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O MAN IS SENSIBLE, no
side the walls of an insane
T.').in the principle that ths people "should elect a
. . United Statea senator.. This is the conclusion of the ju
4" v dlcial minded Oregonian, always so temperate,in its ut
' . terances, o";aif. nd sage in "its counsels, so alow to
.... reach conaluoions except through
kardheaded ways of farefragible , logic '. Comes there to
i. the rescue thd Salem Statesman (rhoebus what a name
V for such a newspaper) quoted .with manifestations of
hilarions approval as expressive of
" sition". on this interesting subject ''
In essence it is that it is all a
liexd-wtiront of the offending
defender and upholder, of the proletariat' The Portland
Journal. All -of this talk -about any authority but the
legislature electing a senator, it bolds
The legislature 4a a representative body, which-fact it
loudly emphasizes,, no legislature may bind its successor,
for when once elected it is supreme and while its par
tisans on either side may condescend
orations made by their party at the
likely they may not ..There is no
( them (not even tne constitution sometimes, u migni pe
; interjected) and the Republican members-elect will not
obey statement Nd. 1 in its broadest aspect and vote to
elect the popular choice whoever be may be and what
; ever party he may belong to and they may not even teed
the behest of their own party as the wish is expressed
at the polls. ' There is no doubt that this clearly eat?
presses s certain "Republican" view of the -whole ques
tion; there is just as .little doubt that it docs not ex
press the views of the rank and file of the party. It is
the last stand of the old guard, of the small group' of
men who have controlled, manipulated and waxed fat
oa the politics of the state and who have used the peo
ple as pawns with which to do as they pleased,. These
men die bard; they do not and will not give up power
without s fight Back of them
them, wQl be found the hidebound partisan organs, either
because they are controlled or that they have their own
self ish ends in view. -;.;Vh'; ';;. .
AH ' of ' this is sufficiently apparent ; to every careful
'observer. That the movement is popular rather' than
, : partisan is plainly shown by its general acceptance.- A
little over a month ago the Oregonian quoted another
Republican newspaper, likewise printed at Salem,' and
by far the most vital, live and popular newspaper; printed
there, as being strongly in favor of the bill and then
gave to that expression its unqualified indorsement At
" the . last presidential election, a year and four months
ago, 67 per cent of the votes cast went to the Repub
: lican nominee. His plurality was 42,934 votes and his
majority over all candidates combined was more than
30,000. If a Democrat were to win under such circum
stances be would most assuredly, deserve the office; -So
much for the, partisanship. iX- -. '.;, v'' A-
... Heretofore in the northern -sutes he legislatures
havs elected .the United States senators and, a pretty
: mess they have usually made of ft; in the south they are
.elected by the people and the legislatures simply ratify
the popular choice. There is a constitution which forms
the foundation of the government under which we elect
to live but back of both stand the people who, having
created them, may alter, amend, change their form, over
turn them if they so desire. One of the mediums which
' they have chosen to meet their needs is a legislature.
This legislature did not create the people but was ere-
ated by them; it has its being purely by their sufferance.
' In the course of its duties - it . proclaims . the people's
' choice for state officers, a purely formal bit of business.
The sovereign people have decided that hereafter it will
' formally proclaim the popular choice for United States
senators,' according to the prescribed routine,, it is true,
but' nevertheless in accordance with the popular wilt
' The legislature is a representative body but whom does
it represent? Does it by the simple act of election be
come an autocracy and is it. thus placed beyond the
power and reach of the voters of the state? If this is
', the sincere view of any class of the'people it" is manifest
that the time is overripe for precisely the movement now
- on foot to demonstrate that the legislature is elected to
obey the popular will and not to fly in the .face of it
It is likewise evident that what we have had, in the
estimation of the politicians and self-seekers, has not
bten a democracy but an autocracy. For their own
' sake it will be well for the people to
at the coming election that they propose to rule even the
-, legislature which they elect and that hereafter those
who refuse to. believe themselves representatives rather
than dictators will be allowed to
. they properly belong. - Such insufferable assumption of
superiority merits the Rebuke which
the June election. : ..
THE SENATORIAL JOKERS.
I HE standpat-for-spoils-of-all-sorts
Xm well understand now as
; - surely know laterthat the
aje trying to put into the railroad rate regulation bill
.will be thoroughly examined analyzed, explained and
r understood by the press of the country and therefore by
; most of thie oeoole. -' - v . -. 1
D The peopje demand a law that will
. and accomplish something in the way
-toriona abusesc - The - Santa - Fe. - - the -
other roads, are undoubtedly violating the laws defiantly
v and insolently every; dy,oren while pretending to have
J: reformed and to- be good. Yet the majority of Repub-
lican senator are twisting and squirming and wriggling
In all possible sorts of ways to defeat a bill that at the
most and best is a very mild, light moderate and reason-
- able measure..-""; T ""- I . : .; .: r .
. The people are watching these senatorial Jokers. Let
.:tbe understand. that they can't fool
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pwpio v ibu fcuuiiiiy an ui lime.
; We believe it would be a good thin
- feated the Hepburn bill, or so amended it as to make it
worthless; which is. what the house leaders expected and
intended .would be done when- they passed it This
would be the best thing that could happen; because .then
the people would take this issue up and elect men to con-
gress, even to the senate, within the next four if not two
yesrs, that would enact S law that would men something
and-accomplish something and in the meantime they
would begin the reformation of all but the federal courts
by electing men who would decide for the people instead
of almost invariably for the corporations and even the
federal courts would have to yield to the evident pop
, ular demand. 4 ' J -- ; ' 1 .-. j . ;
Keep your eye 6a these jokers, whether Democrats of
Republicans, .They are determined to make this bill as
tunnies to the corporations and as useless to the people
as a braa pill, and we think they will succeed. J t would
- ctbstlx N best taat they, should,;
O N D A IL Y
Ai- IMDIPlMDiHf 'XlWIPAPin
PUBLISHED feYv JOURNAL PUBUSHINQ CO.
Sunday) nd every Sunday morning, at
. v' " , Portland, Oregon.
WAYS
nan it fit to be out
HERE ARE
asylum -who believes
is on the initiative
"the" clear eyed and
be ratified by the
the ''Republican po
without further
- ' t
For many years
Djemocratic trick; and
ing demand for
by direct vote of
it that unrelenting
to be insane louy:
to heed the aug'
election, just, as
priation to aetray
coventors of other
law that can. control
accentuate oublic
be brought, to bear
tures to do so.
president by a doss
leaving the shadow
aiding and Abetting
not the soul, of
Oregon, and other
is adopted.;
d
ing a considerable
ceded to 138469 in
992. : The flow was
it-was checked by
to 230332 in 1897,'
in 1904, until it has
that more than
tria-Hungary and
against 163,793 in
against 156764 the
37,644, and Scotland
vanced from 23780
decreased from' 9,971
from 24,535 to 21,699. v
These figures
Europe has until
immigrants, they
GOOD
M
emphatically show
near Pendleton and
Oregon is waking
stay at home where
portance of good
is being done. But
it should receive at
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ect lessons to the
eastern and western
.7 he arguments
senators might
so convincing and
later for they will
"jokers that they
The government
mean something
of correcting no-
PennsylViriia.and
tainable experts.
welcome these object lessons and profit by them.
not be time to finish
nor will there be
a majority of the
; .
if the senate de
will drag along until' his term expires. 1 ' ,
Even the west
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JOURN AL
no. r. euttu
The Journal Bunding, Fifth hod Taav
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OP ELBCTINO SENATORS.
TWO WAYS by which the constitu-
tion of the United Statei may be amended, or
an amendment proposed for ratification., Qne
of congress In proposing an amend
ment by a two thirds vote of both houses. The other is
by the proposition coming from the legislatures of two
thirds of the itatet." In either case the amendment rnum
legislatures or constitutional convene,
tiona of three fourths of the statea. ; Thia having oc
curred. the amendment becomes part of the constitution
action on the part of congresa. (
there has been a widespread and grow
the election of United States senators
the people, but congress would never
take the initiative because the necessary two thirds vote
could never be obtained in the senate. During the past
few years "the legislature of one state after another has
passed, the necessary resolution, until, it has been said,
two thirds of them have done so. but in this there haa
been no concert of action or concurrence in time, and
the Iowa legislature,0 on the suggestion of Governor
Cummins, is considering a bill making a small appro
nis expenses in wrrajwnwin
states, inviting delegates to a con
vention at Des Moines to consider ways and means of
securing the concerted and concurrent action of the
necessary two thirds -of the state 'legislatures. This ac
tion might not avail much: but would at least arouse and
attention, and aince there is no hope
of the senate proposing this amendment influence should
on the necessary number of legisla
. "
' But while efforts along this line are being made, the
ndirect method can be employed, as it has been for
years in some of the southern states, as it is .now author
ized in Wisconsin, and as it is to be tried this year in
Oregon. V ; ". ' T. ' '
Just as the voters over 70 years ago evaded and made
obsolete the constitutional provision for the election of
corporation of legally free electors,
but wot the substance,, the form but
the method, so now they will do, in
states, until the requisite amendment
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. IMMIGRATION FOR MOS. ,
URINO THE. CALENDAR ! YEAR 1901,055,-
834 Immigrants landed in the United States, a
against 80S2S7 in 1904.' The highest record pre
vious to last year was 857,046 in 1903. . While immigra
tion has steadily increased by decades or periods cover
number of years, it has from patent
causes fluctuated a good deaf Prior to 1850 the num
ber of immigrants never exceeded 100,000, but in that
year, largely in consequence of the potato . famine in
Ireland, it rose to 369,880, which was increased to 427,-
833 in 1854. Then it fell off until in 1861 it was only
89724, After the civil war the tide rose again, reaching
459303 in 1873, and then owing to hard times - it re
1878, rising four years later to 788,-
rather steady until the nineties, when
another hard times. period, receding
since when it haa been rising, except
now "passed the million mark.
The most significant feature of last .years figures is
half the immigrants came from Aus
Italy, from the former 284,967 as
1904, and from the latter 268,441 as
previous year. " Russia sent 177300,
an increase over -1904 of 16,250. ' Greece, Turkey and
Portugal added nearly 11,000 to the 17,000 of 1904.
Of the, northern . nations, Denmark 'dropped from
9,179 to 7,996; Norway from 24,152 to 23,202; Germany
from 42327 to 36,943; Switzerland from 4,485 to 3,980;
England from 57,309 to 48,645: Ireland from 49,419 to
from 14,451 to 14,286. Sweden ad
to 24,870; Belgium from 486 to
4709, and the Netherlands from 4758 to 4,840. France
to 9,463. " The total from Asia fell
are not reassuring. While northern
recently furnished the majority of our
are now sending less-snd1 the Latin and
Slav nations great numbers more, which is not a good
sign, and indicates that the problem of municipal gov
ernment ia. this country is one requiring great vigilance
and wiadom. 1 .' ' . . "
ROADS OBJECT LESSON. .
UCH INTEREST should be and we are con
fident will be manifested in the building next
spring of two sample miles of good roads, one
one near Salem, by the government
up very encouragingly to the im
roads, and much work in this direction
much more must be done, and these
small samples made by the government according to the
most approved scientific .methods will be valuable ob-
farmers and business men of both
Oregon. v
in behalf of good roads are so many.
conclusive, and have been oresented
so" often in 'The Journal, that they scarcely need repe
tition to any observant, thinking man; but every mile of
really good road actually constructed and noticed will
be in itself an irresistible argument and inducement for
the building of many other miles like it , -v-. -f
is supposed to know all that there
is to leanr about building good roads.' It has unlimited
means at Its "command and can employ the best ob
In showing the people how to make
good roads it is doing a good work and spending money
usefully aod profitably. . . The people of Oregon will
As congress desires to" adjourn May 15 so that mem
bers can do political fence-work-about home. -there will
.taking testimony in the Smoot case.
time to take testimony and report fhd
" upvu i ucm year, luougn us procrastination will cost
the country a lot of money. The real reason ir that a
lot of senators dare not put themselves on record either
way. Some would like to gain favoTby-tmsting Smoot
but fear . the precedent might return to plague themf;
others believe the whole affair is a petty farce but look
solemn over it because they do not dare to offend those
who demand the expulsion of Smoot So the matter
coast of South America is.Vkinr un
and developing along modern lines to the advantage of
"-- -... i recent consular report
says that Lima, Peru, is to have an electric traction sys
tem, using American electric apparatus and American
railway materials entirely. The new lines wiI cover JO
miles and will be in operation inside of 12 months. This
is. the first Americad electric traction system on the
west coaat of South America.. HilheTto British and Ger
man firms have secured all such contract in. that part
of the world . . ...
SMALL CHANGS
Weli;jf Tom JLeweon baa .an those
proxies, why does be Insist on bother
ing other people about using themT
Salem Journal: Portland doean't seem
to want any lines of railway from up
tae vauey to get into. mat town. .
If he will aarree not to write a book
lostmr or go on the etnas we are 1U-
u jo m rsi ivrwt go. . -. t t,
Oregon's first tares croo for UCf will
do ooe or candidate. -
Thl-BB-Who-Sttl.ehoijentojrisll
tefm, lsas than two months, cannot be
muca eponea or the contact.
Peoria. Illinois, aside from whisker.
is getting nearly as bad a reputation as
rateraoa, new jersey,
,i : t ,e
China may be waking un. but ft etnas
not to na oayngnt . yet.
Mr. Hataae Is out ot eootwr. bat net ant
or gon. - -. '-
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Br debating the rata bill till ererrbod
is wm ez it ana wuung to pass any old
uing.te ft ria er it. tn anate
rndr It worth about IS seats to the
oouatrjr. , a
vTbahlagton was just remembered, by
a raw, tor aaeura. second, yesterday.
After being governor of Iowa Ave years
uorernor cummina has luat turned blni
ar looee as an alleged reformer. ' He
wants another term. , . . .
It ia 'Up to a Chicago odurt and Jury
to decide whether Conunlaaloner Oarfleld
or the baefpackere attopiere are guilty
of perjury. ..- .v "
A aoed many ana whe would Uke -an
effloe are wondertaig what the people
really think of them. . . ' :
Safom paper that la constantly rall-
tnsr against Portland la ehooalns a very
poor way to help develop Oregon.
That pure food law having pasatd the
senate It must be loaded with mtorobea.
ll ' :
Thia as tho good eld-taahloBed sort of
western Oregoa winter.;..,;
An Oklohama man of KU the father ef
a babr. Oklahoma eyolonee must be la-
vlgoraUng.. .; ,: .v
Btfll another trans-Oregon railroad Is
la view oa paper: v.. .,
Johnny Roekafoller adrlaes the mem
bers of hla Bible class not to borrow
money from their friends.- He 1a a friend
ot theirs If tbey are not ia need of one.
Somehow eastera and foreign papers da
ot yet oonaider St. Johns ia the Al-
geetraa slaae.
i
i
Oeorge Washington's- body
servant
basnt died thia . year yet .
The boas , ooeupetJoa
is la
large
measure gone, s .j ,
The pareats-la-law are atDl making lots
St. trouble, according to testimony in
the divoroe oourta, .It Is to be hoped
that arr. and Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
Iongworth senior will attend to their
own -business. '-
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Linn oountx clerk reoelved a let
ter from a Kaunas City colored woman
Intended for her alster, who under. a
changed name oa aeoeunt of marriage,
was found, the two women not having
hoard of each other for II years, hav
ing beea bora la slavery, ,.
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Several aloe houses will be built la
Hood River soon. . , :
The "Kamath Fails library' baa re
calved II volniaeo ot Roosevelt's works
besides other books. .
A man named Ooodspeed is going to
ran for judge of Tillamook county. He
ought to run welt
Sines TUhuaook went ' . "dry the
weather bureau reports only Tt.IT
Inchee of rainfall - last year, whleh ts
about 40 Inches less than la some pre
vioue years. a ( . .... . i.
The Shaniko Republican man ought to
get severat free ''amlloa.' for he save
of a . local bartender that . he "was a
pleasant, caller at the Republican office
this week. . He Is the genial attendant
at the Palace saloon and will at all
times administer -to your wants, in his
happy, ' pleasing Style.' Oet acquainted
with Oeorge, and you'll find him a con
vivial, companionable gentleman."
Southern ' Oregon placer miners ex
pect an unusually prosperous year.
Bend will have view aldewalka and
eroeswalks. .. s'.. , V:
Many of the wells at Madras whleh
have beea supplying the surroundina
country to a large extent wtth water
have gone dry. One explanation la the
increasing -demand In the surrounding
dry country. Another le thus made:
Recently a well. was drilled there and
at the depth ot 10 feet 4he drill broke
Into a cavity. . it la believed by some
that the water le now draining into
the cavity through' this opening. .
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Many new telephone lines in Dour-
las county. r'; '.. . . ,
Borne localities seem to be half or
more eraay over baakatbalL -
English
walnuts do . wen In Coos
eounty. . ,
-Tw6" young couples ef Bend took a
long ride one evening In a two-seated
carriage, and only discovered after ar
riving at Latdlaw that the small brother
of one of the girls had beea hidden un
der the back seat taking notes, and
the problem then was whether to thrash
Or bribe aim.": , ... .
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Big demand for lumber around Tuna
alo, tn Crook county. ... . ,
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Prairie City. Miner: The prise debt
pulled off Thursday at pairview was a
most enjoyable affair. ' Outside of a
couple M bloody noses the participants
seemed to enjoy the mutual .mauling. . '
h'-.t - '' .
The Pendleton Kaat Oregonian baa
bad subscribers in Australia, South Af
rica, Manchuria, Scotland, England, Ire
land, Oermany, South and Central Amer
ica, Mexico and Canada, and new has
one ia Antwerp, Belgium, la a man who
wants to keep Informed on the eastern
vrrn wa exxtrraexv-'i-
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
. lesson .
B, H. D .'Jenkins. t. XI.
Topic r Jesus Power to For five Bins
Mark 11:1-11.
- Golden Text The Son. of man hath
authority on earth to forgive e Ins-
Mark 11:10. .r .
Zassodsotdoa.
The mission of our Ixrd was dts-
tiacUy and essentially wltb reference
to ela (Matthew 1:111. He taugnt ism
thew xlll:it) and he healed the sick
(take vl:lT-l). but the aim or ma aev
vent was nothing lose than to save snea
from their alns (I Timothy i:is.- ,
laJLhji Jepnlortpday wehave that
purpose brousbt to the' fore. Bin being
primarily an offense against Ood, men
rightly judged that it waa not within
their power to deal effectively with it
(verse T). The first requisite zor aa
uaderstandlns . of the Scriptures is to
have a true conception of sin en ac
count of which Scripture la given and
eVery form of rellalous doctrine must
be tested tf Its philosophy or sin.
In the first place, Jesus by every act
which was distinctive taught that the
world's rreateet 111 was sin. -' Sla waa
the font of all men's woes. Bin ruined
the world aa well ae ruined the aouL
It wrecked the body, and It eon verted
the etata from aa Instrument of right
eouanese Into a crushing force. Men
were always seeking relief from leaser
evils, bat Jesua taught them that tbeee
burdens noverty. sickness, and oppres
sionwere due to sin. Any system of
teaching which minimises eta and em
phasises aspects of relief which have no
reference to the spiritual condition of
the world, are out ot line with the gos
pel.
But rescue does not come from con
viction, it comes from the divine love
and power. Forgiveness of sin does
not depend upon our knowledge of its
nature or upon our comprehension of
Ood's methods of cure, but upon his
grace and power. We can never attain
any but a moat Imperfect knowledge of
ein in ite relation to Ood, therefore we
may not base our hopes upon our. con
vicuon. - . , . '
. "Ml the fitness be requlroth
Is to feel our need of him
Conviction sufficient to brine us to
Jesus la all the conviction that la requi
site. . The saint haa alwaya a fuller
understanding of sin than the sinner.
Saul" that understood ela, but
"such aa one aa Paul the ased." The
conviction of Judas was aparently more
poignant (Matthew xxvil:-l) than that
of Peter (Matthew xxvl:T. but the one
waa loat and the other forgiven. Aa in
adequate sense of sin may prevent one !
coming to Jesua, but It la Jesua, not the
aense of sin, that must save. -
The Bible uses nine exoreaalona for
the forgiveness of sin which mteht
well form a study by themselves. ' They
are found.-for example, ia Matthew tx::
jona xx:is: leomane xl:T: Romans
tv:T; Acta Ul:l; Romans vl:; I Corin
thians yl:ll; I John ):lx. and Hebrews
viiiai. .
t, ... ,..?fa fcsseca. -:,
Verse V Matthew speaks of Caper-
aaum as eur Lord's own city (Matt lv:
11, ana ljuke tells ue (Luke v) of cer
tain acta which Jesus performed when
upon an evangellstie tour which fol
lowed the calling of his first disciples
(L.UKO v: i-ii). it was Suiinar thia tour
that Jesua healed for the first time a
leper (Luke v: 11, It), a miracle which
naturally raised his fame to the highest
pitch. .. Upon his return to Capernaum
he was surrounded by a clamorous mul
titude asking for miracles The eager
ness to be helped Immediately was
doubtless due to the feeling that he waa
likely to depart upon aaother tour at
any moment and that without giving
notice. . - -
Verse t,, Nothing "draws" like the
presence of our Lord. The greateet
multitudes that assemble for any pur
pose assemble - every Sunday to hear
the old, old story ef Jesus and hla
love." There may be email con (Taxa
tions In this church or that chapel, but
la the aggegata not less than 10,000,000
ef persons weekly come together every
Lord's day la ths United States alone
to hear about Jesus It te the gospel,
not science, not politico, not art which
haa the crowds about Its doora still.
And when special religloua interact Is
awakened to any oommunlty, everything
else Is. for ths time practically forgotten.-
. - ' ' " ' : ' '' ' - '."
Terse a. The Incident which le now
related, the bringing of a man sick of
the palsy to Jesus, ia well, worth cur
attention.-- The man was as infirm that
he must depend upon hie friends to
bear him. He was so abjectly hel piece
that no ease, no crutch, no steadying
arm. sufficed. It took four to bear a
burden like this, yet he and bin friends
had faith to believe he could be, would
be, cured,"- -
Verse 4. What persistence we see
here. "They broke up the roof of the
house," we are told. Roofs In that country-
are- not made of heavy tiles, are
not nailed down with spikes, but are
formed for the moot part of poles cov
ered with thatch or sun-dried clay. It
waa the faith which would not be de
nied that brought thia man Into the
presence of Jesus If tbeee ' friends
eould not crowd through the press, they
could climb over It We are often too
careful of our method, of approach te
get near Jesus at all.-. - ,'
Verse i. What soiiowea wee aue te
the feet that Jesus "saw their faith."
He realised that the men who were so
determined to get their weak friend im
mediately before him had io half
hearted faith In him. And it was be
cause he saw thetr faith that be said.
as If in anewer to some hidden thought
of the sufferer, "Son, thy sine be for
given thee." We can well believe that
In the soul of this man there was secret
fear test the Master should net deem
him1 "worthy." Nor was he worthy.
If only the worthy were healed, who
would Jb- saved T But Jesus removee
this fear with the assurance that ths
sine which alarmed , him ehould be
blotted out before any miracle of bodily
beallnx was performed. It ought te be
noted of ou Lord's forgiveness ef ein
that he proffers It aa something that la
Hi of right He doee not explain It
6r apologise for It or even, except
where attacked, defend It However the
apoetlee may have understood his words
to them (Joan xx'.ii). ao apostie ever
forsives ein In this wet. There le
nothing In their treatment ot eln that
reminds one ef his Jn the "Sermons
by the Sunday Club" (ItOI) we are told
that "the mlnletry of the forgiveness of
sine le no monopoly of Jesus" (p. St).
Which Is-quite true. But the forgive
ness of sins Is is monopoly of Jesus.
Ours la the- "ministry," but bis Is the
power (v, lejf. ''-?,
Verses s-T. The scribes were . half
right and ae wholly wrong. A ' man
who Is half right tn his Understanding
of the problems of aerlsl navigation
knows just enough" to tempt bint to his
own -destruction. It ' Is true that no
man caa forgive evil acts which relate
to Ood, and all sins relate to Ood. A
half-true creed le the meat dangerous
form of religion. Imperfect knowledge
and Imperfect faith in the church hae
done more to hinder the gospel than all
the skepticism and blindness., and ala
outside of H.
- Verse I. . We ought net ts forget that
sua la mere tbaa enoe credited with
a knowledee of what passes In men's
hearts (John !(:). And It must be
evident from the manner In which thia
is told that his apoetlee credited htm
with a very different sort of knowledge
than that which may be affirmed of -the
"shrewd guesser," Hie knowledge wsS
hot one differing from oura in degree
but In kind. t
Veres . "All inanities are equal," la
the way the mathematician, pute It.
Inflnltlee are neither made greater nor
leas bv any process of metnematica.
This Is true of ths aueeroatursJL Who
soever eaa perform miraciae ia his own
name ean forgive ain in hla own name.
A miracle well proved, clearly proved.
Indisputably proved, requires a God be
hind It as much as rsmlc Jon of efn.
Yet these men hsd some in hopes of
seeing Jesus perform a miracle, and now
they were chocked that he claimed the
right and the power to forgive sin. Few
men are lor'osl la dtallig wlOuThr1"
Jesus A. "little Savior" la a contra
diction in terms. A . "ainles man" la
a oontradlotlon In tsrmai but a slnlees
Ood, man ia not We may well trust
eur salvation ts one who can wont a
miracle. We can hardly admit the un
limited power of Jeeue and . atlU cir
cumscribe bis seity. - .
te show thathe bad the power which
they tUoaically denied him to possees.
If ha had the sower of healing mlracu
loualy la hla own name and they did
not deny that he had such power he
must havs power to perform other ecu
of deity la his own name. And then he
said to the sick. of the palsy: '
Terse i. -"Arise, take up tny sea aaa
go ants thy bouse.". Miracle and for
aivaneae batons toe-ether. Tbey . are
equally ef Oed. . Too cannot admit that
Jesua has ths power to perform . one
end deny that he haa power to grant
the other. . la tne oay 01 me oanniy
mlealnn man confessed that hS had
Dower te work miracles but denied that
be had power to forgive sine. Jeeue
said that waa absurd. One la as assy for
deity ss ths other, and as impoesiDie
for man. Now men say that Jesua can
forgive sla but deny that he caa work
miracles We may reply in our Lord s
words. "Which is eselsrT Either le
Impossible wltb man. Both are possible
Wtth OOS. , A . : v
An audience that filled the Marsuam
theatre attended a performance - of
Wa Down"Kaer lal nlghtrendrwen
in, arenarallv satisfied. The nrodUO-
tlon proved adequate though act re
markable. the . parte Being generauy
, 1, . 1 ..it . tk. utthi ell that
could be desired. The srttat has paint
ed en unusually pretty scene for the last
act the Sugar ' camp in the weeds-
klla tk, anawatarm of . ths third Set
le realistic as ot old. -
Thia year William si. same appears
as Squire Bartlett and playe the part
.11 ...ii.li rh.rlM it. Rmlh. aa Do
vtd Bartlett lacked eaa of manner at
first but ' later in tea piay Became
knMrii libaahla ftllva Hklnaa was
the Kate Brewster, and the audi enoe
liked her first -rata most of the time,
though in tne zew aramauo nivunna
In which aha le expected to take part
she was sadly lacking. Wallace Owes
does . the - absent-minded profeesor
here's hoping somebody some time wiu
write s plsy with a professor la It whe
le not absent-minded and Jack KlovlUe
made HI Holier -a sunny onom wwy w
rrerrahia manners and - little brains
Mlse Ethel ' Strickland, a capable act
ress of some fame, played Anna Moors,
the girl that was "mors Sinned against
man sinning,- in a way n wm -
.1 1. ih. of nnlaa. T, le a aauL
eweet sort of part and Mlse Strickland
was sad enough ana owewt onowsa w
n v i , WKm aha eata
11.. - . 1 ' ' --
tmmaw BmnAmrmnrs tha baS anas froaa
the elty. Tou can't square ths rule of
a woman S lire who money, ana waa
none of yours,"- the hones shook wets
applause. -' ' '',-A
"Way Down East" stands on the bor
der line of pastoral comedy, with the
melodrama field just across the read,
... lk.H m,mr ttmM laat nlaht VkM
,mi .hw.w ww V
the line waa crossed. Viva Ogden, wbi
played Martna reraina, tooas cm re is
make herself particularly .dlssgreeable
.l1lMa annlM Vlertlatt A that awful
,1, . -
eln of the girl he had taken bits hie
home, and got rounaiy aissea xor is.
pm . ..m .mm hiaaea for bar wnaa
Squire Bartlett, in the last set accused
her of being tne oauaa m avu -vam uw
bia anil tha city ehss got a few when
be deserved them. .. - ' -.
"Wsy Dows Biasr- pisya louigni. se
morrow afternoon and Saturday night.
Ths Dictionary of Misinformation.
'"' By Wx Jones, Lexicographer, ;
art ) - ' T " t
Art la the concealment or art. nw
. Whoenlckered. .. ' I. V
What is srtt. Dope! Oeorge at Co
ham. .
Art, to be art. must be flagrant
... Saint Beeve. . ;' v-.;
JOKB The phHosophy ef tomorrow.
MOTTO A motto. '
Borne oeieoraveu mow"
lows: ,-'..'"' ":.'r'-i': y V-",..
Panama' canal Manana. .
.President Roosevelt I will, by
, Oeorge. - ...; ' .'. -.
Senator Depew I cling. - '
Secretary Taft I have my weigh.
Head Walter Ieh dlen. - -;
Standard Oil B pluribua unum.
PARIS Where good life Insurance man
go when- tnerre oiscovcreu.
Oh, it's Hyde and ms - . t
- Per gay Pares, - - .
Tra U la, tr la la, tsa la. ,
We'll elng and dance. - f
, Kest-ce-pas in Prance, '
s r . Tra la la. tra la la, tra la,
'.'. Insurance Men's Song. .
BONO Dope set to musio. - V- . J
. Oh, fly wlta me across tne pea, .
Where palm trsea wave
And while they swish among the fish
Our toca we'll lavs Tenor Song.
; King of the ro-o-o-o-ollng deep, r f
- King of the re-o-o-o-eling deep, "
, Of the ro-o-s-o-ollng deep,
.? 't - .The ro-o-o-s-ollng deep, .. '
Ro-O-s-e-ctlng deep, ' ,
." Am L Base Sonsx
Caught IV But-.- . '
Prom the Ladleer Home Journal
Tha frrv dock was crowded - With
weary home-goers, when through ths
erowd ruebed a man hot; excited, laden,
to ths chin with bundlee.of every chape
and else. He sprinted down the pier, hie
eyee fixed en a ferryboat snly tws sr
three feet cut from the ptsr. He paused
but an instant on the string-piece, and
then, cheered on. by the amused crowd,
he mede a flying leap somas the inter
vening stretch of water and landed safely
on the deck., A fst man happened to
be standing on the exact spot oa which
he struck, and they both went down
with a resounding crash. . When the er
riving man had somewhat recovered hie
breath he apologised to the fat man.
'1-hope.i didn't hurt you," ne eeld. "I
em eorry. ,But anyway, I caught the
boot." .. -
-Slut, yen Idiot" aald ths tat
"The boat wss eomlng lap
: Cpy THE PLAYV ;
'' ri'lrTT-1 ATI
a--Mtav a a. 1 v 4 , . v
THE CZIZ7TLU VORLD
-j.',' ' ' 1 y Garrett Servias. ". '
' A glance at the eky any of these even- '
Inge, . betwsea sad 1 o'clock, win
ehow how great a shift Baa occurred jn
the position sf th .constellations aince
the middle ef winter, - J
' Now. the" vast hexagon ef stars sur
rounding Orion, and composed of, Ca
ps! le at the northern point and Slriue at .
the southern, with Aldeberan and Rlgel
marking the two western, the Procyon
and the Twlna the two eastern anglea.
ha swung across ths meridian and Is ts
bs aoea in the western half of the sky
Mawa-awen-ths-outa;' ;';
Ths Plsiedee sad ths Hyades, with
Jupiter not far away, are to be sought
In the southwest, while overhead the
Twlna,' Castor and Pollux gleam just
west of the meridian, and the "beehive
cluster la Cancer scintlllataa ea Its east-
era jlde High and splenaldJo, the aat-
sra half of the aky, ae if balanced
agalnat Orion and his brilliant eorteea, '
appears Loo Jn the form of a sickle. The
hollow side of the great curved blade
faces westward, and the first magnitude
star, Itsgulus, glowa like a gem set is
the end ef the handle. It waa from a
point within the ate ale of Lee that the
famous November meteor ehower ra
diated la Its great days, when tt was
capable of displays as gaand that as
in lltl and lit, it seemed to set the
whole heaven on fire! But owing te
the unfortunate Interference ef Saturn
and Jupiter, which drew the meteors
aside from their Sormer path before the
date ef their return ia lilt, it ia prob
able that man will neve agala behold
this wonderful scene, at leest In its
pristine grandeur.. A few of theee ass.'
tsors may be caught sight ef every No- ,
vember. shooting - this wsy and that,
wtth the Sickle aa the focus from which
they appear te radiate, but they serve
only as reminders of a glory that, has
passed sway frees the eky. - (
Pacing the north one sees, en the '
light band, the Great Dipper, In Ursa
Major, rising wtth Its bowl uppermost,
while the magnificent Areturus that
giant aun that makes our solar 00
seem email Indsed follows far down In
ths asrthosst Aa long ae It is near the
h orison Areturus glows with a reddleb
llghf which enhances Its splendor. 1 -
left band of the observer, shines Cassio
peia, the "heaven-troubled queen" . sf
mythology, her algaag row of stars eo
conspicuous that no one caa overlook
them. - y s'.v '1 '
The Milky Way now seems te rise
like an arch, beginning exactly In ths
south, oa ths h orison, passing overhead
between Orion and the Twins and con- -tlnulng
straight down the northern eky,
a little west of ths meridian, catching .
the bright Cape la on Its eastern' edge,
traverelng Cassiopeia and disappearing
St length behind the skyline In the
north. It la like the luminous bend.
stretching as far as ths aye eaa see,
that te -visible whew one approaches a "
great city from the Ocean aids Only
here and there aa outlylne llsht. or one
of unusual brilliance, is separately vis
ible, while ths imagination . revels in
picturing ths multitudinous splendors
whose existence la dimly indicated by
the vast persistent glow behind.
All thess eeleetial speetaoleo become
more beautlfut er more . Impreeeive.
when viewed wtth -aa opera' ov ' field
glass," an a small astronomical tele
scope -transforms - them .Into marvels
that uplift the mind ts starry heights
of contemplation. , - . .
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Port Clatsop. 1 . ' -.
February la. There is little to note
today. Sergeant Ordway does not seem
quite so well. - The men are now fully
provided with leathern clothes and
Mcasmsi being better off In this re- .
epect Indeed, then any previous period .
ef our Journey. - -v
Is World's Heart Orowing Kinder?
By Bee. Thomas B. Gregory. ,.
When the optimist, with radiant face
and ringing voice, declares ,c that ' the ' '
world le growing better, and Is met bv
the peeslmletle reply that ths world Is
svsry bit as bad today as If ever was.
he falls back upon ths supposedly un- .
questionable tact that -whils there msy
bs just as much immorality among men
as there used to bet the heart of. the
world has growa a great, deal klader,
and that all ths gentler virtues sra
mightily on the increase. . - ' .
But la the lint f recent ssvsiop-
ments we are .foreed to ask If this last
sesitloa sf ths optimist Is a defensible
one. -,-t r. .r- . ' - ' ' -; v
Not to speak sf the barbarlUes of .
Arab ' slave traders and Ruaslan Cos
sacks, or sf the atroaltlss thst are be
ing perpetrated 4a ' the Caucasus and
the Congo, we come right home, to eon- '
alder some of the. phenomena of ear
own boasted American civilisation. . :
Hardly cold in Its grave as yet la the ,
body of poor llttls "Kid" Ooog. killed
In an "Imitation prise fight" up In Har
lem the last week In January. - . .
In the rear of that . Harlem saloon
ever 101 men gathered to see a lea
without science or trsining . beeten to -desth
by s heavier and more scientific ,
boy, and while the smaller and weaker
boy was dying in an adjoining den the
100 men (T) were frantically applaud- ,
lag another brace of "kide" as they
beat end bruised each ether like b rotes!
It le aald, upon excellent authority,
; .ye. ' . x
' . Flincd and Sweetheart.
Prom the London Chronlcla .
-- Tor centuries we have tried to get the
word that expresses the relation of the
man to the maid he intends to marry.
Intended" baa been tried end found
wanting. . "My blohs"-r"My- young
man -these eortibinations are not neara
in the beet circles "My betrothed"
phrase used In Oermany haa not taken
root la Enaiand. "Mr aweetneart- ia
pretty, enough, but It lacks the official
sound.' Toung men and' maldene . be- -
come engaged aad marry, as we see
na - the - serried puotogrspfie is toe
Queen, but they have to eroee the chan
nel for the word that Isade them to the
altar. One might suggest to the blush-
In a clrl who haa to allude to the man
of her acceptance "My future." French
maldene speak of "mon futur" and It -.
sounds eesaprehenslvs - : , k
t,. : " - v
V.:y Irr the Bcl-,.8tors, . ; ' v'
1 Prom the Chicago Tribune. "
Mr. Schwsrts hsd juet taken poeaes- "
alon sf ths little bookshop which he
had purchased with the Idea' thst hers
would be sn Ideel occupation for him,
permitting him to alt around and amoke '
hie long pips sit ths tins . Hla first '
patron or would-be patron oa ths first
morning of hie edvent eS a book denier ,
was a young woman whe wented to get
a book dealing wlta erotic romenoe. , :'
"Good morning," she said,1 "here you
got Trosen Dog Tales'"? - -
"Vat I Lady, due Is set O ' ss
restaaraaC . '
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