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THE 8UNDAX OBEGONIAN, P.ORTLjCNO JTmm 21, 1903
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THIRTY-FOUR :r
STUDENTS GRADUATE
F.ROM THE '
PORTLAND ACADEMY.
.. .Florence Josephine Wolfe
Prank: Foatcr
Rath. Gray
X. D. Haat, of Iadlanapolla, lad.
Barbara Mary Crocker
Mildred Gertrude Doty It, DeV. Johnson, of Oregon City,
Harold Baldwin, o Prlnevllle
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Frederick A. Adams, of Spokane
Claud Vernon Charlesoa Carleton B. Hording, of Oregon City Waldcmnr Krnmbela
la. C. Hopkins, of Chinook, Mont.
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William Maxwell Wood
Frances Agnes Honey-man
Ambroie Scott
Hannah Jane Connell
A J.. Chalmers, of Ceatervllle, Or.
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Martha Elizabeth. Pollrka.
v George Clifford Cae
Staart Iiohlnaoa Strong
Margaret Wilson
Henry Robertson Failing
Clare Barbara Thompson
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Josephine Marie Sckell
Iceland leaUe Smitk
Haei Fullerton McKenzie
Luther Todd Unsea
Sadie Mildred Xoyes
Incj- Christina McLean
Irene Mary Hlgglns
David Morgan, Jr., of Astoria Bagaaar Georgeaom, of Sitka, AlaakA
The Portland Academy class of 1903, -which -vras sraduated at the First Baptist Church on Friday evening. Is the largest class that has ever been graduated, from' the lnstituton since its establishment. The members, 34 In number, have taken active parts In the student
affairs Of the academy, land will leave behind them a creditable record, Jn scholarship and in athletics. Unless otherwise noted, students are from Portland. Photos by MeAlpln. 129 Serentn.
SOCIALISM A DREAM AND ONLY A DREAM
BY THE RIGHT REV, M. C MATZ, CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DENVER.
THE .fretful . condition of our age is
due in a measure to. a new power,
which Is forging ahead at a tremen
dous rate, and demanding recognition at
tho hands of modern society. This new
power is organized labor, which is com
posed of the bone and sinew of the labor
ing class.
-Young, full of vigor, conscious of its
strength, and buoyant with nope, it
Btorma pur capitals, Alls' our legislatures
with representatives, formulates laws and
carries them .into, execution. Willing or
not, our age shall have to reckon with
this power, arid the sooner it' prepares to
do eo the better it will be for all con
cerned. Youth and vigor are by their
feature prone to rashness and fond of ex
perimenting, with no "thonghtof what
2nigh be the cost and ponsequences of
the experiment
The Catholic Church has ever been la
bor's etanchest friend, and has never
failed to strain every nerve" in bettering
the condition s tho laboring classes.
When she had freed them from the bond
age of slavery she devoted herself heart
and soul to educate them. She it was
who created the fincient guilds to protect
labor from the "ruinous power of competi
tion and the oppression" ot -the usurer.
Under the mantle of the. ch,urch's protec
tion these guilds grew Into power and
their members became wealthy. Their
destruction by the revolution has been
deplored by the relghljig pontiff, Leo XIIL
These are facts which cannot he con
tested. And yet where can you find at
this -day one of thoae-iabor-advocates or
labor leaders willing to admit these unde
niable claims? The truth is, these men
an openly committed to socialism tha
enemy of the church. They have made a
publlo confession of this in their conven
tion in Denver, and they are pledged to
hand over the labor organizations which
they control, bound hand and foot, to so
cialism. Socialism, in a nutshell, Is the destruc
tion of private property, which would be
transferred to the keeping of the social
istic state, wherein universal suffrage
should govern. Socialism, therefore. Is a
dream, and will never be but' a dream aa
long as man Is what we know him to be,
an imperfect being, full of passions and
prejudices. For this reason Christ, who
understood human nature perfectly, did
not reconstitute the human family In the
new law under tho pattern of n religious
community.
It now becomes 'my duty as bishop to
warn all our Catholics against any and
all unions, whatever may be their name,
that would commit them to socialism.
We have always stood forth as the
stanch triend of the laborer; wo have at
all times advocated his right of associa
tion for mutual protection, better wages
where labor is hard and surrounded with
dangers, shortening of the hours of labor
under similar conditions.
These are legitimate aims, and associa
tion for the securing of these alms is
equally legitimate, just as much as asso
ciations -of capital for the maintenance of
fair prices. But when capital combines
for the purpose of advancing prices or
depreciating labor beyond the limits of
justice it commits a crime against society
Just as great as labor when. It attempts
to raise wages beyond the limits of equity.
If the fear of God possessed our hearts
and Christian charity formed our rule of
life there wouli be no need of any such
trusts or associations. Their existence
points to an evil &lch Christianity would
banish from the face of the earth with
that simplest of all commandments, "Thou
shalt love thy neighbor a3 thyself."
Sympathetic strikes are unjust, because
they Imply the breaking of a Just con
tract freely entered upon between con
tracting parties. They are unjust because
they are the ruin of industry and com
merce, bring hardships on the people and
create disorders endangering the welfare
of the commonwealth.
In the erection of one large building in
Chicago there is a record of 27 strikes,
and our own St. Vincent's orphanage in
Denver has been- delayed fully four
months because of strikes. In the mean
while the Sisters and children were
crowded together all through the Winter
in a condition ot sanitation that could
never have stood the test of an Investiga
tion by the board . of health. And this
abnormal state of affairs Is owing to the
normal condition of the country, with the
dally occurrence of strikes throughout the
land. That this is an outrageous situation
which must eventually exasperate the peo
ple to such an extent as to bring about a
revolution must be evident to any think
ing mind.
The reasons advanced to Justify tho sit
uationnamely, the betterment of the la
boring classes may be ever so plausible,
but If this betterment must be brought
about by unjust. Iniquitous means, it
will never stand. We want to see the
condition of the laborer improved, tha
church wants It; she Is pre-eminently the
church of the laboring man, but that Im
provement must be wrought along the
lines of justice and equity, otherwise she
could never countenance It. Now, If this
betterment be attempted in the way con
templated by socialism and communism,
then the church must say to the labor
party: "You cannot do this, for thJ
would imply an enormous Iniquity name
ly, the expropriation of landed proprietors
and the confiscation of wealth."
Let no man be deceived on that score.
The church is God's representative on
earth, and with God she will say -withr her
last breath, "Thou shalt not steal." When
Maxzinl, the most celebrated Italian revo
lutionist and the most gifted and ardent
plotter in the cause of Italy's unification
undel the form of an Italian jrepublic, of
fered to Pius IX the presidency of said
contemplated republic, Pius answered:
"Xon possumus," we cannot; it is an in
justice, because it involves the extinction
and destructipn by violent, unlawful
means of all the principalities, dukedoms,
and little kingdoms of the realm which
have existed for centules In Italy.
Now the- Ealvatlon of the labor union
lies, not in the embrace of socialism, but
aa the holy father clearly states, In a re
turn to Christianity. The church has
saved labor twice: First, by the aboli
tion of slavery, to which it had been con
demned by paganism: and, secondly, by
the establishment of the guilds and the
fostering care she bestowed upon them In
the educating and training of the laborer
In the Industrial schools, tha ancient mon
asteries. She can and she will save labor
a third time, hut on the one absolutely
necessary condition namely, a return to
Christianity, without which she caanot
exert her saving and elevating Influence
upon the laborer. She aloae holds the key
to the solution of the labor problem, which
rests with Christian charity.
O sire me the joy of living.
And -coate glorious work to do!
A spirit of thanksgiving,
"With loyal heart and trae;
8ome pathway to maka brighter, t
Where tired feet now stray;
Borne burden to males lighter
TVhlle 'tia day.
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SOME OF THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO WERE LOST
A LITTLE GIRL,. FORMERLY OF HEPPNER, PENS HER THOUGHTS OF THE CALAMITY.
MABELi C: Redlngton, a little girl who
iormerly lived at Heppner, sends The
Oregonlan the following thoughts on the
great calamity:
"One of the most pathetic pictures of
destruction In stricken Heppner must be
tho site of the late home of Mrs. Keithley,'
who was drowned and washed nine miles
ddwn. the creek. She was always an In
dustrious woman, and. kept her family
cow and her fine chickens. For IS years
she had devoted much time to work
among those flower-beds and rose bushes
and shrubbery. Her plants were the fin
est to be had, and her garden was famous
throughout the Heppner hills, and one of
her greatest pleasures was giving her
bouquets to othera. Her grandchildren
caught trout and minnows in Willow
Creek, which ran through her orchard
only 30 feet back of her house.
I shall never forget the time when
myself and' little sisters visited Mrs.
Keithley. and accepted her motherly in
vitation to remain over night. What soft,
restful feather-beds she had, made from
the 6im sas had been accumulating for
yean from the ducks and chickens she
had herself raised. What sweet, well
,ventilated bedrooms she had. with the
honeysuckle, fragrance floating In at the
open windows on that early Summer night,
and how quickly the daylight came In
the cool of the morning. What a kindly
old soul Mrs. -Keithley was, and how com
pletely at hosae she made us children feel.
We all hope that her home la heaven will
be as bright.
"Bat it is. terrible to thlk that of that
beautiful Heppner home not a vastlse now
remains, and that its site is scooped out
and torn up and piled high with mud and
debris. And how sad to think that her
husband, Uncle Julius, who was so kind
to us children and gave us our pet rab
bits and showed us how to take care of
them, should be enabled to rescue other
people, while it was not within the power
of any arm to stretch itself forth and
rescue His wife. How fatefully wrong
many things often go. How I would wish
to once more kiss the kindly old face.
"Ajid our little girl friends that we
played with when wo lived in Heppner.
It Is awful to read so many ot their names
in the list of the lost. There were the
Howard children all such nice, beautiful
girls, full of life and Joy when we knew
them, only two short years ago. There
never was in the world a sweeter little
girl than Mabel Howard, 0 years old. As
she and our little sister Bernlce were the
same age and inseparable companions, we
saw much of Mabel, and we all loved hrr
Very dearly.
"And Blanche Redfield wa3 another
loved companion who was brimming over
with mirth and Joy, like her dear, beau
tiful mother, whose sweet life also went
out In the awful flood. Our hearts ache
for poor Mr. Bedfleld in bis great loss.
And Ella Ayers. and Stella Hpckett, and
Leah Minor, and Lela Campbell oh, how
their loving personalities as we knew
them rise up before us now. And how
hard it is to realize that their -sweet
lives were thus snapped off In that terri
ble moment of anguish. And the dear
little Stalter children, six of hem. whose
father .wis always so cheerful. And to
think of the cruel fate that caused him
to be away at his mountain mines, 100
miles, distant, when his loved Ones were
hurled to death. I shall never forget
what appreciative children they -were,
and what Joyous pleasure It was to pre
sent them with our doll buggies and sand
wagons and other playthings when wo
were packing up to leave Heppner.
"And Mr. C A. Rhea untold sym
pathy he deserves. He was one of the
most gentlemanly of men. and how kind
he was to rent us his beautiful home,
where the crystal waters of Willow Creek
made music over the boulders' and sang
us to sleep, through our open windows,
and we bad our rabbit-hutch under the
tall trees, and played by the hour, and
had the childish experiences that we will
never forget. And now, to think that
beautiful home Is completely destroyed,
and Mr. Rhea's family all dead. 'Oh, how
hard to realize It, and the sorrow of It
all.
"Never will we forget our dear play
mates at Heppner, and when time may
dim jnemory the kodak pictures that
mamma took of them may again bring
the'tears. May the lupines bloom a mors
beautiful blue o'er their little graves on
that Heppner hillside, and the meadow
larks sing sweeter songs where together
we wandered among the wild-flowers la
the eirly spring-time."
Ia Happy Iaad.
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