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
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