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r ftTMAIIOX VS. TI1E GOVEKNOR.
THE ACTION of H. McMahon,
a Salem attorney, against the
f- governor, is based npon the
fact that as an ex-officio mem
ber of various boards created by the
legislature he received fees as pro
Tided by Btatutes, in addition to bis
constitutional salary of $1,500 . a
year. Mr. McMahon's actions against
former Secretaries of State Dunbar
and KIncaid were based not-only
upon this same ground, : but also
upon the fact that they received large
; sums in -the aggregate as fees lor cer
tain Incidental services for whicfi no
statute provided any compensation
for them.; Much of the emoluments
of former secretaries of state end
state treasurers, prior to tbe going
Into effect of the flat salary law on
January 1, 1907, were without uny
direct warrant of law. But the fees
paid the governor; secretary of state
and state .treasurer as members of
various boards were authorized by
law. So there would seem to be
clear line of distinction between the
two classes of feesJ The governor
Is not charged with taking any fees
except those authorized by law, while
the other officers mentioned ( took
fees not authorized by law." But
McMahon. bases his action against
the governor upon the proposition
that these statutes allowing 'these
fees were 'unconstitutional, because
the constitution fixes the salary of
these " state officers and says that
they shall receive no other compen
sation, and provides further that they
shall hold no other offices. The leg
islature, however, imposed new du
ties and work upon them, and paid
them fees therefor; the constitutional
salaries" being ';?ery low,' The gov
ernor's constitutional salary was $ 1,"
600 a year.and all these statutory
fees Increased this to $4,250 a year.
The flat salary law abolished these
fees and fixed a flat salary of $5,000,
but McMahon? contends that the flat
salary law 4s also unconstitutional.
The supreme -court judges would
also be affected by a decision against
the governor, for in consideration of
their holding Court twice a year in
Pendleton their salary was , raised
from $?, 000 to $4,500 a year, an1
the flat salary law does not Include
them. ...
. McMahon, it Is to be observed, has
not brought any action against Geer
or Lord, or Metschan, or ex-Treas-
nref Moore, or any other former of
ficers who were beneficiaries of these
fees, except v Dunbar, and KIncaid,
, whose bases are now before the su
prerae court tor adjudication. As
we have pointed out, the case against
them diffes greatly from that
against the governor, and it is sup
posed that tbe latter action is
brought now for the purpose of in
juring or annoying Jiim as the peo
ple's senaior-electand for no other
reason. '-,..
A LIFE'S STRIKING OBJECT LE&?
SON.
G ROVER CLEVELAND'S life pre
sents a striking object lesson to
the American boy. It was from
v,-- very lofty height that the ex
president fell to the grave. AH the
honors that life could give had fallen
to hlntTHHIs last days were those
of dignified repose, full of the confi
dence of his countrymen, a lofty fig
ure in the republic, and the chief and
beloved citizen rin the university
town of Princeton. Such activities
as he had were as a trusted adviser
In the councils of the great uni
versity; and as a Stable and absolute
ly honest trustee In one of the great
leformed life Insurance companies. .
Whatever .may be the estimate of
Cleveland's constructive statesman
ship, he had to his credit in his re
tirement, the " enduring monument
of the Monroe doctrine, whjch with a
courage .that startled Christendom
and brought the great British nation
. at the feet of America, be, moretban
any other man, wrotefn lneffacable
letters Into the International law of
the world. When Mr, Cleveland sent
bis famous note to Great Britain de
claring our government proposed to
tuume the right and would, whether
Great Britain be willing or unwilling,
investigate and determine the Vene
Eiielan boundaries, regardless of
w hat tbe consequences might be, be
a wok? world 4 reverberations that
tl;i: will never still, It forced the
acknowledgement by ' Great Britain
of the Monroe: doctrine as a fixed
policy, and constituted an unparal -
leled triumph in American diplomatic
achievement.
To have done this, to have rises
step on step, to the presidency of
the republic to have lived as he lived
la a lofty and conspicuous retirement
in his last days, and to have bad for
his start to all this, a youth -of pov
erty. self-denial, studying at night by
a candle light In a grocery store, and
supporting a widowed mother at 17,
Is a beacon-light of beautiful glow to
every American boy. Like Lincoln
splitting rails, like Garfield .driving
a canal boat, like Grant In the tan
nery and as a bankrupt merchant,
Cleveland rose from the ranks of the
great American commonalty, and it
is Inspiration to American youth to
love our lana. Because n is iree hu
veiAa nnen. and to aim high and
strike hard.
MB. CLEWS ON RAILROAD RATES.
L
AST WEEK'S circular Issued by
the veteran . financier, Henry
Clews, was of especial Inter
est because of Its comment on
tbe proposed Increase of railroad
freight rates throughout the coun
try. Mr. Clews is a very ''safe and
sane" banker, and perhaps has an
exaggerated idea of the proper func
tions of Wall street, but he tells a
good deal of Instructive truth In the
course of a year. He saw and an
nounced last fall the real causes of
the panic, the chief one being, he
said, the absorption by stock gam
blers of the available money supply.
In this recent letter he mentions
approvingly the reduction of prices
of its products by the United States
Steel corporation, but says the re
ductions should have been greater.
He says that values are still so high
and unsettled" that new business Is
restrained and that the big business
concerns ne"ed to get down to "rock
bottom prices." This leads him to
the subject of railroad freight rates,
upon which he says: . ; . .
Some of our railroad manager still
seem determined to advance rrelgaj
rates a aoon as feasible. Here again
is a singular lack of both business and
political sagacity. Publio hostility to
corporations Is now beginning to sub
side, and at last reason is resuming her
wonted sway.. An advance in freight
rates, however, would surely revive the
antagonism to railroads in a worse form
than before, particularly In the interior.
Further.-.htgher freight rates would de
press and not stimulate traffic. More
over, as business recovers traffic will
revive, and there will be less excuse
for advancing rates. The railroads have
already made heavy cuts In expenses,
and when trafflo revives the proposed
advance In rates would give the rail
roads promise of big increase in net
earnings. This would doubtless be very
welcome to stockholders; but. as this
gain would necessarily be forced out of
the publio pocket without giving any
adequate equivalent In service, the wis
dom of such a step Is obviously ques
tionable in view of the present atti
tude of public opinion toward corpora
tions, and railroads in particular. It
would produce the strongest argument
In favor of government regulation of
railroad rates that has yet been pro
duced. There seems no possible denial of
these statements or answer to these
arguments. They summarize the sit
uation accurately and completely.
The leading railroad men seem to
have come to a similar conclusion,
if a recent report be true that they
had for the present abandoned their
intention to increase rates. But this
abandonment should not be merely
temporary. As Mr. Clews points out,
if the railroads will do their part,
business will revive all along the line
and they will have no- reasonable ex
cuse, even from their own point of
view, for raising rates. Business In
fact Is reviving, but for the railroads
to raise rates would check this re
vival. The country is In neither the
condition nor the temper to Btand tbe
proposed raise, and it would surely
give a great impetus to the govern
ment ownership movement.
PARTY RESPONSIBILITY.
r
HE Oregonlan gives Grover
Cleveland credit, in view not
only of his decided opinion and
his position as president, but of
his being a Democratic president and
therefore able to influence a large
number of Democratic congressmen,
for saving the country from going
over to tbe silver basis, and especial
ly for the repeal of the Sherman
sliver purchasing clause, and then
Bays: "Harrison could not have
done what Cleveland did, because of
the attitude of political parties at
the time. Harrison could not have
prevented loss of the gold standard,
slump to silver and utter financial
and industrial wreck threatened by
the fatuous silver policy, to which
both; parties bad contributed during
nearly 20 years, but the Democratic
more than the Republican." :
, The first portion of this statement
may be correct,, but the latter por
tion Is historically untrue. "The
fatuous li silver policy', had been
adopted and pursued by the Repub
lican party, for that party had been
In almost continuous and undisputed
control of the government, except as
to tbe - executive t department, from
1883 to 18874ver since 1861. The
author of tbe silver purchasing law
was a noted and very able Repub
lican. McKinley, up till a short time
before his nomination for president,
was a, silver champion.. It is true
that a greater number of Democrats
than of Republicans were in favor of
blmetallsm,.but the Democrats were
not responsible for the trouble, real
-or Imagined, due to the effort to
make silver standard, money, for the
Democrats bad no power to do this
J Hence the Democratlo party, as such
j could not have contributed wore to
the threatened "wreck" than the Re
publican party, for it was not in
power, and the Republican party was
Nor was the Democratic party or
Grover Cleveland at all responsible
for the bard times that came soon
after bis second election.' The coun
try was on the brink of the panto in
the latter part of Harrison's terra.
and would lhave. toppled over just
the same, If he .had been reelected.
And he would have done just what
Cleveland did; In fact, the plates for
a bond Issue had already been made
during Harrison's administration.
We are not saying that the Demo
crats if In power would have done
any better; for the purpose of this
criticism it may be assumed that tbey
would if possible have done worse;
but the historic fact Is that insofar
as either party was responsible for
what happened prior' to-1893, and
largely also for what happened in the
succeeding years as unavoidable con
sequences, ft was the Republican
party that was responsible. The edi
torial historians. If not the platform
eulogists,' of that party ought not to
appropriate for It everything during
its career that was good and pleas
ing, and charge everything bad. and
disastrous to the Democratic party,
when it was almost or entirely out of
power., ;
A FEW PLAIN WORDS ABOUT MR.
L. M. DAVIS.
0'
UT of nearly a score of men
who come forward as candi
dates for the legislature on a
certain ticket, it is not surpris
ing that at least one of them should
turn out to be a moral weakling, a
flopper, a man who on some paltry
excuse or another would try to sneak
out of the performance of his duty
and the keeping of his promises to
the people who, reposing too much
trust In him, elected him. Such an
tfntrustworthy and disingenuous per
son is one L. M. Davis, according to
the wearisome, trivial and contempt
ible excuses he Is trying to make In
advance for not keeping a positive,
specific, absolute unequivocal pledge
he made to the people of this county
last spring, In consequence of which,
mistakenly relying upon his honesty
and truthfulness, they accepted him
as a Statement No. 1 candidate for
the legislature, and later electing
him along with honest and honorable
men, to that office. There might
well have been suspicions of this
man, on account of his former efforts
to break rnto office, or to help some
other candidate by running Inde
pendent, on terms never made pub
lic, but people could not reasonably
suppose that even so doubtful a po
litical character would deliberately
break the particular, positive, sole
pledge upon which he gained the
nomination and election. Such abso
lute political perfidy, such extreme
baseness in betrayal of a trust, could
not be foreseen.
It may be that Davis will keep his
pledge yet, but be is evidently trying
with verbose sophistry and flimsy ex
cuses to pave the way for breaking
it. All his excuses make clearer the
political dishonesty which prompts
them. Every one can see that they
are a mere sham, a false pretense, a
species of political pettifoggery that
ought to, bring a blush of shame on
the cheek of a Pittsburg police court
lawyer.
He, Davis, wants to know the ex
act nature of Chamberlain's politics
before he votes for him; he, Davis,
won't vote for a Democrat; he, Dails,
Is going Vo be very careful now to
satisfy his conscience, in order to Jo
which he may have to become a liar
and a traitor to the whole people of
Oregon, who decided this question
on June 1, and will have to perpe
trate an act of perfidy and treachery
that has no parallel in our history.
There 13 not an honest, sincere
word or thought in the whole long
rigmarole of excuses, and everybody
knows" It. The people of Oregon
know Chamberlain s politics, and
principles, and sentiments, and rec-
dV"and It makes no differenced
whether Davis knows them or not.
He piedged himself to vote for the
man whom the people chose, the one
receiving-the highest vote foe sen
ator air a popular election. Davis
knew .then that Chamberlain was a
candidate and was likely to be
chosen by the people. Davis doesn't
care a fig for Chamberlain's politics
or principles; he is trying to play the
traitor to the people in consideration
of something. This can always be
positively predicated in snch a case,
and of such a man. ' His gabble
about het Chamberlain is a
Roosevelt Republican or a Roosevelt
Democrat only insults the people who
read It by assuming that they can be
deceived ' by such "open, s gross and
palpable" hypocrisy. , 7. ..z Z,
AH that Davis has to do In this
matter Is to keep his word to the
people who elected him, solely in
consequence of his subscribing un
equivocally to Statement No. 1. Not
to do so will render him a traitor to
a specific trust and to the whole peo
ple, and a man indelibly disgraced
for, life throughout the whole state.
There , is no occasion to speak
equivocally or softly about this mat
ter. Davis is bungllngly and con
temptibly trying to frame up an ex
cuse for sneaking out of a sworn
duty, for playing the traitor , and
committing an act of "perfidy and
dishonor," , and he cannot do this
without the truth being told about it
and about him. by The Journal. '
If he refuses to keep his word at
Salem next winter--nay, if he does
not most positively renew his pledge
the recall should be put Into op-
i , . . .- . :, ; ' v
eratlon against him on the sixth day
of tbe session. There is no danger
that It would not carry, for even it a
majority of the people ; would not
choose Chamberlain again and we
think' that they woulda. majority
of them have no use In public life for
a man who hypocritically breaks his
positive word and basely betrays a
sacred trust,
"BUNKO" GAME AND
' "BUNKO" ARTIST.
W
ITH a brutality that has been
characteristic of it during
the editorship of Mr. Scott,
the Oregonian inakes what
is npthlng more nor less than a sav
age attack on Representative Eaton
of Lane for his manly announcement
that he will abide by his Stjeiuept
No, 1 pledge, and yote TnfieTfeglsla
ture. for the people's choice for
United States senator" WhateTse
would It have Mr. Eaton do? Has It
become the privilege of man because
forsooth he is a legislator to lose
sight of honor and be free to violate
every obligation, whether that obli
gation be to man, family, country, or
God? Because legislatures have been
a place of debauchery and demoral
ization, should there be no effort for
their regeneration?' The Oregonian
has frequently said that legislators
would not carry out their Statement
No. 1 pledges and that they could not
be expected to do so. What Is the mor
al standard of the teacher that
preaches such a philosophy? Is It a
standard that Is wholesome In Its ef
fects - upon " the citizenship, or Is it
otherwise?
The Oregonian laments that the
Republicans of Oregon refuse longer
to follow its lead. Advocating In
famy, preaching and teaching dishon
esty, advising honest men to forsake
a solemn covenant with the people,
abusing righteousness, doing Its nt
most to destroy higher civic stand
ards, slandering just men for Just
public acts, and its editor actunl'.y
participating In doubtful If not dis
reputable legislative transactions,
bow can It expect all the thousands
of honest and truth-loving men in
its party to follow Its lead?
The paper iterates and reiterates
that the system by which Mr. Cham
berlain was chosen by the people for
senator was a "great bunko game,"
Ignoring the fact that nearly 57,000
votes with only 16,000 against adopt
ed the method and did it In revolu
tion against a "grat bunko game
that had been biennially played on
them, to their great cost in increased
taxes and otherwise at Salem. It
Ignores the fact that in the voting
for compulsory Statement No. 1 at
the recent election more than 69,000
voters pronounced for the system
It all means that the greatest "bunko
game" that haB ever been attempted
against the 'people of Oregon is this
Oregonian' newspaper with Editor
Scott as chief 'bunko artist," work
ing as be is now for a return, to the
old system of legislative holdups
senatorial deadlocks, and 40 days of
political hell at Salem, and all for
what? -
Does anybody know, can anybody
divine. Is there a seer who can Indi
cate why Mr. Scott wants 90 legisla
tors and a bunch of-bosses, rather
than 100,000 Oregon voters to select
Oregon's senator? ,l
A Republican Statement - No.
member of the next legislature wants
Governor Chamberlain to say wheth
er, if he should be elected senator, he
"will line up with Roosevelt prin
ciples and the Republican party.'
The Journal does not assume to
answer for Governor Chamberlain,
but on its own account suggests that
this member asks an Inconsistent, Im
possible question. "Lining up" with
"Roosevelt principles" or policies
might be a very different thing from
lining up with the Republican party.
That party stands opposed to most
of the "Roosevelt principles. ;
"Prince" Helle de Sagan and the
ex-wlfe of his cousin Bonl de Castel
lane are having a hard , time getting
married, or else by pretending to
find great difficulty in doing so are
succeeding In keeping their names
continuously in the newspapers,
which is perhaps a prime object vvjth
them, or at least with the pseudo
prince. The world Is bored and much
of it disgusted with the antics of
these fools, who furnish an exception
to the rule that "all the wbrld loves
a lover." ,
A five-column, double-leaded ed
itorial, including a Taft sunrise car
toon. In the New York World,t Is
headed: "President Taft Roose
velt's Reign of Terror Over." 80, In
the World's opinion the "Roosevelt
policies" . are to he dropped "next
spring. This is why the World will
zealously support Taft instead of
Bryan, for Bryan would continue
"the Reign of Terror" from a Wall
street point of view. .'-.,
There is widespread ' criticism
which, to The Journal seems well
founded, of the law requiring the
voters of the whole state, to vote, on
the formation of a new county. ''This
Is for the most part a matter of local
Interest, and ought to be settled uv
der.some general statute, by the peo
ple directly concerned, v - '
Chairman "Flngey" Connors
thinks Taft a very weak candidate,
and that almost any Democrat .ex
cept Bryan could beat him. But
"Flngey's" opinion Isn't worth
much; he Only - knows what Boss
Murpby tells him; and mpst of that
Isn't so."'. ' . 7 ' .
: CHAMBERLAIN OF OREGON
. 1; Prom the New 'Xprk Evening Post ' ' " '.
,- Politicians In every state of tbe union with one exception rubbed their
eyes in astonishment a week ago last Tuesday when they read that un
der the direct primary law Oregon had chosen, a Democratlo United
States senator. 'Oregon, which four years ago gave President Roosevelt
a plurality of 42,9881 Oregon, which, on the very day that It decided to
send George;Earle' Chamberlain. Dtmocrat. to th. senate, chose two Re-
publican,, representatives to accompany aim, and elected a Republican to
succeed him as governor I
The one . exceDtionwaa Orearon her
self. There, the coiltlclaas know George
Chamberlain, and they know that eo
long as be is given opportunity to ap
peal directly to the people, he i likely
to win on every occasion when he Is a
candidate. His whole record from the
day four years after his arrival In Ore
gon rroni ' Mississippi, when , ne was
elected to the legislature, la a chapter
of success at the polls. That chapter
began to be written ia year ago. It
tells how, af taf term In tbe legis
lature, be was elected prosecuting at
tornev far-- the Third Mudicial district:
how; ,, having been , appointed attorney-
Kenerai or uovernor i-ennover. ne was
promptly confirmed in this offioe by
the ceode when he sousrht their votes
a year later; how, having moved Into the
city of Portland from the small town of
Albany, where he had first settled, he
found no difficulty in securing elec
tion as prosecuting attorney of the
Fourth Judicial district: how the votes
or toe people mad him governor when
very other office to be filled at the
same time was captured by the Repub
licans . wun pluralities ranging rrom
S 5,000 to 80,000; finally., how, being
rortunate in mat me state or his adop
tion has the direct primary law, the elec
torate has exDressad its demand that
be be elected United States senator by
a legislature which has no desire to
ena mm to Washington.
Jtut 3Naln aeorgs."
To half of the state at least he Is
just plain "George." Undoubtedly be
la what is colloquially termed a "mix
er," and a remarkably successful mixer,
because, he mixes with men naturally
and because he really likes to mix. But
one must De something more than
mere mixer to accomplish what Oeorge
H Chamberlain has accomplished. To
the credit or the voters of Oregon be It
said that many anions: hla urnnrtr
incline to the belief that sometimes the
governor mixes a trifle too much; but
they rooognlisa thai he Is absolutely
honest and that, as they trust him, so
he trusts them. For be it borne in
mind that thehave the Initiative and
referendum in Oregon.
Here Is the main secret of this uni
form suooess at the polls the unflinch
ing honesty of the man in the admin
istration of the affairs of every office
that he haa filled. Which goes to show
that while Oregon may have had its
Mitchell, Mitchell was not Oregon.
As a campaigner, Governor Chamber
lain is remarkable. At first eatlmata
he has few natural aids to success. He
can scarcely be called a good speaker,
not to so much aa suggest him for
classification among the orators. He
Just "talks to the boys," plain, homely
talks, about matters that concern ev
ery citizen and that every citizen can
grasp and understand. Quite frequent
ly he addresses his auditors as "boys,"
very often he points his argument with
an Illustration from the home, the farm,'
or the factory. These are not dragged
into tfle speech arter careful rehearsal;
they occur naturally because he knows
and his hearers know that he knows.
He works hard- during a campaign.
appearing to suffer little fatigue, and
always seeking ODDOrrunltles to sunDle-
ment his addresses by personal appeals
to individuals.
Of medium build, there is nothing in
his appearance to Immediately attract.
In fact, he is almost the opposite to
what might be called a striking fig
ure, as he has a distinctly receding
chin.
Compared With Johnson.
It is only, natural, perhaps, that fre-
SLient comparisons should be made of
eorge B. Chamberlain with John
Johnson, the Democratic governor of
Republican Minnesota In some respects
their careers have been distinctly sim
ilar; in many regards the success of
both has been due to the same main
causes. But there arepolnts of dif
ference. Chamberlain Is probably the
more adroit politician; he has a keener
Bense of political values and political
opportunities as such. Seemingly in
genuous to a degree, he is really as
calculating as any politician in the
west. He Is the Democratic party in
Ore iron, and none knows this fact ao
well as the govprnor of that state
Moreover, or perhaps because of this
very condition, notwithstanding his rep
utation as a "mixer," the Oregonian has
fewer friends than the governor of
Minnesota. Many think they are his
Intimate friends, and "ueorge" Is not
iiKeiy to dispel ine idea, but, as a mat
ter of fact, he has no confidant.
Some idea of the methods which he
employs as a politician may be gained
by considering the fact that he contin
ually and -almost continuously refers
to himself as a "Roosevelt Democrat.4
That label will have secured for him a
seat In the senate if the legislature
obeys the expressed mandate of the peo
ple, and it may not be without Its uses
when the legislature meets if strict
party men are seeking further excuse
for sending an opponent to Washing
ton. OreAon Is a Roosevelt worahlnner to
the Doint of idolatry. It fore-ivna much
to Senator Bourne (and it has much to
forgive),' because he shouts "third
term" In season and out and offers to
ay i,uuu to any one wno win rumish
lm with a good reason for the nnlaa
he is making. Oeorge E. Chamberlain
knows Oregon as "Dan" Finn knows
the Battery. Wherefore he capitalizes
the popularity of Theodore Roosevelt
for the benefit of Oeorge EL Chamber
lain. With regard to the great auastlona
of statesmanship which deserve the-
A Poem for Today
Contentment,
By Sir Henry Wotton.
imr Henry wotton (iass-iS39) was
one of the best known diplomats of the
court of James I of England.. His life
and character are treated by Isaak Wal
ton In his Lives. Following an inter
eating zoreign ana aipiomatio career.
checkered In a manner characteristic uf
that period, he was appointed provost
at Eton, where be was able to Indulge
In his literary evocation. Home of his
maxims and his. short - poems are all
that remain ox ms iaoors.
How happy is he born and taught
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armor is his honest thought
Ana simple irum n is utmost SKUI!
Whose passions "hot his masters are, '
Whose soui is sun prepared lor death;
Not tlpd unto the world with care
Of puwio iame or private Dream; 1
Who envies none that chance doth raise.
Or vice: who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by
. - praise,
Nor rules of state, but rules of rood;
Who hath Ms life from rumors freed, .
wnose conscience is nis strong re-
treat; , -
Whose state can neither flatterers feed
. Nor ruin make accusers greats '
Who God doth late and earlv pray
More of his grace than gifts to lend,
And entertains the harmless day
With a religious book or friend. v .
This man Is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise or fear to fall; . "
Lord of himself, though not of lands. -'
And, having nothing, yet hath all.
" A Matter of Honor, ,
' Fron the Grants Pass Outlook. ' .
Senator Fulton has added nothing to
his popularity with the rank and file
in Oragon by his utterance with regard
to the honoring of Statement No. 1. His
statement, in effect, that a legislative
candidate Is no more bound to juihsre to
has
ine opinion -I large communities, 11
must be confessed that Governor Cham
Dertaln baa
given no indication of win
lflad. - Hla followers have
ingnesa to
SUTiX Johh.onj:
outspoken desire for tariff reform, as
an Issue worthy the Democratlo narty.
Evidently this Issue would not be re-
Jarded as being opportune in Oregon
ust now; more votes can be obtained
y a" "Roosevelt Democrat." A fervent
follower of Bryan, . Mr.' Chamberlain
may have decided opinions concerning
the currency Questions, but It is likely
that he would have supported free cop
tudy of those to whom opportunity has
been given to influence, If not to direct.
mrrwiui nm nmi tniuuiiaam -uiai uviuiavu mi;ci un tuw nut j xormauy,
once displayed for free silver If the jsupernaturally conferred In the name of
y naa maae mis an
been "good politics"
Issue and
in Oregon.
rne VoUtiolaa la Office.
' AH- of which may cause
the usefulness of the man
elble office. Does this desire for suo-
Str'i'n.f.A0 JSRS'JSit
ll'&P T)l0ff,Jif?r,iff0Lor,p.,rt
doeahotr deorgViTchsb.
represented the peopU and not tbe par-
tv In h ...nutlv. Thitrl
are those who say that In this Lhi ha.
kT.? i J ,2tSL. n'if- hJ2J
WWW 14 tlt( ftn u MWa Vlkl IBJ haiaava. Ulvl
v. K-7.T..r!r SriZ HI.
17 .... ...SI cl. v.i.TT..
Dears to be absolutely careless
' iruLuuii.x 411 fiia ukuivui
Wlltr . hie decisions as
gwvarnur.
Vw'vl -.i,- - i
to know the will of th.eop'la Rar
lTfUntWX-.alyuHnfuI thSm-
H.'mheiUVlt,a1W. til Cref.UindumTn
fhJlLtSSitiSS tffwfitia
f Jf5 ?JSn.Ki riiiv2
rer!",Kt J.1 ',, lr???"ibl?
,S yi
.'fnJVSTlaw
' Xor tn MW
tr there is any question I
the desire of the electorate
law.
Humanitarian movements of all kinds.
l of all kinds
frnP.'.C fSJ.IaS2 hJT. and
.'hPFar-heno?
in regard to child labor. have been not
especially those planned on scientific
m" y vtl,l?.ti0' t-Vted
f"1 -S"?.."". IwT.T.i1t'few!
ii mi, kiiu u nu Dm win iuwm
interest tn all lealslation on this sub-
lent, hut haa7 earrTd hla Interest to tha
- - 2 , . " " . " ia. a 41..
8a 2m nf.Tn,
5?1flP,'?il!.t.?n.tial!T; Tr?r 'in .ST.?, h.
.i.ViTVk. I...
"at ha.thbeTn0rl.dateerth.nt George K.
Mraelaln TV.hdoUbt7urwh2thM
2,f4-Sl9SiV ! i!Mdoih Jfil th
"J",."?.! , ."ill'i .U?
u. rtA Vk. I iV.. w
wks KO that he typifies Oregon hf-
wf"'r ?p."f y-
Shrewd persistent ambitious, .to a Mr-
tain extent nrovlnrlal In ldaala but hon -
est toward hla nelahbors so he is es-
tlmated by the voters who have chosen
ii ,7 ""-l"v "u
that be should be.
Men. Wot Parries.
Party labala don't count tot much In
Oregon these days. The railroad in-
terests. which so long dictated the Pol-
i tics there, placed the useful men be-
aw. ... .w.
mined' to "flgh't for thSrTJ5iHv
eany learned tnat tney too neeoea use -
ful men. They decided that they need-
ed 'George," and "George" has never
disappointed them. They needed helo
from Washinsrton to oust Mitchell and
Fulton, and When Henev began his work
they thought that behind Heney they
saw Roosevelt. Thev naa uvea unaer
tyranny, for neither railroad dictators
nnr timber thlavea were easy bosses.
Thev ruled with raw methods, and when
tne revolt came tne tnougni or line oig
stick as an ally evoked an .ntausiasm
which has not yet subsided.
Renublicana In the legislature. If they
keep the pledges made to abide by the
popular vote on the senatorshlp, must
choose a Democrat' But In this matter
Oregon sees less that is strange man
doei the outside world. She remembers
a-1. a. t a i .ava. -asla-.K.11
L Ileal. Wlicil a-iiiia Kairfsar aiiiiv uiv;uii
TJannhllA.M waaa. as aat wA iKa SiaaWiaStsk Kat
":"-"YV.:,i K.'f;-:
AtT r- in h ii.i.tiira' oij
on such 'occasions such votes were cast
not by order of constituents, but in
the face of their opposition.
Already there la talk of rebellion on
the part of the legislature which is
strongly Republican. It Is doubtful
whether the rebellion will materialize.
l n urrjgn man mow one iiwunr jir-1
Iy well, and generally manage to make
themselves understood. The city of
Portland wanted a good mayor, mo it
chosa one In the nerson of Dr. Harry
Lane, a Democrat Finding him to be)
sll that had been expected, and some-1
thing more, ror his messages nave -been i
modala f common aansa couched In the
breeziest of western terms. It promptly
...1 ..et kit. Waw V.aa tukAla ftalA
through the voice of the majority, wants
1 CDlSmSU llltll. ilVTli VSJV IIVIQ n boa ,
a Democratlo United Btates senator, ana 1
It will have him. If It has to chang-a I
tho constitution. The members of the I
will ne wining 10 sees: reelection wun a I
ICI 1 J I 1 1 ui ll.Vlll. .LLTI1I1 U LOU .u u.ia .1 1 0 I
will of the people of Oregon, not to
speait or having violated an maiviauai ' ---
Dledae. Orearon has little use for si.-.
bad loser.
tne uicium or tne reaerai constiTuiion l
than to abide by his pledge to his con-
stituents is virtual encouragement ol
fl.n.l Anil rfl.1rtv.llv Th. vt.Am , A. I
folly of taking this pledge Is a question
upon wnion canaiaates may honestly I
differ. but bavins: made this Died are I
with the people, knowing that there
was a possibility if not a probability
that the choice of the majority might
be a Democrat it is a matter of ethics
and of honor .for the candidate to ablria
by the result, however unwelcome It
legislator can settle with hla own con
" w y i i i V. vi v. r t v liVW mi
science,
ency. 1
ice, to say nothing of his eonstltu-
, if be undertakes to dodgs this
'-' ." "' ' '?
obligation,
This- Date In History.
1T1J Jean Jacques Rousseau, French
writer and publicist, born. Died July
18S( James Madison, .fourth presi
dent Of the United SUtes, died at
Moniceuer, va. Bora la Port Conway,
Yai. marcn jo, iiai. r- - - ,
18SS Queen Victoria crowned, t t'
1844 John Boyle O'Reilly.
Irish
patriot, born In County Meath. Died
CI11 T . A. I 1 Blil
in Hull. Mass.. Aua-ust 10. 1S80.
1866 Railroad from Panama to As-
pinwaU opened. -.- I
18BU tsteamsnin ureat Eastern first
arrived at New York.-- I
tntST."t.f. ''a her semi-
1S04 Steamer Norte lost Off the I
r . - . I
Scottish coast and -eersona Bar-1
isbed. ,' . . . v I
Higher Thaa Eiffel.
M. Tournav. a Baleian 'atiaineer. haaimova In the hlrhaat if v..n.k V-
been commissioned by , the committee I
for tha international exhibition at Brua-1
seis in..liu to erect a tower at Ixellesiwas one of the notable events of the
which will be much, higher than the! London season.' Several years aao the
Klffel tower.
The cost is estimated atlPr'nc and princess visited New York,
6Z4U,UUO.
The White Peril. I
From the Talvo. Tokio. "' " I
The "white DerllM is as threatenlnslrted tha n.ik nt w. -Ua V.-
to th east; as the ''yellow danger" Is
to the west - Chlnaand Japan should
agree to stop -the (Europeans and the
Americans from corneTin the whole
of the. Industrial and commercial mar-lwarr and her mother Is a grand
kets in the far east . J daughter of ths Marauis of Headfort.
A Sermon for Today
. Religion and Morality.
Rv ITenrv F Can
"Faith apart from works Is dead."
james. ji x.
OV will often hear some on
am not a religious man at alL
am Just a plain moral man,
trying to do what Is right with
try
plM 'Xti&HwZtt
roorallty whlch mtlltli thB av!rage per-
son reel that while there can be no
I doubt as to the value of the latter to
th world, the former is a ' separate,
matter and of doubtful usefulness.
I Jit is sate to say mac every person is
I Althn otnn ,lllma - a. I....
tonnes himself jo be. II, who
I disclaims - any ' religion. Insisting the
I ftnlv 'thlnaw llsa I ss aanara4 aVnn I m V I m
,,t- v7 " .
4ttt hl W1) man and Jha good of
society as a whole, may be cherishing
profoundly religious Ideals and -follow-
ing them in a deeply religious spirit,
On the other hand, those who seek to
discredit wtjat they call "embty moral-
- 1 ity," who tell as there Is no good in any
neiiiian except, me gooa mat is
formally.
1 religion, nave oniy so mucn religion as
I they may by force or by aooldent ex-
Sreaa m inm morality mey aireci to
esplse. A man's rella-lous erofesalons
.tlf P "sTuldo to his moral character,
wn,'"t but his moral practice la a safe guide
In respon.lto his religious sincerity.
a for suo-1 t th. ... u. ,u
reiitUs of rellgfcn and morality?" Can
9P b religious without moral living?
S iaL ,;te",n J,1?; J
I If : 77. .. . ' . ' " . '
Mora7 y I. thea'rt of th. r ZhTcon
duc.t ' 1" especially tn relation to
BJ I Ansa sS Watt I I AW MaliiA'. " Tt m. aaAal ,
I 'lv,ng. personal ana social
hla MitM n
otttr the obligation
I i ,v. v,n V-
1 thlnira and tn avoid
thlnV. and to avoiS others MbecausTthes, -
ne gooq or the 111 of that Idea
whlchh.cherUheS9'" M "C,ai 01
ReHslon life of Ideals, the life
M" Jc 5.bf-
rrabl. aim7CiA iTfeT"' t IsthT'lTK
that cherishes' the great thoughts of
the. past, the high vision of character
"Piritual heritage of the ages; It Is
tha llf counts aU things but dross
that It may win character sad social
I wV ntheman who avows tha tnnral
Im y that he has no use for religion.
and herne.nrnot "ee thtt'sonVSd
ceremonies, from which time and chan..
ln conditions often have taken all deep '
significance, have any value orhelpful-
f ness to him.
H?' , ...,,
U "M" "L""iu",? f"1""'. ";w"v?r'
1 l'WUBti WW WHO I ilfj HlOrBl ?TlQ S.
h,fh tro" ' enaraetsT and iervlc":
fal1 .o "ea now deep is our need o
purposes unless ne cnerianes nigh ideals,
SSRZtfyTffi.'9 ' th
Tin the' f?gh1XVVtaheefull and free
w n0 to know that we do not
"Kht alone, that we are but part of a
V11 ana glorious army tnat naa been
Sniggling through all the ages past.
We need to catch the vision of th
el the
with the great souls of everf 'Sge f
I nr. ..V . . . i i 7
I wtn ,k. k ki.k ... -.
I tempt to describe the infinite being. God
may ne a aerinite person or only an m-
I fluence or an ideal. But our morality
I needs the dynamlo of that Ideal, the
'ense pr tne great spirit . of truth that
w,or", "fi1 K?i 1 'C" ''al,,latl?r
0,T'Jr.bt?t ? nhP1" ,toT a"j
,.t a man bonestly follow his morel
I Ideals: let him nay the nrlca thov will
vest h mself
1 """" V.V.,7 T i.. . a.
"""l !? worry b9u religion; lie will
m,5.10 ,"",," ITi Vl,.l, va'i,e"
?' his . servlee; he will find himself a
ParA of the great company of those who
Kv" m Tn. tSZ V?2?,v.l
h X"0 h? Power that work" ,n
i .
Sentence Sermons
By Henry F. Oope.
Fidelity la the bet evldenoe of faith.
a
To oeaae to dream Is to begin to die.
a a
i m,. Kt cnuMifinn . t,.
MbitlM !ri,o",tl0a of tmth U Its
1 aXttlOIllOD.
i (
I
omnim. victories are
first won la
oonrimonpiace days.
The worst thlnar abant an awtl AmmA
is its fruttfulnesa
a a
Consolenoa la the um t mw Ufa
.v uia 11 a ii i, x navv.
. U . II w. W -
im.. ..i , . , . .
..J 'J ,u'
tnty s to serve it
use a great oppor-
Ths life has left anv troth when It
needs laws to defend It.
The rule of e-nld miku s,
.f. 1.iJ. maJta ttS golden
""- --' " ' "ra-
I
i .
v. . P""i'TIt kills s hops because
irritates mm,
a
' Living a double life Is klllins- aarh
. e a
rr-fe . ... , . -
."" i.i"Sui"K..,i. "aaot,, m7
.J? Mvr . w,rtl thinking much
auvui wno uiiaas-most or himself.
a
rh .in.i. . , .
-JJlJlT!- 8inR? the main chance al-
T"" PPrtunity
' a. .
, T.h,bBt waT to cure the fear of man
lv """" ove or mammon,
.' a.
There Is only one way to the heart
of men. It Is the way of your own heart
a . ' nea
He who exnanrta M u,.. .
x. -wJl 5F.8JJ? "J? c-u. needs to
W9 Tvl lo.c. act nl" n8art
A resolution to go to heaven will not
'JP you much if you get on the wrong JJ
train. . , -. .. '
Some men rurrv 11IH.. . i II
some men carry Bibles unnr th.i.'
arms to balance the heavy purses laid
on their heart. ' ',u
-. a:' ..f ; ,
It's a difficult thlna- tH lirr .1..
man who Is down while you're trying to
, 1 lUB man wno put him
a a v. .
Many a man 'whn nrM..
being a law abiding person would bit
?I?rpfi8ed i, himself in. the light of
. . .
lne la'r 01 lov-
Princess Henry of Pless Birthday
tm..,.. tj.-. v. "f7
, - " .wno .orten
spoken of as on of the most beautiful
women of England, was born June 28.'
I a a HBTAHa staa m a al a 1
L"""w
Miss Daisy Cornwaills-West. the daua-h
wr 01 .wuiiam CornwalUs-West : Her
1 nusoana is a captain in the Prussian
icavairv anil rnrm.riv was nr,nv
the German emhaaav In IjinHnn n.th V
society and ' are favorites of rovaitv.
Their marriage took place in 1891. and
i"iuvi uw representative or tne
German, emperor at ths : inauguration
S.r New York chamber of commerce.
ter. at ia Khn rnr,..ni..wJli .
brother. George Cornwallls-West, is ths
husband of Lady Randolph Churchill,
The father .of Prlnceas - Henry is a
errandann.or tha