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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
A Little Lesson
In Patriotism


Let our object be our country, our
whole country, and nothing but our
country Webster.
Probably no President was ever as
unpopular In his own time as was Mar
tin Van Buren. One of the worst finan-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

It Is the little cur that Is always
trying to get even with the big dog.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

prove unworthy of the white pile that
capitol oblige" to all art aspirants of
the future.
But the object of the Minnesota
State Art society is not alone to show
to the public what the art workers of
the state have accomplished and are
accomplishing. Its more important
themselves is to show them what is
possible of accomplishment, given the
talent and the purpose. For many
years to come the work of foreign
artists must be the chief feature of
this local exhibit. 1t may be that, in
the distant future, when the gracious
influence of the legislative house shall
have had time to make itself felt and
when the fostering care of the society
shall have been rewarded In the most
tangible way. the state will be less
dependent upon the foreign artist.
But even the most loyal will write this
date far in the future
Just at present the society can ac-
complish its mission in no better way,
in no other way, indeed, than by Civ
ing the public an opportunity of be-
coming acquainted with the best ex-
amples of ancient and modern art
Familiarity alone breeds an apprecia-
ton of the arts. And fortunately,
through the generosity of the collectors
and through the desire of those at
the head of many of the art museums
of the larger cities that an apprecia-
ton of art shall become widespread
and sincere, the loan exhibit is easily
obtainable. Heretofore those desirous
of arranging for such an exhibit in st.
Paul have always been confronted by
the difficulty of securing a suitable
and fireproof hall. The art society will
not have that difficulty to meet
Minnesota may hope, therefore, for
some valuable returns for what it has
offered its art society. Today the or
ganizatfon represents a group of cul-
tured men and women and ambitious
workers who are desirous of doing all
that lies in their power to promote
genuine culture in all that pertains to
art. 1t is natural to expect that their
enthusiasm and their sincerity will
prove effectual leaven. the result of
which will be far reaching and endur-
ing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
PASTOR WAGNER TO AMERICA

The author of the Simple Life" has
sent an appeal to the people of this
country. 1t is bound simply in brown
and retails for sixty cents. In it he
rehearses everything he had said pre-
viously about the simple life. He does
not say it any better, but he uses diff
ferent words. The substance, how
ever, is the same and also the moral,
BE simple and you will be happy"
Apparently the Partisan pastor goes
on the theory that it is impossible to
have too much of good thing. The
simple life, even If impracticable in
this late stage of civilization, was
beautiful to read about, and so the
mere thought that the author is desir-
Gus of reaping a second harvest from
its vogue is a disquieting one to enter
tain. 1t is much more comforting to
believe that he honestly considers that
the more simple lives" there are un-
der various forms, the better off will
the people be.
1t would be unjust to look upon his
appeal, therefore, as a touch" But
nevertheless it is probable that this
duplication of the Simple Life will
lessen its attraction for the American
people that Graves novelty. They will
not be so impolite as to reject Pastor
Wagner's message. though sent "col-
lect," but it is just possible that it
will be allowed to accumulate dust on
library shelves.
However, this second Simple Life"
of his will not be altogether to blame
The fact of the matter is, a painful
one to have to admit, that the idea was
taken up too strenuously to last
Many an individual has worn himself
out attending Simple Life leagues and
endeavoring to explain to the puzzled
ones the inner meaning of such a life
These are doubtless now ready to re-
sumo their place in the madding crowd
and forget all the problems raised by the
Simple Life" 1t will be to Pastor wag-
ner's financial loss, of course. But
doubtless he has made rather a good
thing out of his earlier book and will
accept philosophically the fate that
overtakes all sudden idols.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
BUFFALO BILLS LAST STAND

Ihe Hon. w. Il. Cody, sometime
scouts legislator, Snowman and hero
in ordinary to at least two genera
uons of young Americans, is being
shorn of the garment of romance that
has clothed him. The shearing process
is being performed by lawyers, in
spired by the wife of his bosom-who,
by the way, has not shared any of the
honors of literature or the stage with
the colonel. Mrs. Cody who has not
been known as heroine even by mar
riage, manifests an inclination to re-
move the halo that has set upon the
sombrero of Buffalo Bill and which
has been plainly visible to the all
seeing eye of the small boy these many
years. Mrs. Cody gives it out that
Bill is not hero. This evidence we
decline to accept as conclusive. All
history teens with examples showing
that heroes have been held in little re-
gard by the ladies to whom it was
given to share their porridge and keep
their laurels on straight. One Sam
son was not so much esteemed by De-
lilah as by others who were not in the
secret of his avoidance of the barber
Socrates does not appear to have much
impressed the wife of his bosom. and
that in spite of the fact that he be-
slowed upon her certain posthumous
distinction merely by association up to
the time he took his final drink
Thomas Carlyle's wife is credited with
having remarked that possibly the
world needed geniuses, but it was
rather hard on a woman to have to
live with one. These worthless did not
impress or beguile the ladies who en-
joyed their fullest confidence. But they
are somewhat remote from this day
and generation, and we felt no sense OF
outrage on discovering the opinions
their wives had of them.
In the present instance we are con-
cerned. We will have to submit-but
VIC NoihOb WIN 5OOo 6i1NO bilC
shearing of Buffalo Bill To him we
have clung for many years as living
evidence that the West was wild and
woolly before it was turned into q
pasture for octopi. About his silvered
tresses there fingered the glory of an
age when the lordly bison roamed the
prairies and heroes went about shoot
ing up the aborigines to reduce their
number, thereby enhancing the value
of the survivors as Wild West exhibits
And by the time Mrs. Cody gets
through with the colonel his glory will
have departed, and he might as we'll
go get his hair cut The unhappy
blighting of Buffalo Bills long drawn
and spectacular career is a blow at
the last ideals we retained of the
golden age of the West. And the blow
is not the less severe because it has
been admitted by Col. Cody himself
that he was personally responsible for
the bringing about of a condition in
the West which made it possible for
women and lawyers to inhabit it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
YELLOW PULPITISM

New Jersey divine gives to every
couple whom he marries a present of
one thousand trading stamps. The
story of his generosity has just recent
ly leaked out, but already his congre-
cation has doubled its size and so
many young folk have requested him
to ofticiate at their weddings that he
has been forced to refuse his services
to number of them. A Chicago di-
vine now laboring in LIE Sueur has at
tracted the attention of the multitude
by hanging out in front of the hall
where his services are held f1ippantly
worded placards that arouse the Gu
riosity of the passing throng. Passers-
by have been informed that some
thing is doing for God here every
evening"
Perhaps the New Jersey minister
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
TODAYS WEATHER

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 21-Fore-
cast for Wednesday and Thursday:
Minnesota-Fair Wednesday except snow
In northeast portion; somewhat colder in
east portion; Thursday fair, warmer;
fresh northwest winds
North Dakota-Fair. warmer in east and
south portions Wednesday; Thursday fair
South Dakota and Iowa-Fair Wednes-
day and Thursday.
day.
Wisconsin-Fair and somewhat colder
Wednesday; Thursday fair; fresh north
west winds.
Upper Michigan-Snow and somewhat
colder "Wednesday; Thursday fair except
snow fiurries along the lake shore; fresh
northwest winds.
st. Paul - Yesterdays observation
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul. w. E. Oliver. observer. for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Barometer, 30.OS;
relative humidity. Sc; weather. partly
cloudy; maximum temperature 3S; mini
mum temperature, 81; daily range, Z;
mean temperature. "a: D. m. tempera-
ture, 81; wind at p. m, northwest;
precipitation. 0.
Yesterdays Temperatures-
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

has only the good of the couples he
the trading stamps as matrimonial
inducement, and it may be that the
Chicago evangelist is actuated by a
sincere desire to convert the scoffing
man in the street when he displays his
slangy placards. A censorious public
is apt to believe otherwise, however.
1t will see in both those incidents the
yellow" method of spreading the gos-
pei and of attracting sinners that
into vogue.
If the aim really was to spread the
gospel and to attract sinners the
method would not be so reprehensible.
But yellow pulpitism is directly trace
able to the vanity of certain men of the
cloth, vanity that only notoriety can
satisfy. Sensational advertising, SEN
sational subjects for discourse, sensa-
tional subject matter are the means
employed to fill their churches. They
do fill the churches, and were it not
for one fact their method would not
provoke criticism.
The one fact is that they foster
a love for sensationalism. Simple
preaching soon pals upon a congre-
cation that has become accustomed to
novel entertainment in the pulpit. 1t
is apt to demand of a pastor that he
keep up the pace he himself has set.
He has excited a vulgar curiosity, a
quality that is not entirely foreign to
the nature of the most Christian and
that is not hopelessly dormant in the
majority. The instant he fails to sat-
3sfy this, he is voted prosy. He suffers
then, but, unfortunately, the cause he
represents suffers more. Christianity
is the real victim of yellow puIpitism.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
WEDNESDAY, FEB. %, 1905
AN EMPTY FORMALITY

Diplomatic etiquette is responsible
for Ambassador McCormick's assur-
ance to the czar that he has the Amer
lean peoples sympathy in his tragic
bereavement AS a matter of fact the
American people are wasting little
sympathy on Nicholas and 1t is regret
table that. their representative in Rus
sia should be forced to utter the Dip
lomatic white lie. But the entente
cordiale between nations as between
individuals is sustained chiefly by sac
rificing the truth.
Had the American ambassador as
sured the emperor that it was the firm
belief of the people of the United States
that the Grand Duke Sergius' death
was the logical and the deserved res
suit of his reactionary policy, he would
merely have stated a fact. But facts,
unfortunately, are the last resort of
foreign representatives. There was a
time when this country's representa-
tives prided themselves on their plain
speaking and their plain coats. But
they have learned that speech has been
given them to conceal the thoughts of
the people they represent and they
have sewed gold lace on their coats.
Nations, like individuals, cannot
stand the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, but there is much that is
ridiculous in present day diplomatic in
tercourse and much that might with
safety be eliminated. One plain speak
ing man near the throne of the czar
would do him more real good than all
the empty diplomatic courtesies that
are showered upon him. But he can
not hope to find such an individual
among his own relatives and courtiers,
and etiquette prescribes that plain
speaking must not be the accomplish
ment of any foreign representative.
And SO, as Mr. Dooley says, there you
ar-re." Perhaps some future peace con-
ference at The Hague will agree that
the ruler who does not conduct his
government in decent, civilized way
shall be sent to conyentry. Foreign
representatives, instead of indulging in
conventional platitudes, will then either
keep silent or speak the truth And
better for it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
May Buck Rules Committee

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 21.-
Chairman Gillett On. W, of the house
committee on public buildings and
grounds, today took the initiative on
behalf of the omnibus public building
bill by applying to Speaker Cannon for
a rule giving that measure the right
of way in the house and backed up this
application with petition signed by
300 members of the house, both Repub-
1cans and Democrats. In former con-
ferences with the speaker as chairman
of the committee on rules, very little
encouragement has been received for
the bill. No apparent change in this
situation was indicated today. Some
have suggested calling a caucus if the
committee on rules remains deaf to the
pleadingS of members
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
SENATE POSTPONFS
RATE LEGISLATION
Chairman EIkins Admits M
Time Is Left for 1t This
Session

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 21.-Tba
senate today passed the military acad-
emy appropriation and began consid-
Grafton of the Indian appropriation bill.
Early in the day, in response to oues-
tlon, Mr.. Elkins, chairman of the COM
m1ttee on interstate commerce ex-
pressed the opinion that it would be
impossible to secure railroad rate legis-
latlon during the present session of
congress.
Mr.. Carmack, member of the COM
mlttee, excused himself from speaking
Tor the committee on the ground that
such joyous harmony exists there as
10 obliterate party lines" He said he
could assure the senate that all of the
committee are actuated by keen de-
sire to execute at the earliest possible
moment the promises made bV the
president of the United States and
through the medium of the Democratic
PLATFORM, and to add that it is the in
tent1on of the whole committee TO he
guided in this matter by the president"
Indeed, he added, L may go further
and say that l am authorized to in
form the senate that all the members
recognize in the president the foremost
disciple and the ablest lieutenant of
William j. Bryan"
Inc statement caused q general burst
of laughter.
The senate took up the isthmian canal
Dill and agreed to meet an hour earlier
tomorrow in order to advance the bill.
Ex-senator Higgins finished his pre-
llmlnary statement in opening the de-
fense for Judge Swayne and one wit
ness for Judge Swayne was examined.
Passes Philippine Tariff Bill
The house passed the Philippine tar
III bill practically as it came from the
committee and with little or no discus
sion. Certain amendments coming from
the Democratic side to put some ar
ticles on the free list met with defeat.
Efforts to prohibit the importation of
opium into the islands except for med
1cal purposes also failed, though Mr.
Payne IN. " explained that the
Philippines committee was dealing with
the subject in its own way. The house
took up the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill. Several measures passed. the
most important of which was the au-
thorization for the secretary of war to
return to the several states the Union
and Confederate battle flags.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
AN ART BEGINNING

Though more than a year old, the
Minnesota State Art society will prob
ably date its real beginning from the
first exhibit held IN the new capitol
Housed in building that is one of the
most complete expressions of art in
architecture possessed by this country,
the society cannot easily escape the
potent influence of the capitol. nor is
it possible that future exhibits will
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

New Haven, COnn.-Under the auspices
Of the Yale class of 1894 committee has
been appointed to promote a movement
for raising funds for five new dOrmitories
at Yale. The plan provides for one dor
m1tory to be given by classes previous to
1865 and four by classes representing each
of four successive decades
Washington. D. C.-The circular invit-
ing tenders for the issue of 81 500, 900
Philippine public works bonds. the first
to be issued under the terms of the cop
per act. has been made public. The bids
will be received UP to 3 o'clock Friday,
March 10. at the inSular bureau.
Washington, D. C.-President RoOse-
welt will go to Philadelphia today to de-
liver a WaShingtOn's birthday address be-
fore the student body of the University Of
Pennsylvania. and to receive. with En-
peror William, the degree of Doctor Of
Laws.
Washington. D. CDR. Jesse du Paul,
Venezuelan representative on the French
Venezuelan arbitration commission, is
here and his visit may result in an
agreement between this country and Ven
ezuela over matters now in dispute.
Glasgow-The Cunard lines first tur-,
bine steamer Carmania was launched at
Clydebank. She is of 21.000 tons regis
ter, is 67S feet long, has eight decks and
accommodation for 1856 passengers and a
crew of $50.
Constantinople-Th proposed increase
in the Turkish customs duties has been
accepted in principle by the six great
powers on the condition that the revenue
so derived shall be devoted 10 carrying
out reforms.
Detroit. Mich.-The United States Daily
has suspended publication after an exist
ence of eleven weeks. 1t combined the
trading stamp idea with the publication
and circulation of daily newspaper.
Chicago-Johann Hook repudiates his
alleged confession read before a cOroner's
jury. Il never told Inspector Shippy [
had married eleven women, said Hook.
Manila-Maj Darlington. convicted OF
falsifying vouchers of the civil government
to the amount of 81, 500, was sentenced to
sixty years and five days Imprisonment.
Pittsburg, Pa-Daniel Wyer. an cleo
ton officer in the Thirteenth ward. drop
ped dead while being taken to JAIL
charged with ballot stuffing.
St. Petersburg Duke Paul has
been readmitted to the army with his
former rank of lieutenant general and
aid-de-camp general.
Chicago-By the will of the late Mrs
Harriet A. Jones. of this city, numerous
charitable and religious institutions are
made beneticiaries
Berlin-Vandals have covered the
Shakespeare monument at Weimar with a
black acid The shaft is likely to be COM
pletely ruined
Budapest-The lower house OF the Hun
garian diet elected Julius Justh, mem
Der of the Kossuth party, president of the
house.
Brussels-The international conference
of maritime law held its first meeting
here.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Broad and Liberal

The address of President Roosevelt
at the Lincoln dinner in New York re-
Iates almost wholly to the South, and
will certainly secure, and will certainly
deserve, careful reading in this section
OF the country. 1t is broad and liberal,
and the race problem of the South IS
treated from a lofty point of view
birmingham (Ala) Age-Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Railroad Rate Commission

The pending measure is a dangerous
one in that it would wiring from the
railway companies the management of
their property and offer a premium for
the corruption of the public officials in
whose hands is placed an arbitrary
power that no state should usurp Can
the legislators see their way clear to do
this is?-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

".
of the Smith & Farwell Co., returned from
an Eastern trip yesterday.
Ryan-H. NJ Richards. Spokane: r. J.
Keown. Tacoma: Z. NJ. Parmelee. Sheboy-
gan: F. W.sPeters. III. A. Davidson Win
nipeg: T: P. Whitman. Dayton: William
fitzpatrick, Vancouver; Josef Hofmann,
Berlin; c. II. Mcleod. Walton Mcleod. A.
Royal. Missoula; ]. w Trokee. ST. Cloud;
A. M. Chisholm. Duluth.
Merchants. p. Cullen. Janesville; A.
j. Grunow. Lakota; w. II. Winter, Mon
treal; w. A. Hogeman. Rockhaven. s. d.;
+: j. Smith, Kalispell: Mrs. III. Greenleaf.
Sioux Falls; j. w. True, L. p. Hunt, Man
kato; Peter Haley. Devils Lake; l. NJ.
Pound. Winnipeg; Elizabeth Pitkin.
Northfeld; p. NJ Parker, Rice Lake Wis !;
]: A. Hanson. Frost; A. G. Anderson,
North Branch; o. f. Lund Lyle.
Windsor-A. A. Miller. Crookston; "
III. Stickney, Jane Freeman, Mrs Stick
ney. Dickinson. n. D.: Anna c. Gogin.
Mankato; c. w. Ingraham. ]. E. Herbert.
Jamestown; T. ]. Goodmonson. Duluth;
c; f. Macdonald. st. Cloud; John White.
Cloquet: G. Hopkins. Rockford; E. G.
Davis. Ferona.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Santo DOMINGO

The matter involves the scope of the
Monroe doctrine, and it's Importance
Justlfles the most thorough considera-
tion- The case of Santo Domingo is not
peculiar. Similar issues are being
raised as regards Venezuela and are
liable to be raised in the case of other
countries. The Santo Domingo matter
VIII form an influential precedent
Pittsburg Gazette
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
To Protect Women

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. -21.-
Senator Dillingham; has reported ia
-vorably from the senate committee on
immigration a bill amending the sec
ton prohibiting the importation of any
woman or girl for immoral purposes or
harboring such person for such pur-
poses within one year after she shall
have entered the United States. The
amendment makes the act apply ire
SpectiYe of consent.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
The Way of the Water Wagon Is Hard

John L. Sullivan must wonder what's
the use. The minute he gets sober and
tries TO earn an honest living he strikes
a Missouri town where only two people
thing he is sick in bed of pneumonia
Chicago Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

The report given publicity by a Gin
cinnati newspaper that there was a
beer famine in Milwaukee calls atten-
ton to a phase of yellow journalism
that makes the public discredit news
paper stories.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

The announcement is made that
Canada will fortify without waiting
for the consent of the mother country.
Let us hope that the Canadians have
not become unduly alarmed over the
stead.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

The village of Excelsior seems to
franchise rights asked for by the Twin
City Rapid Transit company, but it
should see to it that the real goods
are delivered.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22

The marriageable widows of Chicago
appear to be agitated by alternate
hope and fear by reports that there are
several Johann Hooks and denials of
those reports.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
AGGRESSIVE Euroneans

The scheme to take Santo Domingo
has been incontinently arrested, but
aggressive European nations need take
no encouragement from that. There is
something bigger than the collection of
petty debts in the Monroe doctrine
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Monroe Doctrine

The president brings the whole sub
Ject of the Monroe doctrine to the at
tention of the senate and places upon
that body the responsibility of deciding
whether we are in earnest regarding
the doctrine or whether we are not
prepared to assume the duties which
naturally go with it's enforcement
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Friendly Tin

THE love of a true woman never
changes said the young man who had
recently given up 1898 for an engage
ment ring.
Yes. but you'll find 1t somewhat diff
ferent with her hat" rejoined the man
who had been trotting in double harness
for seven long years.-Chicago News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Twill Be a Touching Siqht

The Emperor William will allow his
army officers to drink his health in wa
ter. One can easily imagine how the
touching delight of the officers afore-
said over this permission will be
enough TO make strong men weep
Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-22
Among the Merrymakers
Cold Weather in ceoroIa

''One thing is sho' en- sartin','' said
Brer Williams. as he shattered a half
dozen icicles. which were hanging from
his hat-brim, lone mo- freeze lax des
an de race problem will be settled fer
ever-de cullud man will pack up an
crar outi''-Atlanta Constitution.