THE JOURNAL
AK INDEPENDENT NKWSPAPKtt.
C, ft. JACKSON.
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DAILT.
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One fear $Zf0 One month $
DAILY AND BUNPAT.
oe Tear 17.80 i One month .85
Religion for me Is to live
and die In God, In complete
abandonment to the holy -will
which Is at the root of nature
and destiny. I believe even
in the gospel, the good news
that Is to say, in the reeon--tslllatlon
of the dinner with
God by faith In the love of a
pardoning Father. Amlel.
WAITING! OX MR. TAFT.
IT IS reasonable to suppose that
a large number of voters will
not make their choice as between
Taft and Bryan until after Tafi's
letter of acceptance. What Bryan
will say. In effect, they know, but
- what Taft will say Is not known,
cannot so easily be predicted.
President Roosevelt has helped to
make millions of Republicans In ef
fect Democrats; that Is, has prompt
'fid them to look at affairs and be
JieTe much ft Bryan does, and there
fore to stand for about the same
things that Bryan stands for. Roose
velt cannot now undo this work. If
he would. He has opened a great
; many eyes, and cannot shut them up
again.
Roosevelt stands for Taft, irgys
' Taft is all right, and will carry out
Roosevelfa policies, but a large pro
portion of these voters are not go-j
Jngto take Roosevelt's word for this.
He iaa been pretty "wobbly" him
self as to some of these vaunted
policies, and has sometimes had the
appearance of playing a bluffing
game, tjiongh in the main tjhe peo
. pie believe him sincere and leal
i ously patriotic; but he can't pledge
another man. Taft must speak for
himself. These people, hundreds of
thousands of undecided voters, very
llkely, are waiting to hear what he
will say and how he shall say It.
The people have confidence in Mr.
Taft's word, believe that he will tell
them only the truth as to his pur
poses, but will he have anything suf
ficiently definite, specific, and in a
word "radical" to satisfy these vot
ers whose partylsm has been leavened-
by Rooeeveltlsm? The "con
servatives" are all for Mr. Taft, and
he cannot please them and also
rilpnstp thnan whn ara fnllnmpm nt
Roosevelt in what they suppose ae
his policies. These voters will not
be; and should not be, satisfied with
"glittering generalities." with per
functory phraseology meaning
either of two or more things, with
dope 'for the interests and spice for
the radicals nicely, blended. They
will want to know very definitely
where Mr. Taft stands on various
questions, on all the "Roosevelt pol
icies," specifically and seriatim, and
if he dodges or straddles or befogs
these Issues, there is likely to be a
big slump of such voters to Bryan.
Mr. Taft has shown himself to be
a man of considerable moral courage
before now, but he will need a large
asset of moral courage in sending
out that letter and saying, in perfect
sincerity and candor, Just what he
really thinks and purposes to do on
all these questions; and It is no less
than this that is demanded of him.
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Mr. Bryan's second candidacy also
Impossible of success.
In 1008 there is a reversal of con
dltlons. Mr. Taft has many hand!
caps. His personality is one. HI
candidate for the vice-presidency is
another. Ills use of the Injunction
as a federal Judge In Ohio, and its
Inevitable alienation of a large block
of the labor vote, Is another and
formidable one. His part in the ex
traordlnary dlsnilnsal of the Browns
vllle f-oldiers, Innocent as well as
Eutltw and the loss of a section of
the m'ored voto that It will entail
Is another. Another, and a greater
one than all these Is the known fact
that Mr. Taft was nominated by
natronaire. and not by the free
choice of his party. It is not the
fault of Mr. Taft that he was so
nominated, and he Is doubtless presl
dentlal size, but voters universally
resent interference with their rights,
and this unusual method of his nom
(nation will weigh against Mr. Tatt
In his candidacy. Greatest, how
ever, of all the embarrassments with
which he must contend, is the hard
fact of the 1907 panic. This coun
try has never, following a panic,
elected to the presidency the candl
date of the party In whose adminis
tration tho depression occurred. If
it does so next November, it will re
verse the past.
On the other hand, Mr. Bryan has
advantages he never had before. If
the utterances of La Follette and of
Roosevelt may be trusted, his plat
form Is excellent. The incorporation
of many of Mr. Bryan's policies as
slogans of the Roosevelt administra
tion, and the unqualified Indorse
ment accorded them by tne Amer
ican people outside of Wall street.
constitutes a vindication of Mr.
Bryan beyond that ever received by
any private citizen in this country.
Nor has he to contend against the
glamor of war and returning peace
as in 1900. Nor has he a panic on
his trail as in 1898. It is Mr. Taft
that must carry a panic.
Mr. Bryan has hifl handicaps, not
ably the antagonism of the favor-
eeeklng interests,, and it is a mighty
one. He may not be elected, yet
those who desire him defeated, must
ecognize that his cause is not the
forlorn hope of former years.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
THE coming political struggle
will not be the unequal con
test that characterized the two
former Bryan campaigns. The
electoral votes of McKinley and Ho
tiart aggregated 271, against 176
for Bryan and Sewall. The victors
had a popular vote In their favor of
601,654. They had for campaign
capital the formidable fact that
there had been a dreadful panic and
hard times In the Cleveland admin
istration. They had for further
campaign assets the fact that Mr.
Bryan was a ery young man, a new
and unknown leader, and before the
people on the boldest political plat
form in the country's hlstor.y. Any
other result than that which came
to ta.e, was Impossible.
The electoral vote of McKinley
and Roosevelt was 2J2. againiit'155
lor Bryan and Stevenson The pop
lar plurality for the winners waa
149, 4aa, the largest then known to
American political annals. The vlc
tors had for campaign material the
fact that the country had been at
ar, and the American people never
voted - against an administration
where tb effect w0trtij be to dis
credit the country"! battles and sol
di erf. They never will. because the
sentiment of patriotism la too deep
ly rooted in the American heart.
Thin, and the fact that tne Demo
cratic party allowed the question of
1 rr.r-r ::! to focus -the teases of
the rampaiga oa (be war, tog her
with fcct'er t! prevai.'lBg lades
tr!a?; tf?rour,hoct tie country, made
HKARST AGAINST BRYAN.
MR. HEARSTS independent
party-jnay cut some Utile fig
ure in New York, but iot
i-
able number of votes in the middle
west, where Mr. Bryan must win if
he can win at all. Unless he can
carry Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin, or most of them, he has
little chance of success, and there, is
no predicting the extent of the re
volt in those states, and in Iowa, Ne
braska and Minnesota, against high
protection and the reign of the
trusts. However worthy Mr. Hearst's
motives may be, he must expect to
be generally regarded as a malicious
wrecker, merely to gratify his per
sonal whims. Of course he has a
perfect right to oppose Bryan as well
as Taft. but the only possible result
is to help Taft and hurt Bryan, and
nearly everybody will conclude that
this is the very purpose of the in
dependent movement. This of Itself
will defeat any design Mr. Hearst
may have of making his party a
greatly growing one during the next
four years. Men are not going -to
flock to the standard "t$f a leader
whose chief efforts and purpose
seems to have been to defeat the
very men and measures that give
them promise of relief, justice, and
needed reforms. Mr. Hearst may
possibly get enough votes for his
candidate to turn the scale agalust
Bryan, hut if so he will look for any
popular movement In his direction
In vain.
be one. There may also be some
Republicans or former Republican!
who will conclude to lupport Bryan.
It would not be strange If there
were a good many auch.
WHY SALT THE WOUND?
F
HIGHER FHKIGHT RATES.
P
RESIDENT RIPLEY of the
Santa Fe railroad says that as
It will be impossible to reduce
wages, freight rates will have
to h? raised. Reduction of wages
would caute a great and prolonged
strike, but perhaps raising freight
rates will cause a strike among the
people who pay the freight. At
least they will demand to know why
increased freight rates are necessary.
Thev will have to he shown. If Mr.
Ripley and his fellow railroad presi
dents have facts and figures showing
a real Justification' for TucB' a raise,
the people will submit, but they are
indisposed to believe everything
these gentlemen tell them any more.
Well, what are they going to do
about It? Why. establish rate?
themselves, tha best they can, tax j
arose income, or perhaps
vti narrowness or soul, per
versity of purpose, obliquity of
thought and downright pov
erty of human sympathy, com
mend us to this quotation from the
Qregonlan:
But this (the Cleveland resolu
tlon in the Denver convention) was
not remarkable at all, not In the
least degree of a nature to produce
amusement or excite guffaw, com
pared with the special resolution on
Abraham Lincoln."
Why should not the Denver con
vention have paid a tribute to Lin
coln? Is the war not yet over? Is
It a lie that the-Ble and the Gray
marched up San Juan hill together?
Is the tragedy of 1861 with its red
valleys of blood and cities of grave
stones, brought oh by passions of
men and the accumulated heresy of
centuries, a heresy contributed to by
all men and all parties is all this
a gaping wound that must be probed
and dug in lest it close and we for
get? Which is the nobler, the Den
ver delegates reaching across this
chasm of 40-odd years to place a
wreath of flowers on the tomb of
Lincoln, or this carping miserly pro
ducement with its whine because
the dead statesman has received a
meed of praise from an unexpected
source?
Is party a thing that must abso-
utely see no good in the men or
measures of another party? Is It a
crime, or an Incident to "excite guf
faw" for a man or all the men in
one party to acknowledge that a
man, living or dead, in another
party Is worthy of applause? Must
ustlce between man and man, must
uman sympathy, must all the
thought of a square deal for men of
anpther party be stilled when the
portals of the opposing party are
entered. Does manhood and mag
nanimity end where party begins?
Where is the authority for this un
bending, this narrow, this peevish,
this tragical party creed, save in the
hand that challenges the right of a
Democrat, because a Democrat, to
peak kindly of the name of Lin
coln? Was Lincoln, and Is Lincoln,
political party's dead, or is he the
nation's dead? f
From where, more 'thin from
those delegates from the sunny
south, should there come benlsons
upon the memory of Lincoln? It
was the gentle, forgiving Lincoln
that offered to take the seceded
states back Into the union whenever
10 per cent of their people would
oraglnze a state government and ask
admission. If he had lived, the I
stricken south would have been
spared the hard gruelling terms of
reconstruction forced upon her brave
people by congress. In those last
days the south and all the country
got a glimpse of a heart that it had
never seen before, a heart that in
the hour of triumph and power was
gentle, forbearing, magnanimous in
its terms for recementlng the union.
It was a heart out of tune with con
gress, which attempted to impeach
Andrew Johnson, mainly because he
sought for the south the magnani
mous term- Lincoln. Lad proposed.
Why shoulud not the southern dele
gates at Denver, and all the dele
gates there have rolled back 40
years of time to lay a wreath on a
martyr's grave. Shall all men
cease to be magnanimous, because a
few are Drone to possess the In
stincts of "swine?
the fact that the term Is only four
years. If it were six or seven, one
term should be the limit. The un
derlying reason for Bryan's resolu
tlon, however, Is sound.
Judge Parker's action and speech
In the Denver convention and sine
have raised him considerably in th
estimation of the people, especially
western Democrats, and he was no
doubt broadened and bettered by his
trip west and his coptact with west
ern men. It should do any New
Yorker good to come west.
Small Change
Let na not beitln llntlnr the doubtful
. ..II . V .
Aa between Peary and th Pol, the
oacu ara long In favor or tne 1'ole.
While Dlai Uvea Mexican ravolutlona
will te ahort lived and unauccaaaful.
Bom to the harveat fields. iomi to the
ea anore. ltiua runs the world away.
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The new charter should provide som
way ror cettinir detective oil aa well
aa od th payroll.
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It would not take much Daoe or cost
mucn to DUDllati a list of tne truata that
nave Deen Dura tea.
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Tom Watson aaya Bryan lan't a Demo
crat. That la. be doesn't altoaether
acre with Tom wataon.
Murder will out every time." says an
exchange. The only trouble with thla
oia Baying ta mat ji lan i so.
Bryan ahowa all vlaltora through his
houae. What a house-cleaning job Mrs.
Hryan will have late next ran.
At laat the Democrats are to be
credited with not puttlnK a focalliied
monoybag on the ticket for vice-president
this time.
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The attorney-general has decided that
trout are not legally "food nsh. But
they taate very eooJ when one la hun
gry, and answer very well for food, all
tie same.
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Senator Piatt of New York doesn't
like Oregon's Statement No. 1. It was
ot to be expected that ne wouia. jie
believe In politician "working" the
people, not serving them.
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Th East OreKonlan Bays "the Repub
licans of Oregon shall bitterly resent
he removal of Chairman Cake, whom
It compliments highly. O. they will, all
right at least part of them.
The Seattle Tost Intelligencer heavily
rltli lspfi "Rrvanlsm." Yet it approves
Rooseveltism and the two are much the
narnn. Of the two, Bryan seams rather
more consistent than Koosevelt.
Since tha Democrats twice elected
olin Johnson -Koveriior of Minnesota,
he Republicans of that state think they
an win with Jacob Jacobaon. But
ncobs and Yacohsons are not nearly as.
numerous as ions ana lonsons.
THE WEST IS STRONG AND SOLID
from th Nw York Evening Pott
Th ending of th first complete half
year nice ine panto or ivvi give natu
ral occaMon for review and comuarlaon.
Before aummlng up the history of this
period in 1V0 It will b Interesting
once mor to glanc back over th
aimiiar complete period arter our great
er panics and see what the lor,y then
was aa aeen In the firat week of July.
Everybody knows by this time that the
present year to date has not closely
followed the precedent of the first half
or ine arier-panio year la4. In trad
reaction, shrinkage of Iron nrnductlnn
and railway earning, larg accumula
tion or luie Dana reserve and larae rold
exports, and rapid decline In public
revenue, the courae of events hus been
Similar: but these are alwavi I
of auch a period.
ine first half of 1804. however, waa
marked not only by theae incidents, but
by widespread and formidable labor up
risings, by extensive ratecuttlng on th
railways, and throughout the period bv
a crumbling away of th treasury's re
aerve, which atood aa the sole guaran
tee for maintenance' at tho mM aranrf-
ard In our currnoy. People were dis
couraged and bewildered, congrnas waa
in art uproar over crazy legislative pro
poaala, th west sunk In complete de
spondency, and the Ponullat rr)v .i.oH.
lly gaining strength. It hardly needed
ma iwo alarming eoisouea which he
promptly with July the selxure of the
Chicago railway terminals by the labor
uuiuna anu uie not blasts which with
erea ine Missouri vallevoom
mark out a situation differing radically
But even In tha iiltm,nt la.t
October, clear-alghUd people realized
" tunui nuns uia not at all resemble
those of 1893. It waa In i7 ti.ot
closest parallel waa found a period of
....... i ii.n iiuojiciiiy suddenly Drought
to a halt by panic and one might ex-
umncni aiory ror tne
rat half Of 1874. Tha TnrA will
flrm such expectation. Vlgoroua finan
cial recovery In January; great dullnesa
In February and during most of March;
active atock exchange speculation for
the rise at the end of March and late In
April, with a puff of oommerclal re
vival which pretty much vanished he-
fore the end of June tills narrative has
many points of resemblance with the
half-year Juat ended.
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But In one thing the first half of 1908
as not resembled the first half of 1874.
The striking characteristic, financially
speaking, of these past six months has
been the atmosphere of hope, and of con
fidence in the longer future, which has
prevailed ever since we emerged from
ctual panlo. An unsympathetlo student
of the situation would, however, be
rather likely to sav that the tangible
evidences In trade ar1 Industry did not
warrant the feeling. Exchange of checks
at the country's clearing houses, st tho
beginning of January, were running SO
per cent short of 1807, and that waa
before resumption ot payments by the
banks. At th end or June tney ami
ranged 1 to 20 per cent below last
year. In January, railway" gross earn
ings fell 18 pr cent below last year; the
figure for May showed 24. per cent
shrinkage, and June returns nave aver
aged 20 per cent under 1907.
iron production In this country on
January 1 was 46 per cent of the same
REALM. -FEMININE
Don't Be Quitter.
T IS a tendenoy of mankind to con
dense Into phrases th experience
of a lifetime, and to give them
utterance In simple word that live
because they are so trenchant It
is In this way that our familiar prov-
I
erbs have been formed. They ar th
date a year before; on June 1, it was 60 condensed experience of thrace and
er cent or June i, i0(. tjommercmi oecause tney are true,, they hav vi
ne
failures in Jhe six past months wcr In
number the largest or any correspond
ing period In our history, excepting only
1896: In lUtblUUea they have never been
equaled, and are double those of the
first 'half of any year for a decaau.
There was an undoubted revival In to
tality. "By pride cometh contention."
"A fool and his money ar soon parted."
"Waste make want." "Beauty Is but
Bkln deep." '"Wlahea never filled the
bag.' All these and other famlll.tr
vm v tv iiiArt a urn u w rn n a I . .... v . . . v ,.n
fortnight. In other words, actual figures Egnted ,1,r. ,eVre.-8hvetho".raJhr1tlu,5
indicate only slight recovery from pro- FX ynHf?-w,V ?52rnt'i
- - - V a.v. H"1 4.VSU III! UUl
Our merchandise import trade, in the Borrows.
i months for which complete reports '1 " "1,,hlruln-
available, has decreaaed 116.000,000 yn"eY:?y'e,nt hy . they
nif I . 1 a tlia I ilea V V urjtril 1CBI UCU (JI11V BI IMT rTl H n V rtlla.
five
are
irum X9tt. hi iutj Hw.ir.ei hiuiiiuij ui 4.071,1 ssj
inn not 1 t'uno 1 ru 111 mo uioviuuv year nasi . , . .. ..
1104,000,000, and where our export trade I. J f VI9 carnDoard mot-
forkthe same period. 14 years ago. ran "f our grandmothers, we now take
som $7,000,000 ahead of 1893. this year w.1rd'' ,of wisdom and, frame them, to
rtiAfA hsi rtnen a necrenae or a4ll.flfiu.ltlfu. I r .... w UH. tueir siuiu
,Vu. .i. , ., l ance. lliev aatlafv in a manner th.
nue has been greater than in either li94 I r '"Un, the appreciation of thu
or 1874. ... -?"u7 i"L"
I " mi wim iite oesi
.. .... ... . . i -. v. . w,u ftt i La unn uun i nn i
t 'Co V K lh.m.lui M,v ruflBi-t ' . 7" - : iur
one
hal
history. Yet the llnancial markets liave Der eyes fall UDon them oftenfw
virtually Ignored them, and they have K'.'ffl.I?" upon lnem n Don t
done so, clearly enough, because thoy I
believed them WW. only temporary. The world of right thlnkln men and
"as'" V " . hates the ..familiar trait that li
.... -----i variously eauea a streak of rat bv
,1,1- mnal will hnn-ftvAr nnMWAI that. I . .. . . i yy
jaca x.onaon, a yellow streak by tha
t" l.v
These are the coiu racts or tne snua- quitter. For the alrl who wnrlra T r.V.
on. Taken by themselves, they reflect 2 Uvink, and her number Is constant
v of the most genuine and serious grow ng the "word, T n lght welb. hun
un: most will, however, answer mat.
whatever has happened to the east, the
west is sound, strong, and prosperous.
This is now the trltest of arguments In
explaining the situation; yet It Is the
argument to which the beliefs and con
victions of the financial community are
really anchored.
Perhaps It will be asked why depres
sion and trade stagnation should nave
continued as they have, with this coun
tervaillng fact of a prosperous inland
community In operation, To the ques
tlon there can hardly be any answer
exoept the admission that the financial
excesses and abuses of the east have
been such that, but for the wealth and
soundness of the interior communities
newannnitr fritarn lv "mM 1...
the army men, and which, by whatever
name you call It, la equally despicable.
It la the Bhlrklna- of dutv tha tAn.
dencv to lie down anti a-lva nn lh
slighting of the thing In hand what
ever it be, that should have one's full
attention.
No wonder the worM of rlo-ht think
ing people hates It. It creeps into th
work of the man who keeps books and
takes his wits wandering after the
hares and hounds while his hands only
keep on setting down figures and tho
accounts go all awry and perhaps take
soununees 01 ine interior communmev, Qiv i,r .MTu. , ' . r' r
we should have had to face a reckoning, f.,"16"," " f,h '""i", fj? J'
this year, compared with which that ft.,, ' f0et". ll0'dlH0 i00Ji, glrlA w
after 1894 and 1871 would have been a '1 Jlb 'J'l.0'. "h?
trifle.
Roosevelt and Bryan
COIiOXEL ROESSLER'S WORK.
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OLON'EL ROESSLER has fin
ished up his work In this re
gion, made his final report,
and will depart for a new field.
Under his administration much has
oeen accomplished, and he leaves
the affairs of which be had charge
In a very encouraging condition. His
report, published in The Journal,
gives his estimates for the amounts
needed for river Improvements In
this district during the next year,
and they will probably In most cases
be allowed. Anothpr year, barring
strikes and casualties, should see
the Jetty at the mouth of the Colum
bia completed, the channel deep
ened by several feet, a good start
made on the Celllo canal, and con
siderable other river and harbor Im
provements made; yet It will be
necessary to keep pressing these
matters upon congress, and also the
case of the Oregon City locka. in be
half of which Mr. Hawley should
bring 1 have somewhat of a pull" by next
There j year. Colonel Roeasler has been
Brvan prefers Ills lvome at Falrvlew.
with Us alfalfa, garua v truck, blooded
elfers, fruit, chickens ana iresn eggs,
ream and other home comforts", to a
sea shore resort, n a resting place,
which Is another evidence or his good
en so.
But Senator Fulton cannot know that
Tuft cnuM not cai rv Oreeon by a re
spectable majority if Mr. Cake remained
chairman. In fact, the votes for and
against Taft will be Just about the same
whoever is chairman. But of course that
is not the real point of consideration;
It's "the offlses."
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Every day msnv Innocent bystanders
have to wait a while at First and Alder
streets to take cars, and they ought
not to be compelled while doing so to
listen to the continuous, ear-piercing,
nprve-rasnlng whistles of the several
nnfin.if Btnnris there. This whistle Is a
nninnr.cn. and we believe an. unlawfu
nn onvwhere in town, but it Is especl
on,. iinnB!vi there. where so man
people are obliged to linger for several
minutes. Ana tne ijuikb i ui wuh
a nickel a year to tne peunui vcmitm.
Oregon Sulelitflits
The Brownsville Woolen mill is fully
In operation again.
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A Eugene man picked 430 pounds c
cherrlea In one flay.
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Forest Grove Is to have a glove fac
tory and a cigar ractory.
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A bear ate up a calf on a farm only
three miles from junction i.uy.
Rpvpr.il farmers around Echo are go
ing to experiment with thornless cactus.
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A man recently bought a piece
land mar KreeWater for 11,000 and has
sold It for 88,000.
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John Satterfleld of Gold HU1 was
80 years old on July 4, and has gone
on a deer-hunting trip.
A Wallowa man sola about
Ions of strawberries last
nearly as much this year, o
fifth of an acre of land.
600
year,
ff ol
gai
and
f ono
about government ownership
Is a growing feeling among the peo- j here a good while, and understands
has labored faithfully for our Inter
ests as well as those of the govern-
pl that. Important and desirable as j our needs and our deserts well, and
railroad? are. It would not be wise
for half a doien railroad magnaft
to be absolute masters and dictators ment and the country at large, and
will leave behind hlra a host of
friends. A few years hence the
work that has been carried on under
bis direction, and that will be car
ried on under that of Ms successor,
will show Immense snd splendid re-salts
of the trsnportatlon business of
thin country.
Let them publish all the sets and
figures, real, true ones, being per
fectly honest about It. and taking
the public fully into their confi
dence, and then, if higher rates sre
necary, the people will not object
But they must be shown, they roust
not be kept blindfolded, tbey must
bae the truth; for this Is their
bsstness.
Reports are already being made of
various "Democrats." or "forner
Democrats" wbo are coming ot for
Taft. There wi:i be many such, no
dosbt. It Is a. free ooeatry ( which
to call oteiir a Democrat a4 not
It Is sometime ssld that It is the
troth that hurts, and possibly L. M.
Davis is relying upon this to sustain
his ass i tlon of having suffered so
sererely oa sccoust of a recent edi
torial In Tne Journal.
If Mr. Bryan ever ge one term
as president be will not accept a re
BomliMXloa, a recsDclatlon scarcely
wise for a man to male, la view of
Yamhill county claims to have the
largest fruit evaporator on the Pacific
coast, and the largest one in tne woria
Is said to be In .Benton county.
a a
One thousand gallons of "near beer'
were sold by an enterprising Albany
individual during the recent celebra
tion in that city, and nobody got
drunk.
Washington county is the richest
county In Orejrnn, except Multnomah,
savs Dalrv Commissioner Bailey anil
has been made so by the growth of
the dairy Industry.
a
The loganberry Industry has come to
stay, and will always be a profitable
one Farmers claim they can realise
M cents per pound net. by drying the
berries, says tne haiem statesman
a a
A Cottage Orove man retired for the
night, leaving his trousers at the head
of th led close to the window, and
while In peaceful slumber, someone
raised the screen of the window ar.d
reached In and secured his pocketbooit.
abstracted the money and replaced the
pocketbook and garment.
For the rirst time In history, accord
ing to a Coos bay paper, two torpedo
boats and two destroyers went up Go')
bay last week, and took aboard a sup
ply of coal fr a trial on their tp
rfown the coast This coal can be had
at Ms ton. while such a., they hav
been ualr.g cost 110
a a
. A Kansaa mas who with one or two
relatives haa been out to Lane county
seieral times on visits his conclude
f" come to stay, says The. Register
I-aat week a terrific r.allstorm came
and cut every vestige of a crop ft
bad rloaa to the ground and now be fa
racking up sod will com st one,
a a
Krho Register: A town fro an which
ar ah'rped tn a year 7.12i head ef ca t
tl la pretty gnnd town to stop 'ff
and look evar. Mr Homweker. TV
rald ? 000 bushels f wheat and 40.
v tori of alfalfa around Fcho laat
rewr Thta la ft" STtne. but with
(.see sere of IrrtgateM land a coming
In ta thm produce market th share
flrwre will l ok e-mail tn fUc yeatrs
Better tT off. Mr. Ilomeaeeker. sad)
tea two looks
From the Medford Tribune.
There is much besides a supenflclal
lmilarltv between Koosevelt and Bryan
liotn ara sincere, nonest ana courage
ous. both are fighting, a common na
my In behalf of the common people,
but Roosevelt Is fighting more blindly
han Uryan. He onlv sees the resultan
vll and does not seem to fully compre
bend tho underlying cause of the na
tlon s trouble, legislation for special In
terest, and consequent corruption o
national, state and municipal govern
ment to secure this special legislation
that the few may pile up fabulous for
tunes at tne expense or tne many.
That Roosevelt realizes In a vague
sort of way what the nation s troubl
la. Is shown by his warfare upon Wall
street, the source of national corrupt
tlon. a vigorous, open battle by a clean
cut fighter. That he does not fully
comprehend It, is shown bv his advo
cacy, while fighting graft, of such
vicious grafting measures as a ship
subsidy, designed to enrich from the
public treasury a trust he is fighting,
end of a high tariff, creator of the
criminal rich tie denounces; It Is shown
by fatal compromises in the hour of
his victories, like those of the railroad
r;ite bill and beef trust bill that left
him the shell but the trusts the kernel
It is shown in countless omissions
and commissions that indicate that the
president Is fighting valiantly, but
blindly, though always spectacularly.
That Bryan has a clearer idea of the
nation's troubles and the cause of pres
ent evils, due to unfair diversions of
the products of labor and unequal dis
trlbutlon of the people's earnings Is evi
dent from his speeches and from hip
advocacy of measures far in advance of
his party. Bryan believes that govern
n.ent ownership of railroads Is the ulti
mate solution of the railroad problem
though he is willing to give government
regulation a rair trial rirst. He advo
cated measures 12 years ago that Mr
Roosevelt has only picked up recently
and adopted as new, showing that hoth
are traveling the same road, but that
Bryan years ago passed over the same
ground Koosevelt is traveling today.
Whether the remedies offered by
either, and they are not dissimilar, con
sisting mainly In the restoration of
competition, will right matterarls prob
lematical. Both are sincere men, both
are born preachers and lead the nation
to higher Ideals. both are head and
shoulder above the politicians of their
party, and both have th faith, loyalty
and love of the common people, who
believe them faithful to their interests
The enthusiasm of the multitude for
both Is unbounded. It Is real, it is
jrcnulne, while that for Taft, "the desig
nated heir to the throne," la wholly
manufactured.
Owen Wister's Birthday.
Owen Wlster. author of "The Vir
ginian, and other popular novels, was
born tn Philadelphia, July 14. 1860, the
son of Owen Jones Wlster and a de
scendant of Thomas Wynne, who emi
grated to Pennsylvania aa one of the
companions of William Penn. He was
educated in a preparatory school at
Concord, N. H.. and graduated from
Harvard University In 18. Having
made the law his study, he was ad
mitted to the bar In Philadelphia In
IKS!) Rut his lov for literature was
greater than his love for law and he
abandoned the practice of the legal pro
fession In 1891 and went to work with
his nen. It was not until 10 years
later, however, that he scored hla first
great literary success wun ine Vir
ginian, nnn oecame entitica to a per
manent place among the leading Ameri
can novelists. Since then he has writ-
en a number or successful novels ana
many magazin articles.
Three Ways to Clean Chimney.
Writing In Suburban Life for July, un
er the title of "Protecting th Country
Home from Fire," H. I. Dodge says:
Where wod is much usen aa a rui,
considerable soot collects In the chlm
nevs and It la a eource of many firea.
Thechlmnev ahoull be burnt out once
year, at least, and the work clone on
damp day. or It may be ewept out.
chlmnev Is burnt out by placing a
bundle of at raw or similar material In
the bottcm of the flue and firing It.
To sweep out a chimney, a small metal
hall, about rour lncnea in diameter, is
hung on a thin rope and pulled up snd
m In th chimney until it is clean.
When not too high, th chimney can be
leaned ny a bmin on a Jointed pole
Letters From the People
will go where she ourht not to aro and
do things that she knows are wrong.
It gets Into any one of us when the
way Is long and hard and it takes iron
bound endurance to get through an4
we sit down and let the thing that
was to be done, slide. It kaepa tho
corners of oor homes dusty, and our .
uuuas uiiuaiiuicea, ana our noya aim
girls untrained, and fhe poorhousea full
Judging a Restaurant.
To the Editor of The Journal I
read in The Journal the other day, an and the reform scImioI peopled. It keeps
icuartlnn miiii hv a chionm. mm. i paDy nomes. BUXrtied with Inmates
iinv...i k ... .... anJ ue Florence Crittenton and 8al-
.......vu Q oouii.o uu- vatlon Army Kescu homes crowded.
mat we aid not have a rlrst-class
zen,
restaurunt
in Portland. " For men and women ar not ao often
The Chicago man won for he found I determinedly bad. as lazy. Not ao often
some grease on a steel knlfo brought desperately wicked as not willing to
to him to carve his Bleak with. keep unto what thev know is right.
ioi so piien muraerousjy inclined
Now dear, sir. In every. lrst-lssB
BO III!
lace, no matter what city, especially falterlnelv weak.
,'hlcago, where the knife 1b used evenllains, but quitters.
Not so often
I VS
vll-
more man the rorit, thy have a ma
chine called a knife cleuner. As soon as
a dirty knife conies from the dining-room
It is washed In hot, soapy water, dried,
then placed in machine which Is fed
with emery powder. When knife cornes
from machine It has a brilliant polish
They aro then wiped with a clean
chamois and are ready for use. Will
the gentleman from Chicago tell me
how It Is possible for grease to remain
on the blade of a knife after having arrive.
Not to bo a aultter Is to do the thlnsr
that Is to be done Just as well as It Is
possible for you to do it. To hold on.
when the end is not near, when tho
things that would draw on away aro
many, when companions leer and when
success even-, is doubtful. To hold on.
to endure, to determine never to give
up. Those who arc not ouittars ara
they who win out, who gain the en la
that other people envy, who, in time.
passed through the above process. That
is a little matter to Judge a restaurant
oy.
I know of several places in Port
land that will challenge comparison
with any place In the country; yes, even
anerrys.
The world Is not demanding arenlui.
the superhuman Intellect, the startling
vision. Only a few times In all th
centuries have such flights of amaz
ing genius darted aoross humanity's
firmament. But what It Is demanding.
what it cannot do without, is the pn-
To .iudfire the excellence of an eatnli- I t lence. ihe der-endnblnness the enrtnr
llshment I am afraid that a dirty knife ance. of the people who have things
and the quality of a steak, although to do, and who do them,
the last named has made many chop- Wo may none of us startle the world
houses famous, would not cover a fine with our powers, but we can all train
restaurant; in addition the Judge would ourselves to do the thing In hand as
nave to ne laminar with the different wen as our powers will Jet us. we
courses that make up a good dinner, may not add any surprising light upon
not too much. Just enough, and the the world's business, but we can do
proper wines. Then In order. pnsi honestly what is given Into our hands
Judgment on the quality and cleanll- to do.
ness of the silver and linen, the (in- So far the girl who works In factory,
gree of excellence of the cooking, the In store. In business office, in school
maturity, aroma and flavor of the room, the guiding light may well be
wines, and the intelligence and nblllty the simple phrase, "Don't be aqultter.'
of the waiter. W. B. MARTLI N.
Matre d'Hotel, Hotel Portand, Port
iana, ur.
It R K
Where Women May Vote.
R1EDA Radel. the suffragist, has
compiled the following record of
woman's suffrage the world ovr.
Australia: Women have enjoyed tho
Deafness Prom Itathing.
From the Philadelphia Record.
"When the warm weather heats vnur
blood and you long to hie to the cnollne
neasioe ana piunge ooiniy into the Driny, guffrage since September 19. 189S.
no lice hacltto lAtloldnr ' snua .. I I '
nent nose snd 'ear specialist "tih.rva New Zealand: Of 140,000 women over
the numbers of bather who during age in New Zealand, 90,000 make usa
the season evince a sudden deafness, of their vnta in ih ir,irot mnrau
which orten lingers for weeks at a
time and sometimes becomes a perma
nent trouble.
"To avoid this do two things. Re
member the ancient Instruction to wet
he top of the henrl first, and
never allow any water to perco
late to the drum of the ear.
Many people do not know that
he sudden application of cold to th
back of the ear will cause tne delicate
mechanism to expand sharply under the
rush of blood to escape. ThlH is al
ways followed by partial deafness,
which sometimes becomes a serious
matter. Another thing to watch Is the
hampoo. The same danger lies here
tne hairdresser is eitner unsKinea or
careless. In rinsing the hair the sprav
hould first be applied to the ton of
the head and gradually brought down
o the nape of the necK, thus obviating
he trouDie.
In an Oklahoma Windstorm.
From th Guymon Herald.
R. 1- Pcott, who owna a farm near
Ouymnn. had quit an rxrttlng experi
ence In the nigh windstorm Friday
night. H waa attempting to gat to
th storm cav lost aa the wind was
at ita hight velocity.
When th storm suhsldad Mr. Scott
was In th breaks of tsnd craek. threat
mil from home, having been blown
through th hof-tirht wire fence and
ever som ef ts ronrfcast country la
this section.
A saloonkaerr In DaJtoa, Ohio; seek
ta Svold compliance with a law re
quiring the removal f screens by hsr
Ine ombren near th doorf be Mod
wtucb customers caa hid. -
V mat Uia and the Sea.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
While Umatilla county lies a hundred
leagues Inland and never gets a smell
of the salt sea winds, yet the ocean
raffle, the deepening of the Columbia
river bar and the Increasing exporta
tion from the port of Portland are all
fascinating subjects for Umatilla coun
ty people.
The facility with which wheat may
be exported Trom Portland Is a vital
subject on the Umatilla county farm.
Every cent taken from the freight
charges Is a cent in the pekets of
Umatilla farmer, and therefore this
county rejoices to see the water on
the bar deepening and widening; she
rejoice to see the export from Port
land Increasing nd the market of the
world more Insistent for Umatilla coun
ty producta
The ocean listens for th "Message
of the Umatilla:"'
Go. winged mesernger! At ocean's feet
The tribute of her loyal landsmen lay!
We feel the prompting aa her pulse
beat
And hear her role a hundred league
away!
This Pate in History.
107 Cardinal Jule Mexarln. French
tatesman, born. Died March t. 1441.
Vienna besieged by th Turks
unir Ttara Mostapna
" 17SI Destruction of th Basttls at
Parla.
179 The Connecticut TVerter Re
serve m Ohio nral occupied.
l04 Kuaaia reruaea to arKnowledg
Napoleon as Emperor of Franc.
lift Berioui anti-draft riots tn Boa-
ton.
1174 Abba Hllml IT th nraeaat
aneciv ot -gy enrm.
1171 Island ef Cyprus occupied by
the ttrttfah-
10I The Marquis of suriabury re
signed se pra-mlar of England and was
succeeded Vy Arthur J. Iiifor.
1107 A tterrt to saaalaau Presi
dent FsJiiT ef Fraaee.
progress and against alcohol.
tireat Britain: English women are
eligible! for the position of aldermen,
wardens of the poor, and the right to
vote In town and county elections.
Norway: Women paying from 175 to
$100 In taxes are entitled to vote.
Sweden: Women paying at least $125
taxes annually are entitled to vot In
nil rnntmnnnl affair.
Denmark: Women are entitled to
vote under the same restrictions as
men.
Iceland: Women hav been ntitled
to vote on communal matter since
1882.
Finland: Women ar entitled to vot
under the same restrictions and con
dltlona as men.
The Netherlanda: A bill la pending
promising women active and passive
right to vote.
France, Belgium, Austria, Switzer
land and Germany: Women are strictly
excluded from voting, but in Germany
there are signs that the women are
preparing to battle for the franchise.
while In France, Pelglum. Austria and
Switzerland nothing of the kind has
yet been attempted.
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The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Cantaloupes. Bacon and egga Toaat
Coffee.
UUNCHEON
Stuffed sardines. old baked bean.
Mayonnaise
Sliced tomatoes Rice pudding. Tn.
DINNER
Egg and lemon soup. Raked salmon.
While aauee.
Stuffed cabbage. Macaroni with cheese.
Iettuce French dressing.
Macaroon custard. Black coffee.
Stuffed sardines Grilled sardine are
dainty for the midday meal, and ao
are stuffed ardlnea, which ar pre
pared In the following wav: Split
open a a umber of fat sardine and
remov the head and backbone Mak
the atufflns of two hard boiled esga.
minced, a piece of onion, aome bp-al
crumbs and a few d of Itssyv
Juice Mix this together well and spread
a thickness between the halve of each
sardine, then place the fish In a dish
and pour over tbem a generous quantity
of tomato sauce; sprinkle with bread
crumb and place In th oven to brown
Macaroon custard Hare In read ine a
nln or ten mas-amon that hav ben
oakd In quarter cup of or a rig Juff.
Add to th soaked macaroons the j-nlk
of two egrs beaten lightly, a cup and
m hatf of milk, two tahleapoorrful
sugar and on tablevpoonf ul MCh
macaroon and bread cm an he. Batter
th blazer slightly, tarn Is in euatard.
st or-er the hot water pan. oarer and
cook from IS te l snlnnte. Wbl
a boat half done, whip th whiles fit
th two g stiff with twe tabled
spoonful sugar and two teespoecutula
Wiaoaj lulr. and Hie llrhtlv mm t.w
ef th nutard. Recerar and flalsb.
the eokrr,g. . S