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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."