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THE MORNING OKEGONIAlS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBEB 12, 1902. Eaterea at the Poatofflce at Portland, Oregon, a second-class matter.' TtEVlSED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid. In Advance) Dally, with Sunday, per month So Dally. Sunday excepted, per year 7 50 Dally, with Sunday, per year...., 00 Sunday, per year - J The "Weekly, per year 1 j The "Weekly, 3 months 00 To City Subscribers Dairy, per Tree k, delivered. Sunday excepted.l5c Dally, per week, delivered, Sundaya included;20c POSTAGE RATES, . ' United States. Canada and Mexico: 10 to H-page paper ...... 14 to 28-page paper c Foreign rats double. New or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the -name of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscriptions' or to any business matter should" be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." Eastern Business Office, 43,. 44. 45. 47. 48. 49 Tribune building. New York - City; 510-11-12 Tribune building. 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For ale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrick. 906-012 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series, Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Fair; winds mostly northerly. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum, tem perature. 78; minimum temperature. 61; pre cipitation, none. . PORTLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 THE BEST OF A BAD MATTER. Prom the apparent impasse Into which they had permitted their Gov ernor on the one hand and" their rail road lobbyists on, the other to lead them, the Republican of "Washington seem to have made the most advantageous exit possible. As was intimated in these columns two days ago, the triumph of the raliroad forces would carry with it an attainder of corruption under which the party would very painfully labor. It would also have to sustain the severe technical misfortune of a vote of lack of confidence in the Governor, who oc cupies, ex officio, the position of "party leader. It is probably true, as asserted by the railroad forces, that the removal of the Congressional struggle from the situation, as soon as the candidates were nominated, cleared the way for the Governor's victor', which had previous ly seemed to be impossible; but however this may be, the fact remains that the party has stoqd behind its Governor, has declared itself free from railroad dictation and has spiked one of the most formidable guns of Senator Turner and the Democratic organization. - With this much conceded, 'The Orego nian's sympathy with the Tacoma pro ceeding ends. It can find neither com mendation nor forbearance for the con templated appeal to the people for a device of administration which is known of all men to be' inoperative. This Is dishonesty. Itvcan find neither commendation nor forbearance In the second place, for railroad managements that end their salaried employes about the state trying to buy up conventions and Legislatures. This is corruption and bribery, and, in the spirit of the law, criminal. It can find neither ap proval nor palliation, in the third place, for a public opinion which agrees to brand every man as a bribe-taker who will not consent to wage general and Indiscriminate warfare on the railroads. This Is not a pleasant theme, and The Oregonlan does not wish to recur to It again in the present campaign. But once for all let it be said that one could hardly expect to find anywhere a lower state of moral sense than is revealed in the apparent consensus of "Washington State opinion, to the effect that If a man is not an anarchist he is a scoun drel. Every man in the State of "Wash ington who desires to see railroad prop erty protected and railroad interests treated with justice and fairness Is forthwith set down as .having been cor rupted by railroad money. It is Incon ceivable In Washington that a man can understand the sham of a raliroad com mission and voice his conviction unless he has been paid to do it. The only conclusive evidence of moral upright ness is wild-eyed hostility to every cor porate interest, right or wrong. Obviously the sufferers by this unique state of affairs will be the Innocent in vestors whose money Is in the securities of the Great Northern, Northern Pa cific and O. "R. & .N. Railroads. And a large measure of responsi bility for the situation rests with the officials of the roads, who have busied themselves unnecessarily In question able methods. The activity of railroad lobbyists throughout the state the past few weeks can be described only to be condemned. No unjust freight" or pas senger rate law can be enforced, because it cannot survive the judicial tests that It must certainly meet. The Federal courts of Washington are fair. Nobody has ever feared he could not get justice before Judge Hanford. An appeal al ways lies to the United States Supreme Court, which set aside a Nebraska rate law as unconstitutional. The menace of a railroad commission- is known to be empty. It Is at best a thing of Ineffi ciency and humbug. The railroads must know this as well as any one, yet they compass heaven and earth to de feat It. They have, by their very ac tivity and alarm, given color to the Idea that the railroad commission in volved a danger to their plans. The re sult is just, so far . as these -strenuous efforts are concerned. They have dug a pit and fallen Into it. The three railroad presidents did a good thing when they met the farmers and attempted by a reduction of rates to disarm prejudice and take the rate question out of politics. That work, however. Is incomplete, so long as they permit the present political activity of under-ofilclals to continue. The . fact is that the good Impression they then made has' been measurably destroyed by what has" happened since. The railroad Interests of the State of Wash ington are rapidly getting themselves Into the same fix the Southern Pacific has occupied so expensively and uncom foHably so ' many -years in the poli tics of California. Mr. Harrlman is trying to get. rid of the venal and predatory -conditions long suffered in California, .thereby extricating the Southern Pacific as rapidly - as pos sible from" Its" political entanglement This "remedial policy must be employed in Washington State. Otherwise, there Is trouble In store, not only for prop erty rights, but for public morality. GERMAN MILITARY SUPERIORITY. The annual maneuvers of the German Army are now In progress, and are at tended by distinguished military men of the British and American armies, In cluding Lord Roberts, Generals French and Ian Hamilton, of the British Army, and Generals S. B. M. Young and H. C. Corbln. of the American Army. Em peror William, of course, as Commander-in-Chief, presides over the whole af fair, but the great strategist and tactician of the German Army Is Count Waldersee. Germany is the foremost military power of the world. Her telegraph, telephone, railway construction and bal loon service are considered the best In the world, and so are her cavalry and artillery. Her general staff Is the model for the whole world. The peace estab lishment of Germany's Army today ex ceeds 600,000 men, while her armies on a war footing amount to a grand total of 5,788,000 men and 250,000 officers, a force that makes her today from a purely military standpoint more than a match for the combined forces of France and Russia, taking into account the much greater actual efficiency of the German Army, which Is the most pow erful, most perfect fighting machine that the world ever saw. The German troops engaged In the present maneuvers are about 92,000 strpngt exceeding In numbers the whole regular Army of the United States. -The vitality of the military spirit of Ger many Is due to the Impressive example of Emperor William, who has more than once said that the most potent support of his throne Is his army. He attends all parades, maneuvers and anniver saries of battles, delivers speeches, fraternizes with the officers of the army at luncheons or banquets given at their barracks He fixes rewards and punishments, dispenses promotions, orders and decorations, gives praise or censure, confirms, revises or nullifies sentences by courts-martial. He Is said to know personally half of the 25,000 offi cers of his standing army. The excellence of the German Army is not due chiefly to Its memory of pa triotic glory won In 1870-71; it Is due to the fact that It has always been scientif ically kept abreast of the times. No poli tical nor personal Influence can be suc cessfully Invoked to screen any man, high or low, In the German Army who Is not fit for a soldier. An officer may be proved a tyrant and a brute and hold his place, but If he is so ignorant of his profession as to exhibit his in competency, his lack of sound military Intelligence, to his superiors, he cannot stay In the German Army. In event of a great war no man simply because of wealth or rank could possibly secure a commission in the German Army. He would be obliged- to render military servloe, but without military knowledge and training he could not obtain a com mission. The son of Bismarck fought as a plain trooper In one of the German regiments in 1870-71. A man must earn his spurs In the German Army. He must earn his commission by study and proved In telligence at the military schools, and In peace and In war he must prove by his valor and conduct that he Is fit to keep his commission. Nothing is wasted in vainglorious boasting or empty enthu siasm. War in the, German Army is reduced to a science, a business. If you do not know your business, you cannot obtain a commission, and if you neglect your business, you cannot re tain it. AN INTERESTING SUBJECT. There is no subject that comes "before medical societies In the discussion of which the general public Is so deeply Interested as that of tuberculosis and Its treatment. A disease that numbers among Its sufferers anever-decreaslng host, and among Its victims thousands every passing year against which all the remedial agencies known to medi cal science are powerless, and one that Is communicable though not actively contagious consumption is the stalking ghost bf every community. Investiga tion has brought much to light in the pathology of this disease In recent years. Its? cause has been so definitely deter mined that It Is not necessary to await Its development through slow stages in order to detect Its presence. The Intel ligent physician can detect it In its earlier stages by the use of his micro scope with unerring accuracy and give the patient warning of Its presence. Knowing that no medicine has yet been discovered or compounded that will de stroy the pernicious germs of the dis ease that will nog also destroy the tis sues upon which life depends that medi cine Indeed but aggravates the difficulty,. and hastens the end by disturbing dU gestlon and destroying the. patient's ap petite, the perplexed physician has been wont to advise "change of climate" as long the only resource from the de stroyer. How vain this resource has proven has been seen- In the death, far from home and friends, of hundreds of consumptives who staked their last hope on this advice and lost. Experience and observation, passing through many trying stages in coping with this 'disease, have at length de cided that life In the open air Is the only means by which the germs of tu berculosis can be dislodged from the system once Invaded, or their "presence therein rendered Innocuous. Not the air of Colorado or of New Mexico or Ari zona, or of any specified place, but the open air of any locality the climate of which will permit people to live in It constantly eat In it, sleep In it. breathe In it. So far, indeed, has opinion ad vanced in this direction that we find one physician at the medical convention now In session In this city declaring that -It should be made a penal pffense for doctors to give drugs In the treat ment of tuberculosis, adding: "The open-air treatment Is the only one that Is valuable." Sanitariums 'carried on upon this prin ciple have been established in many places. Open air. wholesome food and rest are the principles upon which these establishments are conducted. These simple weapons with which incipient consumption may successfully be corn batted are within the reach of suffer ers everywhere. The cost of a roof chamber, protected merely from the rain and snow, would be much less than the railway fare to Arizona or Colorado. Western Oregon Is not an Ideal place in which to carry out this Idea, owing to the long and persistent rains of Win ter, but there is no reason why the eli minate of Southern Oregon cannot be made to serve the purpose of the con sumptive who seeks the open-air treat ment as well as that of Arizona, while the climate of Eastern Oregon can scarcely be inferior to that of Colorado or Montana for the same purpose. The declaration of Dr. Hershey . before the medical convention Wednesday that "there is no special climate that will cure tuberculosis; what is needed Is to get out Into the open air and rough it," contains the essence of all experience In this matter. To follow this advice effectively it-will be necessary to begin early In the progress of the disease, since for reasons that are obvious to any one who has had experience In the care of consumptives It Is as imprac ticable In advanced stages as would be advice to the patient to take exercise by means of flying. USES OF EXPOSITIONS. George Frederick Kunz contributes an article to the current number of the North American Review on the man agement and uses of expositions. Mr. Kunz speaks with authority that comes of long training and extensive observa tion. At the age of 20 he represented at the Centennial Exposition of 1S76 the American Museum of Natural His tory. Since then he has attended In an official capacity the Paris expositions In 1880 and 1800, the exhibitions at At lanta, Nashville, Omaha, Buffalo and Turin. In the judgment of Mr. Kunz the indictment lies that "such enter prises have been largely planned and managed for the pecuniary' benefit of their promoters; that the expenses of their administration have been contin ually evaded: that business men who risked their goods, their money and their time In an enterprise which they had a right to believe National have In the end been forced to the conclusion that they were drawn Into a private speculation from which real estate deal ers, railroad companies, hotels and local tradesmen derived huge profits, profits which should have gone Into a general fund to pay all just debts and charges before any individual benefited by a single dollar." The exposition of 1S7G resulted In a collapse In Philadelphia real estate, due to overspeculatlon In the vicinity of the fair. The patriotic subscribers to the stock of the exposition never received a dollar in return. The contractors at Buffalo, who built "the Dream City," went unpaid when the railroads and hotel-keepers made profits. Mr. Kunz predicts that the time must come when the public and the exhibitors at Amer ican expositions will cease to suffer from the greed of private speculators, the brutality of Inefficient management and misdirection. If our expositions were managed on the lines of the ex positions of Europe held the past Sum mer, their expenses would have been paid out of moneys, which should have gone Into the general fund Instead of to private beneficiaries. On the other hand, Mr. Kunz frankly admits that our great expositions, while defective in financial management, must have been of immense benefit to the country. To the Philadelphia Exposition of 1S76 was due an art movement of National proportions. Out of It grew the Me morial Hall In Philadelphia and the Commercial Art Museum. The great Chicago Fair educated the people and was a means of Introducing new ideals and standards of architecture nd art into their homea A great boom In mines followed the Denver Mining Ex position of 1882. The Chicago Fair il lustrated the first, Buffalo the latest, de velopments in electric lighting, and at Omaha the intermediate stages were shown. At Atlanta there was a fine ex hibition of the arts and industries of the- Southern Statea The exhibition at Nashville of local industries and manu factures was of extraordinary benefit to Southern consumers and Northern man ufacturers. As a benefit to exhibitors, the great Russian Fair formerly held at Nijnl Novgorod Is quoted, where for over a century the annual sales In six weeks' time amounted to a billion of francs, and all Central Asia there had an annual exchange with the whole ter ritory of Central Europe during the Middle Ages. Abroad the -expenses of a fair are provided- for before the doors are opened. Private Individuals are not permitted to form companies by, which they can contrive to reap profits, while the cred itors whistle for their money, if the en terprise is unsuccessful. Mr. Kunz con cludes by saying that "In every other than a financial sense every exposition held in the United States has been suc cessful. No one of them has failed to benefit directly and indirectly every part of our country a result far better than If they had succeeded as money-making t enterprises but failed in the higher meals ana utintiea" SETTLEMENT WITH THE BOERS. At his recent conference with the Boer Generals in London Mr. Chamberlain Is reported to have compared Great Britain's treatment of the Boers with the treatment of the South by the North after our Civil War. Mr. Chamberlain says that the North gave the Confeder ates their llves'and liberties and "after a period of ten years gave them votes, but 'did not give them any money com pensation, while England gave the Boers $15,000,000 toward relieving the waste of war.. Mr. "Chamberlain's an swer Is either ignorant or disingenuous. In the first place,, it is not historically just to compare our Civil War to the war of Great Britain with the Boers. From the standpoint of our Government the Confederates were Insurgents against our flag, while .the Boers were not British subjects. The Orange Free State was absolutely free, and the Transvaal Republic was absolutely free save that In the matter of treaties with foreign powers the sanction of Great Britain was needed. To this extent only did the Transvaal Republic acknowl edge the suzerainty of Great Britain. The Boers invaded British territory and were finally conquered In the war that followed, but the Boers were not In any sense Insurgents or rebela Fur thermore, our Civil War lasted more than four years, cost us some eight billions of dollars, about a million of lives on both sides, and left us with a public debt of about three billions of dollars. When the great armies of Lee and Johnston surrendered they were not only given their lives and liberties, but their horses to help them, as Grant said, "In their Spring plowing." The small territory of the country of the Boers has been completely swept of food for men and fodder for domestic animals; the farmsteads have all been bufned. This was Inevitable with the passage of a great army over a small territory, much of which had never been agricul turally productive. The Boers with their families were really In a state of comparative distress and famine at the close of the war. The territory of the South had suffered considerably In spots from the march of our armies, but as a whole the South at the close 6f the war did not lack for local food supplies. The lack of suDDlles for Lee's "army and Johnston's was not due to' the lack of food In the South, hut to the destruction of the railways behind those armies, which prevented transpor tation of military supplies of all sorts. Furthermore, the slaves at the South kept the plantations ip. a state of culti vation except in the path of our armies, so that there was no such comparative widespread destitution and distress be cause of war as existed In the South African Republics. We did not disfranchise the Confed erates for any term of years. As fast as they framed constitutions acceptable to Congress they became at once politically rehabilitated. In the Presidential .elec tion of November, 1858, Alabama, Ar kansas, Florida,. Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina all voted; the only states not voting were Virginia, Mississippi and Texas. At thlB date all persons had been pardoned except those under In dictment in any court of the United States having competent Jurisdiction. This was the situation in 1868, within leas than two years after President Johnson's official proclamation that the war was over, and less than four years after Lee's surrender. These facts show clearly, first, that the relation of Boer and Briton and that of Unionist and Confederate were In no sense Identical, and. secondly, that, considering the length, the bitterness, the margnltude.. the severity and the enormous cost of our Civil War, we dealt more gener ously with our insurgents than the Brit ish did with the -Boers. .The- South had not been made a desert and a solitude by our arms; it was not foodless nor homeless; Its land was still fertile, and It had plenty of strong-handed farm ers. Its business and-commerce were, of course, paralyzed, but the South as a whole had not been swept clean by the besom of war of crops, flocks and herds and farmsteads, as had the territory of the South African Republics. Had the South been In the same state of bitter need as the .Boers, that need .would have been known and alleviated, but this need did not exist. The South asked only for political restoration, and It obtained it so rapidly that by Novem ber. 1868, every one of the seceding states save three voted for President. Mr. Chamberlain's comparison Is not just to America or to the Boers. If Great Britain's war had bee'n to stamp out an attempt at secession on the part of Scot land or Ireland, his comparison might have- some force, but the Boers were not revolted English subjects. Mr. Chamberlain Is wrong when he says that we disfranchised the South for ten years; we offered thein prompt restora tion. All except Virginia, Mississippi and Texas were fully restored in 1868; Virginia and Mississippi were restored in 1869 and Texas in 1S70. so that within five years after the great surrender the whole Southern Confederacy was legally entitled to elect members of Congress and to vote for President of the United States. , It Is hoped that Percy A. Smith, ap pointed by Senator Simon to fill the existing vacancy In the Naval Academy at Annapolis, will be able to pass his entrance examination successfully, Ore gon has not been fortunate In this line. Few of its appointees have qualified and passed on Into active service in the Navy, though a number of very estima ble and energetic young men have from time to time entered and essayed to enter the Naval Academy. The Port land public schools have not, from some cause, appeared to advantage in exam inations of this character. It might be well to look the matter up and strengthen the weak points Indicated by the repeated failure of candidates who have received their preliminary educa tion In theoa schools to pass the en trance examination to Annapolis. The Oregonlan Is glad to be reminded, In the Tacoma nominations, of its earn est desire and humble efforts in the last Congress, in behalf of the reapportion ment bill which gave Washington three Representatives. A determined effort was made, and for a time looked om inous, to prevent the state from getting its rightful increase. Gain in Washing ton's representation Is a good thing for the entire Pacific Coast, and If Oregon Isn't satisfied why, let her go and get the people, as Washington did. Wash ington is now numerically equal or su perior in Congress to thirteen states: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, -South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. If one time Is more inconvenient than another for a tie-up of river traffic, that time is the fruit-shipping and hop jiicklng season. There may be good reasons for the present serious crip pling of this traffic, but thus far they have not been divulged. United States) Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, is in declining health, and will probably never again take his seat In the Senate. Senator Hawley Is about 76 years of age. -His term expires in 1905. Here's Candor for Yon! New York Evening Post. Quay and Penrose threatening the rail road presidents with the power of the Re publican party In Pennsylvania, If the coal strike continues, are a pair of ridic ulous mice at the foot of a mountain In labor. The calmness of the aforesaid pres idents in the face of such danger Is eas ily accounted for. Quay and Penrose be long to them and to the capitalists affil iated with them. They can put both of them out of office as easily as they put them In more easily, in fact, than thcy put Quay in the last time. Quay would never think of passing a law at Harrls burg without their consent. If anybody should attempt to pass such a law. Quay and Penrose would compass Its defeat In some way. The Republican party in Phil adelphia and Pittsburg, and In the state at large, Is the subservient tool and In strument of a corrupt ring, of which Quay and Penrose are the figureheads, but not the motive power. The real parties In Interest are the corporations that furnish ,the money by which tho springs of gov ernment aro polluted, and the state made a hissing ana a by-word to mankind. No wonder tho railroad presidents snap their fingers when their two Senators talk about the Republican party and the power of the state In connection with the coal strike. Senator Piatt, in his interviews about the strike, has not hinted at the use of political power as a means of end ing it, but '.has merely predicted the end within two weeks. He Is therefore less of a humbug In this Instance , than his fellow-Senators from the adjoining state. A Freethinker' Prayer. By R. C. Adams, president of the Montreal Freethought Club. May the commonwealth of man come; may the will of the worker bo done; may the toller receive abundantly his dally bread; my each man pay his debts and never ask forgiveness of Just dues; may we resist temptation, tp Injure others or aegraoe ourselves; may me discoveries anu inventions of science and the knowledge" of nature deliver us from evil and let us strive to do justly, love mercy and make other people happy. Amen. SPIRIT OF THE NORTrJWEST PRESS The Editor and the Candidate. A lhanv T)Tnnom Reputable newspapers got very little T from candidates for office; in fact, tney are fortunate if they get their subscrip tion paid up in advance for a year. Most papers are patriotic to their party and give an Immense sight for nothing more thap they receive credit for. Work forhe Great Explainer. Pendleton Tribune. That forest reserve question will be come rather vexatious to the Hon. Binger Hermann before it Is settled. The min ing men about Sumpter are up in wrath, stockmen.are in doubt and not many peo ple are certain that the reserve 1s a good thing. The Commissioner will have a good time explaining why he did it and the good of having a reserve, Irrigation' Universal Blessing. Salem Statesman. The manufacturers of the East want more American farmers to sell their prod ucts to. There is a vast extent of terri tory In Eastern and Southestern Oregon, now practically or wholly desert, that can be reclaimed and made rich and thrifty with magnificent farms. Every part of Oregon will be benefited by the reclama tion of these lands. Portland nnd Coos Bay. Bandon Recorder. Portland has awakened to the fact that there Is . a Coos Bay country, with an enormous amount of natural wealth around it, and is talking of making an effort to reach out after it. Portland has hitherto left Southwest Oregon to the tender mercies of San Francisco mer chants, and It -will be surprising if she now scrapes the moss o"ff her back and rustles out for the" conquest. Athletic Sensation on Gray's Harbor. Aberdeen' Sun. Ex-Policeman. Doyle, who was let out of the force on the ground that he was the weakest member of It. was the strongest man who struck the hammer which was one of the street attractions during the Carnival, He sent It up to 2123 pounds; W. Ryan made It go to 3400. and Judge Pearson .went much higher than L. L. Maley. City Attorney Shields shot the staple out of Its socket, and there was no register. The bolt struck the top of Kaufman's building. And Yet He Died! Falrhaven Herald. Mr. Jansen was one of the best-known caterers In Whatcom. He conducted the Saddle Rock Oyster House In the Light house .block, and but recently moved to a new location on Elk street. He was of a sociable and jovial nature, and made hosts of friends while engaged In busi ness. He v leaves a widow and son to mourn bis death. He. was a member of the three fraternal orders Fraternal Or der of Eagles, Improved Order of Red Men and the Fraternal Union of America. Pleasure Before Business. Ashland Tidings. Advices from the mouth of Klamath River, In the neighboring county of Del Norte, say that salmon canning operations ceased last Saturday at the Klamath Riv er cannery-. At the time there were a few salmon being caught, and canning would have been continued longer had the entire Indian crew not left to attend an Indian dance, being held about 30 miles up the river. The pack for the season amounted to a little over 3000 cases. With plenty of help at the cannery the salmon were plentiful enough to have packed 7000 cases. Independent Journalism. Salem Journal. The large, advertisement In this paper for the great American Tobacco trust cost a great deal of money. Those adver tisements in the American newspapers cost five times as much as the prizes of ferCd. What Is the purpose of these ad vertisements? Nothing but to popularize certain brands of cigars, and compel re tailers to keep them in stock, and to that extent drive all similar brands out of the market. Thus it will compel the jobbers to handle Its brands, compel the retailer to keep them In stock, compel the smoker to use them, and force out big dividends on Its watered stock.. There is one way out, and that is to smoke Oregon-made cigars, as long as the factory does not sell -out to the trust. Benefits of Legal Stndy. Salem Law Journal. The study of law is the best educational drill, no matter what profession or busi ness a person Intends to enter. If a teach er. It broadens his mind and benefits his pupils. If a politician. It makes him a better one; the halls of Congress and the greater part of the principal offices of the land are filled by lawyers. If a financier, his success is more assured, as more than nine-tenths of the financiers are lawyers. If a divine, his perception .of right and wrong Is more extended and he sees the full difference between the letter and the spirit of the law. The trained equity law yer whets his faculty for percelylng right and wrong to the keenest edge, and looks to the spirit and intent of the law, rather than to the letter of the law, and discov ers wrongs and applies remedies based up on the highest development of the Golden Rule. Governor Hnnt for the Senate. Boise Statesmen. The Pocatello Trihunp avs it h in formation to the effect that Governor Hunt Is planning to become a candidate for Senator in the event of his being re elected to his present position. It speaks of a bait said to have been held out to the Washington delegation to the effect that, if they would vote for him for Gov ernor, they might have Adams for Lieutenant-Governor, and that, as he would be a .candidate for Senator, the. latter might thus become Governor of the state. It Is altogether probable that such a plan Is being evolved. It was said In Poca tello that there were letters there from the Governor urging the recipients to op pose the plan of nominating a candidate for Senator, his reason being that he would have a chance to win the Senator ship after being elected Governor If he were not handicapped by the convention's having made a nomination. Johnson's Favorite Bait. St. Paul Pioneer Press. As applied to local street railways, gas and electric light plants and othr mu nicipal monopolies,' public ownership is largely a question of business policy. Its advocates who take it up In that spirit cannot be criticised as "enemies of prop erty." But when municipal ownership is taken up as a short cut to popularity and political power, there Is cause for distrust. A good deal of this spirit has been, manifested hy Mayor Johnson. ,He haa said enough to Indicate that he would be. as unsafe in the Presidential chair as Mr. Bryan, to whose, financial and other nostrums he subscribes. He If not unlikely to be thrown overboard by the next Democratic National Conven tton If he appear before It as a candi date, and he certainly will be If that party is able by that time to see the very patent fact that it cannot hopt to re-establish itself in public confidence till it suppresses the last and the least mani festation of the- Populistlc and destructive spirit of'ISSS and 1300. That's a Fact, Albany Democrat. The soliciting committee Is out after subscriptions for the advertising funds under the Harriman system, and most everybody Is responding, realizing the ne cessity of Linn County holding up Its end of tho important scheme for getting East ern people Interested in Oregon. It is time that the name .Oregon was known in the world, as well if not- better than Washington. CLEAN JOURNALISM PROSPERS. Youth's Companion. There are encouraging Indications of a revival of clean Journalism. It is not coming through the establishment ot "endowed newspapers." Few practical newspaper mea believe In that agency for the reform of deplorable newspaper tendencies. The very fact that a newspa per was endowed would so far detach It from ordinary conditions of publication as to make it useless as an example. Moreover, the existence of such a news paper would Imply a confession that a really clean and moral journal was unprofitable; else why the endowment? It Is not phllanthrophy that Is wanted, so much as business sagacity apd a good newspaper sense, Joined with a high pur pose. A newspaper Is not a moral tract, and cannot be displaced by tracts. A man who should spend millions In en dowing .newspapers that were too good to stand alone would not be nearly so great a benefactor as the man who demon strated that a clean newspaper can be made to pay. This demonstration Is now being made In several American cities. Some of the most successful newspapers repudiate al together the methods of the "new jour nalism." They do not disfigure their pages with cheap pictures, nor with huge blotches, of red ink, nor with headlines 1" type four inches high. They do not pad three lines of actual news, transmitted by cable, with" half a column of lurid details manufactured In the office, pro ceded by a lying date-line. They have no drag-net out for scandals; they show some respects for rights of privacy. Yet their news service Is of the best, They are well written and well edited; they appeal to healthy minds; their circulation Is large and Increasing. It Is especially gratifying that the recent-sale of one or two important news paper properties has brought the-m under a management which is committed to these methods. On Long: Sermons. New York Evening Post. Nothing more irritated Charles II against his faithful Scots than the three hours' sermon, full of animadversions on the sins of his father, through which he had to sit before being crowned King o Scotland, preparatory to the Invasion of England. Little wonder that later he en tertained the liveliest objection to writ ten sermons, and in a letter to the Uni versity of Cambridge commanded its members not to smoke tobacco, wear periwigs, or read their sermons. He re buked Stilllngfleet for reading his dis courses, but the divine replied that the presence of so great and wise a Prince prevented him preaching extempore. The compliment pleased Charles, and to Stlll ingfleet's tu quoque, "Why does your Majesty read your speeches to Parlia ment?" he made the witty reply that ne had asked the two houses so often and for so much money that he was ashamed to look them in the face. But the Merry Monarch's forbearance under the eloquence of his. chaplains" was exemplary. Richard Baxter preached De fore him for an hour and a half, and even though tho sermon was "contracted" ror the occasion, and Charles took refuge In slumber, the feat excites the admiration of this age of brevity and stricter morals. Once Dr. South stopped In his sermon be fore the court and called to Lord Lauder dale by name: "My Lord, my Lord, I am sorry to Interrupt your repose, but 1 must beg of you not to snore quite so loud, lest you awaken His Majesty." This so tickled Charles that he exclaimed: "Odds fish! this chaplain must be a bish op." But George II was not so compla cent In church. Rls main anxiety was that the sermon should be short, since otherwise he was, to use his own words. "In danger of falling asleep and catching cold," After this the chaplains reduced' the compass of their discourses to 15 min utes, so that the King's highest praise was "a good, short sermon." For such fear of the results of lengthy sermons there Is sufficient reason In the disaster which befell Eutychus through St. Paul "so long preaching" as to keep his hearers until midnight. Dean. Swilt declared that "opium Is not so stupefying" to many people as a long sermon." ami" In his famous sermon on the Eutychus episode in the Acts improved the occasion in his most" pungent manner. i?nc preachers now in the world, however much they may exceed St. Paul in tne art of setting men to sleep, do extremely fall short of him In the' power of work ing miracles; thereforo, hearers are be come more cautious, so as to choose more safe and convenient stations and posi tions for their repose without hazard of their persons, and upon the whole mat ter choose rather to trust their destruc tion to a miracle than their safety," Plnx Ponar In Chinese. San Francisco Call. The New York Sun reports that a few days ago two Chinamen were traveling on a Sound steamer when they overheard some white men using the words "ping pong." They complained to the captain that they had been Insulted by the words, and when the captain refused redress they attacked the man who uaed them. It seems' that "ping pong" are fighting words in China, so people who wish to avoid insulting Mongolian dignity would better be careful how they talk of the game. PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT. Colonel Hardy W. B. Price, of Clayton. Ala., one of the few still surviving who took part In the battle of San Jacinto, which decided Texan Independence, is hale and "rearty. and remem bers the battle as though it happened but yes terday. He is 85 years of age. having been born In Edgecombe County. North Carolina, on May 6. 1S1T. Galusha A." Grow, Congressman-at-large from Pennsylvania, will not be a candidate for re election In his home district". Mr. Grow cele brated his 80th birthday recently. He was Speaker of the House during the Civil War. The venerable statesman Is quoted as saying: "I have appreciated highly the honor that has been done me in electing me Congressman-at-large. and I am satisfied with the record that has been made already." On several occasions lately Conan Doyle, while walking In London, has been mistaken for Lord Kitchener, much to the author's em barrassment. Once he was nearly mobbed by a yelling crowd of enthusiasts, who cheered madly for "the 'ero of South Hafrica." By the way, It has seldom fallen to the lot of man to reach affluence In a literary career so early in life as has-been the case with Sir Conan. He Is only -13. rich; titled and popular. Judge John Stewart, of Chambersburg, Pa., considers that those who steal bicycles should be classed with horsethieves, because persons too poor to buy horses use the silent steed In stead. Two bicycle thieves were convicted in his court last week, and he sentenced each of them to 18 months In the penitentiary. Prie of them said, impudently: "Thank you," where upon his honor remarked: "As you are so well pleased I shall Increase your term by six months ' Albert Bruce-Joy, who Is 60 years of age. is one of the most active of English sculptors. He has given Bow her Gladstone. "Birmingham her Bright, Westminster Abbey ls Matthew Arnold, Stratford-oh'Avon her Mary Anderson, and has set up numerous other statues In Eng land and in America. Born In Dublin, he be came a pupil of Foley, and studied three years In Rome, since when he has traveled much In America. He Is one of the sturdiest of vege tarians. The lecturers of the Federation of Alliances Francalses In this country the coming season will be Germain Martin, a young professor of the University of France, and Leopold Mabll lrau, director of the Paris Musee Sociale. Mar tin's subjects will be historical, his tour begin ning In October and ending In December; Ma bllleau will speak before the Cercle Francalse a Harvard University, the alliances and sev eral universities, and al6 he will initiate a -French, normal school here. "Big Chief" Devery. of New York, who Is making such a lively flght for district leader ship in Tammany, has a pithy way of puttltjg things at times. At one of his meetings he was discussing David B. Hill, whom he de nounces, of course. Said he: "Hill has sat on a fence at Wolfert's Roost sq long, with hl3 eyes shut and his ears open, that he has begun to molt Dave Hll enters no political game unless he can feel the marks on the cards through a boxlpg glove." NOTE AND COMMENT. So you see there are worse things than rain. The smoke tempered the rays of the sun,' anyway. The crematory may. not yield any reve nue, but It hasn't lost a scent. Governor McBride won out by a narrow margin. But if you don't think It's enough, ask the railroads; The ticket put up at Tacoma Is ahowy and effective. "Washington will make the most of Itself at Washington. "Let's smoke," said the fir to the vol cano, This was so offensive to the pow der magazine that It gave the tree a blowing up. Steam whistles sound the knell of parting day, The barnyard with electric lights is gay: The plowman in his auto wheels away. With phonograph and telephone to play. These forest fires may be set down to the Joint credit of Major Ormsby's re doubtable rangers and the timber syn dicates that have been looking. so faith fully and vaingloriously after their new purchases. They say that when some of the East ern Oregon, stockmen who have been tak ing In the sights woke up yesterday mornlng and found ashes all over their clothes they thought they had died In the night and passed to their future home. If the Republicans renominate President Roosevelt In 1904 he will be the first New Yorker they have named for President since tho Republican party was organ ized. Of the eight Republican candidates for the Presidency, one was credited to California, six were from the Middle West, and one was from Maine. But of the nine Democratic candidates for the Presidency named during the life of the Republican party, four were from New York State. Tho English papers never weary of telling of the strange things alleged to have been said und done by visitors from America. The following is one of their latest creations: "At a well-known hotel In New Brighton. In the smokeroom. there Is a brass plate on which Is in scribed. "Charles Dickens favorite seat. The other day a-party of Americans cams In. and one, espying the plate, exclaimed: 'Well, I'm going to sit here a bit. nnd if Dickens comes in he can have his favor ite scat.' " A 4-year-old citizen of Indiana who has been spending several weeks In Oregon was dining the other day at the home of a Clatskanie relative, where the asking of a blessing precedes the meal. This was new to the boy, but he had been duly warned by his mother, and was the very soul of decorum until the ceremony was over. After the "Amen" he looked up brightly and said, "Let me do that, too." He was given permission to go ahead, and after casting his eyes down and finger ing the letters on the back of his plate until perfect quiet had been restored, he solemnly observed, "And Tracy killed himself." Let them have their roaring Felee, with Its de vastation rare; Let Vesuvius and Sapotitlan spout. We can see and feel the cinders In our atmos pheric air. And be sure there's Are somewhere hereabout. I come from Colorado's wilds And Adirondack delis: I beard the grizzly in his den And Join the cowboy yells. Manhattan toughs or Spanish guns Have touched me not a. speOK: The bucking broncho rears aloft. But finds me on hl3 neck. - O, trains may crash and battles roar In vain their deadly strife. And e'en the murderous trolley falU To reach the strenuous life. A man who had lost his much-beloved wife consulted a stonemason In regard to the erection of a tombstone with a suitable epitaph. After having a num ber of lines suggested, he finally suggest ed the following: The light of my life has gone out. A short time afterward the widower fell In love with a very charming girl, to whom he became engaged. He Intended to leave town, returning on the day of the wedding, and before he went off In structed the mason to alter the epitaph so that the feelings of his prospective wife would not be hurt. This the mason prom ised to do, and when the widower re turned he visited the grave at once, find ing that the mason had been true to his word, the epitaph now appearing: The light of my life has gone out, but I have found another match. - John Murphy Farley was born In County Armagh, Ireland, August 20, 1S42. He saw but little of Ireland, however, coming to America in his youth. After graduating from St. John's College. Ford ham, In 1S66, he studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary. In Troy, N. Y., and In the American College In Rome. Ordained In 1S70, he was assigned to a parish on Staten Island, and ever since he has been connected with the arch diocese of New York. As early as 1S72 Bishop Farley became secretary to Car dinal McCloskey, nnd In 1SS4 he became private chamberlain to Pope Leo, with the title of monslgnor. Advancement since then has been steady and rapid. In 1S31 he became vicar-general of the archdiocese. In 1S92 domestic prelate to the pope, and in 1SD5 auxiliary bishop an 1 coadjutor to Archbishop Corrlgan. This prelate has belonged to the liberal wing of the American Catholics, and his ele vation is regarded as a marked recogni tion of them by the Vatican. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Mrs. Glltedge How do you like the new but ler? GUtedge He's a peach! Made me feel at home at once! Life. A Rise in Estimation. Mr. Gotrox Your friends won't think any mora of you for spend ing your money so freely. Cholly Gotrox Oh. some of 'em do. dad some of 'em actually think I'm a wlne-agcnt! Puck. Professor Von Note You haf a vine collection off classic music here. Music Dealer That's for young ladles to look over previous to asking for a copy of "The Honeysuckle and the Bee." New York Weekly. Couldn't Resist It. "What deep mourrlrg she has on for such a distant relative?" "Well, you see, she went shopping an J struck such a rplendid bargain sale of black goods.' Phila delphia Evening Bulletin. Not Much Difference. "Was that Summer re sort as homelike a place as they advertised it to be?" asked Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego. '"I found It so." reDlied Mra. Seldnm-Holme. "Tney naa a russ witn tne cook regularly every day." Chfcago Tribune. The Only Thing. Customer I expect to take a trip abroad, and I usually get seasick. A friend ot mine told me he thought you could fix me up so that I could keep something on my stomach. Druggist Ah. yes; what you want Is one of our hot-water bags. Philadel phia Press, Mrs. Hoax My new servant girl's a good one. but she makes ,my husband so mad. He's a crank about his coffee, you know. Mrs. Joax Vnd she can't make coffee, eh? Mrs. Hoax She, makes it Just- right, but that's the one thing he always likes to kick about, and now he hasn't any excuse, don't you see? Philadel phia Record.