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her patrimony has been the monns
of flaunting her name to tho anti
podes, along with the scurfy names
of (WO dlSSollltl' til 111 Kill P00I3 'Vll'IM'
touch has been taint, and breath,
Infamy.
The suit of Ttonl la the climax.
Hi alleges that IV Sagim In so
wholh 1 1 j 1 1 tint thai ijilldien should
FIRST DRAFT OF TAFTS LETTER
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EXTLEMKN: I leel grcatlv hon
ored at Ix'Iiik nominated for
this highest office la the land.
"out nip omce, or course,
and suppose this forninl utterance
should be framed With n vIpw 1
not be under Ills care, nn.l that, with obtaining as many votes as possible.
A true, delineation of tho
rnailest man and his scene of
pilgrimage through life Is
capable, of interesting the
greatest man. All men are to
an unmistakable degree,
brothers, each man's life a
strange emblem of every
(nan's; and human portraits,
faithfully drawn, are all pic
tures, the weleomest on hu
man walls. Carlyle.
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the children's mother under his In
fluence, fche, too. In unfit to rear
them. Adept lug the allegation as
I robably true, and knowing that
( ast.Mla'ie Is so lost to decency as
to be equally d iMti:i 1 i:'ied, the spec
tacle becomes a neukery of 1 an; 11;
lif. and no example of tho leally
sublime In folly. l'ncons''lo'.isl,
however, ntnld It all, the American
heart Ik moved to pity bythe plight
of Anna Could.
'DAXtiKHOl'S ENEMY."
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VACATIONS ASD OITIXGS.
V
AdATIOXS ARE not In vain.
Even a change of occupation
Is a rest. A break In any
monotonous routine Is for the
normal person recreative. Only In
, exceptional cases Is absolute Idle
ness and carelessness rest and recre
ation, but a Journey that tires or Is
i ' somewhat toilsome may be so. New
, scenes and experiences, even If com
.i, " tnonplace, serve to break crusts that
i we unconsciously allow to form
h around our faculties. Thus addition
i V -a! light and fresh air flows In. A
trip here, there or yonder Is enter
taining, and the normal person
craves some sort of entertainment.
J We seek In a vacation for something
s a little different from the ordinary,
the everyday routine. If the grub
! be really not so good, It tastes bet
$ ter. The air feels fresher and
purer, even if It be not so ap-
preclably. Scenes please that If In
- Bight at home would pall on the
1 vision. Away, we can like all sorts
of people that we would rather not
'. have for neighbors. Themore Ilt
i erally vacation spells freedom, the
better it will be enjoyed, the more
good it will do.
People of cities go to the seashore
f or the mountains not only for baths
and breezes but because they in
stinctively If unconsciously have an
affinity with nature, especially in Its
large and striking manifestations.
The mighty ocean, the high and mas
sive mountains, are magnets; we are
. atoms of largely the same materials.
Tbeeame power that gave us being
' - formed them. - The; ocean has a
voice; the mountain forests have a
language. Though altogether ma
terial, they speak not only of time
but of eternity, of which we dream.
It should do any city dweller
good to get out a little while closer
to" raw nature though In Portland
especially nature In attractive and
" splendid forms is ever present to the
eye. Artificiality Is afflictive, even
destructive. Close contact with the
great, ever-fresh things of nature is
soothing, iff a healthful bodily and
mental tonic. Even unaccustomed
places and faces are antidotes of
"carking care." Little unusual ln-
cidents are droj.s of oil on the ma
chine bearings.
There are exceptions to all rules.
There are persons who get no good
UK New York Evening Post, an
extremely "conservative" New
York newspaper, one that while
almost painfully virtuous is
constitutionally of the reactionary
order, and opposed to any reform
that Involves any disturbing move,
motif, admits that "power of resist
a nee to Bryan has been much broken
by four years of yielding to him"
and thiH "yielding has been led by
the president." "Roosevelt's avowed
and deliberate purpose," says the
Post, "has been to head off Brvan
by stealing" his Issues. The argn
ment, or threat, which he has con
stantly used has been: 'If you do not
go half way with, me, you will have
to go the whole way with Bryan
Well, we see now what conies of the
plan of fighting a dangerous enemy
by surrendering to him. The Bryan
who was to be extinguished is ex
alted higher than ever."
Here we have a frank presenta
tion of the New York, the Wall
street, the corporation view. Bryan
is a "dangerous enemy," because he
would control corporations and give
the people more power and freedom.
An "enemy" of whom? Why, of
those who are plundering and op
pressing the people. An "enemy" of
the ""Interests," of the "malefactors
of great wealth,'' of "swollen for
tunes" acquired through unjust laws
or violation of good laws. And
Roosevelt has been a half-way
"dangerous enemy." That is, in
whatever he has done to benefit and
free the masses. In whatever he has
done to correct abuses of corpora
tjons and money combines, la what
ever he has done to overtljgpw the
rule of the interests by the Mark
Hanna system, and give the com
mon people a "square deal," he has
been and is an "enemy." He is bad
enough, but Bryan would be twice
as bad. Roosevelt adopted some of
Bryan's Ideas as a matter of policy
according to the Post, lest if he did
not the people would go over to
Bryan. He thought to appease and
satisfy the people with half a loaf
when Bryan was showing them the
whole loaf that was Justly theirs
But according to the narrow, fatuous
New York Idea, the people are not
entitled to a crumb. Brvan is
"dangerous enemy" because he tolls
the people the loaf Is theirs. He is
an enemy of the trusts, of the Ry-
ans and Sheehans and Guffeys and
Morgans and Harrimans, of the
swindling, stock-watering, panic
breeding high financiers, of "Wall
street."
The Post sees only these; it sees
not t lie great masses of people of
moderate and small means, takes
I hem not at all Into consideration.
It lives, moves and has its being In
Wall street, among the interests,
Fpeaks for the corporations; hence
Bryan is a "dangerous enemy," and
Roosevelt has broken the power of
by trips away from home or from ' i esistance to him by adopting some
vacations. And there are all soils uf Bryan's plans and policies,
of tastes and desires and whims of course the vision of such a
Let each do as seemeth to him best, newspaper as the Post is very nar
and as circumstances permit. Port- row and short. It sees and hears
land Use!.' is a very good place in ; nothing west of Manhattan Island,
which to spend the whole time, if 'The sun rises and Bets In Wall
one must always remain in one ; street. The Post perhaps does not
place. Y t I'.ii i n.-ji'.
to be a big vi:. l
only in i: k'-;" ton
In being rs' ar t'. i.
and the gi a
ewlftb ; succeedi'ig ?
follow fast on or.'
but these shall ttwi'
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ANNA (.! I It.
f
r.
IF Count lioni !
never sublime !
He fues 1 :'
possession of
Other men have !
- Is wholly Improbni
alleged man t
monkey is doing. - . . :
for f20.0O0 a . ur -, s
the divorced wlfi for i '
Of the three chU-irT.. Ti.a'
limit, the height, tb- st '. . ...
-adulterated inipecun:os:v.
-other than a travesty n the rmf of
" man would shrink from frs-: of
gall to Inr uflera')ie It re-,V.'s (
Anna Gould's eyv were r d w r i
weeping when at the altar wj-h !
Eiffan a week ago. "She was a ,,.
thetlC" figure," 'he cf?iair
roust eays. se t.d in
attitude beside Uie f.rinre n -
a friend or relative She a p.ib-
and Impassive a statue. Sh -t.;
throuta both the ehurch and i it.;
ddiog eervice like aa automaton
Tlse world Offered to be kind to
Anna Oomld. Erread before her In
CBta aod -oun womaabood i a
r nr-ct f naefutaesa and fcappl
tm, Her ortloa. In a mateVul
tf, was tlilicsi Eat beT" oh of
that is going i i ven know that Roosevelt Is ex
fort mi. a'o not ;remely popular and strong through
'!.:.', but j out the country, but if it does it
v, --.r tains ! would be amazed to learn that he
' ''. pa : is so for the very reason that he is
half an "enemy" of all the Post
represents, that he has partly car
ried out Bryan's ideas. Tens of mil
:ons of voters love Roosevelt "for
'he ftiemies he has made." the very
. ..pie, eh mer.ts add interests that
. . enemies of Bryan. The Por.t
- manage la tee one lact, teat
!': . power of resistance to Bryan
1 .is b'-.-n no;ch broken by four years
: ;--!lit.g (by Roosevelt) to him."
.as of voters may well ask: If
Hryanism in Roosevelt's hands
o'l. why would not more Bryan
n Brvan's own hands b;; better?
jet as an nonest man. with a good,
ciear conscience so far. I feel that
It Is due to the people and to myself
to say at this time nothing but the
irutn, if not the whole truth. This
will seem Quixotic to you politicians.
ana you win say I am n fool, but
I had rather be honest than get a
million votes by deception.
The Republican party has been a
great party. I was brought up In it,
and have' always trained with It, and
it nas made a brilliant record In
some respects, of which I n,m proud.
But the fact is that its record lately
has been pretty spotted, and on the
whole It has quit serving the people
and has been serving tho trusts and
other combines that make a business
of plundering the peoplo. I have
no faith In the Democratic party;
aside from my lifelong antagonism
to It, Its record Is not creditable;
but I can see that millions of voters
are being alienated from the Re
publican party by the policies and
practices of its leaders. And it must
be admitted that most of theso pol
icies Roosevelt got from Bryan, and
his chief support for them came
from Democrats.
It Is said that I represent and will
carry out Roosevelt's policies, and
I really would like to do so, to a
great extent; my inclinations and
sympathies run that way; but if
Roosevelt could not carry out his
own policies It would be a piece of
rank deception on my part to pre
tend that I could carry them out.
Roosevelt likes a scrap; I am a man
of peace. A row is merely pepper
In his soup; my disposition is to
dwell in amity with all men, es
pecially my political brethren. I
know very well that a Republican
congress will not carry out tho
Roosevelt policies; the record of the
last congress Is evidence enough of
that; and I could not if I would
force congress to do so. I am not
built that way.
The corporations and trusts and
Interests are all for me, I observe,
and while I have distinctly prom-
ieed them nothing, and will not do
so, and will try as well as a mild
and genial man may to servo all
the people, these very Influential
supporters of mine will, have their
way, of course. The Republican
congress will give them whatever
they ask for, and it would be a
mere waste of energy for me to try
to overthrow the combination. Be
sides, while my greatest duty Is to
the whole people, and I am really
disposed to do it, yet It would not
be quite fair to the railroads and
trusts and high financiers to pitch
Info them after I had been elected
through their Influence, the peoplo
knowing it. 1 don't want to put my
self In the position of having sold
gold brick even to them, and of
having Harrlman ask afterward
"Where am I nl'.'" "What do I gnt
for my money?" No, I must be
fair nnd honest even with theso peo
pie, for personally they are a nice
lot of fellows: but I must also on
this occasion and In advance be lion
est with the American peoplo and
tell them frankly just what the situ
atlon Is. Then if they elect me nnd
they ijet no particular relief or bene
fit, they cannot blamo me.
i no pjatrorm is a good one, as
platforms go, but since I am speak
ing through you to the American
people I must admit that there Is a
lot of humbug and claptrap and
false pretense in It. In the matter
of the tariff, for Instance, nobody
knows better than I that the gang
now in control of congress wlfl
never revise the tariff In the right
way. Of course there is no sincerity
whatever In the plank about control
of railroads and restraint of trustj,
we all understand thrs, among our
selves, and 1 think the people ought
to understand It too. It may be all
right for you lesser figures to try to
fool the people, but it is beneath the
dignity and honor of a presidential
canuiuaie 10 uo so.
So I deem It necessary to advert
to the fact that most of the Roose
Velt policies were rejected by the
platform makers and I had some
thing to do with that myself. We
owe something to our consciences,
gentlemen, and w;hen wecame to
look over those Roosevelt policies
r.erfatlm, we could not as Republi
cans mount to the height of ab
surdity required to indorse them.
As an Individual, I might agree to
most of them, but if I did so as a
Republican, why, I would be a Re
publican no longer. Indeed, ono of
the great conundrums now before
the country Is: "Is Roosevelt
Republican?" or, "What is a Re
publican?" I will say frankly that
I cannot answer this. A3 I said
when asked what 1,200,000 Idle
worklngmen, many of them starv
lng, were to do. "God knows;
don't." There are some things
gentlemen, that, wo don t know, or
can't explain; let us be honest
enough to acknowledge that.
(At this point Frank Hitchcock
who, unknown to Taft, had been
looking over his shoulder and read
lng as Taft wrote, seized the manu
script and tore it into bits, and
ordered the candidate to go out and
play a game of golf.)
OLD OREGON LEADS THE WAY
From the De Moinct. Iowa. Leader
A great dial of attention has been
given to the purely political aspect bf
the OrcRon elate primary and but com
paratively little to the experiment In
direct legislation by referendum Ore
son la InaiiKuratlne;.
Politically an unusual situation has
been created bv the Orearon nrlmarv
election law In that a Republican legis
lature Is committed to the election of a
Democratic United States senator. Un
der tho law tn that state the members
of .the legislature may pledge them
selves to vote for the candidate for
United States senator havlner a major- I
lty, whHtever his political affiliation
ie preaant legislature Is made un of
members committed, and the suc
cessful candidate for the senate la a
Demo era t.
Hut Oregon Is doing much more than
nominating United States senators by
direct vote. At the recent election 20
propositions of legislation were submit
ted to the people. What Is most sig
nificant Is that the peoble have shown
Interest and discrimination. Opponents
of the referendum have always urged
that the people cannot be aroused to
the Importance of matters of legisla
tion and that their votes would either
he cast lgnorantly or would not be cast I
at all. In this Instance It seems that
the Oregon voters have vindicated
themselves.
It Is Interesting In Dee Moines to
take note of the adoption of' the recall
In state affairs by a lerge majority.
Hereafter public officials qf every de
gree in Oregon may be taken out of
their offices on a sufficiently large
showing of discontent with tnei,r
method of conducting- themselves. 1 lie
recall may never be used. Bui Its pres
ence on Hie statute books will do much
to stimulate a more careful scrutiny
of their own conduct on the part of all
public servants.
I he voters rejecien womnn nunm-.
and also an application of the Henry
George land tax, the latter being a pro
posal to remit all taxes on farm Im
provements, dwelling houses, etc. t url
ously enough the farmers objected to
Henry Oeorgelsm In any form, and It
was their votes xnai reiaineu imin-
A Sermon for Today .
Spiritual Paralysis.
liy Henry F. Cope.
"To him that knoweth to do gopd and
doeth It not. to him it Is sin." James,
lv:17. '
In certain typee of religious meetings
you may hear people deplore the loss
of emotional exaltation once enjoyed:
they pray for a return of "Spiritual
blessings ': they earnestly seek for the.
repetition of experiences, the retura of
floods of emotions once felt. So many
a person Is wondering why the emo
tional pleasures of religion have gone
from him.
The reason Is simple: That stimulus
of religious emotion which seems pleas
ant to the memory falls to return be
cause when It whs first felt we failed
to obey It, to put It into active expres
sion. Subjectively, the pleasurable ex
periences of religion are tho emotions
and exaltations of high Ideals. Tho
price of continuance Is the practice of
the Ideals.
You cannot do away with the feeling
In religion; the extent to which it will
be manifested depends on the Individual,
r-ven uuut-iniTiMrniive natures aro 111-
mentn as well aa the bare land on the 1 ftuenood by It to an extent which ro
awessment rolls. lone can measure. You might as well
Hverv experiment that nrings mm- look to have patriotism without rxnite-
ters of public policy directly home to men, a() reigl,)n without emotion; but
the people Is bound to be watched wiin the danger Is that both patriotism anU
interest. For the tendency is more amj religion sliHll evaporate lit emotional ex
more towards democracy and runner cltement.
and further away rrom inuireti mm Kvery time you enjoy an emotion
representative government.
that will tower 700 to 900 feet above
the streets of New York? If so,
what Is to be the atmosphere when
the street is to be the bottom of a
deep gorge with towering walls of
Letters From trie People
Throw Off the Shackles.
without attempting to employ tt as a
dynamic for some definite service vou
both lessen the power of that emotion
to appeal to you and the possibility of
your answering to Its stimulus. Armna
deep feeling and high sentiments and al
low them to become ends in them
selves, and their ends are sure to bs
Any Impression to which we do not
Dairy. Or., July 18, 1908
vaitor nf ih .Im.inal: 1
precipitous masonry? What will be 'pt."'..' "E'-ea-on P-'
u. ,.oo. k .i, i '.. - , ..nii r, Mia wrongs I uul" . euioiions ana will. w nen
ui nm.N, .. nuy. symntUliv. H-snirnt on. Inillirnntlnn
rrnm w men me peonie f ' " f" or the passion for righteousness stir
J..," L Vil ";"'f knn wlth n one needs carefully to watch lest
uuB-iii-iuc-ium.nl.. x'-; -v.-. " we lose signt or the duties, the toll
the conditions when, by earthquake
or other sudden fright, these lofty
structures are quickly emptied and
human beings pile J.0 to 20 deep Into
the narrow defile below? Man in
voluntarily trembles in contempla
tion of these cloud-capped buildings,
and of the conditions their coming
may impose.
the Oregon country afl to himself. ".M and-service to vhlch these are calling.
DAIRY FARMS.
J
part of the country. Reliable sta
tistics show that within a hundred
miles of New York city, where there
Is a very large poverty-stricken
population, there are hundreds of
abandoned farms with thousands of
acres of idle, land. Not only Is this
true, but within the territory named
there are allowed to go to waste
each year thousands of bushels of
apples, garden stuff and other pro
duce, much of it being left to rot on
the ground. This is true to a
greater or less extent of every large
city, and even within the limits of
most cities are large areas. In the
aggregate, of waste lands, within ,
almost a stones throw or poverty-
stricken people.
There should be. and we believe
that ere long there will be, greater
and more effectual efforts to bring
landless and poor people and idle
lands together, to the great benefit
not only of these people but of so
ciety as a whole. The marvelous
possibilities of the millions of acres
of vacant arable, productive lands
nre beginning to be dimly realized
Is because Its people have not tried
to help themselves, have depended
too much on outside help. Bv the
exercise of their own powers the
people will be surprised and gratified
to find how strong they are, how
much they can accomplish.
.Not only Salem, but everv town
ought to help itself In this way.
Nothing will do so much to develop
them and the surrounding country
as electric railroads, and In many
cases the home people can build or
cause tho building of these roads.
The people should not be afraid to
let loose of some of their monev
for this purpose. It will be a good
investment, nothing will be lost; but
even if a percentage should be sunk
it will still be eventually a very
profitable investment for all proper
ty owners and business men.
The Journal hopes Salem will
raise this $100,000. 'and that this
will only bo a beginning, and that
other Oregon towns and communi
ties will follow her example. Then
we could soon hear of and see multi
plying evidences of a greater Ore-
OSH BILLINGS used to begin
one of his lectures with the re
mark that he had heard a great
deal about milkf, but the best
thing he had ever seen on It was
cream. Nearly $1,000 an acre has
been offered for an 18-acre farm In
Benton county near Albany, and
what heightens Interest in the ep
isode Is that the owner refused to
sell. It was garden laud, but all
Willamette valley soil can be made
garden land. That end is approxi
mated in Washington county, where
the land is worth $150 to $200 per
acre, because the farmer makes that
off of it annually. Dairying is the
means, and it is dairying that re
stores the land to its primitive fer
tility. The human, family cannot
exist without milk. It could forego
meats. It could get along passably
well without cereals, but milk to
make the baby grow, and mtlk to
sustain life is essential. A philos
opher once said that the best things
are those that are cheapest and most
abundant. He referred to air, grass.
water and milk.
Every ton of wheat taken from
the soil removes $7 worth of ' fer
tility, but a ton of Gutter removes
but 5 0 cents. A ton of wheat is
hot editorial effusion, calling attention 8tr0phy -of our e,"oUon" One y lew. a
J' E"n.n'c: ' Kr..Vn ke. " -oe.l wrongs
, z L-; ; r ii.t. f.r n"wn- one rpv a. novel ppei-
v. . JL i i C .iw. . ni.,t ln t 'he sense or justice or pity ana
ng position In wl Ich hey are placed hs having enjoyed the sen-
M'e. "i-TT-Lf'-MV.1 Jiierv.rdv Batl0P of anger or pity, but making
good, as far as It goes; but wher i it nU 8ontlnlent!1. He has seared his soul
rj? lo "p.pk. fV.rtiv He ha8 stiffened the finer moral
. T. ,. ------i: i muscles
ana lusting il seems m inc. uu tm.
You lose out. as the saying Is. As I
There Is nnlv nna wnv tn bean h
g IS. AS ' error. IU... I - .4 L. - . U -
see It. The real reason for this supine- rnVn"n," 'Tn . 1 X
art or rT . r T . Yr":
i- iu nituto every
some way to
ness, this helplessness on the part or . . . h " .
the people Is to be found (on the part Slo" Vntrlb In
or the large majority . in wie.r o mu f , , t g , -
iWo.rnhlP.r?f.-".r?5 nr. Hi theT are awak- ln' every Pasl""n and Impulse, find ex-
lican party; and .until they are awak prcselon ln actlon eltner the action of
orfhlsVact aun?.neiV8ee;efsta,reetw,ltie "fA'opsluorf11 0r f re8,Ut6 "
?hPaTe;,a"st,leadetrhsPhyinC?.n tending 'how The" emTonaRfe la worthy of cul-
tne? 'Ml-Wa S:?
ftrrdr"tmtahnat T uT jSS rniT K anothare all emVD
bored louTlv and with SSod effect experiences. They are kept alive and
In nartlal rbrakma- the party's hold we "main sensitive to. these finer feel
in partially nreaKing tne pariy s nmu , mM,.11PA .har An th(-
hlgh bidding.
hut It oueht to -o further It ouaht ,lB "Bra 10 KS,"P our nearis tenner
?oU.nowUthet peopdo. wit the Instate" UnoTI'r W ""1 VX
zeal and power of righteousness, pound of'fioJ f makJ .f. "deaf to fhe fc?v
Into their awakening senses the whole L"1?,8'? '",,7i? u a' A0, lhe ST?
iv..i 1. Vi. . ,i...i u of genuine Buffering. It would be bet-
Ull.nl UIBIICU U U 111 Hilt l 111." 1 i . ' 1 1 VI , ., . . y . . . ,. 1
publican party is thoroughly permeated "f"1 f"er m.aM. loBf from
and worm-eaten with eoronoratlon rot- Imposition than to lose one s heart, one
trnnM nnd that If :bev wUh to free 1 Power 10 respond rrom the practice
thim "el'vis from HarHman's ' clutch" of conrtant calculation and skepticism.
thev must throw tho whole party over- ., " J,t .n
board-a. a first duty. HaVing done ";on we shall never nd tfi.m un 1
iif-... th joylpum. to yield to everv Kood emo-
will break Into their consciousness nml tion of kindness, to care nothing how
nervo toeir arm to effectively break we, "l1 f,e.cl J w.hflt 'f. may !,a,,n 'f
V, t. ,, I, I ... 1. 4 ..!.! e'i. A
111 IS otlal MCB V lilt 11 UIIW IMJIU IIICTUI. I nf linnnlfH- V, t ni a I , a 1-
,lf the people of Oregon Join in the ty; '".'. . ..." -
election or William J. llrvnn to tne
only the dreams of a better world and
r.r.Aa01nnr.r ....... ...O. l l 1.. 1
i.ir.iu...' o lull, iiirninci. ra .ill .. . . , . . ,
the company of reformers of men who wh'ch-.nB .lhy broke upon us
freshed us may be realized.
In the endeavor to make real those
worth $20 to $25;
a ton of butter
ana mougn u.e, . .e w.f,nn K thp gfato moUo ,n mInd
pressure ui ......... anf, , r. o ive ff) n
mucn to tiring mem imo use.
Be
sides, small farms ana intensive
farming are coming .more and more
into voeue. and ne nomecroit
gospel is spreading.
We hear something of "overpro
duction." but there will never be
any overproduction of the neces
saries of life produced from the soil
as long as millions have not enough
to eat and to wear
THK SK Y-Sf'RA lKR MAPXKSS.
w
1IKRE is the skv-scraner
madness to end? What is
to be the catastrophe with
its horrible loss of human
life that will result In laws for con
trol of the craze for high buildings
The problem ! Tno handiwork of man must some-
is to help these people to become
able to eat and wear all they need !
I
NOW SALEM. SET AX EXAMPLE.
times have frailties. A fault of
foundation or frailty in under-struc-ture
is always a possibility. When
a colossal pilp of steel and masonry
is erected, ageregating 2 stories
and towering 909 feet Into the air.
as is to be the rase in the nronosed
partly upon the raising of j nPW Equitable building in New York
$100,000 by stock subecrlp- ' what is the temptation thtat In held
tions in Salem The first day the ! out to fate?
subscriptions amounted to nearly1 This building is to cost 110 000 -
$600 to $800. It costs out i Va
cents a pound to ship butter to Eng
land, nnd there Is no duty to keep it
out of competition with the product
of sky-priced land and narrow con
fines in Holland. Western Oregon
condensed milk brings higher prices
than that of any other part of the
country, because food and other con
ditions make it better. Oregon but
ter brings better figures than the
cplehrated Elgin, Illinois, product,
produced on the costliest land ln the
country and under a hostile winter
sky, requiring six mon(hs feeding
for cows. The dairy products of the
nited States aggregate nearly
7fin 000.000 annually, one and one
Vo.if times as much as the annual
gold and silver product of the world,
and it comes mostly from seven
states.
The Benton county gardeners re
fusal of nearly $1,000 an acre for
his land Illustrates the possibilities,
the dairy prices and conditions point
the way.
have shaken off the shackles of bond
age to the god of Mammon; whose
hearts beat true to the hopes and aspi
rations of the masses; who owe no
allegiance to Wall street and its vicious
and corrupting influences. and who.
clothed with the garment of freedom
. i ' a 1 1 1 i n un iiir Kill llirn I t n II C V J 1 1 II I . . , . -
and armed with, the sword of truth and P.u. mnus "hly-. ,
righteousness, will help them scourge ?" ' y""J n ,h 3
No
the money-lords from the temple, that
the rule of the people may once more
oe complete. Such a victory for right
eousncss win inspire the men of O
gon with the courage of heroes, and
give them the strength they need for
tne overthrow or the giant Harrlman
l,ct the Journal take heart, so that It
may guide the people of Oregon Into
the right way, and not be afraid of
Deing called a party organ.
CHARLES V. SHERMAN
H
ymns
to K
now
Though through unreasoning ad
herence to party on the part of
many voters Judge O'Day was de
feated last June, he retires from his
comparatively brief eervice on the
circuit bench with the esteem ana
good will of all who know him or
have had business ln his court, who
feel that his retirement is a loss to
the public rather than to himself.
T
HE PROPOSED electric railroad
from Salem to Stayton depends
Mr O Lownsdale of Yamhill
county gets the prizes, and the
prices, for best fruits because he not
only has learned thoroughly how to
raise them, but he puts his knowl
edge into practice. Just what he
does hundreds of others can do
though It takes some brains as ell
as a good deal of faithful work.
Ihli: I.WI) AND POOH PEOPLE.
I
$lf,00u, indicating that the required
fimount would be raised without
MAS ItH-n said that even ln difficulty. Assuming that the project
i.- tns'.ly rich and resourceful U a genuine one. and In good, re-
!:i!'y, where the land has ! liable hands, there ought to be no
1
nrto
,UO. The extraordinary-
value of the site Is the reason for
the enormous altitude of the build
ing. It Is bounded bv Broadway
yet only fractionally : difficulty in raising this amount foH Na-tsan, Odar and Pine streets
number of able-bodied j such a purpose in a city as large and , Enough material win be nsed in the
aro pitiably poor is ! rich as Salem, and one so well Fitn- new building to construct mnro thsn
Investigator asserts , Rted to become the focus of a r.uro- , f,nn private houses. 60 feet high, on j
.mv pi-opie. one-eignt n i ner or local ejeciric rai.roaos.
tr rtrvnn received the first cam-
It Is to occupy a site valued at '. rn'ntrlhntlon personally, and
it was $100 banned him by an iowa
farmer. He hasn't gone broke under
Republican admlnlstratlona, but evi
dently thinks that a change would
be beneficial to him and other
farmers.
Our Prayers.
By Jucy Larcnm.
n,uey Larcom, Beverly Farms. Mass
isti uoston. Aor 11 17. 1RR3. a wrll
loved American uoet. esnetlallv suppbks
ful in her poems of nature nnd rollelnn
She was a regular contributor to many
magazines. In 1845 she moved to Illi
nois and taught school there and later
ratner west. She was a friend of Whlf
tier's and some of her poems remind
us of his.)
Art thou weary of our selfish prayers?
rurt-vtr crying, jielp me, save me
Lord ;"
We stay fenced ln by pretty fears and
carts,
Nor hear the song outside, nor Join
us vast accord.
And yet the truest pravlne Is a nsalm
The lips that open In pure air to sing
Make entrance to the heart for health
and oaim:
And so life's urn Is filled at heaven's
. an-Drimming spring.
Is not the need of other souls our need?
Alter desire the helpful act must go,
As the strongvwind bears on the winged
seed r
To some bare spot of earth and leaves
It there to grow.
Still are we saying, "Teach u. how to
priiy.
O, tench us how to love, and then
our prayer
Through other lives will find it. up
ward way.
As plants together seek and find
sweet life and air.
Thy large bestowing makes us ask for
more.
Prayer widens with the world where
through love flows.
Needy, though blest, we throng before
thy donr:
Let In thy sunshine. Lord, on all that
lives and grows!
,d.
of r
but
ulole population, are ln a
. ' what may be described
of pinching poverty. Many
are so throgeh their own
.rough perpistent bad hablfa.
arg proportion are so be-
i,raysp ther cannot help themselves.
hevf-r had a chance.
Ye; there is ln the aggregate a
at ara cL vacant or unused laad.
that would support millions of peo
ple. . And. this is so even in th
enter a as well a' la the western
r ne to Ptayton should be bull
sll mean?, and another one. a
Tk .sv...trv ahmilrl tiA reallv
The j lots 25 by loo foot each, enough to murh obliged to both Mr. Taft and
t. by, cover more than IS city blocks. The R-v.n for keenim so oulet these
uiaiu ounaing is to oe it storlee i r,- i. nn 4 nf nixalni
. , ,.. . . , , . '.unt il.--.- ... .... -, 0
" "l ",!''a;,; r lu '"-r'""'l towering to . height of 4 feet. lne campaign for six weeks yet.
m.vi m,....-. . . , r ,, una win op- rt-area a square
wherever one will pay and aid great-1 tower 410 Teet, and containing SH
ly in developing the region through stories. More than 10.000 windows
which it paseea. illlh' In the main bolldlnr
It
Every Sunday, especially e-ery
one of tbeee delightful summer Sun
day, ought to leave an Increasing
6alem. as a center, should aid all j Till overtop the TOO-foot Metropol- j BUB1ber of people better
these enterprise liberally, and other
towns and communities should do
their part. One reason why Oregon
and especially the Willamette valley
baa not grown and developed rapidly
Han tower by mor than 280 feet
It will lnok down, on the Singer
building from a djzsy height of near
ly 1 yard. . v
la this building the first of others
found them.
than It
" After all, salvation I largely a
matter of personal thought and
action. -
Birthday of Puke of Saxe-Coburg.
Charles Edward, the nrespnt rela-nln
duke of Saxe-Cnburg-Uotha. was born
July 19. lkM. the son of the late I.eo
Poid lilke of Alhanv. nnd Princci
ena of Waldeck ami Pyrmont. He was
not In the dlrett line of succession to
ine inrone and succeeded his undo. Al
fred. July 30, HhiO. actually against his
will. ier-ause the direct heir to tne
throne, H R. H rrlnce Arthur of Con-
naught, born Januarv is, on of
the duke of Oonnaught positively re
fused to tecome a German prince. 'The
young pTtne and Prince Arthur were
at Eton In the midst of their studies
when Prince Alfred died. fpon Cnn
naught's refusal the young duke
of Albany unwillingly accepted the high
position and learlng Eton became a
student at the famous 1 rtlveraliy of
Bonn. The duke, notw-tthstandlnr his
youth, takes life seriously snd devot.
himself with aesl to his studlea. to hot
ter prepare himself for the responsl-
Mimes or ni august position ills
siuaioa comprise law and science,, pol
itical economy arid general history, be
side, the fine arts
appeared so beautiful, we find that
they return to us. Service Is the ono
hope of the salvation of our powers of
feeling; endeavor preserves emotion:
expression makes possible new Impressions.
If you would keep your faith alive
IT you would
ova vou must
Ive them away to the Joyless lives.
man feeds his heart by thlnklnjr
about It; It is when he actually feeds
the hungry tnat his own heart la re
freshed, It Is when he carries the cup of
cool water to another that the welir of
eternal water springs up within Jjfm.
Sentence Sermons
By Henry F. Cope,
Many a big sorrow Is born of a little
sin.
Greater work Is the best reward for
good work.
a
Character depends more on conscience
than on creed,
Laws always depend on our essential
valuation of life.
An empty hour Is a standing Invita
tion to temptation.
Religion is not to hind back.
bind together all men.
but to
The god who
figures Is only t
all.
can be expressed In
figurative god after
There ar JO.oeo rrilgpn. In the
fnlted States giving tnlr live, to
teaching The pay of these should
verar ISA a year, making a total of
tli.aoe.eo a yar. New.1 this euro rep
resent, at enly pr rent Interval a
r.rltal of im.eee.eOS, which the teach
ing orders of the rhorra rin i
Catholic education. Catholic Columbian
- ' .. I. ' ' '
Hhe who sells out his friends lays
his own soul on .the bargain counter.
Success Is not so much ln getting
there as in knowing what you are there
for.
a
There Is no heavenly call at all ta
him who does not hear It In every
human cry.
The people who fuss over the words
of the Ltlble seldom furnish any of Its
works. '
a
Envy is the habit of extracting our
own misery out of the happiness of
others.
The greatness of any man', present
depends on the length of hi. view of
the future.
a
Salvation Is more than consciousness
f my soul; It is the sense of the worth
of every sopl.
When the preacher gets anxious as
to popular opinion on his brain, he ha.
not his people on his heart.
Those who think thev have nil re
ligion are the ones who most need to
orry whether they have any.
v
The dlffernoe between what we are
and what we know we ought to be Is
the great opportunity In life.
When a man lets the wind blow all
the shingles off his house he talks of
the strange ways of Providence.
a
You are not likely to do much for
the poor fellow on the Jericho road if
you are anxious for the approval of
the Pharisee.
a
If you are dissatisfied with your re
ligion because It does net' make yo i
happy, a.k first whether you make any
one else happy.
1
This Hate In History.
111! Venetian crusaders took Con
stantinople. ISlft Foundation of the famed Bol
lelan library was laid in Oxford
1779 Americans surprised and defeated
the British at Paulua Honk.
)o Alexander Delia. Bache, pioneer
In tho l'nltel State roast survey, born.
In Philadelphia. I Med t Newport, R.
L. FebruarT 17. 1M7. . ,
!1 J Crtltad Mate, brig Naotllua rap.
tured br qaadroo of Prltlsh frlgatea.
114 Samuel v""olt. Inreetor of the re
iler, horn at Hartford, Conn. Pled
there January ja.
lyi Btflsracd fnl alerted president
of Hsytl. ,
1 eWretary of War Alrr re- .
signed because of tr criticises oa t
to conduct of tb Spealsh war. .- .
V.