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All 1partroita reached tr tbe aumbara.
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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
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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.