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TT IS cheering news that Governor
Chamberlain brings out from
Pelican Lodge -that Mr. Har
rimau will at once build a rail
road into Central Oregon. Mr.
Harrlman has promised, or near
promised, before, and not performed,
but It la altogether unlikely that he
would make a promise now to the
governor, after having invited a con
ference, without performing It.
.The Journal heartily congratulates
the people of central Oregon, who
have waited so long for this neces
sary means of transportation, and
the construction of the road will
give not only them but all the peo
ple of the state a more favorable
opinion of Mr. Harrlman and Induce
better feelings toward him.
The Journal has been aggressive
and Insistent In demanding that Mr.
Harrlman give to this state the trans
portation facilities which it needs,
but It has never assailed him spite
fully or maliciously. Nor Is The
Journal disposed to be unfriendly to
Mr. Harriman, provided he deals
fairly with the people of Oregon.
Upon that, and that alone, depends
this paper's attitude. We believe
that the surplus earnings of the Har
rlman lines In Oregon, that is the
surplus over and above, operating
charges, maintenance, betterments
nnd interest and dividends on the ac
tual capital invested in the proper
ties, should at least be reinvested in
extensions of the system within this
state. "We do not, believe that the
state should be drained, year after
year, of millions of dollars, fn order
that huge profits may be paid to a
handful of people in the east or In
Europe, people whose only Interest
in Oregon is to feed upon it. That
money should be expended in the
extension of the Harriman lines.
This is due the state of Oregon and
its people, and they are not receiv
ing any 'favor from Mr. Harriman
when they exact this consideration.
They should not be satisfied with
leps.
Surplus earnings ought to tie
treated by a great railroad operator
like Mr. Harriman as a trust fund
for the people who contribute them,
nnd expended for their benefit and
'lie development of the state or re
r:!on whence they come. The .Tour
: al is positive that this is a reason
: '! proposition, and hopes that Mr.
I'arrlman will in future consider
il so.
The people of Oregon, and Mr.
Ha-riman may tie, and ought to be,
friends, cooperators, mutually Inter
ested in and working together for
the upbuilding of this great and as
yet but scantly developed state; but
the people have rights Indeed, by
far the greater rights and while
treating Mr. Harrlman, and Mr.
Hill, and ail such men, not only
Justly but liberally, they must Insist
on maintaining those rights.
The construction of this road will
be a great he);, to the region it inter
Fects. and beneficial to all the state.
It will add greatly and rapidly to the
population and products of that re
gion, will cause a rapid development
throughout a large area of country. 1
will connect all that portion of the :
ffate directly by rail with Portland,
and will encourage and animate 'lie
prop" of other section? of the state ,
This promised line will not lie the
only one The Oregon Trunk line is
also likely to push southward. And
there will eventually be one or more,
trans-Cascade lines too. They are a!!
bound to come, and some of tin in
ranr.ot be much longer delayed
There will be similar develop-,'
n-'-i.is in western Oregon. Coos Ray
cet'ain! can not be neglected very
r.n;' h In:. per. nor Tillamook. And a
d. 'Cod loiiiiis." Collier's
ii, ! . . e i ii i ni I n i I n c, on this dele
's ' f il l . '' si'i'i-i Ii . s.i s I n defense
of Mi 'l;i, response: "Now that
;. ns'A sio. wril honest v. Ii innant
i that v.liiln Judge Tafi would take
leverv step he could sre for the 1ns
! selling of poverty, lie w ould not lie
about panaceas, he would not pre-
lend to have a pairnt cure-all, and
If would not encou rai-e I ope in ex
treme and violent reined, ns. Vet
our friend in Denver went into a
passion of assertion that no man who
would answer 'Cod knows" to tie
cry of poverty was worthy to be
president."
This opinion of Mr. Taft'e re
sponse Is no doubt correct. He Is
presumably honest in speech and ac
tion and no demagogue. He would
help the, lnboring man's condition.
Improve the situation for him. it be
knew how, but he knows no way to
do so, and honestly says ho. And he
intimates further, it might be added,
that no rrtan knows. Only "God
knows."
Hut is the case so hopeless as this"1
Is It true that none of our wisest and
most patriotic statesmen can devise
any measures, or system, or changes
or modifications of policy or govern
mental action, that would not in
some degree help honest, willing
worklngmen who can find nothing
to do and whose families are starv
ing, or to prevent such a condition
of affairs from arising" Is it pos
sible that all the wisdom, the en
lightenment, the patriotism, the
charity, the fraternity, of this first
decade of the twentieth century, in
this greatest, richest, freest country
on earth, can do nothing whatever to
keep an able, worthy workingman
employed and his family from starv
ing, while in the same city with them
are multimillionaires who have
largely gained their wealth by legal
ized exactions from the common peo
ple, this workingman amorig the
rest ?
Mr. Taft acknowledges that he
knows no remedy, no relief, for this
slate of affairs. He says that only
God knows of any. Is the inference,
then, ttmt all our statesmen are
hopeles,s)i. shut off from all com
munication with God on this subject?
The Journal believes t Hat some
remedial measures can be devised,
that some relief ennbe afforded;
that our system and policies of gov
ernment can be so modified lhat hon
est, able, willing workingmen will
have a better chance, that their
families will not have to starve be
cause for months on end when the
country Is overflowing with pros
perity they can find nothing to do.
There will be rich and there will lie
Who is the custodian and enuncliitoi
of Republican "principles" In Ore
gon?
There are (he Cakes. Mr W. M
Cake Is In a position of authority In
his party. Its official head In the
fate, the chairman of the Kcpub
Ilcun state central committee Ills
brother, II. M. Cake, was lust spring
the nominee of his party for Cnlt.'d
Slates senator, the highest office In
the gift of the party. These men,
then, must be accounted proper
spokesmen and lenders and advisers
of Republican voters. If men thus
honored and elevated cannot speak
authoritatively as to Republican
"principles" and their application to
current problems, who can? These
men have declared In favor of elect
ing senators by direct vote of the
people, and of abiding by the result
of the last election nnd carrying out
ttie Statement No. 1 pjedgo. Very
well; but this seems not to settle the
matter. Other eminent Republicans
deny that such action would lie In
accordance with Republican "prln-
iciples," and assert that it would be
contrary and ruinous to those prin
ciples." There is Senator Fullnn, who
takes the latter position. He hns
long been a prominent Republican
leader in the state, has served many
' fars In the stale senate, was elected
to the Tniied States senat". was
(halrman of the Republican delega
tion to the Chicago convention and
was a prominent figure: therein, and
w ho should know more about Repub
lican "princiil s" than he? Of
whom fdioiiid Republican voters ob
tain more Information than from
Senator Fulton? Hut lie takes a
position exactly the opposite of that
taken by the Cakes. He maintains
that election of senators by the peo
ple by I lp Statement No. 1 method
Is altogether wrong. unconstitu
tional, destructive of party, and to
tally opposed to Republican "prin
ciples." Here again a factional Re
publican finds sufficient authoritv.
but tho sincere inquirer after the
truth about "principles" Is still all
at sea. The Cakes say one thing.
Fulton says the other; no wonder. If
tho voter depends on party leaders.
that he is bewildered.
Then here Is the Oregonian, As
sert Ihg itself to be the great and only
Oregon exponent and defender of
Republican "principles" - - having
been on all sides of all questions--and
it tells the voters who believe In
electing senators by the people In
this way that they are lunatics or
idiots, that the scheme is all "hum
bug." "buncombe" and "juggle";
yet' it nevrr in the least degree con
nects this conclusion with any Re
publican "principle." Other Repub
lican papers of the state Insist that
such election of senators Is strictly
in accord with Republican "prin
ciples." but don't show how. i't:
der such circumstances, may not the
average voter conclude that the
"principles," when il comes to prac
tical use, when the test of applica
tion is made, are nrtistly Imaginary,
are "humbug." and serve principally
to make the hp at of claptrap par
tisan phrases"
So we might test the claim of
principles 1 1 y many public ques-
a n Innocent home of Its supporting;
tii'iii, ulbelt possibly an iinworlhv
arm. I hey dipped their hands I"
blood Hint won't wash off, and hur
ried themselves Into felons' cells
Tliey dest no ed all that Is left of the
life of their venerable parent. Fur
what was the mental trouble nfvOip
t it In Halns Is substituted bitterness,
anguish and deep consuming anxiety
for scores of people on both sides.
The electric chair Is waiting for two
victims that It may get. Such is the i
fruit of an unwritten law that Is no
law, but myth, mischief, mourning
and murder.
THE OREGON SENATORSHIP
From the Albany Herald (Rep.)
PHIMARV LAW ASU IMliTV
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Vhin thn rlnetlun polls rlueil on the
nlKlit of thn firt dtiy of Juim, 1S08, tho
iiu.-miIuii of whether a Hrpiihllruii or
I itMiioi-rat should rrpreapnt Oregon In
!'.. I nlted Slntes senatn for six yrnri,
in Niiri'MM Hi-nntiir Fulton, whs ih-fl-inii'lv
nciili'il. 'I'lm c-umpnltiii wii.i inuli
I ihmIiiIv mi Statement .So. 1, which In
(icillly was nothing more than whether
li e people i.r tnis ftttttr Pemoorats nnd
I P-pu til Icrtnh, Sorlnllsts Slid l'rohlhltlnn
Imis ulioiild chooNit ihrlr I'nltrd Stiitcs
tieimturs, or continue to permit the leg
islature to elert ihst official, without
any en ii! for tho peoplu's wishes nnd
denin ndH.
The people by 1.M10 more votes for
Ooveinoi I ' loi ill lici In I ii over Hon. JI M.
Cake ileeldeil they wnnted (!ovi rnor
Chamhirlslti The Ileruld supported Mr.
Calco loyally before the prlnmry In pref
erence to Si nator Fulton, nnd It used It
Influence for (he Kepubllcan nominee
In the Roncral election. !!ut the ma
jority preferred our chief executive.
Ve believe 1 hn people should elect
Fnlted Htates senators by a direct vote,
consequently we advocated Htntement
No. l. Tho Herald, therefore, would be
ISCI'SSINC the recent primary
election and the senatorial sit
uation In Illinois, the Indian
apolis Star says that "party or
ganizations are In deep water." Sen
ator Hopkins carried the Republican
primaries, but may not have a suf
ficient number of adherents in tho
legislature to elect him, and the Star
thinks that it Is a vexatious situa
tion "when men who are free to ex
ercise their Individual Judgment and
guaranteed that freedom by the con
stitution of the Fnlted States are ex
pected to net under duress hy a law
or custom that has no real binding
force. "
Hut what should be of greater real
binding force than the clearly ex
pressed will of the people? Why
should not servants of the people be
under "duress" to do what tho peo
ple want done?
Alluding to tho Oregon election,
the Indianapolis paper repeats the
Improved and unfounded story that
a great number of Democrats voted
in the Republican primaries and
thus aided in the nomination of tho
weaker Republican candidate a
pure invention of the opponents of
the election of senators by the peo
pleand says "it is believed" this
was also done In Illinois. It seems
there, as here, to tie a mere asser
tion, with little discoverable founda
tion In fact. If it be possible, how
ever, the primary law snouiu ne
amended so as to prevent this, but
most of those who nre making these
assertions do not want the primary
law improved by amendment, but de
rtroyed altogether. The Star per
ceives, however, that tho movement
of which the primary law is a result
is not to be stopped or turned aside,
saying:
The unmistakable tendency Is to let
the party organizations ti'ke cure of
themselves and Klve the vol. r a chance.
The nvernge man cares about a hundred
times as much hut the sac. .ss of jtiR.lIN IX WILLAMETTE V.XIXKY.
some certain candidate or candidates at I :
the primaries and at the elec- ajp ar 1TII.FJ in some localities in the
derelict to tta duty a newspniier, nnd
(treutly stultify Itself did It not now ad
vocato nnd plead lor (Jovernor ( ham
berlHlu's ratification, as demanded by
the people of this state last June.
We of course ni cognlxniit of tho
motive wnich prompted tho old itei uli
Ilcun "nmchlne" pollt iclnns to knife Mr
Cake, who defnntud their cholcs und
vote ror Governor Chamberlain. Hut
the motive of tha iIIhci -untied opponents
or mo peoples rule iloes not enter tut
the mutter A majority of th members
of tho legislature voluntarily took upon
themselves tin) obligation to vote for
the candidate for I'nlted States senator
who received the popular vote of the
people In the June election.
There will be, and perhaps already la,
Treat pressure brought to beur upon leg
islators to influence them to perjure
themselves and violate thotr pledge to
t ne people upon uduzv and flimsy nre
texts but these iilleed arguments are
merely subterf uses offered by machine
politicians to execute their Mans nnd
purposes when they voted for Governor
lliamDeriain anil dererfted their own
nominee the choice of the majority of
iub iiepunncans in Oregon. '
are made, for some years to come
will doubtless be subject to wide ex
pansion as further geological ex
plorations are carried forward, hut
it Is proper to say that the coal re
sources of the territory are very
great, and that they will be figured
In hundreds of millions aid even bil
lions of tons." The explored, Iden
tified -area In that region now
amounts to 12,000 square miles, and
nobody knows how many more thou
sands of square miles are underlaid
with coal. The quality of coal In
vestigated ranges from low-gradn
lignite to the best of bituminous and
anthracite, equal to Pennsylvania
coal. And as these coal beds are
scattered along the coast, they will
".o accessible In time of need.
These are only two recently dis
covered coal regions of great propor
tions, with coal enough to last the
whole world scores if not hundreds
or" years, and since these exist why
may there not be others equally ex
tensive -In Canada, In Alaska, In Si
beria, In China, in South America
.vet to hp discovered?
So let us not worry about the next
generation, or any subsequent gen
eration, suffering from lack of fuel.
There will he coal for many genera
tions, and beside that, oil and gas
and electricity may largely take the
place of coal- are in fact doing so
already. We would better bo as hap
py as we can tthilo wo live and let
the coming generations take their
chances. They are likely to wonder
bow we got along at nil with so few
comforts and conveniences.
In the east not as great and elab
orate cmos but good enough for
most students; and the way to make
Oregon colleges better, nnd Increas
ingly useful and complete. Is to send
(he youth of Oregon to them rather
than to Eastern colleges.
The university at Eugene Is a
state Instltitlon that all Oregonlans
should take a pride in, and help
make it more deserving of being the
object of such a sentiment. The Ag
ricultural college at Corvallls Is an
other state Institution equally
worthy' and deserving of large
patronage,, and having some advant
ages peculiarly Its own. There are
also several excellent denomination
al colleges and schools, as good, or
thus to be made as good, as thoso of
other states.
Havo the youth of Oregon attwd
Oregon colleges. Teach them to
take, a pride In Oregon educational
Institutions. Let them make an
Oregon college their first and most
cherished alma mater, and then if
not satisfied they can finish up at
one of the great eastern universities.
Let us have more "made-in-Oregon"
educations.
A Sermon for Today
Saved FrorjJ iyar o Enljh.
, "y Henry K. Copo.
" " y the power of (Soil are guard,
ed throiiKh faith unto a salvation Tready
Peter, l! T" "' 1USt l""e'"I-
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a :nan steps up to you on the
street, (akrs you by the button
hole, and Inquires: "Are you
suved?" between .iiriiri ...
Kcntment y hardly know wli.it
answer to lvo him. Vet, If t be true
as we an, tU told, that without ho.,,o
d. finite, marked .pork-nee called "Vil
vation." wo are, all imminent pe,n .
tho wonder Is that the guostl.m Is not
asked nioro often.
Thero doubtless are many to whom
tho question, has thi iil11K i,Mlir i ti,,.
llv In a world of fear, fur they uro
only part v il,h.r,.i r, . J ..u.
of savuKory in hkh the whole uni
verse was peopled with .lemons. wPl.
s l hits cruel, mallnnani. H1, :.iiei..,,
I hey walk in tri'inMln. ,!.... ... . .C
that assail In dark places, of j'au U J
he Is waiting to Ingulf them.
11 mis world is so onier.il i u t .
oppose our Kood. If the unlveisM l
our foe. we do In, lee, I n,.,..l t.. i. i
Ir. I... .1..II . r. n.i.lj.
..... u. nun' i I Kiif il .
slrunye tlmt tlio.so who slnir in., si loiul'-
v ot i lie Koodness of Uoil should also
Insist eo HtnuiBly on the diabolical
character of the world hi, has .,,.,.i,i,..i
ami ordered.
It Is net lmiK since we were praetl
ally a in a bc.n,l,,. .. ,
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oeus lent llley Should lile liefer.
ASTONISH 1 NO COX VKKSIOX.
A'
Hon Rs he rloog about tlu. purity
ii nd integrity" of all the party
organizations In the land. That thts
w
Willamette valley the yield
of gip.iu Is not above the
average, and in some In
stances may be below It, In other lo-
splrlt Is largely due to the objectionable
rp- tn whlrh narfy "orirnnizatlons"
have conducted themselves can not be cnlitles the yield is reported to be
doubted. The only concern felt by lanfe fill above the average, and In numer
tiumbers of citizens for their party ma- Otis cases is larger than it has been
poor; our tnere ougin hot ro ne laws tlonSi anr) )n ovf,, v )nst;lnre we
and administrations and decisions to ..,,., ,,,, ,,,,,,,,.. ),,,,,.
make a few rich, and then to say to
workingmen when a rich men's panic
comes anci inev unk wiihi inev are to i tj0 jf
do to save their starving families
"God knows."
OKEtJOX
VOTKUS AND
CII'LKS."
MX-
Q
1'ITE sincerely, and with a de
sire to elicit more or less val
uable Information, The Jour
nal has recently on several oc
casions asked for a statement of
Republican "principles," and their
application and relation to current
questions, especially the Roosevelt
policies. Rut no response from any
Republican paper has been made
It is pertinent to make this inquiry,
because many voters, especially
magorlcal. inapprehensible, mere
w 11 l-o'-t he-wisps of partisan jargon.
would he if wo inquired about
any of the "Roosevelt policies." If
they are in accord with Republican
"principles." then the Chicago con
vention re. lectori those "principles."
They are as unsubstantial as moon
beams en mist, as unsatisfactory as a
breakfast on exhalation from a saw
dust, heap. n Imaginary as the pa
triotism of a party boss.
Who in Oresron. we ak again, is,
or who are. authority on Republican
"principles," when It comes to a, spe
cific pressing question? Is It Mr
Cake" is It Senator Fulton? Is It
Ralph Williams? Is It Senator
Jlourne? Is it Harvey Srott And!
if half of them contradict the other!
eiitiie is to see It nmushed Into smith
ereens. Logically, as to senators, the
movement in Illinois and elsewhere
should follow the Oregon Statement
Xo. 1 plan. There is no proper
halting ground for it short, of
that. The Republicans of Illinois
have nominated Hopkins, a man
known to be very objectionable and
hot a representative of the people,
but of the interests. The Democrats
have nominated a man named
Stringer. Now it should be left to
the people of Illinois to decide be
tween the two, and the legislature,
as servants of the people should as
a matter of course and of state law
elect the one receiving tho highest
vote. This is the Oregon plan, and
while very strenuous efforts will be
made yet -to overthrow It, we think
It will work, and become established.
Thus and thus only, for a long time
at least, can the people choose their
senators. Of course this tends to
weaken party organizations and to
hurt party machines; bo much the
better.
PI.KXTV OF COAL.
T
half, how will voir rs ert env trcin.
young men. are in ignorance and in!fart,,rv , fr,r;i,.,, ,n from ,hem aU)
doubt on this question. They read I g,.j ir,r
' In Republican newspapers much :
i about Republican "principles." but
'from nobody can they getthe an
swer which they need for their en
1 igl-ten rue r.t and guidance.
Hut !f this query cannot be
answered, ye make anefher, of rath
er more li,ra! nnd special Interest,
namely From whom in Oregon are
inquirers learn what the "prln
(ij'lrs" are. and how they nre to be
app'led and I 'll in'u use? To whom
sir'. the perplexed and hesitating
Re; liljrari or doubtful voter go for
lr.f.-! tuatlyu and lnstrw'lon He Is
asi-.e.l 'ri in!" for Republican "prin- ,
XO I NWRITTKX LAW.
HflH!" is no unwrl'ten law Re
lief ri . (a a dl'is',on and n
f: ire Res: rt to I' Is more
times rr. warilire than rmirapp
The rons. rj it ncep to the performer
are alwa's calamitous, and nvf
rein.-d -a ap'ain I'e'er Hairs and
his brrrh.r t!-'r exploit were no'
erae. ,.lT , . avert. Iter were
to one. and -.rme., and their v
defence'ess This was coward
liu' there -vns a mental coward;,,
grea'er n:ac:r.'ude. It w r
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VERY little while some reputed
ly wise man figures It out that
there Is only enough coal in
the ground to last a few years,
and tries to set the world worrying
about what people will do then -50,
i l'ir or 20 years hence. Even Mr.
.1 .T. Hill, when he gets into one of
Ms pessimistic moods, predle's that
the world's coal supply will give out
before long.
Rut the Technical World for Sep
tember B8v9 that -46.000,000,000 tl(lpn rased ,n former years.
tops of corI, Included In the grea'esf
coalfields In western North America.
w',1! he available as soon as railroad
extensions now in progress tapping
t! e Trows' Nest Pass region am com
pleted, going far toward averting the
I-oiliced fuel famine. This vast
'ni4 onse is located In a rectangle
1 .'. o by 200 miles In extent, compris
ing r.o.oon iquare mllea or 1 9,200,-
0 0 ft flCTP."
for many years. Tills is especially
true of wheat, which, though no'
raiserl In appreciable quantities for
export in the Willamette valley, Is
yet. an important crop In supplying
home consumption.
An old resid.'ii' and observer of
Washington county, where the grain
crops nre said to be better than for
a good many years past, gives as the
principal reason the increase In
dairying, which industry supplies a
needed fertilizer for the partially ex
hausted and hitherto mistreated soil.
I)y changing In part their activities
from grain growing to dairying, far
mers not only engage in a more
profitable Industry, a-t conditions
were, but they supply themselves
with material to enrich their soil,o
that they can raise as much wheat or
other grain on one acre as they could
a few years ago on two acres.
Whatever may be asserted of the
very deep ash-soil of the wheat belt i
eat of the mountains, Willamette
valley soil will not endure perprtunl
cropping without fertilization, nour
ishment, and rotation of crops.
Dairying in connection with grain
raising no doubt helps greatly, anil
many farmers are also beginning to
use better and more scientific meth
ods, and to take better care of the
soil.
The Willamette valley Is destined
to be a great region for dairying and
fruit raising, rather than for grain
growing, but a good deal of grain Is
necessary or profitable, and lyider
Improved methods and conditions
as. the Agricultural college has thor
oughly demonstrated two bushels
or tons can he raised where one has
LOCAL contemporary gives
voters the following assur
ances: "it is a new Repub
lican party which will go Into
power this fall If It goes nt nil -a
party with new men, new ideals of
public service, new motives of ac
tion. Its watchword will not be
servility to the plutocracy, but ser
vice to the American people."
fl rent and good news, surely--If
true. Aye, there's tho rub. When
did the party po suddenly and com
pletely change its character, Its pol
icies, its practices, its methods and
purposes? It is lnferentlally ac
knowledged In the above excerpt
that up till now the party has been
in "servility to the plutocracy." But
now, this fall, ftll at once, without
having done a single thing to show
good faith, It 's going to turn com
pletely arounn, face right about,
transform Itself from sinner Info
saint, and "serve the American peo
ple." If has Just thought of that for
the first time.
Sucti a conversion would certain
ly be the most remarkable one In
history. It would bo miraculous.
Rut we have only the morning
newspaper's word for this, and that
In such a matter isn't worth much.
Mr. Harriman's promise to the
governor to build a railroad into cen
tral Oregon Is not exactly his State
ment No. 1 of that kind, but It Is one
that the people of Oregon will expect
him to keep.
Ir
tUK ami find thcin.srlvea unprepared In
.... .1. , ul an uiieuucii 1 1 o I v-. w''l!e.
Ktroiii; men can ieil uroiin.i ti,
luemlnu iiuestkui: Am I ... r., it t
Blum Id die?
bomothlner wilhln ns Ims, U,..,.U
turned axalnst these eoncei.i inns. ,,f n
Bod before whom wo must , ,nvi r ,,r
universe cniiirh e,l to ,in.,., "...i
of man u a lost Imuiik. whlmv'rl.eke.l
on the tides of etorriltv ul... ,.,i..i,.
io snatched from his ,1, ,,,,,'. i e i, ,....,,1..
but acknow leilKI- Ills llll el !e,t ,e.l inl,
URation to reri.iin nlill,iu..,.l,i.,.i t
ia or historical data.
As 111.1 11 has come to understand the
universe heifer, as he has ..:,rned to
subdue nature and harness her lowers
to his purpose, ah, in.; will, nrowlntr
wonder nt tills world has none inci eas
ing cot, fiile nee In tin. b.-nrfi, lent order
ing of nil .things; C ar lias !;ien ,,u,.0
tu lewuin,-.., reverence for law and
leveien.e ror Hie e,,o, t Jill t seems to
be the tln.nl Koal of all.
Supers; Itlon ret rent i tig before cl
enco, fear has given pi n e to a concep
tion of a world ordered by Infinite love
and wo have come to ash a new qura-
tlon. After all is liL le .'MO H ire. In
all the universe to feai V p.. eg ,iot
every open I iik page ,,f ratine's Kret
' "k tflsrioso unvarying law' work Ini;
out purpi.se.s of i'liiiii 'iisiir.-ibln ley..'.'
The ureal question fur us all is not
whether He hay.- be, n res. ue,! from
hordes of sa a go, hi, Me., demons or
snatched from lrm:iln.-i.t lull, thouuen
tlon is noi whether we an- i. a.lv to die
because we havo bargained f..r lieivon;
tho great question is whether we are
saved from the old life of fear, of
orea.ii, or e..war,ly sllnhin,- through the
world into the full 11 of f.iith into
the life In harmony with (Jed's uni
verse. .Salvation is n process and imt a
place: II Is n life and not a 1 'tal ar
rangement. It is continuous; it irniy
be that It never will be ,-,,mpl oi .d, for
It Is the , adme of a life out into Its
fullness. 1 1 1 ; n harmony with Its uni
verse, Into u riders! a m I i u ir of ; its re
lationships, into sffi 'li m y In ail Its
ser i. e.
We tired to tbfnk perhnns not so
ranch of what we urn be saved from
ns of what we are saved toward, toward
the highest llvinir we know, toward full
and perferr harmony with fill helnc.
here ii n i .yei vw her-, human and di
vine tirilv hy faith In a world or
dered for hiiiiiI, only by faith in thn
preat life In which we move and have
oar beiuf; em one eome Into sueh full
ness of life.
Men ,ii,i .ived by faith, by faith In
what tin y may he, Iiv conl idenre In the
rltrht, good, orderly workinsr of the
world for the best, by simple trust In
thn great love of the Infinite father,
hy living on the workln.- axiom that
Koodness and truth and kiudmss- the
things that are b.-Nt ar.. :.,. things
thai are inlirtity and doioirani.
Wo need to lie saved from ourselves,
from our fearful, nbaed. i Jo,j libeling
sel cs Into our better, higher, asplr
Ing. Uoil .nine selves by tho faith fn
thO goodness of dull, in th. love thit
lies d.el lnd nl! law. In the hU-h po..
Flhllitics of ourselves and the e 1 j;r-
poses of .ill men Koa : of whit mlK.it
he only hind, rs faith In what may be
sublimely helps.
A Poem (or Today
Sentence Sermons.
Hv Henry F. Cope.
Worry Is half of wearlpess. ,.
a
A short ffrmon often has a long life
i .
irivfttdlRe hrrrtri fouu4 by fleeing from
pain.
The Things Thai Hemalii.
I',' I'd ward Rowland Sit
fKrtw.-ir I H. w hind M 1 -- "!nT. or.
Conn., 1 . t 1 , ( 'le , l.i nd v- in, February
27. 1 SS7 a eu-aduate ,,f Vale and pro
fessor of I ,'n r. 1 !.--h I.iiii;ii;iki' ami litera
ture at the I'nlversitv of California
from 1X7 1 to lL' The .selection below
Is from his "1 1. rm ione." 1
The hypocrite Is only
HviiiK liar.
the chronlr
Xothln Is pacrcj without pome sac-rifl.-ln!
service.
l-.xpe. ieneo the best Interpreter of
an theology.
Nothing. heals our own
quicker than helping others.
wounds
I'aralvsfs of ronscien.e Is often mis
taken for ttie peace of ijod.
It taken more tbar
talc, rinriers to make
ti e h a t r. .1 of cer-
in a s i I ii t.
MADFVI-OHKiOX KDl CATION'.
( : p.'"- " " i'T.on. Republican leader n ard.r Ir. which th manhood
read ab.'-g'tfce coast and roads over or f.'.-eh. r 'ells hici that with refer- Captain Vf. r Mains, -o:di r !.;
ti c coast range, will be built before ; enre o any lir-. practical political he be. wa no' manly enough
tnacv .-ars have passer. M'an- , (juest:"n th. "principles"' are thus combat 'he shadow tha' had fa;i
while h' W:'.'ame"e valley will be and so. w I j another leader and , across his life. Manh"d is
getting ... v ral electric line. teacher ! him they are Jut th ' when It faces mortal ar.e-il?h
A.l 'I,:- j not predicated upon opposite t r.Ur fucn rtrnpnanree fortitude .Manr.o-.o" Is b'e nrk One is under the direction of
Mr. Hat i promise to extend i how is 1 e kr.o and decide- Wb.V endure, wp!, pa-Vnc- tt- !.;,. C. Corhln. president of the Spo-
Is he to d'.- i-olntments that ar- the r.r, .-..,(,, . kanP international railroad, who has
Take t. question most prom-, and universal price of ii,-;r,K If thi charter from the Rrltis Colunit.il
inert and interesting now t,e'or woman wan frail. :t as her bVne.h. ' roiTnn.ef!t for a road connecting
the voters "f Oreron. the matter of and .ineo he lad nought the ro'tr'f ''h he Canadian Pacific near
electing senators by dlr t vote of and divorc-d her ihv did n-- (T. Virhei
E
rGKN'E papers report a bright
prospect ahead for trie univer
sity during the coming college
year, in the matter of attend
ance. It is faid that ihe present In
dications are that the attendance
will be much larger than during
anv previous vear. And it is ex
It 1p better occasionally to do a fool
ish net 'f charity than to coin in it the
folly of an uncharitable life.
Thomas J. Macnamara' Hlrtbilay.
Thomas 3 Jfacn.irr.ara. or." of the
freiitest educational authorities in the
nlt"d Kingdom and an honorary Jt. A.
of Oxford, was hoi n in the barracks of
.Montreal, Angupt i':t. ISfil, ttie son of a
pnMler In 'the ranks.. He was taken to
tncland when a child and received hi
ediieation at a phool in Kx.-rer. later!
AVhp.t am I triad will stay wtien I have
pa ssnd
From tii:.i dear valley of the world,
nnd stand
On yon pnow-gl'mmerlng peak.., and lln
pcrii:t; cast
From that dim land
A backward look, and haply stretch
mv hand.
Regret fn i.ow the wish come. Hue at
la1-!"
Cn'r,, -a miiir t am i-ln, wftt he
Still wnndeiinc dowi-the wind, for men
will hr-nr "
And think themselves frcm all their
care set free.
.And heaven near
When summer star., b'.mi very ertlll
r.nd clear.
And wnve. ef sound are swelling like
the en.
And It Is goo,) to know that overhead
ishie skies w 111 brighten, nnd the sun
will shine.
And flowers .e sweet 1n many a (rarden
bed.
And nil divine.
(For are tto-v not. O rather,
tbimcbt. of thine"!
KartVs wiui 'h and fragrance shell on
men li" shed
And I am glad that night will always
come.
Ilushirii- all ..ounds. even the soft
voiee.1 htrd.
1 Pu-flne away all light from her deep
I dome.
I"ni!! are t-'iel.
In ttie w id ptarlic .! s .tlllre.g, un
known w.,r-l...
That make the heart ache 'til It find
ItP home.
And I nm ula.1 t' at nelt' er sn!dn 1TT
Nor v'.di t I'sl.-s t !..' liter ..n the
I'll.
one line nf rna l. lut I? asserted he
cau.ef these tilings are manifestly Jn
etl'eble. Kastern and Western Ore
gon will move forwari and deve;(ip
together, Mr. Harrlman rar.nat
etop with this or e project If he i the poor ie Through Statement No 1
aoe. ne cannot .to., ..thent from go
ing ahead with tils great and urg
ently tl-ded work
v From tfce tat aperiistend.-r.t of
rub-!! Instruction it t learrN-d that
Mm ert XDotthly salary of all
nl J-arber is ttt taU U M.4,
Kverbody will admit that this is a
Tery live, practical quet ion, "not yet.
It seems, fully and firmly settled
Now the a.piirr.ptioa Is that Hrpub
Ihpn ' princi, ;e'" are nffic-nt for
every eroerg. rtry and by thern everr
tHn?ran ir? net i right Hut hat
taln-MS-lr;.. ..fir.g a ceo, r er--,,;. Thpn popj, wfo har shivered
dler. let her go her ay, and h!ms f over thes predictions of coal eihaus
face th or!d undaunted, sane and Men can be. comforted by reading th
self-contained' Tht would har report of an export In the Cnited
hen soldierly and runb 'S'ate rooiraI ajrvey errlc In
But the so-railed unwrlTen Jaw -.- . Ala-ka. t.o sarS:
gui!d Mm Me and 'bin hnvhrrj The mineral coal In the ground
rirl them;T-s Thev rr.ads a in tiki r.t rt Ko-n rfari-t.iv
Republicaa "prlnrlple" decide thU j ipc-etacie, a bioody ooe. They rcbbM j estimated, and. wbateTer estimates
To reach tbes ra.t coal fields two pected that with the new funds
rival engineering parties are at available the Indirrements offered
by the university to young people
seeking higher education will be
greater than ever before.
Every citizen of Oregon should
take a pride In the success, In the
highest sense of that word, of the
state university, and this success
ran only le attained by liberal pa
tronage. Not only should the Jtate
ai such make fairly liberal appro
priations for. the university, but lta
citizens with children who are to be
given a college education should
send them there, or to som other
Oregon college. There can he" prac
tically as good college" la Oregon a
taking a course at a training m hool for . Vor ecen n ' w'stfnl r'i"
teaeh.-rs. A. a teacher he nmn attained I jtef t'v ph i'! '
prominence and was elected president I 'U'tth n'ld unrest ncd
or the .sationai I nion er "acliern lie ctlll
t'.p"l ..tt.fN-.
!'l
i ndless lonrln
ha.. ben In the hon.e of commons since
1900 and when the ( "amphell-Hatinerman
ministry was formed llr Mn-namara
was given the important post of fecr"
tary n the local governmeut board He
is the author of a number "of books, the
most of them treating of school man
agement and educational methonn.
This Date In Hisforr.
The Arsamaule of Ft. Nicholas
an order of military knights, founded by
t harl. -III t Naples
122 First weekly newspaper ap
peared In F.n;land
1TSS Foundation stone latid for Co
lombia renege In New Tor. CIit.
IS?? Sir William Herschel. cele
brated astronomer, died in Knelnd.
Born in Hanover. Noremher IS. Kit
IMi Karon Ajdmer reslsmed hla of
fice a. g-ovemor of Canada.
1 Sk S -Completion cf the Northern Pa
cific railroad to the Pacific roest.
llM-Asslnatton of the Japanese
minister to Korea.
Of the Encllah In India, ther aura
six men to on woman.
The soul whose hope beyond them a!'
must lie
And I rejoice that love V.i l rever s ni
So perfect a it rvr wa to be.
But cnd!r..lv t-aClm'r '::ritt!-.g
Ench 1 rati .! ..!! -
If.'nte.l In e erv diwr f" ! P'H'v
JIopcIes.lv siiadowe.1 in ea.-ii s in. t a
glerim.
And thouth warm mouths will !;l. and
1, i. n d will rt'tif
And thouBht hy sl'.'-rt thought be
undertoi-1.
I do re)oic- that the r.ext hour will
brine
That far off frmcd.
That drives one l,k a lonely child to
God.
VThn only sees and measures everTthln.
Ami It Is wll that when tes fet hav
pressed
Th.e outward pst h from erth, "twiu
net eem sad
To tbem that stay; bat thej who Jova
me st .
Will he most glad
That such a lot- unquiet new tia hal
At last, a rift of i effect rae-s and rwat.