OF m OTENAL
THE JOURNAL
AN IKDBPKNDKfT WBWBPAPBE,
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.Fvbllaner
Iabltaa4' Taatng (except Saaday) and
rorjr mM7 mnilnc, it The Journal win Ml
log. f1f' ao4 YanhlU atreeta, Porlund. Of,
tance, then, that teachers should be would not undertake to speak abso
something more i and - higher than J Inttly definite, but 'hat 1 a close
mere mstructort la knowledge In th approximate." Did he know what
popular seme of that term, should were the net earning: "I do not
be builders and developer of ehar-lno." As to who could tell : "I really
acter, teacherg of duty, in all re- do not think I could tell you." Asked
spects. I if certain other officers present
We are glad that the teachers could tell: "What was the Question,
spdke out for peace, as against war. pour honor?" Again, as to what the
There hag been too much teaching nt earnings were, no amount being
of gun and sword glory, the glitter- mentioned: "I should think so, sir
fohkion advertising iiepbesicntative j ing and gilded success of human When a man with property that
Vraalaart-Banjamlo Rj!l Aavrtleln Afancr, alana-tito,- ..! .. ml - Ihrtno-a In mnnthlv Incnrnn of mora
ftrnaawlrk Hulldlnt- 225 Fifth erasae. Haw I . wu muo ui mo
ior; Trihnna Buiiiin. cmca. i homely : values and virtues of the than a million probably more tnan
gnhacrlotlnn Trrma br mall to any addnaa I humble arts and I nriimrrloa nf ne two millions knows as little as this
"! Um United Btatra, Canada or Mraioo. I . , .K.. v .t.t .M.
i x u orvm wars, we must eaucaie i uuuk iua " uuvm
: i Entered at Hie poetofflea at Portland, Or., for
: tranaatiuioa tanmgn tne maiia aa aecona-ciaaa
' Bialter. -i- .
TELEPHONE MAIN TITS.
All dpartinnra reacbed by tbla amsber.
Tell tha operator tba department 70a want.
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Ona rear 16. 00 I one month f JSO I
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DAILY AND BCNDAT.
Ona year tT.ftO I Ona month. I 48
The years write their rec
ords on men's hearts as they
do on trees; inner circlet of
growth which no man can see.
Saxe Holm.
'l ELECTION OF SENATOR.
tha children to hate war and love I Income, it shows his sublime faith in
peace. To insure good cltiiens here- certain of bis fellow men. It is
after the children's moral character touching" spectacle
must be developed in the schools.
The American teachers are on the!
right track.
FIFTY YEARS IN PORTLAND.
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HE DALLES Optimist, an open
and honest opponent of the
primary law, having predicted
the election of a Democratic
THE HOBO NUISANCE.
P AT Pendleton ".Mot of husky
men lounging about and ''look
ing for work" were offered 40
HB MEIER & FRANK company, cents an hour to handle aom
a household word throughout j freight, but not one of them would
this region, has completed a touch it. Soon after three farmers
full half-century of continued came along and offered them from
business In this city, and Its semi- ft to $1.75 a day In the harvest
centennial celebration Is a matter fields, but after asking about 20
not only for its members and em- questions, about hours and grub and
ployes to take note of, but is of gen- distance from town and the natlon-
eral public Interest Portland was ality of the cook, they unanimously
' aanatnp flATt taar h tha nannla Ka
:! cause "ther would likely be a half- ' ,m" VllVl wbnvMe,w U the job. Some of them the
nvatiuuou a mure uvre, euiu i BBzno uaj pegged mean, ana wnen a
th growth of the firm's business train came along tried to board the
and of the city have been propor-1 blind baggage to move on to some
tionate. No other similar firm, we I more desirable place
.dozen Republican candidates, none
of whom would receive as many
; ; vctes as tha assumedly only on
p. Democratic candidate, th Harney
Valley New correct this palpable
error, saying that though there may
j be 0 Republican candidate In
! the primaries,' there will be but one,
J- as there will be but one Democrat,
I la the ensuing June election. It is
There are too many of this sort
of "looking-for-work" vagrants, and
they are treated too considerately
by the authorities and the people
generally. We grant that as abstract
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believe, has been here so long, nor
expanded so much. Though the
founders and some member of the
firm of former years have passed
away, their descendants or succes
sor have taken their place and car- propositions any one has a right to
enrions that r .nrh ttj. nation rlefl on constantly growing busl- be idle, providing he violates no law
1- was necessary, eflpedally after last BCB" 'lon lu" nm wnawvmMv. y to order to subsist In Idleness, and
.vear'B rnriMM. Thar, were "o esT-uiuueu vj m that a poor man has the same right
;. f Republican candidates for enator in foundr of tn (mpny. to "life, liberty and the pursuit of
the nrlmarle. and only one. the one Th firm ha greatly succeeded, happiness" as a rich man; but these
receiving the Plurality vote, was or I but has well earned Its success, for fellows are a constant nuisance and
4 could be a candidate at the election. " P "om the beginning and menace. As beggars they are
He defeated the Democratic candi- always maintained the deserved rep- nuisance, and If their needs are not
V date thus disproving the reiterated ntation of treating fairly all its hosts satisfied by begging they resort to
'assertion that a plurality candidate of customers, great and small, rich petty thievery, which often leads to
t the dominant party cannot win I and poor, and, dealing with them more serious crimes.
at the poll aa against the single can- with the utmost honesty. Whatever Every town ought to provide some
didafe In the primaries of the minor- representations Meier & Frank made means of making tlfese gentry work
ity party, and the .legislature per- about their goods a customer could for the public for board and lodging
) formed its duty by electing the can- always rely upon Implicitly. This if they will not work for individuals
dldate whom the ' people, by our! inaeea nas become a rule or Dusiness at good wages. There la no excuse
I plurality systenv had chosen. As with most successful merchants now, f0r their existence as vagrants.
. x-Snaker pjvey;aay in h Harney dui mis nrm was a pioneer nere.in
county paper: 4 " '. ' this respect, as well as in other.
Th. is no hocus ocu about th. This firm is also noted for its ac-
pTlm&ry law or tha effects of "State-leommodatlon to customers, taking
t'ment;Na 1." If the man nominated I pains to satisfy and please purchaser
By tMKepuwicaaswuiepninaneBaoe. .f M WfJ, M thoge of ,arge
amounts. From a very few clerks
cussedneas of the Republican roter In the beginning; Meier & Frank now war-talk and Jingoism Is the lan
that's all. If a man desiring to g-o to employ many hundreds, and the in- guage of Admiral Tamamoto, who
the legislature believe in the principle tarantm of theaa and other emDloves said: "Too miirh m .nnnt ha
understanding between ' our . respec- this sort of partisan rot, but they
tlve government Is perfect; o i Is, are. learning better.
I most firmly believe, between ' In- Party sentiment and party adher-
telligent people in both countries." J ence are not obliterated entirely, of
These expression undoubtedly ex- course, but the voters of a party will
press the sentiments of official no longer tolerate the old machine
Japan, and of its loading and Influ- methods, and as soon as they .dls
entlal citizens. And so in this coun- cover that a candidate Is a machine
try, as it is in Japan, it is only th I product they have no use for him.
shallow-pated Jingoes who are' talk- And they are right. The machln
Ing war. The people of Japan, politician can fool less pwCp-ie, and
though intelligent in the mass above less frequently, and to a less .extent.
those of almost any other nation, do I than ever before.
not understand our dual or triple
system of government, federal, state WRETCHED PASSENGER SERV-
' Hjrrnnaj to Know
Dcrmbn for Tod
and municipal, and so '.thought the
federal government should have
reached out and punished th San
Francisco outrages, but on further
study will view the case differently
and in any event will trust and
obey their government.
Japan is entitled to fair and Just
T
ice:
HE PEOPLE have been very pa
tient or perhaps have seemed
so because they had no means
of changing conditions under
the wretched and aggravating pas
senger service of the Harrlman lines
treatment with respect to Its people entering Portland, particularly the
her under treaty riahts. and it is wnerB Pacific, but continued pa
the duty of the American press to t,ence would Do b "counted a vlr-
dlscountenance war-talk and refrain tue ' J0D " M were allTe: ana "
from Jingoism. tDe rallroad commission can do any-
In its trains somewhere near some
schedule or other at least a portion
of the time, the people expect the
commission to do this. Down in
Texas, if a train Is late more than a
Intercession.
,Y"v'k v By Horatlua Bonar.
;tVt. Horatius Bonar has taken the
Prayer of, Bolomon and rjut it into a
poetio form that oongregatlona every.
wnere love to sing to tba tune "Inter
cession." by yr. H. CaloottJ "
WieB ti Wry. seeking rest.
To thy roodneas flee;
When the heavy laden cast
. All their loadTon thee; ., '
When the troubled, seeking peace.
On thy name shall call;:
when the alnner, eeeklnr life,
a( thy feet ahnll full-
Hear then In love, O Lord, the" cry.
come
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Meeting Temptation.
By Henrr' JV Coca-
lis ii" l unrmnn ni evil, due wu
come evil with tood.'WRomaha. U:ii,
MiiiKJii are . lew who would not
rather do good than evil, few who
do not deatre the right way of
living; but our difficulty is lu
uiiiuiuiiiiiji tun wui o .waiK
inerem; me prooiem is not mat or de
termining the right, but that of reach
ing and realizing It. He makes a creak
mletake who foils to credit mankind
with duslrea for righteousness, k ,'y.-
ui iiuw eiuuii miiu eaauj . mjv wa Ola-'
- -" .VI". v MV, U, Ml, II I I
in heaven, vr dwelling place on high, couraged. When we would do good we
find evil so often present and Iri'.'Buch
power that at last, becoming oonvinced
mat insuperable dirflculttes He in, jthe
CHEERFUL FUNERALS.
A'
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JAPAN IS FRIENDLY.
XACTLY IN line with The Jour
nal's recently expressed view of
the duty of press and people
to refrain from and deprecate
It .enato7he -hould tak. . Statement are alwa thoughtfully regarded. In taken by the press, for a few care-
' No. 1" and if elected he should live up a word, this establishment is a great less words may do harm. There are
A - .A . 1 .1 JIJ.II. . I . t M , n . n n A. - .. .
u n wiia cimcwnuoui iiuoniy. 11 no i xnoutu mguerauepai iuicui muio, uc- i juuujf eensaiionai papers, DOln nere
WU"M Ui veloped into Its present immense ana in Japan, and I will ask the
' w "u.4.u T "i""' nroDortlons through fifty years of editors to make a thorough .t,.riv
'.: exclusively, tnen ne anouia reiuse to 1 - - . ' , . 1
t take the sutement or be bound by It, steady, honorable growth, and look- of the situation before writing tholr
? V ' ing forward to continued expansion, views." In a further and formal
' aMTTPTPA' Rcvtnni titaphttpq I to keep pace with the growth of I statement. Admiral Tamamoto said
SSMSeiMtavaa Bf sawaw vw a vaa I I
tne city. 1 mere exists between the two
HE, National Educational asso- Th- nronrietors have always been governments no difficulty or ill
There is
BAPTIST minister In London
has announced that he favors
cheerful fnnerals, and as an
earnest of that policy he re- certain time the company is obliged
cently officiated in a suit of light at certain points to make up and
gray clothes at the burial of one of send forward another train, though
the deacons of his church. "I am this would not help the through pas-
tired of the paganism of Christian sengers.
funerals," he said. "This deacon Conditions, as partly detailed In
was 82 years old, bad been a good The Journal Thursday, have simply
Christian all his life and died of old become" Intolerable1 If there is any
age, and so I dressed cheerfully and means of compelling -the railroad
we sang the Easter hymn." corporation to amend them. During
This minister is sensible. When w,nter Btorm r spring floods, or
a child dies, or a person in his prime, on anT occmrtc-n furnishing an ex-
or one' death Is "untimely," as we case tne PeP,e expect delayed trains
say, expressions and emblements of and abandoned schedules, but why
erlef are natnmi anri ronM h- this state of affair should continue
restrained; but in the case of an old tnronRhout the year, and with no ex
person like this, to whom death was cuse oa the Part of th railroad to
fully due, there Is no cause for offer thf do not understand.
mourning. Of course an old person mat tne lines are not easy to run
la i 11 a. 11 a.
may be loved by his family and irB1"8 OTt,r' iaui "e passenger irar
When )th" worldling, sick at heart.
Lifts 'Ms aouj above;
When tha prodigal looks back '.:
To hla Father's love: -
When the proud man from bis pride
oiuui 10 ema mj i ace; ,
When the burdened bring his guilt
mo my inrone or rrnca :
IT... th.n In Inn f T mj . i. m
In heaven, thy dwelling place on high.
When the stranger aak a. home,
All hlJ to'ls to end; r
When the hunary craveth food
---a the poor a-friend;
When the aailor. 6a the, wave
Bowa the fervent- knee; .
When the aoldler on the field
Llfta ula heart to thee;. .
Hear then in love. O Lord, the err.
In heaven, thr dwelling place on high.
When the man of toll .and care
In the city -crowd;
When the shepherd on the moor
Namea the name of God;
When the learned and the high, .
Tired of earthly fame,
Upon higher Joys intent. .
Name me blessed name:
T T l. . iM ...... r T -nm A . t. . AM.
In heaven, thy owelllng place on high.
When the child, lth grave, freah Up,
xoutn or maiden rair:
When the aged, weak and gray,
Seek thy face in prayer;
When the widow weeps to thee.
Sad and lone and low;
When the orphan brings to thee
All his orphan woe;
tT... 1 .... r T . V.
In heaven, thy dwelling place on high.
Letters From tlie Pcropl
croplc
Takes Exception to Governor Buelv
tel's Statements,
Montavllla, Jbly It. To the Editor
of The Journal In this evening's jour
nal (July IS) I noticed a reported inter
view with "Governor" Henry A. Buohtel
of Colorado. In this Interview he says
that "hereafter the Colorado mining alt
uation will be handled on the open shop
plan, and that no organisation of any
kind will be allowed to dictate what ac-
friends, and for a little time will be tio 18 heavy and that the equipment tion shall be taken regarding- the con
mlaeaa Kt i ... .... IS lnSUIIlCient are not. srOOd excuses. " oi me mines or tne miners.
The railroad people have been doing
business here a long time and should
have considered all these matters
long ago. The people are not dis
posed to be unreasonable or hyper
critical, on the contrary, they are
very "easy"; but they do Insist on
some approach a part of the time at
least to the maintenance of schedule
sal rule of mortality It is unreason
able to mourn his demise, and often
foolish affectation to put on the
countenance and garb of mourning.
They sang the Easter hymn. Now
this wa appropriate. The old man
was ripe for the harvest of death;
it waB a natural occurrence; there
should be subdued Joy rather than
grief because he was relieved of the t,me bjr passenger trains,
burden of mortality. The Christian
on such an occasion should turn his
mind to the resurrection, to the an
ticipated new life, to the coming
spring. Christians believe that "as
we have borne the image of the
A large batch of prominent and
Now, will this "parson governor" fell
me where he got hla authority to pre
vent the miners from dictating what ac
tion they shall take in regard to their
own movements? II he has the author
ity to do this; why does he not follow
up his policy and say that no miner
shall eat his breakfast before 10 o'clock,
and that every person who wishes to
form any kind of an organisation in
his" state must not be allowed, to do
o 'because it la one of the Inherent
principles of American liberty that no
person shall be allowed to organise for
mutual oenenr."
I wonder If the "governor" of Colo
rado would stand on the - bank of a
stream and watch a child drown while
it was In his power to save It? If he Is
path of virtue, it dona not seem worth,
while to attempt to tread It. The weak
willed are tlius buttled before, they
really begin. ' :
I it I, Ufa .,..!. AM .. I A -
from sin by eterrt self-denial, by rigidly
excludlnar. from Ihalr Mv.i all lha ) en
list of things that experlenoe Or opinion
has pronounced dangerous or evil. Life
Is given to the effnrr fnr ntlv
righteousness. But it may well be Ques
tioned whether either the individual or
the race la llhtanttallv lh. Ivril...
noBiive ngnieousnass.
jne pain lo tha hfllo-hta - vh.mmaii
ought to tread la not, lndica(SVy
Jjon l , Bla-tia .(Mir TK .iniin
mistakes we make in our flaht aa-alnat
Sin Is that we nut nim.iv.' ani.i.
the defensive. Im,
thing we possibly can do Is to hold th
fort against our foes. But the5 de
fensive haa evervthlna- to in n H.f.a,
and nothing to gain by Viotory. 'Tempta
tion must be assailed. . r
Virtue is not somethlna-
la something attained; it la victory, it
Is hot the maintaining of ourselves, as
W6 are. but the. mnuntlnir In mhu
ought to be. The life that moves on to
larger and better belnar minima th ...
saults of many otherwise damaging
temptations, for It simply sweeps them
before It.
A man never overcomes evil until
learns to loathe it and to 4ny Its right
to any place in his life. ntlnth .
the base and unworthy Is developed In
proportion aa the aDDetlte for tha ni
and worthy grows. Morality is largely
a matter of good taste that la. the
ability to distinguish between that
which Is elevatlnx anil that whlnh la An-
grwiingr .cad Ui cultlvatioa.Of the de I
aire for the thins helpful. ',' " --"fc-"-ii?S
rou are not likely to overcome evil
while you are entertalnlnar It
heart. The sins against which we are
helpless are the ones to which wa are
hospitable. But neither Is one likely to.
reacn any wormy weal Dy' slinolv
emptying tha heart of all things evlL
What we need is not so much a
smaller number of vices to lament aa a
larger number of active, aggressive' vir
tues to occupy our energies. He is good
wno is positively good ror somethlne.
not he who is innocent of anything.
What you reHlIy are can never be de
termined by the most minute enumera
tion of what you are not. There are too
many whose sole conscious ylrtue Ilea
In what thay are not.
cultivate the virtues and the. vices
will take care of themselves. The de
velopment of the good Is the death of
the bad. There Is never an hour nor
a circumstance of life, never so much aa
chance tmsser on the street or a flower
by the wayside but that In them wo find
either goud or 111 the thought and po
tency that helps or hinders.
lie who fares forth in chorrulnes or
heart, seeking to find good and to' do
food, discovers that the foes he on
eared floe before him; Some of his
temptations turn out to he but illusions.
and obstacles once mountain high, sink
to the plain. Step out dally for better,
happier things, and the base and' evil
will have decreasing cower and attrac
tion for you.
ileal th is not in shutting out disease.
wealthy buslneBs men of Toledo. '"'"lnA THI? 4 '"i.1 "' hut In crowd n a- In vlior. sunshine
. . . . . ' ""l ""V 5na5 tne western i-eaeration or i ncz nii ..,-n.rth Health of th.
Ohio, who have been organized as Miners shall not be allowed to go out on
. . ... a strike to aid their fellow workers who
the heavenly"; that death shall be Imprisonment in a workhouse, .be
sides fines of 1100 each, after a
members of a lumber trust, a brick are being gradually killed by the intol
ed on them b
Colorado, whlc
illation, for th
not deported It from
trust an lr trnnt and nthnr trnato eraoie oonai lions imposea on tnem Dy
trust, an ice trust, ana otner trusts, the meiter trust of Colorado, which
an organization, for the
ti i iv. i a ..I have been sentenced to six months' must, not be
eniLiij wo ouaii uear me image ui "jrovernor" haa
Col
f
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The proprietors have always been governments
elation, that has Just concluded among Portland's publlc-pirited citi- feeling of whatever Bort.
Its annual session at Los An
geles, put itself on record In
' two particulars, at least, in a way
, to be especially commended. It de
clared in favor of a broader and
' more practical system of common
school education, and for peace in
.- stead of war among nations, saying
' that "it Is the duty of the teacher
' of this republic at once to enter upon
fa systematic course of instruction,
: which shall embrace not only a
broader patriotism, but a more ex-
: tended course of moral instruction,
especially In regard to the rights and
duties of citizenship, the right of
property, the security and sacred
ness bf human life."
The association said further that
"the building of character is the real
elm of the schools," and deprecated
the tendency In the minds of chll
dren and youth toward "a disregard
, . ' , for constituted authority, a lack of
respect for age and superior- wisdom,
C weak appreciation of the demands
, of duty, ft disposition to follow pleas-
, ore and Interest rather than obllga
, tion and order," and urged thought
and action in opposition to this
j tendency.
,Jthp association declared that "the
. force of this world should be or-
ganlzed and operated in , the interest
, 0ft peac and not of war. We be
llev' that material, commercial and
.social Interests of the people .of the
United State and of the whole. Wbld
1 , demand fthat the -energies of thipse
government and of the people be
,v devoted to he -conservation and the
HAT AN absolute and baby
like confidence In his asso
ciates Mr. Rockefeller must
have. We have not seen
such faith', no, not In mllllonairedom.
He has hundreds of millions of dol
lars Involved in a business of which
he is the nominal head, but which
he says he has paid no attention to
in eight or ten years, and of the
nature and condition of which he has
but slight and vague knowledge
Here are some of his answers to
the questions of Judge Landis. As
to outstanding capital stock:
think it is about $100,000,000.
could not state definitely." As to
the occupation of the corporation
"I have been so -long out of this
business that I could not well answer
that question." Asked again as to
his impression of the corporation's
business: "They have a refinery and
refine oil. That was the yes. It
would be Impossible for me to give
to make an answer intelligently
to that question without a study of
the case." As to more than one re
finery: "I do not know what re
fineries there are. - I
healthy pursuit of peace, and that could not tell." After admitting
zens, liberal supporters of every good
cause, and active and zealous friends
of the city in which they had their
home. So the public, including The
Journal, congratulates this great
mercantile firm on Its semi-centen
nlal anniversary and rejoices In the
success it has so fairly won.
MR. ROCKEFELLER'S FAITH.
W
- the peopl bo relieved of the burden
; of providing; at tremendous expense
the armament ; suggested by the
competitive desire for supremacy in
war,
AH thee are timely expression of
the rlelU kind frjom.tbe right source,
T2iO tenchera bf the coufctryrexert a
yiowerf nl Influence, next . to parents
the greatest Influence, over the live,
fhnrnctcr prd dcstiny.pf the Batfon'
iLUirco, It is ot the tlrst lmfor-
that a statement by the court might
be correct, and asked what further
occupation the corporation had: "I
could not say. 1 do not think it
would be proper to say that it has
occupation in administering refiner
ies. Thosr, are technical points."
Had the Staudard Oil any other busi
ness: I should say not, strictly
speaking." As to dividends: "I
don't know, your honor, exactly, but
approximately about 40 per cent, ( I
not the slightest cause for anxiety
in the American-Japanese relations
and If there is any anxiety it Is not
because of the actual existence of
any difficulty between the two coun
tries, but because of the demagogic
influence of some unwarranted press
talk that often tends to drive even
the calmest temper of the public into
a whirl of tempestuous rage."
Viscount Aokl, the Japanese am
bassador, also declared in New York
that there is no "Japanese-American
situation," and that all the talk of
trouble between the two nations is
a phantom creation of irresponsible
trouble-makers and trouble-hunters,
If there be any cause for anxiety, it
is due to the Influence of unwar
ranted press talk, "that often tends
to drive even the calmest temper of
the public into a whirl of tempestu
ous rage."
Count Katozomo of Toklo, who is
in this country, said: "If a-person
will reason for a few minutes, he will
readily Bee that the last thing Japan
wants now is a war with the United
States. Japan has not recovered
from the effects of the Russian war.
We have not money enough to carry
on a prolonged struggle in the first
place, and, secondly, but more im
portant, we have all the territory
that we can handle." Me spoke of
Japan having Korea and Formosa on
its hands, and Manchuria to rehabili
tate, work enough to attend to fpr
years without engaging in any more
wars.
Keiroka Tsuzukl, a first-rank
statesman and ambassador plenipo
tentiary to The Hague conference,
cables to the New York Herald an
expression of Japan's exceedingly
friendly feeling for the United
States, saying that this country is
the very last one with .which Japan
would seek any trouble. He admits
that Japan Is a young nation and
very sensitive,' but remembers that
on several occasions the United
States has been her good and help
ful friend, and & concludes;, "Th
orado yet?
Th, "o n f rn ir" bI.a ma wa Hint If I
. mnna rinaB rT K I nil ca n n n r r . a .... . ..... j v.. a. . .
swaiiowea UP in Victory; that the " v" "" " an inherent right of every American
i ,i . L... I severe excoriation, nv the ludare. who citizen to work, for whom he likes
s.-.a uul . uaio. vuuai 10 a uvi- - - " where he likes, When he likes and for
ter and brighter world. Then why PrPerlT held them up a undeslr- what he likes," and that neither a labor
mourn when a loved one who has ftDle "2enB- lfie members or tne
Toledo plumbers trust have not
plead guilty yet, but will doubt
less "get thelr'B" ere long. This is
encouraging news, and should be of
poratlon will be al-
orpo
with this right.
been good dies? Or when an evil
doer dies, either? Death ends his
sinning.
We do not mean that it would be
seemly to rejoice at funerals, or af
fect a cheerfulness we do not feel,
nor that real, poignant grief should
be entirely suppressed behind a mask
of stoicism; but mourning belles our
professed beliefs, and In the case of
very old people to whom life Is a
heavy burden it is absurd.
organisation or co
lowed to Interfere
If It Is an inherent right of every
American cltlsen to work for whom he
likes, for what he likes, when he like.
and where he Ukes, then (providing
MACHINES OUT OF DATE.
have not been disinherited of this .right
I have'the right to go to the office o
t--t in Prl. J.n.e Journal andHemanfl a position ai
mid vaw .u .iv........... Dviuo- editor at a salary or sio.ouo per year;
thing of the same kind may happen 5 'U"1 I wlll.n'ot occupy the editor s
I desk Over two hours daily. Tn reraril
some day. I to the statement "that no labor brgan-
lzation or corporation shall he allowed
to Interfere with this right," I will say
that as corporations do not work but
I niru wage slaves 10 ao tneir wors lor
Wilson OI rrinceion college said in tnem. there is not any danger of this
ngnt or tneirs Deing interrered with,
and as to labor organizations, they are
doing the best they can to 'live where
they like," ana consequently do not
have any time to deprive us of this
right FLOYD L- LEWIS.
Here is what President Woodrow
T
HB New York World in a recent
editorial said: "The American
people are hungry for honest.
Intelligent, sincere political
leadership. When they find a man
whom they feel they can trust they
make short shrift of any political
organization that stands in his way
or their way. No matter how well
a machine is organized or how cun
ning its manipulators, the machine
can govern only during periods of
popular indifference. The man who
wins and holds the confidence of the
people can always beat the bosses."
There has been some proof of the
truth of these statements right here
in Oregon, and in Portland; and
there is likely to be more. It Is
difficult for some of the politicians
who were prominently. Identified
with the old machines to accept or
even to realize the changed condi
tion of the public mind regarding
organized party politics. Tne peo
ple are now on the lookout for men,
and of what party they are Is a minor
consideration. They not only do not
want machine products, but they
have proved that men of the minority
party will serve them quite as well
and In some notable instances bet
ter than men of the majority party.
and they have no regrets whatever
for electing these minority party
men. They have no sympathy what
ever for the wailing of the "lost
bouIs" who are trying to' make them
believe that the city and state, are
going to the demnltlon bow-wows
because some Democrats have been
elected and that the same "fate In
case pf a like event would bfall th
country. The people used to believe
his Fourth of July address: "One
really responsible man in Jail, one
real originator of the schemes aud
transactions which are contrary to
public Interest legally lodged in the
penitentiary, would be worth more
than a thousand corporations mulct
ed In fines, if reform is to be genuine
and permanent." Now perhaps
Colonel Harvey has changed his
opinion about President Wilson
making an ideal safe and sane presi
dent of the United States.
The National Educational associa
tion declared in favor of a little
simplified spelling, but did not re
solve to boycott existing dictionaries,
spelling books and other text-books.
Spelling reform will be accomplished
if at all very slowly. '
An enthusiastic Portland Metho
dist minister, in his correspondence
to a contemporary, describes Vice-
President Fairbanks as "genial, pop
ular and a great Christian." What
a fine Methodist bishop the tall vice-
president would have made.
It Served Her Need.
Boarding school French is proverb
ially useless, but it rested with a bright
American girl to show how a little
knowledge might sometimes be not such
a dangerous thing. -
Bhe was crossing the St Lawrence
one morning early on her way to Mur
ray bay. A cold damp fog hid every
thing but the oily water over the side
of the steamer, tne trip, which always
takes an hour, seemed likely to be
lengthened out Indefinitely, and a long
nigni railway journey naa iert ner worn
out.
There was not a thing to eat to be
Dougnt on tne Doat. and the French 0
nadlan sailors seemed perfectly careless
as to her welfare. Moreover, as she
passed 'the galley there steamed forth
tne most inviting scent or coffee.
Bhe paced backward and forward won
dering lr some one would not take pity
on ner. esne anew tnere was some
French phrase In her book at home
wnicn wouia exactly xit the situation,
put rememoer it she couldn t. She gret
twiu nnu iii,i a ucspemie urilli a xiasil
of genius came to her. ?
She stood outside the galley door and
wun an empnatic aKsture exclaimed:
"Mon dleul quelle belle smelle!"
Boarding school French triumphed,
and In a minute she was presented by a
anmiug sauur wun an enormous Dowj
of coffee.
heart comes In the same way. Cease-
to think of sin; seek the good and true.
the things kindly and helpful, -the,
thoughts fair and wholesome; set In
the heart tha Ideal of the bestTOTall
lives, the life that subdued s'fVoKswk
lng to serve Ood and love malrancTllfe i
shall find the vigor of virtue.
Sentence Sermons
No
loss.
By Henry F. Cope,
tool gains keen edge without I
Precept is powerless without person-1
ailty.
e
Faith in
with menT"
God Is seen in fellowship
Is the
best text book oia I
The heart
tlquette.
Living for self alone Is a way to soul
suicide.
One light tongue can make man 7 1
happy hearts.
Worry born of Imaginary troubles is) I
the parent or real worry.
a . -
Tou can never get to know a man birl
finding out things about him.
The suspicious seek In others
they have hidden in themselves.
What I
This world will never be saved ,
people too spiritually minded to
dishes.
sltl
This Date in History.
1420-Hussltes under Zlska victors at
Seaside and not Portland will have ba"'e. ' ?raue;. ,
iHi uiniim VBrnii &uca d umm
ror -France the
the honor of entertainlng Vice-President
Fairbanks, but Portlanders are
not debarred from going down there
and looking up at him.
Costly Walls of Panama.
From the Youth's Companion. ,
When the Spalnards built tthe city of
Panama to be the great port bf their
Paclflo commerce, they put around It
walls which they expected to save them
from raiders of ' all sorts. Although
these walls were built by natives forced
to work almost for nothing, they cost,
says Mr. Forbes-Lindsay, not less than
liiooo.ooo. .
Tha kin of final n. th atorr mm
looked wearily and long one day out of
tha weaterlr wlndowa or hla nalaoa: One
of his ministers inauired the reason for
his apparent anxiety.' .
"x am looking, said tne King, 'Tor
those - costly walls of Panama. ; They
OUSht to be visible, even at thla dia.
tanc," . ,
American coast from
ueiawre lo xNova ocoiia.
1789 Storming of the Bastlle. 4
1796 The Connecticut western re
serve in Ohio first occupied.
1860 Owen Wister, American nov
elist, bom.
1868 Congreas voted to admit Vir
ginia to the union.
1865 The Matterhorn first ascended
in descending four of the party were
killed.
1874 Present khedtve of Egypt born.
1877; Great railroad' strike extended
over tha most of the northern states.
1896 Attempt made to assassin.
President Faure of France,
189 French soldiers killed their offl.
cers In French Soudan.
1903 The famous Campanile at Ve
nice, Italy, fell. ,
No man overcomes sin until he hates I
Its power more than he feara Its pun
ishment.
Many find greatest satisfaction In
fighting sin when it involves firing at I
neir neiKHOurs.
Many a man thinks because ha Is I
blind iirminess tie must be blest with I
spiritual vision.
a
There's a lot of people hoping fori
wings on the strength of the chicken I
feed they drop in the collection.
Many a man thinks that the size of I
his head is established by the manner In I
wnicn nis Dig reet tread on little toes.
"An East Side Bank for
Side People."
East
Whet
Bard Up.
From the Topeka Capital.
n Judge Landis flnalTv k
officers' of .the Standard Oil "comDanv
before nira to testify as to the wl
of the concern, he will probably be sur
prised to flndthat it u barely abl to
taak both aa caeai . , -
This Is
Growing Season
This la ' the season When seed,
is sown and everything Is grow
ing. V
why not sow the seed of a foe
tune by starting a bank, account,
with us with 41.00 or more? '
We assist the growth of your
account by adding interest at
the rate of 4 per cent to it semi
annually. - ,
We give the small - depositor
the same careful treatment that
the largest- one receives.
Accounts of men, women4svid
cniiaren ar lnviteo. a-.
Commercial Savings Bank
aOTOT Aim WTLUAKS AYS.
. ...HiJi l.iMl ,1. '. 11,1 ' T - ,- 'I '
George . vV. Bates. ..... .President'
,. J, a-Birrel.V., ..... .Cashier
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