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Show SEEN SEENand SEENound and HEAR HEARfJ , fJ fJaround . arouncf around t/se t se the theNATIONAL / y f NATIONAL CAPITAL CAPITALBy | " By By Carter FieldFAMOUS FieldFAMOUS Field FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Washington Wasblngton-Out Wasblngton Out Wasbfngton-Out Wasbfngton - - Out on the Pacificcoast Pacl Pacific Pacificcoast C Ccoast coast there was nothing nothmg like hke theshock the theshock theshock shock , even to the investing public publicthat , that that35 \ was \\35 35 vcas felt lelt back cast east over Presi Presi- President President President - dent Roosevelt's Roosevelts RooseveU's RooseveUs ' ' attitude atUtude toward towardcorporabons towardcorporations towardcorporations corporabons corporations In general and publIc publIcutility publicutility publicutility utility corporations in particular particuIar . The public , so to speak , had bad been beeneducated beeneducated beeneducated educated up to think thtnk that corpora- corpora corporations corporations corpora.tions corporations . - tions were not mere aggregauons aggregations aggregationsof aggregauonsof of im ins investors . cstors , but cruel inhuman inhumanthmgs inhumanthings inhumanthings thmgs things which wluch ground down the poor poorexploited , . exploltcd exploited labor , corrupted politicsand polltlcs politics , and poured the Ule profits of it all back backto backto backto to some mythical myUucal gentlemen In InW&lU InWall inWall W&lU WlU Wall & street streetOne . . One of the strong ! forces orc ; > es in so soeducatmg soeducating soeducating educatmg educating the people along the thePacIfic thePacific thePacific PacIfic coast m in this direction dircction was wasn wasa wasa n a publisher now very anxious aIlXlOUS to todefeat todefeat todefeat defeat Sir Mr . Roosevclt-to Roosevclt to Roosevelt-to Roosevelt Roosevelt - to wIt wit , , Wil WlI- WlI Wil- WlIlam William William - ! liam lam Randolph Hearst . . His clam clam- clamors clamors . - ors now remind remlld one of the story storyprmted storyprinted storyprinted prmted printed not long after the Ule Versailles Versaillespeacc Versaillespeace Versaillespeace peacc peace conference , . to the effect effectthat effectthat effectthat that Lloyd George and CIemenccauhavmg Clemenceauhaving Clemenccau CIemenccau Clemenceau -havmg havmg -having having - having bamboozled Woodrow Wil- Wil Wilson Wilson Wil-son Wil son - son , , found later they could couId not "unbampoozle "un- "un un "unbam "un-bamboozle "un un bamboozle " - bam bampoozle oozlc " that stubborn Presby Presby- PresbyterIan Presbyterian Presbyterian - - terianHsarst terIanHearst terian Hsarst Hearst , , , in brief brIcf , despite dcsplte the Cir- Cir CircuIatIon circulation cir circulation - - culation cuIatIon of his papers in Seattle SeattleSan , San Francisco and Los Angeles Angcles , is ishavmg ishavmg ishaving havmg a hard time tune convincing conV1Oc1Og the thefolks thefolks thefolks folks that Roosevelt , , so far as the thecorporations thecorporations thecorporations corporations are concerned , has not notbeen notbeen notbeen been following followmg the very ideas tha that thatHearst thatHearst t tHearst Hearst himself has been preachmg preaching preachinglo preachingJo 10 Jo these many years . In the early days m 111 in the political politicalWe politicallie politicallife We lie of Hiram lhram W . J Johnson ohason , he got gothlS gothis gothis hlS his start and rose to a leadershIpv leadershipwhich leadership leadershiptthich v . -tthich tthich which - blch has hardly been equalled equallcd Inany inany in inany any other state by the simple proc process . ess of fighting fightin f the corporabons corporations corporabonsGenerally corporationsGenerally corporationsGenerally Generally , as a matter of fact factJohnson , Johnson and Hearst have fought to- to together together to together - - gether . Had Experience ExperienceSo So that the voters who were born bornand bornand bomand and grew up in California Cahornia ! have had hada a pretty thorough education m in cor- cor corporation cor corporation - . poration baiting Their fathers reo re- re reomembered remembered re remembered - I membered the day when v.hen vhen . the South South- Southern Southern . - ern Pacific dominated dommated the pol1tlcs politics politicsbusiness , bus business mess , and pretty much every every- everything everything . - thing thmg else in the state They re- re remember remember re remember - - member , and have told the present presentgeneratlon presentgeneration presentgeneration generatlon generation many times , of the fight fightto fightto fightto to drive it out , a fight in whichteearst wluch which wluchtHearst whichHearst tHearst Hearst turned against agamst his own ownfather ownfather ownfather father : , and Johnson rose rosc to such suchcommandmg suchcommanding suchcommanding commandmg commanding heights hClghts that tiUlt many manyCahormans manyCalifornians manyCahfomians Cahormans Californians ! to this day do not un- un understand understand un understand - - derstand why he was not nommated nominated nommatedfor nominatedfor nominatedfor for President Presldent in m 1920 1920They 1920They 1920They They never understood undcrstood the bitter bitter- bitterness bitterness bitterness - ness of the eastern Republ1cans Republicans Republ1cansagamst Republicansagainst Republicansagainst agamst against Hiram lilram for what happened happenedin in 1916 , when Charles E Hughes Hughesfa Hughesiailed Hughesfailed fa iailed : lIed lo 10 to shake his lus hand That the theeastern theeastern theeastern eastern G 0 P . , leaders blamedJohnson blamed blamedJohnson blamedJohnson Johnson for the re election electlon of Wll- Wll Wil Wllson Wil-eon Wil eon - son Eon did not and does not percolate percolateout percolateout percolateout out here Voters are arc used to bemg being bemgmdependent beingmdependent beingindependent mdependent , , , and a little llttle bit mIdMoreo wildMoreover wild mId wildMorcoer Moreo\ Moreo Morco\er Morco er Moreoer Moreover \ er , . the big vote is down downin downin downin in the southern part of the statelargely state , largely recruited from Iowa . , Neb Neb- Nebraska Nebraska . - raska rasha and Illinois Originally Origmally Re- Re Republican Re Republican . - publican publlcan , yes ; : ) es , but intensely mtensely pro pro- progressiv pro-gressue pro gressue - . grCSSl\ grCSSl grCSSle gressiv \ e , and just as bitter agamst against agamstcorporabons againstcorporations againstcorporations corporabons corporations as Hiram Hlram and his fel- fel fellow fel fellow - . low veterans in lD m the war to drivethe drIVe drIVethe drivethe the Southern Pacific out of Califor Callior- Callior Callfor- Callfor Callforma CalliorIUa California - nia IUa ma poll politicsAll politics politicsAll tics ticsAll whythIs All of which explains explams in lD part why whythis whythis thIs state is generally conceded to toRoosevelt toRoosevelt toRoosevelt Roosevelt , and is made doubtful doubUul at atall atall atall all only by the possibility that Wil Wil- William William . - liam 11am Lemke , with the support of ofDr ofDr ofDr Dr . Townsend and Father Cough Cough- Coughlin Cough-lin Cough lin - . lin lin , , may take enough radical votes votesaway votesaway votesaway away from Roosevelt to give glVe Gov Gov- Governor Gov- Gov Governor Governor - - ernor Landon a chance chancc . And from frompresent frompresent frompresent present indications indicauons it is only achance a achance achance chance . Oregon Turning "Dry Dry " " Sue Six years ago this tlus writer visIted visItedPortland visitedPortland visitedPortland Portland on a scouting scoutmg miSSIOn mission.The missionThe . . 1 1was The quest was to determine determme if it ii therewas there was enough . , . wet sentiment m lD thIS thISPac thisPacific thisPacific Pac Pacific c port to justify Jusbfy the Associa Assocla- Assocla Associa- Association Assoclahon Association - tion hon A Against gal g a i n s t the Pro1u.bIbon Pro1ubIbon Prohibition Pro1u.bIbonAmendment ProhibitionAmendment ProhibitionAmendment . Amendment in giving some finan- finan financial finan finan- financIal financial - - cial assistance to the Democratic Democraticnommee Democraticnominee Democraticnominee nommee nominee for congress , . Gen Gell . . . Charles CharlesMartIn CharlesMartin CharlesMartin CharlesMartinOregon MartIn MartInOregon Oregon was regarded as one of ofthe ofthe olthe the driest dnest states-next states next states - next to Kansasim Kansas- Kansas Kansas1m Kansas Kansasm - 1m im ( m . the union UDlOll . . Everyone Every one adnutted admitted adnuttedthe admittedthe admittedthe the state outside Portland was wasvery wasvery wasvery very dry indeed mdeed The question was waswhether waswhether waswhether whether General Martin Martm , who bebeved bc- bc bcheved be - . heved lieved in lit repeal , should come out outrankly outfrankly oufrankly rankly frankly ! wet-in wet in wet " - in which wluch case " the e as as as- as - . " " lo lotonouId fsociation jsociatron . ; ; tonouId . ; ; would - . hcl . help - ; - his l'c"aa lcaa ; ; " ' campaign campaignfundor campaignjfund ; ; lfund-or lfund or ] fund-or fund or - - or whether he should rcmalD remain rcmalDsIlent remainsilent remainsilent I sIlent on this issue . Most of o : the shrewd political pOl1ucal ob observers ob- ob observers - . servers were confident that 1f rf 1fMartin rfMartin itMartin Martin did come out wet he would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be defeated . . When this scout left leftPortland leftPortland letPortland ) Portland , Martin was .still still . , still hesitat hcsltat- hcsltat hcsltatmg hesitating - ing mg Later be he came out wet wet , . , and andwas andwas andwas was elected , along with a flock olother of ofother ofpother pother [ : other otherlet \ wet \let let tint candidates that year ycar . It Itwas Itwas Hwas was the beginning begmnmg of thevet the \ wet \vet vet tvet tide tidethat tidethat tidethat that surprised every one , no one onemore onemore onmore ( more than the leading leadmg wets , , wluch which wluchwas whichwas whiciwas was to bring repeal within wiUun three threeyears threeyears tbrctyears tbrctyearsBut years yearsBut But tlus tills this year there are in Port- Port Portland Portland Portland - land the unmistakable signs of a aswmg aswing ; swing swmg in m the other direction direcuon - back backtowards backtowards badtowards towards prohibition prohlblbon prohibitionAll prohlblbonAll All the obvious and objectIonable objectIonableph objectionablephases objectionabliphases ph phases 1sCS < of the liquor traffic traffie are not notonly notonly noonly only present , but flaunt themselvesAnd themselvcs themselves . And people peoplc are inclined inclmcd to forget forgetthat forgetthat forgethat that this sort of thing was always alwayspresent alwayspresent alwaypresent present , even during durmg the height of ofI ofprohibition cI I prohibition proh1b1Uon . . . They forget that dur- dur dm - - ing ina log prohibition prohlblUon it was concealed - was probably worse than it is now now.They nowThey . They notice nouce only what is thrust up- up upon upon up upon - - on their observation , and that , , in inPorUand InPortland inPortland PorUand Portland , . is very much like what whatthe whatthe whatthe thinkexisted think thinkCXlsted thinkexisted the movies would have us CXlsted existed on the Barbary coast of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Francisco in the wicked old olddays o 1 l ddays d ddays days before the fire . . Ugly and SordidBut Sordid SordidBut But even in those good old days daysthere daysthere daysthere there were lots of people m in the theGolden theGolden theGolden Golden Gate district who neverrealized never neverrahzed neverrahzed rahzed : it was ther there & - many more morewho morewho morewho who never saw it it . . No visitor saw sawIt sawit sawit It unless he was W&lS WlS & taken there tor for torthat forthat forthat that purpose . But m 10 Portland no one going to tothe tothe tothe the union depot to take a tram train ormeet or ormeet ormeet meet an incoming mcommg friend can miss missIt missit missit It it . . Between the station and the theheart theheart theheart heart of at downtown is a distance of ofabout ofabout ofabout about five blocks It is an old and andrundown andrundown andrun-down andrun down run-down run down - - section sectlon of the city , a typi typi- typical typi- typi typical typical - - cal flophouse section . . But on the ! first lrst floor of half halt of ofthese ofthese ofthese these flophouses are saloons--regu- saloons regu saloons-regu- saloonsregular saloons - regu regular - - lar old bars , brass rails ralls , . dirty dirtyI dirtyfloors dirtyfloors I floors , sloppy towels , and , very ob- ob obI obi obviously obviously ob obviously - I i viously viouslyft , . women -ft ft v . - omen only too anxious to tohave tohave tohave have some generous stranger buythem buy buythem buythem them a drink drmk or a cheap meaL mcal meaLAnd . . And all this not concealed in the thesllghtest theslightest theslightest sllghtest slightest from the visitor walkmg walking walkingor , or for that matter , . riding rldmg by . Gone Goneforever Goneforever Goneforever forever is the swinging swmgmg door , based basedon basedon basedon on the idea that it would wouId let thearoma the thearoma thearoma aroma of \ wet \ et goods on sale waft waftout waftout waftout out , but conceal the identity 1denbty of the thecustomers thecustomers thecustomers customers lest some angry wIfe wIfeWIth wifewith wifewith WIth Came CarrIe Nation propensities invade m- m in- in mvade in invade - vade the premises to prevent her herhusband herhusband herhusband husband drinking dr ng up the rentmoney r e n t tmoney tmoney money . . It's Its ' all aU open and above board boardhether boardv boardwhether \\hether hether v \ \ hether it's its ' on the level or not notWhat . . What cannot be seen does not re- re requue requue re-quue re quue - quue much imagination imagmabon , and both bothare bothare bothare are calculated to work up to a afrenzy afrenzy afrenzy frenzy the good folks of this thlS coun coun- country coun- coun country country - - try who achieved aclueved prohibition in m the thefirst thefirst thefirst first placeCanada place Canada Dryer Than U . S . Despite the bitter blUer complaints complamts of ofAmerIcan ofAmerican ofAmerican AmerIcan tourists m in Canada at atflndmg atfinding atfinding flndmg finding that most of the places they theyVIsit theyvisit theyvisit VIsit are dryer than the good old oldUmted oldUnited oldUnited Umted United States - ! from rom an alcohol1c alcoholic alcoholicnot , not a drouth standpoint standpomt - Canada Canadathmks Canadathinks Canadathinks thmks thinks she has the right fIght solution of ofthe ofthe ofthe the drink drmk problem PartIcuIarly Particularly Particularlythe PartIcuIarlythe the hard liquor llquor problemSave problem problemSave Save for the permit pernut idea , bor bor- borrowed bor- bor borrowed borrowed - - rowed from Swed Sweden n , the system IS ISnot isnot isnot not so different dlfferent from the home state stateof stateof stateof of Bishop Cannon , Virginia Vlrgmla , s savethat a v e eiliat ethat iliat that the Virginia VlrglDla system is more morel1beral moreliberal moreliberal l1beral liberal on beer and wineHard wine wme wineHard Hard liquor must be bought m in mgovernment ingovernment mgovernment government stores The profit to tothe tothe tothe the government is excellent expellent , , butthe but butthe butthe the important unportant element clement is that the theone theone theone one feature , which worries students studentsof of the problem more than any otherhow otherhow other -how how - how to eliminate el1mmate the profit motive motlve motlveIS motiveis -IS IS - is handledLIquor handledLiquor handled handledLiquor Liquor interests |