THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908.
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COP1CS.
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The Democratic prophets and phi
losophers of tho country are busily
engaged in constructing a great vari
ety of political horoscopes, tho essen
tial feature of all of them being a
mathematical demonstration that it
is all over with tho Republican par
ty. This is an agreeable diversion,
as one can easily construct a table of
electoral votes which, If it should
correspond with that to be hereafter
constructed by the people, would as
sure the Democrats a dead cinch on
tho national officers for tho next four
years.
In this county wo have also devel
oped this typo of forecaster who
demonstrate to their own satisfaction
that tho Democrats may elect one
or two local officers and that the
United States sonatorshlp is a cinch.
It is another case of assuming tho
Impossible for the sake of argument.
Tho fact Is that tho men who live
within the sphere of the little local
political breezes come to imagine that
they are in the midst of a world-wide
cyclone. They aro always mistaken.
Mankind has not gone daft. Most
people aro busy in getting their liv
ing, which, in spite of all tho imagin
ings to tho contrary, they find it
easier to do with each decade. The
relations of all of us with our neigh
bors and with society do not mate
rially differ from those of half a
century ago. Upon tho whole this
world is a comfortable place for
honest men to live in, and most of
us aro honest. As conditions change
with devolopmont In tho material
world society gradually changes not
its organization, but its methods and
its instruments to correspond. And
that process is what wo call social
progress.
In the United States this sane and
reasonable progress in matters which
aro proper objects of political action
has for many years been represented
by the Republican party. In its
ranks have always been concentrated
a vast majority of tho clearheaded
and able. From Its ranks have been
devoloped the natural leaders of tho
people. It has never been a party
of negation and obstruction, but al
ways a party of positive constructive
force. As new conditions have arisen
it has dealt with them and dealt with
thorn wisely. It Is today dealing with
present conditions sensibly and for
cibly. And it will not change. Tho
policies which it Is now pursuing it
will contlnuo to pursue. Tho laws
will bo enforced as they aro now,
whoovcr Is President. Obedlenco to
law will bo compelled including
obedlenco to tho Constitution next
year as now. Tho nationnl platform
will bo both progressive and sane, bo
causo tho mass of tho party Is pro
gressive and sane, and all tho hosts
of radicalism can never prevail
against it.
THE UNITED STATES SENATOR
SI I II'.
Tho Republican candldato for
United States Senator, Mr. H. M.
Cako, when defeated by a very small
vote two years ago, campaigned this
whole Stato for his successful oppo
nent to uphold tho principles of tho
pnrty. Those principles aro at stake
not tho Individual candidate's inter
ests. Tho question Is: What does
tho candldato ropresent? Not who
Is ho? Thero Is no foundation for
criticism of Mr. Cako. Ho la ouo
having friends, Is frlondly, an exper
ienced lawyer accustomed to public
work and In tho prime of n clean
Hfo, nnd roprosonting openly, frank
ly and honorably tho principles of
our party.
On tho other hand Mr. Chamber
lain poses as tho host friend of his
people. In tho real analysis ho Is
first, last and all tho time a Dem
ocrat. But wait! On his pictures, on
his cards, in his literature, ho is
afraid to use tho name of the Demo
cratic party. In the Primary Elec
tion he would not even permit his
name on the ballot. What Is he?
Tho candidate for United States sen
ator must be something. The con
clusion is logical and inevitable that
he is urging the people of Oregon to
send him to tho United Statets sen
ate while trying to hide his real pol
itical affiliations. Ho Is a Democrat,
but afraid to say so. He Is a Bryan
worshipper. The atmosphere of the
United States senate is Republican.
Tho voters of Oregon must not bo
fooled by his statements that in
Washington ho will not be obliged
to be counted as a Democrat. Ho
sets forth in glittering terms that
Oregon will not suffer by having him
in the senate. Forget such non
sense. Men are human. The sen
ate is Republican. There is not a
proposition put forth by the Cham
berlain advocates which can bear the
light of day in a Republican state.
RATHER CHEAP HAGGLING.
It may be said, in passing, that
there Is scarcely a biennial legislative
session held in Oregon, at which there
is not expended, in immensely less
compensating ways than for tho up
lift and progress of one of the State's
prideful institutions, as much, and
often more, than the $123,000 it is
proposed to grant the University of
Oregon; and the haggling that has
been done conveys to the world about
us, tho impression of our cheapness
and smallness In things educational.
With a board of regents culled
from tho brain and character of the
State, It would seem that so pitiful a
sum as this might bo freed, for legi
timate USC3 from the treasury, with
out the chance of financial paralysis,
or cataclysmal graft; that the great
State of Oregon might do this thing
with the seme spirit and high Intel
ligence wherewith other States grant
millions In such behalf; that she
might realize that her sons and
(laughters are without price when it
comes to their equipment for life and
Its strifes, achievements and graces;
that as a great commonwealth she
might at least do as much as hund
reds of Individuals aro doing, daily,
throughout tho world in tho cause of
higher education, and quit posing as
a hide-bound economist on such lines
as this, while doing spend-thrift
stunts every two years, on people
and programs quite outside tho re
cord of utility and compensatory
worth. Astoria Astorian.
AMERICAN PEASANTS.
Mrs. Humphry Ward has written
some cry loadable and diverting nov
els, using character and local color
belonging to England, which Is her
home. Recently the delivered a lec
tin o on the peasant In literature be
fore a New York audience and made
the break of holding up for analysis
the "American peasant class." To
her European mind the everyday
typos found In novels depicting life
In New England. Tennessee and on the
plalus are peasants because they have
coarse hands and are seen at their
rough tasks. In saying that these
people make delightful studios In lit
erature Mrs. Ward means to be com
plimentary, but she falls of nttainlng
to the whole truth by not knowing
that they represent American life.
There are no peasants in America
except the few who come here from
Europe to escape the intolerable class
bondage of their fatherland. In truth,
tho American plain folks who get Into
novels were never In the peasant class.
They come trom ancestors of the mid
dle and even upper classes In Europe,
who emigrated to enjoy the blessings
of free thought and fiee worship.
Those combinations of philosophy and
humor, with physical hardihood and
endurance, which make characters for
literary treatment result from tho
clash of culture with wild nature.
And so tho man with tho hoe can im
press tho prayer meeting nnd sway
the town meeting with thoughts that
aro classic, although hh language and
delivery may bo unpolished. It re
quires vast lauded estates to breed n
race of peasants, and these fortunate
ly America has uever been cursed
with.
It really seems that tho kaiser Is
writing too mauy letters, but perhaps
tho day will como when his corre
spondents can keep tho wolf from tho
door by selling tho confidential epis
tles for a round sum In cash.
It hns been said that each ono of us
could wrlto ono romanco out of his
own experience, and if that bo truo
tho subject would be "Love." Ian
Maclareu.
Venezuela may make it necessary
for Mr. Root to employ n different
tono from that which ho customarily
employs in addressing South Amerl.
cans.
Ship destroyers, liko rabid anarch
ists, even blow themselves up to make
good on their name.
In mauy millions thero Is much dl
Torco.
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GOOD EVENING.
THE TOUCH OF A HAND.
AT times when the world seems dead.
And the heart is bound in frost,
When every bird or blossom
Forgotten Is, or lost,
A HAND Is laid In ours
Ah, the world Is not so wrong.
And for every bud that blooms
Tho heart leaps up In son el
Margaret Rldgely Schott.
IF WE ONLY KNEW.
COULD we but draw back the curtains
That surround each other's lives,
Seo the naked heart and spirit.
Know what spur tho action elves.
Often wo should And It better.
Purer than wo Judged wo should;
Wo should love each other better
If wo only understood.
COUT..D we Judge all deeds by motives,
Seo tho good and bad within.
Often wo should love the sinner
All the while we loathe the sin.
Could wo know the powers working
To o'erthrow Integrity,
Wo should Judge each other's errors
With moro patient charity. i
IF wo knew the cause and trials,
Know tho efforts all in vain.
And tho bitter disappointment.
Understood tho loss and gain,
Would tho grim external roughness
Seem, I wonder. Just tho same?
Should wo help where now wo hinder?
Should we pity where wo blame?
AH, wo Judge each other harshly.
Knowing not life's hidden forco.
Knowing not the source of action
Is less turbid at Its source.
Seeing not amid tho evil
All tho ffolden grains of good.
Oh. we'd love each other better
If wo only understood.
Unidentified.
"Everything comes to him who
waits," remarked Goss at the res
taurant last evening, "but it comes
cold."
Thero is one good thing about the
devil; he doesn't run around trying
to find out who started the report
about him.
Tho Milllcoma Cynic says there ara
only two kinds of people in the
world Bad ones and those who have
not been found out.
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OVERHEARD AT THE MILLICOMA
A great many men admire diligence,
and when the diligence resides In oth
ers and they get a good fat rakeoff
their admiration amounts to an obses
sion. The less you know a man the more
may yon assume an acquaintance of
men In general and freely speak your
mind to him.
Many people
ppend their gray
matter trying to
dig out a creed
that does not call
for anything re
sembling a deed.
The only quar
rel we hac with
difficulties is
t h e i r perfectly
horrid habit of
being familiar.
A good way to keep friends Is not to
need any.
Frobably the power of coming quick
ly to a decision does as much to save
friction as the power to sign a check.
There is no use In trying to dodge an
Issue, for issues aie notably as nimble
footed as Mercury and as persistent as
Satan.
The reason some of us don't want to
make footprints on tho sands of time
is because the style of shoes chango so
soon nnd we hate to bo on tecord iu an
out of date model.
All things are possible to the man
who has a future and many are Impos
sible to tho chap who has accumulated
a malodorous past.
Fear makes us afraid, and tho only
grain of comfort lies In the likelihood
that It makes tho other fellow afraid
too.
Sometimes a cynical disposition ends
in a slu-leal exposition.
Tho Annual Spasm.
A song of spring! Pray, who does not
Appreciate the lass
Or say as sho goes tripping by,
"That lady has somo class?"
Wo nil with ono accord accord
To her tho foremost prizo
And whisper In n pleasant voice
That sho is Just our slzo.
Somo other seasons, wo have heard,
Aro fairly well supplied
With qualities which lend them charms
That cannot ba dented.
Let others ravo about tho fall
And o'er it fumo and fuss.
Wo servo duo notice that tho spring
, Is good enough for us.
With cherry blossoms In her hair
And blessings In her hand,
She gently saunters down tho road
And smiles to beat tho band.
Then every ono duo notice takes,
And every mother's son
Who rubbers at her says In glee,
"Ah, there, my pretty onel"
Yes, spring is all tho Christmas cake,
Tho candy and tho pie.
Sho worms herself Into our hearts.
She likewise takes our eye.
Wo like to see her como around
Tho vcrduro to renew,
And, seeing her, we almost say
She's too good to be true.
Mother Goose Down to Date.
Young Mrs. Hubbard
Plaintively blubbered,
Her hat Is a beautiful thing;
She had a gown made,
And now she's afraid
Wo aren't going to have any spring.
TOM JAMES.
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ONE OF the worst features about
this cold, damp spring Is the stories
some of tho "oldest inhabitants" tell
about worse ones along In the fifties
and early sixties.
"Wo want eggs, and we want them
bad," advertises an eastern Oregon
merchant, who ought to bo arrested
by the pure food law inspectors.
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$25,000 a day is what this big
battleship show costs tho country, a
million dollars every forty days, Jack
Flanagan says it was the most ex
pensive and disappointing bit of flro
works he ever saw as lie caught a
glimpse of the lights as the fleet went
by.
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"Ouch!" blurted Dr. Toye, as he
injured his hand with one of his in
struments. "Ha, ha" laughed the man in tho
chair. "That's good!"
Dr. Toye was furious.
I don't see anything to laugh at,"
he snapped. "I am In pain."
"And that's why I am laughing.
Thought you was one of these hore
'painless dentists,' Doctor.
The Maishlield Siren.
she heard the flro whistle blowing.
"And what is that?" quoth she.
And Tom Hall, merrily,
Replied: "It's, just the dog watch,
ma'am,
Whoso bark is on the sea."
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Something In That.
A young man of Marshfleld who
had failed to pay his little bill en
deavored to turn his Chinese aside
from inquiry by an attack upon the
Celestial's manner of speech.
"Why do you say 'Fliday,' Gow
Why?" ho asked.
"Say Fliday because I mean Fli
day," replied Gow stoutly. "No say
Fliday and mean may bo week after
nex', liko Melican man."
Shy en Relatives.
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"Poor man. huw you no brothers,
sisters, cousi.is or ulcus.'"
"None at all."
"No aunts or uncles?"
"Come to think of It, 1 have an un
cle." "Is ho kind to you?"
"Oh, very! Ho lots me store my
overcoat with him every summer."
Feel Setter.
"I see the expert sajs that ouo will
never be attacked by a lion as long as
one can put a chair between himself
and the king of beasts."
"Looks simple."
"It is simple."
"Say. 1 wonder if n mountain would
not do as well."
Life.
When Hfo Is young
And Joy Is bravo
We give it tongue
Nor in n envo
Essay to hldo
Tho llal thing,
Boih far nnd wide
We gladness fling.
When life Is old
And lovo Is kind
Tho mirth wo hold.
With grief's combined.
Then hermits wo
And vainly yearn
For Joy and gleo
To niako return.
Baffled Then.
"You think you understand women?"
"I know I do."
"In every instance?"
"Well, I understand them except
tvhou they try to slug. Then I would
defy a language expert to understand
most of them."
Calls Most of Them.
"When I put my hand to tho plow I
don't turn back."
"I would hate to seo you tried out on
It just aa tho dinner bell rang."
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TION.
Thero will ho an Important special
meeting Saturday evening. The Buf-
faly Dill will start from E. Hod
son's landing at six o'clock p. in.
sharp and return Immediately aftor
meeting. II. GEDDES.
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