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TOURNAL ' IN' VT KKWsrArFH. iFh ;.,(;t ,,-pt snnhT and i r- .rni- at tiw j.nirnm -iso Boon as tney can De wage earners d uiit, pnrtm.a. frlftir- ft ente.eA . that .... Xhey ' :1 at t&a twtrftlc at Portland, Or.,i . l,-o through tn rr?Httr. Li IkiM S Main TITS; .Horn, . I dH!,ar(aBta tmrhtA by thrf number. If'A lit onrtpr wbnt opartm-rt want. li.KHOS Al'VEUTlfclNO BEFKESKSTATI VK. PnJ'n A Kcntoor Co.. Brn raw I'' t Bntiatn. l.S F:fh aTeniiK. Sew Vote; 1-1S topi Bnlidlne. rhtrago. SubaertrtfniL Term bf Jnt! Tte IJd3?! la Uia Lulled Stale or Mexico. PAILY. . .. Cn year... $5.00 I Ona agoatk. ........ .00 BT'NPAT. ' One rear $2.80 Od month I .23 DAILY AKD SCNDAt. ' On rear $7.50 I Ona month . -W Death so eall'd Is a thtnf which makes men weep, And yet a third of Ufa is passed In sleep. . Byron. i BUILDING AX INDUSTRY V ESTERDAT the Itinerary I ilgureu uui ui at puuiti; mi that Is to traverse the entire ...... system of the Southern Pacific railroad lines In Oregon. It will tnake 45 stops and be on the road a month. ? -It Is effort by the Agricultural college and the Southern Pacific railroad to build tip the poultry In dustry In Oregon. It Is constructive endeavor of the most effective char acter. ."" , The car will be fitted with every device or appointment by which the secret of the poultry Industry can j be . taught by object lesson. The ben that has produced more eggs in one year than any other ; ben that ever lived in the United States will be one of the -Interesting features. She has a record of 259 eggs In twelve months, against a 25.5 egg ben in New York and a 254 egg hen In Canada. , : ' r -" I The exhibits will be supplemented by lectures by attaches of the poul try department at the agricultural college, and each stop on the long route to be covered will afford the u traost of Inform atlon to ; those In terested In the subject . There is a wonderful growth In the poultry Industry In Oregon.- The value of eggs rose from $6,250,000 for 1910 to $9,600,000 for. 1911, and the value of poultry produced rose from $4,000,000 for 1910 to $7,000,000 for 1911. T ' ! : ; While other Influences contrib uted to this Increase, . ltls -history that the business has been Immense ly stimulated by-the poultry depart ment at the Oregon Agricultural college. The heal of; the poultry department Is Professor James Dry- den, a. ian of national standing on 'the subject At the request of the federal authorities he prepared lit erature on the subject of poultry. which is used by the national depart ment of agriculture for farmers' ln- etltutes through the country," and for reading courses. His campaign In behalf of the Industry in Oregon has been vigorous and intelligent, and Itbere Is little doubt that it has had large Influence In the growth of the poultry business. Tho Southern Pacific Is carrying the poultry car free over its Oregon lines, and Its part !n the agitation for more hens and mori eggs In Oregon is very much to ita. credit JUNIOR REPUBLICS f VER 114,000 boys and girls be- I I tween 14 and 18 years old AJ are working today in the city - of New York. Of these 60,000 Bre doing chance work, that.nee.1s no training, and offers no future, spending on food and amusements all that they earn, living one day, with no eye to the next. From them is recruited the great army of the unemployed, and very largely the youthful criminals of the city. :;v.i..:..::. . Efforts to reclaim them that are baaed on giving are hopeless. To cure, and set them on the path ! of clean living and honest work, with a trade to follow and a prosperous future to reach, has en gaged the best thought and the most pelf-denying efforts of hundreds, aye thousands, of good peopje. The se cret was learned when It was brought home to one of such ..work- era that responsibilities imposed, and ambition to fill them aroused, brought a new atmosphere to the boy or girl on whom the spell. was wrought. ' There have been two stages in the progress. More than forty years ago Dr. Barnardo. went after the waifs and strays of the London streets in me aarn arcnes oi ineAaeipni. He J. . 4 - A ' -.'.'. tooa; inem norae, ne naa tnem cleansed ana clothed and fed and; taught They well repaid his care. and are found today prospering In Canadian woodlands " and prairies. The r never falling reservoir now holds 8000 boys and girls on any day that numbers are asked for. A noble charity It is. ' These boys and girls, though, are at school. They are under tutors ana governors, on whom rests the responsibility for their training and for their lives. The last development is the "Junior' Republic", of which Mr. William R. George has been' telling tho citizens of Portland during the last few days. The selection of these" Junior republicans Is left to them f elves. They hunger for citizenship -they apply and are admitted.- It la a republic, not an autocracy or even an aristocracy, as Mr. Bryan would say, that they enter.-, Frnsv-.xrtk,- south. east "'HTtdturrrTSTITrFBirinlne and f ishervf west they come, from all degrees of i life, frera a'.l cnir'jc-xata, and 'some phases of Idleness or even of . f ,r.- . . 1 tl I- T criminality, uui tney au won, 11 ucinstructed they are taught. Tfceir BpprenuwtiLi is exisui uui.buuu. .u . n a matt eeew'earn una are paia nrsi io uvn tuu second to arcass a fund with which a start can be made wen their home days are over. Homes they lire la i small groups of ten or more boys or girls, each In their own cottage where the house-mother presides. Of trades there are plenty, and work, real work is demanded. The republic is governed by Its youthful citizens. If rules are disobeyed or work neglected the offender is tried by his or her fellows, and punish ment, sharp and effective, follows on the verdict The original republics are now federated, for they grew ,too fast for one' organisation.. Sometimes 200, sometimes as few s 75 citizens in one republic are found. How are they formed and how sustained? Sometimes a state, some times a municipality is the founder of a - republic Sometimes funds subscribed by those who recognize present rood, and futufo extension of good. fir used. THE Neighborhood gather. ,.: IXG v '"' A NEIGHBORHOOD meeting is announced at. the Irvlngton school building for next Friday night Primarily, it has to do the garden movement among with the school pupils of Portland. Other wise, It is concerned with the more general idea of neighborhood gath erings of pupils, teacher and par ents at the schools.- . , Tho plan is most commendable. Tho multiplication of such gather ings and their spread to all city com munities Is coherent and construct ive building for a better social rela tion, better schools, better boys and girls and a better future citizenship. In -Irvlngton, there is already a community club house with a long list of members, where there are so- claU gatherings, participated in by parents, neighbors and children. It 1b plan by which parent and chll- dren-become-acquaintedwithaiBjpIaBS for grounds and buildings another socially. It is clean living in the accentuated degree, with par ents and children showing one an other how to be clean and neigh borly. It is an Influence that Introduces Into city Hying the democratic spir it, and the kindlier community rela tlon characteristic of life In "country' towns. Emerson said that the prin cipal pleasure In life is one's friends and associations with them, and the Irvlngton spirit carries this maxim into a practlcaUzed . realization by making friends , of neighbors, : and friends of parents and their own and the neighbor's children. - The school house gathering is a similar step in the process, and one easy of realization In every city dis trict It Is a movement that is spreading throughout the big cities of the country, and ls certain ta gather Impetus In Portland. There Is a trend toward brother-? hood throughout the civilized rorld. It is in the atmosphere and entering more and more Into the dally life of every civilized people. It is the brightest of all the omen; of hope visible, in the world sky. The Portland men who are lead ing such activities as those-above described in Irvlngton are in the van of progress. WHY , SEND MISSIONARIES ? ffl' EN see that the progress of Christianity In this .wide world Is far less rapid today man in we nrst rour cen turies after Christ. - Then, In face of persecution and the threats and suffering of death, missionaries car ried the gospel by word of mouth into the dark places. Where they went the peoples believed their rec ords, submitted ; to their claims. aaopiea ineir moaes or lire, ac cepted even a new vocabulary, new moralities, new Ideals, abandoned ancient and hereditary customs, and endeavored to live, and Joyfully died, In the new faith. Yet the missionaries of those days had no printed books, nor, in tho first two centuries had they even hand written copies of the stories of the life, death and resurrection f the redeemer whom they announced to ' unprepared and Ignorant listen ers as the central figure of their teaching. . ,. -. ... . .One... advantage . they - had oyer their modern successors was that then they alone bore the namn nf Christians. The name stood for Just one style of man--that' man wha 1 practiced in his life the fenets that he taught. - . It is pointed out by Ambassador Bryce in a recent article in tho In ternational Review of Missions that In the rapid Bpread of contact be tween backward and advanced races of man, missions are not, nowadays, the pioneers. Natives first see the rapacity, the injustice, the greed, the violence of white men" of so-called Christian ; races. The missionary, follows and preaches a gospel of peace and love, but he has no virgin soil to till. " The seeds of distrust, hatred, fear and suspicion are already town, and can not be eradicated. v ; What follows? Shall the effort to Instruct- and Christianize bo stopped? 8hall Che governments fear to guard native rights, and to protect both the missionary and his converts from the invasion of the speculator, jthe exploit J&lUrd j -It is proud boast of the Anglo- Saxon races. that ths cfHcia's .when their governments eev.i to represent then do, distinctly a rnie, with but few exceptions, hold unstained, the world OTer, the honor of their flags. , But a world crisis Is on us now; The Influence of the white races is everywhere predominant Hot only the material conditions of native life, but their Ideas,, their customs, their beliefs, their crude moralities, are being changed or shattered. What the white Invaders offer to re place them must be a clean . and moral life, unless the teaching of our missionaries Is to be robbed of well nlgh all Its power. For many years white mission aries have cast, in their lot "with China, They have ventured them selves and their families, in treaty ports, in inland cities, and In the river valleys of the far Interior. As fast as one has died or broken down another has filled his place, so that the stream of influence has never stopped. Open converts have been but few In proportion to lives and labor expended and money spent. But" the great7 time of testing has come. Society In China has been broken up. Forces that would in bygone days have found outlets In general murder and riot have, with scarcely, an exception, passed the missionaries safely by. The .teach ing of long years has come to sud den fruitage In young men, taught in missionary schools and colleges, who are the sole hope of reborn China. . '. -.y'-,.'r ' What higher reward, what com pleter demonstration, could the mis sionaries ask? A NEW UNIVERSITY 0 UR neighbors across the line in British Columbia have taken steps to establish a Provincial university. They have enlist ed the government, and its minister of . education, who have Inserted In the estimates a first appropriation of $500,000 for buildings. This "sum Is In cash and without prejudice to the land grant for the support of the intended university, covering about 1,000,000 acres. They have invited competition for near the city of Victoria, B. C, and they intend to have the new build ings np and ready for occupation by August 21, next. - . -What is of Interest to us Is the Ulan of this youngest of unlversi- ties, now announced officially by the minister of education. ' " . ; "-"'a.'"'". . i ne inree ouuamgs nrst to oe made ready are homes for the arts department, the agricultural de partment, and dormitories for the students. The arts faculty is to re ceive the first ..attention and a high standard, both for': fwtry and' for graduation. Is to be Met. - - ' The next In - importance of the faculties is that of agriculture, and for this the model farm established by the government, and already highly Improved, is to be taken over by the university. A point new to iis is that; there being no state religion in the prov ince, and absolute religious freedom, various theological bodies are un dertaking to establish colleges, each for Itself, in : close T neighborhood with the university. ; The prediction of Dr. Young, the minister of education, Js, that this institution will "meet all modern conditions and requirements of high er education." He hopes that it will open with at least from 600 to 800 students. : In the breadth of the Invitation to aspiring students," covering so great a range of studies, in the generous scale of appropriations, '.for its sup port, the dividing line between uni versity and college is made plain. The college is the home of spe cialized study by limited numbers of students aiming high. Its appeal Is to those whose ambition, as Pres ident Hibben says, is to be taught to. think. .' The university of British Colum bia is to adopt the generous purpose of the founder of the agricultural and mechanical colleges of the United States. But the order , of those alms Is intended to be re versed. ' ! First, the liberal education In arts and sciences, second, agricul ture and the mechanic arts. May It prosper! , INOPPORTUNE SLDXES9 GAN It 'be that- the divinity that shapes the ends of British pol--- ltlcs - has ; determined that the great Issues .now before the people shall be settled by men only? Is It possible that the headstrong women who are pushing women's suffrage by violence and riot fall to see that they are cr.frytng the war into the arena where brute force and overpowering strength will de cide? And that i rce and that strength are not theirs. Mr. Asqulth draws away from them because he doubts the effect of doubling the voting numbers of the people at a single stroke, and without any previous proof that .the4 new voters understand their respon sibilities and are sane, steadfast," and wise enough to discharge them. Mr, Lloyd-George, and those who follow him, being convinced of the soundness of the principle of woman suffrage, are ready . to take women on trust, and make voters of them. It is a positively masculine act that is required. In it women at present cannot participate. " The weight of the decision and Its bearing on the destinies of Britain falls on those walagaui-fo not Mrs. Pankhurst and her deluded followers see that they are robbing lvcciti-4 cf their 'ument! 1 3 one ties with stones, shattering windows of home?, and fronts of 6hors and stores of inno cent and possibly neutral people? And at such a Juncture! When above all qualities coolness and pa tience are demanded to solve the heaviest problems that have con fronted a British ministry for ninety years. Do not these lnopportunlsts see the cruelty as well as the folly of their conduct? -- Well rsay the decent and orderly women suffragists pray, "Oh, save us from our friends." GERMAN" THOROUGHNESS I N a recent article Professor Rich ard T. Ely. the political econo mist records his observations on a year's sojourn in Germany. He says that the one word heard tbre to j express tho ambition and the progress of the nation Is "thor oughness The sense of It Is that as a whole the Germans think out th.eir aims, as nation and as individuals,- and - steadily - move on to wards their accomplishment " The almost compulsory ' beer drinking among the Munich students Is rapidly being reduced. . On in quiry the , German professors said that the students had taken np ath letics generally. They found the beer drinking a hindrance. Instead of abandoning athletics they gave up beer. Fancy a German student without beerl - Another point noticed b Profess or Ely is the development of private industries and arts without slacken ing the public activities for which Germans have long been famous. "It used to be said that the Ger mans can ; govern a city.. weJJ, .but they cannot make a sewing ma chine." Nowadays "made In Ger many" applies to clocks and hard ware, as well as to bridge steel and rails.' - , The amazing success jjf the Ger- I man Socialist party In the recent elections was gained on ft platform of which these were the leading features. Abolition of the monarchy and of the bundesrath the upper house representing states under the German constitution androf "the upper house in all state legislatures. Abolition of the standing army and the creation of a national guard. Responsibility of : the yarlous state (governments and of the national government to the people. Election of all officials by popular vote! The Initiative, referendum and recall. Nationalization of means of produc tion mines and quarries. Heavier taxation of great fortunes, Man hood suffrage and the, ballot for women.., ' ' r I ,';"'.. No wonder the kaiser objected to be represented rb a 'Socialist; for the Palace quarter of Berlin. ' r - But this program makes plain the belief, of the- English unions that the dominance of the German Social ists in the relchstag. meant the downfall of the Militarist party, and the end of aggressive war by Ger man armies. ;' . Credit may be given to the Social ist party in both Germany and1 Eng land for powerful Influence for peace. This knowledge may have had effective bearing on the readi ness of Germany to be associated with other nations In the arbitration treaties inaugurated by President Taft. '::-:.; .- '.. '-: .' Tm$ VANCOUVER BRIDGE HE' Multnomah county court would bet fully Justified in ajd ;, Ing the movement for securing funds for a preliminary survey and estimate for. a bridge over the Columbia at Vancouver. Ultimate ly, the proposed bridge will be built. Population' has reached' the point where it is demanded. - Preparation for building it is in harmony with lUitimate destiny. Such a bridge Is not ft private mat ter. U. is essentially a public un dertaking. It 6hould be supported by the public, and the only way for the3 public to do its part la by use of the funds derived by taxation. It is the practice to appeal to pub lic spirited citizens for money for such purposes. . Men rrho have the reputation of giving ' are constantly becet with appeals. We have In Tortland, for Instance, the spectacle of the Rose Festival supported by public I subscription, yet the Rose Festival is not only a Portland en- terprlseTbut'bne that Is oi large ad vantage to the whole of Oregon, and to a certain extent to the entire Pa cific coast.;. A Vancouver bridge is primarily of public consequence. Its ultimate fruit may be the making of Portland a terminus of one of " the great transcontinental highways ; already planned for construction throughout the United States. J : It la a" matter for men to think about. We plead for citizens of the United" States , to , "Seo America First." The. way to get them to "See America First" is for, every community to -provide the conven iences by which Americans can traverse and see their own country. OREGON'S TROUBLES "0" REGON Is troubled by too big a boom. Rush of labor ers and real estate specu lator&presenfji a grave Prob lemProtest by union labor warns people to keep away. , Real estate sharks make fortunes by swindling schemes." . . , .' , . Such are the scare heads of an article In a recent issue of the New York Times. They are lurid enough to-TrtrehrVerftgerc51Tefnrea'def the impression that Oregon is beset with war, pestilence and famine. th!r rr!'-r.3 ar.3 e only convincing arj fit to vote who ars The circulation of such ' etorh-s through the eastern press Is what has been happening to, this state ever since the Portland Central La bor council broke Into print with its posters and circulars. Oregon is being heavily penalized by the Btatesmaniike endeavors of some of her citizens. - - . - Letters Frora tLe People (Oomoaonlrationa ant to Tba Jonrnal for pob Hratlon la It la drpartmrni thou Id not ii SOd word 1b length and Biuat b ar-Mirpauied by th name addreaa of lha nd.T.) . Pastor Russell's Letters. Portland, Or March 1. To the Edftor of the Journal. Ai a reader of the Jour nal I wish to express my appreciation of the "Pastor Russell'' sermons you are publishing weekly. I never have seen any other articles that throw so much light upon Bible topics. Their teachings have Cleared up for ma many doubts and perplexing questions which before had remained unanswered, and If for me there must be many others who are finding them profitable. , I ara glad The Journal Is printing them and hope they are to be s permanent feature of the paper. . Mrs. & A. HOLM. . RepUea to "Physician." - Portland, Or., March ' 1. To the Ed itor of The Journal Without desiring to be a party to attenuated argumenta tion through your generous columns, I trust you will allow me to correct the distorted reference of "Physician" (his letter dated February II) to my letter of February u, en "Gray Wolves." I believe Jhe usefulness of the column for "Letters from the People" la In reducing the communications to plain statements of fact or opinion and letting it go at that I thought my letter referred to could not be misunderstood by a care less reader, but "Physician makes it say that I would Incarcerate the of fenders, when the exact opposite is true, I would not make them burdens upon the state and to themselves but leave them in liberty and usefulness. , Notwithstanding "Physician's" self assurance that he is scientifically cor rect, his suggestions of proof are not more satisfying than the observations SEVEN MEN. OF Robert No figure in history offers a more notable example of unshaken perse verance than the Scotch hero, Robert Bruce. 1 Coming of a race tn which this quality Is naturally strong he possessed it to an unusual degree. Robert Bruce was 'the son of the Robert Bruce who laid claim to the Scottish throne, along with Ballol and Hastings. When the English king, Ed ward 1. was asked to decide among them, he chose Ballot. So Bruce, with his family, went quietly away to Eng land to live. The young Robert was brought up In the English court. After the shameful death of Wal lace, he saw how his native country suffered under the English, and he de termined to put himself at their head, in order to rescue his people, from the harsh rule. King Edward became aware of his design and was about to lay hold of him, when Bruce waa warned and fled. Shoeing his horse backwards to deceive his pursuers he " put out for Scotland. "Bruoe to . the , rescue! Bruce to the reseuel" was the war cry of the valiant little band of Scottish chiefs who gathered under, the banner of Robert Bruce. ' The Scots took fresh courage under his lead and succeeded at first in driv ing back the English. But Edward col lected a fresh army, and sent it into Scotland. Coming f upon the forces of Bruce , at Perthshire, they put them completely to rout, and chased the Scotch leader all through the highlands, even putting" hounds onhla track. They could neither capture him, however, or shake his determination to free Scot land. ;' :--':'-' i ' It was during that time that Bruce met hardships, reverses and disap pointments that would have proved far too great for most men. Driven from place to place safe nowhere, deserted by all but a few of his most faithful followers, ho was at last oompelled to hide himself on a small Island off the Irish coast But nothing could discour age him and he persevered in bis de termination to free his people. ' In a few. 'months ' he had again gathered his forces together - and took the field..-.. And for three years he led his people with varying success against Tanglefoot By Miles. :.f Overholt THE LAND PEDDLER'S LAMENT. I bought a section of desert land For a hundred and eighty bucks. It was covered with rocks and trees and - sand, .. But I advertised it to beat the band As a country for raising ducks. printed a cut of a beautiful lake; 'f was Sparkling- and fringa - win trees. - ' 1 And underneath: "A man can make. A lovely home and a nlco largo stake . By raising a flock or Dees.' And ! printed a note on another page: "As soon as we nnisn me aticn, You can grow big crops of garden sage; The demand for.lt is ail the rage: In a year you win pa piumo ncn. ' And in still another most likely spot I said: "You can grow rme rruu. I tald: "The weather Is not too hot, And you'll be pleased with what you'v got, And we'll throw In the scenery to boot." With caution, care to the breezes flung, I piled up oarreis pi naie. I sold the land to the old and young, And they didn't know they had been stung, For I did the trading by mail.. Then I . stood ace high with R. O. Dun, But I didn't bury my cash. That's why they've got me on the run, For they took my chattels, every one, And my company's gone to amash. , ' , :s '.-.' i. '.'; .-..i 'L'.. If T can wiggle from Ihls here JalL By heck.. I'll change my tone. Like a blamed galoot, I used the mail, But I'll try a scheme that will not fall- By heck, I'll use the 'phoner ,. r. ., " 1 1 1 " m ' 1 " ' "' '"I1 , '' -'. Klamath Herald; Yesterday " robins were singing on the hill and today it -weal-snowy. wlth-iTTigrth'dtlow-ing. But It is pretty late In the game for old King- winter to assert himself. and not long from now It will be sun shine every aay without sunt. '3 VI HM iu'uiitTiiE irasrsr ;pONf yKV) , our on f . .-. v. l.vero:.a . s f'rt thrt sa-c:.i:?0 t-Var.H't r.?: S-.a .f tir'fO "aid to have been mace sterita In far-oil Egypt and IlufU are quite common churacter'.stirs also cf r't1 AmerJcars who are licentious, while "Physician's" authority admits tiati thn geMing Is a more generally usoful animal than the stallion. The fact remains that we need both fact and theory In the prosecution of this subject, a my former letter lm- plied. . Now comes a general reformer, Lora C. Little (letter of February 23) who, with characteristic weight of reasoning. settles the question to her own satisfac tion by the assurance that those who do not agree with her are "thoughtless and Ignorant. This is not only a genteel but quick method, although It would be difficult to find that formula of logic In the writings of Swedenborg. tho gentle-man to whom she refers. Besides the "student" will not find him advocat ing the separation of the evil act from its. fit penalty. Nor of leaving the in dividual In freedom to commit all man ner of crimes on society. This evil that confronts us calls for remedy heroic remedy if necessary. Just as plainly as "Physician" sees it his fluty to remove the appendix from the patient in his care. C. F. B. Streetcar Service. Portland, Or., Feb. 18. C 8. Jackson, proprietor. The Journal. Dear slri I do not know whether H has come to your notice or not, but it la a fact that one of the biggest injustices thar&as ever happened Is now being worked "on the patrons of several of Jihe most promi nent street ear lines in the city. As a matter of saving a few dollars, the street car company has taken it upon Itself to run double-head cars on sev eral of its lines. In this way saving the expense of an extra motorman. It has crippled the service to a considerable extent, so much so. that to reach the vicinity of Sixtieth and Fast Belmont It takes, at least 10 minutes longer. . It seems a shame that for so small a saving ' the street car company should make such a change, and it is hoped by residents along the lines affected that some action will be taken upon the part of the newspapers "to try to force them back to their old schedule, which was as good, or better, than any other City in the United States. ; ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE. PERSEVERANCE Bruce. the English. Qf ten the outlook was very dark. He met defeat frequently, and he had not only to plan his course of action, but to urge on constantly his little disheartened army. ' Only once did the perseverance of Bruce weaken. After a long series of disasters he was compelled to take refuge In the loft of a little cottage.! As he lay there on a pile of straw he thought pf the trial - ha bad been ! through, of bis slim little band of fol lowers, and of the great English forces, and his courage deserted him. Suddenly his eye was attracted by the efforts of a spider above him to? fix a thread for his web across an open space. Six times the little insect tried, and as oU ten failed, and the seventh trial brought success. Thts example of perseverance acted as a fresh inspiration to Bruce, and from that time on he never wavered.'1'-:' -r '.'..' '.V . The analogy of the spider's efforts and those of his own impressed Bruce. "I havs fought Elx times against the enemies of my country." The seventh effort of the spider being successful. King Robert determined that he would make the seventh attempt to free his country, feeling confident that he should yet achieve the liberty of Scotland. It was thereafter considered unlucky 3 for a Bruce to kill a spider. Five years later his perseverance was rewarded by tho glorious victory of Bannockburn, and he was established in his kingdom, ' One of the early writers says of Bruce: ' ".','.:- -'.".". -'' ' "If anyone should undertake to de scribe his individual conflicts and per sonal success, ' those courageous and single handed conflicts in which, by the favor of God and his own great strength and courage, he would often penetrate into the thickest of the enemy, now be coming the assailant and cutting down all who opposed him, at another time acting on the defensive and escaping from inevitable death if any writer should do this he will prove. If I am not mistaken that he.had.no equal in his own time, either in knightly prow ess, In perseverance or in strefgth and vigor of body." .Tomorrow Sir Issao Newton. News Forecast o trie ' - Coming Weelc Washington, D. C, March , S. Presi dent Taft, among the numerous entries ir the presidential race, promises to be most in the public eye during the week, owing to his western trip. The presi dent is going to Chicago to speak Sat urday night at a meeting to be held un der the auspices of the Illinois Swedish American Republican league in celebra tion of the semi-centennial anniversary of the Rattle between John Ericsson's Monitor and the Confederate ram Mer rlmac, On his way to Chicago the pres. ident will stop tn Toledo, where, it is announced, he will make a speech that will be an answer to Mr. Roosevelt's re cent speech at Columbus. Several of the southern , states are to reeelve attention from Harmon and WI1-, son, the rival aspirants for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. Govern or Wilson has accepted an invitation to address tfieM'arylahaigllitOfe Thurs- day evening, while Governor Harmon la expected to speak before both the Mary land and Virginia lawmakers during the wwk. ' ". , :',', . ' State conventions to choose delegates to the Republican national convention will be held during the week in Alabama, Indiana and New Mexico, -It is re garded as likely that fights between the Taft supporters and Roosevelt support ers for control may develop in . each of these conventions. President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons and other men of national prominence will take part in the twelfth annual meeting of the National Civic -federation, which will meet in ; Washington Tuesday for a three days' session. "Industrial Peace and Progress" will be the general theme of consideration, with an exhaustive dis cussion of the practical operation of trade agreements between employers and employes. At a meeting called for Kansas City next Monday plana are to be perfected for the formation of a territorial fed eration of railroad whop employes that will include every railroad operating! west of the Mississippi river. " As soon as the organization 1 launched demands' are to be made for a general advance In wages on every road. , v As a result of the municipal election Tuesday, Seattle may be the first large city of the United States to adopt the single tax. On that-day the voters will pass on the Erickson single tax amend ment to ; the city charter. Broadly Btatea.nlhav amendment.' eropoees tO""g' empt all buildings and personal property from city taxes and.confina the taxe Wholly to land values and the franchises of public servlo corporations, Y, orX V VJ 1 There 'are more than 7. 500. 00? Repub lican voters In the United States. The f. ' Pres'ae"t convention n odore Roosevelt cannot be nominate! by the Republican national ext June unless a majority of thess Republicans, favor his nomina tion. If nominated, he cannot be elected next November unless 'fully 7,- 600,000 American cltliens vote to make him president again. . Mr u R o o s e y elt naaJornLupfc 1 ol em 9 promise of November 8, 1904. that "un der no circumstances will I be a candi date for or aocept another nomination." But the promise remains valid. Only the American people can nullify it Mr. Roosevelt has no power to nomi nate himself for a tnlrd term , or elect himself to a third term. He is tn con trol of nono of the agencies of govern ment, either civil or military. He can reward nobody, . He can coerce nobody. He can punish nobody. All of the frensy and f l ill V n t hi atmnAAa 4. j. 1 tary manifestation. In an article printed , in the North American Review for June, 1910, a few. weeks before Mr. Roosevelt returned frora Africa. ', Rabbi Stephen S,-Wise gave the following account of an ex traordinary interview: " "Not long ago it fell to the writer to discuss the Inexhaustible . theme of Rooseveltlsm with two men, one of whom had been in Roosevelt's cabinet, the other being a Wall street magnate. Each unwittingly indulged In prophecy. "His former lieutenant unhesitatingly predicted the reelection of : Roosevelt and a subsequent change in the constl tutlon which would enable him to retain office while he llved Nor was this spoken In Jest, f6r"the speaker was in ; rrim, almost panicky earnest. -'But,' he added significantly. 'Roosevelt Will do this not in the interests of his own fortune, but to save his country.'? We reproduce this statement not be cause we believe that Mr. Roosevelt is -i j vu, ... uiryviicia . n . ,diuh. plotting to become president for life, but because it reveals the oharacteristio attitude of mind Of Ms most enthus iastic supporters. - As a class they are the weak and unstable and emotional elements of American politics who have mistaken their own hysteria for . na tional crisis. Having no confidence in themselves and no independence of Judgment, they .Want him , to, be their lawgiver, their lawmaker and their law Interpreter, while he soothes their fears and protects them from the menacing apparition of their own shadows. . - Allied with them li i cold, selfish. calculating element In American poli tics which concerns Itself with ' spoils rather thanTprlncipies, I and which be lieves that Mr. Roosevelt's nomination would keep more Republicans In office than would Mr, Taf t's nomination. Back of them Is a group of financiers and corporation managers who know that Mr, Roosevelt is a "practical man," who have done business with him in th past, and who find In his candidacy their only hope of breaking down the Sherman anti-trust law, which Mr. Taft ia 40 effectively enforcing-" Together these elements make up the third, term army whose adulation has turned Mr. Roosevelt's head, inflamed his reckless ambition and fashioned him Into the Instrument of another, crusade against a constitutional government of ohecks and balances. '-i.JjL:2. It human history and human experi ence count for so little that this Issue of personal government must again be fought out, i It might better be fouifht out now than later Tho country will never be better prepared for it. The American people temporised with .sla very until It forced them Into a great civil war. The World therefore welcomes Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy. It will rejoice to see this Issue squarely presented to th Amrtran -nennln In (hat com I no? ram. paign, when the country is reasonably prosperous, when the Democratic party is united, when the main question can not be evaded or obscured, and when the verdict of the voters at the polls will have Its influence upon the course of American Institutions for another century. -t- ' ', ..:""' '' To repeat ' what the World said on June : 8, 1910. the day of Mr, Roose velt's return from Africa: "What every thoughtful American has' reason to be concerned about Is not Mr. Roosevelt's plans and purposes, bat the average cltlten's attitude toward demo cratic Institutions a revealed by his attitude toward , Mr. Roosevelt. That is the thing of superlative significance this new and sinister and un-American passion for personal government.' Regardless Of congresses and courts and executives and constitutions, a republic Uvea only In the minds of Its Cltliens. It can last, except in form, only so long as their political Ideas and ideals are republican In spirit." -. Some day w shall produce another master demagogue as adroit, as popu lar and as daring as Mr. , Roosevelt. Some day a national election will fall in the midst of a national pante, with hundreds of thousands of idle and dis couraged men ready to follow any plaus-, lble agitator who promises to lead them out of misfortune. Let us not wait till the clouds of socialism and anarchism are hanging heavily over a distracted people to settle once nd forever that this Is to be a government of laws, not of men,', and that a written constitution which protects the rights of the minor ity as well as the rights of the ma-1 Jorlty must forever remain the supreme law of the land. ; Pointed Paragraphia .4. . - ....1..1..... V . ' charged the politicians with Adam's downfill, "... .. '--'".. -' 7.. ' ;':.:'"".';' y y, .'. ; - Women lose their maiden names when, they marry and Triost men lose their identity. - - - , -. ' iviy'-:"y: " ;'!t-V-''."'"i1 1 i ' It's easier to Indue some men-tojrun,' for office than to walk a block to seturh' a job of work. .. ... . -.. '.'.., '.' " "" V . .' ' Just about the time a man begins to think he la acquainted with his wife she begins to act strangely. . ., . Mahya man wouldn't care to go to heaven If some1 of the things described Dy,.wymen r - neaveniy were a. d found; there. - V$etter Legislators Needed. From the -Baker Democrat. Does It not appeal to the taxpayers that they should take some Interest in the kind of man to represent them and select their representatives from among those whom they have a right to expect would protect tho Interest of the tax payers Instead of known Incompetents, from whom nothing of benefit can be expected, and whose Incumbency in tf flce Is a burlesque and a farcer i - With a state tax rate double what It was last year and a waste of the money y l of the people like a drunken sailor In tchargerlS"ltTiCtw6i'tn while for the people upon whose shoulders fair the weight of this Intolerable condition to step out from their indifference and demand a new dcalT Frora tKe New