The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-23

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mission OF the journalist. Already no
Is the preacher. teacher, yes. physician
as well. We as a nation are sick, aye
sick unto death. yet who Is wise enouHh
to prescribe the remedy-apply the
healing balm TO our wounds. Anyone
can point out the existing evils. u
no longer requires either skill. learning
or wisdom TO do that. II Ia easy 70
say. 10 herer and 10 theref' but
where Is the physician for the great
moral. social and political sickness that
is swiftly and surely undermining the
life forces OF America today? Taxes 80
up. up. and wages go down, down. II
Is plain that the people will soon pre-
scribe their own remedies. When, 70 the
already dangerously sick, the romedy
is applied by unskilIed zeal. well may
we tremble. Heretofore the politician
was the physician. and the journalist
the nurse: yet the politician has proved
himself an unskilIed quack. During
the last five years the moral, religious
and social sentiment has passed
through wonderful changes. There y
already being a reconstruction OF So
ciety. There will be a reign Of the
common people.
The twentieth century people will rot
talk 80 much about freedom as we DO,
but he will enjoy more Of II, and win
tell US more OF federation. union. cor
operation. He Will, no doubt. often re-
vert back to the time when these prac-
tlcal realities we're nothing more than
shadowy dreams. but that now as an
actual fact. love, fellowship. justice,
these are the essentials in social. po-
litical and religious life. The differences
OF which we have heard 30 much are
certainly non-essentials. When that
golden age Is reached Of intellectual
attainment. Of spiritual. social and po-
lltical development. we shall. without
prejudice. without fear. with perfect
fidelity to personal convictions. pass
over with Indifference all our differ-
ences as non-essential. and cheer each
other in all that is great. noble and
true. One Of the progressive signs Of
the times is the growing Interest hui
man beings are taking in each other.
The immense impetus now being given
to the great reform movements, the
unusual agitation In all conditions and
branches Of society. conclusively proves
that man is becoming interested in his
fellow man as never before. Each
thoughtful individual Is beginning 70
realize that he Is, to certain extent,
His brothers keeper" The trend Of
thought is to greater fraternity. fed
Grafton, unity and welding together OF
the people than ever before known In
the history Of the world, while the
breach between capital and labor is
widening. Labor federations may, In
many ways, be far from right. yet they
will force capital and corporations into
right.
Some OF the subjects upon which the
twentieth century journalist shall
write: One of the things Of which he
will boast. will be that the United
States navy is one Of the best equipped
in the world. Another is, that the
English Language is the UNIVERSAL LAM
guage OF the world. The bicycle edit
or, who already succeeds the horse ed
itor, will in his "reminiscences discourse
of the time when even the popular bicy-
Gle had to give place to the electro-
pneumatic go-cart and the flying ma
chine, by which means Of Transports
tion travel is so swift that the traveller
can scarcely catch his breath as he
whizzes through space.
He win moralize over the truth that
all Sunday laws have been repealed.
and that even the churches. last las! to ac'
. cept progression. have closed their
doors ON old forms and cant and hypoc-
risy. and opened them wide enough to
admit the living Christ OF humanity
and brotherly love, regardless Of sect
or creed. That they no longer fight a
mythical. far-off devil at long range,
but use their ammunition on the real
devil in their own hearts. homes and
communities. He will tell us how in
the nineteenth century the Christ came
in many forms of federation. and Of
brotherhood, but was rejected OF the
rich and great. How he knocked long
and loud at the doors of legislation,
asking for the equality Of women, but
was heard not. That he demanded en-
trance at the halls of congress, and
plead for mans inhumanity to man.
but they said him nay. until at last,
he said. as in the olden time, 'Lo. I
come to bring a sword" and blood like
rivers flowed before he could say, 'sNfy
peace give unto you" That truth
would not be accepted only by blood
atonement. They shall tell how men
attempted to build Babel Towers TO
Heaven on foundations of sand, and
how at last they fell, and great was
their fall, and great the confusion OF
tongues, but not one of the Babel
builders could speak the word OF life.
to tell of nobler and better living. That
they who spoke true words of life were
crucified. One subject upon which he
spoke will moralize, as he writes some
historical review of the year 1896. will
be, 'the overthrow Of Mark Hanna, and
how Mckinley failed to reach the presi-
dental chair" Because the people DEM
strated true freedom by arising in their
might, refusing to be longer imposed
upon by license that stalked abroad in
the name Of freedom. and that they
would not longer be slaves of any man
or any party. They will once in awhile
refer to that old fuss about the gold
standard and the silver dollar, on
which is the eagle, and the motto I'm
God We Trust" that the politicians
talked themselves hoarse over, things
about which. after all, they had to ad-