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rOBTLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28.
GOVERNOR. MONTAGUE'S LOGIC.
, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,-Is a lovable
young: man with the heart of a turtle
dove and the morals of St. Anthony.
Those -who question the sincerity of his
rellg!ous belief and principles are mis
taken. His sincerity Is beyond all
doubt. For one thing; unless the news
paper reports of young: Rockefeller's
sayings- and doings are wrong, his mind
Js rather feeble, which often predisposes
"a man to the religious life; and his filial
devotion looks in the same direction,
for the elder Rockefeller is well known
to be a man of great piety. All that is
-excellent in him his son reverentially
imitates; and all that is not excellent
-his son discredits. Those who hold that
human belief and disbelief are founded
upon evidence and depend upon facts
are entirely in the wrong. We all be
lieve whatever we wish and disbelieve
'whatever we do not wish, without the
least reference to mere facts. And
therefore with all the notorious proof of
Jiis father's piracies before him there
t is no doubt in the world that young
John Is -entirely honest in believing his
sire to be a model of the sweetest Chris
tian virtues, and that the misdeeds laid
to .his charge are the inventions of pure
malice and envy under the inspiration
of Satan- It is rather noble of the boy
to stand by his father in the face of so
much evidence, and it shows that
somewhere within that rather mushy
anass he calls his mind there Is a good,
Bolld piece of grit
Many young men who run to Bible
classes and that sort of thing are fit for
nothing better; though one must always
except those who make their living out
of It. They are often particularly
. shrewd, and might have succeeded In
worthier callings If they had been taken
jyoung enough. John, or Johnny, as he
may be called for distinction from his
revered parent, does not follow Bible
teaching for his living. His worldly
neqds are otherwise provided for. The
young- man turns naturally to this form
of dissipation as some take to poker
'and others to horseracing. His way of
Saving: fun has the merit of not being
expensive and the demerit of being ri
diculous. A man may bet his last shirt
on a horserace and we shall bewail his
fqlly, but we never laugh at him. He
may stake house, home and reputation
on a poker hand and lose; we condemn
him with grave bead-wagging:, but also
with the secret feeling that If we had
been there we should have done the
same as he did. But the Bible class
habit inevitably provokes a smile.
Toung Mr. Rockefeller has Just re
newed his sacred intimacy with the
studious youth of the Fifth-Avenue
Baptist Church after an absence of a
year or so .abroad. The occasion was In
itself memorable, like the return of St.
Paul from a long missionary tour, but
Its importance was emphasized by an
address from the pastor of the church
and one from Governor Montague, -of
Virginia. Governor Montague did not
apeak upon the negro question. One
cannot help wondering how he re
frained, considering what the power of
babit is, but he had nothing to say
about "social equality." the "peril of
amalgamation," or any of the other
bugaboos of race hatred; he talked, in
fact, like an easy, good-natured gentle
man, but not by any means like a logi
cian. This is the most weights pass
age in his discourse: "Citizenship Is
founded on patriotism; patriotism on
morals, and morals on Christianity."
It is beautiful language, but can one
believe that Governor Montague had
-the remotest notion of what it meant?
Probably he boped it did not mean any-
Elng, but, astonished as he might be to
am the fact, it is fairly bursting with
the most portentous significance. For
example: Morals, the Governor says,
are founded on Christianity. Then no
body not a Christian can be moral.
Isaiah was not moral, neither was Dan
iel. The Emperor Antonine was not
moral, though bis meditations has been
,a text-book in ethics for nearly 2000
r yearn Socrates was not moral, neither
was "Darwin, nor Herbert Spencer, and
either Is Edward Everett Hale, for
;none or these men were or are Chris
tians. So far, so good. But patriotism is
Jgunded on morals and morals on Chris
jUianity; hence patriotism Is founded on
,Thristianlty and none but a Christian
can be a patriot This disposes of Ho-
ratlus, who kept the bridge, and Leoni
das, who died at Thermopylae. Pericles
and Epaminondas were not patriots.
neither were Harmodius and Aristogel
ton. Neither Brutus, who adjudged Tils
son to death rather than disobey the
jtfa:w, was a patriot, nor Regulus, who
adjured his countrymen to return him
to the Carthaginians to be slain with
torture rather than make an Ignomin
ious peace, for none of these was a
Christian.
The interest of Governor Montague's
aphorism increases as we delve, and its
consequences grow more startling. Citi
zenship Is founded on patriotism, patri
otism on -morals, and morals on Chris
tianity. Therefore citizenship is found
ed on Christianity, and no one who is
not a Christian can be a citizen. No
Jew can be either a citizen, a moral
man or a patriot, according to the Gov
ernor's amazing logic All free-thinkers
are immoral, traitors to their coun
try and aliens. No Unitarian can be a
citizen, for we have it very recently
and on the highest authority that Uni
tarians are not Christians. None of
them Is moral, so Governor Montague
most plainly implies, and none of them
is a patriot. Perhaps the Governor did
not mean all this. let us hope he did
not. But he most certainly said It.
Maybe the next time he addresses a
Bible class he will try to put some
thought into his remarks as well as to
make them beautiful. The thought may
seem wasted upon his immediate audi
ence; probably it will be wasted upon
them. It is hardly conceivable that It
makes any difference whether remarks
to a Bible class mean anything or noth
ing. But if the Governor does put some
thought into his next address and
makes the thought jibe as closely as
may be with common sense, it will save
him from the ridicule of that larger
world which does not belong to young
Mr. Rockefeller's Bible class. If com
mon sense seems entirely unattainable,
we advise him to stick to the negroes.
He may be as silly as he likes upon
that theme with the assurance that -the
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., will always, be
sillier!
ONLY THE GUILTY FEAR TIIE LAW.
The "campaign of education" pro
ceeds apace. The latest railroad po
lemic to come to hand is a volume by
Hugo Richard Meyer on "Government
Regulation of Railroad Rates." Mr.
Meyer happens to be a professor in the
University of Chicago, a fact which
may or may not have something to do
with his ardent advocacy of railroad
tyranny. That there are professors in
the Standard Oil University who do not
feel obliged to defend the practices of
their chief benefactor and his fellow-
pirates is probably true, but, when such
a defense by one of them' actually ap
pears, of course all sensible people con
sider the source. "What influences have
led Mr. Meyer to publish his work at
this particular Juncture it is impossible
to say, but something has hastened his
action. Could the managers of the
campaign of education have learned in
some way that the book was opposed to
the President's plan to regulate rates.
and could he have offered an Induce
ment" to effect a timely bifth for the
volume? Mr. Meyer says, at any rate.
that the "book is published before the
author has been able to carry out his
plans for securing additional Informa
tion, for bringing all the statistics down
to date, and for a more careful ar
rangement of the materials already at
hand." Why this haste? Is ammuni
tion needed for the anarchistic oppo
nents of railroad regulation? Does the
rebellion' of the railroads need a scien
tific defender? Evidently. The author
Indeed "hopes" that the facts he pre
sents "may be of service in the pres
ent controversy."
The argument of the -book is stated
in the Introduction. It is against that
absurd man of straw which the rail
roads have sewed up and stuffed for the
purposes of their campaign against the
President. Mr. Meyer gravely shows
how unwise it would be for the Gov
ernment to regulate the entire system
of railroad rates a thing nobody has
proposed to do. The only thing pro
posed is to give the Interstate Com
merce Commission power to adjust con
troverted rates and put their decision
into effect. Somebody must decide upon
controverted rates and fix a fair rate
when the one in force has been found
unjust. Shall it all be left to the rail
roads? Are they to be defendant. Judge
and Jury all in one? So it seems they
have been in the pasU and so they
would like to continue, a state of things
very pleasant indeed for the railroads.
It is nonsense to urge jn this connec
tion that most rates are Just. Most
men are not murderers, but nobody
would think of offering that fact as
proof that laws against murder are not
needed. The law is wanted to operate
upon the comparatively few rates which
are not Just. Innocent men do not fear
the law, and when a putatlvely innocent
man is greatly terrified by it, the fair
conclusion is that he is not innocent.
It is also nonsense for Mr. Meyer to
pretend, as he does, to believe that the
prevention of discrimination, rebates
and other social crimes among the rail
roads would check railroad develop
ment. If the railroads are already do
ing what is fair and right, a good law
such as the President desires will not
affect them. Being guilty of no mis
deed, they will not be troubled by the
law any more than other innocent peo
ple are. -If they are not doing what Is
fair and right, the law ought to trouble
them.
YOUTHFUL LAWBREAKERS.
The lad Ernest Dubolee, aged 16, who
bought tobacco, rolled it into cigarettes
and was smoking it when caught by a
policeman, was not an innocent baby
nor yet an unsophisticated booby who
did not know that he was violating the
law which forbids minors to do these
things. He was simply a willful fellow,
determined to smoke at all hazards,
and, being caught, was quite ready to
shift the responsibility for his infrac
tion of law upon the man who sold him
the tobacco. The latter was fined $5
for his .part in the transaction, which
was proper enough, though, to the hest
of his knowledge and belief, he had -not
sold the forbidden article to the culprit.
This boy was old enough to know bet
ter, and did know better, than to do
what he did, and a lesson in personal
responsibility and respect for law em
bodying as severe a penalty as the case
allowed should have been given him.
Undue leniency in such a case, whether
parental or judicial, is a mistake when
it misses the opportunity afforded by
the culprit himself to fix the idea of
personal accountability in his mind.
The mother who ties the gate to pre
vent her 3-year-old boy from going out
side the dooryard to play; the father
who locks his 10-year-old boy's bedroom
door at night to keep the "little rascal'
from slipping out to join "the
gang," and the law that visits penalty
exclusively upon the vendor of tobacco
when the lad is caught smoking in vlo
latlon of the statute at 16, are each in
turn instrumental in the making of an
Irresponsible lad and a lawbreaking
man. The seeds of personal account
ability cannot be sown too early, and It
certainly does not become a hoy, of 16,
when caught smoking, or a youth of 19
or 20, when caught drinking, to plead
the baby act to escape just penalty.
Let the saloon-keeper or the tobacco
dealer come in for his just share of the
penalty, which, because of his years,
should be the heavier share, but do not
excuse the lad from blame or punish
ment. Teach him rather that he is a
responsible being who should not allow
himself to be beguiled -by appetite or
"any other creature" into breaking the
law.
3IAIN SOURCE OF PROSPERITY.
Shippers of grain lumber and live
stock from Oregon and Washington
ports are all clamoring for cars, and,
with everything that can be pressed
Into service, the railroads are unable
to move the freight offering. This re
markable evidence of prosperity is not
confined to the Pacific Northwest, for
from all parts of the United States is
heard the same story of freight conges
tion and insufficient motive power and
rolling stock to handle it A single road
in the East has just given orders for
25,000 cars, another for 21,000, and the
Harrlman system has orders, including
160 locomotives, for rolling stock which,
if coupled -together, would cover a dis
tance of "more than fifty miles. Bank
clearings, bank .deposits, movement of
merchandise and all other trade barom
eters Indicate a similar degree of pros
perity. In the midst of all of these evidences
of prosperity it is more clearly apparent
than ever before that Its foundation is,
as usual, on the farm. According to
Government reports, the value of the
wheat, oats, corn and cotton crop of
1904 was, in round numbers, $2,485,315,
000. Estimates for the 1905 crop are not
yet completed, but It is a certainty that
the value of the "big four" products of
the farm will be much greater than last
year. In wheat there has been an In
crease over last year of at least 150,000,
000 bushels, which Is more than suffi
cient to offset a slightly lower price.
Even were the net proceeds of the crop
no greater than those of last year, the
effect of the much larger crop would
be .beneficially felt in greatly Increased
traffic for the railroads, the mills,, labor
and a hundred other attendant indus
tries. The enormous demand for lumber is
also due in a considerable degree to the
big crops and high prices of farm prod
ucts. Throughout the East and Middle
West, wherever the wave of agricul
tural prosperity has rolled, there has
sprung up an increased demand for
lumber. Farmers have replaced the old
barns, houses and fences with new
ones. Easy money is always one of the
most potent factors In the making of a
boom, and It Is the farmers who have
made the money market, easy, for they
have, within two years, marketed ap
proximately $5,000,000,000 worth of prod
ucts of the soil. A succession of good
crops and good prices has enabled them
to pay oft nearly all the mortgages
which accumulated during the years of
poor crops and low prices, and the
money thus released has sought em
ployment in other enterprises. To
move this enormous amount of wheat,
oats, corn and cotton, the railroads
have been forced to build and buy much
new equipment, to add to their army of
employes, and construct new lines of
road where the business had outgrown
the old facilities. All of this meant
more work for the manufacturers of
railroad equipment, for the coal miners
and for the various other lines through
which the money was distributed.
The pleasures of prosperity may be
tinged slightly with regret that a por
tion of It is due to the misfortune of
our foreign neighbors, for un
questionably some of the ad
vance in prices of agricultural
products is due to the strained and rup
tured political complications which
have harassed some of our foreign cus
tomers within the past two years.
Nothing in the history of the past or
In the outlook for the future will war
rant the belief that this country will
continue to enjoy uninterrupted pros
perity forever, but so long as the agri
cultural classes continue annually to
add such an enormous amount of new
wealth to the per capita circulation of
the country as they are now doing,
"hard times," in the generally accepted
sense of the term, will be postponed.
RUSSIA'S ROYAL WOMEN.
The presentiment of disaster that
caused the Czarina of Russia, then
Princess Allx of Hesse-Darmstadt, to
delay her consent to marry the Czare
vitch, now the Emperor Nicholas, seems
about to be verified by revolution. A
gentle, highly Intelligent young woman,
the mother of five children, the young
est of whom is the ardently desired
heir to the throne, the Empress Is in
stress of circumstances that makes her
well-remembered reluctance to leave
her quiet home in the heart of the Ger
man Empire seem prophetic She and
her children will not suffer harm, un
less all imperial power in Russia should
suddenly be overthrown by mob vio
lence; but the time seems to be at hand
for them to flee from this possibility to
the shelter of Copenhagen.
For the Dowager Empress, a daugh
ter of the Danish King, there is little
sympathy among enlightened people.
She has become thoroughly imbued
with the intolerant spirit of the Roman
offs, and is considered an Implacable
enemy of the people. Her influence,
supposed to be paramount with the
Czar, Is all on the side of the aristoc
racy arid the priesthood. In the event
of revolution and her capture, she
would go the way of Marie Antoinette
without even the show of a trial. It
may be added that she would suffer
death much more justly than did the
unhappy Queen of the French Revolu
tion. "We are fond of the belief that the
world has grown in humanity. In jus
tice, in sympathy and in all that goes
to make up civilization, in a hundred
years. Events in Russia within the
next few months, possibly in a few
days, will do much to verify or disprove
this belief.
A serious shortage In schoolteachers
Is reported In King, Pierce, Skagit,
Lewis and other counties of Western
Washington. Whether the require
ments for teachers are unusually exact
ing, the wages offered are inadequate,
or the' teaching force has been drawn
off by the Increase of industrial oppor
tunities for young women, can only be
surmised. The report deals with a per
plexing fact, and does not discuss the
cause. If the shortage Is the result of
a concerted movement on the part of
public schoolteachers to secure an in
crease In their salaries, it will doubtless
succeed. School must be kept. The
verdict upon that proposition is unani
mous. And, whatever the cause of the
shortage in schoolma'ams. It must be
corrected. A state with a stringent
compulsory education law, that cannot
supply teachers enough to Instruct the
children who are clamoring for school
privileges, finds itself in a somewhat
embarrassing position.
"The fire insurance company," says
Mr. Pease, "caused my arrest without
so much as consulting my convenience."
Rude and inconsiderate. Mr. Pease
says he borrowed. $1500 from the com
pany last June. He was the company's
agent here, and he needed the money,
and he had It In his custody, and so he
used It borrowed It. he explains. The com
pany acknowledges that Mr. Pease had
the money, and still has it, so far as
any one knows; but they say he stole It.
It is all quite puzzling. One would
think a gentleman like Mr. Pease ought
to know whether he had borrowed
money or not; on the other hand, one
would also think that a fire Insurance
company should know whether It had
loaned a lot of money. Of course every
body understands that a life insurance
company draws fine distinctions be
tween borrowing and theft; but this is
a fire company. Perhaps it remains for
the unfortunate Mr. Pease to be the
Tom Lawson of Oregon, and to show
that all insurance not all Insurance
money looks alike to him.
The President's new Civil Service or
der merely empowers Cabinet officers
to discharge employes in their depart
ment who are personally known to
them to be incompetent or unfit. Here
is the way the Chicago Tribune's Wash
ington correspondent explains it:
As a matter of fact, the heads of depart
ments have always had the right to dhnnU?
employes they regarded as Incompetent or un
suitable, and the only difference created by
Mr. Roosevelt's order la that It will so longer
be necessary for Cabinet officers to make elab
orate explanations 'to the Civil Service Com
mission. That -was obviously an empty cere
mony, anyhow, serving no purpose rave that
of multiplying the Commission's opportunities
of relf-asnertlon. The employe went Jut the
Fame, leaving the Commifalonera 'to cackle
over tbeincldent In their leisure moments and
10 ceieoraie in ine press ineir lmmovaoie ae
termlnatlan to preserve the purity of our In
stitutions. The usual howl of anguish, has gone
up from the "reformers"' that the Pres
ident has ruined the Civil Service; but
It is in no great danger not enough,
indeed.
We always expect something to hap
pen when the President starts out any
where; and we hope always that It will
never happen to him. Not long ago he
went down in a submarine boat, and
nothing untoward occurred. It is well
that the Nation knew nothing about the
adventure till it was over, else it would
have created greater excitement than It
did. Now the President Is on his way
on a cruiser up the coast of the United
States. He met with an accident going
down the Mississippi River, but again
there were no casualties, and the Pres
ident did not allow his plans to be in
terfered with. The people have come
to regard Roosevelt as one of those
lucky men who can and will take care
of themselves under any and all cir
cumstances, else the precedent he has
now established of a President leav
ing the soli of the United States might
create uneasiness and dissatisfaction.
It would in another.
The Canadian Pacific is reported to
be engaged in surveying a line to the
northern end of Vancouver Island, with
a view to shortening the route to Alas
ka by more than a day's travel. The
construction of such a line would bring
in touch with civilization one of the
wildest regions In the West." It would
also be the means of saving many lives
and much shipping property which are
now sacrificed In the awful gales that
sweep over the west coast of the
islands every Winter. The line would
possess great attractions from -a scenic
standpoint, and It would also give the
Canadians quite an advantage over the
American lines engaged in the North
ern trade, as no road on this side of the
line could get so close to Skagway by
rail.
The statue of Sacajawea will be re
moved to a suitable site In the City
Park at an early day. While it is not
likely that the Indian woman and baby
In bronze will ever again have an ova
tion like" that' given them on the day
of unveiling, the statue, representing a
burden-bearer and a pathfinder, with
face mutely lifted and arm extended
toward the long-sought Western sea,
will be seen, appreciated and admired
by. tens of thousands as time goes on.
Not only an attraction to our beautiful
park will this heroic statue of a heroic
woman prove to be, but a lesson in pa
tience, endurance and helpfulness
throughout the coming years.
The protected tobacco Interests are
reported to have started their cam
paign against free trade with the Phil
ippines. Secretary Taft returned from
our island possessions so thoroughly
convinced of the advisability of grant
ing free-trade privileges to the Islands
that It will require unusual effort on
the part of the protected Interests to
prevent relief being granted. It Is the
knowledge of the gravity of the situa
tion that undoubtedly causes the to
bacco men to express a willingness to
accept wltha good grace 50 per cent
reduction instead of taking chances on
a harder blow, at their monopoly.
The pride of the house of Vande,rbilt
received a severe shock when a Paris
judge sentenced a grandson of the late
William H. to Jail for killing a girl
while scorching with an automobile.
The judge. In passing sentence, made
some caustic remarks about the Amer
ican millionaires who came 6ver to Eu
rope to scorch and run down the people
"as though they were chickens." From
the testimony offered. It is quite clear
that young Mr. Shepherd was endeav
oring to live up to the immortal "pub-lic-be-damned"
precept which made his
late lamented grandfather famous as
long as he lived.
The Russian doctors, druggists and
lawyers are going on a strike. Now
Indeed we know that things are serious
in Russia. Fancy the doctors, drug
gists and lawyers going on a strike in
this country. Everybody might get
well and the courts might have to go
out of business.
It is appalling to think what a colos
sal fund of Ignorance President Mc
Curdy might have acquired if he bad
been paid $500,000 per year.
Senator Gorman boldly declares that
the negro shan't vote In the South.
Well, he don't.
Count Witte appears to be able to
make peace with everybody but the
Russians.
Both vessels bad to be beached, but
the President didn't. It can't be done.
SILHOUETTES
They are discussing a successor to Sir
Henry Irving. This is to say that I am
not for Charles B. Hanford.
To bear animosities is to confess de
feat. Did you ever stop ' to wonder when
John Barrett attends to his. job?
Governor William L. Douglas, of Mas
sachusetts, has appealed to the President.
Not being Informed of the whyforo of the
appeal I presume it was to make Alice
wear $3.00 shoes.
It's an ill wind, etc Seattle gets into
the press dispatches because a building
over thcro collapsed. The reports call it
a skyscraper. Yes a slx-atory building Is
considered a skyscraper in Seattle. Prob
ably because the hills are so close to
the sky.
Cheap men seem to have ft mania for
getting their pictures In the paper.
It's a good idea to hold an annual stock
show here. Portland has a lot of fine
talent for the swine department.
After SO a man loses interest in college
yells.
T firmly " beliove that skillets have
wrought as much misery in this world as
whisky.
The women are now so busy making
Christmas presents that they are over
looking some fine morsels of scandal.
Sam Elmore, the salmon packer. Is a
candidate for Mayor of Astoria. Mr. El
moro's experience with fish out of water
should have taught him better.
"Now Taft Is off for Panama It would
appear that he just returned to Washing
ton to get his laundry, as he doesn't be
lieve in washing dirty linen away from
home.
Biahop Moore may be right about Gov
ernor Herrick of Ohio, but It's ungrateful
of him to express himself publicly. Gov
ernor Herrick is entitled to the undying
gratitude of Portland for his beautiful
action in "calling down" the biggest cad
In town during his vlBlt here last Sum
mer. No man can build a successful career
unless he puts self respect In the corner
stone. a
The receipts of the New Tork subway
for the past year were $5,300,000. The cor
poration can now afford the luxury of an
Investigation.
. .
A Userul Utility.
Little Willie Papa, what Is an Insula
tor? Father Bill-Oh, he's a press agent for a
corporation.
The season la approaching when I al
ways find myself wishing that Christmas
came only In leap years.
The Fund Grows.
In answer to Its appeal for aid to assist
in the support and maintenance of unfor
tunatc millionaires who embarked on the
unprofitable American Inn venture, this
department is in receipt of many re
sponses. LTTTLE TOMMY TOMPKIN3 sends $0.09
which he had saved up to contribute to
the missionary fund of hia Sunday school,
but. believing that charity begins at home,
decides to appropriate it to the F. F. P.
benefit fund.
MAYOR LANE intimates his readiness
to contribute either a letter or a city con
tract, whichever this department may se
lect, Having seen some of the Mayor's
letters, the contract Is preferred.
A WIDOW WITH A WOODEN LEG and
seven small children contributes a dozen
setting hens on the theory that if the
widow of Scripture gave her mite she Is
able to give many towards so good a
cause. Besides, the widow has been pay
Ing,rent to the F. F. P. for so many years
that It comes natural.
THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION OF PAWN
BROKERS gives four unredeemed Barrios
diamonds, believing that we ought to
stand together.
MAJOR GULLIVER G. GRISTLEBACK.
of the Governor's staff, arises to the oc
casion with two pairs of uniform "pants"
and a corkscrew.
THE SLAPSTICK BROTHERS, vaude
ville "artists," contribute the properties
used in their burlesque of "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde," believing that some .of the
sufferers may be able to make use of
them.
A GENIAL AND PROMINENT BRICK
LAYER out of the largeness of his
bounty promises a weekly contribution of
0.15 per week, and promises to abstain
from rushing the can in order that ho
may Insure payment.
THE MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S
ADVANCED THOUGHT CLUB pledge tho
amount which they contemplated spend
ing for bifurcated skirts this Winter, be
lieving that It were better for them to go
without any than to turn a deaf car to
such an appeal.
So the fund grows. Remember that any
old thing will .be gladly accepted, although
money or first mortgages are preferred.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS-Edlted by Jerry
Coldwcll Orcgonlan. Oct. 2S. 1350. Georgo
F. Long of the Weyerhaeuser lumber syn
dicate addressed the Old Settlers meeting
yesterday and announced that his com
pany will soon erect a large sawmill at
St. Johns.
Ex-Mator Georob H. Williams Is
reported completely recovered from his
recent attack of grip.
Makaoer Panole of the Marquam an
nounces that his cosy little theater will
be equipped with a new drop-curtain be
fore tho farewell appearance of Mme.
Patti In this city next month. The pres
cnt curtain has been In use since 15S7.
Nothing new In the Insurance Invest!
gation In New York. President McCurdy
was on the stand again all day yester
day, but there were no new developments.
It is xjkd'ct. stood that the Columbia
Southern will be extended to Bend In the
Spring.
RecektLiT while excavating near the
shores of Puget Sound some workmen
found a strange looking arrangement of
brass and glass by which the words
"Watch Tacoma Grow" appeared. It has
been brought to this city and placed in
the museum. Colonel L. L. Hawkins is
of the opinion that the relic Is an ancient
medal, cast at the time of the Japanese
Art Exposition held here In 1905, the
motto having been the password given
Lewis and Clark, the explorers, by Saca
jawea.
Hard Luck.
A happy chap had a snap
Living on his father,
But father bust, now chappie must
- Go to work; "such a deuced bother."
ARTHUR A. GREENE.
ROOSEVELT WINS TIIE SOUTH
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Certain puzzle-headed newspapers affect
to see in the warm welcome met every
where by the President on his journey
through the South a variance from the
storm of indignation, which followed the
Booker Washington incident. Their sur
prise, where it happens to be genuine, is
the offspring of a literalism equally with
out sympathy and Imagination, or else
It Is the figment of a sectionalism which
has put party spirit before all other con
siderations. Bigotry so dense knows not
the people of the South.
Coming in upon a wave of unexampled
popular volition, partly the rebound of ex
traordinary conditions, but at the same
time an undeniable personal tribute, an
other and quite a different Theodore
Roosevelt appeared upon the scene. The
big stick was laid away; the habiliments
of the rough rider were exchanged for
more conventional apparel; words were
utterco ana engineries were set In motion
which gave the people promise of eman
cipation from the rapacity of certain ag
gregations of capital that had long de
fied the law. and finally by an act of dar
ing as original as it was felicitous and
sustained throughout by unflagging, per
sistence and intelligent purpose, this re
created Theodore Roosevelt stands forth
and arch-angel of peace, bringing upon
himself and his country glory unspeak
able. These nre simple facts emphasized by
their unexpectedness, for they did not
spring and could not spring from any log
ical deduction, either of personal char
acter or of political antecedents.
i.'he Theodore Roosevelt who spoke at
Richmond of Lee and Jackson, who.
standing in tho Confederate capital, under
the shadow of sectional battlefields,
bravely put sectionalism and partylsm be
neath his feet, who tenderly, and In the
name of a dead mother, claimed kindred,
there Is a gray horse of quite another
color. Then and there he touched the
button that In an instant thrills as It
lights all southern hearts. Then and
there he wiped out every old score and
opened a - fresh set of books. Who has
changed, he or we; what boots It? May
be neither, may be just a case of plain
old fashioned misunderstanding.
. Meanwhile there is no disputing, no re
sisting words like these:
"Coming today by the statue of Stone
wall Jackson. In the city of Loe, I felt
what a privilege It is that I. as an Amer
ican, possess in claiming that you your
selves possess no greater right of kin
ship In Lee and Jackson than I have. I
can claim to be a middling good Ameri
can, because my ancestry Is half South
ern and half Northern. I was born In
the East and I ha-e lived a good while
In the "West, so long, in fact, that I do
not admit that any man can be a better
Westerner than I am. There was an
uncle of mine, now dead, my mother's
brother who has always been among all
the men I have ever known the man who
It seemed to me came nearest to typify
ing In the flesh that most beautiful of
all characters In fiction. Thackeray's
Colonel Newcome my uncle James Dun
woody Bulloch, an admiral In the Con
federate Navy. In short, gentlemen. I
claim to be neither Northerner, nor
Southerner, nor Easterner, nor Westerner,
nothing but a good American, pure and
simple. Next to a man's having worn the
blue comes the fact of the man's having
worn the gray as entitling him to honor
In my sight."
In breadth of patriotic spirit and far
reaching statesmanlike suggestion, noth
ing finer than this was said by Abraham
Lincoln. It deserves. Indeed, to be record
ed In lettera of gold beside the Gettys
burg speech, being at once an echo and
confirmation of that Immortal utterance.
Breathing such sentiments, bearing such
a message Theodore Roosevelt becomes
one of us, which. Is only to say that we
are all American's, equally proud of a
common country, equal heirs of its sub
lime traditions, nor less loyal to the flag
of the Union because we followed the
flag of the Confederacy.
The South has wandered 40 years
through a wilderness of sectionalism for
this vision of the promised land of per
fect nationality. It has longed for some
messlah of patriotism and brotherhood
to rise In the North and to reach out to
It the hand of equality having a heart in
it. To Theodore Roosevelt this happy lot
has fallen; and having fought him like
a man the South sends the memory of
all frictions to the rear and greets and
acclaims him as a kinsman.
Though we differ tomorrow;- never
again shall there be from us acerbity of
thought or speech. Today at least shall
be given to the love of God. to the fel
lowship of manhood, and to the unity
and glory of our country. Let mean and
paltry bigots, let glum faced partylsm for
a moment stand aside. Room, room
alone, whilst the President passes through
"the states lately In rebellion" for the
grandeur of the Nation and the majesty
of the people.
Portlnnd and St. Louis.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat-
Portland was helped materially by St.
Louis. Many of the exhibits of the
Louisiana purchase exposition were sent
direct to the Lewis and Clark Fair.
Many persons thought that the nearness
in name of the two expositions would
Injure the later and smaller one. It
had the opposite effect. Instead. A great
many very interesting things which ap
peared at Portland In the past few
months would not have been obtained
by that place at all had they not bean
already made available at St. Louis.
Nevertheless, Portland deserves the con
gratulations of the country for the ex
tent and general Interest of its Fair.
It has gained an advertisement which
will be of large value to It and to the
Northwest In general In the coming
time.
WhRt Mr. Powell's Daughter Did.
Marshfleld Mall.
H. Powell, tenant on Sengstacken's
ranch. The Alders, on South inlet, had
a tussle with a . bear yesterday, with
rather disastrous results to himself.
It appears that he bad trapped a black
bear, and when he and his daughter
went to visit the trap they found the
bear with his foot chewed off lying on
top of the trap. They supposed that
the bear was still fast In the trap,
and Miss Powell, having the gun, fired
and missed. This angered the bear,
and he started for Mr. Powell, got him
over a log and commenced chewing
his foot. At this juncture the daugh
ter seized an x and attacked the bear.
She hit him on the head with the ax
and stunned htm. then took the gun
and shot him dead.
. Borrowers or Thieves.
They are thieves, that steal your money.
Marked by law aa thieves and crooks.
Does this fact strike you as funny?
TIs your lends that Steal your Books!
Many of my books are missing.
Oft I've searched each case and rack
As a favor grant me this thine .
Dear Thief-friend do Bring them Back!
Dear Editor The above explains itself.
Won't you please print It In large and rlot
iously conspicuous type that I may display
it from my bookcase door? Others may need
it, also. I know I am not the only.
MOURNER.
Hair-Triggcr Journalism In Benton.
Philomath Review.
May the good Lord forgive us for
the mistakes we make In reporting.
We do not publish all we hear, be
cause much that we hear is not only
of no value, but may be unreliable.
Our decisions must be- instantaneous
and the elimination of all error is
wellnlgh imposlble. We ask your
kindly consideration and desire that
you call our attention and correction
will be made.
IN THE OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
Additional to the fullest and most
comprehensive telegraphic scrvico
of any Pacific Coast newspaper.
The Sunday Orcgonian tomorroWi
will contain:
CHARLES E. HUGHES; MAN,
LAWYER AND
MATHEMATICIAN
Sketch of the New York attorney
who suddenly came into National
prominence by his investigation of
the methods of big life-insuranco
companies in Gotham. Mathemat
ics has been his diversion and his
work ever since he learned the
multiplication tables at his moth
er's knee. His capacity for dissect
ing complicated figures is simply
amazing. Mr. Hughes successful
career, based on absolute honesty,
ought to be an inspiration for tho
youth of the land.
PORTLAND WOMEN
WHO RIDE WELL
Mention of the feminine contingent
of the Hunt Club, and othor riders
of the fair sex who are olasscd
among experts, together with somo
striking pictures of their mounts la
action and in repose.
HALLOWE'EN "HUMOR'
ON THE OLD FARM
Strickland W. Gilllland contributes
. an article in up-to-date slang re
calling the outrageous pranks that
boys indulged in on the night of
October 30. No man who ever spent
his boyhood on the farm can reaif
these reminiscences with indifference.
WANTED : 40,000 ORPHAN
BOYS AND GIRLS
For evory orphan child in the
United States thero are four homes
where it will have a welcome. A
correspondent writes of orphans
home societies in 26 states who
find they have an average of tour
applications for every chlkl at their
disposal. Girls are in far greater
demand than boys.
ARE ANGELS MASCULINE,
FEMININE OR NEUTER?
A noted sculptor Is now carving
the figures of two angels for the
great Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, in New York, his ideal be
ing feminine. The clergy hold to
the musculine ideal, and there has
arisen a dispute which opens a
problem that a thousand years of
art has not solved.
THE MAKING OF A
SUCCESSFUL HUSBAND
In this series. John Sneed takes f or
his text. "The Biscuits Mother
Used to Make." and he says a lot
of homely things that old hou.-e-keepers
as well as young ones, to
gether with their husbands, will
enjoy.
THE AMERICAN IN
THE PHILIPPINES
Frederic J. Haskin chronicles va
rious views held by our country
men on the chances of business
success. The principal trouble so
far is that we can't force cake on
cornbread customers.
SONGS BY FAMOUS WRITERS AND
COMPOSERS IN THE NEW
METHODIST HYMNAL
A committee from the MethodHt
Episcopal Church and the M. H.
Church South has compiled a new
hymnal for the churches of these
denominations. which includes
many new and beantlfttl composi
tions by composers of classical
musle, to which poems of well
known writers have been set. In
eluding such authors as the lato
Secretary of State. John Hay. Rud
yard Kipling. Harriet Becchcr
Stowe. Adeluide Proctor and oth
ers. A comparison of the new and
old hymnal 13 made, and many of
the old-time hymns which have
been omitted are mentioned.
MULTNOMAH COACH
WRITES ON FOOTBALL
P. D. Overfleld. the Multnomah
football coach, contributes an illus
trated article on football. The
article is written for the benefit of
the spectator, and explains in a
careful fashion many of the points
in tho game that are difficult to
the lay observer of a gridiron con
test. HANDSOME HOMES
CLIMBING THE HEIGHTS
Within the last year a handsome
new residence district has ben
added to the city. The heights at
the head of Johnson street.arc now
covered with beautiful homes. This
new district is described In an illus
trated article.
SOCIETY, MUSIC AND
DRAMA "
News of socioty, music and dram
is printed in these departments, to
which live pages are devoted. Re
views of current theatricals, an
nouncements of coming attractions,
gossip of the stage, Emllic Frances
Bauer's review of New York dra
matic events are to be found in ti.e
dramatic department. The society
department covers weddings, soc-iil
happenings, personal notes and an
nouncements of future events. Mu
sic in Portland and the world at
large is fully reviewed on the mubic
Iagc.
TWO PAGES OF LIVE
SPORTING NEWS
The Sunday Oregonian prints all
the live sporting news of the world,
reviewing local and Pacific Coat
events- Now that the football sea
son has arrived, the games are be
ing fully reported and illustrated.
Composite Pronoun "Wanted.
London Chronicle.
The want of a composite pronoun to
express both "lie" and "she," and. what
Is sometimes more important, to express
neither he nor she. must have embar
rassed every one at some time or an
other. There are ungrammatical waj3
of shelving the difficulty, such as, for In
stance, by translating the convenient
French "on" as "they," when we really
mean one person who may be either
masculine or feminine. The lack of a
portmanteau word to express both sexes
without specifying cither, did not. how
ever, trouble the new maid who ap
proached her mistress with the ingenious
remark: "Please'm, a friend of mine has
called and may I ask It to tea?"
The Hero AVus Scotch.
Exchange.
Major-Gcneral "Willie" McBcan, of
the British army, who rose from being
a private soldier to the command of a
division, got his Victoria Cross for kill
ing no fewer than 11 mutineers, one
after the other, at the storming of
Lucknow. Sir R- Garrett. who pinned
the. decoration on the hero's breast,
made the customary little speech, in
the course of which he alluded to the
episode as "a good day's work." "Tools,
toots, mon." replied Willie, forgetting
that he was on parade and perhaps a
little piqued at his performance being
spoken of as a day's work. "Toots,
mon. it did not tak me twenty meen
utes." Great Work Yet to Be Done.
St. Louis Globe-Domocrat.
Oregon's -Exposition Is over, am' it can
now devote its time to finding a better
grade of congressmen.