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I am satisfied I am on the
right path so long as I can see
anything to make one hap
pier. Anything to make m
lore man, therefore God the
more. God Is not far from
that heart to which man la
near,- James Russell Low
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A GREATLY USEFUL ORGAJOZA-
I ylHE! OFFICIAL opening of the
I splendid new Commercial Club
t I building Friday evening waa
I; ,. v an event of Interest aot only to
its many hundred members, but to
i thousands of other people of this
city, and to many throughout the
region of which Portland Is the com-,
ixnercial center. Jt should be of "In
terest to everybody who Uvea here
or hereabouts and has business re-
latlons with others as who does
not 7 And all should be proud pf
and rejoice with the enterprising,
progressive Portland' business men
I who have made this organisation so
5 successful and helpful and have
shown their faith by their Works in
many ways, especially in greeting
this great, building, that through
generations will stand as a monu
ment to their energy, enterprise and
" clvlo loyalty, H
.Though a comparatively young
v organization, having been started
only 15 , years ago, the Commercial
club is one. of the very strongest as
sociations of Its kind In the country,
it is said to have a larger member
ship than any other, and to have
, done more systematic and effective
work. It has always been well man
aged, and 1 its officers , and leading
members have given freely of time,
talent and money to make the club
a success in the highest sense of that
term,
The value of such an organization
to the city and to other Oregon cities
j. and to the Oregon country, is beyond
computation. It is essentially an
unselfish Institution. That is, it
, works continually, broadly, in many
n directions," for the benefit, the ad
ancement, the growth and pros
perity, not of Itself and its members
. especially, but of all the people, of
all business men, farmers, prof es-
slonal men, producers of all kinds,
" active, worthy citizens of every class
'. and condition. There Is nobody
who has succeeded in business in
Portland, or who has prospered in
' the territory contiguous to Portland,
""but owes a debt of good will to this
i remarkably successful club
f ' Especially commendatory has been
I the work of this organization in re-
L spect of the broad scope of its work.
It has not narrowed its vision to
b Portland, nor confined its operations
to boosting for this city, but has
5 ever been ready to encourage and
jaid other towns and localities, and
enterprising efforts everywhere in
n the Portland region. And It Is large
st ly . through the systematic, perslst
fent. liberal, broad-lined efforts of
"this club that Oregon and Portland
A are far better known throughout the
United States than they were a few
.years agoor otherwise would be for
B years to come.' It has brought thou-
sands of new citizens to Oregon; It
'has increasTa by mlHions the value
4 of Oregon property; It has healthily
- stimulated business activity, and in-
spired confidence and even enthus
,1" lasm; In a word, it has been a migbt
Hy potent factor during its life in the
i. development, advancement and un-
folding of bright prospects of this
city and state.
The Commercial club is therefore
to be very heartily and sincerely con
I gratulated on the completion and
H opening of . Its magnificent new
j building. In a broad sense it Is the
public's building, the city's, the
: state's; and it Is thus that the club
people themselves regard it. This
organization and this building are of
themselves proof positive that Port-
!- land Is no longer small or alow or
itarrow. Of a city that has such a
a- club as this it may surely be said.
cs Fam saia or Tarsus: "it is no
i r mean city.
THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
HE MEDFORD TRIBUNE criti
cises severely ' the counties of
the Willamette valley . that
voted heavily against the state
T
university, saying that they are
"mossback - counties, . behind - the
times, stumbling blocks in the path
of progress, so long In the rut that
they can't get out. and it is useless
to try to help them"; and It con
tinues:;;';: . - , ' V-v -;:'v; ,.
.The region, inhabited by thee moss
hack is one: Of the fairest and richest
oi earth, ibs . Willamette valley and
Hi tr.!ctr; of a living is ao eay that
t!i jfi-.itbiunts have but HtU energy,
H'ij,irIiry oY enterprise. They have let,
: ' : : !r' '::ur 'v'1'...
their orchards bMoma bo covered with
pests that they are unproductive: They
re wearing out their rich SOU by plant
ing the Mm crops for half a century
annually; they plant hops when they
know they can't make expenses, simply
from force of habit; they allow. Port
land commission men to take all their
profits year after year, and haven't en
ergy enough to organise for self -protection.
What "life there la la due to
newcomers, who are building up the
towns. Installing- power plants, building
trolley lines and making money from
the long neglected natural resources
that would 11 forever untouched if left
to the mossbacks. No wonder they can
not understand or appreciate higher ed
ucation. '
The Journal does not indorse or
approve all this, nor feel entirely re
sponsive -to the spirit in which It
is apparently uttered, yet people of
the Willamette valley ought to ac
knowledge what truth, there Is in
such criticisms, and instead of re
senting them try to avoid deserving
them, j ,
That many people of western Ore
gon have been rather nonprogressive,
contented with existing conditions.
unambitious for rapid advancement,
is due to the region and clrcum
stances in which they were placed,
rather than to the people them
selves. The hustling newcomers
would have done and become the
same, if they had lived so long in
the same environment that is, far
removed from the activities of large
populaces, in a mild climate, on a
generous soil and amidst nature's
bounties. The tendency of the aver
age man is to take life easy and let
the world wag, and after all a good
deal could be said in support of that
philosophy.
But our hustling southern Ore
gon critic. In Justice to bis neigh
bors to the north, should have gone
little farther and noticed much
Improvement that Is, taking place
lately in the Willamette valley. This
is visible In various aspects as to
fruit raising, dairying, stock raising,
roadmaklng and otherwise. Not only
is a gradually Increasing advent of
new blood doing good, but many of
the older Inhabitants are waking up
to the opportunities and duties of
the new time. And even if this be
true as yet in a regrettably small
degree, and If progress is slow, let
us notice and commend all of this
that Is occurring, and open our eyes
and raise our voices to the fair pros
pect of far greater progress In the
near future. The new electric rail
road lines built and projected will
do much to insure this increasingly
rapid development.
We cannot feel like saying an un
kind word about the old settlers, yet
when the world is moving forward
and upward those who stand stock
still in the way must not complain
If they are jostled and prodded. Tho
great Willamette valley is awaken
Ing. is beginning to sit up and take
notice; ere long, we shall continue
to hope, it will get" energetically into
action and begin to ehow the world
what a mightily resourceful and
fruitful region It is. I
AN UNFOUNDED ASSUMPTION.
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HERE ARE continual insinua-
, tions In the morning newspa
per and a few others that if
the situation were reversed
Democratic Statement No. 1 mem
bers of the legislature would not
elect a Republican who had received
the largest popular vote to the sen
ate. These remarks can only be in
tended to influence Republican
Statement No. 1 members to disre
gard their pledge It is intimated,
and even positively asserted, that if
the Democrats had a majority in the
legislature and a Republican had
been chosen by the people he would
not be elected. That a Democratic
majority would do this is scoffed at
as something extremely improbable
and incredible. And why, the Insin
uation is, should Republicans do as
against their party Inclinations what
Democrats would not doT
But whence have these evil coun
sellors any authority for this as
sumption? Since when has It be
come an acknowledged fact that-
Democrats were run in an entirely
different moral mold from Repub
licans? How was It discovered that
because a man classed himself as a
Democrat he thereby separated him
self from truth and honbr and be
came a man whose pledge could not
be relied upon? What ground have
these editors for saying that Sena
tors Smith of Umatilla, Miller of
Linn, Coshow, Mullt and the other
Democratic members and other men
like them if such had been elected,
would as a matter of course break
their promise to the people and re-
iuse to do the particular thing that
they had agreed to do? Because
they call themselves Democrats are
such men as ex-Senator Gearin,
Judge Galloway, J. K. Weatherford,
A. S. BennetV and hundreds of oth
eit well known In, Oregon, unworthy
of credence if they make a positive,
unqualified promise? What excuse
bus theOregonian for thus daily of
fering gratuitous Insults not only to
Statement Ko. 1 Republicans but to
all the Democrats In the state, as
suming. that; they one and all are
dishonorable men, who would violate
pledges as binding as solemn oaths
ou slight provocation? . - - v
There Is not a particle of founda
tion for this jvlls slander - of nearly
one third of the voters of Oregon
A man's party predilections t have
nothing to do with his honesty, . his
honor, his manhood, his performance
of duty. These are the common in
berttance of Republicans and Demo
crats eaually.; And those; devoid of
them are to be found In adherents
of one party no more than in their
political opponents. Such an ap
peal as this to Republican members
who are bound by Statement No. 1
Is beneath their contempt.
THE COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
T
HE ANNUALLY recurring occa
sions that newspapers comment
upon grow rather monotonous
and stale, to the writers, for
every year the occurrences are sub
stantially the same; the same
thoughts regarding them arise, the
same reflections upon them occur to
the mind; the same congratulations
and felicitations are to be extended
and the same warnings or advice
given. So don't censure the busy
editor severely If his remarks on
most of these anniversaries of dif
ferent sorts are commonplace and
platitudinous.
But we do not forget that these
occasions, and more especially com
mencement time, .- are ''mightily in
terestlng affairs to the young peo
ple whom- they most Immediately
concern who are their interesting,
Inspiring, enthusiastic, happy cen
tral figures. One should never be
come too busy or too old to admire
and love and take a lively Interest In
youth. And of all the youths, young
men and maidens, of the country,
its admiring approving attention is
now turned upon those who are
graduating. These occupy the cen
ter of the great stage whose main
entrance is childhood and whose
exits are manhood and womanhood.
Surely it Is a most interesting, an
Important, a Joyous and yet a sol
emn time and occasion. It is a day
of farewells and of dimly opening
vistas; a day of sweet tears Wid
throbbing anticipations. It Is a
day of a lifetime, one long antici
pated, one never to be forgotten.
The world welcomes the young
graduates. It smiles upon them, yet
has no new gifts for them. They
have youth, health, education, op
portunity, hope, faith, friends; these
are rich gifts enough. The world
welcomes, smiles and says, "So long;
wish you well"; the rest each must
do for himself. Every one must in
large measure hew out his own road,
toward a goal of bis own choosing.
The world is rendered greatly
richer every June by the commence
ment days. These young people
may not be as wise as they suppose;
their education may he worth much
or little to them; but in the aggre
gate they are largely the country's
hope and reliance. It is they who
In a few years will be depended
uDon to make society a little bet
ter than their parents left it, and
civilization a little nearer an ex
pression of God's combined love and
justice on earth.
THE FIGURE OF GRANT.
P
OSSIBLY Mr. Taft's reference to
General Grant's early habit was
bad propriety. It was no more.
It scarcely warrants the as
saults made on him by those now op
posing his nomination. It will
scarcely justify Democratic ' attacks
that will be made on him later, if
the Chicago convention names him
for president. '
Mr. Taft did no violence to the
name of General Grant. The dead
commandeV's fame rests on a foun
dation too secure for the episode at
his tomb to shame or unmake it.
When others could not resist the
victorious advance of the Confeder
ate generals, when the Federal
armies were beaten and discouraged,
when Washington waa in gloom and
the country on the verge of disunion.
It was the silent Grant, of whom It
Is said that he drank to excess, that
came out of the loins of the repub
lic and scattered the legions of the
gray, where others bad failed he
won, where others had lost, he
triumphed.
When some one complained to him
of Grant's habits, Lincoln Is said to
fh a ve. remarked, "If I could find out
the brand of whiskey he drinks, I
wcrtrtiT-Tecommend it to some of my
other generals." Whether true or
not, the incident shows that what
ever might have been his fault or
faults,, the military figure of the
great commander is so splendid and
his unchallenged , achievements so
recognized that any utterance by Mr.
Taft or any other man dims not one
whit the imperishable luster of his
name.
Indeed, since he had the bad start
of an unfortunate habit, but In his
maturer manhood thrust it away and
stood thereafter the embodiment of
what , the human will can do, --the
fact of his Indiscretions ' further
adorns rather than detracts from his
fame. ; -'. - -': :' .
INSULTING INSINUATIONS.
0 SUPPOSE that the Repub
lican members of the Ore
gon legislature who sub
, scribed to Statement No. 1
will really vote for- Chamberlain is
to put an awful strain on credulity,"
says the Aberdeen World. And some
Oregon papers have made similar
remarks. But would not the strain
on honest men's consciences be a
good deal .worse if they should vio
late . as: positive, specific, solemn
pledge made to the . people of Ore
gon? i And isn't it rather a "stralft
on credulity" to suppose that hither
to honorable, respected men would
do this?4 . : ; -;W.
s The Journal has " never - believed
or supposed for a moment that any;
of them would thus turn traitors to
the people. and themselves, and the.
"T
hints that they would do so, and the
suggestions that they should, ema
nating from some few t soured and
unconscionable newspapers and pol
Itlcians are an Insult to every State
ment Nol Republican member of
the next legislature. ' " ' " .
It will be time enough to insinu
ate that these men, or any of them
are to be base ;-betrayers of their
trust, and utterly unworthy, of pub
lic confidence or honest men's re
spect, when they themselves confess
that they will become ; so, and all
these intimations and suggestions
that they may do so are gratuitous
insults, and doubtless are privately
resented as such.
NEED OF BETTER STREETS.
T
HE Portland Realty board man
lfested the right sort of, a spirit
in securing City Engineer
Thomson of Seattle to deliver
an address here on the subject of
Improved streets and other munic
ipal Improvements. Mr. Thomson's
lecture was deeply Instructive, -and
should bear good fruit It Is regret
table that It waa not heard by thou
sands who would in consequence take
a far deeper Interest In these mat
ters. The right kind of street paving,
the best kind, pays. This city, like
moet others, has spent a great deal
of money on poor, experimental pav
ing. Experience Is said to be a cost
ly teacher, but Portland should by
this time have pretty nearly paid
sufficient tuition fees. The cost of
pavement is not the first considera
tion, but the kind of pavement
what Is at once most endurable, or
serviceable, and most agreeable.
Portland ought from this on to
make sure that it Is getting the very
best sort of pavement, at a reason
able cost, and then do lots of It,
more and more every year, until
within a few years it becomes noted
for Its extensive and superior pave
ments, rather than as now for its ill
paved and dirty streets. All prop
erty owners should Join cordially in
this movement, for such pavement
adds more than its cost to the value
of all abutting property.
Then, as Mr. Thomson, like every
.other engineer and artist, sees.
Portland has the finest chance of
any city in a thousand tor a splen
did boulevard circuit; along the cir
cumjacent hills. TheBe, with grad-l
ually increased and improved park
grounds, would also be a paying in
vestment; would make Portland a
noted city thrdughout the world, and
attract many wealthy and artistic
residents.
We have progressed a good deal;
we Have some reason to solicit back
patting; but we are yet too slow, too
Inert, too unappreciatlve of benefits
to be gained. In these matters. Mr.
Thomson sowed good seed, we hope
on good soil.
AN ABSURD SCHEME.
T
HE NEW scheme, as reported,
by which Chamberlain is to be
kept out of bis seat, should
have originated, if it did not,
in -the lunatic asylum near Salem.
The' Statement No. 1 Republicans
who vote for him are to sign a state
ment that , they did so under the
compulsion of their own voluntary
promise a promise to do what the
people wanted done -and on this
showing the senate Is to keep Cham
berlain out of his seat. A party
majority In the senate or house ha
heretofore resorted to some unjustl
f table means to unseat a minority
member, but it is Incredible that the
senate majority would do so on any
such baby-acting self-stultification of
legislators as, this. Such action
would make these men the veritable
laughing stock of the whole nation,
and the suggestion is an Insult to
their intelligence as well as their
honor as representatives of the peo
ple. This must Indeed be the "last
ditch" of the insignificant and ir
responsible busybodies who are try
ing to tempt any possible weak and
foolish legislators to betray their
trust.
A BADGE OP HONOR.
R
OBERT A. SMITH, recently re
tired from the office of mayor
of Bt. Paul, after holding the
of flee altogether about 45
years, at the age of 81. He had
served the people of that city In
other capacities also, most of the
time for half a century, and yet he
ended his official career In such pov
erty that leading citizens made him
a present of $11,000 for his needs
In his old age.
While wealth accumulated by pub
lic officials is often though not al
ways a badge of dishonor, the pov
erty of an old man who had thus
long held office is of Itself no sign
of honor, but it was to some extent
so in this case, for Mayor Smith was
a director of a bank that made a bad
failure, and though not legally
bound to do so he gave up all his
property to save depositors from
loss. Hence poverty is In his case a
badge of honor, and his fellow citi
zens honor themselves In seeing that
his last days are made easy.
-? At first glance it would be thought
from the following from the Pendle
ton Tribune that it had learned and
accepted a .lesson from the recent
election: .At least there will be no
contest in the next campaign over
Statement No. 1. All' candidates will
be- bound - to ' support - the people's
choice for United States senator
without taking any pledge. Noth
ing Is left to the legislator but to be
la - " . ... .,..
; SENATOR ifiOR E OF OKLAHOMA',
t ; f ' From the Philadelphia North American.
The 'best, of 'all modern storytellers -wrote many stories of a soldier
called Mulvaney. And one of the best of Kipling's stories finished with
this saying of Mulvaney's: - : iH ;t,r l v . '.,
"God's been good -to met I've seen a man this dayl" ;, -.'
Now to our newest state let the message go from the oldest states
that Oklahoma has shown to us a man. ' -r -(C:--
There were days in Washington last week that tried men's cour
age and their personal and political standards of right with a test of
rare severity. Duty has compelled the North American to censure every
congressman and every senator who made possible the passage of the
vicious Wall street currency bill. , But only those acquainted with the
truth can conceive the pressure put upon the men who succumbed suf
ficiently to aid in working a wrong to the whole country.
The mere fact that Roosevelt and
hie loyal friends and the leaders of
the Democracy aime were aeiuaea into
thfe belief that if they did : not heln
In the passage of a bill that 1 a legis
lative crime they would be smllty of
(loin hurt, not. to a party, but to the
nation, is enougn to enow tne sirengrn
of the Influences brought to bear upon
inose men in wasnington."
There la . hurrylnar and ourrylna- In
Washington o, There la surprise
and wonderment at the uprising of
resentment in consequence of the pas
sage of the iniaultoua currency b
for which Republicans and Democrats
must share the resDonalbillty.
tsut in in erisi or last wees; a rew
men aaw clearly. And one of those
few men was a blind man Oore, of
Ukuanoma,
An evil thine- waa dona at the dicta
tion of the stock xchana a-amblers
of New York by grace; of the Ignorance
of some men we nave honored and the
cowardice of the majority ef both par
ties in congress.
But there was a Horatluav to hold the
Driiise. ana mere waa one to "tana
on either side." The Horatlus waa La
Follette, of Wisconsin, who i by tem-
erament a leader or forlorn hopes,
houxh he dragged himself from a sick
bed to talk 18 hours, he enjoyed th
experience.
xnen stone, oi Missouri, atoned ror
many past sins of "practical politics"
by coming to La Follette's aid. But
they were only two. And it waa when,
both exhausted, they were stealing
well earned hour or two of aleeo that
blind Gore, of Oklahoma, rose and
poke.
It was not a wise, practical thing
for him to do. If he is to remain a
senator he must be reelected next
March. His deliberate sharing of that
filibuster. In ocDOSition to the leaders
of his party, was absolutely foolhardy.
us aia it in tne race or ail political
practicality.
He had not talked long when the
word went Into the cloakroom that a
great speech waa being mad. And,
soon afterward, there was no more
thought of yawning, and there was a
quorum, with no more need for a false
counting by Fairbanks to accommodate
wail street.
The blind man was doinsr very well
In hia effort to make his countrymen
see the light.
So Oore. of - Oklahoma. stoka hour
after hour. And those of the men he
was fighting, who were real men, must
have looked upon his blind face and
honored and admired him. ,
He wag speaklne airainst time. He
was making a filibuster. But, all the1
wntie, he was speaking greatly.
He aid nor Know wnetner it was
this day or that day, or dusk or dawn.
He ia a blind man. But his other
skilled senses surely caught the signs
of compelled attention, comprehension
and approbation.
Anil so. Knowing ttiat, even though
blind, he had done such a thing as no
new senator had done before, Oore, of
Oklahoma, delivered his peroration and
sank Into hia seat, certain that some
one or the half dozen senators pledged
to relieve him would rise and take up
th fight where he left off.
And are you proud, gentlemen of the
Democracy of the senate, that you aat
silent In your seat while th under
standing of your cowardlco drifted
back or the darkness of th eyes of
Gore, of Oklahoma?
And do you think, gentlemen of the
majority, that the men of this coun
try, who cast the votes and do the
work, will be more kindly diapoaed to-
good." But as it will be urged that
the new law Is not Judicially bind
ing, It may be well to keep State
ment No. 1 in operation.
The Astor lan says: "We declare
that the conclusion and turmoil and
discredit of the remarkable attitude
oi the Republicans in this stata to
ward the Democracy has gone far
enough; that the decency and dig
nity of Republican Oregon calls a
halt and for the thought of read
justment and redemption within the
lines of that party." Just what this
vague language may imply we do
not know, still less how what is
threatened, or demanded. Is going
to be assured.
The Chicago platform will Indorse
the Roosevelt administration and
policies, but since Roosevelt could
not compel the Republican party to
adopt and carry out those policies,
and since the party stubbornly re
fused to do so, what is such an In
dorsement worth? Or what Is a
pledge by a party convention worth T
If Roosevelt could not get his pol
icies into action, is it likely that
Taft can do so?"
Senator Kay of Marlon county
takes the sound broad position that
though he is not bound by State
ment No. 1, not having subscribed
to It, he Is nevertheless bound by
the will of the people as expressed
in their .vote for senator and on the
Statement No. 1 law. These votes
constitute his Instructions," and like
a true representative of the people
he will obey them. . x
The new fish laws of Oregon, the
Tacoma Ledger says, "ought to mako
fishing - better on the Washington
Ude of the Columbia" Tes, and
Oregon has always been almost hope
lessly handicapped In whatever 4 ef
forts made to protect the salmon by
the antagonism of Washington ' of
ficials." The laws of the two statos
cn this subject should be Identical.
A Chicago dispatch says that "the
most vigorous plank In the platform
Will be that indorsing the adminis
tration of President Roosevelt ; and
his policies." As the platform ; Is
supposed to have been drawn large
ly at Roosevelt's dictation, this may
be readily believed. , i : - i
Opponents of Mr. Taft are doing
themselves no credit'; by censuring
him because, to accentuate General
Grant's greatness",' he alluded to his
intemperance in early life. It .was
nelthera slander Jipon Gragt nor
ward th' followers f an Aldrich and
a Fairbanks, because they gagged Hey
burn, ' the . western Republican, at the
moment he roe to top the trick of
your ateaUng away the work, that., a
blind wan had wrought? vy -Of
rourae the) law ia the law. But
thr will com a day of reckoning foe
1 he makers ett mamm laws.
Now it may be mere coincidence),
though w think it consequence. But
when Oore of Oklahoma . went - away
from the -cheat that he thought was u
triumph in th senate wtien Aiaricji
and Fairbanks "bilked" a blind man
h went to a noted oculist in Washing-'
ton, who had told Gore month ago tha
the knife might make htm able to- see.
Oore laushed at
th idea - then. - He
had been blind so long 'that he did not
feel that he needed any eyes except
those of nls wife. But new b is in th
dark room of a Waahlncton hosDltul.
We art Inclined to think that he la
actuated by th wish to see just what
an Aldrieh or a Fairbanks or the Demo
crats who deserted him look like.
The North American watche the hap
penings everywhere. So Gore of Okla
homa 1 no novelty. We heard a year
ago and told our readers then of the
freakish thing that , th newest, state
was about to do. A boy, blind from his
fifteenth year, talked day after day to
mass meetings and asked the people who
heard him to aend nun to the senate of
the United States.
To us in the calm, conservative, se
date eant, it seemed a circus sort of
thing for a blind man to mount the
tump and tell his fellow-cltlaen. how a
woman had com into .his life and aver
after had been hi eyes.
We, in the older civilisation, grow
somewhat .cynical. Bo when the new,
crude state sent Oore to the senate we
thought that Oklahoma had foisted on
the nation a Jeff Davis or a Vardaman
or a "Bloody Bridles" Waite, merely be
cause of sentimental sympathy with a
blind man and a woman who had read
to htm all the learning that has made
him enlightened.
The election of Gore and th growth
of Oklahoma we looked UDon merely aa
queer but inconsiderable phases of na
tional development. All was freakish
and uncouth. But now, in candor, let it
be said that th blind westerner has
opened our eyes.
Whether he comes from th dark
room of the hosDltal seelnr the arreen
of things growing and the gold of the
sunlight matter not, so far as his life
work is concerned. He may still rest
in the blackness to which ho is accus-,
tomed. with that one little woman's
eye his sole link with the thought of
the world. None the less will this man
have done his work In a world made
up of
"Neither children nor gods.
But men in a world of men."
No more need be said. Gore's eyes
failed him Once. That once was when
he felt himself safe when, heaven
knows, he should have felt safe, a sena
tor among senators, in his helplessness
ana nis greatness.
Surely that was the one time when
nis wire aia not reel that she was
needed. It is not a pretty picture to
Keep in memory that our eider states
men arave to us last week.
Sut aa for Oore of Oklahoma, blind
or seeing matters not The bond of man
hood holds taut through all times and all
peoplus. Over the mountains and the
rivers and the plains the message of
tne east goes to UKianoma:
"Send back thla blind man to the sen
ate! America needs Americans! Praise
uoa! we've seen a man this day!"
out of place in such an address. Gen
eral Grant would not hare consid
ered It a slander if he were alive.
The visit of the king of England
to the czar of Russia may have good
results. King Edward has turned
out to be. an unexpectedly sensible
man and ruler, and if he gives his
nephew of Russia any advice It Is
pretty cure to be something for not
only Russia's but the world's bene
fit.
Senator Allison of Iowa is an in
teresting figure In that he has been
In congress longer than anybody
else and has always merited a mild
degree of respect, but he is no longer
a fit representative of a great state
In these times when people are try
ing to move forward and upward.
A New Tork court allowed the re
colvers and attorneys of the de
funct Knickerbocker Trust company
fees of 1300,000, but an appellate
court cut this down to 180,000. One
more appeal, with like result, would
probably get the amount down to
about the right figure.
The common opinion of Governor
Cutler's action In chasing after an
eloping daughter said to be 6 years
old Is that It she acted foolishly she
came honestly by her disposition to
ao so. wnen a woman or 20 wants
to marry, not even her father has
license to interfere.
It Is reported that the Japanese
do not like the forecasted Immigra
tion plank of the Republican plat
form. Bat as they cannot vote on
president Mr. Taft and his managers
will not ' worry about their " disap
proval.: ; '.:v,:,. -
A large maJortty of the Repub
lican members of the next legisla
ture seem to be In favor of State
ment No. 1, or at least of Number
One, as to .being president of the
senate or speaker of the house.
If any member-elect of the next
legislature is not a ' candidate for
president of the senate or speaker of
the house, he can gain a little dis
tinction by making that fact known,
Since Roosevelt Is to dictate the
platform It ia. safe to bet that the
administration will be indorsed right
heartily. ' But unfortunately- Roose
velt can't really speak for the party.
V: ,:-t t J
: It Would be easy for mankind to
worship, . In . some- genuine, : sweet
way, on a June Sunday In Oregon. '" :
Letters From "tke t People
- My With Our Own Wings. j , "
" To , th . Editor of The . Journal In
your. Issue of th nth you call atten.
tioa to th. thraldom of Oregon to the
Harrtman interests and hit several nails
jquarely on the head. A yast and fer
tile empire is held, as you depict, out
Of deVAlnnmAnf h,.. V. A
tition. trust SO wllla it Trn. -ClnA
Mips those who help themselves," but
how shall they help themselves? Will
" do , any good to enlist Wall strett
capital in a rival road? Any observant "
man knows the i futility of escape in
that direction. Local capitalists? Our .
local capitalists in a lump would onlv
be - mouthful for the trust. Thos
woo need help are the people of Ore
gon, and they are th ones who muat
help themselves. . The people are au
Srem in Oregon; all, they lack is wi
om, and experience wAl , glv thein
later a full supply. , "..
uTl1" emedy. then. Briefly, extend
the Dortacra rcMA In th, riillai n
end. ana to Burns in Harney on the
other. The people own it, and they
can extend It and branch it and double
track it to every county and port In
the Stat. The onerHtlnn nf (hat mail
can be made so close to cost that no
watered-stock octopus can compete with
WU Eve,ii,f 11 COH' th Pple 10,000.-
v,vuv,auu toss every year, it
WOUld DA a mon.V.muMn. irttmn f..
them If It compelled the develoDment
?i 1 v." 5ite and destruction, of "all
mo ubiiio win Dear, '
Would have to in,4 th ....m,,
t,ont..Cert' friend sur. What is the
Constitution, lhat a : n,nnl aihtiil K.
beld In commercial bondage because of
iiiv uiuicuing oi, some dead hand that
held the scepter of brief responsibility
century ago?. Th constitution
Is all riaht so lonsr aa it nrn,i h
people, and it can be amended In Ore
gon when the people desire.
What would the monopoly press say
about it? Who cares? The fa.iu
press, the hired plunderbund press, will
say anything that it is told to sav by
Its masters, but the people of Oregon
do not always obey the dictates of a
vnua, lower.
Would take vein ltr1lotln h
the people? It Jnls-ht; but the quicker
the People take hold, th sooner things
Will begin to happen their way.
Would be graft in a state road?
Probably. It would have to b a mass
of graft, aud then some, to hit the
notch touched by the trust. What !s
It but arraft. with anma aivf nmv
when th farmer ships anything over
m lumoaus oi vjregonr what is it
but hardship and privation and graft
now when the homAhniMri Af Hruunn
haul products SO to 160 miles to a rail
road, and supplies back?
Help yourselves, sovereigns of Oregon;
you have a world to
gam and nothlnir
ij lose out
VI
our chains. When Urea
of their clanking, file them off with
the initiative and drive your servants
to their duty with the recall. Ttnth ara
in your hands. FKaD C. DENTON.
Statement No. 1 Goes.
Portland. Or.. June 11. To tha YUUtnr
of The Journal Judging from the com
ment of eastern newspapers on our
election, the nation has sat up and is
taking notice of Oreeon: and. whllj
partisan papers do not like the idea of
a Republican lea-islatura nendlnr 1
Democrat to the senate, all say frankly
mm me pieage to tne people must oe
kept, as every intelligent and honorable
man in Oreeon knows It will be.
benator Kav of Marlon countv h.i.i
the correct Idea. and. while he did nut
sign Statement No. i, will bow to the
people's will. He has strengthened
himself with the people, while Senator
uauey or Multnomah county, a holdover-Statement
No. 1 man, who Is said
to be playing politics and is noncom
mittal, has put himself in a bad light.
Senator Kay is , not the only anti
Statement No. 1 man who will vote for
the people's choice, especially if brib
ery and the old-time methods should
be attempted In the next legislature,
according to reports from various parts
of the state.
The people are determined to elect
their senators through the agency of
Statement No. 1 until the United Stale
constitution is amended, and there will
be very few Republican office-holders
of any sort If the Republican party
continue to defy the will of th peo
ple. .;
Suppose th legislature should seek
to elect some other man than the peo
ple's choice. Where would they find a
victim? Mr Cake would not accept It,
and, notwithstanding Senator Fulton's
recent utterances, which the papers
have surely misunderstood, I believe he
will be found standing by his Corvallls
speech, in which he said his nam
would not go befere the legislature un
less he received Jthe popular vote. Ex
Senator Simon would not think of ao
cepting if the legislature should offer
v iv uiui vii nivw, jiiniiqi , iui ,ia
knows by experience, caused from th
supposition that he threw down Mr.
Corbett that a senator would be ig
nored in Washington who would over
ride th will of the people of hi State.
"First catch your hare," says an old
phrase.
it win rje rememDerea uw but. wor
bett had what mlarht be called State
ment No. 1 pledges not to the people,
but to himself and when "hi men"
went back on him the Oregonlan called
them hard names and served notice on
them that they could not live in Ore
gon. What, then, will b th fat of
members of the legislature who violato
their pledge to the people? A. W. C
This Pate In History.
1665 British rule began in New Terk
city.
1678 The combined British and
French fleets defeated by th Out oh Ad
miral Cornelius Tromp. - 1 -
1610 Vlllebon aDDolnted governor of
Arcadia.
1771 Marauls a juraytt arrived in
America. ' .
1777 American congress adopted th
flag of Stars and Stripes.
1801 Benedict Arnold dieda Born
January S, 1740.
1807 Napoleon defeated the alltod
Russians and Prussians at battle of
Frledland. .
1811 Harriet Beecher stow, author
of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." born in Litch
field. Connecticut. JJiea in warirora.
July 11, 1896.
1829 Royal observatory at Caps of
Good Hope finished.
1864 General Leonldas Polk killed at
battle ef Pin mountain. Born April
10, 180B.
lS7 First steamer of Canadian Pft-
clfio line arrived at Vancouver from
Japan. ' . . .
1907 Norwegian parliament gran tea
limited suffrage to women.
i i , i I,,
Archbishop Glennon's Birthday,
Th Moat Reverend John ' Joseph
Glennon. archbishop of St Louis and
the youngest member of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy in America, waa born
June 14, 1862, in Kianegad, County
Meath. Ireland. After a preparatory
xmira Vf atnrtv at Bt Mary's college
he went to All Hallows college, Dublin.
from which institution ne graduated m
ism . Thai following year he was or
dained to the priesthood and slmost Im
mediately afterward he sailed for th
United States. :For three years he was
assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church
In K-.nana Cltv and from 1887 tot 1892
tow was pastor of the cathedral in that
city, under msnop nogari. men in.
turn h became vlcar-general, adminis
trator of the diocese, and coadjutor
bishop of Kansas City. The last named
honor cam to him in 1896, when he wns
consecrated titular bishop of Plnara, In
JSvA n was oppomLBU uuaujuwr n.ri:ii
hiahnn a St. Louis). and succeeded
Archbishop Kant upon the latter' death.
, What It Will Do.
From McMlnnvn' Telephone-Register.
The Oregonlan is wondering Just how
a Republican legislature is- going' to
elect a Uemocrat to the united . States
senate. The next legislature isn't going
to elect anything It Is simply going
to do it tun duty in affirming the will
of "HI Majesty." th Oregon voter.
And all th rot, persuasion, sneers and
threats of the Oregonlan and the Re-,
publican political machine wUI hut pre
vail against t ' ' .-.- (. , .
. .. , i , a ,. i ii ,
"A blr smelter may be built In .Tack
son count to accommodate th Bohe
mia and Blue River district. . '