, however, as is gen
erally assumed, modeled upon the Jjritlsh began. He took Pope Pius X., and now
Parliament.
the- new Pope's secretary of state dies
Alexander Johnston, the noted political and constitutional historian,
places the origin of the Senate among
the famous compromises of history.
He says of it:
The senate, therefore, whose conception
has received warmer admiration than that
any
1914.- -
From gallant retainers and true.
The gentle old ways
Through all of my days.
I'd struggle to ralsa
To more popular station.
But "Nix!" I would cry.
And most seemly I'd ey
Any guv who would try
To day civilisation.
The arrow and bow. In the cannibal isle.
Would nut every foe on the run.
But no one should know, in the cannibal isle.
x
single-tagun.
Monday
PortLast
Tha use of the rapid-fir- s
the
land Journal quoted from The Orego- With blight arrow fleet
nian the assertion that the $1500 ex- Man may. I repeat.
emption would take taxes off the mod- Kill all he can eat
In a cannibal nation:
erately well-to-d- o
and pile them on
with powder and flame.
the poor on one hand and "the rich" While
It is truly a shame
on the other. This statement the JourThe way they waste game
nal heatedly denied. The following
Under civilisation.
Thursday, refuting its previous denial,
it published an example showing that Discreetly we'd slay. In the cannibal Isle.
Sufficient to lav a fair table.
the taxes of a poor widow owning a Enough
for the day. In the cannibal Isle,
$250 lot would be increased by the
a man butcher, if able:
adoption of the amendment. Saturday, ButI'd I'dlet place
ban
ignoring the quotation from The Ore- On the game ahogbigwho
ran
gonian about the poor and rich it Down his" poor fellowman
had printed in its .own columns last
When ha had enough ration.
Monday, the Journal accused The Ore- Such
stuff.
gonian of pretending to "believe that To kill mora than anongh.
the $1500 exemption is in favor of I what makes life so rough
Under civilization.
the rich." The Journal is quite successfully proving all that has been
I ware a King in a cannibal isle,
If
said about its total disregard for
I'd make a big fling at reform.
truth.
And many a thing, in the cannibal isle.
The hearts of uig subjects should warm;
When the Sunnyside sewer was built" And discreetly we'd slay
20 years &go it was Portland's first Just sufficient to lay
great undertaking. The lower section The board for the day
a nice moderation.
was laid above the surface for length ButWithSlx!"
I would cry.
of a few blocks and was in the nature And most sternly
I'd eye
of a curiosity. The committee of' City Any iruv who would
try
Councilmen who made the ventureTo play civilisation.
the statement.
which to live.
Regarding the adoption by the
states of the bicameral system the
The best way to show opposition to
Cyclopedia Americana says:
departmental plans for economy at the
In its formation the model in the State expense of the rural carrier is to elect
Legislatures was simply to follow the old
Colonial form of Council and Assembly, It- the Republican candidates for Senate
self not copied from Parliament, but an In- and House. Rural service is for the
dependent development.
people and must be maintained at high
Mr. U'Ren has in a published letter efficiency.
modified the pamphlet statement to
one that the State Senate is modeled
The death of Mr. White emphasizes
after the National Senate, which was the fact that a man past, middle life
an imitation of the British House of takes chances in running for a car.
Lords. As to the National Senate's Success in boarding the vehicle-i- s not
origin Mr. U'Ren ignores history and worth the endeavor. There are always
standard authorities. The Interna- more cars.
tional Encyclopedia
13,
Gleams Through the MUt.
se
If students spend two or three years
WHY A SENATE?
The State Senate Is an Imitation of the studying Spanish and are still unable
British House of Lords, which represents to read, speak or write the language,
the hereditary nobility.
nobody will be especially benefited.
This statement is published in the
official pamphlet over the signatures
of W. S. U'Ren and others as an argument for abolishment of the Oregon
Senate.
Historians, political economists and
authoritative works do not agree with
OCTOBER
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wig-wo- n
Lamp-man- 's
dancing-academ-
see
OLD-TIM-
old-lin-
well-to-d- o.
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