East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

in the eyes OF the oregonian and the
Pilot Rock Record and he must GO
forth to wander alone in the desert.
There is redeeming feature, how
ever in the fact the mass of republi-
cans have more sense than either the
oregonian or the Record. Most re-
publicans as well as most other people
have a fair degree Of intelligence and
patriotism and they recognize that any
mans first duty is to his conscience.
They do not expect a man to forsake
a principle for the sake of PARTISAN
ship. They want him to do just the
reverse. 1t is because Senator La Fol-
lette has always had the courage and
the Intelligence to fight for real prin-
ciples that the people of Wisconsin
back him with stronger and stronger
majorities every time he goes before
them. 1t is because of this character
istic he is now the most influential
leader of the republican party in the
United States.
The talk OF driving la Toilette
from his party because of his tariff
vote is piffle. 1t is an insult not
merely to republican intelligence but
to American ideals of government
Clark Wood IS back in Weston and
the people of that good little town are
contented and happy
Weston Is once more. While
Itself Again. Clark was away they
mourned more than
did the biblical father for his prodi-
gal boy, or the Weston ball players
when Jack Keefe left them. The sun
had set, the sky was overcast and
there was no joy in the town. Now
that the colonel is with his own again
the weather is fine, the birds are sing
ing, the flowers are blooming and the
Weston Leader has it's old time ring
SO welcome to all who love its song.
Clark Wood should not leave Weston
again without first giving the subject
the deepest consideration. He grieves
the Weston spirit when he goes. he
cannot add to his own fame and if ii
is money he wants-well he knows
that one can buy mining stock in a
small town just as easily as in large
city.
New York authorities are striving to
Put the ban on some plays that pre-
sent in a rather
Chicago Versus raw way some OF
New York Plays. the revolving real
ism of the under
world.
The magistrate who issued warrants
for the arrest of leading players in
these productions saw one of the plays
and failed to discover moral lesson
in realistic portrayals of scenes in dis
orderly resorts you might as well
say" he declared. that an author
could write a book of 700 pages full
of obscenity and filth ani finish 1t by
adding at the end few moral max
inns, such as BE virtuous and you will
be happy, Honesty is the best policy
and thus sterilize the preceding filth
and convert the book into an instru-
ment of moral betterment."
"One is forced TO take this magis-
trate's view. that the only motive for
the production Of such plays is to make
money, not to benefit the public, .
comments the Chicago News.
The same plays are booked to APP
pear in Chicago during the coming
season. Since they serve no good pur.
pose, 1t may be hoped that this and
similar dramatic filth will not be tol.
Grated on the local stage"
The comment of course is good, YET
Is the theatrical filth that comes from
New York the only sort that need.
censoring? Not if past experience i:
a good guide. Heretofore it has beer
almost invariabe that our crudest ant
most Objectionable plays have hat
Chicago as their home. New Yorl
plays are distinctly finer grained ant
better favored than the Chicago pro
ductions. II there are New York play,
that deserve the broom there are Chi
cago plays that deserve the axe.
>~~~s~s~~
The st. Louis Post Despatch ex
presses desire that the new man
ager of the bal
Where Courtesy team will be abl'
Il Costly, to subdue the beau
tiful but unbusl
nesslike st. Louis courtesy that ha
evidently not contributed to tn,
strength Of the team upon the dia
mond. "As for the Cardinals" say
the P-D., experience forbijs us {,
hope while desire bids us pray for tn,
best"