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'i ' - " :JEiraall - PORTLAND. OREGON. sukday.:: may '.'28.7 iaos..: .xlir. r : " - , ,., . ; : . mW THE OREG.QlN StT N D A Y J .V '"-J-- AN INDEPENDENT N F.W S t A t w 7 . - T ... J .5 aa, A C. , JACKSON PUBUSHED BY, JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. .. - I, JNO. F CARROLL t - HIGH-AUTHORITIES ON DELICATE MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE. itiorwardrfar the rcWn to power of the present city administration They are based on -J tfnimtnUlni and T partisanship, On, th- - no on has met the Issue more ably and succinctly than : did Mayor Williams himself when he was the Chief J' supporter vf GeneraeebjeeoltingRrpnblicaBrwhcn e ran for ttfelSTfTce o7 mayor, in 1896V On-that-ocea ;f"siO Mayor Williams said: i, l expect; you all know that I am a Republican; I respfctthe-Ctinaplcg and poli-1 thuiuuh Mick as 'grea&e. just as though there had been no intermediate regulation for- civil servicer Ar t "matter of fact there is nothing in it at all for the aver ag-treef awHHa he who decides election restrlts-r but the Question bf a decent; honest and economical ad ministration -offheijmunicipal government- It matters not the:Jrast.m the world to him who holds' the.office or what his polities', but it matters a great deal what is done by. those in office. If they are honest, mtcili gent and high -nvtila4 the laws are, enforrrd andjaheyed. graftirfg-ns TlimmatedrTayer-are kcprrwitnmreasonapie bounds, Value is. gotten for every dollar spent and Jit? and property afeseciirc.;.Thcse ; Trehnigs that come home - immediately-to every ettircnf-tney afteet -his own "wellbeirig'and the welibcing of hi wife and chil dren. In so far as the government' iS-concerned they mean everything-to him. . .. The political machine is in, the saddle m Portland the Williams tirket is elected a week from tomorroM the liquor nien and" the machine' will ride tandem. The . cies of my party,-but my obligation to honesty, decency ! and truth are higher than my obligation to . party. -JXhis:is-iQOilejtfrJ together and :"we .are-atl-3tf most of us who are . not ' blinded St. bound -by- our party obligations are trying to rise above those, rules and regulations which'the party ': bosses impose upon us and do. that which is good for the 'the-whole country; . Why -don't we throw off -thser-party-T)Wigationsf7They--amctimV tcothtng-4hi var iivobodys payin - anyaMent tonto themr Who cares- for the. candidate because he is jthe regular nomi ie?Whixares .ictheTartdidatebecause: heHs'said "to be a Republican or,iiDemocratro-lar a -the , eity f Officers are concerned?; There .is' nothing, involved in - the city government but an honest admirtiUrafion, an '-"- honest, disbursement of public money, the administration '. of a man who is free front the domination of any part r-Tringt vtlique-orfaetion. I le'ave it to vou to gay when you go to -tttc-potis whether or not you wjii i stand by the reputation and best Interests, the prosper jlyl.and good, name ofthefity-or whether yott -will ... . stand by some man that -you -despise and- dislike be- 'cause ne is ypnrjtarty-nofflmee ' . There was a time when no man could have expressed : 5 an idea more", happily, and - with -greater "accuracy than -iiiMyofWiI!iams jnd -heJ was jssuredlyiajiia -ifiylbesf -..vein in the bolting speech from which we quote. But ' there is another authority which in this cajnpaign has assumed to criticise, instruct and direct Republican voters what to do. That is the Oregohian. "On the day after ' ."ihecouhty election last year it read a homily to jts read good in the practical application of it which can be -t madettoday .This is the extract to which we refer as itajjpearea in tne yregonian on )ane . ivu4.- Another lesson of this election is that the voter ;.. is fully qualified to discriminate. r If the ticket; had . :", T included a mayor for Portland voter could have re : S. J? corded their . choice as" freely . and intelligently as , IZiheyrlii4orasheriffcand-districr"tdrney. Th va - " nation in tire i votes ofthedifferntandidates .ia- very impressive, It - indicates ."how-, powerless the . l-jL''machine'tii lo override. ihcwjshesl6fjhc people L thelpolls. .No one heed "ever say again that in Mult - nomah county a nomination is equivalent to. an elec T tion, or that there is no choice but between machine -Tcandidates.-:Espeeiallyofr- offices without political -V. ( i- significance, party lines are disregarded, . It is doubt--L, futiranyTcDhliderable-sffengthi wcruecTtoStott or ,tt Reed by. reason of their regularity. People voted -r-trely-lheir-c1iorc-e-bet w"e n77nehomrneesrir pC" 11 !" which, may remindTiTlnaf a party prganizatioiv may JLejxeasuypfcsuinA4oalniuxh. on its power.. ; With two such high authorities to pronounce' "against Mayor Williams " lit' the present campaign surely" Re " publican raters can have no h,eitatiotr-fin"doing'their ' duty without regard to partisanship, for they are ab ,' solved in advance for whatever venial jin may ba in- - vol ved injhe transaction. ' ' ;-j-- y-" ', - TQ AVERAGE REPUBLICAN VOTERS. I f ATJg--lNiFf) I . V F. f in -thT-i-" ' -waywralty gwntest to the artfast lttpui voter of this city? As a directly personal question ia him, what does, he get out of il - Does ne wt as usual pursue ' in e-even lenui of liis-wayriabuiiously earnins his own livinsr by his unaided efforts while the "push forces its way into the good things despite the civil sei vice law and 'in very defiance of lt?rttaTnot Whrtnyo1sC'penty-eelared:ihar.SSi"s namedtn- ployes .ia the , public offices- and In""1 ' -tnev com record of. the. past three years Js perfectly familiar to everyi-citircnrTDocs: heapprove of it' ahd does ne-want more and worseef-rtf-f Harry . Lane is electejnhe citizen will look, in vain for machine methods' and for ipphTtmehfTTiased purely on . political- - qualification Public office will be treated as a public trustThe law willr1e jenforced and for every dolar spent there will be full value In public service. 'No one who knows the man doubts this and if Portland sets such an adminis tratton-everybody-should beprotd of it and "friir never stop to inquire the petty politics of a man who. will not Jet petty politics be the tst of merit in ;valuing pub lic service, i " ' 1,1 ; t UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRATION. DECENCY GETS A B LACK. EYE :-- A LL'TITE DISGRACE which will come to Port land through the saloons so thickly clustered about the fair grounds "all thq-erime, all the cost. ') could have been avoided if the mayor had done his duty and the council had been 'Composed of men with respect t for themselves and the city, which honored them. But ' the mayor did not do his duty and the council had re- .1 spect neither. for themselves nor 4he -city and the dis- grace followed as a matter of course.. ,r "" Then the outraged people attempted to repair the. evil done as best they could. Three thousand and more I Voters signed petitions for a referendum vote.' Enough t members in hearty accord with thcRed Eye principles of ' the present administration, who stand for what it has ! stood for and will stand for if again placed in power, 1 simply disappeared from-vie wr a -quorum was-4ackiflg, ; t1flhil1(r fill K 1r.A nnJall tit... ....-r.f-PoTttaTtd . are treated'with the confemptuotis indifference that as- :::"-7T euredly would no be accorded the demands of the lowest 1 offscourings of our 'municipal life.. " " -These respectable Ming citizens have no lFwtthhe-TnsentdmnTismtloflThey do nonive r or ply their trades in the red light districts. . Hence ' hcy are deserving of no considerMinn Thy fB1 t"l!outed and made ridiculous. . i V But the time may come when decency and a proper '- regard for the public welfare will prove a passport to a city administration and it may come in Portland as early - as next July. ' " ' " : THE LAST SUNDAY BEFORE. ,j B EFOREiANOTH ER Sunday"comes the great fair will, have been opencdi June-1, lOOS,- ivill have passed; the 4ong-planned-for and worked-for Lewis and Clark exposition, will be a consummated -realityya bigr thing-of beaiity ;and a joyjo: hundreds iof thousands, while it lasts Every aspect1 is auspicious. . That yisitors will be far more 'numerofls than was anticipated or even -hoped for by tjie most sanguine when the fair was projected is cer tain. Success has crowned every effort. " " The expo-SitHW-will be all 4hat it was dreamed it would be.' " - lis projectors and first boomers, those who agitated it and insisted upon it, as weir as those who later seriously v t. ; iarward ta completionwrthTlToriey and brains, and time and self-sacritice are all entitled to- h- plaudits of all Oregon. They have' done a great work for the state, for the Pacific northweV Nor should the common peopl,be overlooked. If the inassef ihad '.ne geiralliaadJeartiyupportedlh enterprise with money and encouragement it must have ,1 failed. The labor unions, the mechanics, the small nier- chants, all did their, share. - -, - r ', ' . i.,--. -lThU fact.iu.iUeUia-valuable, It-mdicateTrTnclraSpirit iol unity as never existed hr before - It indicates also an elimination of the old selfishness and-jcaiuusy-4hat J Ved to be.a blight both in-the city and the state. This '--1 f airhasTnadj .the. city.mettopolitajv-MimMtanH ' spirit. It has united the different sections of Oregon. , It has already, and will do so more-broadencd and bet- . tcred us all. , . . , : -- - - It has made Oregon known, and will continue, to make V ft known, in the east as nothing else could possibly hava done. The east has now heard, is hearing, will hear, of ; Portland. c;f, Oregon. Wc are now for the first time em fhatically on the map. J '." ;-. , . ' So Junt 1 will be a gfeat day for Oregon, and especially ; . for Portland Let us help to make it so, and t appro i HE IMMIGRATION to the United States for the current fiscal year wjlt be ' very JatgeprobablyJ exceeding a million people, and a great many papers and individuals7pLPr.ominence..are "sounding. hotelof alarm'l on ihe subject,- and not-withouf -cause. Thei-wQUitb"e"nQ"tiing.lQ. worry. aboutlf alLot nearly i all these immigrants were of the-ilesirable class. -There is room-and opportunity jn this vast country tor a pracU licall unlimited number of nrimigrants of the right kind. They could arrive at the rate of several millions a year for manyears to come with advantage rather than in jury to the !country, if they were to become good,inte- ligent citizens and go out into the country and develop it andnraus4rge. farms to be divided into small ones, and so help to produce wealth and pay taxes, -j . "" But there" is "that ""if." ""Most of them coniTrig over, partly at. the Instigation of steamship companies which care for nothing but.lheir passage money, arenot ofjhis SortTwiII not do this, and are not people who will make the United.Statea.richer-of-in -any way better?1 ( ipccuJ- agent--Oi-Uie Treasury is-investigating rue question whether Austria-Hungary is encouraging the emigration of what is officially known as "undesirable" immigrants to this country, for a large proportion of the undesirables come from that country, v That the steam ship' Companies encourage the immigration of anybody and everybody whh enough money"to. pay their passage, unless manifestly such as they would have to carry back,, is. well known. They advertise America- in lAustr'a' Hungary, 'Italy, Russiaand other countries much as the railroads advertise -the west -in the east, but with a far lesilJaudable--purposer-Ther-has been sharp-rqmpe" tition between these steamship companies and almost any one could raise the price of a passage over especially if, as is suspected, Austria-Hungary at least is furnishing money for the emigration of undcsIrables.But If unde sirable there they are all the more so here. The time has, therefore, come-rin fact it came years ago to pass and enforce more stringent laws against the immiffration of .the undesirables.-For a long pe riod the United States welcomed all immigrants who cbme, ai'd almost all were desirable, but during the past two decades the proportion of undesirables has been increasing at nuclr-a rate thatjtheituationasooe., menacing. . l'liiBinporfanFmatter would have been tet ter . attended to years ago, and greater care -taken, in the matter of immigration, if it had not been for the cowardice and'selfishj ess of congressmen and other pol itician who were afraid of and pandered to!theforr eign vote." But" the time has come when they must do something or lose the 'American-vote. . It is now cstimated-that-half the immigration is tun dcsirable." What becomes of this human sewage? It stops chiefly in the great cities and renders the prob lem of municipal government douWy difficult. It in jures laborers already here, forcommonlaborers are always plentiful enough. It does not ..benefit the Vich, for it adds to thejr taxes supposing them to pay their share f taxes. The tide ought to be checked. ;- To end as we began, immigration.-of . the . rifKt' port will not hurt us-the more of it the better. There is room in this country for hundreds of millions of people, but room should not be allowed, another year, for half a .million; or one tenth thit number pMhese'iindcsir- DEVELOPMENT of a state must operate in circles "or ellipsoids, riot along straight or zigzag lines -"-extending from point to point. Each industry, even'each "CitizenTalt -around thetcircle of endeavor, musielp allraftdHufepettetogethe The farmer u the most independent of all, but he could not prosper, nor longf'Hve a civilized life, withoutjthe work ojf the -manufactuwn-the , transporter, the miner, the merchant, the lumberman. He must have tools, jm- plemntsr-furHitureclothesrnd4neans f transportation for these necessaries to his' vicinity a-nd-ot his surplus products.to-thedistant people ho-nccd them? MOST UNIQUE CLUB IN THE LAND. I NDIANA is the first-stater and mr hitherto unheard-1 of little -place in that state named Wanatah the first town, to give ,real practical upport and manifest indorsement to President Roosevelt s anti-race suicide ideas. When the president announced1!!! vlarorou terms and earnestly took hold of the great work and carried jHthat. he was In favor of large families and that failure, of married people to produce children jwas reprehensible in the extreme' and race suicide, or something to that ef fect, the married people of -Wanatah concluded that something was necessary to be doneThey believed in the president anil felt that they' had neglected their duty and-s4Mwild do all they could-rto atone f orrt hcirm eglec: They set a good example' in this, at least: they did not look around at other towns and villages of the Iloosier state and make Comparisons; lliey idTJnpijaxIlhat others were more delinquent than themselves; they did not appeal to legislature or church; they did something thatwithout thcSr considering such a result has brought Wanatah jjnto the-limelight of national fanTe.- r They organtredrTStork clubT - It would be in vain to attempt to mention, even H it were proftable or interesting,. all the clubs, that have been organized. Their name "is legion; their objects are many; but this' certainly is the most unique club fn txr istence. And- when results are considered, if other vil lages, towns and cities, and the rural districts should all organize Stork clubs, with equal' success, the president would surely be satisfied. ' ': ' ."Public attention was first directed to the existence oif this club," says the Indisnapolis Star, ,,by the remark ably sudden increase in the births of the village, xwhich ' -1 , -: , . . ' . ' ' - had the result of arousing the suspicions of non-mem, berj,' eipecTaTlyrwhcn aftcf each" VisirrnDTdTFatHef Stork .jrQULiatheiaand h ppy-motliers mad it t he- -en- tonr-to-cclebrate-thr arrivar of Tircooing addition to- the faniy by, giving little stuffed storks r souvenirs of the event. - t I nothing of the nrm""s . profa on 9Q-cent-gai--itt a -T- r. ... ., , , , . Ar. , ... . 1. . .f ,u city iik r niiaaeipnia. inus ins present nwmDcu ui jrsxompany could becoute Jnulti'nillirtnsirtsand when they died 'their" heirs would be multimillionaires and would go on robbing the patient people ot that always vote-it And according to the same authority investigation at the homes showed that the population of the village was increasing by leaps and boundsVnfAnU-aiiiid-i "vteijjglili STffatioii 'Was "ui order, 1 " ; " r" Perhaps in his next message the president will recom mended thorganizatioi-efi Storlr chtbffthroughpnthe landTfoTurelylheJVanatah people are not better in the stork's eyes if he has any than those of any other place that would equally honor him by 6rganizingaclub Ti it TiTsi n inT ' 'r 4 J ' v , is. a is aimaasv '' , . -THg-OPENlNO-OF THE PORTAGE ROAD. T T IS but just and proper that ihe formal opening of II the -portage: . road-should -be-made-a -notable event, for it 1s the most significant ol all events that have transpired in our recent history. It is well that the occa sion is to be graced "byl officials and citizens of local prominence,-by citizens of -tributary" sections "arid 'ad joining states whose interests in the outcome are, great as our own and, finally, by men conspicuously identified BtrtTDurnohallgovefhmenijind thua'dee'ply concerned in the Very problem which we have here essayed to solve. -Theevent-w igmheaniHiOf ;lone 4n. ifi physicar-mam festations, in the triumphant conclusions of labors backed by the commonwealth an'd sbown iiv the completed and equipped railroad, but it is doubly gratifying as showing the. growth' in a public sentiment -which for the- public welfare cannot be too assiduously fostered and encour bly. thosewhoseaction is -necessary to make the lease binding on the city ahd"has risen in. defense of the people. "If he succeeds in- defeating this infamous lease) tne people ot rnuaaeipnia snouiu nonor mm nigiuy wnue he lives and "erect rtonunient ta. him when he dies though, to sav truth, theybuinat-theicdeseendants deser.ve-toauffcx-thetermf "of -the lease, for-it-warthey i-wlo rhrcTed 1 this -robber council with their eyes w"de open ana-unaer ,tne; specious pica mai iney were serving the country .by voting the party ticket straight.' scarcely reconcilable In "an outsider's mind with ' the church's profession of brotherly-love and Christian fel- coutinesr a single 6tate, which has orougnt about a practical v recognition of "community f ." interests throughout the whole Inland Empire." It means unity'of pnrpose. proadcrvisipn a wider and more intelligent in terpretation of.'"what w-haVej3ceiujrpneto jregardjas purely local issues, ..... . - To thections directly affected and to Portland it means much,J-direclIyah(f-i-indirecty ' but it will mean greater and still greater things to the peoplejof all these states and all the communities in Ihenv for. they" have througb-lhc-buildinglol thia portage road learned a les son the most vital to their future growth and develop ment. Therefore, we repeat, the, occasion should be fflehratfd wilh mingled fclinga aL pride-and-xaUKlIfHt-Uamf - Slirfly Ihesehrethren in Christ are no' longc foTThat little eight- and ahaTf miles i ofiilTOadTheans much more to the sections affected than did the trail of . Lewis and Clark to. the world at large when it was followed over the same site a hundred yean ago.. " ; )NE-WA Y-TO-EVELOF. OREGON. 4- ence. n6t to spak of advancement, But we wish to speak here brjefly-of-intended, cal culated cooperation, and - that' within . a certain, com paratively "Mnall circle, not a world-round or nation round, but a state-round circle. If the farmer, the lum berman, the miner, the -merchant. the.mechanic, and all within Oregon, would patronize home industries, that is. buv Oregon-made products, they would thus build up Oregon Manufactories, which in turn "would send ad- .. . . 1 . a. . i.,''jr:-.t. a- a it i ditionantoms-TVT preperiiy ana aevcioymcni ui iiuiiuu -it-straight - Republican city' untUthe, vrJ9Sft-J though long before ththulf-theri will be courts I that will j;tasJe-such contracts, ana snap tneir juaiciai JTlia niayBPLj ninuinl 'CCtUlll tilty olliccrs probiT WHY-NOT REUNITE? T"R ESI D ENf T RbOSRVELT Is" Inciriicd to butt In, V-Hesent a message to a Presbyterian assembly at .A. ,.' t i: - .!. I Winona Lake, Wisconsin, expressing, the hope that all branches of the church of that denomination would soon unite in one body, -It js feally none of his busltiefts whether they dorortiot,"for he is not a Presby terian. y'eL-ai usuaL-hla-suggestion-is a good one. It js TaIlyitioflerC'rftt8iAe!lf "ithefyfrtt -""not oiit of nlace for a newTpaFerteTTemark that this divisionr of the same denomination into different branches, eaehrmajjvjit ia-o-4-vrydiretion. 'Hfortn taining a separate 'orgaiuzation, seenis needless,-and is PISS THE ORTHODOX ACCENT. 97 Mturj r. -Oopa.: ;'.' Hot every ona that alth unto ni. Lord. Lord, ihnll enter I of . bnverirtmt "he that doeth the wtttrrr or my ramer who la in heaven. Mutt. vli: .. -. ,. .. EUHAP8 the chief Uamat do by : the confualon ot tongues a't Babel ' , was that H- tended to g niitltl '" pllclty of words. Whether It whs o before that time or not. It la certain - mat . ever since tnera. baa been a con- taut likelihood of -r41gloi-.nt verr - other ood thing being drowned In floods of rhetoric. Where- there are 18 ways f saying thing K-ia 0: much, eauler to use tli era all than to do the thing in the one way Ira" which It may ,bfl-done. Worrta . become ' the chief Vnerrilee - of works. ' A volume, containing all the WOrde of the great, teacher would loolc ' mighty insignificant .beside the .Don- deroiia .tomes . of the .modern, exiionent's f - hit tefhlngs.-Thaf-hi- twrcsus :the-T mlirlsMrxhaa-becom".the": preacher. -T; " The - tendency also- is for laymen im prove their piety by becoming teachers, dlssTPate-4tathese8; It Is, always easier to make speeches onthe-4tyJieahtlf ul than It Is to' -refrain from- throwlntf ..the rafuwe lntorthejtee4WearaU The war nded 40 years, ago, and yet un to- this 4ine there have been two Presbyterian and two : Methodist churches in the Un,'te.d.tates on account of that and pre ceding" ventsr besides-other ecedtnsHnches.s rto the latter we have nothing to say, but surely, after more than a generation . has passed, it is time not pnly to forget and forgive as doubtless, is the casebut also("to man ifest that spirit by a cordial reunion. There is" no longer any animosity between the Methodist-or Presbyterian of thc"ri6rthand, his.broth'eroF'thesottthr-then why-keep should water their ocof supers ttttrm up these separate organization- - The Cumberland Presbyteria church recently voted to go over to the main body; why should notthe Mejhodist Chujxhpjitludalhe. embTlteredTToward one another because of the events wljich sundered them-nearly half a century ago. . " jw X GET THE OUTDOOR HABrtf ui when lie puts, his creed' - tro in .front hta deeds soon- die. ; AV here every deed; N INSTRUCTOR in the University of Chicago T has hired, a fisherman's hut onthTIake h6rs ?" 4here heispend&"his JeisurCi hours in a bathing suit, taking an occasional dip in the water.or lyirigiirtberf sun on the sand. He sets a good example' for jll who canfind.it practicable -to follow it. ffffthus h'gets near I ...Every, man haa-ome-j:reed, bacKo - - . T ' . . - . I ' ' . . . , j i . 1 1. . . . . V. I. hi.t. Kla from nature as nc couia not, in tne city or even in . a country place, There has been during recent years a remarkable de velopment what might be Called therotrtdpor habit. " It is a good signa goodjlhing, lt makmankijidiealthier andthefwrsehetter. It lengthens life and -makes-it sweeter. - lost of usinhabita jconfmed and cluttered dwetlTng-plaTeTob much, take too little exTrciseeat too much and too many lsinds of food..wj ar too muck cloth ing and breathe loo Jittlejjresh iiiri So no one of the others, or of any occupation, that can be mentioned,-can -live,! much less helpjleyelop a state SndTso heTpalHolive1 and prosper,- without "the coopera tion otlalL.-This cooperation, occucs involuntarily and of necessity, in either large or smaller circles or ellipses, because it is inevltabTe, absoTuteTy necessary-to-tat-ffif-calls Spot t. - Man becomes a savage ai sooa as. lie gets The average man's idea of outdoor enjoyment 4 to kill somethingrsome-animal or blrdof fish that is' harmless aadin-mo: talking about what ought-to ' be done. Perhaps some prophet -wilt erlwe -end lit itltute' the order of the praoticers. .. Dreamers, -i philosophers, '"' thinkers. writers, ha ve-poured ; forth""rtj5tr floods" Upon- a-. thirsty. world. . But the only words that have been worth anything to -mankind have been those that have grown out of the speaker's soul as It has been molded by his living and doing. . Because talking, is- so easy to - the knowing ones It Is not strange that they prestige with the less knowing ones from their reservoir of words, f Then It Is the most natural thing for' the glib man to set up tine-thing lie e and thus a shibboleth becomes the sav ing sign. . . - " " Bui "salvation does not depend upon any shibboleths No-one I going to ta of seeing the Most High because ' he cannot render the precise name by whlch-i-one .rape chose to Tall him; no -will " the sun cease to shine uppn him should he seek the -highest-good -In other-ways 1 1 than-Mmea.Th.heart ofthe universe - aks iiot-thet we be consistent wlth-tbe r sylloirlsms of the past, but: that'w be " true-to thr trtrrh-ws -know . ourselves, words reign they soon reign alone, with nothing butr words te serve them. Or thodoxy Is so general, because. It Is so easy and'- so ; meaningless -"atcH the accent, and" you are orthodox But M heaven is to be won by en accent most nones t-nwii would tathr pay hna.rd snmesrhera else. No life can be Interpreted ift language alone. The church. Is hut 4uu obacAirattonj-.. on Chfistlahlty when It meets onfy to -aiialyse iheJifit ltj'tJJrdTina -tievtlfSr; to exemDllfv his deeds.'' What must IIIOllBHIIU suie-- out of sightrof hisflroTne chimneys.'. But there is another and a better idea of outdoor life, for-whatever space one may enjoy it, and if more people would get this idea or encourage it to possess them, not Only they but. all with whom they art thrown in contact would be better off. vBuf while T approving the Chicago" professor's mode oi: summeFIifeTrertyim-axmewhatlbeause instead of living along the-monotonous shore of Lake Michigan he cannot felicitate his nature-lovintr soul hv a toionm nn the. Oregon or Washington coast, where natVrtthaisa the circle, reaching another workers. TheffmanHfacl lavishly spilTedlier gifts-of brine and sand, of ozone tories would increase. There would be places for thou sands more workers and their families, more- business for the-merchant and transporter, and a better and nearer market for all products of all producers. ..... -r------- Then why not patronize home industries, not with . . ... i:. . r- mere lip service, DUl in rcamy nu ;b Mnrair v shout "develop Oregon," and then go and buy goods made iff New Jersey," when you can buy just as good af- icles of the same kind made m Oregon. i5Uy Uregon- hiade goods. Take no others. ' i , . -THE-PHILADELPHIA GAS.STE T HE' mayor "of Philadelphia is apparently making efforts to defeat the consummation of the great gas ; job that went through the council last week" w-Hhf lyingolorsrand - added Considerably-to Philadelphia's already over-odorous reputation as the The'council. it will be -remembered, granted a 75-year lease to the Gas Improvement company now operating the Philadelphia gas plant. The" plant is owned by the city, but is operated by this company on a 30-year con f racrwhich has rurv about eight years. - But this con tract did not quite suit the gas boodlers, because under it a percentage of the gross, receipts nas to oe paia tpthecityThis . would not. do,. Jina. the gas. company knowing that the .city was hard up, as an doss ana party- ruled cities are, submitted a proposition tempting be cause it offered needed ready money It agreed within wo years I to" pay into the city treasury a lump sum oi $25,QOO,OOOrif""lhe city would grant a 75-year lease, give tip-t percentage of the gross receipts, and post pone for 20 years the taking effect ofthe 90-cent rate, and establish that rate during the rest of the life of tht lease. Think what JKcent gaS in bift Philadelphia for SS veats wou d mean and that atter M years ot -a raie of the company's own mnkingl -The suspension-of ithe percentage alone would cost the , city in the 75 yfars several times the '$35,000,000" offered to be paid, to say and woods and hills and streams,' of everything that tempts to the outdoor life. HOME PEOPLE BEGINNING TO SUFFER. I T IS NOT the visitors1 to the fair that are likely to suffcr.ironi high, charges but married residents avIiq do not own their own homes and unmarried people whor inhabit-the-Toomingrhpuses-Visitors who " come here do - not expect (rooms- tor the same prices as those who rentthrmbyThe3mnihrTn TenioTtlTis. Tbey arVtransrent yisitors and they ex pect to pay transient rates. I here is every reason to believe-thatrthese transient-rates-will be lower than they have been ever before in any exposition city."-But as the prices verge toward transient they are sometjmes insidiously and at others flagrantly moving skyward in a way that is heartbreaking to those that have to pay them, any-4anIwds- hare wielyconcnidd"that irood ten ants deserve good treatment at all tintes, during j fajr as well as at other times, he"hce , they are taking tio ad vantage oi existing conditions. Many rooming house keepers are doing the same. Biit there are others, un fortunately for the poor residents, and these are prac ticing impositions which it is very difficult for many people to meet.That " people' should - expect-to take some advantage of the opportunity which the demand for accommodations will create o' tji'ake some money . is not only natural but commendable when kept within reasonable bounds, but the unfortunate' residents of Portland'should not be made to atand the brunt of the burden and if they are there will be a reaction after the fair is. over in. which they will not be the only suf ferers. ' v : .- -. : '' . .;..' ''-' -The police on parade yesterday re generally speak ing a fine looking body of men. With an efficient head no ordinary city in the country could boast a more ef ficient force. The Irduble is not with the police but with the chief.- " ' . ' . . , We neod most or an to rcv as sensibly s we do business, to leave the science to those Interested while we give ourolves to the practice of Its art, the dolng-of Its deeds, the living of its life. ' --"'-;'- -"-;- XTMSS TOO OUOlt IO MOW'' : fimriiiroa iiwioiis, r Plety Is more than phrases. ; Preaching down nevr lifts up.. V-' Balnta rem,ofe. than-aaplessslnnrs. . - Our love marks the level of our lives. The smaller, the fool the greater the fony maybe. . 7 . : ''ry.Z . . ....... Straw always, stacks, up hlgh-.thn rain. - . l , " : ' . ',-.. .:.'. : ttfrule liesrta-TCome--fronr hard places: - - k- . '-", -' Many a heavenly tune hss been- spotted by a holy tone. 7 - I . . . e . The heart of the worlds hunger. Is hunger of the heart. , - ,"''- '' . . Narrowing the mind does not cause It to rise. .. . .. r- ... . ... . , 8eiasaciiflre la but wise Investment Knowing Is only tributary to living. w' - . ' It's no use Inviting folks to heaven It you're unwilling to ask them to eat din ner, with you. i Failure la fortune if it cures, flabbl ness. ' '- ,'!'' . - i . - Loyalty . to ent truth .Involves hospi tality to sll. Prosperity. builds its own prison. r ., e . ."Theology Is no. more religion, than an tnvntery Is a'stock. - : . ' ' . " Sham sanctity hss caused mur-ntrp cere alir.T it" Tou can nourish a beast, In the heart and have beauty tn the face. . .. , - Tou cannot prevent. the piece from flying by praying over the boiler. The sorrow of today Is often .but the shadow ef tomorrow's shining. , ... --- ... e ' The average advance notice of heaven keeps lots of people sway from IL . It la not the pain we bear.-but the happlneas we mist that makes life sad. TM rOTB OAWAZ. DITnCtTLTIIB. President Shontf in Chicago Journal. J." Cllmatlo conditions. The solution for this lle In sanitation. We will have the greatest sanitary experts in the world associated with "us, : and -t- am sure we will overcome the CllmafB. 2. Labor. The solution for the diffi culties Involved in securing enough of the right kind of labor lies In fair treat ment, fair wages, and enforced sanita tion. . . . ,. , . ... .: I. The engineering problem la not per TOor difficult than others that have been;jut through successfully. Its im mensity is the only staggering thing about it. The same organisation and the same forces applied to this prelect that are used In less glgantlo enter prises of the same kind, but on a simi larly large scale,, will. In my opinion, make a successful job. " -v 4. Distance from the base ''of sup plies. The solution of this lief sntlrely In the perfection of an organisation In Panama and - in this country, What wlllbt necessary will be the mainten ance nf an absolute equilibrium between demand and supply relative to Ui claes ef labor and material.. - en-mmn to see- a bodied men and women gather . in Tiseantrful bo ttdrng lo sliig .hymns praise to- their dcltyana to imien to " I'gdiiiWitflf v abotit i 1 1 v I u It y w fiTl , wlUiin a block of. them, there are, In sk-kness and squalor, distress sad sor-v row. the ones to whom he sent these l'0-; pie to tnlntsterT - The dm'trjnes-inttnu- -fdctured nbout him hav hidden the di rections given by"1itm. - -'- r4ubUita..not that we have too much doctrine "an muula, aiTlliirrw-rrav-h. . rrnnt kind. The Master's great f"tpacht?urwa!rrTJnne aivwgnrmsr. and- the divine truths win taae cbtb oi iwm solves." - ' " The kingdom will gever come until his -Will Is done. Halftones of heaven will i.ot keep people warm In winter; It Is half tons of coul they need. ,Tho world f wiU believe In any church that tries ttr do good. But the church does not be- . lleve In Itself yet: half Ue people ar Strenuously endeavoring -W-foor-them-selves Into what they call spiritual , warmth7-"Whaf they heeffla p1atirStirl tlan perspiration. No man really credits his -own religion. . until he" converts It -rntrr lealllj. ' But the man who prides himself upon his hete"rodoxy is often equally guilty hrer H-r4dUula lhe.ld type of piety - and thinks to improve upon It 'wMUjie sets of phrases. , All these critics have Is new arrangements of words, yjiveti i th BHP'who rejects-all rcligfon aiitlEftBg hlmscjf with the cant phrase, of .Irre- -"Our Master." - -n-,T,hi. flrwnlf Whlttler. , . Mohn Oreenlesf Whlttler (llavcrhll'l; Massachusetts. December 8""- - Hampton Falls, New .iiamp-i...--. " , tember Jl.. JS2 - Quaker. JP"tJ.:. -""- -. slavery editor, and agitator, was a man whose baautlful catholicity ot spirit Is clearly seen in alt tne nymn- ... . churches have adopted from his poems. Perhaps the rapicuy growls -w of his hymns le "a'1' .r. . ",,7.. i,- ln the churchee or tne "i """""" so earnestly advocated, i n. whfch this hymn I. taken ws fi.t pub llshed in Today it Is ono of the . bestovSd and most representative hymns of the newer type, 'he whole - . of the beautiful, poem from which tneso Stans's a?e taken, entitled -Oiiy-Mnstr-r. Should be read it 'order, to fully -ppre- . elate the pocVa aplrlt In the hymn.J,r We hiay not climb the heavenly stcpa ' . To bring, tne .ora t-inmi. uuwn,. 10 vain we'searcn tne mi op, For him no aeptns utwn. But wrm. sweet," tender" even ye t "; -A present help U her-V- ' - And JaitH-has, sU s Olivet, And lover's M"""' . . ... - i . The hesllnf of 'the Seamless dress Is by our Deas oi pain; We touch him In Mfe'a throng and press. ; Aba we, rs wn, ." -- Through him the first fond ..prayers are K 111 ,.. . . , . u Our IIds of childhood frame; The- last low Whispers of our dead, Are burdened witit ms name.- , O Iord and Master of us all. Whate'er our name or sign. ;.. We own thy sway, we.hear.thy caU, . We test our lives by thine. . .. IweeS Memory. . , . !From the New York World. Jessie Bsrtlett Davis' best-obituary ia the sweet memory pC her songs, j i ;,T ...