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THE JOURNAL
AM tXDSPCNDKKT v KCWSPirCK.
C. . JACKMON... ....
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-BtillJ arm? attain tat dart
arj Sunday Smralna, at The- Journal Ballil
Inc Plflk a ad Yamhill atfMta. Portia ad. Or.
Icy bestowed the party would scare-1 Clonal afrairs the breaking from
ly have had an , excuse , for lta ex-J old party linea and the election of
lstence. ? v, .... I men whom the people ran trust to
We are not discussing herein I do their will. Oregon will probably
whether this principle and policy are continue to be classed as a Republi
manaments'as something newly die-1 field distinctively their own. The
covered by ; him yet he seems on J Institution at Corvallla has little la
some , occasions to have filled out I common with' the high school aye-
me measure or a great man. . Only terns. . ta line of instruction aa con-
tne lapse of time will give ua, or Jtemplated by congress, la in a dlf-
Immumtjr foi Boa's Ruef - A S
e m i
ermon tor loa
ay.
From' the San Francisco. Chronicle.
, It wlir probably be soma years be for
K miMI. m liru will MnaMtr (ha
wise and good or not, only the plain I can state, for some time to come atlour descendants, a true perspective If erent field, lit is not a university I rraft trials in this city in the liirht of !
historic fact that such has been the! least, but the day is past when it I of him. Even then he may remain I In the commonly accented nso . nf reason instead of passion, and yet tha
1 11 1 1 1 n n.a tin. hmIrIa" ,KA DAtiHh- I Ka it ..,... M t11M.il. I - 1. . A - . . . I 1L.. A . r -. , I m I n M I- Mil to.
tatarad at tba aaatafflm at Port la ad. Or., for I w"-7 " -iyiw u iwmic v , w waaiw via . iv mv unuui i ouuicwuai Oi a mystery. , ' ,' 1 ' I UJSl term. . JIB entrance reOUire- I "" suocras ui nun an ctropi" ---
traaaoiaaioa urwi u Baiia aa aaouadua iiCAn party from the time of Lin i for the nominees of that party aim-1. . v- . .f .Intents should not ha mai. flshment, whlchla now generally con-
ooln to the time of Roosevelt. Bvervlnlv because thev so on tho Renuhll-1 ....-.. . ' I with -.,... in- . aw. iT-ceded, la too serloue to bo suffered to
Pnh,t,. -l.rMrm he. doHaroA rVn tlck.r -T nh.'mh.rl.ln . w.. .Ml r""'. .P" . """T " I " , eT:':: P Without comment ; , f
. v A I ' career win , ce ine oreaatng wua to maae f Abraham Ruef la the most utterly de.
" " .yi.v.. a"- i non or nartv iinna tntiii i i . uunci an.. . xam aiza scnooi la I , ki- .. r.t.
aiattat. ,
v'
' HCUCfHONKS MAIN TITS. BOMK. a 9U6L
' AD arpaKaaata ivarfcad bf teaaa eaBbara.
fall ta oparatnr the daparimaat yoa waat
roaaioN aoviitisino aspatasNTATiva
VrralaadB
has stood for It Even Blaine was gon have faith in hla ' aonety. '.. hto occurred during hls admlnistratlon PWtly cultural; the land grant col- tened on the spoils tf. an American
aia-B.Bj.n.1. Bpart.i Adwrtwna Ae.r. proiecwonisi, mougn u iui.auw .uun uu uu.wytuiy iir imer- for w thiak anlg i, occr-in. As I'e " waustrlal. The latter's Held dir. -There have beea.more bruial po-
T OmnT oJiV 1 IV8 100 r w ryaa Bryan deilghts to assert. Roosevelt w to the people, and should be
y, ' The Sense of the Infinite.
. ' """Hr cope.' . jt
"Thou are near. 6 Lord, and thy cornel
manamenu are truth." Pa., cxl:l. i
NB doea not have to believe W the
same kind of a god as did the
seera and alngera of long ago In
order to obUIn the spiritual val-
uea .which tbey found In tho
thought of his ne&rneea to them. David
and Browning. Jsalah and. Whlttler, ,
with all the centurlea between them, .
0'
, BabaertBttaa Taraa b mall to tar addfaaa
' It Ue Uailad SUtaa, Canada at Malic.
" . DAILY.
On rar..,.....S.o) I )na aMotb I M
, . SUNDAY.
Oa rear. I Oar month I .1
., DAILY AND 80NOAY.
f)D fear ST.&0 I Oca awntk I .88
Every man shall receive his
own reward' according to his
own laborPaul to the Cor
inthians. '
' , y.'. Jf.' ,lr, .. ,
dent over six years and baa never ut
tered an official word against the
theory of protection.
The Republican party has always
been, since 1860, the party of pro
tection. It is so yet, so far as any
body knows. It la , safe to predict
that It will so declare next summer.
And this Is really 'the "paramount
issue," because the protective tariff
fosters and supports the trusts.
Every graft and abuse are directly
connected with It, or are in touch
TUEOOUXTRT NEWSPAPER MAN I with It
, . ,-. - ; i The Oregoniaa has stood ably and
T USED to be pathetic to be a forcibly about three fourths of the
- I country newspaper man. It time against protection. It t has
J should 'not have been bo, but it therefore stood against the Repub
. was.. , He was a sort of commu- Hcan party's pet "principle" and pol
nlty football that everybody took the icy. Tet it has alwaya, or nearly
liberty to ; kick. He waa half alwaya, aupported Republican can
atarved and looked it. Hla clrculat- dldatea for office. We are not crit
lng medium waa wood, potatoes and lclalng it for doing thla. Such was
cabbages. ; If dollar In cash was surely Its privilege. But It fails to
paid him ft was looked upon by the explain, and always will fall to ex-
payer as something given for noth-J plain, why It classes Itself as a Re-
ing. e naa iicue priae in nis dusi
ness, lesa ' In , hla position, and the
community took him at his own esti
mate. ' He was In debt to almost
everybody, all owed him, and neither
paid with regularity nor fidelity.
Mostly they sever paid at alL .HIs
supply, of , paper came from the
dealer C. Q. D., and an issue of the
newspaper waa late or. missed alto
gether because he v could' not raiae
President Roosevelt has been presi-1 la the Democratic nominee for presi
dent he will receive a vote in thla
'state that will confound and amaze
bis opponents. . '
The action of the state central
committee will undoubtedly meet
with the strongest approval from
Democrats of Oregon. - .
,. t , .a
THE ASSASSINATION OF DOLPH.
la to a great extent a Democrat; he P within their, easy, reach.. The
baa advocated several things' that grown up iaa rrom the rural district
I Where . there is no" hlch arhnni .np
plea" or matters of policy by the hrh0Be Poverty baa kept him out of iMS't.'tSwo?. "nTue'f wlThSvi
ble to dlacover on redeeming
He begin life very well-to-do
tint Arm.mn in irnhharv hv tha
Bryan. Indeed,, If Roosevelt would nooi. snooia have, and has at Cor- i'f 5,vrKt,,,,H? u J?0,1 "nIji
. . 'j. m a i l ta ilia a niaxa vkara h. i ..i. I ' " .
tumo uuw ( itrur wi senuins, vuur- i r - e nam- came to the proresslon of law,' not from
I approaching ahame,
I elements or
ReDUblican : Dartv. but : are rather acnooi. ana wnp, on account of m oen unaoie to discover one
professions of such Democrats as would not consent to enter hlgb 1 2nd w.a mt d'ra'wn tobSerT
atlll' coma ta tha aima thn,hta
lltlcal bosses who, grew up from ,a I know .that thou art near. ' y .
brutal environment, but they all oven Throuah all area and in all rnr.i.
MIA..l ...... A .4 iLI I..." .. " r
a wcnur uwnvr UJiuium 01 Bnyining i tfti. a.naa of that whlnh la nthmr than'
a. aa w .. i
iimi lis Liiniii a f i ii a s . .... ...
human' -aympathy Thev I ourselves, rrom wnicn bur Wghest good,
vuuia. lowaru iroicn cor luemia ana
plratlonh strain, the ultimate force of
our being, this feeling after the Infinite
la. universal. It la the. essential and
determinative mark of every religion.
When those alngera of, long ago tried
OUKh tariff revision, a tariff .for rev- lnK 'or his avocation, and Into which I tn lunjs, but from the etblc-el environ- to express their sense of tha Infinite
9 I.. 1- ... . I m tl AW I1M ltrlal II dFa .. . Ttt A MA la n I IIS. A ak. a . a.. k
E'
ment or unlveraitf lire. Ther la no
ioa na no reaaoo ior
whlnh ha. cannot at a. t a
or sufficient Democratic candidate. 1 of vital Importance and a noble Th.r, i. no WnVtmmSSm
or official exemplar. He la not aa I misBion. inis is wiaeiy proviaea for inn ' mapireuon nis uueuecc ooea
in the new couraea at Corvallla. and MrKai rfiees rrXTO suta! wm
it la well. , i 1 . !! city, false to his party, falae to
Thm taniAn it,. . asaociatea, false to evtrr man -who
The tendency Of the time, IS to I ever truated him. and aolely for thei
provide In education a avstem of in-1 P'l'T'oa or indulging the ignoble in-
" ... . . . .. . . li. ' .Ij. .. . ... I ment of unlvaralt Ufa..
enue only, which It la believed he vr Wl" noi prevent Tiia enter- orincinie of ethios T and r.
ii m i v. a a - J t In Ta Aari m A tkl. aU. I Amr-mnf MtmliiA ivihlArt ka
TJ3 17x17 wit w tv tvu i..Ma m I rxou lavurs, wouic mats m iwa 4 v " . viasai i "r';rrj:'T"v"
1 - " - - WMV HII
T. R. Coon of Hood River glvea
hla version Of the political
butchery at Salem of the late
Senator Dolph. It is a defense of
his part In that mournful transac
tion. It la probably an honest
statement and in the destruction of
Mr. Dolph Mr. . Coon may have been the range of possibilities that he will numaa lue must oe
ed by honest motives. be forced to become the Republican u';. ,lu rfurm"n"
far away from Bryan aa he Is from
Lodge or Fairbanks. '
It Is possible .that Roosevelt's
service as president will not nd on
March 4 next year, it la yet within
atructlon ao long drawn out. that too i?t&rpil?tp WW '7 Vow'htt ZUS&V2
many yeara of a human life must be
publican paper" while opposing part
of the tlme--the very life and breath
of. that party.
guided
Mr. Coon says Senator Dolph was
a "corporation" senator. . That la
what they say about most senators.
They said it about Senator Mitchell.
His alleged connection " with the
Southern Pacific was notorious.
They say It about Senator Pulton.
candidate, though we do not expect
this to happen.. And It Is quite pos
sible, too, that be may become a
candidate in lilt, or, more likely,
in 1916; for he would then be only
about S 8 years old. ;
. Opinions of Roosevelt differ very
widely, and will do so for a genera-
THE OLD STORY.
can.
rHE THEORY of affinities re
ceived a body blow In the
mournful fate of Bessie Ham
mond. She was the moBt beau
tiful girl in ' all Nevada. She was
the money to get his news from the! engaged to be married to a prosper-
express office.--Because the editor ous young business .man -of Reno.
was cheap and his newspaper cheap Two months ago she met a saloon
. his patrons thought his advertising keeper named Conlee whom she con
of little value and paid accordingly, celved to be her affinity. From that
His printers got their pay piecemeal, time the wreck of her life moved
if they, got It at all, and the road (Quickly to its tragic end. Over the did the expectation of the great
they traveled, was about as rocky ai I objections of her parents ahe per-1 body of the people of Oregon that
that of their ,', ' pathetic employer, slsted in her demotion , to Conlee, Mr. Dolph would be elected bind.
Subscribers received and read the leaving home to take a stenographic Nor did the demand of moat of the
paper regularly and at the end of position at Ogden. ' There a faith- Republican newspapers that he be
half a dotep. or a dozen years refused ful mother followed and waa prepar- elected bind. Nor did the dictates
longer to take, It out ..of. the post- ing to take her to California, when of the calm judgment of good men
office or' to pay for lti. Their usual the 'girl slipped away and married in. and out of the legislature as to
excuse waa that they had never aub-1 Conlee. A month later, Conlee as-1 what waa for the best interests of
They cite hla opposition to the orig
inal Roosevelt rate bill in proof. But Itlon. but on one point all can agree.
was Senator Dolph a corporation I that he is a very interesting Amerl-
aenator? If ao, what waa hla re
ward? He entered the senate worth
naif a minion. He died a compara
tively poor man. If a corporation-
ist why did he not wax rich like
Piatt, Quay, Bailey, Aid rich and the
othere?
A PLAIN WARNING.
exacted tn -order to attain final
preparation for life work. The need
for a plan whereby those unable by
lack: of means to devote so much
time to it, can plunge Quickly Into
securing ' that training valuable to
them In their Avocations, is manifest
.' Better : than all, however, : in the
changes at Corvallla Is the Intensifi
cation of the industrial features,
throughout the collegiate courses,
and ; the opportunity for specializa
tion. Men better skilled In agrlcul-
to-wind up thla chapter of bis f."0'2rPhl41No man I
ptlble life by an or to betray '' n tf- ' The
5 all of his aesoclatea in his In- ?" nd everywl
ready
contem
any an
numeraire crimes ' to save . hla own
worthleaa carcase from state's prison.
' Thla nt Ruef, years ago, while pre
tending o dealre nothing so much aa
the"purlflCQtlon- of the politics of thla
state end city, eeid profenslng o be
willing to devote all hla time and on
doubted tslents to that -end, -began de
liberately and euceeaef ullv to organise
and build up the moat effective machine
for the plunder of an unfortunate city
that ancient or. modern history dis
close H ' fomented human passion
that he might prolt by the deatructlon
it wrougnt. rie promoted the lowest
forma of . vice that he, too penurious,
"a rviu-muwpa u : naivv any vice
might thrive on the blackmail which ha
levied. He deliberately ,- infected the
masse of the people with the desire
Mr. Coon aaya the caucua that
nominated Mr. Dolph for senator
was not binding. Manifestly, it did
not bind. That la the ahame of it
Nor did the claims of illustrious
service for a just reward bind. Nor
A'
tural, mffilug, mechanical aad elec- for-UUclt gain that .their Jove for die-1 man.
life and love they thought only of some
being larger, mightier, wiser than them
selves,' a great man deified because be
was . great'' Perhaps that really was
their conception; still. We use precisely
the same language, even though- our
Ideaa are entirely different - -:
It. makes relatively little difference
what their conceptions were, so far aa
ours are concerned. Their word are
not accurate, detailed pen pictures of
oe oeaoriDea o
has aeen tho is
great thins i
where man find
themeelveo with a huniar after thla
sublime unseen- . - . . . ,
One may uae term of personality and
another terms of power; to one the in
finite may be but a local deity: to an
other, that which embraces all spirit
and being, and each may have all of tho
oivine hla heart la capable of eontaln
ing. .Hero none , may dogmatise f0f
Ulnars. ' . .x
- Bellgton does not depend on uniform
ity of conceptions of the divine. It de
pends more upon universality of com
sclouanesa of tho infinite and openness
of mind, and life to whatever we may
feel and know, from any- source or
throuah any means whataoavar of tha:
Ufa or energy which ilea back of all
life and energy, of Mat love and light
which cheer and lighten every son of
N EFFORT is being, made m Weal engineering and women more K him whM
Michigan to enact an Initiative I poffoctly prepared In household arts honest dollars. And when, by the votes
honeet dollars might lead them to sup- I .. Definitions determine nothing, bat
J . mnst rnlt. and !t will hftln trt in- ?f . community completely-debauched
anieuumeni iq ih consiuuiion, i - - w Dy nis mscninationa,
I J.. A.fT,fX A 1 1 a Aa&M I . M ' a.
but of course the. machine pol
iticians and officeholders are against
it, and, also of course, the liquor In
terests are against it. They pol
iticians and liquor dealers, not all,
but the majority of them dread to
aee the people take the power of
legislating directly Into their own
handa, Instead of leaving public af
fairs to a so-called representative
legislature. Discussing this mat
ter the Detroit News says:
duatriaiize Industrial Oregon. "
BRYAN'S STRAIGHT TALK.
or-decelved hv hla
pretenses 01 - patriotism, ne nad Con
structed a government in which not one
soul Id any place of influence was not
utterly rotten, he then waa in a position
to. snd did, compel every man who bad
business with the city to stand and de
liver, noming coum oe got rrom tne
city good or bad. proper or Improper,
lawful or unlawful, without tribute
being paid to Ruef. .' Not a - hundredth
Of his desire to become a can- Part of the villainies perpetrated under
AIA. -.-t. ...fn fc.v "" "woira mjobco. or ever
uiuaw aw, vivaiuvu, ft.t vu i win n. H'inaiiv in .rnwn trtm inr.mv
makes it very clear that he does not I of his infamous life, when his city wassu"ff cannot compaaa.
M
R. BRYAN certainly cannot be I
accused of a lack of candor.
He not only makes no secret
they do work great damage when minda
capaDio or Doing stereotyped to them
agree to Impoae those definitions on
their fellows as final, authoritative, and
easentlal to their welfare.- Tho divine
la neither mrinite nor sublime when you
can say. Hero are his lineaments and ho
has no other likeness or appearance. -To
the queatlon. How shall we think
of the dlvlneT there can be but one an
swerin higher, wider, deeper, nobler,
purer ways than yeeterday. The con
ception muat bo a developing One. A
man's spiritual capacities develop as
his inner vision becomes more keen. Tho
soul takes wider. flight, and in our deep
uiouggia w discover , vaat wnica lan-
ests that are laboring to crush the in!
tlative as applied to constitutional
scribed., 1 1t , was ,a dismal business, I saulted. and beat her on the street, Oregon bind. Nor eUd the ante-elec- powerful interest is using every means
done In a T dismal atmosphere, be-land she went to live with a drug tlon (assurances given to their con- known to privilege or monopoly to pre-
cause there waa nothing business-1 clerk at Salt Lake.' He was unable stitutents by many men In that leg- vent the people of Michigan from ini
like about it ' . . v:': , , to support her, and 10 days ago she islature bind. Nothing was,., bind-
i But It Is a different era now. The was driven to the last Btep and be- ing. Nothing bound that legislature
old type, of newspaper man has been came an outcast After an evening or will ever bind any legislature but
laid away tn th churchyard The of mad frivolity , a few days later, the cold black Ink of the ' leglsla-
story of him and bis passing is the I surrounded by pictures of herself as tor's signature to Statement No. 1,
short and simple annals of the poor. I a: child, she turned on the gas, and land that Is the inexorable logic of
He was harmless because - he was her 18 years of life came to an end. Mr. Coon's article and the Dolph as-
helDle8S. On his ruins there , is a I With her life she paid the forfeit sasslnatlon
txpect or seek the support Of a cer- which aroused the sympathies of man
tain element of the Democratic party, kind as thev were never aroused before.
ResDondlnx in hia oaocr to the con- n
Conspicuous. among the special inter- tinned assaults on him by the New I of relief by public oorporatlona ejt-
York World, he aaya: greater .scale than ever. .
Uia an inanit tn the Inteiiirence of I . And this Is ttie degraded being whom
js an insult to tne intelligence tWe prosecution Tropostss'to turnJooee
ine party 10 umy jnm nnj man ur wi i
new. and higher type. - He haa the of a mythical affinity.
hard head of the business man and ' It la a story so old and so mourn
the thrifty bent of the , successful ful that it seems all young girls
man. ' Potatoes and cabbases have should have learned It. The passing
been ! kicked f from ; his subscription fancy of Inexperienced youth is a
list and the , non-paying advertiser dangerous counsellor. The safe and
from his columns. - His conception sure guide for a daughter Is that than -all, was there not one solitary
of his newspaper Is that It Is a mother whose life of toll, anxiety boss or politician interested in
property, and he correctly estimates nd devotion are freely given for the George McBrlde, himself the prince
himself as a factor In the commu-1 child's happiness. That happiness of politicians? How about the
nity. He looks upon himself as a I and the way to assure it are the sub-1 stream of Oregon state officehold
Mr. Coon says Mr. Dolph waa the
candidate of the bosses and politi
cians. He is grievously mistaken.
Were there no polltlcans back of
Mr. Fulton In that fight? Did none
support Mr. Tongue?. And, stranger
Mating amendments to their own consti
tution. The brewery, distillery and sa
loon Interests will stand between the
people of Michigan and the formulation
of their fundamental law, if enough men
can be found in the constitutional con
vention who will prove amenable to
their power.
Wise counsel should impel the brew
cry Interests to keep their Tiand off.
Hands off this attempt on .the part of
the people to regain control of the lib
erty to frame their own fundamental
law without the interference of the leg
islature, or a fate wlll .be written for
you which will parallel In every respect
the fate of the liquor Interests In" Geor
gia nnd Kentucky. , . .
This is really a friendly word, of
warning. Even assuming that the
liquor business is one of such magni
tude' and importance that It should
of men could, for selfish or clique rea
sons, dictate the course of the party in
190S. Certainly . Democrats learned
something in the experiences of 1904
when the New York World and the spe
cial interests it represents had their
way, so' far as concerns convention re
sults. Dem6crats know, too, that at
this time when the American people
are demanding relief from trust Impo
sition the candidate and the platform
must be representative of the interests
of tho masses. They know, too, that
the American people could no more de
pend upon a presidential candidate
chosen by the special interests and the
representatives of the special Interests
that seek to control Democratic conven
tions any more than they could depend
upon a presidential candidate named by
the Republican, convention at the behest
of the great corporations.
No cno will contend, publicly, that the
public welfare should not be of para
mount importance in uie framing of a
upon society to .recommence his career
of villainy in the hope that by hla testi
mony, which no Jury is likely to believe,
it may succeed In convlctlna one or two
men who, however guilty they may be.
are white-robed and spotless angels of
ii nil hb cumprea wrai
ana me rotten
controlled.
There are those who think thev muat
bo atneista because lhey cannot believe
in the God of the Hebrews, the God of
tne Old Testament a limited personal
ity. But tho genuine atheists are more
likely to be those who are without a
sense of tho divine, because they have
taken definitions and descriptions pre-1
rarea oy oiners insteaa or seeking trutn
iqt laemscives. .
We are but ooor learners of those an
cient teachers if we have not discovered
tnat their greatest lesson to us 1 not
trutn, out tne biessin or tho oe
search after truth. To cherish as final
Abraham Ruef
roustabouts whom he
erslstent
I final
to be
H
ymns
to Kn
ow
The Present Good. "
By John Oreenleaf Whlttler.
We have Juat celebrated the centen
nial of the birth Of the Quaker poet
whose gentle, kindly thoughts are be
coming more and mora tho common
possession of alL We sing his words in
our hymns and repeat again the simple
articles of his poetically expressed
faith to a degree that would have
seemed Impossible to that leas tolerant
day In which he lived. This hymn is
often sung to -the inmreaslv tuna
."Hamburg' .
O, sometimes gleams upon our slcht.
eternal
pi
false to Its nresent oosslbilltlea.
Wo do not need to worry over defini
tions of the divine. We do'tieed to cul
tivate the temper of mind and tho sensi
tiveness or spirit tnat -riu save us from
blindness to tho higher facts of- life,
that will save us, from the blasting
whirlwind of materialism, with -Its
sense of nothing but a soulless world of
things.
we need to avoid tne mind that shots
the .divine up In some far off heaven to
be reached only hv formal telenhon-r
called prayer; that falls to see tho In
finite in all things In sunlight and
flower, in children's laughter, and In
misery's wail, in factories and store, as
weu as in cnurcneo. w need the mind,
that argues .not about omnipresence,
but In duty and delight cries. Always
and everywhere thou art near. ,
. Sentence Sermons
Through present
ngnt;
wrong . tho
necessity in society, or If he doesn't Ject of countless nights of weary and others that treked In and out
lie ought to'.' He has, or la prepar- "flail and tolling daya of anxious con- of Secretary McBride's office from no be 'wiped. out ' existence or sup-1 platform and in the naming of a candu- wid!ie?hytJ
- ,i..n .a -1.1 -, i. loam ttr tha nai-anf Tfcia naoiia ti., th. . I tfressed. that business will An well I date. . No one will denv. nnhiiriv that w eMn" "aay gain or man. . .
iut, ,vi(iuiuauuu auu UJ nyiii-1 , - -""' i mu iuw wutui uren uuui I ' .. 1 ! , '
cation of common sense, to fix an
adequate- price, on what service - he
renders, and by that token is lay
ing the. foundation ' for an honorable
and remunerative career,. He has,
by his newspaper support of them,
made places, . power and wealth ' for
selfish . politicians, but haa wisely
foresworn sthat .empty .martyrdom
and determined to . think more of
number I .
The country ... newspaper has -its
Important mission. The
Hammond failed to realize, and
the price became a tragedy.
OREGON AND BRYAN.
I
as holy midnight of that last dav.
I when Mr. McBride's. name was
flung spectacularly into the arena?
IWho plotfed that coup, a coup that
had been foreshadowed for days, If
! In its own Interest, to keep Its hands
as much as possible off of legislation
and the conduct of public affairs.
The great majority of the people
are unfriendly to the saloon. . This
the masses, rather than tho ' classes, That ' all of good the past hath had
should rule. No one will say. publioly, I emaina to maao our own time glad,
th.t .h. -h-.,i ....V jr. Our common, dally life divine
And every land. a Palestine.
that the party should submit to dicta
tion. But in popular government
skimmed milk sometimes masquerades Pr0"11 th harsh noises i of ' our day,
as cream," and sometimes tho most
net the most consummate of the 1 18 no a -neor7 or. a vague idea, or a abject toola of monopolies pretend
an
newspaper man has, or should have.
his Important place. It should be a
place pf honor aid influence. It is,
or, will be; if his mind is kept
whetted, hla business kept business-!
N ENDORSING the candidacy of
W. J. Bryan for president the
Democratic state central com
mlttee has undoubtedly voiced
the sentiment of the party In this
state. Bryan's strength in the west
grows more apparent with each
country week that Passe8 and tenB of thou- politics. He never had a political People, the majority, do , not like the ReHcan Party will nominate La
of
bosses . and politicians?
Dolph heralded as a creature of
politicians is grotesque. As a pol
itician he was as helpless as an ln
I fant He was as Ignorant as a
mummy of the ways and wiles of
piece Of philosophy, but a fact, pat-1 anxiety for the publid good and hide
ent to every observer of affairs. Tbevl1 Purposes by patriotio pretensions.
saloon -must; keep itself out of pol- TnJs ,8 sood, straight talk, but
itlcs, or.lt is doomed, td destruction. has tne Democratic party a monop-
There are many personably likable 01 . ne vina 01 patriotism which
men in the liquor business, but the Mr- Bryan preaches? Perhaps the
low.- sweet prelude finds Its wa
I xnrougn clouds or doubt and creei
rear.- . i -.
I A light is breaking calm' and clear. '.
... ,, , , . ,. ... ...... .j
Henceforth my heart shall sigh no more
For olden time and holier snore:
God's love and blessing, then. and there.
Are now and here and everywhere.
machine and never sought one. He
did not scour the political slums for
sands of voters who cast their ballots
for Theodore Roosevelt four years
1 . j 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . 1
KU "m wrnu mo opportunity to hjejers and strikers. It was as lm-
vote ior uryan next wovemoer, look- nosaible for him to mak rommnn
idb upon mm as we natural repre- cauBa with rlnestera as for nil and
1 1V and hla Aims and concention "enlaT lne principles ana poll- wtor to mix. If h had fmilfa thv
T w I u. wVi.u itA. hm.ua j I
held uWalteringly high. When the ""'"j L1""' "uusul w euuorse were not the fu of dishonor and
country ?. newspaper men meet, aa M? 1904 "The movement in favor of compromise. His name, public and
they have met In Portland this week, "an is iasi assuming me propor- prlvate, untarnished by a single
and Wtch their ima to higher ideal "uu" U1 lcai' upu"- upueavai. breath of Bcahdal, is proof of that
they are building -firmly and well wh Roosevelt out of the field, no what a name to leave In Oregon
. a m A ... I TTIHTI . TRI TT1 OT1 T , riTl f fl T fir T fl A n.OOI. I .1 . . .
for tnemseivos ana - ior uregon. - - .-" comparea 10 mai or some or our
aency Das bo Birong a noia on tne more recent officialdom! How ut-
nuecuon ana me connaence 01 me terlv iintust to .c'lte his nam a. a
American people as W. J. Bryan, creatdre of politicians In the samei
jjespue nis past oeieats ne is toaay breath with the illustrious gentle-
trafflo and Its consequences. And
they are going to do their own leg
islating more and -more.
Follette for president, or " insist on
Roosevelt remaining in office.
O. A. C.
This Date In Hiatory.
154J Francis II of France born.
Died December 6, I860.. .
17S 4 Wilkes expelled V from ... tha
house pf commons. " .. " ,
1795 Insurrection Jn ; the . island of
Granada.
1807 General Robert E. Lee born.
Died October- 1Z. 1870, ; .
1809 Edgar Allan Foe, . American
T
HE JOUJtNAL views with satis
faction the action of the board
of regents of the state agricul
tural; college. The' collegiate
The Baker City Herald, a Repub
lican . paper, remarks: "Certainly
the Republicans are doing all In their writer, born. Died October. 7. 1849.
tiower to remrlv InrlneMoi Annt. lsis sir tier.ry uessemer, invenror
tlona. The bill to relieve all future into cast steel, born. Died March 15,
embarrassment in financial circles, 8?g-, a ji- -
THE BEfCBLlCAN PARTY AND
PKOTECTION.
IT 6 regon,an " Jorfty of his party and in every state gon's dismal lot to stand sponsor
m , uieo tuivveu . ws 6"i yoiiiiu iu uuiuu xvepuuiicaus are turning I fQj-t
of a column. The Star saidlto his standard.
submitted by Senator Aldrich, the
department ts to bd advanced one astute financier from Rhode Island,
year, and its , industrial V phases In- i ample evidence of that fact. ; It is
tenslfled. The , subfreshman ' year, to, this senator that both houses of
which was In conflict with the high congress have looked from the first f leader, osaian Digma
schools, Is to be abolished. For it l frame a measure that would ade
and the present freshman , 'i year. 1 Quately meet the exigencies of the
F. Sheolev. ., military
governor of Louisiana in the civil war,
born in Maine.- Died July 20, 1878.
1885 General Robert, E. Lee appoint
ed commander-in-chief of ,the Confeder
ate army.-' ... ,-.
1900 British captured the Dervlsn
EPLYINGiTO the Gervais Star the choice of an overwhelming ma- man that it has of late been Ore- there 18 to D" substituted two years jBltuatlon." We suppose this Is sar-
of elementary Industrial training. ; I casm, hut are not quite sure: -Per-
The plan Is ideal for, conserving J naps we .are to, understand that with
that the . Oregonian was not a con- It is true that Bryan is opposed
eistent Republican paper 'because it by the powerful financial interests
has steadfastly refused ' to, support of the eastern money centers, but in
the very foundation ;,of - republican- the present temper of the country and
Ism, protection." ;.The Oregonian' in in the light of the experiences of the
rrply' seeks to show 'that.. 'protec: past three years, that Js an element
tion" la not or was not originally a of strength, not of weakness. Wall
cardinal tenet and principle of the street will not determine the choice
Republican party.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
T
the needs of industrial Oregon.
There is here an" undeveloped em
pire. There is wealth in, the forests,
HE FUTURE historian will have wealth in the fields, wealth In the
an ; Interesting and perhaps a orchards, wealth hidden, away. in the
i jhmmm i x.i . . . . I Knw. u . I Again come t:
jaiiuoi Biuiviui auujwi iu ueai i iuiiiimmub u agjio-1 tress la Turkey. Famine prevails in
Aldrich in charge of the national
finances, we need not worry or ask
questions. , ''
Worth Saving. -
Again come tidings of terrible dls-
with Jn writing , of Theodore! Kate of wealth ; almost beyond pom-Iarf. sections and , people are literally
Roosevelt He has-made and may putation. Trained men are needed iii&affirltttE
yet mane some niBtory. ana at ores- w turn mis siorea weaitn into tne scenes, writes tnat ne -naa never known
It goes, back to of the next president of these United ent cannot fullr ,or accurately avenues of production aadade. It Sor'Co been,nWne miS
IS 56, but practically admits, farther States and the very fact that it op
along, that In all its later career the poses a: candidate will give him
Jlepublican party has stood for pro-(added Influence before the people.
notion. ' . ,
The truth lei as the Gervais Star
caid. that this has been the prime,
1 rinefpal and distinguishing feature
i t the Republican jarty,rXtst ora-
t . rs have continuously, persistently,
f jr a generation, prated of "protec-
i ! jn to American industry - and la-
V . r." On . this idea 1 McKInley was
t icm ejected;. h was the author of
, cf i::e tarlS laws; Qn the ils
; riliicJpally,"; "the Republican
t!ucs lJe.-as lived, moved
i its N nr.'. V.'iUiout the
rood stuff n mnn a
-wiiiis.. une applicant
i It Is folly to assume that because
Oregon gave Roosevelt 40,000 ma
jority in 1904 it will do the same for
the Republican standard bearer in
1908. . It was not his party but his
personality that swept Oregon for
Roosevelt In the last national cam
paign. -Less than two years after
the Roosevelt landslide the voters
of Oregon elected . George Chamber
lain? governor by a majority of 2.-
500.1, No man who studiea the politi
cal heavena" can fall to aee In, that !
f acf jtb e ; d awn ; of the new popular
vcau
e which this po ljnovemest-, whlcli' portends In na-
judged. - Opinions of ; him differ j is an Industrial problem,: pure and schools. There is good
ij.i- i xi. m . .imnia ...I. i . '.i ....i. I these Armenian waifs..
",uc,f -,.-t W;. BU. .viWM a little cnao about 10 venra , oit.
fv hnrh nTtrm.' Th far fntnrn 'oroblemB that the late Senator Mor. I who walked from his native vin.a-a A
historian will scarcely write , ; him rill secured the; passage, by. congress llk 7?.m ',K Zlmtrji
i - x . A at--,J- 1 . .avj i . . it. - .lJ . . ' . . ... . , , . .... , X. . .
AngasUne Blrrell'a Birthday.
The Right Hon. Augustine Birrell,
chief secretary - for Ireland, was born
near Liverpool.' January 19. , 1860. the
son ' of a' distinguished Nonconformist
clergyman. . ' He was.. graAuated from
Oxford -university in ,1878. t became
barrister In 1875. and a .few years ago
was mane a oencner oi tne inner tern
pie. 'He has been In politics since .1885,
ana naa ny no means oeen always-suc
cessful; In fact, in three out of hla five
contests ' he has aeen tne other man
win. It was not until 1S89 that he
first' entered parliament: With tbeor
ganlzfrtlon of the Campbell-Bannermnn
cabinet, Hr. Blrreil waa- made- president
of the . board of education. s When
James. Bryce was chosen to be British
ambassador to the United States, Hr.
Birrell succeeded - Mr. . Bryce as chief
secretary for- Ireland. ; Mr. Birrell has
distinguished himself In literature, and
is also well versed in the i law, having
been Qualn professor of law In Unl-
ixndon,. xor several
down as our greatest or most nearly
perfect statesman, yet surely, not as
one who cut a mean and unimport
ant figure Jq. our affairs. His career
so far reads much like . a romance,
more like a novel, than a story of
real .life, yet that "he Is very much
of a reality we are sure enough, f
' Some of Roosevelt's 'traits, or
man. In so great a position, seem
rather ..ludicrous, to tnany-rBtich ; as
his frequent . preaching of morality,
and. as some one has. cynically ex
pressed It. proclaiming the ten bom-1
of the firstact endowing the land
grant colleges, and 'of the supple
mental act of 1890 for the same pur
pose. These acts provided a new
and ,'. distinct , type of, education,
strictly technical and ; scientific In
character. It Is common knowledge
that the effect has been to make of
the land grant institutions a large
factor In this country's .triumph over
all competitors In manufacturea, in
agricultural achievement ; and In
$very .tnduatrial'-llneinii-i.-ir
- The land"graht colleges, occupy a
neck. - He marched to the hospital,
mounted the operating table, and took
chloroform without a whimper,-all alone
wun not a iriena or acquaintance near.
The kind Christian doctor gave him the
best - medical care possible, ' then- the
child had to be set adrift to make room
for other sufferers. - The ' boy'o eager
ness to enter the school Was pitiful to
behold,, but that too was full to over
flowing. A permanent orphanage Is
greatly needed to care for such orphans.
-". ' iTrom the Topekaf Capital. i
Tho, Associated Presa ; will do the
country -a favor Jf It limits its . report
of the: second Thaw trial to not over a
stickful a dy. ' One dose of that ase
ought to be onough. .
are his lives of Hazlittand Charlotte
Bronte and -nis sedition -or Boswell's
jonnson. '- .
Changed Her .Mind. . r; '
i ' ,rom the Philadelphia Press.'
i Tees So Mrs.. Roxley Isn't, going Jo
appiy xor givorce, -aiier au7 , -
' Jess No she. found . out that . there
were three other girls, who were crasy
to' get him If- ho were free.. .. k
Just Like a. Woman.'
-iTrom the CHeveland Leader.5 . r
i. JfraThirdly-r-Whv don't you oreacb
agninst Sunday golf T , . " r
ur.'. iniroiy now, ir tnot isn't lust
like, . worasn! : What Sunday golfers
would. hear tha sermonT v -.: .
By Hoary F. Cope. ,y
Manners are surface, morals. '
e e . -;
Character la aover put on; it grows
ent ,-. . ' ...
Spirituality Is a ooor refura from
morality.
.e -e . . v:.
No man over served life who waa
afraid to die. .
Love always' wins, . because It la not
afraid to lose. , . ;
- . . . e e
The divine law is but the language
of divine love.
All gain and no pain would make. I
ft. Ba sixair.
e . e
The only people who count are those
wno can pe countea on.
Too many . find their 'consciences ia
me conventions or oiners.
a . .
- The door' of truth cannot h onnl
. I . . .1 I - . ...... .. .
w . ti uw oj vi prjuuice, :
, a ?
Where the wage determines the
work, the work la never worth it
The piety you put on before the mir
ror Will not make vou a mirror nt
piety. - ,
-e e .. ,'::;;v I
" Men Wijl bo honest with one another!
when they are honest with themselves.?
- a,... , (. . - . j
There is something wrong In a man'
when his religion is the poorest thing"
about him. , i
a a W I
Tour mesaaare will mn 1 nat aa minl
Into the hearts of men an It. haa rnntaV
in your own. - .... -.,:..
Lots of people would lose all hope of
aocjciy dui ior tneir, periods or:seir-
wviaiiuij. i .. .V-.. .... ' '.
We s re all apt to substitute candorl
wiui me . laiuis ox otners ior nonesty
wun our own. - . '
. The road through a difficulty may
oe rougner, out it is always saier tnan
tne roaa around it 4.
When the church grafts on this world
It Is not strange it ceases to bear the
iruits or anotner wonq. ,
. - : .-i 3 M'.i j,-;e- '- ;"f
If you will walk in the fields of atn
you will find a lonsr .task before you
pit-King on tne ourrs ana cocmes. , ,
It the church had given' as much St.
tention to -her traction power aa. ahe
has to her track she would have brought
many- more . passengers to me xerminui.
' Blindness of Conceit. ,
' From the New York Prss. r '
"$Sym notice- the density of a con
ceited cersonT' asked & business man.
"To me. that's the most striking thJnaH
aoout sucn an inaiviauai. 1 jaayDe . n
has some qualities that Justify hla-good
opinion of himself, and maybe not: hn'ai
dense, -Just the same, and the proof oti
it is mat ne aoesn realise .now no lm-l
presses hla. associates, unpleasantly, Ifl
tne average conctuecrman bad the leash
iaea oi tne nanaicaa- under wninh h lai
laborlnr he'd shed it mighty quick. Dutl
he hasn't and It's InDosalhla t hmii u
Into him. He's the modern human os-l
tricn witn Ms head stuck Intn thai nanit
so far as any recognition of his dls-.
Bgr,eauie iraii in
concerned,"
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