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Newspaper Page Textat. Till: SINPAV OHWiOXIAX. PORTLAND, A I'll If 19. 100. fJH KimO RATM. IHVAniAHTT 1M AfVAKC. (Mr Mall rMy, "ithilsy fifii1-il, na l"0y, Nun-tur lti'lwH, mtw... J'-tly, Mtrntl pt-lml-'t. Ihri tnnn9 luy, Hun'Uy nthnl1, on mnn. wlih'Mtt liot1sy, no ymr . . . , Lmtly, without Hun1y, pI mfO h- . t m tl y. wlth'it Hii'lr. i Hr ntmla. l1ty. without ti1r, on m"th.. Puniy, op yr ' Wlly on yr Hl"1 Thursday - titular and w.-kiy, ?t yf HY C'AHHIKH. Illy. unv in.hMimi, n y-ar..... . i . a , '" . 4 -fl 4 . a w . t no 50 00 7 MW Tl fcir-Bl po-t.fTI cam-nnV Mmr. prM td-r r pwnal r ,, en.l-r rt-h "-. 'i,'!f,V ra la lull. In-hMlIti rowtit an rOT4.l MATH. !Cntrt m H'trt tnd urrn. rotoiri 1 . M I- J m in to i r i nr.. i 44 p.- O. r I'.-- 99Um K..r-!n i.-.-tagA 4mh rst. iMnmi U r-1 it- pnKi iw Br "vT. ' Nwat':it.ot . whhh en-isas - n nuiy ri.ii nut fntt.rO 10 dwOlnstlo. KAMTMiN MtiHlPfKMN OJH(K. Ih- . t'. 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Mftn Im. -Mn.n Jni'oim. FrtNii'i, f nt. T- Hi Ut N-w "0. Nurriininlfl. l. - Hm' i mti.po'o Hmwm k ti'"i: Aimw nw HU tMhr.- M ...U H.hiU kinlnnry frt ; )1..p.n. A Hnnn; i. W. JwU. P. corner; Kirlvv h Mrm. In MfMt'li (Ml. K Artio. I'mmmiIomm. (mI. Aiuoh N w Co. HHit llro. M K. Aino Nmt Jor, Kntionit W. Hoitatun. T"i. int. i nal Innnl Nw Anfy. ImMmm. '!. -Motii hwBtMt n N- Ant. 144 Mtittt -iri-if: mIhu two pt !- t wit"". Irt. Worth. 'f.-8uhwnpiitro N. A. Aoi.y AutNrlllM. Te. Tltiimnnw F"P Hun Friim'lr. KoipIt trwr; FTy Nkivh Htmul; Hotfl Ht FiHtnU N-'WX Sin1; 1. PMf-nt ; N Whrttloy : l'"nlrtiiiitit Hotl Now, Min'kI; Amo S wm ( o. ; l.ltl N-w Ai-tfy. W Klly pli-"!; H. B. Amn. mn rT thr w niini WurlU N. H., -'fJ'O A. Iimr ir't. (.iklnnl. f il. W. K Jnhnoti. Kotn t"nth nt KiMiikiiit ti"'t'-; N witfut'y; ikiiiiil Nr HI Htul; H 11. Anion. innugr tfv .aini. U'llllnshnnt. W (..I.lllrlrt. Ncv. --i.oiil Foil In. Kurrk. ('Ml. L'Mll'Chrunlrl Apnry; Ku rv np i'o. roHTI.AM. M MAV. ATKM. It. IIMiM. Til K OMHillN I'ltlM AHY KI.H'TION. Tho most (ihvtoiiM t'oio;MHirno of I ho prima i y ol.-rf Ion Krldn y U I hn t Iho imotTiii an inirmotiHly HirtoilhiMiod In I lo'lr tlomtnunt poaltlon In in-Ron pollt ThiM't hna hern it vh tory ftir Stniomtrnt No. I . Mlnro liopuhlhiiiiH raro nothtnn mon for party and nro thtrmlnod that thiro ahull bo no pa rt y in oroon ox'ppt Iho I tiMiinrrai i party. AM rltfht. Tho i H'K'n:in vh'ws the situation und tho i-PMult with roHt tMiuitnimtty and mi tonorrn. lr It foida ouito ronton! In It Impartial poult Ion an a louler-on and monitor of all aiTnlra pottti'itl In t h In Slalt. It w on I d ho riMToii n t lo Its duty as a publtf Journal ami falao to Itn itahllthi'd rot'ord. howovrr. If U did not t-ontlnuo lo call a apado a Mpado and throw ovM' tlm Mlluation day by day tho (rroin whllo Huht of truth and roiTiM t and nnprojudlrod observa tion. Thon I no oci-alon for toar from nny qtiartor. rxoopt possthly from tho tb'foHlod randldatos. who may bp in diIod In thoir Kriof; thpro i ocoa slon for rojolclnir, and ronsrauilatlnn nmotts; thoso who ouni a Mvolihood throuKh tho quoor Jumblo and lanfrlo of Republican and 1 omorrat lo poli- tlrs In Oregon. What hart hiipppnod In tho mate at Uro has boon tho nomination of a n timber if rnndUlaioa for the TeRit- lature who have smbxrrihed to State ment No. 1 , and of numerous other Uepn hi Iran ea nil Mates who have taken no sueh pledge and who refuse to aeeept t he prtnelph of the State- inont as a guide or rule of aetion for themselves In the Legislature. In the state at large the issue over State ment No. I has. Indeed, been In a great measure Ineonrlnsivo. In Multnomah I'ounty, however. the Statement candidates have been al most uniformly successful. The Ore goniun Is not disposed to deny to tho winning candidates and their sup P rters any of the fruits of their vic tory; yet It is fair and proper to re- i mark that they have not won wholly, 1 prrha ps not even largely, through the merits of any Statement. Some of tho No. 1 candidates would doubtless have been nominated on any kind of plat form; others needed for their triumph the aid of just such adventitious cir cumstances as existed here last Fri day and for days prior thereto. Gen eral puollc belief existed that there was an effort by W. Hodson and has confreres to rehabilitate the old Matthews machine, or to create pnd maintain another Just as odious, and that It should be and must be smashed. It was smashed by smash ing the Hodson slate. I" was and is a matter of no moment that the State ment No. 1 candidates, too, arranged a shite. The best way to win. and a justifiable way. no doubt, is to fight one machine with another. The Anti Statement or Republican Voters' ' 'hoieo candidates also were more numerous than the Statement men and : hey suffered through their di- isions and through consequent public uncertainty and doubt. The Demo crats helped out by voting generally a the Republican primary, always for the Statement No. 1 ticket. Why not? This is a time when, in the opinion of many, there is no difference between a Republican and a "Democrat, and there can be no reasonable objection in letting the Democrats decide who the Republican candidates shnll be. It is clear, moreover, that there was great confusion about and misunder standing of the ultimate meaning and requirements of Statement No. 1. It was believed that defeat of the State ment through defeat of it.s candidates meant entire breakdown of that pro vision of the Oregon Primary Law which provides for the nomination and sl.-called popular election of. Vnited States Senators. It was argued with etiect, although without substantial f'ttimlMtloti. thrtt th Him find pur pot f nil iipponcntH of th Hit"mnnt wn t ihrtiw Um MtinlrlHl 0lncti'n Ii in tli IaioiHt ir. In lti M wy nmt Nnhtru'l t iH ih objncMtttiH n1 ."rrnptlon nt th rM method. Vt ttilr our prlrnfirv Imw th tkin of i Ht ntMTint No. 1 1m phtirlv opttnnl, ol wli h or ll hotit thp HtMtr-mol ihrr" muMt b riomlnptlon for K-ntor m 1 t hf prloiwry nnl n 'Vrtlon" Irt Jtio. Th-r 1m to 1if foronr l? th niorl hlorlintt rffr't't f a HtMtMinnt No. 1 t!nr1tfp hikI n H'ioibM nrt Votnr' 'holi pl((ii(r, Thr 1m no wttv i hit iMth'-r r.iit hp nfor'rl ftpt throutrh i h t,oMM-,on-,n h ml g'o1 tfd i h of ( h wtihMi'rihoc. H vuli Moom nt to hHV hrn iiii'lnrniMoil, h'r In MuHnotnHh ill' nMOvhT. t tlM t (Mfl'lWhltrot Who HUll- Mrrlh1 If i tcti1 fM It h to t h 1("HihlirMn Vii"iV holro ihll tftitlon htul hi trn ptil nw-flv to pfoVlnV M method of rloc lt)K H H-nit tur n It'-rnnt lv to 8ti tmnt No. I. nvultlltiK n MMihf, Mtnl rvcn prob tiln, nM'oMitv tif voting fr . lmo i -rut fr I:oHm1 KtMtnM HtiHtnr. or for mi v ot hir pTon t hn n n ti rrroiUtpl Hii'tlditt nf lh f(r.oiblbn pnrly; or If It wn undfrMtooil. th voirr lllnt Hut no nut I lT. RnpublirHn hy ihoir rtitioti hitvo iihiH'-m-'n thf rinht lo roiitt-o Hnptitlh'iin iro-mborw of th t UlMhti urn io votr for n Iltniblii'iin for Hi'nittor nnt htivn vxpr"fn1y it u I horlsn1 t hm, or mm Ii of t hnm MM hMV llfllll HIlllllI'Mlt No. , to Vot rt for t Jnvrrnnr f "hunibrr hiio. ii lipmorrnl, If th lii'iiio rriitu luid "htimhiTtnin H.-publk tinM h ll mihi mm in ""I.m (Imh' Jov.rnor f "bitmbnt'inlit it h H'nitor nt lh potlM In .lino. Supremo rrfort. of viirt, will now h miulr to dp Tout Mr. nd nlPi-t Mr. t 'hnni hrrbiin. If wp nf ,iil' thr. futHfr. by th p:iHt. It my Niifc-nrd; itnd thp?V mm it 1 1 hop Htntp- nnuit Wo. I In ,1 1 m p'TfiTted nml Id-'itl- I.mI fruit hoi. MTUOM HINJ It ISIS IN .UrAV Thn toiirsp of evpntM In the Tar IumI will Ih ptodii'd with uiiumumI In- t In lb- coming ypnr. for, whether It Ih warranted or not, therp sms lo ie a world-wide poling tni I hp fri nt Ih rl pe for an uph-a vl. followed by n wt rl k lug t'pnd )u Mt nn'ti! of trrl- loritil Miipn. It In even predb-tp'l that Ihi m(porlc rlso of Japan froin bar- hiiriHin to a pluco- a rmi of the grout powers of th' world I to bo followed by a dc-line art rapid and Npnsn I ionn I as tho accent. Japan ha.H been piling dob! on debt to Much an extent that, the limit of t he ta xpa er's end ura uce bun be n nearly reached, and Internal strife Is at any tlm llhely lo break out and pr'-elpliate crista which will pi 1 1 1 down n rou ttd the J a pa nHP ea rn the entire truetnr- of government. Krpquetit mention Iihm been made in the pnst few months of the normnim d ra in on J a pan cue resourceM by t he ship subsidies, public ownership of non-profitable railroads, telephone lines, etc. It was the pressing demands for fund which could not longer be wrung from the overburdened people, that caused Japan to gobble up 'oren. and more recently to attempt to ex tend her sphpre of conquest In Man churla, regnrdlesa of the fact that the Port am ou I h I rea t v most eff eema 11 y burred her from that land of the i"hi none. The steady refusal of the Amer It an M In later at Ftarbln to reeognie any authority lt Manchuria exeefd tho Chinese has served to cheek t he ra - parity ol the .la pa nese In that ott- tlon, and they have reluctantly aban doped the Idea, of closing that trade door in our fa rea. Staggering under the weight of an enormous war debt and the prodigal expenditure?) which followed the signing of tho peaco treaty, and with her progress In ex panding her trade limits in Man churia checked, the Nippon empire sems to have sought for an opening fart her south, and to facilitate mat ters, engaged in the smuggling of nrnis ln;o t'hlnesc territory. This contraband traffic Is reported to have been carried on quite ex ten sively prior to the famous Talsu Maru Incident. That seems to have been the last straw. In seizing the steamer, China seems to have been strictly within her rights: but. rather than precipitate war at this time, she waived those rights and released the steamer. This action ha been fol lowed by a boycott on Japanese goods, which. If it Is not broken, will be almost as disastrous to the Nippon empire as a moderate-sized war. It Is announced that the various guilds throughout China have made such elaborate preparations for enforce ment of the boycott that it will not be lifted until the Japanese merchant and manufacturers have lost trade to the amount of J 300.000,000. or 10. 000 times the amount of the indem nity recently paid to Japan for the seizure of the Tatsu Maru. Such an enormous loss of trade even af a time when the country was in a prosperous condition, would have had a serious effect on the people on whom the penalty was levied, but coming at this time, when Japan can hardly hoar up under the load of financial trouble that she is carrying, it is a much more serious affair than Japan ever thought possible. With the Chinese star in the ascendancy, and poverty-stricken Japan strug gling hard to keep the place she has reached with such remarkable rapid ity, decrepit old China may yet be in a position to feed fat the ancient grudge which she owes the Nippon empire for the drubbing administered about a dozen years ago. A NARROW VIKW. Mr. C. H. Walker may be a compe tent adviser on some matters not yet. exploited, but when, being appealed to by a friend as to the best college to which to send his son, Mr. Walker mentioned as his first choice one for which he has a warm feeling, because of his own youthful associations, his second one that awakened missionary associations in his mind, and his third one for which he has a feeling of local pride as being near his present home, it must bo svibmttred that his advice lacks the information which anxious parents seek when their' sons are about to enter upon a course of college train ing and study. The attitude of this correspondent upon the appropriation for the State I niversity is explained by the narrow ness of view that is shown in the ad vice given, as above noted, and the reasons upon which it was based. The, location of a college is important, nor. because of the associations of child hood, though other things being equal, these may properly have some weight, or because of local or personal pride, but on the basis of its com munity life and the opportunities that it furnishes for self-improvement. Be- yotid th tb opportunltb-M thitt Br prpMntd for broRo nd llbpinl (MiMnrp nr or thr: b'-nt orhnlrn In l nif Hon. A nutnbnr of rltUnM of f)rpptn. ondr (Hp lPMdprhlp nd ad vh'P of Mr, Waller and hn ImtnrdlHtu hmmoi latPM. havp dopp all tbpy could t narrow th f pMouri-pM. and limit th iiapfiilnpMa of th t:nlvprltv of fro'n by pklnM; r rut off thf funds appro prlatnd by thp lypptiMlHttirf for Ita tH-t-tprmpnt and matntpnant-p, ThN action Im fully pxplalnnd mo far aa thla oor rppondpnt Im corti'prnpd, by thp nttr rowppM of t hp ndui iitlonal vU- to wbirh hn ionfpMMPM, Mla advlpp on t ho Important mipa llon iifm tvMrh II wat Molb'Hpd wim oqiml In pprplrarlt v and woundup to that, of h woman In thla lty wh a f"W day a a bo urK'd hpr huband to votP fr a pprtalrt randidsttp for th? of flfp of ProM-Ttitlnic At tornoy on tha ground that bH Wife W Much a pleasant person. t.n.v lAI,K. Irt New York, b bout Mxiy mil" soul h of Buffalo, t here Is villa go with th romantic name of Lily Dale. It I said to be a charming spot em- boMomed In fertile farm and blooming orchard, with a population abundant ly endowed with worldly wenlth and red u! ou Imaginations'. Here tho nplritoalHt have enclosed ten acre of ground with fence high enough to exclude the Impertinently curlou and built. hotel, h library and an audi torium, where I hey npmhl every Summer and perform the rite of their fall h. According to Home accounts. whllp the camp meeting 1 In kpmmIoii the , rtlmoHphere of Lllv Dale 1 e thick with spirit ihM It become hazy. Materia Mzed habitant of the other rid walk Hie Mreeta u night con versing at their en .e. Julio faesnr, Ueorgo Washington and Korrwtea are familiar figure during the season. Na poleon ilp Into the saloon for a nip f abstnl he quit a If he were the lorn J up t Ice of the peace, and John Wesley preacbe regularly on Sunday j morning to the elect, i t f course, it 1 I h most common' thing In lh world to ee Shakespeare, Dante and Joel he gathered In the bn rber hop of n Hummer a ft er noon dHctisslng the a rt of pool rv and Itici- Icntally giving the Lily Da lei ten bit of new about Ihelr departed aunt and grand mo her. All Ihcse t hing happen In the ordinary routine of life at fhl remarkable retreat, If the ac count a re t rue. Spi rlt a re n com mon a cabbage. The upioHod har rier between tho living and the dead has disappeared. But Professor lly lop, the celebrated psychical research er, was not quite satisfied thai lb" re port were t rue. He feared t ha t t ho wonder of Lily Dale might possibly have been exaggerated somewhat, and to remove hi dotibl. he ent an ex pert . detective to Investigate. Thi usual consequence ensued. Kluike spciire turned out to be a nice old man hired by the hour to wear a wig and quote detached fragment of 'Hamlet" awry: Dante stripped of all Illusion be came tho aged uncle of t he med i u m who had "materialized" him, while the glorious host of spirit babies dwindled Into one little girl of an exceedingly ea rt h ly weight and a ppet ite. I nvet I gatlon resolved Lily Dale Into the. cus tomary fraud. All thl I commonplace enough Kx posu res of medium and ea m p meeting tnlrarte have been mado so often that, nobody pays particular al ien tlon to them any longer, and we, should not think It worth whllp to comment upon this one. though It i very satisfactorily corn pie to, were It not that the devotee of the fraud continue, to bestow upon them the, sHine fervept faith as If they had never been exposed at all. Kor ex ample, one disciple had been convinced by a medium that he was "called" to dedicate large sum of money for tho con version of the Inhabitant of the planet Jupiter. The money was, of j course, to go to Jupiter by way of the medium. She was among the fraud j unveiled by Professor Hyslop' detec- ; tlve, but. her poor old victim continue to contribute without the slightest rts- ; gard to her dishonesty and hi own folly. How are we to explain a faith which thus persist contrary to evi dence the most patent and convincing? Do the people like to be deceived? Not exactly, but their belief In the reality of the spirit world is to them a treas ure so precious that they cling to It in the face of fact and reason. The truth of the matter becomes an enemy to be fought against, to be thrust out of the mind and beaten off at all costs, be cause It would destroy the possession which they value above everything else. We must not forget that the faith of a spiritualist Is Just as rich and beautiful In his own estimation as the faith of a Presbyterian, that he clings to it no more tenaciously than do all other devotees to their rosDoc tlve cults, and that he defies evidence and fends off the truth no more per sistently than they. Faiths differ from one another in reasonableness; perhaps some are more probable than others, but in one re spect they "are all alike. Every one of them bitterly opposes any truth which tends to shake Its foundations. Shall we say. then, that faith is more val uable than truth? Or, since truth la the product of the intellect and faith of the heart, shall we say that the emotions are more precious to the hu man race than the reason? If a ref erendum could be taken upon this question and everybody could vote, there is no doubt how the' result would stand. It would be overwhelmingly in favor of emotions. Do they not com fort us in sorrow and intensify our joys? Do they not unite mankind in the sweet relations of family life, give one courage to fight his battles and point him to the rewards of a better world, when this imperfect one is fin ished ? What should we be without our emotions? Nothing but a cold, impassible race 'of automatons act uated by pure reason. Still, there, is this to be said on the other side of the question: A reason able automaton is preferable in many respects to a furious fanatic. Such an automaton would respect the rights of his neighbors. His joys might be rath er frigid, but he would cause nobody to mourn. Faith degenerates into su perstition; it lights the fires of perse cution sometimes; but we have never heard of a man bein5 too reasonable. Faith never invented a machine, neu tralized a poison, cleaned a street, or prevented an epidemic. "Whatever has been gained along these lines is the fruit of the intellect. Reason has giv en us electricity, steam, serum the rapy and flying machines. To the in tellect we owe Shakespeare's plas and Plato's dialogues. While the reason of Copernicus was producing the Sys- km of thp HpavonM, thp pmotlona of Knropp wtp auatalninpt tbp ip"i--tlop, tpon thp wholp. pTM wp Kivn thp rh'dpp nf llvln In a world nv nrnpd by ptirp fpMon or pur- moton, would It b dpmontrbly tfnwia to rhooaa tho formpr? An Interesting point of lw hm Jut been derided by thp I'nited State Court of 'Appeal l St. trnlK. An In junction w Mought by the Burling ton road In Nebraska to retrain tho. Hfate JlHllroad CnmmMln from alter ing the rateM on grain. Thp court bold t hat the com mission cannot be r t rained from altering rate, t hough, of eoursp. the enforeement of the pew rat- ran b enjoined after it Is made. It Is not itnp1flMHnt to learn that there are limit to the authority of courts tf pqulty in the mailer of Injunction. It ha Hornet Imp aeemerf In recent yefTM If thi proce were about, to -Miperef. the ordinary statute and make Congress and the: State J girtla- fijre UperfluoiH. In theory the court will only Is no an Injunction to prevent an injury for which there I no adequate legal rem edy. It principal purpose wa orlg ln11y to hold affair In tlu quo until the legal right of Iftlgstnl could b d termtned, but of In it It ha been used to forbid ael, uppoed to b: criminal, for which the law hn al ready provided wu fftden t ppfta Itlp. Formerly wh-n n man wa about to commit n assault or violence of any kind the procedure wa to put him un der bond to keep the pence, NoW th; first resort I an Injunction. When a man bad been put under bond to keep the pence, f he committed VM- I'-nee, bis bond wa forfeited and he. could tie criminally proe uted, but he. waa not deprived of a jury trial. By recent custom If he violate a restrain ing order be can be Imprisoned by or der of th court without a Jury. The main significance of the modern use of the Injunction 1 to deprive f- eused workltiRmen of Jury trial and imprison them by arbitrary procedure. It is thi feature of (he matter which excites the wrath of the union. They do not cure hnlf mo moh for Police and a hearing before the Injunction is Miies n they do for a Jury trial when they r nci used of violating It. al though both Hre of vft-d Importance, The former I a matter of legal form, the hitter goes ( the bnrtl of human right. Kven If the law should bo al tered In Hindi a way n to throw many restriction around the Issuance of in junction, the laboring men will never he ni isfled until the right to n. jury trial ha been substantially assured. In comparison with thin right thv re gard the dignity of t be court a of sma II moment, and In thl opinion they agree, with the ancient spirit of the Anglo-Saxon race, which has "vr regarded liberty a of the nrt Impor tune,, jtnd the prerogative of magis trate hh secondary. THK OCT M KMC FOR MR, HRVAV. Intelligent observer of the sign of the time entertain little doubt that Mr. Bryan will he the nominee of tho Democratic party to succeed Mr. ltooHe.ve.lt a first ma gist ra te of the Nation. Not one of the m.'n who ire prom Inent ly ment ioned a contest an I with him for thl more or bss ub Htantlal honor enjoy much vogue. Mr. Johnson, of Minnesota, has a t rorier hold on t he masse I ha n Judge 4; ray or any other of the rival aspirants ha, but, excellent though hi character and record are, and admira bly a he would perhaps administer the great oflh e o which his lll-adving friend have Incited him to aspire, the Governor of Minnesota I a pale lumi nary beside Mr. Bryan In the political heaven. The hero of the Platte might b likened to a star of the first mg nit tide. A ret ii ru or rion. Ha minor with evil portent for hi foe, whilo M r. JohnHon' radiance, though pure, and benignant, Ih scarcely visible out side of Minnesota and the nmVe of the Loulnvillo Courier-Journal. As for Judge Gray, it takes a pretty good telescope to see hirn at all, and Profes sor Woodrow Wilson, the beloved and belauded of Colonel Harvey, may be likened to one of thoe Infinitely celes tial objects which can only be detected" by the long exposure of a photo graphic plate to their Invisible beams. Granting that Mr. Bryan will be nominated., it then becomes of thrilling Interest to speculate a little whether he can be elected or not. We are not of those who pooh-pooh his prospects, brushing him aside as if his defeat were a foregone conclusion. Mr. Bryan has been an exceedingly popu lar candidate In two sternly contested elections. It is widely conceded that in one of them he would have been victorious but for the use of an enor mous campaign fund against him. Crippled as he was by his unsound financial doctrines, lie captivated the imagination of the electorate and car ried alj the states which cast their electoral votes for Judge Parker In 1904. together with Ave others. Since that time Mr. Bryan has lost none of his popularity. - The truth Is that he has gained. He is better known than he was eight years ago, and better es teemed. The odor of' his financial heresy has somewhat evaporated. Some of his doctrine, which then seemed to the public to be dangerous ly radical, have since been accepted by both parties and now dwell among the commonplaces of orthodox platforms. He has been received with distinction by great monarchs in foreign courts. He has journeyed up and down in his native land meeting people by the thousand in hundreds of towns and pleasing everybody whom he met. The man who dowries Mr. Bryan as a can didate of small prestige proclaims the inadequacy of his own judgment. The reasoning of professional poli- ticians upon the electoral problem is vitiated by their mental habits. They are prone to divide the people sharply into Republicans and Democrats and ignore in their calculations those mi grations from one party to the other and those secessions from both parties which are taking place upon an unpre cedented scale. Moral issues are ex ceedingly lively in the minds of voters today. They will play a much more significant part in the Fall election than the politicians realize. The per sonalities of the candidates will be matters of great importance. Just now the people are in no mood to be "delivered" in a mass to anybody. They are busy thinking and multitudes will be likely to vote for the Presiden tial candidate whom their thoughts approve, with little reference to his party name. It follows that those election prophets who reach their con clusions by adding up voters as if they were unintelligent counters are in danger of missing the mark. Still, it is difficult to see any new territory wbtrh Mr. Bryan l likely t rounder ihi Kail, The Mtate whlrh he carried and which Judg Parker, thp Idol of fh plutocrat. loMt wer Colorado, Montana, Missouri, Nevada nd Idho. It 14 posbl that all of thPMe rnny beeom1 Hryao MtatPM again, but hardly probable, Th labor vof In Idaho 1 atrongly soelHltstle, It be l.ngM with the Wewt'-rn Federation of Miner, who show predilection for Df-h or Haywood rather than Bryan. WM bout the labor vol Idaho I Re publican. Nevada politic ha tvon o much perturbed by th late trouble at ( loldflt'ld that nobody ran y what turn It rtiHV take. Folk may hold Mi mouH for Bryan If he hold It for hlm df. but he ha what the Herman rH Kampf u to' Daseln on hand with th famoii flumsboe Bill who repre sent that rommonweftMb In the Fed eral Senate, find In the mix-up reform 'Hn(, Hrvn may go down together. But. conceding fo Mr. Br van all tb5 states that he carried In 1900, he will still lack; seventy vote of a majority In the electoral rollege. Of then, Ok lahoma will provide seven. Where are the ret to come from? Certainly not from the Knt. Home ny Minnesota will com" for ward with part of them, but thl I a vain Imagination1. A Democratic Oov em or doer not make, Democratic tate out of Minnesota any more than Oregon, pern-inn 1 arid race advan tage seated Mr. Johnson In the fJu- bcrna tori a I cba lr a f Mlnnon pods, but j not even thl remarkable Democrat could carry the state In a Presidential crinteal ; much ea rouid Mr, Bryan. Minnesota Is Invincibly Republican. Wisconsin I much more likely to come. to the rescup. Party loyalty lt light ly on the brow of Mr. La FoIIette' lariMnen, It I not much t ronb'e to wee them In Imagination g dng over to the enemy In a body. The railroad, th debating chin and t he Oerman Iovp of personal liberty have played hob with pn rty line In Wisconsin. fhere sa Id to be more Intelligence to the square mile there than In any other ftnte of the Colon; but perhaps for that very reason Mr. Rrvan cannot really expecl to carry It. The fact, f that, except Oklahoma, hn ran reason ably hope for nothing more than he arrlerj m 1 :00, and he may get less. Ill election would require a greater political revolution than I likely to occu r. War key Logan, the Hflet Indian who murdered one of hi tribesmen while Intoxicated, ha h-r found guilty of manslaughter. The test I mony wa quite conflicting, and bad logan rel atives and wltnesse been able to re sist the allurement of North Find whisky, Ihey might have 'presented hi case n a better light. "IO. the poor Indian," Is rapidly vanishing from the hc. u.s of hi former greatness, and the lie fa rloos work of the bootlegger ami other Irresponsible criminal who sell liquor to these simple children of the forest is a powerful aid In the cre ation of that pi i bile Hen 1 1 ment tha t I establishing prohibition In many a precinct where the dyed-in-the-wool temperance workers' could labor for a thousand year without making con vert. Red men and red liquor are. harmles while apart, but they make a t'-rrlblo com bin a t Ion, Isn't It strange that gambler don't realize that a green loth on top of a ta ble Is prima facie evidence that the ta.ble I used for Illegal purpose? Te ttmony that four preacher were .caught sitting around a table covered with green cloth would be almot. enough to convict them of gambling. Vef, so fixed ha the custom become that this color Ih Invariably used for card tables. Won't the gambler ever get. wise and change the color oeea- Hbmally to red, white, blue, or even yellow ? A blunder occurred In "making up three sermons published on page, z ol the Magazine Section of The Orc- gonlan today. The headings of mes sage by Bishop Scadding and Dr, Dyott were reversed. Bishop Scad ding' should occupy the center col umn and vice versa. Unfortunately, the entire edition had p.Lsed through the presses before the error wa dis covered. Governor Hughes know that, even though the Legislature may gain a tern porary victory over him. In the end hi riouiHon jirion tht, unhiArl af rH.-otra.-k zamhlinz will h. , wt In.H by tho pf-oi.l.- and hlx I.Wa will be In- corporated into law. The man who knows he is right can afford to suffer temporary defeat in his efforts, for ul timate vindication Is certain. A rA n r. i- it luLra nit- tKaf UajI'.mA . . ' . , Anna and the Prince were married some months ago in secret. What awkward prevaricators certain for eigners are, and what a shock thl disclosure will he to their sister-in-law, Katherine Clemmen Gould. Grain seeding began In Minnesota April 6. In Oregon on A pril the grain that was sown last- Fall had made a growth of 6 to 1 1 inches, sheep had pastured it down and it is now making rapid growth for a big crop ar harvest time. Senator Seneca Caius Beach writes to The Oregonian to express his dis gust with the generality of things in general. Cheer up. There are a few good men left in the Legislature. Senator Nottingham may not have been absolutely certain about his own belief in Statement So. 1, but a lot of others evidently believed he believes in it; which does just as well. Heiresses and titled paupers should be required to take a four-year course of instruction on how to be happy though married. Mr. Cake won't be entirely snre about it, probably, until the next four days have been successfully passed. Constable Lou Wagner, too. was vindicated by a renomination. It was a great day for all reformers. Xature is putting in her best licks this month to make the Rose Carnival a success. Old-fashioned and unsightly as they are, Portland insists on the dashboard sign. As for Mr. Shepherd, congratula tion's and thanks are due from Mr. Klli. There are a few formalities to be observed yet in electing a Senator. THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS i H H. W. M OTT. IT HAH tvrn tt'ougbt at th a sketch df th origin of the Knight of th- Temple, and of thp adoption of the syml-olu-m de rived from tle order, for oe In Specula tive MrtHonry, nhould be nf1rmt on thin nerrtMion. NeesiMirliy, for thl pirpoM. the Hketch tniiMt be brief. Nothing will be attempted but art outline, drawn from various authorities, nomerou Indeed, but not qtllle PHV Of BcrrsS. fHher order of Christian Knlubthood fisted lor before that of tho Knight of the Tertipte wit erf ted That of Ih Knight nf the Rd Cross of Rome ami of -.mr,ifl,n; that of the Knltits of th1 Holy t4-pul'bpr. that of the Kntt-ht of Ht. John, and Knights of the Or and fros. we -a of much earllpr date than lb KnigMa r.f thp Temple ord-T. The ei--braKM Iwharum nf t 'onstnlln of which we have an account Irt gibbon" History, 'lanorafed In that great author' atatejy t y1 wa a military standard of the later Roman Mmnlre. adopted, by th first christian Kmperor, with addition of sym bol rid legend adapted to hi life. The original Wa richly ornamented wMh gold and prectou stone, and lKr t he efTly of I he gner, f'onstantioe fteed ujKn It a crown and a red cross, with the ini tial letter of th name Jetff Chris ni and made t the imperial tnd rd. The fa ble wa that on the night before the on 1 1 1 net nn nms'n nn nts nvi lor the Imperial purple the sien of th cross had appeared to him In the. heaven. wPh t he Inscription, "f n hoc gno vinr -." But the rlt list In the Command"ry of the Rd Cros relates also to the ,wi In the ip jt Ivlty and to t he peralan Court of that dat". The whole )s a comparatively modern adaptation of varim old mate ria iff. Mended wit h k Ml and Improved by Judgment to the progressive use of the orde. For the spac nf seven or eiarht hundred year t h pop" exercised soverfdicn a nt horlty over I he variou order of Christian Knighthood. These passed Into neglect and gradually Intn oblivion -aft the CrusHd" had given rise to three gre ord'-r founded In the Ijt it century for ef-ne of t h" m t in K inrcdotn ot Jeru salem. The other I wo were the Bos pltalers of Ht, John of Jerusalem and the Kiilght of the Teutonic frder, f t her orders, a the Knights of Malta and thr K night of flhod"-, were offshoot of these or survival of the fled Cros of ftoni and of f 'onstant ine. The wio! subject, 1 oleure, and much of the his lory I t he work of Imaginative writer Rome Insist that the Knight of the, Red Cros passed Into the, order of the Tm plnr. and subsist a the only order of Christian Knighthood that ha hd a r ular succession lne It was Instituted in h" year 'L. fBut it Is not known with -e r I a 1 1 1 1 y that M a on ry and Knight of t ne Rvq Cress bees me a I Iff -d fill some, t ime In the eq rlv part of the 17th cen tury, A a working guild Maaonry had become bhnded wit h politics and oihil life. In which religion lto had a place; and It I probably true that the rapid progress .of Fre, Masonry on the Knro pean Continent, notable. centurP ago, was la rgely due to the effort of t he Knight of the Red Cross and Con stantino, The, Hospitaler wore, black mant le wMh white crosses, the, T'-inplar white mantles with r"d croe and the Teutonic. Knight white mantle with Mark eros-. The spirit and purpose- that, gnve rise lo the orders and supported their efforts siiln through Tasso' grea I po-rn Jeru sa lm Delivered as nowhere else In lit erature; embellished moreover with h'th et Invention and wit h display of poetic powers equaled by no more than some half dozen other work In th! whole range nf literary achievement. The, Templar almost from their founda tion at Jerusalem had their quarter In tho palace of the latin Kings, which had been the Mohammedan mosqu of Mount Morlab. It was also th) legendary site of Solomon's Temple, and It wa from thin circumstance that the Templars took their name. Returning crusader o,n spread the order over Kurope. Within the lth cen tury it was est'ihllshed In almost every Kingdom of fatin Christendom. Under thj Angevin KlngJi it wa introduced Into England, the. Knight of St. John about the same time, or a little later. The chief houH'! of the Templars In England was railed the. Temple, and for a lor.g period has been known a the house of the law fOudent In Unrlon under this name. ! .lr!rw a ,mB prlol th Trr.plHr 'm'K the nn..t wealthy am! influential Re j,r . ion ' i i i trm in h iipj .n- n r...iuii' of their activity after a while, became tl.e policy of Kings, and theological opinion contended with political, in the battle that raged, round their name. During th period of their power they greatly in- ! fluenced the customs and laws of rt, an v kingdoms. In trie conflict of authority i the order gradually disappeared. Instru ment for Its suppression were no less than those of torture and confiscation. By the. persecution the ord' r of the Templars was broken up and neat te red in ail directions. It is impressive fo read that the chief cause of their ruin was their great wealth. An old writer quaint ly says: "A Naboth s vim yard was the chiefest ground of his blasphemy, and as in England Ixrd Fan hope said merrily that not lie but his stately house in Bed fordshire was guilty of high treason, so certainly the wealth of the Templars was the principal cause of their overthrow.' We may believe that Philip of France would never have tak?n away their lives If he might have taken their lands with out putting them to dath; but the mi- chief was that he could not get the honey ; unless he burnt the bees." - . The Templars." says De 'Q linocy. j "were one of the most celebrated "and at- ! tractive of the Knightly order during the : Crusades; the whole institution, acts ard 1 tragical fate, are attractive to the f- el- j ings and to the fancy." "With the Tem plars.' says Hecke thorn, "perished a j world; chivalry ended with them. Kven j the Papacy received a tremendous shock, i Symbolism wa deeply affected by it. A j greedy and arid tradin? spirit rose up. j Mysticism, that had sent su--h a glow j through past generations, found the souls of men cold, incredulous. The reaction j was violent, and the Templars were the first to fall under the rtJde Wows of the West, that longed to rebel again t the Kast, by which ft had hitherto been in so many ways permeated, ruled and op pressed." The name of the order is continued t through Free Masonry, whose work is in fraternal, social and moral effort: and In religious effort, too, thotueh In no narrow or restricted sense, but generally in recog nized Christian endeavor, win. tout attempt at definition of a creed. It Is known that as far back as the 3:1th century the lodges of the guilds enjoyed the spscial pro tection of the Knights Templars. So it is easy to understand how the eymbolk-al allusion to Holomon and his temple noaht have pasaed Into the Masonic frmn?arv. It I ey, ton, to liners and bow thi powerful ordr. whos mmnrs ttshed themaelvc to do -trine mM )irrt'W. n by t he church, would urly corne Into conflict with the authority of Rome.' the same a It had done wPh the point' si authority, and often with fb v,U.-f. nf king and tblr ministers. In Fnghird and H'-otland, a there was more freedom. f),re wa es eonfllot; and HVe Masonry. ilng the term and formntari.s p hsd borrowed from the order that had o- xltcd With it and afforded It prot-llon. loied new rlt" and new tdt S'dtod to its more fraternal and mor demor-C'e, purpose. Jeotland had been from ear y t-me morn hoapl table to thn Tmnlrs than Knglsnd, from Which flogland muf- ferd at Bannock born and ftr. Th grat development Rottlsh Rita Masonry has ft ancestry In the nldT times. Though obcur for lors period, the history ) worth tbs wttent'on of any d-nt. A nwlofi afndy la Itself Is th transition from operative, lo trpeeiilsitlv Maannry, and the mnny pbae of com bination, elimination and selection, by whifh it ha bn aeemptthed. Th Knights Templar ha v had a leadtr part in It all. Frej M s sonry l V rtvd from many sources. Considering that it 1 a tree, tn roots of which have spread through mtny ol, It follows (hat traces thereof iut be found In its frn'l. that Its lang tg and ritual must retain mu'h of the mr' oiis i'l"a and lnt it ut ion t ha ptwrewd through before arriving at t heir prep'-nt. stele, whh-n evn yet is not fixed nor evef can i; nnd herein, moreover, we fur wl.v it 1 I hn f. In W isonry we nee : wit h I m dtan, FgvptiHP. Jewish and Christi-tu Ideas, terms and symbol. The origin of the T'-mptur and th .r blMnrv rnaVe it appropriate hot ti"- ordr should observe (he Kwatr r f- wtlval. Thi on-scrvati'-e a the annual pr-'S'-nt m t Ion of a T Ideal, that, more than anv other, bus af fected the life of the modern orld It symboli,' the hope of Inmiort () ut h"b has grown up among mn ' )ii fiv tiirou.i (In- influence ex'-rted by n tf" that 'rucn in otrw-urlty, ended In pa r"nt ignomi v, je. overshadows In name and !.'! ev'-ry other life in the whole f tor v t mankind tt I no exaggeration to .' that thl life is the source of th idc that have erea'ed moiJcrn world, aid the Otie life whose lnfluen'c series d fin'-d to 1h carried forward to t if lnt syllable tff recorded time; for 't ir irnp'O-. s bte to imagine, or atten-pt fO eon-t-I. e. a world deprived of thi Idea! of the t re Htid of the herr.afer. Notliing els, r.-r hum l-ecn so inwrought. Into t iie vrry , nature nf ftie most serious, erne. '-d lutellig-nt po-tions of (be human x- '- In some parts of tul the Knignts T' inri"r. partl-lxate, paying t he trlitie to t ,r r origin, and to Ideals t To-- t have b"--n pro pagated, however liutnbly and 1m,frfeci yt by their career. VERSE To make thi condiment, your pot hgn The poinded yellow of t wo hard-hot f eggs; Two boiled pot 4 1- hs, pa"d ( h rough kitebf-n-aieve Smwt hn' s and mot tn e to t he mtni give; Iej on I'm atonis lurk wiruin the bowl. And, ha If-suspected, animate the wboi. Of mordant muxtard add a jtingle. spoon. Distrust the condiment that bit'- so. soon; But deem it not, thou man of herb, a fault, To add a doubt! nuantl'y of at. And, lastly, or the flavored compiunl to A magic aoup-spoon of anchovy ?auc. Oh, green and gioriouK! Oh, herbaceoua treat! 'T would terhpt the dying anchorite to ; Back to the world he'd turn hi fleeting soul. And plunge hi finger In the salad bowl! .Serenely full, the epicure, would aay. Fate 'an not harm m, J have dined tof J a y ! 87 DN BY SMITH. " Hlf,llRK MI ST BB PAID FOR." Sweet Is the sound of Infant voice; Young inno'-enct j full of charms: There's not a pleasure half so choice. As toiling up a child In arms. Babyhood is a blessed state, Fe.'icfty expressly made for: fin still, on earth it I our fate, That even "children mut be pid for. If in an omnibus we rir!i. It I a b-'-autcous sight to see. When full the vehicle Inside, Age taking childhood on Irs knee. But in the dog-days' scorching heat. When a !:g:it breath of air Lk i-ra fl for. Half sufforat'-d in our s-at. We i(-c that "children must b paid for." Th-rc i about tnr- sport. of youth A charm rnat r--ach.es every hear., .Iarb!.-( or tops are game of truth. Trie bat piay no deeef v-r" part. Rut if we hear a sudden cran. No explanation need be stay'd for. We know there s something gone p smash ; W'f iL t hat "cniidren must be paid for." How rxquisite ti.e infant's gTa-V. When, clambering upon the knee. The cherub, smiling, take bin piat1 Upon his mother' lap at tea, perchance the beverage flow over; And leaves a stain there - i no aid forf On carpet, dress or chair. Once more W'- feel that "children must be paid for." Pr'-j:d!ng at th festive board. With many faces laughing round. Du'I tr.e'andto'y m ignored While mirth ard joIHty abouTr.d: We see- our table amply spread V Uh knives and forks a dozen laid for; Then pause to think: ' How are they f- d?" Yej, "children must indeed be paid for" From Punch. From a Womas's JnmrmmU Smart SM Most people are tske impression ittc pic tures only enjoyable at a distance. Marriage i; the act wit:: wh!--h man in sures hts sweetheart of today against his sweetheart of tomorrow. Poets are people the bear pjrt of whos nature cannot b expressed in living only in writing. Jjo not imagine that :he normal peopt are the commonplace; t;iey are tine mo: unusual of all. Eats 35 Eff at Oae Meal. Kansas Ciry Times. Frank Ryan of Whiteside. Mo.. S3 eggs at one meal, and the next dav varied the performance by disposing of 19 scrambled for supper.