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Order- la heaven's first law,
and this confessed.
Soma are, and; mtiit be, grest-
er than the rest.
More rich, more wise: but
who Infers from hence.
That such arei happier, shocks
all common sense.
: Pope.
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TEMPERING THE WIND
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RE we standing on the thresh
old of radical social change?
Are the propheta accurate in
their aus-urles? Are forces
L at work that are to bring about a
gentle but swift transformation of
. the social structure with a pur-
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nose or. drying numan tears, euiur
matin human wretchedness and
rrfnhlnc human noverty?
Three utterances by three no
table men are significant. Speak
, lng in Portland Secretary Red-
fiM nf President wiison s caDinet
aid: ,
and use of the waterways. Well
considered plans for river improve
ment that might not be justified
solely on the score of navigation
are reasonable when only the ex
cess of cost above what should be
spent as a precaution against floods
is charged against navigation.
The point is well taken. No
serious objection arises when the
government spends large sums of
money to prevent floods, but when
an appropriation is asked for river
improvement to aid navigation op
position to the expenditure is based
largely on the assumption that if
the government makes a river navi
gable only commercial interests
are served. i
Protection of life and property
Is one of the functions of gov
ernment, a function which Justi
fies expenditures for river im
provement. But In fulfilling this
duty the government enters upon
another field. By making a rlvr
navigable it opens up opportunit-
upon which the enjoyment of Ufa
and property largely depends.
Improvement of the waterways
means that what the people already
have will be saved to them. It
also means that these great regu
lators of commerce will reach their
full usefulness in serving more
people and more property..
the Nesbits, to be wasted In fus-j door gardens or in the home. It
tlan, finery, feathers; and worse?) is urged that with this kind of an
How much are we overrating organization is wouia De easy ior
and overpaylng-these so-called ar
tists, when some of them get for
a weefc or even for a ! night, as
much as four hard working clerks
can earn in a whole year?
LABOR
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bad as any
A DRY VICTORY
D
There are 100,000.000 of us In
America, and I rather expect that
the country was made for the whole
' and not for a part of us. If 10.000.
000 of us are comfortable and 10.
000,000 of us are miserable, we neeu
not expect to stay here a treat while.
Nations prosper not by what they
have, but by what they are. It Is
more Important that the American
people be sound In honor. In morals
and In health than that they have
bis bank accounts.
We can't afford to have factories
In which we have a happy and pros
perous group aL the top and a suf
fering and miserable group at the
bottom out In the shops.
A nation Is not well-to-do on aa
average basis if that average Is mid
way between two terrible extremes.
We must take from those that
have that which they should not have
and give In equal epportunlty to
those that have not.
Here is a man at the head of a
department of government that has
, most to do with the great indus
trial activities of the country. Here
is assertion or social justice like
unto that of the man who marked
'the sparrow's fall. Here is expres
J sion of public concern about those
on the seamy side of existence, the
.'men who face the fierce heat In
the blast furnaces, the toilers at
the machines and those whose
'whole round of life is early to
;Work in the shops in the morning
and back to supper and sleep at
, night.
. Parallel with It is the expression
of Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard. Replying to
.a query from the Philadelphia
North American, he said
A new religious sentiment seems to
me to be gradually spreading through'
out the world, and especially among
young people in the United States.
It Is a sentiment which takes small
. account of ceremonies, rites, sacra
ments, creeds, and dogmas, but ln
. spires an enthusiasm for the ser
vice of family, neighbor and society
at large.
- Oulded by the modern scientlfio
spirit, this sentiment Is developing a
mew kind of Christianity, based on
.the ethics taught by Jesus, and par
tloularly on the command "Thou shalt
love thy neighbor aa thyself," and the
parable of the good Samaritan.
It is refreshing to turn from
the hard, grinding commercialism
of the past and read in Dr. Eliot's
words a contemplation of condi
tions as they might be. What
gladness there would be in life
under a realization of Jesus' com'
mand to "love thy neighbor as
thyself"! The Eliot view may not
be orthodox, but it harmonizes
'beautifully with the real teachings
.of the church, when, at least, ttie
church clings closely to the teach
lugs and life of the Nazarene. Its
close agreement with the Redfleld
expression is more significant, espe--,
dally when to both there is added
, ,the utterance of Winrfton Churchill,
: the well known American author,
v Speaking on the subject of "The
, - Crucible of Democracy," in the
Free Synagogue, In New York,
: , he said
. Men and women of all creeds are
arising around us and- flinging- them
ISTRICT ATTORNEY
GEORGE M. BROWN'S nota
ble victory over the Rose
burg Brewing Company In a
decision just handed down by
Judge Lawrence T. Harris of Eu
gene is not ' the first instance in
which that officer has signally
succeeded In applying the local op
tion law.
Some years ago at Corvallls, ef
fort was made to evade the option
law by resort to a so-called Social
and Athletic Club. The club dis
pensed liquors on the claim that
as the beverages went only to the
members of the organization there
was not a violation of the law.
District Attorney Brown and his
assistant, E. R. Bryson. attacked
the plan, arrested and re-arrested
the officers of the club and as a
result of a case that went through
the Justice court, the circuit court
and the Bupreme tribunal, the club
was put out of business. As an
effect, the principle is established
In Oregon by decision in the Cor-
valliB cases that clubs of the kind
cannot be operated in dry terri
tory. A curious coincidence is
that Jndge Harris rendered the
decisions in the Corvallls cases
and It is Judge Harris again who
holds as annulable the charter of
the Roseburg Brewery In the pres
ent victory of District Attorney
Brown.
Like the Corvallis cases, the
Roseburg case has attracted wide
attention. In the latter, there is
likely to be forfeiture of the char
ter of the Brewery, because of its
violation of the law, and it Is .the
first instance of the kind on the
Paciflo Coast
cases, it
N AN address before the lawyers
at the annual banquet of the
Multnomah Bar Association, C
S. Jackson of The Journal, said:
Every youth, every man, every law
yer, for that matter, should burn It
Into his conscience that everything he
consumes Is made by j labor some
one's labor and if he floes not do
enough productive, constructive work:
to offset this consumption, he Is a
social thief to the extent; or His aeno-
lt, and is morally, as
other thief. .
A poet has said:
That which the worker Winneth shall
then be his indeed.
Nor shall half be reaped for nothing
by him that sowed no seed.
In his time Colonel Ingersoll
pointed out that the United States
annually produced 1,000,000 tons
of steel rails, worth then $60 per
ton. The 1,000,000 "tons were
worth $60,000,000. A ton of iron
In the ground, he said, was worth
25 cents. That is to say, labor
takes 25 cents worth of Iron In
the ground and adds to it $59,75.
The 1,000,000 tons of rails in the
ground were worth $25,000, but
finished by the labor of human
hands were made worth $60,000,-
000.
We build in the United States,
a sMd worth$500,000. The value
of the ore in the earth, of the
trees in the forest, of all that en
ters into the composition, of the
ship which - brings half a million
in- gold, was worth, by Ingersoll's
claim, only $20,000. The con
struction of the vessel represented
$480,000 added to the value of
the raw product by the labor of
human hands.
Labor was the beginning of
things. All capital, all govern
ments, all nations, all institutions
rest on labor. Everything con
sumed Is made by labor some
one's labor and that labor should
have the comforts of life, should be
able to lay by something for de
clining years, so that the worker
can have his own home, his own
fireside, and stand before the
world, a self respecting, man. A
country is not well governed in
which those who do the most, have
the least. We are not yet fully
civilized. fWhen we are, pauperism
will vanish from the land.
Two hands upon the breast.
and labor's done;
Two pale feet crossed in rest -
The race is won;
Two eyes with coin-weights shut.
And all tears cease;
Two lips where grief Is mute.
Anger at peace.
children to do ordinary school work
three hours a day, six days In the
week, through, 'eleven months in
the year. At the 'same time the
children would contribute largely
to their own support by well di
rected educational Work, either -at
home or in the school, thus mak
ing it possible for the grea,t ma
jority to remain under Instruction
throughout the high school period.
The suggestion that vacations be
abolished may appear to be In the
nature of a major operation. The
children, at least, would consider
It so. But there is already- a ten
dency to utilize the summer period
under direction of. competent su
pervisors. . School gardens are an-!
indication of this tendency, and
there Is increasing effort on the
part of educators to keen in touch
with children the year through.
GO-TO-CHURCH SUNDAY
G'
OING to church one day will
not make a saint of any man.
but It may start a habit which
will assist in the transforma
tion. ' For - that reason Portland's
go-to-church movement, which Is
to culminate April 19, is especially
Important.
What was once a common habit,
growing out of a sense of Individ
ual need as well as personal dutyl
has ceased to be common among
people of the Protestant sects.
People who seldom sit in the pews
are the ones who most severely
criticise the pulpit. They have
withdrawn from communion with
their fellows, many assuming the
privilege to condemn without any
real effort to appreciate.
But the church has no occa
sion to complain of hostility,
though it has ground for objecting
to Indifference. It is not true
that the world is turning its back
upon religion, but it is true that
indifference has begotten antipa
thy to anythingwhich deepens the
seriousness or curbs the material
tendencies of life. One need not
be a communicant to appreciate
what the church la doing and what
it can do if given the support and
guidance of people who know the
world's needs.
Dr. Samuel Johnson said In his
Life of Milton:
CHICAGO'S NEW CHURCH
JOSEPH FELS
By Dr. Frank Crane.
POSSI BI LITI ES OF THE, PARCEL POST
c
HICAGO is soon to begin the
construction of a ngw church
It will be for use of the Chi
nese of that city, and the
As in the Corvallls project Is being backed by the fed-
enormously strengthens erated council of churches, assisted
ne errectivenesa of the local op- by the Y. M. C. A.
UOn law. I Ti a nmanti oil Ion nmlnHriTl
The Brewing Company contended hav united in the enternris is
mat mere was no legal authority that sectarianism is not easily un
ior me annulment or its charter, derstood by . the Chinese. They are
even if the facts alleged In the confused by it. Missionaries found
complaint were true. that it was easier to make a China
The state claimed that the facts man a Christian than it was to
set forth in the complaint If es- make him a Methodist, a Baptist
iBDiisnea, warranted the cancella- or a Presbyterian. Missionaries to
tion of the charter of the defend- other lands have found that simple
ant. lb I PhTQHonltT' wffThrhrtf otitt nnftlAnla.
On defendant's demurrer, Judge label, is more acceotable to the
Harris held that the state is not heathen than any system of theolo-
UUJUCU Bingie remeay or gy or peculiar belief
pumsnment, but Has the power Chicago's new church may serve
under the statutes to annul the even a greater purpose than that
warar ana deprive the corpora- of converting the resident Chinese.
uon or any right to exist."
HOW MUCH IS FOLLY?
w
There are a great many people, not
Chinese, who are not attracted by
Sectarianism. These' people fail
1 r. A A WmnV . t M l
" LS1 SLB .IT"d theories which separate the de-
lightful to the educated
To be of no church Is dangerous.
Religion, of which the rewards are
distant, and which is animated only
by faith and hope, will elide by de
grees out of the mind unless It be
Invigorated and reimpressed by ex
ternal ordinances, by stated calls to
worship, -and the salutary influenoe
of example.
Many other cities have had go-to-church
Sundays, and they have
resulted in uplift movements, the
effect of which will be felt long
into the future. In some of these
cities the campaigns were not
waged entirely from the religious
standpoint. It was agreed by all
thinking people that If men and
women could be impressed with
the duty of supporting institutions
whose potential power for good Is
unmeasured the problems of every
day life, of business, government
and all human relations, would be
slmplifled.-
Religion is a universal need. It
was Thomas More who said: -
As down in the sunless retreats of
the ocean
Sweet flowers are springing- no
mortal can see, . ;
So deep In my soul the still prayer
of devotion.
Unheard by the world, rises silent
to Thee,
As still to the star of Its worship,
though clouded.
The needle points faithfully o'er the
dim sea
Bo dark when I roam in this wintry
world shrouded.
The hope of my spirit turns trem
bling to Thee. ,
nominations, -lnese people are
four V.if an Y. n T . . . I ccv, uj ura tcauiugo yjL
tew, out as hog Latin to -h.j -u t. jr
ni.'j. J ''" .Christ, but a doctrinal sermon
bores them.
If an undenominational church
is good for the Qhinese,,why would
banked around the playhouse like t u" BUOU , J oine5 PP"5-'
great rows of field guns waiting " ,fner? dImand, ia for
the hand wave of theommandinl W,nat
officer. good purp0se does sectarianism
if n j an . I serve f
(Copyright. 1914. b-r TPranlr r.nnm.t
There died the other dav in Phil,.
delphia a soap maker by the nam of
Joseph Fels. ! i
If not the greatest. h th. mnt
typical, significant, and characteristic
pnlanthropist of our day.
This fas was because he represented
direction which modem altruism la
taking-. vi
Sine the Impulse of Christianity b.
cams a factor In the world man have
mors and mora been drlvan hT Min.
science to help the poor.
The earlier manifestations of this
desire consisted In giving- alms, caring
fur lim aic. ana OUtrwl aasimtlna?
me lauen oy tne way la the march of
progress. , i
In time Intelligence Dereeived that
this sort of thlnar is futila. bna
endless.' So long- as the economic sys
tem unaer wnicn we lire continues to
manufacture human wrecks our f fort
10 neip oniy result ) in palliating the
evil effects and con tin ulnar th ma
chinery. ; i
lience the striking movements of
modern times toward healing the hurt
of humanity are aimed rather at pre
venting wrong than in carina: for
wrong's victims. "That la the aim of
socialism, of single tax. of democracy
Itself. :
Joseph Fels felt the altruistic call.
He thought, however. He gave him
self to radical reform.
He objected to being- called a nhll-
anthropist. "Charities," he said, "are
the agents of pauperization." Further:
We cannot get : rich under t resent
conditions without: robbing somebody.
I have done It and am still doing It,
but I propose to spend the damnable
money to wipe out the system by which
I made It." i i
When asked to contribute to a sana
torium for consumptives he answered
U quote one paragraph of his letter):
"X contribute no money to charity.
I know that neither your charity nor
any other can do more than tempor
arily relieve a few individual cases of
distress. I know that what the Door
need most is not alms, but a change
In social conditions which will make
almsgiving; unnecessary. It Is to help
in bringing- about such a change that I
give whatever I can spare to the abro
gation of monopoly and special privi
lege." I 'hold no brief for the propaganda
of the single tax theory. The point I
make Is that while it may or may not
be the right theory it Is the right Elnd
of a theory. Because It goes to the
root of things and does not skim the
surface. n, ;
The Intelligent man of today is shy
of old fashioned charities, for he sees
that real charity is changing- unjust
conditions. What the manly poor want
is not alms nor dole, but opportunity
and a square deal.
How he goes at changing bad con
ditions is his own business. It may be
through one Ism 6r another, this party
or that; the main thing Is; Does he
strike at the root or chip the bark?
It is claimed for Fels that he Is
largely responsible for the radical
movement led by Lloyd George in Eng
land against the vested wrongs which
have there oppressed the poor for cen
turles. Also, he Is credited with hav-i
lng been a considerable factor in the
effort to take the veto power away
from the house of lords. i
He purchased 1300 acres at Hollesley
Bay, In England, and organized a col
ony for the unemployed. - This was
eventually taken over 1 by the govern
ment. ; ' i . i ' .
He gave away (360.000 ia year in
England, Denmark. Canada, the United
States and elsewhere. All this money
went to the destruction of those stupid
strongholds of ignorance and privilege
which create poverty. 1
It is for this reason that I call Fels
the meet rational philanthropist of his
time, and place his name In the list of
those who benefit their fellow men by
money above those of Carnegie, Rocke
feller, Dr. Pearson, or any other prince
ly endower of Institutions. I
I . . , . ; '
From the Chicago Daily News.
CARRYING THE BIBLE TO ISLAND PAGANS
By the Secretaries of the American
Bible Society.
From the Bible House In New Tork
a thousand Bibles have Just been sent
on a voyage of 15,000 miles. They are
part of the eighth edition In the
Gilbert Islands language, printed by
the American Bible Society, and their
destination is Sydney. In Australia.
there to be reshlpped to Ocean Island
and Apalan, In Micronesia. The prep
aration of the Gllbertese text was the
loving labor of a lifetime to the fa
mous missionary translator, the late
Rev. Dr. Hiram Bingham. The fin
ished books disclose a happy collab
oration of Bible Society and mission
ary in giving light to the isles that
"wait for his law."
in the bindery at the Bible House
poison was worked Into the covers to
discourage insect foes; the packing
room was turned into a ttnshop while
the books in parcels of 20 were solder
ed up' In tin to guard against wetting
by waves or weather, and the ship
ping office supplied the tin cases with
60 stout boxes as armor against rough
handling by stevedores of many races
all these pains being taken to insure
the safe a rival of the precious freight
at the Gilbert Islands. The cost to
the American Bible Society of this
consignment was 11367. It is a free
grant to the American board's Mlcrone
sian mission. While the missionaries
are freje to give away the Bibles at
their discretion, they will return to
the Bible Society the net proceeds of
sales among the people of the Islands.
Ocean Island, to which most of these
Bibles go, Is only a mile and a half
In 'diameter, a! mere dot on the Pa
ciflo ocean, almost under the equator.
seme five thousand miles southwest
fit San Francisco. But the 40 boxes
landed at Ocean Island will be sent
or taken on adventurous voyages of
ZOO miles or so to other islands of the
Gilbert group, by Richard Grenfell, of
Australia, who acts for the American
board. The secret of the choice of
this little island as a distributing
center is Its great wealth of phos
phate. which attracts steamers and
makes trade serve evangelism. Steam
era going to Ocean Island for phos
phate that will fertilise the fields of
Australia, carry from Sydney tne
Scriptures printed In New York to be
the seed of a spiritual harvest through
out the Gilbert Islands. So the ends
of the earth do praise the Lord.
the multitude who frlvoled and
fluttered under the. glare of the
lights and the diapason of the or
chestra. The automobiles were
no voice be raised In criticism, for
been demonstrated in
small communities that one church
if niir nennta 4f
it be ' can serve many people of varying
n,,t ww- ma - , beners as to minor articles of
" "" uivuey I falth
twuo irum i now many workers
YiaA in trill a tnAnth . .
TZZr S2000 a nl-ht nr isnnn rcauo- lur luo moBl Par an agree-
;ri,: -YE".. curam " " " .v. ".I. : y . u'6UNment to disagree mildly, on nones
i. " J.,T. T aI. ' sentials
Ajvoij uuiiiu- iu uuo worm nas to
Most of thef denominations
agree on essentials. Sectarianism
to his rift.
. The "rights of man" Is now being
supplemented by another philosophy,
Whioh proclaims the duties of qn
Society and government are also
responsible for the individual. The
motive .Is religious, the end Is prac
tical. Thus society protects Itself
from the ravages of waste through
useless, feeble-minded, criminal yes.
and irreligious citizens. Thus, as the
religious idea develops, government
develops with it. They go hand m
hand.
' There seems to be a rising tide
of humanism. After nineteen cen
turies, the spirit of the Galilean
ihas swept across the seas to tem
per the wind to the shorn lamb,
FLOODS AND WATERWAYS
EPORTS from the East tell of
threatened floods as the re
sult of melting snow and
spring rains. The need of
controlling rivers for protection of
- dwellers along their banks is thus
f again brought into prominence.
; : Streams must be kept withrn
their banks In the Interest of ltf
and property, no matter the cost,
, and the Chicago News uses the
flood reports as an opportunity to
how the relation between control
be created by human endeavor.
Somebody had to create by work
the wealth that went to pay for
tnis glided scene of song, music
and fine linen, at $6, more and
less, per.
There is
SCHOOL VACATIONS
" A protest against the repeal of
free toils Is voiced In ringing reso
lutions by the Central Labor Coun
cil of Portland. The toll on Ameri
can products for' " American con
sumers through the canal is a toll
on every American toller. Some
body has to pay the added freight
money which a toll on products
means, and that added charge has
to be created by a worker. The
Labor Council Is right. The pro
test of every worker In Oregon
ought to thunderv through the Cap
itol at Washington.
V R. P. P. CLAXTON, United
J States commissioner of edu
cation, insists that -. there
should be some kind of
complaint that taxes school activity, for most philflren
are high, and they are. Some men in the summer months. He is
are mortgaging property to get opposed to what he calls the "long,
the wherewithal to pay them, in- wasteful vacation," insisting that
cidentally, it was- noticeable that some kind of instruction should be
some of those who wall loudest provided.
aoout taxes were spick and span Dr. Claxton says that school
In the lights and lure of the opera, takes at the most 900 hours a
lierore tne xpera, we had Marie year ont of Kilo wafctno- hnnrs
Lloyd, at $1550 per week. We are Assuming ten hours of sleep for
nave n.veiyn wesDit Tnaw at children each night, the average
uuu or so pen we had Frits! child spends about 600 hours in
Scheff at $2625 per. . , school and the remainine. 4510
And we complain that the cost waking honra ruir. nf nrthnnl 9nm.
of living is high. We loftily won- mer work, the ' commissioner saya,
der why so many people are poor, should last not longer than four
We look askance and in incredible hours, from 7 or 8 o'clock to 11
wonderment at the army of the or 12 o'clock Jn the forenoon,
unemployed. Th nredictibn is made that the
Isn't it true can we deny the ao- school of the future, both In sum-
cusation that we are a silly. In- mer and winter, Will give less tinie
congruous herd of faddists In to intensive study and more time
pouring the dollars of toil into to productive work,, under super-
the Japs of he Schelfs, the Lloyds, vision of Instructors In shops, out
lier friends throughout Oregon
are grateful for the complete re
covery of Mrs. Clara B. Waldo
from a recent surgical operation
performed In San. Francisco, and
her return to Portland to reside.
As a former lecturer of the state
grange, as a woman of high at
tainments and broad observation,
she is known and highly esteemed
from border to border of the state.
Her operation followed a trip
through Europe, and her present
return to Portland is after an ab
sence of many months.
It can never be dull or stupid
conjecture to ruminate over the
question of what business Mult
nomah county had with $3000
worth of bedbug poison.
"4
Expert Themselves.
"Disturbances have been noted on
Mars."
"Is that soT
"Some think Mars is trying te com
municate with us."
"I wouldn't wonder if they want to
congratulate ; ns on finishing the
canal." ' .-
What He Wanted.
From the Kansas City Journal.
"My wife Insists on having a fly
ing machine" ' j.
"We have some that are perfectly
safe, sir. ...
"Have you one that win fly at an
altitude of about ten inches r
NEWS FORECAST FOR
THE COMING WEEK
During the coming- week! there will
be numerous elections and! primaries,
the results of which will afford food
for thought on the part of the politl
clans and the public aa well.
The long and bitter contest for the
United State senatorshlp between
Congressman Oscar W. Underwood and
Congressman Richmond P. Hobson will
be settled in the Demooratio primaries.
10 do neia in Aiaoama Monday. At tin
same time a United States senator for
the short term, 10 representatives in
congress, governor and other state offi
cials, members of tlfB legislature and
county officers will be selected.
Of national interest will be the spe
cial elections to rui vacancies In the
seventh district of New Jersey and the
twelfth district of .Massachusetts.
Both elections will be held Tuesday.
The election of the Democratic candi
dates is expected In Massachusetts. In
New Jersey the result is more doubt
ful. with the Democrats, Republicans,
Progressives and Socialist all making
nara xignts. I
Wide attention has been attracted to
the municipal campaign in Chicago.
where the aldermanlc elections will be
held Tuesday. Great doubt exists as
to the outcome on account of the vote
of the women, who will exercise the
right Of suffrage for the first time.
Several women are among ' the candi
dates .for places in the aldarmanio
council.
On the same day as the Chicago elec
tion several hundred other cities and
towns of Illinois will hold their elec
tions.. The liquor issue is being foua-hl
out from one end of the state to the
other, and It is believed that the elec
tions will result in a large increase in
the "dry" territory.
Wisconsin cities also will! hold their
spring elections on Tuesday. Most in
terest centers in the mayoralty fight
In Milwaukee, where the contest Is be
tween the Socialists and the support
ers of the non-partisan administration.
At the election to be held Tuesday in
Superior, Wfs., the voters will pass on
the question of the municipal owner
ship and operation of the street rail
ways. ; t
Voters In the state of New Tork will
got to the polls Tuesday to east their
ballots for or against the proposal to
hold a convention to revise the state
constitution. .1
A Republican "get-together" dlnnes
is to be held in Chicago Thursday un
der the auspices of the Hamilton club
of that city. Senator Cummins, of
Iowa, Governor Tener of Pennsylvania,
and other political leaders of national
prominence are 'expected among- the
speakers.
Republicans of Maine will hold their
state convention in Augusta; on Thurs
day. The principal work of the conven
tion will be the framing of a platform.
The party will make. Its congressional
and state nominations at the primaries
in June. '
A state conference of the Progres
sive party of Colorado is to be held
Monday in Denver, for the purpose of
planning ror tne coming state cam
paign. - . . i
Important decisions may be handed
down by the supreme court of the
United States when it reconvenes Mon
day after the recess of two weeks.
Hearings by the Interstate Com
merce commission on applications of
railroads to continue after July 1 their
holdings of water lines, under the dis
cretionary authority conferred upon
the commission by the Panama canal
act, win begin In "Washington Wednes
day, and continue ior several weeics.
The new Federal Industrial Rela
tions commission has decided upon
Monday for beginning its hearings in
Washington on the metnoas or adjust
ing differences between employer and
employe, such as collective du-kuud&
conciliation and arbitration.
Delearates from practically all or tne
western states will attend the Irriga
tion r on cress which is to meet in Den
ver on Thursday In response to the call
Issued by Secretary of the Interior
Tana The congress win roiiow me
annual conference of western govern
ors, which Is to be held in Denver on
Louisville will be the scene of an
Important gathering of educators dur
in the week. The occasion will be the
first joint convention i duuiu
Educational association ana tne cunw
ence for education In the south.
this treacherous thing. O. my fellow
citizens! Have you had any cards, let
ters or literature from any other can
didate but the next gov mean
Smith?
The truth Is. he sent out some type
written letters, and is not a multi-
grapher hirer. Wouldn't it be swful
to find he had hired a dastardly mem
ber of the.multigraphers' union to do
some work for him? Let him Deware.
Th Orns-onian is having the multl-
graphers" caves watcned to eaten omnn
at it. and the man the Oregonlan
catches and knocks Is usually elected.
j. j. in.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
Letters From the People
OonmsnleatloDs sent te The Joomil tor
?ctik-atlon in thla department ahoald he writ
en on only one aide of the paper, ahoeld not
jt srut wirii I. i.nvth ana must be ac
companied by the name and address ot the
(coder. If the writer oes not desire to
bare the sane pabliaheo, saoata so eiai.j
"DUenaeloe Is the treatest of all "-form-
..M.itA. .nrrthlif it toaebea. It
robe principle of 11 tle aaaotltr and
throw them back on their reaaonablaoeee. If
ther hare no reaaocableneaa. It rnthleaeir
mine them out of existence atJ sett np Its
m eonciueiOBS ia uesr w.
Wilson.
Allowable Vivisection,
Portland, April I, To tho Editor of
The Journal Zn answer to the eai
torlal in Tuesday's Oregonlan upon
a recent operation In Baltimore where
a child's eve had been restored to
sight by grafting from a pig's eye.
I wish to refute the sarcastlo asser
tion made by the writer that all anti-
vlvisectlonlsU disapprove of "pig
vivisection."
a .imiii that are daily being led to
the slaughter houses, where they are
mercilessly killed for no other rea
son than to satisfy the human appe
tite, might Indeed serve a better pur
pose to humanity In the hands of the
vlvlsector. If pigs were their only
victims vs might readily approve of
vivisection and rejoloe in the great
advancement of science, hut our sar
castlo writer In his enthusiasm over
this one great operation has lost sight
or. or at least has failed to mention
the fact that the lives of hundred
of little children, mostly of the
poorer classes, are today being sacri
ficed. and many are being permanently
Injured, through the experiments of
the vlvlsector...
It is In defense of these little chil
dren. and those dumb animals which
are capable of great love, that the
fair-minded antl-vlvLseotlonist stands
ready to fight.
The few benefits received from vlvi
section are lost sight of by many of
us when we consider the price suffer
ing -humanity has paid for them in
her own life mood.
Reason, Justice and love are but
synonyms of "an tl-vivisection, an
without any one of these the world
would soon degenerate.
ANIM S NET AG,
A Discovery Regarding Dr. Smith.
Portland, April 4. To, the Editor of
The Journal I think it dreadful the
way Dr. Smith, Democratic candidate
for governor, is making the morning
dally worry. He seems to be the only
J candidate that really Is getting on
their nerves. After a long and faith
ful search ror something to say
against the pestiferous Smith, ' they
discover, that he sent multigraphed
letters to some friends and to some
voters, to QX&tX candldatej has done
Discusses the Two Kays.
Portland. Aortl 8. To the Editor
of The Journal By what "priority of
right" does Thomas B. Kay. the poli
tician, and chronic officeholder, seek
to set himself above the common Tom
Kay, the expolioemanT
T. BL Is a self aggrandlxed individ
ual possessed of enough egotism to
make him imagine that the "divine
right" rests solely In himself, and
that any reckless aspirant from the
lower strata who attempts to butt In
must surely suffer defeat.
Tom Kay, the expollceman, is noth
ing if not a self assertive character
of the progressive stamp, who, feeling
himself In a position to rise in the
world, has come forward to grasp an
opportunity which his right as Amer
ican citizen gives him to aspire for an
office he feels qualified to fill. Who
can say that he may not prove t be
the better man of yie two?
True. Tom Kay, as a policeman. In
the execution of his duties may have
brought down the wrath of many per
sons who do not care for the law's ap
plication when directed against tnem
selves, but we must pause to ask If
those same duties were not performed
in the interest of the public gener
ally!
A nubile servant faithfully enfor
clng the law must in a measure Incur
the hatred and stir up the dander of
many citizens, but this must not be
held against him by the voters of the
state. Let the public be fair. The
two Tom Kays are out on the same
ticket for the nomination for state
treasurer. They should be aoooroea
the same Impartial consideration lu
measuring their respective attributes
and qualifications.
BERNAIUJ 20.ujukxh.iu.
After establishing a colony at Port
Orford in July. 1861, Captain William
Tichenor resumed his regular Port
land-San Francisco run.
The Sea Gull, with Captain Tlchenoe
in command, continued to make regu
lar trips and on August 89, 1851. left
Portland with Dr. Anson Dart, super
intendent of Indian affairs, accora-
panled by 11. H. Spalding and J. X
Parish, two Methodist missionaries. At
Astoria the steamer took on board
Lieutenant Whyman with 11 soldiers.
two mules and a mountain howitzer.
The ship arrived at Port Orford on
September t. TVault had been sent
out on a surveying expedition but his
party met with disaster. They were
attacked by Indians, several of the
men were killed, and "TVault went ,
down the coast to Cape Blanco. He
reached the mouth of the Sixes River, -where
the Indians took his Sharp's
rifle away from him and also took all
his clothing. The attack on TTaulfa
surveying party occurred shortly, be
fore the arrival of Dr. Dart, the Indian
agent with Spalding and Parish. Iter.
J. jU Parish at once offered to pro
ceed to the( scene of the murder and
investigate 'the outrage. He took with
him two Indians whom he had brought
with him from the Columbia river and
the chief of the Indians of Sixes River,
This chief had come in and returned
T'Vault's rifle and offered to guide
Parish to where the Indians were so
that a council could be held 'and the
murderers apprehended. The council
was held by Rev. Parish but the In
dians were so outraged by their chiefs
action that immediately upon the de- .
parture of J. L. Parish they killed
their chief and quartered him. One
of the chiefs three wives carried "the
chiefs remains to their village, where
she burled them and word was sent
to Dr. Dart, the Indian agent, of the
action of the Indians. He sent out
runner and called a council of all
the Indians. Spalding and Parish and
Dr. Dart, the Indian agent, returned to
Astoria on board the Columbia in the
latter part of September. On the re
turn of the Columbia to Port Orford
she brought Samuel Culver to act as
Indian agent.
Next month both Xhe Columbia and
Sea Gull were chartered by the gov
ernment to take Colonel Silas Casey
and his troops rcjpslsting of cavalry
and artillery to Port Orford The Sea
Gull brought Company C of the First
Dragoons with SS horses and 48 mules
from Benlcia. This company was un
der the command of Lieutenants Stan
ton and Stoneman. Colonel Casey, who
had arrived a few days previously on
board the Columbia chartered the Sea
Gull to convey the troops to the mouth
of the Coqullle river, while XJeu ten
ant Stanton with two whale boats pre
pared to ascend the Coqullle river In
pursuit of Indians who were still hos
tile. The troops were landed from the
Sea Gull although one boat load was
overturned, but before all the troops
were landed a heavy gale made the
sea so rough the Sea Gull anchored
and waited for morning to land the
rest. Next morning the storm was
more severe so the Sea Gull had to re
turn to Port Orford where she dis
charged the rest of the troops, who
started by land for the Coqullle river.
Lieutenant Stoneman built a block
house on the bluffs which commanded
the Indian village and the river. The
Indians were entirely unacquainted
with firearms and when the howitzers
threw their shells Into the Indian vil
lage they were terrified. They fled
In their canoes up the river and were
pursued by the troops In the two
whale boats. The Indians were so se
verely punished by the troops that
they never as a tribe entered into hos-'
tllltles against the white man again.
Points to Front Street Files.
Portland. Or, April L To the Ed
itor of The Journal I am fully in
favor of every movement toward rid
ding the city of both horse files and
bouse flies, and will help all Z can.
but there is one place It Is up to the
authorities to keep clean, and that Is
Front street. I work Just above on
of the main fruit and produce mer
chants, and there are others all around.
In the summer it becomes necessary
to onen the windows to keep from
suffocating under a tin roof, but the
flies and smell are as bad. li not at
the time, they often prove to be later.
Keep the swill barrels clean and
the files wilj not congregate and. con
sequently not breed.
There is to be a law, Z understand.
to force residents to keep the lids on
their garbage cans, but what About
the downtown places?
i JAME3 ELLISON.
Harry Tracy's Death.
Freewater, Or., April 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Please give me
exact date of the death of the deeper
ado Harry Tracy. J. H. WEST.
Harry Tracy, surrounded in a wheat
field by a posse, and with a desperate
and probably mortal wound in the leg.
blew out his, brains at about 11 o'clock
on tne nigntioi August o, iv2.j
Newspaper In Swedish.
Portland, April, 4. To the Editor of
The Journal Please tell me, through
The Journal, If there Is a Swedish pa
per published ; in Portland, if so,
wheret SUBSCRIBER.
Yes; the Oregon Posten, published
at Second ana, ptark, streets '
The Ragtime Muse
Love's Tragedy.
Deer lost love of long ago!
Parted by a rate malign.
Much I mused upon your woe.
Missina: these strong arms of nine.
Oft I dreamed with fond regret,
or tne Deauty ox your tece;
None I subsequently - met
Had your loveliness and gTace.
Z was sure that you. out there.
- Long and patiently would wait.
Sloping stui my tot to snare, .
ocoraing any otner mat.
So I. dreaming, tolled, unwed, -Seeklnsr
wealth to bring to von.
Thinking nothing need be said ,
ur tne love or lovers true. , '
Fortune finally Z won.
At a hitter, cruel cost I
Z came to vou on the ran
For the love I now have lost.
Tea. I find forgive these groans
is a loslns- ram a I
iou are ooese Mrs. Jones, w
Waiting
u are ob
And you've quite forgot my name I
The Woman's Page
The Journal each evening; pre
sents a number of striking
features. Many of them are
of exclusive interest to wom
en; others are of general
appeal:
They all are worth while. Cul
tivate this daily feature :
page; you will find It profit
able." ,
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