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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
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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. ' '"
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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
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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.