THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911.
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OREGON CORRUPT
PRACTICES ACT
Makes the Expense of Running
For Office Nominal
$400 TO RUN FOR SENATE.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Will Again Be a
Candidate Without Making Speeches,
Distributing Literature or Spending
Money Penalty For Law's Violation.
The announcement that Senator .Ion
nthan Bourne, Jr., will stand for
renomlnatlon without making tiny
speeches, distributing any literature or
spending money has called attention
to the provisions of the Oregon corrupt
practices act, which makes It possible
for a candidate In that state to present
his cause before the voters at nominal
expense.
The Oregon law provides that the
secretary of stnte shall issue n public
ity pamphlet in which each cand.date
Is permitted to use not to exceed fout
pages In setting forth tlio principles for
which he stands and the reasons why
he should bo nominated. His oppo
nents may occupy a like number ot
pages in opposition to him, but must
sign their names to their arguments
and be responsible under the libel laws
of the state. Candidates aro required
to pay from $10 to 5100 a page for
this space, the amount varying with
the importance of the ofllcc. A copy
of this pamphlet must be mulled to ev
ery registered voter not less than eight
days prior to election. In practice the
secretary of state malls the pamphlet
to the voter as soon as ho registers.
This law provides nn ample oppor
tunity for every candidate to present
his claims before the voters of his elec
tion district nt a cost which will not
bar any aspirant. It practically com
pels the candidate to go on record ex
pressly as to his principles and poli
cies and prevents his basjg his cam
paign on local prejudices. Since the
same pamphlet goes to every section
of-the state It Is impossible for a can
didate to make one appeal to the voter
In the city nud another appeal to the
voter In the country.
Under this law a candidate for the
nomination for senator can state his
cause fully to nil the voters of the
state at a cost of $-100. In the general
election campaign the secretary of
state issues another pamphlet, distrib
uted In Hko manner, lu which eqch
party may occupy not to exceed twenty-four
pages at $50 per page and each
candidate four pages at 100 per page.
Aside from the amount expended for
space in the publicity pamphlet, the
Oregon law limits every candidate to
an expenditure of 15 per cent of one
year's salary In the primary campaign
and 10 per ceut of one year's salary In
the general election campaign, provid
ed that no candidate shall no limited
to less than 100. Every candidate
must file n sworn Itemized statement
of campaign expenditures within fif
teen days after election. A similar
sworn statement must be filed within
the same ttme by every person wtio
expended or contributed $50 or more
In support of or In opposition to any
candidate.
Doubtless there will bo violations ot
the Oregon corrupt practices act, just
as there always will bo violations of
every other criminal statute, but the
Oregon law has set a high standard In
political methods and by providing a
means of publicity has removed the
necessity for largo campaign expendi
tures. Tbo penalty for violation of the
Oregon corrupt practices act Is a ftno
of not more than $5,000 or Imprison
ment for not more than one your, or
both, A candidate violating tins law
also forfeits his right to the offlce.
This Is tbo main barrier preventing Its
violation.
FLEET THROUGH THE CANAL.
Battleships Will Be Kept Six Months
Alternately In Each Ooean.
It is the present plan of the navy
department to have the battleship
fleet spend about an equal amount of
time In the Atlantic and Pacific as
soon ns the Panama canal Is open
to navigation. The great armament
known as tbo Atlantic fleet since t:
formation will belong as much to the
Pacific ns the Atlantic, and the persist
ent demands of the west coast for
adequate naval protection will be sat
isfied, at least partially.
Jlr. Meyer, secretary of tho navy. Is
already looking ahead to tho effect
which tbo completion of the canal will
have on the licet, which Is to remain
intact after that event. Statements
that It would bo divided under two
commands, one for the Atlantic and
one for the Pacific, are based on a mis
Interpretation of a remark made by
Mr. Meyer recently. Ho has hnd no
idea of dividing the fleet and, In fact.
Is strongly opposed to any such plan.
"Keep tho fleet together" has boon n
watchword among naval authorities
ever since tho fleet was brought up to
the sixteen battleship standard and
has been Indorsed by tho general board
and tho senior lino officers.
It is proposed to moke use of the
canal in tho development o'i fleet mo
bility. Probably tho fleet will spend
the first six months ot a year In the
Atlantic and tho remainder to the Pa
cific, keeping up theso periodical
ocean from ocean cruises with such
degree of regularity as conditions per-nilt.
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CHABLIS Q. GArJS.
Whose Father's Illness
Causss Cash to Eurspe.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AND PICKETT BABY
New York. July . a tew minutes
before sailing time for the Cunanler
Mauretnnia, Charles O. Gates, sun of
John W. Gates, who Is 111 In Paris,
went ou board In a great hurry and
asked for a cabin.
The purser told Mr. Gates there was
no spa.ee left
"But I must go," said Gates, "my
father Is 111 in Paris, so you'll have to
stow me away In some nook or
cranny."
Tho purser gave him nn officer's
berth.
BALLOON BURNS; TWO PALL.
One Had Become Entangled In Ropes
and Was Carried Off.
Toieka, Kan., July a Two men. one
an Involuntarily passenger, had a nar
row e:ai from death when they fell
rrotn a burning balloon hero. As Hert
Curry, a Kansas City aeronaut, was
rising in bis hot air balloon Walter
Taylor, a spectator, became entangled
In ono of the ropes of tbo balloon and
was Jerked aloft.
As tlie balloon rose It was seen that
the gits bag was ou fire. The llames
rapidly ate Into tho fabric. The lial
loon continued to rise to a height of
100 feet, when it coilnpsed and foil,
dropping the two men Into n big tree,
through which they fell to n iHiixorn
stand below. Both were badly scared
and scratched, but otherwise were un
hurt. Tho balloon was a total wreck.
H0ESE COMMITS SUICIDE.
A Least So Owner Explains Animal's
Death In Brook.
Tarrytown, N. Y, July a It was so
hot in GlonvUfc that a horse owned b
J. M. Cooke wont to a brook and
drowned Itsctt
William Bookman, constable of
Grwnburgh, vaa prostrated after
riiiTying his 8 by 0 badge around for
Ive hours.
Cooke's horso was found by Beet
:iiiiii with its head under water. He
! .iiiikI the horse had not drowued
i-m: Just drunk itself to death.
onl;i however, said It was a case of
. UK-
Genesis of the Playhouse.
ThcspiB In 530 B. C. acted bla plays
In a wagon. In 400 B. C., during the
tlbo of Aeschylus, creator of drama,
the performances took place upon tem
porary wooden scaffolds, one of which,
having collapsed during a representa
tion, tbo Athenians wore induced to
build tho great theater of Dlonyslus,
calling It tho Lennlon, which was tho
first permanent stono structure of Its
kind. It required ICO years to erect It.
There was no scenery, but ho scene
was decorated so as to represent tlu
locality In which the action was going
on. Itoofloss was bis Btructuro, but
around the building were porticoes, to
which the people retreated during rain
storms. Sometimes awnings wero used
to ward off the sun's heat. Invnri
ably the actors wero males, who wore
masks with mouthpieces, answering
the purpose of speaking trumpets.
Owing to tho vastness of the theater
metal vnsos wero placed under the
senta to serve as reflectors of sound.
Performances began In tho morning
and usually lasted twclvo hours. New
York Telegram.
Hanged and Buried and Lived.
It Is not given to many men to bo
hanged and burled and yet bo able to
tell the tale, but suc h was tbo experi
ence of one John Ilartendale, who wus
executed at York lu 1031 for felony.
After his body had hung for nearly
an hour It was burled. A gentleman
passing by tho grave, which had not
been filled up, thought be saw the
earth move, and with tho help of his
servant ho disinterred tho convict, who
was still alive. It was the custom In
those days to bury suicides and exe
cuted criminals, without nny coffin.
Tho man was carefully treated and
entirely recovered. Ho became hos
tler at tho coaching house in York and
lived a most exemplary life. When
asked what ho could tell in relation to
hanging, ns having experienced it, ho
replied, "When I was turned off
flashes of fire seemed to dart from my
eyes, from which I fell Into a state of
darkness and Insensibility,"
Btst Stsry of the-Martyred Pretlder
Printed For First Time.
The recent death of Major George E
Pickett, son of the great Confederal
soldier of that name, who led the fo
inous charge of Gettysburg, recalls f
story told by the widow of Genera
Pickett and mother of Major Picket,
of her first and only meeting wl,i
Abraham Lincoln, says Henry Mam
in the July Columbian. It was tin
day following the nbandonmenl oi
Richmond by the Confederates and
when the Union troops wero In posses
slon of tho city. Mrs. Pickett wiw
nlone with her baby boy, her husband
making the final stand with Lee and
his ragged and hungry veterans. It
may bo needless to say that the wlff
of the absent general was in no friend
I ly frame of mind toward the conquer
ors, and her irritation was increased
by seeing n body of negro cavalrymei,
sweeping past her house.
The door opened and In stepped a
tall figure In solemn black wearing r
high hat. "Is George In?" said the in
trader without other word of lntroduc
tlon.
"If you menn General Georgo E
Pickett," answered Mrs. Pickett se
verely, "he Is on duty with the army."
"Georgo has been n bad boy," contln
uod tho visitor, stretching out his lorn,
arms and taking the baby, which seem
ed to like him nt sight and cooed with
pleasure in his embrace.
Mrs. Pickett, still angry, could only
utter "Sir!"
"George has been a bad boy," added
the caller, giving tho baby a toss oi
two, to Its great delight, and seeming
not to notice Mrs. Pickett's resentment.
"He was tho nephew of a dear friend
of mine, nnd I bad him appointed to
West Point, but he has been a bad
boy." After a pause, while Mrs. Pick
ett listened speechless, the visitor went
on, "But you can tell him when he gets
back to come nnd see mo In Washing
ton nnd I will take care of him."
"Who nro you?" asked Mrs. Pickett.
still in mystery as to her caller's iilen
tlty.
"I am Abrnham Lincoln." was the
answer.
"What!" exclaimed Mrs. Pickett.
"The president of the United States?"
"Thnt is what they call me," replied
Jlr. Lincoln. Then, handing back the
baby, he passed out with the parting
injunction, "Don't forget to tell George
to call on me."
Tbo visitor departed. Mrs. Pickett
noticed there was something in tho
baby's little fist. It was a fifty dollar
greenback. Major George E. Pickett
was that baby.
Roll of
HONOR
Attertfon Is called to the STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
an
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Ot
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United Staiei
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wavne County.
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.88
Total ASSETS, $2,951,048.26
Honesdale. Pa., December 1, 1910.
DUMB MAN SPEAKS.
Surgeons Had Removed Bit of Bone
From His Brain.
When Harry Wlltze of New Haven,
Conn., was fifteen years old, twenty
one years ago, he was run over by n
wagon when playing ball In tho street.
In a hospital it was found his skull
was fractured. The injury left him
Insane, and lie spent a long time In the
Middletown (N. Y.) asylum. He was
released as cured, but the insanity re
curred at Intervals.
Last December he became dumb. Re
cently be was removed to St Ra
phael's hospital nt New naven. There
an operation was performed on him
by Dr. Morris D. Slattery. A piece of
the skull that had come in contact
with the brain was removed. An hour
afterward, when Dr. Slattery returned
to the room, ho was greeted from the
bed with "Hello, doc!"
Wlltze's complete recovery is ex
pected. AMERICANS ECONOMIZING.
Bills For Luxuries Cut, Although Im
ports Increase.
A wave of economy is sweeping the
country, according to figures of the
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor, which disclose
that Americans cut their imported
clnunpague bill In two nnd adorned
themselves with fewer diamonds by
57,000,000 worth during the last eleven
months than In tho same period last
year. At the -same time the United
States Increased Its imports over the
corresponding period of 1910 by more
than $145,000,000.
Diamonds valued at $37,250,000 wero
brought In during the eleven months
ending with Mny, 1010, whilo tho to
tal for the slmllnr period Just ended
was only 530,500,000. Champagne
dropjed from ?0,000,000 to ?3,000,000,
silk laces from 55,000,000 to 53,500,000
nnd dressed furs from 510,000,000 to
$7.000.000.
TO USE REINDEER.
Canadian Government Will Employ
Them In the Mail Service.
Tho government of Canada has made
on addition to tho mall transportation
facilities of tho country In the form
of fifty reindeer. Tho purchase was
made from Dr. Grenfell of Labrador.
Tho animals will be taken from Labra
dor by boat to Quebec lu September
and will go by train to Edmonton or
Athabaska landing. Scows will be built
to complcto tho Journey down tho
Athabaska river to Fort Smith, which
Is tho destination of tho herd.
Tho reindeer proved a great success
in Labrador, tho original herd of 300
having grown by natural Increase to
1,200. It is belloved that the experi
ment at Fort Smith will prove a suc
cess and that winter travel in the Ca
nadian north where dog teams are now
used will bo robbed of its dangers and
of a good deal of its hardship.
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