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THE SUNDAY OREOO-IAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBEB 25. 1910. rOBTLAXD. PRECOX. IiltrH at Portland. Orgoa. peatorao a S-nsl : Httr. . . neecrtpUoa Rates Invariably fat (BY MAIL) Deity. firedaT taelo'l-d. on. year JJ r's'Tv. Sns-ier Included, sta month.... 4" I'aily. Suneer Included. thra months.. XJ Eallr. Sunday lnciudd. n month.... Ially. wl'bout Sunday, ona yaar Taj:v. without Suc!ay. six month! -r, T;. without Sunda-. thraa months... - rei.'y. without sunday. ona month -" Weekly, ona year. .......... ........... J-JJ Suadar. ana var fiu&ii&r end weaaiy. oee year... ....... - BT CARRIER) Dally. Sua.sr Mielnet. ona year JJ Xa::r. Sandar Included. Mt month.... .T Haw la ttrrall Sand roatoftlca mooar seder, express order or personal chacli oa your local bank, Stamps, coin or currency ar at the sender's risk. OIt postotnca a.Mra la full. Including county and atata. Paatass Bataa 10 to 1 pegea. 1 cant; IB to n aaaaa. - cents; to 0 pease. 1 cants. tn to o pages. 4 casta. Foretgtt poetags aotible rata , . beater BsalBoas OfH Varraa -onk. Iln Ma Torn. Brunswick bubdlng. cru caga. :ar bjnd.ng- JURTLAND. rTNDAT. PEC IS. Ml. rrTJUSTMAa F.FZHEMBK-VXTC- The secret of the Christmas spirit la remembrance. We give tokens of love to our friend to prove that we have not forgotten them and In re turn tre pray them to keep us in mind. We crave for homes In other hearts. "When this you see. remem ber me." write the schoolgirl in her friend's album, and Mario In his prison tower walis In that most lovely or annua "Non tl scordar, mon U iw-ordar dl me." "Don't furget me. whatever happens." The old German lover vows to his sweetheart. "I think of you in the morning. I dream of you by night." and the Jews, forlorn by the waters of Bablylon where they dwelt In hopeless captivity, hanged their harps on the willows and sat si lent for grief when the memory of Zlon grew dim. "If I forget thee. O Jerusalem. Jet my right hand forget her cunning; If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." The penitent thief nailed to hla cross by the Savior's side prayed. "Lord remember me when thou comest Into thy kingdom." and Jesus forgot hLs own agony to soothe his companion's despair with the promise of eternal hope. "This day shall thou bo with me In Paradise." The saying that we live In others hearts la more than words. The Apostle said that no man liveth and no man dleth unto himself, but there are some who rme near achieving the miracle. If they spare a thought from their own woes and comforts for wife, child or friend It Is stingily and almost by accident and we see the ef fect of it In their lives. How weaaened they axe In spirit, how withered in body. What ashen beams glimmer from their eye as If they were half deal while they still walk about the earth. Life 1 a tide and every hu man being Is an inlet along the shore into which IU waves may flow. or. if he chooses he may bar them out with atony walls and have no part In th treasure they bring. The more free! y he admit the tide th more he Uvea. The more he gives of hi own being the more he receive of that being which permeate the world and fires rt with passionate fulfillment of desire. The true loss of a soul takes place when It Is cut off from other souls. To the wise, hell signi fies exile from God and hi creature. "For what shall It profit a man." Jesus asked. "If he shall gain the whole world and lose his own oul V How la he the gainer if he gathers about htm a great hoard of riches and sacrifices the love of Ms fellow men? In the loss of that love hi soul goes down to bell and he truly suffer that deepest death which appalled the im agination of the writer of the Apoe atypse. He raited It the second death, the one eternally bereft of the hop of resurrection. While there Is love there la life and hope, but closa the soul to love and with the last spark of the divine essence life goes also. So at Christmas time ire forget all our strife and trouble and turn to claim remembrance from our fellow-men. promising them love In ex change for love. Life Is multiplied by Its contact with life. Cod placed the first man In a garden more beautiful than Imagi nation can conceive but what to him were all ita fruits and flowers as long as he was alone? The more exqui site the outer beauty of Paradise the more forlorn It was until a compan ion came to share It. Emerson say In on of hi lapse from inspiration that a man lse half himself when he joins another. The truth Is that he gains far more than hulf. The maxim that two working together can accomplish three or four time as much a one applies In the spiritual realm a well a to material things. Robinson Crusoe wa a timorous, self cantered animal until hi man Friday came to be protected and cared for. Then he developed anew the human qualities which have raised our race above the brut.s that perish. It Is not ourselves but other who make th world worth living In for us. De prive a man of human comradeship and how quickly he lose all attribute of divinity. The "wild man of th wood whom w read of In tale which may sometime be true. Is stripped of his humanity because he I exiled from hi fellows. Restore him to social life and the brute slip off while the human begins to love and pray attain. It takes marriage and fatherhood to bring man to perfec tion. I'ntil he has a family to cher ish and a country to die for If It needs Mm he I a poor, starved creature no more than half alive. The old bache lor 1 to be rltteO. not so much for th home he sacrlfl.-es to his selfishness as for the grlnrtlrg death he carrle about ith him. Ho has chosen th King of Terrors for his Jord and pledged to the monster hi hope of eternal life. In him the cbnln of be ing break off forever. Th worst punishment that criminal ran suffer 1 solitude. The dungeon Is not un endurable If voices can penetrate Its wall and a face can be seen, now and then even at a distance: but doom a man to utter solitude and it Is not long before his mind Is shattered. The brain breaks down In the woe of Iso lation, life perishes when It la sev ered from life. On th anniversary of the Savior' tbtrth we open wide the fl"o1 gates and let in currents vi i u a wutr awvp unimpeded through the earth. He gave himself that there might be life more abundantly. Ood so loved the world that he gave his son to rring the gift of eternal life to all that would believe, and Inasmuch as be lief depends upon th wl'.I. therefor eternal life flow to us through th will to lore. Not only is lova the ful filling of the law. but It la th ever lasting victor over death. God keeps the name of those h loves In the book of his remembrance: we mortal re call the flickering flame to vital vigor by passing tokens from hand to hand lest we forget and In the flame of th glowing fire the whole world ahlne with a beauty that foretell the Peace of the Kingdom." oott;r'ors at govternobm. Governor-elect 'Wilson, of New Jer sey. Is actively and potently taking a hand In the forthcoming election of a United State Senator Irom hla state: while Oovernor Harmon, of Ohio, and Governor-elect Dlx. of New York, are just a noticeably and diligently keep ing their hand off the contest In their respective etate. The course of Governor-elect Wilson meet the widespread approbation of the radical democracy: while the conservative democracy think he 1 blighting all the bright prospects of a promising career oy hi meddling. Being young and inexperienced In practical politics, the New Jersey Governor believe the voice of the people means something after election as before. The old stagers know bet ter, or think they do. But do they? Is It a Governor's business to Inter fere In a Senatorial election or Is It not? The answer would appear to be that It depends on the Governor, on the state, and on the candidate for Senator. 'Wilson appears to be In spired by unselfish, even altruistic, motives, and the people are glad to see him take hold of the Legislature by the ears, and endeavor to shake It Into submission. Dix Is In the hol low of Tammany hand, and he 1 discreetly deaf, dumb and blind. He thinks It the business of a Governor to govern. That's what Tammany thinks forthl occasion. If a Gover nor will not or cannot support a can didal whom the best conscience and judgment of the state approve, he would better lie low. But when he does, he should be careful about where and how he Ilea RED CROSS STAMPS AXT THEIR MEfl MUE. The touch of pity that make the whole world kin Is exemplified by the common cause that Is being made In the fight against tuberculosis In high place and In low or more strictly speaking. In high places for the low throughout the civilised world today. This "Captain or the Men of Death." to use the words of John Bunyan. Is being assailed at th great central point of his power by men of the highest standing In the world of med icine, and sanitation the first yield ing precedence to the second and act ing only In conjunction with them In the effort to break the power of this scourge of scourges. Executing a flank movement upon the enemy comes an army of amlllng women and young girls, offering for sale, and selling by thousands, stamps bearing the Insignia of mercy and helpfulness denoted by the Red Cross. Thus pity Join force with good will, which la th herald of the season. Th sale of these stamps ha been exceedingly large so large that th number practically staggers compre hension. Every one of. these stamps, attached to letter or package, carrlea It simple quota of help, backed by the cheerful promise of returning health to the afflicted. Th gaunt white army that Is held under march ing order and is constantly being re cruited by this "Captain of the Men of Death" can hardly fall to "be deci mated by this rally In the Interests of humanity. Stamped with pity as well as with love: with helpfulness as well as good wishes; with sympathy as well a with Joy. the memory token of this most gracious Christmas tide are passing and repassing each other across the continent from East to West, from West to East, and over the waters that divide the continents, bearers of a message of hope, of health and hap piness to myriads who dwell in or ar entering untimely the Valley of the Shadow. The work Is more than commendable It I humane, of th type that trenches closely upon th divine. orrioNAL BO.Lr.BViiJi'o method. Like many voters who opposed the good roads amendment to the con stitution. Mr. O. T. Hunt, a communi cation from whom Is published else where In The Oregonlan. apparently assume that county bonding for road bulldtng purpose will be obligatory on each county If the bonding law proposed by the Good Roads Associa tion is adopted by the Legislature. The county bonding bill simply pre scribes a method by which counties may take advantage of the recent re moval of the constitutional restrio tlon on Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred for oonatruotlon of perma nent highway. Whether any particular county shall Issue bond can only be a local l.isue and must be decided by th vot er of that county. Certainly some counties may not wish to bond them selves for road funds, but even so that should ' be no -reason why they should object to other counties Issu ing bond. So. too, would building of highway under th provision of the proposed stare-aid road law be optional with each county, although, of course, each county would have to contribute Its share of the amount of state funds used, no matter whether that county availed Itself of the provision of the law or not. Mr. Hunt' principal objection to the state aid bill 1s that Its provisions wonld result In the construction only of roads leading to the principal mar ket places and In the building of high way at a cost of $"00 per mile. The cost estimate 1 an arbitrary one that might or might not prevail in a given county. In any event it ha been demonstrated thoroughly that cheap, makeshift roads are more costly In the long run than permanent high way, even though the first cost of the latter Is greater. And where would permanent roads be of more general utility than leading to the market places? It is difficult to under stand, too, why a properly-constructed road paid for Jointly by county and stat fund should be any more costly than onald for olely from county funds. Again, the state-aid law would be a money-saving plan for more coun ties thsn Hood River, which Is select ed by Mr. Hunt as the sole county that would profit. Some counties would" receive back from the state much more than they contributed to the fund. In fact, th essence of the law really I In the aid It I proposed shall be given trx ih stroos counties to th weak one. It should be under-1 .. . . . , . . - . j v.. stooa oeiore tne puui is wuupieu the expenditure of state funds In a ; local community is not equivalent to I . v. . .!. .. it .iorv ! si s i vii mo ' - i county availed itself of the provisions of the proposed law the expenditure of state money for county road work In the next two year would be $680. 000. Each county would have to bear Its Just proportion of the burden of providing this 680.000. Every coun ty that paid more than one-thirty-fourth of the state expenditures obvi ously would receive back from the state less than It contributed to the state-aid fund. On the basis of the apportionment of state taxes In 1809 eight counties would contribute more than $20,000 to the fund and twenty six counties less than $20,000. but no county would be entitled to draw more than $20,000. The eight wealthier counties would contrib ute, for example, $17,000 for road work in Curry County, for Curry County would pay Into the state fund only about $3000 1 IV aoOUt iSVVU. I . 1 The counties that would pay more than $20,000 Into the distributive fund would be Clackttmaa, Douglas, Jackson. Lane. Linn. Marlon. Mult nomah and Umatilla. Multnomah County pays about one-third of the state's general tax revenues. It would contribute approximately $228,000 to the state-aid fund from which It would receive only $20,000. To utilize this $20,000 It would have to appro priate $40,000 In county funds, and thus for an expenditure of $246,000 would obtain $80,000 worth of per manent roads in Multnomah County. YiAln a Tha Orpa-onlan sees It. lies the main issue in the state-aid road bill, and this Issue Is expressed In the question, will a general campaign of permanent road-building so en -building SO en- hance the general prosperity of the state that the eight counties men- tioned will receive a fair return on the ' g In other counties? In other respects the Road Assocla- tlon's bills merely specify forms of n.ru(u1iir wrtlrh mav be followed by each county or not as It see fit. The existing- road laws are not to be re pealed. If present methods are pref erable in an Individual county to new ones that may be placed at their dis posal In the matter of raising road funds and constructing highways, that county will be at full liberty to follow the old plan. FOITXAR RILE IX SWITZERLAND. We hear much about the fine ex ample of Switzerland In It successful employment of the Initiative and ref erendum; but we ought to know more. The Initiative Is not there a vehicle of miscellaneous or local or special legislation, and the referendum Is employed only for purposes of get ting a direct expression of the popu lar will on subjects of general mo ment or great Importance. Between 1848 and 190 hundreds o bills were passed by the Swltserland assembly. In all that time the referendum was only invoked thirty times. In eleven esses the proposed law wa adopted by a majority of both canton and electors: while In the nineteen other case the law was rejected. Among the acoepted measure was the prin ciple of compulsory universal Insur ance against sickness, the establish ment of a federal bank, the unifica tion of the cantonal law Into federal, criminal and civil codes, a monopoly of alcohol to toe controlled by the fed eral authorities and the prohibition of the sale of absinthe. Among the propositions rejected wa a state monopoly of matches, and the state purchase of railways; but some years later the railway question was again referred to the people and was accepted. There are about 600,000 voters In Switzerland. No law can be proposed under the Initiative with lea than 60,000 votes, and for a referendum there must be a demand by 30,000 vote. It can be understood that It was not intended ' In Switzerland that either the Initiative or referendum should be used frequently or for or dinary legislation or for any purpose except except to meet and fulfill a general and pressing public demand. Nor wa it designed to supplant and override representative government. The Initiative and referendum Is a weapon or Instrument'' that Switzer land evidently uses with moderation, sanity and good sense. THE PEOPXB P19IJKC BIO ARMIES. Each of the great nations has the recurring "war care." Also th ban tam nations. Great Britain ha bean writhing in the throes of a "scare" during Its recent elections. Frequently the French behold the specter of the Germans again crossing the Rhine, as they have don since Caesar" day. The United State la now warned that its shore are open to invasion. Change In implements of war make continual renewal and Improvement of them necessary. Guns and ships that were formidable a decade ago. In many cases now are -of little value. Th battleship Oregon, once the proud ohamuplon of th American fleet. Is no longer fit for th company of rival Dreadnoughts. Ordnanoe, am munition and tactic In field warfare are modified even since th day of the Boers In Soutn Airica. improve- ments" are transforming essential of strategy m y ... nv-v j m Japanese. x This means that a nation which Is well fortified to resist an enemy at on time, may b but poorly guarded ten or fifteen years thereafter. It la necessary for each government to keep abreast of Improvement In Im plement of war. Just a It Is necessary for indiviauai w auopt um jrapir- i xne t. nineso nw ,,,. ... ....Mo ments of industry. The transform- J of representative lawmaking and are ., .1.. . k... If I. nna nf Ih. I -1 . tnr It C tion is costly; but It Is one of the tests of endurance and or fitness In rivalry of the world's power. i BeaM. many Industries are baaed on production and manufacture of new implement, both of war and of peace. The power of a people to cre ate wealth In new and varied forma is a nroof of that people virility. a prOOI Dl inl rujii" b . 1 1 1 1 1 1 j . ..a- lions that cannot keep up the pace . . jt v.-. i j . . . . i nrfArr-a dros behind and loin the line of those that follow the lead of the first. The United State Is probably not noorlv nrotected against invasion, it poorly protected a4iiok intuiuu. 14 has means of defense which an enemy would consider probably more serious ly than do the exciter of this "war srare." It will have better and stronfrer defense each year. The ob r v. a nnt scare is to hiulpn the Installation of more machinery of war and th upbuilding of army So extended a reputation dld-thl ora power. A "care" now and then serves tlon glv Joslah Qulncy that In 1804 to keep a nation awak to these neces- he wss elected to Congress, where he atr)M did his best to oppoe annexation of Eo Xar as man wiio Uva uxc,u- iulsiana. tarritorv, on tfc arrounl - J Vi cratlc and military methods seek to 1a .Via AmHrnn neonle to ADD TO" - -...-. . ' priate more money for Jobs and titles, the "scare" will be discounted large- lv. Thi American DeoDlc will re- - - Ject any scheme for a large standing army. They are not stingy witn tneir tax money, as la evident from their large appropriations for old-soldler pensions. But they have an abhor rence of military bureaucracy. In this respect they are like their cousins in Great Britain. In other words, the American people will spend million for National defense and for reward of old age" soldiers and -but little for tribute to a military oligarchy. The war scare message to Congress I said to have slipped by the Presi dent by accident, and also by the Sec retary of War. Consequently, the message has been suppressed. It Is understood that the message con sisted chiefly of a report to the Secre tary of War prepared by Major-General Leonard Wood. The Generals and the Colonels of our Army have oyilliuiia ttuuui. .. . - - .... . . . , . ,L. A..tnon opinions about tne condition or ins nation s aeiense, oui uu aim ' people have safe Judgment on their ! side,, too. HATES POWXR9 AST THTB 8MOOT HI IX Commonwealth control of water powers is logical and proper. More over, It accords with the constitutions, the statutes of the land. It will be easiest to win of the several state needs on the programme of home-rule con servation. Yet Its enactment will not be easy. The Smoot "bill, giving common wealths control of water powers and of land owned by the United States for development of such powers, is a product of the demand of newer states ' ... - w,nlrtr anrl of all. h o)der BtBte and Jor obiervance of ugage8 that are as old Onvernment. I Tnai Mntrnl nf the flow of atreams I ... --,,. iM, resistance In Con- M han homerule authority over t, b minerals and lands In the pub- lie domain. The reason for which is that every state in the East exercises thl authority over streams. The ar gument that the younger state should have this same privilege 1 fair and unanswerable. The Plnchot plan has been that of wresting away from the states this au thority, wherever the Federal Govern ment could do so, through its riparian ownership. At one time It was re ported from Plnchot headquarters that the state would be forbidden to make use of the Government' riparian lands for development of water power projects, unless they should attach permanent water rights to the Govern ment's riparian ownership. That would have made the Government absolute and perpetual prorletor, both of Its land and of the state's water power. In etrlvlng for state conservation of water power first. Western States will make surer gains than If they should attempt the whole programme of state control of resources. The Smoot bill will be difficult to pass, however. It will meet the strenuous opposition of the Plnchot-Garneld element in Con gress, and will be beset by politicians who think it popular In the East to treat the West as a den of grabbers and thieves. Western people are entitled to use of the water of their streams unham pered by a distant Federal oligarchy. They are entitled to this right because the people of every other part of the United States possess It and always have possessed it. the rsn-Rovrxo christmas. Every generation has it Jeremiahs, who lament over poverty or rlche or morals, or all three combined. Just now tha greatest Intellect in Russia ha passed, lamenting the degraded condition of the people In his land and elsewhere. Good persons In our coun try and In our own city deplore what they regard a an evll-growlng world. But truth Is, these pessimists, though they may. in very exceptional cases, adorn a fine tale In prose or a beautiful song In verse, do not ee evils growing worse under the sun, nor sufferings of poverty or servitude growing more severe. The world Is getting ahead In comfort and In free dom and In right living and In observ ance o the gdlden rule. Thus there la less vanity and vexation of spirit than there used to be; less in the day of Tolstoy than in that of Socrates or of the author of Eccleslastes. It Is undeniable that large part of the human race In every age Is cursed by consequences of It own lack of in telligent forethought and of moral self-control. It Is undeniable, also, that these evils appear in society, often with deplorable results. Vices of the Individual and of the mass, accompa nied by want of prudence and self regulation, are bringing down awful punishment and have always done so. But, on the whole, the condition of mankind, throughout the world, and probably In every nation. Is better than ever It was before, both In physi cal well-being and In moral growth. The force of human Intelligence have larger play and are pread abroad by many enlightening influ ences. More persons than at any time before In the history of men' affairs regard a good name as better than preoou ointment. Society is less deep i jy corrupted, mow iu gumuuirauu places feel a sense of responsibility to ly corrupted. Those m governmental the public. The contrast between the King of Portugal, who has been de throned, and the King of Spain, who has responded to the liberalizing force of the age, teaches Its lessons. Hereditary authority in the lawmak ing powers of Great Britain Is soon to be driven out. The president ruler of Mexico feels revolt against despotism. The Chinese have learned the virtues lamlHnfl. for it. 0 The celebrated Joslah Qulncy, of Boston. Is one of the classic Jeremiahs; that Is, in American annals. One of his most famous orations, that In the Old South Church, Independence day, 1788, was full of lamentations, yet Is said to have aroused a fiery enthusl- asm auu - : ruptlon and degeneracy of his time I . tar-ri Kl nntlonlc for Joslah am and drawn forth tears. ine cor- made a terrible outlook for Joslah Qulncy. No one could say worse things of the condition of affairs and morals. Almost there seemed no pub I lie Tinun - - I sens regarding public duties appeared lic virtue extant. The apathy or citi t.im almost honeless. In conse quence of this Indifference, that "bold and hardy ambition that seeks Its own emolument, not the welfare of the state, was enabled to seize and hold inr Civil war was men overaue, lwntt- ' that annexation was not authorized by the Constitution and would result in dissolution of the Union. But the Nation has survived and grown better despite the gloomy fore bodings of its eminent pessimists. The corruptions of it political and social life have not impaired the character of It people. Perhaps, since the men who In the past have feared the depth and extent of public and private vice have, been mistaken, those who are filled with alarm and despair today may be mistaken likewise. It Is ra tional to think that truth In thl mat ter Is to be found on the middle ground between the two extremes of melancholy pessimism and rosy op timism. . With each succeeding Christmas an advance Is scored for the precepts of him who Is the master for the world that Is widening under the Christian influence. We are learning more and more that "as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." Such Is the spirit of Christmas day. and the spirit dwells longer after this natal day than ever before. 1XR A MTC8ICAX XTPIXFT. A popular orchestral " and choral ooncert at the Helllg last Sunday af ternoon may prove to be the beginning of a new musical era in Portland. The attendance, the manifest interest and the plaudits hold out such hope. Semi-monthly concerts throughout the Winter calling for the service of Portland's best Instrumentalists and singers under able leadership Is an ambitious undertaking. Year in and out there is here a paucity of the best music. Occasionally we get to hear artist of the first order and we don't mind the cost, though their offerings are confined to solos. Whether genuine demand exists for high-class but not severely classical concerts such as are possible only with organized symphony orchestras and trained choral societies remains to be demonstrated. Portland has an abun dance of Individual talent and compe tent conductor-ship. Volunteer serv ice con amore by a large group of men and women is most commendable. All they ask is that music lovers come to hear them. The small admission fee is needed to cover necessary ex pense. Whether viewed as part of an edu cation in a refining art or as an up lifting diversion, or a entertainment pure and simple, these concerts ought to be of the city's permanent higher activities. They can so be made If enough people show desire for them. They should appeal especially to chil dren whose musical education has be gun, for the reason that the hour does not Interfere with school duties nor rob them of sleep. . A CONSTITUTION' AI, CONTROVERSY. Between Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of th .Outlook, and President H. P. Judson, of Chicago University, an Ir reconcilable difference of opinion has come to light upon the subject of "The New Nationalism." This fa mous doctrine, promulgated on the field of Osawotamle by its inventor, holds that there la no gap between the powers of the Federal Government and those of the states. If such a gap appears for a moment io exist it is because we have not properly in terpreted the National Constitution. It is unthinkable, Mr. Roosevelt main tains, that the fathers should have left any governmental powers and functions wandering unhoused and unappropriated In the gulfs of space. All that can be imagined must be lodged aomewhere, and. If the states have them not, the unavoidable Infer ence Is that they belong to somebody in Washington, presumably the occu pant of the- White House. Thus we escape the misery of beholding an area In business and politics where nobody has the right to govern. If there were such an area to be found, Mr. Roosevelt ha shown how gaily the malefactors of great wealth would disport themselves on "its verdant sward and what profits they would draw from Its abundant license. Discoursing on the New National Ism a week or two ago. Dr. Lyman Abbott displayed a disposition to agree with Mr. Roosevelt. It was his opinion that If the athers when they composed the Constitution had omit ted explicitly to confer upon the President or Congress any authority which they ought to have, we should not hastily assume that it was there fore meant to be denied them. We . . . i-1 If asntArtpfli- I ougm ratuwr iu - y, as it were, feeling confident that It would be discovered niauen m mo fundamental document under some other aspect thau Its own. Following out this happy thought. It is clear that we have only to Invent and apply a Judiciously-chosen system of inter pretation to draw untold riches of any sort we like from the treasure cave of the Constitution. The president of Chicago Univer sity saw so much danger in this loose theory of the fundamental law that he went to the trouble of writing a letter to the Outlook telling Dr. Abbott hi objection to that aspect of the New Nationalism. Mr. Judson admit at the start that in some cases It might be desirable Jot the central Government to do certain things which the Constitution does not au thorize. But he perceives a sharp dis tinction between what Is desirable and what is legal. There are numerous activities on the part of Congress, he suggests, which would undoubtedly promote the general welfare, but since they are not legal they must be eschewed. Whether President Judson s object .jntinn la a mere Idol or a true ! god. Dr. Abbott will have none of it. He come out natiy wun uio w"'"" that the written Constitution of this country Is a living and growing en tity If we undertake to Interpret It parochially we shall end by destroy ing It. Fundamental rules which fit ted admirably to the conditions of 8,000.000 people living the simple life In the back woods cannot be expected to apply to 90,000,000 under a highly complex civilization without some little modification. As a matter of fact, he goes on to say with consider able conclusiveness, the Constitution began to be changed very soon after it was adopted and it has been chang ing ever since. If the Constitution does not contain what the country needs for Its healthy development, it Is the business of the Supreme Court to perform the proper Incantation, and put it there. This appears to be Dr. Abbott's view, stripped of some of Its suavities and trimmings. It may be assumed, without injus tice to Dr. Abbott, that he had in mind. In his elastic conception of National duty expressed thro lift), con stitutional authority, the convenient Roosevelt system of salting tne con stitutional mine and then taking therefrom at his pleasure the bright gold nuggets of manufactured legal ism. In other words, what Mr. Roose velt as President wanted to do or rather what he thought ought to be done he found a way to do. That is the New Nationalism in one of its prominent phases; It is Colonel Roose velt In all of his phases. But there is still another view of the subject that ought to, be added to this most interesting constitutional symposium, and Is contributed by Woodrow Wilson, the new Democratic luminary. At the November confer ence of Governors, Governor-Elect Wilson discussed the New National ism and the New Statclsm. He ap proved the exercise of Federal powers in all Federal concerns and he found no fault with the Increase of central ized authority for control of the great affairs of our common country. But he Insisted that the Federal power ought not to be employed to "domi nate and override local conditions," adding: We hava no fooIUh or pendantlc Jealousy of Pedaral power. Wa believe in the exer cise of the Federal powers to the utmost extent wherever it Is necessary tnat mey should be brought Into action for the com mon benefit. But we do not believe the in vention of Federal powers either necessary Or desirable. Invention of Federal powers! No more pertinent or suggest! expres sion could have been employed. It explains and Illumines the system de vised for the humiliation, annoyance and Impoverishment of the states through a scheme of false conserva tion that Ignores the rights of the states and the proper and reasonable desires of their Inhabitants. If there is to be a New Nationalism there should also be a New Stateism: and there ought to be no conflict or inconsistency between them. Now comes a farmer of Eastern Washington making frantic appeal for cats 5000 of them with which to make war upon the gophers that In fest his fields, and menace his crops. Than these sappers and miners of cul tivated fields, meadows and lawns, there Is no greater pest known to ag riculture. Night-workers a colony of them is able between sun and sun to devastate the most thrifty garden and cover lthe most promising meadow with unsightly hummocks. Cats, be ing night prowlers also, ought to solve the problem for the perplexed farmer, of ridding his premises of these per sistent, silent and prolific tunnel work ers. The experiment is worth trying, though how to exterminate the great army of cats creaflires as prolific as the gophers themselves, after their mission of extermination Is ended will be another question. Postal clerks are in the forefront of every disaster to railroad trains that carry mails. During the year covered by the report of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General there were 446 railroad accidents in which railway mall clerks were either killed or in jured. Specifically, twenty clerks, four substitutes and three mall weighers were killed,. ninety-eight seriously and 617 slightly injured. This record de tracts somewhat from the pleasure of working for so prompt a paymaster as Uncle Sara. Plans for making of Lone Fir Cem etery a beautiful and attractive park without disturbing graves sacred to memory and sentiment, have met at least the silent approval of lot owners In that area: That is to say, no objec tion has been heard, and It is probable that the plans will be carried out In the near future. Postal savings banks will begin' to get busy next week. Before the end of a year we shall find out whether, as expected, they will pull out of hiding and put Into circulation the estimated billion dollars now lying Idle In stock ings and In teapots on the cupboard shelf. Now our Blnger is expected to be in fettle to run for office again. If Francis Heney should feel Binger's handshake and hear one of his "grandfather" stories, he might feel a longing to move to Oregon and vote for him. Overworked employes in every line of business will hail wtih Joy the an nouncement that Monday will be ob served in this city as a legal holiday. If ever a holiday was earned by work ers this one surely has been. For a great, big Christmas gift that promises to affect advantageously the fortunes of the empire known as the Pacific Northwest, what's the matter with the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company? All the hotel in Portland are doing their prettiest to put the Christmas spirit into the day. Commendable ef fort, truly, but to succeed they have got to provide children and little fir trees bearing joyous fruit. It Is a safe wager that the Spokane woman who was awarded a gold medal for the graceful manner with which she alighted from a streetcar did not wear a hobble skirt. The Los Angeles man's sky-bunter will have to" be something exquiBltely ornate to overshadow the artistic sim plicity of the Yeon building. Organization of a cook and waiters' union gives the growing city of Med ford an air of progress, not to aay metropolitanism. Among Portland's genuinely useful gifts, the Hawthorne bridge and the new garbage crematory are entitled to distinction. .That $20,000,000 McLean baby is not happier today than 20,000.000 other children In America, Two days of rest hand-runnln' are not too much for the thousands of tired salespeople. Another thing to rejoice over: The railroads are not going to be tied up by a strike ' "Lucky" Baldwin, gay old sport, wa lucky to quit the world by a nat ural route. For the first time Portland cele brated Christmas as a city of thff-COO,-000 class. Did any one think to send a muffler to T. R. for a Christmas gift? To quote Tiny Tim, God bless us Thick-set. the forest clothes a distant laud Where beasts and wilder men hold savage s away; No friendly beacons stand To warn or show the way; No neighbor's hearth aalow with cheer For him who dares, for p'oneer. Who would to edge of wildest forest com! And carve his cabin home. Ah, Solitude, 'tis thine, this pathless wild, erness! Receive. Oh. Vast, this slender, clean-Itmbed boy From far-off rolling plains; He seeks with brave, with fear-free, bortsS Joy Thy deftly hidden gains. The roar of sea, the mighty river's surge, The gleam of mountain summits urge Through youth's awak'nlng heart The hope tor manly part When forest falls mid rushing, noisy yean And bare, the land a myriad-trumpet hears. Bequeath, Oh. Trees, a green-leaf tenderness II. Oh. Oregon, stilt roll And roar, thou Western Sea. Oh. Winds, forever free. In all the time to be. Enrich this boys clean soul. Give him the gentleness of soft-winged dov And all the warmth of happy childhood love But for his needed bulwark soon or late Entrench his heart with vigorous hate. While classic lore enlightens htm. Oh, forest wild. Pray grant the child Thy cedar's strength of trunk and limb. "ill. Swift years hava died. Thy boy has gone; in sturdy stride Walks forth a man to busy mates; Though rough the road. Well-poised hla load. He knoua. but spurns, the toll-exacting fate The fruits of idle hours appeal In vain. His mind and body fortressed powers know. His hand, each morn renerved of fertlM brain. Doth grasp the pen and rich achievement! flow. 6ure beam on beam of noble leader's thron Arise where men by force of truth are led! A king! no hand can rob except his own That Jewelled crown untu hla life has fled. His native strength. Matured at length. On angry riot hurled; He Jibed at threatened crushing. He cursed their hate-erased rushing. He cowed a seething world. Ruthless torn. The mask In acorn. From velvet-coated thiev'ry's stealth; Corruption seared In vaulted seat of Stat. All seared and burned in wlth'rlng scorch of hate; The pen. a shield of Commonwealth! Some righteous humbug fleshed hla ink. drawn edge. Or blow of sledge. Or worded wedge. Confusion wrought for false coin changer; No mercy known in full-armed lash For dogs who felt the bludgeon crash As cloyed, they whined or snarled in clvM manger. The while he stole from out hit crowded days Sweet hours to sing some true man's well earned praise. TV. One law and one condition: Xo personal ambition For him whose pen would mould a mighty state. No boastful brandlshlngs No empty vanishlnga But words that range 'twlxt love and hata. As engine wheels Increasing whirled And noise of life full throbbed each hour. Glad Hope's new banners quick unfurled, He led the hosts to fresh-found power. Then. Oh, the end of Life's allotted spanl Blow ye the glowing embers Till every child remembers The West brought forth a rugged, hones' EDMOND. S. MEANT. ON SANTA CIAUS FARM. BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. 'Way beyond the silver snow that tops" the frozen seas, Where the reindeer come and go , through the wind-tossed trees, Santa Claus Is plucking toys , every pleasant day For a host of girls and boys living far away. Wandering through the dolly-vines, his pack upon his arm. While the red aurora shines on his Christmas farm. Little sprigs of evergreen bearing can dy mice Pop up here and there between the flakes of crystal Ice Engines hang from trailing plants, all along the walk. Balls and bats and whistles dance on , many a bending stalk. And sprouting just above the ground, in sheltered sunny nooks, Branching creepers may be found, hung with picture books. The candy bushes fill the air with most delightful scents. The plant that grows the wooly bear is just beside the fence. The rocking horses buried deep beneath the chocolate loam, And close beside the fuzzy sheep with in their leaf -clad home. And while old Santa walks along among the glades and dells He hears the frosty tinkling song of tiny Christmas bells. He soon will have the harvest in, and call his reindeer sleigh And Joyously will he begin his journey far away ' Away across the silver snow with all his load of toys, ' To prove that he Is really so, to doubt ing girls and boys.- And then he'll leave the world of men, for homeward he must bring Toyseeds to plant his farm again as soon as comes the Spring. I Remember, I Remember. (After Thomas Hood.) I remember, I remember. The Chrlstmaa tide of yore; The attic where the snow flakes lay, Like spin-drift on the floor: Where, dancing o'er my trundle bad, The moonlight' splendor deep. Made, down the motley patch-work, quilt, ' A zig-zag path to Sleep. I remember, I remember. With what a Joyous dread, I listened for the reindeer's prance. Upon the roof o'erbead: The good Saint with his bursting pack The Joy-bells chiming clear; Ah me, the simple childish trust Is gone with yester-year! I remember, I remember. Though years have passed, I wot. The lovely things I wanted, and The useful things I got: My heart still swells with sorrow, fot The hopeful little chap. Who yearned for books, and games, and toys. And got a Winter cap! Mabel Eastman. Who trip In togs but lately sold To them for heavy toll of gold Despite the parent's troubled brow, AH hobble-skirted, tightly rolled Is life worth living anyhow? I've hunted high, I've hunted low; The meager poor, the heavy jowled Wealthy, alike have cares In tow, Joys to them miserly are doled. That fate Is but a common scold Most lachrymosely I avow. Tes, everybody's cake is dough Is life worth living anyhow? ENVOY. Friend, I have got to live and so To you respectfully I bow And ask that you will stake me. Not Is life worth living anyhow? sCbJcaso Hews.