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-v ',' EDITOEIAL BVGE OF TOE V: nn.fi imp a, am a m ' THE JOURNAL ' AM V IMPKriXDMlrt KEW8FAPCB. a a. JACKSOM. .PuWtahaf the significant information that young men who drink are unsafe and unreliable. More and more, it ia becoming the spirit ot the age to drive them from the ranki of the S?S2S. .rn?j!S7Ui! employed. The time is last coming inc. yiru nj yamblii itrt. Portland, o. when the doors of important, em' Entwd at on poatoffu at Portland, or., tor I ployment will be closed to those, who jtu.mo vttrou u. nana c-c tn mic the flowing bowl a necessary part oi a gentleman a accomplish menu. That this information should rtLWHOHrS-MAI ma BOMB, A-4061. AU oVpartmaeCl rMebt fcr Uhm aBabam. r)l tba oMntor tt cfeMrtMnt Ton wt- KXt Side afnea, S J.W4; Cut ftftX not hare penetrated into the fast nesses of Stanford university, and roHtMK aDTKBTisixQ BKPBjtmtxTAriTa I into the jungles of all universities. in fact, is amaxlna- Yt it ia ao Brnnswtca BuUdinr, SB nno anaaa, -w i -- - - - far from being understood at Stan ford that the faculty of that insti tution is confronted with so much Inr torn; Trlbom Bonding, Cblcayo, SnhaolpUoa Term bj aiaj to say address I ta Lai tad Stale. Caaada ar MMfeo. - ? J. -60 drunkenness on the canrous that it NIll M. I SCNDAT. , CLSO J On BMafb DAILY AND SUNDAY. na fr. tT.Sd Ona awatb I On rear. .as has been driven to the extreme of In augnratlng a crusade against It and events that have many times proven several students have been expelled, the wisdom of the Journey. It will be well when laws of the -a powerful arm their integrity as na- rather less so this year than in any tlons and their safety as free peoJ preceding national election. ' pies is due. Here is the Monroe doc- ' Bryan came close) te carrying Ore- trine presented to them in the stern I goa in 1,896; indeed, some think garb of men-of-war and its entity that he did so, if the votes had been and power as an international honestly counted, and there is no philanthropy made apparent. Here, doubt that he is more popular now following closely Secretary Root's in Oregon than ever before. The diplomatic Journey around their clr-1 state would like to reelect Roosevelt. cle of nations, is an ocular demon- j no doubt; but since this is lmpos Btratlon that the country that main- sible, why should it be thought in- talns the Monroe doctrine has -a I credible that a good many Oregon friendship that Is as forceful as It is lans men who are trying as the free, a fact to command the admira- people of few states are doing, to tlon and kindle the enthusiasm of work out their owa political salva- the South Americans for our coun- tiom should turn to the man most try. Whatever may have been said nearly like Roosevelt, the one who In the east of the dash of the fleet if president would to the extent of into the Pacific, Its progress so far bis power carry out the "Roosevelt has been crowded with felicitous policies." and perhaps improve on them a little? When we study the trend of pop ular sentiment and observe how ' He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walla. Proverbs. most drastic type hedge about all educational institutions and make the habit of drinking as nearly taboo as possible. It will be well, too, for faculties to promptly send to their homes such young men as NEWSPAPER DISHONESTY. ask the honest survivors of the be-1 the big secretary cannot, be nomi leagured garrison, shrunk to a mere nated. It would be alien to Boose- handful ot attenuated beings, by I velt's character to abandon a fight more than a year of horrible "and or o concede the possibility of de j utuuuj rvBiaiance. la9j mna ln nu. i WM. He will Stand DT A an until A Sermon for Today By Henry F. Cope. manitarian ide of the world knowjthe last gun has been fired. We do ait, x&u Looking for Life. t a V ""' w"t tooa thing shall I do that I may have eternal Ufa" mM AT V I 1 1 S that he resisted as long or longer not believe his course can be changed than He should and that his sen-land the Bee seems to have under tence of death "with mercy" is prob-1 taken a hopeless task. ably a crime against a brave and sol dlerly soldier. THE WEATHER, I SUBSIDIZING NEWSPAPERS. rr F in the light of the new day a maa leaves the religion of bis fathers, Is there any religion for him in this, the day of a new generation! 4s religion something of which one mar have either th oit famiiia. YE3, it is very fine, this the type reeognlted by all men. or hava weather, and it may seem un-none at ailT gracious and ungrateful to I Many tell us that the world Is be make any complaint about It. coming Irreligious; they lament what hut no niil1 mrtinma a rrnmhlrtr for they cft11 tendency to secularisation. saying that it is Just a little bit too " "" iVa ""lom" oli b' 0 OT long ago the country beheld the unusual spectacle of a pres ident of the United States al rnnir nirArn ym rerf n em i message to congreaa that a part of fine and Maylike. It is a week yet and'iandmark. Vt tir'laSL0? 4k- V. 1 1 I - . . . d I .... . . . . .ft t--...- 1 1 . l - . . ; wiii4 luo buuuo preaa m purcnasapie ana till tne iirsi oi marcn ana mere is .."" "sin ini me moral uni- mirxhaaorl TJ . I ..v, i t,.i-,- T"".u" iumpea me tracer. uu. ueiwwn me lines mat was nis gon, tor me weainer goas to sena us nwr compiei nie. its rest- . - I I loaieinafeaiai It-aa msvuhka it- . . terrible indictment. H He referred, ot some little touches of winter T." the b..t 7 .n.V.nujri",e voters are breaking over party lines j course, to certain great newspapers I weather. But we will make our ?ent and its vitality, it it ia laralr and refusing to be bound by. party that hare charged that the Danio was comDlaint very small and brief, and i." nt. th?r wil nnd " not T 13 ONE of the most sacred can- strlng8 lt need not be coaali9r9i an brought about by his administration, stick to our gtereotyped advice to ard. thatlavT wiiinea inelSgJi i bit ;u,'7, '""- absurd query to ask: "Is Oregon a The' same charge with respect to everybody not to worry about the rVoV thf d.rwJ?Si. ,.. ter sent to a paper with the stlpu- Anhtf, roaf ,.. k k.o. K5Ii, .dfv?i?? n f .ther I t. . . . . I . b' Miroyi. nmm utwuuw I nniuti uub v tujuj !., t vvuiw, i unrciuuii lueaiB, enlarging COncep- lauon mat lt IS not to appear oe-l It Wh!n tha rnni. of anhAr. lv mud Mr. Rrvan haa aaaortiMl Itlanrf mil. tha hoat nf If Tha in. tloMi the clarifying- and elevatlna- of r,rM rfrinkliie with the idea that for6 a ,V8Q te ! nt be P"l- Lane conlertur or -narnlatlon that from manr a nlatform an1 with oft. Hnr. of m.nv vaara nrnm that m Jfk.TII!!i '. An",,rtion . . ." ... . . llahorf In .Hn f .ol .fo t ".. T . . . '. ' . ' ' ' . " " T ,-"w,"".. wuia-uincieni ror it is a fasnionaDie uaou ior a gen- - onio ls a doubtful state, ana lowa recurring iteration. He has often the whole lt is about the best "Z.l.l ri lD1" win prove made- ARVEY W. SCOTT denies the Uemn or a .. -on The o Von tms recogn uea pnnc p e We do Mt really pect cla,med that tha country preg, weather Q hroaa ,and gnd llV. naoit is wnouy umwruaui. uu -" " " . : tnem to go uemocranc, dui mere are more airecuy concernea in me wei- in u ana Dy its means many ainas """" w ww mam. " I ... . I nhnAaAl V v .ab nAKAH HVlnV I I I I I naTa aTlaAa t a ( rt aa U & L..tl.l m education. nfl vu""" 7 paiJor wuitu .., I hrth il,nu rPt ilitM fir nf thl mtii inrl mnu nftto. Uf Mlmhla mni ilwxi inra In "'n W I MR. SCOTT'S DENIAL. alleged bargain between him- splrit of higher to be reasons in both those great states rare of the masses and more reflec- of valuable crops are always sure to today and not a little or the opposition i ana uernani inculcated. uo customary among ,n them tQ be far ,eBB one-sided commonalty. From many other bountifully. And if March should sen ana jonaman uourne v - , makes anr Dretense of honestr and . " u . IZ "Z -,,.,.". . .v. 71-tZ" 7 J7" 1 Z. " 1Z ZIT-." J.-I ZuJ" t.""" ?.l.lu opposition whornhT tha lattnr In nnnnlit. anouiu u vv-a 'c.iu-1 - - -- sua peruapa in oiuers, ior ocjiov-1 nvo ui iub uuairea ana uupeB ot me i mature ana yieia alter vuuir ama rf;'.,vu a aemana ror jl , v w f J eaV aaialBa a W aa XT I . . . A-.i . inr ls sought Stital nromh.es ' wa. throw S Mr" EverTth 1,1 ,n ducatloD Is hostile Public men and public officials to than theT have been for the iast quarters the selfishness and pluto- bring some rnde and blustering days uucau promises waa vo in row to mr. , . i-in. send to the nress. bv mail, advance . . , ... , I. A . ' Scott for TTnlted RLfrtoa aenator all lo lk B u biuuduu. . uunciuun . -- --- years. Ana it tney maj oe goa-icraiic BuuaorTiencj oi tne meiropoi- i we can at least rememoer mat janu- the Totes which h controlled in the hara not braIns enou8a to compre- w oi re)wi, uie8BaKi una oiuer 8dered M possibly doubtful, why ltan press has been asserted, but un- ary was for the most part like a . the rotes which he controlled in the l.rl.l,iM 1019 M Onntfa Ao. a number of other people of hitherto tmauestloned veracity who say that such a deal was made. , i It may be true, as asserted by bend this first fundamental, lt ls WASinNGTON. documents, with the stipulation that they shall not be published until the date of release. In this manner, Senator Fulton sent to The Journal and the Ore gonian by mail, advance copies of bis reply to the charges of F. J. "'"" iyps or raith. for religious wSi nd characters aulted to thia day. The fact that VOll flnrl nnlhln. In Ik-. Phraaes and exarclaea, the services and vuo vuuBunuoni LIiaL mMn mn mnK spiritually to othersr ao far from prov- may we not speculate a little along til Theodore Roosevelt, delivering a soring month and that these Feb- h.7. .h," ifl.e""ule. .Un the same line about Oregon? sweeping Indictment against the law-1 ruary days are simply surcharged tnt yourself with the forma that once less and dishonest interests of the and overflowing with cUsnatlo de- ?h"i atlXr,yJ,V W1 plety' you dem,ulJ DAIRYING VS. GOLD MINING. country, sent his famous special mes- lisrht. We are told that thera ia a ink to congress the country has i . . ... j "lc",..iWA. lnatitutions that . nrRRTf!ANS will never tlra of 41l Aumtnlaii'ii tA Itnr llnl Iha hots. I a I ,w.w.t.vunU., aimlrlllg and praising George Heaey. The Journals copy was re ; tui wiu. uru. uut ,u.UUi u Washington, the anniversary ceived early Saturday morning and that there was a bargain will be T sage w . n .i j i bodes only ill to the future, that the Many people In Portland learned foundations are slipping away becauaa yesterday with deep regret of the n, ion,r 'ird with eupersti- public's continued devotion to it is. however, a fact that many of death of B. M. Brannick. Generous, that attached to holy Diae. ZWa 111 HAT the dairying interests of looked upon the charge with a mini- the country grow weary of the mum of credulity A aV pursuits of a more speculative the great newspapers are "con ot whose birth was celebrated was placed at once in type, but was nature, is not surprising when the trolled." Some are bodilv owned widalr believed It ia well known Jretwd5r- A11 tne wor,d h" lon not Published Saturday, owing to facts relating to productive energy Henry Watterson said recently that thai otthad . reDresenUtlre slnce that he was one the fact that Senator Fulton stlpu- are considered. It has recently been the day of great editors owning their 17 r-V Tef th. !-lir,aT of tta rrt ad Tetly ,mI0rtant lated that it should not appear in 8aid that all the mlneowners of the newspapers and directing their edi- anthorlzed to make promises In the ' editor's behalf in order to accom plish his election. It Is a well known fact that although Mr. Scott professed that he was not a candi : date to senator and even stated on tha morning after Fulton s election at Ralnn dnrlii tha cloain dars . " " .7.. r " . " . " . I Lual" -u" uimwwueiB ui tuw newspapers ana airecung Z. TT1 Vn. v" - cnaracters or numan acumy ana ae- any paper until tsunaay morning, great Tanana district In Alaska torlal utterances In the behalf of the OI UIO BcoolUtt Ol HJ wuu " tt" I lr,. W.ottlnirtnn waa r, oo. I TV. OMrnnlan'i onnv vaa raratv u .1 . i. , .... ... muyuiwk .iKauua.w. - av-- - " .wv.vu uuum mey aoturo ma servicrjB oi general wei tare is a species last pass- peciauy interesting cnaracter oe- wim me same stipulation ana was 7. 000 men, would be able this year in in this country. For lt has been cause, though by nature and dlsposl- also placed in type. to push the toUl gold production of substituted an over-commerclaliied tion, and In his ideals, he was what At noon Saturday The Journal re- the Tanana up to 116,000,000. and propertylzed newspaper. Edl we call an aristocrat, ne yet Became ceivea Dy unitea iress wire a onei The glitter of this statement at- torials are over-freauentlv reflecttvta a m m m .A It I AAt ll.l. M TL I. I tne leaaer ana notanie exemplar ox summary 01 me arucie ana Dy ex- tracts the public eye. The figures of the interests of the stock gam . a. a a. wI A 1 M f x. TT.. 1 I I a great repuoiican morement. tie press permission irom oenaior ui- are enormous. Yet the dairy farms biers and ireat holdings of tha AtA V ... Ih. wam n .mnrof i I rrtr If vn anthnrlian f rx nnhHab rn i l t . j . I .... .. . . . that' ho1 tiovaf anncht nor da- "' ""' " 1 ui uieguu laai year prouucea x,- swollen lOrtunes. Tne policy OI me inat.ee naa never sougnt nor ae-1 v. n.nn.,i fr tul.nmm.PT n atni' t An aa j...u.a... .. .u.. ... ' aired the office and had never aaked I - ?T 77 Zi .a l ""r.J o ZJ ruu':...1' u u 10 uuuutIul " "" paper is assenea rrom me counting -T .v-. of tha leelalature to tuuiluu" vwv.w vw.urw -n""- - " tira i.uuu men engagea on me aairy room ana editorial writers are Ql- xlt for bin, be did aend a tele- he waB nlmatd by democratlo Journal, but the full text of the re- farms of Oregon. The Tanana re- rected from the business office. The wrmm tn n. C Brownell on the ldeala and belI5Ted thoroughly In the ply was withheld from publication glon comprises an area of about 175 truth of It all ls mightily confirmed r-. .o.,i, advancement of me common people until mis morning, m accoraance by 225 miles, grldlroned by gold- by the era of corporation control of it nn ran hoin "na In lUBir riuk ui re-B.- wim u u.uuu vu nu.v.u 4I nao Deanng streams. Tne strictly dairy- tne country through which we are U fUU IIU UCIll . THr-,l alw.vl I afdit I . . . . . I " . oiulucul. riMuiuswu .inaj.iium. img area or uregon aoes not exceed passing, riannaism couia never nave remain one ot the world's great fig- But the Oregonian pursued a dlf- these figures. But the meek-eyed risen to the heights and power it ures. His inflexible determination, ferent course. No sooner had the cows that feed thereupon produce reached in this country if there had his persistence in the face of what first edition of the Saturday Jour-. more gold than the Bum of Tanana's been an independent and virtuous eicept to a great and heroic figure nal, with the above mentioned sum- wildest dream. Nobody gets excited press to denounce lt. The monstrous would have been despairing circum- mary, appearea on me streets man last night of the J'Now. ls the time me it will be appreciated." It ls asserted on authority that seems, reliable that when Bourne was a candidate before the people ' for election " as United States sena- tor in 1907, the one Influence that deterred the Oregonian from assall Ing him was the threat that any at tack upon him would be followed by a full exposure of the deal in 1903 to which Mr. Scott is alleged to have been a party, r It is known that before Bourne consented to throw to Mr. Scott the . votes ho controlled in the legisla ture of 1903 he insisted upon being reimbursed for expenses incurred . during the session and that he was ' so reimbursed. ' The charge that Mr. Scott or his - representatives entered into a bar gain with Bourne in order to se cure tne editor s election as sena- stances, his Berene faith in the out- the Oregonian gave orders to the come or trutn ana rignt, nisieanor oi its evening eaiuoa 10 puu spirit of self-sacrifice, all combine lish the article in full, utterly dls- to make him one of the world's regarding tne release date imposed greatest characters. He was great by Senator Fulton. This was done as a statesman and as a soldier. He This is the fourth instance within ls held by critical students as one three months when the Oregonian, of the world's greatest military cap- in either its morning or evening edl tains; and turning from war to tion, deliberately violated an obll peace, he aided greatly to guide the gation of this character by publish raw new republic and start lt right ing advance matter before the date on Its great national career. of release. Self-respecting news In some respects Hamilton was paper men regard such conduct as perhaps a greater man; Jefferson grossly dishonorable. Borne aspects; yet was greater in that Washington was truly and greatly great is universally acknowl- IS OREGON A DOUBTFUL STATE? . t- rrK edged, and will always be asserted BUI! rcJO!l.CU 1U UJ mo nmuvut. v. the alleged contract were published : more than two months ago In the Medford Tribune and passed un ,' noticed and uncontradicted by the , Oregonian. ' " For years the Oregonian has , Bought to govern the course of po- r HIS may seem to many a foolish query, yet various historical in cidents, especially if considered in connection with an undoubt ed tendency toward Independence of history. He became, indeed, bo I great a figure that by common con sent he stands without a' rival in greatness, though in. some points a Party ties among the people, make few others may exceed him. me question ibb uureasuuuuie or ri- It is well therefore for American aicuious man it mignt at rirst seem. vmith to Btudv Washinjrton's char- Acording to me registration rec- ! Jitlcal events in Oregon. According t Brw, Horcea. and on his birth- ord about three fourths of the voters to Its own professions it has acted . v t pnntpmnlate his life and its of Oregon are Republican. Roose- ; only from the purest and most un-l , .t Wnrk- and it would be well velt carried the state in 1904 by selfish motives. The charges made Lf every voter would once a year about 43,000 plurality, and the pres- oy juincom oteuens give iuo no ui- fead Washington's Farewell Address ent representatives in congress were rect to mese proiessions. a ques- &nd ponder for awhile the great les- elected by aDout 3U,ouo majority, tion of veracity has been raised in Bon8 of puDlc uty and civic virtue So far, then, Oregon would seem to - which the people of Oregon are pro- h(h 1t incuicates be very safely and in fact overwhelm- foundly concerned, t -Mahout desire . lnglx Republican. And if Roosevelt " to distort or color the facts in the OUR NAVY. were to run for president again he would carry the state by a large HE JOURNAL has little sympa- majority. But it Is not certain that thy with arms and armaments. Mr. Taft, nor Mr. Hughes, can hold It loathes that policy by which all the Roosevelt vote. Bryan, who this congress is asked to appro- will probably be the Democratic slightest particular, The Journal proposes to ascertain the truth as far as this is possible, and to make It public. It certainly has a strong J bearing upon the present campaign. r when the Oregonian is striving to priate J38.000.000 for four floating nominee, more nearly represents .,' Induce the people to return to the monsters of human slaughter, called the "Roosevelt policies," in the es- methods which prevailed when Mr. Scott was an aspirant for the sen atorial toga. NOT A PART OF THE CURRICU-LUM. r inland waterways of the country. It F THERE is one class more than rejects as the acme of folly that doc- anotner witn wnom drunkenness trine that the way to make a boy should be out of fashion, it ls peaceful is to put a cocked revolver university students. Higher edu- in each of his two hands and tell cation trains the mind in the econ- him to point it at his playmates with omies ot life. Nowhere, between the the stern order that If they do not be- Jias or any known text book, Is it have he will -shoot. It is a policy of laid down that drunkenness is an peace that is not peaceful and a plan . accomplishment ot the really real of civilization that ls not civilized. -ftjoung gentleman. Nor is It any- But we have some battleships and where laid down in these books that in a majestic naval pageant they are - the stupidity. induced by overuse of moving northward along the western Intoxicants especially prepares a coast of our hemisphere. It is a young-man tor the. exigencies of movement whose daily progress gives llfeNoVls it anywhere specified fiat contradiction to those eastern r""'"ZT ' TT - annK fiWt i newspapers that declared the .fleet -. ar , - fokva w am Tin battleships. It detests that policy timation of many voters, than any by which this congress grantB nearly Republican candidate except La Fol- $20,000,u00 for two of these great lette. While it may be assumed that engines of destruction, but gives not most Republicans would prefer a a penny for great constructive pur- Republican to a Democratic presl poses, like the Improvement of the dent, yet lt Is uncertain how many Republicans may take a notion that the thing ls more important than the name, and that a Roosevelt Democrat is preferable to an anti Roosevelt Republican. It is assumed that Mr. Taft, who over the cow. There is no stampede operations in the Oregon railroad to the dairy farms. Why ls it? land grants could not have been car- It is not a question of work. The rled on for more than 30 years In most industrious dairyman does not complete violation of law lf there put in harder or longer hours of toll had been newspapers to lift the than does the miner who works in voice of protest. The unwholesome the mines of Tanana. Conditions up status of American social and eco there are said to be so oppressive nomlc organization, with a few fam- that human endurance is tried and lilies controlling 55 per cent of the the miners have gone on a strike, country's wealth and the millions The people of the dairy farms evi- toiling unremittingly and unreward- dently are better situated, for they j ed beyond the necessaries for their never go on strikes. The main rea- existence is not the idea that nine son why men go to the mines is be- tenths hold of what it should be. cause of the lust for adventure. If The wide popularity Theodore Roose an atmosphere of romance and dan- velt has won by denouncing the dis ger could be introduced Into the honest processes by which such con cow pasture they would go into the dltions are brought about is substan dalry business. tial proof. The forces represented in It is a fact beyond question that an the desires and hopes of these mil- Oregon farm is a better producer Hons of people could never have been than the average gold mine. The held in subjection except through Alaska miner works assiduously the Bilent cooperation of a mighty from morning till night at the hard- portion of the press with the forces est kind of toil. The same amount of Mammon. of manual labor put into an 80-acre A united proteBt by a united and farm in Oregon will produce more virtuous press would long ago have wealth than the average mining brought about the public sentiment claim in Alaska or anywhere on that lt has remalnod for the daunt earth. Possession of a farm brings less man in the White House to to a man one thing of value above vitalize and awaken into action. The all others a feeling of peace and same voice of the same press could security against the inevitable day I quickly drive from the United States when old age touches him with its senate the men who stand as a bar palsied hand and bids him rest from to legislation that does not serve his labors. His farm ls a claim" the trusts and could speedily reform that he himself can work or that he that body by compelling lt to yield can employ others to work. And it to popular election of senators, but will always produce. The pay even hero in Oregon we have a few Btreak never "plays out." newspapers opposing such reform The spectacle recalls Theodore STOESSEL. Roosevelt's special message on the sublect of a venal press and Mr. openhearted, approachable, sensl- fcDoM . . not signify thai what tively honorable, he had endeared ing now, men are seeking a religion himself to thousands with whom he Proves Its reality by ita relation came In contact in the ordinary re- w. ar dropping pioua phraaea and laHnna nf llfo rWnnvlnr aa tia rilri I Obeolete forma ot tiDreuInn If a position of importance in the buai- K K'teuijfw. o tMrll ,7 n nana mmmlirltv hA had e-nlnnd tha Will hare to hava a meaning that th. confidence and good will not only of m?f?.tmlrncfe'nncytr"d: iufflciencV'fo? his immediate associates but of all the real problema that confront ua la- with whom he had dealings. Mr. dlLo."no'nyg to do with the Brannick. far more than the major- faith that exerclaes ltaelf oniv in tha ity of men. bad a kindly disposition SrVoWuV and was always ready to respond to great need ia larger life. Searching, an appeal to his sympathy or to do tgft'i&Z'tfJJ' tj? another a good turn. He will be The Question whether on haa raii- sorely missed and his memory will wJB.ohr-rMhVVB0t ? d?termne1 y . . . t , . . . , waetner ne haa paused through aoma be cherished by hundreds in the emotional experience common to men of humbler walks of life as well as by Tfi?;my h?iher ..j1' his more immediate friends and as- to be known by whether he sets hla face soclates. Portland has lost a good tr'.".m.ore "f1',.1 citizen and an honorable and gener- eled atheiat. unbeliever, or what if he ous man. JlYlaK l0? . the bBt n himeelf 11 e"ln8" hla life In harmony with, the all The attitude Of the City council inclusive divine life; he ia nnd na- life. ji we reauy desire to male ih. mm ucii oi ourselves and toward lawbreaking saloons is equiv alent to notice that the lowest dive in the city need have no fears that its license will be revoked. The license committee is well named, fo license, not decency, seems to be the governing principle of a majority of members in their official conduct, H ymns to Kn ow cesfiful career. On the contrary, it ls widely known that Important rail road. Industrial and commercial en terprises no longer give employment to young; men; who use intoxicants. One great.' railroad ' system on the first of lastsla&uarjr required each one among Its" thousands of em ploves to walk into tha office- and slfjn a pledge not to use Intoxicants, elthfr or off duty. The business should not be sent to the Pacific. Our domination of the hemisphere rests on a firm and lasting founda tion as a consequence of this fleet movement. The bravos and salvos of the South American republics, their welcomes and their hospitality, their plaudit and their courtesies to this floating token ot our naval power u these are freighted with an unmistakable significance. "Here is a new tie to 'bind , tha vniatiu brains of the country baa discovered I southern renuhllcana tn thttli wwm an J is potting Into . practical use, I Jul northern, champion, j to , .whose seems pretty sure of getting the Re publican nomination, is In favor of the "Roosevelt policies," and will give the country a Rooseveltlan sort of an administration, yet nobody can be very sure of thia. Mr. Taft can not be Roosevelt, and while he is a man of admirable points and traits there is nothing in his record or nis speeches that gives the people assurance of Just how he would act with reference to what have come to be the leading issues of the time. Oregon has taken an advanced po sition in several respects. Its peo ple are trying to carry the prin ciples of Democratic self-government to their logical conclusions, and In doing so have necessarily become rather independent of party lines and ties. They have shown this on sev eral occasions by electing a governor ot ye minority part v. The . party name Is not in all ca&ea' a controlling factor at the.; polls,- aid it max be L ITTLE significance attaches to Bryan's assertion that after all the tne nnaings or a military .nnnirv nresa is the eurest and best friend or tne masses, me attituae of the country press in Oregon t the present time seems to prove lt. court. Dreyfus, and what hap pened to him, are a memorable example as to injustice in military circles. Brass buttons and gold braid are not always a guarantee of good faith. The sentence of death, "with mercy," pronounced against General Stoessel would have more tangible meaning if imposed by oth ers than those, in uniforms. The vicissitudes of war and the Jealousies of the camp must have their vicar ious sacrifices. The haughty air of superiority with which he general contemplates the colonel, with which the colonel views the captain and with which, in turn, the captain looks far down upon a mere lieu tenant is country-wide information. Its effect as an asset for intrigue in the camp, for conflict of hopes and ambitions along the firing line, and more especially In the verdicts of the military court, ls tradition. If lt has its place In democratic Amer ica, and lt has, what must be its in fluence In aristocratic Russia? Es pecially what Is this "effect when there mast be blood atonement for the loss of battle fleets and for the loss of the war? If General Stoessel's defense of Port' Arthur was cowardly, ask Ithe Japanese veterans Who mourn dead comrades by the tens of thousands. If he was a craven at Fort Arthur, ANOTHER THIRD TERM PAIGN. CAM. ir NDER the seven-column cap tion "Keep Roosevelt in the White House," the Sacramento Bee calls upon the voters of California to unite in petitioning the president to become a candidate for renominatlon. The arguments ad vanced are the familiar ones which have been published la every paper In the land. Undoubtedly the Bee will meet with a ( considerable re sponse from the voters of the state but It is difficult to understand how the petition can be effective. Roose velt must be credited with sincerity in his oft-repeated declaratlonthat under no circumstances will he allow his name to go before the national convention. He has set his' heart upon the nomination of Taft .and Washington dispatches indicate that Taft's victory ls new regarded by the president and his advisers as as sured. In any event he will go to the convention with a larger number of delegates at. his back than any other candidate. Under such cir cumstances it would probably be ira- The Shepherd Psalm. By Joseph Addlaon. fYou will find thia hymn In the Spec tator No. 441, 1711. It la one ot the fine hymns, five in number, which Addison wrote for the Spectator. He offers lt . . . . . v. - rr. .. .LI.... as a translation oi mo immj-muu Psalm. The Lord my pasture shall prepare. And feed me with a shepherd's care; Hla presence ahall my wants supply, And o-iiard ine with a watchful eye; My noonday walka he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. When in the sultry glebe I faint. Or nn thn thlratv mountain pant. To fertile valea, and dewy meads, Mv weary, wandering stepa he leads. Wnere peaceful rlveresoft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. Though in the paths of death I tread. With gloomy horrors overspread, My ateadfast heart shall fear no ill. For thou O Lord, art with me still; to... r.u.jl prdlllt shall five Dlt aid. ..-..ide me through the dreadful hade. Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray. Thy bounty shall my pains beguile; ii.i I....H arllriernesa ahall smile. With sudden greens and herbage crowned. , And streams shall murmur all around. ' This Date in History. 16S2 Birth of Samuel Pepys, the diarist. ,.. . 17 86 Btamsiaus x oi runra uu. HiK-Ymerican sloon Hornet captured the British brig Penguin off Braa.il. 1886 Biege oi me auuw uy ujb Mexicans. , 1847 Americans defeated the Mexi cans at the battle of Buena Vista. 1882 Federal troops iuuk. rtBiivuie, Tenneaeee. ... , , . ... 187Q Mississippi reaammea to me Union. 1900 British under Lord Roberts de feated the Boers under General Cronje. 1908 un uea Biaies Btnaia rauiieo the Panama canal treaty. , Nearly Killed the Editor. From the Condon Times. Tt is bad enough to be asked to mib- liah had verse as a compliment, but to be aaked to pay for It took our breath away. A lady, nice looking and appar ently sane, who has been traveling tn the Interior, brought In a poem last Friday which we politely read and smiled iat We were not minding tho poem much, but were cogitating away back in our fertile brain bow to get rid of the whole matter. Whon the fair poet up and said. "Well, Mr.. Editor, what la lt worth In cash?" Thia waa too much, In fact it waa the last atraw, and summoning all the courage we could muster, we told her her poetical pro duction waa a peach In its way, but we really hadn't the room for such matter. Portland's Position. From the Pendleton East Oregonian. If nature haa favored Portland as an export point for the north Pacific coast, by giving her a down grade from mrio buuu ueveiopa tne pasalon for re ality, the love for troth, the senae of the need of every good thought, aspira tion, example, impulse and force that the world ever haa known. a new lire comes to every seeker after life; he entera a world of kindred hihub, mo guuu ana me great of every age; he interprets his dally life in new i :,m" ' " "oa new joys ana compensa tions; he feeds on the bread of heaven, nor cares what may be the eatlmates or epltheta flung at him by those who prefer truth's garments of yesterday to truth and life Itself today. yesleraay Sentence Sermons By Henry F; Cope. Faith eaaily dies without fellowship. Many mistake dellty. faultfinding for fl- Envv la a confeaalon nf dinar A.mtit... tlon. " Sound doctrine does not nira a Aim. eased heart. a a What ls given in love never is lost. a a The pursuit Of truth la the nf piernai youm. a a The richest gifts come out of tha poorest, pocaets. t a The life of service has few dtfffonltlna oi couaucu a a A man's title to glory does not depend I on the glory of his title. Tou never lose your own Jot dt lend. ng an ear to another's woe. a a It doesn't take much fortitude ta hear anomera misionune. a a Happy la he who ia too rich In faith 10 worry over a fortune. a a The cross ls irksome onlr whan wa trr iw v.iiuw ib an a. jjwniai. a a The man who cannot find a. a-od In ui universe aiscovers one in a mirror. a a Only the morally astlsmatia see ly ing aa me oniy reruge n time or troupie. 9 m Some men are ready to forgive their enemies wnen their enemies nave them aown. a a Too many giving the poor crusts on the street are stealing their bread in the alley. a a He who believes nothing until he understands lt fully muat have a lim ited range of knowledge. a a Religion never makes a permanently powertul Impression without steady practical expression. mm When you hear a man dearying the good you may know he ls discounting what ne cannot acquire. There would be little religious In fidelity In this world but for our at tempts to force the forms of one man's xaitn on oiner men. the rich wheat fields of the Interior, the Washington ranroaa commission nas no right to question the arrangement If Washington railroads cannot haul wheat as cheaply as the O. R. & N. to tidewater, that Is not the O. R. at N. rthur, I possible to. conylnceRwsevelt that J Vent fault and the long drawn out effort to make a river grade railroad and a moun tain grade railroad equal has ended aa lt ad been expected by declaring that the commission has no power to change nature's arrangement of the plan of the northwest.. Portland la the logical gate way to the .orient and nothing can. pre Frederick Warde's Birthday. Frederick Warde. the well-known tragedian and Shakespearean scholar, is a native of England, born In Oxford; shire, February Z3. 1851. In 1007 h made hla first stagu appearance In a minor part in "Macbeth'' at the Lyceum theater, Sunderland. In the several years that followed he waa a member ot the company playing at the Theater Koyai, uiasgow, and at tneaters In Leeds and Manchester. In 1874 he oame to the United States and for three years was leading man in the celeb -a ted stock comDany Diavinn ai nooini ineatae in New. York. Subsequently.' he supported Edwin Booth, John McCullough and other of the most farribue players of their day. in issi ne Degan nis career as a star, and for a number of years I he appeared with great success In I tragedy; Much or inis time ha w associated with Louis James. Several yeara ago Mr. Warde retired from the atage ana nas since oecome ramous as . lecturer on Shakespeare and kindred subjects, . fer from enjoying ima distinction. .' 3.-. :Sr :.: 'J;-'--T-' .f '
