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Great souls are not those
which have less passion and
more virtue than common
souls, but only those which
have greater designs. La
Rochefoucauld.
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EIGHT MEASURES EASILY COM-PREHENDED
ONLY EIGHT of the 35 measures
which are to be voted on by
the people in the coming city
election are submitted through
the Initiative and referendum, and
there is no reason why voters should
not pass on them Intelligently and
comprehendlngly. Unlike many of
the 27 charter amendments and or
dinances submitted by the council,
these eight measures which emanate
from the people are easily under
stood, present no extraordinary prob
' lems and contemplate no sweeping
changes in the city's form of govern
ment. The seven initiative measures are
as follows:
1. Ordinance providing for the
regulation and maintenance of elec
tric poles and wires, the purpose be
ing to provide greater protection for
linemen and other electrical work-
2. Charter amendment to erect
a bridge at Market street in place
of the Madison street structure, and
to use for this purpose the $450,000
voted Ty the people two years ago
for the reconstruction of the Madi
son street bridge.
3. Charter amendment providing
for bonds to -the amount of $1,500,
000 for the construction of a new
bridge at Sherman street.
i. Charter amendment prohibit
Ing the council from calling for the
exclusive use of any patented article
or process in street Improvement
specifications and plans.
5. Charter amendment granting
to the Gothenberg association the
exclusive pririlege to sell intoxicat
ing liquors in Portland.
6. Charter amendment creating
an excise board and regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors.
7. Ordinance providing for an
Issue of bonds to the amount of $2,
000,000, the proceeds to be used in
the acquisition of a municipal light
and power plant.
The only measure submitted to the
people through the referendum is
the vehicle tax ordinance, which was
passed by the council in February,
1908, and which imposes a license
fee upon vehicles.
The provisions of these eight
measures have been set forth clearly
in the columns of The Journal from
time to time. The full text of each
of them is to be found in the pam
phlet issued by the city auditor.
There is no reason why any voter
should vote unintelligently upon any
of them.
from the O. R, St. N. line Into central
Oregon, bu$ year after year has
passed and no motion to keep those
promises has been made.
Eventually, it may be hoped, Port
land will have direct and the best
possible rail connection with the
great Klamath and Lake regions.
and can then, by sufficient effort,
gain a large portion of that business,
but this ought to have been the case
now. The blame may not rest al
together on Mr. Harrlman; our own
large business men and capitalists
should have been more vlfillant, ac
tive and enterprising. The people
of Klamath and Lake counties are
loyal Oregonians, and would do
business in Oregon trade centers of
they had a fair chance to do so, and
every possible effort should still and
constantly be made to give them that
chance.
If, by no means Mr. Harrlman can
be budged in this matter, if he per
sists longer In his anti-Portland,
anti-Oregon policy, then some other
means should be devised and put
into execution to accomplish the de?
sired and important result.
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THE RAILROAD TO KLAMATH
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rHE COMPLETION of the rail
road to Klamath Falls is an
event of great Importance not
only to that city but to the
whole Klamath basin, and so is well
deserving of the enthusiastic cele
bration that will soon take place
there on that account. It gives
that region, with its already large
and potentially Immense resources
a direct outlet to San Francisco, and
Will result In greatly stimulating
settlement, production and all kinds
of business activity. That the rail
road will do a heavy and paying
' business from the start, although for
long distances it traverses a semi
desert and sparsely populated re
gion, there is no doubt.
With equal railroad facilities Port
land would have a little advantage
over San Francisco, or at least an
even show for the trade of that coun
try that will rapidly grow to vast
proportions. But uuder present con
, dttions most of that trade will follow
the line, of least resistance, one Jar
more so now than before, to the Cal
. lfornia metropolis and to Sacra
mento, a city of considerable whole
sal and manufacturing Importance.
It Is perhaps idle and useless to
heap reproaches upon Mr. Harrlman,
for always. In hit railroad building,
giving Portland the worst of It, for
choosing to divert trade to the rivals
of this city, bat severe and repeated
censura Is certainly due for his fail
tire, as It seems his Insolent and en
mltous neglect, to keep his repeated
and positive promises to the people
of Portland and of -the rest of Ora
fon. The road to Natron to connect
with his Oregon-California line, was
Jorr ago promised, as was the road
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THE CRVOF "RUIX'V
UIN, NOTHING less, Is the con
stant cry of the protected in
terests, If any reduction of
monopolistic duties is proposed.
The steel trust, the tobacco trust,
the smelter trust, the glass trust
all of them, will be "ruined" by any
reduction as . tariff taxes so they
say.
The lumber manufacturers are to
be ruined. The wool growers, get
ting 22 cents a pound for unscoured
wool and $6 a head for stock sheep,
are to be "ruined." Manufacturers
of clothes and all protected persons
or interests are to be "ruined,"
Aldrlch and his followers say, if the
tariff is revised downward.
We have the greatest natural re
sources and supplies of material of
all kinds of any nation on earth; and
besides, the most competent, intelli
gent, effective labor. This is not
mere assertion, but proven fact.
Why, then, should we be afraid that
people thousands of miles away will
"ruin" us? The protectionists are
afraid of England, Germany, France,
Canada; of Italy, Mexico, Abyssinia,
Patagonia and the South Sea islands
these countries are going to
"ruin" our industries!
Rockefeller, Guggenheim, Mor
gan and their like need protec
tion. They will get it, of course,
since we send Aldrlches and Cannons
to congress; but the masses of people
ought to wake up to the fact that
the "ruin" is all in the predatory
politicians' minds. The laboring
people in particular should learn
and know that the protected inter
ests never paid to them a cent ex
tra on account of protection.
American industries can stand
alone. Where not, If not here, in
this greatest and best country on
earth? We have no reason to be
afraid of either Brobdignaglans or
Lilliputians In the world's Industrial
field.
probably have happened. The men
who have revolvers, in a multitude
of eases,: make use of them to com
mit homicide, in consequence of
trivial quarrels.
There are dead and wounded men
and widowed women and "orphaned
children, daily, throughout the coun
try, because of these seldomly use
ful and very often murderous in
Btruments. They should be. except
In some clearly specified cases, Out
lawed.
The senate, as was to have' been
expected, will not consent to free
lumber, nor, probably, to any appre
ciable reduction of the duties under
the DInglevrtlaw. High protection
is more strongly intrenched in the
senate tnan in tne house, whose
members are more recently from the
people, but in all probability the
house will yeild and the free pr re-,
duced lumber provision of the Payne
bill will be sacrificed. Indeed, it is
supposed that many house members
voted for the provision with the ap
prehension that the senate would
undo their work. But there is this
to be said in favor of or in excuse
for protected lumber; that com
modity is as much entitled to pro
tection as ores, coal and many other
protected commodities. It would
not be fair to the lumber manufac
turers to turn them out of the great
association of protected and privi
leged interests.
By a vote of 299 to 96 the Brit
ish house of commons has passed a
bill increasing Income taxes to 5.8
per cent on unearned incomes and
upon all incomes above $15,000. A
supertax makes the total rate, above
$25,000, 8.3 per cent. Incomes of
00 are tax free and there is an
exemption of $50 for every child un
der 16. This tax is less than that
of Germany, but is a substantial rec
ognition of the principle that it is
wealth and not poverty that should
be taxed. As the New York World
suggests: "Britain lacks, for poor
men, the American advantages of a
new, vast, rapidly expanding coun
try. But a land where legislators,
most of whom are wealthy, vote by
four to one to tax wealth, not pov
erty, turning a deaf ear to the
clamor of the rich and of idle in
heritors, is at least a real democracy."
INFLATED SALARIES
T
HE CLERK and bailiff of the
Chicago municipal court receive
a salary of $5000 a year, and
a bill pending in the legisla
ture, which will probably pass, in
creases these salaries to $10,000 a
year each. What legalized plunder
of taxpayers 6uch salaries are. Chi
cago is a big town, and these of
ficials, or at least the clerk, are en
titled to fairly liberal compensation,
but $5000 a year was certainly
ample, and probably double what Is
really reasonable. There are plenty
of assistants and clerks, of course,
and a bailiff's responsibility is neg
ligible. The post Is pretty nearly a
sinecure, everywhere.
This is a vice of government, es
pecially municipal government,
throughout the country. Thousands
of men equally capable would jump
at the chance to get these offices at
$1200 or $1500 a year; but some
fellows have a political pull, get in,
and immediately begin working to
get their already greatly inflated
salaries doubled. This, in fact, is
the hardest work they do.
There are modified or less notable
examples of this in this city, as in
every city. It is such cases as this,
in addition to others, that justify the
referendum. If the Illinois legis
lature passes this bill and it is
only a sample of others the Chi
cago taxpayers ought to have the
power to nullify the law.
Has anybody except the statis
ticians noticed that fatal railroad ac
cidents have been less numerous
lately than previously? It Is so, for
a recent report shows that during
the past year the number of pas
sengers killed was only 292, as
against 570 for the preceding year,
and the number of employes who
lost their lives was reduced from
4300 to 2535. Whether this is due
to better management and more care
or is merely a fortuitous circum
stance, is not known, but it is rea
sonable to suppose that the former
reason is in large measure to be as
signed. If so, it is a very gratify
ing circumstance, and one for which
the railroads should be given due
credit.
Letters From tne People
Letter . to The Journal ahoald be written on
on aid of the paper only and ebould be ac
companied by the name and addre of the
writer. The name will not he need If the
writer aaka that It he withheld. The Journal
la not to be nnderatood aa lndoratnf the Tlewa
or . atementa of correepondent. Letter abonld
Be made aa brief aa Doaalble. Thoae who wlab
ineir lettera returned waen not naea snouiu in-
Close poatage.
Correspondent are notified that letter ex
ceedlng Son words la length may, at tb dis
cretion of the editor, be out down to that limit
Christian Science,
Portlanfl, May 2J. To, the Editor of
The journal In a communication ap
pearing; In your Issue of the 22th,
critlo makes some statements about
Christian Scientists and their attitude
toward ministers and phystclana, which
are unjust, and follows with a criticism
of the philosophy of Christian Science,
while yet commending- its moral ethics.
Christian Scientists recognize the
value of all endeavor to help humanity,
whether on the part of the church or
or the physician, and no one can right
fully charge .them with belittling the
efforts of those professions. They know
full well that the race needs to be
saved from the bondage of sin and dis
ease, and appreciate the labor of the
two classes of workers referred to, at
the same time believing that a greater
degree of relief will come, and a more
continuous experience In good be main
tained through a scientific system of
Christian teaching wherein the word of
God is a complete saviour from all evil.
that of sickness as well as sin.
The critic need not fear that Mrs.
Eddy might be offended at his observa
tion that she would not have amounted
to much bad it not been for the ignore
ance of the people. The attitude of
the world's thought for or against her,
has not and will not determine that.
Possessed with a great love for Ood and
humanity she has labored and still con
tinues, that this love may have prac
tical effect in alleviating the burdens
of mankind, and this motive whether ap
preciated or not by mortals, indicates
her worth In the sight of God.
One wonders how an Individual can
assume the infinity of wisdom whereby
to be able to say as this critic does.
that "there never was and never will
be a woman that understands logic or
philosophy." Thanks to the work of
many grand women, Mrs. Eddy included.
that sex is coming somewhat Into de
served recognition In fields heretofore
supposed to be Impossible of attainment
to them.
As to the lack of a minor premise.
which the gentleman declares consti
tutes the fallacy of the teaching of
Christian 'Science, the following is sub
mitted for his edification:
Major premise God is spirit, mind.
Minor premise Man is his image and
likeness.
Conclusion Therefore, man is not
material; he is spiritual. (Science and
Health, with Key to the Scriptures, page
68.) HOWAHD C. VAN METER,
Committee on Publication for Oregon.
A farm of the late Tilmon Ford
of Salem, consisting of 23 0 acres of
beaverdam land at Lake Labish,
bought recently for $23,000, will be
subdivided into one, five or ten acre
tracts, the majority of them, per
haps, only one acre each. This is
only one of numerous such pieces or
instances of like development that
are taking place in Oregon, due to
some extent, we may reasonably pre
sume, to The Journal's persistent
advocacy of such a movement. This
is a mighty practical and important
phase of true development.
AGAIX THE REVOLVER
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P IN Umatilla county a farm
laborer, with a wife and six
children, the eldest child only
8 years old, was killed, and
another man dangerously if not fa
tally wounded, by another man, with
a revolver for the murderous
weapon. The quarrel between the
neighboring farmers was a trivial
matter, the old one over disputed
fence or roadway, and should have
been settled by neighborly arbitra
tion or by the , courts. But each
man thought he was right, and one
if not both of them resorted to the
foolish, wicked' arbitrament of the
revolver.
Daniel Ryan, the handler of the
murderous weapon, an elderly
bachelor, "got his gun," and tried
to kill his neighbor and nearly suc
ceeded, and did .kill an, innocent
workingman, and made a widow and
six young orphans. Except for the
revolver no such tragedy would
For the second consecutive spring
the season has been unusually back
ward, cold and dry, one consequence
of which is, that roses are again be
lated. But there is a great and
splendid crop of them that will be
out very soon now, not in profusion
on Decoration day, but plentifully,
probably, for the Rose Festival.
Most voters' seemed to have a cor
rect idea as to what to do when that
O. A. C. referendum petition was
presented to them. After awhile- It
will become less easy to get signa
tures to any old petition. The peo
ple are learning, improving.
-' Another victim of the revolver
was a Bonner's Ferry boy, killed by
his adult sister while Ehe was shoot
ing at a target. The revolver is of
ten not only an expensive but a ter
ribly sorrotv producing means of
sport.
Most of the Democrats in congress
are voting for this, that or the other
high duty, many members for all the
high duties. So the question, "What
Is a Democrat?" has become a
greater conundrum than ever.
Evidently the new bridge will be
built on the old site, from Madison
street to Hawthorne avenue, so that
much discussed matter might as well
be considered settled.
The Kind He Is.
From the Weston Leader.
Joe Bimon typifies the Oregon pollr
ttcian of the old school. He is the kind
that believes and practices the precept,
"To the victors belong the spoils."
During the) years that he -held the Ore
gon legislature in the hollow of his
hand he Invariably rewarded. his friends
and knifed his enemies, and the. Inter
ests of the people , were subordinated
to the Interests of his machine. Now
that Oregon has adopted new political
methods, and places men above party
when selecting Its public servants. It
remains to be seen whether or not the
state's chief city will want an old time
politician tot its mayof, ,
The Irvington Paving Controversy.
Portland, Or., May 24. To the Editor
f The Journal In your Issue of yes-
erday appeared the following relating
to the Irvington paving controversy:
Mayor Lane, taking the public view
point, reaches a far different conclu-
lon as to the duty ol himseii ana tne
executive board.
"This is not a matter in which the
property owners are alone concerned,"
he says, "because they seek to take ad
vantage of the bonding act, whereby
the city is bound to maintain the streets,
and we are Interested In securing the
best quality of work at the lowest price.
"They are asking us to act In violation
of the city charter and give the work
to the highest bidder. Why? I have al
ways understood that property owners
wanted work done at the lowest figures.
and there must be some other explana
tion for this attitude.
"My Information Is that the contractor
Is a figurehead and that the money is
being supplied by the two big property
owners interested. In other words, they
are doing their own work, taking ad
vantage of the bonding act to have the
work given to the highest bidder and
Imposing upon the city the burden of
maintaining the street In repair. My In
formation is that they then cut back on
the contract price, so they get the bene
fit of the higher cost."
Let us consider these statements as
made, keeping In mind, that the sole
question- is of letting the contract to
the highest or lowest bidder.
The first statement is that aa the
property owners seek to have the work
done under the bonding act, the city Is
interested in having it done at the low
est price.
Under the law the limit Is fixed at
which the property may be bonded. No
matter what the cost of the work and
without regard to the added value which
the Improvement gives, and every cent
or tne cost or the work, including pay
to me city or its cost of advertising.
engineering and superintending must be
paid out or tne property, as the city
will have to maintain the street whether
the work Is done by the highest or low
est bidder, will the honorable gentle
man who makes these statements or
any one or more of his friends, explain
In what way the city Is Interested in
the price to be paid for the work, as
against the property owner who pays all
the bills?
The second statement Is that the prop
erty owners, In asking that the contract
be let to the highest bidder, are asking
mat tne cnarter be violated. This Is
not so in the opinion of the city attor
ney, nor as a matter of fact or law.
The law Is not such an ass as to prevent
the man who has the bill to pay, from
fixing the price In the first Instance.
As to exactly what the third state
ment means, I confess my Inability to
understand. If Intended as a claim that
we Intend to borrow of the city under
the bonding act more than we put on
the streets, as the difference between
the lowest and highest bids. In very near
1200.000 worth of work as it appears at
present will be less than $5000, Uie
proposition Is absurd on its face. As
the city takes care to make its security
ample and we would have principal and
Interest to pay, what of it if true?
The only other thing which can be In
tended Is that we are seeking to steal
something. As the city pays no part of
the bills, we as contractors could only
steal from the property owners and as
we are the property owners that would
leave us In the position of stealing from
ourselves. I have heard of Insane per
sons who stole or thought they did,
from themselves.. But I have never
heard of a sane man who tried to do ao
himself, or for one moment supposed
any one else would or could do so.
ELLIS O. HUGHES
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
The rose's ars coming; out, of course.
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The ever possible big June Columbia
flood seldom comes.
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The afternoon imitator and Its old
dad are Jealous, of course.
Apparently Governor Johnson ' will
still be like Barkis in 1912.
Of course there could not bs a
exposition without several rows.
big
Roses can do wonders of blooming de
velopment In the next two weeks.
A constitution bestowed bv the shab
of Persia probably Isn't Worth much.
If Miss Portland accepts Mr. Simon,
it will be in the nature of a Miss Hob-
son s choice.
.Mav. has only another week in which
It can make up all or some of that, big
rain oetiotr, .,
The city election ballot will be some
thing like an editorial pane of the Seat-
tie rjunaay Times.
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No more free hotel buses of the big
hotels; another evidence that Portland
Is ho longer a village.
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Hurrah for- the Crater lake railroad:
It will be a great developer and worth
far mora than Us large cost.
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Big guns of finance and Industry pre
dict and assert prosperity. Yes, Aldrlch
wiu rix some oi tnem, aa. rigni.
After all. nature may be kind In riv
ing most people corn beef and cabbage
rather than angel cake and Ice cream.
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To strike a match In the presence of
flowlnar gas mixed wltn the not bream
of a domestic row Is evidently not safe.
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That bill of Aldrlch's Is an expensive
one for the American consumers,, but
they will have to stand It. for the pres
ent
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Unless the Seattle exposition people
will agree to call It Mount Tacoma to
visitors, maybe Tacomana won't go to
the fair.
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A New Tork woman physician says
that piano music will cure bad boys.
But many people would prefer the dis
ease to the remedy.
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The sooner the tariff revision farce
is over the better It will be for the
country. Everybody can see already
Just about what it will be.
The sweet girl graduate but we have
sworn off from making pert paragraphs
about her. She will be on old woman
and a grandmother ere long.
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Senator Bailey says the Republican
party Is sleeping on a volcano. The
trouble seems to De tnat it is very mucn
awake. By the, way, didn't the big Texas
Babe nest on a volcano awnneT
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A news Item says the Wisconsin leg
islature has passed a bill to prevent
mule drivers from swearing. A supple
mental and complementary law should
be one preventing mules .from braying
or kicking.
'Midst gold and green, 'midst shower
and sheen, unfolds soon of flowers the
unrivaled queen. In a class of her own,
she mounts her sweet throne, and reigns
In June grandeur and glory alone. Na
ture bows to salute, no rivals dispute,
and in her aweet presence all Flora
blooms mute. I
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
i-.i.v. v.in.. hwk with
Anotner uut. will
large and commodious opera house, wiu
h. rrted within the next few months
in MUton. - , .
v- . l- - Tv., .. w vtAlo-feHnrhnruf JaDS OWU
6000 acres of land and are planting 25,
000 fruit trees. They have several hun
dred acres in peas, potatoes and other
eatables. 80 or tneir own i"w
employed.
A Pendleton man caught a fay?0""
miiin that measured 28 Inches
r tn inn Tt reoulred 45 mln
utes to land the flsn, and then a boy
and a garden raka had to, te called
into piay. , a
Did you ever stop to think how the
large tracts are being dissected by the
hand of progress? asas tne
Statesman. And every one means scores
of families where there was a single
family Defore,
QAhvniu nmnll introduced In this
valley some years ago e-e getting to
be quite numerous until trus spring.
when their scarci' 18 very uaw,
r... h Rimim ouard. Whether they
have been hunted too industriously or
have voluntarily emtsratea s a uuc
tioa for discussion.
What a wonderful oportunlfy there is
around Albany, says the. Democrat,
Land which can now be secured at a
ftv nriM in a few vears will command
a price that will make the present one
loo if liae a nicKei. . mo "
tfansformatlon going on through the
valley, a striking change, not in one
place, but everywhere.
a Mew Vnrk man Is In correspond
ence with the Astoria chamber of com
merce, and indeed. negotiations are
units wav for the erection and estab
lishment in this city of a factory for
the making and marketing of clothes-
tns, bucket balls and small wooden
uckets of all sorts, says the Astorlan.
.
Arthur Van da Vert, a 12-year-old boy
living 20 miles from Bend, killed a big
cinnamon bear that had frightened sev
eral people., The Van de Vert family
has quite a record for bear killing,
more than a dozen having been killed
by different members of the family
during the past yeaf. Miss Grace Van
de. Vert, a girl of 17, killed a large one
last fall.
While figuring out a few facts for
hla diversion yesterday afternoon.
County Treasurer Frawley found that
during the 10 years he has been In the
office he has paid out J2,039,77.65, says
the La Grande Star. During that time
also his books have been experted three
times without a single mistake being
discovered.
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We have reached the development
period In Lane county where the coun
try Is being heard from In a substantial
manner, remarks the Register. There
was- never before such a general move
ment of farming and fruit lands, all of
which means more for the general prog
ress than merely the building up of our
cities.
Gervals Btar: Every now and then'
some smart elleck tries to find fault
with the local Weekly paper for printing
news that he had read before In a dally
paper, and tries to argue that for this
reason It Is "stale" news. The stupid
Ignoramus has not sense enough to real
ise" that about nine tenths of the read
ers of a weekly paper have not had a
chance tb read the dally papers and
therefore have no other means of get
ting ths; news-excepting what is given j
In the weekly paper. j
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
"Four Harvard Men" By Charles Sumner
REALM
FEMININE,
W1
(From an oration before the Phi Bets
Kappa society of Harvard, August 27,
184.)
In proud recollection of Jier departed
children, alma mater might well ex
claim, In those touching words of pater
nal grief, that she would not give her
dead sons for any living sons In Chris
tendom. Pickering, Story, Allston, Chan
nlng! A grand quaternion! Each, In
his peculiar sphere, was foremost In
his country. Each might have said,
what the modesty of Demosthenes did
not forbid him to boast that through
him, his country had been crowned
abroad. Their labors were wide as the
commonwealth- of letters, laws, art, hu
manity, and, have found acceptance
wherever these have found dominion.
Their lives, which overflow with In
struction, teach one persuasive lesson,
which speaks alike to all of every call
ing and pursuit not to live for our
selves alone. They lived for knowledge,
Justice, beauty, humanity. Withdraw
ing from the strifes of the world, from
the allurements of office, and the rage
for gain, they consecrated themselves
to the pursuit of excellence, and each,
In his own vocation, to beneflclent labor.
They were all philanthropists; for the
labors of all promoted the welfare and
happiness of mankind. ,
What ws do for ourselves perishes
with this mortal dust; what we do for
others lives In the grateful hearts of,
all who feel or know the benefaction.
The selfish struggles of the crowd, the
clamors of a false patriotism, the sug
gestions of a sordid ambition, cannot j
obscure that great commanding duty
which enjoins perpetual labor, without
distinction of country, of color, or of
raca, for the welfare of the whole human
family. In this mighty Christian cause.
knowledge, Jurisprudence, art, philan
thropy, all are blessed ministers. More
puissant than the sword, they shall lead
mankind from the bondage of error
Into that service which Is perfect free
dom. Our departed brothers Join In
summoning you to this gladsome obe
dience. Their examples speak for them.
Go forth Into the many mansions of the
house of life, scholars! store them with
learning. Jurists! build them with Jus
tice, artists! adorn them with beauty,
philanthropists! let them resound with
love. The servants of truth, each in
his vocation; doers of the word and not
hearers only. Be sincere, pure in heart
earnest, enthusiastic. Like Pickering,
blend humanity with learning. 'Like
Story, ascend above the present In place
and time. Like Allston, regard fame
only as the eternal shadow of excellence.
Like Channtng, bend In adoration before
the right Cultivate alike the wisdom
of experience and the wisdom of hope.
Mindful of the future, do not neglect
the past; awed by the majesty of anti
quity, turn not with Indifference from
the future. True wisdom looks to the
ages before us, as well as behind u
Like the Janus of the capltol, one front
thoughtfully regards the past rich with
zperlence, with memories, with price
less traditions of virtue; the other Is
earnestly directed to the all hall here
after, richer still with Its transcendent
hopes and unfulfilled prophecies.
the city government a .power for evil
which they both profess to abhor and to
be anxious to prevent.
If Mr. Kellaher and Mr. Albee are
ruled in their candidacy by a supreme
desire to serve the public, rather than
by personal motives, they will not be
candidates at the coming election. They
can serve the city best by staying out
of the contest They are both young
men and can afford to wait At an
other tlms and when circumstances
favor, the city will be glad to honor
them. But they can gain no strength
by running now. What honor or
strength could they gain by defeat and
by dragging down with them the best
Interests of the city? It would be
loss to them and not gain.
And furthermore both of them now
hold at the hands of the public high
and responsible offices, that of state
senator, and this fact should -aatsify
their personal ambition, for the pres
ent and causa them to assume a mod
esty that would be becoming to them,
or to any other cltlxen, under like cir
cumstances. It Is supreme simplicity
and childishness In politics for three
candidates to divide, on personal
around s. tb undoubted large majority
agalpst the ascendency of Mr. Simon
1 tn nnwer In th rltv. lust at this time
Suggestions to Albee and Kellaher. ' Just when new and wide policies of
Portland. May 24. To the Editor of
The Journal A very large proportion of
the more thoughtful people of Portland
hope that Mr. Albee and Mr. Kellaher
will have the generosity and public
spirit' to Withdraw from the mayoralty
contest before the day of election. They
owe it to the public to do this. Not
but that either of them would make a
good mayor. They are both able and
competent men and could, no doubt, ad
minister the affairs of ths trlty In a
creditable manner. But if (hey. both
run,! both will be defeated, and in that
defeat they will cause the defeat of the
city's , best Interests, and at the same
tlms they will cause to bef nthroned in
management must be inaugurated If
Its highest and best Interests are to
b served, in ths light of Its' future
growth. To go back to old policies
and methods and Ideas, at this time,
and in this way, would be little Jes
than, disaster.
Therefore hundreds 'of ths most
thoughtful citizens of Portland appeal
to Mr. Albee, and to Mr.' Kellaher, to
withdraw ffom the -field and, let tht
contest ,be fairly waged between prog
ress and reaction, between the rotten
ness of ths past and better and cleaner
things for i the future. If they peri
slst In running and Mr. Simon Is elected,
which he will be, the responsibility
will be upon them, and his record may
oome up to plague them hereafter.
COMMON SENSE.
This Date In History.
1743 American Philosophical society
rounded by Benjamin Franklin.
1717 A national constitutional con
ventlon met in Philadelphia.
1790 Tennessee territory estab
lished.
1829-BIr Humphrey Davy, Inventor
of the safety lamp, died. Born De
cember 17, 1778.
1S48 General Wlnfleld Scott pub
licly welcomed In New York.
1862 The Federals, under General
Banks, repulsed at Winchester, Va.
U63 Confederate navy yard at Ta
oo City destroyed.
184" Battle of New Hope Church
station, Georgia. -
1887 Tale-college became a univer
sity. 188 The president called for 75,000
additional volunteers for the war with
Spain.
1901 Norwegian parliament con
ferred tha franchise on women tax pay
era. ,
1904 C. C. Magoon Inaugurated gov
ernor of Panama canal sone.
What Are Victual Prices Predicting?
From the St Louis Republic.
What's the matter with, the prices of
all sorts of victuals? Do 'they keep
on climbing because ths middlemen are
working tha market or does It simply
mean that tha tlms. Is coming fast
when tha erstwhile hornyhanded farm
er and tha woman with a hen will be
tha only real aristocrats In this coun
try? - -
Eliminating the Friction.
HEN wa consider some of the
most common sources of frin.
ilon In the home, we cannot
avoid the subject of monev f.
and . , When a . young woman
t y U 5 botn ' impression
able age and of llttlo experience In life.
they not Infrequently fight shy of the
?! 2!!Wk 0t lU an1 QUlte naturally.
i Jl i t poor Pr0BPct for happi
ness n the home if the wife were to
appraise her husband as a money getter
only, and equally unfortunate if the
husband were to think of his wife as
a money spender only; forgettrn- that
her part of the home making. If she Is
honestly dolo It is quite as Important
as his.
And there is a very natural reticence
on the subject of; income and outgo
W.T1 !l!e newly ,narr,eI. both feel
ing that these details will adjust them
selves without conscious effort, and
nfiii1W0Uld "eem t0 a shade
J3L?. thl other to the contract
to be too keen on money matters. This
U 1L VSry. natural n blameless, and
Hiu? act-remains that the newly es
tablished home must be run as other
business combinations are run, on busi
Pr'"1" a" by means of that
same sordid, common medium that other
people use. Love will not buy beef
steak and sympathy will not supply
firewood and- caresses will not pay rent.
So the world old question of money
presently Intrudes itself into the bliss
of the honeymoon and thereafter al
ways remains, a constant attendant at
tha family hearth.
And there Is no more potent cause of
rrictlon than mnnev nntinn. KA,rAn
husband and wife, and It Is easy to see
wJ,y-. ev5ry family there is some
adaptation of the scale of living to
the amount of Income. The husband
grows up In one atmosphere, the wife
in another. Each naturally assimilates
the ideas of his or her own family and
commonly has very little Idea of those
cherished In other families.
, w,hat, called extravagance In ons
family Is accepted as nerfeotlv
and moderate in another. Economics
praotlced In one family seem like stingi
ness to those accustomed to economize
differently. And so the two, husband
and wife, come to the founding of their
home with many unformed or half
formed or strongly formed Ideas as to
what 1b wise expenditure and what is
not. i
Perhaps ths husband in the beslnnln
arranges a scale of expenditure. He
figures out bow much rent, how much
fuel, how much table nrnvislnn mav ha
allowed out of his salary, and makes hi
wife an allowance out of what remains.
But little by little family expenses In
crease, and probably the Income does
not There are more people to feed,
there Is the necessity for hiring help,
with the Incidentals of breakage and
waste. There is more sewing required,
then as the children s-rnw nWlnr Ihorn
Is the educational demand. Meantime,
while the burdens mount,- the husband's
salary does not begin to advance in
"ronortlon and presently the wife is
spending all her allowance In addition
to the other apportionment, and either
frolng shabby herself or running bills
n the vaue hope that they will be
met somehow. Then inovltablv comes
a season of Illness, doctor's bills, loss of
position, flood or fire, and an Immense
can occurs In the famllv lncnme thnr
could not possibly be Imagined bythe
honevmooners.
So the necessity of founding the fam
ily finances upon a reasonable and sta
ble foundation. So the necessity on the
part of each for a reasonable, senslbln
understanding as to what may be and
what may not be attempted with the
salary, and the adjustment of life to
meet these demands with comfort.
It would materially help matters fi
nancially if every marriod couple
would after apportioning to the other
Imperative demands their due share,
establish a sinking fund, as would be
done In any business, to meet the extra
ordinary demands which are Inevitable.
And If there is necessity for rigid econ
omy In starting the new home and the
expenses are so heavy as to leave no
l residue. It would be a very wls and
provident thing to add some one moncv
making enterprise In addition to the
regular occupation, letting the proceeds
go toward such a Binklng fund.
What folly for a young couple to es
tablish themselves In an expensive flat
In town, put all their ready money Into
furniture, endeavor to dress as well as
when each was single, to live as ex
travagantly and to entertain their
friends with expensive dinners and the
atre parties, thus living uo to th very
edge of the husband's salary, when they
could so easily have a small home In a,
suburb, tend their own garden, mine
chickens and sell eggs, cultivate small
fruits, put up preserves for market, or
engage in any one of a score of other
small enterprises, which would not onlv
add pennies to the family Income, but
keep mind and heart sweet with mutual
Interests, while accumulating a fund
which could be called upon when any
sudden change should come.
But these things young people seldom
consider.
An Insufficient income Is apt to be a
sore point of friction, hut the question
of Its Insufficiency depends largely
upon the scale of living. How much '
wiser to adapt oneself before It be
comes a sore point, than afterward!
H s
Two Sensible Dishes.
LIMA BEANS With Tomato Sauce
Pick over one-half pint of dried
Lima beans, cover with cold water
and let jitand over night; drain, cook
until tender In boiling salted water,
drain again and dry In a napkin. Cook
two teaspoons of finely chopped orilon
In Tnn taMesnnnna of butter, blend in
one and one half tablespoons of flour,
add slowly one cup of well seasoned
cooked and strained tomatoes and cook
and stir until smooth and thick. Melt on;
quarter cup of butter, add the beans and
stir occasionally until delicately
browned, turn Into a hot dish and cover
with the sauce.
Brussels Sprouts With Chess Cook
the sprouts till perfectly tender In wa
ter with salt, pepper and a, little lemon
inicA In It. When tender drain and toss
about over the fire In a frying pan with
a little butter to get quite hot. but in
no attempt to brown them. Take out
Into dish, sprinkle freely with grated
parmesan cheese and send to table.
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After tlie Game
Red Pralrla corrpon1enc of Sheri
dan Sun: A person would think by the
way they are fixing roads on the prai
rie tnat every rarmer in ins neignoor
bnod Intended to get an automobile next
winter. ,i vT ...'...
(Contributed to Tb Journal by Walt Maaoa.
th fanKMia Kanaae poet. His proee-poero will
be a renlar featur of tula column in Th
Dolly Journal.)
When I cash in, and this poor race
is run, my chores performed, and all
my errands done, I know that folks who
mock my efforts here, will weeping bend
above my lowly bier, and bring large
garlands, worth three bucks a throw.
and paw the ground In ecstasy of woe.
And friends will wear crape bowknots
on their tiles, while I look down (or
up) a million miles, and wonder why
these people never knew how smooth I
was until my spirit flew. When I cash
In I will not care a yen! for all the
praise that's heaped upon me then;
serene and silent-In my handsome box,
1 shall not heed the laudatory talks, and
all the pomp and all the vain display,
will just be pomp and feathers thrown
away. So tell me noia, while I am on
tha earth, your estimate) of my surpris
ing worth; Q tell me what a looloo bird
I am,, and fill me full of taffy and of
Jam!- . 1 -'V : . ,
fCoDTrtenr. 1009. be . A TW
George kUUbtw AdaiM.)Mt$vf ' W