Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1908)
mmm- 1 1 i nr i I I II I I I . II ft - dm. THE JOURNAL ' AN ;'- IKDKPKNOBKT "'WWSWI.,X- ' C. I.- JACKSON. .Publisher vm? 8ndr nwrni..-. at Tb Jgrnl Boll to. Flfta ana K.uinili trwt. I'OrtUnd. Of. Kntrrra at th. poctofflct t PortUnrtOr tor tranaaiiaaloa through tb mail eooM-ela matter. .. ' ' TELEPHONES UaIN TITS. BOMB, A"0" All 1partroita reached tr tbe aumbara. TII lb opr tor to oeparunroi - Eaat Sid office. B-S4M: Et S8K. t mission ! that It may affect -Interstate rates, the , railroad probably would have do serious objection to- a reduction ' on rates -on wheat And other natural products grows in and shipped within the state.,' It is not the reduction but only the principle involved terested. in which they are ' ,ln rOBEIOX ADVBBTISINO RPBKSSNTATIV VM,u.RinkmU AitTertlalna Actner. Bronaairs Building-. 225 Firth arena. New York I Tribune bulldlDf. Chicago. SntncrtpMsn Torn by Ball to nr addrea la IB I aitea Bute, l anaua or aum nll.Y. Dae ... ....15.00 I on Booth., t .60 urxriAV On rear.' 2.60 i Od tnooth I -2 nm v Avn snsnAY. One rrer. ..... .$7.60 On month I .tt Not few nor light are the ' burdens of life; then load It not with heaviness of spirit. " M. Tupper. LOTALTT TO OUR WATERWAYS. THE advances already made by the railroads In their freight ; rates as well as other threat ened advances and the deter mined stand taken by them against any regulation by the state, em phasizes the Importance to this city and to the people of the northwest generally of sparing no effort to havi Jill of our waterways opened to navi gation. Fortunately our rivers are so sit uated strategically that we have in - ourhaBdsTr defense-against-extor tlonate rates or congested traffic. With the Columbia and Willamette . riv-TT open to navigation, from a tr? ; jportation standpoint, the com mercial supremacy of this city is as sured. From all that can be learned a determined effort, will be made at the next session of congress to place the work at Celllo upon a continuing contract basis. In the ' meantime the 'most loyal support should be given to those promoting this work. Not untrequently representatives of railroads are loud in their ad vocacy for the improvement of rivers as transportation agencies. The ex perience of the past, however, cas,t8 some doubt upon their sincerity. The history of the growth of transporta tion In ttils country proves conclu sively that whenever and wherever the railroads could destroy water competition they dldao, and after Its destruction pointed to the absence of river traffic as proof of Its lnef flclency, and as a reason for making no further, appropriations for the Im provement of rivers. la the recent report of the inland waterways commission made to the president and by him submitted o congress In bis message of February 26. 1908, the commission, ampngst other thlngasays: "It is s also clear that railway in terests have been successfully direct ed 'against the normal maintenance and development of water traffic by control of .water 'fronts and ter minals, by acquisition or control of . competing canals and vessels, by dis criminating tariffs, by rebates, by ad verse placement of tracks and struc tures, and by other means." And : again: "So large a portion of, railway traffic is free from water competition that railways can readily afford to so reduce rates on those portions affect ed by such competition as to destroy the profits of the water lines without appreciably affecting the profits of the rail systems which recoup these reductions -by higher rates else where." . ' j These are the words of a distin guished body of men, uttered after a careful study of the situation, and . they.: take . a peculiar significance when applied to our local conditions, for' ,wa fiL' here the workings of some of the same practices as are de scribed In their, report, .". It Is too clear for argument that railroads do not desire competition on the river. This being true there should be no question as to the atti tude the shippers should take to wards supporting any movement hav- ing for Its object the opening of rivers to transportation. It Js folly to assume that the rail roads desire the completion of the Celllo canal. The obstructions at that point have been one of the great -causes through which they have been able to colfect from the people of the interior abnormally high freight rates, an) the longer these obstruc tions exist the more revenue they secure. . To the people of this city and all points In the Inland empire there is no question that approaches the one , under discussion in magnitude, or affects them more directly. Loyalty to the opening of these rivers from, ..their mouth to he sea should be as unquestioned as loyalty to the. flag. It is our supreme ad vantage. The. use of the facilities we now have should be encouraged in every way, as no , better proof could ba furnished congress of the necessity for this Improvement than their use, as It would tend to dem onstrate the benefits that would fol low unobstructed ' navigation, . and nothing would have a mora serioul effect than - failure to use them. Every Individual and every shipper can help and It Is their duty and should be their pleasure to do so. " CHAMBERLAIN". A a FTER nearly five and a half years In the office, nobody finds fault with the adminis tration of Governor Chamber lain. Everybody applauds : it, and that is an unusual condition. It is unusual, because it has been a Vig orous administration, and vigorous administrations fire wont to call out criticism. It is to the unusual pow ers of the man "that the condition is attributable. Nobody has correctly analyzed the character of Mr. Cham berlain. His own friends have not comprehended bis unusual talents. He has differed with legislatures, and antagonized them more than any governor that ever served the state, but they have, always retired from the field ' his sworn friends. When they opposed him, and fought him, most vigorously, they found him always sincere, and mostly In the right. They found him always on the side of the masses and al ways hostile to , parasites. They found him always a stout defender of the common school fund and a champion of the people's interests in the public lands. They found him in readiness to fight for those interests and they always admired him for it. They recognised bis' cleaning out of the state land office- through State Land Agent Oswald West as one of the most wholesome pieces of, execu tive work ever done in Oregon, and one that saved thousands of dollars to the state. One of these legisla tures adopted a complete land law prepared by the administration, and which is today a model among the economic arrangements of the state. Only great personal force, large mentality and a peculiar gift for holding the complete confidence and esteem of men while in the very act of. antagonizing them, has. enabled Mr. Chamberlain to so perfectly ad minister bis office that, though em phatic and vigorous, it is uncrit ictaed. They are powers that would be of infinite value to Oregon in ac complishing things for the state on the floor and in the committees of the United States senate. Breadth of view and extended horizon have been another factor in Mr. Chamberlain's official success, There has been no narrowness. Men Of all church denominations, of all political affiliations, of all walks of life, have looked alike to hinu No official act has smacked of partisan ship. Na man io the west has been more open and pronounced than Governor Chamberlain in expressing satisfaction with most of the policies and executive acts of Theodore Roosevelt. No man has been more quick to grasp the needs of Oregon, and more steadfast- in promoting them. He Journeyed to Washing ton and appeared with Senators Ful ton and Gearln before the commit tees of congress, and aided them in securing the greatest appropriation ever, made for the rivers and har bors of Oregon. He was quick to recognize what irrigation would mean to eastern Oregon and first as a member ami later as president of the national Irrigation congress, he set vast influences to work that will ultimately result in the irrigation and development of Immense areas in the grfeat inland empire. "He has deeply realized and as governor has ever and everywhere held up to the people of Oregon the Immense bene fits the development of their harbors and rivers meant to them, His mould is the mould of a statesman, and his mind is attuned to the big ger things affecting his state, hia country, and bis countrymen. He was at home and a factor in the na tional rivers and harbors congress, and In the great inland water ways convention" with P-esldent Roosevelt at Memphis, where in a public ad dress, he championed Oregon har bors and the needs of the great Co lumbia and Willamette water-way system. . His charming personality, his powers in dealing with men, his uhpurchasable integrity and his un swerving fidelity to the common peo ple are assets that would be of In finite value to Oregon at Washing ton. How puerile to oppose the election of such a man with the shal low plea of .party polities. Industrial growth. Chicago Is striking Illustration" of this in the splendid park system that is being completed there.", ' ; : If la not only Paderewskl and other artists who notice as they visit cities' what they are, doing in this way, but people "of 1 all -occupations notice and are Influenced by the ap pearancrf of a city with regard to its artistic development. A city is like a home, in 'this respect; it is Indeed the home of "a whole cltyfull"; and the people of a city ought to take as much pride and pleasure in making and keeping it beautiful and clean and attractive as a family does in making and keeping its home so. Portland, as has often been said by those who have observantly vis ited many cities, can with compar ative ease be made an exceptionally beautiful . city, perhaps the most notedly beautiful city In this coun try. To make It so will certainly pay, in many ways, if not Immediate ly In returned dollars. Is enough effort of this kind being made? Have sufficiently comprehensive and def inite plans' been made for doing so? Is enough interest In this subject be ing taken by the city authorities, and by people of prominence and Influ ence generally? The Journal would like to see a prolonged "wave" of enthusiasm in regard to this matter. FATHER OF BASEBALL DEAD. H' ENRY CHADWICK, who died recently in Brooklyn.- was known as the "Father of Base ball," and as the "Grand Old Man" of outdoor sports. He is said to have been preeminent in making baseball a great national sport, and his influence was always exerted in behalf of clean athletic .sports. Mr. Chad wick had been connected with newspapers of New York and Brook lyn since 1844, most of the time as writer on sporting and athletic matters. It was nearly 60 years ago that he published "Chadwlck's Game of Baseball," a book that had a wide circulation and was always consid ered an authority. He afterward wrote several other books on this game and other outdoor sports.- He was a constant champion of clean, square games, and the unrelenting foe of all crookedness or trickery in athletic sports. At one time base ball, Chadwlck's favorite game, fell Into a decline, and It seemed would pass into oblivion, except as a sport of schoolboys and hoodlums, and that it was revived and, became the great national sport it is was due principally to his efforts. . He caught the cold which developed into pneumonia , and resulted In death while attending -a hall game, bo that in a sense" he was a martyr to his enthusiastic love for the game. With the record thus briefly summarized, Mr. Chadwick well deserves the country's fond remembrance, and a monument to his memory. When we reflect how many -millions of Americans annually enjoy and are recreated and benefited by this best of all outdoor games, we may well conclude that not the least among those who have served their country well was this "Father of Baseball." an anti-Statement No, 1 candidate In one" of the counties. , You blun dered again in deserting Statement No. A. the day after the primaries, It Is a vacillating policy lily suited to the dignity of a; candidate for the great office of ; sen ator, and . it will be fur ther injurious-to Tour candidacy to flop back Into the-Statement No. camp, Bnt it is Infinitely better for you to get right, and stay, right, than to remain in your present attitude of actual hostility, r : . But your next somersault ! must be turned quickly, If you are to stand flat-footed for Statement No, 1, you should declare yourself at once. You should stand shoulder to shoulder with those who are striv ing for the election of Statement No, 1 candidates to the legislature, and it must be done at once. ' ( You cannot wait until a few days before the election, end send out se cret letters to voters saying that you are still true to Statement 'No. 1, whispering your devotion t6 it In the dark alley ways, as it were. The people are in deadly earnest, and ex pect you, if you are for the measure, to stand up and be counted. No man can afford to offer himself as suitable material for the great office of United States senator .with the same shuffling, shambling gait that a hog goes to war, and It is The Journal's courteous but candid ad vice to you, Mr. Cake, humiliating as the act would be to your can didacy, to hurry up and flip another flop. THE PLAIX FACT OF THE CASE. T SOME ADVICE TO MR. CAKE. 1 BEAUTIFYING CITIES. r In view" of the fact that the Navi gation company's chief objection "Xo the 'xdu'-tlon in distributive rates fji li iej ly the stats -railroad coin- GNACE PADEREVVSKI has been using his artistic eyes, as well as his artistic fingers, as he trav eled about the United States, and while in Philadelphia recently he complimented American cities on their general movement toward beautificatlon. There are now, be said,, more beautiful cities In the United States than In any country in the wotld, and he spoke especially of Memphis, and of its broad avenue leading to the park as "a master piece of landscape art, and; the whole effect Is magnificent." . Nearly every city he has . visited, he said, "seems to be doing something towards Its beautificatlon and, the. clever Way in which they are caving and; making use of their Md trees and planting new ones is amazing.. - The park idea has secured a strong hold on the lmaginatlon'of everyone and the next; half century Is sure to see as remarkable, advance in municipal art as ' the. last half (reutury hag in T SEEMS Important that some one should give advice to Mr, Cake. A course of vacillation and vagueness, such as he has pursued since the primaries, is a shortcoming. It ought not to ap pear In one who aspires to the very high office of United States senator, an office to whose occupant fere en trusted the great Interests tl the commonwealth of Oregon. In the ap parent absence of other safe counsel ors, The Journal, in a spirit of fair ness and frankness, addresses these remarks to Mr. Cake. You cannot afford, Mr. Cake, to pursue your present policy of indlf ference to Statement No. IT" "That ssue is as much on trial today, as it was before the primaries. If a safe majority of Statement No. 1 candidates are not ejected to the next legislature. Statement No. 1 will fail In this senatorial election, and all that has been won for Jt will be lost. The election will be thrown into the legislature, and the old regime of bedlam, bushwhacking and boodle will be restored at Salem. If the measure fails now, it may be hopelessly lost to the state. It means that' the present Is a crisis, a crisis of infinite Importance' to peo ple's choice of senator, and of mo mentous consequence to the people whose right of popular choice, Is sus pended in the balances, to be settled by the balloting In June. You know that In many (of the legislative district anti-Statement No. 1 candidates are seeking elec tion. You, a conspicuous benefic iary of the measure, and .expecting to be still further benefited by it, have refused, and. are still refusing to adylBft the "election of Statement No. 1 candidates,.: and the defeat of anti-Statement ? No. 3 1 candidates. More than this, you have-' actuaUy declared an anti-Statement No, 1 , candidate acceptable to you, a.nd ad vised ' your "political lieutenants in that ; county not to put a straight. Statement No. 1 candidate in the field. By that act, and by your ex pressed Indifference as .to. whether orC not Statement No. 1 or anti Statement No 1 candidates be elect ed you are absolutely Inviting the overthrow' of the measure, and the restoring of Bedlam at Salem This you cannot afford to do. vYott have already made a erious. If not a fatal, blunder In ftdvlslng the election of HE Pendleton East Oregonlan says: "Mr. Cake has not wav ered in his advocacy of State ment No. 1, and he will not waver. He made the fight on that principle and won one of the most noteworthy victories in rthe political history of the state, defeating one of the very strongest men In his party In the senatorial race." . We cannot let this pass unchal lenged. The Statement No. 1 prin ciple has not won out yet. It won a partial victory in the primaries, and the East Oregonlan rejoiced at that But it cannot be established and put into effect except by the election a number of Statement No. 1 candidates, in various legislative dis tricts, some of them Republicans and some Democrats. If these men are beaten. Statement No.. J. is beaten; "ectlon of a senator by the people is beaten. Mr. Cake knows this very ell, yet he declines to support these Statement No. 1 candidates "and de sires their defeat, evidently fearing that the people might choose Cham berlain instead of himself. Thus he has distinctly, positively abandoned Statement No. 1, the principle on which he won out In the primaries, and has in effect gone over to the enemies of that principle, to the op ponents of electing senators by the people, regardless of party. Mr. Cake has turned his back on this principle, and the East Ore gonian must know it. He not only has "wavered," but he positively de clines to support that principle any longer. He used it to get the nom ination; now he casts it aside, lest it should not serve his personal inter est and ambition. This is the fact. and it is astonishing that the East Oregonlan should deny It. portion of. the country. Growth and I development are In evidence on all hands: ""And "-of all : Pacific coast cities .Portland -has suffered least and has the brightest prospects. Los H: ymns to Kn ow forward o.ontlniiallv. If'fliilt1v. nrm. i I annual centennial of the Church" of the uo:u- vj u. wwu ,, . i 1.7 tr , . : i Bethlehem's Star. -. By William Cullan Bryant fWllllam fHillan ; H,eant Ifummlnv. uBeic u suuepea evera cu, ton, 1 Massachusetts, November J, 1794 not to say relapse, showing that It New Torn city,- July 12, 1878). the ty had been greatly over-boomed, and mous Journalist and poet, was the writ the same Is true In ft less degree of er Pf several hymns, most of them pre. Seattle. But Portland noes rirht i Prd for special occaalons. "Bethle- nem s Btar was written lor me jtoi XrAetak Dn.tAH In lfiTK .Tt V, riiat business depression in the east, i jpubllahe'd tn tn Methodist Episcopal Now is Deculiarlv the time, there- I hymnal in the year of the poet a aeath. , , , -. . . , . . 1 Bryant's poems do not runic nign wnen fore, for Portland to take the Utmost I ludred bv the standards that Drevall hi advantage of opportunities, in every Jected some good opportunities, for L .badow. cast by cWud sun years past, and is doing sp now, but! Flit o'er the summer Krss. . by putting forth greater exertions ' W "" - Awugnty un, and manifesting more enterprise it I And as the years, an endless host,' can soon place it3elf in a far stronger relative position than It no occupies. A NOX-PARTISAJT MOVEMENT. P ARTYISM will have no place In tne conference of governors 3 T i -JKh. h-Imi Jfa- Coma swiftly nressina- on. The brightest names that earth can - . - Doast ,., - Just (-listen and are gone. ' Yet doth the "star bf Bethlehem shed A luster pure and sweet; And still it leads, as once It led, ' To the Messiah's feet.- ' O Father, may that holy star " , . . urow every year more orignt. soon to be held at Washington at the instance of President Roosevelt. The very Important mat ters to . be considered Irrigation, forestatlon, forest preservation,, im- To fill the world with light : Responsibility of Voter. From the lone Proclalmer. On the editorial page of the last Portland Sunday Journal Is an article provemen or iniana waterways ana I with the heading Young Voters." This Canalization, reform of the land J Is replete with good, sound advice, and laws, safeguarding the water power I to our mind if it was followed by all of navigable streams, government Yt'n; ' reiSnei orma, as wn as t.i ,v, , .,,. .., those evolution naturally bring, would control of the coal fields, and other not b so hard to put into effect. The matters are pr Should be wholly article In quesUon. while asserting that non-partisan. ' On these question I tends that voting should be done'tntei- Republlcans and Democrats ought etiy. and where party lines are neo- cordlallj to Join hands for the good munlty are at stake, then it Is no lack of the country. What perverse.!0' principal to east. a vote outside of , i . . ' , . . . i a national pianorm pontic: -rnero is unpatriotic, wicked party leadership I nothin so esdcabie as a man who it is when Speaker Cannon, with all claims to b n of the standard-bear v,. o1 v,.' I Br Of a party and leavea it, when It fcicci. wmucm uu uaiu uiia inert nr nis aiiDDori. 10 ooisier ud go against the opening up of inland fh (rt,une ot rjvaL sun. many of . . . , i. tho brainiest and best men have done waterways, for instance. The won- this thing when they have seen they der is that the party does not at once were being lined up to follow like . sheep and by the aid of their nura- auu cmuuauvouj icuuuuto aui.u i nan arivo nrominonce una weaitn wnere leadership. And we think it will " was undeserved. Our national party r . ... I ticket has mftnv times been deserted. soon. Tne great KepuDllcan party or a weaker side received support from surely Is not going at this late day to the stronger but opposing forces, and i il , .1. the result has been presidential elec- set itself against any of these pro- tions that have surprised the. world. eressive movements. It cannot do I w have facing us, in the summer and I foil attiurlnna hinul anil notltnal m r A so and succeed. It must keep up I every voter, young and rld, should ap pretty closely to President Roosevelt preelate the responsibility resting upon XI i. J 11. 1 tllU. in meoe luuvcuieun, suu iuo uauiu- crats must march right along, side jajnes Gordon Bennett's Birthday. by side. If they would have anyl ,James Gordon Benhett, proprietor of Chance of success. 1 the New York Herald, was born in No, there ought to be no thought New Tork city. May 10, 1841, and was of party, only of patriotism, of a greater, better country, one of greater, better opportunities, of more advantages for the common people, of Improved conditions, of a educated by private tutors. He was I carefully trained in. newspaper work; and when his father died in 1872 the younger Bennett succeeded .him as pro prietor and manager of the Herald. Mr. Bennett early In his Journalistic career proved himself a worthy successor to greater measure of Justice, Of larger! his famous father. Probably the most uj,( AnoMoo(l.i. it,... i memorame 01 nis exploits was ine senu- liberty, m the consideration of these 1 ,n(r of Henry M. Stanley to Africa to BUDjeciS, ana It eviaenny IS mus I nna Livingstone. Anotner was tne rit- thnt. thn nreuMflnr rptrsrils thm Hal V" at nis personal expense or in - - . jeanetia poiar exploring expedition. 'o HARD TIMES BACK EAST. SEVERAL Oregon men who have made trips recently to the east ern part of the country agree that comparatively hard times prevail there; that as compared with a year ago there is indeed great busi ness depression, and that this is much more apparent there than in the Pacific northwest, or at least in Portland. ,, It is certain, then, that there were widespread and serious consequences of the panic last fall. and these consequences will be in evidence to a greater or less extent throughout this year, especially be cause It is a presidential election year. It would be a great advantage to this country if the presidential term wero extended two or three years. Many causes have been assigned for the panic, and they have been much discussed, all of them con taining some truth, but the general verdict 13 that the main causes were too much reckless speculation, over capitalization, over-straining ot credit, disregard of sound business principles In a ' word, frenzied finance. To this maybe added as a probable cause, a conspiracy 'dn""the part of certain great Interests to bring abovt a collapse that would discredit the administration and ren der labor helpless and servile. But in spite of these causes the panic and Its consequences, in the midst of so great prosperity, of great crops and good prices, will long remain a sub Ject of curiosity. ' Times . are . no : doubt Improving now, and will gradually continue to improve, in spite of politics, though the boom conditions of several years prior to last ran cannot be expected to return,' and it is well that thay Should not. Crop prospects are at present good, fair prices will be re ceived, money for : Investment was never so plentiful,' confidence is be ing restored; antl under such circum stances It seems as If time must be come better steadily and especially after harvest-time and election. - In this region, however, the panic had comparatively . little effect. There travelers agree that this is the soiidest, eerenest, most prosperous may be a great politician, as one years Mr. Bennett has made his home says says, but he is working; for the bene- i also conducted a London edition. t th. nannia nn oiion o n.,Kil 1883, in company with John W. Mackey, u vi, too jww, .u n jiuuwv Mr Bennett established a new cable man noes mat, 11 manes no auier-1 system between Europe and America !,. i,- in nis youth Sir. Mennett was nmimi ful' """" V-.i w Mciuufeo. , all-round athlete snd h. h.a ti.v.r lost Ills love lor outdoor snorts. II rr m t ii'i. vi. is particularly fond of yachting and ha, i. r. njaa Bam m uis lostiuiouy flttured . number of lntr.rnntlnBl recently mat tne ?svu,uuv political I contests. hnnrila "mnv nnt hnv ripen frr thi 0i.nnn f ronn v,f Arn tt.A This Date In, History fail , nt i son 1,. 1781 Camden. South Carolina, burned v. "v. i Dy in .Hruien. a nrpllminarr rnmnalfn eninsr nn. Tt I 1778 William Ladd. one of the found na rhn.V, r0rV,ar,a Prv.n M ha ir ?f .th A.ra.r? Pac "OClety. bom, " j - men April s, isti. defeated In Kansas City, and part of 1828 John Sherman, American states fV. v.. fnr I man born In Lancaster, Ohio. Died ' " i in- Washington, u. (J. October 23. 1800 Pnrhnna thai urn fame Is bains' I 1830 Oil William Whltnker. Prnto.t. nlnTAd now. mma narticnlara con- fDLEP,B.bi8,,0P. of Pennsylvania, r , , , t iuum in new naiem. Aiassacnusetts lch Will coma out years 1888 Right Hon. James Bryce, I cernlng which hence. A correspondent says President Roosevelt Is opposed to Hughes be cause the New York governor is not a good machine or organization pol itician, and as president would wreck the party.. Some practical Joker must have credited the party-wreck-iif. ing president with this statement. Iw.f11h J'rt -TO... lsh ambassador to the United States, born. - 1857 Outbreak of the Indian mutiny, iom pcninir or tne centennial ex hibltlon at Philadelphia. 1907 A male heir to the Spanish i.iiruito was porn. Star beams. From the Kansas City Star. Even love starves with feeding on it- is the undertaker's Probably the delegation from Ore-1 cues for exposure. A trim ankle constitutes Its own ex gon to the Republican national con vention will be Instructed for Taft, but Senator Bourne makes no secret of his opinion that Bryan is likely to hoat Tnft nt th nnlls. This is a i. if n,i. nr Cowardice makes an outward saint of laiuw vn aw bi.i.i.uuo i I many an inward sinner. to The luxury of today becomes the ne cessity or tomorrow. A woman is never happy until she has ,a man to worry aooui. The man With a mind worth havina- nu a mina oi nis own. a Republican senator to be in. Man v never lives long enough fathom bis full capacity for follies. Wnor tr.ia oar this rlmA an1 nn. i JMpsi women wouia ratner be the imotner man tns wits or a. mat mm casion, on Juw x uen, iiib yeupic i women desire greatness for their of Oregon should emphatically and I sons ana goodness m their husbands, enrelv establish - the DrinclDle of . Beauty was made to be. admired and i .i . . , , . - -v,J he is a rooi who tans to admire it. viiub kb.. ,. 7UKr Repentance which is prompted by out- is iun iiarauivuut iobuo ueivi. wcui, i wara circumstances is rareiy lasting. j T '' . I m i , . - i ., . . . i XTBioinr anu amgviaviua receive mucn Senator Rayner Insists that the retr " tarirr .Should De reiormed not by ltsj a bad cause defended with courage friends but bv Its enemies. At least win always win-, over . a gooa cause I k r v. backed by cowardice. , . j . . "T . luo vcr In politics it is the gum shoe quite ple a interest by friends of most of as often as the long pole which knocks its schedules. . 1 i tue persimmon. A man never estimates himself at his true value, but he seldom places the es To be called a demagogue Is not timate too' low. necessarily uncomplimentary; dem- The -villain coerced into anmtward agogae, a leader of the rabble, or nl?imiZa thul?b U" re" common people, is not so bad a term Too many people mistake plain. speak- as plutogogue or graftogogue, Ing for an evidence of Courage, when too uiien ti is uui au vviueuce me xoiiy ... kn... ' i , - - ill m 1 VV -f CatnilCBS1, . 'j. When Croker says the country lawmakers win mike better iw. needs a quiet president. It is to be I when they realize that the primary func suspected that the eminent grafter ' has gone : back on Bryan. How would Ryan do? He doesn't talk much. ' Since the primaries Mr. Cake has not stood for the election of sen ators by sthe people-' Do the people want a senator wne win not so stand? ' " : ' ' Mr, Hearst Is a man who can af ford almost any kind of toy he de sires, and he will doubtless have a lot of full out of his Independent party. - ' 'V .... Adios, Admiral Bob,' as an active admiral; but: may you live comfort ably many years In honorable retire ment. ''" ;--ri:----.v ' t ' ; One of the benefits of higher educa tion Is the great facility it gives its pos sessor to unlearn In the school of ex perience' the errors he has imbibed from books. . " Inn la alwava the better Dart of valor. f getting ready .to die, it will be The wtae man realises- that quite frjaeaa issue wnn living people. A for Tod ay . Seeking the 'Infinite.'' ri' 7 V "'ii' mL Henry" F. .Cope. - '' w BoJ, thou art my GoU: early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thes," rsalms Ixlll., l. O- two men worship the same God, and yet for all being, everywhere here may b but " on great . .. source of love and light and one i . Infinite life to which all, their aspirations turn. There ever is the tern- ' ptation to set up our vision a the full and final light and our concep tion of the divine as the only oorreot ' one. The true lovers of the. truth ars not those whp' are vallantlv defendins- tha deflnitioiA at Which they have arrived: I they apij thosa who recognise ! that in seeaing out tne infinite they have ba for them that which never will be- final that truth must ever grow fTbrn mora - to more. ' The true worshipers of God still and aver are seekers after God. ,; ... -. . ; . You can take a. house 'and set uo a description of It . that may be consld- -red as absolute, finally . accurate, and , to be accepted by all save those who refuss the truth. But you cannot de scribe your feUowman In that absolute and final manner. There are possibili ties, characteristics, reaches, deaths. , And heights to the life of the last man that Ha ever bevonri mii irnut mlnnl, analysis. ,....,. tiow much mora mint ' tMm ha t rna of that life which embraces all life, of him in whom we live and move and have our bqlng. If no person can be uiwisciT in, KamB in inneArenDR. .nar- acter, and qualities to any two Others, how absurd it is for some poor little spark of humanity, flashing for a mo ment in the universe, to hold up his impression of the infinite and. tell us inai w ib m- sum. ana rinaiitv or ruth. - -. ' Whir Should we auarrel ever torrna and definitions? Of what use is all our attempt at classification, analysis and description of that which, if It ba indeed- the '"Source"-of all things high. ueai, ana spiritual, must aery our der- 1 lnitions, must surpass our measure ments? Our snecuiatlona shout anv dlvlna h. Ing do not for a moment answer that universal cry which Job echoed: "O that 1 knew where I mlsrht find him." The need of this world is not agree ment about theoloarv: it la not theoloa-v at all; it is not what men have thought we ought to think of some supernatural being. The need Is for the touch of sui-h a life as that upon our lives. Whether there be a Cud or not. whether my picture of such a God be nearest rlsht or yours, the great thing is that we all should live ns if the.ro were- nome rreat and worthy source and goal of all our being. To the primevnl mnn there was a mighty being who ruled his little do main: to the itrrlor there wns a treat captain; to . the statesman a glorious king; to every man there has been be fore him his own ideal, the highest of which ho cnuld conceive, a Itht that, went before and led him on. That lli?ht has been the llfo of the Inner be- . Ing. the spiritual father and mother of meu. lj.ich new age either must think Its higher thoughts, of God or turn its face from the light before to the darkness behihd. The race goes on .ttm asWHlting road as it follows this light of tho ideal. Looking up in days of sorrow to a friend, looklnir forward to a hern. looking on. to Ideals becoming less per sonal but not less potent, men come to tho new day and ever to the higher, nobler race. We cannot rut into the language of Our limited-. life any satisfactory or adequate picture of that , which tran scends all our experience In the way. that this thought of a great common source -and eubststner of llfaidoes. But we ctn order our lives nbotlt this ss their center; we can live as if the unlverso was held together by the gold en bands of love and law. In any true and comprehensive think ing our thoughts of X3od are simply our' thoughts of the universe. And hem v It does make a vast difference whether to us the order of life be, governed bv blind chance or by the working out eternally of right and truth, justice an 1 love; whether the? life thnt seeks these good ends Is wastlnir Itself or is work ing In harmony with the source and goal of all "beings. Sentence Sermons - By Henry P. Cope. Fretting fritters away life's force. -a - Nothing is more deceptive than love of self. - Being made of putty does not make one patient. - There can be no virtus in the life without value. w m An honest doubt Is always a door to some higher truth. a The trend and purpose of your whole life, that is your prayer. a The leffirth of life hereafter may de pend on its breadth now. - a They who know their father never ara far from their fatherland. It is not much use for an emoty life to worry about its immortality. - a It will take more than studies In mud to improve our manners. a It will take more' than talk' and tears to tear down sin's battlements. VJ 14 V. ...... ......... wikt. ma. 11 yuu Trvuiu iihid j.cnuo niuiiu, must Jia- eontent with wars without. Our hunger for Immortality may be we snail in- evidence that the best herlt .it. The hypocrite is always more suc cessful ..with himself than with any one else. Mrtnv a man thinks he Is fl eh tint wiiph he sin be is only flaying his neighbor's foibles. There Is a world of difference be tween attention to details and absorp tion in trifles. Modern cvnloism may be but the full ancentanC'3 of the doctrine of total de pravity. s ' It makes all tha difference whether money la life's motive or only .a part of Its mechanism. Tf rt cm tnlrn. nna an tt. Ml HI trt ha, aNw mosquitoes than to stand a busi ness panic.,-.--. - . . ' 1?ATlrai n.lirt at, ,,n nlo-Hai ' aA,rv1na Wer . fame always , are too sleepy to earn it in the daytime. So lonir as religion Is only a'nrocess quently valor Is the better part of dis cretion. . -, . .,, . The Victory. Oh,. Jaunty ; trappings of . the - budding . trees I - - '. ; The broad white glory pf the noonday t llgbtl . .- - -And lowering reaches to the h til's green slope - How bravely rails ths world- at wlrt . , tsr's plight! -. .' ' - . - t Metropolitan Magazine. j ' ,' :. - -'Tlme.'J :, v -: -U ' " V' yroro the Indianapolis News. One gwd . thing about spring is that by, the time we. realy get used to her It Is time for summer to do her stunt. A great deal of defense of old doc trines is but dodgin.T the duty of think ing through the new ones. . There are. too many who say they have given God -their-hearts, but who fear the devil . must have given them their brains. ',-. , . . , - : ' ; ' Missed, the Job. " - From' Judge. - Molly I -just dote on Uncle Sam's brave sailor boys. ' ' Cholly I wath thinking of Joining; ths navy at One time. Molly Oh, why didn't you? v; Cho'Jy Why. I -w'ote to tho secretary of tho navy for a poHitlon as admiral, but ha did not woply.