^¡Vt
T he S ilverton J ournal
VOL. 111.
SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914.
America had ever shown signs of im HR WE IIIINKERS AND
otherwi «• inert and dea«l humanity. STATE FUNDS FOR
LEW IS JOHNSON CASE
HIE ROMAN POWER Not incapacity for government, but in
VICTOR) FOR HIE CITY provement during the past century,
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
then this would never have been writ
difference to it, ha.- ever been the nub
ten, but then- has been no improve
of
the
difficulty.
Promethux
wax
the
The Catholic hierarchy almost ruled Savior type, because he wax th«* fire-
The third trlul of LewL Johnson for ment. Therefore, the sume reason
From continued appeals by the Am-
“blind pigging,” re..tilted in u complete that exi> ted a hundred years ago for the world and darkness wax upon the brir ger Anti J«- <u> showed hi- Savior lerican Roman church for government
victory for the city. The Jury wax ax denouncing Catholicism, ami declaring face of th«* deep. Scarcely any one hood nowhere more convincingly than support of their par«x*hial school work,
follow*: J. Duniielx, J I*. Larson, that lh<* priestcraft was detrimental dared to think, ami no one to exp *« « to hi- manifesto: "I am coming to one would almost conclude this coun
Henry Schr<M*«|«*r, Erank Kerr, llune to America still exist-, ami so long ax an hone-t thought for fear it might I m * bring fire on earth.” The awaken- try to I m * the only theatre of such a
Steen und George Riding*. All the it does, God help Americans to let <-omlemn«*<l by th«* pri«*-thofsl. For ment of the populace, while the most propaganda But a glance at the news
seats in the court room were taken their voici* I m * heard around the civil money, men and women could buy the difficult, is also th«* moxt splendid columns of foreign dailies reveals that
uml a larger audience i.tamling up ized world lighting the buttles of the privilege of committing th«* worst work, the goal toward which all educa the ,-ame demand for state recognition
when the cnxe opened last Momlny "Land of the free, and the home of the crimes known to <>ur race. Awful! tion, all inspiration through the slow <>f religious teaching is made in all
Awful! But a chibl wn horn with a
morning in Judge Hohlitt'x court. The brave." J. S. Carr.
have climbed. Wnat oever is quarters wher«* It has not yet been ob
love for truth, a hatred for evil, a centurie
defen c hud nothing of any importance
pure
anil
and of go«Mi report, tained. An item in a late Melbourne
'•rave, determined, undaunted spirit, com«*- from lovely
to udd to the evidence given in the
souls
that hav«* b«*eri get Age shows that the conflict in that
CHRISTIAN ( III R< II NEWS.
lie spok«* and was hunted ax a wil«J
former trinlH. The very fact tliut they
>n
fire;
whilst,
with
the dying out of distant country, on this particular ax-
beast. H< defied th«* ruling gang of | th«* tire of the spirit,
hud changed from 'the position thut
immoralities , pect, has iMM-ome sharply irritating, to
Next Sunday night will be given the thieves Hi* preached and prayed and
the iici 'U <*<l hud <>l«i nothing whutever
come
trooping
in.
Dante
guided say the least.
lecture
entitled
"A
Scientific
Demon
taught. Other.- were in pired with a : by a ure instinct when h«* was
to the pro» cuting witne.. , uml that
In the heated debate of the rjuestion
broke
stration
of
the
Harm
Done
to
This
love for freedom of thought and they, tradition and pictured hell as a with
he had not Keen the lady witne «*., in
th« re, the president of the Protestant
cold
Community
by
Liquor.
”
The
reason
too, defied th«* Roman power, until to and '*>ggy swamp, the negation of life Defense Association for Australia
hix store ut all, to the position thut he
had sold "rexo” to the said prosecut why this wax not given last Sunday is day thou: anils ar«- awakening to the and warmth. The event to which the charges that the Roman church is in-
Iw-cnu
«-
we
did
not
wish
to
do
any
knowledge that every human being
ing witness did their case more harm
aincer«* in its declaration that Roman
thing to prejudice the minds of the should have the right to think for him- who!« creation move.-, is that humani : Catholics are not in politics. Quoting
than good.
ty
might
have
life,
and
that
it
might
from a speech by the Catholic Dr.
The accused had worn in n former people of the community before the elf. They an* the teacher- of the have it more abundantly.
trial that he not only did not sell J. E. trial that convicted Lewis Johnson of world, and have ; o multiplie«! that the
Mannix, in which he made the state
Civilization
is
threatened
with
the
John.ton whiskey, hut he did not .-.ell boot-legging. But now that the trial .un of truth and liberty is beginning deeping xiekne ■>. America’s danger ment referred to, Mr. Gainford, the
him anything, or huml him any pack is over and ,enteric«* has I m * cii pro- to illumine th«* whole sky.
not th«* boiling over of the caldron; aforesaid president, said that after
They tell us that the universe i nat i-
age, and that lie would certainly have nouncced, there is nothing to hinder.
her
is lest the fire be drawn making it, the priest “in the very next
I
desire
all
those
who
have
ever
ural; that every effect has a natural from danger
known it if he had This was so con
under and the boiling stop alto few words, advised his young men, as
bought
liquor
either
a
a
drug
or
ax
a
cause. They affirm that all truth is gether. For the vices of civilization Roman Catholics, to forsake their po
trary to the best kind of overwhelming
evidence on the other ide ami o ion beverage, to I m * present. I will show beneficial and accept all demonstrated are taking the vice., of barbarism, and litical parties and vote for the de
trury to his other sworn statements, omelhlng that will he surprising ax fact;-. They affirm that freedom to in are more to I m * feared. There came a mands of the priesthood.” In other
that he wu again arrested, uml u we well a cause you to be thankful that vestigate ami to set forth result will time in Rom«* when her people lost the word.-, every Roman Catholic was ask
write, this poor mi guided young man some one had the nerve to call a halt give them many grand new things, de.-ire for elf-government; it was the ed to “place the welfare of the papal
is being tried at Salem on the awful to the crimes of th'x community. This just a.- it gave them all they now have | econd death, and from there, there is system before the welfare of the state,
occasion will furnish opportunity also of value.
gives him or her the privilege to
charge of perjury.
no re-urrection. The trouble is, the that
vote at all.”
In plac«* of dogma place reason.
The proi eculion added everal heavv to make a few remarks on the inside
people
are
too
conservative.
The
natu-
history
of
the
development
of
the
From the controversy there, it seems
In place of th«* fall of man, substi- i ral man prefers the fleshpots of Egypt
weight points of circular tuntiul evi
the Roman church in Australia,
dence to what they hair tn the former < a e- which we have successfully tut«* the rise of man.
' to the high adventure in the wilder- that
brought
to
issue.
In plac«* of injustice, substitute jus .'les-. Th«* people, conquered and con as in America, looks forward to suc
trials. The Mt. Angel freight agent
There
are
many
ways
to
put
the
tice.
for its demands through its
told how much intoxicating liquor
refuse the tire even when it is cess
church federation efforts, whereby it
In place of th«* «loctrine of gloom, tent,
hud come to the u< cu • «! through bin fear of the l.ord into the hearts of sin
brought
to
them
—
that
is
the
vulture
other, and E. I.. Smith, the Silverton ners. Some must I m - handled one way substitute that of joy.
which tears th«? liver of a Prometheus, expects to capture the “treasury
That truth should I m * taught to ev and which wrings from every Savior benches” in the interests of Roman
ugent, testified ax to the umount thut 1 and some another, and surely the fear
ha<l been shipped to Mr. Johnson of the Lord has been put into the eryone; that reason should be taught, heart th«* cry of God-for.-akenness. In church institutions. Mr. Gainford, see
ing this, warns the commonwealth
through his office. Thi; testimony wu hearts of the blind pigs of this com not belief.
all age.- the difficulty has been that
Instead of popular superstition xub- God is in a hurry and man is not.— electorate to keep their eyes open to
u great surprise to all. The amount munity. I know on«- that has been
bu
te<[
just
through
fear,
and
it
wax
duty at the polls, in view of the seri
-titute the latest discoveries in th«* While.
uml the frequency of the shipments
ousness of the situation.
were enormous uml the city uttorney the worst, or one of th«* worst and one field of science.
that
we
intended
to
rout.
I
am
glad
This movement of the Roman church
In place of slavery substitute liber
declared that it wax enough for u first
A
PRICELESS
CROP.
for political power is in no wise a lo
class wholesale business. The amount thut this one has adjourned forever, ty-
cal issue. Like Napoleon I, its eyes
in place of ignorance substitute
shipped in uml the usual amount u. ed and 1 congratulate the remaining part
Expert.- can give us an estimate in are on world subjugation. But should
in n legitimate drug business lieing tier, whom I believe is an honest man, knowledge.
of the wheat, corn, oats and this, or any approach to it, be secured,
In plac«* of poverty substitute abun dollar.-
compared made a deep imprc.xion on on flic fact that h«* has voluntarily
barley grown in this country each th«* horrors of the Dark Ages would
the Jury, umi ull the oratory and sym brought the nefariou. work to a do.-«*. dance.
year. But who can calculate the value quickly follow. Of this trend of af
In place of sp«*cial privilege substi- i of
pathy nml prejudice that tin- defer».-«* j Those on the inside will hav«* no «iiffi-
our boys and girls?
fairs, the people of America seem, par
trie«i to force on to them had hut little culty in knowing to whom this refers. | tut«* ofiual opportunity.
In the general meaning of the word tially at least, to have lost power of
In place of the old und false substi-
effect. In the former triuls the attor i and I shall be glad now tf no on«* else
I
children,
then*
are
in
continental
Uni
i
ever
knows.
But
we
were
on
the
high
perception, while indulging their taste
1 tutc the new and the true.
neys for the accused hud Used very of
te I State.-, according to the census of
Tn plac«* of unequal lilu*rty xubsti 1910, 31,220,361 children under sixteen for selfish ease. The awakening, how-
fensive personalities to arouse preju ! road to land another fish when the
-topped ami again I congrat- tut«* equal liberty.
i ever, is sure to come sooner or later,
dice against the private prosecutor ' bu*im-
year of age. Read the figures over and to some it will likely be one of
In place of war they offer peace.
uml the witnesses, but, la-fore the ar | ulate them for voluntarily «luitting.
at
l«a.-t
a
dozen
times
in
order
that
J. O. C.
In place of the doctrine of degrada- you may awaken into activity slum- ' sorrow and distress.
guments to the jury, the city uttorney There is still one or two others nt
made it clear thut he would indulge in I large. I hope they will stop now; it ' tion they offer that of evolution.
lM*rir.g thoughts upon this vast multi-
In plac«* of intolerance substitute I tude of God’s best loved ones. This MRS. DUNIWAY AND
the same game if the other side con will save us <>m<* money and also a lot
tinued it, and, for very evident reasons of work that we would rather not I m * I tolerance.
HER BEER ARGUMENT
number may lie dviided into several
In place of compulsory organization ! classes.
both Adams and Carson concluded to ' forced to do to stop it. We law-abid-
In the period under six, be
"cut it out." They did their best, how 1 >ng peopl«* de. ire to serve notice that | offer voluntary organization. They af- fore school life begins, there are 12,-
ever, hut school boy oratory, refer ! this law-breaking must «-ease. We I firm that ther«* is nothing too sacred 666,762, of .whom 2,217,392 are under Editor Silverton Journal:
I enclose you clipping from last
ences to one-legged soldiers und other tru t it will do so without further ef- i to be investigated.
one year.
night’s Telegram. This seems to be
They affirm that happiness is the
touching but irrelevant ullusionx ami : forts on our part.
Then there
the compulsory school an oration by Mrs. Duniway, and is
LEON L. MYERS.
greatest gtssi and th«* time to b<- hap
illn ion did not convince this good
division numbering 14.9H4,- simihr to the tirades she gave some
py is now and the place to be happy is 252. epdance
Jury of six honorable, unprejudiced
This includes ah between six and time ago against Dr. Anna Shaw.
citizens thut such defiance of our laws
GOVERNOR WILL GET THEM. j here.
inclusive.
I am personally acquainted with Dr.
They are th«* ones who are carry thirteen,
should go unpunished. A wise old
Yet again the period of the four Shaw and have heard her preach and
ing the torch that is enlightening the teenth
citizen, who lived not far from the
(Bi M. I <
fifteenth years in which l«»cture and she is a wonderful speak
world. If it ha<l not been for them we certain ami
court room, suw the jury tile out und Sinners old und young, I m * wary;
safeguards are in most states
start for home and he said to his good Change your ways; «ion’t I m * contrary; would I m * savages still. They have placed around the employment of chil er. I think it ill becomes a lady to try
to roast Dr. Shaw and then tell the
given us science, they have given us
wife, "There is a verdict of guilty." I Eor the governor has a very
or in which they are still protect people of Oregon to vexe against pro
art. they have given us music, they dren,
How could he tell? Why, there was Enterprising -ecretary,
ed
in
the
right
to
education,
about
3,-
hibition in order to preserve the hop
have given us poetry, they have given 569.347 children are in this group.
no boisterous demonstrations.
j And when called to go. Miss Fern
industry.
us new worlds, both material and in-
The tine was fixed at $500 and costs. Grabs that shopping bag of her’n,
Surely to these future citizens the
Does Mrs. Duniway use cigarettes
tellectual. They have given us every
It was a victory for the thinking Just as if xh«* didn’t care
thing that we have that is worth while best thoughts and the wisest, careful or smoke an old clay pipe in order to
people of the city, ami sorrow for the | Why it was, or when or where.
attention should be directed. To slight
convicted and his relatives, and the | Staring mobs don't scare Miss Hobbs and much as they hav«* given us in th«* them in any particular would be a preserve the tobacco industry? Did
she ever use beer to bathe her chil
past it is small in comparison to what
necessity to thus be obliged to waste «nd it's noi cd along the route
they will give us in the future. The crime unspeakable.—Lebanon Express. dren in so as to make hops a better
our energies and punish an otherwise That Governor West will get you
price ?
futur«* belongs to those who are not
good citizen in order to preserve law
If
“HURTIN’ BIZNESS.”
Here is the clipping:
afraid to think, to express their i
ami order, is a sad thing ami hurts ev
you
---------
“She Pleads for Hop Industry.
thoughts and to act as did the brave
ery honest, thoughtful man and wo
don’t
“Voicing opposition to prohibition.
hero. Martin Luther, in defiance of the (Written for The Silverton Journal by
man. l<et us hope that this will end
watch
Albert Bean, Woodburn, Oregon.)
Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway addressd
priests of politics and religion of his
the tight uml that ull will see thut it is
out.
time.
“Can’t you see you're hurtin’ bizness?” the Progressive party luncheon yes
a life-and-death matter, this disobedi
terday. at the Portland Hotel. She said
Said the polecat to the hound.
ence to the people's will, and obey the Oh! you naughty little town
that Oregon’s duty is to decide that it
"What
were
chickens
ever
made
for?
law ami help to impre . on the minds Where loo e government is found.
I ROM THE CALL
Why do you come snoopin’ round? is not wise to destroy the hop industry
of our young people the awfulness of And intoxicated boys ami girlx
which enables thousands of women to
OF THE CARPENTER Haven’t we a right to livin’?
an individual taking the law into his Are sneaking booze around.
get money to pay taxes and school
Didn’t God make polecats, too?
own hands and profiting by criminal Help us stop this degradation
their children. In conclusion, Mrs.
The economic is the master knot of If we choose to live on chickens.
conduct, in defiance of the great prin Of th«* rising generation,
Duniway urged her hearers to see that
human fate. Below all surface facts,
You old pup, what’s that to you?”
ciple of "majority rule.”
W Im are sliding down th«* seal«*
everyone registers so they can take
th«* tramp of armies, pageantry of em
To disgrace and into jail.
pire. intoning* of liturgy, and even “Can’t you see you're hurtin' bizness?” part in the campaigns.”
Booze endorsers, law enforcers,
Oh, I forgot. Wouldn’t Mt. Angel
AMERIC AN PRIESTS
the systematizing* of «'loctrine—for
Said the grayback to the comb.
Better mind what you're about.
be a good place for Mrs. Duniway to
theology,
too.
lias
been
most
respon
As
the
sturdy
hand
of
Justice
For
Governor
West
will
get
you
AND I HEIR INFLUENCE
live? Then, perhaps, she could get
sive to economic stimuli—stretches the
Chase«! the parasite around.
If
some
“Hop” Gold beer from “Dad"
bedrock,
man's
industrial
status.
So
“
Seems
so
strange
these
meddlin
’
you
The Catholic priest is an eye-sore to
Moore.
Y'ours very truly,
thnt Christianity needs to get a new-
Christians
don't
the body politic of the American gov
THOS. CATHERWOOD.
set of words. Historians who have
Always talk 'bout bein’ good,
watch
ernment, as the fundamental princi
Dallas, Or., Feb. 27, 1914.
awakened to the importance of th«* Then they persecute and kill us,
out.
ples of the American government is
economic, have stake«! out the richest
Just because we live on blood.”
for the masses, and never was intend
A WORLD FEDERATION.
pay dirt at present under claim. Chris
ed to be presided over by a king or Sad, misguided Copperfield,
tianity took its rise in an economic "Can’t you s«*e you're hurtin' bizness?”
potentate, and the Catholic form of When* th«* better classes s<|uealed,
In a recent address in Boston. Ham
■ convulsion. It was the flowing forth
Said the bedbug to the maid,
government is many thousand time, Your booze was confiscated
ilton Holt, the editor of the Independ
' of Israel's age-old stalk of I'berty—an As she tumbled down the mattress
more absolute and despotic than any And your charter was repealed.
ent, had for his subject “The Federa
attempt at. a world-wide democratism
Ami prepared to make a raid,
kingdom or country ruled by an abso You well merited chastisin’.
tion of the World." He expressed the
which should countervail Rome's With relentless hand she smashes,
lute ruler. Rulers who have absolute Now, then, go and get your "pizen,”
sentiment that in this lies the success
world-wide absolutism. Its leader was
Smears carbolic on the bed,
sway over the destinies of a country Ami don’t call a man insane
of the great modern peace movement.
slaughtered by Rome and her Caiaph- W hile the bugs go opt of bizness.
arc satisfied at ruling the political am ’Cause hr made your duty plain.
as allies as an agitator, a disturber of
Whinin' “prohibition won’t prohib.” He advocated the calling of a third
bitions of their subjects and seeing that Booze endorsers, luw enforcers,
Hague conference, anil that one of the
th«* peace; and his followers were
their aspirations do not grow beyond It's no use to sit and pout,
hunted with tire and crosses through “Can’t you s«*e you're hurlin’ bizness?” first steps looking toward universal
their control. Not so with Catholicism, For th«* governor always gets you
peace be to put into practical effect
' more than a hundred years. Unable
Said the pussy brewer, too.
If
for her ever tyrannical and domineer
Winston Churchill’s suggestion of a
to compass its destruction by violence, “If you vote for local option,
you
ing spirit does not halt at the coniines
naval holiday. The idea of a world
Rome thereupon resorted to crafti
hat will all the farmers do
«ion’t
of temporal power, but Rome proposes
ness. She annexed Christianity. Sick- With their wheat ami corn and bar ■ federation is coming more and more
watch
to follow to the confines of the grave,
nrominentl*’ to the front. It is sug
ley ?"
lic»l o'er with philosophy, religion
out.
and unless she I m * granted absolute con
gested
in both political and religious
ceased
to
I
m
*
spontaneous
upreach
of
Feed
the
human
family
well;
trol of both temporal and spiritual pow
circles. There is no question but that
man to his Maker, and became an en Dry up tears ami empty prisons;
er, she is ever ready to damn those Hail to Oregon and chief,
gine of social control. But the “leav
Raise more hogs and have less hell. it will be one of the accomplishments
who put forth an independent effort to W here transgressors come to grief.
of the near future; and when it is fin
en hid in th«* meal” refused to be an
strike out in a free and untrammeled Made t > sail o'er troubled waters,
nexed; so that today the world is "Can't you see you're hurtin’ bizness?” ished. it will be both a political and a
effort to extriente themselves. It is And their wild career is brief.
religious federation, with the religious
yeasty with insurgency and upheaval.
Said the whiskey seller, too.
an easy matter to see why priests are Crim«* invariably ensues«—
element in the ascendency.
The “fierce democratic” is to many “If you bring in prohibition,
detrimental to the American govern Follows in th«* wake f booze.
Most Protestant commentators are
a scare and a bogie. Its imperturba
What will we poor fellers do?”
ment, fqr they acknowledge no power May each troubled, tipsy «(ream
still
agreed in saying that the beast
ble
advance,
at
a
rate
against
which
Never
worked,
but
live«!
off
others,
Have
the
slogan
for
its
theme.
unless that power comes from and
power
spoken of in the first part of
no
barriers
ar«*
effectual,
has
to
them
Robbed
the
toiler
of
his
wage
—
That
our
mountains
and
their
foun
through the pope, who is an Italian by
the thirteenth chapter of Revelation
something bodeful about it—“a cer rhen, “prohibition won't prohibit.”
tains
birth, ami a despot by education. His
refers to the papacy, which was the
tain fearful looking for of judgment.”
Why, then, do the heathen rage?
interests are foreign to that of any Echo to the valley’s shout:
great ecclesiastical despotism of the
I o which mood of th«* soul an ancient
American, and since this is the case, "Governor West will get you
Cries "Swat the Sal«M»n!”
Middle Ages. The world has been ed
saw seems applicable. The wicked flee
If
his decisions must be diagonal to the
ucated into the idea that religious big
when no man pursueth. For these To the Editor of The Journal:
- you
interests of this government, and if
1 have noticed that «luring the last otry, religious intolerance, and religi
nightmares come from an overloaded
«Ion’t
this be the case, then the authority
conscience. They- think of democracy's few weeks that popular slogan "Swat ous despotism are things of the past;
watch
that the priest receives from his hand
coronation as a day of burnings and the fly," has appeared in your valuable but this prophecy in the thirteenth of
out.”
is also in favor and in the interest of
fuel of lire, with confused noise ami paper a great many times. This move Revelation, speaking of the papal head
himself and the head of the Catholic
garments rolled in blood. But the red ment has without doubt met with gen not only calls attention to the deadly
Words of i’raise.
church, so we can not arrive at a ra
sky which these take for a conflagra eral approval. Everyone is really with wound that it received, but immediate
tional conclusion without finding that Editor Silverton Journal:
folded newspaper or weapon of wire to ly informs us that this wound was to
the priesthood of America is a chain
Though not a citizen of Oregon, 1 tion. might it not be the red of dawn? give the poor little off ender a resound be healed.
The charge is brought against the
of pontifical links that bind every in am proud she has one fearless editor
Most literally diti the papal power
terest of America and her people who handles th»* world’s two greatest social democracy that it is an inflam ing and fatal whack. This is all w*ell
enough, but may I suggest an attack receive a deadly wound through the
er
of
the
masses.
But
th«*
masses
need
against her interests.
curses Catholicism and whiskey—
Whenever you strike down public without gloves. Go to it under our to be inflamed. To be set aflame—is more worthy the attention of men? great work of the Reformation, and
not that quite the div<nest thing that Suppose one-half the enthusiasm evi many people fondly hoped that that
schools, you tear the fabric of free prayers.________
A. R.
can happen to a man or to a set of denced in annihilating this particular power would never be restored. But
government into shreds, and the papal
Every American is requested to let men ? The cold, dull heart of humani ly offensive insect should be directed this prophecy has >een saying all
power never misses an opportunity to
brand the public school system as a us know at once when a candidate for ty needs tiro. Art. literature, politics, against the saloon. May I suggest a these years, that the deadly wound
“nursery of vice” or “cesspools of ini any office in Oregon is known to be a religion, are judged solely by the ex new battle cry, “Swat the Saloon”?.— would be healed; and not only so, but
we have the strikingly significant
tent to which they are inflammatory of L. C. Charles in Oregon Journal.
quity." Again, if the priestcraft of Roman Catholic.
NO. 18.
words, that “ail the world wondered
after the beast,” an«l again, that “all
that dwell upon the earth shall wor
ship him, whose names are not written
in the book of life of the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world. If
any man have an ear, let him hear.”
In the seventeenth chapter of Reve
lation, the kings of the earth—the
civil power are considere«! in this
great last-day federation, and • f them
it is said that “these have one mind,
and shall give their power anti
strength unto the beast.”
There are conditions growing up in
the world that baffle the strongest
minds. The papacy will step to the
front, claiming to be the only power
that can handle the complex situation
and the turbulent difficulties that have
been produce«! in the world. She is
making and will continue to make the
claim that these perplexing condition.-
have been produced b«?cauxe she was
dethroned, ami finally the whole world
will fall in line with he**
The political world is now afraid of
her. There is not a nation on earth,
not even excepting the United States,
but that reckons with her power; and
many decisions are made contrary to
the best judgment of those who are
acting, and all tx*cause of the fear of
giving offense to Rome. The world is
headed strongly toward a great uni
versal religious despotism, and of
course all religious despotisms must
ride into power and maintain their su
premacy through dominating the state
as well as the church.—Ex.
THE UNITARIAN GOSPEL.
The Unitarian gospel is primarily a
gospel of reason and common sense.
It appeals to man’s mind and intelli
gence, as well as to his heart and con
science. Thousands of honest and sin
cere people the world over have left
the orth«>dox church, seeking and hop
ing to realize those higher realities
which religion alone can give. Ortho
doxy, with its elements of fear and
superstition, evidently has failed in
these lives, ami instead of helping men
to find the life-giving wells of truth,
instead of helping men to realize the
fair hope and promise of Christianity
as taught and lived by Jesus, it has
driven men and women into atheism
and materialistic scepticism and unbe
lief, and has declared her anathema
upon the unfortunate of her own cre
ating.
Thousands of men today have lost
faith, not in religion, not in Jesus, not
in his gospel or in the deeper spiritual
things of life, but in the creeds and
dogmas of the church, in the supersti
tions of mediaeval speculation and
theologizings, in the absurdities of the
miraculous and supernatural. To all
of this large class Unitarianism has a
rrn ss&ge '.«d a reasonable hope.
Com«- to W. O. W. hall Sunday e«-
ening at 7:45 and hear more or this
•message. Rev. Richard F. Tischer,
minister of the Unitarian church, of
Salem, will preach.
A UNITARIAN.
DRIFTED IN.
All kinds of things drift into the
western cities and Silverton is no ex
ception. Probably the majority of our
population came from states east of
the Rocky mountains, and it would be
impossible to expect that all who come
would have wings, at least until they
have been here for a few years. A re
cent arrival illustrates the point very
nicely.
A man( ?) who is said to be worth
at least $50,000, induced a hard-work
ing widow of Minnesota, to give away
all the property she had to her chil
dren and his children, and to come to
this land of happiness with him. He
represented that he had plenty of
money for both of them, and so the
lonesome lady gave up a go«xi pax ing
boarding house business and with her
gallant lover, hastens to the golden
west. But after living like pigs in a
dirty pen, the good lady finally wakes
up to the fact that the honeymoon is
at an end. She wants a home of her
own and one fit and congenial, with
not too much of a mix-up with other
neople, and so the courts of Oregon
are kept busy testing out these trou
bles which come to us over the moun
tains—troubles which we find are very
similar to those bom in this state over
deception, the drink habit, neglect,
matrimony and matters of money.
THE OLD TRICK OF SMOTHER.
The Catholics evidently were not
ready to tackle The Silverton Journal
an«l their game is now to smother us.
So they failed to set the $50,000 case
until it was too late for the last term
of court, and the work of scattering
lies and telling truths and part truths
in such a way as to deceive our friends
and to inflame our enemies Is going on
nicely. These tactics put us into con
fusion. We don’t know what to say.
for they may spring the case on to us
at the next term of court in April,
after getting us off our guard and at a
time when we are not as well prepared
as when we thought the case was to
come to issue at once. Many of our
friends of course think it strange that
the big case we had advertised as com
ing off at once, has not vet been tried,
and they have no way ot knowing that
it is one of the smart games of the
enemy. All this is unsatisfactory and
the “cats’ know it and know that this
smothering tactics is the very hardest
blow they can give us under the condi
tions, but. dear friends of liberty, be
not deceived by false reports. Don’t
let them smother us, and if we can
keep alive and can get a hearing with
the good people of this great republic,
there will be something doing in the
camp of America’s worst enemy be
fore another year rolls around. Help
us live and breathe. Help us get a
hearing. Help us get the truth to the
people of these United States. Up
and at ’em I