THE MORNING OREGONIANT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1905.
LESSON FROM WORD
Dr. Russell Does Not Accept
Theological Hell.
GOD'S LOVE WOULD FORBID
Pennsylvania Preacher Calmly Ad
dresses Jjargo Congregation at
Taylor-Street Church on
Startling Theme.
WOULD ADOPT BUSINESS METH
ODS IN CHURCH AFFAIRS.
"It Is time vre sot down to business.
Da't be Planned because I speak of
bsiaese in this pulpit. It is high time
feat te church mixes more business
Ik lu methods and that business has
mere reUston In Its methods," said Rev.
A. Lawrence Black In a sermon at
Calvary Baptist Church yesterday.
"The two should get tocether. We
ecst to advertise our churches. If I
oowK afford It, I should lnmrt In tho
newspapers a picture of this church
aad. nt announcement!! every day In
the week, and pay for It, Instead of
askiac and retting a little free an
nounteaiont once a week. We have no
rirht to ask that this be done free. We
eustst to pay for It. Let us keep our
work before the people. We owe our
otty a duty to evangelize It. We should
s9port the evangelists who are plant
tag mission stations at St. Johns, Unt
Terslty Park and at Sellwood. And
there are other place where the work
sfcowK go forward. We must be alive
to the needs of our church and to the
astsotOR add all about us."
Rev. C T. Russell, of Allegheny, Pa.,
preached to a large audience In tho Taylor-street
Methodist Church yesterday
afternoon on "To Hell and Back Who
Are There?" Ho prefaced his discourse
with the remark that the topic might
team sensational, but It would be found to
be otherwise that many might think he
intended to speculate beyond what is
-written la the Scriptures, but they would
ftod thoRiselvos mistaken, as he would
conflae himself strictly to the Word of
God. Taking for his text, "The testimony
of the Lord Is sure, making wise the
sample," Psalm xlx:7, he said In part:
"Lot us give heed to our text, dear
friends, and realize that of ourselves we
know nothing about the future, and that
no other human beings know any more
about the subject than wc do. From God
alone can come the information which we
poek respecting the dead. Let us rcallre
this fact and give the more earnest heed
to the testimony of the Scriptures, which,
as our text declares, are able to make
Trtso the simple the honest, the sincere,
the unprejudiced, the unsophisticated.
Heathendom has its own peculiar hells
Rd purgatories, but none of them more
revolting, more horrible, than those pre
sented to our attention by the various
denominations of Christendom. Quite evi
dently all these various conceptions came
from one common origin, and our view of
the matter, dear friends, is that Satan
ktotself was the author of this terrlblo
doctrine, which has made millions un
happy, and sent thousands to insane asy
lums. Yes. but. perhaps you will say.
If loyal to tho Bible we must believe in
In which theory of hell must we
hoHeve, dear friends? Which is the scrip
tural theory respecting hell?
Jonathan Edwards' Answer.
"We ask these various infallible wiso
men why any such horrible conditions
should be continued everlastingly? In
what sense would God be glorified by the
perpetuation of such conditions? In what
way would he take pleasure in the pain
or suffering of .his creatures, however
wicked? The answer of Jonathan Ed
wards to this quostlon was that God's
people would bo bo changed after death
that they could look over tho battlements
of heaven and see their own parents, or
children, or brothers, or neighbors in the
most awful torture and turn around and
praise God the louder. But few in our
day would give this answer to the ques
tion. They prefer to avoid It; they realize
that they have no reasonable answer.
"We ask them another question If
mankind, under present conditions, tend
to die without such awful torture as you
describe for the future, would they not
die much more quickly under those tor
tures? Is it not the tendency of all suf
fering to destroy? Would It not then be
more reasonable to expect that at somo
time in tho future these tortures which
they describo would terminate in some
natural way lead to the destruction of
the individual, of the mind, of the body,
of every power? 'Oh, but, they answer,
"God will preserve them in being; he will
supply them life. Only by his power can
they bo made to endure such suffering
at all, and ho will see to the perpetuation
of the life so they may suffer on and on
and on eternally.' If that be true, dear
friends, if these teachers are Infallible,
the race might well be sorry that the
Almighty has so much power, or that,
having the power, he did not use it in
some better cause.
Penalty Would Be Unjust.
"We return to the questions and ask.
what evil could any human being commit
In the brief span of an hour, or a day,
or a month, or a year, or a century, that
would Justly merit an eternity of torture
Fuch as this you describe? The reply is
that our entire race was born under the
curse, under condemnation, and that now
God has provided a Savior, and only those
who will accept him can be saved saved
from hell, saved from eternal torment.
They tell us that this sentence or curse
of our race to hell came upon us as a
penalty for Father Adam's disobedience
In Dden in the eating of the forbidden
fruit, and that only those who accept of
Christ can be saved fromv this terrible
doom. But we reply that, surely such a
penalty would be unjust. To suppose that
God would pronounce a curse of eternal
torment upon 20.000,000.000 of Adam's raco
because of his disobedience in eating an
apple is to accuse the Almighty of the
grossest Injustice, not to say loveless
ness."
T urge that so many of us as have
the oar and eye of faith lay aside every
weignt ana run with patience in the race.
that we may make our calling and elec
tion sure to the great blessings placed
wimin our reach. '
REJOICE OVER PEACE TREATY
Speakers at tho Taylor-Street M. E.
Church Discuss Subject.
"The Peace Treaty" was tho subject un
Ber discussion at the Tavlnr.Ktrn.t mr m
Church last night. EL S. McAllister and
Bishop William F. McDowell th
era or the evening, were introduced by
Judge William D. Fenton. Judge John F.
v-spies. wno was to nave made an address
was prevented from speaking by Illness.
Mr. McAllister, in berinninc t-..
snarks, paid a, high tribute to President
jtooscveic icr cringing 10 pass one of the
greatest achievements In the history of
the Nation. The speaker, however, doubt
ed the advisability of the United Atst
mixing In foreign Affairs. He recalled
Washington's admonition that the United
States should remain free from all foreign
alliances. The Monroe Doctrine was cited
and the speaker said by warning Europe
to keep off the Western Continent Implied
that we would not mingle in the affairs of
other nations. "We all exult in peace'
he said; "we all are glad that Russia and -Japan
have settled their difficulties. But
while humanity is what it Is and selfish
monarch rule, war Is sure to continue.
There will be far-reaching effects of the
war Just ended, and the United States
may be drawn farther than ever from
the Monroe Doctrine. Then we may wish
that we bad heard the warnings of Wash
ington and Jefferson."
The speaker predicted a general change
in the relations that now exist between
the nations of Europe a breaking up of
old alliances and forming of new ones.
He prophesied alliances between France
and Italy, Germany and Russia, and said
that Russia would probably form an al
liance with Japan in order to carry out
her selfish schemes to grasp a foothold in
India.
Bishop McDowell took a more optimistic
view. He saw in the situation groat op
portunities for tho United States to ex
tend her influence for good. "Let us re
joice." he said, "in the fact that our
President has ended the dreadful strug
gle. Let us rejoice that the world has
had a new vision of the horrors of war,
for this is making the beat nations slow
to go to war. Let us rejoice in the power
that the Republic has, not for war, but
to promote peace.
"The war has done a great deal to open
Japan to Christianity and Russia to a
new Christianity. Our duty is now to en
ter these lands and to teach the way of
life and of light. This is the i!!gnlficance
of the peace' treaty to us. Wo must look
beyond the Pacific and open these lands,
not to any earthly ruler, but to the King
of Kings and tho Lord of Lords."
AT GRACE METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Describes Sensations Incident
to Divine Consolation.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson preached
upon "The Consolations of God" at the
Grace Methodist Church last night. In
answer to the question "Are the consola
tions of God small with thee?" he said
in part:
"The term consolation' here used Is not
limited t the narrow conception which
we give it. It Is generic rather than spe
cific, and takes in the whole range of
what God is and may be to the soul that
pleases him. It really presents God In the
attitude of magnanimity, and It means
consideration, thoughtfulness. care for,
tenderness of Judgment, putting the best
construction possible on one's conduct. It
means comfort and all that the divinity is
and can manifest himself to be In man's
need.
"Our need for them grows out of tho
weakness of man's nature. Its adaptabil
ity to the divine and his proneness to
wander from him and the disciplinary
conditions in which we find ourselves.
"There is no relation where you touch
another and do not feel that the strain,
the rights and wrongs of others, are in
terlocking with us like the wheels of wagi
ons on crowded streets. In business it Is
so. In social domestic life, and In our
hours of retirement.
"The ambitions of life, the plana, the
day dreams, the imaginations we indulge,
the plans we feel, all reveal our need.
But the consolations of God like birds of
paradise find their perches upon the
boughs of these sorrows; in these nights
of dark disappointment and failure they
are the nightingales of sweetest song.
They are what he can be to a man In
every extremity. With God touching us
at all the points of suffering nature, what
calm, what peace, even In the midst of
contention. How every adverse influence
must yield to the soul that Is stayed on
God."
BISHOP ai'DOWELD PRESIDES
University Park 31. E. Church Ded- j
icatcd Free of Debt. !
The University Park Methodist Episco
pal Church, Rev. D. A. Watters. pastor,
was dedicated yesterday afternoon by
Bishop W. F. McDowell, In the presence
of about 450 people. Representatives were
present from all the Methodist churches
In the city. The church was dedicated
free from debt, and in order to do this
JGOO was raised. On the platform were
seated Rev. D. A. Watters. pastor; Bishop
W. F. McDowell, Rev. L. E. Rockwell,
D. D.. Rev. T. B. Ford, Rev. C. E. Cllne.
Rev. John Fllnn. Rew W. H. Heppe, D.
D.. Rev. F. Burgette Short, Rev. L. F.
Toung and Dr. W. II. Marshal.
Bishop McDowell preached from St.
Matthew xl:3, "And the sower went forth
to sow." It was a sermon of much
power, and held the attention of the con
gregation to the close. He said that first
tho text was the saddest and most dis
appointing that could be found anywhere,
but that was for the reason that the em
phasis Had been placed on the wrong
place. Some of the seed bad fallen on
stony places, some among the tares and
others In barren places, and some on good
soil, and brought forth thirty-fold. Bishop
McDowell said that the tendency was to
magnify that part where the seed had
been wasted and minimize where It had
fallen In good soil. He wove a strong
illustration out of this suggestion, declar
ing that the successes In religious life
should not be minimized and the failures
magnified. He applied the (bought to the
growth of the church from small begin
nings. The bishop spoke with great force and
eloquonce, and at the close of his sermon
Rev. Watters announced that $540 was
needed to permit the dedication of the
church. He spoke of the sacrifice of the
members in the erection of the church.
Bi6hop McDowell again took the plat
form, and, with the assistance of Rev.
Mr. Watters, Dr. Short and Dr. Rockwell,
5000 was raised, which more than met the
requirement.
Rev. D. A. Watters and the trustees,
C. B. Tucker. E. L. Lane. D. S. Walton,
George W. Cone. L N. Shatto, H. Haley,
D. A. Smith. E. M. Rossiter and Roy
Glass, and the building committee, D. S.
Walton. J. H. Cone and Roy Glass, an
nounced to the bishop that the church
was prepared for dedication, and this
service was quickly performed, when the
congregation was dismissed.
This new church is an attractive build
ing, and will seat 50 people. It was built
on a much larger plan than at first pro
posed. The members are proud of the
work, and speak in high terms of their
pastor. Rev. D. A. Watters. Last night
the services of the day closed with an
Epworth League rally and a sermon by
ev. a. w. coieman, president of Wil
lamette University.
EXDEAVORERS WELL MEET.
Northwest Instltuto Convenes Next
Wednesday for Three Days.
The Christian Endeavor Institute of
the Northwest will be held in the First
Congregational Church, corner Park and
Madison streets, September 13, 14 and 15.
Many prominent workers of the Christian
Endeavor Society will be present from
abroad and home." Following is the full
programme of exercises:
Wednesday, September 13 Forenoon:
To preside, A. A. Winter; 9 to 9:30, de
votional, D. A. Thompson; workers' con
ferences, 3:S0 to 11:80; 5.30. "Tenth Le
gion," F. Edgar Barth. Seattle, Wash.,
state president of Washington Christian
Endeavor Union: 10. "The Spiritual Life
of the Society," Rev. C. T. Hurd. Corral
lis. Or.; 10:30, Von Ogden Vogt. Boston.
Mass., general secretary United Society
Christian ffndeavor. Evening: To pre
aide. Rev. EL P. Hill, D. D.; 7:45. praise
service; 8:15, popular address, Rev. J. M.
Wilson, Seattle, waan.
Thursday, September 14 Forenoon: To
preside, F. Edgar Barth; 3 to 3:20, devo-
tiout C. T. Hurd; worker conitrtnew,
830 to 11:30; 9:30. "Field Secretary WorU."
Rev. W. J. Sharp, field secretary for Ore
gon and Washington; 10:30, Von Ogden
Vogt. Evening: To preside. Rev. E. S.
Mucklcy; 7:45. praise service; 835, popu
lar address. Von Ogden Vogt.
Friday. September IE Forenoon: To
preside. D. A. Thompson; 9 to 9:30, devo
tional, W. J. Sharp; workers conferences.
9:20 to 11:30; 9:30. "Missionary Work."
Carl Reeves, Seattle, Wash.; 10, "Junior
Work," Mrs. A. H. Burkholder; 10:30, Von
Ogden Vogt.
Following Is the committee of arrange
ments: Rev. L. M. Boozer. John A.
Rockwood. H. E. Powell and Rev. A. A.
Winter. State officers: Washington
President, F. Edgar Barth; secretary.
Miss Minnie A. Gibbons; treasurer, Law
rence Jacks. Oregon President. John A.
Rockwood; secretary. Miss Dolcle C
Mansfield; treasurer, A. W. Brookings.
COMPANIONSHIP HIS THEME
Dr. House Tells or Overlooked Facts
In Storm on Galilee.
Companionship was the key note of
the sermon delivered by Rev. E. L.
House yesterday morning In the First
Congregational Church. Tho speaker
took for his subject "Some Overlooked
Facts." and read the account of the
storm of Lake Galilee, calling attention
to some of the details that are usually
overlooked.
In brief he said:
"When Mark tells us that there were
with him other little ships, he calls our
attention to facts in the storm on Gali
lee that we have overlooked. Wo havo
thought of the disciples In their boat
trying to save themselves from tho
storm, but those other little boats were
In it also. And what Jesus did for his
disciples, he did also for others.
"This fact makes us think of the
'otherness of life. There has always
been a contest between Nature ' and
grace, but the true man must turn away
from himself at times and think of the
other man. And then these other llttlo
ships remind us of tho unseen fellow
ships of life. We are not alone In our
struggles; there are other souls fighting
the same kind of battle, and in their
courage wc ought to find help and cheer.
"Wonderful Is this ministry of the un
seen sympathy of life. The sense of
utter loneliness makes many desporate
causes them to lose faith and courage,
and so they turn anywhere or to any
thing to forget their grief. But out yon
der on the ocean of life there 'aro other
men and women going through the same
experiences, bearing the same burdens,
passing through the same sorrows, fight
ing the same temptations. Don't lose
heart! Don't permit yourself to go down.
Somewhere near by Is the great pilot,
and he will see you safely through the
struggle."
BETHANY CHURCH DEDICATED
Services at German Presbyterian
Church Continue All Day.
Dedication of the beautiful new Beth
any German Presbyterian Church, west
of Portland. In tho valley nestling among
the hills of eastern Washington County,
and the farewell services to Rev. William
G. Laube. the retiring pastor, were held
yesterday in an all-day service, which be
gan at 10 o'clock In the morning, closing
last night. Sunday services were held at
the morning hour, which was followed
with a sermon by Rev. J. V. Mllligan. of
Portland, in the course of which he spoke
of the progress of the work among the
German people of Portland, and especially
at Bethany.
After a recess until 2 o'clock, the formal
dedication of the church, free of debt,
followed the sermon by Rev. W. S. Holt.
D. D. Dr. Holt was assisted in the dedi
catory services by Rev. W. C Laube, re
tiring pastor: Rev. Alfred Herforth, the
new pastor; Rev. August Relnbard. pas
tor of Zlon German Presbyterian Church,
and others.
Again in tho evening a general meeting
was held. Rev. W. C. Laube spoke his
farewell words, and also the other minis
ters participated. Four years ago. Rev.
Mr. Laube commenced his work at Beth
any, and leaves that charge 'with a fine
new church and a prosperous congrega
tion. He will leave with his wife the en
suing week for Dubuque, la., to enter
upon new duties as professor in the Ger
man Theological Seminary. Rev. Alfred
Herforth will be installed as pastor of
Bethany Church by the Portland Prosby
tery as soon as he has been dismissed by
the Presbytery of South Dakota, from
which he came.
OPPOSED TO POLYGAMY.
Head Reorganized Latter-Day Saints
Defines Church Attitude.
Joseph Smith, the aged leader of the
Reorganized Church of Latter-Day Saints.
spoke in support of the doctrines of that
organization in the Elks' Hall yesterday
afternoon. He cautioned his hearers to
distinguish between him and the Joseph
F. Smith who Is at the head of the Mor
mon Church In Utah. The two men are
cousins, but the speaker la the leader of
the branch of the .Mormon unurcn which
has Its headquarters In Lamonla. Ia., the
distinguishing feature of which is that
it never has advocated polygamy.
"I teach the faith exactly as It was
taught to me by my father, one of the
founders of the church." said he. "I
have for years fought against the doc
trine of polygamy and shall continue to
do so all my life. The real church of
Latter-Day Saints never has advocated
any other doctrine. We recognize that It
Is expressly forbidden in the Bible." With
this Introduction Mr. Smith proceeded to
preach from the text, "Who then can
be saved?"
"In answering this question." he said,
"we have no startling doctrines to pro
pose. Our greatest handicap In our work
is the name Mormons which has been ap
plied to us, and which people have learned
to. regard with suspicion because of cer
tain questionable beliefs advocated by the
other branch of the church.
"We teach simply the doctrines of the
Bible, and lay stress upon present or
direct revelation from God. We Invite
ever- one to test our tenets by the teach,
lngs of the New Testament and It will
be found In everything that Is our guide.
To be saved, a man must obey the com
mand of Christ to 'believe and' be bap
tized.' That Is the essence of our teach
ing, and we recognize that baptism Is
as much a part of the command as the
instruction to believe.
Music at Holy Rosary.
In Holy Rosary Church, East Third
and Clackamas streets, were resumed yes
terday at 10:30 A. M. the ceremonies of
solemn high mass, which had been omit
ted during the Summer months. The
special feature on this occasion was the
singing by the Holy Rosary Male Choir.
Although they had Just returned from
their two months' vacation, they sang
the difficult music of Eduardo Marzo's
"Messe Solenelle" in a manner that would
reflect credit on the best practiced choirs.
The solos were sung by J. P. Wlldxnan,
J. E. Malley, E. J. Altstock and Edw.
Atkinson, and. though well done, were
hardly any better In their place than the
rich melodious chorus which accompa
nied, swelling and echoing according to
the genius of the composer and the mean
ing of the sacred words.
Encouraged by their past success, this
choir will continue studying the works of
the great masters of sacred music. J. H.
Case belrjg the leader and Miss Nora
Shelland organist. The following are the
members: First and second tenors, J. P.
Wild man. J. Bell, D. A. Morris. J. E.
Malley, A. J. Brandt, J. H. Cass. W.
Ludttig; first and second bassos, E. J.
Altstock. Thomas Neeson, A. Morris,
George Manning, J. Hoben, A. Hoben.
S. J. JArLT. H. CoXcy. Ed". Atkinson.
NORTH-BANK ROAD
Northern Pacific Ready to Be
in Construction.
ALL SIGNS POINT. TO WORK
Launch Defender Chartered to Take
a Company or Surveyors to
Whlto Salmon by the
Corporation.
Authenticity seems to stamp the reports
now afloat that the Northern Pacific is
contemplating the immediate commence
ment of surveys and construction work
along the north bank of the Columbia
River. That the company has ultimate
Intention of constructing such a line is a
matter of certainty. More than a year
ago President Howard Elliott, then visit
ing In Portland, admitted that It was the
plan of the Northern Pacific to build the
north-bank route as soon as conditions
warranted, though he would place no
time for the inauguration of the work. At
various times the feasibility and the de
sirability of the route have been admitted
by different officers of the Northern Pa
cific, and it has been predicted that as
soon as the Northern Securities case was
out of the courts, some action would be
taken towards bringing the terminal of
the Northern line Into Portland and so
to the sea. Since the settlement of the
Securities case, there has ben a marked
and a suspicious activity In Northern Pa
cific territory along the north bank of the
river, though all connection with the
Northern Pacific has been denied by the
officials of that company.
First Step Taken.
About the first step was the purchase
of the Columbia River & Northern Com
pany by Philadelphia men. who declined
to divulge their purpose or their connec
tions. It was suggested at the time that
the Northern Pacific was back of the deal
and had In reality bought the line from
Lyle to Goldendale Jn order to make of It
a link In the north-bank route to Port
land. This statement was never officially
denied, though evasive answers were
made by the officials when questioned.
and the belief still holds that the pur
chase was In fact made by Northern
Pacific money.
For months past surveyors have been
working In different parts of the terri
tory. Routes have been mapped out for
bridges and tunnels and grades between
Portland and Lyle, and when questioned
the officials In chargo left the Idea by
their answers that they were In the em
ploy of the Northern Pacific.
Rlght-of-Way Men at Work.
Right-of-way agents known to be work
ing In the interest of the Northern Pa
cific, men who have been in the service
of the company for years, have been ac
tive along the north bank, slowly but
earnestly gaining control of the necessary
strip along the rirer for the grade and
track.
Northern Pacific money has bought the
Weldler property along the north river
front In Portland, which is admitted to
be wanted by the company for. docks and
terminal grounds. Everything points to
tho deep Interest of the Northern Pacific
In providing for the future construction
of the road.
The renewed activity In different quar
ters now makes very reasonable the sup
position that the work Is to be com
menced at once. Engineering offices have
been opened In Vancouver, men and
horses and tools have been shipped to the
front. Surveying outfits bearing the
Northern Pacific stamp have been shipped
up tho river. Northern Pacific pay checks
have been cashed In Lyle, showing that
tho surveyors were In the employ of the
company.
Yesterday the launch Defender, owned
by the Favorite Boathouse, of this city.
was chartered to take a party of sur
veyors to White Salmon, and It Is report
ed that tho men were Northern Pacific
men.
All of these Indications show that the
time Is coming, and that rapidly, when
the long-delayed struggle for the posses
sion of tho rich Oregon and Washington
territory will begin, and when it does, the
people will get their wished-for advantage
of competition and the benefit of better
sorvlce.
. Twin Falls Branch Opened.
MINIDOKA. Idaho. September 10. The
new Twin Falls branch of the Oregon
Short Line, extending from Minidoka to
Twin Falls, a distance of 59 miles, was
opened to regular traffic today, when
the first passenger and freight trains
were sent out on schedule time. This
branch opens up new territory In South
ern Idaho, where great tracts of -waste
land near the Snake River have been
made valuable by the carrying out of tne
Government's Minidoka and the Twin
Falls irrigation programme.
SAY WISE IS RIGHT.
l
Labor Leaders Inclined to Accept His
Criticism.
In the current Issue of the "Labor
Press," the local official organ of the
Federated Trades Assembly, contains a
letter from Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise, In
which he censures the labor leaders for
their refusal to participate In the recent
Civic Federation Conference at the Lewis
and Clark Exposition.
The leading members of the local Fed
erated Trades Council, when asked re
garding their views, seemed inclined to
concur with the rabbi's criticism. The
labor men claim as a reason for their"
failure to -participate in the conference,
their Inability officially to recognize the
Exposition in any public manner. They
do not wish openly to oppose the Fair,
but owing to the attitude of the Exposi
tion authorities on certain questions dur
ing the progress of erection, they have
been forbidden by the National body to
take any official notice of the Fair. In
the recent dispute with the Fair author
ities, some of the labor leaders admit that
they were somewhat to blame. Insofar
as they were slow In broaching points
that later came under dispute.
H. G. Kundret, editor of the "Labor
Press," candidly admits that the Council
merited: ail that Dr. Wise said In his
letter, and that from an educational point
of view, labor should have participated in
the conference.
The, letter of Dr. Wlso follows:
Editor Portland Labor Press In reply to
your letter asking me to contribute an article
to a special edition of the Portland Labor
Prees to be issued on or about Labor day.
may I be permitted to send you this informal
letter?
I have no wish to preach to you or to my
friends, your reader, and yet I feel that I
ought to unburden my heart to yon, for the
sake of your cause, touching a matter where.
In. in my Judgmeat, and I would add the
Judgment of a friend of the cause of labor,
the leaders of your movement here and else
where bare seriously blundered. X am mere
ly retelling that with which you are already
tamUlar, when I say that a few mcaths ago
it looked ax though we xaight have an ad
miraele conference oa the relaUooa of labor
and capital, aader tho auspices cf the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. The committee on con-
JLgrsMwfr astiac iao.tr tt ilrecUM. axd cm
behalf of the Exposition, was working- bard
to that end. and for a time the project seemed
to hxre the earnest support Of th heads of
tea Federated Trade Council, of this city.
as well as of the State Federation of Labor.
Ia fact, you will remember, Hr. Editor, that
a number of labor leaders of this city hesi
tated not to promise a very considerable con
tribution toward the fund, which, it was cal
culated, would be needed to defray the ex
penses InvolTed In the conduct of the pro
posed conference. Negotiations were berun.
br a member of the committee on ccnxTesses.
who 1. I believe, a member of your Fed
erated Trades Council, with the National Clric
Federation, several representatives of which
expreMed their hearty approval and commen
dation of our plan, which looked to an earnest
and Impartial discussion of the problems aris
ing out of Industrial conditions in our land.
Matters were progressing; smoothly and It
seemed certain that we were to have a not
able conference with the countenanca and
support of the National Civic Federation.
when an obstacle presented itself. I feel that
I am violating no confidence in restating to
you in this open letter, what you already
Know, that the labor and capital conference
would have bees held and. If held, would have
been likely to have been of real and lasting
benefit to our Northwest community had It
not been for what I venture to call the unwtao
and unnecessary Interference on the part of
a distinguished labor leader In this country.
His own position was that he could not lend
his support to the proposed conference owing
to the fact that labor troubles had arisen in
the course of the years of preparation prior
to the Exposition. You -well know that It
was made clear to the labor leader to whom I
have reference that, although such difficulties
had arisen, the Exposition had not been de
clared "unfair" by organized labor. As a
result of this opposition the, conference was
lost to us and with It an opportunity, and a
rare opportunity, such as may not present
itself again for many years, to have a thor
ough aad adequate presentation of the many-
elded labor question. Even had the Exposi
tion been officially declared "unfair," it yet
might have been the part of wisdom to co
operate in the matter of the labor conference.
He who believes bis cause to be Just ought
to go to the very places In which he believes
his cause to be unjustly treated. No um
preaching righteousness among the saints In
heaven, or preaching evil in hell. The thing
to do la to go to the heart of the enemy's
country and there bring the message you
think the enemy needs.
The evse unwisdom to which I have already
alluded Is responsible for the absence at our
Exposition of an adequate exhibit of the
achievements and the triumphs of organized
labor in the past few decades. It is poor
politics, to say the least, yea. most short
sighted generalship, to have withheld from
the view of hundreds of thousands of people
In our Northwest country the proofs of the
growth and spread of your movement, merely
because you Imagined or even knew some, or
many, or all, or a few of the directors of
the Exposition to be inimical to the interests
of labor.
Were I not a friend of organized labor, did
I not believe in it with all my heart as I do.
did I not rejoice In ltn achievements, did I
not glory in its well-earned triumphs and
grieve over Its sometimes serious blunders.
I should not have written with the candor
which characterizes these words, "Better are
the wounds of a friend than the kiss of an
enemy." I would not pain or wound you need
lessly, and yet, am ready to do even that, it
needs oe, to serve tne cause tor me resisuess
progress of which I cherish the highest hopes.
Yours sincerely, STEPHEN a. wias.
Captain Syms Visits Portland.
Captain Harry J. Syms, Register of the
United States Land Office at Boise, Idaho.
Is in the city. Captain syms is accompa
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and will remain In Portland several days
Captain Syms commanded a company of
the First Idaho during the war In the
Philippines, and It was this company that
led the charge at the battle of Santa Ana
when Goneral Charles King cried out:
"Go on, you Idaho savages! Tou will all
be killed, anyhow 1"
Captain King and family will spend'
some time at the seashore before return
ing home.
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