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MOODY AND WILLIAMSON.
It Ib unnecessary lor us to renew at
this time any expression of interest In
the political fortunes of Malcolm A.
Moody, whose campaign for the Con
gressional nomination in the Second
Oregon District has collapsed on the
eve of the convention. The earnest and
effective labors of Mr. Moody for this
district and state when In Congress,
the high plane of influence and esteem
he has reached with the best public
men in the United States, and the fidel
ity he has manifested in times of polit
ical stress, are themes that have occu
pied these columns frequently in the
past, may occupy them in the future,
and might occupy them now if such ari
undertaking could serve any useful
purpose.
It has been evident from the first,
however, or at any rate from the adop
tion of Williamson instructions by the
Multnomah County Convention, that
Mr. Moody had been assigned to an
uphill fight throughout every county
in Eastern Oregon, where primaries had
not yet been held. That was one pur
pose of the instructions to Influence
the result in Eastern Oregon, and the
shrewd device succeeded. The Carey
Matthews organization, through cir
cumstances it is needless to detail, had
been committed to Williamson, and its
operations were directed toward his
selection with firmness and skill. It
became necessary for Mr. Moody to
persuade Eastern Oregon that he could
break Into the Multnomah delegation
so as to give support to Eastern Ore
gon if it came down here for Moody,
and at the same time to convince a
considerable portion of the Multnomah
delegation that Eastern Oregon was for
Moody.
This was the double difficulty that
confronted Mr. Moody, and he tackled
it with grim determination. Nor was it
so vain a prospect as might appear; for
extraneous influences turned the scale
in Umatilla and Baker, and had the re
sult there been different something
might still have been done with the
Multnomah delegation; for a very ac
tive sentiment, some spontaneous "on
the part of leading business men here,
some worked up'by Mr. Moody's friends,
and some inspired by no higher purpose
than to embarass the "regular" organi
zation, was growing here in Portland
in favor of Mr. Moody's nomination
and would have insisted on being heard.
A small number of votes from the Mult
nomah delegation might have been had
to join with a great majority from
Eastern Oregon; but not enough to
ovorturn the instructions under any
such Williamson showing as now ap
pears. Tet the real reason why Mr. Moody's
campaign was so hopeless in Multno
mah County is that the "organization"
was committed to Mr. Williamson and
could not actively or passively connive
at Moody's nomination without incur
ring an attainder of bad faith. It is
true that much of the Moody sentiment
in Multnomah County was genuine; but
it is also true that much of it, and by
far the noisiest, represented nothing
more than a partisan undertaking to
lay the foundation for subsequent dis
content with Williamson's nomination
and thereby if possible manufacture
political capital for use in the munici
pal campaign of 1905 and especially in
the state and county campaign of 190G.
Carey and Matthews knew this, and
they also knew that many who have
been clamoring for Moody's nomination
would, if that nomination were made,
be the first to howl about treachery to
Williamson and begin to plan how Will
iamson's defeat might be utilized for
the return of the anti-Mitchell wing of
the party to power.
With this purpose, as with every pur
pose designed to work injury one way
or another to the ticket nominated, and
still to be nominated by the Republi
cans of Oregon this Presidential year,
we desire here and now to disavow all
sympathy or co-operation. The party
has spoken without hesitancy or equiv
ocation as to its preference between the
two Republican factions, and, now as in
the past The Oregonlan will be found
supporting the party, not for the sake
of the chairmen or the candidates, but
for the need of Republican success In
the state and Nation. And so, we
doubt not, will Mr. Moody. Wasco
will support Williamson as it supported
Furnish, and will set an example of
Republican loyalty to the leaders on
both sides in Mutnomah County, who
have shown the same disapproval of
his honorable political methods that
they have shown for himself.
In nothing that has been said would
we wish to be understood as reflecting
i
on Mr. Williamson; for Malcolm Moody
is not the only good man in Eastern
Oregon or the only man there who Is
capable of representing the Second Dis
trict in Congress with ability and dis
tinction. There are many such; but
out of them all Mr. Williamson has
been selected by the representatives of
his party, duly chosen according to law,
as truly as if the convention had al
ready met and made him the nominee.
He is therefore the candidate, not only
of The Oregonlan, but of every Republi
can; and we would respectfully suggest
to the Republicans of the Second Dis
trict that it is a good time for honoring
in the breach that ancient custom of
knifing Republicans In order to elect
Democrats.
Mr. Williamson is a man of tremen
dous energy, and his faculty of making
and holding friends la sufficiently at
tested by the events that have led up
to his present triumph. He is a new
man in Congress, but under the neces
sary limitations of that newness he has
been tireless In his efforts for his dis
trict and state. His service is yet too
short to show what Is in him, and his
district has taken him now, largely as
it did two years ago, on faith In his
ability and fidelity, derived from his
successful discharge of lesser obliga
tions. It is the duty and the self-interest
of his constituents to hold up his
hands in Congress and give him that
countenance and support without which
his best effort will be an uphill task.
DANGERS OF LIBERAL RELIGION.
Without the text of Canon Henson's
so-called attacks upon the Old Testa
ment, it Is Impossible to estimate cer
tainly his article in the Contemporary
Review to which the London cables re
fer. But If he used the expression
"lies" in connection with narratives of
the Hebrew Bible, he has made a most
grievous mistake, both In fact and In
his Influence upon mankind. Strongly
as we sympathize with him In his def
erence to the conclusions which have
been forced upon mankind by literary
study of the Bible, and with the avowal
of evolutionary philosophy proclaimed
by Sir Oliver Lodge, we are neverthe
less compelled to regret the Invidious
and destructive tone adopted by both in
treating the Scriptures themselves and
the body of Christian doctrine which
has grown up about and upon them.
The only attitude for the discerning
mind to occupy toward the Bible, its
ancient authors and its preservers
through the ages is the attitude of sym
pathy and praise. The motive is what
determines the moral quality of an act,
and Canon Henson knows, If he is a
thorough student of the Bible, that the
motive that lay behind the stories,
poems. PhllOSOnhV and KWmnns nt ha
sacred writers was one of the highest
if not the very highest that can animate
our fallen humanity. That motive was
to bring the religious Impulse in man
to bear upon the human life for its dis
cipline and uplift The great gulf that
separates the Hebrew Bible from
other Bibles of the world consists of
the conviction, peculiar to the Jewish
theology, that God is In his world, re
quiring Justice and mercy in his human
creatures, and ruling the universe by a
law that exacts not lip service merely
but the "giving of the heart to God,"
or, in more modern terms, the bringing
of the finite mind Into harmony with
and obedience to the Infinite will.
The unknown chronicler of a later
time, who had the good fortune to put
the book of Joshua Into Its permanent
form, came across an old song In which
the sun and moon were adjured to
stand still upon Gideon and in the Val
ley of AJalon. This he misconceived
as a statement of fact and expanded
his work accordingly. Hence the. story
of the miraculous prolongation of the
dread day that saw the slaughter of the
Amorltes. But it would be unjust to
call this a He. Its purpose was hon
orable. Arid so, If we adopt the view
of advanced scholars concerning other
miracles that they were manufactured
to order by zealous women because
the public opinion of the time demand
ed certain tokens of divinity In proph
ets. These devout souls were doing
their duly as they saw It There was
no thought of wrong or sin In their
hearts. They were doing God's serv
ice. The question whether Christianity
must continue to rest upon the mirac
ulous, against which so many sincere
natures are rebelling, Is one of the
most perplexing that can engage the
serious mind. There is an attractive
ness about the belief that character
must rest upon something more worthy
than hopes of Heaven and fear of
Hell. There Is much to commend the
Idea that the church should not be de
nied the right to save those to whom
the Immaculate Conception and the
vicarious atonement are alike Impos
sible. But those who have the cour
age to look facts in the face must
acknowledge that to strip Christianity
of the miraculous today would be to
have very little left something as to
moral code, no doubt, but as to creed
almost nothing, and as to effective
evangelistic effort absolutely nothing.
The mischief of such radical utter
ances as those Canon Henson makes is
that his destructive philosophy would
spare nothing of the beneficent and
necessary Institution of the Christian
church as today organized and directed.
The effectiveness of religion for mor
ality Is proportioned to the extent to
which it Is informed by the miraculous.
Easily first in moral efficacy Is the
Catholic Church, and there Is not a
timber in Its colossal fabric which does
not depend upon a belief In miracles
without number. Out of the iron-bound
and militant creeds come forth the
Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopa
lians, converting, sustaining and dis
ciplining, at home and in foreign lands,
scattering schools, churches and col
leges as plentifully as Catholic hospit
als and refuge homes. The nearer a
church gets to rationalism, the less its
religious zeal. Puzzling as this may be
to Canon Henson and them who accept
evolution and the higher criticism, It
Is nevertheless the fact. Even when
we come to those modern cults like
Christian Science, which seem to meet a
demand that exists in multitudes who
are dissatisfied with the old creeds,
thqy revert to the miraculous. Mother
Eddy demands faith equal to a belief
in transubstantlatlon.
We are reminded of this at every
Easter time. One hundred millions In
Russia weep annually at the bier of
the crucified Jesus; yet It Is no more
than with us the faith behind Easter,
for without the miracle of the resur
rection Easter must disappear. We are
reminded of it at every Christmas
season; for without the miracle of
the Incarnation there could no longer
be a Christmas. We are reminded
of It every time the cultured and
consecrated apostles of the Salvation
Army address their almost resistless
appeal to the heart; for all that ap
peal is based upon the miracle of the
atonement What Canon Henson or
others like him hope to accomplish,
therefore, by breaking down the tradi-
h tlons of the Christian religion, when
they must see how intimately those
traditions are bound up In religious
power, we cannot see.
Man's nature might have been differ
ently constituted; but constituted as It
Is, there seems to be nothing In science
or literary study that sets the soul on
fire with zeal for rescuing the lost from
sin or the degraded from their misery
or the benighted from their Ignorance.
Evolution never reformed a drunkard,
and the higher criticism never lit a
light of holiness and purity in the
slums. Man's moral nature demands
religion, and there Is no religion extant
today, any more than 300 years ago,
that is worthy the name, but is based
upon the Idea of God and his govern
ment formulated thousands of years
ago upon the plains of Judea. Even
the professedly liberal forms of faith
cannot wholly divest themselves of the
supernatural; for the simplest universal
beliefs in God and In a dim relation of
man to the Infinite presuppose a con
dition and a relationship whose con
firmation science cannot procure. The
most elementary trust in God and Im
mortality rests upon faith, not sight,
as truly as does the most questionable
miracle of the conquest of Canaan.
It has been shrewdly said that every
man is his own godsmlth; by which Is
meant In cynical phrase to express the
undeniable truth that as man advances.
In knowledge of Nature, his Ideas of
Nature's God become more consistent
with the facts of his own being and
the external world. But this expres
sion does not possess the bearing upon
religion that on the surface might ap
pear. For though every man's Idea of
God may be different from all others,
and must in the very nature of things
be somewhat different, yet It is the
province of religion to appeal to that
individual conviction of each mind and
help It to bear fruit in conduct It is
not nearly so important a matter that a
man should have some other man's
idea of God and of duty as It Is that
by his own belief he should order his
own life, and invoke and utilize his
faith In spiritual things to bfing his
lower nature In subjection to his higher
nature. Religion does this as nothing
else does, as nothing else even pretends
to do. It is for Canon Henson and men
like him to reflect that this service of
religion exists only or almost wholly
In connection with the robust and defi
ant dogmas of orthodoxy.
It Is a disquieting thought that the
effect of scientific progress seems to
be the impairment of religious convic
tion; just as the finest flower of cos
mopolitan and traveled culture seems
to loEe the passion of patriotism so
strong and fearless in the humble and
unlearned; just as great poetry comes
out of a people's semi-barbaric youth
and fades away in the full development
of literature, science and art The Gos
pel of Jesus continues, as in Paul's
day, "to the Jews as a stumbling
block, and to the Greeks foolishness";
and there is a problem here which will
never be solved. If at all, until we
know the mystery of human life In Its
entirety, why we are here, and whether
our dreams are to come true, or re
solve themselves Into the primal ele
ment of cosmogony whence they
sprang. Is our only alternative to take
the tenets of religion, the reasonable
and the unreasonable alike, with an
unquestioning faith, or else conclude
that the longings of the soul are beau
tiful visions after all, "and but a dream
within a dream"?
FOUR-YEAR TEEMS FOR ASSESSORS.
Assessors who will "be elected next
June will hold office for four years, In
accordance with an act passed at the
regular session of the Legislature In
1903. The change from two years to
four was made In the Interests of good
public service, the members of the Leg
islature believing that better work .can
be done by a man who Is familiar with
the property affairs of his county than
by one who has Just entered upon the
duties of the Assessor's office. It is the
custom in most of the Oregon counties
to give each officer two terms if his
service during the first term proves
satisfactory. There is also a prejudice
against third terms for county officers.
Under these circumstances we shall
now have Assessors serving eight years
Instead of four years.
One of the particular advantages of
having an Assessor serve four years In
stead of two Is that his work will be
less influenced by his political Interests.
Probably every county has at some
time seen the effects of political In
terest In the listing or valuation of
property. Political managers, who are
certain to have a voice in settling the,
question of renomlnatlon, receive spe
cial consideration from Assessors who
"know on which side their bread is but
tered." While the lengthening of the
term will not entirely remove this con
dition, the tendency will be to make
Assessors that much more Independent
It may be fairly assumed that every
man elected to the Assessor's office de
sires and intends to perform his duties
faithfully; but the best of men are but
human, and their Judgment Is some
times Influenced, unconsciously, per
haps, by self-interest
The direct primary nomination law
will compel public officers to consider
the wishes and welfare of the people
atevery turn. Pleasing the political
bosses will count for little. A public
officer who gives satisfaction cannot be
turned down by trades and combina
tions, for the members of a party will
vote directly and not through dele
gates sent to a-county convention. An
Assessor who receives ills nomination
direct from the members of his party
need not consider the selfish wishes of
any .weal thy political boss. If his work
Is satisfactory to the people he need
have no fear of renomlnatlon. The same
applies to every other county office.
Nothing Is more promising of improve
ment in public service than the adop
tion of a law which will place In the
hands of the common people the power
to say who shall "be the nominees for
public office. Under such a law no man
who disregards his duty to the people
could secure renomlnatlon.
One of the Incidental joys of a Presi
dential campaign is the information we
receive concerning the personal habits
of the various candidates. As the illus
trious James Creelman says In the New
York World, "It seems a small thing to
write about a man's private habits,
yet . . . nothing in the life of a can
didate for President is unimportant"
And then Mr. Creelman proceeds to
tell us several things about Judge Par-'
ker, some of them things that should
arouse the Democracy to cheer for the
silent candidate, and others that seem
likely to elicit hisses. Judge Parker,
we are told, shaves himself. This is
well. His breakfast is "hearty," and
usually consists of "fruit, oatmeal, beef
steak or sausages or eggs and bacon,
with buckwheat cakes, maple syrup,
hot corn bread and two cups of coffee."
An Inspiring bill of fare, indeed, and
American in the best sense of the word.
There Is something Jacksonlan about
beefsteak, buckwheat cakes, corn-bread
and two cups of coffee mark the gen
erous plural. The Nation does not
want a candidate who breakfasts on a
grape and a pint of champagne, and
one who admits the health foods to his
table Is predoomed. And there is fur
ther confirmation of Judge Parker's
sturdy Americanism In his luncheon,
which Is incomplete without custard or
pumpkin pie, two of the Nation's most
distinctive and delicious dishes. But
when we approach the third meal of
the day, a shadow falls athwart the
picture. Judge Parker "always puts
on evening dress for dinner." Whis
kers and coonskln caps! Can the Dem
ocracy picture a Jacksonlan American
In a dress suit eating pie for pie Is part
of the dinner as well as of the lunch
eon? The conclusion Is Inevitable that
the hot corn bread ar.d the custard pie
are not prized for their own sakes, but
as an offset to the evening dress. Judge
Parker will not do; we leave It to Mr.
Bryan.
Adulteration of food Is astonishingly
prevalent in England, according to a
"blue book" issued by the commission
appointed to investigate poisoning oc
casioned by beer. Four years ago the
great manufacturing districts of Lan
cashire were visited by an epidemic of
poisoning, which has been traced by
the committee to the presence of large
quantities of arsenic In the beer. The
arsenic was present in the "brewing
sugar" used, and its presence in the
sugar was due to the use of sulphuric
acid made from pyrites Instead of brim
stone. The public analyst of Liverpool
declared that there was enough arsenic
in the acid supplied to one firm of glu
cose manufacturers to poison a million
people, and it is estimated that 10!000
were affected before the discovery was
made. The revelations concerning beer
have drawn the attention of the people
to other products. So much food is
Imported into England and so many
substitutes for food products are on the
market there that It Is a wise man who
knows what he Is eating. "Coffee" is
composed of chicory, sugar Is given a
"bloom" with the aid of phosphoric
acid, and sausages are colored with
Iron oxides. It Is satisfactory to note
that the harassed Englishman turns
with most confidence to the supplies
that reach his markets from America.
The bill for an increase of salary for
Consul Harry Miller at NIu nhw.inp-
backed as It Is by the State Depart-
ment, is a measure of justice and good
policy. Though we think some of Mr.
Miller's diplomatic theories were orig
inally crude, his conduct of his office
has been most energetic and efficacious
in the way of caring for those whom
the fortunes of war has placed in dis
tressing circumstances. He seems also
to have recovered the confidence and
good will of Russia, without which hi
services In Russian Manchuria must of
course be, valueless. We hope to see
the bill passed without delay.
Humboldt County's resources and
beauties have been well set forth in a
souvenir volume published by the Eu
reka (Cal.) Times. Humboldt Is not so
well known as it should be, but the
efforts of the Times should do much to
enlighten the Ignorance of outsiders re
garding a country of great scenic beau
ty and Industrial possibilities. The letter-press
of the souvenir has evidently
been preparedwlth care, and the half
tone Illustrations are excellent
Up to the present, at least, 50 per cent
of the papers referring to Bryan's lo
quacity and Parker's taciturnity have
made use of the quotation:
And silence, like a poultice came.
To heal the blows of sound.
It would not have been amiss to re
mark in this connection that "speech
is (free) silver and silence Is gold."
The Cumulative Poll Tax.
New York Independent
The working of the new poll-tax pro
vision in the legislation of certain states
should be watched with care before It Is
Imitated elsewhere. In Alabama, for ex
ample, the new constitution has been In
effect two years and a little more, and one
election has been held under It It pro
vides, among other things, that the poll
tax of J1.5Q a year must bo paid not only
for tho current year, but for every year
since its adoption. If a man falls for two
years, he must pay 51.50 tho third year.
At tho last election 45,000 white men
were disfranchised for failure to pay their
poll-tax; and this cumulative poll-tax will
result in a cumulative reduction in the
number of voters. There was no election
last year, and so no incentive to pay
the poll-tax, and those who voted at the
last election will lose their vote unless
they bring receipts for ?3, and that paid
In February, while the election Is in No
vember, when probably 100.000 white voters
will ba excluded. This means an aristo
cratic electorate, tho poor being disfran
chised; and those whose money gives them
the suffrage will not be anxious to ex
tend it Having tho power they will pre
fer to keep It; and no change in the con
stitution can be made In less than five
years. A similar condition is arising in
Virginia, where the new constitution went
Into effect this year. Any one previously
on the register list is put on a permanent
register list and can vote, but only If he
has paid the poll-tax of $1.50 six months
In advance. If he was not on the Hat ha
must pay for threo years preceding. The
effect will bo the same as In Alabama. It
will result In government by an aristoc
racy, which many people prefer. How
many are there who really trust the com
mon people7 Another result will be cor
ruption In tho payment of the poll-tax.
Read this, as to a recent election fight be
tween two Democratic factions in Mem
phis, Tenn., written by "Ex-Confederate:"
"Without a thought of past cxperlenco
Southern Democrats paid poll-taxes for
negroes so as to secure their votes. And
thus many of both colors voted for tho
faction that paid their tax and something
besides."
Deserting an Old Neighborhood.
Now York Press.
That one-Wmo aristocratic quarter
North Washington square Is falling Into
what an eminent statesman described as
innocuous desuetude, and even John G.
Mllburn's settlement in tha neighborhood
close by Mayor McClellan, will not bring
back Its Old prestige. The Kelleys "have
gone, and now comes a deserter that
amazes the residents who have clung to
the spot so many years Miss Leary. This
unostentatious philanthropist who never
wearies of doing good, has given up her
Washington-square home, and is to take
possession of the Montgomery Roosevelt
house, on upper Fifth avenue, as soon as
the necessary- alterations can be made.
This leaves us with very fow of the old
families In that part of tho town, and
which In its day was more delightful than
even the modern neighborhoods In the
vicinity of Central Park. It Is said on
what appears to be good authority that
Mrs. -Georgo Gould Is tiring of her Fifth
avenue town house, and would like to get
closer to the Hudson.
I
SPIRIT OF THE i0RTHWEST PRESS
It's All One In Japan.
Yakima Republic.
The Oregonlan correspondent at Nlu
Chwang wa3 held as a prisoner by the
Russians for ten days. No harm was
done. A correspondent In jail Is a3 use
ful in the Far East Just now as one at
large.
Oh, Whata Difference!
Lewiston Tiller.
Whenever you hear a man kicking about
the machine In politics you can gamble
that It is the other fellows machine he Is
talking about If it was his machine that
was working, the kick would be on the
other fellow.
Democrats Proof Against Water.
Medford Mall.
Tho recuperative power of American
towns is wonderful. Heppner, Morrow
County, was almost destroyed by a cloud
burst last year, but the ticket nominated
by the Democratic 'Convention for Morrow
County last week contains the names of
five residents of that city out of ten nom
inees. Heppner Is certainly all right
A Jollier From Jollyville.
Paisley Post
Two angels of loveliness came Into our
office yesterday, and supposing that they
came to see us, we put on our prettiest
smile, but it soon 'faded away when thoy
sweetly asked is Mr. Reed in? This was
bad enough, but not half so bad as Just
then Chot Withers poked his nose in, and
we soon saw our name was mud when a
younger and prettier fellow was around.
Recognize the Proprieties.
Woodburn Independent
Portland newspapers can condemn and
hold up to ridicule Mayor Williams, of
that city, but when a newcomer, a min
ister, does the same, the newspapers of
the metropolis turn around and snarl at
tho one who partly took his cue from
them. That is one trouble with the moss
backs of Oregon; they feel privileged to
growl at any and everything, but new
blood must take a back seat and be
quiet
See Who Your Friends Are.
Baker City Democrat
The La Grando Chronicle Is right when
It says that tho country press will not
stand for the work of grafters and
schemers in the name of the Oregon Lewis
and Clark Fair Board. The people of the
Interior of the state are paying already
a dear price to fill the coffers of the Port
land hog and if the Fair managers don't
change tactics, there will fbe something
doing at a critical moment on the part of
the country press.
The Test of Fidelity.
Spray Courier.
Moody carried Wasco, his homo county,
by strong majorities, but lost Wheeler
County by five votes and Morrow County
by six votes, both of which went for
Williamson, says the Deschutes Echo. We
desire to inform our contemporary that ha
Is mistaken about Moody losing Wheeler
County. Although It Is known that a few
delegates who went from Moody precincts
as Moody men, after pledging themselves
to support him loyally, proved to bo
"wolves In shecps clothing" when tho
final vote was taken, Malcolm A. Moody
still had 23 supporters who were men of
principle and refused to be bought, bribed
or bluffed.
A Wife Worth Having.
Prlnevllle Review.
Tho ranch of W. R. Cook, on Willow
Creek, was visited Thursday night last
by an unusually large lynx, which mot its
fate at the hands of Mrs. Cook. About
midnight tho wild yelping and howling
of the dog led her to think that thore
were things doing with him and she
Btarted to investigate. In the bright
moonlight she saw a strange-looking ani
mal of ferocious aspect in hot pursuit of
the dog and evidently bent on taking his
scalp. The dog took refuge under the
house, while Mrs. Cook, Instead of faint
ing, secured a gun and killed tho beast
Mr. Cook will have the hldo dressed and
In the future the skin of the erstwhile
midnight marauder will servo -as an or
nament to his home and an excuse for
spinning a yarn.
One of Jeff Myers' Model Roads.
Lakevlew Herald.
It is muddy In Lakevlew. Just how
muddy one can judge from the following
Incidents. Dick Wilcox bought a piano
and in attempting to deliver It at his resi
dence In West Lakevlew, tho wagon and
two horses were mired down. Two mora
horses were hitched on and they were
mired down. A man waded In to unhitch
the horses and he mired down, and tho
bystanders had to throw a rope around
him and draw him out. J. W. Tucker is au
thority for this report, and anyone who
knows Mr. Tucker knows that the state
ments aro true. Yesterday, while Mr.
Doolen wa3 hauling gravel from off tho
steep mountainside east of town, he mired
both his horses while coming down hill
and had to unhitch them and procure
men an ropes to assist him in dragging
them out
Why Pay Rent7
Milton Eagle.
Now is the time to clean up and Im
prove the home. Plant trees and shrub
bery. Set out roso bushos and mako
flower beds. Renew your lawns and re
pair the yard fence. Take a little prldo
in your surroundings and make your
homo a bower of beauty. One doe3 not
have to own a mansion with big cast
iron dog9 guarding the driveway and
naked statuary standing on the lawns
to have a beautiful home. By the aid of
nature and the application of a little
elbow grease the most humble cot In
town can be transformed Into a shady
retreat, a vision of vines, fragrant with
flowers, carpeted with green a oeautlful
refuge after tho tolls and worry of tho
day. Milton could be made tho most
beautiful little city in tho land If every
owner of a home actuated by a spirit of
prldo and a love for tho beautiful would
spend a few minutes each day In fixing
up and doing the little things that tend
to make a home attractive and pretty.
If you don't own your own home, don't
rest until you do. In this day of building
and loan associations every man who
pays rent is able to own a home.
Spare Our Blushes.
Salem Statesman.
A short communication from the Irre
pressible and enterprising Dan McAllen,
of Portland, commendatory of H. W.
Scott for his untiring energy in working
for tho Lewis and Clark Fair appropria
tion bill is printed this morning. What
ever may bo the final fate of the bill, no
one can say that Mr. Scott ha3 not done
his duty by it and has labored Incessant
ly in the face of the most disheartening
conditions. If anything at all Is secured
from Congress asldo from a mere Gov
ernment exhibit, it will be more than
seemed probable or even possible when
the subject was first approached. But
even a Government exhibit will be a help
ful feature of tho exposition. McAllen
says:
To the Editor: It Is a pleasure to eee tho
Statesman giving credit to The Oregonlan for
the active support It Is lending the Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition. Bo it said to the
honor of Mr. Scott, who Is now In Washington
straining every nerve to secure an appropria
tion far the Fair, that the people, citizens of
the great State of Oregon and City of Portland,
should never forget the noble effort he la mak
ing for National recognition of our Centennial
celebration. That success will crown his ef
forts there -'is no Question of doubt, because
he In not made of the fiber to lie down. Let
It be further stated that The Oregonlan has
done more to further the Interests and the up
building of the state than all the commercial
organizations and immigration boards com
bined. DAN iL'ALLEN.
APPRECIATION 0FJUDGE PARKER
New York Sun.
Wo are Indebted to our neighbors the
World for "a close range personal
'study " of "Parker the Man." It tells us
that Judge Parker Is "six feet tall, broad
shouldered, deep-chested, of giant
strength, with muscles of an athleta." As
Mr. Roosevelt Is Incurably athletic and
healthy, there can be no muscular Issue
between him and Judge Parker. The low
er part of the latter's face "has a power
ful line and outward thrust that suggests
tremendous will power;" his mouth is
"Jarge and masculine;" his "upper teeth
are big;" he has "a coarse, tawny mus
tache." Here again there Is no substan
tial physical issue between Esopus and
Oyster Bay.
The "high, broad forohead slopes back
without a bump." The "block head Is not
largo and Is somewhat straight" Thore
are no wrinkles "between the eyes and
tho smooth forehead."
So much for physical configuration.
Judge Parker's dres3 is simple and in
good taste. "His clothes fit him." '
Our neighbor seems to be greatly im
pressed by Judge Parker's devotion to ag
riculture and Rosemont, his Esopus 60
acre farm:
However deeply his mind la Immersed in
the complex problems of his great office, his
heart Is always In his farm, for he was born
a f armor and will be one till he dies.)
At Rosemont he Is truly happy and at
home:
Hero Judge Parker walks among his bulls
and cows, in top boots and peajacket, the
incarnation of strength and virility. He
strides through tho sorghum and hay fields,
visits the great barn, tends the sick cow or
fondles the latest calf, and helps his men
to clear up the leaves or stubble. His cheeks
glow, his eyes shine, and he swings his
arms like a boy, drinking In great draughts
of tho pure air or whistling a merry tune.
In short, another Roosevelt, a repre
sentative of virility and exercise. , Besides
whistling a merry tune, Judge Parker has
a sweet tenor voice. While waiting for
lunch, his secretary, Arthur MacCausland,
sits at the piano and Judge Parker sings
"I Foci Just as Young as I Used to Be,"
"Hold the Fort" and so on. He gets up
at 6:20 A. M., takes a cold bath, shaves
and dresses in half an hour, drinks a cup
of coffee, without sugar, and has a ride
before breakfast which Is usually of:
Fruit, oatmeal porridge, beefsteak or sau
sages or bacon and eggs, with buckwheat
cakes, maple syrup, hot corn bread and two
cups of coffee.
He lunches on thin soup, sugarless and
mllklos3 tea. fruit and custard or pumpkin
pie. He puts on. evening dress for dinner,
which consists of soup, fish, a home-bred
roast, salad and fruit or pie. He never
smokes before dinner. He usually drinks
water, save when ho has wine for his
guests. Though "strongly abstemious,"
he sometimes has a "whisky highball with
his meal."
He Is modest with this exception:
Sato when ho stands among his great red
poll tfattle. the prldo of his heart Then he
swells with conscious comradeship, for they
are like him big, strong and genuine. There
Is no finer sight in that part of the country
than Judgo Parker in tho middle of his
herd, calling to his bulls and laughing as
they come to him.
Doubtless Judge Parker's opinions aro
also big, strong and genuine. We are also
Indebted to the World for the information
that the Judge's "one abomination" is
"buttermilk pap."
The Original Story.
James Creelman, in New York World.
It seems a small thing to write about a
man's private habits, yet they throw some
light upon his character, and, in the case
of this farmer Chief Judge, who has
shrunk so long from public notice, a de
scription of his ordinary day la suggestive
of his type. Nothing in the life of a can
didate for President is unimportant
Ho rises usually at 6:30 o'clock in the
morning, takes his cold plunge, shaves
and dresses himself in 30 minutes. His
riding dress is a brown corduroy Jacket
and breeches, cloth cap and leather leg
gings. After taking a cup of coffee with
out sugar, ho Is ready for his ride.
Then he mounts his big bay saddle-horse
and rides at a hard trot for an hour over
tho country roads. The whole region Is
full of historical interest, and the Judgo
knows every house and story. Now and
then an early rising farmer sees him rid
ing at a full gallop, talking to his horse
and sometimes throwing up his arms in
sheer excess of animal spirits.
After his dally ride, which he takes
whether In Albany or at Esopus, regard
less of tho season, he dresses for business
and eats a hearty breakfast, usually of
fruit, oatmeal porridge, beefsteak or sau
sages or bacon and eggs, with buckwheat
cakes, maple syrup, hot corn bread and
two cups of coffee.
When breakfast is over he goes to court
for consultation, if he Is in Albany, or
works on his opinions. If he is at Esopus.
His ordinary lunch consists of thin soup,
tea without milk or sugar, fruit and cus
tard or pumpkin pic.
Then he goes to court and sits on the
bench until S o'clock, or, If he is on tho
farm, ho divides his time between his cat
tle, crops and judicial writing.
He always sut3 on evening dress for
dinner. That meal Is generally made up
of soup and a roast, such as beef, lamb or
spareribs principally of his own killing
followed by a salad and fruit ok, pie. His
one abomination is "buttermilk pap," a
beverage which his wife delights in, but I
seldom serves when ho Is present
The Judge usually drinks water with his
dinner, save when he ha3 guests, and then
Mrs. Parker sets forth wine. Ho occasion
ally takes a whisky highball with his
meal. Altogether he Is a strongly ab
stemious man. He smokes after dinner,
but never before.
Roosevelt and Wall Street.
Leslie's Weekly.
And now as to the fow enemies In his
own party that President Roosevelt has
possibly mado In this matter: All of thorn
aro to be found within the narrow pre
cincts of Wall street The responsibility
for tho organization of the Northern Se
curities Company rested solely upon tho
conflicting speculative Interests which, by
the creation of that makeshift company,
sought a way out of a gravo dilemma into
which they had plunged themselves. They
were wholly responsible for their tight
box. The President was responsible for"
tho Sherman statute or at least for Its
enforcement. It was his sworn duty to
enforce the Constitution and the laws, tho
Sherman law included. No blame rests
on him, therefore, even from the Wall
street standpoint. Whatever of distress
may now come to those who were respon
sible for the Northern Securities merger,
the blame for it rests upon no one but
themselves. If they propose to fight Pres
ident Roosevelt on this Issue they will
make the fight alone, and will do them
selves greater harm than will come to him
or to the great political party that Is
about to honor him with the Presidential
nomination at Chicago. The people love
Roosevelt tho more for the enemies ho
has made.
President Parker Sounds Well.
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times.
In fact, the evidences appear to be ac
cumulating that Judge Parker may be the
man of the hour. New York -will doubt
less settle the question at the forthcoming
State Convention, and New York has re
cently indicated a strong leaning toward
Parker. President Parker, it will be ob
served, sounds euphonious. ,
Lullaby.
Thomas Dekker.
Golden slumbers kJss your eye,
Smiles awake you when you rise.
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.
Rock them, rock a lullaby.
Care Is heavy, therefore sleep you,
Tou aro care, and care must keep you.
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.
Hock them, rock o lullaby. v""
X0TE AND COMMENT.
A Novel Candidate.
There once was a Justice named Parker,
Who hired no political barker;
It may seem absurd.
But he uttered no word.
And kept mum as a dark horse, and darker.
Ask everyone you meet If he has Note
and Comments' ?3,573. If he has, you
get it
Canon Henson differs from a lot of
other clergymon In saying what he
thinks about the Bible.
The worst of this clear weather Is that
People again take to asking if you don't
think Mount Hood looks pretty.
Britain would apparently be quite hap
py with either Japan or Russia, were
only t'other dear charmer away.
Up to the present no review of Mary
Johnston's book, "Sir Mortimer," has
failed to allude to the "spacious times of
great Elizabeth."
We observe with amazement that one
of the golf cups was won by a Miss
Loomls. of Tacoma, "who made the re
markably long drive for a woman of 170
yards without apparent effort" Anyone
of that length ought to be able to drive
without effort.
When Britain attempts diplomacy, tho
results must be far from encouraging to
Britons. In the treaty just concluded with
France, Britain gets nothing, and Franco
gives up nothing but her figment of shore
rights on a barren coast, while obtaining
more than she could expect la Africa.
Weighing machinwith phonographic
attachments which announce your weight
viva voce have been installed In several
of the department stores, says the New
York Sun. The other day a fat woman
weighed down with an armful of bundles
stepped onto the platform, dropped in
her cent and gazed attentively down tho
funnel which was to tell hor weight
"Two hundred and seven I" announced
the impassive weighing machine in sten
torian tones that could be heard all over
the store. The woman's face flushed and
leaning over the funnel she shouted back
Into it defiantly:
"And I say you're a liar!"
The New York Times relates with
pride th.it American novelists aro now
more popular with Americans than are
British writers, whereas a few years ago
native novelists were almost entirely
eclipsed by the foreigners. If this be so,
it is a deplorable state of affairs, and
It would better become tho Times to do
its best to sway public opinion the other
.way than to smugly pat our misguided
writers on the back. Is American grow
ing effete? Can she produce no more
men? Natives of this country should bo
producing works of steel, not of paper.
Let Americans employ themselves "on
practical lines," and let their brief leisure
be soothed by the novels of a country
that has nothing to do but scribble.
A farmer tell3 of an old Irishman in
his employ whom he once permitted to
make uso of certain land for farming
purposes on condition that Pat should
give him one-fourth of the crop ho
raised, says the Picayune.
At the harvesting of the crop the far
mer was amazed to find the Irishman had
not kept his part of tho agreement
for while he hauled away threo wagon
loads of produce, he had not sent a sin
gle load to his master's barn.
Tho farmer called Pat's attention to
the fact that he had taken tho entire
crop, asking:
"Now, how's that Pat? Wasn't I to
receive a fourth of the crop?"
"You was, sir you was," excitedly ex
claimed the Irishman, "but there's only
three loads; only threo loads."
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"I'm getting old." "Having rheumatism?'
"Worse than that; I'm having reminis
cences." Cincinnati Tribune.
Handicapped. "Ho can't tell the truth If
he tries." "Oh, yes he can. But ho tells
it in such a way that it seems to be a lie."
Brooklyn Life.
Grayson It seems to mo that I see mora
folly every year I live. Whlted So do I,
my boy, so do I! I never mUs a chanco
nowadays. Town Topics.
Harry Couldn't you get her father's con
sent? Jack I don't know, I couldn't got
my own consent to tako him for a father-in-law.
Detroit Frco Press.
"Why are you so changed? A month ago
you agrood to merge your soul with mino."
"I have been reading the Supreme Court's
decision against mergers." New York Tele
graph. Father But aro you sure ho is a sensible
young man? Daughter Oh, yes, papa.
Why, he's tho only one of our amateur the
atrical club who hasn't professional aspira
tions. Puck.
Mrs. Brown Of course, a husband owes his
wife protection. Airs.1 Jones Oh. yes; and
she is also entitled to the funds necessary
for free trade at the bargain counters.
New York Times.
Sharpe Thought I'd have a Joke on that
tramp. Offered him a bathing suit. Wheal
ton What did he say? Sharpe Said he'd
take it on condition that I give him a ticket
to Florida, Chicago News.
Crawford The bank directors are stunned
by tho defalcation. They claim they didn't
know the cashier had any extravagant
habits. Crabshaw Why, weren't thoy
aware he had a wlfo? Town Topics.
'There Is one great comfort about this
war In Asia," said the trivial person. "What
is that?" You can talk about it as much
as you choose without being afraid that any
one will crltlclso your pronunciation."
Washington Star.
"Do you think authors ought to be pen
stoned?" asked tho young historical novelist.
"Well," replied the Senator, "it It would
stop them from writing, I think pensioning
some of them would be a good thing." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
"What's the matter with the buckwheat
cakes?" demanded the newly-married man.
"I ran out of lard," said his bride, coming
In from the kitchen, "and I used the wax
tapers for tho gas lighter to grease the
griddle." Cleveland Leader.
"De Rlter Is moving away. His profession
demands It, you know." "Why. ho can fol
low his profession anywhere. He's a novel
ist. Isn't he?" "Yes, but he's going In f;r
historical novels now, so he's got to settlo
In Indiana." Philadelphia Press.
"What you want to do," said the druggist,
as he handed the old darky the medicine. li
to take a dose of this after each m-xl."
"Yos, tah." was the reply; 'an now, If you
please, suh, tell me whar I'm gwlne to get
de meals?" Atlanta Constitution.
"Look here," snapped tho Irate woman,
who had just purchased some sugar, "I
think you gave me reduced weight." "Well,
what of It, madam?" responded the smooth
grocer; "didn't you read the sign: "Every
thing reduced?" Philadelphia Record.
"Do you trust the reformed cannibals?"
asked the newly arrived missionary. "Itry
to trust them," answered the resident mis
sionary; "but it is very difficult not to be
suspicious when I sit down to one of their
meals and am offered mock-turtle soup"
Judge.
"You don't mean to say he has paid you in
advance for the full course of singing les
sons?" said the first vpcal Instructor. "Yes."
replied the other, gleefully, "because of a
lucky misunderstanding. I said to him:
"You doubtless know our first lesson begins
with 'do. " He immediately apologized and
produced th "dough." Philadelphia Press,
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