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There are two ways of end-:
Ins dispute discussion and
force; the latter manner Is
simply that of the brute
: beasts; the former is proper
to beings gifted with reason.
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G0INO TO SCU00L Is a Tery dif
ferent matter from what it was
a generation ago, ; The scope of
education ' has ? been V greatly
broadened, and methods of Imparting
It have changed, a good deal. - At
tending school now la much pleas
anter than it used to be-though the
boys and , girls of the former days
probably managed to. hate about as
much fun. But teaching now is more
scientific, . more refined, and - we
doubt "not accomplishes on the whole
much better, results. Not only are
children Instructed in more branches
by means of text books, but manual
training is becoming a . part of the
common school system, morals are
looked, after more, and children are
educated not only in ways and means
of physical culture and development.
which is Certainly Tory Important and
useful, but In their recreation, " In
what games to play and how to play
them. ' : ' v 1 J -
Physical col tore and recreation
naturally , go - together. Athletic
games are means of both. Tester
day' on Multnomah field was wit
nessed the -enjoyable, inspiring sight
of some 6,000 school children giving
a public exhibition of their knowl
edge and skill in various physical
exercises and games. It was a good
thing to see because it helps to give
assurance that these boys and" girls
will be better men and women, phys
ically and otherwise, than their
fathers and ., mothers had 'a' chance
The object of this species of edu
cation Is ethical quite as' much as
physical. The children' are not only
trained to use their members and
muscles llthely I and In order, but
also In their games to play on. the
square, to, resort to no unfair tricks,
to lose cheerfully, to win with mod
esty, and always to recognize the
fact that merit deserves to win. It
Is aqught ini this - Instruction to
teach children to play or eagage in
contests not only honestly hut with
out Quarreling, - with consideration
and. courtesy; 'hot indeed without
eager, youthful interest,- yet' . like
miniature adieand gentlemen,'' not
as . hoydens and rowdies. : ( ; t
AH of this, and more that we
have not space here to . express,
make this training, and these exer-
. clses, 'extremely valuable. The old
notion that getting an education con
sists: only in learning what is Jin
. text books was altogether wrong;
this is indeed but a minor-part of
a true, symmetrical education. This
must . , include, physical training and
moral culture, . a due regard for
others, and k constant effort to de
velop: the child : along those lines
which will result in best fitting him
for the position in life that he can
best fill, for the work he can best
do.: ' ... ,-.. .
f THE HERALDED PLATFORM.
IT WILL be a difficult matter, as
the leaders manifestly perceive,
to frame tp a Republican party
platform that will successfully
appeal to a majority of the voters.
It may satisfy those Republicans who
look no farther than to see that it
Is the Republican platform, who care
tot what It contains so long as it
carries the party tag or brand, but
it cannot well be made to satisfy
a large number of more scrutiniz
ing and critical voters. : Many of
: these who will ; see through the
sham and false pretense and pro
fession of the platform may indeed
vote for Taft nevertheless, but they
will not be deceived by the clumsy
work of the platform jrtlBts, :
With the - necessary Indorsement
of the administration the people gen
erally, regardless of party, will be In
sympathy. ' Most of those who are
rot so are Republican leaders who
hate Roosevelt and all his attempted
works. "Attempted," for except in
a general way, and in-arousing the
country to the need of a moral re
generation In politics and this is
much he has accomplished little,
lie has smashed no trusts, he has
c f fected no adjustment of the bur
dens of taxation, he has lately gained
no power over , railroads and other
corporations, and his Big Stick has
been swung for reform legislation
over congress in vain. Tet he tried,
find for this should be approved,
but it Is absurd to credit the Re
I'libft ftn party with what he did or
tried 1 Co. vrvtblns he
attempted or advocated in the peo
pie's , Interest was distinctly Demo
cratic, or. Bryanesque, and was suc
cessfully opposed by the Republican
party-rnot by the. rank and .file, who
have no voice In government, but
by the leaders. - ' r. " -k -
And what under heaven, or above
the other place, will congress be
indorsed for? The currency bill, we
are told. But those on whose Judg-
ment we can best rely say that this
law is "oo good. At best It is -;'
temporary,' - makeshift . measure,
passed .because the leaders felt that
it was. absolutely necessary to do
little something, i And that this law
Is satisfactory to Aldrlch Is almost
conclusive evidence that it will not
be beneficial to the' people. ' Then
a sort of an apology for an employ
ers liability law was passed. . These
are the sum total of all that con
gress even attempted or .pretended
to do for the people, though the
president had been , clamoring for
months for, the enactment of some
15 or 16 other measures. Won't it
be a piece of extreme audacity in
deed for the convention to eend out
to the people a platform indorsing
at once the president and the last
congress? To do so will show as
clearly as any similar incident has
done la many years that the poli
ticians depend on fooling the ma
jority of people all the time.
But tariff revision is to be prom
ised, a: little, more specifically and
emphatically,: than ever before, for
the politicians see that the people
are getting in earnest about this,,
But who . doubts . what kind of re
vision the same . gang In congress
would ? I give, ; the country? Every
schedule ;down to the mlnutfest par
ticular; "would be finally revised by
the protected interests. The party
has pledged Itself to revision before I
and as to the currency it has
specifically promised to reform thatj
for the past ; 12 years In 1896, in
1900 and in ,1904; and yet in the
last hour of a six months' session
In 1908 we get the Aldrlch bill!
Then It is said the party Is
to be lauded for bringing the coun
try safely through the panic. It
would really be farcically fatuous
for the platform makers to say any
thing at all about this.' The Demo
crats could want so better oppor
tunity to . ask all sorts of embarras
sing questions such as: If you
control panics, why permit one to
occur? Didn't high financiers who
contribute to campaign funds help
bring on the panic? - And didn't
JT. P. Morgan do about all that was
done to '.'save the country"---on his
own terms? ,:-, . ! .-
; Will there be anything about, rail
road control, trusts, coal lands, In
Junctions, a parcels post, injured
worklngmen, child labor, railroad
stock watering, an income tax, an
inheritance tax. Inland waterways,
conservation of water power, forfei
ture of unearned or forfeitable land
grants, reform of the land laws, and
use of trust funds In campaigns?
Well, we shall see, but the men who
construct that platform this hot
weather are not to be envied. Every
year It will; become more difficult
to fool a majority of the people.'
VOTERS ACTED WISELY.
F'
OR THOSE who urge that the
electorate ' is Incompetent to
safely exercise the powers of
direct legislation, there is suf
ficient answer in the results of the
balloting on June 1. The voting
was almost . universal, -.most of the
electors taking the . opportunity to
express their convictions on each of
the 19 measures. The expression
was free and untrammeled and in
spite iof the multiplication of meas
ures, the verdict In almost every
case is more satisfactory than has
been the rule In legislatures of the
past. Possibly another result night
have been desirable in a case or two.
but as a whole, the voters have ful
ly vindicated the Judgment of those
who placed the power of direct leg
islation in their hands. No legisla
ture that ever adjourned in Oregon
has given so good an account of It
self, or made a record more indi
cative Of general intelligence and
simple honesty than is true of the
voters of Oregon In the recent elec
tion. . . ,
The electors defeated single tax.
approved the university appropria
tion, v rejected the increase in the
pay of legislators, and consented to
the location of state institutions
elsewhere than at the capital. They
defeated the proposed increase .in
the number of supreme court Judges,
changed the time of election, reject
ed compulsory passes, turned down
the armory appropriation and voted
against woman's suffrage. They
passed both fish bills, rejected the
open town bill, accepted the recall.
Indorsed compulsory people's choice
by an overwhelming majority ' and
accepted r proportional . representa
tion. They approved the indictment
by Jury, accepted the Port of Port
land measure, and passed the cor
rupt practices bill. ;
; Practically every measure V ap
proved has sound Judgment behind
it Nearly everyone trends in the
direction of purer "government. The
late legislative session rejected the
corrupt' practices bill, but the elec
tors passed It by an overwhelming
vote. : It requires the candidate for
office to limit his election expendl-
corea. inai is a step iorwara in tne
direction of good government and an
uplifted citizenship. Money in elec
tions has long been destructive of
honest voting. , It has not only; de
stroyed the voter, but the candidate.
A mors wholesome prohibition could
not have been placed on the statutes
and. good as it is, the legislature' re
jected It. But the people did not.
They are pure, they are intelligent.
and their Ideals : are higher and
purer than those of politicians. They
are safer; they are saner and they
are sounder, v, - ,, .
Better than all In . the corrupt
practices - measure, the practice of
treating by candidates Is abolished
It is excellent Jor the candidate, ex
cellent for the voter, and excellent
for the state, c Best of, all. solicit
ing Totes oa election day Is prohib
ited. - The scene that will hereaf
ter be, presented Is the voter pass
ing to the polls unmolested, making
his selection of a candidate unhin
dered by ward heelers and '- strik
ers, and ? casting . his vote, a - free
agent at. an unmolested ballot box.
It will subsUtute for the turmoil and
disgusting ; spectacles of elections,
tne oraeriy ana peaceful movements
of citizens In the quiet exercise of
their " constitutional right It will
be a condition reflective of s great
credit upon" Oregon, the more so
because it Is" the handiwork of her
citizenship, who enacted the law af
ter a legislature refused to enact It
It Is vindication, of ; the contention
The Journal has so often made that
If there Is free and full discussion
of measures before the people, their
Judgment Is certain to be right, and
their verdict sound and sane, : -s It Is
certain to be safe also, because the
man near the soil, the craftsman in
his shop, and the laborer at his toil,
are honest and vote with their
beads and hearts. It la a crime to
longer contend that the electors of
Oregon are - Incompetent to Vote on
legislative melCsJures and those who
do so, should stop it.
After Mr Cake weakened on
Statement No. 1, that is, Just after
the primaries, many Republicans
who voted for him regretted that
they had not' voted for Fulton, and
If the primaries could have been
held over again a month later we
do not doubt that Fulton would have
won over Cake by a large majority.
But now Fulton has put himself
out of favor worse than : ever by
advocating the astonishing and
reprehensible doctrine that members
of the legislature may and should
disregard their solemn, formal,
specific pledge to the people, and
vote for a Republican instead of
Chamberlain for senator. So if Ful
ton were In the race again now, he
would be beaten by any-Republican
who took the right position on this
question by an overwhelming fma-
4 Jorlty. He is supposed to be, he
ought to be, a man with a political
future yet . In Oregon, but if he
maintains this attitude he will have
a rocky road to travel.
, . It Is often remarked that there is
a necessity for two great political
parties in a republic. This as
sumes that it is "necessary'' for the
people to disagree in about equal
numbers on all principal - questions
that arise. The, statement shows
the thoughtlessness of those who
make it. The reason why there are
two great political parties is not that
the people of one party honestly , and
Intelligently disagree with those of
the other party so much as that
those who are out wanj to get In,
and so they set to work to make the
people believe that the Ins are all
wrong. - This Is the main secret of
the "necessity" of two great parties.
If It came to a question of people's
belief (there "would be many, parties.
no one ever strong enough to carry
the Country, iPartyism is about
three fourths flapdoodle, though It
serves a practical purpose.
The Pendleton Tribune says;
Mr. Chamberlain's phenomenal suc
cess Is attributable to but one thing
- he Is a most energetic, enthusi
astic, ' accomplished and ubiquitous
handshaker, and above all things
else,' the great American public must
have Its hand shaken." This is a
very superficial and Inaccurate esti
mate of the man. The handshaking
faculty has Its value In politics, no
doubt,' but It Is only a very small
factor in the sum of qualities that
have bornd Governor Chamberlain
on to remaraaDie success, umei
among these are the knowledge of
what public duty is and the ability
and courage to do it well.
Here Is the , curious "mixture of
propositions that people are asked to
accept: It ii unfortunate to send
Chamberlain to the senate, because
he is a Pemocrat and therefore op
posed s to ;' Republican principles;
Roosevelt Is the great lowering, il
lustrious advocate, champion and
exemplar of - Republican , principles;
Chamberlain in most points agrees
with Roosevelt nd will support his
policies, ; This is a specimen of par-
tlsan logic for yon. -' 7,
;. The. Republican majority in the
state Is In a round numDer eo.uow.
Ellis and Hawley together received
about that and so did Bailey. Con
sequently Chamberlain ; must have
received fully 20,000 Republican
votes. It would do the state ' no
harm' if these ' discriminating voters
should split the; ticket a little farther
hereafter, when . a good-occasion of
fers. Intelligent, ; conscientious in
dependent voters are the salt of the
political earth. - -Vv -: j
. Chester; Thompson, murderer of
Judge. Emory, of Seattle, has been
declared sane and set free. . This is
a miscarriage of Justice that would
never have happened in the case of
a poor and friendless youth. . -
WHEN AMERICA IS GROWN
- ' , " Final
, BY FREDERICK J. HASKO. " ; , .
. ' -(Cqpyrlght, 1968, by Frederic J. Haakln.) '
' As a factor in world politics, the United States is 10 years old this
summer,' Not until after the Spanish-American war did Europe look
upon the American nation as fully entitled to a seat at the council table
of the powers. Until that time the Americans themselves had been proud
of their western Isolation, and contentedthemselves with easting apro
tectlng wing over the other American republics, f in those 10 years the
United States has been prominent In worlds eiplomacy. :7: It has partici
pated in international confabs where many Americans thought it had no)
businera. . It has prevented the partition of China by the Europeans and
the Japanese.. It ended the war between Russia " and iJapan. - It cut a
Gordlan knot of Latin-American politics to facilitate "cutting a ditch
across the canal. It is now making a naval demonstration In force so
that ' Its international tollticalvlews will receive the respectful ' atten
tion usually accorded to him who
Whethp it : w '"mftnlf eat destiny''
or dltbrat breakins away from th
ad vies of Washington and th : othar
immortals, ts nowly only an academic
oontroveray. Ths fact Is. 'tha United
1 u mm nnlltlca. lai In ta ita.v
in, and Is rapidly galnlns a"irelom-
inant position. So .much for 10 years.
Another 90 . and tfia American people
will have been In world politics for a
century. ' Long '..before that j time tha
United States will ha v become- the
supreme power in the world beeauae of
Its great - wealth. it great population
and ite great reaourcea. It wtH main
tain that position by virtue of Ha cap
taincy of the Pan-Americas Union
the confederation of reoubllca which. la
already wielding an enormous influence
and which muit grow in atrengtn anu
power "with - the development of . the
great Latin countries to the south.
rolltleal Uoloa. Zmprobahle.
Political union of the Americas Is lm
nrnbeble on account of the bar of dl
verae tongues- Political and commer
cial cooperation ia aireaay promjaea.
Railromla direct from , Ararentina and
Chile to New Tork and Puget Bound, a
merchant marine and the Panama canal
will cement the nationa of the western
world into one potential whole. The
palace being built in Washington for
me Jran-American nurwu mw
more of the promiae of American glory
in its future then Andrew Carnegie,
who gave most of the million to build it
and John Barrett, who ia bossing the
Job. hurt dreamed of.-;
In the Pacific ocean the United 8tatea
will hold Hawaii, its deUched islands,
and the Philippines. It will have the
major portion of the enormous Chinese
and Siberian trade. It will be in that
day what England no long haa been, and
Columbia will rule the wavea vice Bri
tannia, resigned. - . - t .
What of Vb raturef ,
What the future will bHng forth In
domestic party politics no man may flare
predict. But the certain iniiuences 01
growth and development will material
ly affect the present political and gov
ernmental . organisations. The 4 etare
on the flag will have been multiplied
bv the addition of new statea and the
division of old one. Arizona. New
Mexico, southern Alaska and Hawaii
will have rained atatehood long before
the year 2000. Porto Rico, perhaps in
union with other West Indian islands,
may also add a star to the constellation
f the flag.
Texas la entitled, by the terme of the
act of admission, to divide its great
empire into five sovereign states. The
rapid growth of the Lone Star state
wilt make Its local admtnlatration more
and more difficult as the years go by.
and It will split tap. The Texan patriot
ism will keep alive the old memories of
the Lena Star and the states of Texas,
Houston. Austin, Crockett and Alamo
will form great group aa compact in
spirit as that of New England, formed
by the elx states of Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
Hew-York's Growth.
i New Torlc city will have grown enor
mously and will have become the great
est city on earth. The lack of sympa
thy between the city and "up state"
will so Increase that a separation will
be deemed necessary and the new state
of Manhattan will Include the great
urban population of the southern end
of New Tork state. Long Island and
the northern part of New Jersey. Al
ready the people of the Inland- empire
in the northwest, are clamoring for- a
division of territory by three states,
which will enable them to add to the
roster of the states the name or Lin
coln.
Southern California and northern Cal
ifornia are divided by natural boundar
ies and the communities are growing
more and more conscious of the diver
sity of Interests. Southern California
already talks of division and independ
ent statehood. The seeds being sown
now will bring forth fruit long before
the United States is run grown. The
proposition to create a new ' state f
the -mountain portions of Kentucky.
Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina
has been heard frequently m tne paat
few years.- That Idea la born of parti
san polities, but it la an idea which
will grow and which eventually may be
acted, upon. .. : .(-
J Vew feTtat, ' , .
'Chicago and Philadelphia may , also
succeed In divorcing themselvea from
thStr rural fellow-cltiaena of i Illinois
and Pennaylvania, Kansas City, a me
tropolis in two states, may oe me cen
ter of A new state , carved from Mls
aourl and Kansas territory. These
chances or others of a similar nature
are almost sure to follow tha doubling
Letters From trie People
Obey -People's Will. , . - ;
Dairy, Or., Jnns 6 To th Sditor
of The Journal Echoes - of ths late
election have not yet died away while
we near among its reverberations from
leading partiaana the cry that "Cham
berlain will never be elected to the
senate by a Republican legislature."
In other words, thea party-mad fanat
ics declare that the men elected to the
legislature bearing their - party label.
Who had declared for Statement No. 1,
will violate their pledge to the people
and will refuse to vote for the man
whom the people have chosen for sen
ator, because he does not bear their
party label. In other words, theirs is
no longer the party Of the people. Is
not this sentiment - treason T Do sush
men wish their party to commit sui
cide? Can any party survive that will
deliberately defeat the expressed will
of the majority of the voters of the
state? 'Is a government of party to be
Preferred over that of the people- Is
he dictate of partisanlsm more sacred
than the expressed will of the majority?
Ia there no longer a government of the
people," as Mr, Lincoln said, but has t
become a government of a party in
stead? - What representative or sen
ator elected - to the Oregon legislature.
Pledged to vote for the people a choice
for united Statea senator, will dare
violate his pledge at the dictation of
hie party bosses? Does public duty re
quire such a sacrifice? Is there one
man so lost to honor and shame .in the
list of Oregon legislators-elect? I do
not believe . it Let them rather stand
up for the honor of Oregon and the
pride of principle. Let the people rule,
and they and their party as well may
"live to fight another-day.'1: The voice
of ths people is the voice of God.
. t ' r- C., W, SHERMAN. Senator.
k Why "Keep Off the Barge?" V,
' Portland, June s. To' the- Editor of
The- Journal In answer ,to an article
m The Journal June 4, headed "Where
Can People Oof" signed J. D. Duback, I
wish te explain a little about things that
Mr. Duback ahould ,know,. , . ;
I had the barge at the foot of Eaat
Yamhill street with a sign on It "Keep
Off the Barge," aa he says. I had in
vited a hun-iber of my friends to aee the
water carnival, so put seats on the
barge- sufficient for them, and aa thev
did not all come early I had to reserve
J-
speiks softly and carries' ft-big stick.'
I of ths present population and th In.
creaaed Inconvenience of local adminis
tration in states of the present bound
aries, v Even now New York state makea
separate laws and organises separate
administrative bodlee for Manhattan
and "up-state." ; '
Long before the end of the century
many of the details of federal legisla
tion now In -tha hanria of nnncress will
be delegated to commissions. The
work of congress la now so great tnat
it overwhelms - that . body - and makes
true -deliberation impossible. The. act
ual' power of legislation will always
rest' with congress ea long as tne re
public endures, but there will be much
of the detail work that will be dele-
fated to other bodies. Tendencies In
his direction Are already being 'viewed
with alarm," but the movement will not
cease because or uie lears ox ins con
aervatlvea. . - ,
V Onardi meservea rowers.' "
The reserved powers of the states,
inch aa ara left, will be ruarded WitU
aa great jealousy and with more In
telliarence than thev are now. iThe an.
nual meeting of the house ofjgovern
ore In some city other than Washing
ton will facilitate' uniform legislation
by the statea upon , Important mattera
cenerai interest, ana mie wiu dvi
the effect of stocDln a iteneral out
cry for increased federal powera ' The
recent meeting of the governors at the
White House was the first step In this
direction; It Is easy and natural for
the movement there begun . to assume
the predioted importance.
The . munldDal arovernment problem
will ha aolvad and the ruin of boaa rule
avoided by the general adoption of the
commission system. , It la entirely pos
sible that the Idea of cooperation may
be ao extended that the commissioners
who administer local municipal affairs
may be united in an organisation wnicn
will nrovide , a svetem of checks ami
balancea which will guarantee honest
government ' The commissioners of
New York, for instance, will hall from
rive otner cities, una commissioner 19
removed, to some other city each year.
and inspecting supervisors from other
cities may come in at any " moment
This would be a combination and adan
tatlnn nf the Herman munlctoal system
and the old-fashioned Methodist Itiner
ary, r ,
oampsign rauwur.
Absolute and complete publicity of
campaign contributions ana expenai
turea .ia sure to come within the next
decade or two. The federal government
and all the statea will recognise the
fundamental importance of party gov
ernment, ao tnai ait primaries ana con
ventions will be held under the laws
of the land. The congreaa will unseat
a man whose nomination was obtained
by fraud as Quickly as If hs were elect
ed by fraud. The corrupt practices of
I present-day elections wiu aisappear.
This is as certain as the life of the
nation, for if corruption la not sioppea
It will increase; If it Increases the na
tion cannot hope to live. "
wnat was tooaeq upon ev; years -ago
as "amart politics" and was aamirea.
IA vxara ae-n became "aharn practice
and waa frowned at The same thing
today la "corruption" and Is roundly
denounced. Not long hence It will be
crime and wiu oe punianea wiia se
verity. A more acutely sensitive civic
conscience ia making the old-faanloned
methods of politics decidedly unpopu
lar... - , , ; ,
1 - - boss aensroo. -1 .. ,
The political machine boss will be a
htn. nt tha nut There will he area I
political leaders and harp division of
opinion. But these leaders will attract
their following because of their, es
pousal and advocacy of aome principle
not sbeoause of thelf power tqdlspenae
pie oe, shake the plum tree. Education
of til masses is already breaking the
power of the bosa A new boss wne
comes up nowadays must come . as a
wolf la sheep's clothing. Hs must de
nounce hta trade to obtain a foothold
to practice It . Such hypocrltea will
full ant tha- AmarlttAn Of the future
will read the tales of the boas-ridden
cities and states ot toaay wiu mo
anma oiirlolla aenSStloAS WS experience
in reading of Salem witchcraft - M
The! surest sign that true reform will
come- In the future is that It la already
coming. Twenty years ago men were
prominent in public life who openly did
things that would absolutely damn a
public man of today. ' There is no doubt
that there are honored publhrmeii to
day who resort to political subterfuges
that their suoceasora of Sfr years hence
will not dare to consider. ; Theworl4
grows, and it geta better every day.
The ''good old days" were generally
bad. When the United States cornea to
ita full estate, when thera are moOO..
000 Americans inthe year 2000, it will
be the greatest nation under the sun.
But more than " great in wealth and
power. It will be great In the honesty
of Ita government and the purity of its
people, - -
tham thalr aaaia- TTenca thW aim.
As
soon as . they arrived and took their
seats the sign was taken down, and all
invited to come aboard the barge. At
least SO0 accepted, ths balance could see
rrora wnera tney were, oui naa ani. uj
back dona ag well and spent a little
time to fix a' place for himself and his
friends Instead of kicking at others It
would help aome, and S00 more people
might have had good place to view the
carnival. -
. - OSORQB L. RQUTLELEDOEl.
'David Jayne Hill's Birthday.
. David Jayne Hill, the--American min
ister to tha Netherlands, who haa bean
chosen to succeed Ambassador Tower
at Berlin, was born at Plairifieta. New
Jersey. June JO,-1860, and received his
education at Bucknell . university, im
mediately after graduating he accented
the poaltlon of tutor In the ancient lan
guages in. the university. - In the years
that followed be became prominent as a
writer as well as. an educator. Among
his best-known literary works of this
period were a series of biographies of
American 7authora In 1879 Dr. Hill
waa elected to the presidency of Buck
nell university, with which Institution
he remained until 1888. In that year
he ' aucceeded Martin s B. Anderson as
president of Rochester- university.
While noldlng this position he produced
aeveraj worka that added to hla literary
fame. In 1898 Dr. Hill resigned the
presidency of the university and was
appointed, to the poaltlon of first as
sistant secretary of state at Washing'
ton. - He - continued in that -post until
1803. when he was made. United States
minister to Switzerland. - In 1905 be
was appointed minister to ths Nether
lands, and last November his aelction
to succeed Ambassador Tower at Berlin
was announced. u.v ..:. ', --
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This Date fa; History. . ';vft
1801 Tripoli declared .waf ainst the
United States. : - , , 4 .--.
' 1854 Crxatal Palace opened by Queen
Victoria. v . .
1868 Senator Charles A. Culberson of
Texaa born In Alabama - .-.
1 181 Neutrality in the American con
flict declared by Napoleon III. -.
1889 Dreyfus left Devil's Island.
1901-SIr Walter Beaant, English nov
elist, died. Born 1888. - ..
190B Russia and Japan accepted the
offer of President Roosevelt te act aa
mediator. . ,
1907 A Franco-Japanese convention
was signed at Berlin, .". v '
Article '
' " 1 Small CLange - .
Will the new Hah laws be enforced?
It should be so presumed. , ..
: Debs will run about as usual, but who
Is going to vote for Tom Watson,
;The tlaa blocks look better t some
worklngmen tnan tne narvest ueiaa.
There are still plenty enough Demo
crats in Oregon to Jioia a convention.
. milv Rundav lira ' coarse, vulgar.
yawping nuisance but . -such, fellows
thrive. -
TTnnla In nnsea as a rreat economist.
but Danville, IUlnola, .-his town, ; ot
How man v who were broke last win
ter will save their earnings this summer
ana uu 1 -t . .t t - . .(,
Paris la havtna a featlval this week.
But of course It can't equal Portland's
last week, v , "-:?
When a thing la voted down, it ought
not to be allowed to come tip again in
two years. . 4
It la well to teach bova'to play right
but it might also be well to teach them
to work a little. 1 . . -
a ' a
Renresentative Hawlev'S proportion
of the alns of the last congress is yery
small, and ne can oe zorgiven.
' Rmnaror' William aava he is descend
ed from King David- very likely David.
ahould have a great posterity.- ;
- If ths Republican party isn't dead
in Oregon, no thanks are due to some
of Its whining,. scoiomg organs. -
Having ' borrowed 5 $100,000,000. Mr.
Harrlman will be in & poaltlon to con
tribute to the campaign fund again.
. "After the nrimary. what?" asks the
Bloux City tiowa) Journal Take a hint
from Oregon, ana oon t let it oe a nop.
One doesn't read as much how as a
few vMra- aa-a about the new-. Woman,
Has she become the old woman already?
Tiiara la this line thins about ' Port.
land: if one can't take a vacation. It ia
the Dleasaniest summer city in u
country to stay in. .
a a ,-
J. D. Rockefeller Isredited with say
ing that mUking is ine nrsi aiep 10
wealth. But watering seems to play an
a . A ... 1.,.. -
ifUfiVM ,ia. HW,-JW. y - 4 . 4 iv,. 1 , ,
"The millionaire is touched as sever
before." said Mr. Fairbanks in his Chi
cago speech. Are the O. O. P. managers
that MkOiy scared aireaay j , f-v.
Mitlca loma ooeer mixups. re
marks the Spokane upomiq-nvww,
Ovee In- Oregon-Baker count 3 wouldn't
havs anything te .do-."wth. Cake, .
Tha flrat Kennebec salmon of the
aeaaon sold at Bath, Maine, at 60 cents
a pound., salmon must oa neany as
scarce in ths Kenneoee as in ine Co
lumbia. .
... .......... .1-f"-'..-tf ' T . .
Diirina- ths lata Georgia campaign
tha Atlanta Journal alluded to the can
didate it opposed as the llttlejoebrown-
ing. But as governor ine name wiu om
entitled to segregation and capitalization.-
,-, "";-,.., - .'v'"'-; -vi X -."
The Syracuse Journal propounds this
Sroblem: Is a man who starts out un
y morning with a flshpolr under hta
arm any worse iimn mo wnu
refuses to oil the lawn mower which be
runs all day SundayT -
. Oregon SideKAts
Weston went dry by a vote of J00 to
It. -- ...
Fruit prospects are, good ; In Lake
county. . . '
Gold Hill will be not only , dry , but
dark hereafter. : . - ... , ,
riranf, Pi haa voted bonds to -the
amount of $60,000 for street paving. .
,-.., . ikr -"i .' "; ' e :- 'if:,.
Oil hunters say they - have found
strong indications" around Huntington.
' ' -.. . a
Th, anlandM acknnfrledrements . Of
h xnrar,A nreaa for the roses sent
down by Salem are very gratifying to
ths board or. traae, says. ino
eiaiam Tnml- if Lincoln stays wet
as it has gone by three votes, we shal
miss the fringe of empty beer and whis
key bottles on ths beach this summer.
About 10 1 teachers of the V public
schools of Malheur county, several, of
them unmarried women. n jura on
h,M)i! under Irritation projects
near Vale and will engage in farming.
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While ' ths Mllton-Freewater district
ralaes the finest- ffulU that the sun
.h nu m. im rowers vet nave mucn
to learn about ; getting s It ready for
market, says the Eagle, t ;
j - .r-.-v!-'- -iU-d--v;..e - ,' :..s-...v ':
k rsranta Pass ' real . estate dealer
tells the Courier that he would sell 10
homes in Grants Pass this year because
of 4io saloona, whereas he would not
have expected live naa ine town uu
rniintv rimt 'Wat "- .i
' :'..
11 jj our Deiiei, bkjtb viwuu m,
Vale an support a population of 25.000
)eopie wnen . ine wmiu-i
a developed and our reaources opened
up. Vale WUl OS. US opoaana ui jrtivn
in a'few, years. Kifyv A'1 H'C- ;
a tor aa haa been renorted un to
? late, there will be 19 ice cream stands
n Seaside during the coming summer.
It might reasonably be inferred there
from that a conaiderabls spell of warm
weather is expected. - , -
- r . s a, r, ,
Trin la ma kin raetd - strides . to
ward city life and Importance, aays the
Baker City Herald. Many handsome
new dwellings have been built during
the past year ana ine population .01 m
town Is Increasing rapidly. Kew busl
nmm hniiaaa and warehouses, too. have
been added to the commercial llfeof
the town ana auogeiaer inoa im a
thriving place.:.- . - -
An elder ' named A. Keller . who Is
revivallng in Condon, according to .the
Globo, came to this country in 1S6X
and rememDera ronutna wnen unr
was only one house on the eaat aide of
the river. He built the first houae on
the Umatilla river, was through all the
t.i , th,M niillata ahnt In f n
him lit the Stmcoe montalna, when he
and his comrade volunteers saved a de
tachment or regulars from tne nostiies.
tiS-'f;:.1;' '&T?X:' "
Walmwa oountv. save ths Enterprise
News-Record, is not only an ideal resi-
JX nn.,n, K.i , 1 t, anmAthlnr M 1 a Jl
It is a ,good place for business. How
oiten it ia ipuKn vl buijiw wiu, nun-.
trogressive place, main is noi . mucn
or bustnesa but is a fine place to
live, rear and - educate a family. Wal
lowa county, com Dines oom aavaniaajea
in a auperlative degree. There are few
placea in the inland empire that equaia
this for opportunities, both-for the -Investor
and homeseeker, and there- are
certainly none in the old, settled coun
ties west of the ."Cascades. Hare in
Wallowa are many exceptional openings
for the man of large capital, hundreds
for the man of small capital, and thou
sands, for the man whose capital is
brain ' or brawn, or ; both; backed by
thrift and industry. Wallowa county
has lacked only ie thing to be the
model county, and before the leaves fall
that lack will be supplied, for the Wal
lowa county, extension of the O. R. V
N. " railway will -have been completed
clear through to Joseph, bringing the
coast market to the heart, of this de
lec table land, ; .- . ; ,i.
. : i '
REALM
FEMININE
What of the Girl Graduate?,?
s:
HE is a central figure just now in
many a home and collectively in -many
hall where-friends and
proud relatives : gather , to gase
upon ''her "sweet face and her '
dainty womanliness. . She has come to
rthat sweet yet sad parting of the ways
wnicn Tennyson .so apuy pnrasea ; v ' -
"Standing with reluctant feet ' ;
Where the brook and river meet. -
Womanhood and childhood sweeUV
Her proud relatives and friends who
look upon her coming Into the estate of :
womanhood- have great plans for her,,
visions of. what she may accomplish to
tnake a name for herselfafter all these
years of careful preparation.-. They see
in her the woman- physician, lawyer,
locturer, thrilling hearts with har silent
heroism or moving them to great deeds
by her cloquence.l Tfcey. see n" her the"
careful,, exact woman of bustnesa, prov- ,
ing those fins theories of .: woman's :
equality with, man in positions oJt trust
and sagacity, . . - 1 .'
Her potentlalitiea thrill all Who look,
upon her.. Buainess needa her because
of her good mind and methodical na
ture, as well . aa her trustworthiness. ,
Mankind needs her because there are
always the great crying needs of the -world
which can only be filled -by a
Florence Nightingale or a Dorothy Dlx.
The generation , of little children last
entering ths paths of knowledge needs
her,. Their opening minds - and acuta
aensibllltiea need just such aa she with -
her tact and sympathy and her fresh
store of knowledge. An these paths of -usefulness
open wide and pleasant vis-,
taa to her. and she causes In her choice
among them. - - - -. ;
- It is more than likely that some earn
est, aspiring young man knowa that he
needs her,, too. Jberore him the visiona
of a home and a hearth, with -the woman .
of. all the 'world for him, ths gentle '
presiding - genfus. For - him visions of .
mutual dependence, and the pleasant
task of shielding her from ths rougher
aide of life, guarding - her, loving her,
feeling her hla inspiration and his clos
est . touch - with the highest and , best
tb.inga.-v. .:V,-: VW ",.:-,(,
And so tha vocation of : wife and
mother opens alsq for her, a beautiful
and worthy vocation, calling for all that
her years of training have given her. .
And then there Is another vocation.
which, because it is not. one that com
monly wlrts ths' plaudits of the crowd,
seems sometimes to the girl graduate
unworthy too insignificant for her at
tention, toe obscure for her talents.
-This la tha vocation merely of the
daughter in the home, the helper to her
mother, the joy and pride of her father,
tha good genius to the younger brother
and slater, This Is the task which In
reality is often ths one that is calling
to her and which she passea over be
cause of Its . seeming insignificance.
There is that ambition In our American
girls which sends them from tha com
mencement platform to the stenoara-
rher'e desk, the teacher's platform or
he position In the business house, and,
while it la a worthy sort of ambition, a
dealre to earn a living and to relieve ,
parents xt one's support, it must be
admitted Is all too often gratified at a
great coat to the fathers and mothers.
And when that is the case, such fulfill
ing or ambition i not wormy, it ia a
great mistake. , ,
it is a mistake Tor any gin wno is
wall to do, who has a good home and
who need not work for wages, to go
Into business ltfs merely , for - more
money to spend for clothes. A girl who
ones . taught In the publio . schools of
Portland made a reputation for herself
It was not an. enviable one as the
girl who taught school in order that
aha might have all her dresses silk,
lined. --.- - '.
A well-to-do girl who works for pin
money. It is easy , to sse, occupies a
position that, some poor girl needa In
order to live. She commonly gives to
her business or her teaching tha energy
tnat is lert over rrora more congenial .
tasks, thus belittling herself and the '
work; she Is well cared for at home and
aha can afford to work for lower wages
than the work la worth, thus keeping
down the wages In that line . of work
and - defrauding poor girls Who need
every cent that the work ahould be paid
in order to live decently and honorably.
The girl graduate, who with all her
poaslbllltles of earnest . womanhood
keeps a poor girl out of work, works
for less wages than the work IS worth,
and does the work in a dilettante man
ner instead of with ths force and energy
that the task should command, la dla- .
appointing her frlenda and her admiring
relatives, tsne is not living up to ner .
privileges. . -
In the home of tha same girl may lis
abundant opportunities for all that she
has to give of tact and , discretion, of J
energy' and wholesome sunny, : good
temper, of knowledge and technical wis
dom, of self-sacrifice and progressive
culture, wnicn ana ta ignoring in order
to srratlfv her own selfish desire to be
occupied outside "of the home, -
We are beginning to realise . tnat
home-making Is as distinctly a womanly
and an honorable profession as any that "
the business world offers. Less paid,
It is true, in money, tetu recognised by
the ? shallow-thinking class .of people,
leas in-the eye of the public.' but full
of beauty and full of opportunities for
the womanly woman. .. r
You. may call it the old struggle be
tween individualism and altruism, but
It Is something that every girl graduate
must face before she chooaea her line
of work, i She must ask herself which
needs her more, the world of business
or the father and mother who are grow
ing weary with the long struggle and
who have Sacrificed -their-own comfort
and pleasure that she may havs all tha
things that her education means. Which
needs her more, the schoolroom or her
own home with Ita younger growing
children? Who needs her mora the mer
cantile establishment or - her mother,
who has watched her all her life, loved
her sacrificed for her, waited for her
to come to this state of womanliness
so that they should be' thoroughly com- .
panlonable and happy together, under
standing each other as only mother, and
daughter can. tha daughter supplying
in youthful spirits and vivacity what
the mother lacks, the mother guiding
her daughter in wisdom, love and ten
derness as only a mother can. -
Indeed the aweet girl graduate has a
problem before , her, in her choice of a
career. , ,:.-. . , . . , .--'
-.t-.-n. ? ; i"''V'it St --St -' is V? i'r. j
The Daily Menu. " '
-,' BREAKFAST. -' " - - ' -
Cereal. Dried Beef, Cream Gravy.
. Corn MuMns. Coffee.'- . r
LUNCHEON.
Ham end Cheese Canapes. Lima Beans,
Baked Rhubarb. . Spice Cakes.
.-'- '- Tea,
DINNER.
-Puree of Pea. - Planked Shad.
Creamed. New Potatoes.-
Tomato Jelly Salad.
. -A..'. Strawberry Short Caka. ... .
, ' , , Coffee. . 1 .
Ham and Cheese Canapes Cut rounds -of
bread and, fry in butter until brown. '
Spread with minced ham mixed with
grated cheese rand dash of paprika '
moistened with olive oil. . Sprinkle mors
grated cheese over and set in oven to
brown. ;? Garnish with olives.' "'.' -PIanked
Shad Wash, and wae a sharp '
knim to make a - slit down the ,back,
when the whole bone, can be drawn cutv
without any trouble. Lay, back down '
on the oak board, which haa pins to
bold the fish securely, dot with butter
all . over, squeese the juice of a lemon
over and bake in a rather quick oven.
For medium-slae, fish about to minutes. '
A delicious sauce la made by working '
into a cup of sweet butter all the
lemon Juice It will takev when creamv
add half a cup of pickled walnuta or '
cucumber pickles, finely chopped, and a '
spoonful of mince4 parsley. . ' ' 1