I I ! r 'A THE MEDFOBD MAIL TOIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,909 ' ) , IXXi.i.i..i.i. 4- X .4. -4. 4. 4- 4- 4- 4- MedfordMailTribune A consolidation of the Mcdford Mui 1, established 188D; the Southern Ore gonian, established 1002; the Dcraoci otic Times, established 1872; the Ash land Tribune, established 1800, and Mcdford Tribune, established 1000. 1000. ; Official Paper of the City of Medford. George Putnam, Editor and Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : One year, by mail $5.00Ono month by mail or carrier. .$0.60 '. OUR SUPREME COURT. The Portland Oregonian has announced its interpreta tion and construction of the constitution of the state m reference to the increase of the members of the supreme court. According to the legal opinion of that journal there can be no controversy when once interpreted by the court. ,, i . i ii But who is to judge1? Shall it be the journalist or the iudge? Constitutional interpretation is a science (legal) Iby itself concerning which the "literati;' or the philoso' pher may bo ignorant. This must be left to the legal fra ternity on the bench or off, mostly on. The literal interpretation of the constitution of this state means that the supreme court shall consist of three judges, except to those minds distorted by legal haggling or legal construction. There is also no question but that this state needs five judges in the appellate court. Tlie state would have had a constitutional amendment permitting five judges at the last election had it not been for the Oregonian and a "political nincompoop" with am bition to sit on that bench, who but a feu-days before elec tion wrote a letter published in the Oregonian that decried the constitutional amendment for the reason that it did not limit the number of supreme judges. A shallower, cheaper or more unreasonable argument could not have been made. But all things have their effect as did this. The legislature passed a law increasing the bench, though the amendment failed. The result is a mud dle, unfortunate and inconsistent. What is the remedy'? Shall it be a literal constitu tional interpretation against the language of the instru ment, or shall common sense outweigh technicality'? REFORM DEFEATED. The defeat of reform forces in New York and San Francisco is another victory for organized graft and greed, not unexpected, but not less humiliating to de: cencv In New York the tremendous patronage insured by the expenditure of hundreds of millions, police protec tion of criminals in return for political support, and the scientific corruption of voters have again triumphed over the folly of a divided opposition. In San Francisco the old Reuf gang, m alliance with the United Railroads and the Southern Pacific machine, aro again restored to power, and the prosecution ot the "rafters is at an end. Calhoun is saved from the disgrace of conviction, though he never was in danger of the pen itentiary because the upper courts, appointed by Kuo and Herrin, would have treed him as they freed luiet and Schmit'. , . . ni But because organized corruption has been able by the lavish use of money to win an election is no cause for discouragement or for abandonment of the cause of re form. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," and popular government means a never-ending battle with graft. Elections never yet made dishonesty honest, wrong right,' though thov may make it respectable. Contest For Browraiekar Attracts a Deal of Attention. From Old as Well as Young. On nojcount of the press of busi ness tho tjoupous could not bo count ed until Tuesday afternoon. Wo regret to state that u groat many oC the hoys and girls who aro collecting coupons havo not turned in their names. This will lose thorn somo votos, for people will not drop tho coupons in if they do not know that curtain children have entered. Thoro ia a lot of holding hack of coupons, too which in nil right, if you wish to do that, hut when wo of fur extra inducements liko Inst week you should work for those oxtra in ducements. Ono uico thing nbout this coupon snving is tho fnot that ovor.v coupon that comoa i'i is paid for. Tho bpy or girl rocoi'vhig tho largest num ber of coupons on and by January 1 will rgecivo n Brownioknr.or real au tomobile tor children. All other boys or, girls, wiio turn in coupons will bo paid real money for collecting, so that all aro being paid for tho work they aro doing for thin More Th) contest is just beginning--oyory bo: or girl who will work stnr.ds a good show to sonuro tho nutomohilo, and it' you don't got the nuto .you do get paid for your work, llolow is printed tho list of contest ant. to date and how thoy stand. Krnnoij! Kurtli stands nt tho head and will roooivo an oxtra 1000 on her to tal at tho finish, but this is no rea son to say that sho will bo first, for wo havo given out about 'J0,000 cou pons Mnco tho start, nnd only about 10 per cent havo como in. What tho boys and girls want to do is to col loot thoso ooupons thoy aro to be had for tho asking BOO oxtra to the ono standing highest noxt Tuesdny's count. ITero is tho way it stands to date: Frauois Kurth 320 Noil Harris ' !U7 Myrlo Davis 232 Hoy Reynolds ; 201 Paul Russell 7 Harry Wortmun SO Myrl Gnrnott 74 Elsn Snydor ?0 I.cora Davis , . Drowning Purdin 25 Mablo Edmneda , . ; 25 Mr. niul Mrij. , Miles .Cnntrall of Applcgalo werbMio.pping in MedQnl Tuesday. THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Judge Septimus J. Hanna Addresses Treats of Christian Science t A large mid appreciative audience gathered in the Medfprdopern house Tncddny evening to hear the lecture on Christian. Science by Judge Sep timus J. Hanna of Colorado Springs, who is a member of tho Christian Science board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass. Judge Hanna proved a very nble and capable speaker, holding his hearers throughout. lie was intro duced by Porter J. Nef f with a few well chosen words. Ho said in port : Tho subject of my lecture indicates fairly well its .scope and purpose, "Christian Science, tho Religion of the Bible." We do not moor, by this that Christian Science is tho only religion which claims biblicnl author ity, but aro awaro that it is ono thing to chum scriptural authority in a general way and another thing to provo such authority from tho scrip tures. What It Is. Before proceeding to this branch of my remarks, howovcr, and acting upon an assumption which 1 am in tho habit of acting, namely, that thoro are more or less present who aro not of our fnith somo, maybe, who aro investigating, but not thor oughly convinced, some who arc skep tical as to whether Christian Science is what it purports to bo, yet others who have como for the first time lo hear tho subject publicly presented, T will sny that Christian Seicn.cc hns a text book. It is a trcntiso on hcnl iug through the power of God or the divine mind. Or, as wo claim, it is a thorough exegesis of the scriptural method of healing nil manner of dis eases, ' nnd of curing all manner of sin through tho understandin;' of Got' is all -present all-poworful, all-wise Tn short, it is a spiritual interpreta tion of tho Bible Tho author of a book of noto and o'f valuo is a porson of whom people desire to know, therefore T shnll ro for briefly to the life and character of Mrs. Eddy. It may not ho amiss for mo to say that for nearly ten years, as former first reader in the nothor church in Bos.ton nnd editor of tho official periodicals, T havo had opportunities which enable mo to spook intelligently of hor life nnd character as well as of her. labors nnd literary attainments. Mrs. Eddy. Sponking from this vnntngo ground j I fan truthfully sny that, intellect ually, sho is ono of tho most nlort persons I havo over known; that she labors incossantly and unselfishly for tho cause to which sho has devoted her life, and that, notwithstanding hor yo'nrs, sho perform on amount of labor ench day which, if known, would suom incredible, even if douo by ono yet in tho ndoloscence of life. An to hor roligious characlor, T spak my profoundest conviction ,whon I say I beliovo it to bo in accord with the highost standard of Christian living. Yet, notwithstanding hor highly spir itual nature, sho is withal an intense ly practical porson. She keeps close watch of current affairs nnd ac quaints, horf-olf with tho world's do ings. Sho is, moreover, a patriotic citizen. Mrs. Eddy, liko all groat roligious and moral rcformorp, has been the target for misrepresenta tions and sometimes malicious at tack. The animus of thoso nttaqks is so apparent that they havo fallen harmless. We beliovo in a God who possesses the power to forgivo and who doos forgive all tho iniquities of his. chil dren, n God who possesses tho power to hoal and who docs deal all tho dis eases of his children, who redcemoth their lifo , from destruction, who orownoth them eternally with loving kindness and tender mercies. Have wo been gonornlly taught of such a God? On tho contrary, have wo not boen too genorally tnught of a God who so far from forgiving all tho iniquities of his children, hns'pravid cd a means and place of oternnl pun ishment for such of thorn ns fail to live up to a proscribed courso of con duct f A God who sa far from heal ing all tho diseases of his children, sonds disease upon them in order to chasten ijnd make them hottorUvThis manifestly wns not David's concep tion of God. f'now call your attention to a:part of JJia Now Testament record which Larflo Audience and Splendidly the Doctrine of the Bible. wo consider as fundamental Christian doctrine teaching. I refer to the great commandment given, by Jesus to his disciples, called by some Bible com mentators his great commission to the twelve If it Is true that this part of the Bible is fundamental Christian doctrino or teaching then surely those who desire to live Christian lives can not too much study nor too well un derstand it. For present purposes I quote the account contained in Mat thew 10th: "Go not into tho way of tho Gen tiles, and into any city of the Snmar itnns enter ye not; but go rather to tho lost sheep of the house of Israel. "And as ye go preach, saying tho kingdom of henven is at hand. "Ileal the sick, cleiinso tho lepers, raise tho dead, cast out devils; freely yo have receivd, frely give "Provido neither gold nor silver, nor brass m your purses. XM or scrip -f efforfc nnd , expense this is for your journey, neither two coa s,'tho outcom(J q t to mnintnin neither shoes, nor yet s aves; for the fl in a town workman is worthy of his meat." Or of his hire, or witges, as it is else whoro rendered. One Commandment. This commandment is a unit. It is not two commandments. There is in, this language no authority to scparato or sitbdivido it. No more authority to do this than there is to reject it as a whole Tho words relating to heal ing sickness and doing the o works there mentioned nro not part of the genoral commandment it of part the very sentence in a h occur the words relating to pri i. ing. Yot we have been faug'jt ' c-lio-e that while a part of ,lliis om mnndmcnt wns intended for nil times and nil neonlos, another part was intended only for a particular time and a particular people Jn other words," that tho part relating to preaching tho gospel wns to bo hand ed down to all tho nations of thu world, until tho henthen nations should bo converted to tho Christian religion. But that tho part relating to henling tho sick and doing tho other works mentioned wns intended only for tho rimo of Jesus and his disciples. Or, in yot other words, the thcorotical part was to bo perpetuat ed, but the practical part, tho doing of tho work, was to bo relegated to tbo dead ages of tho past, left away back besido tho sea of Galilee Chris tian Scientists ennnot ngrco to this attempt to cut out or mako obsolete this part oftho great commandment. Hal thoy no other authority than this which I havo quoted, they would feel ompolled to mnintnin that this com mnndmont has not been fully complied with, nnd shall not bo fully complied with until tho sick aro honied and tho other works mentioned therein ac complished", in accordance with tho teachings and methods of tho founder of tho Christian religion. In thus 'endoavoring to oboy tho teachings of Christ Jesus in all thoir fullness and to 'establish upon earth his completo gospel, nro Mrs. Eddy and hor ndhereuts doing rightly or wrongly? Aro they or nro thoy not ontitled to tho good will nnd tho good fellowship of all who desire a full roign of Christ's gospel in tho earth a completo redemption of humnnity from nil its sins, its sorrows, its GOODNESS In Tea or Coffee comes, not from the making, but from the quality GOODFRIENDS Teas and Coffees t Aro good because, they aro pure. Profit sharing with beautiful prem iums. Agent for celebrated Ridge ways Famous Teas. 132 W. Main St. Phone 2691 llTTTTTT'T 1 ' I i 1 I I WHAT PAPERS HAVE TO SAY OF CONSOLIDATION -H- (Salem Journnl.) George Putnam, president of the State Press association, hns consoli dated the Mcdford Mail, tho, South ern Oregonian, the Jacksonville Times and the Medford Tribune all under ono name the Mail Tribune, and will publish the same as a large evening newspaper for that section of tho state Mr. Putnam is a born newspaper mnn, a, booster and pro moter to beat tho band, -nnd his suc cess means great things for Southern Oregon in general aiid Medford in particular. (Eugene Gunrd.) The morning and evening pnpers of Medford havo consolidated and only the evening Tribuno will bo is sued in tho future Newspaper men in most places lack the business judg ment to do a sensible thing liko that. (Roseburg Review.) Formal announcement has been re ceived of tho consolidation of tho Doily Mcdford Mail and tho Daily Tribuno. After a year nnd n half of that size. Tho Dalles had a sun ilnr experioneo somo years ago, and La Grande likewise A liko experi ment is being tried in Mnrshfield, but tho final result is inevitable While tho conditions at Medford may have been different, there is rarely any cxctisQ for more -than ono daily being published in a town of less, than 10, 000 inhabitants, nnd whoro a second ono is stnrted it is usually an attempt to gratify somo personal or politicnl ambition (or personal spite) nnd not because there is any public demand for it. Representing no public inter est, tho moro or less brief career of such oj-gans nro limited to tho time when the specinl interest backing them gets tired of .paying the bills. griefs, its woes, its sicknesses nnd its deaths'? Mny wo not fnirly ak our friends of all Christian churches: If it is right to do or undertake to do a part of tho works .which Jesus said must be done by thoso who beliovo on him, is it not right in a greater measure to do, or undertake to do all of such works? If, on tho other hand, it is wrong to do or t undertake to do all of tjioso works, it is wrong in reln tivo degrco to do or undertnko to do a part of those works. Hw, then, can nnyono claiming to bo a follower of tho Christ consistently disavow or denounce tho teachings of Christian Science and tho'glorions results here of? . C Christian Scientists do not clnim to bo able at this period to do all the works that Jesus and somo of his disciples did, but thoy do sincorely clnim to be mnking an honest nnd united effort m that direction. Aim oven urns inr ineir inoors jiavo bcon crowned with suph wondrous and gratifying success that they mny well ho encouraged to go on and on in the Christ wny, with tho full hopo and ex pectation nnd knowledgo thnt if they are true to their sacred trust, soonor or Inter thero shnll ho accomplished horo upon this earth all of tho great works that Jesus did nnd taught his disciples to do, and which ho com manded them to hand down to nil the natiaus of tho world, os we have clearly shown. 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