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The fairest life ever lived
on earth was that of a poor
man, and with all Its beauty
It moved within. the limits of
narrow resource. Ian Mac-laren.
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THE SPRTXGPrELD OUTBREAK.
. a GAIN has a northern oom-
A munlty estopped Itself from
r denouncing southerners for
1 lynching negroes. Indeed, it
Is Beldora that southerners go to the
extreme of wholesale assault and
.. . rapine that was witnessed in Spring
field. And the enormity of the
crimel8 accentuated by the fact
that it occurred not only in the cap
ital of one of the greatest of the
northern states, but In the home
city, during most of his adult life, of
Abraham Lincoln, the emancipator
:. " Of the slaves, the one American who
above all others is revered by his
countrymen and especially by the
negroes.
Accepting as true the stories of
assaults told, and remembering that
one of the negro assaulters had also
committed murder, we must admit
i-r- that there was great provocation,
yet it was not sufficient to excuse,
much less to Justify, Buch mad, wan
ton, savage revenge upon Innocent
and for the most part harmless and
many of them worthy people. It is
an episode for which Springfield
and Illinois, and the country, may
well hang their heads in shame.
These recurrent outbreak's show
that a considerable portion of the
population are as yet civilized only
on the surface. With many, clviltia
v " Hon. a Christian civilization as we
i, call it, is but a veneer. How easily
the Bavage breaks out, to burn, tor
ture, slay.
The inherent vice of the mob is
that reason and Judgment have no
room In it. The slightest evidence
will suffice; a mere suspicion is a
warrant-violently to kill; the re
straining sentiment of Justice has
been, extinguished. The mob is n
ravening wild beast.
But we will probably learn that In
Springfield, as in Atlanta, the 'mob
was composed for the most part of
the baser elements, the lower strata
of society, of that city. The "better
classes" may Join In lynching a rap
ist, but they will not join in perpe
trating furious cruelties upon inno
cent and defenseless people.
Not even, we think. If the people
attacked are black. Yet the baser
elements of the while population of
a city will thus engage In a destruc
tive riot against the blacks, and the
better elements will excuse and con
done it to some extent, simply on ac
count of the difference of race and
color. A white man's crimes, how
ever black, are never revenged .ipon
his family, friends, associates and
neighbors. It is the race and color
antagonism that bolls out and over
flows in acts of wrathful vengeance.
In some southern communities "ho
blacks outnumber the whites two or
three to one; suppose on the occa
sion of a white man's similar crime
the blacks should thus take ven
geance upor the minority. What
terrible lawless, savage. Impossible
beasts they would be, to be sure.
Good may come, and should come
of such direful experiences. The
negroes 6hould learn to repress
themselves from committing such
Crimes. True, there Is no i'lstifica
tion for this wholesale vicarious re
venge; true, it should bo remoin--",
bered that the negro cannot help be
ing what nature made Mm. and that
his opportunities and advuniaesi
. have been short and pligri' as com- j
pared with white Americans; true j
he ehould therefore nor h h - i .1 t 1
quite so strict a moral accfii.r.tiu-i'ity
"HI white man ; yet he shi'i: 1 lea in.,
Ejust learn, an 'ised hum m ; -oji:- i
dices and pasions do r.? -r.n,f r j
' these things. !
The negro has learned :ttfh, ha
advanced far, consider .rs
and other dlsadvanst - w Ab.s
"iarn Lincoln ct bin, r -,,.r 4
years ago; but the - ,lSt
needs to learn most . ' r . re
strain blmaalf from , ,
. crime that will arouse try- r , ,
nion In the dominant ra
fall or winter, for by spring the poll- representatives and tools of the nui
tlclans will cease, in gr'Ht pari, to thine, of predatory interests, of com
Hnnoy and scare, and prices urn mire binationi and forces inimical to tho
Interests of tho people? This has
become the almost universal rule un
der oilr representative system.
Tho people voted lgnorantly,
blindly; it is said. No wonder. As
yet they are as sheep without a
shepherd, like the emancipated
negroes after the war. Heretofore
they have had no choice, except be
tween the candidates of two ma
chines; In the primaries no choice at
nil; and It could not be expectod that
In n great city they would In every
Instance act intelligently and wisely
on the first trial. Hut the process
Is educational. They will learn as
they practico self-government. Be
cause they may make some mistakes
are they always to be kept In poll!-
Icnl blindness and irresponsible help
lessness?
It Is to be suspected that the pity
of the Chicago party machine organ
Is hypocritical. What It really fears
Ib that they will become increas
inply intelligent, Independent and
self-governing. Then the party ma
chine organ's occupation will be
gone.
to rise.
But we would address thin ndvlco
to "build now" especlallv to eni-
"r plnyes. salaried people, city peopl
ivrtl.nd. '' '"' " "" "'"i, " nnura, yming nuirneu
couples, all beads of families who do
not own their homes, even single
wnrklngmen who. as every man
should, nouriwU. thoughts and hopes
of a home of their own.
, home of one's own. TIiIh Is a
vastly valuable possession, though it
be but a suburban lot or acre, and
n temporary board shack in which
to live. There's no place like home,
In another sense than thrft meant "by
the poet. A home of one's own Is
not only so much valuable property,
not only a place to ent and sleep;
It Is an encouragement, nn anchor.
an Inspiration.
It is easier to get a home of one's
own than many people imagine. Al
most any man who has steady work
at fair wages can save a portion of
them, and with a very little money
he can get a lot; in a few months he
can pay for it, in a year or so more
he can build a house and partly
pay for that; and "there he is," on
his own ground, in his own castle,
an Independent, justly proud Ameri
can householder. No more saving
up for the landlord. No more pay
ing of rent. And pretty soon there
Is a nice garden, and there are ber
ries, 'blooming rose bushes, and per
haps some chickens; and always the
thought, on lying down and rising,
and during the day: Home; my own
home.
And then think, too Indeed this
should be thought of first how
much happier and more contented
and prouder wife and children and
if there are none already there
should be later- will be in a home
of their own. It is not all yours,
after all; It is "theirs, too, and that
It is so makes you all the happier.
We are sometimes tempted to think
that a man who can possibly get a
home of his own and does not do so,
even at the cost of most rihl econ
omy, cannot really be a ood citizen.
We won't say that, but will say that
getting a home of one's own makes
a man a better citizen.
To all such people, then, those
who should and can build a house
of their own, this advice, Build Now,
or in the near future, as soon as
possible should appeal strongly.
There will never be a better time.
And what 1b more, there will never
be as good a time, either, to buy
lots or acreage. Prices will rise
every year.
The esteemed Spectator must
know, and so it is near-naughtiness
to Insinuate otherwise, as it does in
quoting a remark of The Journal's
about Mr. Ileney, that The Journal
never vouched for the truth of Mr.
Heney's accusations against Senator
Fulton, never argued that all those
accusations were pertinent to the
case, never assumed that Heney was
a saint or impeccable; but published
all the facts and speeches, saying
that Fulton should not be convicted
of wrongdoing except upon sufficient
proof: and so left the case, fairly
stated, to the people's verdict. But
It was not Heney who beat Fulton;
it was Fulton.
Somo newspaper correspondent
back east has discovered that Demo
crats of that section are going to
support Taft in the hope of getting
tariff revision. They must be Dem
ocrats of the Ryan sort, who want
the tariff revised, !f at all, m v to
protect the trusts anu pmnder the
people more. For while Mr. Taft
does not favor such a revision, his
letter of acceptance shows that he
would consent to anything agreed on
by the high tarlCfltes in congress.
The tariff will not be revised right
till congress Is completely recon
structed and regenerated.
Small Change
.Resist th temptation to b mean.
It Is no crlm for a parson to b born
III.!..
A black henrt la more to b daplorad
iixm a liar IKin.
I.rl the iiopU bewr of "ajltatlon"
the trusts don't Ilka It.
Governor Doneen la a. iman who rtr
m uiuy-ai n-nat aoraetlniea.
It haji befii a long time alnca
country had a farmer president.
There are literally millions of money
for the people In op-n rlvera.
The primary law Is a "Jinsrle"; the
machine politicians nover Juggled.
If all the colonels vote for Bryan
he j a coloiiel- Iila election Is assured
ELECTRIC ROADS.
r
HE part the electric road is to
play in the development of tho
Willamette valley is not yet
well understood by the public.
That is perhaps a reason why tho
Oregon Electric has encountered lo
cal difficulties In pushing its line
forward. Were the Influence of
such roads as a determinative factor
in the progress of a community
thoroughly understood. It is doubt
ful if these obstacles to building op
erations would appear. Men and
cities alike, in Oregon, havo material
interests at stake in the building and
multiplication of electric lines. Pop
ulation follows these lines, and pop
ulation cuts up the big farms and
convertB them Into small intensified
farms. Population Is the factor that
swells the wealth and Importance of
cities and towns. Population is the
agency that makes two blades of
grass grow where there was but one,
and makes a town where there was
nothing but nature's wild. The Fiory
of every state in the union where
electric roads have appeared, is elo
quent of their influence as commun
ity and city builders. The progres-l
slve and best Individual citizen of
the day wants to be in touch with
the heart of commeice and Industry,
and tho electric road is the connect
ing link that most appeals to him
The people who are looking upward
and not downward, who have their
faces toward the future and not to
ward the past, have their eyes on
facilities and conveniences In home
seeking, and they KPHie ah, m; the
lines of the' swiftly speeding ('rtric
road The division of holdlnes. the
Increase of values, the inter .-ify! nt
of effort and the appearance of the
happy and fruitful conditions to
which these lead is the consequence,
and It is a consequence that Is
miehtily and forever favorable to
sta'e building.
The Chicago Post remarks that it
is a good time now to build, because
not only materials but labor Is lower
than it has been and will be; and
adds that while wages may be about
as high, more work is done than
when tho demand for labor is
greater. This is no doubt true.
When everybody is employed and no
more laborers are to be had, work
lngmen are likely to do a little less
for the same wages than when their
places could be easily filled.
If there are or can be any worse
"humbug," "buncombe," and "jug
gle" than that of the machine poli
ticians, nobody has discovered that
fact nor does It seem possible to Im
agine it. If you want superlative
samples of "humbug," buncombe"
and "juggle," just look at the record
of the last congress, and then listen
to a Republican campaign orator.
Tho last Democratic candidate for
president is cordially welcomed In
Portland by people of all parties,
who htTpe he will form and retain
pleasant impressions not only of
Portland but of Oregon and the Pa
cific northwest. Visits here of dis
tinguished easterners are calculated
to do us good, and we are egotistical
enough to believe that they get good
by visiting this region.
Mr. J. .1. Hill sends word that he
will come to the celebration, which
Is another piece of good news. He
will receive a great welcome.
The question. "Shall the Deonle ruler1
co:ne . igiit heme to Oregon, all rlftht.
4
An exchsnpe calls It the roportler
gown. Well, it haa certainly been wejl
reported.
Aromorrow "Flg-htlnu Bob" Evans will
rtre. Way he enjoy many years yet of
lfu-r and eaao.
It Is a wonder that the bis timber
owners do not hr men tb protect their
timber from fire.
A hayrack party un the valler hail to
walk home. But wasn't that easier than
rldlns on a hayrack?
Thi latest alleg-ed local murdhrer
jonnaon. is a poor cuss; so may be pun
ishod with due celerity.
Then Hearst's trcaehery mav win
some votes for rtrynn. ton. People don't
like such venomous spltework.
No effort will be urared hv thon
business interests thnt want to run the
government to scare the voters.
"Oreiron's vote for Brvan would he a
calamity,'' says a Mlllsboro orsran
What little bits of minds some men
have. ,
Hearst's knife la reaching for Rrv.
nnls vitals.'' says Walter W'ellman. But
Hearsts knife seems to be, only a wood
en toothpick.
Possibly If Mr. Hitchcock would tell
Mr. Taft that his chances of election
were slim, he might lose a little of that
superfluous Mesh.
About in. (100 riclf eastedn reonl.
ought to follow Mr. Harriman's example
and come to Oregon for a vacation. It
would do them good.
"Here we are apain with two Repub
lican parties In Oregon," says the Ore
'gonlan. Is that all? Or doesn't the
OreRonian's party count?
Now a long striiKsile will begin to
save the murderer Ilalns from punish
ment, whereas In such a clear rape tho
pemilty should be "Inflicted within a
brief space of time.
What a chronie, doleful knocker the
old Orcronlan has become Kverythins
looks black over In Its editorial sanc
tum. There is no honexty, no Intelli
gence, no prosperity; everything Is aro
inx to t lie dickens. Cheer up. old man;
the world Is much as you take It, and
make it A chronic pessimist is not
only miserable himself, but he exerts a
bad influence.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Lttr to Tbs Joarnal should b written on
out !(! of tht papw only, and tbould tx -cuDiixiilod
bf tht nam and addm of the
wrltar. Tht utw will not bo wad If tti
writer mil it t withhold. Tba Joarnal
la nut to ba uudaratood aa lodoralng tha Tle-a
or atatemanta of eorraapondanu. Lattera abould
i roiua aa oriar as pnaaibls. Thoa who wlab
ineir imiara reiurnea when uot uatd ahould lu
ckiae Dost. '
Ciirraapond.nU ara notlflad that lettare i
cee.lln 8O0 worda In langta may, at tha dl
crmiuu oi uia ouiior, oa cut down to that limit
Oregon Sidelights
Kcgaining Activity.
ri'tsburn I "ri --pondrncp of the Iron
Tra ie Kevlw.
The merit!: ( July .lust ended has played
isploue'-.s part )n trie pro
rcyiin r.K farmer biisinesN
) ! h th" iron nn !
: -. w p I w '. r . .sinr. Mr
..: f t ' "' c.t :,s th.-tt ha ;
.1 . - vis i) n r .1 w i tli th1
t. ' i .t Irlt returt.in(t
: " turner !al act:- !ty
at I" rnd as t ! ry
Isaac Pkerters the first white man
to view Crater lake, died at Jlcdfo.-d,
aKod S2 years.
Fishlner is improving nt Waldpnrt.
Two men cnughX 2S fine rhino. ik sal
mon one night.
The country around Echo produces
flno hone;-. line man brought In 500
pounds one day.
The pear crop In the Rogue river val
ley will be lighter than Inst year, but
ol excellent quality.
A Heppner man sheared over (t.nOi)
sheep by hand this season, finishing
up List week in Montana.
Mrs. Patch of ( lestc; re, III., s.'i
ye;,rs old. sister-in-law ef linn Patch,
aftr whom the celebrated r.icmg .ise
was named, is visiting at Forest drove.
Milk to the amount of tntnct'i
pounds was received by V2 Tillamook
cuiiiiy iiKniio's uurinfr juiv. I his rep
resems 320,000 pounds of cheese valued
at J40,000.
.
Heppner Times. 'e defy anvm in
point out to us a better section of
the Cnited .States or Canada than Is
Morrow county in which to m;iki a
guod living and lay aside inoriev for
old age. You fn t do it.
tha Ihe hilota .Land Controversy.
Portland. Or., Au. 17. To the Kdl-
tor of Ths Journal Mr. Hurat of New
Vort haa seen fit to give forth some
Ideas for publication ooncernlng- my
self and my alleged conneotlon with
Sllett claim jumping.
In the first place Mr. Hurst has
misrepresented the state of facts as
they exist, and has further misrepre
sented me In connection with them
I explained mv connection with Messrs
Copeland and Jeffcott In their Silots
experience, and stated the Tacts In that
connection.
I stated that the claims of Messrs
Priest and Williams were under contest
by the government and that Messrs.
Copeland and Jeffcott wished to gain
a preference right by squatting on these
claims, wnien would accrue to uiem
only. If the rovernment decldod ad
versaly to Prleat and Williams In their
contest. Messrs. Priest and Williams
will not lose their claims through Cope-
lana ana Jerroott, dui only urougn
the government oontest or not at all.
This preference right spoken of is the
nrst right to rile upon me lana arter
It becomes open for filing again, if It
ever does.
This they know by tho legal advice
they sought tone; ago, anil tney no not
expect to take any property or rlghta of
any kind from any one.
If Mr. Hurst or Jacobson or any other
person can see where I did any one any
wrong or violated any law, by telling
Messrs. Copeland and Jeffcott and per
haps others that the government had
contested these claims and other claims,
perhaps, I wish they would point It out
as I will confess that If I am In the
wrong I do nob know it. This matter
Is public mattef, to be found on public
records, open to Inspection by any who
wish li examine them.
Tt Is a fact known to all that the gov
ernment gives the homesteader the bene
fit of any doubt regarding the matter
of proof of compliance with tho home
stead law. but residence on the claim is
required as essential to comply with the
law.
Peveral years ago a one-time official
of Lincoln county offered to locato me
on a Hletx clam, saying ray family
could Uvo in Albany anil 1 could at
tend to business there and make visits
to mv claim periodically, and in that,
way fulfill the law This I can prove
by Jerome Smith of Lebanon, Or., and
such advice. If carried out, would cost
any man his homestead If contested and
I am compelled to believe that It has
made tho trouble for those who accept
ed such advice and tho services of the
official alluded to.
Mr. Hurst states that I havo been
traveling through the Siletss lately,
claiming to he surveying, but In real
ity looking up claims upon which to In
stall contestants." This I deny em
phatically, and, further, state that I
have been examining a tract of tljnber
for a prospective purchaser who wished
to install a paper mill nnd wished in
advance to purchase a tract of spruce
and hemlock timber. This Inst asser
tion I can prove hv referring to Charles
M. I-nnnlng of 200 Itothchlld building,
Portland, and could also prove by other
parties who are Interested In pulp
wood, that I have examined two tracts
for them prevlouB to looking this par
ticular section south of the Sileti river.
aliug the coast, over carefully, giving
such attention to tho luy of the land,
the amount of timber, the amount of
water, the ease and cost of hnndllng,
also any other matters wanted by peo
ple who put money Into such proposi
tions. I offer the above to show that Mr.
Hurst does not know what he is talk
ing about, or does not care how he
talks.
Homesteaders everywhere are more
or less secure, and, like the "moon
shiner," he is on the lookout not nec
essarily because be is breaking the law,
for more often be Is not. but because
he la liable to meet trouble, anywhere,
any time, and must always prove his
case before the proper officers to re
ceive It. who in turn nre governed by
pet rules in most mutters connected
therewith. K. T. PRICK.
at the meeting. He asserted that those
who took part In this meeting were not
In 'harmony. This In not true. Any
gentleman who attended the meeting
will bear me out In what I assort. Them
were from 80 to 100 property holders
present and they were all a unit as tu
where the bridge should be First and
flherman streets with the exception of
one man who wanted the bridge at
Sheridan street, instead of Sherman. He
made Quite a talk in favor of.- this
street The audience listened td httn
patiently. At last the -members pres
ent called for the "Question " - '"Again
this man took the floor and offered an
amendment, but It was not seconded
and a vote on the resolution was called'
for. A standing vote was taken
and the resolutions were Indorsed
In favor of First and Sherman streets.
There were only two dissenting votos.
I was afterward Informed that a cer
tain councilman who owns property In
the vicinity of Sheridan street, sent this
man to the meeting for the purpose of
making an attempt to have tne bring'
located In this vicinity instead of Sher
man street.
Mr. Ueldlng and Councilman Cottell
were at tha meeting. The former gen
tleman took the floor and asserted that
before taking any steps as to where
the bridge should be located we should
employ an engineer to ascertain whether
the Dotnt selected was a Dracticni place.
He also stated that they paid an engi
neer S, 000 to locate a bridge and It
would be well If we. did the same thing.
Mark, O'Neill took the floor and replied
that we did not Intend to tap the city
treasury or any other treasury for such
a sum; that we were present for the
purpose of developing and benefiting the
city or roriiann, ana mat we couia em
rilov nn ntiulriHr who would ho com
netent for tho sum of 1250. MT. O'Neill
also stated that we did not Interkl to
go before the council with this matter;
that we Intended to refer It to referen
dum and bring It up at the coming city
election In June next, as this was a mat
ter which the citizens of this city were
solely concerned in and they should be
the ones to decide whether we should
have the bridge or not.
A committee of five was then ap
pointed In order to circulate petitions
and prepare all necessary preliminaries
ao that the matter can be properly
brought before the people. The meet
ing then adjourned until further notice.
THOMAS ULINKA.'N.
fall REALM - I
fYFEflUNlNE
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Vacations for the Firemen.
Portland. Or., Aug. 17. To the Kd
ltor of The Journal I wish to call
the attention of the people to a little
matter which has come to my knowl
edge. The city of Portland has re
cently passed an ordinance giving the
city employes a vacation of 13 days
instead of 10 days which they have in
the past bad. One would think, that
this meant all the rlty employes. But,
In looking into the matter, 1 have found
that the. members of the fire depart
ment, with the exception of tie chiefs,
have not been given this extra five
days, nor will they receive it until the
first of the year.
Will anyone tell ma why these men,
whose past months' record will show
that thev work, and work hard, are not
entitled to the same length of vacation
as the ether men who work for the
city? They are kept more close, they
work longer hours than any other em
ploye 24 hours every day, with the
exception of three hours each day for
meals, and only 12 hours actually off
duty each week and yet, for some
unaccountable reason they are not given
the same privilege a the others Ot
course, you may say this will come In
time but why not now?
I beg that this matter be considered
and see if something cannot be done
in their behalf. A SUBSCRIHKH.
The Greater Love.
3 LONO as there is that In human
nature that makes possible such
heroism as was displayed by Brigadier-General
Wardwell, a hero of
two wars, and the hero of as no
ble and moving a tale of love as the
world has ever heard, we need not
mourn over the departure of the nublo
and beautiful from dally life.
General Wardwell has gone to bis re
ward, the brave heart that beat so
bravely the song of love on earth, to
Its union with the great love which
rules tho universe, the undaunted soul
to Its maker, but by the beauty of a
great, unselfish, untiring devotion wJileh.
he leaves as his legacy to the world, ho
will be remembered.
This moving story of heroism and
sacrifice begins with the devotion of a
slater, nursing for two years, until aa
died, her brother, who was a leper. Isa
bel Cole was her name. She wus tall
and dark with queenlv air and gentle
breeding, Well educated, well born. And
If she ever thought that she was doing
too much in offorlng her youth and
beauty as a possible sacrifice, when
love pointed to duty, she did not show
It. Her brother needed care, and she
gave It, faithfully and untiringly.
It was after her brother's death that
General Wardwell met her. He served
in tho civil war, had proved a hero In
the battle of Gaines Mills and was high
ly recommended by ofrlcliila In the ifnl
ted States to the Mexican authorities.
He lived in Mexico. Hero h mei r-..
bel Cole and though he knew iter storv,
knew the fearful possibilities that hung
over her, h loved her and married her.
Shortly afterward thev went to Cali
fornia, and after eight "years the first
signs wTre noticed that pointed out
Mrs. Wardwell aa one of those afflicted
with the fearful, crectilna:. loathsomo
disease of leprosy. People who knew
tholr story speak with bushed tone of
the devotion that General Wardwell
showed his wife. Faithful, untiring.
tender, he nursed her through long
years that were full of trailed v. Oav
by day the awful thing crept over her.
shutting her out from the enjoyments
of life, causing people to shun her, the
gentle, unselfish lady, as though she
were the blackest criminal.
Criminal? What moral blackness.
what perfidy, what devilish depravity
la shunned by people of pure minds
as this one accursed 'disease is shunned?
It is a part of our training. I suppose,
from our earliest days, to associate
with the word leprosy nil that is vlln
and loathsome. The setting of our
earliest Bible stories, the oriental sig
nificance that is given this fearful
plague through the pages of scripture,
gets hold of us before we can fairly
reason. ITneleanl unclean! What worlds
of misery nre In the cry.
Orcgonian's Account Incorrect.
Portland. Aug. 1 S. To the Editor of
The Journal The Orcgonlan of theOfith
gave a garbled account of the citizens'
meeting held In Harrison hotel on
Front street last Friday evening. For
S"rne veiled reasons, best known to
themselves, their reporter did not give
a correct account of what transpired
"Merely a Humbug."
Portland. Aug. 16. To the Editor c.f
The Journal The Oregonlan Is waking
up to find a thorn In Its side. Bryan's
growing popularity with the masses be
gins to give the ancient one worry. In
a column and a half hoaded, "A Shep
herd ot the People" it raves and shakes
Its ancient locks. It rushes to tho
past and turns its misty pages to find
"the crime of 1873 was never perpe
trated." It hurls its bolts of abuse
and vituperation with splenetic malig
nity and declares. "Bryan never knew,
doesn't know and Is incapable of learn
ing that gold is the only money setand-
aro or tne worin.
Professing to discuss the question
"Shall tho people rule?" It goes into
the muck-rako business and consoles
Itself "in quadrate platform equations"
with' Bryan's many misdeeds. Then
after ali Its long tirade, concludes:
"Bryan Is nierelv a humbug."
Wonderful display of concern, and
waste of words and space over a "meie
humbug." One who reads this diatribe
Is lost In doubt at which to wonder
most, the smallness of the vision r
the vleiousness of that smallness. This
Is the way It appears to
A REPUBLICAN.
Balsinp alfitlfa is rv longer an ex
periment In Washington emmtv savs
the Times. J. M. K,.iaefer ha two
large fields, one on low land and cue
on a hill, and the se-und er"p yield
was about four tons per a en.
That W'lllamina Is destine,! to he, o-ne
an Important town In the Wlilaiue'tc
valley is a conclusion : cached by
wni know of its rnar.v natural' ad
vauliges. says tho Pherldai. S;ni whV
gives may facts to supp,,:; nils' belief
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?
But, to this brave man who had faced
bullets unflinchingly, she was not a
loathsome, dreaded creature. He alone
of all the world, stayed by her side;
tended her. nursed her. loved her. She
was his wife and he loved her. and to
him it seemed, probably, no miracle
that he should forsake all th warld
and cling only to her who had given
her life Into his keeping
Ho was a hero, was General Ward
well, not only when the shouts of com
rades and the excitement of battle
urged him on to the performance of
stern duties, but in the quiet day by
day ministering to his afflicted wife.
A hero, if ever the world saw one
Seeking some place in which thev
might quietly die together they went
to Ixs Angeles A elipplnir from a
paper a month old tells of Mrs. Ward
well's escape from the contagious ward
of the county hospital. Her husband
came and got her and they tried to
escape to Mexico where they might end
their days In peace, where she 'might
die In his arms. There waa no place
for her. They did not get away to
Mexico, it seems, but did em-ape to
Arizona, and Owine-r!rriarantlne, re
fused transportaan to Molokai. Isolated
nnd helpless, ex'-pt for their love, thev
remained until the brave, white-haired
veteran of many wars was mustered
out, to loin the ranks of tho blessed
dead. His poor wile, for whom he laid
down his life, has lost her reason and
cannot be tnhl of her husband's death.
May the end come quickly for her, for
her cup of sorrow is full to overflowing.
quite a c
,eS5 Ifiirs''
! condir 1 ,' t
' steel t r- '
j - .-ir'.-. '
i rre.-...;. ;
o ! 'tf : :
to g, .
From the Sacramento Be
That Is the question which William
Jennings Bryan puts before the citi
zens of these .United States In his
speech of acceptance. That address
is In Bryan's best vein full of meat,
pithy and pointed, witty, sarcastic and
argu mentatlve.
It is In strong contrast with the ad
dress put forward by William Howard
Taft In a similar position. Taft really
found himself In an awkward predica
ment. Posing as the heir to platform
watered and emasculated by elemental
ar.,1 vital doctrines of Roosevelflsm,
M,e Republican candidate endeavored to
" I shape, his address so aa to emhraoe n
S;a ton will be the bus es' (,,wn f,n 1 modicum of the Roosevelt principles
tne .Marion county map before mar v I which the convention had put aslijr,
months, for there is a ,. oic i te, moe- ' without offending the platform makers
m"tt on ir.e part or ever y ,tiz.-n ,' who have no use for KooseveitlsnT; anu.
hyi'ociutk w. rm
" lend' rig efi
.r''TS HS fO
':St Tien t1"
! t- ... I , f
""l ra ge
the fc-
thts town to b- the one jndh:,.
mirtee working for th best in'
of Htayt'in, yj- s the M .:l
KYir . j;ht years I iavi.1 Ta 1
'."Se has beori trying o ci
J " switch and sidetrack .
vteho se. but in vain until now
yr 1 e used a new argnmn' i
I.'.TOnn bushels of wheat at d ' si
It over the N. P. which has i M
Athma
eyes.
This
eon; -re
s T s
- of
n o.
' his
I.a-t
"igtit
I! p d
: r i ,
I
N rRiTirisi.vo tie ,e;,,,rv hT
of IlHn'i's the t'hirac-i In'cr
says, n part
I . o t .
I "
ily
tycls! Ir ,hlrk oi
t ' ,iuarvl
, ; r, s n' i
Ocean.
It is a li'era!
I- e-
A
GET A HOME ".NOW. "
GREAT MANY people ;
land, and In other f . ;n
OrojTn ar "building r '
all rtitht. A ride or - k m
any dlrectloa a roved the rftr am
furnish proof of till. ! But -. r.crt
bwlldtcf .fomld b done, prqf iabir.
traaa the ehatK are tv ma
terial od labor will not be ao rheap
r,rtn 1 a ro4 watte. If not rfgtt
"so," those who intend1 to balld
tlru:j r'n to do eo if po!t! thh
is !;:: tph. tre! '
, w n r:cht-
sr '"e truth '.at
e-;; r- f? Kt
ii. seo us- ' il i',:.c
. f. r , a ' ,! v cf wv,m t1 k-.'w h
. . : t r J ;. r . ' -g -x r f pi t 1 -i t - .. i.v,
' f ' i e : r ; . t i; r a , - t e i r r r, -r ' r , rr, .
rfiprtper. r-..r!ished !Oi r- r i ' ( if
the "'er could knrw r.,i; r l r g and
fur vpn tr.e same has a n:he- ad
i e ' t . fterr eri s
' " : a :r;,-rr"e. tb
f: t.'u' s-r'"'" 1" the oark xr.fl
vr'iMira -f i rf r i.r-" ;rft
;trpt!'n; r ",f;.t '
the j. ; . ! . ' r! to ru !
prtee w i e - .
sn'tiv rufr'tr,' I a
prtta
But suppose candidate had bper,
nomlr.s'ed by a machine can rent ion.
how much would the- roter tare
knrmn abont tr.fm? And If the
voters did knew more about there,
vcuid ttey cot hare kaowa thtt aa
a rule the candidate were, tnoatlr
I hi-
I r rb
f r
H
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n.ei.
r. ! I-1 i o f
r : ( r ! c a
r-1 r. . 1 1 ;
s c.f C
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J ,i I v
t w e
ea r
e f.-r the ,
.' i d 'nburnual
Sonera and. with
W'bi'c r.crrg
r n,;n: v was :a
Tail v.i wed -" t r
ii'iubb' -bitted ,, x
'.e ihrew hi .
as I, est he r
ground with 't,
up so that h
' t t ,s
,i . tin.
oejl
c 1
rorf'
his vr-ar l.c
la ref ; e '
'ir, t r re.j '
, so rr, : ' !
! '': H'
t '.e ' and
"a !
It pierced I. Is body
r:g a f at a i .'ipd
ned the i j lV ;
Maslker . f W:.. :. -llni-
on t .,- limbs ,,f ..
tut wot k.r g witii ,i
Ihe ranr! is broke and
x st. ay from the tree
d but it strurk ?r,.i
if t ie 1, lades etf-kirg
Tin d: rect 1 v upcr ; .
full ler.gt'i.
at ill- same time, not to pin his loyalty
to the platform so conspicuously i.s
i '.i Irritate the Kooseveu conunten.
i which that platform had spurned and
I the convention had sat upon
I In that attempt Taft made a very
sorry failure. For his address is evas
, lye ' contradictory; Inconsistent here
and there with the platform upon which
he stands, and Inconsistent there and
I h-re with the principles in which he is
s i, t,i believe as the heir apparent to
t' - Koosevelt scepter.
1 !i. re Is nothing of this evasion,
! no thing of tills Inconsistency, nothing
i "f this contradiction in the address put
! f , i tl; by William J I3ryan. There Is
J nuthing'whioh he needs to evade, or for
winch he has to apologia.
t r.i'i.,. hi riisf lnKUished opponent.
' rtrvan does not stand upon a platform i them, hut has always voted each of
i w hich had repudiated and spat upon I them down whenever put to the test.
those vital principles whicft he has al
ways championed. (In the contrary
the Democratic platform Is a platform
of Bryan ideas and that Is to say also
that It Is a rilatform Instinct with
Hoosaveltlsm ; Tor Honswelt was bat
Bryan in office and Kooseveltism w is
and Is nothing more than the practlcvl
application by a public official of the
principles which William J. Hryan has
championed for a dozen years, which
Theodore Roosevelt accepted, and which
the Republican national convention at
Chicago spurned.
Pryan'g document, therefore in con
trast with that set forth by Taft Is a
consistent declaration of the principles
in line with the policies he has alwavs
advocated and In faith with the plat
form upon which he stands.
You will find in Mr Rryan's speech
no apology for the platform which he
na accepiea. no ertort to conciliate
those who had always believed In htm
by trying to make them think that he
Is a platform unto himself; no effort
at a weak promise to do those things
which Taft Intimates that he wnu'd
like to do. but which the national Re
publican convention, through Its plat
form, has slid he should not do, and
which a Republican congress would not
let him do If he tried.
In this speech of acceptance bv Pryan
he riddles with grapeshot the candi
date as to what he mav do so",
claims being In opposition to the dec
larations or tne piatrorm as to what
he should do, and being ridiculously
weak In that the Republican partv 1
whlch has had .wUhln Its power for th
last dozen years the potency to do r.lt
of these things has never done one nf
And some will doubtless exclaim in
bat-like wisdom "there is no Ood or
he would not let people suffer so "
Rut others will say how sure a
proof that there Is Ood and that the
soul of man has something more than
a human habitation, since It is capable
of such sublimity.
("an such superhuman love sprlnar
from mere clay? If we are but cattle
and at the end wn re-tuni to dust, how
shall we account for matchless devotion.
fortitude, enduring the unendurable, or
how shall we explain such a love that
transcends mere mortality?
Suffering beyond the lot of most
mortsls they knew but love beyond the
conception of mere humanity they knew
too, and who shall sav that with all
the pain ami ths oorrow there was not
joy and rich happiness? finch, love as
sustains strong souls through un
dreamed of miseries, must be a well
spring of delight within the heart.
They had each other, nnd thev had love.
Thev had such heroism within their
souls that they must have had Ood too.
And what more can strong souls have?
.
w
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. I
,f rri ,
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t
I'ist rr.aa-1 njp'iftfc! th h'ift vo!-
i a of Co 1,-Ar fcr mot corr,-
IranifS Th'.a has hn r r 1 1 -e -1 v tru- '
tcel ta'i jn ! 'r a . r!ftr in 1
I othr l!ue. ir'i'. !: plates iimr, .
i ! r, a ru'ar i r A" a r j ti
an m.i a r. i, ;rg the fiyrrd S'-ea. hav!
lr,rr-a4 their .-"peratlon" c.tira, ,-
for'nra'o a in e,e x ,a vbv-
Tl cfir.lon t!if the wheat dlTV
'' io k cunty 11 prove to be f. ,.'
!e very beat !n -he state, j, gall:'! -K'-'ir.d
vs the .Yadr-- Pioneer Thii
v.ar. nhrn crop , ,n.ll!' ,n we in-fa-.
',rs!,l t hrogjj.o'jt eastern ir(gn
t! ? rr, pa of this s--ctlon eompare fav
orably with those of the odr and hc
ter known districts of eastern Oregon.
a
J-fferaon haa two cf the liveliest
k'd In the Prlted F-ataa. sava ti
-tei ' They are I, Pas, aged r
to
'' " hre!r u'a nM rr record ef tr :-et
rl r .f rpre- Th r.M re sult 'a more r.-pf k -
t- n viiti-al .Jir-fiv r.ri. cal' i;atd r-i ma
prrlTy Wilt r ary definite nurr.Ser r.f I
dv or months Kiri't haa a'lr'e'l
-!). hut ia not expected tn jciefl tf
It can msin-ain the flit, "t Its pred-a.
o
Tb enfrreed relsctanc cf th r!l
rd e bur lrm end t! pr-o'uets
Is only or-. atonal If b-lrsT etrcm
?".a. ani A j Connor, ever k0
F.'.-yrr of them mill do rocre wcrk in
a "-an the average man of 3. an 1
' - - : -mrk it that. , hT are each wet)
' d financially, gerero .a to a faui
b ; thev bare always hai r. ed to
w o- ,, ar. 1 "won t be hsi rv t'll thv
it
Irriratlraj wfll mM T trbl th
lrr rreat prod set loai of Grand
Roc4a aralley. g
g"
a
A dT'l fish a caught in Taqulna
bar and afer much effort was con
fined In a tuh. says th Mafl. where h
on got accce-tofped to his quarter
tucked veri hundred Js under him
f-r cuahinn. fnlJd a couple of t-n-dred
srma aroend Ms eht and glared
at the public ovt of Ma solitary eye a
much as to My that this was a a I of
a to for a poor devil f.ah.
This Pate in History.
141 Louis XI of Franc crowned et
Rl-finis.
lS7(i John I'ryden created poet laur
eate of Fngland
;f,i Pont isc a war fr the extermin
ation of the Kngllsh in America came
to an end
Kmperor Francis Joseph of
Austria-Hungary born.
IS.'O Honors de Bajxac. French norel
t. died. Born May 1. 1789.
lS;iThe Prince of Wales now King
Edward VII) arrived t Quebec.
1570 John P Kennedy, the Ameri
can secretary of the navr who wrote
A charter In one of Thsckeray s novels.
died at Newport Born in Baltimore,
October :S. 17J?.
jatl '-Pet ween .00 snd 409 lives lost
In earthquake in Martinique.
the civil service In 1SS?. and was secre
tary to the Indian currency commission
In US'? and 19. In 1S0.1 he became
secretary of the treasury, which Im
portant position he continued to hold
until a year ago. w hen he"Va annolntxt I
to succeed Plr Henry Primrose in the ie cup wr.ter. half cup orange lulce.
chairmanshln of the board of inland! half cup lemon Juice, one cup ef straw-
revenue. Mr. Chalmers Is the author of ' berry 1i!c. one cup pineapple Juice
Some Cool Summer Drinks.
HEN making raspberry shrub, for
every cupful of fruit Juice take
half cup cider vinegar and ttvo
curs sugar. Put fruit Juice, sugar and
vinegar over the fire, stir until sugar
dissolves and boil to a thick syrup.
Pklm a'f necessary, strain and bnttle
When served, allow quarter rup of
syrup to three-quarters cup Ice water
Should the syrup be too thin do not
use so much water
For lemon sherbet use two quarts
belling water, cieht lemons, white of
on" egg, one quart sugar Roll the lem
ons In sugar to extract the oil, then cut
In hulvnc r-ffiiova auiile a n.l cr,o.en
joot Julep Hoil sugar and wabr unt'l
clear. Klm off the scum as It rises,
add the lemon lulce, pour gradually
over the beaten egg and freero.
line-apple lemonade is made by tak
ing one cup augar. one cup water, one
cupful ennned plnenpplo and the Juice
of two lemons Roll the aurar and
water until it spins a light thread Put
pineapple through a fruit press and add
to the syrup with the iloe of the lein
Ona When ready to & rve, add water
ard sugar it ti'-ei, J Serve Ice cold.
For fruit punch use two rup sugar.
"A History of Currency in the British
Colonies," and a translation of the
"Jataka" from Pall.
Robert Chalmcr's Birthday.
Robert Chalmers, chairman of the
board of inland revenue In the British
rcrvemment, was born Au-mst 1. Hat.
In Aberdeen He was e1ated tn the
city pf LAnderi school and Oriel pot-
1eare. Oxford, obtaining- a first -class tn
elaselrsj moderation- In 1ST' and a bc
o4 In natural eclenee a lift. He won
first jplsyea) la tit open cons p til fjn for
Omr irhror' Fault.
From the Philadelphia Lesdger
"That woman reit door la really
dreadful. John," said a young married
woman to her huaband. "She oen noth
ing but talk the whole day lor.g She
cannct iret any work done, Fm sure."
"Ob." remarked the husband, "I
thought she was a chatterbox. And to
aHom does she talk ?"
"Tally, my dear, to me, of course,"
waa the reply. "2he talks to me eH-cr
the f tne."
No tnas) ea eer-vs twa masters, and
few an master two servants.
Cnpld eeirrlea Ms fcow and arvirar In
on hand an 4 a copy of Brsdstreet a la
Lb ther.'
half cup Marchtno cherry Juice Boll
eugar and water to a syrup, and add
the fruit Juices. Iet stand 0 mlf
ujfs, strain and chill Serve Ice cold,
The Pally Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Prepared cereal with cream.
Scrambled erx with minced ham.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
DevliM crab Tomato salad.
IMsckberrlea Lerer cake.
Iced te.
DINNER.
Cedery boolllovx. Cold" roast V1
Creamed rw -iMi'atoea. Sweet ptrklea.
luring beams.
Clacvanbvr uad. mirimnCaa
Crape wate te. Caew cake- "
Black no f fee,
t - '