The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-17
SYMPATHY WITH CUBA

.'Suffering," says Henry Ward Beech
er, sis part of the divine idea and the
common bond of humanty.' When
once met with, it remains an indestruct-
ible force, only changing its form and
passing from pain into that sympathy
which being the outcome of suffering
forms a common bond which unites all
of humanity. That suffering tends to
make the whole world akin is seen in all
the calamities which have befallen man
kind. From individuals to communities,
communities to states and states to ma
tions this is a divinely established law.
Today there is standing at our depots
train loads of food supplies ready to
traverse continent and reach foreign
people In all affections to which ma
tions are liable, so long as there are
neighboring people on the globe, so long
will the afflicted be assured of sympathy
and help.
The first lesson of life is one of vicar
ious suffering. When man allows him
self to be led into crime, his moral
nature that feels the transgession, suf-
fers If the brain be overwrought the
body suffers, so one part of our being Is
destined to pay anOther's penalty. 1t
is the law of social life that one man
suffers for another's benefit. Christ
obeyed this law in a nObler and grander
way and the world was regenerated. 1t
is fact that where individuals or ma
tions pass through a sad experience the
reward purchased by pain and distress
is fuller life and higher development,
and these bring a sense of added strength:
the world can no more wish to return to
a narrower sympathy, than painter or
a musician can wish to return to his
cruder manner.
Commerce has so perfected the union
of nations as to make of the world neigh
borhood, and today we hear with fear
of great pestilence, famine or war rag
ing across the continent for tomorrow the
calamity may reach us it may be brought
to us or, as i'm the case of. Cuba today,
through sympathy, we may seek it..
Were the dangers much greater than
seem imminent now it were utterly
impossible for nation which has
passed through a struggle for liberty,
which in a few days will assemble its
people at the graves of the soldier heroes
to commemorate their deeds, to remain
quiet and unresponsive when neigh
boring people, goaded to desperation,
were being down-trodden. starved and
murdered. in a similar struggle. That
keen sympathy which pervades the ma
ton sweeps aside all thoughts of nation
al policy, and we boldly proclaim our
selves their allies and supporters. The
result of this remains to be seen, but be
it what it may, America is never going
to repent extending helping hand
where it was SO sorely needed.
We take pleasure in publishing the
following interesting letter from Alice
Moore McComas, of Los Angeles. Cal,
regarding the recent WOman's conven-
ton held in Portland:
To THE EDITOR will you give Cali
fornia woman a little corner in your
Woman's Edition, in which to express
her admiration for Oregon women?
1t was my good fortune to be guest
of the Second Biennial Congress of Ore
gon Women, and l am so delighted with
it that l want to give vent to my feel
ings on the subject.
Having attended women's congresses
ever since they were first inaugurated
consider myself fair Judge of such
matters, and to say l was pleased and
surprised but family expresses it.
Never in any congress have | listened
to better prepared papers, the reading
of which-in clear, strong voices-would
serve as a splendid lesson to women of
older and, so-called more cultured COM