Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-10-22
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4at,.. Generally SD ~,..-iniOrmcj a.
t. facts. tui SO ns' In It's criticisms
So Logical in deductions as wei - in
dcpaui'ut in Is opinions, should be .
50 ccuograD.. ia a.. t,c-r particulars .
in it's com.o,t~ upon Jud4" Ni,rh-'
e. : decision regarding the doc.ara- /
TIA OF parry affiliations when the APP /.
piraut visits the clerk : office for
registry as a prerequisite Tor casting /
4 vote at The polls. which an amend /
mcnt t. the direct primary law appa |
rcntly requires
The Orgon;o" should blame the
law and not the Judge. If it is de-
fectivc, It was his duty to say so, so
far j, his court was concerned, and
leave the matter to q higher court to
decide, if he is wrong, which seems
hardly probable: and it beittles Il
paper like the Orgoataa, to insinu-
ate that party bias had anything to
do with the decision. Briefly stated
one branch of the law provides for
registration, another the direct pri-
mary and the third election. The
Legislature attempted to amend the
registration law by lacking an
amendment to the primary branch
requiring that the primary ballot
shall be given at the polls for only
the party for which the voter is reg
istered, totally subverting the gener-
al provision that all laws shall en-
brace nnt single object and that be
expressed in its title. See Sec 49,:
Art H., State Constitution.
Cannot even the Oregonian see
that Judge Mitchell's position is ten
able and sound? And if so, is it
Judge Mitchell or the law makers
who should be blamed?
Nor can we find anything in the
contention that because man claim
ing the right Of elective franchise
shall be required to prove if disputed,
that he is an American citizen, it
necessarily follows that a voter, to
participate in the general election
must disclose and prove that he is u
qualified member of any party, as
this amendment to the primary law
attempts to establish as qualitica-
ton
The O,egoaion intimates that the
Supreme Court may usurp legislative
functions and reverse the decision,
unless it consents to make the pri-
mary law a joke and farce, which it
claims the Direct Primary (unamend-
ed) has done in Oregon in qualifying
Democrats for Senators and State Of
ficers by popular vote. 1t may be
that such an outrage would require
judicial legislation as well as judicious
editorials to justify it, but we appre-
bend that the chasm is too wide to
straddle without torn breeches.
HALLEY's COMET Now HEADING
FOR EARTH.-It has been predicted
by Rev. Father Charles NJ. Charro-
pin, S. j., of St. Louis University
one of the greatest living astrono.
mers, that the appearance in the far
distance of Halley's comet portends
the end of our planet in precisely
the manner that our Saviour had in
miEd when he foretold the doom Of
Earth. He does not conceal his &C
ceptance of the probability that W.
may speedily end our days in a tire
mendous pyrotechnic display. Hal
ley's comet visited our solar system
about three-quarters of century
ago. and narrowly missed collision
with mother Earth at that time
1t created worldwide alarm, bu
nothing more serious than mighty
shower of star-dust," was present
ed, a nebulous collection of atoms
held together by some unexplained
law. Father Charropin believes
however, that the comet is of sui
ficient solidarity to shattcr both GU
planet and itself, and that the Saw
Jour fOresaw precisely such Il cal
amity when ne uttered the warnin:
that this world would one day meet
flaming doom. The advent of thi
unwelcOme visitor is still Severa
months off, and we would sugges
the idea of beginning being goo
now, and keep getting better all tn
time, in order to be prepared TO
possibilities, not to say probabilities
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JUSTIFIED HER ACT BY THE BIBLE
AT La Crosse, Wis, lives a squa,
OF the Winnebago tribe named HEM
kaka. and for short in Unite
States" talk is called Winning Ante
lope, who married brave of he
same race commonly known as Iii,
tie Horse" Bearing him no child
rem, which she very much desired
the wife gave him her sister to wee
who bore him a son and daughte,
This family extension did not sui
the ideas of some "goody- goody
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