East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-17
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a; committee yesterday the plan for a
special convention
Revfving The 10 revise the con-
Republican Parry. vention rules was
rejected and such
changes as will be made in the rules
and in the basis OF representation at
the next national convention will be
made by the national committee.
The stand taken by the committee
indicates that such reformatory medi-
cine as will be administered the G. o.
p. will be come from conservative
quarter, a fact that will be discourage
Ing to the progressive element
But even If carried out would the
suggested reforms in rules and in the
basis Of representation be Of any effect
on the national political situation?
Between now and the next convention
there may be enacted a presidential
primary Law that will all but abolish
national conventions,
II the republican PARTY is to become
united again won't the party have to
undergo q real Transformation rather
than mere surface changes Was the
party wrecked through defects in its
working machinery or through faults
that lay much deeper?
>~O~S
Those 81 cases of measles reported
within the past two weeks and the six
local small pox cases
Have We a now listed seem to show
Quarantine. very plainly there /.
som G h ing radically
wrong with our quarantine regula-
tons or else with the enforcement OF
those regulations. quarantine that
permits OF Al new cases Of measles this
month with the month but half gone
Is not much of a quarantine. It is
also needless to say that our schools
cannot do effective work with 1s per
cent OF the pupils al home i'll or forced
to stay out OF school because OF the
illness OF others.
Have proper steps been taken In
Pendleton 10 prevent the spread OF
contagious disease among children
What DO the mothers think about
II?
Those army officers at the Carabao
banquet seem to have been In need of
the swift calling
Lacking in Loyalty down that has
And Sense been. administer
ed them. The
army Is the fighting arm Of the gov
ernment and II that army is to be Of
fcered By men who show open dis-
loyalty TO the government and its pol
icies II is time for drastic action.
Nor will it suffice to say that the
aspersions cast were in a spirit Of fun
The army and navy are not maintain
ed for vaudeville purposes. Generals
are TOO expensive TO be mere comedi-
ans. 1t is fair assumption that some
gold laced fellows wanted to heap de-
rision upon the administrators plan
for fitting the FillipinOs for inde-
pendence. In doing so they not only
showed themselves lacking In the first
principles OF soldiery but they also in
dicated they are poor tacticians. From
q military standpoint the United
States could not make a finer move
than TO get out Of the Philippines. The
islands are a handicap not an asset
from q war standpoint In the event
OF war with Japan they would be as
a rock tied to this country's neck.
History proves that any nation that
must cross an ocean to fight a foe OF
any consequence assumes a terrible
task
The Carabao club affair indicates
come OF our generals and admiras
lack both IN fidelity and IN brains
There is but one fit place for the
genuine white slavery artist and that
IL federal prison with a life SEN
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