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THE MOBMSG OKEGONIAN, (TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1900. LABOR DAY IN EAST Celebrated by Speeches, Pa rades and Picnics. CHICAGO HAD TWO CANDIDATES Socerelt and Bryn "Were the Ora tor Tfc.ere A Q.nlet Day la lew Yorlc CTHICAGO. Sept. S. Organized labor In Chicago today passed In review before Colonel Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt. Hour after hour the labor unions marched down Michigan avenue past the Auditorium Hotel, on the log gia of which stood the Demo cratic nominee for President and the Re publican Vice-Presidential candidate, to. gether with Charles A. Towne, Senator "William E. Mason and a dozen other po litical, leaders. Both Bryan and Boose velt -were heartily greeted by ' the men aa they marched past the hoteL When the last man of the long line of marchers had swung rotfnd Michigan avenue into Jackson boulevard, Colonel -Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt went inside the hotel, where, soon after, they sat down to a luncheon given by labor rep resentatives. It was a "flag of truce" luncheon, for the trades union men had bedded that in the celebration of Labor 2ay there was to be no politics. "While the parade was moving a host of people, mostly the families of work lngmen, gathered in Electric Park, where, the speeches of the day were delivered. The programme of speeches was as fol lows: 2 P. M. to 3 P. M., Governor Roosevelt, Charles A.Towne, SamuelAIschueler, Dem ocratic candidate for Governor of Illi nois; Richard Tates, the Republican Gu bernatorial nominee; "Willam E. Mason, Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee; Mayor Har rison, of Chicago; R. M. Patterson and P, J. OTDonnell, to speak in the ordei named; 4 P. M., Colonel Bryan. By a trite little Joke, sprung with cool "but effective declamation, Bryan today arrested a stampede of frantic men and "women In the speaker's stand at Electric Park, preventing a panic. The Nebras lean had Just fought his way through the crowd, and had taken his place in front of tho orator's platform, when the over crowded floor of the small stand creaked and began to waver. A section of the worn floor gave way, women shrieked In terror and men tried to jump over the railing on the heads of the packed throne at the rear of the stand. ''Hello," laughed Mr. Bryan, turning a smiling face upon the scared people. "This can't be a Democratic platform. There are no bad planks In that. Come now stand stilly won't you? ?If you stand together -where you are you will be all right. If you stampede it will fall on you." and he laughed as If it was an evory-day occurrence. His self-assurance had a quieting effect on the crowd. When the dust cleared away it was found that a few people had been precip itated into the chamber under the stand, but none was seriously injured. In Xevr York and Jersey City. NEW YORK, Sept 3. In view of the fact that there was no general parade of labor in this city, and that many down town business houses were closed, the city was quiet today. Most of the trade organizations left the city by early trains and boats lor their outings, each having a. programme of its own. A Labor -day parade was held in Jer sey City under the auspices of the United Building Trades Council of Hudson Coun ty. An incident of this parade was the ectlon of the Central Federated Union In refusing to march past the grandstand in' front of the 'City Hell, on which the parade was witnessed by Mayor Hoos and other officials. The Central Federated Union is composed largely of silk weav--ers and brewery employes, a large num ber of whom are professed socialists and opponents of both political parties. When they were two blocks from the grand stand the men of the Central Federated Union fell out of line and made a detour eo, as to avoid passing the stand. In Washington. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. Labor day "was .observed here for the sixth time to day, the legal character of the holiday having been established by Congress in 1231. All Government offices were closed, bu there were no street parades or pub lic demonstrations, the various local or ganizations celebrating the day by speech making and athletic games. In Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 3. Labor day here was a field day for politicians. Jo seph E. Flory, Republican candidate for Governor, and Hon. A. M Dockery, Dem ocratic candidate for the same office, spoke to a large gathering- of local union men and their families at a Labor day picnic In one of the parks. In Cleveland. CLEVELAND. Sept. 3. Notwithstand ing a steady downpour of rain, there were probably 8000 men in the Labor day parade. jLt the conclusion of the parade thou sands of workihgmen and their families went to Scenic Park, where. President .Gompers, of the American Federation of .Labor, delivered an address. In 'Atlanta. " ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 3. The largest 'celebration of Labor day ever held in the South took place here today. Five "thousand men were in line. Civic and military organizations were in the. parade -with labor unions. In Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Sept. 3.-Labor day was celebrated here by a parade of worklng- anen, estimated from 12,000 to 15,000. It was the" best-appointed procession ever i seen here on Labor day. In St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 3. Labor day was celebrated here Dy a laoor parade, where-iif-mbre than ,25,000 men of all trades par ticipated. Decidedly Provincial. Washington Post. "Until theother day. when I was trav eling through the State of Maryland, I thought all the tales told on the raw countryman were manufactured "by the funny writers, but I now understand more abour "the possibilities," said R. R. Reld, of Portland, Or., at the Raleigh last night. "It seems that an excursion to Baltimore "was going out of one of the small towns. It was a pretty ordinary looking as semblage that boarded the train, and among the number was an old gentleman, probably 70 years of age, who planked himself down on the seat opposite to me and almost ruined my hat, which I had .laid carelessly there. After a while the conductor came around and asked for tickets. He had seen mine, but stopped opposite the old gentleman, waiting pa tiently for some time, but zay vis-a-vis gave no evidence of understanding. Fin ally the conductor said quietly: " "Tickets. " Yes, I got one said "the ancient "Vir ginian. " 'Let me havo It, please, jaid the con ductor. " "What f tirT was the response. I ain't a going to give -up no ticket till I gets back, because this one's for Baltimore .and come back again, and like as not some other fellow will bo holding your job by .that time. "It took the conductor about 10 minutes to prevail upon the Old gentleman to pro duce tho ticket, xmd oven then after it "was explained to him and the going por tion torn off he took it out of his pocket every 15 minutes and-read it over again. Finally he put it back with a sigh and looked at me. ., " 'I reckon it's all right, he said, 'but you can't always tell about '"these fel lers. " "BEFORE ABRAHAM. History Carried Baclc Thousands of Years by Tiippar Discoveries. Among the awards in the department of archeology at the Paris exposition may have been noted one to the Uni versity of Pennsylvania for a set of wing frames, 32 pictures, employed to Illus trate the result of the university's expe dition at Nippur In Babylonia under the direction of Professor Hllprecht. Some facts about these discoveries, as set forth In the Philadelphia Times, are, therefore, of special Interest at this time. Biblical scholars, and archeologists all the world over are deeply Interested in the report that many inscriptions of the utmost historical Importance have been found by Professor Hllprecht among the tablets in the library of the great temple of Bel at Nippur. Eleven years ago Professor Hllprecht pointed out the probable site of ' the 'temple library and a few weeks ago the ac curacy of his theory "was established. Probably 25,000 tablets havq been re covered, imperishable records of old Babylon in great variety. Now the work of arranging" and de ciphering these will begin. History will be carried back thousands of years be fore Abraham. It has already been shown that the grand old Patriarch Is almost a modern man as compared with the Antiquity of Nippur, the great re ligious center of Babylonia. And all the details of that hoary civilization at a period In the dim and distant past -which almost staggers imagination will soon be laid bare. Nippur Is the Calneh of Genesis. For thousands of years it was only a name. Now we know It as a great city with mammoth buildings. Including a won derful temple of Bel, which has lain buried in the sands of Mesopotamia for thousands of years. The messages and inscriptions which had already been unearthed before the latest "And" date back 5000 years before Christ, or as long before Abraham as Abraham was be fore our time. Records brought to light have told about a civilization which was already highly developed, a thou sand years before the date assigned for the creation of tho world In Bishop Ussher's biblical chronology. A vast Babylonlst Empire was xuled over by Kings like Sargon I, whom scholars deemed mythical. The writ ings in cuneiform tablets and vases dem onstrate that tho civilization of Nippur was no less developed than that of the Greeks 4500 years later; that the affairs of life were carried on In much the same manner as today; that men bought and sold and lived and labored In a manner not very different from what prevails to day, and that they were actuated by the same passions and interests as we are today. These unparalleled discoveries have re sulted from the expeditions equipped by the University of Pennsylvania. The work was begun In 18S9, and In the in tervening 11 years, has been pushed stead ily, under the leadership for two years of Rev. John P. Peters, and since then under Professor H. V. Hllprecht and J. H. Haynes. The ruins of Nippur He under great mounds of sand on the plains of Meso potamia. These mounds cover several distinct cities, each one apparently founded on the ruins of an ancient city which preceded. The explanation Is that when a temple crumbled away tho reign ing dynasty leveled the ruins by con structing a platform over them, and on this platform the new temple "was built. At least five such platfornis have been laid bare, each separated by several hun dred "years;, - Professor Hllprecht continued his ex cavations until he "worked his 'way back to Sargon I, 3800 B. C, and 15 Kings -who preceded that monarch. Professor Hllprecht does not hesitate to place the foundation of the temple of Bel in Nip pur at between 6000 and 7000 B. C. But it must not be assumed hastily that these discoveries are destructive Qf the Biblical narrative in Genesis. On the con trary, they corroborate it in many start ling -ways, not as a detailed chronology, but as an epitome of actual history. Take, for instance, tho Invasion de scribed in Genesis xlv, when four East ern Kings marched against the Kings of Palestine. Critics have resolved this into a myth, declaring that an invasion of such proportions as therein mentioned would have been Impossible In Abraham's time (Circa, 2100 B. C). Yet Professor Hllprecht with infinite patience has de ciphered documents (tablets and Inscrip tions on vases), believed to be the most ancient In the world, showing that Lugal zagglsi, who lived 2500 years before Abra ham, was the Alexander of his day, and extended his conquests to the Med iterranean. ,, Sargon (3800 B.,C.),.who lived 1700 years before Abraham, has left Inscriptions re lating to the four campaigns which he carried to the Mediterranean. The earlier Inscriptions also point to Armenia as the original seat of the Semitic race. Dr. Hllprecht believes that the chief discovery of the present campaign Is .a magnificent building devoted to . govern ment purposes, though It does not date back beyond 300 B. C, a modern date as compared -with the antiquity of build ings, vases, utensils and documents found at Nippur. NOT A PRECEDENT. Mexican and Philippine Cases Wot Identical. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 2. (To "the Editor.) I see that our friends of the "New Democracy" can always be counted upon to favor hauling down the American flag, regardless of the conditions which raised it Our occupation of Mexico and our retirement Iherefrom afford them a prece dent, but the conditions which caused It to be raised and lowered are either un known or carefully suppressed. Our par ticular Filipino friend. Mr. T. V. B. Em bree, is mistaken in his assertion that tho flag was hauled down "from the City of Mexico at the close of the Mexican War." The flag was raised over the City of Mexico on or about September 14, 1847, and was lowered after exchange of the ratifications of the treaty June 1, 1848 about 10 months later. It was lowered only in conformity with the provisions of that treaty. There is considerable difference between the case of Mexico and of the Philippines. DAVID SICKERS. His One Brave Deed. Baltimore American. She was a hero worshiper. Often she would read history, just to find some new hero to worship. Otherwise she would read, such novels as "Beautiful Betsy, the Belle of the Brass Works, or the .Baronet's Bride." Of course this made -her feel that she had married beneath her, for her hus band had not grown round-shouldered from wearing heavy medals. Occasionally she would tell him that she wished he was a hero. Once the foolish man told her that he would be a hero If he had a chance. "You would?" she said. In tones of in credulity. "Did you ever do anything in your life that looked like bravery; or that eemed valorous In after years?" He thought of the day whe,n they played Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and he gave the minister $10 and she be came his wife. But he didn't say anything about it. For a true hero never talks about his glorious, dare-devil deeds. So she never knew that her husband was a hero. Isn't it ft- sad, sad story? ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH HIS TALK TO THE WORKINGMEN OF CHICAGO. Stupendous Importance of the Labor Problem The Good and Evil of Trades. Unions. CHICAGO, Sept 3. The Labor . .day speech of Governor Roosevelt, delivered here today, was as follows: By far the greatest problem, the most far-reaching In its stupendous Importance, Is that problem, or, .rather, that group of problems which we have grown to speak of as the labor questlbn. The foundation of our whole social structure rests upon the material and moral "well being', the Intelligence," the foresight, the sanity, the sense of Tduty and the whole sale 'patriotism, of thewageworker. This is doubly the case now for, in addi tion to each man's individual action, you have learned the great lesson of acting in' combination. " " It would be Impossible to overestimate the far-reaching influence, and," on the whole, the amount of good done through your associations. In addressing you, .the one thing that I wish to avoid is any mere glittering generality, any mere high sounding phraseology and, above 'all, -any appeal "whatsoever made In a 'demagogic "spirit or in a spirit of mere emotion alism. When we come to dealing wlth our social and industrial deeds, reme dies, rights and wrongs,' a ton of ora- Central Oregon Normal" School. Professor J. H. Orcntt, qualified ly long: experience for the presi dency of this institution. , DRAIN, Or., Autr. 28. Professor J. H. Or: cutt, president of the Central Oregon St.ato Normal School, was born near Lake George, N. Y. He came to Iowa when about 12 years old. where he lived until elected to his present office. He bepin teaching In Clinton County, Iowa, in the rural schools. He was principal of graded schools 17 years, superintendent of the "Waterltoo Collegiate Institute two years, and' principal of the Hawarden. No'rmal School five years, which last-named position ho resigned to come to Oregon. He has a college degree-7-Ph. B. also a professional title Ph. D. Ho has been employed in institute work -both In Iowa and. Nebraska since 1882, a member of the Iowa State Teachers' Association sinco 1883, and Is strongly indorsed by leading Iowa educators. His preparation and experience fully qualify him for his new responsibility. tory 'Is not worth an ounce- of- hard headed, kindly common sense.- The fundamental law of healthy politi cal life In this great Republic Is -that each man vshall indeed., and not merely in word be treated Btrictly on his vworth as a man; that each, shall .do full justice to his fellow and in return shall exact full justice from him. Each group of men has its special Interests; and yet the higher, the broader and deeper Interests are those which apply to all men alike; for the spirit of brotherhood in Ameri can citizenship, when rightly under stood and rightly applied, Is more im portant than aught else. Let us scrupu lously regard the special Interest of-the wageworker, the 'farmer, the manufac turer and the merchant, giving to, each man his due, and also ' seeing that he does not wrong his fellows, but let us ever keep clearly before our minds the great fact that, where the deepest chords are touched, tho Interests of all are alike and must be guarded alike. We must beware of any attempt to make hatred in any form the basis oS action. Most emphatically each of us needs to stand up for his own rights. All men and all groups of men are bound to retain their self-respect and In de manding this same respect from others to see that they are not Injured and that they have secured to them the full est liberty of thought and action." But to feel a grudge against others while It may or may not harm them, Is sure in the long run to do Infinitely greater harm to the man himself. The more a healthy American sees of his fellow men, the greater grows the conviction that our chief troubles come from mutual misunderstanding, from failure to appreciate one another's point of view. In other words, the great need is fellow-feeling, sympathy, brotherhood; and all this naturally comes by associa tion. It Is, therefore, of vital Importance that there should be such association. The most serious disadvantage In city life Is the tendency of each man to keep Isolated In his own little set, and to look upon the vast majority of 'his f ellow-cltlzens indifferently, so . that he soon comes to forget that they have the came red blood, the same love and hate, the same likes and dislikes, the same desire for good and the same perpetual tendency, ever needing to be checked and corrected, to lapse from good Into evil. If only our people can be thrown to gether where they act on a common ground, with the same motives and have the same objects, we need not have much fear of their failing to acquire a genuine respect for, one another; and with such respect there must finally come fair play for all. In the country districts the surround ings are such that a man can usually work out his own fate by himself to the best advantage. In our cities or where men congregate' 'Hn masses, it is often necessary to work In combination, that is, through associations by trade unions. Of course, if managed unwisely, the very power of such union or organization makes it. capable of doing much harm, but on the whole it would be hard to overestimate the good these organizations have done in-the past,-and still harder to estimate the good they can do in the future, if- handled with resolution, fore thought, honesty and sanity. It is not possible to lay down a hard and fast rule, logically perfect, as to where the state shall and where the in dividual shall be 'left unhampered and unhelped. We have exactly the same right to Tegulate the conditions of life and work In. factories and tenement houses that we have to regulate fire es capes In our houses. In certain com munities the existence of a thoroughly efficient department of factory inspection Is just as essential as the estimate of a Are department. How far we shall go In regulating the hours of labor or the Ha bilities of employers Is a matter of ex pediency, and each case must be deter mined on Its own merits, exactly as it is a matter-of expediency to determine what so-called "public utilities" the commun ity shall Itself own and what ones it shall leave to private or corporate owner ship, securing to itself merely the right to regulate. Sometimes one course is expedient, sometimes the other. In addressing an audience like this I f&m?MWaSB&- 'mmmBmmmmmmWm E?wKKKKrBBSSammmmmm&mmm do not have to say that the law of life j is 'work, .and that work, in itself, so far from being any hardship, is a great blessing, provided, always, that it is, car ried onunder conditions which preserve a man's -self-respect -and jyhlch" allow him to develop his qwn character and -Tear his children so tfiat he and they, as well as'the whole community of which he and they are a part, may steadily march onward and upward. l The Idler, rich or poor. Is at best use less and is generally a .noxious member of tho community. To whom much has been given; from hlnrmuch is rightfully expected; and a heavy burden of respon sibility rests upon the man of means to Justify ;by hl3 actions the. 'social ' condi tions which have Tendered It possible for him or his forefathers to accumulate and to keep the property' he 'enjoys. He Is not to be excused if he does not render full measure of service to the state and community at large. Triere are many ways ifi .which this service- can be rendered In art, in literature, In philanthropy, as a states man and orator but In some way he is in honor bound to find It so that benefit may accrue to his brethren who have been less favored by fortune than he has been. In short, he must work not only tor himself but for 'others. If he does not work, he falls not only In his duty to the rest of the community, but he fails signally In his duty to hlmselr. There is,no need of reviling .the idle. We can afford to treat" them with Impatient contempt; for when they fall to do their duty, they fall to get from life the high est and keenest pleasure that life can give. To do our duty; that Is the summing up of the whole matter. We must dolour duty -by ourselves and we must do "our duty by our neighbors. Before .us loom industrial problems vast in their Importance and thelr-complexlty. The last half century? has tjeen one of extraordinary social an'd industrial devel opment. The changes have been far reaching, some of iHem for good and some of -them for evil. It-is. not given to the wisest of us to .see Into the future with absolute clearness. No man can be certain that he has found the entire so lution of this Inflnltejy great and intri cate problem; and,yet each man of us, if he would do his ,duty, must strive manfully so far as lh' hiiri lies to "help bring about that sotyirlon..:" It is not possible r.to 'say what shall be n"e exact limit of influence allowed the state, or what limit shall best ssrve to that right of lndivlSudl initiative ' so dear to the hearts .of. the' American peo pled All we need .Is A'o ' be shown one action of they people; in their col lective capacity through' 'the state .In many matters; while' in some "matters xnuch can- be doriehy associations of different groups ' of',4 individuals, as' In trades"- unions and , similar., organi zations,' It'' remains'' now as - true as ever that '.final -success "Will be for the man whotrusts ,ln the strug gle only to his cool head, his brave heart and his strong right arm. There are spheres In which the, state can properly act, and spheres In which a comparative ly' free field must be 'given- to Individual initiative. f Our trials of life, have .grown puz zling in their" complexity, and the changes have been rastr yet we may remain absolutely sure of one thing, that now as ever in the past and will ever be In the future, there can be no substitute for the elemental virtues, for the elemental qualities to which we al lude when -we speak of a' man as not only a good man, but as emphatically a man. We can build the standard of indi vidual citizenship and Individual well-being, we can raise tho National standard and make It what Jt can and should be made only by each of us steadfastly hold ing in mind that there,has been no substi tute for the wo'rld-old humdrum, common place qualities of' truth1, justice and courage, thrift, Industry, common sense and genuine sympathy, with a fellow-feeling for others. The Nation Is the aggregate of the in dividuals composing it, and each indi vidual 'American ever raises the Nation higher, when, he so Conducts himself as to wrong no man and as to suffer no wrong from others, and as to show by his sturdy capacity for self-help and his readiness, to extend a helping hand to the neighbor sinking under a burden too heavy for him to bear. The one fact which all of us need to keep steadily before our eyes Is the need that performance' shall Square with promise if good work is to be done whether in the Industrial or 'the political world. Nothing does more to prompt mentaj dishonesty 'and moral insincerity than the habit of either promising the im possible or of demanding ' the perform-, ahce of the impossible or finally of fall ing to keep a promise that has been made; and it makes not the slightest dif ference whether it'ls a promise made on the stump or off the stumn. Remember that there are two sides to the wrong thus committed. There is first the wrong of falling to -keep a promise made, and In the next place there is the wrong of demanding the Impossible and therefore forcing or permitting weak or unscrupulous men' to make a promise which they either know or should know cannot be kept. No small part of our troubles in dealing with many of tho gravest social questions, such as the so callea labor questions, the trust question and others like them, arise from these two attitudes. The success of the law for the taxation of franchises receritly enacted In New York State offers a strong contrast to the present break-down of the species of crude and violent anti-trust legislation which has been so often attempted and which always failed because of "its very crudeness and violence to Tnake 'any im pression upon the real and dangerous evils which have excited such Just popu lar resentment. We shall all go up or down together. Some may go up or go tdown further than others, but regarding special ex ceptions the rule Is that we must all share In common something of whatever adversity or whatever prosperity is in store for the Nation as a whole. In the long run each section of the 'community will rise or fall as the -community rises or falls. If hard times come to the Na tion, whether as the' result of natural causes or because- they are Invited by our own folly, we will all suffer. Certain of us will suffer more and others less, but all will suffer somewhat If, on the other Hand, Providence and our 'own energy and good sense bring prosperity to us, all" will share" In that prosperity. We will not all share alike, but something each one of us will get. Let us strive to make the conditions of life such, as nearly as possible, that each man shall receive the share to which he Is honestly entitled, and no more; and let us remember at the same time that our efforts must be to build up rather than to strike down, and that we can best help ourselves, not at the expense of others, but by heartily-working with them for the commpn good, of each and all. Hyprocrisy French and Anglo-Saxon k Scribper's. The Frenchman's hypocrisy Is of a far more subtile sort than ours. What is worse, he cannot admit it, as we can ours: if he did,, all the vaunted logic of his life's formula would vanish at once Into thin air, and he would have no ground (ethical or otherwise) left to stand on. His formula peche pal, la base, sins at the base. And, he being logically unable to admit this) his only available resource is to carry the war Into the enemy's country, rail at our hyprocrisy, and, should we retort, face us down with an effrontery so completely and In alienably his own that Jt takes a French word adequately to designate it, with urigarnished cynlsme-. Between the cyn Isme of his and our; hypocrisy anyone is free to choose. Almost Out of Tonr Head With headache. Cured with Wright's Paragon Headache and Neuralgia Cure. Sluslaw" fishermen are well satisfied with 'the salmon run so far this season. BRYAN TO THE WORKERS 1 ts HIS LABOR DAY ! SPEECH IN CAGOTfESTERDAY. - CHI- .( The Nominee Gives His Reasons .Why the Worlcingmcn Should Vote the " ' Democr'atl.c Ticket. CHICAGO, Sept. 3. Mr. Bryan, who fol lowed G'pyernor Roosevelt at the Labor day- meeting, in ' discussing the question of haw- tho waseearner could secure that share of, ..earth's bounties and the Government's protection he desires, said: Th associations formed by worklngnion have been productive of much good. The labor organization, as we now And it is the product of industrial conditions. The Individual found himself at a disadvan tage when dealing with the corporate em ployer and the organization not only enables him to contend for hj.s rights upon term's more" necessarily equal, but commits him to study to understand the conditions which surround him. 'The labor organization has been fore most In advocating the reforms which have already been secured. Several years ago the secret ballot was demanded by the wage-earners for their protection. That ballot has been ordered and through Its operations those who toll for Indi viduals or corporations are able to pro tect their political rights and to use the ballot according to their own judgments. This Is a long- step In advance. The labor organization, has done much to lessen the evils of child labor, and has also contrib uted toward the shortening of -the hours of , toll and It should not cease its effort! until, the eight-hour day is secured. .. The labor organization has been a con sistent and persistent advocate of the doc trine of arbitration. The court of arbi tration Is one of the certainties of the future, and when lt'is secured and per fected, we shall wonder, why Its coming was delayed so long. The blacklist, by means of 'which the employers combine to deprive the dis charged workmen of re-employment. Is one 'of the. more recent menaces to the laboring man.. The independence of the wagej-earner. decreases as the difficulty of obtaining employment Increases. .The laboring man is also Interested In limiting fqrelgn and prohibiting Oriental Immlgratlon.s. The political objections to Oriental 'labor are "scarcely less weighty than the. economic ones. Race prejudice cannot be -disregarded. Wc cannot afford to bring Into this country those who can hot, amalgamate" with our people. The attempt to use; the injunction of a court to deprlve'the laborlng'man of trial by jury should alarm all our people, for while the wage-earner Is the first to feel Its effects the principle which underlies government by Injunction Is so far reach ing that no one can hope to escape ul timately. The thing forbidden by an In junction would without the Injunction be either legal or illegal. If ,it would be legal the Judge usurps the function of the Legislature when he forbids it. If it would be illegal if the injunction of tho court is' unnecessary1, for anyone who vio lates the law can upon conviction be made to suffer 'the penalties prescribed for its violation. The meanest thief and most br,utal murderer are entitled to trial by Jury; why should this right be de nied to the laboring man? And' yet, corporate influence is so strong that It has thus far been impos sible to secure any remedial legislation. The fac;t that United States Senators are elected by Legislatures, rather than di rectly by the people, lessens the laboring man's Influence in 'securing favorable fed eral legislation. ' When the action of a political convention must be submitted to the voters for ratification at the polls the convention is constrained to nominate a candidate acceptable to the people; but when a Senator Is chosen by a Legis lature, the Individual voter is far less considered. The laborlngman favors direct legislation- wherever "practicable "for the same reason that he favors the election of Sen ators by popular vote. Direct legisla tion brings the Government nearer to the Tjoter. The people should have an oppor tunity to vote on public questions -when those questions can be submitted without too great inconvenience and expense. But the laboring man is even more in terested In the -proposition to establish a labor bureau, with a. Cabinet officer at its head. If labor Is given a place in the Presldent'sofflclal household, the man selected will necessarily be a worthy and trusted representative of the people for whom he speaks and his presence at a Cabinet meeting would give to those who toll for their dally, bread assurances that thelr interests will be properly guid ed. Mr. Gompers, the chief executive of the Federation of Labor, has In his corres pondence with the Secretary of the Treas ury so ably presented the laboring man's reasons for opposing a gold standard and a -National bank currency that It Is not necessary to discuss those questions at this time. The laboring man has abundant rea sons to fear the trusts. Charles R. Flint, In a speech delivered in Boston more than a year ago in defense of the trusts, frankly asserts that one of the advantages of these combinations is that "In case of local strikes or fires, the work goes on elsewhere, 'thus preventing serious loss." Is it possible that any wage-earner can fall to see how completely the trusts place the employe at the mercy of the employer? The resolutions adopted by various la bor organizations In condemnation of mil itarism and Imperialism justify me In making a brief reference to those ques tions. No class contributes more than a laboring class In proportion to Its num bers to the rank and file of the Army; no class contributes more In proportion to -Its numbers to the expense of the Army and no class Is more menaced by the existence of a large army. Most of the countries In Europe which maintain large military establishments collect an Income tax, which adjusts the burden of the gov ernment to the income of the citizen. Here our federal taxes are largely col lected upon consumption, and while they are incopie taxes In the sense that they must' be paid out of the Incomes of the people, yet the exactions are not propor tionate to the Income. The taxes upon consumption bear heaviest upon the poor and lightest upon the rich, and are. in fact, graded income taxes, the per cent ISCA These unwelcome visitors usually appear in the spring- or summer, when the itself from the many impurities that have accumulated during Mr. R. M. Pratt, Cave, S. 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Best operators, b?st gold workmen and extractors of teeth; In fact, all the staff are Inventors of modern dent- lstry. We will tell you In advance exactly what your work will cost by m free examination. Give us a call and you will find we do exactly as we e advertise. a ' New York Dental Parlors MAIN OFFICE: O FOURTH AMD MORRISON ST5., PORTLAND, OS?. e a Branch offices, 6H First avenue. Seattle; 723 Market st, San Francisco, a Hours, 8 to 8; Sundays. 10 to 4. Ladles always in attendance. collected decreasing as the Income In creases. "If this Nation adheres to the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and the people have an easy and ready means of correcting all abuses, the Government will not need to be supported by a large per manent army, for every citizen will be ready to defend such a Government from attack. The only domestic use for a large standing army is to suppress by force that discontent which should be cured by legislation. To support a permanent army of 105,000 men -requires approximately one-half as much money as Is annually expended for education in the United States. How much cheaper It Is to uplift people by the gentle and peaceful process of Intellectual development than to blow them up with powder and dynamite! Imperialism Involves a departure from principles which were universally accept ed In this country within two years ago. To know that all men are. created equal one needs not the wisdom of a sage or the learning of the schools. It was de clared to be a self-evident truth to those Who pledged their lives to the main tenance of the Declaration of Independ ence, and It Is evident still to those who are not blinded by the glamor of wealtn and the glittering promises of a colonial system. If all "men are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights. It fol lows as a logical and necessary sequence that governments were instituted for the welfare of all and derive their just pow ers from the consent of the governed. On the preservation of this doctrine our hopes depend; If it Is abandoned there Is no foundation upon which a government like ours can be constructed. Do not allow yourselves to be deceived by those who question the capacity of this people or that people for self-government. When I say those who distrust the capacity of the people for self-government tend di rectly toward monarchy, I am only re peating what Lincoln deliberately de clared in his first annual message. He said: "Monarchy Itself Is sometimes hinted at as a possible refuge from the power of the people. In my present position I could scarcely be justified were I to omit a warning against the npproach of despotism. It is not needed nor fitting here that an argument should be- made in favor of popular Institutions;-but there Is one point with Its connection 'not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask brief attention. It Is the effort to place capital on an equal footing with If not above labor In the structure of the Government. No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toll up from poverty: none less Inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess and which. If surren dered, will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they, and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost." Theswarnlng Is even more needed now than 40 years ago. The Army and Navy Journal is already justifying the colonial Idea and declaring that fate has decreed for us a destiny In which an Imperial Executive, free from the restraints of a written constitution, will govern subjects according to his own pleasure. The United States Investors' Review, publish ed at Boston, In Its issue of July 2S, says: "Only a blind person can fall to see what transformations of one kind or another are In store for our race; hence the folly of asserting that the policy of this country which Is destined to play such a leading part In human affairs of the future, shall be governed for most part by political maxims uttered more than 100 years ago. The greatest evil which now confronts this Republic Is tho clamor raised" by a certain faction for Carbuncles, which are more painful and dangerous, come most frequently on the back of the neck, eating great holes in the flesh, exhaust the strength and often prove fatal. Boils are regarded by some people as blessings, and they patiently and uncomplainingly endure the pain 'and inconvenience under the mistaken idea that their health is being benefitted, that their blood is too thick anyway, and this is Nature's plan of thinning it. The blood is not too rich or too thick, but is diseased is full of poison and unless relieved the entire system will suffer. The boil or carbuncle gives warning of serious internal troubles, which are only waiting for a favorable'opportunity to develop. Many an old sore, running ulcer, ever cancer, is the result of a neglected boil. Keep the blood pure, and it will keep the $gf2g$Qii skin clear of all the irritating impurities that mm w cause these painful, disfiguring diseases. S.-S. S. cures boils and carbuncles easily and permanently by reinforcintr, purifying and building up the blood and ridding the system of all accumulated waste matter. S. S. S. is made of roots and herbs which act directly on the blood, and all poisons, no matter how deep-seated, are soon overcome and driven out by this powerful purely vegetable medicine. S. S. S. is not a new, untried remedy, but for fifty years has been curing all kinds of blood and skin diseases. It has cured thousands, and will cure you. It is'a pleasant tonic as well as blood purifier im proves the appetite and digestion, builds up your general health and keeps your blood in order. Our physicians have made blood .and skin dis eases a life study write them fully about your case, be cheerfully iriven. We make no charge book on Blood and Skin Diseases free. Address. The Swift Sneoifio Ca.. Atlaata. G Of THE DENTAL CHAIR a settlement of our problems of state by just such a method as we have been dep recating. Considerably more than a cen tury ago a certain notable declaration was made In this country to the effect that all men ought to be free and Inde pendent. This Is merely a generalization of the French school of Voltaire and tho enthusiastic encyclopedists. It Is a dic tum absolutely lacking foundation In history an.d Incapable of syllogistic justi fication. It was, however, a handy phrase for us to employ when asserting our right to break away from the mother country: It suited the exigencies of our situation In 1776 admirably,-though In it self but a bit of sublimated demagoglsm. The declaration was a serviceable means to the end that was at that time dis credited. "To bring forward this declaration In this year 1900. In connection with our treatment of the Filipinos and tho Cubans Is as gross an absurdity as ever was practiced. To do so Is to offer an Insult to the Intelligence of the people who first subscribed to the declaration in question. But why quote from newspapers as to what may be done hereafter In the pres ence of a law already enacted which makes subjects of the Porto Rlcans. which draws from them the guarantees of the Constitution and asserts the power of the President and of Congress to gov ern them without their consent and tax them without representation a power as unlimited and tyrannical as was ever as serted or exercised by any ruler In all the history of the human race. This doc trine has not yet been approved by the people: It furnishes the supreme ques tion of the present campaign. In the presence of these perils the la boring man has a responsibility commen surate with his opportunities. Without a large percentage of the laboring vote no party can win an election In the United States. The men who work for wages can, by throwing their vote3 to the one side or the other determine the policy of this country- They need not march in parades: they need not adorn themselves with the insignia of any party, but on election day their silent ballots can shapo the destiny of this Nation and either bring the Government back to Its ancient landmark or turn It Into the pathway followed by empires of the Old World. Mmilicpal Ownership. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 3. (To the Edi tor.) If the city owned the street rail ways, the franchises of which have been so readily given away, the profits result ing would more than pay street Improve ments, bridges and all. Why should a city give a private company a monopoly of a business. Its own growth makes and builds up? Let them be taken over; a3 soon as received they will bring in a re turn on the Investment, soon clear them selves, and be a big Item of gain to tho city, costing the people no more than the same rate of Interest they are now paying the companies, to their profit. This would shut out any vehicle tax. as a need, and doubly benefit the people In better service and less faro. This Is no fancy sketch, but a proved fact wher ever tried. Let the people awake to their intorcsts. see It clone, and prove them selves worthy of a democracy In thi3 and other ways of public ownership. Tho values that a people's worth makes should be theirs. Regarding the blanket ordi nance: What a disgrace It Is to the city, and what a shame upon the administra tion of its affairs, that such could como to pass! Called any name, It is but a tax on Industry. C. W. S. A New Eye Medicine Alias Smart How aro your eyes now, Mr. Lacking? Mr. Lacking Much better, thank you- I have had them ex amined by an eminent oculist, and he put something In to dilute tho pupils. Judge. blood is making as extra effort to free the winter months. 1