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EDITOEIAIj EVGE OP TUB elOUKN THE JOURNAL ''. A!f ' ' INDEPENDENT KEW8PAPEB, C JACKSON. ...Fubltobar JahlltBe awry, evening , (except Htmdr) aed rrrjr naoaar SWOBiir. ai in orni m... - las, jTUla and rblH atraata. Portlaad, Or, - Entered at ba eoatorrica at Portland. Or., for tranauUakM tareuga lb Bulla aa arcou4-clM BMitar,- . rCLEtBONKS MAIN TITS. HOME, A-SOM. U departments reached by theaa sambai. Tall tbe open tor Ota department rmj want, Kast Side tttie. B-2444: Eaat KW. rOKEION ADVEBT1SINQ REPRESBNTATITE .Vroalaad-Brajamla Special Adrrrttalnf Agaaey. pninawirl Buliaiox. xa una hhw, na;, Cnteafo. lldlDC. York; Tribune Building Siihaerlptlao Term by mail to any addraas ' hi tba United Btalea. Canada or Mtileo. I,"-Y- - ... ' Ona rair tt.OO I On month I .50 v ,. . si;kha v On raar 12.50 I One monlb I .33 . . .. . DAft.V AVD SL'MIAV. ' Oh' aaar.. IT.W I Ooa moots I .85 bo that while the farmers would be benefited the country merchants co old hold their own with the big city merchants. Thus It is believed that nobody would be materially In jured except the rapacious express companies, while the rural popula tlon would be the chief beneficiaries All European countries and Canada where corporations do not run the governments, have 'had the parcels post to a greater extent, that is, carry larger packages, than the postmaster general proposes, for many years and would not. think of giving it up IRRESISTIBLE FORCE' OF PROGRESS WANTED LEADERS. k ' ' Keep thy . heart . with all . diligence, for put of it are the Issues ot life. Proverbs. LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. -6& T rllE OREGONIAN says: "Doubt less Mr. Chamberlain will be the nominee of bis party for senator. In the primary he ' ' may be expected to get one third ' of the r whole vote. The other two - thirds will be divided between Ful ton and Cake. One or other of these will have the plurality; and then we shall expect Chamberlain to get the majority of the popular vote; and if Statement No. 1 shall be the rule of action for members of the legis lature, he will be elected senator by that, body," as a Democrat though ' two. thirds of the' people of Oregon ,' are 'Republicans. Is this the way to arrive at the people's choice? Is this representative government. It" Is exactly the way, the right ' way, ' without considering at all whether the successful man is a Democrat or a Republican, because the people of Oregon' will choose him; he. will be representative of a majority ot them. If two thirds of the voters of Oregon are'Republl cans, it" will be very easy for them to elect a Republican senator. They will have a candidate, one chosen not by a. few bosses -in consequence of ' bargains and boodle, .but by a ma jority .or., plurality , of the Republi can voters themselves. If, how ever, enough Republicans, for rea sons satisfactory to themselves, - should vote for the Democratic can' didate to elect htm, then he should be the senator. -It-makes no dif ference that, his politics does not suit' the Oregonlan, or ' Republican leaders, or the majority of the leg' Islature; he suits the majority of the people of Oregon; that Is an suf fi . dent, i1- They, have deliberately, in telligently, conscientiously chosen him; 'and for half a hundred .men in the legislature not to carry out their ' wllK is a denial ot representative government. ' The Oregonian's argument is that " all Republicans are in duty bound always to vote for the Republican . candidates for every office, with- N out any thought, discrimination, or independent individual volition whatever. And if, in the case of senator, they will not do this, then (ha legislature should nullify their votes by electing a man, in the case stated or any like case, whom - the people had rejected, and rejecting a man whom the people had elected. ; The federal constitution makes this , possible, but to that extent it In fringes on true representative gov- , ernment, and departs entirely from , - true democracy. ' '- Why not leave it to the people? With two thirds or three fourths of the voters of the state Republicans, .what has. a good, fit Republican candidate to fear? If with two votes -to one, as far as party is concerned, ' In his favor to start with, isn't it rather ridiculous that he, or his supporters, or the organs of his party, or the party leaders, should " ' at ' the , outset fear Hhe result, not dare to leave the matter in the peo ple's hands? - Statement No. 1 simply means: 1 Let the people elect. Refusal to ' accept that statement means elec tion by the legislature, ox a holdup, .or a deadlock, and bargaining and boodling " and bribery, and a sac rifice.'' oti the state's Interests and neglect ot. its business perhaps throughout the whole session. Which do the people want? -Ifvthey want to elect their own senator whether Republican or Democrat It is not in the least in-order now to dls cuss or inquire then ; they must elect Only Statement No. 1 men to the legislature. This Is the whole question. Party v at "present has nothing to do with It. It may fair ly be presumed; that, a Republican , will be elected by the people, but if not that Is their own business. They havea right to elect a socialist or a prohibitionist If theyjwant to. Let , the people decide. ' . ! P ASS1NO EVENTS accentuate the Importance of leadership in public life. Baker City, for instance, is in the unenviable position of nullifying laws because Mayor Johns is waiting for the peo ple to show him they want laws en forced. Mayors ought to be men to lead, not to be led. . It is the in clination of the people to be fol lowers. They will always follow a man with conviction of right and the good American grit to stand for his convictions. . Theodore Roosevelt is Illustrious, and is widely popu lar, because he did not wait for the people to show him what they wanted. He grasped an idea, he convinced himself that it was right, and nailed It boldly to his banner. He made it his policy, and appealed ko his countrymen for Indorsement. They followed where he led, even thousands upon thousands of them I T IS time for those who take a narrow view ot the capabilities of the common people of this country, to widen their horlion. Self-sufficiency and self-assumed superiority in knowledge and capac ity are out of date. Kings, knights and feudal barons once ruled the world because they monopolised military skill, but the Invention of gunpowder broke their power. Their spirit of assumed superiority has, however, come down through the ages, and is manifest in Portland and in Oregon today. Monks once had a monopoly on learning, but the print ing press overthrew their monopoly, Still, in a constantly diminishing form, self-sufficiency Is abroad In the land, and Its favorite manifests tion Is to look on the plain people as a rabble ot Incompetents. The old Idea of the superiority of one man over another was deep rooted, but the leveling process is forever on The "higher-ups" are graduating downward, and the rabble multitude Is trending upward. The little red school bouse Is the great leveler. The bluff and bluster of the self- constituted over-class, small and al leged select, has become time-worn. The farmer, magazine and news paper in hand, by bis fireside, knows few things. In the grange, and In the neighborhood meetings, he catches vivid glimpses of public questions of social and economic character. The worklngman in his were Republicans, and he led them into support of doctrines that bad labor union familiarizes with prob been and are Democratic. I lems Immediately concerning himself Even a greater Instance of leader- In political science. The laborer in ship is that of Mr. Bryan. He has every activity has his hour for a never waited to be shown. Some-glance at the newspaper. Every times he may have been wrong, but home, no matter how humble, has it is the universal agreement mat its reading circle. Tne day of il mostly he was right. He became literacy is vanishing like a mist he- nationalized while yet a very young fore the morning sun. man, and youth Is not always as cer- Tet as he thinks of these common tain In Judgment as maturity. His unpretentious folk, the politician devotion to a principle as he sees feeds himself on his own vanity, It has exercised enormous influence and declares they cannot be trusted in pointing out wrongs and weak- to elect United States senators. The nesses in government and In awak- mighty editor of a . country news- j enlng the public conscience of the American people. ley will not have to spend so muchlment out of which to make a cam Lincoln led. The government could time getting pensions that he cannot paign issue, and the bill is not like not exist, half slave, half free. He put In a good deal of time and effort ly to pass this session. It failed at believed it, said It, and stood for in behalf of the free locks. Oregon the last session, and, seeing that it It.- He was abused and covered with has appropriated $300,000, perhaps provided for training for school boys vituperation, but he won. He won, about hajf the necessary amount, rather than for colonels and cannon, because the people will recognize which is a good deal for a state it is not-likely to pass this1 one, and follow, truth. Like Mayor Johns, small in population to do, and this they wait to be shown. ought to make an Impression on the The safety of the country and Its committee and on congress. We institutions Is a mere question 'of shall not complain if Mr. Hawley true leaders, and honest leadership, gets 100 pensions a day, if he has so The great masses are honest, and many constituents deserving of them, their Judgment sound. The farmer but Insist that tens of thousands of paper 'seises his pencil and writes of them that they are tan ignorant buyable rabble through whom the "money-bags' can- buy. his way into the senate. Other so-called superior persons ' declare .. them incompetent to vote on measures under the initia tive and referendum, and insist that the right to do so should be taken from them. All this we see and hear daily In Oregqn, passing strange as it may seem. Perhaps, our self-appointed "high er-ups" of superior knowledge, su perior honesty and superior capacity are not,' after allv entirely at fault When our federal constitution was launched this spirit of distrust of the commonalty was so great that out of 4,000,000 of population, only about 120,000 had, the right to vote, The ballot was restricted, because the people wer' feared. The more opulent classes thought the small farmers,' frontiersmen and laborers had not the sagacity to participate in government. The rich slave traders thought these plain folk would not have conscience enough to vote right. Tne wealthy mer chant, profiting out of bis relations and his Influence with government, thought it better for the rabble peo ple to have no say in public affairs. And so. In a diminishing degree the boast and swagger has come down to the present day, declaring that common people cannot be trusted The old dogmatic order of things is clung to as drowning men cling to wreckage. . But it cannot continue. It is not the natural order for one man to be above another. It is not human des tiny to have a ruling class and a ruled class. Progress forbids It, civilization protests against it, and nature rejects it. Jackson rose out of the loins of the rabble and smote It Lincoln, Incarnated embodiment of the rabble class and transcendent spirit of the commonalty, discredit ed It The times and common sense repuldate it, and the sequel will re buke it would very soon, walk easily out, of (try. That Is, if. Taft cannot bo nom the valley, of depression. The see- lnated on an early ballot, and the retary of the treasury estimates that convention is not irresistibly stam during the "panic" .period proper peded for Roosevelt; Hughes will be nearly 1300.000,000 was taken out! more In favor than it ho had kept of circulation and hoarded. A good silence instead of making deal of that has not-got back into I speech. The people have -a good circulation yet, but the real money I deal ot confidence in him stringency is pretty well over. The principal trouble now is that a mul- , it Is difficult to imagine Mr. Taf ermon t or, Tod ay VThe Eteiial Win.; 1 5 By Henrv w. rnn Th will ha r1nn In Mh mm It I In this heaven ."Matt. vlOO. OW easy it Is for th strona; to drid the petition, "Thy will be done" and to reject it the cry or a weakling or a coward. Tak en by itaelf It mar sound Jlke H T CONTENTMENT. HINGS ARE not distributed around equally in this world, by natural or as some might say by divine law. Some rmn- In his Isolated home has nothing to his constituents desire his hardest pie apparently have a nunflrfinfrv nt gain from dishonest fgovernment and and best work to. be done in behalf what are generally accounted rood Knows u. i-nere win ub uv ui- 01 me iree iocks, wnicn wouiu Dene- ana aesirable things while nth am honest government with his knowl- at them all, and not only a few edge or consent. The danger is that he, and the other widely separated EDUCATION BETTER THAN BAT- members of his class in society, the laborers, mechanics and other hum ble folk are remote from political activity, and that is why, when a man comes with a message, they heed and approve. The land fraud- TLESHIPS. A have scarcely a sufficiency of neces saries, do the best they may. Some can take life easy, and travel, and view a multitude of interesting scenes aDroad, and gratify a taste PROPOS of the agitation for 1' they have it for art, or amuse- industrial training in Oregon ments of any kind; but for the ma schools, a bill is pending in Jority it is a workaday life. Work conereas. that, with a small ing, eating, sleeping: stearlv and I 1 V... kA I . . . I 1 ... ibis prospertu iui wiuc, uuv change of detail, would materially monotonous l0. an ever-present masses dldn t Know . u was me ald ! goivina- the problem. The bill "rood of petty cares; chains of cir United States senators, the congress- DroDOses federal aid for technical cumstance that bind within low and men, and the land department offi- secondary education in agriculture, narrow limits, if not very tightly ciais ana special agents mai Knew mechanic arts and home economics, "is is Uie common lot. Happy he It. It was an official class, an ag- It DroDOses the same kind of train- who does not vainly and foolishly gregation of bosses and henchmen insr - tnat i tne 8tate colleees of struggle, who does not envv or rA- that looked on at tne spectacle wun agriculture and mechanic arts in Pine, who, having enough for ac- perfect unconcern, ana aosoiuieiy tne varioug states, but Is secondary tual needs and comfortable domestic without protest. Mr. Heney spose ln character. The institutions would ties, and a conscience void of uh the truth when he said a government De ln fact and i name. Industrial nsnal offense. Is therewith content: conducted br such officials cannot hlgh gchoo with the industrial fea- who desires only what with reason- survive, out must ran. ah tnese tures 8ur)Dorted bv the federal eov- able effort he can obtain and use disclosures in the federal courts ernment. The bill provides one for with profit and pleasure;, who in point a stern accusing finger at any each 10 countieg under which Ore- stead of repining and becoming sour system wnereiu men cic.attu gon worJid De entitled to three. Decause ne cannot have and be and into puDHC position on inner man merit. If a leader like Folk, like La Follette, or scores of others had. titud. of people are. spending just ending such a message to congress aTJSC as little as they, possibly , can. even i that sent by the president Frl- not dare t0 nbei or doe- M o people to whom the consequent aav: day, or making the vigorous, aggres- Question some' overwhelming force. -' Ing makes 'no ultimate appreciable aTe war upon dishonesty in high la it our part to submit like' blind difference.. The railroads have got business places that the president slaves, to acknowledge that the will of this economizing microbe, badly, has made. Taft may be ln accord th mMt high la right and beat simply Other kings of industry and finance generally with Roosevelt's policies, buaewe know it is mightier than our have It. It has "caught" all along but Taft Is not Roosevelt, nor like KaS'ofuriu'Serl the line, a good deal worse than the Roosevelt, and could not be if he S'II.br?k,"B' . ?"r, - "',.!" grip. It is In fact 'a disease, and tried. rather than of atrength ln the world." v there Is. no cure for It. Th only - '' We cannot afford to lose the power thing to do is to wait patiently and The president has pointed out to to win. no greater wrong van be done let it" exhaust IJself. But while It congress several thlngi it ought to hcEl,idwtMian t1ftinpt.t?vbrek or lasts It. makes really hard times for do, without delay. He mlncea no for aeif determinate. J Thi?bu?ineM the great army of poor workingmen words ln telling congress :ts duty ln wf0roJnnnedr n' Adnd "?hdTO,a ?d out of employment, who oven under these respects. Nine tenths ot the wm and the wuSJm tS recogniae how I fAvnrahlft conditions: have' to anend twwtnla ntlrAl am-a a with him. He much depande every moment on their air they earn as they go along and voices the people's wish and will, f Btbmiy.ni5niione wntVake TaTnt!: have little or nothing laid up as a But congress will do little or notn- tn oetore that which is protection against such a fear-wave tag. wMy '.t'fa.ViSg tT1!? among the rich. '- tei wlt,aM weakllnga. Tne em- . But this will be a narrow and not Won't It fairly make a lot of the ttftX''X LlSr! etrata of aplnaleaa people ln religion! and have turned from it manv who re-1 a very rlnen 'valley- of depression as delegates to the next Republican con compared with most of Its - prede- ventlon sick to "heartily Indorse Mumn Tn ftraavin oroAnt na to I anlondlrl drill natrlotlr! admlnlstra-1 aourcea of Btrcnirth anil wlaHnm .. ' . . . i . n i. iiTnM1! I now orien la aubmlaalnn no mnn than me worKingmen out oi employment uon oi ineoaore itooaeyeiu , deceDtlve evnonvm for inth tnougn tnat tact nas us eiiect ou i many oi mem neea to uuto euuie mmumf mm mev are piouaiy yielding -ii u-. t it I. ...rMiT .tn.. Kifr. vhan thAv hnv to.th? divine will when they are only it hum v uuouiv .v j ...wUBl , I reruaina; to make the exertion of willing noticeable. But what can't be cured to swallow such a resolution as at an for themaeives. The can of hign- h n.irATl. If one can do thatT !r r"10."1" "r .thoae who will hlgRly AUMHW a v waiaiai I I rttBlll VH wnn ronSISnilV rlatm In H,nA I anything to cure an 111 that Is hlsj - , reaoiutely aet their, facea to better! duty; whether he can or cannot, let Brother Ellis is also securing a th)".f: nr-va, . t. J mm DO cneertUI ana a cuuiouieu u tcm mauj ireusiuui ui wuomod w amyiur, Bayinjr since meae mings muat possible. Even that helps. pensions. Meanwhile the situation be 1 tLl iUS bd tu luti emu cuai auu iua vtw oi oeierminaiion. me prayer that wllia OREGON'S CHOICE. gon City locks Is unchanged; mere "l"?.",? Is nonnews that anything ln partKU- liberately. gladly in the way and' will hic RAT pm .TniTRMAT, makpa lar is belnsr down In their behalf. orneaven. v-ww--.--- - i - i rsi nrta ra n rriiifF rrm aumh .e the following statements: I , . blindly. There may be tlmea when It T Present indications are that A doctor advises people o chew l""1. wh" h Y?'?.1" Shki"? ... . ... Ma I , , . , , , . .1 1 "R uon nuu i-i i o tj cb ai, uiinnivu uregon win sena a sona i ait i tne water tney arinx peiore mi- wun tears, out it is apoken then be- delegatlon to the national Republl- lowing It. This would have been can convention. There are some easier in the old days when we used preferences expressed for Hughes, Willamette river water but the ereat mass of Republicans have absolutely no second choice. M6st of the Republican senators 8no "which movie thuh . The leaders in this state are rapidly affected not to listen to the presl- through bioanominir flower and dashing ti v I ""'i mroua:n eiemeniai rorce and nu iui.iuoui.aii;, me man pity and love, that law that leadul reuse we have learned in days whenl me way was plain and the heart was I light that the way of that will was, I after all and always, the best. I We desire that the eternal will should! be done because that eternal will Is but! ,, HI catching onto the situation and are dent's message. declaring themselves for Taft . be- big stick was belaboring them un- to larger life; to fight against it onl cause he is the people's choice. If mercifully. ft" ?nr, '1 .Tm'h". pny,,c,u- left to a direct primary, Taft would 1 The secret of living la in finding out! nrrv Hr.irnn lh. n nna nro. .11 Pant offlc mIh are not the OBlV lm" a'""'? willing II W M 7 - - ours, in amcovertns; the beat and rhythml other aspirants. While a few will bank wreckers. Sometimes the mis- of the universe and setting our songs inl want a trading delegation to hand guided attacks of anewspaper work "'spite' ofhTnuniverhe7 but b over to some dark horse, the sentl ment of the state demands an In structed Taft delegation." This is. only one man's opinion, and he supplies no data as to his sources of Information. We are In clined to agree with the first state ment, buts doubt the others. Taft even greater injury to the depos- cause we are borne along on'ita tideal oi run lire. ltors. H ymns to Kn ow The proposition for federal aJd Lo all that some others are and do for secondary technical training is instead of the creature Schmitz, been to bf commended. More money PVanHaen what In- HPel- cuueauon anu lees ior oai- and have, looks below and around him and Is thankful that bis station and condition In life are no worse. These are trite generalities on the " THE PARCELS POST.?'; TONOALLAt reader asks , The parcels post , cnaer tne nree- ent. law, packages of only four pounds can be sent : - through the malla. The postmaster-general ' de sires to make it lawful to send pack ages up to" 11 pounds,.; the same as may be done to foreign couniries, 'at the same rt ouuCe,twhich would ;be: much lower -than express rates. . IIli plan also includes cheap delivery ot packages .from,.' Interior joiU ttrousUout the rural districts,, ... ,..i j I tleshlps would be sounder bulldlne haT been 8 snared If Hughes or 'or the future The advantage ot old lesson of the value of content- ?mMltJMirB information as to how to increase ment. of making, the best of things, Srfnn?n5 l ot PenSnacker lh productivity of soil over Inform- that has a great' variety of had, Inspeaa oi ennypacKer, Deen - ' nnertlal anniicatinTia ami aanfatinna raivn- TnnnRv1vnnla what mil- na iu uuw 10 buck a unyonei -5 - -v-mo. Hons Tmo through a fellow creature as a na- one thihg many envied people 1J , V A u.!i u v n, tional economy, is obvious. A na- are no better contented than those rLlldineits state ousT Men of tlon skilled in industrial and home who envy them. Whenever a panic ibta i t m whafthe crnW winL economics is more valuable to it- or a financial stringency occurs, the SnTS -M to the world than one load- Piod of depression is prolonged be- rare in public offices because the ed down with the trappings and -l '! 'or ,tB I:!! II. xaa th ,r. Uinery of war. If some of the mil- existence by the hoarding and sav lliau iv, r I ,. . ... . , . . I no- thtt iitpnrnni, o-nA iioub ucvolku 10 armaments couia 1 "v,.uiy,uS uu. ioi-xuuuu, be diverted by conKress to industrial of a 8reat number of rich or well-to- education In the states, a great pub- do people, who, do not need to. save lie end would be served. In this re- and acimp at all. There are thou spect, the pending bill appeals most anis of families ln the country who strongly to sound Judgment. are now expending only half "Or two- Modified, however, it would vast- tniras as mucn as they would spend tlsanship and dirty politics. They will be more in office hereafter be cause we are being taught by fed eral courts, by exposure of rotten ness and graft everywhere, that true leadership, manhood and merit are first essentials In public position, and 1 . . . .. ",D; " " 1 rrworfhia ly better serve its purpose. The sum " tnere naa neen no panic or strln that a party brana is as worthless I'- . eon wouS r:ce.vonroneTW gency, but whose incomes are as as a castoff porous plaster. For mayors, for governors, and for every public place, men are wanted with brains to discern, conscience to guide and courage to execute. R PEKSIOKS AND LOCKS. EPRESENTATIVE HAWLEY Is getting many pensions, or in- divided, "would be enough to estab-Iar8e as ever, or who at least have li8h industrial departments in al- n0 reaI need or occasion thus to most every high school in the state, economize, a. man with a million "It would go far enough, that a wl cneaper rood, or discharge little added taxation where high a servant or two, or forego a. trip schools are maintained would af- ana ln various ways economize, even ford eood secondary courses in aeri- though his fortune is Invested in culture, mechanic arts and home ec- giltedge bonds drawing as high, a onomlcs, as the bill provides. The rat of Interest as ever. This fear rroa-ea of nensions. for his con- tralnlne would then be brought with- or. over-caution is a sort of Infection, Mtnnf anii'iiMa fair tn nut. in '.the reach of r. far greater nam- that works awhile after "confidence An VI- nrAa.ammnr In ihim 1lnA nflhtr nf hnVB and BTlrlS than IS DOS81- " U"C11 VI BUUU1U USIS UBCB TB- congresslonal activity. This is well enough, If the beneficiaries are de serving old soldiers, as. we take it tor , granted that - they are ; but ah open. free. Willamette river at Ore gon City is at least lv0 times as Im portant as. all these pension bills, because it would directly and per manently benefit 'more , than 100 times as , many . people, , it, to reasler to get; pension, bills through .than a free locks bill, we know,' fprbn pen sions all " congressmen t stand in 'to gether; 'yet , wa bopa' that Mr ,Haw- ble by spending the whole of Ore- stored. It takes but a trifle to ren Vrnn'a nortlon on these schools. It ait multimillionaire discontent- would be in every cotmty, instead of ed. anxious, fearful, even though In but three counties in the state, "times" could not possibly become It would be at the door1, of almost o had that he would not have more every home, and would go to thou- man, no couia reaonaDiy , spend and sands of students who would never a large fortune to leate to his heirs, reach it, were it confined to -three If all the'rlch, and those with a Institutions. . So modified,' the bill moderate competence In some shape, would . hOv. of incalculable value to could be induced tomorrow to for the country. ' The difficulty Is that get that Othere is or has been a the' present congress is not looking stringency, and to go ahead, and do for things to benefit the country bo Justyas ;the7 would' do without that much, as for a record tot retrench- thought in their , minds, the country , . ' 7 ' '' ' ' ?' ' -'i''. v,- -5 : - ' v.. . Guiding Light. By Henry Bateman. (Henry Bateman (London, 1802-1872 is probably the- favorite ln Oregon, was a busy city surgeon who yet found and Hughes would be quite general- J time to aid religious and philanthropic ly satisfactory; yet with the growing enterprises and to write some good po- awakening of the "rank and file" of '"y- TO im" " 1C" '""Z . . . J have been gleaned. This was first pub- utuj1.IumW u.0 iiu1ui u rem I u.ht.A . th. En-ii.h Hvmn Book" tn issue, which Is one of the many peo- 1874 and uiuany considered to be the pie against the plundering few, we best piece of work by the author.) Deueve mat a lew weeas nence. n a Lght of the world! whose kind and plebiscite could oe taken, La ronette would beat Taft in Oregon. Why should he not? The people know Just where La Follette stands. He has proved himself on several hard-fought fields. He Is beyond any doubt a people's man and not a corporation man. Can the people be so sure of Taft? The delegates will be elected by a convention, run by politicians, and It is to be expected that there Taft gentle care la 1ov and reat: Whose counsels and commands so grac ious are. Wisest and best Shine on my path, dear Lord, and guard the way. Lest my poor heart, forgetting, go astray. my soul's most pure Lord of my life desire, Ita hope and peace; Let not the faith thy loving words In spire, Falter, or cease: Bnt be to me, true friend, my chief de- llght. we are I And safely guide, that every step be ngnt. will be the favorite. And saying nothing against him. It may be said of him that he is a proper My blessed Lord! what, bliss to feel subject of hopefulness on the peo- Vaithfui and true pie's part if he should be nominated. To trust in thee, without one doubt or But hope would be mingled with Thv win to do doubt. Taft might turn out to be And all the while to know that- thou, a trimmer. La Follette Is no La i.i J51, .-n m hi. trimmer. end. And then. O then! when sorrow's night is o er, Life s daylight come. And we are safo within heaven's golden door, At home! at home! How full of glad rejoicing we will raise. The people generally agree en tirely with the president when he said in his message: I do not for a moment believe that the actions ot this administra tion have brought on business-dls- Savlor' to tnee wr everlasting praise. tress. So farw this is due to local Ilobert L. Owen's Birthday, andnot.to orld-wlde causes, and to Kobftrt Lathany 0wen. United states the actions Of any particular lndi- aenator from Oklahoma, was born at vMimla it la due to the snppulatlvA Lynchburg. Virginia, February 2, 1850. viauais, it is aue to me speculative He ,9 of gcotCh-Irlsh ancestry, with a mixture of Cherokee Indian blood. His father, Robert Owen, was a distin guished confederate soldier, and later vice-president-of the Virginia and Ten nessee railroad. The senator's mother was a daughter ot Chisholm, the Inst hereditary war chief of the Cherokee nation. Senator Owen was educated at Washington and Lee university. In 1879 he went to Indian Territory an'l soon took an active part in politics. In addition to practicing law he held sev eral public offices, among them that of Indian agent ror me live civilized tribes, to which he was appointed by president uieveiana, folly and flagrant dishonesty of a few. menv of great wealth, who seek to shield themselves from the ef fects ' of . their , own wrong-doing by ascribing ita results to the actions of those who have sought to put a stop to the wrong-doing. Poor, decrepit old Wall street; it hadn't the power to pull off even the symptoms of a panic, or to de press stocks very much, on account of the message, as it would have liked to do. The Portland morning paper frankly advises going entirely back to old conditions ln party politics. It would do away with the primary law, with the initiative and refer endum, and then, we may reason ably presume, with the Australian ballot law. It is disgusted with the people, and would turn everything over again to the politicians, the bosses, the machines, the grafters and the boodlers. But we think the people will reject its advice. It may be better to fiaht aaalnst thel universe than to accept It with fear.l dui Deuer tnan either is to learn Ual way, to mane its forces our servants.! neither to oppose nor to yield, bnt de-l llberately to will to live In harmony! wun tne great tides of lire, with tbel moral oraer or tne universe. I Boon wa find that somehow this wllll which we call law or nature or ln what-l ever way we may choose to speak of ltl Is working out purposes larger than wel had thought. Is not the arbitrary, qulz-l otic decrees of a mighty man ln the! neavens, dui is tne language of anl infinite love, a love that baffles nil I our philosophy because it surpasses ourl experience. Then how joyously we cry. Th wllll be done, not because were are baffled. but! Decause it is lnriniteiy, eternally best.l not because It Is a law imposed upon! us. but because It Is a way of life wel discover or ourselves and know to bel tne best ror earth, the way of heaven,! Sentence Sermons By Henry F. Cope. The fearful are always faithless. a a Set your heart on a living and loeaf life. The selfish cannot know satisfaction.! I It takes a clean heart to keen a eleavl neau. a a The greatest rain in any Ufa la thai loss or greea. Greatness never was bourht by thai i . . - i There can be no right mannera with. I out motives. a a He who has no time to ret raailv never rsouy ai any lime. No church can be cleaned nrnnerlv hvl - i . .. - " OUll Bunding IUB BlliniS, a A man is worth what he a-iva thai 1 J . A. t . - 7. wuiiu, nut wimi ne gets irom It. a The self and the sacrifice in any mtttl a me uiuy measure oi Its worm. V a a Half the friction of life e.nmea frnml imving our tongues too well oiled. a a Envy Is the habit of loalna- nnr nn.nl happiness while longing for another's I The sermons that do moat effenMval worit in mis worm are tnose on two! legs. grace In any! Five to Four. The ahades of night were falling free There come decrees, all handed down When up from Washington, D. C. wrapped ln black silk If the people wish to elect the next senator, as well as other offi cers to be voted for, they can 4 60 ln Just one way, and only one: Beat every candidate for a i legislative nomination who doesn't accept State ment No. 1. ' - Governor Hughes'ipeech. in New York Friday evening was for the most part 'of an acceptable char acter; to jeople. generally, aad " will strengthen him throughout the couri- By Judges gowns "Five to four." The Income tax? They pondered late And argued with learning great; They seised their pens and gravely wrote Opinions then they took the vote rive to iour. The merger? 'Twas a famous case. Each Judge sat there with solemn face, And heard the argument so keen. When the decision came 'twas seen 'Five to four." Our wards beyond the deen blue sea? Ah. aliralv here thev will flcree' Dut after rods of legal lore Behold the spectacle once more ' "Five to four," A law to safeguard human life. To care for orphans and for wife; Ah. Judges on that will agree! But there's the record look and see "Fiye to four." W. M, M. ln the Commoner. " The lines of eternal character have to be cut with extremely! Duaip IUU1S, a There Is no rromlne of a crown ntl rignteousness ror proficiency, ln regulate m your ncignoors. A good life Is Impossible until one! knows that there Is ever something morel UCBUH.U1B i nun living. - a a Tou cannot cancel the custom of! preying on your fellows by occasional! praying to your jfatner above. a a Locking the heart against the drafts! of sympathy is the swiftest way of im-I poverianing tne wnoie life. Power. From the Commoner. " It takes two thirds of both houses of ronrress -to override a president's veto and yet the supreme court by a majority vote can override both houses and the presaaVant all put together. Great is tha supreme urtlv - , This Date in History. 1626 Coronation of Charles I a WefttmtnntAr 1651 Sir William Phlps, colonial gov ernor or juassacnusetis, Dorn. -1662 New Amsterdam incorporated. and a municipal government established. 1S16 John Kraus, wno introduced kindergarten methods into America, born ln Germany. Died m New York City. March 4. 1886.- 1843 Knute Nelson, United State senator from Minnesota, born in Nor way. . tuBM-fresiaent Liincom ana the three confederate commissioners I Stephens, Hunter and- Campbell held a Deace conference at Hampton Roads,- 1866 United States senate passed the! civil ngnts dui. h 1881 Christian Endeavor society originated in roruana, Maine. , lS84Vendall Phillips died. Born November 28. 111. r 1894 United States frigate Kearsarge Wrecaea on ivonwiruu reel, r i A Question of Interest. r . From the Kansas City TJmes. V I ' Cases against two railroads for -re-l bating re coming on soon in which! the Dosalble maximum fines wouM amount to 161000,000. . The-next aueaj tlon Is whether- Judge Kenesaw lloun-i tain Juanais js to near tnem. ;
