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The oasis., 1910-12-31
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OI w lsCOHSlH remove rom Jn6lr history that shameful record they would do so gladly.
 THE OASIS does not admit for a moment that there is any truth in or any foundation for the oft re- peated allegation of the proponents of the recall that it's opponents 'are afraid to trust the people," That allegation is easy to make, and it is flung about recklessly by those radicals who have come to the front in the present situation. But the opponents of the recall recognize the fact that popular ju dgment is of slow growth and does not ripen in day. The far sighted and far seeing statesman, whose commanding position gives him peculiar advantages in sur veying situations and discerning obstacles not visible to the masses, seems too slow in execution of his sworn duty; and popular clamor will not give him at times the lee- way necessary for development of correct course of policy. In the early stages of the Civil War, be- fore they had taken his full meas ure, the people had not the faith in Abraham Lincoln that they learned to have later; and could there have been invoked the recall as now presented he would have been displaced from the Presidency and some one installed who would have failed in the great work Lin coin accomplished in saving the Union. ....
 In that great conflict there were periods in which the people of sev- eral important states were ripe to recall their governors and legisla- lures and vote by the initiative, could they have done so to with draw their troops from the field, which would have been disastrous to the Union cause. But after Gettysburg and Vicksburg nothing in the world could have induced them to relinquish their determi- nation to see President Lincoln through in carrying out the war policy he had planned; and when in November, 1864, there was in voked the recall provided in the Constitution, cited by the Stock man, the people would have noth- ing of it. Mcclellan, the recall candidate, carried only three states -Kentucky, New Jersey and Dela- ware-and he carried those states by very scant majorities, while the ma jorities given MT. Lincoln in the remaining twenty-one states voting at that election were tre- rnendous. The people had been given time to reach a correct and abiding judgment, which they had not done in 1862 8, until the Con- federacy reached it's thigh tide"
 Now, in this inquiry the pro- posed recall of the judiciary is reached. THE OASIS maintains, and with it all opponents of the proposition, that more than all other branches of the government the judges should be exposed the least to swift and sudden removal. All authorities who have treated the subject have declared for the independence and stability of the judiciary. Even Thomas Jeffer- son, who distrusted the federal courts in his later years thought in his early life that the judiciary
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 vote cast may not be a majority of the electors. In recall elections the twenty-five per centum of the voters who sign the petition will all turn out and vote, for they will have an interest in carrying out the object of the petition; while but a small part of the seventy five per cent who do not sign may then take sufficient interest to go to the polls. In such event the twenty five per cent who signed the peti- tion would carry the election.
 And even though the people all turned out and voted by a great majority to displace the offending official, they might not be right, and the verdict of time might be registered against them. That is one reason why the power of i'm peachment (the recall instanced in the article under review) vested in Congress is so hedged about with restrictions so great. That is why the House of Representatives is given the power of impeachment (the recall petition); that is why the Senate is constituted the trial court, and concurrence of two thirds of the senators present is necessary to give judgment against an accused official: that is why the Senators when called in judgment take a solemn oath to try the case according to the law and the facts, as would 8 jury in 8 nisi priLs court: that Is one of the reasons why Senators are given terms of six years, one third of them vacat. ing their seats with the expiration of each term of the House of Repre- sentatives-to guard against vio lent ebullitions of popular senti- ment perpetrating great wrongs.
 The power of recall vested in Congress Impeachment and triaD has been exercised; and in one notable case there is given an ex- cellent opportunity to contrast operation of the recall provided in the Constitution of the United States-cited by the contemporary to whose article this reply is ad dressed-and the recall as provided in the constitution now submitted to the people of Arizona. The i'm peachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson is the case in point. That great state trial fol lowed closely the end of the Civil War. Passion ran high and the assassination of Lincoln, whom Johnson had succeeded in the Pre- sidency, had carried it to a still higher pitch. President Johnson and his cabinet, who had been the cabinet of President Lincoln, held one view as to the methods to be pursued for reconstruction, while Congress and the people at large held widely divergent views. Now, in the light of history, with the passions of that time buried with the men in whose breasts they ragged, it is conceded and admitted on all sides that President Johnson was endeavoring honestly and in good faith to carry out recon struction policy that would have been Linooln's had he lived; and that had he been convicted by the Senate and removed from his high office, it would have been perpe- tration of an irreparable wrong. Johnson had not the genius for
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NiANNAN 0'IuoViOho' DJ obuOOOl IL persistence Johnson attempted to force what Lincoln would have ac- complished by tactful management; and the people and Congress re- belled.
 The House of Representatives adopted resolutions of impeach- ment, and sent to the Senate seven of its ablest mem bers to arraign the President at the bar of that august tribunal, alleging high crimes and misdemeanors. At the time appointed the Chief Justice of the United States, Salmon P. Chase, appeared in the Senate and presided at the trial. The seven representatives sent by the House conducted the prosecution, and the accused President was represented by eminent and able counsel. When the evidence had been closed and submitted the Senators cast their votes for or against conviction and the impeachment failed for lack of one vote. All the demo- crats voted against conviction, and with them voted two republican senator's; James R. DoolittIe of Wisconsin and Edmund Ross of Kansas. Had either of those Sena- tors voting upon his oaths and as his conscience dictated, voted the other way. President Johnson would have descended from his high estate, and another would have filled out the term.
 Today the verdict of history is that Ross and Doolittle were right, and that had either gone with the majority and given the vote that would have constituted the two- thirds of the senators present re- quired by the Constitution, the result would have been perpetra- tion of a crime which would have stained the escutcheon of the Great Republic.
 But the people were incensed. Had there been in the Constitution of the United States such provis- ion for recall such as that proposed in the Constitution of Arizona, there would have been framed and filed speedily petition signed by more than twenty five per cent of the voters of the country, and in the election that would have fol. lowed, President Johnson would have been thrown out of office by an overwhelming popular major. ity, and very likely it would have reached the two, thirds that failed in the Senate
 The offending republican sena. tors, Ross and Doolittle, were wis, ited with universal execration. Abuse, reproach and contumely were heaped upon them from the press, the pulpit and the musings; and when their terms of office ex- pired, a couple of years later, the people of Kansas and Wisconsin invoked the recall provided by the Constitution of the United States cited in the article under review and displaced them in the seats of the mighty" Yet Doolittle was one of the great men of his time. He was one of the great leaders in the United States Senate. Down to the time of that one vote against conviction of President Johnson the people of Wisconsin were proud of him, and he was a colossal figure of national import. That one vote
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
CONSIDERED CHARACTER
ABOVE MATERIAL
WEALTH

Years ago, In a nttle Town near
Quincy. in Adams county, Illinois
Mrs. Wilson was born. Her mother
was a member of the old Vandyne
family and her father was descend
ant of the Stewards. William H
Seward, her uncle, was private sec
rotary to Abraham Lincoln, She
was one of three children in the
family and was a twin. They were
good, honorable people, who con
sidered character above all material
wealth.
AT the age of IL years" said
Mother Wilson. 81 was obliged to
start out in this world for myself
] had no education and could not
as much as write my own name
and what is more. | never knew
low until after | was married.
After few years struggle in
Illinois | went to Leadville, Colo
RADIO, and cooked for the miners at
a camp. Later | started boarding
house of my own"
EVERY ACT OF KINDNESS
REAPS SOME GOOD.
Her one motto was Kindness,
and she taught these rough miner
boys to be kind and gentle to one
another. Every little act of kind
ness reaps some good" said Mrs
Wilson. Let me tell you of an eX
perience | had with one of these
poor boys at the camp. He wa;
taken sick and | had him brought
over to our cabin, where We could
care for him and nurse him back
&c health. Years after. when | was
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have been beating people and put
ting them in prison for the last
1000 years and they haven't beaten
the devil out of them YETI
Another thing" continued
Mother Wilson, IF mothers would
only direct and control their chill
dren with their mind and not whip
them for their mistakes. If moth
ers can't control their children
with their minds they never can
control them when they get above
the helpless age.
"After all, the trials are the same
to the soul as the refiner in the mill
is to the rock. It proves what Is
within. And it certainly pays to be
kind and considerable.
Every one has good word for
this we'll known lady, and her
strong, sterling character has won
for her the respect of the people,
both rich and poor. Mother Wilson
has secured the names of many
prominent citizens to a petition
asking that she be appointed matron
Of the city Jail.
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PLAIN TALKS WITH WOMEN
THE CHEERFUL WOMAN

Here is a little poem which
would be we'll for you to eDp and
commit:
Build a little fence of trust around
today,
Fill the space with loving work and
therein stay;
Look not through its sheltering
bars upon tomorrow.
God will help them bear what
comes of Joy or sorrow.
To be permanently useful you
must be uniformly joyous. The
cheerful woman carries. With her
perpetually, in her presence and
personality, an influence that acts
upon others as the summer warmth
on the fields and forests. A smile
Is to the human countenpce what
sunshine is to the landscape. Some
one has called a smile the rainbow
of the face.
Be a joymaker. Everybody loves
children because they are always
bubbling over with fun. AS the
photographer says, Look pleasant"
Live above the gloom and damps
of earth. BestOw sweetness and
light upon all people you can, in
all the ways you can. So live that
you may be able to say:
When I am dead and gone,
And the mold upon my breast,
Say not she did i'll or well,
Only say she did her best.
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~ DIR. MADISON c. PETERS

~ DR.. MADISON c. PETERS.
BE of good cheer" is the animal
ing cry in all Paurs letters. and.
though written in prison, he never
wrote line with a groan in 1t. You
have no more right to go about un-
happy than you have right to 60
about i'll bred.
Cheerfulness, while virtue in
man, shines forth with double lus-
ter in woman's countenance. Our
ideal of woman associates her with
the bright side of life. We ever en-
circle her with sunshine. 1t Is
woman's mission to irradiate hope
and diffuse the light of gladness.
Nevertheless. there are some pit
iably constituted beings who, to use
the words of Carlyle. "are rich in
the power to be miserable"
The familiar couplet cannot be
repeated too often:
The world, dear child, is as we
take it,
And life, be sure, is what we make
it.
Edward Everett Hale said, Some
people bear three kinds of trouble
at once-all they have had, all they
have now, and all they expect to
have" About nine-tenths of the
troubles which worry us SO never
happen at all. and are mere phan-
toms of a walking nightmare.
The cheerful woman, like a
strong magnet, draws us to her.
The cheerful woman wins every
where. AS teacher she is emf
nently successful. In business peo-
pie like to deal with her. But, de-
spite all this, some women act as
though they had been bathed in
crab juice in infancy, spoon-fed on
vinegar in their childhood. brought
up on buttermilk, and fed in their
youth and in their adolescence on
mixed diet of NORWOOD and gail.
1t Is your duty to be cheerful and
your duty to be brave. Believe the
hest you can of your fellow-beings.
Make others happy by stretching
forth a helping hand.
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Hope for Eczema
Patients

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If-upon our special recommen-
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| San Francisco, and here it was that
my husband lost his fortune. He
got in a lawsuit. with Whitaker
Wright, and they broke him flat.
What was to be gained by their
struggle? Mr.. Wilson is gone and
they are gone. 1t did no one any
good and yet look at the misery 1t
caused
COMPELLED TO BEG; HUSBAND
SICK.
1--WE were broke so flat that | had
to take my baby. which was then
about years old, in my arms and
beg from>door to door, while Mr..
Wilson lay ill in miserable room.
1t is wonder | did not lose my
mind" said the old lady, as she
sat there for brief spell, with an
expression of misery as if she saw
before her the conditions which sur
rounded her at that time. shortly
after this my husband dropped
dead on the street while talking to
4. man. Yes, | have had my share
of trouble"
She took her baby and came to
Spokane. where she has worked
hard ever since for a livelihood.
She has worked off and on in the
laundry for several years to sup
port herself and little boy and give
him an education.
HER SONS TRAGIC DEATH.
Her boy grew up and was about
Ia years of age when he entered
high school. "Oh, mothers!
would tell you ALL" exclaimed
Mother Wilson, ito educate your
boys and girls. A mother who won't
educate her children at sacrifice
is not worthy to be called mother.
Those hands educated him. said
the old lady as she put out her
hands in an appealing manner. Il
lacked~the advantages of an educa-
ton and always declared | would
! educate a child of mine
mo, my son is not living: he, too
was taken from me. Three years
ago | was cooking at camp near
Kellogg, Idaho, and during vacation
time he came down to see me. He
was drowned there.
"Oh, have to keep busy; l could
not bear it if | was not employed
He was such good boy and was
such comfort to me-"
BOUGHT A HOME BY HARD
TOLL ALONE.
Mother Wilson has bought a
home in Union Park with the money
earned by her daily labor. She
rents all the rooms except one
where she sleeps and keeps her pic
lures, books and other treasures
most sacred to her. On the wall
hangs an enlarged picture of her
self and Mr.. Wilson, while tucked
away in her trunk, carefully wrap
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G o NTIN u E D
r o -
P A G E. O N F.
If YOU'RE YOUNG AND
UNMARRIED

from experience, and act quicker
than the older women"
And you would think that they
needed quick people on telephone
exchange il you knew the number
of calls, that are answered every
hour by each girl on the switch.
board.
This same man tells me that
there are about $4,000 telephones
within the city limits and there are
about 1926 operators to answer the
calls which come in every day. At
rush hours the average number of
calls answered by one girl is 275
every hour.
At the main office there are H.
III calls originating a day: at the
Maxwell office there are 3O,934
calls day, making an average of
s IL calls for every telephone per
day.
am sure many of us would
calm ourselves when we become
irritated at the telephone when we
don't get an immediate response to
cur number given. if we stopped to
consider the position of the opera
tor. We wouldn't say in an exas-
perated tone, We'll, are you ever
going to get that numeb?" or "r
Lave been waiting here an hour"
Two of the unpleasant things
with which an operator has to con-
tend is the walking up and down
stairs and the indicate language
used by some people when she re-
plies that the line is busy
Reports from the local office
show that from actual service tests
the average call is answered in 43
seconds. "Ninety-three per cent
are answered within 10 seconds,
and for all those not answered with
in that time we get kick" said the
informant with a smile.
The average time for a response
to a call is governed by the prompt
ness of the subscriber in answering.
The average time allowed for re-
Spouse on the main lines, or bust
ness phone, is 16 seconds, while
the average time on the Maxwell
or residence phone is 90 seconds,
The average length of conversation
is 50 seconds. OF course, when
John talks to Mary in the evening
when they want to visit at long
distance the time limit far exceeds
the above average.
(This article will be. concluded to-
morrow with a description of the
wages paid phone girls, and other
features
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PIG In HER TRUNK

BELOIT, Wis, March IA lady
of this town had an embarrassing
half hour in the baggage room of
the local depot when inquisitive
officials pried into a trunk which
he had brought from a suburban
station.
The local sleuths had mystery
to unravel in connection with some
butter that had been stolen, and
were nosing about the trunks to
see if they contained anything
that smelt like dairy products
This woman's trunk was very
heavy, and the officials stuck
around until the woman arrived to
claim it. Then they crayed look
into it. The woman was entirely
innocent of any butter plot, but
she showed such confusion that 1t
looked suspicious. Finally, with
a bitter weep, she opened the
trunk for inspection. 1t con
tanned no butter, but the dressed
corpse of a plump young porker
The sleuths respectfully uncov'
cred and helped her bear the re-
mains to an express wagon.
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ped In paper, she has concealed an
enlarged picture of her boy. In one
corner of the room is her bookcase,
filled with her old French school
books and with the books used by
her son.
All | require of my roomers,
said Mother Wilson, "is that they
be kind, that they treat each other
fair, that they use no profane lam
guage, that they do not steal, and,
above all, that they have no beer
cans around my home.
why, the birds of the air. the
beasts of the forest are kinder to
each other in many cases than the
human beings. Character is the
main thing in this world, and |
would rather have characteristic
right kind of character-and live in
hut than have material wealth
and no honor"
WHY DO SERVANTS ENTER BY
BACK DOOR?
She pleads with the richer class
to be considerate and kind to the
poor. Because you have two po-
tatoes and | have one, you are no
better than | am" is the way she
describes it. Let me tell you,
and this kind old lady said it with
firmness, 81 went to house on
the hill in this city and asked for
work The first question I asked
of the mistress of the house was,
DO | have to go in and out your
lack door? Tell me why l do; am
poor and struggling to be decent
Does your husband come in the
front door Most certainly, was
the prompt reply. Il am sure
wouldn't carry in any more mud
than he does, and if there is any
carried in I am certain the one to
clean it up The lady. didn't an
swer, only with a shake II of the
head and a humble.
Many a girl, and pretty girls
with little chance, who come into
the laundry, and each day those
who are not strong enough to stand
the work go home at night with
these words on their lips. oh!
mother. | am so tired. There are
many of them that would be glad
of a home, and would bel wili-lg
to work for it if they We're treated
with kindness and consideration
Oh. people are so unkind to their
brothers and sisters. | am ashamed
Of them.
UNk KINDNESS ENGENDERS DE-
SIRE OF REVENGE.
These conditions drive girls to
desperation and put within their
hearts a. desire for revenge"
Just the other day one of the
boys at the laundry came in and
said, / am going to- beat him. Beat
him; what for?' said |. Why. don't
you know, my dear boy. that they
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married, this same man came to our
house. He said to Mr.. Wilson,
Julia saved my life and | want to
make her q present and he gave
me $1,000
Mr.. Wilson was a mining pro-
moter and after a short time be-
came very wealthy and could afford
pleasures and travels. This woman
did not spend her time and money
in dissipation and frivol.ty. The
first thing she sought was an edu-
cation.
HUSBAND EDUCATED HER;
THEN LOST FORTUNE.
"My husband sent me to school, "
she said, as she sat back in her
chair. folded her hands and smiled
as if recollectipg those good old
days. AT first | went to Borden
town New York. and later Mr..
Wilson sent me to Paris. lived at
los Avenue Magram. If you know
Paris you know where that is" she
continued with happy air. There
studied with little tots so high. -
and she measured with her hands
a few feet from the floor. "In
growth | was a woman, but in edu-
| cation | was mere child. Mr.
Wilson would not cross the ocean,
so | returned in about one year to
New York.
From the metropolis he went to
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If YOU'D TAKE
A JOURNEY

with a press Want Ad any day
you'd visit the majority of homes
in Spokane. IL would take you
to streets you've never heard of.
You would find many people will
ing to Ill your want. If you have
some article which is no longer
needed,ea stove. furniture, trunk,
tools, neutrality-suspicious.. an
ad in Thef Press will no doubt
find buyer for you. Press ads
cost only five cents per line
Especial three time rate) and
may be sent at no extra cost by
phone Main SIS.