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GOOD LEADERS NEEDED:
TT TCLECiSLATURE of the state
J Oregon ever needed! tht right
JL 1 kind of leader more than the
s .legislature now in session. Not
that the members as a whole are not
tip to the average of former legisla
tures. ! Probably they are;'perhaps
above the average Not (hat as a rule
. tbey do not mean to do right and
serve the people well. Most if - not
all of them do. But legislation is al
most invariably enacted or prevented
through the leadership, the dominat
ing influence of the few, and this not
asuallyuv axgunientienlllielloqr
tut in quiet talks and suggestions in
. committee" rooms," and in the lobby
and other places.; -;' - Jt "N' :"'-;
- - ,Ia tbe nature -of the genus homo,
the majority are followers; the few
furnish the ideas and the arguments.
Some do not see , - results -dearly;
some are rather careless of results;
few have any legislative, initiative.
The personal equation counts for
much often too much. In many
cases a member gets a bill through
in which be or his clients or some
friends or i only a few people are
interested, but which is a bid or, at
least, an unnecessary law, just because
he is a good, lively4 fellow; the rest
like to oblige him, and they tate his
word for it without investigation; or
consideration, or even act against
their judgment. ' ' ' ' ' ' ..
The follower ought to be more
careful and conscientious than this.
A law concerns half a million people;
unless clearly a good one it ought not
to be passed to please an agreeable,
persuasive member, or a few people
whoJaYliome!!per4onaLintere5t.io
its passage. , ,'
The 'leader should be even more
careful ' and 'concientious.' His ob
ligation to the people is great, his
responsibility heavy. He is a bad,
dangerous man if he does not act and
speak with an eye single to the peo-
- pie's interests. . v Y '-
New times are upon us. I'- Condi-
- ttons are changing. ' New questions,
or old questions with new and im
mensely larger import and conse
quence, have arisen. Measures of vast
importance to the people are to be
discussed, decided upon, and in some
measure settled. This legislature has
a greater work on its hands than any
of it i predecessors had. There is no
time for trifling. It is least pf any
similar occasion the time for fooling
with the people's affairs. -'
r A HINT OP AUTOCRACY. '
rilE RECOMMENDATIONS of
the joint postal commission
, . in regard to the regulation of
, the matter published in news-
' papers, -particularly in Sunday news
papers, appear to contain official ab-
' surdities that would more properly
emanate from a joint commission
of lunatics " from various asylums
throughout the country. The excuse
for the recommendations made is the
'annual deficit in the postal revenue,
which is charged up to the carriage
vt second tlass mail matter, mostly
newspapers, but not one person in
10,000 feels or cares anything about
that comparatively trifling deficit, and
if it were really desired to get rid
of it all that would be necessary is
to cut off the graft of railroads in
carrying the -mails.
( There is not much danger that the
absurd suggestions ojMbis joint com
mission will be adopted, or any at
tempt made to put them into practice,
but they are interesting and even
important as indicating the rapid and
alarming trend of the federal - gov
ernment toward autocracy. , .:
Already it has been significantly
and evidently with careful design an
nounced that the general government
should and must assume fsr larger
powers, and that the- state govern
ments must sink into comparative
Insignificance. Already we have seen
the preoident actively meddling and
intrrfenn in state politics, nd dic
tating to political leaders and voters
in New York, .Pennsylvania,- Idaho
and Oklahoma. Already the preil-
dent in-bi. last-annual-jrressage. has
threatened to use the federal army
to coerce the people of ' California
to accept bis view of a tVeaty obli
gation with reTerence to. the schools
of the state: And now," prompted, we
may presume by the same high au
thority, this commission recommends
that the federal government shall dic
tate to newspapers throughout the
country what they shall publish, or
not publish, to some extent, the sure
and weight of papers to be sent
through the mails, and the kind or
quality of paper' to. be used, and
so on. . . . . .. ' .'V. .
If the federal government can go
this far,' may it not ' in future go
farther, and dictate to newspapers
what - news they shall publish and
what they must repress, and what
the scope ana nature of editorial com
mentssbaITbe? :'. WayTwenoFbave
ere long, under the Rooseveltian pro
gram, newspaper "censors ' in every
city, authorised to inspect all news
paperr. and sjipprna fh ai they im
agine would not suit his. autocratic
majesty at Washington.r -At first we
should only be put on a level with
German pipers in these respects, and
be allowed quite considerable lati
tude' of criticism, but as the dicta
tor called a president became more ar
bitrary the country might be placed
on a plane with Russia,' where a pa
per dares publish nothing except what
is (pleasing to the autocracy, ' -.
We do not seriously represent that
such is tje present intent of these
newspaper regulators, much less that
the consequences mentioned would
follow, for the very good reason that
the peoplewould not "alTow'ariy such
repression of a free press; but this
attempt if successful would if unre
sisted . logically i lead to these re
mits, and it shows the nature of the
policy of , the present -administration
with respect-to almost unlimited in
crease of federal powers. ?. , -
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, BY
T 7 COMMISSION. ".' "
RECENT" news article gave
A some additional details - to
XJL those heretofore published in
regard to experiments in mu
nicipal government through, a com
mission, patterned after the Calves
ton plan. One of the cities trying
this system is Brookline, Massachu
setts, territorially-a-par-f-Bostott,
but which has resisted political an
nexation, desiring to govern itself by
the commission method,; wich has
grown up f here (rather naturally be
cause similar to the old New Eng
land system of government through
"selectmen.". The Brookline jorm, of
gOvefnmehtosely resembles that of
Galveston,' and it is claimed that its
conspicuously efficient administration
furnishes a.striking and pleasing con
trast - to that of . adjacent or sur
rounding Boston. In both the Gal
veston and Brookline cases, the com
mission system was adopted not to
carry out a preconceived theory but
to meet practical and pressing exi
gencies. They do not claim consid
eration as a logical embodiment of
abstract principle, but as an effective,
practical apparatus of good govern
ment of which results are the test.
The objectors are now the theorists,
saying that the scheme violates a fun
damental principle of democratic gov
ernment in that it combines the legis
lative and executive powers. For the
same small set of men both to pass
laws and execute them is un-American,
it is said, and roust result dis
astrously; but it is results that the
people are' after, and most of them
are not greatly concerned about the
form of means employed; and so far
the Galveston ' and Brookline- and
Newport scheme seems to nave
brought about good results. ' '
; It seems to most people necessary
to have a division of powers, one de
partment being a check upon others,
yet it is found by actual and suffi
cient experiments that seven or five
pr three men, vested 'with both leg
islative and executive powers, can
govern a city better than many, men,
each clothed with a small fraction of
power, the people will not care much
about abstract theories of govern
ment. It was said in the Federalist:
"The true test of a good govern
ment is its aptitude and tendency to
produce a good administration." The
plan, system, means or machinery by
which this it accomplished, so. long
ss the people retain the right freely
to change it, and to change frequent
ly if desired the men entrusted with
power, is immaterial, a mere matter
of detail. -'Madison in the 'Federal
ist (pretty good Democratic author
ity), said that the principle of the
separation ' of the powers "does not
require that the legislative, "executive
and judiciary departments should be
wholly unconnected with, each ether,"
and that "unless these departments
te so far. connected and blended as
to give to escrr a constitutional con
trol over the others, the. degree of
separation which the maxim requires,
a essential to a free government, can
never ia practice be duly maintained."
W. can find corroboration., of this
truth, and , evidence of evil conse.
quences of. departure from it, right
here now, where a city council is able
to wield pernicious or undesirable
control " over the Hdministrative de
partment. The trend has been in re
cent years to Center more power in
the mayor and give councils only "for
mal and perfunctory duties, and Gal
veston and some other comparatively
small towns have simply gone a lit
tle farther by combining the dual
functions and vesting ' thent in one
small set of men, who, if they disa
gree among themselves cannot spend
most of their time and efforts in try!
ing.io-pui anotner aepanmeni . n a
hoie.vv, v,;"-7 '
' We do not ' say that this expert-.
ment will prove an unqualified suc
cess, or that it would work so well
irt "large as" tn smalTcifiesr buOhe
example of Galveston, that since the
great tidal wave has accomplished
wonders for a small city,' is certainly
.Btorthy of careful-study-: r
INCREASED WAGES AND" COST
OF UVINO. ;T -t
A: PAGE of the New York World
was . devoted recently -to' the
' 1 increased, cost of living as it
affects all parts of the coun
try. It was shown that while wage
advances of last year, amounting in
certain-industries to over $41,000,000,
have done much to relieve working-
men, from-the stress of high prices,
wages as a whole have not increased
as much as tbe cost of living...
This condition exists along with an
unprecedented state"! apparent pros
perity, -where the demand for effi
cient labor in "all parts of the country
far exceeds the supply. Prosperity
among the laboring classes would be
more, real if they restricted purchases
a . Jb?X. jlqwh ep. times .are hard.
Flush times prompt liberal if not
extravagant buying. The more peo
ple, have to buy with the"rnore they
want,' and. (f better 'quality. "As" a
meat packer puts it, "75 per cent of
the demand is for 25 iper cent of the
steer." " But if prosperity is real and
permanent, why should not working-
men have better things and more of
them, and still be able o save a sur
plus? Certainly they could. jf , they
were getting their share. . ' ' , ;
Yet iwagre earners, even if hoping
a . I
ments beneficial to them, should
guard their ' expenditures and make
the most, of such opportunities as
tiey hayc The world says;
A ffeneral eoet of llvlna which Is ths
hlcheat known In JS years Is of serious
Import. It handicaps th wago-worker
deaptu hla fatter pay envelopes. It af
fects more sartoaaly thon many pmrscmn,
widows, children and. Invalids, who
dependence, la upon the Inooine of trust
fundi, resources slender and not sus
ceptible of Increase for the emercency.
It affects all salaried classes, whose In
comes afe practically stationary, wheth
er fixed by law or custom, , . .
What Is to be the end f No perlol
of prosperity aver approached perma
nency. If the coat of llvlne pinches In
a time of plenty, .when nearly everybody
Is employed, how will It be when the
lean years comeT . . ;.
1 v . ; "
- Yesterday's , gathering of ice on
overhead wires, as well as overhang
ing trees, was a literally weighty ar
gument in favor of , underground
wires, and an argument .that must
hsva -appealed forcibly to the tele
phone and light companies as well as
to the public generally. In accord
ance with an ordinance, the wires will
have to go underground and the
sooner the work of putting them
there is done the better for all con
cerned. , "The four normal schools will have
to remain," says the Salem States
man,' It would be interesting to
know all the details of the reasons
why . they must remain., VWill have
to" is a strong phrase. Hasn't the
legislature the power to reduce the
number? Or hasn't it the courage?
Or is it only that there are so many
opinions that agreement ia impossi
ble? : The people are entitled to some
relief . in the matter of these schools.
.The statement that Bret Harte's
daughter has been sent to a poor
house in Maine must be untrue. It
is unbelievsbte that the gentlemen
who made fortunes republishing; the
works of the . distinguished- father
would-permit his child to become a
public charge. :
While it has 4been. clearly shown
that Mr. Harriman assumed differ
ent names as toll collector from ship
pers of the coast, it has been indis
putably proved that, he was consist
ent in his policy of charging all the
time all the traffic would bear, ! "
If the temperature were 10 degrees
colder,' a couple of feet of Snow on
the ground, car service paralysed and
water mains frozen and the pipes
burst, Portland would remind some
of our visitors of a regular eastern
city in midwinter.
The Jigbt,. powet. jnd . transporta
tiou companies that are. complain-
ing because the 'ke-laden .trees, . are
falling, on and. breaking their wires
have the remedy in. their own hands.
They can put the wires underground,
where they ought to be. V ,
. The postal commission wss so in
tent on fixing up absurd regulations
for newspapers that it couldn't see
that big railroad graft in carrying tne
mails. '' ?-y " .. ': '.
It is reported that Swettenham has
resigned, . and if England has any
colony of barbarians or savages, there
is the place to send him. ,- -.
A" extraordinary even shook 'con
gress out of its accustomed lethargy
yesterday. ; No message was received
from the president.; " ' . .
Barnrwhatevef ftiridf":oUf,TThe
Texas . legislature can't rescind its
vote by which it elected Bailey sen
ator. ,.J: -l i.v,:v...
It is Just possible that this is called
a "silver thaw" because it isn't any
thing of the sort. -
"The order of the day: ' "Please
close the door." . '
The Play
- The dramatised version of Vrs. June
McMtllen Ordway's novel, "Oreeon," as
presented at the Baker last night, was
far mors of a success than many of Its
friends anticipated. It Is a plain and
simple story of a plain and simple peo
ple, but deals with times and events
that possess every element of stlrrlng
romanoe. - ' - ; .
As , play It' wlU . probably not-pass
far beyond the jurisdiction of Oreyon,
for the reason that none but Oregonlans
are likely to be especially Interested. ' It
Is local, purely local, in color, In plot.
In incident, in character and In every
line; but to Oregonlana and sons of Ore-a-onlans
Mrs. Ordway tells a delightful
story of deeds and of men , who first
earna-la-tha-Oreae. shores. . v
In telling the story of the early pio
neers the author has dared to risk the
Irs of nsrrow sectarianism by poking
fun and a somewhat caustla kind of
fun at r the- pioneer missionaries.
Prominent among her characters are a
Presbyterian elder add a Baptist deacon,
whose msnner of proselyting provides
most of ths comedy of the play.
The story deals with a family Of
emigrants of the early fifties, Oregon
bound. James Harvey, a Missourlan, Is
bringing his family to the new country
with the now classlo ox team, and has
reached the Cascades on the Columbia
river, when the story begins. In tbe
valley they are attacked by Acarface
and his desperate band of Cayuses, and
Than a n ns v l.lntnn. harn lirtArt
ths scene, and after thrilling experi
ence "and escapes rescues he damsel.
. After the proper time has slspsed ths
hero succeeds In bringing the girl to
the Harvey cabin 'on Portland Heights,
where the family has settled and pros
pered, though mourning for her as lost
With thera they bring Uttle Fawn, sup
posedly an Indisn girl, sM, however,
is discovered So be the daughter of Tom
Doubleborrow, a rugged pioneer, who
had assisted the emigrant family. She
had been kidnaped from him years be
fore and the restoration is. consequently
a happy climax. - "
In the way of scenery the piece is
perfect. It Is descriptive of the great
forests, of the erags and rocks along
the Columbia and the route the emi
grants traveled until they reached the
present site of the elty. Tbe forest sun
set scene is wonerfully realistic Wil
liam Orabach spent months in pslnttog
it and the result of his efforts la very
pleasing. r '
The first act Is tedious and threatens
weariness to the audience. There are
so many details afld so much conversa
tion that it is rather dreary and has no
eapeolal bearing on the story that be
gins to have : forebodings. However,
sfter enduring a brief period of sus
pense as to whether It is really going
to be worth while, one's fears are dis
pelled. The plsy is perceptibly enlivened
In the second act and Interest grows ac
cordingly. Thera were a few esses of memory
lapses on the part of the actors last
night, a few awkward situations, and
other minor defects that are almost un
avoidable to the initial performance of
so elaborate a production, but altogeth
er ths piece Is-wonderfully well staged
end played. The easts la Urge and the
piece Is produced under the personal di
rection ef John M. Sainpolls. .
Mr. Bslnpolls takes the part of Lee
Linton, Alice Harvey's lover, and wins
the admiration of ths audience as the
daring young frontiersman. - Miss Lil
lian Lawrence, as Alice, is afforded an
opportunity to display her ability In
that rather difficult part. . Miss Ethel
Grey Terry does quite a good bit of
acting as "'Little , Fawn." the Indian
maiden. ,
Donald Bowles and "Howard Bunnell
are fun-makers for the occasion.. .They
succeed In arousing considerable merri
ment by their mimicry of the frontier
intenlonarlss. . But the honors must be
passed to James A. Qleesnn, who took
the part of Sandy GUesple, Mr. Her
vey's hired man. He has an exquisite
Scotch burr and brings out all there Is
to the part. -..
Tfhe other regulars of the Baker com
pany did their parta to make the new
play a suoce as, and auooeeded in giving
pies sing . satisfaction. Arthur Mackley
as Chief Scsrface wss a typical Indisn
brave, though unfortunately he Is required-
to talk so long on ens occasion
that' ha may become hoarse before the
engagement Is eomplsted. William Har
ris Is highly satisfactory ss Tom
Doubleborrow, the good-natured pioneer
who befriended the Harveys. Remark
ably well tutored in acting were the
half doxen or so children who com
promise the Hsrvey family.
There was a large audlenne at tbe ini
tial productlini of "Oregon" lsat night
Despite . unprecedently disagreeable
weather and partial suaperinlon of car
service the house was weirTllled. Na
tive Oregonlsns predominated. The list
of patrons included many of the most
prominent families in the state. .
"Oregon" will be repeated tonight and
tomorrow 'afternoon and night. - Few
Oregonlans will fall to sea it, and even
fewer will be dissatisfied. ,
J '... Sell Your Mining Stock. ,
" . Frem Collier's.' ' .
If yoit have bought mining stocks,
sell them, Offer them back to the man
who sold them. - Offer them at the
same price. Offer them at 10 per cent
lee a Offer them at 0 per eeat less.
. '. ' ' - - "
Directivity
By Professor Edgar L. Larkln.
1 have seen the word dtreetlvlty In
magaxtnes of Iste. Plesae explain." T.
W. P., Springneld, HU. - r-
"What la the meaning ef the new
word directivity?" A. , W JE1 Paso,
Tex. .. , '
"Is the word directivity sclenttflet
'Plessei reply." P. T. , BH Honolulu,
Hawaii. . !- ' - r
"la directivity ' based on scientific
discovery r C. T. P., Mobile, Ala. , .
And many othera t. - .. t
Directivity la one of . tbe most Im
pressive words ever -written or spoken.
Science is scarcely . 100 years of age;
and Its . higher branches, wherein the
most accurate and careful researches
are 'made are "bout 40 years "young;"
a few studies are five years young, and
some five months. In view of these
Sacts I wish te be esreful In this re
ly, for the subject Is startling. Indeed.
Directivity means thlas. That cor
puscles or electrons, atoms and mole
cules of all matter know 'what to do,
where to go and when. . Some unutter
ably mysterious and unknown Inherent
force Impels ; them to .separate and
unite again;
These inconceivably minute : bodies.
small '. beyond any : Imagining, act as
though something within told or forced
them to act- That la, -they-go of their
own- accord, of their "own, free wHL"
The vast subject Is - profound beyond,
all computation. ..
. - e f.'-e .
. The "beginnings of life Is approached
when we . study "electricity under ths
heed of . directivity, for the . trend of
science everywhere ,1s along the etectrlo
way. ,,,.,,'
Professor ' O. Lshmann, in Stuttgart.
Germany, has delivered a remarkable
lecture before the German Congress of
Physicists. He. has shown that there
Is .no rigidl barrier . between crystals
and the most elementary living' nl
mals. ' Animate have soft bodies con
taining liquids, and everybody thought
that crystals are solid.- But ths pra
ressor""made7ttquia.T crystal."" end 80
varieties of these are now- known.
Some of the types look like vegetable
forms, long known ' In ice, but now
in metala , -
, . Dr. Vorlandar developed crystals that
move Incessantly,' like anlmslculae in
a drop of water. Two ef these on con
tact untteJ Lke two dropsjbf- watei
Professor Gattermann has produced
a liquid appearing in dropo, but each
has a crystal-like structure. Comprese
one of. these crystal .drops end It will
resume Its shape like any primitive
organio being. These wonderful things
go through with the process of gem
mation like amoebae, and epeclee of
types may -be "crossed" . like living
ereetures, and they eoslesoe Into strings
or chains like living bacteria -i
Thus science cannot now tall where
Inorganic existence ends and life be
gins. . The latest nut is: There is no
barrier, but all life Is actuated by In
herent mind, which two words may be
consolidated Into one directivity.
Now, - what mind le may never be
fdlscovereay br Tt'may. Ths theory Is
advanced, that these new crystals may
have- as 'great a "quantity" of mind,
whatever that la- as a living being of
regular organic form of about the same
-microscopic dimensions. , ...
.. ;. e. e . e f'. 1. ,
' The ' Inceesant discoveries In elec
tricity are opening up the most won
derful corridors snd Isnes In nature'
so amazing that the ablest men in the
world are' astonished "and" Impressed
with the complexity of all existing
thlnga ' ' :
- The ancients, for centuries, asserted
that all mattes- Is alive. But they did
not know one law of nature, ao must
have gueesed: but we now Imnw per
haps as many as 'a hundred laws. And
It would be strange Indeed If accurate
science should discover that this pre
historle and persistent assertion is
true. ' .. v , , ' - .
- I do not say that eoemleal . corpuscles
know, what to do; but will say that
they behave under the mlscroseope, and
In' electro-chemical laboratories as
though thsy do.
t Passes for Public Officials.'
From the Walla Walla Union.
A member of the Oregon legislature
haa prepared a bill making It compul
sory for all railroads of that state te
Issue free passes to all state and eounty
oijiclaJs and - for street railway
companies to do the same for elty offi
cial. Tbe author of thle bill contends
that the railroads are quosl-publlo cor
porations and owe a great deal to the'
stats rlghts-of-wsy, tbe right of emi
nent domain and other privileges grant
ed them. ,' In return for thla he con
tends that the Issuing of free passes
to pubUe offlolsla would be but small
compensation. ' Moreover, If every state
and county official were entitled by
virtue of hie certificate of election to
railroad transportation within ths coun
ty er stats, according to rank, official
Influence conld no longer be purchased
by the Issusnce of free passes as gifts
It must be confessed that there is soma
merit In the proposition, and If the bill
le mods a law by thi Oregon legislature,
Its operation will be watched with in
terest by tbe people of other etstea - ..
" ' 'January 29 In History. "
. 17ES Henry ' Lee, American revolu
tionary officer, born." Died March, tt,
118. . - - . ;., .
IS JO King George III of England
died. .
. 1147 Thomas Bonaoum, Roman Cath
olic bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, born.
1151 Napoleon HI married Eugenie
de Montljo, Countess of Teba
1I5 The Victoria Cross instituted.
It(7 President Johnson vetoed the
bill to edmlt Nebraska. '
1S8B Jonn M. Clayton, prominent
politician, assassinated m -Arkansas.
llOt Andrew Carnegie gavs 110,000.
000 to trusteee of Carnegie Institution.
104 Thibet demanded the with
drawal of the English expedition.
1905 Successful flight ef airship
"California Arrow" at Los Angelea
This Wil acoompllsh your own disillu
sionment, and save you money, for you
might have bought more. It, will also
effect exposure of the person who sold
you the stock. Are you thinking of
buying shares In Poodledog Inflated or
Hoptoad Jump Along? Don't And this
"don't" Is without qualification of any
kind. To women ohlefly, wives of hus
bands of the hlgherwsge-esrnlng class,
this paragraph Is commended. Not that
It Is their .folly ws.lngelgh agatnet.
They are the ones who know ths value
of savings, and they may be In ' time
to save a fatuous huebend from an act
of Inexcusable folly. If you are tempt
ed by the full-page advertlsemente pub
lished by the newspaper partners of
mining swindlers, don't! ' If some ac
quaintance Is urging you to boy shares,
he either profits by the sale or Is him
self deceived . ... . ,
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Synagogue ,
.From the New Tork World.
i The Rev. Dr. Stephen 8. Wise, who
was rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in
Portland. Orej haa left his pastroate
there, and come to New Tork to estab
lish, a "Free Synagogue- for the rich,
the poor," the' Jew and non-Jew. In the
accompanying article Dr. Wise explains
the elms and purposes of this new
synagogue. ; . ';.'-.''.
By Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
- The founding of the free synagogue
signifies such loyalty to the syn
agogua aa will not lightly suffer It to
lose the high place singled out for It
by the compelling destiny, of the God
chosen people of Israel.
Outwardly, the free synagogue will
justify Its name, tor it -will be free to
all, poor and rich, Its message alike
for the non-Jew and ths Jew. The
support ef the free synsgogus is not to
be a burden Imposed through various
methods of taxation and assessment,
but a privilege to be assumed and
shared by those who believe, aa 1 be
lieve, that, in order to command tbe
reverence of the world, the message of
Israel needs to be bravely spoken snd
honestly heard; that in order to give
back to the Jew the place of primacy
?J bL?l7??VhZrS'''' f Mo 'mrnrpFegSnlane-gef their fin.
rael needs but to be lived.
-The free synagogue will not be away
out of Judaism,, but a way unto and
forward with Judaism, out of the Ju
daism, forsooth, that never was, unto
theeJudalsm that need never cease to
be. Not "Los vom Judenthum," but
"Zuroeck sum Judenthum!" The free
synagogue will rest upon the core
truth that the Jewish reformation was
not, but Is, was not a single act nor
even a series of eteps, but Is a never
ending process, a never-ceasing devel
opment. . ' . j .
Development means going and grow
ing. - "To think and to move may be
dangerous, but to stagnate is. to die,"
eaye an Interpreter of Tolatol.--Putting
I it --rather d If feren fl y with Tennyson.
"Stagnation . la even more . dangerous
than revolution . They who -will
not be ruled by the rudder will in the
end be ruled by the rock." '
The free synagogue will, be the em,
bodlment of our common ., conviction
that Israel's future lies not In the post;
that the Jewish reform movement was
nolther an unwitting blunder nor yet
wilful treason, but was and Is a wholly
consistent -and loyal - manifestation ft
the perpetual self-renewing and. world
vitalising spirit of Israel. The free
synagogue-la not sa much. ta. abandon
the letter as it Is to emphasise the
spirit; not so much to.- minimise the
non-essentials as to magnify the es
sentials; not se much to surrender the
passing and the perishable as to rest
upon the rock of ths Imperishable.
- The future ef Israel in America" Is
likely to be eymtomatlo of the future
of Israel the world over.- -, Here the
Jew Is of right, and not by courtesy nof
on surrerance. Here of rignt ana or
duty alike he will remain, free te work
out hie lofty deatlny and by reason of
hie message a doubly Important factor
In the conglomerate of peoples which
make up the American democracy.
- Ae one surveys conditions throughout
the land and vlewe the thousands re
plled..and alienated ,by-the .failure , nf
the synagogue rightly te Interpret the
thought of Israel; tbe tena of thousands
elf-exlled by ignorance of, or Indiffer
ence to. the central messsge of the
Jewish brotherhood; the millions rn the
land who have not- any understanding
of the vital teachings of the eynagogue
for our age, one is moved to-say- with
him of eld, "Is there not a causer
There is a cause, and te -the further
ance of that cause the free synagogue
will be dedfeated. ."
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What Is Left of KepubEcanJam? '
' - (From Salem Journal.)
A party organ undertakes to roast
the Capital Journal ae not being a good
republican paper because It cells on the
Independent and reform forces te artand
for results In the right direction rather
than partlaanshlp. . "
When ti e republican party ef Oregon
hae taken and enacted every main fee
ture of populism except flat money, what
Is-there to howl about anyway f
When President Roosevelt has adopt
ed every main ' plonk of Mr, Bryan's
platform except government ownership,
why "holler your head off" about the
demands that reforms be recognised in
this legislature T ,
When the' gold standard 'party has
deliberately taken up and put Into
office every one of the free silver lead-
era what right hae any of the machine
te declare that the Capital Journal. Is
not eound In Its republicanism T
When Mr. Bryan in every speech eulo
gises President Roosevelt for carrying
out the program of democracy, what ie
there left to fight about la ths name
of party T The people want results any
way they can get 'em.
. The present legislature has made a
number of efforts to adopt reform pro
grama The. republican city . council
haa enacted one after another of the
demands of tbe prohibitionists.
It te no longer possible to read the
riot act to a newspaper or to a public
man because he accomplishes results
that ware bodily tsken from ths plat
forme of the reform parties. ' 1 ...
The republican party id Oregon' bos
badly needed ta get some tralta of re
form and some elements of character
Into Its makeup, i It haa had quite
enough of tbe bad reputation etyle of
leadership."
The people of Oregon have rebuked
this rotten leadership by twice elect
ing a Democratic governor, and it s
folly for the machine to cry out that
independents and reformers should get
out of the party. , .
The only excuse for the existence of
the republican party In this state Is
that It la a convenient organization for
the people to act through. .
They know that they Will get very
few reforme that are not extorted from
the politicians and office-holders at the
point of the bayonet, and so fsr ee this
paper Is concerned It will hammer away
at reforms and get tnem In any old way,
so long ae they era enacted..;
Prince Luigi's Birthday.
Prince Lulgt Amedeo of Savoy, Duse
of. Airuss1, wno has announced his in
tention to take another . voyage of ex
ploration to the arctio regions this sum
mer, was born In Madrid, January J,
1171. He Is the third sen of the Duke
of.Aosta end first cousin to the king
of Italy. During the post eight er ten
years he has fitted up numerous expo-J
anions at his own expense and pene
trated Into the remotest parts of the
world,.: In 1100 he succeeded In getting
nearer 'the north pole than had ever
been done before. Last year he directed
an expedition which penetrated Central
Africa and accomplished tbe escent of
Mount Ruwensorl, between Albert Ny
ansa and Albert Edward Nyansa, the
estimated height nf which Is about IS,
000 feet. In 1IS7 the duke earns, to
America and made the ascent of Mount
St Ellas and also ef Logan's peek. The
duke Is an officer of the Italian navy
and a proficient engineer-. j, '
Small Change "
It will Thaw all the week la New
Tork.
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High license (a usually opposed by
low taotlca
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' - Note for temperance advocates t See
What. Jamaica rum did.
Some Important matters ought to be
gin to shape up this week at Salara.
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The tree-trlmmlng done Monday can
not be called artlatlo, even If. nature
did it . -. .
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The street ear wires and rails were
on somewhat ef a . strike yesterday
morning. , . . ' ...... ." ,
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It wee to be' expected that Colonel
Dosch would be In favor of an exhibit
at Jamestown. , " ;
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The majority , of people think vthey
wouldn't worry about the Income tax
If they only had the Incomes.
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Not everybody le so fortunate aa te
live In Naw Tork. N. T. World. No,
lots of people are In penitentiaries. -
e e. ', .
- "All great Oregonlans get their start
in Salem." says. a paper of that town.
w e .;'.: ; ;.'...
"There wfll be a great demand for
money, le the head of a leading edl- '
toiial In the Salem Journal, We don't
doubt It a bit , . ': .: r:.-,r
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Perhaps a German . paper alsed up ,
Governor Swettenham about right when
It aald he waa "eln eussgebreaselter
handerksbwlsch. ' 7
' Senator Bourne will have a eeat la
the rear of the chamber on the Demo
crats side. This will not be mo very .
Inappropriate, aa he haa manifested
Democratic leanings on some jjcooalons.
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' Senator Ankeny has Introduced a bill
In congress for the relief of Benjamin .
Hoi lad y to the extent ef ISIS.S7S. on '
account of services , In carrying mails
and for mules loat about half a cen
tury ao. "There may be" some Hoila--day
heirs who would like the money,
but ee to Ben. who was the big gu ,
la Oregon two score years aero, he either1 ;
needs no relief, or elss an appropria
tion would not afford him any. . . .
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The buffalo end the bull that were
caused to fight at El Paso Sunday man- '
lfested more good sense than the eudt- '
ence did... When the bull had enough
he quit and the buffalo, like a- decent
sort, of fellow, refused to punish hie
honorable antagonist any more, but the
"crowd," - less reasonable than the -brutes,
wanted blood." gore, death, and
so were disappointed. The four-footed
animals are entitled to admiration and -respect
the -bipeds only te ths contempt
of humane people. v ; "
Oregon Sidelights
Coqullle women have a progress ve
c,nl- ,:.vl':;i.;-:
-'-TBergaksf City-High -school-bee tie
pupils. - ' v C ...
Both shipyards on the lower Coqullle
are actlva
" Monmouth
aidewolks.
can now boast of' goed
Loetlne Is livening up In anticipation
of a railroad. . ' ,
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Several Alrlte boys chased a coyote
all night and dldn t get him, ..
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' 'Some Dallas young men. after an ell
day chase, killed a gray fox; also four
eoona , ,
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Many lots are being sold In the town
of Prosper on Coos bay, and tt thinks
It Is sure te prosper.
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Steelheada continue 'to pour Into the
cold etorage by the hundreds doily, soya
the Gold Beech Oasette. --"
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' Ashland end MedfJord papere are both
claiming the new coal mines es within
thsir respective territory.
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There are only two real cities .In Ore
gon, Portland and Pendleton, says the
East Of egonlan. because no other, one
has paved streets. ' - '------ t-
e .' s . .
. Contradicting a recent report the Gold
Beach aiobe ssys: "Curry has a nicely
furnished house of worship and sn able
minister who holds regular meetings
there, besides several Sunday schools
and religious classes ef different sects,
and aiso one resident minister - wbe
holds services Inr different localities In
the oounty.'Vv -.,:." - '.
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Milton Eagle: ' The scarcity of fuel
will be the oaus of many old relics of
pioneer day a being removed and loat te
posterity. We . refer to the old rati
fences that have been doing duty ,for
the last 26 or to yesrs. Many farmers
are taking advantage of the high price
ef fuel to sell thslr rati fences for wood
and replace their fences with barb wire.
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Two counrilmen of La Grande, eaye
an eastern Oregon exchange, are under.
Indictment for an infringement of the
eounty lawa. .The mayor waa arrested
a few daya ago for violating the quar
antlne ordinance and the marshal he
Just been acquitted or a charge of using
profans language while arresting a man
for using profane language. Otherwise
La Grande le quiet." , ; . . .
. Clock Regulates Street Lights,; '
Consul Albert llslstesd of Blrmlng- -hem
reports that an automat le gas con
troller hss been patented In. England '
which may materially lessen the roet
of public lighting le the municipalities
of the t'nlted States if In practical op
eration It fulfills the claims of Its
owners.
The controller Is said to be adaptable 1
to any type of Incandescent burner to
fit any lamp, and to be Instantaneous In
Its lighting and "extinguishing. , The -mechanism
constats of a clock which,
can be ao set as to light ths gse each "
night and extinguish it each morning. -By
meana of e chart, the street lights
are turned en and off, lighted and ex-
tlngutshed, at a different moment aoh
day throughout the. year, according to
the see eon. The gas can be turned en
and off In the ordinary way, quite In
dependently of the gas controller, " - .
These controllers are on trial at
Bath, and give satisfactory resulta In ..
the city of Birmingham proper there
are 1S.SS0 street lights, and In the dls- -trict
outside, which Is supplied by the -municipal
gee department of Birming
ham, there are 7.10S street lights, their
raretaklng costing 1101.481 per annum.
To equip these street lights with thle
gas controller would Involve an expen
diture of 11(1.011... The cost ef operat
ing, it
ie olalmed. would be Juet one
half.
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