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A friend whom you have
been gaining through a whole
11e.tlme, you ought not to
be displeased with la a moment.-
. A atone Is many years
becoming a ruby; take care
that you do not destroy it la
an Instant against another
stone. -Saadl. t ..-.
THE GHOST OF BANKRUPTCY
THERE. OUGHT, to be a moral
In ttie'repqrt of the secretary
of . the treasury. The deficit
for the fiscal year ending June
SO last was $58,000,100. It Is one
of the greatest In the history of the
nation. Yet It is estimated that the
' deficit for 1909 will far surpass it,
mounting to the unprecedented total
of 1114,000,000.
Nor is this all. The estimate for
1910, without taking into account
possible loss of revenue from tariff
reductions, la placed at the great
total of ; $143,000,000. Prom the
standpoint of business It is a bank
ruptive proposition. The moral of
it is that those who are conducting
things are "plunging." They are In
a career of high finance that must
be checked or affairs be "turned over
to a receivership, otnerwnere tnan
fn government this national balance
sheet with the balance on the wrong
side of the ledger would be the signal
for reduction of expenditures. That
is the course suggested by reason as
well as by business ' ?
Our "business 'management has
been such that we have already
reached the point where ' indirect
taxation, graft and bad government
cost every head of a family in the
nation $200 per year. On this aver
age man every added Dreadnaught
costing $10,000,000 levies a toll.
Every one of the ninety odd thous
and new, federal employes put on the
government salary rolls in the last
four years levies a toll on him. All
the thousands of governmental
schemes of exploitation, costing tons
of money, are a tax on his toil, his
.time and his talent. All this Is a
reason, and a vital one, for cutting
government expenditures. The cost
of living in this country has reached
a point where wages, toll and vital
forces are swallowed up in the strug
gle to merely exist, all due to in
direct taxation, graft and the lapses
Of bad government. These are rea
sons enough for a reduction of gov
ernment expenditures, by dismissal
of an army of needless officials and
a stay in building the armaments of
an, impossible war. If these, how
ever, are not reasons enough to con
. vince congress then the national bal
ance sheet .with its deficits, present
and to come, should present the
moral In the good old logic of event
uating bankruptcy.
BELATED JUSTICE
MWO LAND thieves got their dues
yesterday. They were mem
, bers of the notorious Hyde-Ben
son land ring that conspired to
defraud the government of large
tsacts in Oregon and Washington
One was Frederick A. Hyde of San
Francisco, and he was sentenced to
pay a fine, of $10,000 and to serva
two years in a penitentiary at
Moundsville. W. Va. The other was
Joost Schneiderwhose fine is $1000
and term of Imprisonment 14
months. The two men were tried
and found guilty at Washington, D.
C. last spring.
.f The regret is that these instances
of retribution came so late. Earlier
they would have been a force for
saving the public domain from spo
liation. A further regret is that
these instances of penalties for pri
vate plunderers have not also been
applied to corporate thefts of pub
lic lands. Probably the power to
do eo Is lacking. Manipulations by
corporate organizations were con
ducted with a masterly adroitness.'
Every movement was captained by
the best.legal talent obtainable. If
laws to fit the case were, not in tt
5Rtnce they were Juggled through
rriv!T-..4. Laws innocent on their
fr.ra tut criminal in -their . under-
structure, were passed, and reprisals
on the public domain made after
ward. An enormous holding of the
.most beautiful timber : in the Cas
cade reserve thus went to one of the
railroads on1 scrip, and lshow held
by that rorporation. The history
of these crimes of cunning for which
there can be no punishment is
blot upon the country's legislation
Great a criminal as he is, and de
served as Is his penalty, the mulcted
and Imprisoned Hyde Is but a wave
let in the maelstrom of pillaged
lands. Witness the splendid acres
by the million in the Oregon and
California land grant The hope is
that our indifference to public af
fairs is over and that we shall pres
ently end the mad riot of the cor
porations in capturl: g our national
resources.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PAN
A MA CANAL DEAL
F
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S hosts
of friends aad admirers regret
we might safely say that the
country regrets now, and will
hereafter, though, viewing him as In
the main an admirable and nobly
patriotic figure his rash impulsive
ness in harsh and unjust criticism,
his choleric and Intemperate out
breaks against men who have made
some Just or at least excusable criti
cism of some public transaction. oe
president's recent letter on the Pan
ama canal -matter was unprecedent
ed Iy Intemperate and unjustifiable.
It betrays throughout a state of In
tolerant and unreasoning rage, for
which there was no sufficient occa
slon.
Thd editor of. the Indianapolis
News, who Is charged a score or
more of times with having published
a falsehood, and of being a falsifier,
merely reprinted some statements
made by the New York "Vorld, giving
due credit. The- story was not un
reasonable or incredible, and the
World reaffirms its main features
and gives evidence to support its
statements. There was no occasion
whatever for the president to fly into
this raging, passion.
The Intimation made some eeks
ago that the president's brother-in-law
and Mr. Taft's brother were In
terested In and profited by the Pan
ama deal may have been A campaign
canard; The Journal was one of
many newspapers that gave it little
credence and made no point of it;
but even that suggestion furnished
no excuse for such an Intemperate,
outburst
That the French government got
all the money is palpably absurd.
That the American syndicate got a
good deal of It there is no reason or
room to douUt. If it was a legiti
mate, meritorious transaction, then
there should be no reason for a rag
ing diatribe about it. Why not make
all the facts and circumstances
known? Why shouldn't a newspa
per ask: "Who got the money? And
what for?" Such a query does not
make a newspaper or citizen a forty
fold liar.
The Panama ditch was practically
valueless. The company's rights
had lapsed, been forfeited at least
so Colombia claimed. Nobody has
ever believed that the new Panama
canal company got more than a frac
tion of the $40,000,000. Receipts
are at most only prima facie evi
dence; it is very easy, and not very
uncommon, for a receipt to express
a far larger consideration than that
which actually passed.
Nobody charges that President!
Roosevelt or Mr. Taft did anything
corrupt or personally profited by
what was done, but that there was
a big scheme by which some people
did profit very largely in the Pan
ama deal is not only generally be
lieved, but there seems to be evi
dence to support such a belief. Mr.
Cromwell and Mr. Morgan are not;
patriots for their health. And a
sufficiently searching inquiry might
disclose the real reasons why the
Panama route was so suddenly and
unexpectedly substituted for the Nic
araugua route.
When the people spend $40,000,
000 ln lump and get little or noth
ing of value for it they have a right
to know all about the transaction
and just where the money went. And
It is not creditable to the president's j
executive balance that he should be-
come so ebulliently testy over a sug- i
gestion or a statement of probable or
at least possible fact regarding the
matter. Who got the money, and
for what? The inquiry is entirely
proper, notwithstanding the presi
dent's volcanic eruption.
THE COURTS ARE OPEN, SENA
TOR FULTON
s
ENATOR FULTON has been
characterized by Borne of his
friends as "the best constitu
tional lawyer in the country."
In view of -this circumstance and in
view of his repeated charge that he
was defeated for the senatorial
nomination through "Democratic
frauds," why did not Mr. Fulton
seek that redress which the law af
fords? The courts are always open
to any citizen who can show him
self wronged by illegal voting, and
Oregon has a statute which Imposes
severe 'penalties for ballot box
frauds. The "best constitutional
lawyer m the country" must be well
aware of this law and of the remedy
which lies open to him through the
courts. If he was defeated m the
Republican primaries through frauds
perpetrated' by Democrats wh did
he not commence legal, proceedings
tl . . .f j '.L. ..11.
at -once to set asiae iuo resuna ot
those primaries? ) Surely that wpuld
be more reasonable, more profes-
slonal and more creditable than to
seek how to cast-discredit "upon the
people of his state by raising a sense
less cry or irana, unsupported by a
scintilla of evidence.
y Why pour this tale of fraud Into
incredulous ears at the national cap
ital, when it would be-so easy, If
the charge is true,- to establish It
here at home , by verdict of a jary
and bydecree of court? Why should
any riian believe the charge so long
as you fall to bring it into court and
to substantiate it by legal evidence?
MB. BEAN.
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ARE! men and
T
hekis akjs men and men.
Speaking of his candidacy for
the speakership, Representa
tive-elect Bean' of Lane county,
says: "I consider that the senator
ship was settled by the people at the
June election."
Mr.' Bean is an unpledged mem
ber." He is In position, if he so de
sired, to oe an insurrecto. He could.
If he so 'desired, be a factor in the
proposed 'smashing of the ballot box
He could, if he so desired, take the
familiar position cf , "The people be
damned.'" Others in Oregon take
that' position. But Mr. Bean con
slders that "the senatorship waa set
tled by the people in June." -That
attitude by members-elect, he sees,
leaves opportunity for a good busi
ness session, and he appeals for such
a session,.
A good business session of con
structive legislation is what Oregon
needs. For lack of it the state's de
velopment has long been handl
capped. That development, is al
ways at stake. Leglslatiou is needed
for irrigation. Legislation is needed
for .water powers and their preserva
tton. Legislation is needed for a
more equal distribution of the tax
burdens. Legislation is needed for
the waterways. Legislation is needed
for the public roads. Legislation is
needed for the schools. Legislation
is needed that will be enacted after
calm consideration and with an eye
single to the good of Oregon, and
not enacted In the heat of frenzy
with an eye single to the good of
some senatorial candidate. To ap
peal for such a session is good citi
zenship. In appealing for it Mr.
Bean is a good citizen and his ex
ample Is worthy of emulation.
By these words this newspaper Is
not supporting Mr. Bean for speaker.
It has no candidate. It cares noth
ing for any man In the matter of
his political fortunes. The Issues of
the hour are bigger than mere men.
They are principles. They are prin
ciples that make for the welfare or
for the undoing of social and eco
nomic conditions, according as they
are applied or misapplied. They are
questions of whether the legislative
session shall be a business activity
or a senatorial abortion, and whether
the people shall choose senator, or
senators and a few bosses choose
themselves.
THE PRICE OF INDIFFERENCE
w
HEN THE Oregon Conserva
tion Commission meets in
Portland next week there is
a bit of good advice it can
give Oregon people. That advice is
for each of them to take a deep in
terest in public affairs. It is advice
timely for all people in all states.
It is the indifference of the masses
that makes the leaks in government.
Mr. Brycela his American Common
wealth observes that the best men
in the United States hold aloof from
politics, and that is largely true. It
Is also true that too many men hold
aloof, manifesting but little concern
in public affairs. That is what
makes opportunity for the boss, the
politician and the plunderer, The
government, state and national, has
to be conducted. Somebody is go
ing to conduct it. If not the good
citizen and not a wide variety of
citizens, the bad citizens and only a
few of them will control. The re
sult will be inevitable. The selfish
man is always on the lookout for a
thance to plunder, and the indiffer
ence of the others puts public af
fairs at his mercy. This is a large
cause of graft. The citizen sleeps on
his rights and the grafters turn the
trick. He sleeps on his rights and
congress legislates away his national
resources. He sleeps on his rights
and the oil fields go to Standard. He
sleeps on his rights and the public
lands are gobbled up by fraudlsts.
He sleeps on his rights and legisla
tures are demoralized by senatorial
follies. He sleeps on his rights and
those rights are one by -one taken
way from him and exploited by
political bosses and their gangs of
mercenaries.
It is easy to be indifferent to pub
lic concerns. There is a living to
make. There is private enterprise
to be supervised and conducted.
There are the manifold concerns of
every daf flfe that engfoss attention
and require the expenditure of en
ergy, thought and vital forces that
seem to put expenditure of aH these
on public affairs in the light of an
added burden. Yet the history of the
country is an appeal for the substitu
tion of alertness for indifference.
For lack of alertness our national
resources have slipped away until a
convention extraordinary is deliber
ating on how to save the remnant.
Our lack of alertness has been a pub
lic calamity. If .the Oregon Con
servation Commission would ' build
well for conserving the state' re
sources, let it advisS every citizen
to be a factor In the conduct of puB"
11c concerns. If politics -ba the
repute of being a dirty business leg
the good citizen aid by, his presence
In its purification. ' , ,
C. N. McArthur, candidate for
speaker ot the house in -the next
legislature, declined to express an
opinion as to whether members who
had subscribed' to Statement No,
1 should keep their pledge. Now
that his chief - opponent for the
speakership. Representative Bean,
has declared himself on this ques
tion perhaps Mr. .McArthur may mus
ter 'up courage to" do likewise. It
should not require any extraordinary
heroism to say that a promise to
the 'people should be kept, not
broken.- -' - '' ' K
Though ( Representative Bean of
Lane county is not a Statement No,
1 member, he Bays that he considers
that the senatorial question was ful
ly settled last June, and should not
be a subject of any contest in the
coming session of the legislature
This is the right view to take of the
matter, and the one that most mem
bers will probably take of it.
A law requiring a book of in
structlons to newly married couples
to be handed out with each marriage
license Is advocated by women at
Los Aneelea. If the bill passes and
the book be prepaVed by Its advo
cates, any mere man who has the in
structlons to follow had better look
before he leaps.
Letters From tlie People
.
Lettna to The Jonrnal ihoald ba wrltttn on
ena aide of tbe paper odIj, and ehould be ac
companied bjr the name and addreaa of the
writer. The name will not be nel If the
writer aaka that It be withheld. The Journal
la not to ba understood aa lndoratnir the Tiewi
or atatementa of eorreapondenta. Lettera ehould
Be vada aa oriel aa poanioie. inoae wnv who
their lettera returned when not naed ehould la
ctone poeUe.
CnrreaDondunta are notified that lettera ex
MMMlln hoi, Tfnrffi in lenatn mir. ai lae ais-
creuua or to eat tor, oe cut aown io wet num.
Fulton's Charge of "Fraud" Absurd.
Orearon City. Deo. I. To th Editor
of The Journal- With a boasted 26,000
party majority, how puerll to pretend
that the Democrats left their own pri
maries In sufficient numbers to, decide
in the Republican primaries the choice
of Chamberlain!
Although your editorials have shown
this chance to be ridiculously foolish.
yet It Is enough for a discredited stand
pat party leader to advance, when he
can get nothing better, on the principle
that a dying- man will eaten at a straw.
Pulton was decisively beaten by the
respectable element of his own party. I
never was much of a party man, but as
long as Roosevelt politics are to the
front I shall enter the Republican pri
maries. Thousands of others who ohose
their party and are not owned by It, do
likewise, and we repel with scorn the
charge of fraud and this Peckanlffian
pretense of being the guardians of the
welfare and honor or the itepumican
party. The people have had enough In
sight Into the character of this standpat
leader to shelve him, but he would not
be consistent with himself and the
crowd he has trained with If -he did
not try to achieve by underhanded meth
ods what could not be got by fair
means. He evidently expects In this
way, and probably by other means which
his political history has shown him ca
pable of, to Influence those who have
been Instructed with the people's wishes.
It is sad to see the editor of a great
paper like the Oregonian rushing- to his
support, at the expense of stultifying
himself, and prfctically nullifying all
his future political Influence, in a way
that reminds us very forcibly of "The
Vicar of Bray."
In the primaries, the Independent,
thinking Republicans gave a majority
for Cake, not wanting to be repre
sented, or, rather as they thought, mis
represented, by Fulton.
Chamberlain as a Democrat had up
to this time been treated by the great
dally with some degree of courtesy and
respect being well known and if tne
Republicans had two candidates against
the one for the Democrats, It needs no
petulant and childish cry of fraud to
account lor nis majority at tne pons.
Some of us did not want to sea Cham
berlain elected, but a thousand times
better that than that the elected repre
sentatives of tbe people bearing- their
wishes and Instructions under State
ment No, 1 should betray their trust and
break down tbe keystone of the people's
power and Influence, and go back to the
disgraceful scrambles when our stand-
pat leader waa so conspicuously snown
up as holder or tne Drioing sac.
AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN.
Germany in transition.
Sydney Brooks in London Chronicle.
Germany la remarkably well worth
watching Just now. She Is In the throes
of a threefold transition, social, econom
le and political, and it Is not easy to
see how she will emerge.
Of the three crises that cofront her
the soolal crisis perhaps the moral
crisis would be a better word is the re
sultant of empire, prosperity, material
Ism and a new spirit Of .national ag
'gressiveness acting upon a Jbuntry that
but a' generation ago was divided, con
tentedly poor and devoted to plain
living and high thinking. The economic
crisis consists in the necessity of ad
justing Germany's domestic policy to
the fact that every year finds her pass
ing more and more decidedly from a
mainly agricultural te a mainly indus
trial state. The political crisis one may
broadly define as 'the need for estab
lishing a smoother, a more working
equitable compromise between universal
suffrage on the one hand and the fact
of seml-autocratio rulershlp on the
other.
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An Almost Anecdote.
It is whispered in Washington that
Speaker Cannon is credited with an al
leged witticism which, the report says,
has'created quite a stir among the hu
morous statesmen in the national cap
it oL The speaker, it is said, was at
tending a dinner and his attention was
called to a congressman from a rural
district who was eating vigorously.
"That fellow over there seems to be
paying more attention to the eating than
to the speaking," remarked a guest next
to Mr. Cannon. -
"Tea," the Speaker is alleged to have
replied. "He is apparently more inter
ested In the courses than in the ; dis
courses." . ' " ,;.
A Little Mistake.
s'v.'. From Success.
Lady ' (on the Metropolitan railway
London) Please, sir. Will you help me
to get out at the next station?'1 -
Gentleman Why, certainly, ma'am.
i Lady To see, sir, it's this way, Be
ing rather stout, I have to turn around
and get out backward, and the porters
always think I am getting In, so, they
push me back-lnte the carriage and say,
"HUrrylup, taa'am!". I've passed t four
stations. thaUway," already.
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. FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE r
TE 014 South. CLurcrT-By WenM PtHlips
(From an address Jun14, 1878, In the
Old South church building, Boston, in
favor of the preservation ot that an
cient edifice.),
A hundred years ago our fathers an
nounced this sublime, and. as it seemed
then, foolhardy declaration, s that ."God
Intended all men to be free and equal."
With what tender and loyal rever
ence, may we not mark and cherish the
spot where this marvelous enterprise
began, the roof under which Its first
councils were held, where the air still
trembles and burns with Otis and 8am
Adams! Except the Holy City, is there
any more memorable or sacred place on
the face of the earth than the cradle
of such a Change? Athens has ber
Acropolis, but tbe Greek caa point to
no sucn results. London has her pal
ace and tower, and her 6t Stephen's
chapel; but the human race owes her
no such memories.. France has bdoU
marked by the subllmest devotion; but
the Mecca of the man who believes and
hopes for the human race is not- to
Paris; it Is to the Beaboard cities of
the great republic And when tbe flaa
was assailed, when the merchant waked
up from his gain, the scholar from, his
studies, and the regiments marched one
by one through the streets, which were
tne pavements that thrilled under their
footsteps? What walls did they salute
as the regimental flags floated by to
Gettysburg and Antletam? These! Our
boys carried down to the battlefields
the memory of State street, and Faneull
hall, and the Old South church.
We had a signal prominence in those
early days. U was not our merit; it
was an accident, perhaps. But it was a
great accident in our favor, that the
British parliament chose Boston as the
first and prominent object of Its wrath.
It was on the men of Boston that Lord
North visited his revenge. It waa our
port that was to be shut, and its com
merce annihilated. It was Sam Adams
and John Hancock who enjoje the ever
lasting reward of being the only names
excepted f rom the royal proclamation of
forgiveness. It was only an accident:
but It was an accident which, in the
stirring history of the most momen
tous change the world has seen, plactd
Boston in the van. It was then a
pretty town of some 10,000 inhabitants;
but "the rays of royal indignation col
lected upon it served only to Illuminate,
and could not consume." Here Sam
Adams, the ablest and ripest statesman'
God gave to the epoch, forecast those
measures which welded IS colonies into
one thunderbolt and launched it at
George the Third. Here Otis magne
tized every boy . into a desperate rebel.
The saving of this landmark is the
best monument you can erect to the
men of the revolution. Tou BDend
$40,000 here and $50,000 there, to put
up a statue to some old hero. Ten want
your sons to gaze on the- nearest id-
proach to the features of those "dead
. A Politician's Lament.
(In Illinois, aa In every other state
where the uniform primary system has
been adopted, the atock argument of "the
Doys" in tneir opposition to the reform
was that "It will destroy the nartv."
Touching upon this phase of the subject.
itennett Harris wrote the following par-
araDhs for, the Chtcaao News:)
Dark are the clouds that above us are
lowering.
Gloomy Indeed is the nrosoeet ahead.
All our fond hopes that so bravely were
flowing.
Nipped by the forat, are now blighted
and dead.
Bitter the codIous tears tViat wa ahrt
Severed the strings that we used to ma
nipulate,
Broken the puppets that danced as we
willed.
Now we can't compromise, barter or
stipulate.
Mourn, oh, my brothersl The party Is
killed.
Wrecked Is our beautiful party ma
chinery;
Safety valves, pistons and cogwheels
and shafts.
Shattered, lie -scattered all over the
scenery.
No more to grind out political grafts.
Spoiled, wholly ruined, our arts and
our crafts. -
Everything looked, too, so lovely quite
Tecenuy;
Then with bright visions our fancies
were filled.
Now we're too heartsick to bury it de
cently. Mourn, oh, my brothers! The party is
is killed.
Vain were the efforts we made elo
cutional. Vain were our warnings, our pleas
were In vain.
Now, If the measure Is found constitu
tional. Gone Is our old occupation It's plain.
Yes, 'twill be hard any grip to retain.
Weep for the fleecy old flock that is
leaving us!
Woe to the heartless who've' Joyed In
bereaving us!
Mourn, oh, my brothers! The party
Is killed.
William J. Rolfe's Birthday.
. William J. Rolfe. the noted writer and
Shakespearean scholar, was bern In New-
buryport, Mass., December 10, 1827. In
his early years be was a school teacher
and has always -taken an active inter
est In educational affairs. As a young
man he removed to Cambridge, which
city Is still his home. He began his
editorial and literary labors in 1868
since which .time he has written many
text books, criticisms, guides and maga
zine articles. In 'his multitude of la
bors Dr. Rolfs has still found time
to master seven languages and to make
no fewer than 20 trips to Europe. He
is regarded as one of the greatest liv
ing authorities on the Ufa and work of
Shakespeare. Harvard bestowed the
honorary degree of A. M. upon Mr.
Rolfe in 1859 and similar honors have
come to him from Amherst and other
leading colleges. -, i.
, This" Date In History.
17? A monthly, post was established
between New York and Boston.
.1741 John Murray, founder of TJnl
versalism in, the United States, born in
England, died in ' Boston, September 3,
1851.
1787 Thomas H. Gallaudet a noted
educator of the deaf and durnb, born
in Philadelphia v Died In Hartford,
Conn., September . 1851.
1804-New York Historical society
Instituted.
1817 Mississippi admlted to state
hood. - . . , , ,
1838 The house of assembly in.Ja
macla passed a bill abolishing slavery.
1868 Christ church, Montreal, de
stroyed by fire. -.
1868 All disputes between Mexico
and the United States settled by treaty.
1907 Norwegian parliament con
ferred the Nobel prise upon . President
Roosevelt In recognition of his services
in ending the Russo-Japanese war.
' The Japanese "Eatente."
From tbe Baltimore American-Star.
That feat of Washington diplomacy
not only frees our Pacific coast and
islands from the one possible danger.
It serves a gobd deal larger portion of
the world than ourselves in ridding- the
orient f the generally feared mischief,
maker.- An "entangling alllsnce" fthla
reported agreement wo;uld not be. Ah
historic, feat of peaee-bearlng diplomacy
It certainly would be. ; 'f. ; i
but seep tered sovereigns who still rule
our spirts from their urns." But what
is a statue of Cicero, compared to stand-
in where your voice echoes from pil
lar and wall that actually , heard his
phlllpplos? Scholars have grown old
and blind, striving to put their hands
on the very spot. were bold men spoke
or . brave men cuea. , enan, we tear in
pieces the roof that actually trembled
to the words that made us a nation? It
la Impossible, not - to believe, If th
spirits above us are permitted to know
what passes in ' this terrestrial sphere.
that Adams and Warren and Otis are
today bending over us, asking- that tne
scene of their immortal labors shall not
be desecrated or blotted from the sight
of men. . -v ' .-..
'Consecrate it again to the memory and
worship of a grateful people. You spend
half a million for a schoolhouse. What
school so eloquent as these walls to
educate olUsens? Napoleon turned bis
Slmplon road aside to save a tree Caesar
had once mentioned. Won't you turn a
street, or spare a Quarter of an acre.
to remind boys what sort of men their
fathers were? Think twice before you
touch these walls. We are the world'
trustees. The Old South no more be
longs to us than Luther's or Hampden
or Brutus name does to Germans. Eng
land or Roma Each and all are held
In trust as , torchlight guides and in
splratlon for any man struggling for
justice and ready to die for truth. The
worship af great memories, noble deeds,
sacred places (the poetry of history). Is
one ' of the keenest rlpeners of such
elements; seise greedily on every chance
to save and emphasise them. We have
a great future before us, how grand hu
man forecast cannot measure. Yes,
great future, endangered by many and
grave perils; our way out of them faith
believes in, but mortal eye cannot see,
It Is wisdom to summon every ally, to
save every possible help. Educate the
people to noble purpose. Lift them to
the level of the highest motive. En
force by every possible appeal the In
fluence of the best elements of our na
ture. Give me a people freshly and
tenderly alive to such Influences, and I
will laugh at money rings or dema
gogues armed with sensual temptations.
Men marvelled at the uprising which
hurled slavery to the dust. It was
young men who dreamed dreams oyer
patriot graves, enthusiasts wrapped in
memories.
Recall every day ona good thought,
read one fine line," says the German
Shakespeare. Tes, let every man's dally
walk catch one ray of golden light, and
his pulse throb once each day nobly, aa
he passes these walls. No gold, no
greed, can canker the heart of Such
people. Once in their hands, neither
need, greed, nor the clamor for wider
streets, will ever desecrate what Adams
and Warren and Otis made sacred to the
liberties of men.
The Result ot Much Faith.
VFrom the Circle.
One Sunday afternoon two little cous
ins, Maud and Mabel, were walking
along a hot and dusty country road on
their way home from Sunday school.
Hearing foosteps behind them, they
turned to behold the terror of the, neigh
borhood, "Old Knight's" goat. Billy,
he was called, had a vicious reputation.
and his appearance caused a panic in the
hearts of the children. They started to
run, but It was a long way home and
they knew that the goat could easily
overtake them. "Oh, why didn't we wait
for Johnny Troxell?" walled Mabel
Johnny was a neighbor boy who lived
close by.
-There was an upturned root of a larg
tree by the side of the road Just ahead.
and upon this they hastily climbed. The
goat came leisurely up and poked an
inquisitive nose close to Mabel's feet.
She screamed with fright, but Maud, the
practical, stopped her by saying, "See
here, Mabel, he can't get up here, 'cause
we're here already. And anyhow, I'm a
good Kicker." "Oh, Maud," cried Mabel,
with sudden Inspiration, "you kick and
I'll pray!" Whereupon she closed her
eyes and began, "Oh, Lord, don't let
the goat get us. We are so scared. Kick,
Maud, kick. . Oh, I can feel him smell
lnajr around my feet. Kick harder, Maud,
Please, Lord, make the goat go awav
and send Johnny Troxell. Are you kick
ing MaudT" Maud was kicking vigor
ously, although the goat was below them
gailng surprlsedly at her waving legs.
Suddenly she gave a glad shout, for
aown tne road came Johnny Troxell,
"There," said Mabel, "I always knew
the Lord would answer our prayers If we
oniy juat prayed hard enough."
Boasting of Prosperity,
From the Public.
In one great chorus the prosperity
fakers are announcing the return of
good times and attributing them to
1 art's election. But every man with
sufficient intelligence to Judge, believes
that good times are not ahead except
long way ane&a; ana every man of
sense realises that this beating of tom
toms will not, bring good times. Unless
they would come without It, they won't
come with It "Restored confidence,"
as tne raKers call it. may revive fvarih
speculation for a little while, such as
we had two years ago, but it can no
more make general prosperity than
wishes can make horses for beggars to
1 IUV.
To hold Mr. Taft responsible for this
seventh period of American hard times
upon which we entered a year and a half
ago (vol x, pp. 114, 862. 606), would be
hardly fair were it not for the fact that
he has sought election upon his guar
antee of good times as the result In
truth, he can neither check Industrial
adversity nor stimulate Industrial pros
perity, without-proceeding to remove
causes of business depression that he
would no more disturb than a pagan
would slap his idol in the face. But
since Mr. Taft has himself Joined In the
crazy chorus, claiming the credit if
peradventure business conditions may
change for the better, let him bear the
onus If bad times persist It will do
no one else any harm and may do him
some good.
Cupid and Red Tape.
From the Chicago News.
A young Frenchman proposed recent
ly to a Mile. Eugenie and waa accepted.
The parents began collecting the mass
of legal papers required for French mar
riagea Among the first to be obtained
was Mile. Eugenie's birth certificate,
and when they got it they found that
She waa registered aa a boy.
Her parents pointed out Jrst that she
was obviously de-facto a girl; second,
that the Christian name of Eugenie en
tered in the register was feminine, and
third, that If she had been a boy she
would already have been called P for
the conscription, being- of age. The au
thorities replied that none of these ar
guments was legally and administrative
ly valid and that she continues to be a.
boy. ' . .... . ,
Administrative reports, procedure and
a decision of the courts, all at the pa
rents' expense, will be required before
the law acknowledges Mile. Eugenie to
be of tha (eaaals sex and. allows her to
marry. "
5Re RjLALM
FEMININE,
Our Christmas Giving. , ' -
THIS-' pertinent letter has come to
. the column, and if the name is
not included surely no Vone will
, calf it a breach of confidence to
V let It have circulation. The rea
son why it should Is that It' touches a
very real . problem, and one that many
mothers are confronted by at this sea
son. The writer says:
"In your editorial on Christmas niv.
In? you strike a chord which
Should be more often touched and which
voices my views and desires In reference
to giving, organised charities are neces
sary, but one does not get the Joy that
cornea from the giving you describe.
- ''In giving to organised charities one
feels one's mite to. be so small that It
scaroely seems worth while to give at
all, but If we all .know of some child
to whom we could bring-Joy it would
be a different matter. But how is one
to find oTit if one doesn't know?
"I have been in Portland only a few
months, and scarcely know m v nntt
door neighbors. It would be a great
Joy to me to teach my 4-year-old boy to
make some other child happy, but now
am i to find out the child that needs It
"Can you suggest?"
;an you suggest V
This matter of -reachinar thnaa, wW
really need halo and ehuer at tho
Christmas season becomes more and
more a real problem as- the city grows.
It is more difficult, too, for tbe new
comer than for one who has lived long
enough In one place to have had many
Individual cases brought to his notice,
and many women feel as does this
mother, who longs to do some real thing
for some one else, vat shrinks (nun m.
peering officious, or seeming to Invade
the personal domain of a stranger.
i ei moii 01 us oome into contact
with some families or individuals wha
can be offered a gift or cheer at Chris't.
mas without being offended if we go
about it tactfully. There Is for in
stance a woman who does washing or a
day s cleaning for you. Would it not
be possible to approach her on the sub
ject of her family and her needs? Or
there is a sewing woman who works by
the day. it would be quite possible to
make her Christmas more happy.
But if one does not know of anyone
whose needs seem to fit with one's de
sires, why not aro to the castor nf nna'a
church, or to the pastor of the nearest
church in your neighborhood, and ask
'urn iur ine aaaress ot one or two fam
ilies who are really in need. He Is
sure to know. If by chance he does not.
he can a-lve the innulrer tha nAArm nf
the president of the woman's relief or
aid society of his church, and she will
know. Oh, yes, she will know. Not of
one but of a half dosen families where
little children will plan and guess and
wonder whether Santa Claus will find
them this year.
Or It would be a pleasant change to
take the 4-year-old boy to the day
nursery of the Fruit and OTnwar mi,. .
slon, 26 North Ninth street where the
hlldren of work in a- mothari r ninut
for during the dav. Ask tha nff lor
of that society for the names and ages
of little ones, who will get no Christ
mas except what ths day nursery gives
In Other words, if ona'a nranna1
circle is not large enough to Include
those who are really 'needing help,
widen It by going out of your way to
find the needy ohm. Than im manv
of them, but they will not come to you
you must go to them.
We shall have more of this problem
of Christmas giving. Itla too large a
subject, too timely, and too well worth
the earnest thought of warm hearted
men and women to be dismissed.
n 9vtor two we may have an ar
ticle which takes ud tha suhlant nf
cooperation In Christmas giving get
ting at it from the standpoint of the
workers in organised charities who give
much time and thought to the matter.
1 And I want to aav that If T mmm
to minimize their work or their useful
ness I am sorrv. and I rtlrtn't mean '
be so flippant.
ine thought that was uppermost
when we spoke bfore of glvln? was
that to get the full Joy of the Christ
mas season one must aro out nf nn'
way to reach the deserving poor and
lowly and disappointed ones. It would
not be nORfliblA for Individual ,a
all the cases which need help without
nrMn nnnn an unl,. s l . . . , .
does not bring the same satisfaction and
comfort to give merely money that it
does to get Into personal touch with
those who can ha hdnprl T nvav h.
as helpful to the recipient, but It is
noi bo ueipiui 10 ine donor, as is the
contact with his unfortunate brother.
So many struggling ones will not apply
to thn organized rharltlpa. Th win
contrive and manege and skimp and tut
on a brave face, and even ii,nv nat
they are In need because thev ar n
accustomed to asking aid. These can
be found onlv bv nf.nmn,1 lnva,M.,iiAn
and often they need sympathy, encour-
HBeme-ni, renewa nope and cheer quite
as much as they do groceries and cloth-
Let us by no means withhold t mm t
organised charities that are doing so
wide and excellent a work in
but neither let us feel that they can do
it all, and that we need make no per
sonal effort to find where human, broth
srlv, neighborly help may be given.
" " any oiner reader a suggestion
i this problem?
tHU
A Chinese Luncheon.
AT t
he
sc
T a recent Chinese lunchn tha
hostess carried out this attractive
cheme. It was in the city, so
she engaged a Chinese cook -from a
restaurant, with a servant She used
chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms, red
and yellow Chinese flags and all the
bits of embroidery she possessed for
decoration. She had traveled In China
and Japan, so the rooms were most in
teresting. over the dining room table there was
n enormous umbrella with a lantern
from each rib (they may be rented
from tea shops If the manager Is agree.
a Die), xna nowera were Chinese lilies,
very small ones, almost like orchids.
Then there were triangles andsauares
of small dishes containing relishes,
sweetmeats and nuts. At the places
there were a pair of chop sticks, a
quaint china ladle, two wee teacuDs"
and a napkin of soft paper, which was
changed with every course. There was
also a dish of soy, without which no
meal In China is complete. At this re
past a regular Chinese menu waa car
ried out from start to finish, with all
tbe unpronounceable dishes.
The nrst course was tea, tnen can
dles, fruits and sweetmeata, with other
relishes with queer, names. Birds' nest
soup was the next with shredded
chicken eaten from the china ladles.
Chicken with the bones removed, fried
with mushrooms and water nats, fol
lowed, but the grand dish was roasted
duck, covered with white chrysanthe
mum petals. Chop suey with a com
bination of fish, nuts and bamboo
sprouts waa the next course, -followed
loDater omeiei. ai luovuuu ukb
this rice does not appear.
The favors were many mue lans sno
hair ornaments. - The . lights were
haded with lanterns. -From
these ideas a very unique affair
may be arranged, for even small towns
have chop suey places, from which the
hostess may ODtain tne neeaea assist
ance. . ' '.'.St t t
The Daily Menn. r
' , 4 BREAKFAST.
Cereal with cream. Broiled bacon,
Scrambled eggs. - -v
. Whole wht muffins.
'. Coffe. V'. ; .
LUNCHEON.
Salmon -cutlets, white - sauce. Baked
otatoee.' .v..
Sliced oranges. White cake. Tea.
'V, - ' DINNER. .', ...
i Vegetable soup. Roast of beef; '
Sweet potatoes. Stewed celeriao.
Cahbna-e and celery salad.
Cottage piid'llng with figs, sweet saure.
Cheese. Black coffee.