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&8l (H A WWT CORVA Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, March 23, 1906r NO. 26 Vol. XLIII. LLIS THE VOICE OF 1776. jonn wimycomDes urauun, With Respect to Barometer. The great bell in the Phila delphia statehouse bung sombre and silent. The flower scented zephvrs of a cloudless, summer sky played with the flowing locks of the old bell ringer as he stood and awaited a signal. A bright light glittered in his eye as ever and anon he shot a quick glance at the bell, or with arm bared to tht- shoulder, clutched the pend ant clapper. Below, the streets iu all direct ion were a mass of surging peo Dle. Thev stood in knots and spoke in whispers, turning eager ly to each other for latest news. Momentous events were tran spiring. The very air was sur charged with anxiety. All night the committee bad laboreo and its report was before the Conti nental Congress. In there on the table was that immortal docu ment, the Declaration of Inde pendence. Pale men with anx ious faces were ranged about, de bating the portentious qwestion of w isther or not to sign. Impatiently the old bdl-man watc ied and waited for the sign; waited for his flaxen haired grandson to rush from the building and flash to him the sig nal that the paper had been sign ed. Hark! there is a stir in the crowd. They ate surging at the entrance. The gleaming eye ot the silver haired bell-man catches a glimpse of a flaxen head thread ing the crowd. A nervous hand clutches at the bell tougue. A child voice mounts to the tower. "Ring, Grandpa ring." The old man hears. There is the strength of youth in his muscle as be grasps and swings the heavy clappper. " ' ' 1 - The bell peals out. It hurls a greeting of freedom to the noon day sun. The molten notes from its iron throat leap from house to house and then to the moun tain peaks. The crowd in the street hears, and burst into a mighty shout, the city heats and starts from desk and workshop. "How they shouted, what rejoicing, How the old bell shook the air; Till the clang of freedom pealing Swept the tiding everywhere. How the bonfires and the torches Lighted up the night's repose, Till f am planes like fabled Phoenix, Glorious liberty arose. "Independence bell is silent Hnshed and still its clamorous tongue ; But the spirt it awakened Still is living, still is young. As we greet the laughing sunlight On the Fourth ot each July, We will ne'er forget the bell-man Standing there athwart the sky, Kinging out the notes of freedom That shall never, never die." The voice of the old bell is seveuty-six. No the voice of more does the and fro. But of that July tongue sway to the joyons notes noondav aie still pealing. The old bell-man is the type of the men of the time. His eager grasp of the bell ton gue as he thundered forth the tidings is the spirit of liberty in carnated, inat same spirit coursed the veins and swept the breast ot every patriot of the time. In every one there was a desire for liberty and a determination to have it at any cost. Above every thing, overshadowing all things, was a consuming, steadfast desire to be free. It shown from the old bell ringer's eye and surged into his arm as he rang. It was the spirit of Bunker Hill and Warren. It was the spirit that sent Paul Re vere across the river at midnight and down the Concord road to tell his countrymen of the com ing conflict. It was the spirit in Washington, in Jefferson, and other immortal heroes of the time whose lives were resplendent with virtue, and in whose mem ory is entwined the history and glory ot ur conntry. Tfcetrt not lo rtuon why; Theirs not to make reply: ;Tbeirs;but;to do and die, For;Liberty." Ah! Liberty: for thousands of years you have waited for cham pions. Through the centuries you had loitered and lingered for defenders. The millions had sought thee and longed for thee, and died for thee; but it remained for Paul Revere and the old bell ringer, remained for those whom these two typify, to save thee to the world, to incarnate thee in majesty and make thee sovereign and supreme in one great land. The figure of the old bell-man still stands athwart the sky at Philadelphia and is seen of all men. It is a sight that the heads of autocratic governments in all foreign states ha'e sought, in vain, to hide from the eyes of their restless subjects, subjects which continually see in the eld bell-man an inspiration to fight on and on for freedom. The tall form of Patrick Henry still looms aloft with the dazzling sheen of a meteor. From mountain to mountain and from continent to continent they still hear him say: "Gentlemen may cry peace, but there is no peace; the war is actually begun. What is it the gentlemen wish? Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to De pur chased at the price slavery? Forbid God: I know not of chains and it, Almighty what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death." Why should not the nations have heard and heeded voices like" these? The roar of the ocean dashing on the reefs; the peal of the thunder as it leap ed from peak to peak or rolls through the valley ; the detona tion ot Niagara as it makes a mighty plunge what are these when above them sweep the im passioned notes of Patrick Henry, or rolls the torrent tohes"6f the old liberty bell.' The forces set in motion by the voice of seventy-six were of im mense import to the human race. They established a new state up- on a new moaei ana tnen ana there achieved human liberty. They affected the mightiest con sequences in that all the govern ments of the world are fashioned more and more after this new model, with a constantly grow ing share of rights for the com mon people. Measured by the weal they have wrought for the world, these forces constitute the largest transaction that ever took place in human affairs. Thus in our own beloved country, tne voice of seventy-six taught us how to build a mammoth nation. It is taught us how to roll back the Englishmen of 1812. It in cited us when the heel of the Spaniard was on the throat of Cuba, to drive the oppressor from the hemisphere. It is teaching us now in the awakening public conscience to drive out corrupt ion and infamv irorxfour corpora tions and save the increment of our effort in part for our poor. In France the voice of seventy six was neard and needed and on the ashes of tyranny has risen a mighty republic and a free peo ple. The people along the Rhine heard and heeded, and through blood and carnage they wrung from unwilling princes a written constitution. Hungary, poor Hungary, heard and her people rallied under the flag of freedom. They caught the fire of inspira tion and m awful battle won for a time the precious heritage for which they fought. Hark! what is the sound upon the night? 'Tis a shriek. Again and again it rends the air. Hist, miugling with it is the deep de tonation of shotted cannon. And the frenzied scream, and the hid eous groan, they too come out of the darkness. The rattle, ah. the rattle of musketry, the clack of swords, the thunder of hoof- beats, they are hideous through the night Murder, death, blood, terror all these in distorted con fusion for the hour. Ha, 'tis MOSCOW. '113 X.USSUL rW OAC TROUBLE. Dispatches in the Oregocian and Telegram. ' The relief of Lieutenant Dennis P. Quinlan, United States Army, as professor of military science and tactics at the Agricultural college is the outgrowth of an incident in which he and Roy McCully, a cadet, came to blows in the commandant's office, about January 5. Lieutenant Quinlan has always maintained tint the student assaulted him without provocation, while the latter alleged the attack was provoked by insulting language. Accounts as to the facts by the two or three eye-witnesses do not agree, and the question of who is deserving ot all the blame in the incident has been a mooted one. The matter was referred to the discipline committee, and that body, after taking testimony, re ferred the whole matter back to President Gatch, without re commendation. The cadet, in the meantime, had made an apology, addressed to President Gatch, expressing regret at what had transpired and promised not to be a party to any similar occur rence. In the apology he men tioned Lieutenant Quinlan by name and promised to obey his commands hereafter. This apol ogy the president accepted and read publicly in chapel. Lieutenant Quinlan refused to accept the apology, and referred the matter to the War Depart ment. The department sus pended Lieutenant Quinlan from duty pending an investigation, and sent out Major Wisser, who took testimony and made a re port. After that the department wrote President Gatch, requesting that the cadet be directed to make a written apology to Lieutenant Quinlan and also thaU4he pies ident reverse his; decision as to al lowing the cadet ;. to remain in college and in the cadet regi ment, and refer the same to the faculty for action. President Gatch did hot com ply with the request of the de partment. March 13 he replied, saying, in effect, tnat consider ation for the welfare of the mili tary department at the college made it impossible for him to comply, and that he would be more explicit in stating his rea sons therefor if the War Depart ment deemed it desirable. When seen tonight with refer ence to the matter, both Presi dent Gatch and Lieutenant Quin lin declared that they had noth ing to say. "If a story must be written about the incident, give Lieutenant Quinlan the best of it, and let it go at that," said Presi dent Gatch with a smile. In the Oregonian following people shrieking, screaming, dy ing for liberty. Above it all, pointing: the way, rings out the voice of seventy-six. But, oh, God; the clash of bat tie lessens, and . one side in the struggle grows weaker and weak er. It is the Czar that wins, and liberty is crushed. Back to their hopeless thraldom, back to slav ery sink the bleeding peasants, Yet again will they hear and be inspired to future trial. On and on will swell the molten notes of the bell of freedom. . The sweet tidings of the human race eman cipated and redeemed is the joy ous message from Independence Hall and High Heaven. Behind the luckless Russians in their hopes and aspirations, as he was behind the men of seventy-six, is the Lord God Almighty,' master and maker of the universe, and he will at last give them victory and rest May the good God speed thee and may he bless tne bleeding Russians as he blessed and built the men of seventy-six into a ' mighty and magnificient nation,' monument to freedom, leader of an emancipated world, home, haven and refuge for the oppressed and homeless of every creed and clime. the above article, appeared the following from Washington, D. C, dated March 20: Lieutenant Quinlan was de tailed for duty at the Agricultural College as instructor of tactics and military affairs, and in that capacity had charge of military instruction of all students. He was required to organize cadet companies and to drill and dis cipline the male students accord ing to Army regulations. In performance of this duty Lieutenant Quinlan insisted on Army discipline and enforced re gulations with the same rigidity that is observed in the regulai service, particularly requiring strict discipline among the cadets. The civil authorities at the col lege, the regular faculty, as it is understood here, did not uphold Lieutenant Qninlin in disciplin ing cadets who showed disregard for his instructions, and their in terference tended to destroy the effectiveness of the military in struction. Lieutenant Quinlan reported this fact to the War Department, showing the futility of attempt ing military instruction under such adverse circumstances, and at his request, he was relieved from further duty at Corvallis. Unless the faculty at the Agri culture College shows a ' disposi tion to uphold the military officer in the enforcement of discipline among the cadets the depart ment is not inclined to send another officer to succeed Lieu tenant Quinlan. The department is averse in making military in struction at the Agricultural Col lege a farce, and that is what it was becoming at Corvallis, ac cording to information obtainable here. t ... Then following an article in the Tel p. gram, said article being from uorvallis and bearing the date of March 21, which Corvalli9 ia wondering today whether Oregon Agricultural College is to lose Us cadet corps, as a result of the recent dif ference between the faculty ana Lieut. enant D. P. Quinlan, who was relieved from duty yesterday ' by direction of President Roosevelt, as first announced in" yesterday's Telegram . President Gatch will say nothing about the affair or the prospect, but he does not seem to be seriously alarmed over the outlook. It Is pointed out that drill can go on among the students even with out the sanction of the War Department. So far as known no word has been re ceived of the appointment of a successor to Lieutenant Quinlan. The difference arose over an affair in the commandant's office, January 5. in which Roy McCully, a cadet, struck the Lieutenant. In a letter to President Gatch the cadet apologized and promised to obey commands. This letter was read publicly, but the Lieutenant demanded an apology to himself, personally The department, when the matter was refer red it, upheld the Lieutenant, but Presi dent Gatch ret used to comply, saying he did so out of consideration for the mili- w el fare of the college. Lieutenant Quinlan has applied for a two monihd leavo or abeenee and intends spending the greater part of tnat time in this city. A Lively Ttissel. With that old enemy of the race, Con stipation, often ends in Appendicitis. To avoid all serious trouble with Stomach, Liver and Bowels, take Dr. King-ts New Life Pills. They perfectly regulate these organs, without pain or discomfort. 25c at Allen & Woodward'? druggists. A Scientific Mender. 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