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Tho Emperor Augustus,
; when seated at table between
Virgil, who was asthmetlc, and
Horace, who wag blear-eyed,
said, - laughing:, "I am be
tween slghe and tears." Alas!
who la 1 not seated between
these two table companions at
the banquet of life Fr Jo
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BRYAN AND RAILROADS.
M
R. BRYAN was most vigor
ously assailed for his alleged
advocacy of government own
ership of railroads in his
" Madison Square speech on his fe
turn from Europe, and not the
same papers that misrepresented
. hlB speech on that occasion and put
their own hostile construction on It
are censuring him for advocating
not government ownership but gov-
." ernment control ; and they say that
lie has changed his attitude to get
Totes.
These critics of Bryan are-diffi
cult to please. Assuming that be
was for government ownership, they
denounced him as Impracticably and
dangerously radical, and now they
are down on him because on their
own theory and representations he
, has modified his views and become
u more "eano and ,aaf a." May not a
man do that honestly and sincerely?
; McKlnley, for Instance, was an ar
,' dent champion jf "free silver" up
,'to about the time that be became a
candidate for president.
But as a matter of fact Mr. Bry
an never advocated government own
ership of railroads, except In the
-contingency that government control
should prove a failure. True, he
expressed the opinion that attempts
at control would fail, would not
accomplish the desired object, and
"nearly everything that has occurred
since has tended to prove that he
,was right. Attempted control' of
railroads most assuredly will be a
a failure and a farce as long as the
t (people elect congresses like the last
pne, for the railroads will control
ifchese congresses.
s'. But Mr. Bryan is in favor of con
i tinued efforts at regulation and con
jjtrol; like most reasonable men he
would not undertake government
'ownership except as a last resort;
i he is willing to keep trying, along
jfjthe line of regulation, ajid fully
testing this plan. So as to give It
a fair chance he has quit eaying that
ie believes it will ultimately fail.
Possibly he has hope that it may
: succeed. At least he will follow this
'policy if elected during his term,
and will not seek to bring about
: government ownership. And no
'doubt he will do this honestly and
' sincerely, even though he may in
4 his own unexpressed mind believe
that it will have to come to govern
ment ownership at last. And if he
thinks so, he only thinks as millions
pf other thoughtful Americans do.
5 There is not much difference be
tween Bryan and Taft, between the
.Republican and Democratic plat
s' forms, on this subject; but there is
this to be considered: The Repub
lican leaders who, rather than Taft,
will control affairs, will be con
trolled by the railroads and will not
n the people's interest control the
Railroads. Sufficient warrant for say
ing this lies in the recent record of
these leaders.
enough to arouse the revengeful
passions of tho disappointed mem
bers of tho frustrated mob; tlmy re
assembled, and took four of (lie
loading members of the lodge out
and hanged them.
If tho account of the murder of
the white man be correct, his slayer
deserved death, under the law, nud
the law In duo time would have
taken his life,. A negro inuideror
certainly could not escape this pen
alty down there, nud It really would
have been a much greater punish
ment than to bo killed at once. Even
from a purely revengeful point of
view, the mob was Illogical and fool
ibh. Hut wo get, probably, only the
white men's side of the etory; pos
sibly the homicide wnis excusable, or
there mav have been circumstances
in mitgation of the crime. - But oven
if not so, the fact that the mob
sought the murderer's life shows
that a mob will lynch for the mur
der of a white man just as quickly
and surely as for an assault on a
white woman.
But more and worso than this,
the mob, composed of moat of the
"best citizens," lynched not one man
for a murder, as they started out to
do, but four men for merely passing
In a secret meeting a resolution ap
proving ,the murder. Observe how
far the lynching spirit has carried
these men from the pretended bounds
of lynching cases. Very likely these
negroes passed no such resolution.
An Inflamed mob never needs proof;
a mere rumor will do. Certainly if
the resolution wns passed it was a
very foolish thing to do, but it would
not have made the men legally as
cessories to the murder, and could
not justify lynching in tho minds of
any good citizen. If men are to be
justified for. lynching negroes for
this, then there is no limit to the
offenses for which negroes may be
lynched; pilfering a watermelon or
hurrahing for Foraker might serve.
The" basis of these actions lies In
the fact that a large proportion of
the southern people do not regard
the negro as a human being, or at
least not one entitled to anything
like the same rights, privileges and
consideration as themselves. They
are at constant mental war with the
laws that have attempted to make
the negroes their legal equals, and
at slight provocation their, wrath
masters them and they thus manifest
their hatred of the law, and of the
legal privileges accorded the negro
race, rather than of the race itself.
The leaders of the mob who mur
dered these four negroes ought to
be severely punished. Even a south
ern state or community that approves
and Justifies lynching for assaults on
women ought to draw the line some
where, and let the world know that
It will not tolerate wholesale lynch
ing of negroes because they may
have passed a foolish resolution.
only a year and a half; let ua not
condemn him at this early period
of his term. Ha has four and a half
years yet to serve and who can ay
that ho will not "make good" as far
as Oregon's interests are concerned,
In that time? No now senator ac
complishes anything during the first
two years of his term. The Journal,
instead of saying harsh things about
Senator Bourne, believes In giving
him encouragement and aid. True,
ho has not been back to Oregon, but
perhaps he could serve Oregon's In
terests better at" Washington, where
ho has been almost continuously.
The Journal agrees with Senator
Bourne's crltlca that he pressed his
second elective term propaganda en
tirely too far. As a realous cham
pion of Roosevelt, he ought to have
seen that the president could not In
honor become the nominee. But
that mistake should not be suffi
cient to condemn Senator Bourne
and make him the object of unspar
ing abuse during the rest of his
term. There Is one thing about him;
the people know Just where he stands
whea he takes a position, like the
one he has maintained on the ques
tion of electing senators by the peo
ple, and that Is worth something.
More than this, he appears to be
inclined to take what may be called
the people's side of current issues
generally. Perhaps this is the prin
cipal reason why he is so hated In
certain quarters.
Small Change
Ovardolng reforms retards It.
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Harrlman haan't sot Hill's acalf
jet.
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Olve the Olympic winners a great re
caption.
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Now comes August, ripe matron of
uis year.
Why not let the members of the lug
mature alone 7
Portland can afford to have a big
north bank blowout.
Immigration la increasing; sure algn
or returning prosperity.
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There la one court in particular that
Mr. Kockefelior has profound reapec
ror.
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Lot the party wrecking go merrily or,
In Oregon; It won't l.urt tho uoople
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any.
To construct an anti-people Taft ma
chine would be a curious way to work
lor Tart,
Since both part Ire are determined to
save the country, what's the difference
wnicn one wins;
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Taft Is better than his party or Its
platform ana perhaps better than nis
letter or acceptance
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Jim Schoolcraft Sherman won't know
officially about hla being a candidate
for over two weeks yet.
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There are more Irishmen In the
United States than In Ireland. But
this Is the bigger country.
MR. TAFT OX COURTS.
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THE LYNCHING HABIT.
T
HE southern press and portions
of the southern people are wont
to justify the frequent lynch
ing of negroes on the ground
EOPLE generally will cordially
agree with Mr. Taft In his
strictures upon the American
judicial system, especially its
delays, and its cost to poor people,
who on this account are frequently
prevented from maintaining a just
cause, and who therefore are prac
tically denied Justice. If Mr. Bryan
had thus criticised the courts the
whole trust and corporation press
would have charged him with mak
ing an anarchistic attack on the
courts, but since Mr. Taft said It,
the utterance was wise and patrlolic.
Mr. Taft is quoted as saying: "I
believe the greatest question before
the American people today Is the
mprovement of the administration
of justice, civil and criminal, both
in the matter of its prompt dispatch
and in the cheapening of its use.'
An even worse feature he did not
mention, and that is the weight giv
en in too many cases to technicalities
and even sophistries brought forward
to obscure plain facts and distort
simple truths. Altogether, this is
Indeed an important matter and not
only Mr. Taft but the whole coun
try, since he is In so prominent a
position. Is to be congratulated upon
his declaration concerning it.
Yet we cannot agree that this Is
"the greatest question" for voters
to consider just now. It is one that
they can do little to solve by their
votes next fall. The reform spoken
of by Mr. Taft must come gradually,
and mainly through the courts them
selves, though congress and state
legislatures may help. While what
Mr. Taft mentions is important, and
The verdict of acquittal in the
government's prosecution of R. A.
Booth and his fellow defendants dis
poses finally of an indictment which
never should have been returned. In
this, as in numerons other instances.
men who had been guilty of no crime
were subjected to tho humiliation
and disgrace of criminal prosecution
and their cases were then allowed to
drag along for two and three years
without being brought to trial. Is
It strange that the methods pursued
by the prosecution In the land fraud
ca3es have given rise to intense dis
satisfaction and severe criticism? If
It he true, as asserted, that the gov
ernment prosecutors we're satisfied,
before this last case went to the Jury,
that R. A. Booth at least was inno
cent, that fact should have been
stated in open court with the re
quest that the jury be Instructed to
bring in a verdict of acquittal.
Senator Fulton Intimates that he
may be a candidate for senator be
fore the legislature next winter, or
p.t least he does not say that he will
not be, not withstand Ins his declar
ation at Corvallis last summer. If
he Is to be a candidate, why not Mr.
Cake also, as several Oregon Repub
lican papers are suggesting? The
Republican voters of the state chose
Cake over Fulton for the Republi
can nominee, and surely If Fulton
has any claims on Republican mem
bers of the legislature Cake has su
perior claims, so far as the vote
sihows. But the candidacy of neither
should be regarded seriously, be
cause a clear majority of both
houses of the legislature is pos
itively pledged to vote tor another
man, one who suits the people of
Oregon better than either.
Senator Piatt eays he enjoyed read
iris "Three Weeka." But not as much
as If It had been still nastier.
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It wouldn't be fair to make a target
of aa big a man as Taft. even If it
were allowable to shoot at candidates,
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It was Just 25 yrars ago that a big
relebratlon waa held In Portland over
the completion of the Northern Pacific
to a Portland connection. y
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Finally, and aa an all-aufflrlent rea
son. Standard Oil didn't know It was
wrong for It to violate the law. It
supposed the law was made for others,
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All that Taft says and thinks anil does
is very wise; everything that Bryan
thinks and says and advocates Is only
"hot air." -So says the Salem States
man. Isn't this an intelligent appeal to
voters?
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A good many babies are now being
named Hfter William Howard Taft, so
that years hence there will lie a 1 t of
V. 11. T. Smiths, Jones and Browns.
It might be well to cut off the Bill;
there's always a superfluity of Bills.
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An appeal of which the following is
a part. Sent by the late Bishop Potter
to .Mayor Van Wyck of New York, Is
said to have been effective to bring
about much better conditions: "In the
name of these little ones, these weak
n i)l defenseless ones. Christian and lie
brew alike, of many races and tongues,'
but of homes In which God Is feared
and ids law reverenced and virtue and
decency honored and exemplified. I call
upon you. Kir. to save mcse people, no
are in a vrv real way committed to
your charge, from a living hell. defiling.
deadly, damning. In which the criminal
suplneness of the constituted authorities
set for the defense of decency and good
order threatens to doom them."
THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO REPUB
LICAN HARMONY
From the Salem. Journal (Rep.).
The disposition of R. E. Wllliama of
Dallas, national committeeman for Ore
gon, to work In harmony witb State
Committeeman Cake waa an encourag
ing algn for Republican success In Ore
gon. It waa good pblltlcal aagaolty, com
mon horae aenae and the decent Ameri
can way of doing thlnga.
But the Oregonian will not permit it
It renews the fight to force Cake to
resign.
It demands what It calls exclusive
ramnaign control for What It calls the
pulton-Tart Republican.
Why not have the national and state
chairmen conduct the state campaign?
wny not unite trie party lines and
carry Oregon for Taftf
That would gratify all the Repub
licans of Oregon, but the party would
be bigger than the Oregonian.
That would never do to have the
party or the state bigger than the Oregonian.
The harmony or tn Republican party
and the development of the atate nit
as mere flyspeeks, compared to the Ore
gonlan's graft.
It cannot exist without a political
and Journalistic monopoly, strife and
discord.
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For two tears the Oregonian sicked
Ileney onto Fulton.
The Oreironlan editors were in
Heney's closest councils In all the time
of the Mitchell trial and for a year
afterward.
Then when Fulton a standing- with
the neonlo has been undermined, and
the mines laid for his defeat at the pri
maries the alllo-ator tears are sited
over his remains, he kisses the hand
that smote him and he is restored to
the good graces of tho tall tower.
Kiss the feet of na Ereat creator, pre
server and destroyer of the Republican
party of Oregon if you would live!
Oreat Is discord and Its Journalistic
king demands new victims.
No man is a Republican by its con
sent. There Is no Republican party out
the Oregonian.
what lr Its enitors no advocate ires
rade, prohibition and the bloody shirt:
It is the harmony and the upbulld-
ng or the Itepumican pniiy iney nit
afR.rE. Williams made a fatal mistake
when he offered to work In harmony
with the legally eleoted Republican
state chairman.
That would have been accounted good
Republicanism in lowa, Washington
Ohio anywhere but in Oregon. ,
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Now why this effort to drive State
Chairman Cake and his friends and tha
supporters of direct eleotion of senators
out or me Jtvepuoiican party;
To Insure a monopoly of federal pat
ronaare to tha Scott faction.
That means a monopoly for a boss
machine newsDaDer.
Those were the tactics employed when
Scott had Furnish nominated for gov
ernor and Scott waa to be made sena
tor.
Furnish put up the money to Inaure
him the nomination on a deal by whlcn
Jack Matthews was to deliver Scott tho
senatorshlD.
Again this year, instead of allowing
tne national and state committeemen to
conduct the campaign for Taft along
lines or narmony tne uregonian nas un
dertaken to club Cake out of the party.
All In the Interests of nartv discord
and Republican demoralisation. Well
may the guardian angels of the O. O.
P. ween tears like walnuta.
Cake la called a traitor to the party
because his brother secured the nomina
tion for senator by the direct primary,
He is denounced as a political crim
inal because he appealed to the people
and comolled with the law.
Tha ftrea-nnlan tearnes tnai It is a
crime to take Instructions from the
people and unconstitutional to execute
the win or tne majority.
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If the Oregonian really loved Repub
llrnn iirlm-lnlxn and Republican suc
cess what harm would have resulted
from allowing these two state chairmen
to tret together and pull for a harmoni
ous victorvr .
None whatever. Only good could
have resulted.
What good can come to the Repub
lican party from a prolonged one-man
dictatorship in Oregon?
None whatever. Only harm.
The one-man dictatorship does not
want harmony, 1
It prefers strife, discord, demoralisa
tion. It seeks to place the party In an at
titude of hostility to the peoplo and
carry Oregon for Taft and the dis
credited machine and thus on the popu
larity of Taft discredit the people and
overthrow popular reforms.
The New York Republican bosses
all hate Governor Hughes, and
would give a good deal to beat him,
but the demand for his renomina-
tion and reelection among the poo
rle is too strong. Boss Barnes says
Hughes is not a Republican and
has disrupted the Republican party.
This Is just the reason why the rank
and file of Republicans want him in
office. He is a non-partisan states
man and high-minded public ser
vant, not a politician. The people
are learning.
that only such punishment fits the j jie takes the rlRht view of it, the
'crime for which, it is assume d, j grfater Question of a government of.
lynching Is inflicted, that is. assaults j hv an(j for the people, or of. by and
-on white women, and that white m n fGr the trusts and corporations,
are Justifiable and even to be ap- n,,, ,P )ept to the front.
plaudfd for taking Immediate and -
All Willamette valley towns are
growing healthily, and the country
is developing as never before. Never
was there so much enterprise dis
played in this region. Newcomers
are a leaven, and even old settlers
are waking up. Electric railroads,
irrigation and small farming will
work wonders within a few years,
Up to this writing, Chairman Cake
has maintained an eloquent silence
in regard to that scheme of having
him appoint a committee of Fulton
guardians. Mr. Cake, to use a well
known slang phrase, is not exactly
a spring chicken.
Violent though unlawful means to
put the assaulters out of existence.
Putting asid - the merit.; of this
plea, it is to be oberved that once
the hahit of l.-nrhirg negroes for
this crime has lio n formed it over-
SKNATOU BOIRNK.
T
HE JOURNAL perceives no
proper reason for the constant
outpouring of vials of vitrulic
wrath upon the head of Senator
rides thi-?o bounds and becomes a 1 Jonathan Bourne. Thp same news
l.abit of lynching vprvs for ser j paper that Is doing most of this, said
Snd In some rat-es tor aimot any ion Senator Bourne's election by the
Now it is reported that Mr. Har
rlman has gained control of the
Gould roads. There are a few lines
that Harrlman has not gobbled up
yet, among them those controlled by
.1. J. Hill. But these may go the
Fame wav vet.
, Governor Johnson will be at lib
erty to campaign for Bryan after
September 1. A great many people
of Oregon, Republicans as well as
Democrats, would like to hear Gov
ernor Johnson..
Oregon Sidelights
Six dwelling houses are being built at
Buxton.
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Gervals people are well pleased with
their oiled streets.
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Ajrain the forest fires, but they won't
be so big as formerly.
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The game law has rfone so,ne good.
Deer arc more numerous than for some
years past.
Bay City is up and movhig. says a
coi i fsponilen.t, and ail the people are
pulling together.
On a hunting trip an Albany young
man killed three buck deer and each of
his brothers one.
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A Washington county woman ran a
pitchfork into her foot. Woman should
stick to her sphere.
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A cement block factory is to be amoni!
Ralnler's industries. A building is being
erected on the water front tor that pur
pose. a a
The tir of a wagon rubbed against
an iron pole so that the wagon and two
tons of hay were burned. In Washington
county.
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Times in Forest Grove are growing
more promising and more new busi
nesses are being started every day. says
the News.
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Hubbard has . a 30year-old cherry
tree that measures 8 feet 2 Inches in
circumference two feet from the ground.
It is loaded annually with cherries.
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We need, and will have, reservoirs of
water all over Umatilla county like thul
at tlermiston. savs the Pendleton i rib
tine. And they're coming. We've got
the water and the sites sights of them
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Kvcrvbodv will admit that the less
ened number of boozy and wobbly-legged
men to be seen on Main street gives
Pendleton an Improved appearance
noticeable to everybody and has not
hurt business in the least, says the
Tribune.
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Weston correspondence of the East
Oregonian: The bailey crop this sea
son is proving far better than the
wheat, most of it having fully ripened
before the hot winds set In. Price
Hrothers report 75 bushels to the acre
and other ranchmen are doing equally
as well.
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The Dallas road will do very well,
running to West Salem, says the States
man. Rut the time will come when
there will be a railroad bridge across
the Willamette at or near Salem, and a
road east to Join with the Woodburn-
Sprlngheld branch.
Letters From the People
Brjon and Prosperity.
Tortland, Or.. July SI. To the Editor
f The Journal Never in the history of
his country has the nomination of a
presidential candidate brought about
uch extraordinary prosperity In so short
time as the nomination of W. J. Bryan,
is now nearly a year since the fln-
111131 crisis began which played such
havoc with the banks of the country.
As a result of this "flurry" mills and
factories closed down, gold began to
lde. railroads to discharge their, em-
nlnvm w.ihcs fell, mechanics could rind
no work and the depression everywhere
prevailed. Our banking system was
denounced ns rotten. When congress
should meet all this would be rectified.
Postal savings banks would be estab
lished, a currency bill would be given
the country which would net everything
spinning again. All this happened un
der a Republican administration.
Congress met. No savings banks
were established. Senator Aldrlch Intro
duced a currency bill which met the
he.irtv approval of Mr. Roosevelt. But
It was a flat failure. The Oregonian
denounced it as worse than useless. Mr.
Reynolds one of the highest author
ities on banking and currency desig
nated as as "and emergency currency
bill, an unscientiflo makeshift discred
iting the ability of our law-makers and
the banking fraternity, a patch noon the
coat of Joseph, a legislative bastard,
born between senatorial courtesy and po
litical necessity." The monetary con
ditions grew worse and worse. Labor
ing men begged for work at reduced
wages but they begged In vain. A uni
versal' stagnation In business prevailed
in the country.
A few davs after the nomination of
Mr Taft and his banker colleague, tho
conditions became so bad that the rail
road managers declared that they were
tn ent th wacres of their em
ployes and discharge many of their
hands or go out of business. The out
look was dark and dismal. A few weeks
Rates to the Beaches
From the Astoria Leader.
Considerable complaint Is made by the
railroads and the keepers of summer re
sorts upon the western coast that the
travel this season nas been very iignt,
and the receipts correspondingly small,
and many are the vague theories sug
gested for this unpleasant ensmallment
The fact is that a large proportion of
peoplo realize that the "rates are too
liign: mere it is in lour snort wurug;
That's the reason.
If a railway can carry a passenger
100. miles to shore and bring the same
man back over the same 100 miles for
$1.G0 (provided It all happens the sam
tlay) why should it charge him J2.6
each way provided he cares to remain
at the shorepoint a week or so? Does
It cost more to carry a passenger on
Wednesday than It does, on Monday
Doom he occunv more seat room or cans
a greater consumption of steam on Frl
day than he does on Sunday?
TIik mllionds of Oteauu Seem to ooll
spire against the success of The ocean
snore resort. They are anxious to se
cure "one-day passengers" and limit the
stay by the salt water to four hours.
Consequently they make a fair rate for
the trip. But if the people of that spot
have so expended money as to make
the place attractive and the visitor ae
sires to extend the stay tne roaas say
"Nay! If you remain longer It will cos
vou much more to return to your home
True, we sold you a round-trip ticket,
but don t you see that if we should al
low you to remain till tomorrow our ex
penses would be much more, and If you
should stay another week It would cost
us 200 per cent more to carry you back.'
This is one of the reasons why the
travel has been less this season than It
has heretofore; because people who have
money along with other responsibilities
are looking at useless expenditures
twice where they used to look but once.
The man who has but a couple of dol
lars spends it Just as thoughtlessly tow
as ne ever am. possioiy it is tor mm
the railways run these one-day trips.
But It la not for him that the summer
resort hostelrles are conducted.
The shore resorts should endeavor to
lKeREALM -
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The Girl Who Works.
F you are going to work for a
man, In heaven's nam work for
him," la one of the sententious
things that Elbert Hubbard says
In his talks to people who work
for a living. And among tha many
things that are not worth aaylng, this
one utterance may be mads Into a fa
miliar motto and have' a place on the .
tablets of memory.
If' you are going to work for a man,
then, means not merely arriving at the
office five minutes late and mechanic
ally doing what lias to be done without
putting tha leaat bit of enthusiasm Into
your work. It means working with a
will, with vim, witb energy. It mqans
getting to the office on time, and not
being In too great a hurry to leave.
In this same town, and not a thousand
miles from Washington street, there
was a girl in an office whose quickness
at stenography and whose manipulation
of the twpewrlter were remarkably good
to look upon. Her fingers flew over
the keys while her eyes followed the
notes. No prettier demonstration of
mechanical ability could have been
made. But you would not want to look
at her face, for It was heavy always
with gloom. vYou had no Joy In seeing
her come into the office, for her Btep
was heavy and slow and she had no
more vivacity than a log of wood. She
moped, probably because she' disliked
naving to work ror a llvlna- and fait
herself the put-upon. She did her work
and departed, but she made herself into
a machine. Work could not have done
that for her if she had not been will
ing.
inter the Democratic convention met Htnave tne ran,-oads give them a fair deal.
Offenses. The s;irlt of violent law
lessness grows by what it foods on.
and once people hare experienced
the "delight of lynching a negro for
en asaault on a woman, they toon
'gain a Irresistible appetite for
.lynching negroes on almost any
provocation.
A cave occurred recently in Ken
tucky. A negro murdered a white
man, and a mob sought him to kill
feira. bat strange to relate, the of
ficers had removed him to a place
tf safety. A little later it was re
ported ttat some kind of a lodge of
ties roes had r resolution Jas
f.litzg ti murder. TfcU . was
Mr. Harrlman Is so busy acquiring
control of more big. railroads that
be has no time or money to spend
people two vests ago that he was a in building any roads in Oregon.
rood man for senator, a man wbojBut gnnH, Duut before very
did things, and that it was satisfied I ione nevertheless
th the choloe. And the next Jan
uary it felicitated the people of Ore
gon on the manner of his and Mr.
Mulkey's election. What has come
over the spirit of it dr-sma that It
now tores so bitterly a?a!nt Mr.
Bourne.
It may be said that Senator
Boa roe has 'not done much for Ore
gon, has not conspicuously "made
gSKxl but he may have done, or
have pared the way for doing, a good
deal more than he has been credited
vilh. He has teen ia the senate
Does anybody suppose" that Mr.
Taft would spprove of membrs'of
the legislature violating a clear, spe
cific, positive pledge made to their
constituents?
Mr. Taft advocates a ship subsidy,
bat does not hint at American regis
try for foreign built ships. -
!
It seems to be generally agreed
that Mr. Taft la both for and against
the Roosevelt policies.
Drain Nonpareil: Not withstanding the
dirty work of the. army of miserable
knockers in this vicinity, several real
estate deals have actually been made
here recently. The town cannot hope to
grow much, however, until the knockers
are knocked in the head with a tele
phone pole or something equally as ef
fective. a a
An Albany man. says the Democrat,
received by exparss from his cousin In
Bouth Dakota a cooplo of wild Canadian
geese, which hare been usd several
years aa decoys in hunting wild geese.
Ther are male and female, and last year
he got sevet) from them. The Albany
man proposes to raise some young ones
and have them for decoys.
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Three men were discussing today the
scarcity of light housekeeping rooms In
Eugene, savs the Register. One party
turr.ed away sven peoeple this week
looking for the aforesaid apartments.
Another stated that he had turned away
five and could rent Z& suites If he had
them. Here is food for thought for
torn man or woman of means.
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Th announcement that the Clatsop
Chautauqua association has purchased a
large tract of land on Clatsop beach and
arlil erect a main moth hotel, auditorium
and several ether ana buildings there Is
enoooraglng. aa It lli bo tne means of
aiding graially la the development of the
rfh and It will result In tho dietrlbn
tloa of a largo sum of money locally
for labor aad supplies, aay the Budget.
Denver and W. J. Bryan was nominated
for president. A change immediately
took tilace. The Oresronlan announced
the glad tidings that the railroads were
not going out or business mat me ois-elmre-erl
emnloves were beine reinstated
waees were advancing the hanks
were bursting with money seeking in
vestment the factories were starting
np that business wns rapidly Improv
Ine and that a wave of prosperity was
rolllnit over the land. Of course this
must all he true for the Oregonian and
other "Independent" papers have and
are still proclaiming the news.
Weil now, if this be true, what has
hrouuht all this about In so short a
time? Times became hard and banks
betran to break under the "Roosevelt
policies." Therefore thp change for the
better cannot be attributed to the pol
lutes which produced the hard times.
Teft pledged himself to continue the
same policies and still the times con
tinued bad. What then gave the condi
tions an uoward tendency.' only one
answer can be given the nomination
of W. J. Bryan and his "policies." via.:
a sounder and safer currency, a remod
eling of the tariff having In view a
freer trade and a reduction of taxation,
greater economy at Washinston, the de
struction of trusts and the unlawful
combination of capital, and a more vig
orous prosecution of timber thieves and
boodlers. if the nomination of Mr.
Brvan has produced such slenal and
manifold blessings in so snort a Time
what will his election mean for the
whole country? Laboring men Judtre for
yourselves. The "Roosevelt policies'
produced hard times, the remedy pro
vided to better these conditions have
only asrftravnted them: the promise Is to
continue thcue "policies," and the times
grow harder. ' Bryan Is nominated and
with n bright prospect ef his election
a elorious prosperity has set In. Oet
away from the conclusion if vou can.
ROLLS.
This Date In History.
151B-Argentlna discovered hv the
Spaniards, and settled bv them In 1 563.
1797 Sir Jeffrey Amherst, the Brit
ish ireneral to whom Montreal surren
dered, died. Born January ?9. 1717.
182S Thomas F. Meagher, who com
manded the Irish brigade in the Ameri
can civil war. horn In Waterford. Ire
land. Died near Fort Benton, Mont.,
July 1. 17.
President Polk vetoed the river
and harbor Mil on the ground that It
was unconstitutional.
1R1 Steamer Pampero left New Or
leans carrying a filibustering expedition
agalnat Cuba.
1 M2 - nenrl Halleck ordered flen
eral McClellan to evacuate the peninsula
U 1M Pennsylvania adopted a consti
tutional amendment allowing sojaiersto
vote.
1S7J King Haakon VII of Norway
born.
107 Aurustus Saint Gaudens, sculp
tor, died. Born January S. 1SS4.
A Modern Want.
Tou sre a young man?"
"I am.
"Then wbst yro want Is a thrifty.
eeonflcal wife."
"Not at all. Whit I wont Is a rich,
liberal wlfet"
If this could be secured the rates could
be decreased to a fair figure because the
patronage would be correspondingly
larger and the profits remain equally
as pleasing. The ordinary purse is sadly
depleted by a week s stay at tne snore,
but the hotel men excuse the extortion
by saying that the high transportation
rates keep down the number of visitors,
while the expense of ri"" t!&a few
Is as. great as ir a large numoer were
entertained.
It is ud to the keepers of the sum
mer resorts to swell the number of
their visitors by securing a decent rate
of transportation. When the auto road
from Portland to Seaside shall be in
good shape a line of auto buses which
will carry passengers ana mane tne trip
in from four and one-half to five hours
can do a magnificent business at a fair
charge; till then some other method
should be adopted.
King Haakon's Birthday.
Haakon VII, king of Norway, was
born August 3. 1872. at Charlottenlund
castle, in Denmark. Prior to his elec
tion tn the ihrnna hv the Norwegian peo
ple In 1S05 he was Prince Charles of
Denmark, the second son of the present
ruler of Denmark. He was educated for
the navy and was known as one of the
most nonular and . democratic members
of the royal families of Europe. In
1896 ne was marriea to i-rincess msuu,
third daughter of King Edward VII of
Great Britain. There was considerable
opposition to the marriage, as Maud was
the daughter of the future king of Eng
land and Charles was only a Danish
prince. At that time no one dreamed
of the brilliant future in store for
Prince Charles. After the marriage
Prince Charles was well received in
England. His father-in-law became
proud of him and often employed him
In delicate and important missions.
When Norway severed her connection
with Rweden Hnd decided to have a king
1 oTTierown the namS of Prince "Charles
was the only one seriously consiuerea
In connection with the throne. In 10
Prince Charles and Princess Maud were
crowned at Trondhjem under the titles
of King Haakon VI i and Queen Maud.
The royal couple have one child, little
Prince Olaf, now In his sixth year.
Bat Brother Geer Makes No Promise-
From the Pendleton Tribune.
In declining to accept the position
of chairman of the Democratic national
committee. ex-Governor w. U Douglas
says ho "Is out of politics forever."
This Is about the most sensible remark
Mr. Douglas ever made, though he Is
a verv practical and level-headed man.
Th Jolts, misrepresentations, accusa
tions and general punching the average
public man la subjected to, wlthoutaref
erence to his honest purposes and tha
clean record he makes, is sufficient to
cause every thoughtful man to pause
before entering th political maelstrom.
Strife, competition, ambition and down
right malignity combine to displace on
man In the Interest of another, aad th
game is not worth the candle aa long
ss such mau.ods prevail, which the
probablv will wbll TTiaa are human and
tb earth revolves.
Precaatioo.
Eat. drink and be merry today,
Tha fa sag Sirica.
For tomorrow fov1tffs may
Advance la prW
Pittsburg Post.
It does not follow that a eirl must
be smirking andisraillng and fussinc in
an office to avoid being a machine. It
is merely necessary that she consider
that most of the people in the world
have to work. In one way or another;
that this Is her work, and that she has
it to do to the best of her ability. If
she dislikes office work- she would un
doubtedly ' dislike washing dishes and
sweeping floors and tending babies. She
would probably also hate sewing and
patching and darning. For It Is not the
particular tasks of setting down notes
and translating them that makes a girl
carry so heavy a look and so weary a
frame. It Is because she thinks heiBelf
abused.
You will say that perhaps the girl
had a most unhappy homo life; that her
business expression was the reflex of
some burden that she bore In her leis
ure hours. But It Is hard to see why in
such a case the business hours, which
must be the pleasantest of the day.
woild not bring relief from care and
sorrow. To throw one's whole heart
into the thing to be done, while one
were out of the reach of the uncongenial
tasks or influences of the home, would
be the most natural thing indeed, the
only way in which one could keep
normal and get half way content out of
life until fortune changes.
One would suppose that If a girl's
home life were unhappy she would con
centrate her attention upon her busi
ness, force herself.to put out. of sight
the things that troubled her and make
herself so Indispensable to her employer
that her fortunes would be assured, that
better positions would be given her.
that she might rise in tho biiBlncpa
world and so be able to make her home
life what she wished It to be.
By Way of Variety.
"Whv must th mlddl class ever
be alighted?"
"What do vra n-er V Inquired th
edltr f th N York paper.
Whr t ccsslonallv tier p a dl
verre fetwaa parti ucpruminal so
cially r
There are but two logical ways of
looking at such a problem. Either make
up your mind to do the very best work
that is In you, and to keep It up, and
SO force success, or give up the thing
you are doing that Is distasteful and
find an occupation that suits you bet
ter. Be in earnest Work with enthu
siasm, and make the uncongenial task
help you to the thing you want to do,
or else get out of It. Go Into the coun
try and raise bees and sweet peas, if
that is what you want to do; get a
place In a home where you can work
and save your money until you can put
it Into the thing that you really love.
Have a purpose and work toward it But
work, don t loaf, ana don t merely make
time. Sure as you do the other person
will march ahead of you.
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Packing tho Trunk.
AI,L, gowns, nats and waists whlcn
are carefully packed and folded at
the end as well as at the com
mencement of each visit will enable one
to appear well dressed at all times, no
matter how limited the outfit, whereas
If the clothes are thrown carelessly into
their trays their pristine freshness will
vanish, not to be restored by any
amount of ironing.
In packing hats, and especially the
large-shaped bia ui couay, wltn their
unusual amount of delicate and perish
able flower and ribbon trimming, It will
be found an excellent plan to fasten the
hat securely in the tray by means of
tape or ribbon Instead of simply stuff
ing the empty corners with tissue paper
to prevent tne straw irom becoming
bent or broken In slipping about. A
piece of ribbon or tape is tacked, pinned
or if possible sewed into the four sides
of the tray and pinned nicely to the
edges of the hat and the four ends tied
together In the center. In this- way It
is impossible for the hat to budge from
Its position no matter how roughly the
trunk may be handled. If tho lingerie
is kept In one position, a case the
length, width and dept of that division
will keep all the underwear neatly to
gether, and when the trunk ia to be un
packed the cwie can be simply taken out
and the gaprients laid away intact in
me Qrwejw wunoui ueing eeparaieo.
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Sherbet and Mousse.
RUIT 81 IKE BETS are easy to
prepare and very refreshing;
heat and crush the fruit till
you have a pint or juice; strain
this, add tho Juic of a lemon to
bring out th flavor, sweeten with boiled
sugar and water, mix with the unbeaten
whites of two or more eggs and freeze.
Any fruit will do for a sherbet, or a
mixture of fruits. The simplest sort of
ice cream Is especially nice served with
an Ic or sherbet ' Ths cfeani may be a
mousse, so that It ned not fi Into the
f reeaer at all, leaving that for the ice.
Boil a cup of augar with a cup of water
till It threads; pcur very slowly over
the stiff whites of thre eggs; beat It
till cold, fold In a half pint of whipped
cream, flavor and nut In a small covered
pall; set this in a larger on with Ice ar.d
salt between, or oury it in a aeep ran
of the Ice and salt. It must stand at
leaat four hours before it ia opened.
Meanwhile the sherbet may be made and
frosen. and at luncheon the two may be
laid side by side on plate In rounded
noonfuls; vanilla mousse witn rasp
berry sherbet or orange Ir I very
nice; or pineapple sherbet and the
mouaa. or a sherbet made of mixed
fruits.
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The Daily Mmu.
PREAKFA8T.
Cantaloupea. Scrambled Brains
Hot Buttered Toast. Coffea.
LITNCHBON.
Jellied Chicken.
Cream Che- Sandwiches. Currant Loaf.
Stewed Loganba-rrie. Icd Tea.
DINNER.
Cracked Crab, Mavtnnal
Cold Baked Heans. Cold Fliced Ton go a
Esc and Lettuce PalsA.
pl Mouvoe. White Caaa,
Black Core.
Plneappli
' As-other lastattce.
""WunstI got a dollar a word."
"Fact 7 taiklac back te a Jniga,"