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SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1803.
PORTLAND. OREGON. ' .
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Published every evening; (except Sunday) and rvery Sunday nomine, at
" THE SAME ACROBATIC PERFORMANCE
IT ISJTHE SAME OLD STORY with" the Oregonian.
WBtn-jiicre ii no chance of accomplishing anything
t , in thaCyiirecon it erica for reforms; it. condemns
the. tariff, it denounces the chip subsidy bill, it grills the
standpatters, it club the trusts, 'it declares that there
must -and shall be radical changes; but the moment a
campaign comes; on it' takes a somersault and says' the
- Mily-thing to 4o i-ta support the ticket andnhe party,
without consideration with.oqt discrimination, good or
bad. right or wrong-better or woreer, white, black or yel
low. Hear it: ;:'f'r7 --7 , ,'. ;.. ;
"The Republican party has bwpnisslon. Its mission is
to devise, support and enforoe, measures of-legislation
and schemes of administratfcntieigned.to advance the
welfare of our whole citizenship. And it cannot do.these
things by knocking, out from whole structures the very
cornerstone, which is the election or appointment of
Jinked States senators. The Oregonian opposes Gov
ernor Chamberlain, because he is a Democrat and sup
ports Mr, Withycorabe.because he is a-Republican, v That
is sufficient reasongood reason." ;
A very lucid and impressive description of the "mis
sion," surely. , Those "measures of .legislation and
schemes of administration" seem mainly to be to overtax
the people' to build up trusts. Three years out of four
the Oregonian opposes this "mission," but for a 'part of
alternate years it supports' everything that it condemns
the rest of the time. A great multitude of Republicans,
are becoming tired of- and restive under these "measures
of legislation and schemes of administration." '.-The
president himself is so, but he and his supporters are not
the Republican party,-for he has been beaten by -the
senate at nearly, everything he has undertaken ami even
he has not ventured to advocate tariff revision, which he
believes in and which a great majority of the Republicans
of the west believe in, but they can't get ig Ihey are not
the controlling elements of the party.
Frequently the Oregonian has argued that it would be
better for the state and even for the Republican party if
the legislature were more equally divided politically, but
now it advocates the election of the whole 75 Republican
nominees without exception. If there were any sincerity
in its inter-campaign professions, why does it not-'pick
out say one third or even one fourth -of he opposition
candidates and support them? , ....
i No matter if Governor. Chamberlain has made the best
governor the state ever had; no matter if he has been of
great service to it and can be hereafter; he is opposed
merely because he is a Democrat and has a dozen or so
appointments to make. The fact is. that in ho respect
does it make a nickel's worth of difference a year to any
body except' a few office-holders or office-seekers what
the politics of a governor may be. . i '-
But he appointed a Democrat and possibly might have
the opportunity to appoint another though this- is ex
tremely improbable to the senate. , Well, did not Senator
Gearin do as well for Oregon as anybody? Hasn't he done
as well so far as anj, Republican appointee could? Isn't he
supporting the Republican president in the most import
ant matters before the senate? Or isn't the president a
, Republican any more? : ' . ' --v.; J
The fact is that while, to some extent adherence to
party is well enough, to Tutr party above everything else",
to support .bad men in preference to good ones for the
..'doctrine runs that far on party grounds alone, is a tad,
dangerous and .wicked policy. The country's salvation is
the independent, discriminating, conscientious voter, who
will vote out a party if it persistently docs , wrong, who
will retain a man who has conspicuously done good,
faithful and very valuable services, and who in general
will put men, policies and principles before party. - The
"yellow dog" days in politics are about over in Oregon,
thank God I '' ' - . 1
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, ' OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO. : i
ACCORDING to the memoirs of General Sherman
' San Francisco sprung, into being because of its
-? name. It was a' name that. stuck.. When. the
gold excitement rose it' became ' of worldwide repute
There was a fascination in its sound, it seemed to fit
into the scheme of things and bring up visions of the
Spanish regime with' its romance, its golden galleons and
- krtightry adventures Gold,California7 San Francisco,
was the trinity. California was a large and indefinite
geographical designation; San Francisco was .definite
and specific. It was therefore toward San Francisco
that the argonauts headed..' At the beginning it was not
the best or most desirable site for a great city; Benicia
'.was much better situated naturally. But every circum
stance was overbalanced by the name and while other
towns vegetated it thrived. '
It will now have another fight.for its life for Oakland
has shied hs caster into the ring and made its bid for the
new' and great city that is to spring up. It is offering
every inducement to the wholesale bouses, the shipping
firm and the retailers who have flocked there to secure
temporary quarters to make of them permanent homes.
They are there now against their will; becaase.it is the
most convenient of all points to find temporary shelter
and maintain more or less intact the businesses which
were blotted out under such tragical circumstances. If
those which have no great real estate holdings in the old
town find in Oakland the facilities which they require, if
TWO VIEWS OF THE
- PRIMARY LAW ;
: ' From The Dalles Chronicle.
The Dally Capital Journal of Salem
contains the following- In its Issue of
th tOth IrmUnt:
"In Oregon today Is being struck a
- blow for the advancement of popular
. government, second only to the Declar
ation of Independence. i
,, The . light of political freedom In
dawning on the Pacific coast It li
breaking on the souls of men here In
Oregon.. Political emancipation begin
tedny. ; -. 1 , .
"ThS old log-rolling' conventions, the
; psnked primary, the- stuffed ballots of
the ballot-etufftng boea, rounted by th"e
' tool of the boas, are tblngs of the past
The light of greater political freedom
1 Is breaking out of the Egyptian dark
nean of Oregon politics. The era of
graft wlltaiva plane to an era of bet
ter hutnaiadinlnitratton. ..
. ' "The first -direct primary under the
Australian ballot aystem will result In
a great triumph for the people, and the
-' ultimate downfall of the trusts and syn
' dicatea that are robbing the masses.
-"The primary election is only the hi
- - elnnlns-. The people will find that therv
,' is a power in their bands W go better
results by freedom from rlnir Tule. and
machine dictation, and they will use It.
. Ai bally roll Pure Uoftrian twaddle
of .the greenest grade Vet seen; Jdle
bombast , unsupported,, by analysts, ob
servation or esperlesi. Is fact tho
direct primary for the nomination ' of
i-nfltd(ts4r office Is a piece of Idiocy
eadrtllhg a (Unible. electioa expense -on
tho people, a double campaign expense
a the caadaUytM whereby It la feasible
ON DAILY
Vv ' Alt IHDIPIWDBHT NEWSPAPEB ;; ' ' .'
PUBLISHED -BY JOURNAL- PUBLISHINQ CO.
lull afreets, Portland, Oregon..
there,, and many
for a little machine la Portland to con
trol with almost absolute certainty the
nominations for office. The result of
the primary, the boasted Tight of polit
ical freedom." the vaunted vehicle of po
litical emancipation, the panacea against
log-rolling conventions, packed " pri
mer lee, stuffed ballot boxes, dishonesty,
graft' and boaslsm, la' that ! the entire
state may .be thrown Into the hands of
the Democratic party with .Gearin for
senator and Chamberlain for governor.
This makes ' mighty fine . campaign
thunder for the Democrats, and good
war medicine for everybody but the Re
publicans. - With , the stalking borse
U'Ren, Bourne has taken the party Into
camp and he will be the great Republi
can IT or the party delivered Into the
hands of Democracy.
This, of course, is a partisan view
point There are no objections to urge
against Gearin or Chamberlain except
from a purely partisan standpoint Both
are good, able, honorable men and a
credit to the state of Oregon. - But The
Journal Is talking politics and poses
as a Republican paper. It speaks ilka
a sonorous, pale gray ass In aa alfalfa
wilderness.
The primary , .nominating Imbecility
places wealth as a prerequisite to a cam
paign for party nomination and election
to office. The expense of the campaign
Is alt outvof proportion to emoluments
of the offices The tone and tendency
ot reason and sentiment among states
men and political economists Is to have
fewer general elections to remove con
ditions tending to make "dabbling la
politics" expensive and to give office
holder a longer term with smaller
chance tor a second nomination. .
"fciemal vigilance," said our country's
father. "Is the price of liberty." It la
the only safeguard Had vigilance been
exercised by the sovereign elector under
the - convention system, election evils
would not have sprung lata eaisteaee, ..
JOURNAL
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The Journal Building. Fifth and Ycin-
they can do business as advantageously in one. place as
in the other, doubtless some of them will remain but as
to roost of them there will be too many influences to
draw them across the bay to the old town whose name is
so well known and with which they' have been so long
identified. Evidently, however, the people of San Fxan
cisco.consider the dsnger imminent and are making every
effort to, divert the movement toward Oakland by pro
viding as speedily as possible temporary quarters in San
Francisco so that business may be resumed on the old
ground under such; conditions as will make them bearable
until such time as adequate structures can be provided.
The danger, however, seems less 'great the .farther one
gets away from the centers of distrubance. ..
'; ''- '-'Zh; COULD NOT ?E SUPPRESSED. V
SENATOR LA : FOLLETTE has defied the tra
ditions of the senate. He declined to be hated,
or sat down on, or suppressed. er to r back in
a corner seat and suck his thumbs for two or three years
before he dared open his mouth in that august body, the
senate. A very important bill, the railroad; regula
tion bill, was before the senate for debate. La Follette
knows something about this subject. He has had ex
perience with railroad legislation. He has studied con
ditions, wrongs,, and remedies, with reference to railroad
transportation.-' So he hadorrfsthing to say, and he said
it It. took him over-three days of senatorial debasing
time, if, ' -"Y . '' " ' "
When ;La Follette rose to begin his speech they
couldn't chsin him down to his seat or physically, gag
him there was an immediate scurrying of most of the
members . out of the chamber. La Follette' turned tov
ward them and said , that if they did not want to heaF
what he had to say the country did, and significantly
added that "theseat now being temporarily vacated may
be permanently vacated in the near future." ' " 1
La Follette in this performance showed a great deal of
moral courage. He. like Spoon er, is small of stature
but big in brain. , His speech may not have been as
great as that of Rayner or even that of Bailey, but it was
a great speech. Xa Follette is a man intensely in earnest
in what he does and.says. . He does not lose his head but
he is dramatic He is naturally an actor, yet wholly him
self. . . v ;,: ' ' ' ;'L ' '. ' ' '
Considering the conditions under which this speech
was delivered, it is calculated, whether designedly or not,
to make La Follette a prominent figure in the next na-r
tional Republican convention as the candidate of the
"radical" element of th$ party for president . . f -
MANY PEOPLE COMING TO PORTLAND.
HE PROSPECT is that Portland will be filled up
with strangers this summer as it never has been
before, except perhaps last summer during a
portion of. the Lewis and Clark fair. Thousands of
homeseekera are -coming, most of whom, unless their
exact destination has been decided upon in advance, re
main hero a little while. The tourist travel will largely
increase over any previous, year. The "See America
First" propaganda will do some good. Then, while a
great many eastern people would like to see the ruins of
San Francisco there wili be no accommodations for them
visitors to the .coast who otherwise
would spend cays or weeks mere, wm move noruiwsru
instead of southward Besides, hundreds of San Fran
cisco families will make their habitation here for some
weeks or months, until their homes can be rebuilt or re
paired, and order restored in the stricken city. -
There is plenty of room and a welcome for all. Build
ing of hotels, apartment houses and residences has kept
pace with the general growth of the city, and for a year
or two prior to the Lewis and Clark fair went ahead of
the increase of population in anticipation of that event
But these will all be pretty much filled up this summer,
largely with temporary tenants, but to a considerable ex
tent with permanent residents. -',,
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES. !
CALIFORNIA, and particularly San Francisco, will
be for many months a far greater .market than
ever before for our products and manufactures
of all lcinds.They will need food supplies, lumber and
other materials which we can partly supply in vast quan
tities. . ' ' '
But more than this, the calamity to California, while
not irreparable in time, and even, with the sublime faith
and courage being displayed there, will result in thou
sands of people coming to the Pacific northwest to live.
Some of them will be poor, and will for a time, have a
hard struggle even here; many others will come with
plenty of means to make an independent start The
very fact that Oregon and Washington had so much to
send and contribute, without feeling the most willing and
cheerful sacrifice, will tend to draw dissatisfied Cali
fornians hither. We are not urging, them to come, only
stating one of the certain -results of the catastrophe.
While these benefits are real and tangible, in a larger
and more abstract view the disaster is also ours, for there
are eastern people who suppose San Francisco and Port
land lie in. equal peril, and that all our volcanos are likely
to burst out any moment, or have done so already. But
this notion will be gradually corrected, v
Origin of the Orange.
From Economists, Havana.
It la' to India, and to the Arabs as
middlemen, that Europe, and through
Europe America, owe this now familiar
fruit. The orange crossed from Africa
to Spain, with Mohammed antam, while
probably' the Crusaders are to be
thanked for bringing it to Italy and
western Europe among their ' trophies
of the east The very name la really
Arablo "nararj" and of 1 eastern
origin, though the legend that It comes
from two words meaning "elephant" and
"be ill," beeause elephants ate oranges
to make themselves 111. Is absurd. Prob
ably In French the initial "n" Is dropped
off from naranj with the final "n" of the
Indefinite article. Just as our nan apron"
represent "a naproo," and the spelling
with an o" points to false association
with "or" (gold). -:
A Case of Necessity.
From the Cleveland News. .
One Sunday two small boys were tn
dustrloualv dlaclna In a vacant lot when
a man who was passing stopped to give
them a lecture. -
"Don't you know that it Is a sin to
dig on Sunday unless It be a case of
necessity?"
"Tee, sir," timidly .replied one of the
boys. -
"Then why don't yott stop-It?"-
1 'Cause this Is a case of neoesslty,"
replied the little philosopher,-'A fel
ler can't fish without bait" .
A Lost Art..;
From the Christian Register.
We know Innumerable things that
were not known 108 years ago, but thou
sands of years ago some men and aa
lTns had learned tho art of living
happily, which we have forgotten or
necleotee, .. 'y r .
SMALL CHANGE
No great harm without some little
good; the 'earthquake wallowed up
Dowle, Mrs. Carey, .George ,W. Perkins.
Maxim Oorky,(rt al for. a few days at
least., v- v ' k -v -: - :
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And nobody but those directly Inter-'
ested paid any attention to Dora Jen
nings. '. ' e e .w ,
Russia still needs a revolution. -
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Even an eruption wouldn't change the
name; of Mount Rainier to Tacoma.
It la Just tS years since Mrs. CLeary's
cow kicked over the lamp.
The only excitement about earth
quakes all over the, Paclf to coast is back
east ot the Mississippi river. -
Even. Teddy almost dropped out of
view. - , V - .
Is nobody ever going to mention Uncle
Chauncey Depew again T , . . ,
A man supposed to be the Oregon City
murderer slept 'In a Woodburn barn one
night and the men who were looking
for him didn't go within. 40 rods ot the
barn until late In the afternoon,.' . . .-
Now the election campaign la on.
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A garden rake la better- than a -muck
rake. .. ,. ; -r. ... , ,, , ; ...
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Which . are the better men for the
position, not' party,, la the main ques
tions '
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The editor of the Salem Journal was
beaten by two votes. But as he -acknowledges
his opponent to be the better
man, he ought to be glad that two of
the other man's votes didn't borne his
way.
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"The kids are all we have' left" said
on refugee who formerly lived In Ore
gon. But . they wouldn't exchange the
kids for all they loot.
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Not very long now- till the circus, boys.
Will amy the babies born out o doors
the-nlght of the earthquake be named
"Earthquake," Fire" or 'H -1"?
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. Whatever the excitement' don't fora-et
to buy only Oregon-made goods.
Woodburn Independent before the re
turns came In: . The people acted very
sensibly In turning down Jonathan
Bourne Jr. If he bad been selected the
Republican party of this State would
have been reat . asunder and Irreparably
Injured. . -." .
OREGON Sl6iiUGHTS
Now Oregon lumber mills -will get
busier than ever, If possible, and there
will be more of them. 4an Francisco
will need an Immense quantity of lum
ber and Oregon baa the timber to make
much of It - . . -," T '
Bonanza is Id have a. newspaper.
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Salmon ate about extinct In Crooked
river. -; '" ' - ' -. .- --- . - ..'
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Baldwin Sheep- eV Land company,
which Is the most extensive stock ranch
and the producer of the finest grades of
sheep on the Pacifle coast. Is laying the
foundation to become one of the greatest
stock ranches In the world, - and has
purchased fine- horses and cattle, says
the Prlnevllle Journal.
Prlnevllle being much Improved. .
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A Klamath county mare that died re
cently was first seen In IKS, when she
had a broken hip, and has since been
a familiar figure to bocearooa. She
bore ber last oolt only a few years ago.
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Tanners very busy" ' say ' all the
eountry correspondents. .
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A Baker City hatter has become vio
lently Insane from drinking too much
boose.- An old expression Is, "Mad as
a batter." , -
Farmers in many eastern Oregon lo
calities are putting In more crops than
ever before.
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Prices of horses and cattle rising la
Umatilla county.
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Shanlko claims to be tho, best wool
market In the state.
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Umatilla county has 200,000 sheep,
not counting this year's Increase,
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Many spuds as well as hops are
raised around Independence. , i
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A man who had a walkover when 1 he
ran for- state senator four years ago
In Polk, Benton and Lincoln counties,
and who would not sign "statement
No. I," was easily beaten for renoml
natlon by a man who did sign.
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The Creffteld holy rollers over st
Weldport should be Induced to roll
themselves Into the ocean.
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Good fruit cropj prospects around
Tangent.
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A mysterious disease Is- affecting the
bogs In the vicinity of The Dalles and
several raisers have lost large num
bers. One man lost IIS head. ' It Is
thought the disease was Imported In a
shipment of hogs from Nebraska,
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The universal testimony Is that the
election passed off quietly. .
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While leaning over a well about eight
feet deep, a Dufur woman fell bead
first Into the water, which was seven
feet deep. She came - to tho surface,
grasped a pole and climbed out
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Umatilla eounty farmers are buying
fine breeding hogs at from 2I to $160
each. .. -
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A firm with headquarters at Pendle
ton has sold 1400.000 worth of Import
ed borses, and the' demand Is growing.
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Now Is the time to fix the coddling
moth. '
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Hundreds of minor Improvements tit
residence property In The Dalles, such
as additions to houses, old fences be
ing .removed, gardens vaneVbrwns being
Improved, a generous use of the paint
brush, all tend to beautify the city.
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Freight and ' lumber - teams getting
busy In central Oregon.
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Mrrtll,haa been suffering a 'lumber
famine. -
Much new land will be eultlvated in
Crook eounty. - , ' -
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
. LESSON '
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By If, D. Jenkins, D. D.
Topic: Tho Parable of the Sower
Mark Ivil-JS. e
Oolden Text The seed Is the word of
God. Luke vlli:ll.
' Zatrodnetlon, . '..' , :
. The teaching of ouf Eorip-baa flone
more to make religion a Ufa than the
teaching of all other religious Instruc
tors. His similes, metaphors and Illu
strations of every kind were drawn
from the dally experience which every
body understood, and be helped men to
realise that religion Instead of being a
mystlo philosophy or a magical art,
was a principle of conduct Religion
bas Its analogies In 'every sphere ot
human .action or endeavor. There Is a
tendency In every age and under every
form of faith to reduce the service of
God to a mare "opus operatum," a
something to be done which rightly
done assures a desired effect The
Jew exhibited this tendency In making
salvation consist In a certain number
of feanta or fasts observed with scrup
ulous fidelity to the very letter of the
law. The Romanist puts his faith In a
rosary and a distribution of alms; the
Thibetan In his prayer-wheel and, the
Confucian In his Incense offered before
the tablets'' of- his ancestors. With
Jesus It was a living thing, a germlnant
seed, a rising blade, an expanding fchd
maturing ear. ' Religion aa Interpreted
by these parables Is not something for
the man to do but something for the
man to be. It is thla conception .of re
ligion which, together with other rea
sons, led our Lord to teach In parables
Instead of formulating a new legisla
tion. " , -' '. .-'
A fuller report of this day la to be
fopnd in the eighth chapter of Luke,
from which we learn that Jesus set out
upon another tour of preaching after
the anointing In the house of Simon.
His twelve disciples accompanied him,
as also a number of women whom he
had healed ' of various Infirmities or
plagues, among whom were several who
accompanied. Mm even to tne cream in
the course of thla Journey he came td
a cley by the see, probably Capernaum,
where, on account of the multitude
pressing to see snd hear him, be en
tered Into a boat and taught them from
it as from a pulpit '..-., "
: The Wesson.
Verse 1. The multitudes which gath
ered to bear Christ were In part at
tracted by the fame-or Bis miracles
(Mark ill:l-). The excitement ran so
high that his mother and other relatives
were alarmed for his safety (Mark
111:11-16). They could not foretell what
the outcome might be, but they noted
the growing animosity of the learned
and powerful classes,- so they attempted
to excuse him aa one not In. his right
mind, Jesus so .far from withdrawing
himself.- continued his work until the
crowds fairly drove him to seek refuge
la a boat . ' . , . v
Verse S. Our Lord' used parables for
more than one reason. At times -they
served to veil his meaning Just so far
that what be said could not be used In
an attack upon his good standing, as be
Intimates In the verses that follow.
But apart from this, parables served to
make (to those who cared for spiritual
truth) religion a matter of conversa
tion. In some, as was' the ease with
the It. these picture-sermons eaused
hls-bearers to seek bim for further en
lightenment - - '
Vers I. A recent writer la Moham
medan lands bas told us that this par
ticular parable Is aa common in the
literature ot the Moslem teachers now
as in the discourses of Christian pulpits.
Its truth and power bavs given It a
place In the religious literature ef the
whole world.
Verse 4. Jesus" was always optimistic
but never visionary. He never expected
to see bis hearers all bverpowered by
sudden conviction. There ware, and al
ways would be. careless hearers,- Into
whose hearts the seed, however excel
lent would effect no entrance. A little
thing would suffice to remove every
trace of It We ougnt not to xorget
that Jesus taught there were malevolent
influence and personalities In the world
Intent upon destroying the eeed before
It could possibly germinate. We may
not practice - too rigid an economy In
the aeed-aowlng, since as In nature's
sowing. It Is Inevitable that much will
be loot
Vers-. It le-ejuit true -that-more
speedy results are at times seen from
a light soil than from a deep loam.
Vers . -. In such a soil, beneath
which at no great remove lies the rock,
the fierce Sun known in Syria soon ex
hausta th moisture and the growing
grain Is ruined before It ripens. Jesus
explains this In verses Is and 17 to
mean that certain persons. possessed of
abundant emotion but shallow voli
tion will ofttimes proclaim a dlsclple
shlp which amounts to nothing. A piety
which wUl not stand some persecution,
some opposition of the ungodly, some
enmlfV of evil -disposed persons Is not
a plffy that counts for much. One
thing we ought not. to overlook In any
part of this parable; and that It It says
that this world. In and ot Itself. Is not
"a friend of grace to help us on to God."
Neither th soil nor th living creatures
above It are favorable to Its germination
and fruitfulness.
Verse ' 7. . The earth Is not- simply a
field for good grain, It is a place In
wbfbh noxious growths find abundant
rootage. Th earth produces not only
"th finest of th wheat," but weeds
and thorns and brambles, . at times in
Overpowering multiplicity. Jesus ax
plains this in verses II and 1 to mean
that th ' cars of this Ufa, th daily
tool and daily loss, th growing ambi
tion and the absorbing lust for gain
which success engenders, too often war
against th better Interests and Intents
of the soul. People think usually of
th enjoyments of wealth, but Jesus
thought of Its burdens. "Blessed be
nothing," was spoken by a wise man.
Th man of simple life reaches to a
good old age denied to the business man
who, stooping under the care of wealth,
finds Its retention ' a greater burden
than Its acquisition. Many a worldly
minded merchant, banker, railroad man
ager, looks back with a sigh to the
days when he had time to remember bis
soul. The man who goes home every
Saturday night too tired to sleep tiu
past midnight and gives orders that be
Is not to be waked Sunday morning,
should he secure slumber late In th
night knows a good deal more abojt
wealth as a care than as an enjoyment
Vers I. But after all, there will be a
harvest from the word. Sow the seed
faithfully- and It will find lodgment
somewhere. There are extinct mam
moths but not extinct cereals. Fur good
? round In which the word may bring
orth. abundant Increase the man needs
a patlenv attention, a receptive . spirit
and a conscientious purpose. One of the
rascals who stole Incredible sums from
the funds of an eastern city some years
ago was arrested and brought back from
Europe on a sailing vessel. Every dsy
upon this long voyage he read a chapter
In the Bible. Thus he kept hie promise
to a Christian wife. But be died In
prison, an Impenitent thief to the end.
You could sow such a soil a foot deep
In grain and It would produce no In
crease. We need to pray God for a heart
preparation as well ss for a sown seed.
And when the soul is fitted by grace to
geeelva tbs) truth, there la almost no
limit to its productive power. The year
of 1I0S probably showed more conver
slons to Christ than any othsr year Sines
th resurrection. Some of these won
derful harvests were upon the soli
which was occupied by paganism before.
The sons and daughters of believing
parents may offer stony soli or thorn-
eavared soil tn tPt word, but it Will find
good ' ground : somewhere;" If not In'
America; if not la .England, tnen in
Japan; and if not among college stu
dents, then among Welsh miners. Th
unbelief of no one class, of-.no half
dosen classes, - J going to blot out
Christianity. Some will receive It, and
It wtU spread ss it Is spreading now.
Verse . Jesus sdded a solemn warn
ing. There Is a hearing which means
nothing, accomplishes nothing, results In
nothing.. Probably a large proportion of
those present at church any oneirfJunday
cannot tell at the close of the service
what was the text what the theme or
what the purpos of th preacher. They
heard every word and yet beard nothing
to retain it ' "-
Verse 10. Happy is th hearer who,
not content with a surface knowledge of
th word, 'seeks In private communion
with the' Master to know Its Intent and
relation to all other truth. Devout
soholars are still bringing forth out of
thee conferences with their Lord mean
ings and visions not perceived before.
Vers. 11. Here, aa In everything else.
It shall be given to him that bath
(Matt xlll:ll). It Is easy for the rich
man to make money. It is easy for th
scholar to master Another book., -tit Is
easy for the saint to acquire more grace.
Th spiritually alert always com to
Christ This, parabl became a sieve by
which Jesus separated the eager from
the Indifferent disciples.
Verse -It. - That which in one man
quickens a desire for the truth. In an
other becomes a ready excuse for turn
ing away from It One says, "There Is
something herethat I do not under
stand but am resolved to discover." An
other says, "There Is something' hare
that I , cannot understand throw It
away." -'
Verse It. Ability to solve one spiritual
problem leads to the solution of others
more Intricate or recondite. Th grace
to apprehend Is one that w may oovet
for' ourselves and for our pupils. The
teacher who Is td teach this lesson
hoTihouTd" ponder It ift the solitude of his
closet alone with Christ -' . ,
LEWIS AND CLARK'
Si
Opposite the mouth of the Walla
Walla river. - : .' '..;' v-'--!.
April St We therefore purchased IS
dogs. While this trade was carried on
by our men, Yellept brought . a An
whit bore and presented him to Cap
tain Clark, expressing at the same time
a wish to have a kettle; but on being
Informed that we bad already disposed
of the last kettle we could spare, he
said that be would bs oontent with any
present, we should-make - In return.
Captain Clark therefor gave bis sword,
for which the chief had before expressed
a desire, adding 100 balls, some powder1
and other small, articles, with whloh be
appeared perfectly satisfied. W were
now anxious to depart, and requested
Yellept to lend us canoes for th pur
pos of crossing the river. But be
would not listen to any proposal of
leaving th village. He wished us to
'remain two' or three days; and would
not let us go today, for he bad already
sent to Invite his neighbors, the Cblm
napoos, to.com down this evening and
Join bis people In a dano for our
amusement We urged In vain that, by
setting ut sooner, w would the earlier
return with th articles they desired:
for a dsy, he observed, would make but
little difference. We at length men
tioned that as there was so wind. It
waa now - the best time to eroas the
river, and we ' should merely take the
horses over and return to sleep at their
village. To this he assented; we then
crossed with the horses and, having
hobbled them, returned to their (the
Indian) camp. Fortunately, there was
among '-these Wollawollaha a prisoner
belonging to a tribe ot Shoshone or
Snake Indians, residing to the south of
the Multnomah and visiting occasion
ally the beads of Wollawollah creek.
Our ' Shoshone - ' woman, Sacajawea,
though she belonged to a tribe near
fthe Missouri, spoke the same language
las this prisoner; by1 their means we
were able to, explain ourselves to tne
Indians, and answer their Inquiries with
respect to ourselves and th object of
our Journey. Our conversation inspired
them with much confidence, and they
soon brought several sick persons, for
whom they requested our assistance.
W splinted (Captain Clark splinted)
th broken arm of one, gav some
relief to another, whose knee was con
tracted with-rheumatism, and adminis
tered what we thought beneficial for
ulcers and eruptions of ths skin on va
rious parts of the body, which are very
common disorders among them. ' But
our most valuable medicine was eye
water, which we distributed, and which.
Indeed, they required very much; the
complaint - of th eyes, occasioned by
living on th water and Increased by
the fine sand of the plains, being uni
versal. A little before sunset, the
Chimnapooe, amounting to 10S men
and a few women, came to the village
and. Joining the Wollawollaha, who were
about the same number of men. formed
themselves In a circle around our. oamp
and waited very patlenUy till" our men
were disposed to dance, which they did
for about an hour, to th tune -of the
violin. We then requested to aee the
Indiana dance. With this they readily
complied, and th whol assemblage,
amounting, with th women and chil
dren ot th village, to savsral hundred,
sang and danced at the same time. The
exercise waa neither very violent nor
very graceful; for the greater part of
them were formed in a solid column
kind of solid square, stood on
the sams place, and merely Jumped up
at Intervale, to keep urns to ma music
gome, however, of the more active war
rior, entered the square and danced
round It sldewlse, and soms of our men
Joined in th dano, to th great satis
faction of ths Indiana. - The dance con
tinued tut is o'clock. . ' .
. ; Portland" Last Triumph, ,
From the Pndlton East Oregonian.
The opening of the Tehuantepeo rail
way across the southern point pf Mex
ico and the sstabllshment of a line of
steamers between Portland and the Pa
cific coast terminus of that road .elves
Portland a 10-day freight schedule by
sea from New York city, a new and
vital step in the commercial Interests
and development of Oregon's hustling
ThlTgtvss almost as good service be
tween Nsw Tork and Portland as the
Panama canal would afford. The trans
fer of the freight cargoes and the trans
portation over the lit mile ef the Te
huantepeo foao will require but little
time and slight expense, and It cots
down ths a voyage from th Atlantic
to th Pacific by almost two months. .
This will force a reduction of trans
continental railroad rates The carry
ing of freight from New Tork to Port
land in to days, at th extraordinarily
. v win work a revolution
low rmiw j - . w
In
'.i a nA hi la hut a foretaste
.the freight carrying iramo
m.t th. rami u Inn -which Will follow the
comnletlOB o the Panama cane . ,
LETTERS FROM THE
' PEOPLE ' w
Save Warn em ruled Tacts Own Fleldf
Portland, Or., April 81. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I notice thet -the
suffragists are claiming that they are.
sure to carry, the state; but I . doubt
The ; women who .will ask ehelr sons
and - fathers ' and - husbands to vote
against this loading of .men's work on
woman's shoulders , have '. not spoken
yet but when these quiet '"helpers at
home" request - they- have as much in
fluence with their own men folk as th
others . do with theirs. And the men
who rush In and promise thsse aggres
sive suffragists to support them oi the
ground that if women want to, vote the
men should let them will hear and heed
their own families later on. I think thla
assurance that suffrage Is to carry
Oregon Is a little exaggerated. It re- -mluds
me of the statement of Anna .
Shaw at the Anthony memorial meeting, '
when with appropriate gesture she told, .
us: "Susan B. Anthony. I deliberately ' .
assept is the greatest stateeman of th ;
last century the . world ' over." Tbls
welter was ' there and then . overcome '
with sympathy for poor Gladstone, Bis- '
marck, Webster and Lincoln snd- the
rest of 'the mere meti." ,
Have . women gotten through with
their tasks so well that we have to' ask
(hem to take up our work. . now that :
they have nothing else of their own to
dot Are their homes less In need of
their 'best efforts than our .business -places?
Are there not as many children ' -running
the' streets and growing up .
criminals ss there are employes un-
managed by the men who oversee them?
In other words, are not men attending
to their business ss well Ss women to
theirs? What Impudence for them, with
their own fields neglected worse than
ours,- to be telling us what greet Im
provement they could make If they were , . !
only permitted to wear , our trousers!
Experience does not orove It Observe-
Ltlon does not confirm the claim that
the women will .do our work better
than we can.- A young man, son ot one -on
these suffragists who want to run,
creation, was at the restaurant table,,
and aeelng a sign on tho well, "Th
Kind of Coffee Mother Used t Make." ' -said:
"Do you have the kind of cat-
fee mother ued" to maker "Yes," ws
the ..reply. : -"Then I will take a cup of
tea, pleas." '
BON ' OF AN ' . ; ANTI-BUrFRAOB .
MOTHER. , ' - ' .-.,''
' C "Oet a Flee of Tamd." y
Portland, April IS. To the Editor of '
The Journal In a recent editorial n- 0
der the-heading-of . "Get a Piece of
Land." yem-eloa by saying: "The own-
ers of the land if they choose are the .
rulers of thaleartb." I believe that that
ie perfecty true. But i It right that i
It, should be so? Shall ws be satisfied
that th land owning class should rule
ths rest? Is .lt consistent with Ami- , .
loan Ideas ef liberty? DoeS the ad vie
given In your editorial solve the prob- '
lam? Under' present laws by far the
largest part of th people must remain
landless. Directly thus waa a general
move of th ma see a to get land, valuss '
would go away up and the bulk ef them - (
would find It further out of their reach ,
than ever. I am a Henry George man '
and I believe that th only thing that
will ever free the people and-settle the -
labor queation would be to place a suf
flolent tax on land values. It would en- ;
oourage the us of land and make It Im- .
possible, to keep valuable land idle.
The Increased taxes raised on land
would enable us to abolish all othei
taxes and would encourage Industry '
srreatlv. . Th nric of a tax- Is always
added to the goods taxed and th con-'
sumer must always pay th .tax. . When .
Ui tax la abolished It will make goods
cheaper. When land Is taxed the tax
cannot be added to the price, but on the V
contrary. It makes land cheaper because ,
It makes It harder for th speculator to
hold It Idle. Cheap land opens up op-'
oortunltle for men to employ them . ,
selves. Higher wages follows Increased :
opportunities to labor. Th' land and -
labor questions would oe -soivea - ana p- -w
would have cheap land, cheap- goods
.nA hlH warns. , HIKOLB TAXER.
- Xs Woman Suffrage Completer
-. Beasooraeyt ; ' ' .
Portland. April . To the Editor of ,
The JoJurnal To retain the present suf
fraae system. In spit of all reasonable
calculations to ths contrary. Is simply , ,. ;,
a battle for aristocracy. But w have
reason to believe tn mannooo ox our
state will rise In Ita greatness and
coma to the rescue. . History - reveals
the fact that man's representation was ,
In the past very limited, but little by
little broader methode have been em- ;
ployed and he now enjoys unrestricted .
privilege of the ballot And none can '
deny many are honored In this direc--tlon
who do not deserve It for there Is -no
Justice la granting the Ignorant and
vicious, black, white or red man, the
right of suffrage 'and denying to the ;
well-reared and well-born woman, who .
Is a eltlsen In every sense of .the word, k ,
wltb this exception. . - v
'There waa something noble , In the r
declaration made by a lady In Fisher, J
Minnesota, several years ago, wnen sne
sald:.-"I am a suftragtst because I am
r lmariun eltisen." When custom
and prejudice no longer dim the mental ,
vision this reform movement win re- ... .
in an Imnetua IV Our natlonu.1 de
liberations which will giv to ths world
the best re suits, which will Bestow upon
It that truth and power whloh today . .
! QfiaTlsUiasra WJ aia mvusjus . ,
a a W .11 tltAtiafhtflll . ss Flfl
nMarpaaal v ' nMrtlfl. J. A xiUIN T. '
jivsjivo wr m , ,
Portland, Or., April . To the Edi
tor of The Journal Socialism is said to
be growing In this country, and th fact '
must be granted. But what ie the log-
leal Inference from this fact? Take
th statements of the Socialists them
selves; Judge .them Impartially, and
what Is tbelr Import? No doubt that
soms good men are found In their ranks, ;
but what Influence would these few
have Or be able to exert provided the
government were In their hands, .-or ,
what agency would check the tidal
wave of destruction, more devastating
than the earthquake In Calfornla?
David Parry bas written a story
which Is meant to Illustrate the prac-
tlcsl effect ef Socialism. Bellamy v. rot
another, which ven If - It were not a '
gross exaggeration can have no attrac
tlon to a man of praotlcal affairs. A
full-blooded American who has studied '
the Institutions of his eountry and noted .
th abuses of corporate wealth will .
surely hesitate when his choice is be
tween these abuses which be remedied
and Socialism one firmly seated.. The
former 1a temporary ana may be borne,
the latter Is a disease. Incurable.,
'.- r If, S. GRISWOLD.
1 -t . ii ' i
If Ha Had $10,000,000.
From R. H. Murray's "Henry H. 'nog
ere" In Human L,ire.
' Rogere once walked Into the. hut of
Ned Hasklns. who lived the life of a
seml-hermlt In a hut sight feet square,
close to Fort Phoenix In Falrhaven,
Massachusetts, where Mr. Rogers' sum
mar houss stands now. ,
' "Ned. what would you do If you had
$10.000, 000r asked Rogers. I
"By Jlngs, said the hermit after
long cogitation, "I'd have this hut built
, twa feet larger - - - - -;
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