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THE JOURNAL
AW i llfDEPSNDENT ' KSWSFAMa.-
C S. acasoirr. r. :s
Pnbllabed ewy rntnf ax-pt Bond?) b4
err Snndiy Beming. at Tbe Journal Bullet-
Inf. glfta and XamhUI atreata, Portland, Or,
Entered at th pMtaMn at Portlaa. dr., fbr
transiDlaalea tarouih IIm.mIIi .w ecood-ciaal
Butter. : , . ... .-.- i .;.. .-
TELEPHONES MAIN T17S. BOMS. A-0OS1.
All departmenta raaebad fcy these - nnbara.
aru inc operator tn department yoe want.
Eaat 814 otflea. B 244; Eaat aaa.'
roaXIGN ADVEBTIStNO : BEPHKSKKTAT1VB
Virelia4-Brnjamln Special AtrrertUlag Ageory.
Branswlt Bulidlna, B Fifth arease, Ntw
loraj annua jtaudlac, Chicago.
, Bobacrlpflwi Taraa by ma to any addresa
a ma taiua etatea, Canada r Mulco.
DAILY. .' ' -
One nw , .15.00 1 Ooe Boats. ....".. JO
Om ?.... ...82.60 Ona nvth......I .
DAILY AND SON DAT. . .
one year.....T.69 I One month...,...! .68
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Endure1: and 'dare, .true
heart; .through, patience
joined with boldness, come :
wo at a crown encircled with
a thousand blessings. Span
ish Proverb. v.i
THET BtAD SENATE.
above ah catch any fish, and bo that
the down-river men' can catch all
they please, with alight hindrance or
molestation, though - they : will thus'
boos aestroy the industry " them-'
selves, Mr. . Seufert may . suggest
mat ii km justifiable, righteous and
FLOP ONCE MORE, MR.;CAKE '
HE JOURNAL, In all fairness, of-
-fers "one imore word of advice
to Mr. Cake.' Ton are a candi-
date, Mr. Cake, for the exalted
wise to confiscate the device by J Pjtlon ot United States senator. It
wmcn ne baa made a ; fortune. It I 8 position requiring strength of
wouia be only a square deal and fair purpose and force of character. There
play to serve other types of salmon ar powerful influences in the gilded
destroying devices Jn the same way. I lobbies at Washington, to tempt sen-
i- beriously, if the salmon go far Up tors from tbelr allegiance to their
stream to spawn, the way for them constituents. ' Siren "voices sing there
to, do so should be left tolerably! all the day long. Even so powerful
clear; fish going np for that purpose & personality as -Senator Bailey,
ought not to be caught by the whole-1 many Texans claim, has been
sale In? trap-wheels. ' But on the I swerved from BU duty by Standard
other hand a large proportion of the Oil. Only men of powerful purpose
salmon entering the Columbia should ami iron moid can resist tne siren
e permitted also to get paBt the fish- song of enthroned Mammon In the
g grounds near the mouth. In J senate. It is no place for a man who
neither locality-have the fish been I wavers. It Is the last place in the
sufficiently protected. The close sea-1 world for a senator who is vacillating
son should be extended, there should) or purposeless.: Irresolution and in
be no fishing on Sunday, and fishing-1 decision has brought about the be-
gear should be made to allow ajtrayal of hia constituents, by many
larger proportion of the salmon to I a senator. Many of them have made
get past. ' Ifalr promises to the people at home,
Probably neither of the proposed land all too soon forgot those prom-
laws Is right or just to all parties, I laes when once they heard the siren
and if both should be defeated we I whispers from the glittering lobby,
may expect that nothing much will I In your candidacy you have al-
be done, any more, than in the past, I ready shown vacillation,' Mr, Cake,
to protect and preserve this great in-1 Once you were for Statement No. . 1,
dnstry, and that it will continue to I but you deserted it. You cham-
HE3 senate has shelved the Fulton
amendment Requiring notice to
. shippers and a' hearing by the wane year by year until the royal I planed it long enough to defeat Mr.
interstate Commerce COmmiS-1 rhtnnok la a rarltv in the Columbia. I Fnltnn anil then r1ppt1 it Vnn
sion before: an: Increase of freight . . . ; .. ' did that with the example of 'how
AN ILLOGICAL POSITION. Senator Fulton immolated himself
full before you,
rates on the railroads could go Into
errect. A. more. .equitable measure
was never offered a legislative body,
That may be why it was distasteful
to the senate- of the' United States
It is another, shining example of the
madness of that body,
Ton have rtlacAd
fHE Indianapolis Star, that keeps yourself in exactlv the nosition he
up the old claptrap expression wag in wnen he was riding swiftly to
' " ' I oereaT.. in at is a aouoie Diunaer,
people who advocate a modifl-1 Hnuhla in its action, and dnuhla In
It emnhasizes cation of the trust-feeding high du-In. ..onnn tt t,aa
the need of a reform In the character I Oes, and that is consistently In favor I naftnl-1 tvA imnNininil that nn .
of men sent there Corporationlsm of a tariff for protecting the trusts v.ihhho. ami thofnrA nn n ,
holds so complete control that meas- and plundering the people neverthe- depended upon. It tends to convince
urco, uas iao ruuon amenamem. w iw naiei a ramer gooa pomi on rtem that vrtn nnt th trnh
afford protection to the great' ship- the high tariff newspaper publishers of pU1.pose or determined character
ping public are Impossibilities. So who are trying to club congress into neceB8ary t0 reBl8t the powerful and
are measures of the same Bort that removlnx the duty on wood duId and j.ji
the president has begged for a period print paper and saying nothing about Washington. It has cost you hun-
vt uiuio.iuau ihb uionins, ait wim-imguer ana worse amies, it is iooi'
out other result than the senate's I lsh and dishonest, declares the Fair
T. .a. A m x . . . . I . . . , , m I -- - r
liauguiy jreiusai 10 gram nis request, i oanas organ, to support a larui ior otA i!i,,nnn vnrmor mnnnrtPM nt
It is the most striking example of 1 protection and then try to have one' yonrg Baying that you do not
. ...w uu nuai priT- b uuiu rwicu. pb u measure up to that straightforward
Ilege ever witnessed In this country, object of protection is to take from f0rcefulness and aggressive indi
Government is only free when the the many to enrich the few, why ,,.. MaantM to aftv in th
organ through which It is conducted should "not newspapers 7 that stand Benat0rial office
tig subordinated to (Society. When- for protection take their medicine The other phase of this double
ever that, organ assumes authority, and suffer cheerfully and patriotic- biunder is-that in repudiating State
as the senate has done and'is doing, ally, along with- other victims? If ment No j you have forfeited every
and resists the demands of society, they are to be exempt, why not the ,.,, ta .nnnrt at tha vnrv mn
It Is no longer free government? It farmers, the mechanics, and all other who nomlnated you over Mr. Fulton,
is oligarchy, neither more nor less, j people 'whose pockets are picked to L. vot.. vou receiVed were State-
manifold are all thy works. In wis
dom' hast thou made them all; ' the!
eartn is full of thv rlchM. nii th.l
sianu against legislative aeaaiocas, Lord. O mr soul, and forest not all
A 1 1 V M a . . w .
w)Bufi . -uoiuuya,. ana tne oig i lis benefits, '.i .
A Poem
ax Aoday. .
The Eternal Goodness.
Uonn - Greenleaf Whlttler. Quaker,
A Sermon for 0o!ay
' The Demands of an Ideal
regime of riot and ruffianism at Sa
lem and scandal in the state. - But
for our pretensions .to Statement
No. 1 sentiments many of these "men
would have voted for Mr.' Fulton and
you would have been defeated two or
three to one. They know . that ' you
s- Bv Hnrv V rVina
I Pt. patriot.- abolitionist and Journalist, j ;r'SaU wfiataea vr t hu haat gv
la vioo wen Known to every American 1 ;'"VH ano come taaa up tny
N
. -kUaUX t AAAJAUj, :,. I to tA m. htnro nhU f imt vH untlnn Tk. I
- "'M',"' V vuuvvu, A UV
tJW It is an organization styling j celebrated on December 17, 1907. The
crosa and follow me. "Mara x:Ji,
s not to attempt the election of presidents. nd - captains of : high 1 f. tihfhwro1F. round 'me ilea,
lent No. Xi legislative; can- finance,ian4 Is voiced by such or- I hear with leans' andr'avan cries
s, and not to 'attempt to gans of predatory 'wealth, monopo- . 1 Tb "world confess, its aiiu .
itself the . National Prosperity I versea given below are those which he
association that is voicing thenlmBelt selected as embodying- his re-
cry; v Let US alohe. This la ,810U" ,W "om .hia longer poem.
have aetnaliy instructed your lieu- tie pnrase used by Beveral railroad J , - woooneas. j : l
A. 2 X . w -A, a I tai.,! .3 ..... ... i , . .. . I I H A at
tenants no
Statement
didates,
defeat anti-Statement Nor 1 candi-1 Hstic corporations and "millionaire Tet in the
dates. They X are i not only malefactors" as the New York Sun.
amazed, but they are bewildered by J "Let us alone,M'eVy Harrlman, Rock
your agility as a political acrobat. I efeller, Morgan,- Ryan and others of
You have not only puzzled,' but -you tneir. Ilk . In chorus; "Interfering-
have dumfounded themJ v They do wh us great patriots has caused all Wow not of his.hatei know
not for their lives know whether you the recent trouble, brought on the I- u ovc-
tft wa o Cfafamont VS 1 ' flnH. I fiATl il fTlAlOarn B fnf11li-.a wnVI-wiAH No Off ArlHv of tnv Awn T Vsnvai
.taiii.nt Ka 1 tvr.f.at v r ?" H Out of emnlovment -nnl r.tan ?f w.?rks.ray .,th? Prv;
afVMVVMAMw ,iwa anw ' w , , - 1 -- - U4UVU. WM I JL-. II tJUf,
What is more to the point! Is, that generally, see? Sq now the thing to
they are men who are In deadly ear- j do Is to; let us alone. Let us have
nest, men who are not to be trifled our own way. - Pass no laws regulat-
with, and. In numbers, constitute! mg our business. If we violate laws,
more than half your party. More- pay no attention. Keep quiet. ' Look
over, they are not. men whom, you the other way. Dont you see that It
can cajole back Into line, by a secret! doesn't pay to stir us up? ; Let us
letter to them a day or two before grasp, and monopolize,-and plunder,
I
DEALS are our treasures only . so
; ion- ws wiey. are also tracks In
which we tread.' . The'' visions of
things great and worthy are not
given that we' might have- some
thing beautiful to contemplate; they are
ealls to serve, to endure,, to toll,; to bear
burdens and meet difficulties. , vvt
, The dreams of greatness or. of good
ness that'tn nn foFth.M i i
it In the maddening mase of things, leave us1 wtakr 7u
And tossed by storm and flood.- ' J " . uar . weaker.poorer leas - than If
een tnem. lie who sees
the height and Mes not strive to attain
it Is less' than he who seeing U not at'
all lives) toward hls lowlier -vision. Our
dreams must determine deeds: Life
were empty without its drea&isf It were
emptier, still if it were nothing but
dreams. ;"; 'f-v- .' ? ( ' v.v
To one fixed stake my spirit clings.
wjww iiiac uoa is gooa.
The wrong that pains my soul below
a a re not inrona a Dove;
. can but give the gifts he gave,
And plead hia love for love. , (
II know not where Ms islands lift ,
I v Their frond fl nalma In air ;
I 'only know I cannot drift i
.Beyond his love and care. - .
. 'By- John Greenleaf Whlttler.;
. 4 ' ' - . " . .
" - m. . L . - m
' urowm oi xemperance. t
r Tom tne inaianapoiis Mews.
TViA m . i . . . .
election telling them ot your fidelity and dominate, and run the country; mea owS7 xaii.e the". t
Yet how easy It l to be satisfied with
aspiration; never, to make the invest
ment of endeavor., to paint plotures of
life's crowns, but never to be . willing
?u! Py the price to gain any of
them. Ho many imagine that they must
bj saints because they have thought so
often of seraphlo Joys. it take- a good
deal more than looking at- heaven - to
make the heavenly life, ;
""J every sincere man 1s asking tha
to Statement No. 1. how you have we're going to do aU this anyway, over the counts r,,a.,.Z, IZlZVJ l1?!?1 " Jot
fmiffht. hind and died for It. as ft I and It willbe pleasanter for all con-l ficial renorta of tha tntWrnnt nvnn I which is vision
were. They are neither jokers nor cerned if we are JusUet alone. : Thus Theae J ahow that the produotion of non tJ'-H51 fa.flb J"
jackasses but are men, who have will' we have prosperity- few of whiskey In tba United feutes during the also high, M" i. s deScSSt to
expression of that
him. He Is
their eye! wide open, i; men - whom ns.
you cannot convince by a secret let-
six months-from November' i. 1907. tolthe thlnaa that mrm v.iw. tvT.. i.
; May 1,, 1908. waa It per cent lesa than JEn-? 'Wn up
Well, perhaps when the pestifer- "al.lLpP.JLenLll" . uonac"ious,y ?0 th.TM
ter or a low back alley whisper that ous itooBeveit s term is out tne plea last yesj.T. in fourTWntha th Tru-odi: liT-e-l.winment ..o. . much
VT . " " - ". ""
you are still a Statement No. 1 man. or tnese petitioners will be granted, wmsaey in the three states of No ,wii1i.y -'-
If you want their votes, you must so far as the national administration w.ToYo.ooPo rr fct P vtoSSFwl
come out flat-footed, be a wide open Is concerned. And congress Is cer- the fowsponding , months, of the year tvnJm.ni2. a.,5?Iti!;',l?:t.e:
before. , In Kentucky the decline In pro-
reject even manv rnml ihlnn hn
we may gain that which Is best None
dreds of votes, and votes of men who
supported you In preference to Sen-
ment No. 1 votes, men who wanted
the prestige of the senatorshlp to
and that is exactly.what the Imperial mlllionalrize the trusts? The Star
senate with Its 74 corporation law-1 quite logically says:
yers Is.; 5'""" ' u " j -. The .newspaper, - that-, professes ad
. nnta tlw'a! !!t lDt' t i A t I " " 1 l general pr .n c.p.e or pro- egotist Who Imagines he is in
? sents the State of Rhode Island, for tection and yet demands free trade in f . . . . . .
' nn u)innlhnv Vnnoa I. fV. I Ita narn raw material in nut TsenA BiintvlioYO wuu B Bin WHO LUU I us as Ulg
wvmw.w V TI a ,9 B VUV I Vjp 1 ----- . Wl
resentative of Standard Oil. : The
to one pr the other of two Indictments. a fot)1 as he ls- use8 " to kln her'
. ' 1 - tvtaVli. a .mall f.anrlr.i.al aHa
people of New York are without rep- mwr "' a protective tariff ""''"7 7 T , ,
resentaUon In the body because Pla ".'.'T l.M'h.sr "i!PlL,18 "SLfi!?:
SnSi SiT'i? uamng t0 Mtend t0 0fher8- ne tof dru or bulging with Sull-pup
I v.P7v t ,rUr oads' Elkilnf' tbese courses is about as discreditable pr0wess, draws and fires on the
who killed the Fulton amendment, ls as tha other; and If members of con- giifhteBt nrovocation or none at all-
another railroad premier, and Bailey, gress should yield to the threats of tha J?ZJ? .1
many Texans say, another ' emissary publishers, they would have an gwk- V" ZZ7 in i ,r-v inVtd f
Of Standard OIl.v Perkins of Call- ward task to explain to their constlt- elo f J!?
t- - - a uents why they had yielded to frA bracing up like a man, ends his own
owner,-Bulkeley of Connectlcnt-a ' consumer, who earthly troubles and leaves his wife
t,vai Jt.a I1.maVa - -.7..- have newspapers and denied those .de- and children to suffer both privation
v? .PT?li? Af mov mand to " who have none. , and humiliatlon-in a word, the mis
company, -and - Smootv. of Utah a mirht h. nwor, tha . 4fi i
. . j . j .1 i uciur , in Asniucay
leaaer, a resoiuis uoieuuor buu bu whuj uwiu aiuua vorjr eaus- duction run from 87 to 7 per cent al r "it wmcn is Dest. None
eVery-day and daylight champion 6f faatorily. And perhaps the people "?"LWn.!Lc !.Cnm No" anViuun
Statement No. 1. will conclude that this policy ls best. Vi'th" tn. "LV a0.' ,..1 thing.. ,
It is almost too late for you to flop and give up. Then again, perhaps yer. The return, of taxes on h t er- th" ;,c ' " - f U5".0-t,,em!yv?.";'
again, but you ought to try It, If not We shall see. , S"tg? "J'? KE!?iS?ZSS: ?5P- PoWrty when w"e Thoosethem
you do not, and. at once, you man- ' having fallen off 7 per cent in two irT-r?lter th,"K;. ; Thej-oung
ifest utter and cold Indifference on The protest of business men "Vi...1 "?,un
the subject of Statement No. 1, and against the proposed increase of rail-1 .year in the sales. The 'decrease of th.? attainment of his ideals, bo
as in whether all that has been won road rat rr,it, that It wM !ale ! last six months may be t v" TI ere tne caw; good to
- w. v " vau s rm rri w niiam ra.naia i m sae aahmu.. i whi vuu iu iaa daw uu iirtiar r ji j gnwmrn
for it in Oregon shall be lost, and amount to 11.75 nr canlta tnv fin. lit Is more lartelv due t tha math nrHnX greater good.
inBt fAi That, attttiiria win h nnn nitt tiiimiAMn.. I th tempt-rance movement, the exten- Lr. ." l.nP?rative demand of
" T V : yvv.vv.-v ,,v,vvv,vvv sion of "dry" territory and the closing "7"' """V1 " h"1 occupy first
fatal to the nolltlcal hODeS Of anv and thin annnnat haa, rater, lot thnnxnnila nf ulnnm " I place. Tha thinars vou set flrat In vr.ii
man who attempts it now. or here- ence only to the railroads from Chi- m$o&h&.n 'WtuSSTn,:
after. You cannot stem the tide by cago eastward and north of the Ohio !. Oklahoma and Alabama. In eight ,what good things you may dream, it
claiming your election is necessary Hver. This it Is said, would be a f" fK22r iVSS
to indorse Roosevelt, for. after your cost "oer familv trreater than its an. I rad-o. Arizona ant nw Mtnn I surDrlse soma of ua to ba tha m-i...
blunders that pretense Is uproarious- nual taxes. And It 1b a veritable tax. tTii Itat.YthVrVI. K?
ij luuiviiruo. v jo -.uu uu iu lua&iug mo iwicwK) me ran- oumg ionn or local ODtlon under WhlchJ uur auprenje cnoosing.
that it would convulse the president roads, will be exercising the power of St1000.!1 bee" fol by thousands! But the ideal demands more thsn the
-.11. v-i- aii ' , , . ., 6 v The entire south la rapidly becoming giving up Of things that conflict! it de-
With laughter to hear Of , ft. All unlimited taxation. "dry" and local option Is snreadlni mands service, expression throuah work.
things considered, but one way seems . ' throughout the north. AU this is the through activity, It is not enough to
open to you. and that is, to put. on Voter8 c, Multnomah county will 0"
juur iuiuuuuk buii, uuu, wuuuuk ue- nave an ODDOrtunltv on Jilne 1 tn I v 1 ' !-"" '(" ucra.no uig um wunuy lueai. wncre un-
i.r Brw .nnthA-. va, Ka J . 1 ?Lvf'lr...T J"De aAon 'or years past, and. their arro- worthy affections We been cast out
j, v.vu.v correci inia misuu maue Dy a very aant auaranii to control noiittca. Thnra tnere must ha rn mnio.M.A.
.i.-i iii t " . . . , 1 I n . " . . . i . i , . . . . . . . J K . ' .
uiui pumicui HuuerBauiia ueiuro toe small margin two years ago In de-li iiun irmn w present muai db tnere, Dut airected Into
wonaenng people or uregon. feating Sheriff Tom Word, and to and permanent condition win bi a if m h.
reward nim forms exceedingly vai-1 r-r .i " r if,. "f'Bl1 uu .P . 1 tmnga. tou must not .it down
break down federal control within Its uable services and notably good rec- " "4 " " " ",wr u"ne": gES Suliei M.VrnVytb0au"5m Li"
proper field and unless congress is ford by giving him another termi It 1 Speaker Cannon. Itn?v re to be done. The first price oi
much lm Droved in character thv lomrht tn he remembered that Mr - FYorh th Phlcaa-n Trlhnr.. - I Sr"?!"' "empung. Metier the
. Word did most , valiant battle for cret
aal ataAaMo raaaaa aAMva aa at j aHA.I tlnaalrai. v.. ...t..!,.....).. l! i t 1 1,1
The.people O.rUHnols are loath to ?h"VthV 2Th ,5fL?
1 spring, and beautiful in expres- nothing Btrange or remarkable about
muu mauj ui tueiB are, dui per- this timely ram; it usually comes
banker and manufacturer , P";otheieopteVM not m heavily,- d I-1 slant means of doing wrong and
Bon -of Wisconsin Is a banker and recti y nd manifeatlv taxed fh. LnmmifH.. im. .nli intiMi-.. mta.
i,,.... c,.t .Tnri Tri-(i I . - . . ' - i wuim.iuu, '
V. .au. puDiisners, which ls true, and this to ery, and very rarely can show a mark
b banker and manufacturer, and Du 80nie extent furnishes an excuse, but to Its credit.
.Font or Delaware is tne neaa oi tne I this is of small weleht in rnmnnrisnn I Do.n, iaw aiwiiahtna- th ra. I hans none excel in simDle delineation aa in
..'. ti.i,... .v. - . . r: l 1 ' ""i - - - .. . . M"'1 vo .
:.u.v uau,.p yi WKn putting tne whole sacred-prln- vol ver could not be enforced, but i tne season tne rnymeiess poetry
a "huwij luauuwuiurer, ciDle of nrotection for the benefit nfl,!,!,.,. a t nanniA oua m. of an old book, the Bible, some
, and. aa everybody knowS.Guggen- the trusts in Jeopardy, of making so pecially the children of the country, verses of which Professor French of
i . helm of flnloradrt. who iinhliiahlnclv I v. , - t ... -r . . . . I .1. m .u--i r'-j.
r- -' nwrewun a ureacn in me aivine ought to be educated to nate it as an " ,u'u uurmai bcuoui eeiectea
bought his way Into the senate, 1b the I tariff wall. If one trust la thn to L.-n mn. nf evil nimnat for study by his nunils. Part of
neaa or tne smeiier trust, one oi tne be singled out and attacked, who can solely. A boy should no more be al- them are as follows:
moa. jiowenui wvuniwoi in tu, tcn nt assaults will next be made on lowed, to play with a revolver than K the winter is, past, . the rain is
world. Crane of Massachusetts is a other. trusts? Even that magnificent j with a rattlesnake. It has no proper over and onJ truly the uht ,B "waet.
xuimouairt. plr manuiBwurer, wuu MoB8i tne eteei trust mIeht hn ,n .v. hnm mnth less na Peasant tmng it is tor tne eyes
has a monopoly of furnishing the .ailed .1 .v. . i . -v u-v,a to behold the sun.
wlll succeed.
Much depends on the federal greatly-needed reforms, as no sheriff Speaker Cannon gratuitously iS playing ill " "self with
.i j . uii. .l. U .. j . . . . t . . tne role of tha a-reat nhatrnrtor A m I " P
wUU., u ueuiaiuuB wiiuin -tne naa aone Deiore, ana mat nis serj I speaker of the T house" It ; li toT be nre- ! n " way high Idealism be
near future will be of great Interest vices were of vast benefit to the "ned that hi. first obligation li i to f?leoth5 ? i worthy realities. How
and imnortan. Th. rnU h.n ,ia the .publlo and that he should respond fv" j?.1? ub?.'"ut" fre.nK lout
If HH . w . 1vuwi-i I T A Tlta Vlsihaada af tha ajtAaU A k. I I1CHVOI1 lur aXIlT ULI Hill TiE fa nnnf hoauan
the fight of their lives" 'on their v - -" ! ' ' I house and especially to the wishes of to ?r everyday lives. How easy to
hands, and President Ronaevelt The trlorloua. irolden rain. The n? majority of his own party. "LB.?.in" "Y" ?r uooi n"ks for tha
----- - ' --- ' ; . " i is u true tnat na was opposed to an V.1 .tno ,ov" QI man.
though doing what he could for million-dollar minting rain. It has adequate appropriation for the interstate The religious life in the life that
them, has only engaged so far In pre, been falling copiously throughout rT.r.rl"0". UiST SIhK-V'"" " J?" "U"
liminary skirmishes. , J the upper as well as the lower coun- culatlon of the secret service which win ',w. at any cost, with this as the su-
j iki. min , i v I make It. lmoosalble for the rnvVnmii I Dremtlv worth whlta aim a 1li,ln
,r,, buu tu m .u, uumvu. uubu- t0 confln ua ,ta prosecution of land ee ir realiEatlon. counta ill things
elS more Wheat, and more and fat-1 thieves and Its investigations of viola-1 a worthless compared to this that
iuuness or lire may be found for one's
AN OLD SPRING POEM
.u: , .1. 1 tlons Of the Bherman law? ,
ter Btoca, ana urusperiiy in ia t. , tl.; " l I ;rr; j -" ""t,""."'""" '
TITUMBERLESS are. the poems Bhane of bushels of gold next har- the psidVnri Vemnda
a . a . ... I - I " . . - v aim ua 0aiAABl Lf IS
mat nave Deen written on vest and fnr the vear. Yet there ts OI w" rux onwpod puln and areams of coming alory. but tha mat.
. i - i uauiri - - t .n . . , , . , , , . . . . . . . -
ucui, un ah mn mi aeeos in tha
ii .1. , . .r muuow- win niH iigm oi mat giory wno is dolna moat
plain the role of the speaker. The legis- for this world and for his Ideal? The
rtltrtiS&SiiW question is not whether you caS
Bryan Introduced a resolution of! nemies of the. president whose
sympathy with Grover Cleveland and recommended by him.
as :taSarrtriKasi EffS2tf3SKr
- I -a. ti va au aa a uti va irouuin w I in Wlxn
hoped for. his recovery, and waa
called on for a speech b? President
Roosevelt, at the meeting of gov
ernors in Washington, and yet some
people doubt that this ls an era of
political harmony.
government with the paper on Which v to ha AnBatent I , ..V u!L ' -ill i t't,nM I The nowera appear on the earth, the
-printed, tariff newsnaoera ahonM ' "w'at W YnVTh t,m? th? "!n5'" fome.
ThA rharnrter of th lint la -nonth I V 7 . . - ana tne voice or tna turtle is heard in
l ne. -cnaracier oiine ust is enougn i eiT nD -dT. w n r rinmh I - i.v.. thm ant itaatmnii I.
bank notes 'and bonds 'are
"We are dumb; J guns taken from them and destroyed
nmir tn nintoii
the partisan method and legislative that the sacred trust mav he aaf
. system oi seaauir-iuaaiug una uuv
wholly and miserably failed. Deep
down In his .: heart that. Is exactly
What Theodore Roosevelt believes to
day. . If : not, why has ; he caned , a
conference of v governors and' other
"notables to discover, ways. of, Bavlng
to rang thlhkine- men to Wonder if 7 .. ." T r.""T in. iana.
,v ";.t;;"mofh ,, i.i.i.h. : " r"' "uuuilt W.''M "OUia tnose iounu on men aa- Tha fig tree putteth forth her gree
dieted to drink. But above all, par-1 leaves, and the vines with the tender
ents and teachers should systematic-1 grapes give a good smell.
ally and persistently teach children The trees of the Lord are full of sap
the truth about the revolver, bo that t1" nH birds of the air which
AN INSTRUMENT OF EVIL.
S
CARCELY- a day passes that the! wben they grow up they may be J B,n" mon tn branches have their
news columns do not tell of sad.
terrible, needless and foolish
tragedies that are the direct re- of tnl8'evii Invention than people do
now.
wiser In their generation than we are
in this. ad. make much less use I ." S
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS.
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the' resources of the country, a busl- Bult of. the. habit . of carrying a re
ness the senate should have been at- jyolver. A mild crusade against th
tending to these- many , years, s No gun-carrying habit has been BtartAd
' problem In American politics today In portions of the south, and it would
flllB observers witn so. mucn. concern, i he well if It would spread over the
and should lead men so much to In-j whole, country. From a rational, clv
denendent action , politically, as the I Hized point of view, the cart-vine- nr
great unsolved dilemma of the Amer-j even the ownership of a revolver, by
lean senate ana its uiuucj. most people wno arry or own one, ls cies the nresldent said to the as- inat ne ma o"11 rth fruit out of
was there such need for tne people without any excuse that can be bad .nmMAA AArnnrf - the-aarth.
to intervene, , ana to select oniyion good results. It ls safe to say, In I do not wish to keep this "twilight 118 caBteln e1 0110 rround and
Btrong, resolute; and tried men fori tbe absence of Statistics, that for land" one of large and vague bounda-Mhe "ee.a Pringeth np and grows; he
service in that body. , every good service done bv a re- rles, by Judicial decision that in a given "owata not now, tor the earth brlng-
volver. lt does damage, and usually the staU. cannot m. and then a JTlSr!". T-
t a-A.j..i a rw vMri later dy otner decisions man - va
SSCI 1UUB S A JIIIL. St I KMIl I 111 1 1 H m n or A W 1 0 ar I aT..ll . 1 a 1
i ,a " " la nractlcally similar cases the natloh1"" w la
.-,.-- . ...fZ cannot act either. I am- trying to And
uauiiauvn. ,
And the earth brought forth.-the-tree
saw that it was
good and all the trees of the wood re
joiced before him.
He wattreth the hills from his cham
bers, he sendeth the springs into the
valleys Which run anions- the hllia
LLUDING to the subject Of the They give drink to every beast of the
possible conflict between; fed-Jfleid.
eral and State ' sovereignty or He causeth the grass to grow for the
control In certain contlngen- cattle and herb for the service of man.
no, THE JOLLY FISHERMEN.,
SEUFERT,' the 'catcher 6f Ithough a. mere guess, Is that it
ont where ona or the other can act, so
Consider the lilies of . the field, how
they grow; they toll not, neither do
ls
i I j salmon up the Columbia causes as many death? of law-abiding j the-B haU -iwayg be some sovereign tney "p,B- Tet 1 unt yu ' that
H by tne wneei device a citizens in tnia country as typhoid or i power that on behalf of the people can I ni. giory was not arrayed
I .v..i .(,.,.... . . Wlanv nhai Anntactnna a. f . . . . .llike One Of these.
O Lord,. how manifold are thy works.
wheel of fortune for a few-jany other contagious disease except hold every big corporation, every big
of course opposed ' to - the! pernaps tuberculosis. And these individual, to .'accountability., so that I
Astoria bill before the people to abol- deaths are usually concomitants of iu or hi acts shall be beneficial to e : w"Tm h" thou Ind? fthr ):
- B - ai . . :
lsh the up-rlver wheels. , He is re-j crime. . ana tne cause or great ex
ported' as Baying that Buch a law j pense and untold raenUl suffering.
would be rank confiscation of prop-! The revolver has little Justifica-
nanni aa a whola In matters that re-Ith" earth 'uU f thy riches.
late only to tha people within the state,! B188 tne Lord. O my Soul, and forget
of course . -tha r state is te'be sovereign
not all his benefits.
erty. and the absolute suppressjon of tion for ex
Ms profitable Industry.- Replying to
this, the Aetorian, speaking for the
net fishermen, admits that Mr. Sen-
fert has correctly stated the case. It
would be confiscation," the" Astoria
rnner savs, of "the most nefarious
device ever constructed to ruin a
flxod industry: of course it Is confis
cation, absolute, Justifiable, rigb
' toons and wlse."': , : ' ; ;-
The "fixed industry," we suppose
Mr Seufert will point out, means
that It e ball bo "fixed" at or near the
f ty.e river: so that nobody.
bands of officers of the law, and even
then It often does harm -rather than
good. It is scarcely ever a defense
against a highwayman or a burglar;
it is useless for hunting game; it pro
tects no good citizen, and It causes
no end of . murders andL fatal accl
dents.. It is mqre likely to shoot the
owner, or an innocent neighbor,1 vis
itor or bystander, than a robber; In
the bands of - children and thou-
sandsof them are permitted to have
it is pretty sure to kill or cripple
other, children; the addle-brained
On a spring Sunday, "after the
are over," and "when the eves
Itself " cannot act. then I wish on h-IDenold tne sun" as It hrls-htena '
half of all the states that tbe national ( fructifies aall vegetable nature:. when
government should act , v trees and bushes and Dlants and birds
lo tms aoctnne tnere snouid be I and animals all thrill, with new nt:
no objection,' and that there shouldlwhen the waters flow merrily and
oa increasing narmony ana . uni- the flowers deck the-landscape, how
formity of action, and In the division I natural it Is for the'heart of man-
of powers, Is apparent. Just now the kind to attune Itself to noetrv. to be-
f'Ytltr ' iiiFiin,Btlnni Mnanlnltw 1 . . . t , . . .
v.B wiiauvu,, vD(,vvioiij uisicDuie sympatiieuc wun oeauty ana
railroads, are endeavoring especially j fragrance, and youthful, develop
to break down state control or reg-ing life, to overflow with lov-
ulatlon where it Is manifestly proper I f ul rtralse ' io tha giver of
and necessary. This done, they. wlllJ all . good; to exclaim in veritable
then T concentrate thjelr efforts to JjiacerJtX oi eault - "Oh Lord, how
The house rushed the Vreeland
currency bill through," but the senate
13 not going to pass It,' as the house
leaders well knew., How "open, gross
and palpable," as much so as Fal-
staf f s lies, have become the attempts
of congress to fool -the people.
The changes of admirals in com
mand of the touring fleet are almost
too frequent to keep track of-
Evans, Thomas, Sperry and now it
ls said that after all Admiral Day
ton is really in supreme command.
The paramount Issue in Oregon is
Statement No. 1: election of senators
by the people; government by ; the
people rather than . : by : a few poll-
tlctanS. '.'., ";..
With the president pulling one
way and congress the other, how
can harmony in tne . KepuDiican
party be. expected. - ' ,
When the voters, look over the
governor's ? record,'- they,, forget poll
tics and say, "He's our man."
The governors' convention was an
other indictment Of congress.: ;
- Notable event of ; the week; un
folding of-the roses. "' ,; '.;
Turks' Objected to Horses ' Names.
- From .the London Telegraph.
Th horses belonging to the late. Brit.
lsh ambassador at Constantinople, Sir
Nicholas ouonor, - nave oeen sold by
auction. ' The, usual notice was -put in
the local press1, but the censor took ex
ception as tnere were norses In the list
with - the names Pasha, Sellm and
Haroun,. which he considered was of
fensive to Turks, and the list'- had to
appear wimout tne names.
j 1 i ' i ai ,i , i" .1 V'.H'.
: 'Absent s Blinded King ; Peter..
From the Pall Mall Gazette, V
' Durlna the late : ministerial : 'crlaia
King Peter ordered Dr. Kallievltch to
be summoned - to' court to tender hia
advice. When reminded that this states
man was dead his majesty, cheerfully
replied: - "Of course, of course. It had
sllrped mr memorv:- well, no matter
another time." ,
himself to be hypnotized
chief Duroose 4. t i-ir-i-'ffJS! II weu; it neeas more who will work
recommended by him. " ior . weai, to wnom its welfare,
realisation of Its hiehest aond ta ih.
supreme thing In life, that for which
they are willing to sell all else and take
Sentence Sermons
. Alfonso Xm of Spain's Birthday.
,, Alfonso XIII, king of Spain, was born UP .cro"- r the,r oel8 ahall their
Ti nearly -six months after I
uwui oi nis lamer, Aironso XII.
He Is a direct descendant of Louis XIV
' France. " He attained his majority
when he was is year, old, according to
the Spanish law. and at tha l
waa crowned king. Prior to that tima ' . '. By Henry F.-Cope.
nis mother, Maria Chrlstlnla, who was vinaictiveness is the jaundice of
sn Austrian princess, reigned as regent.' mmor3r- u.
In 1988 Alfonso married the English' ...
Princess, Vlotoria Ena of BattenEerg, .A large heart does not go with tha
daughter of Princess Beatrice, by whom b, heaJ
he has a sotr and heir, Alfonso, Prince , .
of the Asturlas, born May 10, 1907. The Conceit of ourselves breeds no confi
ning has one living sister, the Infanta ence in others.
Maria Theresa, born in 1882.. his eldest ' , " -
sister, the Princess of Asturlas. Maria- Serving two masters is stealing from
de-la-Mercedes, having died In 1904. or both. .. . .
King Alfonso In nnnrMnH nt v,m.
education and during the year, alnee heK is not. brave who doea hof fear to
came to the throne he haa dlanlaved a I do the base thins. -
tendency toward liberal
uB nvinceu a oeep interest in every
thlna Dertainlna- to tha walfara nt fln-l
r.A ti - - -
' This Date In History.
an expedition to explore the MIbsIssIpdI ,No ",an is true to the truth of today
vallev. i rr I Who does not nr hnvnn (
No man knows whether he is brava
until he has to stand alone. -
' ' ' .-. ' a. .. , - ' -.-1
-The good that shall be 'tomorrow is
the good we .can see today; -
a -
valley.
1689 -Beginning King' William's
war, wmcn lasted eignt-years.
i7iaia"7M-yniJ2S5,r k 'i.or.n jn -eternal damnation
Btiin bi i. fin canmrii nr '1'intrt
born. - Pled December 26. 1784.
me. out ot preseot ba4 digeetior.
1749 Dr. Edward Jnar "i., .. yvnen - your religion, is nothing but
of vaccination, born.. Died January 28. l nln u " nothing from heaven.
11129 Jnhn Jav !ima,lMi al...m.Hl The amount Of anv mar,'
and diplomat, died. Born December 12, depends on his powers of appreciation.
1875. John C. BnekMrinm ffitii-1 iHir'if ij:'.AL'Aai ' i.'. ' iiI'lV.-. ; :
1894 Three million dollar loss by ' ':'" ' ..
aMtIhn9irly,ni': r Wve ' th th,. ot CbristUhity! and
i.- 00 Relief of Mafeking. its- arguments will take care of them.
- .- - .- "J '".fc.vv ,i . selves....i:i: .. i- '
i First IUilway Dining Car. Tt , . ' 4 , , '": ( :
Y From the Baltimore American. mintoL&Jlnlr V h !,n
"Just 40 vears aao." aaM'T, c. . PYT?. . yourself, . your heart In deal-
ton, a Chicago railroad man at the New I n ou,ers- . . , t
fwwara, uib unu-JBu ana Alton rail-1 nl taVa w,n ii,.. i ii I
road put on the first dining car ever 1 0f enlovaW fnv
operated on any, raUway train In the from Its ataina '5 g , ,Ul1 i ,orld
world. This waa on . the run batwenrl
Chicago and St Louis. If that car could
ko Hfiu a u ljuuia. ll inai car coujii i . -w... . : . . .
. . ..... , . ... .. I . luu rBYpr win mnvn Tn a wnri rju.i
Da exnioiiea now it wouia crt uni-u.- i" ,i.,,r.k ii. '"t;'
versal merriment. It had oilcloth table SlV.int ng through the mojlona
covers, the seats were screwed to the I . " t , v - - f ,
floor, and its Illumination depended on I w...- . . - X.
candles. Think of the contrast betwwn A-tHta";- miT
that primitive affair of 1868 and the
modern dining car, finished in nolid ma- than to condemnation.' , . j
nogany, witn gorgeous xumiture and a
menue. as elaborate and cooking as
dainty as that supplied by atiy of 'the
roremoat hotels or America.- . verily, we
have been 'going some In the four dec
ades that have gbne by -'since the Al
ton's first crude experiment" . --
-- - aaaaaiaaaaaaaai.aaeBariiiiaHwaa.aaMMaaMa t- -
. ' " r Education in India," . r'
From the Calcutta Englishman.
Education as now -understood In India
Is an -exotic and aronses nowhere any
real .enthusiasm. - The " Indian - trader.
banker or 'money lender has accumulated
his wealth without any vety obvious aid
from English education, and he prob
ably therefore does not see -why he
should help others. to what he haa him
self dispensed with.
it i en-sv: shutting our eyes to? tha
brother who Is down when our huhgry
hands are going, out to . those iwho
are up. -,j . , v . 1 -f
v.--.t-r.-e,;'. a- , -
Many a man who has slwavs guarded
the door of his lips - will iiok small
when- the door of . his heart is, opned
V.. 4 : Tho path of Spring, "f
S0 jight hr step, as og Sh spel
Twas 'only 'tracked 'by flowers fthat
.---J .-bled; ..v, ..- . , - 1 1 . .
And ;these were many in nur "slrflit, -For.
where her alanne fell nn tha
There WAS the areen at nnu hi.,i
With" bright and sudden flowery Wrtlil
j vim t cawara Aiovs.