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IliMiie Hi'" election or tin" Krpiibllcitn li.iinlii.i- I.t gov fl I. or l.i lo select mk tli.il nominee tho liiun who l (he . Iiol. e of II," polit est number of Itcpuhllcin o!.-i Thlt In what din primary rlc'llon Is I r 1 1 i o I -. I to and irolmlil v will in coini.liMi Ke- I h nc with the lnw In tin- cities of th. Mute has demonstrated that the otrrn of the nnrtv urn n I It 1 v willing to vote for tin- candidate who In tin- choice of tlu largj-st number of them. THi: TI'UK AWAKKM. nil i.r t. ,1.1:1 i.r Mi-il. l,lri.a Slll'Frrll.tl.,11 Ti-rp.1 I r 111 Ilia t n'.U .l Slut. - li.MI.V. Oli year "" mi' m.intti I Ml SI N I ' A . 0n r''r ' month I "J I'AII.Y AM' lit'M'AV. On' rrnr $7.'." On' mnntli a3 Tin ro are men who never err, because tlioy never pro pose anything rational. Goethe. A KKTHOACTIYF. DECISION. FEDERAL JUDGE HANFORD, at Seattle, In Issuing an injunc tion against a longshoremen's union, uttered dicta that seem to Indicate a strong Judicial preju dice against labor unions in general. It has come to be not only a rule of law but a doctrine of reason and common sense accepted by all rea sonable men, that unions are legit imate and that strikes are legitimate, but that a labor union on strike must not commit any acts of vio lence against person or property, and must not forcibly prevent non-union men from taking their places. They may establish peaceablepickets, they may use all moral suasion possible, they may reason with other working men; but they must not use any force or Indulge in any violence. These points are now generally agreed upon. But Judge Hanford In granting this Injunction Is reported as saying: "The facts are to be Judged by what Xve all know In respect to the usual course when a strike Is ordered by a labor union." He goes on to say that unions inferentlally meaning all unions Invariably ''not only re quire their members to cease work but to prevent others from work ing"; and he characterizes this as "union despotism." But according to many decisions, and according to Mr. Taft himself in his acceptance speech, labor unions have the right to seek to prevent others from working, providing they o so by argument, by entreaty, not by force or threats. Judge Stanford assumes, however, that unions al ways resort to unlawful means. He enunciated the strange, new doctrine that the facts In a given case were to be Judged not by what actually oc curred In this case, but by "the usual 'course" of labor unions. He has read or heard that labor unions in thi3 country and particularly in Eng land resort to unlawful intimidation, therefore this union must have done f,o, or will do so, and there is no netul of inquiring into the fact whether it did or will do so or not. This is the cle,fir inference of his language, as reported. Judge Hanford goes on to say that 'the system" of labor unions "is Incompatible with the Declaration ofj : t -pendence and the laws of the r-.::od States." Organized violence or intimidation by threats of vio li is undoubtedly, "incompatible" wUh the Declaration and the laws, but unions and strikes are not; and It Is not fair or just or reasonable to assume that all unions on all oc casions act unlawfully and are or ganized for that purpose. Boiled down to its essence. Judge Hanford holds that a labor union has no right to exist, that its very existence is un lawful. We think there are few judges who will now maintain this position. But if labor unions are unlawful and "incompatible." what D' KVKl.O I'M KX'I S In Turkey in dicate that the Miltan's sudden proinii Igiii of a constitution and declaration "of other re forms vre not a voluntary move ment on his part, but were made on compulsion, or through fear that only thus could he save his crown and office. The Young Turkey party has long been conducting a Mi-ret campaign, one of Its main ef forts being the winning over to their cause of the army. In which It was comiderably successful. And when Abdul Hamid perceived that In case ot a conflict he could not rely upon lils army, he at once took the initia tive by granting, with an appearance of voluntariness, the major parts of the Young Turks' demands. They sent him word, following the recent meeting of a division of the army, that unless he immediately pro claimed a constitution they would march on the Sublime Porte and the Seralglo with a force of 300,000 armed men. They meant what they said, too, or at least made Abdul be lieve that they did, and so he has tened to obey the popular demand, and while doing so to convey the news to the world that he was acting on his own motion and because he had become a ruler of liberal Ideas. This is not the first time by 'sev eral that a sultan has been compelled to yield to pressure, and sacrifice his ministers, though usually this has been the result, of Insurrection and bloodshed, and the victors were not the people at large so much as rebel lious military chiefs. It was less than 100 years ago that a sultan capitulated on very humiliating terms, but his son and successor, when pressed from similar sources, turned upon the revolutionists with fury and almost utterly destroyed them. That event was historically "the last of the Janissaries." But the Young Turks are not Janis saries; they are very numerous, and have worked so shrewdly and ener getically that the whole country is ready to rise against the sultan nnd his ministers unless they yield to the popular demands. The sultan has yielded, and doubtless will be com pelled to yield more; but that the Young Turks will use the liberty and power gained wisely and well is hot to be expected. If they can progress gradually, moderately and systemat Ically, toward reasonable and prac ticnl Ideals, they will have won a great and important victory, all the more admirable and significant be cause it was won without war, with out a battle, without a shot. In. spite, of their awful sacrifice of human blood, the best philosophy concedes that the Xapoleanlc wars wore a boon In levelling thrones and spreading civilization, and the spirit of them was an unknown Corslcan j outb. In nil times, the big thoughts and the big achievements in the world! have come from the loins of the common herd. There Is no royal load to greatness and the hod car rier's son Is ns likely to be n mental mammoth as Is the son of the king. Clvlllzntlon Is the product of energy, brains and virtue, and on these the child of the mnnslon has no monop oly. The sweetest philosophy In the world Is to have confidence In the race, and the record of the ages Jus tifies mat confidence. 1 ho very struggle of the humble Is prepara tion of them for leadership and do minion. Rome lost her civilization through the voluptuousness of her so-called superior men. The safes' ami sanest of n,ny people once fdiooled in self-government is thi multitude..' Give to its integers full play for that inherent impulse for Individual ascent to bettor con ditions, and progress toward n high er civilization. Instead of b'Mng men aced, will be mightily propelled. It is not the impulse of the plebian. but of the Bourbon mind that Is the real menace to civilization. A Sermon for Today MR. II AKIUM.W AM) OKFGON. A' A FALSE PHIIiOSOPHY. rwIlAT civilization Is to perish by the ascent of the masses to better conditions," is the claim of a French writer, whose contention Is attracting wide attention. After lamenting that it is coming to he impossible "to distinguish the master from the servant and the ruler from the ruled," he says: "The remedy for tho threatened collapse of civilization must lie in the hands of the intellectual and moral elite of the world. We need to be on our guard, for the perils here indicated, are very real, and they increase from day to day." There have always been, and now are, thinkers to contend that a su perior and an Inferior class are es-Bt-ntlals to the welfare of society. Hamilton In his conflict with Jef ferson was an American exemplar of this theory. Another instance i3 the are the - contention here in Oregon that n ma- BOl'T n year ago The Journnl published an editorial welcom ing Mr. Harriinan to Pelican Lodge, and wishing him a pleasant vacation. It ventured at that time, however, to allude to the railroadless condition of a great part of Oregon, which looked to him for relief and which he had practically under his thumb, and expressed the falnthopo that within the then com ing year he would do some railroad building therein. A venr has passed, Mr. Harriinan is back in Ore gon again, atul aside from a strip of road in Wallowa county- for which great thanks nothing has been done. No road through central Ore Ron; work on the Coos Bay and Til lamook roads stopped, and even the work of transferring the traffic on Fourth street to the cast side held up. ever since last fall. And all the railroad talk that Mr. Ilarrlman In dulges in is of raising freight rates. Yet we will forget all this during Mr. Harrlman's vacation, or at least will have only pleasant words fvir him, and hope that he will enjoy himself better than he ever did in his life before. Then, though we hoped last year, as for many years, In vaiu, we will still hope. Perhaps during the next year, or the year after, or five years hence, or 10, or 20 some glad year Mr. Harriman will begin to help develop Oregon. And perhaps, if he doesn't do so soon, the people of Oregon will find ways and means to do so themselves. tainel now. Half a dozen old Re )iibll an icfcldents of any precinct can go over the list and spot the name of any Democrat on It. Tho tally sheets will show whether he voted uh well as registered as a Re publican. Tako say 20 representative pre cincts, or more, and find out the, truth about this matter. If thou sands of , Democrats voted as Repub licans, that fact ought to be dis closed. The Journal challenges the Oregonlan to find hundreds, or even scores, where It alleges thousands. That paper will not daro to bring about such an Investigation, because It knows that Its assertions are un true, that there was no such whole sale voting of Democrats as Repub licans. And even If that were proved. It. would still bo absurd to claim that they all voted for Cake. PLACES PARTISANSHIP ABOVE HONOR or It NAVY. w LET I S HAVE PROOF. I combines of great capitalists? What j chine, a convention or a legislature are the trusts? What are the ' can better serve certain public ends. "groups" described by Senator La J than can the whole party, or Kollette that seek to control and largely do control the output, dis tribution and price of most of the necessaries of life' They, we sup pose, It Is to be Inferred, are very benevolent and patriotic organiza tions They, It is presumed, are en- tlrelv "compatible with the Dec-1 the whole people. It has, however, re mained for this French writer to go to the extraordinary length of con tending that this failure to maintain this leadership of the superior class over an Inferior multitude is to be the agency by which civilization Is to become decadent and ultimately laration. the "Square Deal," and the perish. Possibly the Frenchman ex- doctrlno rjf equal rights. If a lot of workir.trmen organize for self-protection It is anarchy; but when the great capita'.ists and employers of labor and monopolists combine, It is legitimate and laudable. 'KNIFING" CANDIDATES. I T HAS hern often reiterated by the Portland organ of bossism that the primary law necessarily resulted In t.he knifing" of the successful candidates in the pri inaries, but it never has teen ex rlained by the losers and their friends should "knife" the nominees presses what the o'h'era really feel I but do not yet avow-. Harm will not come to civilization ! by the leveling of society. The ed : ucation and eleva'ion of the multi- tude Is not a menace. Hit a safe ; guard. Out of the ioins of the ,' masses has come the bes' leadership I that civilization has known. Fd- I lson. the wizard of electricity, whose T HAS been repeatedly nnd in sistently assorted by the Ore gonlan that a greal number of Democrats registered last spring as Republicans and voted In the Re publican primaries for Mr. Cake for senator. The Journal has denied nnd does deny this, yet the assertion reappears, the object being to fur nish an excuse to Statement No. 1 members of the legislature to vio late their pledge and vote for some one else than Governor Chamberlain for senator. If the assertion that thousands of Democrats registered and voted In the primaries as Republicans be true, it might furnish a sort of an excuse for a Statement No. 1 Re publican who was very anxious to disobey the command of the people last June and vote for a Republican. Assuming, for the purpose of argu ment, that such an excuse would be entitled to consideration and weight --which It would not--It becomes important for the assertion to be proved, if true. The fact in the matter can be pretty accurately ascertainetd. The Oregonian has the affirmative of- the proposition, and It devolves upon It to furnish the proof. Since it keeps reiterating this assertion. The Jour nal demands that it get proof of it. The Oregonian's renders are entitled to such proof. So Is Senator Fulton. So are all Republicans. So Indeed are all hopost voters. The bare, un supported word of the Oreeonlan I will not rfn; in such a matter It amounts to nothing at aM. So far i one man. a resident of HEN' the United States nnd and Japanese fleets line up to show their strength to each other at Toklo. will tho world bo thrilled? Will the Incident guarantee perpetual peace between the two nations? The way to secure peace Is to go armed, has been the Roosevelt fdogan for a greater navy. By this new gospel of pence, the coming incident at Toklo ought to make the relation between us and Japan as close and amiable as that of tho Siamese twins. But if not, then 10 battleships a year, built by each for several years, and then an other show of strength), should make every Jap and every citizen of the republic, as brothers. Unfortunately, when stripped of Its glamour, the doctrine that the way to peace is to go heavily armed is an absurd philosophy. The pos session of arms, whether revolver or cannon, whether bowie or battleship, Is temptation to use them. The na tion is the collective individuals, and what is true of one is true of the other. It is common knowledgo and notorious thnt thousands of victims have been slain and scores of nations have been bullied because men and nations went unduly armed. If armament Is the real price of peace, then it Is the duty of every nation to arm to the uttermost. If all carried the principle to its logical conclusion, at what point and at what cost would the preparation for peace end? Wouldn't peace really be quite as easy, and considerably cheaper, If none armed? Who more than the people of the great repub lic, examplar of free government and leader in civilization, should bo preaching an unarmed peace Instead of an armed truce? Is not a navy "for coast defense and sufficient to protect United States cltizsi: abroad," as proposed in the Denver platform a most reasonable, If not liberal armament policy, and a sounder doctrine than proposed plans of theatrical world exploitar tion. From the Mmlford Trllmn. TliciH are none ao Ml ml an thoe who will not life, who will not hear, who will not learn. At the very tqp of this clasa of blind nn-n is tho littlw liurnii of Hrpubllctin innchlnft rlnif politicians wlnmo open iluflume and contempt for the people liua pluceil tho parly In th predicament It In In today. At tho very aeex of thin pyanild of t tie InniKle.ionie blind Is .Sen ator Kulton, wIiohu defeat ut the liuml.i of th people, whose rebuke at the pri maries, has tauifht nothlnir. fJimntor Fulton Is personully popular. People like him becuuse of un atjreeuhle personality, because he was true to his frlondB under duress of federal persecu tion, liorauso ho refused un Immunity buih and is not afraid ' u fls'ht. Hut these same people do not trust him, be ouuse of his distrust of them. He has no faith in the people, admits It, and because of pi oven faithlessness to their cause they will huve none of him. That .Senator Fulton places partisan ship above honor Is showrn by his open advice to Republican legislators to re pudiate the written pledges upon which thev were elected. That he Is not true to himself and Is without honor him self when tho bauble of office may be In reach Is proved by Ills own an nounced willingness to be a candidate before th legislature, after having plodded himself before the campaign in Ills CorvallU speech that If defeated ha would not bo a candidate before th legislature. Henutor Fulton now states: "As far as my Corvallls speech Is concerned, nothing that 1 have said then or that 1 Jiavn said at any time would purlin!" me rrom being a canaiu&iu ir i saw in to become una. There Is nothing but the senator's own public pledge to prevent It, and nothing but the expressed wltT of the people to override. Hut what is per sonal honor and defiance of the people when an office Is In sight? Nothing to such men as . Yv. Fulton. In his Mod ford speech last spring Mr. Kulton expressed himself In favor of popular election of nonalors. I thank God that the old method has been done away with In Oregon for ever," he said. Vet here he Is, a few months later, seeking to restore the old days of legislative corruption that he himself may profit by It. Those legislators who contemplate repudiating their pledges to the people had better make the price of their Judas lscarlotlsni high enough to move out of the state ufterward, for an in dignant cnnstlt uoncy will make short work of them on their return. They will then have completed the wreck of the Republican party In Oregon bv de stroying the faith of the people in Its promises and pledges, as well iss In its leaders and Its public servants. Gooilness. By Henry P. Cop. "Who la he that will harm you If y be followers of that whloh is gooUT" I. Peter, 111., 13. dicial system, and he was quite right In what ho said, but he might have said much more. Entirely too much time Is taken up In various ways by lawvers. Hours are spent over triv ial technicalities. Cases are enter tained and consume much time that should bo disposed of very quickly. Hours and days in tho course of a month are spent in totally senseless quizzing of jurors. And In other ways the ancient system of operat ing tho Judicial mill Is wasteful of time and effort. Our judges work hard, no doubt, and do the best they can according to precedent and custom. Yet they might work no harder and accom plish a good deal more. There is too much litigation. Many cases brought are without merit, and drag along for months when they might be dis posed of in as many minutes. If an other Judge, or two, should be pro vided. It would be but a short time till more were called for. If people are kept from going to law because they can not get their cases heard and decided, some will suffer Injury, perhaps, but a good many would be better off. H ymns to K now GOVKIJ.N'OR HUGHES' DIDACV. CAX- plead'd guilty. Who are the other .r..0n.i. i A.fion or IT.fo.O, or one tenth of the sn.al'er of thee num bers'' The fact can be pretty easily a- T SEEMS Incredible that there should be doubt of the renomina tion of Governor Hughes In New York. The high character of his administration and the reforms ho has Instituted in state concerns would seem to be a reason for his retention at the head of state affairs. It is. however, his bent for higher civic ideals and his manifest pur pose to raise the state affairs of New I York out of the old-time .putridity, I that makes desperate and de I termined foes for his candidacy. He is In advance of the party leaders of his state. Men who step to the front in advocacy of better civic conditions Invariably meet with dogged oppo sition. Lincoln Is a notable example. In his time, no man was more the subject of bitter opprobrium. Bryan is another extraordinary case. , Enough vituperation has been i heaped upon him to have burled a man of less cflibre and character In i oblivion. Until Mr. Roosevelt as president espoused and advocated the Commoner's policies a vast sec tion of the American people, as well as many thousands in his own party,, were his bitter critics. Governor It; ghs has his opponents for similar reasons. For similar reasons, re form everywhere meets with re sistance. There are those who cling to old customs and refuse to give them up because they have never J seen other methods. The world saw! governments without constitutions! 'for many centuries. Every mote- ment toward tionular eovern merit I TaCOma. IUqc left n trail nf Vilnnrt In A o , i and In Oregon, movements for morel power and rights for the people en counter the most bitter resistance.! I' has always been so, and It will al- ways ne so. The disclosure made by Fire Chief Campbell regarding the lack of hy drants In several districts of the city Is one that calls for immediate atten tion and prompt action. This Is not a case In which conflicting city au thorities can afford to toss the re sponsibility back and forth, but In which they should get together, crime to some decision, and provide 'he necessary hydrantB at once. It "would be very poor economy Indeed for the city authorities to refuse or neglect to provide all parts of the city with adequate means for fight ing fire. Psalm XV. I'nrnphrnse by George Sandys. George Sandys (York, Kngland, 1677- irglnla lb44), was the son of Edwin, archbishop of 1 ork, one of the trunsla tors of the Hlshop's iilble. The son eume to Virginia in lG.'l and became well known for his enterprise. Ha Is said to have built the first shin the first watermlll, and the first iron works in the colony. He made a number of paraphrases of biblical passages, and his rendition of the fifteenth Psalm. Is generally conceded to be the best by any writer.) Who shall in Thv tent abldeT On Thy holy hill reside? He that's Just and Innocent; Tells the" truth of hla intent; Slanders none with venom's tongue; Fears to do his neighbor wrong; Fosters not base Infamies; Vice beholds with scornful eyes; Honors those who fear tho Lord; Keeps, though to his loss, his word; Takes no bribes for wicked ends, Nor to use his money lends. Who by these directions guide Their pure stjjps, shall never slide. Welcome Mr. Harriinan. From the East Oregonlan. Mr. Harrtman, the railroad magnate. Is coming to Oregon. The press dis patches announce lie Is coming like a caged criminal, inaccessible to the pub lic, secluded, Isolated, hidden away in the recesses of a private train, not to be seen or heard or Interviewed. But let him come. He Is welcome and he isn't welcome; we like him and we don't, like him; he is both a bene factor and curse to Oregon; he has done some of the worst and best things for the state; he has made it forge ahead and has smothered out its Industrial life; he has blessed and blighted Ore gon; he has planted industrial seed and he has kept entire counties In deso lation; with one hand lie has been a charitable empire builder, with the other a miserly blood-sucker; one of his Janus faces looks out on the green fields which his Industry has created, the other looks on desolate waste which his financial tyranny and selflsh- hav sion . Some men hop to become rood by goln to church Just as others hop to become wis by sleeping In a college dormitory. Goodness B an acquisition, but It Is not an Imposition; It Is gained, but It Is not laid on any one. Saints are not inada by sleeping In sanctified places any more than beauty may be gained by sleeping near some great painting The trouble with many people who think they want to be good Is that they would be good If they could be good without Its making any real dif ference to them. Goodness seems to be a matter of disposition or of acci dent, highly desirable us a gift but not sufficiently worth while to pay s good price for. of course, thero are many who would neither buy goodness at any price nor tuke It as a gift. To them it Is wholly ness is a paradox e created and perpetuated a contradiction; a auiu he Railroad men are usually liberal and broad-minded in small matters, In accommodating the public in es pecial ways, but occasionally there Is an exception to this rule. A conspic uous case of this kind Is their re fusal to grant the same reduced rates to Lincoln on the occasion of the Bryan notification ceremonies that they granted to Cincinnati when Mr. Taft was notified. Everybody knows that the big railroad moguls are against Bryan, but It is surpris ing that they would descend to such a petty meanness as Is displayed in this discrimination in order to show their hatred of him. It is not even politic on their part. We expect something from him In one breath and wo expect nothing from him the next moment; we have his nromlse In words and his refusal in actions: we listen in rapture to hls unuoairauie, it is synonymous with weakness, ' often with cant and hypoc risy. Yet the life of goodness Is sim ply the life that sets the good above goods, tho life that seeks the things that aro supioniely good, not for itself alone but for all. Goodness Is not a weak, sentimental fooling that conies over one when cer tain hymns are being sung or when the music of the organ rolls through the dim aisles of the a-rent ilh.rfl Neither is goodness simply the nm. tlon of evil. A Knod man ( lnfini.i bettor than a statue, thouirh ha maw have some bad habits whlU th certainly has none. Goodness Is the determined soaron of the life for the highest good. Good ness is the power In character which is like health in the hodv: th r.u ot rignt nutrition, proper labor, exer cise and high thinking. It Is seen In strength anil not In weakness, In posi tive elements rather than In negative; it makes more of a man and not less. Goodness Is manifest In the qualities of healthfulness of the Inner life, . In tastes that crave the good and loath tho evil, that love, truth that make themselves known In a thousand llttl ways rather than In single acts and In attitudes of professed piety. Yon cannot hide the goodness of th good man any more than you can cover up the badness of the bad. Character Is a light that sets itself up where ail may see It. What you are always pro claims Itself so much more loudly and clearly than what you want folks to think you are that there la little chance of mistake. liut if one would find this life of goodness, how' shall it be had? It la had as the physical goodness which w call health is to be had. by right liv ing, rlsht habits, right nutrition. Every act done because we know It is the good thing to do from the high motive of its moral aiid spiritual values Is a contribution to tho life of goodness. Steadily choosing the best in all things in the way to tho possession of th best always. , The irood life Is ns much a matter of habit, as the bad one. Every act determines habit. It Is no use siarhlns for the life of goodness while nerslat- lng In the deeds of darkness. Neither may we find that life while cherishing the thoughts of evil; you cannot b hosts to devils within and hope to shine as an angel of light without The life of goodness is not for th pious prig. The man' who thinks that he only Is good and all others are hope lessly bad Is about the only hopeless case the moral physician meets. One has to believo In the good In others to find, the good In himself. We ar never any better In ourselves than we believe others may be. ' Life's highest prizes have rich prices, yet they are Its greatest bargains. No possession is so well worth the gaining as this of goodness, the clean heart, th clever eye. the keen taste for the right and true, the high delight in that which Is best, the love of the things that have como down to us as the great heritage of our past, the labor for the futur that glows before. After all, this right life may be the most that any one can give to hl " , - , . . . - i i".i iii.il twi uiio can give to nis flattering phrases and we hate him for w,ir!d. Tho grandest contribution to the "Throughout his term of offlcecon gress has been hostile to the presi dent," remarks the Oregonlan. And if Taft should imitate Roosevelt, a Republican congress would be bos tile to him, too, wouldn't it? And if Taft and congress should agree, as in all probability they would, what becomes of the Roosevelt policies? The Sultan of Turkey was at tacked by a palace officer armed with a knife, and his life was prob ably saved by Ms coat-of-mall, which he always wears. There is many a nicer and better Job In the world than being a ruler who has to protect himself constantly in this fashion. Thaw has declared hlmselt a bank rupt, and it Is said that his defense has cost him $400.000 and the wonder is that, though not con victed, he Is still In Jail. A poor young man would have been serving a life sentence long ago. intributlocs to science have been a curtained, though the work Involved foremost factor In the advancement of civilization was a child of the commonality. From the log cabin in the wilderness came the rail Frlitt'T whose leadership was a prlmr.l factor In the banishment of cf primary election any more than slave hold.ng from the great r pub is nominee of a boss-controlled. 1 He James J. Hill, whose genius a might cost a little money If there I Is ar.v truth In the assertion, the money would be f ort hcot ' i g quick ly enough. No douht the rational c nimlttee would cladly sp nd a few thourand dollars 'o show up such s case of wholesale ballot box stuf fing " It ph'-t: Id b d me MORE JlTKiES WANTED. I I The Bryan managers want a cam paign fund of $500,000. This is a ' very modest sum as compared with the millions variously estimated at I from $7,000,000 to $15.000,000 that Hanna raised to beat Bryan In 1 sec. the verv emptiness of his phrases; he Is the biggest and the narrowest, tho shallowest and the deepest character be fore the public. We ure glad he Is coming and again we don't care; It will mean something for the state and yet we know It will mean absolutely nothing; we will look ahead to his coming with pride and hate ourselves for It, after his sump tuous train has passed and he lias pulled down his window blind and for gotten us. Mr. Taft's Good Advice. From the Seattle Times. The Times Is In favor of turning out the ReDublican nartv from the halls of congress and the gubernatorial cnair in this state, and its authority for so be lieving and so desiring Is no less a per sonage no less a statesman ana no less nolltlcal oh osoDher than William Howard Taft the candidate of the Re publican party today for the highest of fice In the gift of the people. Mr. Taft told the people of Virginia the other day, when congratulating them upon the evenness of their po litical parties, that It was a bad thing for one party to continue overwhelm ingly in power for a long time. Logical conclusion: The Republican partv will have been in power on March 4, 1909, 12 mortal years, without a break and with the exception of four years, when Cleveland was president for a second term, will have been in power 20 years or a full generation. If, therefore. It's a good thing for the people of Virginia to let one political party win at one election, nnd the other at another In order to prevent corrup tion, especially if the party in power has been continuoa overwneimingiy, then no one can gainsay the proposition that It Is a mighty sight better thing for tho nation ut large, which has 4a other states In the union besides Vir ginia, to change its political administration. pnysieni won neing or the race is to be well and strong yourself. The fin est contribution to the moral and spir itual wealth of our times Is to culti vate this life of normal soul health. He who thus Is. strong gives strength and is fit to give good service to all. Sentence Sermons rty Henry F. Cope. Self-denial is self-discovery. Faith In God does not Involve ferocity to men. Iive does not stop at the boundaries of liking. . It's easy to get tangled up in truth's castoff clothes. He has no force with men who has no faith In them. People who are true blue never suf fer much from the blues. Your use of leisure throws a light on the whole of your life. Relf-reallzatlon comes through ser vice for social redemption. Whether life shall be desert depends on the springs In your heart. When a wan brags of his square deal ing look out for his sharp edges. Proving the crookedness of Other lives will not straighten your own. There's one unfailing our for blues; brighten some other life. th No man can ever be r.Jt willing than many little of him. HaU-tnaklni' convention. Indeed, there it less reason for such action In the former case than In the latter. Liefest ed aspirant roar veil com plaln wfcen tte bosses wipe their tames off a slate, but they bare no good occasion to do so when a ma jority or plurality of the rotem of their party select the nominee. The f ;x-ika Spokesman-Review take t: View ct the ca, aaylng: Kc4.'r.( party caoCldst la past 2o a constructive railroad giant and de- ; la almost every precinct every veloper of the northwest and whose 'voter l knivn personally hv savers! policies In their Influence have been powerful factors In promoting civli ImlIIob, was In his youth a poor clerk 1 in a freight office It li bv men risen from the ranka that the presi dencies and general managerships of , Tat railroad are manned, those) of so-called superior birth be ing, elbowed 'oat ot tb way when brains becam th teat ot nrrir&L others They have krnn him. In most case, for ears, and know his politics. The rerltration book are an open public re-nrd. Scarcely a Democrat In altnott any precinct could have rethv.ered as a Repub lican atid voted in the Republican primaries without this having ben known to come of his neigh bora. Or It sot notice! thjn, itcaa bt ascer- T IS SAID that business In the cir cuit court of this district is con gested, that the judpe are far behind with their work, and that therefore more Judges are needed The Journal doubt? whether more judceg are the test remedy Almont universal eiperler.ee tea.-hes that the more officials there are the 1om work they each do. and the ttate of the business in hand remain about the same More judges would be a considerable added expense, not only for them but for clerka. bailiff and stenographer!, and would tend to en courage rather than discouraa-e) liti gation. Mr. Tift last week dlM-awed come Bftallifaftory phase of onr Ji- Animals Their Own Ioctor. Krnm the Kansas City Post. When you see P'R wallowing in mud r birds taking a dust bath. 1 r. i should marvel." said a nt" tu j dent "for the creatures are then doc- t rtnr thtiselvs tny are K'uim nu rf rarsstte. -' . Woes 'dor lw his appetite he p rrVrnt off and eats rieg grass " This brlf htm srour.d at once Cats In like rifc, .mstanreg go to est grass' i nwi and saeep take eertsln me.iiclnal her. 'Monkevs hare een known to ore's m4iHliJsim ltr.lli rut off n act's snt"nne. at) other snts came and cover the hurt prt with a hesllns fluid secreted tn their iT.O'Jths It i even sW that birds here roen known t t thir tmrn hroke. less. "fertairty setmsle knew all about frrr. Feyer-strtrke. they ith la cold water till the litif mt lire fslls tB tA normal. AnS in antmsl with a I almost m.4 heroically Friendly to the Stars and Stripes. Press Buletin by the A. B. C. F. M. Not long ago a Chinese merchant, who had a large consignment of coin for a neighboring province, came to one of the American board missionaries and begged the loan of his flag for the jour nev. He said he felt sure that the monev would be transported more safe ly if protected by tho stars and stripes. A similar Incident Is reported by Rev J. H. Pettee of Okayama. Japnn He was asked to lend his flag to decorate a hall In which the Japanese were as sembled to org'.nlie a Frlen!-of-America Society Another significant epi sode was the appearance In the Philip pines rerertlv of eight Fikhs from northern India, fine specimens of physi cal manhood over six feet tall. Thev harl r-earl of a hpw flag and a new country w here men hae a better i uMmntelv drowned chance, and came to see if the report despond. was true. 1 ney wanted io nn i om how we teach our scaools. and sanltlie our cltleg end organize our police They hail traveled 6.000 miles for this pur pose, quite eclipsing the Queen of Ph ba's famous visit to the court of Solo mon. Such are some of the by-products of American missions In foreign lnnds. For it Is primarily the mission aries who have etirre-1 the orient to de sire hotter thlrgs for themselves and their country. This world is always godforsaken to those who have forsaken the good. The most slngihir thing about a man of genius Is his estimate of himself. Dreams of golden streets will not pass in place of deeds of the golden rUl. Religion Is a moral trigonometry worked out on a base line touching two worlds. great who 1 should think icte th awputaUv with It 0ih. f iffurv in AJrica pontic. Bryan'- Personality. From tho Doston Congrr rfctionallst. Mr Rrvan we have Imiwn fir the II veara of his domination of the Pem-o-rtlc party We f.k last week cf tits rrource of powr and charm. He has added to our knowledge ef M character by his implet control of he penver convitton. His enemies Vsve been mthsfslv suppressed. He Ta cersonslly conducted the platform msking Th delegates have stepped t his .home to pajr th1r homage on their way to Denver. He and" he cmly must be h14 repnnnlbi for all the arts of the convention Whatever trib ute a thousand lgate sfld their st-i tndpt frtends ewuJd par ha te his nirinn mi a ane.ct tn maaierrui The more a liar gains in self-confidence the greater his losses In public confidence. He who runs awsy from all sorrow Is In the slough of Ton will find nothing of the dtvln If you refuse to obey the voice of ev prvdav dutj'. Folks who sit up nights worrying over their crowns are asleep In the day when crowns ere earned. Everv one knows the color of th ermon that corres when a blue preacher takes up a yellow subject. H I is a good dal esser to talk of brotherly love then U ' to treat yov.r washerwoman with atsterly thoughtfnl-ncss. If an honst man Is the noblest work of fiod It is easv to understand how o-re have lost their faith In the ex istence et the Creator. . Klamath Indians have been snjoytrc erlcket feasts. fwnm of larg browa Insects have teoo croealDg tbe reserva tion, ami, In many eectlona th antlr Indian popo'st'0" 'ha been e-u t eat ch in w them. They r waldTd a ear deltorf by tle Indian and ar eok4 la various war Iirg feast ar bid J t dvur th Insect. t. 1
