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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
FROM THE PEOPLE
HOW OUR LEGISLATORS VOTED
Farmers Union Lookout Begins Re
port on What He Saw at Salem.

TURNER'S Union Lookout Begins Re-
port on What He Saw at Salem.
Milton, Ore, Feb. 26.
Editor East oregonian:
Having been sent by the Farmers
Union TO attend the twenty-sixth ses-
sion of the Oregon legislature, part
OF my duty was to report to the far
mers how their representatives acted
ON measures in which they are direct
ly interested. This is the first of a Sc
ries of articles.
Principal or Agent.
Every representative government is
a history of the struggle for mastery
between the people on the one hand
and their newly elected representa-
tives on the other.
Such government is founded with
the hope and belief that represen-
tative will work to carry into effect
the will of the people. This is fine
in theory but does not exist in fact
Many representatives are prone to
make fine promises before election
and to forget Immediately after. And
are then actuated solely by personal
feelings either of gain, ambition or
election debts.
These forged that representative
means agent or factor and think that
it means principal. This has been
the history of our national congress.
1t has been the history of the Ore
gon legislature.
We, the farmers. believe that when
the majority of the voters show by
their ballots that they desire a GER
tain measure to become a law, a rep
resentative has no right to substitute
his beliefs for ours and try to defeat
US. If he does this he ceases to be
a representative and becomes a prin-
cipal
We have suffered much from such
Misrepresentation in the past and to
correct these abuses we secured the
enactment of the initiative and ref
erendum laws. Two great bulwarks
against the encroachment of the leg
islature upon the rights of the peo-
pie.
We thought this final. But our last
legislature showed that their desire
was still to be supreme by annulling
an Initiative law and substituting one
of their own. This was House Bill
No. 21S, introduced by Pierce, car
ried by both houses, but vetoed by
the governor. to change the Rogue
river fishery law, enacted by the peo-
pie at the last election.
The reason given by some was that
the people did not understand the
bill when they voted for it.
If the power to annul one initia-
tive law is usurped for this reason,
our representatives may give this rea-
son for annulling all of them, and
our Initiative law becomes dead let
ter.
The umatilla delegation voted as
follows to change our law:
Senator Barrett, yes.
Senator Burgess, yes.
Representative Peterson, no.
Representative Mann, yes.
A. r. SHUMWAY,
Legislative Committeeman
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
THE TROUBLE WITH BARRETT.

| At the good roads meeting Saturday
C. A. Barrett attempted to assail the
motives of Governor West in connec-
ticn with his good roads policy. Thei Q
was no call for it, AS to the COVER
Hor's views on good roads there is
room for differences of opinior 1t
is a complicated subject and many
good men disagree as to the methods
Of procedure.
But no fair minded man will ques-
ticn the honesty and sincerity OF the
governors purposes. His actions
plainly show he is trying earnestly to
advance the cause of good roads in
this state. He is not over deeply COM
United to any special policy. tie is
trying to serve the people of the state
and is doing effective work. He has
made the subject of good roads live
issue and the movement is now in bet
ter shape than it was before ne cham
pioned the cause.
IT is not hard to guess what is the
matter with the man from Athena
He dislikes Governor West, not mere
ly because of his good roads views,
but because the governor ousted Bar
rett's son-in-law from an office to
which he had no earthly right; an Of
flee that was wholly unnecessary and
which had it been continued woul9
have been a shameful and unneces.
sary graft upon the state.
Under the circumstances the op.
position of Barrett is creditable to
Governor West and that expresses it
mildly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
He,s precocions Too.

Distracted Parent-Hush-a by, ba-
by!
Baby-G'wan! Edison says we
sleep too much.-New York Sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
AN AUTO IN THE SAHARA

We stood on the edge of the desert
and looked out over it. Then we
looked at each other. Then we talk
ed of other things, neither wishing
to be first to suggest the mad idea
Then we read in the guide book:
"Biskra to Touggourt, about one hun
dred and thirty miles; track possible
for wheeled traffic, but sandy in parts
and swampy in places in bad wealth
er; it would be imrrudent to venture
upon it on a bicycle or in an auto
mobile" Next day we looked again
and at last one of us put the thought
of both into words: well, 1 suppose
we shall have to try it!''
The most modest traveller, like
ourselves, soon discovers that it is not
the sandy plain of his school days. He
finds, from time to time, great or lit
tie spreading mounds, or dunes, of
golden sand-called "barchans''-in
which only a camel does not sink
ankle deep, and these, wind-created
and wlnd-impelled, move forward al
almost like live things. Engineers en-
ployed in laying our desert railways
have made costly, and even fatal,
mistakes Dy not recognizing the fact.
now established, that desert dunes
are not anchored or stationary hills
of sand but mobile masses, advancing
at a very appreciable rate in a defi-
mite direction" These dunes begin to
move, according to another scientific
observer, as soon as a light breeze
blows; the air is perceptibly charged
with sand in moderate breeze; and
during storms their progress may be
nearly two inches an hour, while their
average advance is fifty feet a year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
DON'T LET 1T GET AWAY.

1t is evident from the statements OF
Councilman Dyer and others of the
committee that visited the proposed
power site near Milton yesterday that
the scheme looks good from a Pen
dleton standpoint.
1t is interesting to note that when
the councilmanic committee called at
the power plant of the Pacific Power
& Light company they were denied
admittance. Why such discourtesy
The people of Pendleton spend over
$4,000 a year with the electric trust
Why should chosen representatives OF
the people be denied the privilege OF
inspecting the light plant. Others
have not been barred when they have
called at the plant.
1t seems a fair presumption that
the electric trusts power factory is
not all that it might be. Perhaps Mr.
Strains friends are right in their dee
ilaration that they have proposition
that is much better than the one now
in use.
Meanwhile it would be we'll for the
city to get firmer and longer option
upon the site so as to permit of fur
ther investigation and of the develop
ment of the scheme in the event the
people see fit to take it over.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
Absent Minded.

A very absent-minded professor
was busily engaged in solving a sci
entific problem when the nurse hast
lily opened the door of his library and
announced great family event.
"The little stranger has arrived
professor.
"Eh?" said the professor.
ut is a little boy" said the nurse
Little boy. little boy" mused the
professor. well, ask him what he
wants"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26

yards, score or more of them have
to be leveled and since 1t takes five
minutes hard labor with the shovel
to level single one, any lengthy
progress is very slow and fatiguing.-
From 1.-THE Automobile in Africa" by
Sir Henry Norman, NJ. p, in the
March Scribner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26

out of our constitution. Il we are to
have a government like that at Law
renee then we should wipe the stars
from off the flag ana inscrIbe the
dollar mark upon the nations BAN
ner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
official city ana Count, Paper.
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THE NEW AGE.

. Awake, awake, the stars are
. pale, the east is .russet
. gray:
. They fade. behold the phantoms
fade that keep the gates
. of Day; 4
. Throw wide the burning valves 4
y and let the golden streets 4
. be free;
. The morning watch is past 4
= the watch of evening 4
. shall not be. 4
. Put off. put off your mail, ye Z
. kings. and beat your 4
brands 10 dust; Z
. a surer grasp your hands must Z
know, your hearts a bet 4
q ter trust; Z
. Nay, bend aback the lance's
point and break the he'll =
. NETS bar
. A noise is on the morning winds Z
but not the noise of war! Z
= All! still depressed and dim
= with dew, but yet little Z
while, Z
. And radiant with the deathless
rose the wilderness shall
. smile, Z
= And every tender living thing 4
shall feed by streams of Z
. rest, Z
= Nor lamb shall from the fold Z
= be lost, nor nursing from Z
the nest. 4
y For aye, the time of wrath is
past and near the time
. of rest, Z
. And honor binds the brow of
man, and faithfulness his
. breast Z
. Behold, the time of wrath is
past and righteousness
. shall be, 4
= And the Wolf is dead in Ar I
cady, and the Dragon in
the sea, 4
John Ruskin.
q q s . . . . % . >~>><A> 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26
A POpuIar lad.

"Yaas, I've stopped smoking"
"Swore off to please some girl, no
doubt. I wouldn't stop smoking to
please girl"
II did it to please five girls
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Evening star., 1912-09-09
Two Air Fatalities.

Two aviation accidents were reported
Friday from Europe that illustrate the
fact that heavier-than-air navigation has
much ground yet 10 gain before il be-
comes of practical utility. with a depend
able margin of safety for operators and
passengers. In England a pilot and his
companion were killed in "A fall which re-
suited from the collapse of one of the
wings of the machine 1t was being
driven against a strong head wind. Struc-
tural weakness was here the cause of
the fatality. In Bavaria an army ayi-
ator was killed when his machine fell, a
wing buckling under the gusty pressure
of stormy winds. Again, structural weak
ness. Probably in both cases the ma
chipes were of sufficient strength to
Withstand all ordinary pressures, but
they were unequal to the test of the un-
usual stress of airs. Yet these tests
must be met If the aeroplane is to be-
come of commercial or even of reliable
military use. Not until it is possible to
send "a machine aloft in any weather
short of violent storms such as would
preclude the dispatch of ships on sea
voyages will heavier-than-air navigation
be sufficiently safe for practical uses.
Nor do these accidents, attributable to
structural weakness, or the lack of the
last. ounce of resistance force sufficient
TO keep the machine intact and In work.
ing order under sudden and severe shocks,
argue that aviation of this class is hope
less save under favorable conditions.
That progress has been made is un-
deniabie. nor is the gain less appreciable
in view of the fact that 1t has been ac-
companied by many deaths. While some
of the fatalities have resulted from reck-
less bravado on the part of exhibi-
ton aviators. taking chances TO enter
tain crowds or to establish records for
personal qualification, some valuable de-
ductions have been made from practical
ly all of them, either as to the behavior
Of the atmosphere and the means neces-
Evening star., 1912-09-09
UNEQUAL Distribution.

Said Brown, The towns a sordid place!
! scorn the gloomy grind!
In the pursuit of worldly gain I'm always
left behind.
With eager industry I've played the
game and never won;
And SO have Smith and Jones. But at
the finish Robinson
Has always grabbed the lions share
of the disputed pelf
And let us others share the loss. while
he enjoyed himself.
That's why / have concluded that some
method should be found
For equal distribution of the wealth
that's passing round.
Il thought that far away from all the
city's envious strife
A fishing trip would help me to forget
the cares of life
I'd seek the boundless waters, where
the sky is big and blue.
And there's never a distinction 'twixt
another man and you;
Afar from all the bustling marts, where
winds are blowing free
And the sunshine smiles a welcome and
the waters laugh with glee!
The picture that l drew in it's allure
ment was SO strong
That Smith and Jones and Robinson all
said they'd come along.
L fished from dawn to morning and
from morning until noon,
From noon to twilight and until the
rising of the moon;
And Smith and Jones. they also fshed
into the starry night,
And fhoupht that thew We're lucky If
they even got bite.
The unequal distribution which so
stoutly j deplore
Had followed us clear to that spot SO
distant from the shore!
In vain we three would bait again and
breathe fervent wish.
Nobody but old Robinson was catching
any fish
Evening star., 1912-09-09

to them Instead of opposing Mr.. Will
son in that matter. therefore, Mr.. Smith
should have supported him.
AS to the charge that Mr.. Smith is a
machine politician. no argument lies there.
Mr.. Smith rs machine politician. and
never drove his machine with greater in
duStry, skill or success than two years
ago. when carrying Mr.. Wilson's for
tunes. He was all for Wilson, and cleaied
the track to Trenton for him.
But there is an argument in Mr.. VIII
sons attack on Mr.. Smiths tariff record.
OF course, Mr.. Smith when in the Sen
ate eighteen years ago did help Mr.. Cor
man recast the Wilson tariff bill. He did
insist on adding more protection to tnat
measure, and did succeed in securing for
industries in which New jersey was in
terested the benefit of the addition.
But in taking that position Mr. Smith
followed Mr.. Cleveland's Interpretation of
party duty. Mr.. Cleveland in his letter
of acceptance of his party's presidential
nomination had declared that in revising
the tariff no American industry should be
injured. And so said Mr.. Smith when as
senator he recorded his votes on the tariff
question. He had American industries in
mind when voting for protection dut: and
some of those industries were very dear
and important to the people of New Jer-
sey.
More to the present point still, how
ever. Is the fact that Mr. Wilson himself.
as his party's candidate. is, in effect. COM
mitted to protection. He has said, in sub
stance precisely what Mr. Cleveland said
twenty Years ago. He does not want Jar
If revision to take the form of injury to
American industries. No more does Mr..
Smith AS eighteen years ago. he still
holds dear American markets for Am r
lean products, and believes that in revis-
ing the Payne law that policy should
rule.
So far as the tariff question is con-
cerned. Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Smith would
appear to be close together. They may
differ as to classifications and rates. but
as to writing law strictly on the basis
of a tariff for revenue only, neither would
attempt such thing, the Baltimore plat
form to the contrary notwithstanding.
Evening star., 1912-09-09
An Easy Swindle.

There is a certain grim humor in the
reflection of man who is now held in
Jail here for Swindling local business
men by means of bad checks. He says
IL is so easy to pass check of this
that there is no real harm in working
the game. OF course, no one will sub
scribe literally TO his philosophy. and
yet il ought to convey wholesome les
son to business men. In these days of
telephones and rapid transit there is
literally no excuse for any merchant
being Swindled by means of fraudulent
piece of bank paper. There are ways
of verifying such substitutes for cur
rency that involve no apparent refiec-
tions upon the person presenting them
An honest man can have no real OBJ
lection to the taking of precautions that
Inc knows will not involve him in en-
barrassment at his bank. In almost all
the cases in which this man operated
he gave checks for sums larger than
the amounts called for by his purchases,
and his profit consisted in the difference
The presentation of a check of this kind
should in itself raise a suspicion. GER
tainly to the extent of warranting an
inquiry before handing over the change.
In the light of the disclosures of this
swindle. fortunately widely exploited.
there is no justification for local busi-
ness men being mulcted hereafter by
this particular game. however their
eagerness to do business may expose
them to other forms of criminal en-
terprisc.
Evening star., 1912-09-09
"Reigns, But Does Not Govern .

There need be no surprise on the part
even of those who accredit Col. Roosevelt
with overwhelming desire for power to
hear him Indignantly deny the imputa-
tion that he wants to be a king. 1t re-
quires no specific statement from him to
disabuse the mind Of any such suspicion.
The colonel has with refreshing frank
ness stated the case in terms to reach the
simplest understanding. OF course, he
does not want to be a king. There Is
nothing in kingship. anyhow. The colonel
defines the position of a modern monarch
as that of a perpetual vice president and
leader of the four hundred. Now if these
were earlier days. when kings really
amounted to something. when they had
the power of life and death, and could
say, ''Off with his head and fear no re-
call. when they could slick sword out of
its sheath and tap a kneeling favorite on
the bald spot and bid him rise in the
glory of title, when they could order the
heraids to sound a fanfare from the bat
Elements and go forth to make war with
out asking the permission of the burghers
or the barons and appropriate neigh
bor's territory without the formality of
treaty, could throttle a trust by direct
application of the heavy hand-there
would be something doing. perhaps. But u
glance over the world shows up the mon
archs who are now on the job in a sorry
plight of impotence and hgureheadness.
Even the Car of Russia is no lc.ger the
absolute monarch he once was and must
consult certain councils before he moves
No, kings are not what they used to be-
1t is folly to think that Col. Roosevelt
would stand for a minute any of the nom
sense that they must submit to in their
ordinary palace routine and dealings with
the common people. Yet, it is to be noted,
the colonel does not deny that he would
like to be the neal thing in the way of
a king. If he could just make the king
ship to order and frame it up according
to his ideas of what the country needs,
without any foolish checks and balances,
he would take it in minute. And it is
no dispraise of him to say So A truer
tribute to his real character could not be
paid than to assert that it would not take
him as long to accept a royal role with
real power as it did to repudiate his third
term pledge.
Evening star., 1912-09-09
HAPPY, LAUGHING
CHILD SHORTLY,
If cross, feverish, bilious and
sick let Syrup of Figs
clean its little waste
clogged bowels.

No matter what ails your child. a gen
tie, thorough laxative physic should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your child isn't feeling well; resting
nicely; eating regularly and acting nat
urally it is sure sign that its little
stomach liver and 81 feet OF bowels
are filled with foul, constipated waste
matter and need a gentle, thorough
cleansing at once.
When cross, irritable. feverish, stom-
ach sour, breath bad Or your little one
has stomach ache, diarrhoea. sore throat
full Of cold. tongue coated; give a tea
spoonful Of Syrup of Figs and In q few
hours all the clogged up waste, undigest
ed food and sour bile will gently move
on and out of its little bowels without
nausea. gripping weakness, and you
will surely have well, happy and smil-
ing child again shortly.
With Syrup Of Figs you are not drug
ging your children. Being composed en-
tirely of luscious figs. SIENNA and aro-
matics IL cannot be harmful, besides they
dearly love its delicious fig taste.
Mothers should always keep Syrup OF
Figs handy 1t is the only stomach, liver
and bowel cleanser and regulator needed
"a little given today win save a sick
child tomorrow.
Full directions for children Of all ages
and for grown-ups plainly printed on the
package.
Ask your druggists for the full name,
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of Senna,"
prepared by the California Fig Syrup Co.
This is the delicious tasting. genuine old
reliable. Refuse anything else offered
Evening star., 1912-09-09
President and Merit System.
From the Boston Transcript.


There were no cobwebs on President
Taft's speech before the National Asso-
citation of Post Office Clerks recently.
Rarely has the cause of the merit system
in civil service been stated and discussed
with so much definiteness and clearness
as in his brief address. 1t was not a
political talk in any sense OF the word.
While others in the present campaign
feel called upon to discuss theories and
speculate upon distractions. he dealt di-
rectly with conditions and dealt with
them in a way that augurs well for the
future of the service provided the sane
and wise recommendations that he has
made shall be followed. The 'seven-year
tenure" bill, which he recently vetoed,
was subtle attempt to weaken the sys-
tenn upon which the government has been
slowly building a service OF larger eff1-
cheney and greater responsibility. 1t may
have been intended in part as an en-
barrassment at critical period. To put
himself across the path that ii had to
take to become a law might be a tenn
porarily unpopular act But he took no
time to consider whether it would be or
not.
Evening star., 1912-09-09
Complicated Transaction.

Dat Nose Madison is de mos 'scour-
agin' man l ever talked to-" said Eras-
tus Pinkley. He do hate to see any
body git along. l was tellin i'm bout
dat hoss ! done paid seventeen dollars
fur"
What happened to him? / thought
he was dead"
No, sub He didn' die. He jes' eat.
/ 'splained to Nose dat l bought him
foh seventeen dollars an sold him foh
fohteen dollars an seventy-five cents,
an Nose says l lost two dollars an a
quarter. He won't hear it no other
way
We'll, didn't you?"
"You's mos as bad as Nose! l was
jes' gine on to say dat it was wuf at
leas' ten dollars to git red O. de hoss.'
Evening star., 1912-09-09
War in Jersey.

Mr.. Wilson again clashes with James
Smith. jr.. and the clash, may prove to be
one of the most interesting features of
the campaign.
IL. as charged. Mr.. Smith has opposed
the reforms that Mr.. Wilson as Govern or
OF New Jersey has instituted he may be
properly classified as a reactionary Those
reforms were ordered by the people. Mr.
Wilson in his election as governor vas
instructed TO institute them, and. for that
matter. Mr.. Smith. as Mr.. Wilson's spon-
sor and leading angel" was himself, by
his activity In the campaign, committed
Evening star., 1912-09-09
A Financial Fear.

Il don't know whether it is a good
thing to encourage women to go into
politics or not" said the man with a
furrowed brow.
Surely you do not doubt their capa-
bility.''
Not in the least. But think of the
appalling sums that will change hands
if they get to betting hats on elections.
Evening star., 1912-09-09

sars to circumvent its vagaries, or as to
the construction and manipulation of the
machine. In these two late cases doubt
less the points of weakness IN the ma
chimes will be as carefully studied as the
condition of the wreckage Will permit,
and it is possible that from them will
be gained materially important informa-
ton to advance the day OF the truly de-
pendable and commercially practical de-
vice.
Evening star., 1912-09-09

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personal absence. letters to THE STAR should
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the Editorial or Business Department. according
20 tenor or purpose