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EDHDElAtimGE OF THE OTKNMa THE JOURNAL AM . INDEPENDENT MKW8PAPKK. S, JACKSON . .Pabllahar i'u hi libra avary a-ranlng (eaeept Sundaj) fw Snadaf axealna, at Tba Journal Build ac. fifth a ad Vaaililll atreata. Portland, Or. ButareS at tba (xxtorrio at Portland. Or., for craaamlaaloa Uiroucb Ue Bialla aa aecood-claaa itupuoNics maim lira. homk. a-!. AO Vprtmnta rairbd by tbf oamhera. Tell tba opmtnr tka deiuu-tni'nt yon want. Kaat life of flea. B-2444; Sua! WSO- POKKION ADVERTISINO BEPlfKSKNTATI VK Vr-lao1lQjaitiln Spatial A1crtlltit Ajrix-r. v Broaaartrk BulMlna ta6 rirtb a-eaua. New . Vnrt: Trlbana HuIMIiik. Cnimso. Bobecrffitloa Tariua by mil lo nf addraaa ! Ua tail SUtra. Canada or llailco. . v DAILY. vw rear fj.on Oe month I .80 - 8DNDAT. On raar 160 I Ona month I -SS .,, DAILY AND SONDAt. Ooa far 7.M I Ona month I OB federal courts with the supreme Is howling for subsidies. It has I accrued Interest on the city's loan I cause of the present 'scenes of dla-l court as the final arbiter, a stage Id stretched a gigantic tentacle across of 125,000,000. cord and turbulence among the Re-1 tho growth of legislation by courts the Atlautlc and Joined that Euro-I ve have spoken heretofore of the publicans, of Portlandf Who but has been reached when It Is for pean devil fish, Leopold, in grasp-( series of canals tentatively project- you, Messrs, Hodson, Beach, Bailey, thinking men to pause and eontem- Ing the world's supply of rubber ed from Boston to Florida, and from Scott & Co., by your effort to re flate, to consider when, where, and Incidentally murdering many natives, the Tennessee river to the Atlantic commit your party to a putrid and how. It will all end, and 'that If no and practically making slaves of the ocean; and la the comparatively near repudiated sjstem, brought on this check be applied what will be the rest. Thus these men and corpora- H ymos to Know' ,-. . Gone IV fore. By John W. Chad wick. ("The Rov. John Chadwlck. a well known Unitarian clergyman, the author of several books and of many magazine future there will be a canal from slaughterhouse spirit of strife and articles, has contributed a number of finality of authority that these nine tlons, with Standard Oil at their the Great lakes to the Mississippi, factionalism among your own par- hymr-s to th services of his churcn and Justices will arrogate to themselves, head, have become, as one writer has and that river will be canalized from tlsansT Do you not realize that I na 11180 written some, sooa poma. im put It, "like modern Joshuas; they near Its source to 6t. Louis. These there are In Portland thousands of nmn ' " ",B un 10 uw ,uu' WII.T.IAM JK.WIVfJS It It V AW. run l-hanirn thn natural laws Of nro-loront Tirntorta ant am. 11. r. errnna-.harrA1 lanr.raa1 an1 na. I Au'a -ng ByO. ; .. . I - ---- D I - . . "-"'I ,114111191 UU OIV I " o . v. b. v. m. u u u nu M Of I 3- ' We guess not whence, nor , ,When, nor how, we earn our mental gains; continuously -through outer things the In ner man Is fashioned. M. i Topper. ductlon and consumption and can I local ones, will take time but they trlotlo Republicans that oppose sales "L"?9 'A ty.ey.lnr,, . .' N TUB roll call of states, one af- Bay to the sun of tho country's pros-1 are pretty sure to be carried out, I of senatorshlps at auction, who fore- A sons; of those who answer not. ur anomor is instructing us aei- perity, 'stand thou still upon uineon,' unless the railroads should get and see that an attempt to restore It will u".-.S:"J.T, egatlon to the Denver convention and the wheels of the country stop." retain sufficient control of the eov- bring disaster upon the party We see them as of yore for Mr. Bryan. Whatever may in each a great country, where ernment to prevent them. The move- throughout tho state and do Infinite 1",'t,na' V?m 'TH-in' w",l 1A tho fnrl I virtual hnallllttoB nf thnsA ...h r-.t.t.f nnlnrnrlono n Ml Otirrloit I . , k..n .11 t T V Vl(tn. " ,lU Democrats who would prefer another on and such an immense volume of proved rivers and canals. Is scarce- criminations and recriminations do ''l?,hall.t(, io1P the.t.xiTn9, . standard-bearer, they are compelled business is done, it la Inevitable and ly fairly started yet, but it cannot you not see that The Journal's words Thy brJKht'n ill the joy pf llfeC to concede that he Is still the popu- essential that great business con- bo suppressed. have come true as to Portland, and ryh"ff''n evary fhtWC' t th m Jar Idol of the great masses of his Cerns and corporations should grow Rrftr.. ,, ... . do you not read In the almost unan- Buyhon wl rVtrrjubled .orSf party, and that there la no proba- up and that some men and compa- .hn,, l, -rV rt lmous voice of the state press tliat Thanka b. to God that such have been, .... .. . .... ........... .uH ia i u iii.LitJii. nil . rr i i All nmi rrn in.v r. Tin mnm I li V Other tllftn tnat lie Will Dft en-lnloa nnil pnmnrnt nnu Khmi ri hcciimo . . ' ovon a mlo-hrtor afnrm rt nrnlngl la I " ' ' " , , ,, - Pon proposes to ao in the case of I """vv r. -a JUDICIAL USURPATION POWER. OP rilE extinction by the supreme court of vital powers of the states for regulation of public service Instrumentalities, and the assumption of that power by the court Itself Is an act that was scarce ly Intended by the trainers of the constitution. Even the 'casual stu dent of history remembers that the fathers were strenuous in reserving powers to the state, and that what ever the language they put In the constitution, they never Intended It to be an Instrument In which a pre rogative so vital to a state as the - regulation of its own railroads should be taken away and assumed by the federal courts. As early, however, as 1793 the supreme court began to assume unexpected powers, . when Chief Justice Jay announced ' thai trht of A citizen of Smith Caro lina to sue the state of Georgia for a claim and that the federal courts had Jurisdiction. In the Federalist, , Hamilton argued that the Jurisdic tion of the federal courts did not so . extend, but. In spite of this, the courts assumed Jurisdiction and ad- Judicated the case. Great public In dignation resulted, and had for Its ; sequel, the following year, the adop tion of the eleventh amendment to . the constitution. But the encroachments then begun have steadily proceeded, until the climax In the far-reaching decision of last week. The condition recalls the fears of Gouverneur Morris, who . said In the constitutional convention, i"uch powers In Judges Is danger- ous." It was confirmation of those fears that Jefferson, far-sighted and profound statesman that he was, -often expressed to the effect that the -supreme court of the United States " Is a coordinate branch of the gov ernment whose development as a .power In the affairs of the nation ;ls to be regarded with apprehension. 'The gap between the new doctrine ' and the powers planned by the con stitutional convention of 1797 is so " wide that it at once arouses the ' iuery of what will be the powers that, a little later on, this court of last : resort will take away from the states and itself exercise. It Is certain that no such, enlargement of authority Would ever be agreed to by vote of 1 the people. The decision naturally euggests the query, is it the purpose ful : design of the court and those "benefited by transfer of this regula tion, of railroads from the state to . the federal courts, that it shall be i' accomplished by Judicial legislation, ' . In spite of the wishes of the people? . .', What It does actually mean is, that whether by design or by accl- dent, the power of the state, already "weakened and wasted by this tri bunal, Is in the direct process of being etlll further weakened and wasted, ' and that by a body of .nine mere men, ' styled Justices of the supreme court. It means that step by step, and line bf line, these nine men have exer Clsed more power in changing the political system of this country than have all tho congresses, all the presi dents and all the people, since the " days of Washington. It means that b;r their official acts they have trans formed a w,eak federation of sover- elgn. states into a powerful central - government of dependent, impotent and helpless states. It means that ' this arbitrary body of nine Justices has actually exercised more power In determining what is to be the status of the federal courts than was ' Mf-rclRftd hv the constitutional con -vention itself, since the latter's work was subsequently subjected to rati- , siaieB ana peopie. it means mat it is within the province of these nine '" Justices, sitting as a Judicial tri , biinal, to ultimately, by easy stages, 'fthd step by foep, to finally wipe-out . all considerable powers now exer 'A clsed ; by states It ' means that in . fulerabip. all thf 85.000,000 people ' In the country, all the congress, and i the most Imperial presidents, are v over-topped, over-shadowed and! ovef-lorded by the supreme court of i 5 the. United States, since it has been' disclosed that what was law as enun-1 elated in the 'well-known theories and practices of the .convention of 1797, la not law now as transformed, , Interpreted and! enunciated by the supreme court; i it means that when a state has no authority to-sup'ervlse or , regulate .railroad or: street i car arUvUles wholly Within Its borders, but that this supervision- and regula- , t'.oa cnu only be done through1 thl thuslastlcally nominated at Denver, very wealthy and possess tho natural rhA ru . . raging against you and your plans More homelike eeems the vaat unknown. What w. come after that is a se- power tbat wealth gives. To this J0 C " throughout the state? rXitrrl' quel that only the Ides of November only the socialists object. We can- (,at.d on fnlp trrn. -. ,;, ot There is no question as to what. Is wh-fevcr tliey rnay fare. will reveal. not have equality, and largo oppor- Walter Wollman, one of the best- tunities must be granted. But known newspaper correspondents In through laws favoring those few the country, widely traveled and great corporations and masterful keen observer, declares his present men, and through combination lnim inability to determine whether, with heal to the people, and often by ac- the election today, the advantage tual and persistent and defiant vio would lie with Mr. Taft or Mr. nations of reasonable laws, they have Bryan as the candidates of the two gained and are exercising too much great parties. Mr. Wellman also In-1 power, and have become a great na- slsts that Mr. Bryan, if nominated, tional menace, as Roosevelt sees, as will be a far stronger candidate than La Follette sees, as Bryan sees, as In 1900 or In 1896. That he should many others see. In a large sense be is the obvious logic of a decade La FoUette was right, they control of events. From the youthful and the country, they own tho govern- Impetuous tyro-of a dozen years ago, I ment. the Nebraskan has evoluted into the Either this tremendous power will mature and masterful statesman, K0 on increasing until most people thoughtful student of the world, and be working to a far greater ex- practical observer of sociological tent than they -do now for these leased on fair terms. They will cost hundreds of millions which the peo ple will have to pay, but the money will bo well invested. A SENSIBLE GIRL. A HUNGARIAN girl of noble family and of wealth has run away from home and taken up her abodo with the mother of the young farmer whom she desires to marry, for permission to do which Eho has petitioned a court at' Buda pest. In her own handwriting she represents that tho man Bhe wants to marry Is an honest, Industrious; moral young man owning 60 acres of land, and supports his mother and " I ft . I . . I - A I - the Import of this turbulence. It 0l', Bt)y Bea or .horp; means that those who have refuRod Whater bptuies, thy love abide. , . . . rru . t. uur uoa loravermore: iv ucou i ua w uui uai b iuuu-u warnings and who have persisted In their folly, have aroused this re sentment and courted this reckon ing. It means that the forces of good government are enlisted for the war, and that a senatorial auc- Makint City to Order A Boeton firm of landscape architects has been awarded the contract for mak Ine; the fceneral plana for the model city which the Orand Trunk Pacific railroad tlon block will never again be setlj. t0 bullA in British Columbia a the up In the state house at Salem. A DANGEROUS DOCTRINE. V Taciflc terminus of the great new rail road nyatom which is now being- built across Canada. The contract 1 one of the largest ever given for a similar undertaking, nays the Village. Ai yet there la only a small settlement where It Is Intended a R. W. A. CUSICK, a candidate for nomination as member of the legislature lp Marlon coun- large and Important commercial and ty, in two communications to Lniur his younger brothers and sisters, and lD btalesman Betrays an inconsist- new city will be known as frince Bu- tiiarof. iu , v, ...i.i v ency mat tnougn it seems curluus is " i,v.,. . .k. n,Kl. In o ., .in i n-ii- cm. 13 duiu ouu nuuiu uc , - .. im area wniun is ivmiaum iui mo comDinea groups, wm uo iUun, . w,th hJ . . common among tnose who profess lte comprisce batweon seven and eight r ma mih v rii w I n in vnuru nnR in' ri i AinH v. rv.n.A oni nnoDAi. i - . . . d " " 1 HI 1 IB, ur ClaU lllQ kunti nuu jjuowi-u attended by an accelerated absorp- gions of these octopl must be re- tlon and assimilation of wisdom, to dnced and restricted. And of this A Sermon for 'Vo Jay The Salvation of the World. ri. u'1! ,,w,r? r. 'cope, '"Th KinKdoilia i fill, wr.i.1,1 m Via. f.?n.th klnirfiom of our Iord nnd of I, I rti . . " " ' va vui a -vi u n I ill v k V,rl': "n-l h" shall reign forever 0' m t aa . . a.iiiflr-s tnltuy ullluiiKrh nn!v a amnll hurl Insist that she should marry a man lo aesiro inai -senators snail be 0? thlg wiu- bo de;.ei0pd within the with a coronet because they "look hl P.eopi8 '' J,h,i T upon matrimony through the spec- r"9 wni io. i. in nis nrst i.ul a-vailabl. because of the moun- .. .u-i -u. Metier to ua etaiesman ur. uusick tain. Mount Havs eet near the center of letter to the Statesman Dr. Cusick tain. Mount Hays, which rises to an el- .... . ... lanM- evatlonwof It preiers me anigent, moral, amoitlous the island. make him In safety and sanity the paramount Issue millions of voters peer, ir not tne superior, or tne Dest think during the coming cam In tho nation I i i .. n n ViAii. vi.taa piina i , -o i, ' ... . T lu. ..,.. i Joung tarmer, ana ne should he pref- 'mrr or nuranty or anytnmi; u.-a-j "i ""v." ior presiaeni. in mo uiuiuum "". ,. , ... : . i.hnri nf -niMif r .11 th. .nt.. -t 1 -1 . 1 j 1 . - . . ... . j 1:1 auio iu iuo f ta ui iu court, to v " - - uo blwu aiuiusi iiiuud a uu u fea. y6lg the issue IS, LdDeriy or Donaage. ., x ' cannot be made to fln dutv. m tha -vnlc- ago, he has lived to see engrafted in , ; 1 J, 7 of ,ha or ' th. people." the state platforms of his political THE COMFORT OF THE OLD. as ReJ husband without consulting Canddatea .hould flnd Bnd aeo,are opponents, and adopted as cardinal uv'' u,Uh 01 U1 KU1U 01 men inai themselves clearly in this matter. Then policies of an administration of op posite political faith. It is an in dorsement of enormous consequence to Mr. Bryan and his probable can didacy, since It is practical confession by political opponents that he was lght and they wrong, and if Bryan was a wise ana sagacious prophet then, what, after a dozen years. Is Bryan, the matured man, now? This the leaders among his political op ponents will deny, but Just tho same hundreds of thousands among the millions of the masses throughout the country will honestly give to the Nebraskan the credit that is his due, and It will be an enormous asset in carrying him toward the White House. It may not land him there, but it and the financial conditions manifest throughout the east, will give Mr. Bryan the votes of thou sands upon thousands of men, and probably several states, tbat he never had before. NCB the church set up an Ideal eparaiion oetween the worldly and the unworldly, between those Who were interested In and oc cupied In the affairs of our dally lives and those who withdrew from these secular pursuits and cava them elves to the contemplation of heaven Or to what was called the pursuit of the higher life. The mark of a saint then was his sep aration from this world and his absorp tlon In another; his disdain for the real, tho practical, tho. everyday and common place, and his devotion to the ldcul. re mote, imaginary, and other worldly. The church proposed to effect the salvation of the world by Separating Itself from ino worm. For a lone tlm thla nnnrnnllnn n ri valled. Theological somlnurlos Hct themselves off In quiet rotreats, tlio Ideal church meetings were those where the noise of this busty world could not penetrate; the detilruble religious life was Unit of the recluse. On was scarce ly likely to look for salntllncsa or piety in the market or on the street. We still too rAMflllv rhnrm mr mnral shortcomings and nur nerannul Imnnr- feotlons to the taint and contact of tho a so easy to tnniK or now good we' ould bo were we but where th wlokarl ccaao from troubling, where there would bo nothing to provoke ua to wrath or lure us to solflRhncss. yet what in the use of a religion that s not for dally use? What Is Its value f It cannot make- ua strona- for this dally right and through this strife of living? This world In which we now are and no other is for us now the workshop 01 cnuracur. wun wnat otner worlds may be and do we only remotely are concerned. The present needs a present piety, a present power In religion. ir we make up our minds that this resent social order Is doomed; If we loomlly talk of this world as the ob- ect of omnipotent wrath, how foolish re nil our errorls ror Its betterment, ow hypocritical all our talk about its salvation. Is there any more sure way 01 mincing inis world wnony Dad than steadily to asert that It la so nnd to constantly withdraw from It every power for goodness? Just what do men mean by those phrases setting the world and the church In opposition? Vo Uioy mean by the world, the dally Interests and activities of mon, our politics, schools, workshops, markets, literaturo, all that makes our civilization? If they do, then they aim- piy are netiinfr tneir races 0 (rains t tne, The railroad will cross from the main land to Porpoise Island and then to Kaien Island by means of bridges the tof iTfe and fightlnrthe forces that 11181 "illi-'l vj "... nr nrb n. Milt nur rulomnt nn 01 u. miio in loiiKLii anu ino bci-uuu buiu The solr t of this airn aftar all la 200 feet long. Already a dock l.OUd feet hn "'i"i i"" (Rings. This passion for progress, of the waterfront and It Is planned to though often It mav einreaa Ita-lf In DO A FEW MEN OWN THE COUNTRY? s ENATOR LA FOLLETTE may not have been quite as accurate as he usually is when he said that 97 men, many of whom he named, controlled nearly the whole business of the country. Wo have always thought that such statements contained a large element of exag geration or Imagination, yet in a sense there is a great deal of truth in them. That is, a small group, or a fow small groupH, of men can no doubt exercise a large degree of control over us leading industries ana en terprises, can manipulate the ua tional finances, can, at least on some occasions, precipitate panics, and can greatly affect the industrial commercial and financial life of the nation. So that though Senator La Follette may have erred in some de tails, he was substantially correct in the essential fact that in a certain iniDortant sense a few men "own" or "control" the United States, They do this principally In two ways; by being absolute masters of the country's transportation, and by owning or controlling many of the principal economic necessities of the country. These allied groups own or control the coal, the oil, the Iron ore, the copper, most of the lumber, the tobacco, leather and other gifts of nature or manufactured articles, and the means of, their distribution, and so can fix the price. Tho trusts control sugar, glass, and a hundred other necessities, and the protective tariff greatly helps them to do so. They own the big banks and to some extent control the smaller ones, and use the money for the benefit of the members of the alliance, and they 1 also fix the government's currency policy and decide its financial sys tem; - The greatest of all these groups and the central one is the Standard Oil company, and to Its mighty mag nates all lesser ones though great, bow the knee. This mother of trusts has Its grasp on moat of the big rail roads of the country, and so tens of millions of people, in the matter of, transportation and distribution, are' absolutely at Its mercy. It can withhold7 money, stop - work, dis charge) men by tens of thousands, lower; wages, and claim hard times because ; Roosevelt shook his big stick at thnem.. ' It can make a panic in the midst , of prosperity. ... 'it has reached across the Pacific and. mo nopolized what American transpor tation la left, and now ; the moruste Viuiuiv tiuutj Ham 011 uuo utio- - . , --c , . .,... e,,auiojuiu, ui mi in? yum, r.oiin una iui a inuv.ii u. it.,iv.u. Druiai anu senisn rorms, is but the Rlnn- "Th death of a lust man n,n8 after lewd women and spend- let him be elected, as he Is apt to be T,n9 "hores are very bold, and this will working out of n fundamental religious Hike Jfs Mose 'of a beaut" ul g the fortunes left to them by the best of the bunch, and full recogni- g-'TM flfrV ltt th Av" Tin aM manv other their fathers in riotous living." tlon wI11 b0 lven t0 tha "people's building docks. Thn truth I- this world always Is more day. lie said many inner .Rthl. .mm ch'c." and majority rule. It Is said to be the plan to have the rnRious tten Is tho church that sep- beautiful and inspiring things, but j,w lnere 18 a sensible, sound- talklnir annarpntlv nlrP'"K wholesale business on tho amies ltseff from the world. For ln- th following that does not anoear mlnded an(1 Pare-hearted European i"" ?.W4"talk'"g' ?rprent,y: ! ?vei. w V" ,r,f ?! " "I.? 'I'l'Al1"" 1d .rnay need to 7 , , , elrl Hrnnffht nn nn aha hna boon uuuui uuiuiuaiiuus, or elections OI mei; 1110 renin uuniu;. unu i" iiuunu npparam ourselves irotn ina anys Stir in any Of his published writings, Is f'n- rougni UP as sne nas been, b f th l0.i-t,lr, nnd fnrJ b"Udlngs rn the second level, which Is and strife, hut for that expres-lon of fn-nuha,! tn th Naw York Amerl- th wonder of the Incident lies In meoers or tne legislature, and torj BI)mo 2u0 fect high and forms a sort of the religious nr.-. without which the lumisneo to tne ixew iora Amen . .. got that his urine D e Would nDnlwjft rldce. and the residences still further fires die down within, we must hav th impromptu speecn oeiiv- - - - arrived at such accurate conclusions Her statement contains a lecture that rich American girls would do well to read and ponder over. Who among them would have made so wise a choice? least as strongly to United States senators, for a little later he wrote as follows: Every member of the legislature from Marlon is and will be elected by a majority, and when they elect a United States senator he will, and can city. FIX IT can as an ered when he was old, and reported, It is said, by his friend Houssaye: There are no occult forces. There are onlv luminous forces. Occult force Is chaos, the luminous force Is Ood. Man is an Infinite little copy of G.d; this Is elory enough foV man. I am a man, an Invisible atom, a drop In the ocean, a eratn of sand on tho shore. Llttlo as I am, I feel the God 1n me, becanse I -an also bring forth from out of my chaos. I make books which are crea tions; I feel In myself the future life; I am like a forest which has more than nne heen cut riuwn tho new Rhoots are stronger end livelier than ever. I am 111 L"f'r t'liorc 10 destroy Statement tlon. rising, I know, toward the sky. The po. 1 and restore senatorial riot in Besides falling head over heels back on a third level of about 100 feet rpportunltlea of dally living and of hu- elevatlon. man service. Ample provision for parks will be As men move up Into higher reaches made. There is an excellent cnance ror or me, as each ideal becomes the real, one on a central elevation, another at (other and higher Ideals are discerned. foini nays, namea, nae tne mountain, "u m moves nio ruuer reiiKious De- ln honor of the president of the rail road, Charles M. Hays of Montreal, and a third at the southwestern end or the THE BLAME WHERE BELONGS. w only be elected by a majority of both houses, and whether he buys votes or not, has nothing to do with this discus sion. He gets a majority or he Is not elected. It Is foolish to keep Insisting on electing; the United Btatea senators by popular vote, because, at present It CATl't ha llnnA n Mllh rranH 1 n - .. 1 .1 arlos that if they persisted be ln violation of our national constltu- EEK3 ago The Journal pointed out to the Hodson-Balley-Deach-Scott reactlon- It la crobable also that Dlirhv Island Just to the westward of Kalen liland will be developed for residences, a pur pose for which H Is admirably adapted. The expenditures which are contem plated by the railroad company at this place alone will total many millions if present Dlnns are carried out Prince Hupert i situated within BO miles of the southern extremity of Alaska nnd 651 mlls north of Voneoti ver, at the very entrance to the salmon fishing- grounds. It Is the Immediate vicinity of a larpe number of canneries Ing. the world becomes more relliHnua This whole fabric of our social order is today shot through and through with the spirit of the greatest of the rellslnna teachers of nnv age. Thfl world Is carina- for tha nee.W feeding tho hungry, teaching tho be nighted, mnklne- the best thlnes the common possession, lending all its chil dren into larger powers and opportun ities. Insisting on rljrhts and dntlea tie. cause the leaven of tho etefnnl lovo and tho eternal light Is working through the whole lump. I ho Infinite Is on our afreets nm wall n beyond the stars. If you cannot find religion ln the countlnir-house von will not find It li the closet: If vou cannot 1: " c VI v7 "V. :.Z exnresH It ln th shon vo,. V sunshine is on my head. The earth the legislature of Oregon, they would Into his own trap, and going back of the world. Near at hand are the lpnL.ar?h!hhln tthe 1Trayr meeting- Hut Bap, but heaven tear tho Republican party Into frag- on his own doctrine. Dr. Cusick .1 ha .niU?. ments- Wooks ago this paper urged makes his position worse by Baying gives me its generous sap, llstits ma. with the reflect! w -orw. To,, sv the .on! la n' ' a nu UUB paPer urged maKes n position worse Dy saying n ;L " L... .Z' oenator f niton, for ther sake of the that so long as a senator cets a ma- r.uillllllf uui ino rroun vi ' nnrtvthat baon , I " Why. then. Is my soul morf luminous f" ' ,uiuUi-a mr mm, jumy oi votes in tne legislature It when my bodily powers begin to fail? lo corue out Tor Statement No. 1, makes no difference if he buys them. Winter is on my head nnd eternal ""-'"B ".i to mm tnat It Is the He not only insists that while In spring is in my heart. There I breathe rock upon which his party is almost local elections candidates should I at the famous halibut fishing grounds. Already ther Is considerable activity on behalf of the railroad, and recently a contract was let for clearing 2,000 acres of land at 1220.000. believe the best and serve for the best In this world and a better brighter day thnn we have yet dreamed shall come to d. Queries Answered A "Constant Render" writes: Many readers of your paper would bo it this hcur the fragrance of the lilacs, certain to split, -and calling uon him have1 a clear majority of the popular TWUl3r obipd lf yu would be kind he violets and roses as at 20 years ago. to remove the influence that is doing vote, senators should be elected by a usl? 10 pr'nt brie' nswer, to the :'he neaier I approach the end the so much tn fppl thn tr.i.n - 4 i .u ... following: ilalner I hear around me the Immortal ,n " lJ,J. 'pl"L f faCI ot ! than one thou- jWhen was the federal constitution Sentence Sermons Bt Henry F. Cope. People who stick seldom get atuck. a a Only a dark life treat" lying- lightly. plainer symphonies of tho worlds which In vite me. It Is marvelous, yet simple. It Is a fairy tale, and it Is history. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts, ln prose and verso, history, philosophy, drama, romance, tradition. satire, ode nnd song. I have tried all, but I feel that I have not said a thousandth part of what is ln me. When I go down to the grine I can say, like many others, I have finished my day's work: but I cannot say I have finished my life. My days will begin again the next morn ing. Tho tomb Is not a blind alley it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight to open on the dawn. From Plato, and others who lived centuries before him, down to pres ent day proacherR and teachers, this thought of Immortality, this faith in a better life beyond, has animated and inspired mankind. And' it Is this that makes old age young, that clothes tho old who possess it with a 8ublimer, purer youth than they had half a century before. Hugo's marvelous mind was per haps unorthodox, but he was a great preacher and teacher, and what he said on this occasion is a poetic ser mon worth reading lf you ore uonaiism ana disrupt ion. Time and sandth part of the noDular vote, last amended? What Renin TIia .Tnnrnnl t.o .... k..i j-i li... i..u...i - . I ment? 7u , uuiuieu out out uecmiBB iuat wiioiner ne Duys 2 When was the number of United tuai me measure wai created by the votes (of legislators) has nothing to States supreme court Judg-es reduced Republican party, that the Republl- do with this discussion." 8n,J WJSL n-n a. can party in a notable Instance has Dr. Cusick la not tha sort of mrm lne that there should bo no distinction demonstrated its efficacy by electing so far as we know his reputation. vTuVm K'T exS9nthef nc-imtuia iu a lew minutes, that 1 Who WOUld sell his vote, but his do"- elective franchise, was the last one the rank and file Of the Rpnnhllcan trlno l rlane-PrmiR. Othor ,m an adopted. Its purpose being to lUlow lie- ... . I " u groes to vote, ii was ueciarea in lorce , v v , party want the system perpetuated, to Salem for that very purpose, and in March. 1870. The other two amend- SoLZ "f "an by hol3!n that the masses of the Republican Dr. Cusick's remark indicates that Sn V?I twrt. . ' The meek man is the self-mastered was the amend- I man. Ton are not a dlsclnla afraid of discipline. a a The religion for etemtfr la Mia, nlla. ion for every day. a a If VOn would win aonla Ton mnmt Ka a winsome soul, asKT a a - 1 A' CANALS. S OUR public men gradually come to pay less attention to politics and more to the coun try's real needs, and to means of Its industrial and commercial de velopment, the construction of ca nals will be prominent among those means. Tho cost of canals is al ways great, yet they invariably pay, If good judgment is used ln select- party are sick and tired of senatorial It has happened and might happen not and rurtianism in the leglsla- A man proclaiming such a view ture, and tnat it is too late for n that It is better for a legislature to small group of self-constituted lead- sell a senatorshlp than for the peo ers ln that party to turn back the pie to elect would better not be wneeis or progress and again thrust given "a majority of all the votes" the rotten and discredited leglsla- for legislator tlve election or senator down the tnroais or me uonesr. masses of Ke- A Nortn YaKima man 4 0 years publicans ln Oregon. old. with a pretty young wife and the A crooked walk dlaiuranta straightest kind of talk. a a People who live in a bog always are e first to throw mud. th force of this storm would fall upon the Republican party. It Is Impos sible to foist a manifest wrpng upon a sovereign people and expect them to submit " ln obedient humility. These are not days, and this Is not a realm, of crowned heads, scep- tered monarchs and servile subjects. The average farmer in his field, the average business man ln his count ing the routes for them and they hng room, and the average mechanic are owned by the public for the I at his toil, is as wise in his day and Repeatedly and consistently The two babies, committed suicide be- nine ln 1870, chiefly in order to get a .Tnnrnnl haa nnlnrerl nnf tn fhna L,o., v y,nA t on.00,l t reversal of the legal tender decisions . . , -u "".ot hi- vouno no iau buvv. iu 1 " rendered during the war. ncuouaries mat me enujee or united ventures and was in sr.raigm.ened States senator Is, and of right oup;lit circumstances; at least such Is the to continue to be, a privilege for the reason assigned. If It be the only whole people, and not for a few ex- reason, what a contemptible coward elusive legislators and politicians to he was. But there Is the'if," so exercise. It has repeatedly and con- let us not Judge him" too harshly. But sistently pointed out that any at- speaking abstractly, he is about as tempt to take the righf) away from dlspicable a man as can be imagined the people would arouse such a who kills himself under such circum storm of protest as has never been stances, leaving wife and babies un seen in Oregon and that the whole provided for and helpless. in force ln December, 1865, and In July, 1868, respectively. Ten of the previous 12 amendments went Into effect bet ween 1789 and 1792, and the eleventh ln 1798 and the twelfth ln 1804. 2 The original number of Justices of the supreme court was five. This was Increased to six In 1807, to eight In 1837, and to nine ln 1863. The number was reduced to seven during Johnson's ad- tnlnlMfrnMon. In conseauenca of the hit ter quarrel between him and congress, may strike roots for ourselrea. eo that If vacancies occurred he could ' not reappoint judges favorable to his No man knows his fnTl power tmtfl mj uiiiirc. !. at i urns ii on some wormy rurposa. It is folly to allow th tmmtan1 fa rob you of the Joy of giving. a a Our prop are taken away that w cost of maintaining them Is compar atively small, so that they afford cheap means of transportation. The Panama canal may be an ex ception, for its cost will run into the hundreds of mlllipns, yet It Is a Job of which the country may be proud. A conspicuous English canal is the Manchester canal, dug by that city at a cost of many millions, and the company operating it has within the bast six months paid the citv i about KS00.000.4 Uuf full amount of 1 generation as Is the average Port land politician. These citizens re member: that the primary law is the result of a revolution by the people against' corrupt politics la Oregon, and .that Statement No. 1 Is the tre mendous protest of nearly -67,000 voters against corrupt senatorial elections In the Oregon legislature. Reverting, to The Journal's many warnings, this paper now asks. Mr. Hodson, Mr.. Beach, Mr. Bailey and Mr Harvey , Scott .' this . question: What i3 the meaning and what the. The Aldrlch bill passed by a vote of 42 to 16. Allowing for vacan cies and serious Illnesses, about. 25 senators were absent, but if they had been present the result would have been the same. Two Democrats, JbhnstonBnTl"0 en; voted With most of the Republicans for the bill; an J five Republicans, Borah, Bourne, Brown, Heyburn and La Follette, voted againgt it. The bill may have some good features, but its source arouses suspicion against it. This Date in History. 1632 Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye by which England restored Canada to France. 1790 John Tyler, tenth president of the United States, born at Oreenway, Va. Died In Richmond, January J8, 18G2. 1792 Klnir Gustavus III of Sweden, died. Born January 24, 1746. 1809 Oporto taken by Marshal Sofilt. 1824 Return Jonathan MelRs, who served successively as a judgo of the nunreme court of Ohio, Louisiana ter ritory and the territory of Michigan, an United States senator, governor of Ohio and postmaster general, died at Mari etta, O. Born at Middletown. Conn., rnovemDer ". 1849 Annexation of Punjab to Brit ish India. 1866 General WInfield Scott died nt West Point. Born near Petersburg. Va.. June 13, 1786. 1907 ttrencn troops occupied OudJa. Morocco. Thomas A-'Davis of Maysville, who was recently appointed labor inspector for the state of Kentucky, la one of the veteran members of the Internation al Typographical union. He Jojned the orguni7.in.iuij ui ijuuuvma mora than 50 years ago. ' , The contract system of work In the sanitary department of Boston la again being made an issue. The Sanitar Km. ployes' union has asked ther finance commission to investigate and Mavor Hibbard has also appointed a commit tee to consider the Question, , James M. GriggsVJBirthday, James Matthews Grfjifgs, representa tive of trie Second congressional district of Georgia and? one of the Democratic leaders in the house, was born at La grange. Ga., March 29, 1861. His edu- cation was received in the common Schools and at the Peabody Normal college from which institution he grad uated in 1881. After leaving' college he taught school and at the same time studied law ana was admitted to the bar ln 1882. His publia career datoi rrom ui, in wmcn year ne was elected to the office of oroseentlni ttnrnnv He resigned this office in 1893 nrt wna appointed Judge of the Pataula Judicial circuit. He resigned hia place , on the bench In 1896 to make the race for con- fxess. He was successful in tha con est and has five times been re-elected as representative of the Second Georgia district Mr. Qrlgga was a delegate to the Democratic national convention In 1892 and . served as chairman of the Democratic congressional. -cnmnalvn commutes during the last campaign. ' A high pTirnosn tlos un th entanalrn lines of otherwise dangerous leisure, a a The only time some men lore their enemies Is when they embrao their sins. a a Folks who are willing to go to heaven alone are sure to get lost on the way. a a The etiffest prlco you can pay for some thing Is to get them for nothing. The brake of resolution Is not much use without the bridle of & strong will. a a Service Is the elgn by which nobility is ranked in the kingdom of heaven, a a Drowning your trouble in drink la an effective way of watering the weeds of woe. a a There is in every good life a talisman that turns all adversity and 111 to ado vantage and good. a a Tito -hope rjf the world is In the num- ' her of golden hearts on Monday rather than ln the number of silk hats on Sun day. ::!' Straight Tips. From the Albany Herald (Rep.). If the Republican party Is paramount to a eovernment by the people ufbe Republicans; but if a government by the people is paramount to the Re- ' publican party, then give us the govern-, ment by tne peopie. ? Ther Is no "band wagon" with State.i ment Not 1. Each voter is a miniature . "band wagon' of his own. The "flxera ; don't like that sort of band wagon. The politicians nr doing quite a bit of "old time Juggling" and trading, but the voters of Linn county will furnish ' the majorities under the '"new system." and Statement No, 1, too. - 'K ' If you are a Democrat advocate State men No. 1. If you are a Republican demand - Statement Nol 1. Rtatemnnt No. l la the greatest political privileg-.-you have yet enjoyed.,, . - ,, , .A . 'V- .1. .;
