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DAILY ASD SUNIUT. , fMr IT.M On SwetS t 19 Life's ft TMt M That does IU tnichtr rraad without fall, Paatlogla nncbanred strength dough vara are chanf- '-.. . inf.' - Geoffs Eliot. -9 PORTLAND PARTLY TO BLAME. kORTLAND will not bo visited by any first-class. battleship; tola seems to M settiea. .wnji That such ship could come np i to Portland safely, drawlm 15 feet or a little more, there li no doubt It is the business of the nary depart ment to know thU fact Secretary Metcalf, Tery likely encouraged to hold euch an opinion by influential people of San Francisco, hie home city, seems to aunme that the large battleships could not come here safe ly. He apparently ha "no knowl edge or information luff lclent to form a belief to the contrary. It, he hi wrong in thin position, aa seems demonstrable, hie It . Inexcusably wrong, and his action must be con strued to be an act of official hos tility against Portland. It will be so construed here; for which the see-j retary may not care. He probabjy ! supposes Portland la only a little set tlement of only a few thousands of backwoods people anyway. ; , Or, somewhat more probably, he saw an opportunity meanly to "knock" Portland and try to render It Insig nificant aa a port In comparison with San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Tacoma. His action may Indeed injure Portland a little, but not per manently or seriously. Such a piece of spiteful discrimination cannot 'hare any great or lasting Influence upon the fortunes of a city like Port- ' land. - .-.v ' .---'-':-y- . But let us not lay all the blame on Secretary Metcalf; rather ac.kn.owl edge and accept our own share. Port land did not stir In the matter soon enoneh nor Timorously - enough. . It started out on this business in Its ojd ' slow, halting, don't-know-nor-care style, which it has to a large ex tent, but not altogether, abandoned of late years. By the time a aennite movement In earnest was made, the full Itinerary of the fleet, at least as to the big battleships, had been fixed. To be sure, there was no good excuse for leaving Portland ont of that itln erary, on the poor and false excuse given; yet Portland knew that it has always In everything been oiscrim inated against by the government at Washington In favor of ; San Fran cisco and Paget sound, and It should on that account have been np and doing,' i vigorously, hammer-and-tongs, early, months ago. If Metcalf Is to blame, and If the admirals are ,to blame, Portland Is to blame also. The way to get something is to go after it, and go after It at the right time! early, not too late. BRYAN THE RIGHT MAN. fw4H& letter of Mr. McKinnon, pub I lished on this page, indicates . I ; that he has not read The Jour " ; nal very carefully, or else baa forgotten some things it has said on the subject of his letter. The Jour- : 'nal has said, and says again, that it thinks that, under all the clrcum- stances, ; Bryan is the undoubted choice of the "rank and file" of the J Democracy, and ought to be nom inated." He pre-eminently repre sents and typifies "true democracy,"! "equal rights for all and special prlv- lieges to none,". and is the foremost ; and :.consplcuous leader of those . forces that are striving and making for higher moral standards In poli tics and public life. All that the masses of people praise Roosevelt for, Bryan .has stood for during the past 12 -years. There may be as good and able Democrats, but the people don't , know them, or about them,-as they do Bryan.1 Johnson Is handicapped in popular approval by his support by the New York World and other newspapers that are more or less tied. up with the "interests." Cray la a fine old gentleman, of the ( Id school, who probably has but a very dim, vague conception of the moral and political revolution that la r nin st on in this country, Harmon 1? of the "$afe and sane", type. Folk is campaigning for the senate and Is for 13 ryaa. Cu Iberson is f irst-class presidential timber, ' but he lives tviir down south. Looking them all over the people turn again to Bryan ' ,,9 not only the man who can inost fcurHy be trusted as president, but 'when all is said and done the most sv;S!a!.!e man. ' ;5'- '? Pryaa la more than a party leader. : i is a l.-ader in a gi'eat revolution t v r-form movement , that ' is ' to , ire, l as already to eome extent i -1. tbo country's political ct ; : ;,ns and method's, and ' nr. S will raise etill Jtiigber the ethical standards of pontics. RnAMvelt. within limits. Is another such leader, and has. In spite of his limitations and inconsistencies wrought mlahtlly during his presl dency for civic righteousnesa and ...mp Ttoth ha and BrVkX we think, are yet too partisan; ut In suite of party they are great loaders and teachers of the people. The Journal doubts not that a great ma lorltr of the Democrats of Oregon and many others, are In favor of Bryan's nomination, and with, this sentiment The Journal heartily con curs. . ' ' TnB ROSS VERDICT. 0 OMMUNITIES shudder at ver dicts like that In the Ross case at, Salem. Here was a man who stood at the bead of a tirn Portland banklnc concern. It was a position oi conspicuous re spectability. It was one for young men to contemplate with a glow of admiration and ambition. A wide field for publlo usefulness was open to the occupant It was a position of trust that carried with It the calm repose or puouo conuuvuuo. w came the savings depositors with .... ' . Ml M TT.b. their earnings, and In this man s hands nlaced their all. It was a re lation of trnstf ulneas and responsibil ity to have filled most men with a pride in their calling, and to have thereby stayed the band of cupidity and abandon. But Mr. Rosa fell. The Salem verdict says so The heavy hand of conviction Is upon- him. . .A keen sense of shame Is his portion. From the high position young men coveted, he has descended Into the depths of disgrace. When he. had his oppor tunity, as head-of a great financial establlsment. his horizon, narrowed. Instead ot being 1 satisfied with an honest Increment ,from an honest business, he played to get rich quick. It Is the old and perilous game, ana the old, old sequel. Sometimes It wins temporarily, but mostly It loses. A bank Is a bank, and not a bunko house.;. The moment tnere is oepar- ture from true . banking, . there . is peril. It. Is the road ot danger, and hazard as the Salem verdict snows, i The more a fly struggles In molasses, the less able it Is to speed away on Its besmeared wings. ' Once started on the dizzy road of speculation on other people's funds. It becomes more and more difficult to get over Into " the honest pah. To, sncn, tt seems that warnings that nave come before, and warnings to cme again are of no avail. They go unheedea, and In their greed for Mammon men go on In dizzy finance. 1: And so, there are Salem verdicts, and ; shamed defendants. . Com munltles pause; startled, and for i moment, regret, not the verdict, but the defendant's fall. They regret, not what the man is, but. what he might have been. 1 And of - "all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'it might have been. - THE INLAND WATERWAYS PROJECT. ' '" -IT - K OT only the power In streams, but navigable streams, or.suca as can be rendered navigable by a reasonable outlay, and so made blghways of transportation. are a great heritage of the people. They properly belong to the whole people, and when the people demand their Improvement for transporta tion purposes that demand should be as a matter of coarse obeyed. It is the people who have to pay the cost But the trouble Is that a large pro portion " of : our congressmen and other public officials are not serving the people, i care little or nothing about their interests, but are serving railroads and other corporations, trnsts, special interests. This la not a mere vague, Ill-natured kick; It la a fact, that sticks out conspic uously ia hundred places.' It can not be confuted. Roosefelt has been tilting against this condition of af fairs, but aside from arousing pon- lic sentiment and helping to en lighten the public mind, , which ' is much, he has accomplished nothing. And when he passes out of office, who is to carry on this battle for the neonle agaitist their corporation and trust enemies, even more vigorously, specif Icially, courageously ana nc- cessfully than he has done? Dr. W. J. McGhee, secretary oi tne Inland , waterway commission, says that the essentials of tbeoject of developing our Inland nitefways are: .- r .y' mJJ.M?:v'W:'S- n Rftcornitlon of the running" waters as an Inalienable asaat Of the people; (2) coordination of all parts and the several uses of the stream; () regulation tt the relations ' lwtween ; w ater-carrlag-e and oter means .of transporta10'0! ' distribution of benefits la iclj ' wise that the people ' of ea part Of the country will enjoy all Jiatural -advantages pertalninir to their waters, and (5) ultimate control of our,water sup ply In auch roadner that none shall be wasted and all shall, be put to Its best use for the benefit of mankind and' the welfare of the country. 1 ' . ' It Is a great project, one worthy the most considerate " support ' o every --member '-of v congress Yet what do vte see? Not only nothing being done, but no disposition on the part of the majority party or of con gressmen generally, to do anything in the future, . or to consider. thi3 great subject at all. or more than perfunctorily, llBUessly; as if it 'were a bore to them.-" - :' ' -: ! But the great; scheme cannot be kept down, 'Congressmen will dis cover' that the people are In earnest about" It. 'and. will ' gradually weed out both active and passive cppon-. . CHAMBERLAIN i N TUB coming election. The Jour nal Intends to give unqualified support'to the candidacy of Ooy- . ernor Chamberlain ror unuea States senator. Issues ot tremen dous consequence to the people, and vitally affecting their well being, art constantly pending' at Washington. It s everywhere admitted, and no where denied, that the national sen ate Is the rendezvous and stronghold ot predatory Interests. From al most every platform, every pulpit and In the columns of every unpur chased newspaper, the recreancy, of the senate to the people Is an nounced. No man denies it; every man confesses , it It Is common knowledge that It is in the senate that Mammon sits enthroned. It la there; that money-mad Interests hold high carnival. It la there that the Platts, Depews, Aldrkhes and kin dred spirits exercise" dominion. It was there that the original rata bill of President Roosevelt was betrayed and transformed Into an almost col orless measure, la spite of the tre mendous ' Influence wielded by the executive. It Is there that the "rich malefactors of wealth.", denounced by President Rooseveit, procure as sassination of every measure that threatens their private and personal ends. With these abuses of sen atorial functions admitted, and no body controverts them, the citizens' first duty to himself, to bis family and to his country, is to seek a rem edy. . ' - " ' - v : Oregon can do a state's part in the reform of the senate. She has un paralleled opportunity. ; Direct choice of a new senator is immediate ly before her people. If the man chosen shall be living protest against the existing regime ot pred atory riot. It will be an .object les son to other ' commonwealths and other peoples. 4 It makes the coming selection one ' of immense . eonse- nuence.' It is of Infinite Importance that he should be of the people, and for tha people. It Is no less conse quential that he should be tried and true. It is no time to try an experi ment The man himself should be the guarantee add pledge of future performance. How enormously Im portant to the farmer In his field, to the mechanic In his shop, or to the laborer at his toll, that any tote to be cast In the .United States senate shall be not for the "rich malefactors of wealth," but In the defense ot the tolling, struggling multitude, t Of all this, throughout his career from the day he rose from humble walks to ents. The people are not going to nbmit Ion to the payment of also, 000,000 a year for pensions , and 1250,000,000 a year for army and navy, 'with only a pittance biennially for rivers and harbors and nothing at all for Inland waterways, xnese must become the policy ot the gor- rnment. and the people, if they in sist upon it numerously and persist ently enough, can soon wake It so, A million dollars spent on vwaier wavs is worth more to this country than twenty millions spent. on, the army and navy. ' ; , , ; ; ; TRAINING IN DOMESTIC SCIENCE HE3 safety of a nation depends largely upon the character of Its home life.- A commonwealth of comfortable, happy and pro gressive homes Is la safe anchorage. whatAver Influence contrinutes to betterment ot home life Is a nation saver.V It Is ot notable interest that the board of control hate determined to accentuate the course In domestic science and arts at the Oregon state rotiesre. , The recent trip ot Presi dent Kerr and Superintepdent Acker- man through the east has resunea in the selection of a corps of finished Instructors In the work, with Miss Juliet Greer, for nine years witn Institute of Brooklyn, at their had. Training is to be practical andlntenBivein cookery, home dec- ?T-.,. lonltitlnn and hamt orftuwH, w"" ""v - - , - nursine In the scientific phase, ana In dressmaking,: millinery and kin dred subjects in the art wont, 'ine purpose is to create of each graduate from the course, a woman developed and skilled In every phase or nome The story of woman's education in the past, r has been , a narration or tragedy. : Though lp 99 cases out of each 100, she was destined jor the chief place in a home, her education bore little Upon preparation for that BDhere. The fundamentals of home life were banded down from mother to daughter, and beyond this all was blank.1 " - J ' ' . ' The enlightenment essential to illumination of home activities, and trending to wpllft and widening of mentAl horizon, was absent Her training If more than the usual, en abled her to thrum the piano, to speak a bit of French or German, to write an essay, and perhaps turn off a few lines of verse. Her pages and pages of - history, : essential though they may' have been, served her no purpose, in decoration of fthe home into which she ultimately drifted. I A smattering of . Latin helped her noth ing In making; good bread. ,v Her French added nothing to her capacity to cut and fit a dress for the baby or prepare a sanitary; meal for the husband."' - "S.-f,: MJ'f'-fi-Mr is of Infinite value to Oregon that he? rural' homes and all other homes should be more than a mere abiding place. - When the finalty In woman's life is so : often the head- FOR SENATOR. his high position as the executive of the state, Governor Chamberlain has been the living and practical em bodlment. 1 ' ' '. ' Governor Chamberlain If always and everywhere an exponent and de fender of good government His ca reer aa governor has been a story of unyielding fidelity to the plain people. . He is exactly the type ot man who, as a senator at Washing ton, would be an unpurchased and nnpurchasable . representative ' ot all the people, and not of a favored few. N.o man disputes It, all admit It' .It Is this conviction of his uncompro mising fidelity and perfect fitness for the position, that Is A first reason why, The Journal will support him for the senate. It is a duty this newspaper owes to the people and to Oregon, and one that It expects to earnestly and fearlessly discharge. But there are other conspicuous reasons for Governor Chamberlain's election. lie la a man of large mould. His mental horizon is , on broad lines. He is, by reason of his notable service as governor ot Ore gon, a national figure. Large ques tions of Irrigation, of Inland water ways, ot public lands, and other mat ters ot great public moment that he has championed, have brought hlsi Into close personal relation with the greatest men la the nation, and given him an acquaintanceship and individ uality among leading figures in the country. .. He served as president of the national Irrigation congress. He was a prominent figure In the coun cils ot the late Inland waterways con vention, headed by President Roose velt at Memphis. His leadership and personality were marked In the national . rivers : and harbors con gress. He is a 'public man whose reputation Is as big as the office the people ot Oregon are called tpon to fllL - In the retirement of Senator Fulton, the state loses Its senator of longest service, and greatest .expe rience. It is Important that his suc cessor should be the biggest man Oregon has to send. No man In all Oregon is more capable of . making up . for the loss of Senator Fulton than ls Governor Chamberlain. In no field would Governor Chamber lain's unyielding Integrity and loy: alty to the people stand for so much; la no endeavor would his great abll ity and spotless reputation be so fruitful of results. In no sphere would the amiable social qualities that have made him so deeply , be loved In his own state, and so much esteemed in other states, count so heavily in doing things for Oregon. I ship of a home, and when the horns Is what that headship makes It, it Is enormously important that Oregon girls have opportunities 1n training, typical of the sphere they are to oc cupy.' It Is a character of education whose assured practicality Is so pat ent ' that the wisdom of . President Kerr and the state college regents in emphasizing, the domestic courses is , r VMM WALKING. ' "W HY doesn't all the world go a walking In lhls sea .son and weather?" asks a writer In Collier's.- "The late spring and early summer were made , for " little, .informal walking trips." And thie writer goes on to tell what keen enjoyment he : has every spring, for from five days to a . il" . tea a.1 ' a a. 4 ' xnonm, wanting tnrouga me coun try, "somewhere -on the map," almost anywhere will do, so that there are farm-houses occasionally for retreeh- The suggestion is a good one tor many people of any city, all euch as can spend the time for a vacation In this way, any. time between now and July, though of course rainy weather would mar. the, pleasure of such a trip. . Such an experience would do many city . people much good. : Not only Is the exercise of walking Itself beneficial, the best exercise possible, but , the sights and sounds that the country, especially a sparsely settled country,, affords, are restful, educa tional, purifying. The streams, the woods, the dairy cows,' the growing crops, the plain,, unaffected country people a multitude of things and scenes and suggestions will "be met with that to one who has lived long and steadily In the city should be gratifying," helpful, refreshing-. This writer says:' : "You put on a flannel shirt and a c'ap, and carry a change of underclothing in a little rubber lined collapsible bag, that fits snugly under the, arm. . That Is all there is to it You are ready for any thing.? VWherever you; live, all you have to do Is just to start out in any direction.. I, have yet to see a state or a country xhere yob will come to grief on, such a trip." , ' , - . , BUt as most city readers will dis miss such . a trip - as impracticable, even. If they do pot regard our sug gestion scornfully, 4lt should be fur ther remarked that) almost any' one can do a good deal of beneficial walking right here in the city, while attending to his dally business.- Take a roundabout course, and as far as possible a different one, coming from and going - to your home. Take an extra hour or, half -hour from - your work and walk briskly up to the hills In tho west part of town,"- next day across a bridge to the east side, an other time up to South Portland; leg It out two, three, four or five miles, and if time is about up ride back; there ate thoMBands of people even in thla exceptionally healthy city who ..... - would be surprised. If they would follow this practice a few weeks, at the amount of good It would do them good not only physically, though this wonld be the kind malaly appar ent, .but good intellectually, even spiritually. , ' ..- . Such ; walking . exercises and strengthens the muscles, it expands the )ungs,'and puts more oxygen into the blood, it Incites a healthy appe tite and aids digestion and keeps the stomach strong. It rests and re freshes the brain and '. clears, it of menial cooweDs, ,it inauces, peuer thoughts. .. ' The air here bears winged health; the scenery, once you begin to notice. Is on' a clear day enrapturing; trees and.flowers and birds and romping, merry' children all freely entertain you; after a few such walks you-are a pleasanter, a stronger and a better man or woman! We believe It ought to be a rule that every teacher In our city schools, except In especial cases, should walk at least five miles a day. ' City people would live lon ger, and be happier while they lived. If they walked more. , ! , , " , YOPNG VOTERS. " V Y DUNG men, first voters, ought to get on the progressive side. which is the more moral side. In ' politics, notwithstanding that It may be or may seem to be the mailer ktde. Majorities are right, or must be assumed to be right, la the long run, or nearer so than mi norities, in a system ot government like ours, but a majority Is not al ways right It was a stretch of po etic license to say, "Fos ever the Right comes uppermost, and ever the Truth shall win"; but with an eye ot faith at least we can see that such Is the trend and tendency of human activity. It muBt be so, else the world la going to the devil, w cant believe that ( A young voter should try to get on the side nearer right, the one that Is sincerely trying to correct wrongs and ' Improve conditions and benefit the people, even If that side has at present less power than the other and offers less opportunities for pre- erment A young man -ought not to be a standpatter,' except on 'broad, basic, general principles. The world Is moving, changing, politically, so cially, morally, as well as in ma terial, industrial, business affairs, if not so rapidly and noticeably. With in a ' generation many old methods and appliances hare been cast aside and "are" almost forgotten.- The young man can scarcely Imagine how his grandfather lived-.. So In politics the time seems dawning when meth ods and customs of the past genera tion will have been la a Jargo,degree abandoned, when politics will be conducted on a far higher plane, wheri , men honored.by the people must have much higher i ideals ot public service and of officials' duty than they have had for 40 years past. at least. , , , - : There has been a tremendous up lift of this sort during the last five or six years, .due more than to any one else to Roosevelt, because ot his high position and great power, but due also to Bryan, Folk, La Follette, Hughes, and to many others of less prominence. The public conscience has hot aince the great civil war been so successfully monitory of the du ties of otfieerholding and of citizen ship. 4 It used to be said, VI belong to this or that party"; that settled everything Politically. Now It Is said, "I am going $o vote for the In terests of , the people, regardless of party? I am going to do .right and help make public servants ao ngnt.' v Young man, ; the party catch phrases " Jef fersonlan , principles,' v protection to labor," anjl so on are delusive claptrap. , , Before placing any reliance ten them, study how they are applied to present affairs, your affairs and ours,; by representatives of the party .in power -In the White House. In congress, In legislatures, In executive chambers, In city halls. Be a partisan if you will, but try to be an intelligent, . conscientious, dis criminating . partisan, who after all holds party success subordinate to tlie people's welfare. If we mistake not the signs of, the times, it is tne young men not only of ability and ambition, but ot high moral courage and a determination to be of service to the people rather than to a party or to self, who will come to the front In the coming years. - The Republicans In congress are be tween the devU of the papef trust and the deep sea of newspaper indignation. Thar newspapers demand "repeal' of the tarinr on wood pulp and print paper, and the trust needs this tariff In its busi ness. ;how to satisfy the newspapers without offending; the trust, la the prob lem. - But the Republican machine la as usual eaual to the emergency. It de cides to retain the tariff for the bene-" At of the trust, and to prosecute the trust for the amusement of the news papers. Public : r,t. f Yes, and the Republican leaders are between the horde of trust devils on one hand and not only the news papers but millions of awakened, en lightened; Independent voters on the other. " These . voters observe, more over, that not a trust has been busted yet- y&0i$;3 President , Roosevelt Is commander-in-chief of , both the army and navy. He is at the head of the warr department and , the havy de partment.' He professes to believe in and as far as possible bring about a square deal, and in this we think he is sincere and in earnest. ' . Let Portland, then, appeal directly to the president,' and show him conclusive ly that this city is not getting squsre deal, is being discriminated against and injured by his secretaries of war and navy, and demand square deal from Roosevelt himself, Senatori Bourne may have an oppor tunlty here to test his Influence with the president and do Tortland a good turn. ';; ' Is it' possible that the -United States government Is punishing Port land for electing a non-partisan mayor, and Oregon for choosing a non-Republican 1 governor? More likely the government is only follow lng its usual custom of obeying the orders of some big politico-transportation Interestsrepresented by Her- rln, Perkins. Flint. Hkrrlman et al. Though the pacific toast may seem greatly obliged to Congressman Hobson for coming out here to point out to us our Imminent danger, we cannot ' assure him truthfully that we are likely to get badly scared over the perilous situation. . -. If a vote were to be taken tomor row between the mayor on the one hand and the majority ot the coun ell on the other, can anybody doubt how tha city would go? - . Hymns to Know ; , : --v. , ' The Blessed Way. : ' Br Henry Franols Lyte. f During his checkered life -Henry frauds Lyte (179S-1S4T) wrote a num br of hymns which are Still growing steadily In general use and apprecla tloa of their devotional and poetlo bean ty. If the reader will compare this hymn wltB the eighty-fourth pnalm' he wm recognise ne eouroe pi x.r - plratlon and aouDiieia kidbwiiuh the beauty, of his parapnasej . Pleasant' are thy courts above, . . In tha land of llzht and love: ... , Pleasant are thy courts below, , In thla land of sin and woe. , , O, my spirit longs and faints For the converee 01 my Minis,,, ror the .brishtneee of thy face, King of flory. God of grace. . , Hannv birds, that slng'and fly Round thy alUra. O moat high: Happier souls, that find a rest ! In a heavenlr father's breaat: Like the wondering dove, that found No repoee on earth around, , y Thev can to their ark repair . And enjoy It ever there. Happy souls, their pralees flow . ; ' Even In this vale of woe; Waters In the desert rlim,' . ,v Manu (uil. Ih.m from tha akleS! ' On they go from strength to etrength. Till they reacn tny wirane at ivngiu, At tny reel anonng rail. Who hast led them safe through all. Lord be mine this prise to win; ;, Guide me through a world of sin: . Keep me by thy saving grace; -Oive mutt thr side a place. , ., . Bun and shield alike thou art: 1 ' Guide and guard my erring heart; araca and dorr now irom mee. . Shower. O ehower them. Lord, on ma Letters From tne People Bryaa and the Democratic Tarty. Carsoft. Or, April To the Editor of The Journal. In your piper 1 notice but little in -support of Mr. Bryan s candidacy Tor nomination xor presiuani, although when mentioned at all, rather with favor. -The New York World never loaee a chance to dig him. Any man rather than Bryan eeema .to be the policy of that paper. It seems to me that the Cleveland element of tne Democratic party Is bent on a policy of rule or ruin, and would rather see the party go down to aereat wita joan son. Gray or some other . than see It win with Bryan. It occurs to me that aa long as the original "sound money, "flavaianri' alamant of our CartT In. slate upon Its choice of a candidate for prealdent. just ao long will the Bjpub Itcana elect their candidate. There seems to be no question but what Bryan la very largely the choice of Democrats, and should receive the -nomination, and It further appear that with the New Tork World's chow in the person of Johnson or Gray, any Bryan man would reluctantly. If at alt vote for the can didate. I know of many In my commun ity who would not vote for a nominee who had been forced upon tne pariy noon tha Da throUah the minority Influence ox-me Vnrb Wnrld and Cleveland element. The New York World makes a great fuas about Democracy and conunuainr wants to know "what is a TDemocrat-T Every answer to that question which I have seen In print has been ridiculed by Its editor. The definition can be given only by the New York World, con sequently any on who differs from It la not a lramocrBU xjw su m are the Democrats that are loyal and faithful thn whn have : accented and voted for the regular nominees of the party, or tnoee wno ooitea tne pariy " put Up candlilatea t their own T If the Vrw Vnrk . Wnrld or. an V Other small minority of the democratic party thinks ror a moment can nniu , Democrats by such modes of procedure as It baa a record for. then I feel safe In saying harmony is, ' nUghtr long way off," . J. B. McKINNON.. Benjamin JV Tracey's Birthday. ' n.n.r.i -Raniamln irranklln Tracy, r ,.a rAtorv nt the navv In the cabinet of Prealdent Benjamin Harri son, was born April 16, 1830, la Owego, New" Xjora, i anu roceivea , yiiiu... achool education. ' He Studied , law ,- In his home town and was admitted, to the bar In i 85 U, His publlo areer be aan two reara later with his eleotlon on the Whig ticket as district attorney of Tiog county.wHe was one of the organiaers of the-Republican party-In his section and in 1881 was elected to the New York general assembly. - In 1862 he went to the front aa colonel nt inoth Ki York volunteers. Afi ,ter the close of the war he, began the practice of iaw in wew . xora ciiy anu In 1866 was appointed United States dls- trice aivurnoy . jur . .ovm vi,i..w. of New . York, s While --its that office he drafted an Internal revenue bill that more than trebled the revenue of the United States. General Tracy resigned his dletrlct attorneyship In- 1878,to re turn to private practice., . in isst ne wii annolnted m aasoclate lustlce of the stote court of appeals f tJew York, but resigned two years later to again resume his private practice. His ef fective work In the campaign f .1888 led- to ' bis appointment to-a cabinet place by Prealdent Harrison. After his retirement from the cabinet he .again took up a legal practice which was one of the largest in New York. , An Admiral's Stories, , From the Strand Magazine. " - 1jtA rhurlan -Beresford- has a choice collection of stories at the expense of laymen placed In office at the admiralty as a consequence of a turn of the po litical wheel, , Of one lord of the admiralty he told a delighted house of. commons . how, re ceiving a report of disaster -.to a Ship, couched in technical phrase, he wrote a reply remonstrating with the officer for his use of bad language. . , , v "Another civilian lord, looking over a chart, and Observing that one of bis majesty's - ships, nomeward bound, passed Within a apace of two Inches on the chart an Islan4 where eastaway sailors were sheltering, wanted .to Know whv It could not relieve them. - Lord Charlea explained that the two Inches on the chart meant a distance at sea, of 4,000 miles, . x , - fo'rTod ermon ay The Expression of Religion. Uy Henry P. Cope. "And whosoever shall alv to drink unto on of these little one a cup or cold water only In the name of a dls- ciiiU, verily I say unto you. he ahull In no wlae lose his reward. Matt. x:z. r 1112 greatest nrraent need In r-, AS llglon t the dtauovery and us of adequate method of practical ex. ' preaslon of Our beliefs and emo tions. Ther ar mors than uf- . flclent form and mean of oral expre- alon; w need to know how w may put Into work and aervlce the ideal, asplra. Uona, passion, conception and convlo- ' tlons that mak one's religion. . No healthy being can be content to alt J and listen 10-sermon forever., Many -turn from the church and the organised form of religion . because these toe often simply seem to be arrangement - ror satisfying tlie desire for better things here by listening to flowery de- scrlbtlon of a fairer - world and an. Ideally adjusted social order ome where, Slee. Keeling move the world; but the life of feeling alon aoon beoome a living .' falsehood. The finer, th amotions thai ar sedulously nurtured and then de nied their normal expression, the great' er the damage, to Ihe life. This lif of our needs fin feeling deeply stirred, but only that w may be moved to do the thing of which w dream and right the wrong over which we weep. A man feel UU atrongly In religion. He 1 coaaclou of tha world' aln and aorrow; h know It Imperfection and hi own; he is moved t righteous indig nation against social absuse and normltles: he I stirred to longing after oftv. sulrltual Idealai but unless h 1 1 already atrophied by- emotion un expressed, he Is orylna. What can w de about these thlngsT It often eem that all that la being N don, as definite expresalon of rellglou Meal, to bring about belter condition for Individual and for society I being done outside the church. The churches furnish the stimulus and leave to juve nile court, mother' congresses, child, labor league, to the many organisation that car for the helpless ana aeiens. less these things that the great master himself began to do amongst men. . All thesw, movements for the better-' ment of our neighbors and our race are good and tt la not much ua our talking about our religion unless w ar doing, our part along with all those who seek to wipe away needles tear and redeem humanity from darkne, who feed th . hungry and clothe th destitute. No man need to worry over bis spirlti life If he 1 moved by the plrit of o- re If tic In I m hli rUlcIng lov for hi fellow, If he I glv- lng himself thu to them. mean ar too formal for th full, fre living out of th rellglou lif. Wcan onlv touch these cieat problem occa sionally and in spots; whatever we may do through organisations, there still re main much of our faith without ade quate expression. Do we not here need to learn of him -who taught men ao-well th rellglou life? - - - ' Th bt way t6 put our religion Into our live I to live, hi kind of life, to be Just what th dan of Nasareth was to men. a friend to every on whom he met Full, free, living friendship 1s th iu.t vaniiia fnr th exoresslon of the best In any of ua, and the faith that doe not make a man a friend amongst men 1 not th faith Of the great friend of sinners. ; , ... Our world neen irienas. um .,.- more than - movemenia, ui a!""""" and lmperonal machinery for their re lief; they need folk, eye that look inM theirs, hinds that touch theira. Hp- that frame simple words f kindness, heart that go out to their own and, fusing la th fir of sympathy, lift their heart, and raise their eye to better thing, to hop and eheer and happlnea. ' How simple 'It all is. how sufncleat. lust to be a true, helpful rriena io every other oV look on him. not with th critic' eye but wtth friend ship ey of faith; to lift him. not officially but with a ' brother tnderneat and trenarth. Just to go aooux unuui.i l.rnfIl.L' 1... -k .),.. mnathv and aaa nnout. - Sentence Sermon " l 'aTsasaaa By Henry T. Cop . tna ale as soon a H vaunts Any virtu dls as soon a.. I liaiMA. ' ek ' f. He who, has a work ha n will to wander. .' . , - It hard te be eoavtacinf witten conviotlon. ' , " t ' tf .iwsts makes the adversary happy' to you sad. . - tt. ni is wolnv to heaven who Is bringing heaven here. , ... r. Li,. afraid ef any truth Is a friend to rror and a lie. r, , , .. 1. ha blame Adam for their. sins forget h,lm In thlr eueo. ; . Some think to kilt all th wild eats of th week by xroweu - ninr TtaoTil hav artvni up praylnJT becau iVooaU o xnuoh prao- '' -, a. .'.'...if.. w- . -tm. I a -rlrtn Which ha paased from heln a sarrant to boom maaier. ' i i . Man y a eilisen oi naavrw ""v,1 ready for BU rest tnr y aongmg mm i a " . i .' .. v it. 1 seldom ncsary te rprov the V;;, ..i man for laoK T Tvrnc v. n hia maker. -. .. . -. ;; It's a 'goo thing t gt UP on in : m . a. i. tactics, but It laKes i ja tin. nn a win a battle. but it take th tactic ot get- .jr " - r i . -i : . '. m . " ,.',,!, --I t . tm IiiIIh tn aa arm a ef th SSlntS- ln others than to talk all th time about th sinner .In yourself. , , . ;.. nMiv.i 4 n have atrenrth loft for fighting sin whan you ar busy,,, fighUnf snaaows. - - m.. nli.nf trhn ' takes hts Stock Of goods to church'with him does not et , much good out of th sermon. , - The church must1 xpeet ;omthlg ; besides confetti- wnen sns , iay u her-hymn dooks ana go vui u. , after slo. , , ' X. - - ... . inr man who ever has don anything ;, .v.o. wuM ho bn 'Called a loot . more times than h WW t( .ott- mi..' : tni i TnanT- who feel that- Sunday clothes act a transfer ticket from th world line-, to th nt world, through route. , " , This Pate In History. l52i-Magellan, the celebrated navl- tor. fell' In fan; engagemenv in. in. W-i-Ffrat : settlers In Virginia ar: rived at Cape Henry. - ' i7itrRvld Hume, historian, , born. Died August 26, 1776. ri ' -'ZJ '";.' 1831 tjnanes riirrar vf'"- mus vvara), American uutooi jsi,; mm. , : Died March . 1867. 186a James T. Powers, American ac tr. born In New, York city. 1866 The tplanet Beatrice discovered ,; by A. de Oasnaris. . ..,...;- ,., .. 190T The . Jamestbwn Tercentenary V; exposition formally opened by President , -Roosevelt .j , -. , What Is a Spiff? . . ( , " From the Imperial Review." A spiff is a penny In the pound al lewed by generous drapers to their ; salesmei and 1 saleswomen. Sometimes It is onlv on profits, sometime on takings. Such haa been elicited at the Sydney arbitration -ourt. -One youna: lady only got 7s. 6d; week, but she might muHe an extra shilll!- for splfis.
