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WTF TOT TR 1J A T I would ecm 10 caM wherSs conceivable, bat It' to true, that, 'made J Columbia river will be' Improved and power in'bebalf of the people Would t'A J VVJJ.V.iXa-lj saying, "Turn about to fair-play," bold by Its overwhelming number! J free, during which tlW Oregon will Mr. Tafteo so tar as Boosevelt baa wui.iw.cyecuuiy as wora so weu m com orancnes, we majority nas do injured ny the army and. nary done, to send In repeated messages A INDEPENDENT Ht VSPAPKB. c a. JACKSON.. . . ...robliabar deserred a second term. 9 if . Fubllah-iJ eTary awoltig (except Bonoa) and I mwwrr enaauj momiiix, at ID, gurnaj ot'w , Inc. Flfta nJ YimMU itwtti, rorybiaa. or. - Knrrrad at rta. natoffln at Portlaat. Or., tor I trans miuioa tawuck (be satta aa seood-Uas I A FSEFCI "PEMAOOGTJE.! matter. TELEPHONES MAIN TITS. HOME. A-SOSl. All department reached tr tbeae nambera. Tell toe eparator toe department Cast Side atttet. B-S444; Eaat . rOBEION Vi-aeland-Benli -t Brnnswlck BaUdinc, 225 fifth itum, New Tark: Tribune Building. Ctlcafo. ataKTtptlon Twnu by mall to any address h tba United Statea. Canada or Mexico. DAILx. 0M rear IS.00 I One moots. ......$ 817NDAY. On rear $2.30 One mnntk I DAILY AND SUNDAY. One fear 17.60 I On month.......! defied the president, defied the conn-1 departments to i the f extent of mil- telling conttress specifically tha & a . a a .' a. a at . . a lit ffa ' w. ' ,1 . . J. . . " . 1 . T try. , aeuea rate itseu. us power w Luiuia i aonars; tiarrinu win bold things that It; ought to do? And If be c " wjiim u uiajviu; smiuoi ....,., . wuo ui uiiiiiuuB i uiu, wuuia it-nave tne same erreftr nninir vnin i r nwn arMnorn 17 la 1 ttiit"m nnn . ara. v 11 mh . v. hAi uriin. . . i, t. -.. OAf T TOTTK-QnV - I "" Dw.v"o- 1 .v - " jvu.irr-T u3 1 nuu t leaavunuiif assert mat iir. fJiH lu. J OH A SON mayor for the Un nnff.,1 nr. and ail1 in Its I Htlll Hint-ins- In tna Mo. I T. . . ...I ,. . . 7 i.?,,: , 1 wen,n Prerogatives and Immensity mnstbe loyal to party and sending the people's Interests io persistently " 7 T pi numoera mat it naa laugnea at tne i merepomicians to congress. : . . , J and , boldly , as Roosevelt has done i.;.a! man; he may, president's special messages, hooted Any kind of a change could , not And It Roosevelt were fixed there for laS.Bfc ?a?w-?fv In Swlslon at the efforts of the ml- wake matters worse, so far as Orer fonr years Tnore," would not congress - boss; but since he uses bis great ! nrtrjf .ri iv r.n Unn'a wm.nr o,.i k ...Ai, a- w.-. JT,V:. ADVERTiaisn REPEESBNTATIVB DOWer for the bnflt of the. nnn1- -.?' Z"?. . """"T ! T." . V. ... l" T "r,,-- . '.r"" 6" ."OBU"r u mm MO "'P .ni,,n spec... Adreraain. I father than for the benef t of' him: Lu"rf ,a DW"n. C a "7- r'!!fneal::?e C"yiu5 WB POUcIesJV.. self and eiiaB or rln of !DOW8' ! " . B!7" !!!' i! e?er A1mocr:M presiaent, Bryan. nri il ;.. , v. ' snowea oeiore now nnionunaie u u uSri,. who win a are to ciaim ore- ror instance, , It' might be argued IH?n' u 18 ,n?t 'or country that th.is Republican j gon's rlghU, out loud and la dead though urging all - that Roostevelt der for the people to complain of his molrtrif-, n h i B Mm. f a i,-v. A,..8 .so masterfulness and boslsrnu He was 4 tr,0 tmA..D. tv.io n..witv rummit in . ritnntrr.anf e,LT -,..i-t ; born with that analitr. and MOM not " T ."- " T ."7 II ' ' :Kr ""Y" "T rw "uu" u" """I'-rnuTwy power- li,a,! ki. - -.o.;:-irr . CI tnat maites me ruimg party m Dotn guTeromem every aay until wo get less. Because a Republican congress n,V nnrl. r.7 i , " autocratic, and emboldens recognition and results. The, mere would think -Itself excusable for re- ..uLiBibui it tn hn.l AAflanAA at (h. n.aaM.fil I nn irilfln An1 riQrtfafltl WhA.a vi I ln4ln n AV1 a. a - - for mnvor a PorManrl al1v I v - i a" v.o.., uura uwu luuug reu iuh ueit lUggeHlOni 0 1 r,.n7 .n,,il V iTt . J I mat majority could be cut aown, oDjeci in ure is to "stana in" and Democratic, president. And though paper Buuaea to mm as a aema-1 f.a wn,,M ha eTiiiant fnr tha I hanir on to hf inh win t.vt. a a. I ih. v '.r.- MB-na. anrl othAFwIaa Annt.mnt,,.,,.. I " . - - -- " . 7 I udvuiuo isuiwruug r. V . " I '" . I; . I " country and people. Every infiu- compusn anytnmg for Oregon. ;( the senate would remain Republican, .68 Si Oar acts our angels are, or 'good or 111, Our fatal shadows that walk by us stilL - '.L 'J'... John, Fletcher, CHAMBERLAIN. V i"JT B ly, but this same demagogue has won one of the most notable victories for the people ever gained in the coun try. -f-7- . r-.": , . For eight years Tom Johnson has been fighting with all his vast strength f or three-cent carfares in He bad to fight pot only 1GNESS is a powerful asset In Cleveland. public position. Character and calibre are Its essentials. All men know them and applaud I ways a hostile legislature, and hos- ence that cab tend to reduce this ab normal majority will be an agency to make the party In control of con gress more solicitous of the coun try' wishes, more willing to listen to the pleadings of the president, more In harmony'with the hopes and as- CHAMPOEO, MAT 2, 1843. I Hence, it ,' may very plausibly be urged, the people haye a tremendous Interest in the reelection of Roose- T WAS. a history-making event Telt. Nobody can possibly fill .the that transpired up at the pioneer plate he occupies. Yet we do vnot village of Champoeg 65 years ago believe that even those really force- yesterday, put here in the only " considerations 11 bring about thewnBolidated traction cornoratio he eommoalt more valley Inhabited by permanent wblte Roosevelt', renomlnation. butTf?r.rhostK t0 Jdlc,ou and beneficial settlers west of the ROcky moun- ' uul urst, a aoBiiie council ana ai- I i-tDitt- j - : .. . . t an.i.tA. t legislation, and that Is excellent rea son Why the sending of Governor AH men feel safe when these tile courts." Officially, he , fought. JiFFZ& whereby wets of manhood are on the hike Thomas H. Benton on one oc- ! be helpful and wholesome for the en tains, here in the vast wilderness of the Pacific, slope, gathered, a com pany of typical pioneers, on import ant public? business, It was Import ant to them, important to their de scendants, and Important . to two OREGON AT WASHINGTON. them. ' twin assets . battlement, in public affairs. It has casion In the senate, "single-handed lir" not haan hv aoManf triot n-iurtinr ... .u... t n.. j i orougui more wiiii m reasorj, wouiu Chamberlain has risen front the hum- Not being able to bring the cor bie walks of. life into a position of poratlon to terms otherwise, he be extraordlnary Influence. As a child I gan laying Streetcar lines on the or poverty, he trudged over country city's account, by this time having a roads In Linn county seeking a po- cooperating council , The courts is- sition as a country schoolmaster. It sued Injunctions; he disregarded is not luck, but logic that has lifted them. . Ha Tefused to be beaten or Mm Into the executive, chair of the suppressed by anybody or' anything, state, There was a reason why he Last fall Representative Burton, the waa given that exalted position, even strongest possible opponent, was put in spite 01 me jaci mat me partisan i Up to defeat him, but Johnson won by majority , against , mm was . over- thousands. The people wneimmg. ' There was a reason why j him. , And so at last the men jaia asiae tneir political arniia-have nti. Johnson has. his wav. and . - tions and lifted him Into the gover- the fare on streetcars In Cleveland 7e iem..rop f Presiaent a gooa j gr6at region. norship ln hls first candidacy for will hereafter be three cents Instead v. " C0Um . orougnt aoout. This, however, was not the prl- that great office. ;: X : " 4 of five lfll" OUCB not urm reBUlls mary purpose of the meeting. It Lewiston and Portland are to be nearer neighbors In a transportation and commercial sense and more In timate business' friends, than ever before, which Is the meaning of the excursion of Portlanders to the In land city. The products ; of .' the country around Lewiston should al ways haye come down the, natural route to . Portland; their diversion elsewhere : was a great 'moral crime, and an incalculable Injury to hun dreds of thousands of people. Cut at last nature begins to win over rail-! road kings, and the law ; of gravity AS ' r V m "a ermon tor lodav v The Riches Withont Cost r i fur, - , By Henry F. Cop. Coma DUV Wina and milk ..... money and without prlci--iC lv:i ID you ever stop to think thaV aiii Pat tninga in fa come with out eot to oureelveat They are li.veiy. .--Ane tnmcs that In D tire country and a good work for I great nations, although at that time Oregon. I the American Kovernment cared Uttla for Oregon and scarcely noticed it. supposing it to be an almost Inacces sible and uninhabitable' waste. These pioneers knew or guessed better, and i RELIGIONS IN JAPAN BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. . ' ' - CoprrlehvlOS, by Frlerto 3. Haskla.) Toklo, April 2. The national religion in Japan ! the worship of the tneir value . ar withnur ... . a-m t I na beyond price are alao la thA ma, ton to to b9 a large and ImporUnt Witnl X"1 0B'L" city; her interesto an Portland's are mea.ur.tnat it hM diAKova A man may oar man thonaana nt Senator Elklns in tba senate repre-1 dollar, for the paintim of a anurias sents merely bis railroads and-otneif il "wwtu.b. nearly ao beau- large corporate property interests, tlful; tltlat, so valuable as the and th life tntaraata f almllao man "UnrUa ItMlf. a .peotacl Which , tha - . ywi uat uiav ninw wrrnAiif raa aH..ji waenever me intereBia or mese men tUr.-t S ..;w " " 1 noma In r.nril- a,lf t. '. I 1,. V --i"""" U ?m masses , of the people. Elklns to hcuU!.n'SL : against the people every time, and to b.auty, nay be our. for ti?e Ukina. tha ATtnnt of hla rorr Rnt ta lol. T.ha real plea.urea of Ufa are not to 1 w a-w w, . u w I na boualil , lna.ni I. l I not a unique senator at all In this hr wm without prlo and without respeot; many others are of the same S50?.alhi,rn.T.i?r?. .: "ur'. type.' vi: :,--: .rr?':! pathway like a flour the Seed of which! i y I ph wariea irom aorn other world . v. ...... . IT1?? Quiet, deep tor. Of Ufa. benlaon-inca! am wno iiguia ana panuuiy wins, ran iron, heaven upon our hearts Noni ana , men reiuses to zignt again to J them. - i w . eornakj win a complete victory ior Tign- teous cause well, he will not nose - --r successfully as a hero. I With many people this day in the calendar is. or should be, the Last Sunday Before Baseball.' I ; xou tnay purohae aaaiatanaa tn fna but affeotlon and lova oome una teree ou wei nn-oloolted. unbousht What aith have vnn rrular roM th tena kln'dne. the iT: ihy,. Uie Spirit of Mlf-rlvln- that you pom ouier Uveal These .Met. are not In Sur wrrioe ledm but on the rreat ledge re of lift from which our. final balance, axe etruolj may are writ large. .. , i When wa maka nn flia immta .4 our live.. If our heart, have any appro, elation of true value.. If we have) learned r to. dletlngulsh between Ufe'e tool, and It. product, we find that those thing we could leaat uttnrA (a i... those that, have our labor, perhap. without our de.erv insr. always beyond oar powers of pur- new roonan, then; ar wa, who have T WOULD seem to be quite time for the people of this state to home public men knew better, but divine emperor and his deified ancestors. V This religion Is the corner- iimn?VewfV.-tll?i.fn du,rn tr-aaure. by praciicaiiy men I v aya. mouuoi imauam, aiuuv iui vuii uia uut uu rev iv"wb aim iiur lima in striving after insist on results from their rep- these men were resehtatives at the national cap- without a country. About , half ognlzed as a religion and although there is perfect liberty 'of relirlous UVA.PiV.?'..!!:". Jorth. while. Ital Tt m ha arratlfvtnp to thai -n.i holUf ..W.. .f ha Avla ' .. ... ..i. . ...C ..: I I . L - living- j -o - un-usu, aiiCKWUCn IU ureal rtrlXnin, I ""' .."""iw'i w ,w vivrua,- ua uig uui; ' yum; wajiKueBO rr I 'a w vrjr ( mut enougo aonty (D Japanese notion that sninto does not wl.h izz.r?" lv v'-" or aiiection or staved with people of reon for one ,tB Ben- half to the United gtates, and this Klon, and It Is a peculiarly Ji . cornoration ators to ealn notor,ety bT conduct- meeting helped at jeast to decide "the to be regarded as a rellgion, tiia wav and ,ng a camPa,8n for a aecond elect- ultimate national destiny of all this fucllis .and the religion of Ba wuea japan aaoptea me etmcs ot uon- imwr i to Keep tne Buddha,; both of which came from China by way of Korea, It revised both codes to fit Its own needs. Buddhism could not thrive In Japan until it -recognised the ancestor worship and the million deities of Shinto, which It did by the simple process of con mav KIM riatalM th. other la to keen tha Hf. .u. n all ther and loVe and anrichlnft that 1. about 11 , . Thl. worlds 1. full of beauty; We alone. With the enginery of our greed, make It ualv. Rut wa namuit irnaK aucceed In hiding 1 all its beauty, and Tberwas the sain all potent "f An,J was held to take the initial eteps to- si4erlng each one of these deities an Incarnation of Buddha. Now the reason, the Bame all powerful infll- more than this; It amounta to mo- auyiums ui wars forming "a provisional govern- unrwtian religion is gaining grouna ana me wnoie country u being cast a-umpae. ana orten behold-the fun -loj-r lone by the mant for- tha ..,,. alone tba line, of Chriatiari nations. ? ' .:. . ' v,Til.uJT""."v"er n" la.rry..neVn- Avt-artAM.. AW aa AwaA 1 I nu wukhuww cm uuuu . wjr.. .up i ment for the terrltorv. or nrnvtno aiong me lines oi jnnsuan nations. .,.. . . 1 Ma. d-ii-'-;:. representative' for this district dur- j 0f Oregon. There Was no law In the Shinto, the central and vital principle i notion of Sthics 1. cleanllnea. of c6n-l wJi.ch beauty ofthe world briiige no Ing the seven years he has been at hand no foriaral or tarrltortal of of which la th. worship of the emperor, science; but the Idea of cleanline.. Is ,4 i ? ,5nt u, de'? W . I? ' teaerai, or territorial Of- was made the e.tabliahed religion In applied not only menUlly but phy.ically .TKJ rill of pleasure at wasningtoni .. . , fleers, no courts, no legislature, no order to-flx the mind, of the people -hence Its tendency to bodily cleanli- fbthe'Drodlri? hall f0- An Tr Tniffhf Ka w.ti .Aim .tuiip i m nM H - i uiwd in HiiM.u iiu i o.vvio unu u, iia i uaaa eta wan ma ULuer cnrnjiTa maiurL I i -" . - .r'"- v av wa k .a.w awva aua v4 cmv.vius vuuiraciB or pun- .um-ema sower h)ch hid been uiumod It inuka coaa k.j .h.A. D".a message io u. or the greater he object was caiv land strike a balance, as to the ac-ilshlng crime. The I of Shinto without inconsistency. The are dominant characteristics in the personality of. the governor of Ore gon. It is to his qualities of pure states- I F EVER conditions in this country presented a" suggestive spectacle. It has for five months been ob servable at - - Washington manshlp, his grasp of affairs and his Throughout that long period, Presl v yvi. auijucucts tu meir rammisira- aent Kooseveit nas pleaded with a won that Mr. Chamberlain owes his recalcitrant congress for remedial aavance rrom poverty to power, legislation. He has pointed out the They are the qualities that have need of measures for betterment of made film a figure and a factor conditions among the multitude. He among the figures and factors of na- has repeated and reiterated his de , tlonal life, mands so often, that the long list of , - They are qualities that have en- desired measures is familiar to all. abled him to give Oregon a masterly From the lensrth. and breadth of tha administration of the office of goyer- land, there has been andK lstlnslst' , uu., n.uu tiuauueu mat wouia be of ence mat some of these measures be enormous value to the .state If he passed. A million to a million and a could be sent as eenator to Washing- half of men in the east and eastern ton. What man in all the state west are idle. .Some of them have could fill the office more perfectly, been without income since the blight could bring as much force and of panic fell on the land. In hun strengtb.to bear, in doing Jhings .for dreds of instances, perhaps thou the state, and, above and beyond all. sands of them, the furniture In wage could be so much depended upon to sustained home ; baa been parted be always true and loyal to the great with and Jewelry and watches been common people? ' pawned for the necessities of life. - . ' i The strike fund in some of the labor TOM WORD. . J organization is being' doled out to momhsra tn haln them MitrvtvA tha THE vote on sheriff of Multnomah stress of the passing idle time. Every county will not be divided condition In the country. Its progress, sharply by party lines this year, Us needs 'its future and Its people's ior Aom-wora is In the race future, calls for wise and-effective again, for tha third time, anmahy legislation. of his friends expect him tp repeat But for five long months congress Graver CleQULd experience in run- has refused to aetV V The imperial ning thrice for president, winning in senate and the dominant majorityMn the first and third heats, " though the house", led by the Cannon clique, ,eain uj ec m me second. The has stubbornly, refused to legislate. voters of this county who were here tnen win remember the notedly and uniquely good work done by Word while sheriftC " Partly at his own 'ex pense, ba closed the gambling Joints Including the poolrooms; and put tbem out or business forever In this city. In all other respects he made a model sheriff, but this tone service alone entities him to.; the people's Kratitude. " He was beaten , by Mr. Stevens two years ago by the narrow margin of 25 votes, and the two will try conclusions against each other e-ijin in the coming election. It . v. .. .v " 01 lner Dwe8 reaaon for thl. la a. plain as tha nose ai th. ahJKt- e?Vef- n Mtn,y could not be worse if the Oregon But under Which flag, ye plc on a man', face the Japanew people ? 11 i AiiiaAi u.i.r;. 1 1 . ,.a. ... . ..'.. r accent Chrlstianitv and desert Shinto "?.,l.?0" hf,n the ence when in the second instance of nicipal ownership of the street rail his candidacy he was reelected to the roads. A municipal holding com- posltiob over the most powerful can- pany has been formed through which didate that could be pat against him. the corporation has been offered and ' Calibre in) the conception of his has accepted per cent interest on a duties,, and rugged American charac- 123.000.000 valuation of the linoa ter in the performance thosr duUhe i'truii: SB veara: thA ritT count -between Oregon and the fed-fried out. as all bave , ties to the story, and the whole story then having the nrlvileae of buvinr eraI government, especially In vlewltorles; from that day r.f Rf fh emrvarlaln'a 4alA IT a Vi Ska I a 1 a. I rf f V. A naMlelant anatimntlon. 4-lt I .wlav . M ---tine uues. 11 tne city cannot earn ----''" vw M BU ibu.. cow- tngn lhfct Shinto asserted itself in the notion uou vno uienuti uurnon vo grasp pun-1 the 6 per cent and falls to nay it the pontics counts tor so mucn in 1 munity, ana irom tne provisional pecuuar Japanese fashion, it. leaders no quBBuons. nu me xorce 01 cnar-1 property reverts to the present own- vasoington. t acter to meet and manage them. The ers. but Johnson is not afraid of that. and surely meaning of a government and its The city's 40 miles of three-cent tiopal politics. unctions are , within .bla knowledge. une, that he built have bald 8 ner 1 were the determining The relations of a government la a eBnt on their coat from tha .to- I state, and Portland -AVhUa tha AnrMraHnn V.. nmlA I Snubbed BOd dlflCfin ;for, are matters forever within bto holder. 6 ner cent on a varMon" of and victimized In many ways. Itlaye. of two other states consciousness. ipat an powers come 140,000.000., of which $17.000,-000 - iiuiu ww jreuvo, iiu.av luey are to WAS Water. ne exercisea .ior tne benefit or the 1-Cleveland la a hist r-ftv nri fohn people ha been the invariable rule BOn la a verv aoecesHful faUBlneB mn by which his official and all other He knows what he can do. and If he acts have been squared. . ; v could be kept where he Is the city Am. very .muuauie concepuon oi j would doubtless pay off the $23.000,. official function in Mr. Chamberlain OOO and so own all Its streetcar lines is not me temporary suoteriuge or a within the 2tj years. Thep. he be- va.ua "u-!5a. uut lnnorn in iievea la itlU lower fares, or perhaps - his mentaUty. and a constant. dom-jn0ne at aU; would raise taxes in mam. ana poienwai xacior, ever pres- other ways and make streetcars free, auu.crci ai. in m. mental as bridges and parks are. This framework. It to peculiarly and sig- seems impracticable, ,but Johnson has nally an endowment of unusual big- at least got the streetcar system of iiu ccepuonai mannooa. " Cleveland into the city's hands and -a- . uummauw. .u uacom, ana esUbllshed three-cent fares. Other a factor that made him and his place m cities. whoaA noonia ar. n..i.. In hlstorynotable Among the chiefs interest and dividends on millions of f " rwate?.", would be fortuBate if they v. . . s.u (U,B lur nunwnny, jufl demagogic bosses like that, the same devotion to a government! , ' ''of, for aald. by the people," that dis- THE WASHINGTON SPECTACLE. tinguisnea me martyrea president ollUoal Inc. In frlendfthlDia human 1nv panion.uipa. The peace that broods from futh- Manylj1""" or fr"'2E" a8"enciea, and not delegation were divided politically, neers, patriots all? Which emblem If Oregon voters showed at once will ye raise, the stars and stripes, or their disgust and their independence, the British cross? The ownership of xne nign up . reaerai authorities the region was in doubt, In fact had rnlght then have more respect for us scarcely been considered seriously and pay more attention to us, yet. But citizens, wjth a local gov- 1 A conspicuous instance Just now ernment, must have a national gov- of the contemptuous and Insulting ernment tfi look up to, and to, which treatment of Oregon at Washing-j they can turn with fealty and of ton Is the itinerary of the warships, which, some day, they can in need This great fleet visits every place demand recognition and protection. of Importance, and some of not much If there was a debate, it has not been importance, on the coast, all the recorded; If there was hostility. It way from Punta Arenas to 'the seems not to have expressed itself In Straits of Fuca. except Portland. All any violence. . But the momentous we get is a small cruiser or two and question came -up, and according to two or three torpedo boats, an an- a common version of theoccurrence nouncement to the world that Port- the Intrepid and Irrepressible Joe land Is not-one tenth as Important I Meek outstepped aparC saying, "I'm piace as santa uarDara or Mon-l rer a aiviae; an ter me umtea mates terey, California. foller me." And when the opposing For B0 years the quarter- ranks were counted Uncle Sam , had master department for the Pacific won by a majority of two votes. . Not northwest has been located at till long after did Uncle Sam realize Portland, whjf it manifestly and what he won that day by so small a unaisputably belongs, for various margin; obvious reasons. Without any an-j In the light of subsequent events nouncement of a change, with con- that scene Is worthy Immortalization any- by a great painter. The materials move- ior a great picture are ail there the temptuous neglect to advise body beforehand of such a does he care? The shippers of mis state and re gion demand protection against ar bitrary Increases of freight rates, such as the Increase on lumber made by the railroads last year, but Sen ator Fulton's reasonable and nec- essaryybill providing that such in creases Shall not ha marl It has held insistently to Its arbi- j permission of the interstate com ment, an order is issued trans- May sunlight on the verdant prairie. ferring the headquarters to San the full-leaved trees along the limpid Francisco, where millions of dollars' stream, the forests rising in the dis- worth of supplies are to be pur-l tance, with the vast, sublime snow chased hereafter Instead of In Port- peaks shining yonder -eastward; the land, to the great injury not only group of earnest, purposeful, cour of Portland business men, but to the ageous, - coarsely-clad men, " met to- detrlment of every farmer and mer- gether to make history who would chant in the state. How can an ad- not rejoice to see that scene revived, ministration mat treats Oregon thus even on canvas? expect enthusiastic, overwhelming For some years there has been but partisan support? one living, human link between that The river and harbor bill of the day and event and the present, that last congress carried appropriations ever swiftly Increases the distance of $1,700,000 for the mouth of the between then and now. Still sturdv Columbia iiver and $500,000 for the and retentive of. memory, living all Celllo canal, no more than -was these years near the spot of this urgently needed and was due to this event, that gallant-pioneer,' one of great river and region, and yet these the majority on that memorable day, amounts have been cut down to the F. X. Mattbtou, Is richly entitled to extent of $414,000 in the present the respect tend honor which all Ore- appropriation bill. Probably this gonlans gladly give ilm win do news to Mr. Ellis. But what trary program of non-legislation. The Democrats ? have joined with the president in the pleadings for re medial measures'. . , They resorted to revolutionary tactics in the effort to compel legislation the president asked for. -f This week 168 of the 168 Democrats- In the house signed a petition and presented It to the speaker and ' bouse.V appealing for Republican aid in , passing : a free print paper measure. It was one of Lb most extraordinary dramas ever enacted at Washington. It seems in- merce commission has been slum bering In Chairman Elklns pigeon hole for two months, and though Fulton is making what efforts he can for the bill, there is no hope of Its passage. Millions of loss to the people pf the Paclfle: northwest, to utterly Ignored by the powers that he In Washington, and Elklns, al ways a tool of the railroads, rules the roost In all such matters. ' -i And so It goes, all along the line. At : the present . rate ' of ; progress' a whole generation will pass before the NEED OF ROOSEVELT. T no fixed Darlsh to aturH 01 mese are me shrines to family del- for enaar we priae the .oil, we i - j j (li:.: im ana aooui mem ami ravn v.a th. I" ana trawa; war ton ror leaves ni hi 1 1 iiijmi mill 1 . 11 i. unnari ' diiiulu . . . . . . - t - - i . i a . , . . . . ... ... thv win m iAm, baTieva in tha at. nipiicaiea maenmery of . the Japan- m"a ""n rruitji or me, iinftvf the .mSwr WhmtSrwh' family." Other, are .reeled to Mthe humanity, character, love, friendships. , yinitv or me emMror. wnen 1 tnat pe- mem0rv of mvthlnal ri.itia. .kA..A.. I Bometimea we say Ufa la rettinar mora y.enai...Unm'fa-a i. ..StTof S! oer. . to tha patriot, of hl.r7 JiSi ; afe . beco.min. ;.7fi-- .V h. i..n-t tZTI last aeincation of note was that oi PrK""r- "cn wunout hao. overfhrown. . frmce Kltashirakawa, who died of dis- limr .itCTi WTaiV r,euro"-.-1 How fool nai T?ff?Xw?l.. v .v.. .. ease In Formosa in lMSwhn. l.aAinc Mh aU ! t-lfe'. essential demandi a latasllna LZSZ7"l,Z."l'"K,ZZZ shrlna of high officialrank wai Tirat.rf ".are with n th. reach of all. W. riah"'and ethat"two Euronew " J?J "B ". now ell-4 ttt'& UI up our ey.a. toopen are .till few and tlal demand. lmple; life's real ngnv" ana mat. .two a-uropean mqn-lnn, 1, 5r arAha -vH a tnAIra t na matmrn a aim ff.- I "J". 1 rra. 1 ...a. . . . Fheir iuthori(yrrThe Jap7Lne.;-"ma.;ei elS-Su .S? a'inL i"f " r tS'KTW uSnSSi In thr."Sug have believed In the divinity of their S!a. .."n.hl nSmb.K .of n,".1.,er gl Tf"r thlng-Tao absorted In the mI emperor. .lnce a time when t5hrist wa. faSv- SaIlSi1 JSS V??!' Alvoon of makini living Tnat w. a?. hHr?S ohly a propbeey and a hope, .lx centur- 1" .r'v.0"1-' C8- "I"oun altoirether to the mnaninar fit Ufa Itaal tea hoforrr ha Anrjeared In Bethlehem. 1 7.- rr . V"" wurauipa ftfirlhlam riJna ta Janan and flndlnar lh wnicn ll. helleve. to be Rhlnto unponaiierahla 'but hoanltuMp. I . IV? ,oul or. n KlObe." another .VOW- Derrnitted lta votaries to follow both religion.. The Japanese mind, there-1 rore. iio'ul v,rr-riu St... oth; j? claim, the larger ablei i. 6 ,oul Lth." l0i another arow- ' both edJy Plaos th imperial family first and here- Prfte,t among the gods, another up- rance S,old". Pr"onal ance.tor, worship a. of e. cannot understand the intolerance nr,t lmDorUnC e and ao'on .h. Chrl.tian.. whos.god 1. a ."'j'utern'rnV ,'0US.2 tf Wm " oul" Prt of th. peopli Tai iU foTliw.ra: god. before him. vat Hut when tha Jananes. ruler, found "?ti.J"1n,"'"P"no"? "7 ln" tn tht thla InlAl.ranoa of other rellarloni J". "i"'!- na naa. utterly waa InaeDaFabla from Ghrlstlanlty,- and t"1 i".?". WI5 JP a prog- ., they had to keep friendly . with th. rV. .Tt hk e.h.h.dVaJ"a.y unrisuan worm, tney uiougnt io over-1 rnariii ., T collea 7r n a7.i. come the Chrl.tian objections by de-1 !Ji i-,?r.-,,nd-.? daring that tha Christian, need not ittemnted a reform in ltT ar-andainHi Str.r Wna7th,?f Tt.act'vllV ill pV .till holdin The SSES ir'unrn'or'&es. UAAl SS InoHfo il fend It as entirely compatible with th. ft XL ?l.J..tTuA f.AI SAa vu.hvk". ment pane hut th. thouaanda who Shinto as mellsrloa. loom, to be amused alan atnn in tha am. A Japanese Presbyterian, when asked! P.1!. colP lnto the great box and about Shinto, declared mat it was un-1 mr uuw u. prayer. thinkable that int.Ulgent men should! - ' J.panea. Bnddhlsm regard eninio a. a religion. ..it, isi Jananaaa Rnddhlam f aI.m. i.i. i .. .Mniria.,iAn i.. Tfv.iiAi I - ' . : . iuiaijr an .iiiiiiivmM yi ... uiuuuu . yj seats ana 49 suoseots. The youngest commandment to honor thy father and I of the recognized aacta waa eatabliahed thv mother." he mold, 'and It. ancestral in. 1971 nut th. t,.-.. . v.1 . ... mKl 1 ".-- u,w .. " ' f'"!;.... 7. . l, - 7 k Z waT- IP."1 5W V""r" nave caused me rorma- in yi iwuaii " ."'VT .u" " uob or two or tnree new sects, which 1 mures which you call gods' are . no I nr. nnt nnni.iA .. c.j.u.i. more iiib.ii aiovtuas va, " "i i nea. are a mixture or Shinto. Bud glass window representation, of Bibli-1 dhi.m, orthodox Christianity and Chris cal scene.." But thl. explanation doe. tian .clenoe. and have made great head ever life riving principle 1 or jna ouit is thel Th. lower clas.e. of Japan are for umjuiu i in. M.r.u.. yi. uii ,ur. im nion pari aevoui religionists, and peror. - . . ., .. . - -- i every requirement., or Bhlntol.m. Budd After the conclusion of th. war with hlsm and the thous'and and ona .uoersti Russia the emperor - went to tne great I tlon. growing out of them 1. fulfilled shrin. of Ise, moat uored or the 250,000 to th. letter. That the upper clas.e. Shinto, shrine, of Japan, and there per- are atheistic Is denied, that they ar. sonally conducted tha solemn ceremonies I agnoatto if quite probable. Th. leader, according to the Shinto rlta, proclaim-lor nation. In time, of transition are ing t ajuua, ma auunivia, 1110 awry I oin prone IO reilglOUl of th. victory over RuaslayL This cere. for Instanoe, Franklin, mony waa yerturnivti , a. v liiuo wnrri HE second elective term propa gandists have a strong argu ment in the present situation,' as between the president and congress. . The president has ' been urging various measures that will be oenencia: to me peopie, ana congress 01 tn raitn, -it is not rega haa an- fn t-Afilafvl tf nana anv nt I " religion, oui 11 11 0. a religion 11 I. nas so far reiusea to jjass any, or j cerUlnly ot a unique knd, rjtha. no them. -Now It to reported that con gress, on account of ' the constant publicity ' policy of the president through - bis messages," will ' yield somewhat, a-little, enough. It hopes, to7'save Its face.", 4 But if congress does anything good along these lines, It will be because It was forced to do so by the president. , ; v 3"'.', But what will happen,'. Senator Bourne and his collaberateurs may ask, when Roosevelt Is out, and president has taken his place who would iyt or could -not wield this V r- . -.?:;:,;-... national feeling wa. running at its highest, and it. direct result was a great revival or amnio activity, unere can be no doubt that th. Japanese rulers -In tend to perpetuate Shinto, and I Bhlnto and to permit no otner religion to max. much headway unless it accept. Bhlnto and Incorporate. It within itself. - "Surely th. educated claas In Japan does not believe tha emperor i. a god?" tne occidental 'mma wiu query, - per haps not. The educated cla.se. In Eu rope might not ' have believed in th. divine right Qt kings, but they usually kept their skepticism to themselves If they did not actually aid to propagate ina ibviih aununar inrajnwucaun. i v nan r .u ... 1. 1 . . , . ... Charl... I of Efngl.nd .tood for .divina X '1 H!.."! S rltrht and Cromwell Tor human rlarht. I i..vl..iri. v;. V! .r .""'."W Wire thet-a not tn.nv adunalad min n I "7-iV"u" " . gl aiopg. th. .id. of Charlaat-4 t.. . -C "'Way, of tba Oofta. Bhlnto. the way of the aoda." savs an eminent Japanese statesman, who- is 01 in Taiiu, ii : la not regaraea a. founder, nor ha. It any dosrma. in tha ordinary sense of a rellglon.y Jt - has grown up with tha custom, and tra dition, and general characteristic. . of me nation..- it recognises tne immortal ity of tb. soul; it acknowledges the existence of supernatural power; It rev-J erences tha ancestral spirits, and there- lore it may n canea a religion of an cestor worship. . It concern. Itself, however,-' with temporal matter, far more than with spiritual affairs, It ha. ex isted In, Japan from time Immemorial, long before the introduction of Con fucianism and Buddhism.. From an eth ical point of view it ha. mora, teaching In It than Buddhism, but It 1. not .0 elaborate a. Confucianism. Neverthe less it baa a tight irrasp on th. Japan ea. mind. It is based upon a patriarch lal form of community. It. essential th. French revolution soon after. But in japan tn. leaders, no muttar ir tha themselves are atheists, ara .trmina, to keep th. people firm In tha faith of fnm aiviniiv 01 tne emperor. ,-Tacob A, Rito Birthday. Jacob A. KM., the noted sociologist. Whom President Roosevelt bag desig nated a. the best type of American eiti L Jen, wa. born, m Itibe. Denmark, May io,,. r vrucca aa. ; can vjci ne emi grated to America, because of a disan- polntment in love, it is said. Boon after 01s arrival in in. united States he had 13. ..amy accepted anytnmg that was of fered, and during these year, he worked in coai mine, in Pennsylvania, In lum ber camps In western New York and at various other occupations. Finally hi. perseverance was rewarded by a posl- a,, a. iiivi i-r uu is, n-w xorg newspaper.- He made a study of the social condition. In the lower east . .ids, and his. articles on various phasea. of thi. subject began ta attract attention." Be forea long he became an accepted au tnorltv on tenement bouse and poverty conditions. He became an active re former and a social settlement worker, and of late year. hi. lecture, and book. On hi. Chosen Sllbiao.t hav. nlnlul tnr him an International reputation. ' v Dad Gets Sarcastic. " From the Louisville Courier-Journal. 'Phy.lcul culture, father la nerfeet- ly lovely. To develop the arme 1 grssp this rod by one end and move It slowly from right to loft" , : "Well, well! atto.lBlmart 1 ar father. "what won't science dlaeover. If thAt rod had straw, at the other end you d be .weeping."- . , . i and ao lose altogether the endurine? riches, tn. bx.ting sustaining Joys, th. fair fruitage of lifa i Hymns to Know '- He Snows. By Borthwlck and Fiadlatw. Ml.. Jan. Borthwlck and her stotnv Mra. Erlo Flndlater, war ao suocessful In hiding , their asparata JdBtJtlai In. 1 th.tr collaboration on religious poem a and hymn, that no na Is able at this day to tell to which ona any particular piece ahould ba attributed. Their poema appeared about the middle tf the last, century. Tha one given below has only ; recently been adopted by any of tha hymn books. n ona tf th... It la set te tba tun. of 'XlrMmera" " - Thou knowest. Lord, tha waartBara aatt Of the sad hsart that aomaa te th. ' tot re.t: Caraa of today and burdana for temats , rvw. Blaa.lng Implored and stna to be eon fessed: i . Wa oome befora thee at thl. graeloua word And'lay thenr at thy. taati thou know. at, ijmvu Then knowest an th. past! haw long On the dark monntalne tha lost wan derer straved: . . How tha gipd shephard followed, and now kindly .. . . Ha bora It home, upoa his tfhtralders And healed tha bleeding wownda. and aoothed tb. pain, . And brought back Ufa and hope and ' .. atrengm again. . Thou knowe.t all the futurai gleam, of By stormy clouds too quickly over- : cast: Hours of sweet fellowship and parting And tha dark river to ba eroaaad at . O, what could hep. and confidence af- ' ford To tread that path, but thls thou know- . aaf T rrl I - Therefor, we come, thy gentle call b.y And lay our .la. and sorrows at thy - feet! . . . . On, everlasting . strength our waakneu Clothed in thy rob. of righteousnes. oomslete -.- Then rising and refreshed w. lea v. thy -' - throne. - , - ... And follow on to know as we are known. This Date In nistory. -. 1(43 Dr TWirinlana aaanaaln.t.4 The Hague because of his help in bring ing Charles i pf .England to hi. doom. , 1747 English' under Admlrala An. on . and Warren captured a French fleet eff i Cape Finl.terre. - " 1801 The Citv Of Waahlriatnn - porated by act of confrresa r 18,14r"S?ubon. rastT -restored and l3uis XVIII arrived In Paris. .v.li8X4Thrt,ri3-rn50"' provost of ' 'lMtri,l,y17it3r Pennjaylvanfa, born In Philadelphia. , t .. 182 Xiheral Republican. In conven tion at HinpJnrtarl nnminataa . ua Greeley for the presidency. 1905 International ralfarav opened at Washington. , , , . f , When vrm find a ma i fled with .himself -you ara wasting time If you .top for his neighbor', estimate Ot Dim. i . r ...,.. . ...
