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Now no chastening for the
present seetneth to be joyous,
bot grievous; nevertheless
t afterward -It yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteous-
;'ness onto them which are
i exercised thereby. Paul to
- the Hebrews.
that congress Is spending' a billion
dollars a year, and they demand that
one-twentieth of this amount - Shall
go to the Improvement and construc
tion of Inland waterways, but Mr.
Tawney says we ' must economise.
He does not represent the people In
. i1 . . , '..;",'!
NOT ROOSEVELT RUT ROOSEVELTISM S&tJStiSS:
and administration rathe than basic
I
T 13 reported from Washington
that the third term talk
dead. A canvass .br a Wash
Incton newsnsDer of the house
this, bnt the railroads, as too many! of representatives showed an ver-
or His colleagues ao. , . whelming sentiment for Taft. and no
Congress could economize If it mention -of Roosevelt. Apparently
wanted to. It could cut out a big this latest utterance' has removed Mr.
mail carrying graft of tbte railroads. ( Roosevelt from the pale of possl
billtles.
It was a mistake for his friends
and admirers to assume that he was
the only available man. . They con
It could change the tariff law. to as
to Increase revenue from Imports,
and hurt nobody but the trusts,' It
could pass an income tax law and an
INITIATIVE PETITIONS.
A CONSIDERABLE number of In
Itiative petitions are In circa
. "t lation," and voters should be
' , careful about .signing them
A signature to an initiative petition
should be a deliberate, carefully con
sidered, conscientious act. The In
itiative 'feature of the "constitution
Is on trial In Oregon, and the whole
, country is watching the results. Op
ponents of it In other states where
It is being urged are saying that It
- is already a failure In Oregon, partly
because people will sign petitions
for "any old thing," so that the peo
ple are called upon biennially to vote
for a multiplicity of unimportant If
sot bad laws. Unless voters act con
siderately, this assertion is likely to
: be .Verified. '. Most things must be
left to the legislature. Only some
Important, state wide, vital measure
that the legislature has refused to
enact should be put before the peo
ple through the initiative. It Is an
excellent thing, but it can' easily be
brought into disrepute by overwork
ing It, Even a good proposition,
unless . really important, would be
better passed up to the legislature.
Let us confine the use of this excel
lent instrument to important and
necessary measures.
Of course there is always a con
siderable ' proportion of voters who
will sign almost any kind of a pe
tition, carelessly, some of them even
mischievously.,, This fact renders it
all the more necessary for conscien
tious, responsible citizens to exercise
care. The better rule is. unless sure
that the thing it right and important, "gator of Important public affairs
or
and harbor bill every year here
after, Just as regularly as a pension
bill. Such paltering with a mighty
subject Is not statesmanship, It Is
not ven politics. It is legislative
pettifoggery.
TWO "STERN" SENATORS.
nhrltance tax law. It could In case I fused an idea with a personality and
of great emergency even cut down I their confusion made them irration-
the salaries of its members to $5.-al. What they were infatuated with
000 a year again- enough, la all was not Roosevelt, but Rooseveltism.
conscience, for some we know of : f Roosevelt, the man, is only as other
ut whether they do anything else! men; more faulty than some, less
not tbe country whnts a river faulty than others. Rooseveltism,
the idea, is the crystallization and
presentation ef a sentiment that has
been gathering force among the Am
erican people for years It was and
is that nstural force in a democracy
that resists trend toward plutocracy
and oligarchy. It Is a phase of that
process of change that is ever mov
ing forward in the public.
The natural trend of one force In
a self-governing nation is toward
thrones and crowns. It had made
long strides in development when
Mr. Roosevelt succeeded to the presi
dency. It was intrenched in the
senate, and bad long been the secret
and dominant force in the kitchen
cabinet at Washington. The power
of wealth had been used to rob one
man and enrich another. The syndi
cate and the magnate had a strangle
hold on the country. The Immensity
and the stupendous potentiality of
swollen fortunes was the amazement
of tbe world, and the subject of com
ment by civilized mankind. It was
an era with causes to brook resist
ance, it was the psycnoiogicai mo
ment for an outbreak to occur. The
power of organized wealth to main
tain its predominance was already
T
HE 8ENATE committee on in-
teroceanlc mails did not want
to hear Joseph L. Brlstow. Of
course not. He has been a dis
turber for some years. Some post
office department thieves are In Jail
new through his Investigations, and
the sena'o will never forgive a man
for exposing a tblef in a public of
flee. He has made a report on the
Panama railroad and the Pacific
mail, but the senate committee
doesn't want to hear him. He is not
owned by the corporations, as they
are, and they have no use for 'such
a witness. They don't want the
truth to come out. . A. Washington
dispatch says: "Senators Flint of
California and Hopkins of Illinois
have txpressoQ stern opposition to
Mr. Bristow'sappearing at all, and
they teem to have carried the com
mittee."
stern opposition on me pari or
Flint and Hopkins Is good. They
can even be "stern" In the service of
their isilroad masters. Their sal
aries doubtless justify such an atti
tude. Hopkins is a notorious "rail
road senator,", and has been public
ly charged by William E. Mason, an
ex-senator, with having bought his
election . outright, at a cost of, we
elleve, over 1100,000. Flint Is a
railroad attorney, sent to the senate
by Herrin to work for the Southern
Pacific and the Pacific Mall. Ev
en body knows he Is merely Her-
rin's man, and doesn't represent the
people of California at all. On the
contrary, he is their deadly enemy.
And It is these men who become
"stern" in opposition to hearing
Joseph L. Brlstow, an honest Inves-
What an abominable farce tbe
United States senate has become 1
TOP HEAVY EDUCATION.
c and that the state as a whole needs
- It, do not sign. ' . General elections
should not be cumbered with a long
list of unimportant or possibly ob
jectionable proposed laws. The av
erage TOter will not then take the 1 COMMITTEE of college presi
time and trouble to discriminate be-1 A dents met recently at Eugene
; tween, them intelligently. The peo- f V consider entrance require
jple have taken the power of making ments for institutions of high-
laws Into their own hands, but they r learning in. Oregon. To secure a
should use this power only in cases common standard was the purpose,
of emergency. but .the meeting is understood to
' : .. Some measures that the legis- have adjourned without action. Per
Uture has refused repeatedly to haps the result Is not undesirable
enact should be enacted by the peo- There Is a widespread sentiment in
pie, provided laws therefor can be Oregon that we. are plunging for-
drafted just right, such as a water I ward in the direction of a top-heavy
and Irrigation code, and means of educational system. It is claimed
increasing "revenue by taxing franrlthat we are not building solidly
chises, etc.. and a law for protecting enough at the bottom, it is com
water power rights. The Port ; of mon knowledge that not more than
Portland bill is another case, for it 1 10 per cent of those In the public
Is of vital importance to the whole Bchools ever pass beyond the eighth
Columbia river commerce. And! grade, and that not five per cent
some other proposed laws may be (pass through the colleges. Of 1,
of enough importance to bring to a 1000,000 pupils in the schools of the
Tote. But the people will do well country, little more than a half mil
to exercise their power sparingly lion are in the colleges. Eight years
yet,' and they should sign petitions (of public school, four years of high
only as a deliberate. Intelligent con- school and four years or more of
cientlous act. I college or university, constitute a
I system of education that the masses
MUST 'ECONOaZE - have neither means nor time to at
tain. It is complained that half a
But Roosevelt and Taft combined
could not budge congress from its
adherence to the trusts, even on this
one point So Taft as president,
The trusts are
AS,
crmon for Tod
ay
The Moral End of Money Making.
otj&zyhy: g ?.lftoth f10
THERE are those who talk of monaf
ana business I as though thess
. wrs ncaarlly , and t Intrinsic
ally evil, " it i often supposed
; that capacity for roodnaaa la 4a
tabllshed by Incapacity for ' buslnssa.
strained and in such, an hour, and I principles. ' Nay, , the main "prlncl-
under sffch conditions, Mr. Roose- Pl of ail is the Same one always J could do nothing,
velt arrived.. c ,u ,-'.m? ':y-being rougnt out .somehow -the ef- in the saddle.
If It had not been Mr.' Roosevelt, fort of the common people to protect
It would have been another.;-. Mr. themselves from the privileged and' Again let It be asked, and It will
Bryan and . his nolltieal . associates predacious ;ew And think of the I be repeatedly askedif the Republi
had preached the idea for yean. . it I Prty leaders and machine rulers of lean party is sincerely, earnestly and
was not theirs by creation, but only tne DMt feneration leading the com-1 surely for reform politics,' for the
L . . . . . . I msiM honnT.'l atftiiirivl a flw hla wa.IJ. I a ... . ..(. ... . . V a ...I. .nl.
Dir discovery. - it was an iaea jn i u, ua v. .u-1 ovy., igiuiav ,iu mio-vi-ium hM
.-, "M ... I , t. ... . Hk. - .-.. ' m ..... .v. iwniie tboss to whom dovamv uni in.
nerent to tne people, and a part or " u , . laitreau. ana noir I eviuwe find eon.outio i ;.t-7
their system. . It had to . come be- No. these fine tontlemen who hate I 7 ion the Republicans nominate as evidence at nut .
cause a free people of the mould of jbeen high in offlce haye in too manyjLa Follette?, We believe that by Large numbers of otherwise sensible
the American people will,, in their leases betrayed the people, have sao-1 next June a popular, "vote of the Re-jpoprt feel that there u some unavoid-
turn, rmnnta nA mnlv mvtrr 1an. I riflrpd. nrlMnla tn nlf h. ni. I DUbllcanS Of Orecon WOUld ShOW La I Die COnniCt between' the Ideal and the
gerous problem. v It was fate, it was verted true principles, and the whole Toilette , their choice for the nom- trV,:"tWM wa th,y th sacred
j...-- . ... . -l . m. . ....... lin'.ft. tr i I sua Uie secular, between the thinra th-
uesiiny. it waa ma worjcina out ui eyBim is aiseasea. ' ion is wnv neo- i nvu, wmuivuumii , u
.... . . . ... ......... .. . ? 4 ...... ' 'J-
anotner aetau in this vast pian in pie are rejecting parties and tneir l ; v , ;, . thlna-a they aftuaii t,, t TT.
self government. . , I organizations and leaders, and on- g-rr- ; j , of their daily affairs and duties. ,
t. . Li i i . . I H:r.MAfrararv Kn aava mint I riuuiuu ine rrttut numiMr tr t.
" nappenea , idm r. wwkyw. u.mw iui g men-iq eniisi mi .v. . J ,----'- meet the difficuUv h VrM Vh '.I
was the Instrument. He aoDeared at their cause, and to servo them be- cultivate foreign markets oy selling iivea and Intereau mta aenrat." irt
the richt time, and is therefore an catse directly, resnonalbla' to them, good" Cheaper abroad. And selling They say. bualneaa fa bualnesa; rellgloo
accident. The exposures of unlaw
ful rebates and documentary evi- thta trnr -m ' t pose,
dence bv Hearst lifted the lid. The I vtn . I man, . Shaw,
insurance exposures In New York, degree all at once, and perhaps nev-
We do not know to what extent them ' UP" ArtThaVTS;rtirK
S pose. Great financier and sUtes- forward .to d wmort, wd pieasT
the nrosecntlona of munlclDal thlevea . ...,.. .... . .Z v. roruana, uregon,
hV pr.iir m M..n,,n th. f0rm. ttZ.Tr,"fZr pathy to the town on the
- i uuuer iuo irgiem woicu ina israr i . . . .
Urea Of rallvlnn an.1 IHaal thlnir.
Bo It happene that there are Those wh
feel that to anmlc nl wirinn on a
Axtenda avm. I a lactc or tne sense or the
extenas , eym- f tn,M of thlng, whll other g00 pH
MMMwa biub aa J dldau w aa 11.11 ,. laish mar a a a a a w. a. a . a f b v ni bvii l inmsr
La Fcllette in Wisconsin, exposures commends. -If the neoni ran t con"nenn?WD,cn
ct a saturnalia of thievery in all v' w" namea, ana ai me same imim
parts of the country prepared the them out Into high places, they will
way. Mr. Roosevelt seized the Idea be no worse . off than tha ara nnv
i i a . -j . i.v .v. I i ' ' '
bcjiou ii, auu iiuBueu n wnu to a large proportion of men in
ooianess oi a uoia uncompromising high places, especially in the senate.
nature, it ugntea a oiaze tnat nas
spread until the-whole country is
In conflagration for which no mere
man, but only an imperishable idea,
could have furnished the fuel. A
torch is in every hand except those
of enlrenched and dishonest wealth.
To hold that Mr. Roosevelt is the
only man who can lead and admin
ister this sentiment Is error. Ideas
are bigger than men and more po
tential. It Is the Idea and the country-wide
demand that tbe govern
ment shall be drawn back to Its his-
THE PARAMOUNT NEED.
T
Journal throughout Its brief attorney material.
me or jess tnan six years has often
told and shouted, in all forms and
expressions of which it was Apable.
In the meantime immigration in
quite encouraging volume has come.
but only a driblet In comparison with
to apeak of bualneaa on I
tend to dwell alternately
nartmtnli tha nrantlnal I
congratulations that the disaster was "fl thtr,
no worse. V lin throua the life we feel that
. i i ii ii manufacture and -the market, money
... . v , . . , , a..- making land trading tend to blunt the
VUiua uu raiseu a iuau ui fw,-1 iinar . aenaiDUltlea and act as a hlaai
(100,000 for building 700 miles of lIif IJ1,"" ' our Jl
. . f. ......... . I while, on the other hand, we are aure
wii in me or weaia la unrittea for I
ouaineas. I
The result of this separation and ap-
parent antayonlam la that we cannot!
aeveiop our iivea ymmetrlcallyi we ara j
irn vj voniiiciina- purpoaea; we raui
to see any Ideal ends In bualness or to
find anv nranllral valuaa In . rallvlnn I
I Rellf Ion ' without bualneaa tenda to
areamy, purpoaeleaa moral enervation;!
ouaineae wunout ideal ends
railroad, which Is Indubitable evi
dence that she is awakening.
kkd o; more population It-Is possible that aa a graft ex
in all parts of Oregon Is an old piorer Lincoln Steffens is more of a
story and slogan, that The success than as a judge of district I Jn.4 any. praotlcai values in .religion.
Hymns to Know
The Night Watches,
By Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould.
rTVhll Ih. ntf O.hln. narlna1 rimilil
liim KrHHi wavn wninn rnia .v. a.veimi. I . . . . . ,
torlo foundations, and it will be done best state in tha 7ZyZ 7 . 7T J, . . Z. IZ
a.. .' ,. ,JDe8t t la the union reasonably tingulshed student of medieval lore and
. i,.Co.., .v.. InvUe8 mythology, he is known to many thou-
no man can uo riecut-u wuu is uui,
by his life and acts, a pledge.
alma to
groaaness and materialism. '
We need to BDlrltualiaa all nur acta.
our. whole lives, our bualneaa, our work,
par pleasures by giving them moral In-
leni ana vaiue, so as to uairy tne sacred
and the secular, the utilitarian, and the
Ideal by making each serve tbe other. .
1 It does not make ao much difference
whether a man . ia engaged In money
inaaing or in writing poems ana pictur
ing tne rair areams or natter tninga;
wisest would be to adjust standards
so the education we can afford will
best serve those for whom it Is In
tended in Oregon, rather than at
tempt to make Jt agree with stand
ards in other states. If the avenue
to. all colleges of the state must be
through the high school, the masses
will be hurt. It would be the under
taking of the impossible, and its con
sequences would be grave.
A widely diffused education Is
better for the state, ana better for
the republic than would be a . few
educated and many Ignorant. The
fixing of arbitrary: regulations that
would lengthen and narrow the road
to learning would be a grave mis
take. The more colleges that are
kept within reach of the common
alty. . and the broader the avenue
that leads to them, the better and
safer.
PORTUGAL.
W
REPRESENTATIVE TAWNEY, life must be spent, in getting readv
chairman of the committee on to live.
appropriations, warns congress! To seek at this time to establish
f that jt xaust exercise ecqnomy, in Oregon standards equivalent to
, or there will be a big deficit this those of older and more populous
year. And, the first thing heard from states, is Impossible. It is the fad of
the leaders in this connection, the college presidents and college facul
only way they can think of in which ties to desire that their institutions
x to economize,' is to pass no river and shall have courses as high as the
harbor bill and no public building highest. It is more often a question
bills. We hear of no effort to econ- of pride than of sound judgment and
dmlze In any other way or to raise rationalism. More than 20 per cent
, more revenue in ways that would of the districts in some of the coun
not additionally burden tbe people ties of Oregon have but four months
.generally, as could easily be done, of school per yean Because wretch-
but the rivers and harbors must I dly undopaid for lack of available
; wait. , This win oe pleasing to the .money, teachers are scarce and often
railroads, and therefore furnishes a incompetent, Oregon has a popula
fine excuse. . -;- tlon Of about 600,000 and an area of
This 1 false economy. By delay 96,000 square miles, an average of
ing work already in progress the j six people per square mile.' It ls'lm-
gorernment win lose millions, and by possible for us at this Unas to set
putting j otr other work the people up and maintain standards of edu
areTbeingi refused a right far too cation equal to those in states hav
long delayed already. It is their Ing an average of S 00 or. 400 per
money; in various ways they have square mileV, We have to consider
plainly and loudly declared in favor the vast masses of children In the
of the use of 156,000,000 a year for remote districts, and answer- the;
E COMPLAIN a good deal
about our government, and
not without cause, but
when we look at the people
of poor little Portugal we may thank
our stars that we are not they. A
little nation of about 5,000,000 peo
ple, less than each of several of our
most populous states contain, most
of them poor and able, to produce
little beyond the necessaries oi life,
have to maintain a vastly expensive
and shamefully dissolute monarchy,
with a numerous court of grandees
trying to rival old Spain or France
under the empire, a cortez beside
which our congress would shin as
a collection of saints, and an army
of public functionaries, perhaps 10
time- the number we have in this
country, in proportion to population.
Undor such conditions taxation has
of course become unendurable, the
poasantry being Wt scarcely jucugh
to keep body and soul togetuer, and
the country is in debt to the point of
bankruptcy. So there have been
some weak and so far futile attempts
at revolution. A dictator whom the
horrible king has permitted to take
charge of affairs may work some re
form, but the condition of the people
seems well-nigh hopeless. Portu
guese in tnis country should be
thankful for such an "asylum."
sents them and the people generally;
and if not so suited will vote for the
Democratic candidate If he suits
them better.
The party name and party plati
tudes and party- claptrap and party
false pretenses will go a less dlstaace
this year than ever before.
It is of course largely a question sands through his beautiful hymns.
of means of th Host kind nf f. When first published this was called
oi nieano oi tne nest Kina or er- ..Evanlng Hymn tor Mions." Now tt
fort. In a word, tbe problem is to la sung frequently by congregations
the question Is thie, la the money mak
Ing for the sake of the money or foi
eome nign ana wortny enar wnnt
Is the motive that Impels either the!
dealer In douara or the dealer In I
dreams T . I
Our Ideala visions, asnlratlons. and!
our religion become most damaging If
they fall to find expreaslon In conduct I
and work; lacking the practical, they
result In a character that is Mtiaried
with contemDlatlna the aood lneiead of
reallslnar It The- man who sink h!al
aoui in dollars an ay personally ue not
worse than he who allows It to atrophy I
wnue ne areams.
17 ..a Im Mllwlnrt fa th. Awnaml,. aral
the motives that bear men on and buoyl
them up to do the toll, bear tne Uurdena.i
atand in tha fiaht of daily llvlnif : here!
are the visions that lift our eyes from!
the desk and the machine, from profits!
and discounts, and help us to see thel
worthy prises or lire.
No man could become a saint by sap-
ara tin hlmaelf from this world's tur
moil, and reading his Bible alon; nei-l
titer can any man una acrengm unui
tahllltv for llfa'a bualneaa and Ottttle.l
wards, unless he sees through Its dol-I
waraa, unless ne sees tnrougtin na ooi-i
lars and its airt tne moral nia oi aui
this world's work. .... . I
This noisy mm or aaiiy living may cei
the greatest blessing we know; It l thf
or fori
a candidate who, they think, repre- gnow Oregon in advance to millions v'yhere as the closing hymn.
IF JONATHAN SHOULD Am.
0'
UR JONATHAN wants to go to
ther Chicago convention, and
wants the delegation instruct
ed to vote first, last and all
the time for Roosevelt. ' Suppose
the Oregon convention should grant
his request, and suppose the Chicago
convention should stampede to
Roosevelt, and that the president
should accept and be elected. What
a strangle hold Jonathan would then
have, on the Oregon patronage. He
would be the master of ceremonies
at Washington, and the chief dis
penser of pap to the Oregon breth
ren. Schuebel would loom on the I
horizon and alight in an office that
would make the district attorneyship
look like 30 cents. As for Brother
U'Ren, nothing within the gift of the
grand old party would be too good
for him. Jonathan would see that
he landed in a foreign mission, if
not. Indeed, In a cabinet portfolio.
of eastern people. We must do
that. We talk a great deal among
ourselves, but we hear the Bound of
otjr own voice. But while express
ing this atom of pessimism, we rec
ognize and realize the good work
our commercial organizations partic
ularly in Portland, but also through
out the state, are doing. They have
done a good deal, but we believe
ten times as much can be done dur
ing the next year or two and more
particularly for district and county
organizations other than those of
Portland.
We stand ready to defend, or
rather, to applaud, the work of the
Portland organizations, especially.
if we may particularize, the Com
mercial club; they have carried the
whole state's bnrdens in this
and in others, too, for years,
the benefit of Portland except as the
state benefited equally or more; but
Now the day Is over.
Night Is drawing nigh
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Jeiius grant the weary
Calm and sweet repoae:
With thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Grant to little children
Visions bright of thee;
Guard the aallore tossing
On the deep, blue sea.
Comfort every sufferer
Watching late In pain;
Thoae who plan some evil
From their sine restrain.
Through the long night watches
May thine angels spread
Their white wlnga above me.
Watching round my bed.
When the morning wakens.
Then may I arlss,
Pure and freah'.- and sinless
In thy holy eyes. ,
.nnnrlnnlfv rnt Tna ,vnr,.4lnti nr oil-
hlrheat ideals, for the translation Of
. T. L n , OA . j. religion Into terms of dally Jiving; it'
l respect Party Lines Wiped Out In State and u the place where character !s moulU- ii
, not for N.tioru b? ? atraaa. its c to the stronj will
P.I1Q IIS rilBllllUlU ULIAf IUII1VIV. .V. lit.
service of all mankind by eson man in,
his place.
ii m 111
Sentence Sermons
OBJECTIONS TO THE
' LAW.
PRIMARY
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BOUTELL'S BLUFF.
M
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10 years for Inland . waterwava h.
sides liberal Appropriations for har
bors. Their voice is almost nnanl
mous, 'from Maine to Texas, from
Oregon to Florida; 'yet Mr. Tawney,
and Speaker Cannon, and other lead
ers sayi g We : must ,ecboooUse
This is no economy. The people
are suffering ' losses of millions a
year because there1 are not enough
railroads, and tetp of millions be
cause the railroads charge exorbitant
rates, and the situation will con
stantly, grove .worse. '.'They know
question of how fares it with them.
We have to consider the boy .there,
and elsewhere, who from ' lack of
means, or because he helped to edu
cate, others in the family, got be
hind. In short, we have to deal with
the danger and the consequences of
making our education too fine span
' We should as far as possible keep
it within the reach of the common
herd. We should maintain a state
university .where the best education
should be obtained, but a duty is due
the commonalty. The policy that is
E PRESENT ATI VE BOUTELL of
Illinois, in a colloquy with
Champ Clark of Missouri de
clared, with the dramatic ora
tory of the spellbinder, that every
Republican In the united States
would vote for the Republican nom
inee, whomsoever he might be rfor
Cannon, preferably; for Fairbanks,
for Knox, for Taft, for Hughes, for
Cortelyou for anybody labeled a
Republican.
, Notice that Mr. Boutell did not
say why this would be done; why all
the men who have been Republicans
or so class themselves politically up
to date, would not think or exercise
Intelligence, but would vote for any
yellow dog" or "interest" candi
date, nor did he assume to have any
warrant from eveuSany part of them
for making such a statement. It
was only an ebullition Of partisan
froth, both light and stale.
Bluntly 6tated, under any circum
stances, Boutell Is a proclalmer of an
untruth. ,What he says will happen
will not ' happen, no matter who is
nominated. Voters have been Judg
ing and differentiating more and
more; for years, and will do so this
year a gooa aeai more than ever
before. ' A vast number of Repub
lican voters will be suited only with
HE Indianapolis Star finds two
great and, in its opinion, suf
ficient objections to the Ore
gon primary law. The first
is that it abolishes parties, especially
the majority party." That is, it de
stroys party organization, or ren
ders it difficult. The second is that
men who represent party principles
do not get the Important offices. The
Star says: "Men who ought" to be
in high office are not there. Once
they would be nominated by the
consulting judgment of responsible
party managers, Intent on the
achievement of party principles
through the elevatiou of men who
believe in those principles, . to
power."
But if we admit that there is some
force in these objections, we cannot
forget what party organization and
adherence to professed "principles"
have done, and are doing in other
states. Now, in entirely too many
cases, men who ought not to be In
high offlce are there. Yes, men were
"nominated by the consulting judg
ment" of a few bosses and machine
operators; the offices were traded
off and parceled out; the game was
to a large extent one of graft and
grab rather than of efficient, pure
minded public service, and the peo
ple were the victims. '
But the precious "principles." 0
yes, the people have been hum
bugged most successfully for many
years by verbal fume on the part of
oratorical office seekers. Doubtless
there have been "principles." They
were argued out by' Madison and
Nation.
From the Eugene Guard.
The Oregonlan has justified Its dec-
work of local' development leagues, I laratlon of political Independence by
Immigration bureaus, push clubs, asserting that there is no Kepunuean
etc.. Is also necessary; and some of ?iyu,0TA7XvS W on
them are doing good work. this questlonT Every day adds to thel
t f ... . , . ..contusion among tne warring xacuona
Let us make a suggestion: As of wh,t w Bm.a a Republican party,
soon as you begin, to get good re- Schuebel's appointment to an Important
suits, double both your expenditures
and efforts. It will pay, for every
body except the very old peopl
and others ought to do this much
for them. Of course it will pay for
the non-progresBlve mossbacks, top
but let consolation for that unpleas
ant reflection be found in the fact
that they won't understand or ap
preciate the work, or share in the
true satisfaction of its results. The
Salem Journal says:
There Is nothing the eight counties
of the Willamette valley so much need
as a larger population. A region
large as England, and nearly half as
large as Iowa, has barely 160,000 peo
ple. The Willamette Valley Develop
ment league Is gathering facta of pro
duction to turn the tide In this direc
tion. One thousand facts of production
will constitute the literature that will
do the business. The advertising cam
palgn through 1907 brought 27,216 peo
ple to this state aa a result of the colo
nist rate. During the same months of
1906 the colonist rates brought 16,214,
showing an Increase of 9,001. or, in
round figures, 60 per cent.
This is a little, only a beginning,
Go forward, on broader, more liberal
lines still. If the eight Willamette
valley counties could somehow join
together to spend $500,000 to tell
about themselves to the right peo
ple during the next two years, the
population would in' ten years be
multiplied tenfold, and property
values and products would Increase
in an even greater degree.
So, in a less degree, with the other
sections of the state. . This great
work ought to be carried on both
locally and generally, on a broader,
more liberal, scale. All for one and
one for all, In. this matter in Ore
gon. Get the people; we all agree
on that, we can nearly or suf
ficiently agree on how.' Then do it.
federal position in opposition to three
fourths of the Republican delegation in
congress only emphasises the demoral
isation of what waa once the dominant
party In Oregon, which now consists
of a number of predatory camps, rally
ing around the - personal standard of
some leader like Fulton, Bourne, Geer
or Cake, each distrustful of the other's
purposes. Now at the outset of a State
and national campaign there Is no unity
of purpose, no organization, no advo
cacy of fixed principles, only the frag
ments of a broken machine, from which
the best elements among the voters are
holding aloof, thousands of erstwhile
Republicans preferring to vote for Dem
ocratic candidates as a protest again t
existing conditions. Oregon Republi
canism Is paying the penal ty.of machine
rule, and nothing but chaos may be
Bv Henry F. Cone.
Faith cannot feed on fossilized facts.
i
Conduct is simply character vitalised.:
a
A good lover is sure to be a first clasa
nater.
a
He rejects happiness who refuses alll
sacrifice.
The Father never drove any Into the,
far country.
Ton cannot find a martyr by looking'
in tbe mirror.
It's hard to believe In the goodness O
the grouchy. i
The most wasteful thing In this world:
IS seirisn economy.
e i
mall fellows .so persistently pushing-
their personal claims to the fore with
out discernment, enousrh to know that
the people are tired- and sick of their
self-asserted leadership.
The American Saloon.
From Collier's Weekly.
The American
An Indianapolis paper boasts that
the population of - that city has
Hamilton and Jefferson and ' Web- grown from 228,000 to 235,000 in a
ster and Lincoln, and others; but j year. ' Portland would consider that
how and to what effect have these
principles been applied by the poli
ticians of the past 30 years? Look
over the list of members of congress
today, and find how many stand for
any "principles" such as this term
meant formerly. About the only
"principle" heard of has been "pro
tection," a system of plundering the
many for the benefit of a few.
What principles are to the fore
now? Restriction and control of
trusts and public service corpora
tions, and equal and Just taxation
a snail's pace. If that is the best
the Hoosler metropolis can do, Port
land will overtake it in a year or
two.
saloon Is a rella of
an Institution the like of
which exists in no other country on
the earth. Why does it exist? To fur
nish at retail a commodity danceroua
at best: to extend, and to keen on ex
tending, the sales of brewers and dis
tillers, it prospers nest wnen it can
make two . drunkards arrow where but
one grew before. How nas It protected
Itself in this policy? By gathering to
gether all that Is venal In politics: by
acting as connecting link In our singu
lar American alliance between the cow
ers that prey snd the powers that rule.
The liquor habit Is common, In one form
or . another, to all the occidental peo
nies ' but anecial to lis la that ntfmrtivm
school for deplorable morals and poll
tics, the saloon. And back of that Is
our moat mistaken creed that every-
thlnar Is justified by business. Is the
Individual stockholder In a brewery or a
distillery morally any worse than the
pious, pew-owning shareholder in tha
standard uu eompanv or the American
TODncco comoanyT e. iiko the rail.
road shareholder, pormlta his mmn.
tlon to set in tne sacred name of hunt,
ness. The great corporation, dealing In
necessities of life, may take bread from
hungry mouths. The fruit of mad ex
tension of the liquor trafflo Irf ruined
private health, ruined public soul, and
weaaenea generations to come after.
JV
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a hot seoldtne- front the minister .'fan
hoped for until a strong, capable leader e quickest way to cooi any meeting. ?
onmaa fnrward. whn will fllanlara tha I ! .
Trie soul in aimpiy inai which aveau
the supreme ana tne BUDiime.
Tour use of your leisure often detes-f
mums i it w uKiii,.ic.. v. wu,
t
He can never be more than half edu
cated who is not educated In heart,
a
The greater the opportunity the less"
likely it Is to have an advance agent tI
The religion that does not improver
human relations has no pusiness wit
humanity.
The man who says he Is too noor
give will never be rich enough to b
other than poor in heart.
The church Is almost sure to have
paralysis following a fat over dogma.
a a
There must be something queer abou
any faith that needs perpetual defend
ln- ...
There are too many saints who wouM
rather lead a meeting than follow thelrf
master.
A man's confidence In goodness 11
usually dependent on his own reserves
Infinite love wouM be a mockery
without Infinite hatred of things that
harm. .:.
- --
It's easy to be pious when the chil
dren are asleep ana tne neignoore n
lert town. t v -.-y
There are thoae who when they hea
Gabriel blowing his horn will want trl
know what he gets a day zor uomg mat
it is and will remain to Mr. Taft's
credit that he has done what he
could to Induce congress to remove
the unjust and even , outrageous
Philippine, tariff, but he has failed.
Roosevelt himself has urged that the
Filipinos be accorded the simple Jus
tice of free trade with this country,
whose 'subjects or chattels they are.
This Date In History, t
I486 War declared between Franoe
and England.
1747 8artuel Parr, English literary
celebrity, tiorn. Died March 8, 1825.
1802 Robert Smith of Maryland be
came secretary of the United States
navy. - "
1837 Michigan admitted to statehood.
1881 Louisiana seceded from the
union. ' .'';
1888 Andre Bienvenu Roman, one of
Louisiana a ramous vreoie governors,
died In New Orleans. Born March 6,
i too. '
1171 George Ticknor, historian, died.
orn August 1. 171. ; - ,
1886 General Gordon ("Gordon Pa
sha") killed at Khartoum. , ,
1888 Fall of the Salisbury; ministry
In England.;, ;.,:; .'v- 'V .r,,'.:.. t'..y.
fjtot-'a killing frost at Mvrtle Creek
yet this winter, nays the Mail. The
thermometer atood at 70 In the shade
Wednesday. Only one . light fait of
nnv. '- Snmt Irinda nf hurrtaa rlna Waa,
potatoes smiling on the vines. Stock In
rood Condition without winter feed In
and green graas everywhere. , 1
; James K. Biggins' Birthday, j
James H. Hlggins, who was recentlyf
nauaurated as governor-of Rhode Js4
land for a second term, waa born in thf
town of Lincoln, R. January is, is7i
Left fatherless at the age of 13. younaf
Higglns was the main support of th4
ram u y, consisting or a momer ana tnre
children. . He worked his way througrt
tne nign, scnooi or rawiucaet ana inert
attenaea crown university. - xie graau-t
ated.frora Brown in 1898 and spent the
two following years at the Georgetown!
university law1 school. After graduatlnRf
from the latter institution he returned!
to Rhode Island ana was admitted to
the bar. He began hlspolitical careeij
in 1103 as a raeraoer or-tne jttnoae is
Und house; of representatives. In. No
Vember of the same year he was elected!
mayor of pawtucaet oy me largest pi
alltv aver received by a candidate
mayor of that city. In 1906, whll
still holdlnc ... the . office of .-mayor... hi
was elected governor of Rhode Ialandl
on tne democratic ticaet and waa, re-j
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