The Oregon daily journal., May 24, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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No hero Is bo fit to be sung
as he who has gained the
bloodless victory of truth and
mercy Horace Bushnell.
CHAMBERLAIN' REPUBLICANS.
A'
T rn.ru Intervals, a nubile man
a .. ' ' - . 7
appears on tne scene, ana Dy
his conduct, wins the unbound
ed confidence and a wide
personal following among his coun
trymen, regardless of . party affilia
tion ,; Thus, there are Roosevelt
Democrats.: They are the product of
a new leadership, the consequence of
a ; bold, 'aggressive leader. When
Theodore Roosevelt went outside
regulation doctrines of his party, and
, astonished the Platts and Aldrlches
by making policies which Mr. Bryan
had advocated features of his own
administration, he was bold. He
was not only bold, but broad. It
"won not only the approval of multi
tudes of Republicans, but of thou
sands of Democrats. They believe In
the man. They- like hla breadth of
horizon. They are pleased with his
leadership. '.
In the same way, there are Cham
berlain Republicans. Oregon is full
of them. They admire the man, and
admire hla career.;. They admire his
fight, as governor, for the flat salary
.law". They admire his' reform of
the state land office. They approve
his defense of the state school lands,
and his protection of the Irreducible
echool fund. They are gratified with
his victory for the people over the
("Willamette locks corporation; These
are - some . reasons why there are
Chamberlain Republicans. '
There are others. They like the
man's breadth of view, broad in Its
conception of men and measures, as
Is the Roosevelt view. They admire
his courage and force. Tbey have In
finite faith in him, because he. lias
never disappointed or fooled them:
They rely on him because he never
has, nor evef 'will, kneel at the feet
of 'Mammon. They like him because
he is a man of action, who does
things. All men admire leadership.
Just and decisive leadership. All
men love to agree with leaders who
have boldness, breadth and bu
manHy. guch men make results, and
with almost certain assurance, re
sult that win wide approval.
Added to these traits of Chamber
lain is a graceful, gentle kindliness
that has given him personal friend
ships In such numbers as never have
been enjoyed by any man In Oregon.
And, so, as there are Roosevelt
Democrats, there are Chamberlain
.Republicans by thousands, constitute
ing an unorganized, and yet a pow
erful and influential group. They
are the creation of one man, who
keeps them cohered, because they
have unbounded faith and reliance
in the leadership and patriotism of
Governor Chamberlain.
ACQUIREMENT OP LOCKS MADE
EASY.
CONGRESSMAN HAWLEY has
urged agitation by commercial
bodies and other organizations
with reference to government
ownership and control of the Oregon
City locks. It is a suggestion well
worthy of consideration. Facts
should be gathered and statistics
. compiled. Only the truth with re
spect to the situation needs to be
told. Once the river was the sole
means of traffic. Neglect drove the
traffic to the more expensive rail
roads. In 30 years there has been
' no reduction of tariffs. The pres
ence of the toll-taker at the locks
and -unimproved condition of the
river channel rendered It possible for
the railroads U exact exorbitant
y rates,' because the shippers, in all
that time, were helpless. The aggre
- gate of the sum thus lost to farmers,
merchants and others, runs far into
the millions. It has constantly low
ered the price of products and con
stantly raised the cost of necessities.
For examplrvH costs but 80 cents to
. ship a ton of Iron from Pittsburg by
boat and barge through the Ohio and
Mississippi, 1.800 miles. to the gulf,
end $2 to ship a ton ofv wheat from
upperv Willamette points to Portland,
60 to 100 miles. ; It Is a most un
fortunate . condition for the Wil
lamette region, and ought to be re
us ovedV- -.". -. -
" Fortunately, the result of the su
preme court decision Instituted for
: the state at the Instance of Governor
Chamberlain, clears the 'I, .way ,f for
easy and arly action! The decision
fives (the state 10 per cent; of the
litt revenues from the locks annual
ly, which Is equivalent to a 10 per
tont ownership. , It leaves the cor
joratio owner but 00 per cent. By
t! jt sriount the Value' of the of ks
l. re Uh .I to tno corporation, and in-
somuca as the corporation bo loses
the-state gains, Moreover, If the con
teatlon of the Oregon Ian be correct,
the opportunity of purchase is vastly
bettered in another respect by the
decision. That paper says:
"If the decision of the Oregon su
preme court shall stand, as it ought,
Oregon has a plain and complete
means of acquiring title to the canal
and locks at,Treg6n" crfyr"Air that
now remains Is for the legislature, to
provide that suit shall be brought
for the purpose of ascertaining the
actual value of the property."
According to this view acquire
ment of the property by the govern
ment, and the opening of the river
to free navigation is but a simple
matter, due to the affirmation by the
decision of the state's original rights,
which it was supposed had been lost
through the failure of state author
ities in the past to claim its dues.
The results, together with the mauy
thousands of dollars recovered from
the corporation for the school fund
constitute one of the best of the
many excellent acts of Governor
Chamberlain's administration, and
illustrate what it Is to have In a pub
lic capacity, a man who does things.
Now that the way for acquiring
the locks has been cleared, let the
agitation for a free river go on.
RECREANT IN THE
BATTLE.
HOUR OF
THE crucial moment for State
ment No. .1, and all that It
means to the people, i3 now.
The time for the voice of its
champions to be heard throughout
the state, is todajr not the brief
spell before the primaries. The burn
ing issue of whether or not the legis
lature is to be for Statement No. 1,
thereby preserving their rights to the
people, Is trembling in the balance.
Without a safe Statement No. 1 ma
jority In the legislature, all that has
been won for the measure will be
lost, and lost possibly beyond re
covery. Nobody knows what elec
tion day will bring forth, and yet the
man who a few weeks ago was the
noisiest of all in chorusing his devo
tion to the measure, the man who
was selected as the man, of all men
to go out and give battle for, it, Is
so far as Statement No. 1 la con
cerned, skulking like a lost sheep in
the tall uncut. Instead of fighting
like a soldier in the broad open and
calling upon his friends to help elect
a Statement No. 1 legislature, as he
should, he is off in the wilderness,
dodging among the trees, hid
ing behind logs, and howling
like a madman for the peo
ple to "elect me," not because "I am
for Statement No. 1," but because
-4onc was." - He is running so hard
from the measure that he is, even
afraid to mention It In his campaign
speeches all at the crucial moment
when help and advocates for State
ment No. 1 are most needed. What
if the preservation of their rights un
der Statement No. 1 depended on
such champions as Mr. Cake, a cham
pion who, instead of fighting, is a
fugitive? What a hole Statement
No. 1 would be in, but for the for
tunate fact that Governor Cbamber
laln, a man who never skulks, is in
the field and struggling manfully to
save the measure.
TAX REFORM.
THAT the proposed new tax law
will probably not be adopted,
I being regarded as too radical
and doubtful a change to be
made all at once, is not a reason why
progress should not be made toward
a better tax Bystem. Up till recent
ly the average taxpayer gave little if
any thought to the subject of taxa
tion, considering It as a necessary
evil, to change which for the better
he supposed as Impossible as to es
cape it altogether. And legislators
as a rule had no clearer ideas of
scientific taxation than the plodding
taxpayers, and the assessor operated
pretty much at his will, giving
scarcely a thought to even such im
provement of conditions as the law
allowed him latitude to make. But
inquiry and Intelligence have In
creased greatly among the common
people, .. many of whom are now
studying the tax problem, and while
it is a perplexing one for even wise
men to solve, the knowledge being
gained will not have been acquired In
vain. We shall not yet, if ever, ex
empt all the classes of personal prop
erty scheduled in the proposed law,
but gradually we shall adjust our
selves, partly through legislation and
more through administration more
through the assessor than through
the legislator to more "equitable
conditions. ; ';'',,'
It is often ;aid that "all forms of
property should be equally taxed, but
everybody sees that the attempt to
do so results In discrimination, eva
sions, injustice and hardship in a
word, failure. , The burden of gov
ernment is unequally distributed,
even if honest and capable assessors
and; equalization boards do their
best. Hence has arisen the demand
for the' law td be voted on in Ore
gon on June 1. It probably is not
a satisfactory: remedy, but the peo
ple know there , ought to ' be some
remedy,, and they ar seeking for it.
Direct taxes are fairest and best)
though more noticeable. Indirect tax
ation, principally the tariff, has been
aptly described by a witty French
man as "the art of getting the most
feathers from 'the-, geese with the
least squawking': ' ;;:v.,:
But though the . taxpayers do not
notice the abstraction of the feath
ers so deftly and secretly Is It done,
they, miss them all the same when
the wintry times come upon 'them.
As A. C. Pleydell, secretary of the
New York iTai Reiorra. asaoclatlon -
says: "Burdens that business could,
carry in good times, become unbear
able when profits are curtailed. The
Indirect taxes shifted onthe workers
through -"Increased prices may be
borne, even though unequal and un
just, while wages are good lind en
ployment steady. But with reduced
earnings, the shifted taxes become a
serious item, and curtail purchasing
power. This In turn holds back In
dustry, since the workers are the
great consumers
Then as public revenues decrease
with the decrease of business and
consumption, new forms of taxation
must be devised, and those upon
whom they are at first placed shift
them onto the already overtaxed
and poorer people. While the "sin
gle tax," to be put into operation all
at dnce, is too radical or lmpractlc-
able a remedy, under existing con
ditions, it is probably a correct idea
that real estate should bear the
main burden of taxation, because
then taxes can be cheaply and cer
tainly collected, and they bear least
heavily on the masses of workers.
But corporations, possessed by gift
or grant of the people of valuable
franchises, should bear another large
proportion of the burden of govern
ment. Corporation taxation is only
in its infancy yet, and will be grad
ually extended, elaborated and sys
tematized.
No one need Imagine that if the
proposed law is defeated by a large
majority, there is no need of tax re
form, or that effort therefor will
cease. The discussion or tnis meas
ure will have done much good, and
the people will keep on discussing
and studying this subject, until a
more equitable system of taxation Is
devised.
DOES A GREAT NAVY PROMOTE
PEACE T
I
T SEEMS to be generally taken
for granted that the proposition
frequently made that a great
navy is a guarantee of peace, or
makes for peace, and is therefore a
good Investment, 1b true; with many
people it passes as settled truth with
out question; but in a symposium on
the subject in the Boston Sunday
Globe, two prominent men of that
city take a different view of the case.
One of them, Charles F. Dole, says
the answer of history is to the con
trary. He cites England as having
engaged in BeveraV needless wars, es
pecially the Boer war, because it had
a great navy, which not only enabled
her to fight but was a temptation to
her to fight. Germany's navy, Mr.
Dole says, with her narrow seacoast,
actually increases the peril" of con
flict with maritime nations which
otherwise would not dream of in
vading her territory.
In the United States we educate
and train a force of 60,000 or more
men who live and think and act with
reference to war, not peace. Their
promotion and a successful career
depend on war. There Is always a
subtle force operating to bring about
what every advocate of a great navy
at heart expects if not hopes for, an
opportunity to use it. There is little
need of a sea police any more. A
few revenue cutters would do all of
this work that is necessary. "Every
new ship stands for a suspicion, a
fear, a threat rr a menace." Carry
ing revolvers In private life Is anal-
agous. Men carry revolvers not to
preserve peace but to shoot one an
other, and the more heavily armed
they go the more they suspect one an
other. "This Is the nature of weap
ons, whether the spears of bar
barians or the battleships of civilized
nations. The way to International
peace lies not through the gate of
suspicion and the dreary stores of dy
namite." How then have peace? Exactly as
neighbors do. Don't either wrong or
menace our neighbors. Don't make
them think that we have to defend
ourselves against them. Be fair and
honest, and expect them to be so, too.
"The United States has a splendid
opportunity to lead the world in
civilization. She is so strong as not
to fear any nation."
The- other writer, David G. Has
fclns Jr., calls the $10,000,000 bat
tleships "sea-brutes." He uses
much the same arguments and illus
trations as Mr. Dole. "To send a boy
out Into the world armed with a re
volver and a bowie knife is not the
most likely way to train him as an
orderly, peaceful citizen. To be
constantly talking in public about
your neighbors' supposed unfriendly
designs, and to be ostentatiously
firing at a target near his house, Is
not specially calculated to promote
friendly relations with him. John L.
Sullivan has never seemed to me a
stronger influence for peace than
Edward Everett Hale."
The policy of continual naval ex
pansion fosters and perpetuates a
warlike imagination and disposition
among the people, and leads them to
trust in battleships rather than
friendly diplomacy or arbitration.
Such a policy ls.no guaranty against
war, since each nation keeps pace
with the others in building war ves
sels, nor does the strdnger navy give
assurance of victory. In 1812 the
United States .with 20 little vessels
and a few gunboats successfully ;
fought Great Britain witb her 1.060
war vessels. yf " r . . " i.h: '
' Nor does history show that nations
without great navies ; are therefore
liable to attack, as witness Holland,
Portugal,' s - Greece, (' Norway and
Sweden. A quarter Sl a century ago
the United States was Inferior to
every naval power of Europe and to
several countries la ' South America
l and, Aalaf yet naTifttioa thought of
attacking us. There are only seven
great, naval powers: Great Britain
the United States, France, Germany!
Russia T ) f: Italy and Japan and
mere is not the slightest probability
that either of them would send ships
thousands; ot mil away to-attack.
ub. , iuo oest guaranty of peace is
nor battleships, but a just and friend
ly course toward all nations, a dill
gent observance of the golden rule,
and a cessation of extravagant prep
arations lor war.:" ;
PICTURES AND PAINTERS.
A
NEW YORK picture dealer is
being prosecuted for selling
some pictures represented to
be the products of two artists
of considerable celebrity, whereas it
Is charged that they are the work of
comparatively unknown painters. It
Is admitted that the pictures have
great intrinsic merit, and are regard
ed by impartial judges as fine works
of art, lit for the Corcoran gallery,
but since It has been discovered that
they were painted by artists un
known to fame instead of by George
Innis and Homer D. Martin, who
have a reputation,- they have become
comparatively worthless. Thus It
would appear that it is the name
of the artist rather than the in
trinsic merit. 'of the picture that In
the estimation of some, and of the
mass of people who depend chiefly
on the judgment of the few, consti
tutes Its value. Too often, in visit
ing an art gallery, a picture Is judged
by the name of its author, if the
critics have given him celebrity, in
stead of being viewed and judged in
dependently of Its creator. These
pictures may be equal to any that
Innis or Martin could have painted,
but if the painters have not made a
record the pictures are regarded as
valueless.
Of course the dealer who made
the misrepresentation is guilty of a
fraud, however good the paintings
are, but 'what we are pointing out
Is the proneness of many who have
some Insight Into art to toady to
fame, or reputation) rather than to
give genuine merit its due, when it
Is displayed by a painter unknown to
fame. It is true enough that one
who has acquired a high reputation
and celebrity In art must have de
served at least some measure of it,
but are Jhe, unknown yet really mer
itorlous artists sufficiently recog
nlzed, given a fair chance? Would
not many connoisseurs exclaim rhap
sodlcally over the painting of a "mas
ter" who would sneer at the same
identical picture as a "daub," if it
came from the hands of some ob
scure unknown artist? Of course
this criticism does not apply to all
critical students or Interested pa
trons of art, and Is only meant, as a
mild suggestion to them to place
the merit of the picture above the
reputation of the painter. Give the
unknown artists a chance; and if
they have done well, encourage them
by praise and patronage to do better,
STARTED OUT ALL RIGHT.
r
HU prospectus of Portland's first
newspaper, the Oregonlan, is
sued on December 4, 1850, con
tained the following observa
tiops on party:
"No party can long preserve 1U honor
and Integrity and Its hold upon the
confldeno of tha people, which will
wink at the least appearance of cor
ruption.
"We have a country to serve as well
a party to obey.
"If it has a pensioned press, what
monstrosities may It not In time per
petuate.
"The people may sometimes be ml'
led and do wrong, but their sober sec'
ond thought will always be right and
efficient.
"Blind subserviency to party is the
besetting political sin of our times.
"If It will practice what It professes.
it will be well with It; If not, the
sooner It Is overthrown and annihil
ated, the better It will be tot us and
our successors."
Thomas J. Dryer, the first editor
of the Oregonlan, certainly had very
sensible and sound ideas on the sub
jects of People, Press and Party, and
he started the new paper off on the
right track. What he says is quite
timely right now.
The proposed scheme of propor
tional representation is right In the
abstract. It seeks to bring about a
just representation In legislatures of
each political party, according to its
voting strength. But its practica
bility is to be doubted. And it is
doubtfuj, too. If the results attained
would compensate for the disturb
ance and trouble which the change
would cause. We would better work
along awhile with the new laws we
have, and make the best possible use
of them, before taking up less prac
tical projects.
This Is a good day to think of
some other things besides politics
and business. These are very Im
portant, and it is necessary to con
sider them much; but there are even
higher matters yet that demand
men's attention .and thought, and
Sunday, the weekly rest day, is the
most natural and proper time for
considering them.
' Have W. M. Cake and II. M. Cake
no confidence In the romantic story
of Chamberlain; and public! lands,
that they tried to palm off
on Oregon people ? through '. the
Portland - Telegram?- Oswald West
offered them , 2500 in cash ; for
their ;. campalgnJif und--if Mr,
Carroll, managing editor of the Tele-
gram, would, after examination of the
records, declare - their story to be
true. Five hundred dollars is Js
handy sum In a campaign, and Cake
brothers are tha very boys . who
would like to have It-; ' All In the
world they have to do Is to say "yes"
to Mr, West's offer.. If Mr, Carroll
declares their tale to be true, . they
get. the J5 0 0 ; ..IfJtio declares . lt uifc
true,, they are not out a cent. The
money has been, waiting . for them
several days, but not a chirrup has
been beard from the Cakes. If their
story is true, why do they not let Its
truth be established, and, get $500?
. A Dr. Miller of Omaha, said to be
or to have been a prominent Demo
crat of that city, vigorously opposes
the nomination or election of Bryan
because he is only an orator and not
a stateman, and . is not a Democrat.
There It Is again: What Is a Demo
crat? In Dr. Miller's estimation Al
ton B. Parker is the highest type of
a Democrat, one of the real Jeffer-
sonlan kind. Quite naturally, there
fore, he will vote for Taft. He
would i doubtless prefer to vote for
Ryan or Foraker. He is that kind of
Democrat. But Mr. Bryan and
those who are In sympathy with him
will deny that this Dr. Miller la a
Democrat at all. Still, he has a right
to claim that he is. It is all In the
point of view. Nobody can dictate
to another the size and cut and color
of his political clothes. Mr. Bryan,
however, does not expect nor desire
the support of such alleged Demo
crats as Dr. Miller.
"Mr. Cake took his stand fairly
and squarely for the principle when
the machine leaders were trying to
commit the entire party organization
against Statement No.. 1, and direct
election of senators."- Salem Jour
nal. He did, but why didn't he stick
to It after he had won the nomina
tion? Why did he flop? True, he
says he is still for the principle, but
actions speak louder than words. He
not supporting Statement No. 1
candidates for the legisjature, and
bo far as known he is standing on the
anti-statement platform of the state
convention.
Reports from Washington, D. C,
state that a conference has been
called, to meet at Seattle on June
22, for the purpose of considering
the salmon Industry of the Columbia
river and other related questions. It
is understood that the governors of
the various states interested, and
also the representatives of the va
rious fishing Interests,, have been In
vited and are expected to be present
The United States commissioner of
the bureau of fisheries will be pres
ent. It is not stated who called the
meeting.
No, this congress will pass no
measure modifying the injunction
law. Nor any currency law. Nor
any parcels post law. Nor any pos
tal savings bank law. Nor any law
to conserve water power or coal
lands. Nor a law to strengthen the
interstate commerce commission and
give it greater control of railroads.
Nor anything else that the president
urged la behalf of the people. Now
In hurrahing for Roosevelt do we
have to hurrah for this Republican
congress?
The Galllnger child labor law fixes
the age limit under which girls shall
not be compelled to work from 0 p
m. to 6 a m., all night, at 12 years.
Dear old Senator Galllnger; how so-
licltlous he Is for the girl children;
but let girls over 12 work 12 hours
all night; surely girls of 1 and 14
need no protection. This bill applies
only to the District of Columbia, but
It Is supposed to be a model lor the
states and for the country. It would
have disgraced the dark ages, made
them darker.
Mr. Cake goes on a platform and
declares that he Is still for Statement
No. 1, and on the same platform la an
anti-statement candidate for the leg
islature whom Mr. Cake Is support
ing and who Is supporting him. Yet
Statement No. 1 will amount to noth
ing If enough anti-statement mem
bers of the legislature are elected.
Isn't this the most bare-faced sort
of political Jugglery ever attempted?
Admitting that the Governor made
a mistake in paroling Hembree, this
seems to be about the only error of
consequence that he has made during
his long official career. Ana nonoay
accuses him of any Improper motive
in this case.' With hundreds of good
deeds to his credit and only one that
can be much criticised, the balance
Is still overwhelming In his favor.
It Is reported. that Vice-President
Fairbanks has abandoned his presi
dential candidacy, and will try to
hold his present job. But should not
a candidate for vice-president be a
man whom the people woujd be satis
fied with as president, which he
might become? ,. ' ;
The Indianapolis Star says the
Vreeland bill "is a fraud on its face."
Very likely, and also on Its back.
So, doubtless, were the Fowler bill
and ' the Aldrlch bilL What else
could be exnecte'd of this congress?
Patent Puffer.
An Invention that helps one to make
puffs of one's: own hair without diffi
culty . comes In the shape9 of a wooden
roller which has a groove tn one side
-and Is accompanied by half a dosen big
saiety pins. The. hair is wound around
the roller, the pin Is Slipped through the
groove and. caught and the roller is re
moved and the hair pulled out In a
w?."rrpuf Prfc- roller
with six pins Is lb cents. Half a dozen
extra pins cost 10 cents.
Tte Wkirlgio; of Time
From Collier's Weekly.
' Raal light on Mr. Roosevelt Is' shed
by a private better which has come Into
our hands, smd which has more person
amy . than .many of , the ; president'
longer documents: 1
' -State of New York, Assembly Cham
ber, Albany, April 80, - lS84.x-Doar Mr.
North I. wish to" write you'a'lew. words
Just to thank you for'your kindness to
ward me, and to assure you that tny
head will not be turned by what. I well
know was a mainly accidental success.
Although not a very old rain, I have yet
lived a great deal In my life, and X have
known sorrow too bitter, and Joy too
keen, to allow me to become either cas
down or elated for more than a very
Drier penoa over any success or aereau
"I have verr little exnentAtlnn of ba-
Ing able to keen on in Dolitlcs: my suc
cess Boiar nss oniy Dean won ny dso
lute Indifference as to mv future career
for -I doubt If any one can realize the
outer ana venomous Hatred witfi which
I am rerarded bv th vnrv nalltlnlans
wno, at uuca, supported me, under die
tatlon from - masters Vho -were influ
enced by political considerations that
were national and not local In their
"I realise very thoroughly the sbso
lutelv enhemerai nature of the hold 1
have UDon the ceoDla. and tha very real
and positive hostility I have excited
among the politicians. I will not stay
In public lire unless I can do so on my
own terms: and my Ideal, whether lived
up to or not. Is rather a high one.
"For A-ry many reasons I will not
mind going back Into private life for a
few Years. Mt work tnia winter has
been very, harassing, and I feel both
tired and restless; for the next few
months I shall probably be In Dakota,
and I think I shall SDend the next two
or three years In making shooting trips.
ttner in tne xar west or in the great
northern woods and there will be plen
ty of work to do writlnc. If you are
ever In or near New York, let me know;
and I hope to have the pleasure of see
ing you in my home, either on Long
I . I a ... 1 N.M VJ.1V. u A wall I .
ne sure or a welcome, very truly yours,
leirnea) iheoixjrb kouskvelt.
When Mr. RrwMutvalt wrota thla tattpr
he was aiz 'months short of 26 years
old. since he predicted the early termi
nation of his Dolitlcal career. 24 years
have passed, and the last 19 of them he
has spent constantly In public office. A
few weeks after the date of this letter
he went to the Republican national con
centlon as a delegate, and seemed to
lurtner insure nis political ooitvion Dy
oiueriy opposing maine. Tnerearter,
this Is the list of his political activities
1 88S-R.epublican candidate for mayor
or New York.
1888-1B96 National civil service com
mlsBloner.
1895-18JT President New Tork notice
Doara.
18!)7-1$9S Assistant secretary of the
navy.
i8-ino Governor or New rone.
18OO-1801 Vice nresldent of the Unit
ed Btates.
1101 to date President of the United
Btatea
when he wrote this letter Mr. Roose
velt was Just finishing his second year
as an unpopular reformer In the New
xork legislature. He addressed it to
Simon N. D. North, editor and statls
tlclan. Mr. North was then managing
editor of the Utlca Morning Herald, and
had commended Mr. Roosevelt's course
in the legislature. Twenty-four years
later found Mr. North In President
Roosevelt's administration as director of
the census. Will those politicians, petti
and areat who orlnae. and fuss, anc
scheme, and lie awake nights, and curry
favor with this Interest and that, to
keep a desperate and slippery tall-hold
oa popular ravor, see tne point t
Sentence Serrnons -
i i H
By Henry F. Cope.
Petrified virtue Is but vice. v
e
Ton cannot work for God without love
for men.
p m
A deadhead Is almost sure to be a
blockhead.
Sighing for a lost Eden will not make
new earth.
Basy street is not a thoroughfare to
heaven.
The double-faeed man always Is con
vincing1 to nimseir.
There Is no love In the charity that
does not court seorccy.
e e
Many an alliance with sin Is hidden
by a defiance of the devil.
a e
No father ever lost any of the time
he spent with hla children.
a '
The man with many corns always
wants to go barefoot In the crowd.
a a
People with putty heads usually like
to think that they have brittle hearts,
a a
Talking moonshine about being sun
shiny does not make the world any
nngnter. , ,
He who suooeeds in dodging duty Is
surprised to find how success dodges
mm.
It takes more - than "keep off the
grass" signs to mark tne patn or rigat-
eousness.
e a
Folks who take their time from every
clock are always sure the sun Is off his
schedule.
Many are soured on life because thev
have been trying to make Its spice do
tor tne oread or me.
a a ; f
Lots of peonle would have a good deal
more faith In the Almighty if he would
show more docility to their , wills.
a a
When a man steals the lionev from
sin he always tella himself that he will
pay tor It with the coin of repent
ance. It Is easy to shut our eves to the
brother who Is down when our hun
gry hands are going out to the one who
Is up.
There Is nothing efmeolallv nnnr Inn
ing in the breakfast food you reap In
the morning from the so wins- of wild
oats at night.
W 9
The man who 1 trying to make enrth
a little more like heaven will not need
to worry as to what heaven will An
with him.
This Date in History. ,',
1T0T Carl von Llnne. Swedish natu
ralist, born. Died January 10. 1778. .
181 Queen Victoria born. Died Jan
uary El, iboi. -
1851 Haurloe Francis Eran. United
crates minister to uenmarx, norn In
Philadelphia. . . .
1858 Richard Mansfield, actor, born
in Heligoland. Died at New : Londqn,
Connecticut, August 80, 1907. v -1862
Westminster bridge. London.
opened to traffic N ' ,
1886 Grand review of Sherman's
army In Washington.
188ft Oeorre Francis Train eomnleted
his circuit of the globe in 87 days, 18
hours.
190 J Ttochambeau statue dedtcated at
Washington. District of. Columbia, .
Forgot. His Appendix.
: From the Kennebec Journal "'
The most forgetful roan has been
found. ' He lives In a little town In the
upper part of York county. He fell 111
with symptoms Indicating appendicitis
and submitted to an operation. To their
great surprise and embarrassment the
surgeons found that the appendix had
already been removed.. The patient af
forded the necessary explanation when
he recovered from the ether by stating
that he remembered then, "oome to think
nf It" that he had been through a sim
ilar operation two years ago. - i
e i-n 1 "
ermon tor 1 oday
- 7-: What Ia.RcUglos? - 1 :
' By Henry P. Cope. ,
1 press tojvard the mark." F hit 111. 14.
T
HS, richer the ' meaning of any
word tha greater the likelihood
that Ideas ignoble and unworthy
ill masquerade under It. How
many conceptions and praotloes,
wean, contemptible, selfish, and sod
den with sin, have cloaked . themselves
with the name of religion. We need
ever to remember that troth is not leas
true because a lie steals her name.
i5. lf not "trnse. however, when big
otry, hypocrisy, greed, cant, and design
ing humbug arrogate to themsulves the
names of religion, and even claim ex.
cluslvely to represent It, - that honest
men who love truth and kindness, gen
tleness and goodness, look aakance on
religion, and prefer that their virtues
shall not lie to Its credit
Still others feel that mlis-inn la
rnote from their lives that they have
no time to give to its consideration. It
may be well for persons of leisure, sen.
tlmental or slothful, to dream of spirits
ad heaven, of the soul and Its salva
tion, but hosts of us need our energy for
T-"v"rya Business or living.
If .religion, is made synonymous with
theology, it seems to be the Concern
SPy. th specialist. He . may make
it hlS business to snlit Via. Ira 4tnrl tn ,1a.
clde between northwest and southeast
side, but such subtleties are not only
beyond us they appear to be a sheer
waste of time, especially when there is
BO much to be dona In eut ahnrt liva
and for our needy world. 4
,rJ,on..'ou meet tne otner man, who,
with all his business and his practical
mlndedness, still sets hla chief ni.
ure and excitement In rallrinn rin.n
he will sealously Insist that his form of
religion is the only one. ail others being
Imitations deal mart to rnn, itamai un
doing should you ever regard them with
And so. Derharia. vnu liava .nm tn
the conclusion that, while religion may
be necessary for those who daair to
amuse themselves with Its forms and
philosophy, for yourself its controver
sies and restrictions, its seeming unre
ality and its frequent mlarepresenta-
u ; K tMr a hindrance than
Yet rellnlon la tha mit ilmi.1. hlnr
in the world. We ara all a. nnl rtnnl
more religious than we think, except
when we think we are wholly and ex
clusively religious. No man could live
an hour of his life In any worthy sense
without religion. All Ha subtleties and
controversies rise from our attemnts
to analyze Us Chenomena. In Itself tha
religious life Is as simple as the healthy
life. ;
Religion is the life of Maala Tha .
ligious life is one that moves on into
Its ideals, realizes and constantly de
velops them. It is the spirit that moves
us all with divine dlsnnntent that
leaves no man satlsfled with himself
?r with his world. It strives after per
ectlon. It seeks the ideal kingdom.
Religion Is the sDlrlt which lives each
day, not only in the light of things as
they are, but with high regard for
thinas as they ought to be. It lifta i.
fore a man visions of high character,
of great passions, noble sacrifices. Un
selfish living, of better social condi
tions and a more harmonious social or
der. It spurs him on to the Dossesslon
of these prises. . . .
e is religious who does anything .for
the sake of a hlah ideal: who takes one
step forward where the light strikes the
path before him; who tries In anv way
to make this world, his city or state, or
even his home, what he knows It ought
to be. He lives by faith the confi
dence that it is worth while to seek (be
00a ana tne true.
No matter what hla t retentions mat
be, no man is religious who does not
see the ascending way, personal and so
cial, and who is not striving along that
way. No man needs to worry as to
Whether he Is religious so long as he
Is humbly, earnestly seeking the Ufa
of truth and goodness. The light that
is On that way soon shines on faces
other than our own, and we find we are
walking with the best of our own day
and the great and good of all time.
Every life that has lifted the world
has been lived for and often laid down
for some ideal. Such lives are our
heritage, their motives and their alma
our ideals. Among them the Man of
Nazareth seems to us to shine as the
sun among the stars, yet to follow them
anywhere Is to find the way of religion
and fullness of life.
. 111
A Poem for Today
Immortality.
By William Wordsworth.
fWlUlam Wordsworth (1770-1850). cre
ated poet laureate in 1843,' one of the
greatest of all English poets, probably
reveals the height of his own powers in
the "Ode on Intimations of Immortality
Prom Recollections of Early Childhood,'
from which the stansas below are taken.
The editor of the Uolden Treasury calls
this the single absolutely first-class ode
of the nineteenth century.
Our birth Is but a sleep and a f orget-
wui t
The soul that rises with us, our life's
star.
Hath had elsewhere Its setting
Ana comem zrom arar;
Not In entire forgetfulnesa.
And not in utter nakedness.
But , trailing clouds of glory do we
come
From Ood, who la our home:
Heaven Ilea about us In our Infancy I
Shades of the prison-house begin to
close
Upon the growing boy;
But he beholds the light, and whenoe
It flows,
He sees It In his Joy;
The youth who dally farther from the
east
Must travel, still is nature's priest,
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
At length the man perceives It die
away
And fade into the light of common day.
a a a a a .
Hence in a season of calm weather,
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that Immortal
sea
Which brought us hither
Can in a moment travel thither
And see the children sport upon the'
shore.
And hear the mighty waters rolling
evermore.
Arthur W. Pinero's Birthday.
Arthur Wing Plnero. the celebrated
dramatist, was born- in London May
34. list. His family is of Portuguese
orlgig. Some thirty odd years ago lie
was a clerk In a solicitor's office and
was studying various subjects includ
ing elocution, at the Birkbeck in his
evenings. Then the stage attracted him
and he trod the boards for the best
fiart of 10 years, acting tn Henry Irv
ng's Lyceum company and elsewhere.
Meanwhile he wrote some farces and
comedies, becoming famous nt last by
the croduction of "The Sauire." by Mi.
and Mrs. Kendal.' For many years since
he has been writing society dramas,
which have not only made him famous,
but rich. too. Critics agree that he
suggests Sheridan In his manner of
presenting society on the stage. Pinero's
vital force in keenness and his never
failing wit and technical skill contrib
ute largely to his charm. Among his
most widely known productions are
"Sweet Lavender," "The Weaker Bex,"
"The . Cabinet Minister," 'The Second,
Mrs. Tanqueray." "The Princess and '
the Butterfly," The Profligate," "The
Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmtth." ."The Bene- ,
fit of the Doubt," "The Gay Lord '
Quex," "Iris.", "Trelawny of the Wella" .
and l'A" Wife Without a Smile." .
; -;..'" . - 1. . ' - 'V. W: X,.:'
, Sweetness and JLlght,"
' From - Pall Mall Gazette. , -
' That most famous, of Matthew Ar-
nold's phrases, "Sweetness and Light,"
he avowedly adopted from Swift, who,
however, used it as relating to bees be-
cause they make honey and -wax. Ar
nold transferred It to the operation of
culture, in ihaklng Love and Truth pre-
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