DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATUHdXv, APRIL 16, 1804.
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Itaeedtty, April 19, Democratic state
comTKaUoa at Portland.
Ok
Jfane 15, 1(5 and 17, Department of
Orooon CI. A. It., In annual reunion at
XGoba niror.
A Hevrslble Love Poem.
The following lines may bo read
elthor up or down without altering tho
rosse:
Tub stars were all alight,
Tho moon wa3 overhead;
I named hor queen of night,
And she my footsteps led.
Sovondrous fair was she,
l naked hor to be mine.
As'iho glancol up at mo
t thrilled with love divine.
Bcsldo-tho meadow bars,
As she blood lingering there,
ITcr oyoB woro like tho stnrs,
In mdlanco wondrous fair.
"Yon'ro nil tho world to mo,"
She murmured sweet and shy,
A thrill of ecstasy
I roll at her reply.
Ijovo led us all the way,
As wo turned homo again;
Our hearts woro light and gay,
Tho world was blissful then.
Through shadows cross tho sky.
No gloom our hearts could know;
Truo bliss Is ever nigh
When hearts are blended so.
Donver Tlmo3.
SHALL INJU8TICE CONTINUE?
There Is still some effort making t0;tako Imrovonient8
ralso about a thousand dollars among ,
tho pooplo of tho suburbs to carry
tho Groator Salem charter Into tho
court a.
Tho Injustice of tho wholo proceed
ing proves that It ought never to sue
coed. Tho peoplo who favor tho now
charter need have no fear It will sue
cued. Kvon If tho peoplo in tho suburbs
ralBO tho monoy domandod of them,
and Uioro bo a thousand dollars spent
by them, and another thousand by
tho city on litigation. It will not suc
ceed. Atthosnmo tlmo tho Salem chartor
passed, tho peoplo of Eugene got a
now expansion chartor on tho snmo
linos, only taking In moro territory
proporly bulonglng to that city.
At Eugene no ono Is threatening
litigation, hut somo are socrotly hop
Ins that tho Salem charter may fall,
and then thnt city will bo the second
largest city In tho state,
Tho Eugene chartor and tho Salem
c,hartor, and all othor city charters
nro passed by the legislature In oxaot
1 tho Riimo way. Thoroforo tho su
premo court would nover disturb
them.
On some technicality tho lawyers
might Injuro or defeat tho Salem
charter, but never on tho grounds of turned thomsolvos Inside out to fight
tho manner hi which It wiu passed by tila return to congross.
tho legislature Thoro aro politicians who can nl-
Tho litigation would hurt tho ( ways bo found knocking the Capital
growth of tho city, depross tho valuos city on anything It midortnkos.
or all real ostato. and probably glvo Hut n square light won out, and for
Salem a blaok oyo In the outcoino, ' two onrs moro wo shall havo a con
thnt would bo felt for yonrB. Jgrossmnn animated by no moan small
l,ort to tuko Us natural course, tho
now charter will confor untold bios
ulugs on thla city nnd Its suburbs.
It will stimulate public spirit, im
prove tho valuos of proporty, In
urease the valuo and scopo of every
wan'a business, and glv employment
to labor, teamsters, mochnnlcs and all
working peoplo.
Tho lnjustloo of favoring a
few
largo property ownors nnd rich mon,
vfhD think thoy can continue to reap
nil tho ndvautagss of living In a city
without btarlng their shnro ot tho mu
nicipal burdens must ccaso somo
tlmo,
, The, groator Injustice ot taxing thla
mill up to small property ownors ami
poor people, who havo all to gain and
nothing to looso by becoming part and
Sffl(Dl
Sunday at 197 Commercial stroet
Oregon as second-class matter.
parcel of Greater Salem, ought to bo
apparent to all.
Tho suburbs are entitled to lights,
water, sowers, streets, stdewulks and
crosswalks, and, In spite of this, there)
arc minds so small and nlgagrdly as to
want to forever keep those privileges
exclusively for themselves, and do It
at -he expense of othera
So long as
this litigation U threatened the city
authorities will hardly be Justified In
Installing lights or othor Improve
ments. Let us all join hands and go forward
to make Salem tho best city In tho In
terior, and tho best and healthiest res-1
idonco city In the West.
HARMONY WITH1 THE UNIONS.
- Tho best thinking people want to
work In harmony with the labor
unions
But there aro many of tho best
thinking people against the unions,
because they do not understand their
methods.
Thore Is a great deal of building In
tills city, held back and not under
taken becauso of the misunderstand
ing that exists.
Tho Carpenters' Union and the
Building Trades Unions owo It to the
public, as well as themselves, 'that
this bo removpd.
Many peoplo do not even know
what tho wago scale of the unions Is.
and do not know what their method":
of procecduro aro.
They aro not going to take any
chances of getting Into tioublo with
tho unions, and hence will not under-
This condition of thlncs
Is an In
justice both to tho laboring men and
tho unions and to tho general public
Our city should prosper. Everyone
who wants to build should bo permit
ted to build and employ labor. Let
thoro be a bettor understanding. Tho
Journal belloves with a hotter under
standing projudlco will bo romoved,
and progress and prosperity will bo
possible.
A 8QUA-RE FIGHT.
Tho peoplo gonerally aro giving
approval of tho square fight Tho Jour
nnl mado for tho rcnomlnatlon ot Con
gressman Hermann.
Tho Journal stated openly and flatly
who It was for, and gavo Its reasons,
and maintained an unequivocal posi
tion, DIngor Herman Is the mo3t compe
tent man to srvo tho Intorosts of
this district, and tho editor wants no
postolllco.
Blnger Hornian secured tho largest
appropriation for tho Salem Indian
school It has ovpr had.
Ho will do moro to securo nn appro
pilatlou to protect tho Salem water
front thnn any man wo could send
there.
This Is geneially admitted, and no
wonder thoro woro nolltlelnnR, wim
spirit of onvy or Jealousy of any nart
of his district, but who will work
faithfully for all Intorosts, and for ov
ary suction of tho scvQutoou countlos,
CLEAN THE STREETS.
Thoro Is urgent domain! that tho
stroets bo cleaned at this tlmo of the
I year of tho looio rockg, boards, sticks,
llttor, tin cans and rubbish.
Ono man can clean a mlK of street
In a dny so that It will bo smooth
driving nnd not lr.nio horses and Jolt
vehicles.
Under tho now ordinanco tho spe
cial oftlcer appointed for each of tho
now wards can do this work undor di
rection ot tho street commissioner or
street committee
This may seem a small matter, but
SSEli
It signifies a great deal In tho ap-
pearance qf our city.
Streets cleaned wear better, have
less dust and are more sanitary. To
look at the streets In front' of some
places they convey tho Impression of
being mero dumping ground for re
fuse. As the civic Improvement societies
were a failure there remains nothing
but pay for having the streets cleaned
at public expense, and that after all
13 probaoly the right way.
OUR CONGRESSMEN ARE RIGHT.
The Dalles Chionlclo, an nntl-WIl-llamson
paper, up to convention,
says:
"Mr. Williamson Is right In his op
position to the repeal of the timber
and stone act and the desert land law.
If these are repealed tho syndicates
that own some of tho best timber
lands on tho coast will hold them at
their own prices. It may bo true that
some fraud has been perpetrated In
tho acquisition of theso timber belts,
but If the net was repealed now, It
would debar people from acquiring
the desirable lands remaining, and
would literally give tho railroads and
other rich corporations control of the
market. The desert land act, In arid
districts, has been a great stimulant
to settlers to Inaugurate irrlcation
schemes, and has been tho means
whereby valuable agricultural land3
have been reclaimed
For the benefit
of tho people, both these acts should
remain, not perhaps as they now are,
but with amendments remedying some
of tho evils that have existed."
The above, as we understand, Is the
position of Congressman Hermann.
As against big syndicates and grasp
ing corporations, our "Blnger" keeps
his ear close to the ground, a la Mc
Klnley, and stands In with th6 little
fellows who want a homestead, n
timber clnlm or a stone quarry.
ENCOURAGED.
Ho kissed her hand.
She smiled.
"Am I to Infer that you havo no set
tied Income?" she asked.
"Why should you Infer that?"
"Because you seem to havo a sort
of hand-to-mouth way of doing
things?"
Then he kissed her again. Buffalo
express.
X-RADIUMS
HI Lee, a Newberg Chinaman, in
vested his all In the Texas oil boom
and committed suicide.
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Salem business men should organ
ize an employers' union, and confci
with tho labor unions, nnd do every
thing to .reach an understanding that
will piomoto business and Improve
ments and tho largest cmplojment oi
labor.
The right way to ralso the monoy
Is to vote a special park tax, and letSolld healthy flesh by the U30 of Dr
all who rocolve tho benefits share In
tho expense. Salem Statesman,
Tho Statesman Is everlastingly
right about tho above. And that Is the
right way to build and equip a city
library. What do wo put such pro
visions Into tho charter for, If they
aro not to be mado uso of? Aro they
In thoro simply to look well In print,
and to bo mado a dead letter. It
would seem so.
Well, Salem has a progressUo may
or, anyhow.
Martin Dower, a farm laborer, hung
hlmsolf In a hop house near Dayton,
April 12th. He wa3 short of hope, but
not ot rope.
Thor? nro times when tho humb8
country editor rises to tho ronl merit
of situations, and expresses a great
truth In a fow words, a3 when Col
Walter Lyons says: "Harris was
short of votes."
Tho Poitland Italian band Is very
white non-union musicians out of a
Job.
The tlmo Is pa3t when n few big
nowspnpois can dictate who shall bo
tho nominee for congross In n dis
trict of soventoon counties Tho
common pooplo and tho small fry
have somo rights loft, although they
do not got a chanco to a3sort thorn
solves voty often.
Marriage Is a lottory In which tho
husband somoitmos turns out to be a
blank and tho woman a cyphor.
A commltoo of tho Newberg city
council recommonds that tho follow
lng avocations bo taxed for the prlv
llogo ot engaging In tho came, as fol
lows, per quarter: Draymen, two
horso vehicle, $5; drayman, onohorso
vehicle, (3; real ostato agents, $10;
bowling alloy, $20; owner of building
where public danco is held, $5 per(
each dance; insurance agent, life, ?5;
Insurnnco agent, fire, 3; vendor of
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W. H. Moore, president of tho
National Good roads association. Mr.
Moore was the central figure at tho
Southern good, roads congress opened
In New Orleans, April C.
tobacco in any form, ?5. The charges
of drayage shall not be advanced bo
causo of this protection.
The Polk county Republicans adopt
ed tho following
I We commend tho action of our last
regular session of the legislature for
-ho selection of such an nctlvo and
nblo man for United States senator
as tho Hon. W. C Fulton.
We denounce In unmeasured terms
tho extravagance of our present coun
ty court, nnd demand a moro econom
ical and business-like administration
of our county affairs.
Walter Lyons' report of tho con cen con
venteon: When A. C Marsters, of
Dougla3, placed In nomination the
Hon. Blnger Hermann, A. C. Wood
cock, of Eugene, law partner of Mr.
Harris, moved that the secretary be
Instructed to cast the vote of the
convention for Mr. Hermann. In sec
onding Mr. Woodcock's motion, E.
Hofer said that last year when Marlon
county went 'into the convention with
(a candidate Its delegates bowed to
tho wishes of Lane county, and took
I Mr. Hermann; now Lnno county was
asked by Marlon to take him again.
A man asked one of our orators to
define tho problem of capital and la
bor, and ho said: "If I lend ou $10,
nthat capltnl, and If I try to get It
back, that's labor.
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I The Good of Medicine.
People insl.tlng that medicine do;s
I no good, have one stubborn fact to
icontsnd with, that Is, the peoplo who
do believe are greatly In tho majority.
Wo have been so fortunate during tho
past twenty years as to convince thou
sands of eufferers with weak watery
blood, who had all the symp'oms of
a general breaking down of the sys
tem, that ono medicine at least does
good Nervous and unsteady peoplo
Pfln linVfl shnmr ofonrlv nni-vna cim.1
Gunn's Blood and Nerve Tonic. A
tablet to take at meal tlmo, It turns
the food you eat Into rich, red blood,
making solid flesh at tho rate of 1 to
3 pounds per week. Sold by all drug
gists for 75c per box, or 3 boxes for
$2. This medicine saves doctor bills
and Insures health, giving tho very
best treatment possible.
Mohair Brought Good Price.
Tho Polk county Mohair pool sold
yesterday afternoon for 34 cents a
pound, about three cents over tho
market price. The lot consists ot
60,000 pound3, and was purchased by
H. L, Fenton.
Famous old Mormon templo at Klrt-
land, Ohio whore the nnuual world's
conference of tho re-organlzer church
of Jesiu Christ of tho Latter Day
Saints convened April C. Tho tomplo
was built In 834 and has bon tho
sceno of Mormon activity In Ohio for
nearly three-quarters of a contury.
The present conference, whtch con
I tlnued for three weeks was attended
by Joseph Smith and other promt-
nent leauers oi w uureu.
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RELIGIOUS
Gathered Prom the Best
The Detroit Journal thus reports a
lecture by tho Hon. Carroll D.
Wright:
Tho religion of manhood nnd mor
nllty Is the agency toward which
Carroll D. Wright, United States
commissioner of labor, looks hope
fully for the solution ot tho labor
problem. His views, the result of
experience and effort, were heard by
a large audience In tho JefforsonAve
nuo Presbyterian church. Capital
ists and workmen gathered to hear
tho commissioner's lecture.
Legislation, Mr. Wright regards as
only an alleviation of the Ills of la
bor. Laws Ini regnrd to factory In
spection, accidental liability, sanita
ry betterment, and shorter hours aro
good, but moro educational than
final. Arbitration, ho praised, and
spoke of Us good effect during 30
years, but this ho also discarded.
In the caso of great labor troubles,
such as tho coal strike, the public
has a right to Intervene, ho said.
Socialism, ho discussed last and pro
nounced It a good thing In an Indi
vidual way, but unsulted to broad ap
plication. The real solution ho out
lined In the following sentences:
"In religion, we find the highest
form of solution yet offered. Next
to religion, comes constructive evo
lution, the evolution which believes
In the potency of effort.
"A new struggle for life Is going
on and a new self-interest has been
created ono that makes a man put
his family above himself, his country
above his family, and mankind above
country."
The grent need of today Is tho op
portunity of hearing the voice ot God.
That voice is speaking In this year
of our Lord as distinctly as It spoke
In every year since man began to
reckon tlmo; tho trouble Is thnt men
do not listen; in the noise and rush
of tho age they do not seek the si
lence and the repose In which the
still, small voice becomes audible. We
shall not find rlenco by escaping from
our ago Into cloisters nor by evading
Its hard conditions; we shall find rest
and refreshment and keep our souls
allvo by spiritualizing work and rank
lng room for God In the world ho ha;
mado and of which he Is always the
master. Tho Outlook.
It seems to be haider for most
people to admit that progress Is pos
sible In morals than to concede the
Inevltableness of change In nil other
human affairs. Economic progress
we expect, wo even demand. Prog
ress in enlightenment wo accept as
a matter of course. Even scientific
discoveries, that upset long cherish
ed beliefs, we grow accustomed to
But our rules of morality wo some
how regard ns unalterable. The In
dependent.
There Is moro In tho Bible than
tho words of which It Is composed.
Its words en3hrlno a spirit and ox
halo an atmosphere. A man may
profess the greatest reverence for
tho words of tho scripture nnd his
speech and his point of view mny be
tray total unresponsiveness to thq
genius of tho Christian revelation.
Tho Watchman.
Above everything el9e, the pulpit
should be sincere. Men should be
nblo to look to It with confidence for
genuine conviction. Nothing will bq
weaken its power as tho suspicion
that its utterances are merely pro
fessional, not tho honest proclama
tion ot the truth as tho preacher un
derstands it. Tho Examiner.
Nothing can take tho place ot per
sonal righteousness; there Is no sub
stitute for It. It Is basic to all things
good, porsonal political, social, chic.
Tho Unlversallst Leader.
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THOUGHTS
Exchanges of All Churches
Moro and more the Christian world
Is coming to believe, what wo think
a correct interpretation ot the Gosi
makes clear, that Jesus is not th
Savior by virtue of his vicarious 6uf
ferlng for tho worU's sin, but he
saves through his influence upon the
minds and hearts of men and women
Ho Is steadily, and with constantly
Increasing power, saving the world
by tho truths thnt he taught, but the
character he achieved, by the eiam.
pie he presents, by tho spirit he Im.
parts. Ho Is tho Word of God In
the sense that In him was embodied
and expressed tho truth, wiSdom
and love of God no theso have refer
ence to man In this world. He lt
tho meditator of that truth.that love
that spirit which, when accepted
and made operative In tho life, unites
the believer and doer to the Father
In a vital moral and spiritual felloe
ship. Thus the nt-one-ment between
tho two is accomplished. The believer
becomes a new creature In Christ.
Old things old and erroneous Ideals
havo passed away and new con
ceptlons of self, of life, of God and
duty now rule tho Inner world ot
thought and feeling and motive. The
Unlversallst Leader.
A Christian will confess Christ with
his mouth, but the loudest profession
of religion and tho most beautiful
religious talk aro not true and genu
ine unless they are accompanied br
a life of woll-dolng. "Not every one
that salth unto mo, Lord, Lord, shall
enter Into tho kingdom of heaven,
but ho that dooth the will of my
Father who Is In heaven."
Our Lord gavo us an example that
we should follow. He "went about
doing good." On one occasion he took
with him Peter and James and John,
and went apart Into a mountain to
pray; and as ho prayed heaven came
so near that the summit of the moun
tain was lighted with the glory ol
God, and ho was transfigured, while
heavenly vhltors appeared on the
3ceno holding converse with him. At
that moment there was an unhappj
father at the foot of the mount seek
lng help for his demoniac son with
groans and tears. The land was full
of misery and tho world wa3 full ol
sin, and Jesus could not be restrained,
He must needs minister to suffering
humanity. Ho said, "I mu3t work
the works of Him that sent me while
It Is day." Let us go and do likewise.
The Christian Advocate.
In a tine sonse Sunday Is no better
than any other day In the week. In
a truer sense every day In the week
Is sacred time, and every proper em
ployment sacred. Thoro Is profound
truth in the saying attributed to
Christ, who saw a man working on the
Sabbath, and said to him: "O man, If
thou knowest what thou art doing,
blessed art thou; but if thou knowest
not, thou art a transgressor and ac
cursed." Here Is the whole pill
osophy of Sunday occupation-Tie
Examiner.
It seems manifest to thoso whohwe
lived half a century nnd who recall
tho social conditions of an earlier
ago, that a far healthier moral and
religious tone prevails among the pe
plo of this country than was formerir
tho caso. It may bo called a M
philosophy of life, unwritten, unfor
mulated, but oven moro potent than
If It had been reduced to rules. The
Christian Register.
Springs of happiness are hidden and
ready to break forth In every nature;
and with every advance In goodnea
and greatness new Btreams are wait
ing to flow. Tho Joy which all men
crave lies always within tho Invisible
circle of tho heart; It is nover found
In tho world without; and, once found,
tho world, which Is powerless to bfr
tow It, cannot take It away.-The
Outlook.
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