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i iMMBi. lMT053a EiGE OF THE JOURNAL THF. TOT 7TJ TSJ A T . HOW -T.OMn WTTT. THP. HDrrnXHAM DFDCTQT TM fl-TT.3 controlling Influence of tbe people Wall street, mentioning "especially w ; , - va.,vwj. tt tn part, primaries." Just the bearing John W. Gates offering odds X INDCPKNPKNT WKWSI'API. -. S. fACXSON. GROSS FALSEHOOD? .v Pvbllahwt every evaalnt Ittrrpl Sendayt r Haadi eiornlnf at Ik J.mrtial Build Ins. Hflb aad YaaihlU slrwca, foctUad. Of- ICireS l the poatoffla at Portland. Or., fur trai'mlaloa Uiraugk U Kail aa eeeoad-tbue Bittlfrr. I N THE NAME of common decency. ana ior .tne fair fame of Journal ism, win the Oregonlan In more Justlpe to Us readers, correct Ita TH.ri llivvraM.lv tin TiTTE A-M. I - " b iuiiuu. ur- All HviMirtiamla reai-bed lr tta onmlwra. I SUDClatlon Of. the Taft tariff nlanV Kt aid. ...i;.. Tuu? 'iSS "$& " 11 cjaimed that plank; waa Brytn'at rvuEiG!. Auvturmso bepricxicntatits .th: f " . ltW suppressed. vr-i.od Pr0 1, ,n i n ih.i 4T-ruint nw. na Ku,3r falsehood.to be further llmnalk IHMMttif. LIS Finn IM I promoted J I an; iuu(-un uare nuiifliui. tiiraao. , Bryan's tariff dank la: w. fanr VtTOu ."iXiA. "eatejirlBloa of the tariff by paili.' ie reaucnon or -import duties. o rr .Yooion Bwntb I .mi Articles entering upon competition with the trufit controlled products SliNDAT. ti i.ir. ... .(2.AA I One month. hntv . fit eovr. , v 0m r.r. 4T.ao4 0na ooth .en ' material reductions abould be made K should be placed upon the free Hat; Xhi Ctrtitn that tbt tircalaUom of tbt OKSaOV JCtTR-TAL ' 8 Ittn aadktijamih ftraattid by tie" idrtrtitcr't CtrtiStd Cimlatiom Bit Book In the tariff upon the necessaries of !yra. n a - Hte, especially upon articles com- jf. Circulation UarantCt Ng petlng with such American manu- ThaCtrt.6ntht tbttunh-JtmeftlM P 'ctros as are. Bold abroad more cheaply than at home,, and ertf reductions should be mads In such Other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff . to revenue basis." The Taft tariff pla,nk Is: "In all tariff legislation the true principle Is best maintained by; Imposition of such duties as will equal the differ ence ueiweou um cusi 01 production at home and abroad, together, with a reasonable profit to American In dustrles."" , , 1 September 14 the Oregonlad said, edltorlallyr "In his dally speeches Mr. Bryan tells us this; 'In all tariff legislation the true principle Is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the dif ference between the cost of produc tion at home and abroad, together with a reasonable, profit to Ameri can industries.' " It will be noted that the language A GREAT ECONOMIC MOVEMENT. I attributed to Mr. Bryan was not Bryan'a at all. but the exact langu Ha GOOD : EOADS movement lhu made a fairly satlafactory excellent 'WllllamsflOrt pamphlet, as a tart in Oregon, but It Is one I follows tnat must be kept up lndeflnlte- age, word for word, of Mr. Taft's tariff plank. Then, proceeding to denounce the Taft plank, under the pretense that It ws Bryan'a, the Oregonlan said: "It means Just nothing. Every pro tectionist, even the extremist, will accept the statement Who is to de cide what Is a reasonable profit? Who Is to decide what may be the difference between wages at home and abroad? The problem present an Infinite .number and vurlety derif la reached la the boast of the Oregonlan that It la a superlatively air newspaper. , It .proclaims -Itself more "Impartial" than all others! September 15 it boasted of ita fair ness thus I same. here In Oregon. AX IMPORT A XTJt EFORM S OMETHINO has happened. In connection with the presidential I on Taffa election, and -being told (in Wall street, mind) thai uryana election meant hard tlmea, be baa made up his mind to vote for Taft. The president has written another campaign, and something -very! letter (the correspondence being of important, too. that baa ner I rnnrsi nra.ftrranKAdl. this one to trv 1 1 . . i r " f - 'No Bryan Journal In nappenea oeror. That is the pub-1 to convince organlted worklngmen A Sermon or To Jay ' The Souand the 8od. ' .Br lUnrr r. Coi. 'Itut I kaep my body under and bring it luw aubjaviron." I Cur, U., 17. T WAN rellon la whfvr he ex toarn moat worth whtla, whet, ever be eoe on top In bis life, One doea not btve to be told to to ! make a&arlflo to bis Ood; 'A '. bo Paper h prored br mmugMttaa thmt tbt e'nliuoi -recordt art krpt with j tart ami tbt fircujattom atattd with tack accuracy that adrtrtmm mf njr on amy atattnmau e aaaw maoa or tptpumumm mntltr Iht qgrmanaip am aumagtmtat QLiataabei. aeptember t, lSOS. . , -. It la not enough that you form, nay, and follow, the f most excellent : rules :ot . con-' . Onctlnc yourself In the world; yon must also 'know. when to deviate from them and where ' Ilea the ertceptlon-GrevllleJ, ft WSaMOAasiaaesao. i am am m mm T tacts aa well as differences to be adjusted. Men never will agree upou them. They can't. Should Mr Bryan be elected and the congress with him, and attempt be made to adjust the tariff by 'Imposition of such duties as will equal the differ ence between tho coHt of production - - - V -i a A tnar&thar with a reasonable profit to American in dustrles,' we should discover at once the charlatanry and futility of the undertaking." Thus the paper's utterances stand up before It, proclaiming Its own falsity and, in the name of truth, demand correction. Uncorrected, they are a living testimonial of the Oregonian's perfidy, of its falseness to the truth, and of the deliberate deception It practices upon Its read era:' If,ln the beginning, its denun ciation ot the Taft plank as Bryan's was Inadvertence, its refusal now to correct -that falsehood Is not Inad vertence, but deliberate and willful deceit of readers who may be with out other Information on current po litical! news. The significant ques tion then becomes, Is decency or In decency, Is honesty or dishonesty, Is falsehood or the truth, to be the path. 'the Oregonlan will select? The "climax, however, in this incl- the northwest nor we think In the "cation to the country of all large that Taft la their Very great, good S. or "at u hi. i Pacific states, prints, the political contributions to Jhe Democratic cam: And especial . friend. , Bat possibly reJition is whether tha thin. t,U u news or uoux paruos. i ne urcgoni- f'u iu wno gave tnem. ana I workinamen , win reir aomewoai on eota bo u mnnm, h.. v,ik an doea It steadily, and thus far. It how much. This very important re-1 their knowledge . gained from other are rlahtfuily auperlor to all others and has given more space to the Bryan norm in tne conduct of a predlden-l sources, and not entirely upon the I wneiiior tbotr service calls forth the than to the Taft campaign, and tial .cKmpalgn was brought about I President's opinion. He was raher youoin fTnd"'tee-who nour out everymmg ib given impartially Dy i jf j, uryan. lie nas ar-1 moderate, inougn; ne aid not ran i u..i aaonuom ur inir otns ut the Oregonlan." ) - fu for It for years,' and Inalated Gompers a liar. - ' in.7ght"t5 rndidau0"?. tV"r"Uu When the devil was sick, the devil I this year upon a declaration by the! ' 1 " ' ' " em to whim such worahip txniia. Tra President Roosevelt I. also prophe- .;n, it,'' Ing ' chaotio conditions and ca- know the aordld meannpaa, Uia A of soul that results from ova' on wo Mil war fin a ucU s r llsloa Yat he would be a fool who ahoulj ear bacauaa m( and-mOnay ara un worthy objacte of wurahlp. "1 will have none of althar." Thla waa' the mlatake that tha earlyhrlutiana piade: It la tha miaiase mai many mk today. Thrr learn that many loae their souls throush a saint would be. The Inexpressible I Democratic national convention that "Impartiality" of the Oregonlan, thla would be done. .He declared, I syl thus proclaimed with becoming prior to the convention, that If such I lanUty to "all our people and ea modesty by Itself. Is, in view of lta I a, declaration was noJ made he would I peclally to workingmcn" lfhia.can "impartlal" denunciation of Taft's I oot accept nomination for presl-1 didate be not elected. Such talk or tariff plank for Bryan's, most sub-1 dent. . ... I letter writing on tha part of a presl- Ilme. Sincetherefore, by Its own! The total fund Is not large, as dent of the United States la repre- words Its particular speclalty'ls "1m- compared with the campaign funds I henBible and shameful. What has partiality." will It not as a guarantee! of recent years, especially those of I he to say of conditions last fall and of good faith, explain to its readera the Republican party.' In 1896 and winter, under his reign? Nothing, uvea that the Impossible and "charlatan? 1 1900 the Republican campaign fund of course, tariff dank Is not Bryan's, bnt I ran far up Into the millions, and Taffa Ithura vtra no arninlA. fn Um .,..1 Tne mlkadO and MS government glory or tne creator was estaonsnea. - - - I - -. w . . i . K n, 1 1 1 1 .1 a mmm ri.rtilz1f.bn wi.h For more than a month in the This year it Is not so much, though it are slowing down; have discovered ,howed (their loathina of the ria.h by heat of the campaign,,, while The Is no doubt severaj tlmeA, as large as that a comparatively lltUe nation hovering on the b Journal has urged" and demanded, the Democratic fund. The managers cannot swell itself up into tne big- T1,,y talked of their bodies aa belon and while others have waited and of the Taft campaign decline pub- keBt one on earth in a few years. to the devil while . their spirits bo watchCd for a correction of thlalllclty. and. In one war or another The mikado is a sensible ruler, and -A, modirn lopsided relis-lonlat talks known slander upon Mr. Bryan's the trusts and all the protected and there. Is alnyst aa much danger of ,v"e body. . "en he sooe ... . . ... ... I . . .. ... I .,. ith ... TTntii I step rartnar and arreota . to aeriqe tn tarirr pianit, mis magninceniiy im-1 preaatory interests are contributing I " " intellect, gratuitoua exhibition or pur unworthy lovea aa.il they therefore say theae things shall have no place In out Once the Ideal religious 'person waa a disembodied spirit The nearer ona ' could come to the grave; the more the States as there, Is of Belgium forc ing one on Germany. envy. If he Is sincere be Is sadly mis as well taken; the englneor might 1 talk Again widespread and unrestrain- able fires are devastating portions of ...il.-.r. m -inlnv damac In Atriar I preme in man. It makes no dlfferenoe 0 ' " - -m - : , 7 I by what name you know thle Inner life. eastern states, dui tne Dieasea rains we all know that it determines all the about saving the steam by destroying tne engine. The one is out tne instru- ment of the other. There can be no bollneaa with half a man. No one doubte that the soul is su- partial" newspaper has remained I to It, as usual. . i . i doggodly and guiltily silent.' Now, . The Democratic committee started since it boasts of its fair virtue.' out with 42,000'out of the J 100, slnce It vaunts Its "impartiality." 000 raised by Denver to secure the will it make good its boast, or will Democratic national convention. No It, by further silence, continue to contribution over $10,000 has been ii, o 1 1 -ttt In Hi. ctitmk nf ffa nwn arm I - Jl ,.-.. jt i i " w v" nv-uojiou, auu mueau mo larKem IU- . , u . out.r 1lf Tha .llfflnult thtn la tn known untruth? i Its acknowledge- dividual contribution was but one 1 , . .1, 1. v7 diacover Its relations to this so easily ment is demanded and awaited by hir tht. L ah thnaa n ti nn calamity impossible here at this time apprehended life of feeling. This body. ,. .v. . .... : . " . T"v of vear. passions ana posaioimies is uiuusuuua, auu uo i"i w au uu-1 are maae pudiic, and tne greater part " . - i not ours to moot us, nor ior to aa- peakable dishonesty win ninge on 0j the total Is made up of small con- XV mtlat mrmt awav frnm tha nld rut ly, persistently, and. With constantly Lf cheapness and crudeness In which we , increasing acope. considerable nas have been traveling and meet this great been accomplished In several ooun-1 eoonomlo ouestlon sauarely and in a ties, but WO) are only In the very be- t uslnessllke manner. Our past methods ginning Of thla great enterprise, if know are lnadeauata. , There Is no Oregon la ta, have the 'good roads question of our flnanclaiabUlty to raise that It needs, and that Wlll.nltimate- th a"" necessary to put Tnto opera- ,ly be' wortlf untold-millions to the Uoa "d 'I11! c71 f, th J' state sf ' : -'- ... v a system of good road building and re- , ',,". pairing. In whloh the Joint resources of ' Even in the older states. New the natlon state, county and township York, Pennsylvania, Illinois;, and precinct) may be called into action; Others, people are but . recently and that the Indebtedness that may be , awakening to the great necessity and mourred in raising the money for that value of good, roads, and millions purpose can be so distributed as to are being spent on them on account make the burden light on this and fu- of this newly aroused apprehension tur generations. The main quesUon Is Of What they are worth to the peo- t0 wakon our people to the true situa- .ple. And they are something that "on- ftnd thaVey m.ty,b l"".?? . -. . v,,, to assume and bear their share of the are of equal value to the business K...- : 1K . t,i ouu wwmd, auu un(Irtakinr. To do this wo must agl- people of the country, e In this mat- teta an1 eaucat0. The Ume should soon ter all can puIT together; the city com when, the candidates for the nai and the country have no antagonis-, tlonal and state legislature should be , tic or divided interest. I pledged for national and state aid re- A little pamphlet issued by the I spectlvely for road Improvement and board of trade of Williamsport, Pa., I tne candidates for county commissioners presents some facts and reasoning I0T county roads. that It mleht be well for eond rnnds! 1 workers to read, We summarize a. A , GIFT, THAT HELPS HU-I!ANITY few of them: 't There nre between 2.000 f)fA anH I BOSTON MAN, George W, 2,500,000 miles of public roads inL Parkman.. left naif of his 8, throughout all succeeding genera tions? What more binding or more Christian or more philosophical com mand 1b there- than this: "Bear ye one anqther's burdens?" In that beautiful spot, a modern park In or near a great city, thou sands of lovers will tell the old but ever nSV and sweetly thrilling story; there millions of happy, innocent children will run and romp, and make the . melody that child-laughter only makes; there, on the weekly rest day, workingmen and their fam ilies will picnic and recreate, and be thankful for such a privilege; there old age will sit, in summer sun and shade, thinking of life's ups and downs, and feeling that they are environed with something typical of the heaven they hope to gain. There nature will work with man to put forth, her -sweetest and loveliest pro ductions of tree, shrub and flower; there myriads of birds will feel per fectly at home, and give forth their most charming, exultant songs; there one's eyes and soul can al ways be fed on things beautiful and pure; there rich and poor, high and low, happy and sorrowful, old and young, may repair to praise, to wor ship, to repent, to resolve, to aspire. A park In a city is a healthful, hopeful, happy, inspiring .place, a thing" of beauty that is a Joy forever, and the rich man who helps greatly j to provide one, as; this Boston , man has done, has built to himself an enduring monument yot life and beauty and cheer and health and hope and love, finding constant ex ti-i i t Vi r r It ananb-a np rnmnlna sllAnt I m - . I v. . . .r,ouwue a"". ui Peo- of mtle Amerlcan children go hun - r'".". u'.r"y"r"' .' Jgry to school, or ua, .a, cuu.iuwuo " uiuy ye saia n to any ,a evidence Of the tnat rests on me wa , outer reawre or tne campaign, tnis country.8 marTei0Ug prosperity" should not be committed to inexpert- cratlc party' must commend Itself to enced and temporary persons, In the the masses of honest citizens. They school work for the. moment only know now who and what are sup- because other employment Is not I porting Bryan wit campaign money, available not ours stror. How. mar we find Its richt ohves Perhaps the fact that thousands In the full life? civwiuinf ituim iniu ,S" yimnw when we find that whloh takes rightly remain hungry I the first place fn. life. When man minus ox nimeen aa loo mug ui uie . divine, the first, tho supreme thing la the life which Is his as a spiritual be ing. This I, this consolousnees oepox ating'me from the beasts, sets me be side the throne of the infinite. Here, within. Is the true self; hero the enduring life; here, within the walls during the past 12 years. Ttia hnran utinv hntnar over. M well " - - - ' 1 tnjk Anf.urlt.r as the baseball season, the election I of flesh take place the real battles of Dn .... f,..i at.nntlAi. afrr whlrh I lire;-., inence issuee epnauct ana nere is Only to highly trained. Us to who and what are supporting ,va nnuBvtv1na, win cnmJ! .cr-H!!5i?.VJH highly interested workers, proud of J Mr. Taft, they are left entirely in the v)a .nriial nlnee of prominence ln ot glory or of grossnese irrespectiv their calling and purposeful In prose- dark by his managers though the P iJHomnc- of the acoldenu that inay happen to the Taft has been down In the Here, where conscience speaks, where WHEN TEACHERS DUE. GET THEIR Blgned. We . have made astonishing pro gress In Invention end application of new devices; we are the first na tion In the world in agriculture. In manufacturing, in railroading, in mining. In industry generally. In pb- . litlcal and religious freedom, "but to our lasting discredit, on the ques ' tlon of good roads, one of the great est economic Questions that can en gage the attention of any people, we are last In the list among the leading civilized powers of the world. We have since the beginning of ow$ national life made scarcely any progress either in building or , maintaining our public roads." The loss on account of bad roads Is simply Incalculable. The farm . products of the country this year are estimated at $8,200,000,000, and most of them have to be hauled a considerable distance over wagon . roads. Over bad roads American farmers, it is estimated, haoK an nually . 250,000,000 tons, at an av erage cost of 3 per ton, or $750, 000,000. Good roads would cut this cost In half, at least, a saving of $375,000,000 a year. But Indirectly, sympathetically, everybody else suf fers loss .along with, the farmer, f This cost, this loss, applies to ev ery considerably populated com munity. Divide up the country and this almost inconceivable amount of money lost, and fit the fractions to joor own state, county, neighbor hood; figure oat what theae are i -IbS, and what in a few years will gained by good roads; ask if U.py will pay there can be bet one r- n cr and then tarn to with an ?our eight asd wltk exthBsis.ia, rr.d.heip along the gnod roads pore i f fit In Oregon, and la every coss- iv flf it. , . ' raat rrlat rrjrpdo-fcg a ... w it - .'liltg arr,tet)rfe frcos this I F THE Bchool board carries out its present purpose of advancing the salaries of Portland teachers the cause of education In this the United States, of which only 7 jXTL 000,000 .estate for the main- . . . . i ... i tiAish if . tik iHv'a -ai1-i per cent are improvea tnai is, nave ui ui u vi yuu. vu an artificial covering of stone, gravel a very few occasions similar large or other. Suitable material. For' a bequests have been made either of large - portion of the-year, most of grounds for parks or-of funds for the unimproved roads are practically their maintenance, and it Is an ex impassable ior heavy hauling. Hun- cellent way for a rich man to do dreds of millions, have been 'spent something with the money that he passion in ever-succeeding millions on Toads, :withv practically nothing cannot carry -away wnn mm. un- 0f human hearts, to show for Ue mctaey. The old- sys- numbered generations, with con- '. tem : of "wotUig" roads f merely slantly Increasing pleasure and threw awaytlke and money. Most profit, will 'bear the late. Donald of the people of the United States Macleay of this city in kindly re are traveling the same kind of roads membrance. Verily, the memory of today-that our forefathers did 'when such givers shall evermore be kept the Declaration of independence was green, literally and metaphorically. In a high degree. A gift of this kind may not be- city will be well served. As The come the source or nucleus of as I Journal has many times insisted, in great visible, tangible good to the! order to attract the best talent and human race as some others. Much secure the beat Instructional service. smaller gifts many years ago have there must be adequate compensa been the beginning of large and con- tlon. If teachers must live a hand splcuous growths, especially of edu- to mouth existence, they will only catlonal Institutions. The founder remain in the work as a temporary of Yale college could bestow but a expedient, leaving it so soon as em comparatively small sum; Tuft's col-1 ployment with a better salar Is lege waa put on Its feet with $500,- available. 000; Peter Cooper endowed Cooper The need of the schools Is a stable Institute with $620,000, and many I corps of teachers who receive re- beginnlngs of grand thlngB have been muneration sufficient to fill them made .with like or smaller sums, but with appreciation of their calling and. in those days there were few mil- desire to remain In it. The spirit lienalres and no man with very many of permanency that results from millions. . Now, what magnificent such environments gives the teachers gifts for the benefit of mankind I enthusiasm, Inspires them to quip might be made. Stephen Glrard was themselves most perfectly for their one of the very rich men of his time, work, and to seek by merit to hold worth when he died perhaps $10,- their positions -conditions absolute- 000,000, and he used It so that his ly favorable and the only conditions name lives, and will live on; yet possible for securing the very best few people outside his own city ever I service. The ultimate of such a beard of the late John J. Emery of policy is to lift teaching to the plane Cincinnati, who left an estate of I of an honorable profession and to $40,000,000, and be will soon be for-1 attract to It talent that would not gotten even by them. W. H. Leeds. I otherwise be available. With such trust magnate, not long ago dls-la standard established, the school trihated $1C,000,000 in gifts to his I board Is at once In position to re- children, to which nobody can object, I quire the highest standard of work. yet It is likely to do them more harm I to be satisfied with no other, and than good, and how much good, pat I to eliminate from the payrolls all to work In some ways, it might have j who fall to meet the perfected re done hundreds of millions cf men. Iqulrements. Such is the policy for But to revert: Consider for a I which The Journal has so often moment how much future genera-1 argued, and by reason of which it tions will owe to the man who (rtTes regards the proposed advance as or maintains a fine. large park in a completely Justifiable. W f great and constantly growing city. The responsibilities of teacher la Evea If it be ssld that the city the public schools are almost equal would have obtalnee and maintained wjth those of parents. . Upon the the park anyway, be relieves the po- ianseaces of the home aid school pie for all future time of a little larrely depends the destiny of the portioe cf their bord-a of taxation, republic With more than 99 per Asd etaU aot be be called bleed cent of tho people of the country re- who eases, evea In a slight degre. JcelvlBg la the public ethoola their the tcrtea cf KHUons ef cra'scia educational crfftaritJon for i:fe cuting It, should be entrusted a work I people are not In entire -Ignorance bo freighted with weal or woe for the on the subject. future millions. The school board or Portland is The New Enxland states, it is wise in its decision, and it will be Ba.d. are safe and sure for Taft. We well If its policy spreads to every don't doubt it. At least four of district in Oregon. them are absolutely controlled and represented In publlo life by the A STRIKING PARALLEL trusts and one or two big railroads Nationally, Massachusetts Is in the LATE political event vividly re-1 same category, but In state leglsla calls the famous Lincoln-Doug-1 tlon It Is one of the most progressive las debate. A 'more striking j states In the union. Maine is not parallel of Identical details Is I such a rotten borough ot the trusts rarely presented. Substitute the I as the four smaller New England name of Bryan for that of Lincoln I Hates are, but Is considerably in and the name of Roosevelt ' for that I noculated with the same virus. O, of Douglas, and the history of the yes, New England, the corruptest i-incoin-Dougias debate is the exact corner of the union, is for Taft. history of the late discussion be tween Mr. Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt. I The Taft press of the country is Mr. A Senator Douglas in his great de- trying to prejudice voters against bate was in office, and a leader in a Bryan with the misleading state party long dominated by the slavery ment that "Mr. Bryan refuses to use Interests, Just as President Roose- to union label In his Commoner be velt is now in office and a leader in a cause he wishes to be considered for party in which Aldrich, Cannon and both organized and - unorganized the other stalwarts of plutocracy lahnr " This is absurd. The con- have long been In control. Douglas tentlon Is absurd. The truth is that was trying to check the aggressions J the Commoner is a union office. So of the slavery interests without of- f8 the Oregonlon, so Is The Journal fending them, Just as Roosevelt Is and so are nine-tenths of the papers now attempting to check the aggres-1 of the country. Do any of them use sions of the Wall street pirates with- the union label? They do not, as out losing their support. Conversely, Mr. Lincoln was a pri vate citizen, with no public expe rience save a term each In the legis lature and congress, but a deep stu dent of public questions, Just as Mr. everyone knows. According to railroad reports", 90, 000 more Idle cars were put to work during September, leaving the num ber idle at the end of that month Bryan is now a private citizen with iau.793. as against 413.000 idle cars no oinciai experience Deyona two ADril. This is "going some. terms in congress, yet a deep student and indicates that the railroads must or public questions. be dotnir Dretty well, and that not But there Is more of this parallel, withstanding the possibility, not to in his debate, Douglas was arrogant, Bay probability, of Brian's election, ill-natured, vituperative, brutal and they are doing something besides given to misrepresentation with Lin- "waiting." cola. Just as, Mr. Roosevelt waa ar- : , rogant, ill-natured, vituperative, Among the letters on presidential brutal and given to misrepresents- choice in the New York World is tlon with Mr. Bryan. On the other one from a Missouri man who had hand, with patience, simplicity, fair- Just visited New York. He said he ness, self-respect and kindness, Mr. was undecided how to vote when he Lincoln replied to Senator Douglas, I left Missouri, bnt since he bad visited Just as Mr. Bryan In his rejoinders to Mr. Roosevelt was patient, self respecting, gentle, kindly and fair. The single difference In the par allel between Douglas and Roose velt is that while Douglas tempered his savage retorts with humor, those of Mr. Roosevelt reeked with vin- dictiveness and malignity. No apol ogist has ever appeared to give Douglas any of the splendid credit that Lincoln's gentlepess and great ness earned, and, to complete this re markable parallel, none has appeared or will appear to rob Lincoln's great prototype In this later debate, and uestow credit on the eruptive person in the White House. state of ElKine, anas west Virginia, can anDrehend cannot reason or debate, here is the praising the high protective tariff. Not a word, now, about any re formatory revision. I feel the touch of the divine, where I the infinite of whom I Sentence Sermons By Henry F. Cope. Love leads; greed drives. - a Charity always goes farther than It I Ideals, for the thlnge you know to be soul life, the seat of authority. In the right life. Here dwells the I, the per sonality, bringing the body Into obedi ence, training It to do Its will, and com pelling Intellect to exert Itself to carry out the plans of the souL Make the tower to serve the higher, the lesser the greater, and the passing the permanent, set the soul on top. Or der the life for Its beauty. Perhaps you cannot conceive of this soul in set terms; nevertheless, you can live for its best regardless' of whether they bavo market quotations or -not. cultivate- your soul. TninK or your self as' a belnc with unending and fmlte life. . Make the most of the body that It may the better serve this higher life. Set all the faculties In their places as Its ministers. Then all life is in the heart. mysterious Is plain, when seen as mln- I isterlns- to this life of the spirit. The la Miit. Good nature ought to be natural to the good. Coals of fire are not Intended for roasting purposes. Honey on the Hps does not cure hatred seen in hew light and much that was eei SD Mmt think they are ahtntnr when I sod becomes the servant of the soul they are only glaring. The sins we wink at today are the ones wo wed tomorrow. Tomorrow's burdens always prove too much ior today s oaten. The saddest slavery is that of belns ruled by our pleasures. Tou have no ritrht to set un your fad as another man's faith. and the true man comes to himself as he son of the great soul of all. A Poem for Today The Cotter's Saturday Night. By Robert Burns. , (The lines blow form only part of the fine poem which Burns Inscribed to Robert Aiken. It Is one of the few di rectly religious works of the poet, and k. mhil. itr.11 w.n.va Wii4tri. If you would be farsrghted you must Then, kneeling down, to heaven's eter- afn T iS if v rn fhn nAlcnfS I . . , N learn to live on the heights. The fool Is known by offerlnr his forethought after the event. Tou cannot imorove the breed bv nol- Ishlng the brass on the harness. BEASTS OF BURDEN OF THE CAMPAIGN The supreme court of the state of Washington having opheld the primary law, tn many respects sim ilar to Oregon's, the Spokane Spokes man-Renew- says: "The enemies of this valuable reform will now at tempt, by every artifice at their command, to bring about the law's repeal. They will have the support ol a number of newspapers. Some Of the papers that will advocate the law's repeal may be honeet, but most of them will be In fie enced by ulterior and Improper motives. So. me will be the mere mosth piece of politicians who hate a reform wnlch destroys their oldtime power and restores tbe Having been requested by tbe Re publican management to do all It could for Taft, The Dalles Optimist says It has been doing and will do so. but nnvMdi to aar: But there Is another side to this question of particular Intoreat to the country weeauea ox irragon. ma w,u to the same class of papers all over the country, and that is tne risaaciai Ida. To that Droblen -re wish to caJl the attention of the Republican state central committee, and tne otner com tnttteee and the newspapers aad eom- Blttees of other states. We near a gooe eeej eooui ire w naJm funds being collected for tbe expenses of the campaign, bnt would like to aak what the need Is of such a fund? Presumably If the newspapere, Ki Mittttr -nrL M i ta aakd to do their work for nothing, those who ollcH thetr support win aiao wors for tbe glory of the labor. It they de their worn ror notning, 'tne pers cajinot .consistently . ask for any eom rnaetlon. tf they work for nothing, ihn wm eunrtftrt the Mhar work, rr.nt- Inc Jlthemaiihlng. etc.. Is done fr-. fr the committee crtalnly would not ak tbe country printers to p y fnr their owe pepr- 'r foatae i labor end donate it all for tbe good of the cauie inWi -otbere were Votog tbe earns, fare not. Thy weuld not be Incoo Blatrt enengb to aak ve te reedee ear ervlo-e free eed r-af ethers! Aa erdlrtarr Domlclaa. at t-est the Ora-rm. dOillca.n looka HI-MI the fflin- txait r t-urT. wr.vi i for the love and glory of the cause. As to paying any part or portion of tbe expensee tne country editor Is forced io incur, wiey never tninjt of relm burslng him. He is supposed to look pleasant, support tne tkk-L, keep In line ana snout ior tne ranee end pay turn vwb yammm I The Bpeakere got paid, at laet get their ezpenaee; the Job printers get paid, the belle and room a the commit tees . rent are Msuaily paid for, the bands that toot the muslo get tbelr price, the railroads, express cempenlee and stage lloee ret their money for what eervloae they render; but the ooun try editor can whistle for hie payl "beasts of berdear That la what we are. And yet where would Mr. Taft be on November without the eapport of the country weeklleeT Where would the RepubllceJie staed ee "th marata I after If all the country edltore quit I those bloo nal kins. The saint, the father and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphal wing." That thus they all shall meet, in fu ture days: There ever bask in uncreated rays. Together hymning their creator's praise. In 'such eoclety yet Still more dear. While circling time moves round an eternal sphere. Cohered with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the como of method and of art. wnen men aispiay The secret of success lies somewhere No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear. between wishing and willing. , mm It's a sad day when a man lets his interests determine his principles. Religion has no home in the man who aoes not snow nis religion at home. m It's usually the man who one'na hl muuin wiuesi wno annus in most scan aai. , The man who talks to nlnaae hlmaelf soon nas a select audience wen men nod wj-n iiaoji. m a It's a waste of time to fix un vnnr uuiuci ior uie can em or tne record ing angel. There mar be more rellrlon fn enra. Ing aa though you liked it than In pray ing as though It hurt you. a a When a sermon only reaches hark tn Saturday night you can't expect It to last rnucn Deyona jaonaay morning. to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except 'the heart! The power, incensed, the psgeant will desert. The' pompous strain, the saeerdotal stole;,. ' But. haDlr. In some eottaza far anart. May hear, well pleased, the languag(of the soul. And in his book of life the inmates poor enroji. Then homeward all take off their eeveral way; The younsllnr eottasee retire to rest: The parent pair their secret homage pay. Ana proiier up to neaven tne warm reauest. That he, who stills the raven'e 01am- And decks the lily fair In flowery pride. wouia, id tne way uis wisaom sees the beet. For them, and for their little ones pro vide. But chiefly. In their hearts, with grace divine preside. Harvey Washington Wiley's Birthday Harvey Washington Wiley, chief of the bureau of eltemistry and origina tor of the famous "poison aquad," waa horn in Ment, Ind.. on October 1. 1144. He gredurfd from Hhnover r-ollege In 1 1ST and -Vora Harvard In 117. In the following year he became professor of chemistry at Purdue university, which posltloa he held for nine years. For three years he was state chemist of Indiana and In lltt he became rro- feaeor of agricultural chemistry at the graduate echvl of Columbia unlversl- r. ince 1M1 he tiea held tbe pont on of chW cf ttfV bureau of chemla- try of the Unttedt 8tata department of agriculture end dutingxhat time he has beeome prominent by the seriee of In yeetiratlone viirtaken by him to de termine the effect of certain food- efts end adulterations, particularly to the rfas of nre t r-v -tr a m Is twwmd te 4 the Ndd'rg of the Twit-eo not eera, end eklrk saetre but de miiteee end ethers during e. cam peigs not g"t: it I those beloortnjr ehovtlne for the ticket about! r-g at I ervetlvea. He has represented the Vnl ipnr own expenaer Tbe 15.SOS ceuntry wrekl.ee In the Lane Bteles ere tbe power that keeps the Republican party la rentroL If they all "went cm.K on Ibe ticket tomorrow Mr. Taft would be ee dead, politically, aa Julius Caesar. And yet 'we are of fered eot a eent for est labors! Mlahty r-aRipeuya fond a are aoilpitoa and col-U-te4. and extortionate rate ere paid ror im ffTTim m m. iw pets: eat tne country MBere ren e te tbe ven der U for all the eommltteee rare. We mutt eerport the ticket or be railed traitors te the eaa, while ethers get toe money, wioy wr-tcs teey rt bit 14 atatea at several International ror rroa er appihM cnemtairy. and la a proeilnent member of namereua aren tifle eo-tetlae tn thla emntry and In Ko-rep- He la alao the author of a larr. work on a yr cultural cbemlatry end of nnmoroae Sclent I Vr papers, lertoret and essays. This Dete la History. ,, ' J4 derheee of Marlborough, died. Bom May Jt, lt;s The Cculnentel eengrees e5op'd the Pine Tree flag. - Napoleon Boraparte arrrve at te f1a4 of Su HiT The Hint ..e.M.e ' ' ' - -
