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..(-V a , i . ... "'J i ii II in hi 1 1 m . - - , L. v .-.. . ..J ... - aSaaaWaawiir i iaaaaaaaajaaaa. .1 rTHf T? TrlT TD-TVT A T to, reat pp- k u exactly tn Av INDSI'ENDEXT course The Journal has uracd uiwm NswsPAPta. the delegation and with rwMd to t. j4CK'8os....TT. mtiub which It has spokes in plain term. 'jvi :: ' : . . .' . : It is the time now to put behind u - fuMIhM -Try atentnt pHit Sunday) and , T . awry Similar mornh.it. it Th Journal DnIIU- In Oregon, those method Id poUtift ruip ana itm-M .in.. .-,. r. that have bee Q fruj,fttJ o( thu EnlerH at the noatofflpa ( Portland, Or., for I and Of Odium In the Past. AfTUJnc tratwoiUaiuB tiroueh tha mail aa aund-claaa I , . . matter X : TELEPHONES MAIN TITS. UOHK. A4091. AU drpartmrnta ra.rtml br ttae oombjra. ?en tee operator ttt aepanuiatir ou , . Kaat Slila offtea. B 2444; Kaat 880, FOREIGN 4UVEH-IS1N0 BKI'KBSESTATITK fingers are pointed at us, for wU known and bitter reasons, from Mc Neil's Island. The records of the federal court In Oregon display a stern motto, on which is written the word "beware." The records of Ora- Vraod-Bj.mli, Spatial Adarrtlaln Af.ncT. I 1 no rWOrOS 01 Ure- y ornnwio iiuuaiui nun ". " Ba m ioe nous or representatives yr: TriMiw Hnfldiim. Cbicgn. 4. vnr,r-. ...... SnharrlptloB 1rma b nH anj addraw in Iba Col ted but. Cauada or alaxlco. DAILY. Oaa 7 ear S3.ou I One nootb $ M SUNDAT. On rear SJ.fio On month t St D1ILV AVn SPNDAY. On rear 17.60 One month I This is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one an other. John. - 63- ifDWER OP THE PRESS. speak, take up the melancholy re frain, "beware." The senate of the United States, in the story of one of its generous hearted but fallen members, points to a grave in the far west and involuntarily murmurs "beware." The people of all Oregon, mindful still of these mournful things and deploring the vicious sys tem that made them possible, will thank all members of the Oregon delegation if the news of their new purpose in federal appointments be true. A MORAL obligation of the deep- RAILROAD TELEGRAPH OPERA- est import rests upon the newspapers of Oregon. They are mirrors and moulders of current opinion and current opinion means more than ever before In Ore gon. They have wider opportunity TORS. N' ORTHERN PACIFIC railroad telegraph, operators declined to accept a reduction In wages and van Increase in working and greater power for good and at hours. The wonder is' that this rail the same time have It within their road, that according to its own re- reach to ie more successful in ac- ports has recently made and -is mak- ' compli8hing evil. It is peculiarly a lug great profits and declaring huge time when it is a fortunate commu- dividends, should ask these respon- ', nlty that Is v served by an honest slble employes, who must be per- newspaper. It Is a moment when sons of skill. Intelligence and de- that district or that state is unfor- pendabllity, to work for less than tunate whose newspaper or news- their present yery moderate wages ; papers are unscrupulous or subser- And to work more than nine hours a - Tlent to interests, political or other- day. . wise. . . Other railroads are moving to the New privileges granted the people same purpose. They bW the times ; for large participation in affairs of are so hard that they cannot afford . v state are a reason why ah honest to pay their telegraph operators the -; press is an essential. New rights present wages and get only nine are conferred, and largely upon the hours' work a day. We do not be .v newspapers depends the question ot lleve It. The proposition seems pre.- how sucessfully these rights will be posteroul Times are not hard. employed. It lays a new and lofty With right management the rail responsibility upon the newspaper roads, are making a great " deal of man, state and metropolitan. His pc- money. ' This is a false pretense, an sltion in society makes It his duty to excuse. seek for an hottest, unbiased view of There is some ulterior purpose In the. Import ot policies or measures this movement just now. Of course the ; pending and to discuss them fajrly money that would be saved If the rail and conscientiously before the peo- roads could, carry their point would pie. , From this source, more than be a large sum In the aggregate, but , from any other, will the inspiration there is probably some object besides ot the people in the use ot their new this. What it is can be pretty easily powers be derived. From this In- imagined. They are trying to make ' fluence and very largely by the test the country believe that business is of whether It" la wise or foolish will ruined and that Roosevelt is its de depend the conduct of the masses a stroyer. , It won't work rut u x-?vy mtuui ever arise on eariy morning ; are eloquent aa tfc fUw t vnf.rss (o deliver an I preacher' never was, of God and his tmr:siAuJ appeal, begging that the handiwork. rlMi N tsed to grant poor ship- V All cannot be farmers. The aver- pt a uhidy. The road to the age city man would probably make I niisl Slates treasury is by a route a failure as a farmer. A farmer's that poor people seem never able to life Is not one of ease or gayety. It trarl. it Is the men who captain Involves that great blessing, as Car- the railroads, the barons of Iron and lyle and other philosophers viewed stHl. the overlords of finance and it, work.. Dut it is never a lonx the masters of syndicated wealth drudgery at the same sort of work. that know the way to the treasury There is 'constant change, relaxa vaults. They talk about the "flag," tlon. recreation. Successful modern but all the "flag" they know Is one farming also requires a man to be covered with dollar marks. They a thinker. He needs intelligence. prate of patriotism, but the only He needs a good brain as well as time they are patriotic is when they strong arms movement there la toom for good opposed to the majority rote of the deal of sympathy. Japan "needs over- legislature this wouli need .to be flow ground near at hom$.; , if has done.?-. Why shouldn't Republican taken Korea and means in a some- member "of ' the legislature be what less direct war to take Man- "dsked" to vota for- Denioirat. or churia. This. if it can keep , its vice versa, if the asking Is done bra If.?. tha Ieet of him that n?taKntEftob3 head above water financially, would majority f the neoDlef There are wain- Iih 111:7. 1 A Sermon for Today v, '';.. - ..f j. The Place of the Church.' By Henrv Y. c.nnt - " .l $!futLfV P?nh mountaf make Japan the comdete master and 90 members of the legislature and dictator of the ; orlentf It could over 90,000 voters, more .than 1,000 freeze out" hof only western Eu- voters to each member. Pray, why rope ana the United States but Rus- should not the 1.000 ask the one, eia, uuu maae unina a .mere Dig eieccea as tneir representative? vassal. The rest of the world will not stand (or this, for the strongest T HB church stands In the commu-l nny ao tn special organlaatlorl t aimer . oijeugion, ' What nas a man a right to expect frorJ ne cnurc&T It takes Its placrf among the world's Institutions everjf uuo o wmcn must justify its exlstenc Five years aso Mr. Scott declared I tnd tt it.m. . . , . . of reasons, one that appeals to their that he had not been a candidate forjmg the contribution ntta maklnr TJ vn nvuiu buui mo i uuiiea . DiaceB eenator. naa never wwiai jtooa. . . He must read and "door," or open It only on Its own sought nof desired the office and! " we, are thinking; of the ChristlaJ appeal, for agovernment bonus for study, and act' constantly with dis- terms. It would become to a large had never aBked any member of the f munftv" tnen..they "td in the com their business. Of more than $38,- cernment as well as diligence, to sue- and an Intolerable extent the arbiter legislature to vote for blm. But founder a dtV bl hik ?f thel uuv,uvu ucyusuea Dy eecreiary uor- ceea. tsui since worn is tne common 01 a great portion or. me worm a l-that, too, was purely in a Pick- fir thT leaders. This in telyou In October four great banks lot. what work on earth is equal to commerce. wickian sense. See the Brownell of ci" tun chuh dLi01 commu la th. In Nav Vnrb rn l .11 am vi t)..l 4V, wl'- j chnrnh iui it -T" i. '."oa . n4 - - - ow uuan; f iv,- uioi . i wviui.a iuv nwim . luioia nuu I VclcKri.111. .1 , "'" 1 iittlt HpeaK lO OUr lnntj vyu.uuu going to the National City No, it would not do for even a diplomats, at Mr. Hay's fine and far- Buti7,r. i i i i . . cm. its.1 nor mRTTAp ina Dans, ownea Dy Btandard Oil. In- large fraction of clerks and other sighted suggestion, made practically! Now it in rnnrtoi rw Jeacll,n. or doctrine, aoirituai truT terest ran up to enormous rates and city men to go to farming. They a pledge to China to preserve Its ter- dent wants Senator Fulton to recom- " nature, and dVeioph!. orV&ernni the Standard's bank loaned these would first have to get their farm, ritbry intact. China has a right to mend some new mn for TTnit Uv.e"-.. ur nee is for guidance Tand in government millions for enormous But where the choice is open to a rely upon that promise. Hence the ntnr. iHarri,. tnn -1111.;. "f?.0 " before and T,fif K..a tA - i--TT..,. . I , . t1- i.r- v" r via ior our ialtlnid 1 profit, but paid not a penny to Uncle young man of little meaus and a powers muBt warn Japan that she 1 pointing one in Fulton'a absence and d0,Hbtln ,teP Sam. That was a apeclea of subsidy very few acres may constitute a good must not encroach too far upon Man- turnina- down two or threa thr I church K'J turning down two or three that he church, and unsatisfied there raay'uH to make the flag wave and "patriot- farm and unless country life is churia. Japan will have to heed the naB recommended didn't that iar u? from lu (l00r" forever is this ieSI ism" leap. Four mlHiota little chil- thoroughly distasteful to him. that warning. Let her send, her overflow ki,t ??l5? Jnnor ,.lf- the churchel can do la to iv. .r."""" nn.4 - . " "voieiiur. . 7 "uuer concerts and provld ?hi!rln,menr we would rather look fo of good also. dren toil daily in the mills and mines If the best, highest and In the long population to Korea, and to Man or the country, but no ' Gallagher run most delightful (and dignified of churia also, but only so far as China rises in the senate and moves a sub- occupations. Is willing. And Japan must further- k.,, r. ... . "... better, Mv for rfcAm . I T w fo, I n 4ln lfh rr,lno rA r,m. I-u"cou uo u luo worm, However, every epoch of error has though he-may have hated It then, ers having possessions In the orient Jts end. Socrates expounded theories the rural nostalgia returns the In maintaining the open door f i n f A99aaA , 1. . , , . 1 I 1 1 1.. . 3 11 ,4 ... T .. I rrkAMA tI11 1. a uai. umticu iiuiu luuso ml iu3 Buwii ui uoHiyiuiugu tun uuu uoiiij- i uci o urn uo uu i uici iiijo uini- i rnliph nntlnaA kv made the weak atrona- t nil priestcraft and was forced to drink mown hay, of apple and lilac bios- ter unless Japan Is prepared to fight f TJf ti vlUli,t ln flght- th week to be tb his cup of hemlock. Galileo Insisted soms; the hemely melody of barn- all the rest of the world. And for ews J0urnal we,comes ""ch f1";, cleirniwraothi bauai. lit 19 iuuuu auu niter joiu nuu paHLUref Mi uii us m a uuu- ncaia iw vuuio ayau tuuuut ioioq . I it liiai rive in Ilia DfttPr nArftArtiflnna mraa rnmna n I Hroii n-hlonnrlrnr hAiicrha thA f pnernnt I mniTPV fn f lirhr Anv lartrp nnfiAn I I . wAUAii.tj. die a prisoner ln his own house, tonic of the cool morning air, the While observing so much that Is 'how thing, to rthV who SS to th$ To the city man, reared on a farm, more Join with China and other pow- ,f . ' fi1 wants to look above himself; h ' . ' . . . ... . I leu us notice morothe treat amount would aee bvnni th. i... ." .i..v Time, most of it will J X l""e 1 "ai be found in humble, lowly places, have tu?nej peaeant. 'into heroef'hav owl Copernicus discovered the hello- delightsome restfulness of the "dewy centric system, but through fear of eve," the appetite that made every superstition and Its inevitable fagot homely meal a feast, the tiredness kept the secret tightly locked ln his that made utterly unconscious sleep own breast. His Illustrious pupil, consciously sweet, the breath that Bruno, learned the secret from his gave children the Joy of young anl- master and elucidated it with such mals ln mere life. ability that he was hunted all over SHOULD BE SETTLED. T HE CONTEST between the Mt. The Journal Is much pleased when th.t cJl.a-f.p"?e" but that we reailtl it can say anything favorable of the in the glut of material things T there ll Portland city council, hence hastens ai ?ruu.a?ork,r.e h.u''w"for lovl to approve its action in declining to ruet cannot corrupt jd thiev JLnVll Hood railroad and the city employ eight new detectives. The ' ..iD'uT- J'cr. never wiu be an I authorities would seem to be city can put Its money to better use. that meet, these d&n n2L .chiH?J meeta these deep needa and Ion one to be settled by engineers. The city cannot afford to allow its water plant to be seriously or in- ing in a Pickwickian sense when . it thattnnt1?!,. thlng? Ps" rd- said that Lincoln Steffens' story of f "he has learned, the love of life at Rnrnna. and At lnat hnrnnri nt thA jurlouBly interfered with or jeopard stake. But a later world has ac- "K l"J liAW' i?ed. If the construction of the rail- the deal between Mr. Scott and Jon- 0ovr &on5'...th ??. rAorl win VtotrA wAeiilf thAn ia I At nan RnnrriA woa float. sn fni.A Ir,... A n. ' .. ' vuv y VUU nill WB'U 0 S U 1 L.t fcAJC I "VMea. wviiiuv V HBP MOOUg Ul iaiOTJ VA fl At IKJl HI I ITln il6 Will 111 city must right us location "to the nooa. """ "r oiaT authority The world waits for lnnit...i . jui wnnesane waterworss are tne knowledged the truths these martyrs to science taught and condemned the fallacies that opposed them. So, too, the Gallaghers and their fallacies, 1 S A railroad company bigger than the government? Is a corpora- . ... . , .. .1.- . last ditch. tlon higher than the court and outside the jurisdiction of the plutocracy ana us superstitions, are iaw? Shall a.hunerv man who at having their day but directly they tempts to steal a loaf of bread for more Important of the two, the rail road is also Important to the city and H ymw to K now will pass on to their unmourned ulti- k,B famishing family be sent to Jail !hou(1 be ?,ve flH reafonvab,e fn- mate. A SAMPLE - "ARGUMENT." and a railroad, corporation that at tempts to steal 2,000,000 acres of public domain be not only not pun My Ouide. By Horatlua Bonar. (Dr. Horatlua Bonar, whose ministry ables every man to bear his croaa an i a.eiBo ana at niainDurgh, Scotland. u" vur- r me aaae or the life the passion of great faiths, for vlaloiil that atlr men to noble endeavor. Kvel our most nru tlr..1 nnr.. .n i -. ' I hr,o ...riV..".u--.-" ana lutjr are animated hi uiuo btbiii. nope or aream. Kellg-ion 11 the passion that makes life worth whllJ k? lvy"'llm ,l inner vatuea, that er R EPLYING to a correspondent whom it ridicules as crazy or a fool, because he gives some reasons which he thinks good loot? Law has been the mere chaff that the wind blows in the case of the whr thA nrnnnnatl tar mnr1mnt K..ulS. v ,a v. m ,x . The courts have been as mere toys couragement. It seems to be not a mere promoters' speculative scheme, hut Is rlpafcnPfl in h npn m o ronlrllv a I . . M .1 n .1 . . . (all. v h v -" uhb uu w w wv u. w .mu.u.. U I CICUUCU II v r I I 1 1 n ETWll w r 1 11 r I HI in. . . . . , h. 44.i t I real railroad, such as Portland should last century. Is today best remembered cause he doe. .no L tX r.. '"" """--.V. l.V 1VD I . 1 . i K. .11. .V -Ifn-hl. mor,,r ft .. V. t . I mil.. .., .V.., should be passed, and calling it bun- ;"" rr""" J T L.k K, 1 that children play with The eame I rlnrPB that (t thn farm the exercise-of these powers Men is played out. The railroad officers 50 per cent of the taxes ln Oregon he J . ' at a ?"? ulated. p,ce' n 8,t,pu: reason and arrive at conclusions can't fool the country any more a would nay 100 ner cent in this Iate.d ouantit es "a to stipulated largely by suggestion and every little bit. amendment should carry. It actu- , ' fc l? , .ua "t,8 newspaper worthy of the name has a clientele of readers" to follow its lead.' If thia source of public Inspira tion" be poisoned by dishonest pur pose or by unworthy motives it Is indeed a matter greatly to be de plored. may finally own It. Engineers ought to be able to de cide the case. If the railroad will Injure the alrvalve the railroad peo- nln itioVif tat mnvA m 1 r a f a r Vial J track, rather than fight for a long time ln the courts. If it does not ln anywise injure the waterworks prop- erty, the city should cease its opposition. book entitled Hope.") "Hymns of Faith and low was published first ln 1857 In his SLwrk- She -does not need to go lnti -.." .""6 ii 11 no oiner could cl iiiem; sne must d tne orce pusbltil the men out Into their own service, th power that compels us to do the worl o uuiui 10 uo ior tne world a satva tlon. a .u ' .w at a church after all btl win auuiaiisea expression or the religlou i "? ot . "roun of people. We ouraelve WATCH AND SEE. the proposed law the farmers, Just dog. The law has been held as The Pendleton Tribune says it T ry.y -' doesn't look like Oregon was a I . the farmers, would havfe to pay every "I v ... 'T' . V ' doesn't iia next xtepuoiican campaign dolIar of taxe8 v&lfi ln Oregon. ""7, l"D ''a""u? lu "iBOU- doubtful state' "when the 1 uua wm uuuBuauy inter- Think of a paper that makes such 7," f " , "J"'D presslon of the people at the polls eating, not so mucn ior wnat it a Btatement criticising anybody for that basis. . The regulations pre- gave to the Republicans a larger per will contain as for what It wlin man wild tatmpnt. nr nmJKrlbed by that sreat law-giving cent of tna offlcIfll nc)filt,onfl than . ... ........ UmU MTVm. 1. Ill - . x 1. . I CT w . . . ltt,f- 1 Ua - wvn m BAa . - ..-II,... 1 I ine Dear oDservera insist that rho I "i say 01 tna kio- i -m ,r,m..i. uaimu, .n h. f,,nri n n- nihm- t.t t.i I the rreatest menace to the rennblin rloua past of the grand old party a tM. have DGen trampled upon as the brl- tnA TTn,n Thn. h., ,hT are' the foes' within. Civilization and ?eed be-noticed; it can be taken i wladom and loglc, not a cent of taxes, gan.v 8ur8 h hls beel thf Z0 lugubrious walling on the part of so eaucauon; mey aeciare, win De im- wo KUUW wuat " if the amendment should be adopted, ." a 6, . v. . T many Republican newspapers and . ... - . . Inrlll V. n Ttini., .tll v. , i i. I ' ' I Tin It an Ht a toa vntun t. tn. BR'Ann . Thy way, not mine, 0 Lord. However dark It be! Lead me by thine own hand; Choose out the path for me. I dare not choose my lot;" 1 would not If 1 might; Choose thou for me, my Jod, So ahall I' walk aright. The kingdom that I seek Is thine; so let the way That leads to It be thine. Else I must surely stray, Take thou my cup, and It With Joy or sorrow rill, As best to thee may seem; Choose thou my good and 111. Choose thou for me my friends. My sickness or my hearth; Choose thou my cares for me. My poverty or wealth, . Not mine, hot mine" the choice. In thing's or sreat or small; Be thou my Kulde, my strength, My wlsdorra and my all. potent to save if morality be lacking wil1 be- There will be some truth United States, which is the 85',000,- lltlc,an to the effect that the Re- Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens' Birthday. determine what such an expression aha ue. ii me cnurcn rails it la not b cause we nave raued to put our llv mm nor serviceT it Is folly to a uown ana lane or her sins; we are onl vunuemning our own sloth. ,a.v Buy, mo, mat we nave no co; cern With the church simnlv m m that we have no part ln the social r llgloua Ufa of the communltv tradlte ourselves from the higher, tl nfiiLuni uuiiuziunai me. vve nave right to expect helD and Inantratl from the church only as we male it means of help and Inspiration to other -aivery man nas in riitn aotrie messa ior an oiner men, each of tie has h share to give of the world's lllumim tlon and Inspiration. Is It not ot ousiness to pool our spiritual posse atons, to brinit toaether vrv hi. thought and rich hope and through tl L l , l , . fi 1 " " & . , , , I wouiu ub paiu on any city real .es- A . . .. yu't'waua iu iuc cumi mat iuo ivo-1 . ..-r-.Tintinn ,hi- . y Jn the citizenship. Mr. Roosevelt ln Bt. Poking at the present tate on any corporate property, on 00 ,n !h? U1D,,t!d States- has publican party has been destroyed Mr- LIlllan M. N. Stevens, president m"ftai lipfrM S recognizes tnis ana these latter days au 'u"ucu'1' mime, muca oi t any timber lands, on anything what- ' B and can t elect a senator or other -inwan iem- uesi Bla oi eacn io Decome the con ih his administration have been di- not be ve;y important truth. ever but farms. The farmers are enou8hito tak back from Mr. Har- pr,nclpal officers? All the Republi- !??n or" 0VPr' m" g ? rected against dishonesty and cor- The campaign book will try to told that they would have to pay 100 riman 2,000,000 acres of public land can8 can Btu, vote 3ust as tney h; nxree .3 5 a. 3 ruptlon in high places. Greece and mane a snowing of economy. This Rome decayed, and before them 18 always considered a strong feature per cent of the course nobody but farmers could pay1 taxes. Then of 1 , J. 1 n01 xae govern- please, can't they? uioui d uui uia uwu t'OLUie, iu iittVH and to hold, though not one scratch Of a pen gives him the right tO ltithmttrh lila liltr tnntpr ara 4lliJv to I temnerance work whan tha Int. Ml.. ene spent ner early womanhood as a teacher, and married at the aire of It looks more and more like Taft, 21; Mrs. Stevens became interested In her first visit from that time EgypLand Babylon, though all had of such a document issued in behalf Lnv - n reached the hlerhest forma of rWn- mo yariy in power, uui nere is nr- .v- tlon and civilization known to their where 14 wl ,omlt matters a hundred of thA nmpnriment at -n niv and not one Penny dld e or anybody exaggerate some. . But he manifestly YJ' YJ"iflr pa times, and as Mn Roosevelt declares, times more Important and interest- canirig attention to the styre of "ar- eer pay for lt- T18, ln effect ne has such a lead that before the con- to this Mrs. stevena has been constantly It was the venality and immorality of inS than the presentment of figures KP(4 t th n,,flrtr an. Publicly avows, after a period of 38 Uention meets many delegates who ?.ihJ?fcSt. llS .uw.0r.? ineir citizens mat wrought their ,uauB- "uw U1U tuusrebB economize.' tloned. And this is characteristic r "U1U'UU" u' mm uu "B want to get on the Dig and winning w. c. t. u. in i76. For is years she ruin. By the history of the dead and rerusmg to mprove rivers and of that newspaper, whether discuss- T ." J T'l.T or tne Bde will gravitate to him. It is ;n7 -aV "Recording ' secretary o'f the decaying nations, of what imnort. narbors and inland ; a nee Is lt then that the trusted men through railroad influence ' of the press in Oregon should meet cut ott tens ot thousands of rich pen $helr resppnsibilitieB honorably, con- aioners? Did it cut off the railroad ' eclentlously and patriotically. To Kraft or the army Rraft- r the navy none is given a power so great and raft or tne official graft, any- npon none depends so much of the ' here? Not a dollar ' public weal. From the least to the 11 may parade a few good laws, greatest, it is a time for honest pur- Dut we th,nk very few of a"y Import- pose and an Oregonlan's duty, waterways, Ini reiigjon the money standard grant act' each of wh,cn violations practically a case of Roosevelt national organization, in msh :e. Did it party or an3r publlc question. " ' "th a friTate c,,tlzen" haTe against the leaders of the Republi- S&hof I GOOD 'TO BE A FARMER. T been just and ample grounds for for feiture and for which forfeiture would have been exacted. The crime that this succession of AS IT SHOULD BE. T HE Woodburn Independent says: "There is a certain dlenltv ln outlaw corporations nas committed farming that is not found ik an against the people of Oregon and ordinary clerkshiD and nrepar- against the government of the ance. Can it tell of the enactment I ious position in a laree city Better United states, is impossible of ex of an employers liability law, or a be tilline tha soil and helm? nnn'a aggeratlon. The despicable facts parcels post law, or a postal savings own manager and independent than about it cannot be painted over banks law, or an inheritance tax law, a drudge at a desk or behind a coun- larSe- Tne mystery is, what have or an income tax law, or a campaign ter and probably the small salary oath-bound federal officials, charged 1 11 a. 1 1 a . . 111. a 1 M m . at The latter generally wuf 8na 1,1110 Ior emorcement or HE JOURNAL, points with a measure of satisfaction to the contribution law, or a law to give mortgaged changed attitude of the Ore- larger powers to the Interstate com- means a short life and a gnnnoupriiv laws, been about these 30 odd years, gon delegation with reference merce commission to regulate rail- merrv one until ennni seta in Th that these subversions of law were to the federal district attorney-1 roads or any reciprocity treaties, or vouna man on his own farm not detected and arrested? Where snip. If- tne news rrom Washington I a Philippine tanir reduction law, or more valuable and valued citizen of were our senators and congressmen De correct, Mr. uourne, Mr. Juiton, any tann reductions where the du- the commonwealth." making tne laws, ana wnere our fed- Mr. Hawley and Mr, Ellis have de- ties are now admittedly too high? These observations and sueeea- eral district attorneys and United termmed that the man next to . be We will wait and sep; but lt is tinns nc. Rnm likn thm r. non States marshals enforcing the laws? recommended by them shall be I tolerably safe to predict that none of made, and it is well often to repeat Wor8t ot all, in what other ways and "clean and competent." We assume these laws, all except the ' last re- them.' They are especially true ln under what other guises are great AL - A. al a. 1 - A. A 1 . all J . a a w 1 ) t II 1 A 1 1 J . U mat me report is true ana mat tneipeateaiy urgea oy rresiaent itoose- these days when farming Is not so eorporanwn iu iub iauu awanowing delegation Is sincere In jts declara- velt, officially the head of the ma- hard and narrow a' life as it used to UP undetected and unchecked, those tlon. The old method of making the Jority party, will be passed. If not, he: now. when there are a mnlti- things which are the people's? selection as a reward for a political f the -Democrats- ean- et up a veryftude xst helpful implements and ma- jou uone or to De aone is to De gooa campaign dook snowing wnat chines, when the conveniences and abandoned and the personal and offi- the majority in congress has not comforts of life have been multiplied wai worm or the appointee is to be done that lt should nave done. for the farmer, when country schools the test The office is not to be - nrja hotter rnnila flrA hfittcir nawa. SUBSIDY. . papers and books are more numer THE WARNING TO JAPAN. hawked out to a time-Bervine doII r tlcian but Is to be given to a man . - of calibre andL character. . The posi- tlonls to be contemplated not as a political asset of this or that . -. ber of tha delegation but as a public T HERE seems to be no doubt that Japan has not fully and fairly kept its agreement and promise with resnect to m&Intafnlner th ous and cheaper, prices are on the HE week has seen a burst of whole better that Is, farm products LrmMai nf th Pm-tammi'tt, t.0f T oratory in the senate, clamor-Ulll buy more arid when through roaardinir Manrh..H Th. Ttt Ing for ship subsidy. Perhaps diffused intelligence and an awak- states has of course a large Interest IhofA iniiot h an Binds nt ran- I naA ..rinnUm.oi dni.it f. I . .. ...... . trusti set up for the rfctoncr a i. , . l i. 6..w.b.. i..u.w w tne estaDiisnment and malnte- T!;vJ .e,fle.fense of the Pie In the world and among them can take more Interest and find ftni, of the nnpn a tn I'wvw' auv lue atau:. . , tn tv. i , , . . mi. , it.1 ... . . ' vuo . - ... .7 "ciw- suosiay peggars. mey ana me more Pleasure in nis WOrK. aside inroads they and their stripe make from its greater profits. ln plundering society are the bane yes, "a certain dignity in farm- . tioa a majority of -the delegation Is to control : and the minority as it - ought to do, is to cneerfully submit T Such lassaid to be the program and " if It be strictly adhered to there will a be .'resultallot.. consequence t. the ' . state, f . It, will speedily end the un seemly . squabble that has been on and subordinate a matter that, in x coinparison.is trivial among the du ties of those who are sent to Wash. to gton "as statesmen to grapple with J nd soIts problems ot. conseauenca or tne race. Governments were originally instituted for the protec tion of all those who are members of society. They were never de signed and properly conducted they do not, now contemplate, that it Is their function to collect money from poor people and put It in the hands oft ttie rich to make their, business pay. Poor people de not own ships, but If they did It la extremely doubtr ing" is a good phrase. No man is so really independent. . None, PJjre water and cleanly habitations berog assumed, is so healthful. Nono is, or may be, o spiritual. This may seem absurd to some, but. we think It true. The farmer is constantly in the very midst of God's creative revelation in soil and crops and brooks and trees and animals. The very, silences of the late Teniae; and orient. It is a world-wide matter and European nations Joined with our government in making this de mand, or request, or suggestion. Moreover, the European powers Joined with the United States, speak ing through the late Secretary of State John Hay, in demanding the physical . Integrity of China, of which Manchuria is a large and im portant part. But Japan scarcely conceals fta design to overrun and finally for all practical purposes an- sex ana ruie Aiaucnuria. can party, and Roosevelt in 4 she was on the s was this I chosen her successor aa president of la lltrnln rt T .. V t . I lna aUllVIVU W. V. 1". (J. BnO USS T1I1CU case 18 likely to win. But whether the position ever since. Mrs Stevens Taft, if nominated and elected, will is n nhie speaker ana has been' heard turn out to be a Rooseveltlan presl dent is another question. In Canada, England, Switzerland and timer uuunu icu, in aaauion to ner tAmnrflnOA wnrlr ah. Tina hun ottt.. Under Mr. Harriman's direction in numerous charities and phllanthro- tha O. R. & N. nflW a dlv!df.n1 voa. Ple- a . Af mo nrn ri aa i i a a 1 teraay ui te,ov,uvu, oeing over u Thls pate , nlitorT per cent oi ub capital biock. mis nil First issue of the Spectator ap. is an exceeuiugiy oig, juicy melon, pearea in uonaon. mostly grown ln Oregon for the de- 1809 Frederic Francois Chopin, com- lectatlon of Mr. Harriman and his poser, born. Died October 17, li49. Ifm iTha "92 rnsnliitlnna" wan street rnenas, wno win get Quebec passed at practically all of it. Yet the people who pay all this money the patrons of the road should have nothing whatever to say about its disposi tlon; of course not. ' " 1 - 1 " v The, rose fiesta managers say they do not Intend to subject the school children to a long march or a pa rade that will tire them out, and if this plan is followed the children should be made as prominent a tea. ture of the affair as possible." "A rose fiesta without a liberal display of children would be without one of the most attractive features of such an occasion. Sentence Sermons By Henry F. Cope. Folly congeals faith. Character la controlled will. a Silence will end almost any quarrel. a a Faith finds Its fullness ln frlendahlpl a The rest of religion la for the wea Things readily believed ara not of realty believed. Men tend to approximate to their owl expectations. a Living for others la an Imperative d iuu iiiKucr ius. Tour foea will not fear you a !oo af juu xi ci vvor mem; a H who rives to be asm nanaliv uiucu ns wants 10 niae. a a Lvinar nsuallr la a nlan af fctAfnar mi! uicuiiBu wun a pigger one. a a He who follows duty ever majr danger often, but defeat never. At this writing Thomas A. Edison, one of the world's most wonderful and most useful men, is improving and nope is entertained of his re covery. Mr. Edison is almost a young man yet. only 61, some 25 years younger than the late Lord Kelvin at his death, end tens of mil lions of people whom Edison has benefited wish him many years of life yet. TEe ' Corvaina" Republican- -says: "There is certainly one bad feature about this Statement No. 1.- No Re publican thould bC asked lovbte for a Democrat for United States senator and no Democrat should be asked to vote for a Republican t ol such of- Jfor tbls jqce, and should the popular" vote he, 1841 Two steamships collided on the It la better tn arlva, trlthnnt think , i-iwiuoui BiHiioa me Dm ior man to tnmic without giving, the annexation of Texas. . 1067 XT.Ki..l,n ... I . . , 1 T t I , ion When th churoh J only Ple .q 1870 President Lopea of Paraguay " i ramum, He who does not look forward -wllj killed in battle. 1884 Chill and Peru concluded nc. 1900 Lord Roberta and the British forces entered K.imDeney. reverence will look back with regret Faith Is the power to weave the tasua of tomorrow from the discords of toda; a a . There always are few friends for mourn the loss of the man who made r a . Pinched. By Wex Jonea. It's pretty toiHrh on a burnlar man mat's roiioi years It. i-t- i..t -. -itrnmnn,. I aw x.nu . .J v ... LI a i iiu.9 mm i .,. . . " ' mm Dy ine Bnrs. I , rP " wun m worry iruin yu When first I noticed, that dachshund ao?r ana lne re"t win lane care or tne: . whelp he looked like a canine Bves. KUpe And him from the Central Office Just piaying me ror a oood He wiggled along behind me you know cal1 hlra llar- now a aacn a a When a man tells the truth aboil him serf he Is atjxlous for some one ow a dachshund saulrms. He walks about aa graceful as one of those fuzzy worms I noticed he always kept near .me; it '.-almost gives me a fit Remembering now how lt pleased me - to think I was making a hit No men and few dogs ever bothered - to make me much Of a chum. And I never guessed that this dachs- bund was stringing me like a rum. I saw that His -Ldngnesa waited aa I slipped through the Jimmied door, . And when I came out- with a bundle . I saw he was waiting . some more. I was walking over to pat him. when he suddenly pulled a gun And murmured, "Caught with the goods on; better come quiet, my . son." . ..... I'll never forget; that moment when i, . , I aaw that the Jig was up . And was marched away to the station Ii by that ollydetective pup, I tell you ifa tough on a fellow that's bn a tr at til. trH. . .. To be pinched by a cop with a figure . resembling a. stcaet parade. , Few men are In moral danger as greif aa tnose wno proclaim religion ao eirea uouaiy tney reel no need to practice li Pigs' Bathrooms. : "And this la the pigs' bath room." mnlA th. 4tt.. t l.lh aMHM.. . 1 ' v. . i . u . n (.,1 lii; iu 1.1,11 IUI J 1UI 1111 . av ... fittaA an PTwnttan Mntt IntA . 1 Hfc. and elegant tube ot meerschaum ait amber. . "I have hear-, of hog-wash, but didn't know pig bathed. Do they?" The. farmer struck a match on, h London-made -walking breeches. "Yes," th modern pig bathes," H aalaV.. 'Wlth squeal of rage -and "HI trust he tumbles once a week Into hot. bath, and is thoroughly .ecrubbcf wuti stttr nrusnes aippea in strong- 80 oao. This cleanliness , keens him . n ways well, and it increases bis weigli 20 per . ent.., ,-- , i. 1 "All our agricultural colleges nw t viae , pig io pame. uy. exDerimenl they continually show that hatha mu him In fattan a fifth, hattt.i. . Tt.m J-bath room la a feature of the twentlelf cemury xarm." . -
