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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. ;
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' 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.
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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.
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The religion for etemtfr la Mia, nlla.
ion for every day.
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If VOn would win aonla Ton mnmt Ka
a winsome soul, asKT
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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.
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People who live in a bog always are
e first to throw mud.
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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.
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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,
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The only time some men lore their
enemies Is when they embrao their
sins.
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Folks who are willing to go to heaven
alone are sure to get lost on the way.
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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.
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Service Is the elgn by which nobility
is ranked in the kingdom of heaven,
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Drowning your trouble in drink la
an effective way of watering the weeds
of woe.
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There is in every good life a talisman
that turns all adversity and 111 to ado
vantage and good.
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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.,, . - ,, ,
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