pig 1-1.1 8SBJ3afc3F w t nf ? T jj liScYwft s r w ,' "l '$-' tiAurtWtjijilmmrtt.1 MiMatMMkfttaiMM m t IV I i im4M ! mirfi iiiiwi te ' ' r? jgr j .- 2 8 E m j&b CUUOTAX.roUXJrAXrf SAIxEM. ffS'L. it tat, obm? V DABJlt CAflTAL JOURNAL BY HQFEtt 1HQ8. OFFICIAL CENSUS flALEM. MAY, 1904, 13,287. BE A CONFESSION. ear little boy, with wondering cyos, That for the light of knowledgo yearn, Wbo Imvo such faith that I am wise Aad know tho things that you would learn. TEkctfgli oft I shako my head and smile To hear your childish questions flow fi BMirt not moot your face with guilo; JC rnHnot tell I do not know. ear llttlo lioy with eager hoart Forrer on tho quest of truth, ZXmK riddles oft are past my ntt To answer to your tender youth. "But nomo day you will undcriitnnd The things that now I cannot Bay, VTiien life shall tnko you by the hnnd Awl lead you on Its wondrous way. TOenr llttlo boy with hand in mine, Toother through tho world wc" furc, TWIitTo much that I would fnln divine I bftVQ not yot tho strength to bear, 'JLSkn you with riddling words I ask, "Like ymi I hold another hand, And Imply whrn I do my task, T, too, hnll understand. P. TJrArthiir in tho Youth's Com- aatAcinwE without efficiency. WWulJn tho newspapers woro able to tJW&nit the purpose of tho Multnomah Ulgntion bv the ery of maehino there -wis In reality no maehino in existence. Tho delegation showed determination t imreuro the speakership, but having teuril that, let things drift. In fuel, it was out harmonious, held few eon- fecenej;, udopted no rules. Tf l)' Multnomah delegation had net cd 'with u purpose there would have 3ka more residts. As it was nil the wlled umehine measures went by the lbard. There was no unity or harmony bo t&ween the members from Multimmah 5n the two houses. Hills they curried Ja one house, they lost In tho other. A himple rule that tliu delegation would onumiH on measures in which they were Interested would have saved tho day on many matters. So they lost their commission bill, their park bill, their census bill, Cascade county, tho Jayne mill, Clark county, etc., etc They gave tho opposition the chair manship of the standing committee on resolutions which became a disintegrat ing foroo durintr tho entire sossion. They saved a member of the Port of Portland commission by the iron nerve of the president of tho senate. Well, It may be better for the stato that they were so Ignorant of the gamo of pontics, but little satisfaction to their friends who put them In a posi tion to do things and saw thorn fall. ONLY A WOMAN. Miss Ida Tarbell Is ouly a woman, but she can think and write. For years she has boon battering nwny with her typewriter at the Stnndnrd Oil iniquity. At Inst logisiaturos nntl congress nro acting. .Thoy havo bocn reaching and thinking. Saturday Miss Tnrboll suggested that plpo lines bo declarod cqmmon oarrtors, subject to regulation by law. Monday senators nnd representatives fall over each other to bo first to enact her suggestions into law. Grent Is Tarbell, if sho Is only a womun. If she keeps up her lick she may be President somo dny. Tho two grent foreos thnt rulo tho world nro mind nnd money Intelli gence and wealth. Jn tho final conflict tho latter is al ways subordinated by tho former Mind conquers money. Mlml I tint tlm iinHKPMMioM of the male : y . . Mtx ulone. Nowhere in tlm world is this fact more patent than In our coun try. Deprived of the ballot, with many laws and customs still against her, wo man is winning her way against nil obstacles. In tho empire of mind she is mistress of tho world far more oompletoly than In any other realm. Ida Tarbell against the four hundred millions of the Htnudiird Oil. '-& M maaUABY 21 190S ,eStlon, newspaper liDei - . s It- vj - church-agitators. But is it sound in principle. Is it not a restoration of what the church la all countries has sooner or later accomplished grasp tho reias f secular power T Is it not seenlaruing tho church and religionizing the state! Is it not restoring the1 partnership in government between the churches aad tho politicians who want power at any prlocf Tho revolutions of the past havo all been against church and stste. This toam hitching up together may work better in our country than in others, but in all lands whore it has prevailed tho church has become weak and the government corrupt. Whcthor it is Itabbi Wise or Metho dist bishop or Catholic priest who mounts tho pulpit to expound political j campaigns Its effect is the same, awi tho result on nbo be discovered by any student of history. i ' o PAY OF MEMBERS AND CLERKS. Tho Kugeno Register hits the nail snunrolv on tho head when it says that tho clerkship graft will not be PULPIT AND FOLITICS. The Portland Journal applauds min isters who hike up political proposi tion in their pulpit nnd thresh them out 111 their pulpits. Of course, thnt Is its present scheme of uniting the Demorrntic party In Or egon with tho Prohibitionists nnd X-RAYS A few more vet wont hurt any- thing, Goverar. A lep4.t.re fc appertanity for a jwHtittl Ta. ww-H- mi "a wiU be o of tW h tfcfars er tried be fore a coort. A ! AH rtm pti h &f ery, "Arabia It tht Arabs." Well, let 'pm h K- The Jtotatl' lefeislfttHr and the aaaaal Bay tate .top show are on exhibiUoa at the se tiwe. New York has some muddy street?. That ends it. Xo street improvement at Sslem for the next 40 years. It would have savored a little too done away with until Oregon gets wise much of progress for this legislature to t J.l .!! .ln... . lin !,.. nrania.A fpW nOW COllUtlCS. anil proviui"i i ii--v;"i. mii, ' nau v .... -- members of tho legislature Thcro nro clerks in tho legislature today receiv ing much higher salaries than arc paid to the lawmakers. Small boys who aro serving as pages, and who aro Incapa ble of earning moro than 50 cents a dny lit any other occupation, are draw ing $ij a day out of tho public treas ury, while tho senntors nnd repre sentatives arc alio wed only $3. This condition of affairs is nothing short of ridiculous, tho graft will continue, however, until the legislators are paid a salary sufllclcnt to justify them in employing clorks at their own ex pense. When this is done, there will bo no dangor of moro clerks being em ployed than aro actually needed. The prosont system merely provides an op portunity for tho pnymont of personal politieal debts at tho expense of the people, but tliero is not much hope for any immediato reliof from the graft, and $8 committee clerks and $5 pages will probably incrcaso in number with each succeeding: session of the Oregon legislature. Tho Journal nover supported Sena tor Mitchell for election, except in lSlKl. It supported Corbutt twice. It Iiiih never had tltc publication of land notices. It has only asked fair play for any accused man. Tt U not known where the whipping post is to be located nt Salem, but it is to bo hoped it will be out ot sigui. The legislative boarding house keep er counteth her coin and prepareth to spend the rest of the winter in South ern Oregon. Tho little girl with tho big bundle of books that die has had at home studying nights is still the greatest proinotor of race suicide. It will take about ten French rev olutions to secure tho reforms that aro really needed by the people of Russia- ten wide, ton deop, and ten long. Lots of young people go wild over basket-ball who would never thing of going out and picking up a basket of chip for mother to get supper with. W. V. Steiwer, who is indicted for lnnd frauds, was always a member of the Simon faction. So were a number of nloin men connected with tho land business. Nebraska editors are in session nt Kearney, Neb. Thoy are discussing oue primary law. So he specialist said you'd have to to give up $lJ "r goa- February IS. It would seem as though Princo Louis .Arenlmrg could be landed Baely in this country with something less than a whole squadron of tho navy. A small tug would uo. ' The number of persons who are will- inR to come to Oregon and live if e Si give them a quarter section of go government land, and a position with a good salary, is still large. The free rural mail and the farmers' telephone aro reconstructing our gov ernment and making it more democrat ie. If the parcel post wcro added, we don't know what would occur. Members of tho legislature are at home picking up tho lost threads of their private business and considering the profit of making seventeen kinds of a fool of vourself for $3.00 per day and mileage. MNt Dolh Hefty is one of tho few young lady editors and newspaper puu- Ushers of Oregon. It is unnecessary iu n.t.l Hmt the Gardiner, Douglas county, Gazette is a clean and patriotic news paper. The editor of the Glcndnlc News is making a hard fight for roads to the mines. Tho development of the coun try depends more on good roads, elec tric trolley lines and branch lines of railroad than on anything eWe. Rain. rain, most glorious rain. How glad we all are that you've como again. We meet you with kindness, wo greet tliec of old, Us Webfeet like water hotter than cold The Astoria Astorian (Rep.) speaks of "the gang of Democratic politicians who have to a great extent controlled tho political affairs of the city and county, aided and abetted by weak minded Republicans, when it canto to passing tho charter over the veto of a Democrat ie politician, tho Republicans 1 I L - J SAVE SOMETHING i He who earns a small salary iti saves part of it is bettor off thaolj who earns a largo salary and spendj all. No maUe'r how smpll yow jn come, something should bo regulaj ly luld by for future needs. No one's incomo is so small that something, even if only a very ft tie, cannot be saved. SAVE THAT LITTLE. We Solicit the Accounts d all Who Wisn so Savey Savings Baal Department Capital National Bank. i thirteen Republicans who voted tin the ten Democrats to sustain the Tt, probably did not relish getting y that unlucky and fataustic number, Tho bill introduced in tho legijlJ turo for publishing tho laws enacitS nt Salem in all nowspapcrs of OrwoM was aiueu uciuru it uau a real m chance to breathe. Our lawmakertiJ pect people to obey tho laws, bntp'v them no means of finding out whittli law really is. If thoy were publish in every newspaper in tho state, Hi "ignorance would bo a crime." B. as only a tnvoreu row get a copy d the Laws of Oregon, published in m form; the great majority of onr $ plo know little nbout tho laws pi&j in gross nt capitol headquarters. Ij publishing them in newspapers, cost to the stato would! be but a littj moro than is now paid. Hillsboroul dependent. such rodhut topics as the anti-pass had the short end of tho fight.' The Peculiar Disappearance. J. I). Runyan, of Butlerville, Om laid the peculiar disappearance ot li painful symptoms, of indigestion aiyd billiousness, to Dr. King's Now Hi Pills. Ho says: "Ihey nro a powerfl0 remedy for dizziness, sour stomit' headache, constipation, etc." Gna antced at J. C. Perry's drag store, pni twaasH MOSmflA'.MPCTMl pecial Price irraSrw-w ' -" li HEn ill vW S ODukjiI'11!'' MffWL1' ' hirwtm m I qjp I n la lau rai ou 1 nd ret Sod- e ai est )W 3D )V ' lot ri'S!S AH this week wc will offer ouc Iron Beds at a decided saving. Heavy shipments having recently arrived, making oar present showing particularly large and attractive. It is to create a lively Interest in this line that a special sale is announced. Simmons' Iroc Beds are sold in Salem by this slorc only. This line is characterised by suptrlor workmenshis, attrsctive pat terns, and high grade enameling. Iron Beds are durable, sanitary and ornamental. If intend purchasing a bed this opportunity to save money should not be overlooked. 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