The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-07-05

minds or any aggregation of intellec'
tual giants. II does not spring from
the successful efforts Of the few upor
whose brows history has placed the
laurel wreaths Of victory. 1t is the
result of causes working along con-
verging lines for untold years; from o
sequence OF events originating in OBJ
security: from causes operating within
the mass. arising out Of and springing
from the needs of humanity responsive
to the demands induced by awakening
Intelligence. Radium-like. 1t charges
with its own principles. its own inher-
ent qualities, those with whom It comes
in contact. gaining momentum as ia
vorable opportunities arise: for pc
riod dormant. owing to the negative
condition OF the mass. again moving
with pristine vigor, more often i'm
pelling men than impelled by them, and
recognized when eliminating in the
event whose 12Sth anniversary we are
today celebrating"
Tribute to Motherhood.
Mr.. Poiworth paid tribute to the
women of the land in the following
n, VNeRrn4R 4Rr.s
again, there is one whose ear is
ever attuned to the majestic hymn of
freedom; whose soul throbbed in uni
son to its sublime notes; whose pro-
phetic intuition and poetic vision saw
in the future the realization of the
dreams of the present; who saw hu-
manity raised from lower to higher
estate and measure of happiness and
contentment for all; who whispered
these glad tiding to those in whose
hands the weapons of warfare might
accomplish the result so earnestly de-
sired who swept aside all doubts. in
spired with her sublime and matchless
courage, and made these dreams reali-
ties; who waited in heroic grandeur
the outcome Of the struggle; who
crushed her grief with heroism un-
equaled on any field of carnage, and
who made 1t possible for mankind to
be free.
"To her who did these things-to wo-
man, who has reared the worlds heroes
Ito her whom we revere and love as
mother, wife, daughter, sweetheart, we
have denied the right Of suffrage and
placed her on par with the blanket
ed wanderers of the plains, the Cos
sacks of the new world. Have we at
tained to all that savors of freedom?
Is our work along these lines finished
and complete?
No Trust on Freedom.
I'VE have trusted about everything
else, yet we have no trust on freedom.
though our article is the greatest,
grandest, most majestic and sublime
the world has ever seen. Out Of the
peoples of the world, from every tom
que and from every cline, 1t has gath
cred its quota and is making Of them
a nation-the greatest apostle of free
dom humanity has ever known, and
which will carry to the uttermost ends
of the earth the gospel Of liberty, fra
ternity, equality, which offers to the
people of ali lands a shelter and a
home where is possible the greatest
individual effort; where education is
as free as the wild birds song; where
will be given to the toiling masses, who
are its very foundation, who in peace
are its pride, and in war its defense,
that place-a high and exalted one
to which they are SO justly entitled; a
nation where the grim specter Of mill
tarism has no place, for it presents
to the whole world the offerings Of
peace and in times of war millions of