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EDITOKIAL EGE OF THE JOURNAL THE JOURNAL AN IKDEPKKDKNT NKWKPA I'KR. 0. B. JACKSON. PuhllahtA ererjr evening (except Sunday) n! wr ftnndar morning at Tin Journal Build. Inf, Pitta and YiiulilU tre.-ti. Portland. Or. ICntftred at the pnatofrire at Portland, or., for tranamtaaluQ thruuith tbs mall" aa .ihiii1 claaa rnaltwr. S1I.BPHONKS MAIN 7173. IIDMK. A All department ranched h theme nuiulMT. Tell the operator Ui department you want. East Bide office, 11-2444; Kaat S3-,. rORElON ADVEKTJS1NU llEI'KKSKNTATl VK Vreeland-Benjnmln Special AdTertUliiir Afeni-j, Prutitwtrk MnlMlng. TZ Klfita ifiin. Now ': York; 10O7-OS lione lsulldlni:. fbli-aK. Subscription Trm br mull or to any addn-aa la the United Stalia, Caiuida or Mexico: DAILY. Opt year $..! t ' month I ..V) SrXPAY. One year Si'.tfc) I On month I IS DAILY AND Kl'N OA Y. One rar I7.R0 I On month t .S celt, subterfuge, uml the t I K " ! bunco name ever plncd it k i n an hoist sultan. It will destroy nil tho chances for Grand Vller Mnt thews nnJ tho other head b;hl biuouks to resuscitate the party. It Is the to), the climax, the crest, the crest upon the ciest of foil). and the sultan Is a complete old fool, the vic tim of the Kitatest bunko fcumo In all history, except this top, this climax, this crest upon the crest of the gold brick business hero In Oregon." 8KNATOH I'TITdV'S KK.VSOXS. 6 The night haa a thousand eyes. And the day but one; Yet tho light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind hu a thousand eyes, And the heart hut one; Tet the light of a whole life dies , When love la done. Francis W. Bourdlllon. ONE OFGHT TO EXJOY LIFE. ONE GROWS OLD or elderly most vainly If he does not In creasingly realize how delight ful It may be, and should be, if one haa fairly good health, to live; what "a goodly, pleasant land" It Is that "we pilgrims Journey through." As one ages, he may feel a re tret that life is so brief, and that time past never returns; but he may find rich compensation in the sedate realization and appreciation of the bounties and blessings of life, wmcn youtn cannot reel. ine young seize and eat, sometimes in- temperately and to their hurt, en joying keenly, perhaps; but It Is usually the maturer person, the greedy edge of whose appetite has ' been dulled, and whose view of all things has broadened, who can take the most rational and satisfactory enjoyment out of the multitudinous externals of life. Enjoying life depends largely on one's temperament, which one can not by volition easily change, and happy Is he who can, see good and beauty and pleasing attributes in everything around him. And It should be one of thpfTncipal alms of education to teach people so to view things, to see the best that is In them, to find pleasure in them. to make them without voluntary ef fort servitors to our happiness. Life is short; why not make the most and best of It? Of what use is worry over things that we either can or cannot help? Why strain the finite mind with seeking knowledge of the infinite? And another prin cipal object of education should be to banish fear. Most of the fear in the world Is without proper or rea eonable cause, and almost all of it is useless. Happiness cannot abide with fear, and rational, righteous happiness is the true object of all e.forts. But from a more simple and ma terlal point of view, behold what lavish abundance nature provides for the entertainment, the pleasure, as wvli as the sustenance and comfort of man. The summer sunrise, the ripened crops, the flowing waters, the refreshing verdure, the plethora oftruits, the domestic animals and the birds, the infinite variety of land scape and cloud scenes, the fresh ness of every morning and the even Ing cool, the delicious breezes, the fertility and fragrance, the music of nature's orchestral the very Creator's kindly voice and smile how can a healthy, normal human creature help imbibing happiness with every sen cation as he moves amongst God's hand' work on earth? It is a privilege to be harpy, and it ia a duty to be as happy as one can, to enjoyingly appreciate the pleasant and nourishing and enter taining and Instructive things out epread all around us. Life In such a land as this ought to be a con tinual feast, a moderate, nourishing, enjoyable least ior mina ana soui as well as body. The next world, we are taught to hope, may be Infinitely superior to this, but he is fortunate who can ap preciate all the good and pleasant things of this world, and he Is wise n makes use of that aMMtv to the utmost. XI1E TURKS AM) Til K TOWER. UK UK AUK iiO reasons," Sen alor Kuilon sas, " why mem bers of the legislature do not have to retard that Statement No. 1 pledge." Hut the only one that he mentions la that "Oregon Is a Republican state and Chamberlain Is a Democrat." Party, party; Republican, Demo crat. Can't Republicans vote for a Democrat or Democrats for a Re publican, if they want to, and have their votes counted? Is It party that elects, that chooses public servants. or the people? By what authority or right or on what principle are a few members of the legislature not only to for swear themselves but to disfran chise the 20,000 Republicans who purposely, Intelligently and consci entiously voted for Chamberlain? 'I do not believe In Statement No. 1," says Senator Fulton. So ho said before the primaries last spring, and he knows what happened to him in the primaries. Cake, who announced that he did believe in Statement No. 1, was nominated. Fulton does not believe in State ment No. 1, but the people do, Re publicans as well as Democrats. On that Issue they rejected Fulton. On that Issue they later rejected Cake, who went back on Statement No. 1 after his nomination. On that Is sue, largely, Chamberlain was elected. And in the samo election the Statement No. 1 law was adopted by an overwhelming plurality. Therefore Senator Fulton's state ment that he does not believe In Statement No. 1 is tantamount to saying that he does not believe in the people; he does not believe that they should elect their senators; he does not believe that their will ex pressed at the ballot box should be observed; he does not believe that they should rule; he believes that a party organization or machine, nay, a mere factional machine, should at Its pleasure set aside and hold for naught the people's recorded will. A party, a faction, a factional boss or leader, assumes to say that the peo ple's choice shall be null and void unless they choose to suit him. To this shape and measure dwindle Senator Fulton's 60 rea sons; but if he really had 50 reasons, each 50 times better than this one, all combined would not weigh one fiftieth part the reason why State ment No. 1 members should keep their pledge the simple, sufficient reason that not to do so would be dishonest, dishonorable, disgraceful; would be a base betrayal of a sacred trust; would properly consign every man who violated his pledge to life long Infamy among his fellow men on Ian Is always wrong? Who could (aunt it In future with defeat? If the men and the measures which It assails In the morning should chance to he victorious, has It not sup ported them In the afternoon? If the evening campaign ends In dis aster, does not triumph crown the ertorts of the morning? Eureka 1 The problem was solved! That goo( old ganio of "Heads I win. tails von lose" was completely faded. Hence forth the Oregonlan would be alway right half the time. No time has been lost In putting tho new Idea Into effect. Tim Jour nallstlc mulophant now advocates policy at sunrise and damns It at sunset. Now you see It and now you don't. Aro you in favor of State ment No. 1? Then read the evening Issue. Are you "agin' " Mr. Cake Then see him flayed alive In tho morning. Are you on one side of the fence at twilight and on the op poslto side at dawn? "Me, too,' says the Oregonlan and you have only to read it to see that the state ment Is true. Mr. Cake will not be permitted to lend tho Republican party fur ther, to Its final betrayal and un doing," say our versatile contem porary In the morning. 'It comes with ill grace now to object to the chairmanship of Mr Cake, which at least stood for party loyalty In the past campaign." shouts the same organ as the sun moves around to the west. "Tho only chance Is to repudiate such leadership," is the advice at the breakfast table. "The self assumed Taft managers seem determined to bring up un fortunate issues," protests' the even ing Issue. In the morning "It will bo im possible to carry on a campaign for Taft under the leadership of men pledged to the election of, Chamber- land for senator"; In the afternoon, "We will not connive at nor coun tenance any effort to overturn the popular will." And so on, and so on. Now the dog wags the tail, now the tall wags the dog. You have only to look at the clock In order to learn exactly the policy of the Oregonlan at that precise minute. He Is a hard man to suit who does not find his views reflected in the paper's editorials at some hour of the day. A DESPERATE RING SCHEME. A MISDIRECTED CRITICISM. c RITICISM has been passed upon the Interstate commerce com mission because of it3 ruling that railroads must publish and maintain their proportional rates which form a part of rates charged for transportation between rail points and the orient. This criti cism Ignores the fact that the ruling In question is merely administrative In nature; it amounts to little more than an opinion by the commission as to the meaning of the federal act to regulate commerce, and Is binding so far as that opinion is sound. If the commission's ruling Is not a. correct interpretation of the act of congress, and if the rail car eers are not required by the federal statute to publish such proportional rates, then the carriers may safely disregard the ruling and the courts charged with tho judicial duty of interpreting the law will uphold the I railroads in so doing. If the com- I mission s ruling is a correct interpre- I tatlon of the law as passed by con gress, then the responsibility and any just criticism should to directed at tho body which under the eon tltution makes the law. As far as any discretion Is rested in the commission, the manner of altering such rates has been made as easy as possible, consistent with some degre of publicity and control. DISPATCH from Seattle says that Mr. B. D. Slgler, assessor for Multnomah county, said over there that "enough State ment No. 1 members of the Oregon legislature will be induced to resign to permit their places to be filled with Statement No. 2 men, and ac complish the election of a Republi can candidate for senator In the place of Governor George E. Cham berlain." This scheme has been mentioned before, but as yet the Statement No. 1 men who are going to resign have not declared themselves, and It is scarcely credible that there is any such member. In his nominating petition each member declared that If nominated would accept the nomination. would not withdraw, and if elected would quality; and that during his term of office he would -do so and so. He did not specifically promise not to resign, but to resign to escape doing the particular thing that above all else he pledged himself to do and in consequence of which pledge ho was elected, would be not only an act of flagrant, uad faith but one of superlative moral cowardice. No one of these members is going to resign unless he Is willing to be re garded as a spectacular coward and a punk-hearted traitor to the people who elected him. Mr. Sigler is quoted as saying that the places of these resigned men "are to be filled by Statement No. 2 men." How so filled? Does he Imagine that a machine boss can fill these vacancies? They can only be filled by special elections by the peo ple, and tho result would probably be the election of Statement No. 1 men who would not flunk and flinch from the performance of a plain duty. the servlc of the trusts, would not carry out his suggestions If they wero good ones. There Is not an atom of ground for hope of tariff reform by the next congress. "It will he the same old thing year after )i-ar," says Mr. Bidder Some duties will bo reduced and some raised, hut everything will be done In the Interest, of tho trusts and none "In tho interest of the musses of the people. Mr. Rldder Is no doubt entirely correct. There may be other reasons to Induce a majority of voters to elect Mr. Taft and a Republican house, but nobody should be so simple as to vole that way on the exportation that any beneficial tariff reform will follow. SOME OPINIONS ON TAFTS SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE AS ermon for Today WI I V A M ERICA NS ARE THE II EST I N OTHER parts of tho world, they nro wondering why Amer ican athletes nro tho best on the planet. In America, too, we both gue.ss and marvel at the cir cumstance. English newspapers ngree as a result of the Olympic games, that none equal us. The London Times says that In feats of speed and strength English athletes comparod to ours, are as children. We sent less than four score men to London. Some other nations sent as many as several hundred. It was ours that stood out bold and trium phant above all others. Why is it? Why are our worklngraen the best In the world? Why are our gunners the best marksmen, and our soldiers unconquerable? Because wo can make It quicker and easier, we build machinery, pay tho freight on it across tho Bea and sell It in Europe heaper than the cheapj-iabor of Europe can make it. It Is tho same power In the American workingman. In the American gunner, In the American soldier that makes him ex- el, that makes the American athlete the best. What is It? There was a dauntless spirit in those who came over In the May flower. It was a spirit Impregnated with purpose, and that purpose was free conscience, free worship, free effort, free speech and a free coun try. It. was the spirit of the revolu tion. It Is the spirit on which the epubllc rests, and has its perma nency, it is tne spirit mar. Keeps the presidency of the nation, or the presidency of the greatest rail way- system within the reach of the hum blest widow's son. It Is the flash of freedom, the buoyaucy of hope, the courage that conquered the Amer ican wild, it is the strength of men that are in all things m-e-n, that make the American athletes win. heir victories are the soul of the republic breathed out In concrete form. Too Long, bnt Very Good. rn.iii tin- Pendleton Tribune (Hep.) Mr Ttri lakes it comprehensive view of mir present condition, soelul, govern mental mi. I industrial. Such Dhnsee of our national life as need correction aru discussed at letiKtli, and his conclusions Indicate! a lireudth of understanding born of deep study, close observation and whin experience. His petition is such as can be oheer- rully accepted by every Republican In the I'nlted States, nnd no "non-pai tlsan'' can urfc-6 any radical objection lo Ills patriotic ulteninces. Ills letter la decidedly too Ionic, rend Iiir inure like n iuoshukb to coitKresi than a declaration accepting a nomina tion for president: but those who tnko the time for Its entire porftsal will find It well employed. to renoHure tho hie- corporate Interests of tho country. That la Its tone in nl inoat every paragraph. Reference to "lawful" trusts harks back to the days or AiarK iianna, wiien mere were vood trusts nnd "bad" trusts, most of the big combines, however, having the O. K. oi tnu administration. r A Grout Speech. From the KiiKcne Register (Rep.) Tho greut speech of willlum Howard Taft, Republican candidate for presi dent, delivered at Cincinnati Tuesday accepting the nomination Is a clovor exposition or the principles of modern Republicanism handed down as a hetl tano from Theodore Roosevelt, the re former and Inspired leader of the great est nation on earth. Tail's speech rltifrs clear with Inter pretation cd' the Roosevelt Idea and leaves no room for doubt but that those policies Vlll be carried out If the Ohlan In elocted, which seems a foregone conclusion. Partisan and Commonplace. From the Medford Tribune (Ind.) i his spcMf h or ncceptanco is of a rather mediocre churactor, has the fit Dors It Pay? Ry Henry V. Cope. What shall It profit a man?" Murk, vlll., 3S. (Hlfl New Kngland conscience In sisted that everything that felt Sood must, therefore, bo bad, that tho fact that It was a pleasure to do any particular action was proof lufflclont that that action waa danger ous and sinful, thut which pleased the palate must be pernicious to the health. that which the tuste rejected must be 'good for you." Holding this view life became a Rc-plote With Republicanism. From the Forest Orove News. Mr. Taft delivered a speech which was replete with Republicanism, which in Itself means that the country will not he Kivc ii over to radicalism if tho Lit; seeti-taiv is elected to the presi dency of the I'nltod States in Novem ber. 7 Reassuring to tlio Trusts. From the KiiRcne Guard (Ind.) The formal speech of acceptance of Candidate Taft Is apparently designed miliar ting of the partisan polltlclun bundle of contradictious, a perpetual who credits bis party with nil the good warfare between those things which the things of this world and the opposition Creator seems through our senses to with all that Is evil. It Is marked 'by muniem thut wm si,,,ul,l do nnd n,,.M no flight of oratory and never gets out which piety prescribe. The ood man of the well-worn rut of the commoa. .,, n, iinn.i t o ,-u I ...... i, place, pointing with pride and viewing tilmtiolf in fighting against himself. r!v ! mm A Religion becomes, under such clrcum- The address is largely a defense of I .(..... .. c .i.,.,.,ii.., the Republican platform for Its various whothur It pays to endure this present omissions of planks favoring the Roose- brlef poI.lod of restrictions, deprivations ve t pedicles, a seeking to place favor- and lUrials in order to enjoy an eternity able cufiHtrtictlon upon doubtful clauses , kho ,.... i, i ,,,,.(i, ,v,u upon the Democratic platform. ?,f,a' , ,S L V 'V, i '.o'S, "Ldf 'L 'J e"T o.. I blissful In glory; It goes deeper than tcry rarc ana ane. considerations of cold rash or of com- From Seattle Post-Intelllgencer (Rep ) merelal supremacy; It la this deep, root Political sobriety and economic j question, does It puy to follow your sanity, plus a certain Inspiring and Ideals? helpful Judicial. poise, are striking char- Is It worth whilo. at nnv oost. to ner- acterlstlcs of Sir. Taffs speech of ac- slst In the path of being the best you ceptance. Sober In every detail. It know? Supposing that obedience to ought to be sobering in Its influence that heavenly vision that comes at least on the country. It will appeal to the once to us all leuds Into paths of pain, dispassionate Judgment of the nation, demands willingness to suffer and to It is the Jurist's view of pending prob- oar joss, to remain unknown, to en- lems, vxprcHsed In the calm, dignified ,i,lre wi,at many will call failure, ia language 0f the jurist; it is reason, it Klll worth while? rather than rhetoric and bombast; a series of decrees, rather than a hodRo Is it not nn evidence of anything base ly utilitarian in the character of this podge or wild and l.llo declaiming on ,,,. t)lllt v,,u iH,ar ho oflen the test UI it-ill ifturn in K m I jrillioil. Ill In either .case the people have to pay, pay, pay A MAN OP PEACE. PORTLAND MR. DIDDER AND THE TARIFF. M r.Unil.V 'EM A-f'OMIV A-GOIV. " AND S OME of the Turks are foollFhly demanding a legislative body. and the sul'an. with reckless disregard of "hade prirclre?." ' E VF.R SINCE mankiDd learned to lt on horse races and to risk money on tho turn of a card or the roll of the dire, It has been Laa granted a constitution u is,tn(S pambr'B dream to find som all bombuR." doubtless th;nks tu , r0.thing method of "playing both political aie of the Tall Toer "It :ends aeajll;,t the middle." That vener is contrary to all experience" SLd iciable old snort, the Oreronlan hs Tiolatloa of all "tried usage, and . Et last hIt upon tt p ,0i,Jtion n the! rest of us " The tariff ar.d the forma." Ibe sultan "has the shr r-roblem ! row t!i7in Hit. 1 trusts, he . are twin evils; the R. HERMAN RIDDER, pro prietor of the New York Staats Zeltung, who hag been vlsltltifi in Portland, under- I etands the nature and effect of the 1 protective tariff; nobody better. He I has made a study of It for many years. And while he took his very able and Influential paper over to the McKlnley side in 1 836 and 1900 on the money Issue, he Is now sup porting Bryan mainly on the tariff Issue. For Mr. Rldder has a very clear apprehension of the Republican party, as well as of the protective tariff, and of the relation and atti tude of one to the other. "The present tariff system Is K robbers' aid." said Mr. Rldder, ' making money and giving protec tion to a very few, while robbing AND OREGON RIGHT. ALL to of man, but the soul of a goo- thua bestow righU upon fat M . V a Aa tba air n the altltadlnous i ,jrr, ori ! covery In the r-oj.p of working an ' ,ri;"? Tower tbkkans with rpletlTe. it li ?hi7 to hear tfe topic rortlnoed tbati Tb faddist and fooit will mw brief forward all manner of -r;lU. tbeorica of government. Tta dlsconUtd. tb thap dema-f-tu- atd tbc feaicbngs will roth la Uir fait and f"aclo. It U de ft natural outgrowth of ' M $ 1 i rnr t roh:i the tariff It Is useless to fire at The Oreer.nian ruMihs two edi-!'k trusts when they are Intrenched niernlsr and th behUd an Impregnable tarut wan. th other in tho afterroon For years. Bnt Ue Republican party is go It has taken the i,,in- ord in rioliti- Ine to revise the tariff next year. al campnienc not on.ee a day only but twice a da At last came a brilliant lcfp;rati'-n Why not fol low one policy at t reakfatt time and an opposite policy at dinner time? Wbo could say ttr Ifcal tb Ora- Mr. Rldder has not the slightest ORTLAND CAN point with pride to its midsummer record of real estate sales, building permits, nnd business generally. The country at large has not yet recovered from tho "depression" consequent on the "panic" last fall; but this top-notch record for July business does not look much like "depression" or prospective dull times in Portland. And when Port land thus bowls along boomingly, Oregon, all the tributary country, must be doing pretty well. This is the last state and city on earth where anybody should have the blues, or depressing forebodings. Big things are doing and are go ing to be done over on the penin sula, bordering on the deep waters. Millions will be spent, there In pack ing plants and factories and mills, and in a few years that section will Itself have a population half as numerous as that of all Portland now, and the output of this city will be multiplied. For though St. Johns and vicinity is not within the city limits, yet practically it is one with Portland. Tho North Hank railroad, to be opened very soon to traffic, will di rectly connect and unite this city with an Immense ri-ttlon of very pro ductive country, and will irresistibly cause a concentration or commerce here that will- be worth millions to this city, nnd t;ive a tremendous im petus to its growth. Soon the city will bo in a position to undertake needed improvements a new bridge,, municipal docks, more parks and driveways, and more Bull Run water; and there must be a new court nousn anrt city jan, and an emergencyhospital. These thingB will cost money, but almost before we know It, If all opportuni ties are improved. Portland will be a city of 300.000 people, and It must have things in proportion to Its size. The midsummer record Is certain ly encouraging; It leaves no room In a reasonable mind for pessimism or doubt. Why. Portland has Just fairly made a good start. It will grow faster and more grandly than ever. And aa It does, all the Oregon country must grow and develop with It. Everybody who IItps In this re gion should be proud of It. should love It. be glad that he Is alive In It. and be willing to do his part In It. IF ALL the talk and motion about regulating and controlling tho railroads and trusts have been mere hot air, and these corpora tions are to have their own undis puted way; If the tariff is to be re vised by the protected interests nnd trusts; if there Is not to bo and If It Is not necessary or worth while that there should bo any reforms or changes of laws or administration In the people's interest; If what lit tle fragmentaj-y ground that has been gained under Roosevelt is to be abandoned and the1 government is to go bark to the administrative standards of Mark Hanna if all this is to he desired, then Mr. Taft's letter of acceptance Is commendable and satisfactory. While he does speak of carrying on Roosevelt's pol icies, the acceptance speech shows in various places that Mr. Taft is eminently conservative, and will never worry In the least If the Re publican leaders dump the so-called Roosevelt policies In the wasteheap where in fact, they have been thrown already. The whole tone and tenor of Mr. Taft's address is reactionary. It is said, to be very "judicial, and "temperate." It is exceedingly "sane and safe." It suits Standard Oil, the protected trusts, and the predatory interests, exceedingly well. Perhaps the people prefer such a president; perhaps it will be wise to elect such a president; we are not arguing that question here, but only pointing out that Mr. Taft, on his own showing, will be that kind of a president. He will be so honestly, no doubt, and because his judicial and conservative tempera ment believes It better that the trusts and interests should for the most part have their way than that the country should bother about them. If he Is right, if this kind of a president stilts the majority, very well; but let nobody imagine that Mr. Taft is going to try to reform anything to any appreciable extent. He has himself given fair notice that he won't. question. "What's the use?" applied to proposed courses or action or outy. i t- timately oil tilings must come to tnta proof of tholr right to be. that they have use, value, or they render service. One Is Justified In putting the same test to every demand of religious duty. It Is certainly a nonrellglous net to go religion must concern itself with tho "ti doing things in tho church or In saloon, With politics, with questions thought of their purpose or value; ft of better homes and better home life "' be an Irreligious art. Many a per- IOO- fonn and In substance the utterance Is n powerful protest against a substitu tion of the untried and uncertain theo ries of radicalism for tho established and applied principles of tho American system. for the but 1 .a utni.lliuT 1 1 1 a r1 1 1 fllll I t VP I (1 ti lt cannot DC rm.nt in- i()lnf nns of roliirlon without poor; Kt rpnt't hfriPii In flnhnalnrf It " In tiltlio rplUrituis motive . . . ' A Jt If vou urco a lm to po to Sunday word, Dr. Aked argues that the L 00j and he answers. "O. what's di cnurcnes neea to engage more in use? would it not ne neuer. tnsieau r lorciuK nun iiuo iiniiiunioij um "practical religion.' pliance with your sense of religious answer? Other articles alone this line are duty, to fairly face his question and to follow nnrl whtl whnt Fir AVod discover If there is any value, any ust lO'iow, ana wnue wnnt Dr. Aked 0,,ffiM,,nt service in this which you says so far Is no doubt true enough urge him to do? and'tlmelv vet somehow It does riot Wo b"10 no rnnrnl right to go iuiu umtiy, yet bomtuow li uoes not t,irosn any mechanical round of per- seem to answer verv satisfactorily tvo-minees hiindiv making these mo- the old and oft -repeated questions t''. i1-'1 terming "these rites mi .. .. . these words, hliiiplv because our lathers above quoted. May it not be that n, n,..-,:, dll these things, or our ministers are for obvious reasons in fathers in tho faith command us to .to Tl. ...... t n.illilne- of faith 111 a measure disqualified from giving untidnkii.g routines, even in the name Important portions of a full, true pf religion. . veriauuy ucia i... ...... ... ........ answer can come from the test of com mercial standards. Wo must see life Three lynchings of negroes within C ' . h ir 'S naV is two days in three southern States is the whole world the richer for the life ntiite an nrtlvo revival of tbf Ivnch- that pays the great price for living, quite an atine revival or ine ijncn- g t ho gain to the individual in strength ing industry down there, which has a'nd beauty of life worth the cost? Surely we Knew that ail mis mo oi i.in.r. Hn,...twiu rto the dvnamic of tho difficult to feel very indignant over .,,ri,t of thought, that only a life in- these affairs, providing the assumed spired by noble ideals can do even tho facts are correct, but In many cases ,, ,,, ..nrsutt of some ideal that there is no positive proof of the V C- elves the proficiency In every calling. , ... , , . , . it Is the pursuit of the Ideal life that tim s guilt. When a lynching mob ivpa pow;,r in the art of living-. gets its blood hot, almost any negro It Is easy to see how It pays to di? ditcnes, or io sen .. blind that w cannot see both the joy and tho profit of the life thut Is lived Having found a way to smash L-iadiv loses the shadow for the sub- party machines, and rather liking the stanc. the things that perish n.r t ios . . ... . . that endure, that piety Is not .seeking renins so iar, tne people ot uregon .,. ,,ari side of life, but it Is will do. pre ready and quite in the humor to living for life itself rather than f.-r Its smash any new one that shall be constructed, and labeling it with the name of a presidential candidate won't save it. tools ca n full its meals, that no price you my is too great for the prize of I v 1 n g ? Sentence Sermons A Poem f rv 1 or 1 oday AN OLD QUESTION DIS(TSSEI). It develops In an Investigation be ing carried on In Minnesota that J. P. Morgan Co. made over $22,000. 000 out of the reorganization of the Northern Pacific In 1906 That was confidence In this promise. He says a Ejce pjp cf business, and perhaps the people are tired of tariff reform j4,Tf ll more profitable to that enter- by the Repoblicane. Taft If elected would e powerless to reform the tariff; tha Repnbllcaa leadera, in prlalng firm of patriots than Its dis tinguished service In saving the country daring the panic last fall. EV. CHARLES F. AKED, whose chief title to fame, at least on this side of the Atlantic, rests on his being the pastor of the church to which John I). Rockefeller belongs, has been asking and in a series of articles Is essaying to anwer the old and often-asked question: Why do not more people attend church? and what can the churches do to attract and interest people? To summarire very briefly one of Dr. Aked's articles, he says that the churches will be entirely deserted within 100 rears unless they attempt to apply religion to the whole round of human life. The church cannot continue tn live In the past. It "has no claim to existence" unless it de votes Itself to live eoclal problems. He thinks that the trouble Is not so much that men do not "believe" as that they do not care. Rather than argue the point they may agree to the Christian doctrines, but they are Indifferent to them peeause they are not actively and practically applied In everyday life and to the correc tion of wrong social conditions. "The man on the street says that 'the church Is a back number,' and feels that he can do without It." The need of religion was never greater In any age or country than In this country now. yet the gain In church membership Is not In proportion to th gain In population "Either the rhurrhes hare got to live up to the task of keeping the sonl of the na tion alive, or they will perish." But Dr Aked does not believe In roine attempts that have been made to pnpolarrxe the churches; does not believe that the church can compete vitb the saloon or tbe theatre j weakly Imitating them. "Practical Song of the Pilgrim Soul. Ry Henry Van Dyke. Henry Van Dyke, 1,1.. U., now pro fessor of English literature at Prince ton university, has been pastor of Con gregational and Presbyterian church, i in the United Stales, and Is well known for bis many books on the religious life and on the delights of outdoor liv ing, angling and mountain climbing, as well ns for his many beautiful little poems. His first book appeared In 1SS4 March on. my soul, nor like a laggard stay! March swiftly on. Tet err not from the way t Where nil the nobly wise of old have t rod, The path of faith mad by the sons of Uod. Follow the marks that they have set beside The narrow, cloud swept track, to be my guioe. Follow, and honor what the past has gained. And forward still, that more may be auainen. Something to learn, and something to forget ; Hold fast tho good, nnd seek the better yet, Press on. nnd prove the pilgrim hope of youth The creeds are milestones on the road to truth. ' Huang-Hsu's Birthday. Kuang-Hsu. the reljrnlng emperor of China, was born August 2. 1S72. a sou of Prince Chun, who was seventh son of the Kmpiror Tno-kuang and brother of the Kmtif-rnr Hslcn-Feng. His nnme was Tsal-Tlen, but when he suc-ceede-1 to the throne on the death of hi cousin the Kmperor Tung Chin. January 22' IS, 5, he assumed the title Kuang-Hsu. His succession to the throno was not In the rnulnr wa. bis predecessor having died suddenly without having designated n successor It was the re suit of a pnlaie arrangement directed by Tzu-hsl. tie fmpr.fs dowager, wbo Is the sister of Koang-Hsu's mother Refore he became of age and owing to his physical weakness there was gret doubt whether he would ever reach that age. the empress dowager held the reins of government. Kuang-Hsu came of ag and assumed government nominally in March, 17, and married February 2S 1SSP From the date of hla marriage to September. 1 SO s. . was to a con siderable extent the real head of thp government, but hl erratic tendency to reform lndicl The dowager emim ti resume the control, which she till I maintains The emperor Is cMldleTx And ther !s no designated successor or heir presumptive. ITenrv V Cope. Selfishness Is the' sub-l Je of happiness The divine Is not discovered by defi nition. Virtue Is the moral fiber that comes from soul struggle. Thinking bitterly of others strikes a blow at my own heart. Our neighbors nre not lifted up by looking up their records. He who Bpreads himself In prayer Is not likely to rise in It. Peoplg who practice duplicity nat urally label It diplomacy. It's always easier to sing heaven than to serve earth. about This Date In History. 1100 William II of Enfland. son of Th Conqueror." died In England. Born Id Normandy in le'l 151 The plague appeared In Ir.1on 1 TJ General Mordecal Gist. Mary- lapd patriot and friend of Oeorae Waehinrton. die-i In Charleston. Born In Baltimore 1 : 4 1. IV'2 Bonaparte declared eoneul of France for life. lkil Queen Victoria sanctioned em Dr.M of India 1H J Victoria. B. C. Incorporated aa a rltr 1 Ml Ref Ina mad the capltalef th oorthwent territories. 1 0A Dr. Charles Tanner eurpe ruled from tbf hnns of commons . Mrif Christi Murray. )nnr nalivt an4 author, sled. Bora April 1. 1147. Many believe they are sanctified be cause they feel so se.lf-satlsf led. Sipisre dealing means to many mak ing nil others fit to their angles. Every great public victory has many a private struggle behind It. When vou set a lie up In business you cum be sure It will never be lonely. Blessings soon cease to come to him who makes them stop with himself. Idsappolntment Is often only a turn In the road to the highest appointment, Tt ! nnt much use talking over your fidelity If folks donot find you friendly. The great life expects to fall often, but it determines never to atay In fail ure. Peeing the way that others should go is not equivalent to going in uio wo we see. It Is alwavs essy to make difficulties In doctrine a hldlhg place from the de mands of duty. He has lltt! faltn In truth who rushes out with a blanket every time the wind of criticism arises. They who are most discontented with their circumstances are likely to be best satisfied with themselves. When yoa try to magnify the diction ary In your prayers you may be sure you do not reach the divine. No amount of poetic feeling for thi human family will msKe up tor tacic or practical provision for your own. When we survey any rich fruitage In our own lives It Is worth while to ask who dug the wells for their refreshing. The man In the church with tha rov ing eyei looking over the bulbous noe I pretty sura to be slrenf on the doct rlnea. There's an Irony In nature that Is almost sure To brlr.f thoe who rre srrih for the race around to takina their own medicine. A Proposition. Tmrn the Houston Post. "Johnnt I mill prlve yoni a quarter If fou aa set me a lock of your sister's balr- ijlmrre four bits an' I'll gt yrnj de whoie hun'K I kcew where she bacaS it eta."